[ SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1857J The early publication commences at Five o'Clock'on Saturday Mornings.—— Agents for Ireland, Messrs Smith and Son, Eden- quay, Dublin. Foreign Agent, Mr Cowie, St Ann's- lane, General Post Office. - STAMPED EDITION, SIXPENCE; UNSTAMPED, FIVE^ NCE. Office, 170, Strand. JQONCASTER of 100 SPRING MEETING, 1857. TUESDAY. MABCH 10.— The CHESTEBFIBLD PLATB( Handicap) SOVB for three year olds and upwards; a winner of any race value 100 SOVB ( matches excepted) after the weights toc^ « b. twice or of 200 sovs 91b extra; any number of horses the propertyofthe same owner may start for this plate; one mile. To close the tot Tues- day in February, and the weights to be published in due time. Two sovs entrance, to go to the fund, which must be paid ^ the time of entry. Nominations received by Messrs C and/ Weatherby md Buriington- street. London, W.; and by Mr Richard Johnson, of York, Clerk ofthe Course and Handicapped • — " VTEWTON SUMMER MEETING will take plase J\ on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, June 17,18. uid 19.1857. FTRST D 4Y — The GOLBOSNE PABK STAKES of 10 sovs each, h it, with 50 added, for two year olds ; colta- Sst 71b, fillies Set 41b ; a winner once tefore starting tO carry 31b, twice 51b extra; the owner ofthe second t<? recedve baek liS stake ; straight half mile. To close and name on the 3dTlLFGaEUAT^ BWTOir Handicap of 200 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sov! each- entrance2 sovs, togotothe fund; the winner; of any race- suV se^ enTto th " publication of the weights vMue300rovB ol^ r la^ Miry Win of two or more 71b extra; and if of the clear valuei of500 SOTS to carry 101b extra, and the second horse 51b extra; the penalty for winning and the penalty for running second not to be accumulative;, no horse to carry more than 101b extra; the second to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes; one mile and a half. To close and name on the Sd of February, and the welghU to be published on the Tuesday after Manchester Races - SECOND DAY.- A GOLD CBP, value 100 sovs, the gift of THE Lord of the Manor, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes ol lO sovs each. hft, or three vear olds and upwards; the owner of the second hprse to receive le sovs oiU of the stakes; a winner of any handicap after the pubhcation rf the weights to carry 51b, of two 71b extra; two miles. To close and name on the 3d of February, and the weights to be published on the Tuesday after Manchester Races. . ... THIRD DAY — The LYME PARK STAKES of 10 sovs each, H ft, with 50 added, for two year olds; colts Sst 71b, and fillies 8st 41b; a winner before starting to carry 51b extra; straight half mile. To close and name 0ITHPE SOUTH LTKJISKIRE TRADESMEN'S PLATE of 100 soys in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 govs each; 2 sovs entrance, tp go to the Race Fund ; file owner of the second horse to receive 20. sovs out of the stakes; tli. e winner of any handicapi value 108 sovs after tth » pnbli- gation of the weights to carry 51b, or two of that value, or of the Gold Cup or Great Newton Handicap, 71b extra, of both those, handicaps 101b extra; once round To close and name on the 3d of February, and the. weights to be published on the Tuesday after Manchester Races. , . Nominations to be made to Messrs Weatherby, London j Mr R. John- 8on, York; orM^ ke. Brow^ eeV^ nchester. THOMAS LEGE, Esq, J •• „ Mr JAMES BAKE, Clerk ofthe Course. Mr RICHARD JOHNSON, Judge and Har. dicapper DERBY SPRING MEETING Will take place on Thursday, 26tli February ( the day after Nottingham). . The fol- lowing stakes close either to Mr Marshall, Clerk of the Course, North- ampton, or Mr R. Johnson, York, on or before Saturday, the 31st of JATHER^ LIDLANN STEEPLE CHASE of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, and 3 only if declared, by the 11th 1 eb; the winner to pay 10 sovs towards expenses; a winner ot 160 soys clear alter the publication of the weights, 61b extra; 200 sovs 91b extra; about three miles and a half, over the usual steeple chase course. A HUBBLE RACE of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap of 5 sovs each, 3 only if declared bv the 17th of February ; the- winner of any hurdle race or steeple chase after the weights are out to carry 51b extra ; the wirnier to pay 10 sovs towards expenses; two miles, over eight flights oi hurdles; weights to be out on the 10th of February. The SCABSDALE STAKES for two year olds. „, The HARRINGTON PLATE HANDICAP, one mile, closes on Tuesday, 10th February. The SELLING PLATE ; one mile. ,",,.'," " The SELLING HUBDLE. RACE, one mile and a half, ciose on the evening before running. „..„,,„ Mr T. MARSHALL, Northampton. Clerk of the Course. MESSRS TATTERSALL beg to inform gentle- men that JANUS having been DISPOSED OF privately, will not be brought to the hammer to- morrow ( Monday), as advertised last weak. . TO be SOLD bv AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hytfe Park- corner, on Monday, 28tli Jan. ROBIN HOOD, brown gelding, 7 years. old; a superior hunter ana first- rate fencer, up to 15 stone. ' STALLIONS, in THE BERWICKSHIRE STEEPLE CHASES will take place on Monday, the 25th of February, at Harcarse, three miles from Dunse station, and about five miles from Cornhill station. , ,„ .„,.„ ,, , A HANDICAP STEEPLE CHASE ot 5 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added; second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 5 sovs towards expenses; a winner of a steeple chase after the publication of the weights 7lb extra; about four miles. . ,, , „ , The HUNT STEEPLE CHASE of 3 sovs each, with added, for horses within the limit ofthe Duke of Buccieuch and Earl of Wemyss's Hunt; no horse allowed to start that ever ran for a steeple, chase; four year olds lOst 4l'o, five list 41b, six and aged list; professional riders 71b extra. To close with the Secretary on Friday, February 20. CONDITIONS.— Entries to be made to the Secretary for the Handicap Steeple Chase, on Tuesday, the 10th of February, and the weights to ap- pear in Bell's Xife the' following Saturday; three horses to start for each race, or the public monev will not be added.; stakes to be paid on . the morning of the race, before showing the ground, at 10 o'clock a. m. " All disputes to be settled by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint, and their decision to be final, and without appeal. Should the weather prevent these races taking place on the day appointed, the Stewards, or in their absence, whoever they may anpoint, shall have power from day to dav, or from week to week, to post pone, these races, as they or, he may deem fit, notwithstanding any rule to the contrary. Mr WM. RATHIE, Innkeeper, Coldstream, Sec. Commercial Inn, Coldstream, Jan 21.1857. ' THE WESTBURY and WILTSHIRE STEEPLE CHASES. The HUNT STEEPLE CHASE STAKES of 5 SOVB each, with a Silver Cap added by the Stewards, for all horses qualified as- hunters, certificates to > be produced if required; four year blds. Ost 71b, five lOst 41b, six aud aged list; gentlemen riders; jockeys to cariy 51b extra; winners of a steeple chase once to earrv3lb, twice 51b, three, times 71b extra; the winner to pay 3 sovs to the fund: Steeple Chase Course. . To enter on Monday, February 2d, to the secretary. J. M. SMITH, secretary. STEEPLE CHASES will take place on Thursday, the 3d of April, 1857.' Further particulars in future advertisements. ^ NRANTHAM IVTEWMARRET CHAMPION COURSING Xll MEETING will take place on the 9th February next, when the following STAKES will be run for, viz:— Thirty- two puppies, at £ 5 each. Sixteen aged dogs aud bitches, at £ 5 each. Sixteeen ditto ditto, at £ 10 each. For nominations; apply to Sir Giilett, 1, Tavistock- street,. Bedford- equare, London, by 2d February, at latest. The drawing will take place at the Rutland Arms, Newmarket, Monday, the 9th, at 6 p. m., ana the fcoursing commence the following morning, at 10 a. m. TATTERSHALL OPEN COURSING MEETING will take place on Thursday, the 5th of February, 1857 ( weather permitting, the stewards having the power to postpone the meeting in case of frost, & o), when the following stakes will te run for • The TATTEESHAL& fecp, for dogs of any age, value £ 10 10s, With £ 10 added, limited to' 16 entries at £ 110s each; tlie second dog to receive £ 6. Nominations secured in the order of application to the Secretary, Mr Thomas Elmitt, Bull Inn, Tattershall, aforesaid. The entry to close on the 4th of February, at 6 o'clock p. m.. at the Bull Inn, Tattershall, and the drawing to take place Immediately afterwards. All nominations to he paid before the time of drawing. A. dinner will be provided at the Bull Inn, at .5 o'clock, p. m.; tickets, including a pint of wine, 7s 6d each, to be had at the bar of the above inn. First brace of dogs in the Slips by . 10 o'clock in the morning of running. All persons obnoxious to the stewards will not be permitted on the ground. : Tattershall, Jan 13,1S57. COURSING MEETING.— At Epsom, on Thursday next, Jan 29th, there will be a grand day's open coursing; and Mr W. Luinley, King's Head Inn, begs leave to state that the entries must, bs made at iiis house, on the evening before, between the hours of € and 8 . o'clock. The EPSOM STAKES, for alleged, 8 dogs, at £ 2 5s each. The HEADLX STAKES, for puppies, 8 dogs, at £ 2 5s each. Mr R. J. LAWRENCE, of Hampton, Judge; SOUTH WOLD HUNT, Lincolnshire. — The SOUTHWOLD COUNTRY will be- VACANT at tte end of the present season, and it is now to be OFFERED to any gentlemen wishing: to undertake the same. Application' to be made to William Walker, iun, Esq, Spilsby; Lincolnshire, the treasurer of the. said hunt. Sf- ilsby, Jan 7,1S57. ' LIVERPOOL GRAND POULTRY SHOW.— The FOURTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of POULTRY will be held at Messrs LUCAS and Co's CARRIAGE REPOSITORY, Great Charlotte- 3treet, Liverpool, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 28th, 29th, and 20th January, 1857. Prices of admission: Wednesday, frota 10 a. m. to 4 p. m., 2s 6d, and 4p. m. to 9 p. m., Is; Thursday from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m., Is; Friday from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m., Is. GILBERT W. MOSS,") w WM. C. WORRALL, / Hon Secretaries. ; 6, Lower Castle- street, Liverpool. S1 [ HREWSBURY GREAT ANNUAL HORSE FAIR, March 4th, 1857— The FAIR will COMMENCE on Wednes- day, the 4th of March, 1857, and continue the two following days. All communications requesting information or accommodation will have immediate attention from me, PEEL, Town Clerk. ' 18th January, 1857. TOLL REFORM.- Gentlemen anxious to ABO- LISH the TOLL- GATE NUISANCE within six miles of Charing- cross, and also the existing self- elected, closed- doors and irre- sponsible Middlesex commission, which keeps up the hundred gates round the lings of London at an enormous outlay, are requested to communicate with the Central Office, 19, Strand, next Hungerford- street. Mr J. E. Bradfield's paraphlet on the subject, with details of the pro- posed plans of reform, price Is. The Reform Central Office, 19, Strand. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TERSALL, Hyde Park- corner, to- morrow ( Monday): TO VETERINARY SURGEONS.— WANTED, immediately a QUALIFIED MEMBER of the LONDON or EDINBURGH COLLEGE. Must have a thorough knowledge of the dis- eases and treatment of horses and cattle. Apply to Mr Williams, veteri- nary surgeon, Knighton, near Shrewsbury. AMEKEEPER.— WANTED, a married man, about 80 years of age ; must understand rearing pheasants by hand, and have two years' character from his last place. Apply to Ed- ward Bladon, gamekeeper, Hewell, near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. G /^ jALVIEKEEPER WANTED, who thoroughly VJT understands liis business Li all its branches.— Applications, con- taining testimonials, addressed to X. Y. Z., Mr Laking's, 26, Halfmoon- atreet, Piccadilly:. I'N AMEKEEPER. — WANTE D a SITUATION; age 45; seven years' character ; thoroughly understands rearing of game and breaking of dogs. Address, X. Y. Z„ Post Office, West Tarring, Sussex. M Wished 1786. ESSRS WILKINSON and IvIDD, saddlers, 257, Oxford- street, corner of Park- street, London.— Esta- BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT to her MAJESTY . and H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT.- A, DAVIS'S, 33, Strand, cele- brated HUNTING SADDLES, horse and greyhound clothing, blankets, rollers, brushes, sponges, leathers, and every requisite for the hunting stables, at a saving of 30 per cent. Best town- made harness. All articles warranted of the best materials and workmanship. List of prices forwarded by post. Application at A. Davis's, saddler, 33, Strand. MARNESS, SADDLES, and HORSE CLOTH- ING.— DEANE, DRAY, and Co, wholesale and retail saddlers ippers, 2, Arthur- street East, London Bridge, beg to apprise gen- tlemen that they manufacture every description of the above goods on the premises, a due regard being paid to strength, style and fit. A large assortment of brushes, whips, spurs, sponges, lamps, and stable re- quisites. Portmanteaus, travelling bags, leather cases, & c. EXETER HALL HOTEL, St* id.— Christmas Pantomimes.— This hotel is contiguous to the theatres. Break- fasts, Is 6d; dinnersJ2s; bed- rooms, 2s; drawing- room, with bed- roorn en suite, including wax lights, 7s; attendance, Is. A night watchman. Wedding breakfasts, & c. An elegant suite of apartments have been ar- ranged, suitable for wedding parties* and estimates forwarded from 3s per head. Carriages provided, if required. HE CONTINENTAL WINE COMPANY, JL Birchin- lane, Cornhill, Are enabled by their connection with the principal wine growers to supply every description of WINE of the finest qualities at prices for cash far below the average, including their . Alto Douro Ports, at 12s. per dozen. Genuine ditto 31s. per dozen. Superior Pale or Gold Sherries, 30s. to 36s. per dozien. Champagne froiK 42s to 72s, Claret from 30s to 84s. TAT- ' A ven^ superior1 IRON G REY'GEL DIN G"" s' yewi'oS? 15 hands 1 inch high, sound, quiet to ride and drive, very fast, with grahd high action; the property of a gentleman who parts with him not having sufficient use for him.— To be seen; apply to Mr Carter. - mO VETERINARY SURGEONS.— To be DIS- JL POSED of, the GOODWILL of an excellent and lucrative PRACTICE, held by the late proprietor for tweaty- five years, in the centre of a popular sporting district. For terms apply to Mr Jonas Paxton, Auctioneer, Bicester TO VETERINARY SURGEONS.— A member of the R. C. V. S. wishes for a SITUATION as ASSISTANT, or to MANAGE a PRACTICE. Address, V. S., care of Mr Wilson, the An- chorage, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. BURGUNDY, PORT, AND SHERRY SACK.— The PRIZE WINES of the Paris Exhibition of 1855, patronised >:, the nobility and gentry, and recommended by medical men for their varity and freedom from acidity ; admirably adapted for sporting break- fasts and dinners. Price, 2Ss " per dozen ( bottles included). To be had ( for cash only) of F. W. SELLERS, 1, Chapel- place, Cavendish- square, leeks to be crossed to Sir S. Scott, Bart, asd Co. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, to- morrow ( Monday., the follow- ing superior HORSES, have been regularly hunted with Lord South- ampton's and the Pytchley Hounds, the property Of a gentleman: 1. HIGHLANDER. 2. RED LANCER. 3. TRUE BLUE. -• r| x) be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- I TERSALL, at Hydj Park- corner, to morrow ( Monday), the fol- lowing HORSES, the property of a gentleman: 2 KKE; } excellent either in saddle or harness. S. QUICKSILVER; an extraordinary fast harness horse, with fine action. 4. HERMIT; a superior hunter and hack. TOO be SOLD by AUCTION, by . A TERSALL. at Hyde Park- corner, on Monday, 26thJan, the fol- lowing superior HORSES, the property of a nobleman: 1. THE BIRD, bay gelding, 6 years old, by IrishBirdcatcher. 2. GREYLEG, ehesnut gelding, by Pantaloon outof Black Bess. 3. VICTOR, ehesnut gelding, 6 years old, by Pioneer. 4. FREEMASON, brown gelding. 5. KING OF THE MOUNTAIN, bay fielding, 7 years old, by Pioneer. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, on Monday. 26th Jan ( unless previously disposed of, by private contract), by order ofthe executors of the late SirE. Gooch, Bart: The well knows STALLION WEATHERBIT, by Sheet Anchor out of Miss Letty, by Priam. He is sire of Weathergage, Petrel, Weathercock, Pugnator, and many other good horses. His colour is dark brown, with fine action and perfect symmetry. He will be on view at Hyde Park- corner, until the day of sale. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hyiie Park- corner, on Monday, 2d February. A dark grey ENTIRE CART HORSE, rising 5 years old, bred in Warwickshire : warranted good tempered and sure stock- getter TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, on Monday, 2d February, the following HORSES in training : 1. GARNET, 4 years old, by Bay Middleton out of Crown Jewel ( Ruby's dam). 2. VESTAL, 2 years old, by Cowl out of Ginevra, by Orlando out of Jamaica ( Yellow Jack's dim'. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, sit Hyde Park- coruer, on Monday, Feb 2d, if not previously disposed of by private contract: JOHN COSSER, bay horse, by Hetman Piatoffout of Dame Cosser, by Voltaire, & c. For price, & c, apply to Willoughby Wood, Esq, Holly Bank, Burton on- Trent, where the horse may be seen ; or to Messrs Tattersall. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, on Monday, February 3d, the fol- lowing weight- carrying HORSES, have been regularly ridden with har- riers up to the present time, the property of a gentleman: 1. POOR PATRICK, by Discord. 2. MISS MITCHELL. 3. THE NILE, bv Navarino. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, on Mondiy, Feb2d, the pro- perty of a gentleman : 1. VINDEX, brown horse, 7 years old, by Touchstone outof Gar land, by Langar out of Cast Steel, by Whisker, & c; winner of many races, and likely to make a first- rate stallion. 2. VANDAL, 5 years old, by Van Tromp out of Vindex's dam. To be sold with his engagements, which will be given in the cata- logues of the day. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, on Monday, Feb 2: FLY BY NIGHT, brown horse, 4 years old, by The Flyin? Dutch- man out of theFlapvter, by Touchstone, granddam Miqkleton Maid, by Velocipede — Maid of Lune, by Whisker — Gib- side Fairy, & e. He is perhaps the most perfect- shaped and best- looking horse in the kingdom, which, combined with his breeding, cannot fail torender him one of the most fashionable and popular stallions of the day. T O be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- ___ TERSALL. at Hyde Park- corner, on Monday, 2d February, the following superior HORSES, the propeity of a nobleman: 1. THE BIRD, bay gelding, 6 years old, by Irish Birdcatcher, 2. GREYLEG, chesnut gelding, by Pantaloon out of Black Bess. 3. VICTOR, chesnut gelding, 6. years old, by Pioneer. 1. FREEMASON, brown gelding. 5. KING OF THE MOUNTAIN, bay gelding, 7 years old, bv Pioneer. , RJLO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- A TERSALL at Hyde Park- corner, on Monday, Feb 2d, the follow- ing HUNTERS and HACKS, the property of a gentleman who has met with an'accident: 1. CADIZ, an entire Spanish horse. 6 years old. 2. PANTHER, by Liverpool. 3. THE SWALLOW, by Rococo. . 4. CANTAB. 5. BROWN BESS. 6. MIMIC, by Truth. Most ofthe above haye been constantly ridden by ladies. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, on Monday, 2d February, the following thorough bred STOCK, with their engagements, the property of a gentleman; 1. TYNE, 4 years old, by Iago out of Queen of Tyne, by Tomboy, & c ; engaged in the Newmarket Triennial and the Sto-' kbridge Triennial, 10 sovs sach. 2. YOUNG HOPEFUL, 3 years old. by Minotaur out of Hope, tsc ; engaged m. the Newmarket Stakes and the Brighton Biennial, 10 sovs each. • 3. FIE, 3 years old, by Alarm, dam by Mulatto'out of Lunacy ; engaged in the Epsom Oaks and Coroliatiou'Stfikes at Ascat. 4. ULYSSES, brown colt,. 4 years old, by Annahdale out of Calyp- so, by Liverpool; no engagement; likely to make a eountry stallion. 5. RAGLAN, brown gelding, 5 years old, by Annandale out of En- chantress. & c; likely to make a charger or hunter. 0. GILLYFLOWER, foaled 1847, by Venison out of Temerity, by King of Clubs, & c, With a filly foal by The Hermit, : 7.- KING JOHN, bay gelding, 7 years old ; a good hunter. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by . Messrs TAT- TERSALL. at Hyde Park- corner, on Monday, 16th February, unless ' previously disposed of by private contract: The well- known- old established' PACK of FOXHOUNDS," the < West Kent," the property of a gentleman giving up the country, consisting of about fifty couple's of hnntiug hounds , . . { all bitches), selected with great care from the best and most ' - fashionable blood, and . a few couple unentered, ' . Also the entire STUD of superior HORSES ( have been constantly ridden with the above hounds), saddlery, clothing, & c. The hounds will be soldin lots. T 0 be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL. at Hyde Park- corneri on Feb 23 : ' ' GOOD FRIDAY, 4 years old, by Irish Birdcatcher out of Fanny, by Harkaway. He is winner of some of the best two year old stakes in Ireland, and has no engagements. Wyke House, Giilingham, via Bath, Dorsetshire. IVTESSRS TATTERSALL beg to inform the JLT_ i_ public that the ANNUAL unreserved SALE of YEARLINGS, bred by Earl Spencer, will take place on the race course, Northampton, oil the 26tli March ( the second day of Northampton Races), before the races take place. For catalogues apply to Messrs Tattersall, Hyde Park- corner. .. .- ' rflHE MIDLAND COUNTIES REPOSITORY.— JL Notice.— Messrs BRETHERTON and HARRISON beg to in- form the pub'tie that their TWO next important STUD SALES, for HUNTERS and other valuable HORSES, will take place at their Reposi- tory, Birmingham, On Thursday, 12th February, and. On Thursday, 5th March, 1857, Noblemen and gentlemen wishing to enter horses for these sales are solicited to make early application, in order that stalls may be secured and publicity given to their instructions. Sales by auction every Thurs- day, and by private treaty daily. MESSRS LUCAS and Co beg to intimate to nobler, en and gentlemen having HUNTERS and other valuable HORSES to dispose of, that their next SELECT SALES will take place On Thursday, February 5th, and On Thursday, February 19th. Full . descriptions of all horses intended for these sales must be for- warded at least one weak previously and the horses must be sent to the Repository two days prior tothe sale. Stalls cannot be retained after 1 O'clock on Tuesday. ALDRIDGE'S, St Martin's- lane.— Wednesday's Sale, Jan 28, and Saturday's Sale, Jan 31.— Mr MATTAM will SELL,. on each of the above days, ONE HUNDRED and EIGHTEEN HORSES, with carriages and harness. On Wednesday, active and strong horses, from the stocks of jobmasters, suitable for clarences and broughams, and for double and single harness; gentlemen's haeks and ladies' horses, cobs and ponies, for riding or driving; some neat phaeton horses, and a few powerful draught horses. On Saturday, in addition to the horses, will be sold a variety of clarences, broughams, phaetons, dog carts, and harness. All property sent in two days before each sale day, for view and insertion in catalogues. The sales will commence at 11 o'clock precisely. BARBICAN.— Removea for convenience of Sale.— Mr M. Jackson, of Pimlico, contractor, has directed Mr J. GO WER to SELL by AUCTION, at his Repository, Barbican, Tuesday next, Jan 27, at 1, without reserve, THIRTY useful working CART HORSES, twelve brick or rubbish carts, thirty sets of harness, two strengtliy. fast- trotting cobs, chaise cart and harness, large quantity of railway brobs, nails, and grease, spring bars, tip, chain and iron bars, chaff boxes, nosebags, clothing, corn bins, & e, < fec, which have been employed on the Brompton Park Estate, and on the Crystal Palace and West End Rail- way, sold ill consequence of its completion. The above are mostly young match teams, with many valuable tip mares, selected with great care, regardless of expense, and merit the attention of contractors, farm- ers, and others, being in good working condition, and for absolute sale. — On view. Catalogues had of Mr J. Gower, auctioneer and valuer, at his Repository, Barbican. H OLSTEIN and MECKLENBURG CAR- RIAGE, BROUGHAM, RIDING HORSES, COBS, & c, with their CLOTHING.— Mr J. GOWER lias received instructions from the importer to SELL by AUCTION, at his Repository, Barbican, on Friday next, Jan SO ( being the first importation this season), TWENTY- FIVE valuable first- class CARRIAGE HORSES, selected with great care from the most celebrated studs in Mecklenburg and Schleswig- Holstein; among them are several beautiful match pairs of gievs, browns, and bays, fine Steppers, and go well together, powerful chesnut brougham or phaeton horses, some extraordinary weight- carrying cobs, good riding hacks, & c. The entire lot, for blood, fashion, and action, are superior to any former consignment. Mr Gower has great confidence in recommending the above to the notice of noblemen, gentlemen, and the trade, to whom this consignment will afford a favourable opportunity of replenishing their stocks. Trials allowed.— On view and catalogues had two days prior, BRIGHTON.— SAMUEL RIDLEY AND SON have received instructions from Mr Harrison, riding master, Worthing, to SELL by AUCTION, at Mr Poole's, York and Albion Mews, St James's- street, Brighton, on Thursday, Jan 29th, at 12 o'clock, TEN iresli and useful HORSES, including hunters, parade and harness horses, two capital phaetons, an excellent four- wheel dog cart ( equal to new), sets of double and single harness, ladies'and gentlemen's saddles and bridles, horse clothing, & c. May be viewed two days prior to the auction at the place of sale, by cards only, to be obtained at the auctioneer's offices, 155, North- street, Brighton. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, at REA'S CENTRAL HORSE REPOSITORY, St George's- road, Newington.— Mr REA willofferfor SALE, onTuesdaynext, at 12- o'clock, about ONE HUNDRED HORSES, consisting of hacks, chargers, hunters, cobs, & c; also pairs of carriage, phaeton, and buggy horses, and some strong horses suited for farm and other draught work, many of which are for unreserved sale. Sales, 5 per cent; keep, 3s per night; horses taken from the station free of charge if sold. N. B. Within one mile ofthe London bridges. BAY CARRIAGE HORSES.— On SALE, several PAIRS of BAY CARRIAGE HORSES, 15 hands 3 inches high to 16 hands 2 inches high; quiet in double and single harness. Also, a vory high- stepping BAYBROUGHAM GELDING ormatch horse, 16 hands high, 5 years old, together with an extraordinary weight- carry- ing COB, up to 18 stone, a fast walker—. On view at REA'S CENTRAL REPOSITORY, St George's- road, Newington. BROOD MARES, and HORSES in TRAINING, the property of T. Dawson, for SALE, in lots, as follows:- LOT I. 1. The STALLION MALCOLM. , , 2 THE JEALOUS ONE. by Melbourne; in foal to Malcolm. 3. THE PUPIL, by Malcolm; in foal to Knight of Avenel. 4. BRETWALDA, by Sheet Anchor; in foal to Barnton. 5. MARY, bv Poynton ( dam of Little Cob); in foal to Malcolm. 6. MISS PEDDIE, bv Poynton: in foal to Knight of Avenel. 7. LANCASHIRE WITCH, by Tomboy; in foal to Professor Bnck. LOT II. 1. The STALLION STILETTO, own brother to Italian, by Touch- stone out of Florence. 2. PINCH, by St Martin ( dam of Prince's Mixture and Sneeze); in foal to Touchstone. S. BIT OF BLUE, by Malcolm; in foal to The Knight of Avenel. 4. PARISINA, by Voltaire ( dam of Itch); in foal to Stiletto. 5. MOKMONITE, by Iago; ih foal to Malcolm. 6. THE FOREIGNER, by Pompey; in foal to Knight of Avenel. 7. ROCKALDA, by Bay Middleton ( dam of Anteverta); in foal to Stiletto or Knight of Avenel. LOT III. The STALLION AMALGAMATION. „ „ s . MANtEUVRE, by Rector ( the dam of Red Lion and La Belle); in foal to Malcolm. VALERIA, by Carew; in foal to The Knight of Avenel. LADY PARAMOUNT ( dam of Magnifier'; served hi' Magnet. ITCH, by Irish Birdcatcher; iu foal to The Knight of Avenel. WINDLASS, bv Sheet Anchor ( dam of Mark Tapley, Tightwaist, and Red White and Blue); in foal to Malcolm. KATE FORREST, by The Provost ( dam of Janet, and The Butler); in foal to The Knight of Avenel. LOT IV. 1. The STALLION RED LION, by Malcolm out of Manoeuvre. 2. The ROPER'S DAUGHTER, by Tomboy ( dam of Amalgamation); in foal to Malcolm. 8. GREYLOCK, by Malcolm ( own sister to Red White and Blue); in foal to The Knight of Avenel. 4. RELIC, by Surplice; in foal to Knight of Avenel. 5. MISS ALDCROFT, by Malcolm; in foal to The Cure. 6. DEAR POLLY, by Pompey; in foal to Knight of Avenel. 7. QUAKERESS, by The Doctor; in foal to Stiletto or The Knight of Avenel. LOT V. HORSES in TRAINING, with their engagements: 1, RED WHITE AND BLUE, 3 years old; engaged. 2. JANET, 3 years old; engaged. & THE LITTLE COB, 3 years Old; no engagement. 4. MYSTERIOUS JACK, 3 years old; engaged. 5. PAINTER, 3 years old; no engagement. 6. ASSAILANT, 4 years old; no engagement. LOT VI. HORSES NOT in TRAINING, but all sound, and would make good riding horses or hunters: B4. Y GELDING, 4 years old, by Barnton, dam of pedigree unknown. BROWN COLT, 3 years old, by Barntoii; own brother to the above. BILLY C., bay colt, 4 years old, by Malcolm out of Valeria. HUBY, brown colt, 4 years old, by Poynton out of Miss Wild. BAY GELDING, 4 years old, by Iago out of Gimerack's dam. BROWN GELDING, 4 years old, by Sirikol out of Biterry, by Touchstone. • The whole of the above to be seen at Topgill, within two miles of Mid- dleliam, and three from the Levburn railway station. For price and par- ticulars apply to Mr LANGLEY. Bell's Life Office, London. Topgill, 22d January, 1857. YEOVIL, Somerset.— Important Sale of tbe well- known Stock lately worked in the Duke of Wellington Coach from Yeovil to Weymouth,— Mr W. G. PALMER begs to notify that, in consequence of the opening ofthe line from Yeovil to Weymouth, he has been favoured with instructions from the proprietor, Mr John Shep- herd, to offer for SALE, at the Mermaid Hotel, Yeovil, on Wednesday, the 28th of January, 1357, TWENTY- TWO well- seasoned, powerful, fast, and well- bred COACH HORSES, three well- built coaches, in first- rate condition, by eminent builders, various sets of double and pair- horse harness, chaff- cutting machine, bean mills, light spring waggon, and numerous other stable utensils too numerous to particularise. Parties who may avail themselves of the opportunity of attending this important sale will find every facility for so doing from the various lines of railway now open to the town. Catalogues will shortly be ready, and may be had at the Western Flying Post Office, and at the principal hotels in this and the adjoining counties. The sale will commence precisely at 12 o'clock. PHAETON HORSES.— On SALE, a PAIR of BROWN GELDINGS, rising 6 years old, 15 hands 2 inches high, both good hacks, have been hunted, and clever steppers in harness. A PAIR of BROWN MARBS, 14 hands 2 inches high, 5 years old, without white, perfect matches, grand action in harness, and gocdhacks. On view at REA'S CENTRAL REPOSITORY, St George's- road, Newington, STALLIONS.— Messrs Barrow's Stud Paddocks, Newmarket, and Repository for the Sale of thorough- bred Horses by Private Contract.— The following popular stallions will serve mares at the above paddocks the ensuing season 1857: ROBERT DE GORHAM, by Sir Hercules out of Duvernay, by Eml- lius out of Varennes, sister to Quadrille, by Selim, at 20 guineas each mare, groom's fee included. He is the sire of many winners. ALARM, by Venison out of Southdown, by- Defence, at 15 guineas each mare, groom's fee included. Alarm won the Cambridgeshire Stakes, the Claret Stakes, aud the Ascot Cup, beating Orlando, Jericho, Wolt- dog, The Baron, Oakley, and Bishop of Romford's Cob. He is the sire of Torment, Winkfieldfthe winner offthe AscOt Cup), Pitapat, Com- motion, Amorous Boy, and many other winners. His stock won thirty races during the last year. ' PELION, by Ion ( the sire of Wild Dayrell) out of MaMie, by Jerry, at 10 guineas a mare, and one guinea to the groom. He won three two year oid stakes at Newmarket, including the Triennial, also the Mar- quis of Westminster's Plate at Chester, beating a large field, and the Eglinton Stakes, beating Longbow, Exact, Vindex, Stilton, and many others. . ' : - ' ; • The following horses are for sale: THE BLACK DOCTOR, CHARLEMONT. All applications to be made to Messrs Barrow, veterinary surgeons, Newmarket, Every attention will be paid to all " mares sent. to. Messrs Barrow, and foaling iriarea will receive their professional services. The best accom- modation can be had, with loose boxes, good pasturage, private paddocks ( if required), and a snccession of green crops. No horse or mare to be taken from these paddocks until all expenses are paid. BRYAN O'LINN, to be SOLD or LET for the SEASON.— Bryan O'Linn, by Birdcatcher, is the sire ot Morgan Rattler, Good Friday, Highlander, Mr St George's colt, and several others, which will appear this season. His produce won £ 1,272 in 1855. and are entitled to run for the Nation il Produce Stakes. For further particular's see Racing Calendar. If not sold, or let, he will stand this season at Ardreigh House, one mile from Athy. Also, KGRY O'MORE, the well- lcnown sire, half- brother to Bryan O'Linn. All applications to be made to Thomas Sherlock, Esq, Ardreigh House, Athy, County Kildare, Ireland. STALLION.— To be SOLD, YOUNG FIRE- AWAY, the property of Mr George Jacobs, Crown Inn, Watton, Norfolk. Young Fireawayis rising five years old, is a beautiful rich bay, with four black legs, stands 16 hands high, on short legs, full of bone, superior action, and has proved himself a sure stock- getter. His sire was Mr Burgess's horse Fireaway ; grandsire, Mr Burgess's Shales ; his great grandsire, Messrs Wright and Goold's Norfolk Cob; his great great grandsire, Mr Wood's Fireaway; his dam a superior Shales mare. For further particulars, apply to Mr Geo. Jacobs. Watton. bv Thetford. UTALLION— To be SOLD or LET, PROFES- IO SOR BUCK, six years old, near 10 hands high, on short legs, by Melbourne, dam by Pantaloon out of Banter (. Touchstone's dam). He is a good bay, black points, great substance, fine temper and action, sound, free from blemish, of good symmetry: has served one season, and proved himself a sure getter. vVillbe sold cheap. Apply to Wm. Daykins, Doiieaster. Extra stamp to be inclosed for answer per letter. STALLION.— For SALE, RAVENSBONE, by Venison out of Specimen, by Rowton^ hesiaiids 16 hands high-, with immense bor. e aud substance, very fine temper, and perfectly sound; he is a. sure foal- getter. The proprietor would have no objection to make an exchange for a trotting stallion. The above horse can be Seen at Theobald Stud Farm, Stockweli. Surrey, three miles from LondoW; AFIFTEEN- STONE short- legged HUNTER to ' be SOLD, in consequence' of the fos h. qunds being given up.~ Has been hunted { yi tb the presented time, ahd the owner can be referred to. To be seen at Salter's Stables, Eaton- square, S. W. ;'.'.'.' I? OR SALE, a BROWN MARE, young, high ? stepper, rides well, carries a lady, and has been broke to harness. To be seen at Mr Rickards's, Albert Stables, Conduit- street, Westbourne- terrace. Full particulars from foreman; the owner. referred to. TO be SOLD, one of the handsomest BROUGHAM HORSES in the world, the property of a gentleman. j„ No dealers needapply. Address M. P.. 6. Jbhn- styeet, Adelptii. H UNTERS.— Mr GAPP begs to iiflbrm noble- men and gentlemen that he has. returned from Brighton, andhas now some first- class HUNTERS, up to all weights, and fit to go at a day's notice. Apply at his Riding School, 29, Gloucester- orescent, Paddinston. HORSE, HEADED CHAISE, HARNESS, AND CLOTHING, for SALE.— The gelding is 6 years old, 15 hands 1 inch. higli, colour black roan, sound, and very fast in all his paces, quiet ill harness, a good hack, and has been banted. The: dennet is very light, and is in excellent repair, and the harness new within three months. The property of a gentleman who no longer has any use for them. Trial and examination allowed. Apply to D. P., 4' 23. Strand, / XREYHOUND SAPLINGS.— For SALE, TWO \ JT black BITCHES, by Ranter out of Murder. Murder by a son of Goodlake's Glider out of the dam of Randell's celebrated Ruby; have been well reared, and are good- looking; whelped May 12. Price £ 15 each. Also a brace by Admiral out of Jessie, . Jessie by Bradly's Major out of Hirondelle, Sister to Webb's Flirt and Havoc, June 20th, Price £ 10 each; Apply to Mr Ashmore, Norton, hear Evesham. l^ i RE YHOUNDS.— To be SOLD, FALL of KARS, VA a. red bitch. puppy, and TITLED TREASON, a black dog puppy. The former won the Bredwardine Stakes, 16 dogs, last Tuesday, amongst a clais of puppies of which two were declared to be. starters for the greit Waterloo Cup; whilst of Titled Treason's performance, at the same meeting, it will suffice to say that, before he was put out by Goldfinder, he had run no less than six courses, the last of which was of great severity, and won cleverly, the three preceding being undecided ones with the famous bitch Hopbine, the winner of the Sunclorne Challenge Cup, in the courses for which she defeated greyhounds of the very first- class celebrity ( vide Bell's Life," Stonehenge," and " Thacker"). Price, to save troubie, £ 50 each, or £ 80 the brace. Also a BRACE of splendid SAPLINGS, price £ 25 each.— Apply to Mr Robert Ashley, Wistaston, Nantwich, Cheshire. TO S P O R T S M E. N.— On SALE, A black RETRIEVER DOG, 12 months old. A liver- coloured POINTER DOG, 18 months old. Two black SETTERS ( dog and bitch), 16 months old. A few black SETTER PUPPIES, 8 months old. The above are all of first- class blood, and very handsome, and parted with merely because the owner has no further use for them. For price, & c, apply to J. C., Box 85, Post Office, Lancaster. mWELVE COUPLES of HARRIERS.— To be X SOLD by PRIVATE CONTRACT, the LOUTH UNION HARRIERS, twelve couples of first- rate working hounds, standing about 20 inches high; have been regularly hunted together, and are now showing first- rate sport. Any person wishing to become a purchaser can see them work by applying to S. J. Welfitt, Esq, the present master, Louth, Lincolnshire. " XTEWFOUNDLAND DOG.— For SALE, a well bred, laige, and remarkably handsome NEWFOUNDLAND DOG, under 3 years old, colour black and white; extremely good- tempered, docile, and intelligent. Having beeii well trained, he i3 an admirable water dog, and a very efficient guard. Any gentleman requiring a really valuable animal will find this a desirable opportunity. Price 10 guineas.: For further particulars apply to N, E. P., 9, Queen- street, Neath, Gla- morganshire. . by Leo, the broperty weight 9st, the finest dog in England— To be seen on application'to Mr Stockley, butcher, 20, Montpelier street, Montpelier- square, Brompton. TO DOG FANCIERS and Others.— WANTED to PURCHASE, a thorough bred BLACK and TAN TOY TERRIER DOG, not under 2 years old, and over 31b in . weight, that has had the distemper. A bitch will not be purchased, Parties bringing dogs that vary from the above description will lose their time and trouble. Apply at the British Hotel, Cockspur- street, between the" hours of II and 1 in the forenoon. YACHTS continually on SALE privately, ton- nage various, in London and outports, also wanted to PUR- CHASE. A private record ( no list published) is kept, accessible only to intending vendors and purchasers who oblige by previously communicat- ing, in confidence, outlines of their several requii ements to the under- signed, whose cards ( modus operandi), with blank forms for particulars designed for vendors, are obtainable through the post. Personal appli- cations attended to as per cards above referred to, and at Garraway's, Cornhill, between 2 and 4 o'clock on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur- days.— Letters to be addressed to JOHN T. CEELY, 5, Mountague- place, Poplar, London, E. ALDERNEY and GUERNSEY COWS and HEIFERS.— EDWARD PARSONS FOWLER, of Jersey, will have on PRIVATE SALE, at Mr J. Gower's Repository, Barbican, to- morrow ( Monday), and two following days, THIRTY calved and down calving CATTLE, selected with great care, are all warranted perfect, and direct from the islands. Sale days, as usual, the last Monday in the month throughout the year. FOURTH ANNUAL SALE OF DOMESTIC POULTRY, at LUCAS'S REPOSITORY. Liverpool- Messrs LUCAS aud Co will SELL by AUCTION, on Friday, the SOtli instant, at 11 o'clock precisely, at their Repository, Great Charlotte- street, FOUR HUNDRED choice FOWLS, consisting of splendid specimens of the most approved breeds, comprising black Spanish, Dorkings, Braniah Pootras, Hamburgs, Rouen, Polish, Game, Bantams, Cochin China, Aylesbury, and all other fashionable kinds. Entries to be made by 12 o'clock on Wednesday next. Notice.— The poultry to be sent in hampers or convenient packages ( not less than three birds in each), and the packages to be sold with the fowls. As many as possible to be sent in to the Repository on Thursday. None received after 9 o'clock on Friday morning, and no lot will be re- ceived unless in a proper hamper or package. I> ED DEER.— A BRACE of fine fresh RED fcj DEER, fit for immediate hunting, at W. Herring's Menagerie, New- road, Regent's Park. Wild and tame bred pheasants, foxes, & c, & c IVE GAME.- PARTRIDGES, - WANTED, 12 or 15 brace of or 10 brace of pheasants, and 10 brace of hares, to turn out next month. Letters addressed to the keeper, Seven Trees, Plymouth, will be immediately attended to. BELGIAN A& D GERMAN CANARIES.— AN immense quantity just arrived. BELGIANS, first quality cocks, 10s each; hens, 5s; second cocks,, 7sOd; hens, 3s. Germans, with the nightingale, water- bubble, and woodlark notes ( including cages), 6s each; 6 tor 33s, 12 for 60s. Fancy cages 20 per cent under any other house. ROBERT GREEN, 154, Kingsland- road. PIGEONS.— A TREATISE on BREEDING and MANAGING all the known fancy PIGEONS, carefully com- piled from the best authors, containing the whole of the works of the late Moore, Mayor, Girtin, Boys, Esqs, with observations and reflec- tions, by J. M. EATON, with seven elegantly- engraved coloured portrait s, life size, viz, two almonds, Mack mottle, red baldhead, yellow beard, black c. wrier, and blue pied pouter. Published by and to be obtained ofthe author, John Matthews Eaton, 7, Islington Green, London, N. Price 10s, post free. Also the coloured diagram of building a piseonry, 2s. PATENT WOOL MANURE COMPANY ( Limited).— WOOL MANURE, for corn, £ 710s; turnips, £ 6 10s; delivered to any railway station or wharf in London. Applications for agencies from influential persons attending provincial markets, to be for- warded to Mr C, H. Tidbury, secretary, 81, Gracechurch- street, London, STALLIONS,— The following horses will serve mares the ensuing season, 1857, at the Stud Farm, Theobald's Park, Enfield, Middlesex, twelve miles from London, three miles from the Waltham station on the Eastern Counties line, and three miles from the Potter's Bar station on the Great Northern line :— THE TRAPPER, at 10 guineas. He is brown, 16 hands high, with great length and power; by Ton out of Prairie Bird, by Gladiator, her dam by Voltaire. He is one of the finest stallions now serving, and possessing such blood cannot fail to get good runners. THE CONFESSOR, at 10 guineas. He is a dark bay, 16 hands high, very strong and sound; by Cowl out of Forest Fly, by Musquito, by Master Henry. It will thus be seen that he possesses good blood— Bay Middieton, Priam, Velocipede, Filho da Puta, Dick Andrews, & c. Also ( if nst sold or let), MORTIMER and BESSUS, at 5 sovs each. Mortimer is a bay horse, nearly 16 hands high, with great power, by Alarm, dam by Glencoe, granddam by Whalebone out of Hazardess, by Haphazard— Orville. Bessus is a brown horse, 16 hands high, fine shape, by Bay Middleton out of Brown Bess, by Camel. A. Gray begs to inform noblemen and gentlemen that lie now has a very large range of good pasture land, with upwards of 150 roomy boxes, paddocks, an abundant supply of excellent water, and every other neces- sary for bleod stock only. Brood mares at 10s 6d per week, corn ( extra) at 3d per feed. He also takes in blood stock to keep and handle prepara- tory to their going into training. Terms: 16s per week. All applications to be made to Mr A. Gray, oil the premises, to whom all expenses of mares, & c, must be paid, prior to their removal. November, 1856. STALLION.— Catterick.— GOORKAH will serve mares at MrC. Pybus's stables for the season 1857; thorough- bred mares at 5 guineas, and 10s the groom; half- bred mares at 3 guineas, and 5s the groom. He is by Annandale out of Fair Jane, by David; 15 hands 3 inches high; a good brown, clear of white; perfectly sound, enormous powers, splendid action in all his paces. His performances will show he lias won and beat all the best horses iu his year, and at all distances. At three years old, won Liverpool Cup, beating Goldfinder, Chief Justice, Harbinger, Missive, Cariboo, Alp, and many others. J.' Won Warwick Cup, beating Adine, Little Harry; Ibex, Sackbut, and Black Doctor. Won tile Queen's Plate at Doneaster, beating Ilex, Gossip, Grapeshot, and Mentmore Lass. Won the Caledonian Cup, beating Harricot, Friars' Hall, and The Black Doctor. Same place, next day, won the value of 95 sovs, beating Braxey, Pugorrock, Auchinlcck, Radulplius, Worcester, and Bird Trap. Ran s » sond to Kingston for the Northumberland Plate, beating Goldfinder, Red Lion, Little Jack, Gartli- fortli, and many others iu the race. At York, for the Great Ebor, ran fourth to Pantomime, Nabob, and Catspaw, beating Newminster, Adine, Revolver, Lord Fauconberg, Barbette, Peggy, and a great field. Ran second to Balrownie for the Caledonian St Leger, equal weights. He met with an accident, when three years old, in his foot, which put an end to his racing career, Goorkah cannot fail in getting first- class horses. Good accommodation for mares and foals at 10s per week; corn at market price. All expenses to be paid, before the mares are taken away, to Mr C. Pyhus. Further information to be had of Mr C. Winteringliam, Richmond; and Mr C. P. vbus, Catterick, Yorkshire. QTALLION.— For the Season, 1857, at the k^ Turf Tavern, Doneaster, BALROWNIE, at 8 guineas a mare and half- a- guinea to the groom; dams of winners of £ 100 in one stake at 5 guineas, and 10s to the groom, Balrownie is by Annandale out of Queen Mary, by Gladiator, her dam by Plenipotentiary out of Myrrha, by Whalebone, Gift, by Y. Gohaima, & c. He is a good bay, with beautiful action, lengthy, with fine symmetry, and good size, being 15 bands S| inches high, and sound in every respect. That he was a racehorse of the first class his performances will show, and his blood cannot fail to be invaluable to breeders, being descended from one ofthe most remarkable racing families of the day. His dam. Queen Mary, is also the dam of Haricot, Braxey, Blooming Heather, Bonnie Scotland, Blink Bonny, & c; and it is worthy of note that, whatever the sire, her produce, both colts and fillies, invariably possess merit of the first order. Annandale, the sire of Balrownie, is also the sire of Goorkah, One Act, Robgill, and numerous other winners; and is himself by Touchstone ( winner ofthe St Leger in 1834) out of Rebecca ( the dam of Alice Hawthorn, & e). Balrownie will serve a limited number of Half- bred mares at half- price, but the entire number of mares for the season will not exceed fifty. There is the best accommodation for mares and foals, and good sound grass land, with an unlimited number of loose boxes; and the greatest attention will be paid. them. Hay and grass 10s per" week; corn, if ordered, at the market price. All expenses to be paid be paid before the removal of the mares; or, in default, they will be sold at Doneaster Races to defray expenses.— Apply to Mr » V, I'Anson, Spring Cottage, near Malton, or to Mr W. King, Turf Tavern, Doneaster. STALLIONS.— At Croft Stud Farm, near Darling- ton, CHANTICLEER, at 20 guinea a mare, and 1 guinea to the groom. Chanticleer is the sire of Vengeance, who won the Cesarewitcli in 1S56, and ran second for the Cambridgeshire in the same year, car- rying 8st 2lb, 84 horses starting. LORD OF THE ISLES, at 12 guineas a mare, and 1 guinea to the groom. Lord of the Isles is by Touchstone, dam Fair Helen, by Pan- taloon, granddam Rebecca, Alice Hawthorn's dam. Lord of the Isles was a first- Class race horse, winning the Two! Thousand Guineas Stakes, and other large races, beating large fields at t wo and three y ears old. From his superior breeding and line symmetry he cannot fail to become a first- class sire. Hay and grass at 10s per week. Corn, if ordered, atthe market price. All expenses to be paid before the mares are taken away. There is every accommodation for mares and foals, and the land is of first- rate quality, with plenty ; of roomy loose boxes. Every attention will be paid to mares sent to the above horses, by T. Winteringham, proprietor of the Stud Fanii. Any communication addressed to T. Winteringham, Croft, near Darlington, will receive immediate attention.— N. B. The Croft Station on the York and Newcastle Railway is within three hundred yards^ of the Stud Farm, where mares- can be taken off'. . : - '. STALLION.— At Stanton, one mile from Shiffnal, Shropshire, where there is a station on the Great Western Railway, SWEETMEAT, the winner of 23 races out of 24 starts. His sire is Gla- diator, by Partisan, sire Of Venison and Glaucus. His dam, Lollipop, by Starch or Voltaire, sire of Voltigeur aud Barnton. Blink Bonny is out of a Gladiator mare. Sweetmeat never served or averagedmore than 10 mares a year until the two last. He served 40 mares last' year; all are in foal but two. He will serve 85 mares ( besides the owner's) at 15 guineas each. He is sire of Mincemeat, winner ot the Oaks in 1854; Nettle, who was winning the Oaks ( but for the accident too well known) iu 1855; Miricepie, winner of the Oaks in 1S56; Citron, the best three mile mare of her year; and a host of other first- rate horses. The Royal Paddocks applied to hire him for1857. His yearlings at Doncaster. in 1855, averaged more than any Other stallion, from £ 300 to £ 600 each. In 1858 only two were offered for sale. Two of his fillies have been sold for £ 3,600, and a filly foal of this year for £ 300, and other large contingencies. The best accommodation, with 200 acres of sound old turf, and 100 acres of young clover ( as good as usual) in pastures from 6 to 40 acres each, and plenty of housed swede turnips. Season concludes 1st July, 1857. All mares not paid for by that time will be sold to defray expenses. Apply to Mr Eyke. QTALLIONS.— HOBBIE NOBLE, that justly- IO celebrated, sound, and first- class stallion will serve a limited number of mares, at 10 guineas each ( season 1857), at Plumpton Hall, near Harro- gate and Knaresboro', Yorkshire. He is by Pantaloon out of Phrvr. e, Phryns by Touchstone out of Decoy. He is own brother to Elthiron, Windhound, Miseirima, The Reiver, kC. It is useless giving further of his pedigree of performance, as it ean be seen by reference to the " Stud Book " and Calendar that he and his family have won and been sold for more money than any other horses on the British Turf. T. Groves, the owner, at the above place, is willing to show Hobbie Noble, before com- petent judges, against any other thorough bred horse in England that is serving at 20 guineas or more, for quality, action, soundness, and strength in its proper places, which is required to constitute a good animal, for any amount that may be agreed upon. Nominations to be forwarded as soon as convenient. Good accommodation for mares and foals, at usual prices. T. G. has also ROLAND, THE KNIGHT OF GWYNNE, FLYING BUCK, & c, & e, • STALLIONS.— At Alvediston, London Elm, Wilts. — JOE LOVEL, by subscription ; thirty mares, beside those of his owner, at 12 guineas each, and 10s 6d the groom. He is tlie sire of many winners, including Noisy, & c.. Also, at the same place, UMBR1EL, by Melbourne or Touchstone out of Verbena, by Velocipede, at 7 guineas each, and 10s 6d to the groom. Half bred mares half- price. Hay and grass at 10s per week; corn, if ordered, at the market price. Alvediston is. about 12 miles from Salisbury, and five from Woodyates, where there are plenty of good loose boxes and fine grass land. Sub- scriptions taken at Messrs Weatherby's; or of George Randall, stud groom, on the premises. Further particulars may be known of Mr William Day, Woodyates, Salisbury. Twenty subscriptions have been taken. STALLION.— To be LET, RATAN, sire of Ma- lacca ( winner of the last Cambridgeshire), by Buzzard, dam by Pieton— Selim— Pipator; a cross of blood now invaluable, if properly directed, Ratan's stock, from the small number of thorough bred mares put to him, have been remarkably successful, and he will there- fore be let on very reasonable terms to any one with sufficient accom- modation, in a central district, to permit of a condition that lie may serve ten dams of winners of 100 sovs gratis, the remaining mares being limited to 80. The half bred stock of Ratan are remarkable for their size, great bone, and substance. He is a very sure foal- getter, and now in first- class form. Can be seen at Whitefield House, Walton, near Liver- pool, snd applications to Richard Johnson, stud groom there, will receive attention. STALLIONS FOR the SEASON, 1857.— At MR J. Ashton's, Owmby Paddocks, near Brigg, Lincolnshire. THE CURE, at 15 guineas each, groom's fee included. The Cure is the sire of 10 two year old winners, last year winning 27 races, which, from the class of mares he has had, proves him to be a first- class sire. FERNHILL, at 7 guineas each, groom's fee included. Every accommodation for mares and foals. Hay and grass at 10s per week for foaling mares; barren mares, at 9s per week. Corn at market prices. All demands to be paid before the mares are taken away. Owmby paddocks are three miles from Barnetby Junction, on the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, one mile from Howsham Station, on the Lin- coln and Hull Railway. All applications to be made to Mr J. Ashton, Owmby House STALLION.— At Harwood Lee, near Bolton- le- Moors, the thorough bred STALLION, DEAR ME ; thorough bred mares, 5 guineas each; half bred mares, half price. Dear Me is the very best blood of the present day, being by Melbeurne out of Ennui, by Bay Middleton out of Blue Devils, by Velocipede ( the dam of Saun- terer). Dear Me is a rich dark bay, with black legs, stands full 16 hands high, with short legs, and of great power, and has proved himself a sure foal- getter. AH communication respecting the above to be addressed to Mr T. W. Redhead, Bolton- le- Moors.— N. B..: Every accommodation for brood mares and foals, the proprietor having spared no expense to secure every comfort. Hay and grass at the usual prices. Corn at the market price. . STALLION.— ESSEDARIUS, the property of Messrs G. and R. Saville, Hud Hill, Chapeltown, near Sheffield. Essedarius, by Gladiator, dam by Velocipede; granddam Streamlet, by Teresias; great granddam Bizarre, by Peruvian ; great great granddam Violante, by John Bull out of sister to Skyscraper, by Highflyer. He is a good dark chesnut, 15 hands 3 inches high, good constitution, great power, on short firm legs, good action, lengthy, free from any defect. A glance at his performances on the Turf will show his speed and staying capabili- ties. Thorough bred mares at 8 sovereigns, and 8s the groom ; half bred mares at 8 sovereigns, and 8s the groom. Good accommodation at Hud Hill for mares, at 10s per week, for hay and grass; corn, if ordered, at the marKet price. The groom's fee to be paid at the time of serving, and all other demands to the groom at the end of the season. STALLIONS.— At Mentmore, near Leighton Buzzard :— KING TOM, by subscription of 25 mares, besides those of his owner, at 25 guineas each. LEOPOLD, by Phlegon out of Manilla; thorough bred mares, 7 guineas; half bred mares, 3 guineas. Hay and grass at 10s 6d per week; corn, if ordered, atthemarketprice. All expenses to be paid before the mares are taken away. Apply to Mr C. Markham, stud groom, Mentmore, near LeightOn Buzzard. ST A L L I O N.— RATAPLAN ( own brother to Stockweli), by The Baron out of Pocahontas, will serve 40 mares by subscription this season, 1857, exclusive of the owner's, at 25 guineas each, groom's fee included. Rataplan has won 41 times, 37 during his last two seasons, at high weights and all distances.— Vide Racing Calendar. He served 20 mares by subscription the end of last season. For subscriptions, or further particulars, apply to W. Homshaw, stud groom, TickhillCastle Farm, Tickhill, four miles distant from the Bawtry Station, Great North ern RaUvay. Every accommodation for mares and foals at 10s a week. Corn, if ordered, at the market price. STALLIONS.— At Middle Park, Eltham, Kent, one mile and a half from the Blackheath Station, North Kent line. KINGSTON will serve thirty- five mares at 25 guineas each, besides those belonging to his owner. NEASHAM ( if not sold), at 8 guineas: half bred mares half price. MARSYAS, by Orlando ( if not sold), at 6 guineas; half bred mares half price. Hay and grass 10s per week; barren mares, with corn, lis; foaling mares, 18s. Subscriptions to be taken at Messrs Weatherby's, or at the QTALLIONS.— At Wiliesden Paddocks, Kilburn, London, . „. „. PYRRHUS THE FIRST, winner of the Derby, & e; sire of Yirago, Mcestissima, & c, at 30 guineas. SIR TATTON SYKES, winner of the St Leger, See, sire of many winners, at 20 guineas. DAMASK ( if not let or sold), by Touchstone out of MOBS Rose ( sister to Velocipede), at 10 guineas, half breds 5 guineas. SAUCYBOY, winner of the Caen Steeple Chase of 800 sovs. by Arthur, dam by Mameluke, at 3 guineas. Apply further to Mr C. Phillips. UTALLIONS.— Rawcliffe Paddocks, near York. k> THE FLYING DUTCHMAN, at 5Q sovs. SO mares. SLANE, at 20 guineas, 20 mares. NEWMINSTER, at 15 guineas. CRUIZER, CONNAUGHT RANGER, and WINDISCHGRATZ, 5 guineas each ; winners and dams of winners served gratis by these two ast horses; half bred mares 2 guineas each. Besides a limited number belonging to the company. Apply to Thomas Baitson, stud groom. QTALLIONS.— To be SOLD or LET, MORTI- O MER and BESSUS. Mortimer is a bay horse, by Alarm, his dam Glencoe mare, grand- dam by Whalebone out of Hazardess, by Haphazard— Orville; . nearly IS hands high, with great power. Bessus is a brown horse, 16 hands high, by Bay Middleton out of Brown Bess, by Camel; also a very powerful horse, with fine shape. If not sold or let, they will serve mares at 5 sovs each, at Mr Gray's Stud Faim, near Enfield, Middlesex. STALLIONS.— ST LAWRENCE, by Skylark or Lapwing out of Helen, by Blacklock, sire of Saucebox, winner of the St Leger, and several other winners. Thoroughbred mares 10 guineas, halfbreds 5 guineas. Also, MATHEMATICIAN, by Emilius out of Maria, by Wisher, sire of Monge, winner of the New Stakes, at Ascot. Tliorough- bred mares 5 guineas, halt- breds 3 guineas. At L9wfold, eleven miles from Horsham, and five from Petworth. OTALLION GRECIAN.— At Theobald Stud Farm, Stockwel!, Surrey, three miles from Hyde Park- corner, GRECIAN, Epirus out of Jenny Jumps, at 10 sovs a mare; he is half brother to Pyrrhus the First, stands la hands high, with great substance ; colour, chesnut. His stock are very large and racisg- like; can be seen at the stables, with the sire. Hay and grass for barren mares at 12s per week. All expenses must be paid before the mares are removed. Apply to the stud groom on the. premises. •• •- STALLION.— LOUP GAROU, 30 mares ( besides those of his owner and lessee), at 15 guineas each, and 1 guinea the groom. He is the sire of The Coroner and Lambourii, and i3 likely to become the most fashionablestalliou ofthe day. He is of good size and colour, with immense power, and is by Lanercost out of Moonbeam, by - Tomboy. Hay and grass 12s per week, and corn on the usual terms. Expenses to be paid before any mare is removed. Apply to W. Hadley, stud groom, Wefford, nearPershore. QTALLION, 1857.— At Newbold Pacy, Warwick- kJ shire, six miles from Leamington, Warwick, and Stratford- on- Avon, ASTOLFO, 6 years old, by Orlando, dam Plenary, own Sister to Plenipotentiary. For his performances see Racing Calendar, .1853, At 25s each mare, groom's fee included. The money to be paid at the time of serving. For any further particulars apply, by post, to John Clarke, groom, Newbold Pacy, near Warwick. STALLION.— The barb VENGEANCE.— Docu- ments to prove his running 2, i70 yards in 2min 37 sec, weight 12st 71b, also of his winning the Stand Plate Gibraltar, 2J; miles, in 4min 30sec, weight list 71b, can be seen. The owner having refused to let him leave the country, lie will serve 30 mares this season only, at the low price of 15 guineas each, besides a few of the owner's. Apply, Tyler, Stud Paddocks, Burnham Green, Welwyn, Herts. STALLION, 1857.— At Audlem, Cheshire, nine miles from Crewe station, THE MAGNET, by Camel out of Queen of the Vale, by Tarrare ( son of Catton) at 7 guineas each mare. He is the sire of Magnifier, the produce of the first mare put to him. Hay and grass 10s per week. Corn at the market price. All expenses to be paid betr. re tlie mares are taken away. Apply to Mr Lisle, as above. STALLION.— Season, 1857.— At Mr Marmadnke Walker's, Addington Lodge, near Croydon, PTOLEMY, by Pyrrhus the First out of Celeste, by Muley Moloch out of a Velocipede mare, her dam by Comus out of Flora, byCamillus, & c, & c, will serve thorough bred mares at £ 10 10s, and half bred mares at £ 5 5s, groom's fee included. The horse ( whose stock is very promising) will attend on application, within a circuit of 10 miles. - STALLION.— WILD DAYRELL will serve thirty mares ( barren excepted) by subscription of 30 guineas each, includ- ing their keep, Any mare sent earlier than three weeks before foaling to be charged extra. The season to commence on the 10th of'FSbruary. and close on the 10th of July.— Apply to Mr Rickaby, Chilton Folliat, Hungerford. O HOOTING ana FISHING to be LET, in her KZ? Majesty's Forest lif Woolmer; County Hants. The Commissioner of her Majesty's Woods and Forests, in charge of the Forest of Woolmer is prepared to receive TENDERS for the privi- lege of SHOOTING for one year, from the 1st of February, 1857 to the 1st of February, 1858, over the following plantations iu this forest, viz: Borden Lodge enclosure, containing about,.... 17 o" o' Lynchborongh Lodge ditto, ditto ISO 0 0 Forked Pond ditto, ditto- .... 240 0 0 Brimstone Lodge ditto, ditto .. .. 460 0 0 LongmoOr • ditto. ditto .... 640 0 0 Hogmoor ditto, ditto .... S60 0 0 „ • , Total, about 1,847 0 0 These plantations Consist chiefly of oak and fir. There are two large ponds situate in Forked Pond and Lynehborough Lodge enclosures, cele- brated for the supply of wild fowl which frequent them. Woolmer Forest, is about 50 miles from Loudon, eight miles from Farnham, four miles from the Bentley Station, on the London and South Western Railway ( AltonBranch), and five miles from the market town of Petersfield, and in the neighbourhood of several preservers of game. ... Tenders, under cover, stating the price per adre for the right of shoot- ing and fishing, will be received by the Hon James K. Howard, No, S, Whitehall- place, London, on or before the I2th day of February next. There is a go< 5d cottage, called Woolmer Pond Cottage, containing two sitting and six bed rooms, with kitchen and the requisite out offices, the occupation of which cottage from the lsf of October next to 1st of February, 1858, may be had. by the party whose tender may be accepted. The commissioner in charge does not bind himself to accept the highest or any tender. TO be LET ( for a term of years) or SOLD, FAIRFIELD, a very excellent and . commodious RESIDENCE, within three mi'es Of the city of York. The situation is extremely healthy, and the grounds ornamental and well timbered. The house contains two dining- rooms, communicating by folding dOors, one 26 feet by 16 feet, the ptlier 24 feet by 18 feet, leading into a handsome conser- vatory, 50 feet long; a drawing- room, 26 feet by 25 feet, with'bay win- dow ; library, 21 feet by 16 feet, and two smaller sitting- rooms, smoking room, and batlwoom, all on the ground floor ; eight best bed- rooms and dressing- rooms, capital and complete offices ami servants' bed- rooms, walled kitchen'garden and hothouse, 7 acres plantation's and pleasure ground, first- rate stabling for 15 horsel ( or more ifrequired), with coach house for four. carriages ,• extensive granary, saddle- room, and sleeoing- room for grooms. It is a most desirable residence for a sportsinan, being in the vicinity of three packs of foxhounds. Hunting may he had every day in the week, and at moderate distances. Good partridge shooting, if required. The farm consists of nearly 80 acres of land, all in grass, and of first- rate quality. The buildings very complete. This is let upon lease. Twelve acres of land can be let with the house,; more if required.— Amilioation to be made to W. S. Thompson, Esq, Fairfield, York; B, B. Thompson, Esq, solicitor, Tadcaster: and Messrs Daniel Smith, Waterloo- place, London. The property is free- hold, tithe free, and the land- tax redeemed. SUFFOLK.— To be LET, for a term, KRAM- FORD HALL, near Ipswich, a most desirable family residence, with pleasure grounds and gardens, and the shooting over the manor and estate of upwards of 2,000 acres of land, of which above 50 acres are coverts and plantations, admirably adapted for rearing and preserving game; also, a right of fisliine: in the river Capping, which runs . for two miles through the estate. The Eastern Unioii Railway Station at Bram- ford is... within half a mile of the park gate. Time from London by ex press train, two hours and ten minutes; church and post office, about half a mile. From 20 acres to 60 acres of excellent pasture land in the park, surrounding the house, may be had with it if required. Fsr parti- culars apply to Messrs Alfred Cobbold and yarington, solicitors, Ipswich; or Messrs Cobbykl and Patteson, solicitors, 3, Bedford- row, London. LETTERFRACK.— To be SOLD by AUCTION, if not previously- disposed of by private sale, this valuable ESTATE, HOUSE, and OFFICES, the property of James Ellis, Esq, situate on the sea shore of Connemara, county Galway, Ireland. This estate possesses tlie advantages of good fishing and shooting, sea- bathing, the most beautiful scenery in Ireland, a well- kept garden, orchard, green- house, and vinery; while the handsome cut- stone mansion is amply large enough for the requirements of a large family. For particulars, apply to Thos. F. Eastwood, Esq, Letterfrack, Galway, Ireland, from whom particulars of furnished dwellings for the salmon fishing season may also be had; and to Frederick SeaDohm, Esq, 11, New- square, Lincoln's Inn, London. . COUNTY of WATERFORD.— To be SOLD, with Incumbered Estates Court title, a finely- situate, well- circum- stanced, fee- simple ESTATE, running fortwo- anct- a- quarter miles along the banks of the Blackwater, containing 8,511 statute acres, 4,000 of which are in the hands of the owner; with timber, valued at £ 15,500. garden, pleasure grounds, capacious mansion- house, and offices. Price £ 80,000, Apply to Thomas Miller, 0, St Andrew- square, Edinburgh; and 21, D'Olier- street, Dublin. QTALLION.— HACO ( winner of the Cesarewitch in strand, FISHING and HUNTING.— A. clergyman, a bachelor, having a large liouse and grounds, wishes to LET TWO or THREE ROOMS to a gentleman. Exclusive right Of Fishing, good trolling and fly- fisliing. Stables and coach- house, if required. Address, Alpha, care of the Editor of The Field, 2 to 5, Essex- street, kZJ 1853, beating a field of thirty horses).— Thorough bred mates at £ 5 5s ; other mares at £ 2 12s 6d, groom's fee included. He was got by Old England out of Dauntless, by Defence. Apply to D. Roden, groom, at Stourton Hall, near Horncastle. STALLION.— At Melton Mowbray.— DRAYTON will serve mares. Thorough bred mares at 7 sovs, half bred at 3 sovs, and 2s 6d the groom, All ; inquiries to be made at the George Hotel, Melton Mowbray, npHE FLYING DUTCHMAN — To be DISPOSED JL OF, ONE SUBSCRIPTION to this horse. Apply to Mr Gill- man, Seriven Park, Knaresborough, Yorkshire. QTALLION GREYHOUND. — RANTER, at KJ .10 guineas. Apply to John Weaver, Chadbury, near Evesliam. STALLION GREYHOUND.— JUDGE, at 10 KJ guineas. Apply to Joseph Irwin, 26, Lowther- street, Whitehaven QTALLION GREYHOUND.- WEAPON, at Kj £ 5 5s, irrespective of winners. Apply to Robert Logan, Lowwood Hotel, Windermere. STALLION GREYHOUND. — MUSEUM, at £ 2 2s, by Figaro out of Manto ( the dam of Mantua). Inquire of Mr J. Hyde, at Stonrton Hall, near Horncastle. STALLION GREYHOUND.— MERRYMAN, the . sire of Mildew, is at the service of the public at £ 5 5s. Apply to Mr Cox, Farnborough, Hants. STALLION GREYHOUND.— LARRISTON is at the service of the piiblic at £ 5 5s each bitch. For particulars apply to Wm. Wignall, Star Inil, Skipton- in- Craven, Yorkshire. Q TALLION GREYHOUND.— NIMROD, the sire kj of Nimrod, the winner, of the Puppy Stakes at Cardington, is at '' * -- Apply at Mr Page's, Town Hall the service of the public at £ 5 5s. Tavern, Banbury. STALLION GREYHOUND.— BLACKCAP ( own brother to Restless, by Dutchman out of Alice) will serve bitches atlO guineas. Winners or dams of winners only 6guineas. For perform ances see " Thacker." Apply to Mr S. Cass, Thirsk, Yorkshire. s TUD GREYHOUNDS.— BEDLAMITE, 10 guineas, limited to 20 bitches. BEDLAM TOM, 5 guineas. Apply to Mr J. Brown, Old Moot Hall, Nottingham. STALLION GREYHOUND.— SPY, by Liddes- dale out of Florence, is at tbe. service of the public, at £ 5 5s. For rmance see " Thacker." His first get are now saplings, and very promising. Apply to Henry Williams, Westfteld House, Knotty Ash, near Liverpool. INSTATES WANTED in ENGLAND and SCOT- J LAND.— The SUBSCRIBE R is instructed by different capitalists to bring tinder their notice the particulars of such ENGLISH and SCOTCH ESTATES as niay from time to time be for sale. Parties, therefore, who have such properties for sale may communicate descrip- tive particulars thereof to- tlfo subscriber at his ^ mWA pfp, ee 81l( j leavahis terms. The subscriber having purchased for English and scotch gentlemen some of the largest estates in Ireland, is in daily communication with capitalists who wish to invest in land.— THOMAS MILLER, estates agent, . fteSt . An( h- ew- squarei Edinburgh; and 24, D'Olier- street, Dublin. WHOLESALE HOUSES, Public Companies, if and general advertisers can have their ADVERTISING BUSINESS faithfully conducted, by an experienced advertiser, at moderate charges. Address Mr Hudson, care of Mr G. W. Jordan. 169, Strand, W. C. PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.— To Sportsmen.— . POCOCK'Su PATENT PORTABLE KITE and HAWK, effec- i . . - j- - i.- • • within shot. her question, . ,., „ .. .. . ' he apparatus forwarded, free of carnage, on . leceipt of a Post Office order for 1 guinea, payable to GEORGE GILBERT, 13, Soho- square, London. BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, 2, Duke- street, Southwark, MARQUEE, TENT, FLAG, and RICK- CLOTH MANUFACTURER. Temporary rooms of any dimensions, for balls, dinners, & c, with conveyance and attendance to anv distance. Be par- ticular to address at full length— Benjamin Edgington, 2. Duke- street, Southwark ( opposite the Brighton Railway), MUSEUM of NATURAL HISTORY, 52, HIGH Holborn, London.— For SALE, . HEADS, with ANTLERS, of the American ELK, Cape BUFFALO arid KOODOE, Scotch RED and FALLOW DEER. Also tlie largest collection in the kingdom of rare birds, insects, and birds' eggs, & e. Manufacturer of coloured birds' eyes, at 5s per gross, black do at 4s per gross, A List of all the British Insects, with English and Latin names, forOd, by post lOd. A priced list of Entomological apparatus forwarded upon receipt of a stamped envelope. Taxidermy; or. Bird Stuffing made Easy, a work- alike useful to the adept and beginner, forwarded free by post for half- a- crown, by JAMES GARDNER, naturalist. ' ' HUNTING HATS and CAPS.- Best quality HUNTING HAT, waterproof, impervious to grease, and venti- lating, 17s; best quality hunting cap, 21s; also light ventilating velvet hats, impervious to grease, best 17s, other qualities at 12s 6d, 10s 6d, and 7s 6d, for cash only.— JOHN HOLBROOK, manufacturer, 46, West Strand, London. An extensive assortment of town made umbrellas. STALLION GREYHOUND— MASQUERADER, fawn dog ( formerly called Imitator), at £ 3 3s. He is by . Motley out of Mocking Bird, and one ofthe fastest dogs in England, never hav- ing been led to his hare; for performance see" Thacker." Apply to William Alsop, King's Araas Hotel, Kenilwortli. STALLION GREYHOUND. — LOCOMOTIVE, black and white ( sire of Debonair^ by Captain Daintree's King Cob out of his Reservation, is at the service of the public at £ 5 5s each bitch. Apply to Thomas Woods, trainer,. Elsworth, Cambridgeshire. 1VTO ADVANCE in the PRICE of BOOTS and JL. ™ SHOES.— Considerable excitement prevails amongst manufac- turers and shopkeepers in the boot and Shoe business, and a resolution has been adopted to advance that article to a very much higher figure. After careful consideration, E. MOSES and SON hare adopted the fol- lowing resolution :— " That having on hand a very excellent and unlimited stock of boots and shoes, bought for cash, on satisfactory terms, the public shall have the full benefit of these advantages ; and, although others may ad- vance the price of boots and shoes, theirs will remain as before, superior in quality, and at the same economical prices." It becomes E. Moses and Son to make universally known the above re- solution ; , and they trust their friends, patrons, and the public will ren- der them all the assistance they can in the circulation of the intelligence that no additional charges will be made for boots and shoes in the whole- sale or retail departments. Public attention is respectfully invited to the order and ready- made CLOTHING departments at E. Moses and Son's, where all novelties Locomotive, having been the property of a private courser, lias never in dress for adults and juveniles are displayed in perfect excellence, appeared in public. ! Every article is cliarged the most reasonable price, and marked in plain j figures. serve | The HAT, CAP, ladies and gentlemen's HOSIERY and UNDER- STALLION SETTERS.— ROLLA will bitclies at 4 guineas each. He is a fine, strong, and handsome - CLOTHING, departments secure the best productions to the public, at dog, black and white, with tan muzzle, good head, and long ears. RAKE will serve bitches at 4 guineas each. He is black and tan, very handsome, with good head and long ears. These dogs have been regularly shot over by the Editor of the Field, and are noted animals. Apply at the Field Office, Essex- street, Strand, W. C. BY HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. and the torture of the cautery. MAJOR'S BRITISH REMEDY for the cure of ringbone, spavins, splints; arid all ossific deposits in the horse. Price 35s. MAJOR'S SYNOVITlC LOTION ( the Remedy No. 2), for grogginess, weak joints, sprains of the back sinews, ruptures of the sheaths of ten- dons, suspensory ligaments, shoulder lameness, and inflammation; also for the cute and prevention of breaking down, < xc. In bottles, large size, £ lls; small, 10s6deach. MAJOR'S INFLUENZA DRINK, 10s 6d and 17s 6d. MAJOR'S RESTORATIVE DRAUGHTS, 10s 6d and 17s 6d. To be had of all respectable medicine vendors, and of Mr Major, vete- rinary surgeon; together with the pamphlet and testimonials, price Is, JOSEPH MAJOR, 26, Cockspur- street, Cliaring- cross. s TE YENS'S OINTMENT the ONLY SUBSTI- having been extensively used for 20 years in the principal racing and hunting establishments in the United Kingdom, the colonies, and on the Continent, has superseded all other applications as the most humane, speedy, and certain cure for curbs, splints, spavins, diseased ligaments or tendons, ringbone, & c, & c, and all diseases of horses' legs, in which the barbarous practice of firing was formerly had recourse to. It is war- ranted never to cause any blemish, be it used ever so repeatedly, is cheaper and much more active than the common blister ointment, causes, but little annoyance to the animal, is the most powerful absorbent yet discovered, and no horse will gnaw his legs after its application. It is also highly beneficial in obstinate cough, all glandular swellings, roar- ing, & c. Prepared only by Henry R. Stevens, veterinary surgeon ( late of Newmarket), and sold at his Infirmary and shoeing forges, 8A, Park- lane; and at Tattersall's Yard, Hyde Park- corner, London, in boxes, with a Treatise on Lameness, and full directions for use, 2s. 6d, each, or 8s free by post; also, in 5s and 10s boxes, the latter equal to five small ones. Stevens's Restorative Balls, for debility and loss of appetite; Ste- vens's Tonic Draughts, Gum Bandage; Watson's Purging Paste; and all descriptions of veterinary medicines supplied. TT'OR HORSES.— GOSTLING'S COUGH BALLS JU speedily cure recent coughs, and wonderfully relieve clironie coughs and broken wind. Price Is 6d per packet ( six balls). GOSTLING'S CONDITION BALLS bring them rapidly into condition, and are highly beneficial after severe exertion, or change of food; also in cracked heels, swelled legs, grease, liide- bound, & c, & c. Price 2s 6d per packet ( six balls). Messrs Ay ton and Battley, naphtha distillers, Bow Common, London, state that a horse, which had been deemed incurable by their veterinary surgeon, was restored from a bad cough and sore throat to perfectly sound health, in a very short time, by the use of Gostling's horse balls. See testimonials accompanying each packet. Sold by Barclay and Sons, Farringdon- street; air Sanger, 150, Oxford- street, London ; and T. P. Gostling, Diss, Norfolk. May be obtained retail of all druggists. LEEMING'S ESSENCE for LAMENESS in HORSES.— This essence cures claps or strains of the back sinews, also slips and strains in the shoulders, stifle, hough, whirlbone, kiiee, fetlock, pastern, and coffin joints. It makes the quickest and surest cures of any article yet known, and horses may be worked during the. time of cure. Price 2s 6d per bottle.— To aveid purchasing a Spurious article, please see that the names of" BARCLAY and SONS, Farring- don- street, London," are affixed, they having purchased the original recipe from the executors of George Bott, of Nottingham. ORSES.— LIEUT JAMES'S BLISTER, used in her Majesty's Cavalry Regiments, patronised by Major- General Sir Charles Dalbiac, Inspector- General of the Cavalry Forces, and highly eulogised by Professor Coleman in his report to the Adjutant- General. Its great efficacy, in all cases . Where blistering is usually applied, is well known; and its celebrity has extended to all the great studs throughout the world. No horse will gnaw it.— Sold by Messrs Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon- street, London: and by all respectable msdicme venders. In pots la 6d, 2s 9d, and 5seach. HORSES.— TAYLOR'S CONDITION BALLS, invaluable for swelled legs, grease, coughs, worms, impaired appetite, & c. Read the opinions of the following trainers:—" For getting horses into condition they are unequalled." John Osborne.— " In my opinion they are invaluable." John Scott.—" Your condition balls are excellent." Samuel Rogers.—" I have never used so efficient a ball." John Dawson.— Prepared by T. Taylor, veterinary surgeon, Bur- ton- on- Trent. Wholesale of Sanger, Oxford- street; Sutton, Bow Church- yard, and all druggists, in packets, six ballB. iis; three balls, Is 9d. H AVE YOU A HORSE ?— If so, use HENRI and Co's PATENT ARABIAN HORSE FEED. To be had of all corn dealers. Patronised by the Earl of Derby, Lord John Russell, Col Wyndham, and hundreds of the first agriculturists.— Wholesale De- pot. 149. Aldersgate- street. ON SALE, CHARUBS ( Locusts), a third having just arrived direct from the Levant.— M, and R, KE and Co, importers, Hull, cargo, KEIGHLEY moderate, cost. NOVELTIES The EMPEROR'S WINTER CAPE, a'woollen fabric, thoroughly waterproof, price 26s. The WYNDHAM WRAPPER, price 18s 6d.~ The CARDIGAN WRAPPER. The CAMBRIDGE WRAPPER. The SARDINIAN bordered TROWSERS, worn with or without braces, price from lis 6d. CAUTION.— E. Moses and Son beg to state that they haveno connec- tion with any other house, except their establishment and branches, as follows:— London : Aldgate andMinories, opposite to Aldgate Church, West End Branch : New Oxford- street and Hart- street. Country Branches : Sheffield and Bradford, Yorkshire. SPECIAL NOTICE.— Until March, the establishments will be closed every evening at 8 o'clock, except Saturday, when they remain open until 11. GRATIS.— New book, with lists of prices, and self- measurement; also an illustrated Almanack for 1857. LEFT- OFF CLOTHES WANTED — Gentlemen having LEFT- OFF WEARING APPAREL, in any quantity and of every description, including regimentals, lace, boots, books, jewellery, & c, to DISPOSE Or, are respectnilly informed that they may obtain the full value for the same to any amount on addressing a line ( pre- paid) to J. HUTCHINSON, 17, Dean- street, High Holborn. Gentlemen waited en ( free) at any time or distance. Parcels from the country, the utmost value immediately remitted by Post Office order. Established x840. THANKS to the CRIMEAN OFFICERS.— W. CLARK, sole manufacturer of the celebrated WATERPROOF PASTE and BLACKING ( which so successfully stood the test, and proved impervious to water even for those on duty in the trenches); takes this opportunity of publicly offering his most grateful thanks to the officers who served in the Crimea, for the invaluable patronage he has re- ceived through their recommendations, and most respectfully solicits a continuance during the present hunting, shooting, and fishing season,— 127, Crawford- street, Portman- square, London, W. SUPERIOR to all OTHERS.— CLARK'S ROYAL LEAMINGTONIAN HUNTING BLACKING, for softening and preserving boots and shoes, and giving a brilliant raven- jet polish, equal to patent leather; does hot crack or wear brown, and retains its lustre for any length of time, in all temperatures. Also, his incomparable elastic waterproof VARNISH, for hunting, sh(? oting, fishing, and ordinary walking boots, and all kinds of india- rubber goods.— Manulactory, 127, Crawford- street, Portman- square, London, W. CLARK'S PATENT MATCHLESS PASTE for LEATHER BREECHES, GLOVES, CORDS, KERSEYS, & c.— This matchless composition will be found far superior to any that has ever been offered to the public: it will cleanse and beautify, renders them soft aud pliable, does not require rubbing, and will not rub off. Warranted perfectly free from dust, and needs but one trial to prove its superiority over all others. Also, liis unrivalled REVIVER, for restoring black kid boots, cloths, & c.— Manufactory, 127, Crawford- street, Portman- square, London, W. rjn O THE HUNT.— W. CLARK again solicits the attention of hunting noblemen and gentlemen to his incomparable BOOT- TOP FLUID, for cleansing arid preserving brown boot- tops, totally eradicating all stains, restoring and keeping them to their original colour. White tops may be made brown to any shade required. Also, a LIQUID . for polishing and making any top eqnal to patent, with half the usual labour. Premier boot- top powders of all colours— Manufactory, 127, Crawford- street, Portman- square, London, W. HUNTING.— PROPERT'S PASTE is NOW prepared for cleaning leather breeches, gloves, hunting kerseys, cords, drills, & o, with directions for use on each jar, and, if used ac- cordingly, will be found quite free from dust, and one application suf- ficient to produce the desired effect, with a saving of one half the usual trouble. Travelling boxes, complete, containing four jars of paste, two brushes, and two sponges, for cleaning leather and cloth breeches, always kept in readiness, price £ 1. Manufacturers also of the mueh- approved white and brown boot- top powder ; magic cloth- balls for dry cleaning all kinds of tartans, silks, velvets, & c. Importers of French cirage varnish, sole agent for Count D'Orsay's waterproof polish, and manufacturer oi blacking without vitriol.— Manufactory, 23, South Audley- street, Grosve- nor- square.— N. B. Liquids of various colours for cleaning brown top- boots, and polishing cream for ditto. BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, price Is. ljd. and 2s. 9d. per box.— Thirty years ago to speak of a cure for the gout was considered a romanoe; but now, the efficacy and safety of this medicine is so fully demonstrated by testimonials from per- sons in every rank of life, that public opinion proclaims this as one ofthe most important discoveries of the present age. These pills require neither attention nor confinement, and are certain to prevent the disease attack, ing any vital part. Sold by PROUT and HARSANT, 229, Strand, Lon- don ; and all medicine vendors. AS a MEDICINE long highly esteemed for its curative powers in cases of indigestion, sick headache, nervous- ness, and affections ofthe liver and bowels, COCKLE'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS cannot be too strongly recommended, having stood the test of public opinion for upwards of half a century. Prepared only by Janaes Cockle, surgeon, 18, New Ormond street, and may be had of all medicine vendors, in boxes at Is l| d, 2s 9d, 4s 6d. and lis. 2 BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, JANUARY 25, 1857. PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. GYMNASTICS, Fencing, Sword Exercise, Drilling, Glove Practice, & c, at the Roval Gymnasium and School ot Artiw, 8, James- street, Haymarket. OPEN DAILY, from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., tor private lessons and classes. An evening class every Tuesday and 1 riaay, at 8. Families attended at their own residences. Just published, price, cloth. 2s 6d, post free, " OUFF'S GUIDE to the TURF; or, Pocket XA; Racing Companion for 1857.- Contents : The Nominations for Great Britain and Ireland for 1857, and the Great Stakes for 18o8- a Complete Calendar of the Races in Great Britain and Ireland tor loa- the Horses Indexed, with their Pedigrees— Laws of Racing— Length ot Courses— Revised and Enlarged Lists ef the Trainers— Winners of the Great Races from their Commencement— Races to Come, Derby Lots, & c. London : Pipor, Stephenson, and Spence, 23. Paternoster- row. Mr ALBERT SMITE'S MONT BLANC, Baden, UP the Rhine, and Paris, is now open EVERY EVENING ( except Saturday), at 8 o'clock. Stalls 3s. area 2s, gallery Is. Stalls can be secured at the box- office, EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, every day, between 11 and 4, without any extra charge. The morning represen- tations take place every Tuesday and Saturday, at 3 o'cloek. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, i, Coventry- street, Leicester- square.— OPEN ( for gentlemen only), from 10 till 10— containing upwards of 1,000 models and preparations. Illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, & e. Lectures are delivered at 12, 2. 4, and hall- past ,, by Dr i. Sexton; and a new and highly interesting series of lectures is now in : ourse of delivery by Dr Kahn, at a quarter past 8 p. m. Admis- sion, Is. Catalogues, containing lectures as delivered bs- Dr Kahn. gratis. HARRY HIEOVER'S WORKS. In 2 vols, 8vo, with portrait, price 24s cloth, STABLE TALK and TABLE TALK ; or, Spec- tacles for Young Sportsmen. By HARRY HIEOVER. " An amusing and instructive book, which will be read with pleasure by the old sportsman, and may be perused with profit by the young one. — Times. , „ . By the same author, in fcp 8vo, price 5s each, The POCKET and the STUD, 5;. The STUD for PRACTICAL MEN, 5s. PRACTICAL HORSEMANSHIP, 5s.; ' and The HUNT- ING FIELD, 5s. t London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. GENERAL TOM THUMB, the AMERICAN DWARF.— Crowded Houses— Patronised thirteen years ago by her Majesty, H. R. H. Prince Albert, H. R. H. the Duchess of Kent, & c, & c., EXHIBITING EVERY DAY and EVENING, previous to visiting Russia, in REGENT GALLERY, GO, Quadrant, from 11 to 1, 3 to 5, and 7 to 9 o'clock. He is beautifully proportioned, and the smallest man alive. His performances are remarkably talented and enchanting. New characters, costumes, songs, dances, statues, & c. The General continues to wait on the nobility and gentry at their residences on due notice. His miniature equipage promenades the streets daily. Admis- sion Is, regardless of age; stalls 2s and 3s; children haif- price.— The General will remove, on the 2d of February, to the Prince of Wales Bazaar, 207 and ' 209, Regent- street. PRINCESS'S CONCERT and BALL ROOMS, Castle- street, Oxford- street, under the management of Mr Frampton, late of the York- road, Lambeth.— These spacious rooms are now OPEN as an ACADEMY fer DANCING, in allits various branches, for the stage or ballroom. Private lessons daily, from 12 to 4 o'clock. Agrand ball every Thursday evening, to commence at 10 o'clock. Terms for lessons, or hire of rooms, to be had of Mr Frampton, as above. PORTLAND ROOMS, Foley- street, Portland- place.— The Misses STUART and HERBERT beg to inform the nobility and gentry that their first FULL DRESS BALL will take place at the above rooms, on TUESDAY, Feb 3d. Dancing to commence at 11 o'clock, under the direction of Mr H. C. Frere.— N. B. Mr Frere's usual soiree will take place to- moriow ( Monday) evening, and ^ very Monday, Wed- nesday, and Friday, during tne season. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE.— Lessee, Mr E. T. Smith; acting manager, Mr Charles Mathews; stage manager, Mr Robert Roxby; scenic artist, Mr William Beverley.— All over by half- past 11, to enable country visitors to return by the 12 o'clock trains.— The greatest hit of all is the Drury- lane Pantomime.— Nightly overflows.— The free list entirely suspended.— Immediate application is requisite to secure good seats.— The Box Office is open, daily, from 10 to 6, under the direction of Mr Edward Chatterton.— The eminent comedian, Mr Charles Mathews, will appear every evening in one of his favourite characters.— A Morning Performance ot the gr » at Pantomime every Wednesday, at 2 o'clock.— A new three act drama will be produced in a few days, in which Mr Chas. Mathews will sustain the principal character.— TO- MORROW ( Monday), Tuesday, and Wednesday, her Majesty's servants will perform the comic drama, in two acts, entitled AGGRAVATING SAM; charac- ters by Messrs Chas. Mathews, Robert Roxby, Tilbury, G. Honey, Tem- pleton. Miss M. Oliver, Mrs Selby, and Miss Mason.— On Thursday, Fri- day, and Saturday, a favourite drama, supported by Mr Chas. Mathews, and the entire dramatic company. To conclude with ( every evening) the highly successful comic pantomime, entitled SEE, SAW, MAR- GERY DAW; or, Harlequin Holiday and the Island of Ups and Downs. The magnificent scenery painted by Mr William Beverley. The comic scenes constructed by Harry Boleno. The peculiar grotesque opening invented and written by E. L. Blanchard, author of " Harlequin and the Seven Ages of Man," '' Jack and Jill," " Humming Top," " Hudibras," & c, and the whole arranged and produced under the direction of Mr Robert Roxby. The best pantomime company in England. Two Harlequins Herr Deulin and Siguor Veroni Two Sprites The Brothers Elliott Two Pantaloons Mr Barnes and Mr G. Tanner Two Clowns Messrs Harry Boleno and Flexmore The Gent Mr Halford Two Columbines Madame Boleno and Miss Honey Grand ballet: Miss Rosina Wright, Mdlles Einilie and Jenny Osmont, and upwards of 130 coryplieos. The reduced prices as follows ( varying throughout the house, to suit every one): Galleries, 6d and Is ; second circle of boxes, Is 6d; pit, 2s ; first circle of boxes, 2s 6d; dress circle, 4s; stalls, 5s; private boxes, 10s 6d, £ 1 Is, £ 1 lis 6d, and £ 2 2s. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. — TO- MORROW ( Monday) and Tuesday, the comedy of MONEY. Evelyn, Mr Murdoch. With the pantomime of THE BABES IN THE WOOD. On Wednesday a juvenile night, The Little Treasure. Miss Blanche Fane and Mr Buckstone. The pantomime to be over by 10, And Make your Wills. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, The School for Scandal, and the pantomime. A morning performance of the panto' mime on Thursday next, commencing at 2 and conclude by 4. MONEY ADVANCED upon the personal security of gentlemen of- responsibility, heirs to entailed estates, & c. Reversions purchased, or losns nsade thereon, either at an annual in terest or in consideration of deferred charges, payable when the rever sion falls in. Immediate annuities granted upon the latter principle to persons entitled to reversionary interests, who may thus obtain on in- come until their property falls into possession, without being called upon for any payment until that evant. Address to S. X., care of Mr. Grigg, bookseller, 188, Regent- street. London. TO CORRESPONDENTS. MONEY ADVANCED to gentlemen of property, on their notes of hand ; also, any amount of money advanced nn reversions, gentlemen having the use of the money without paying interest or principal until they have been in possession of their property two years. Officers and minors of property accommodated with money. £ 100,000 to lend on reversionary property and gentlemen's estates.— Apply ( in strict confidence) to Mr Graham, No. 5 Chambers, No. 8, Duke street, St James's. In one volume, with numerous portraits of greyhoun. 3, & c, engraved on wood, and a frontispiece on steel, price 21s, THE GREYHOUND : Being a Treatise on the Art of Breeding, Rearing, and Training Greyhounds for Public Run- ning; their Diseases and Treatment: Containing also, Itules for the Management of Coursing Meetings, aud for the Decision of Courses. By STONEHENGE. ,1L4i. , . " We have not the slightest hesitation 111 saymg that the work under notice is the most copious and complete ever written on the grey- hound The arrangement of this vast fund of information is lucid, consecutive, and regular, and the style in which it is communicated, varied, now technical and scientific, then anecdotal; and when occasion requires minutely descriptive, fervent, and often so plain and simple that one might fancy the author was pleasantly speaking to listeners."— Bell's Life. London: Longman, Brown, and Co. MONEY.— Noblemen, gentlemen of property, heirs to entailed estates, and other responsible persons requiring advances, can be immediately supplied with MONEY, on their notes of hand only. Several sums ready to be advanced, for any period of time, upon freehold and leasehold security, reversions, life interests, legacies, annuities, and bv way of post obit. Reversions purchased.— Apply ( by- letter only), to F. Y., 15. Pall- raall. Lendon. MONEY ADVANCED, on the personal security of heirs to entailed estates, who can have an immediate income secured to them. Also upoi; the note of hand of officers on full pay, & c. Also upon freehold and funded property, reversions to money in the Funds, life estates, & c. Reversions purchased. Apply to Mr Allen, at his offices, 28A, Regent- street, Waterloo- place. M' MAUNDER'S POPULAR TREASURIES. A New Edition, fcp 8vo, price 10s in cloth; 12s bound in embossed roan; or 12s 6d calf lettered, AUNDER'S SCIENTIFIC and LITERARY TREASURY; a portable encyclopaedia of the belles lettres; in- cluding all branches of science, and every subject connected with litera- ture and art. A thoroughly- revised edition, comprising definitions and descriptions of the various terms and inventions that have recently come into general use. Also, all uniform in size, and price 10s each Treasury, MAUNDER'S HISTORICAL TREASURY ; MAUNDER'S BIOGRAPHICAL TREASURY; MAUNDER'S TREASURY of KNOWLEDGE; MAUNDER'S GEOGRAPHICAL TREASURY; and MAUNDER'S TREASURY of NATURAL HISTORY. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. MONEY.— Noblemen, gentlemen of property, heirs to entailed estates, and officers OR full pay, with good expectations, can be supplied with ANY AMOUNT. Advances made on reversions, life interests, and legacies under wills. Large sums can be obtained by way of post obit.— Address by letter to C. D., 61, Brook- street, Hanover- square, London. CARPENTER'S SPELLING, EDITED BY M'LEOD. Lately published, in 12mo, price Eighteenpence, CARPENTER'S SPELLING ASSISTANT, m which the division of the words into syllables corresponds with ths pronunciation; with new and more correct definitions of many of the words, and many other additions and improvements. Edited by WALTER M'LEOD, F. R. G. S.. M. R. C. P., Royal Military Asylum, C'TheORIGINAL EDITION of CARPENTER'S SPELLING, wherein the words are arranged according to their principles ot accentuation, with the author's latest corrections and improvements, in 12mo, price Is 6d, may also be had. London: Longman and Co; and Whittaker and Co. Just published, in Svo, price 2s, AN ESSAY on the THERAPEUTICAL EFFECT of PURGATIVES on the HORSE, read before the Veterinary Medical Association of London, Session 1855- 56, to which was awarded, the Society's Silver Medal. By JOHN FIELD, M. R. C. V. S. London: Longman. Brown. Green, Lonamans. and Roberts. Just out, extra cloth, gilt, 432 pp, 8vo, only 3s 6d post free, " XriMROD'S HUNTING TOUR in SCOTLAND J3I and the NORTH of ENGLAND, with the Table Talk of distin- guished Sporting Characters, Anecdotes, & c. By J. C. APPERLEY, author of " The Turf, the Chase, and the Road," Ax. C. Templeman, 6, Great Portland- street. Regent- street, W. ROUTLEDGE'S SHAKESPEARE, Part III., Edited by HOWARD STAUNTON, illustrated by John Gilbert, will be ready on Tuesday, the 27th instant, " ' Routledge's Shakespeare' is a magnificent production, and fit to take its place on the shelves of the best libraries in the kingdom, or to be thumbed and carefully read by the fireside of every family in the kingdom. Entertaining such opinions of the merits of this work, we cordially recommend every one of our readers to become a subscriber to this splendid edition."— Morning Chroaicle. London : George Routledge and Co, 2, Farringdon- street. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL.— TO- MORROW ( Monday), and during the week, CONRAD ANDMEDORA; or. Har- lequin Corsair, and the little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea. Sup- ported by Mrs C. Dillon, Messrs Barrett, Toole, & c. Preceded every evening by THE KING'S MUSQUETEERS. D'Artagnan: Mr C. Dillon. The play of Fabian, the new play of the Cagot, and the tragedy of Othello, will be repeated shortly. Morning Performance every Saturday, at 2 o'clock. GREAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE, Shoreditch.— TO- MORROW ( Monday), and during the week, to com- mence with an entirely new version of the WRECK of the GOLDEN MARY, introducing nautical effects. To be followed by the grand Comic Pantomime, pronounced to be the best in London, called, HICKEDY PICKEDY, MY BLACK HEN; or Harlequin King Winter and Queen Spring. The beautiful scenery of the opening by Mr Charles S. James. Harlequin, Mr Asliate. Columbine, Madame Pau- line. Pantaloon, Mr H. Bird. MESSIAH, 2S, or 4s ; Creation, 2s, or 3s ; Judas Maccabams, 2s, or 4s ; Israel in Egypt, 2s, or 4s ; Samson, 2s, or 4s. The 3s and 4s editions are bound in scarlet cloth. Dettingen Te Deum and Zadock the Priest, Is 6d; Alexander's Feast, 2s; Acis and Galatea, ls6d. Each work complete, with separate libretto, in vocal score, with piano- forte or organ accompaniment, arranged by Vincent Novello; oetavo size. Please ask for Novello'sCentenary Edition, printed on stout paper. Also, uniform with the above, Mozart's Twelfth Mass, 2s ; Haydn's Third Mass, 2s : Beethoven's Mass in C, 2s— or the Three Masses in one volume, cloth, 7s. Mozart's Requiem ( with E. Holmes's Critical Essay, from the Musical Times), 2s— the Masses have Latin and English Words. London : J. Alfred Novello, 69, Dean- street, Soho ( W.), and 35, Poultry ( B. C.). S ILLUSTRATED LIVES OF ROBSON AND REDPATH. CENES from the LIVES of ROBSON and . _ REDPATH, showing the steps by which they were led from honour to criminality, with verbatim reports of their trials, and copious extracts from the writings of Robson. With 40 engravings. Post free, one shilling. London: Clark, 16 and 17, Watwick- lane; and at all booksellers and railway stations. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Lessee, Mr W. Cooke.— TO- MORROW ( Monday), and all the week, first time, the risible comedy called KATHARINE AND PETRUCHIO, with Mr W. Cooke's equestrian illustrations ; Petruchio, Mr James Hol- loway. After which the EQUESTRIAN EXERCISES in the ARENA. To conclude with the equestrian comic pantomime, called PAUL PRY ON HORSEBACK; or, Harlequin and the Magic Horseshoe.— A Morn- ing Performance every Saturday at 2 o'clock. Commence each night at 7 o'clock. COAL HOLE TAVERN, Fountain- court, Strand ( opposite Exeter Hall).— Lord Chief Baron NICHOLSON, and the celebrated JUDGE and JURY SOCIETY, EVERY NIGHT at half- past 9 o'clock precisely. TO- MORROW ( Monday) a new case for discus- sion, in which that much- abused individual, the Notting Hill Burglar, will appear. Poses Plastiques and Tableaux Vivants at halt- past 7, and after the theatres, supported by the most exquisite female models. Chops, steaks, & c, in the coffee- room. An excellent ordi- nary at 6 o'clock daily. Beds Is 6^.— N. B. Mr Nicholson deems it necessary emphatically to state that he is not connected with any periodical now publishing. BOOKS, Songs, Tales, Prints, & c.— The Yokel' Preceptor; or, Guide to all the Fun and Places of Amusement i London, with coloured plate, Is. Cause of Consumption, coloured plate by Cruikshanks, Is. Man of Gallantry's Pocket Companion, 2s 6d, plates, History of Marriage, 17 plates, 10s 6d. Marriage and Courtship, 2s 6d, plate. Scarce and new beautiful finished prints at 1,2, and 3 guineas per set. Sold by John Wilson, 28, Little St Andrew- street, Upper St Mar tin's- lane. A new catalogue sent free for four stamps. SHARPE'S NEW COMIC SONGSTER, 2s. 6d Labern's Cemic Songster, 2 « 6d; the most popular collection of choice songs, ancient and modern. Also, Coal Hole Songster, in Is parts, or four for 2s 6d, handsomely bound; Cyder Cellar Songster, 2s 6d; Cre- morae Comic Song Book, is now ready, at 2s 6d. A new catalogue of books, prints, tales, & c, sent free for two stamps. Stamps taken as cash, — N. B. Edward Dyer. 24. Princes- street. Leioester- square. CASINO DE VENISE, High Holborn.— This elegant establishment, now the principal feature in the metropolis, is OPEN EVERY EVENING from half- past 8 to 12 o'cloek. The celebrated band, under the direction of Mr W. M. Packer, performs a nightly varied selection of new music. Admission Is.— By special desire, a Bal Masque, on a scale of great grandeur, will take place on Thursday, 5tli February. Gentlemen's tickets, 5s; ladies' ditto, 3s. CHEAP RETURN TICKETS to BRIGHTON and BACK.— FIRST, SECOND, and THIRD CLASS, available from Saturday to Monday, are issued at London Bridge every Saturday, by the fast train at 8 p. m., first and second class passengers to return by any of the regular trains up to and including the 8 a. m. train, and third class passengers by any train not later than the 7 a. m. on the following Monday. FARES THERE AND BACK : lst class, 13s; 2d class, 9s; third class covered carriages, 6s. FREDERICK SLIGHT, Secretary. London Bridge Terminus LESLIE'S GAS PATENTS.— Improved machinery enables Mr LESLIE to reduce the price of his celebrated BURNERS from 7s to 4s each. The London, Liverpool, and Manchester Post and Money Order Offices' gas is purified and consumed by Leslie's Patents with great sanitary and economic results. 59, Conduit- street.— N. B. The composing and other offices of this journal are admirably and economically lighted by the use ef Leslie's Patents. CLOSE of HOLIDAYS.— The return of youth to their respective boarding- schools induces a solicitude from parents and guardians for their personal comfort and attraction, and ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, for accelerating the growth and im- proving and beautifying the hair, ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, for im- proving the skin and complexion, and removing cutaneous eruptions, and ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentrifice, for rendering the teeth beautifully white, and preserving the gums, are considered indis- pensable accompaniments for the attainment of those personal advan- tages so universally sought for and admired. Sold by A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Hatton Garden, London; and by chemists and perfumers.— Beware of spurious imitations. DO YOU WANT LUXURIANT HAIR, WHISKERS, & c ?— COUPELLE'S CRINUTRIAR is guaranteed to produce whiskers, moustachios, eyebrows, & c, in two or three weeks, strengthen weak hair, prevent its falling off, check greyness in all its stages, and reproduce the hair in baldness, from whatever cause. Price 2s. Sold by all chemists; or will be sent post free, on receipt of 24 penny stamps, by Miss Coupelle, 69, Castle- street, Oxford- street, London. A aomplete toilette guide sent post free for four penny stamps. K NOW THYSELF. - MARIE COUPELLE . continues to give her graphic and interesting delineations of character, discoverable from the handwriting. All persons desirous of knowing themselves, or any friend in whom they are interested, must send a specimen of the writing, stating the sex and age, and inclosing 13 penny postage stamps to Miss Coupelle, 69, Castle- street, Oxford- street, London, and they will receive a detail of the talents, tastes, virtues, and failings of the writer, with many things hitherto unsuspected. |^ REY HAIR.— 1, Little Queen- street, High XA Holborn.— ALEX, ROSS'S LIQUID HAIR DYE, being a clear fluid, it is merely necessary to damp the hair by the aid ot a comb or brush, when a perfect light or dark colour i3 permanently obtained. Sold at 33 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d; sent free for 54 stamps. Private rooms for ladies and gentlemen.—" Hints on Dress and ou the Arrangement of the Hair," a practical essay, adapted to either sex, by Alex. Ros3. Price Is, free for stamps. THE LANCET, on Dr DE JONGH'S Light Brown COD LIVER OIL, the most speedy and effectual remedy for consumption, bronchitis, asthma, gout, rheumatism, sciatica, diabetes, diseases of the skin, neuralgia, rickets, infantile wasting, general debility, and all scrofulous affections:—" Dr De Jongh gives the preference to the light brown oil over the pale oil, which contains scarcely any volatile fatty acid, a smaller quantity of iodine, phosphoric acid, ana the elements of bile, and upon which ingredients the efficacy of cod liver oil, no doubt, partly depends. Some of the deficiencies of the pale oil are attributable to the method of its preparation, and especially to its filtra- tion tlirongh charcoal. In the preference of the light brown over the pale oil we fully concur. We have carefully tested a specimen of Dr De Jongh's light brown cod liver oil. We find it to be genuine, and rich in iodine and the elements of bile." Sold only in imperial half- pints, 2s 6d; pints, 4s 9d; quarts, 9s; capsuled and labelled with Dr de Jongh's stamp and signature. Wholesale and retail depot, ANSAR, HARFORD, and Co, 77. Strand, W. C„ Dr de Jongh's sole British consignees, by whom the oil is daily forwarded to all parts of the metropolis. FRAMPTON's PILL OF HEALTH.- PRICE Is lid, and 2s 9d per Box.— This excellent family pill is a medicine of long- tried efficacy for purifying the blood, so very essential for the foundation of good health, and correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain its strength, a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will rapidly take place, and renewed health will be the quick result of taking this medicine, according to the directions occompanying each box. Sold by Prout and Harsant, 229, Strand, London, and all vendors of medicine. Price Is, by post 14 stamps, THE LADY of the CAMELIAS; freely trans lated from the original of Dumas; splendidly illustrated, and the only complete edition published. This remarkable tale depicts in power- ful language, the joys and sorrows of a courtesan's life. Upon this stirring narrative the celebrated opera of " La Traviata," which has caused such a sensation, is founded. Catalogues of an extensive variety of modern French and English works, translations, & c, forwarded for two postage stamps. Henry Smith, 5, Holywell- street^ trand. LA TRAVIATA.— Free for fourteen stamps, an illustrated edition of the Lady of the Camelias, being the tale upon which the above celebrated opera was founded. Also the Royal Song Book, 2s 6d; tlie Funny Songster, 2s 6d; the Coal Hole Songster, 2 vols, 3s 6a per vol; the Silent Friend, 2s 6d : La Mert on Self- preservation, 2s 6d; Curtis on Manhood, Is. Catalogues fer two stamps. Stamps. taken as cash.— J. Higden, 53, Holywell- street, Strand, London. No more Pills, nor any other medicine, for Indigestion, Irregularity of the Intestines, Flatulency, Palpitation of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, persisting Headaches, Nervousness, Biliousness, General De- bility, Despondency, Spleen, & c,— Price 2d, or 3d post free, 102d edition of U BARRY'S POPULAR TREATISE on IN DIGESTION and CONSTIPATION: the main causes of the above and many other complaints, and their Radical Removal, entitled the natural Regenerator ot the Digestive Organs, without pills, purga- tives, or medicines ot any kind, by a simple, pleasant, economical, and infallible means: adapted to the general reader.— London : Gilbert, 49, Paternoster- row, and through all other booksellers. 1) D R Price Is, by post Is 6d. CULVER WELL on MARRIAGE. " To be or not to be ? that is the question." Programme : Advent of Puberty and Corresponding Associations Duties and Casualties of Single Lite— Marriage and its Considerations Happy and Fruitful Alliances— Mode of Securing them— Infelicitous and Infertile ones— Their Obviations and Removal. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster- row, and all booksellers; or from Dr Cul verwell, 10, Argyll- place, Regent- street, who may be consulted from 10 till 5; evenings, 7 till 9. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Price Is, by post 14 stamps, illustrated with cases and engraviings, NERVOUS DEBILITY ; its Causes, Symptoms and Cure: an Essay on Spermatorrhcea, with observations on L safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the gene- rative system, obtained by the use of the microscope, in detectinr ' urinary exammation, the cause and effect « f every variety of compl whether arising from solitary habits, excesses, accident, or climate. To which are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with hints on the evils resulting from empirical practice, ani on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on these disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M. D., 37, Bedford- square, Honerary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, & c. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled.— Published by Sherweod and Co, 23, Paternoster- row; and may be had of Home, 19, Leicester- square; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall- street; or from the author, who may De consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from 5 till 8, at his residence, 87, Bedford- square. MONEY.— Apply to Mr. HOWSE, ll, Beaufort- buildings, Strand, W. C. Amount and duration of loan imma- terial. Every application considered confidential, and treated with promptitude, whether personal or written. MONEY ADVANCED upon reversions, life estates, and approved personal security. Apply, personally or by letter, to R., 11, Tichborne- street, Regent- street, W. LONDON AND ST JAMES'S SOCIETY, II, Upper Berkeley- street, Portman- square.— ADVANCES to gentle- men, officers, and persons holding respectable appointments, on personal security, or on mortgage, at low interest. Application, by letter, to Mr Cook. APRIVATE GENTLEMAN is desirous oi INVESTING some spare CAPITAL, on the personal security of gentlemen of property, and officers in the army; also on reversionary interests. Address, confidentially, to H. &., 6, Whitehall- place, Gravesend. RELIEF to the EMBARRASSED.— Mr MAR- SHALL, of 86, Hatt on- garden, solicitor and attorney of the Court for the Relief ef Insolvent Debtors, of upwards of 20 years' experience, offers his services to persons whose affairs are embarrassed ( in town or country) to obtain immediate protection of their person and pioperty from all county court and other proceedings, and conduct their business through the court, under the new act, without imprisonment, at one- third the usual charges, which mar bp naid hv in « t-- ilTv. nr> f. THE PERFECT EIGHT- DAY WATCH, war- ranted to go correctlv.— Patented in England, France, Belgium, and Holland.— These soundENGLISH WATCHES, which do npt exceed in size and price the ordinary watches now in use, reqaire to be wound up only once a week with three turns of the key. Only to be had of the inventors and patentees, L. MESURE and Co., 12, King William- street, Charing- cross, London. MAPPIN'S SHILLING RAZOR, sold every- where, warranted good by the makers, Mappin Brothers, Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffiield, and 67 and 68, King William- street, City, London, where the largest stock of cutlery in the world is kept, M APPIN'S SUPERIOR TABLE KNIVES maintain their unrivalled superiority; handles cannot possibly become loose. The blades are all of the very first quality, being their own Sheffield manufacture. Buyers supplied at their London Ware- houses, 67 and 68, King William- street, City, and Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield. MAPPIN'S ELECTRO- SILVER PLATE.— Messrs Mappin's celebrated manufactures in electro- plate, com- prising TEA and COFFEE SERVICES, side dishes, dish covers, spoons, and forks, and all articles u^ aally made in silver, can now be obtained from their London Warehouse, 67, King William- street, City, where the largest stock in London may be seen.— Manufactory, Queen's Cutlery Works Sheffield. Drawings, with prices, sent free on application. ALLEN'S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE of PORTMANTEAUS, Despatch Boxes, Writing and Dressing Cases, Travelling Bags, with square openings, and 500 other articles for travelling; bv post for two stamps. Allen's Patent Solid Leather Port- manteau, with four compartments. Allen's Patent Despatch Box, with or without dressing case. Allen's Patent Travelling Bag, with square opening, These articles are the best of the kind yet invented.— J. W. and T. Allen, manufacturers of portable barrack- room furniture, and military outfitters ( see separate catalogue), 18 ar. d 22, Strand. H1 EAL and SONS NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE contains designs and prices of 150 different arti- cles of BEDROOM FURNITURE, as well as of 100 bedsteads ; and prices of every description of beddinj. Sent free by post. Heal and Son, bedstead, bedding, and bedroom furniture manufacturers, 196, Tot- tenham Court- road. MILNER'S HOLDFAST and FIRE- RESISTING SAFES ( non- conducting and vapourising), with all the improve- ments, under their Quadruple Patents of 1816- 51- 54 and 1855, including their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock and Door, without which no safe is secure. The strongest, best, and cheapest safeguards extant. Milner's Phoenix Sate Works, Liverpool, the most complete and extensive in the world. Sjiow- rooms 6 and 8, Lord- street, Liverpool. London Depdt, 47A, Moorgate- street, City. Circulars free by post. rilHE WINNER of the SCENTS.— BREIDEN- X BACH'S NEWMARKET JOCKEY CLUB PERFUME, first; the Royal Hunt Bouquet, second ; the Yacht Club Nosegay, a clever third.— Sold in bottles, 2s 6d each, or three in a box, 7s, at the Grand Stand of Perfumes, i57B, New Bond- street, near Limmer's. WILLIAM WRIGHT, Fulwood- rents, Holborn, London, sporting printer and publisher, electric telegraph agent, & c, continues to supply results, arrivals, betting, and other intelligence from race meetings, per electric telegraph. WRIGHTS BOOK OF HANDICAPS; a weekly programme of races to come; price id, or sent ( post free) the whole season, for 7s, prepaid. WRIGHT'S BOOK OF STEEPLE CHASING, for 1855- 56, price Is. Also the vols for the six previous seasons can be had, price 3s 6d the set. WRIGHT'S BETTING PRICE CURRENT ; published nearly daily; containing information serviceable to both bookmakers and backers of horses. Betting commissions executed to any amount. For particulars apply as above. Post office orders payable at Holborn. On the lst of March -. vil& be published, Part I., price 2d, of FEIST'S RACING RECORD; containing a complete calendar of sport, from the lst of January to the day of publication. Edited by ALBERT FIEST, editor of the turf department of the Sunday Times, and reporter of sporting intelligence to the Lon- don daily papers.— Printed and published on the lst of each month by William Wright, printer and publisher, Fulwood- rents, Holborn. / CHESTER'S SUBSCRIPTION LIST. — Mr Kj ALBERT CHESTER ( established 1847) begs respectfully to in- form his old subscribers, and the sporting public throughout the United Kingdom, that the weights being out for the great spring handicaps, his SUBSCRIPTION LIST is NOW OPEN, He is quite confident his in- formation on the above events, Derby, & c, will prove of that sound and successful character which has invariably characterised his advice. He will only add that notwithstanding the universally acknowledged excel- lency of his past information, he feels sanguine his success the present year will eclipse in its results all that has gone before it. Subscription, one year, £ 1 Is. Address, Albei t Chester, box 20, General Post Office, London. YOUATT WM. GRAY'S SUBSCRIPTION LIST is now OPEN. Full particulars on receipt of a directed stamped envelope enclosed. Y. W. G. is always in posses- sion of the best information with respect to the chief events of the year. Six months' subscription £ 1 Is. Commissions executed to any amount. Country correspondents may rely upon always receiving the full market odds. All moneys forwarded the day after the race. Ad- dress, 15, Charing- cross. London. THOMAS MEGSON, late oi King William- street, Strand, London, begs to acquaint his country friends that he has resumed business again at S, Pan ton- street, Haymarket, on all racing matters throughout the year, and they may rely upon his sending thebest market price obtainable by return of post, and cash forwarded the day after the race. To insure an answer, all letters must contain a directed stamped envelope, and Post Office orders must be made payable at Charing- cross. M] ESSRS FISHER and GIDEON execute COM- MISSIONS to any amount on all the principal events of the ensuing year. Country correspondents may rely upon always receiving the full mar- ket odds. All moneys forwarded the day after the race. To ensure an answer, letters must contain directed stamped envelopes. Address, No. 17, Great Newport- street, Leicester- square, London. Terms sent free. TURF. Pedigrees of Irish Horses If " Faugh a Ballagh" will forward " Pick's Turf Register" to out Irish correspondent, he will take the matter in hand, and see what can be done to provide so desir- able a work of reference. Jonas— No. O P Q— No, when yearlings. M C— You lose one fourth of the amount. A Novice in Horse Breeding must be in reality a novice to ask such a question. Wm. Violett, Bordeaux— 1 : By- Auckland. 2 : Loiterer was by Sorcerer. J B C— There is no authentic record of Eclipse's time of running a mile— certainly not in a minute. John Evans— No. J H— No to both questions. Oxonian— B. loses, and must pay. A YouKg Breeder— We really ean- not give advice upon such mat- ters. Tulip Inn— We think not, but have not time to search the Calendars since 1776. Tyro— F. wins. Tournament is by Touchstone, and Blue Jacket by Coliingwood. W H— He had a large blaze of white down his face. Can any of our readers inform us when Inkerman ( in the Derby) died? Richard Thompson— 1347. J. Hobson— Only the Newmarket Stakej, Derby, and Swinley Stakes, at Ascot, when three years old. An Oxonian— He is not a member of Tattersall's, Bedford— No. A. Bardsley— A. wins. An Embryo— The subscription to the Sheet Calendars is £ 1 5s; for the Sheet Calendar and both books, £ 115s. They can be obtained through Mr G. W. Jor- dan, 169, Strand, by enclosing P. 0. order. Inquirer— The " list of winners" is no criterion of the actual gains; and as an instance, we may men- tion the case of the proprietor of a large stud, returned as a winner of £ 3,300 in stakes during the last season, who, when his ac- count for forfeits, stakes, and other drawbacks was made out, was actually some hundreds out of pocket! Alonzo— We know of no such ani- mal, STEEPLE CHASING, CaMllan— We cannot say. Birmingham— Cato got the stakes. An Old Subscriber ought to know better than to ask such questions. HUNTING. C. Campbell— Most undoubtedly A. wins, COURSING. A Lover of Coursing— 1: It depends on circumstances. 2: " Thacker" is a large book, containing up- wards of 400 pages. It is the only coursing authority, M B- No. W. Wilkinson— There was no date attached te the Bywell fixture. C Z, The Groves— A.' s plea will not hold water; he must pay. An un- decided is " no course." TROTTING. America— Ridiculous. Such a feat is impossible. Both Lady Fulton and Trustee trotted 20 miles under the hour. J Y S— Burke's match with the pony was against the Bedford coach, starting from Bedford to the George and Blue Boar, Hol- born, and returning. PIGEON SHOOTING. Jessop Bieve The bird having once gone out of bounds it is lost. Alfred Cox— The bird must be on the wing, and you must shoot at another. T. Lee— 1: A. can claim the stakes, if B. will not shoot it off. 2 : He cannot score it, but should shoot at another bird. Mortimer Arms— It is a tie. Thomas Ford, Monkwearmouth— Au advertisement, and should be paid for as such, CANINE. Smut and Sebastepol— If there is actual proof that the dog was poi- soned by Smut's party, you had best proceed in the county court, and if the case should be esta- blished we should, without doubt, notice it. CRICKET. Stumpjohn— You can run. AQUATICS. R. Roney— Entangled would be the land phrase. W. M Clean " The Oarsman's Guide to the Thames" is the book you require, but we believe it is out of prist. It is possible that Messrs Searle may have a copy. There is no law on the subject of challenge cups; it remains with the committee. Inquirer— A ship in a storm may- be said to be labouring under dif- ficulties, but scarcely under the heavy sea. Ignoramus— It is applied to the art of propelling a boat, either with a pair of sculls, or by means of a single one at the stern. Three Crowns— In both cases bets are off. ANGLING. Piscator— You must not angle, if it is a preserved water, without permission. GAME. G. Diddams— A couple, Birkenhead— No. CARDS. WHIST.— A Z- Demanded. C. Parish— If the trick was turned and quitted, the revoke was com- plete. W. Smith- Yes. Crown and Sceptre— The adver- saries may call a new deal. L O— You can do either. Vigo— A. wins the odd trick. CRIBBAGE.— Charles Parish- No. Ladybird— Three trays and two sixes count 18." Fly away home." G. Whitehead— The last card is no run. M D— We have no time to investi- gate. W H H— How can the non- dealer count what he has not got ? H. Burton— B. pegs five holes. LOO.— Ignoramus— He must lead the highest if it be the ace, or if only two are playing; not other- wise. Nutshell Again— The bet- stands, E N— The eight wins. VINGT- ET- UN.— E. P. and Co- The dealer does not lose the deal, and receives a single stake. S. Granger— Double. ALL- FOURS, Boss— The non- dealer. PUT— T. Eastwood- Only a chalk. S R- No. FORTY- FIVES.— S S- Tlie ace of clubs is the best card. A Club- No. DON PEDRO.— C W The ace is lowest in cutting. ANSWERS. THEATRICAL. Dutchman— Answered last week. C W— She is unmarried. We do not know her age. Old Baggs— Madame Vestris died in August, 1856. Enquirer— Hiss Saunders is now engaged at Dublin. J G— Yes. Mr Macready did play Hamlet, at the Surrey Theatre, under the management of Mrs Davidge. PEDESTRIANISM. Old Subscriber— Yes, Old Subscriber— Certainly not. W A— Westhall has run one mile under 4Jmin. K— You cannot do better for your general health than take a spell under Mr Arnold, 118, New Bond- street. H. Mole— 1: You are the winner. : You can take which side you the King was to acknowledge the complete mdepen. i in the case of Ann Lloyd ( 3 Scott's Reports), acted on the dence of the principality of JSeufchatel. The Swiss same principle, and, in doing so, plainly exercised his ows have released the King s confederates without trial— discretion in judging 0f the capacity of the child. Here th^ their part of the work is done. He has now only child is stated to have been a clever child, to have had a to publish his recognition of the independence of Neuf- wish of her own, and that wish was to remain where she chatel, and his work will then be done. If he does was ; and, there being no ground of complaint against the not do this— if he tries by any trick to evade the perform- orphan institution, that wish ought to have been gratified, ance of his part of the arrangement, the world wilt know As it is, the child's feelings and wishes are disregarded and what character to give him. But, what then? There is i , ' CURTIS ON MANHOOD- SHILLING EDITION. A MEDICAL ESSAY ON NERVOUS DISEASES. Just published, the 77,000, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope price Is., or sent, post paid, by the author, for 14 stamps, MANHOOD; the Cause and Cure of Premature Decline, with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour; being a medical review of the various forms and modern treatment of nervous debility, imjtotency, loss of mental and physical capacity. whetherresultingfromyouthfulabuse, the follies ofmatnrity. the effects of climate, infection, & c, with observations on a new and success- ful mode of detecting spermatorrhoea, by microscopic examination; to which are added, curious and interesting cases, with the author's recipe of a preventive lotion. By J. L. CURTIS, surgeon, 15, Albemarle- street, Piccadilly, London. " We feel no hesitation in saying, that there is no member of society by whom the book will not be found useful— whether such person hold the relation of a parent, preceptor, or a clergyman."— Sun, Evening Paper. Sold also by Piper and Co., 23, Paternoster- row ; Mann, 39, Cornhill, London.— Consultations 10 till 3, and 6 till 8. X> UPTURE.—" COLES'S TRUSS is best." JL\ j This is the invention patrorised by Sir Astley Cooper, and the most eminent surgeons— worn and recommended by William Cobbett, and wliich has commanded for thirty years a constantly increasing repu- tation ; it is what a truss should be, perfectly efficacious, yet agreeable to the wearer. Read " Cobbett's Legacy to Ruptured Persons"— gratis. None genuine unless marked with the address, 3, Charing- cross. RUPTURE s.— THE PATENT SELF- ADJUSTING GERMAN TRUSS, acting effectually without any complications, is recommended by the faculty for the CURE and RELIEF of HERNIA. The most eminent members of the profession are of opinion that the necessary quality of a good truss is an efficient resisting power, without unnecessary pressure on the part affected, which desirable object is alone obtained in a truss unencumbered with straps, spiral spring, or pad behind.— J. EGG and Co., engage to secure any ieducible rupture, if eft to their management.— Manutactory, No. 1, Piccadilly. RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITH- OUT a TRUSS.— Dr. BARKER'S celebrated REMEDY is pro- tected by three patents, of England, France, and Vienna, and, from its great success, is now made known as a public duty through the medium of the press. In every case of single or double rupture, in either sex, of any age, however bad or long standing, it is equally applicable, effect- ing a cure in a few days, without inconvenience, and will be hailed as a boon by all who have been tortured with trusses. Sent post free, with instructions for use, on receipt of 10s 6d, by Post Office order, or stamps, by Charles Barker, M. D., 10, Brook- street, Holborn, London. XlL re old medical gentleman, having, from the results ® f his practice, written a small POCKET- BOOK, or GUIDE, expressly for the use of young men, which treats on SPERMATORRHCEA, venereal, nervous, and generative diseases in every form, believing it will prove beneficial both to the health and pockets of its readers, the guide will be sent, post free, in a sealed envelope, upon receipt ef three postages stamps and a description of disease, with any further advice that may be required, free of charge. Address. E. J. R., Greencroft Villa, High Fell, Gateshead, Durham. IMPORTANT DISCOVEHY.— To persons suffer- ing from long- continued gleet, a surgeon'who has given much time to the study of such diseases, offers a NEW REMEDY, which is warranted to effect a perfect cure m a few days. It may also be used as a preventive, without failure. The remedy will be sent free on the re- oeipt of 10s, addressed to R. G. Alexander, Wrexham, Denbighshire. DR HORACE GOSS'S RESTORATIVE BALM, sold only at his establishment, 55, Great Queen- street, Lincoln's Inn, London, is the great Europeanrenredy for spermatorrhoea, restoring the system to perfect health and manly vigour; and for the cure of aU syphylitis, gonorrheal, or mercurial diseases. Sold in bottles at lis each. A New and Improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, price, free by post, One Shilling, THE SILENT FRIEND; a medical work on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, and the injurious consequences from the use of mercury; with observations on the obliga- tions of marriage, and directions for obviating certain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co, Surgeons. Sold by Piper Brothers, 28, Paternoster- row; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford- street; and Gor- don, 146, Leadenhall- street, London. The CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is expressly employed to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic; its power in re- invigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sexual debility, impotency, & c, has been demonstrated by its unvarying success in thousands of cases. To those persons who are prevented entering the married state in consequence of early errors, it is invaluable. Price lis per bottle, or four quantities in one for 33s, which saves lis. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, a remedy for puri- fying the system from venereal contamination, and is recommended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms. Its action is purely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price lis and 33s per bottle, also a saving of lis. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effectual remedy in all cases of gonorrhoea, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s 9d, 4s 6d, and lis per box. Sold by Barclay and Sons, Farringdon- street; Darbv and Gosden, 140, Leadenhall- street; W. Edwards, 67, St Paul's Churchyard; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford- street; Hannay and Dietrichsen, 63, Oxford- street; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside; Prout and Harsant, 220, Strand. ANEW and IMPORTANT DISCOVERY in the SCIENCE of MEDICINE.- Patent Office Seal of Great Britain- Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie, Pharmacien de Paris.— Imperial Col- lege of Medicine, Vienna.— TRIESEMAR, Nos. 1, 2, and 3, a lozenge, devoid of taste or smell, can be carried hi the waistcoat pocket, as ad- ministered by Valpeau, Lalleman, Roux, Ricord, Ax, & c.— Triesmar, No. l, for relaxation, spermatorrhcea, indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence in hot climates. It has restored thousands of debilitated in- dividuals. who are now enjoying health and vigour. Triesemar, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three days, eradicates all traces of gonorrhoea, strictures, irritation of the bladder, non- retention of urine, and those disorders which copaivi and cubebshavc so long been thought an antidote for. Triesemar, No. 3, is the great continental remedy for syphilis and secondary symptoms, scurvy, scrofula, and all cutaneous eruptions.— Price lis, or four cases in one for 33s, which saves lis; and in £ 5 cases, saving £ 112s. To be had inLondon, of Darby and Co, 140, Leadenhall- street; Hannay, 63, Oxford- street; Prout, 229, Strand; Barclay, Farringdon- street; Butler, 4, Cheapside. SECRET SORROW! CERTAIN HELP!— Dr DE ROOS, from twenty years' practical experience, is enabled to treat with the utmost certainty of cure all diseases arising from excesses or infection, as spermatorrhcea, stricture, syphilis, & c, without the use ol those dangerous medicines, mercury, copaiba, & c. Country patients corresponded with till cured. Advice and medicines, £ 1. Sub rosa. Address, Walter De Roos, M. D., 10, Berners- street, Oxford- street, Lon- don. Consultations daily from 11 till 4. Sundays excepted PRIVATE HINTS for the Cure of Secret Disease, Seminal Weakness, & c, & c. Price Is. By Dr WALTON, ( venerea) referee since 1826), 5, Red Lion- square, Holborn, the most successful prac- titioner in urethral disorders during the last 30 years. Dr Walton may be consulted daily, personally or by letter ( fee 10s 6d), with the strictest secresy, and medicine, with advice, forwarded to any address, sub rosa. Disease cured in a few days, seminal weakness in a month. See testimonials. SCARCE Fancy Prints, Facetiae & c. — The attention of sporting noblemen and gentlemen is invited to an assortment of choice prints and drawings, scarce literature, and miscel laneous works of art, foreign and English, many of a most amusing and novel character, for disposal by private contract, a list of which will be forwarded on application to Bt care of Mr Ward, US, Fleet- 6treet| E, C, MR J. PALMER, TURF COMMISSIONER.— Established 1850.- COMMISSIONS executed on all flat races and steeple chases throughout the year ; horses backed fer places, & c; arrivals, results of races, latest betting, & c, telegraphed upon reasonable terms. Gentlemen in London waited upon at tneir residences. Gentle- men residing in the country may rely on obtaining the best price pos- sible. All communications must be by letter, addressed John Palmer, 11, Broad- court, Leng- acre. MJ R EDMUND AINSWORTH begs to inform gentlemen and the sporting public, that he executes COMMIS- SIONS on all forthcoming events in the present season. The full market odds guaranteed aud all moneys remitted the day after the race. Circu- lars are now ready for Chester Cup, Liverpool Steeple Chase, Northamp- tonshire Stakes and Derby. For terms and further information, send stamped directed envelopes. Address 3, Hart- street, Grosvenor- square, London. MESSRS HEWITT and REID beg to inform their country friends and the sj> orting public that they continue to execute COMMISSIONS on the Oundle and Liverpool meetings, Two Thousand Guineas, One Thousand Guineas, Chester Cup, Derby, and all events throughout the year: also on first, second, and third fTattersall's odds guaranteed). Post office orders to be made payable ( chief office), Messrs Hewitt and Reid, 6, Harrison- street, Brunswick- square, London. MESSRS WALTERS and HARVEY, of 4, Agar- street, Strand, London, have books open on all races and steeple chases. Business transacted to any amount not less than half a sove- reign with persons residing in the country. A price list issued daily, a copy of which will be forwarded free to any person sending an addressed envelope. MR HENRY BUCKLEY, No. 3, Arundel- place, Haymarket, London, transacts business to any amount on every event throughout the year. The full market odds always returned. Money paid the day after the race. Checks to be crossed London and Westminster Bank. Post Office orders payable Coventry- street. Prices, « & c, sent on receipt of stamped addressed envelope. Roderick Dhu— They were never published separately, but parts appeared in " Rural Sports," W. Milson— Never. Morris Atchison— The referee's de- cision must be considered final and conclusive. RING. Fistiana— Go to Young Reed, at Jem Burn's. J. Douglas— The insertion would be an advertisement. A single volume is not worth so much. J. Lewis— Topper Brown is under 5ft 7in in height. Little Doctor Walker— The bet is off. J. G. Morgan— About 5ft 5Jin. Gladiator The subscription of £ 2 2s a year would render you eligible. The committee have the power of election. T H— The mark is the centre of the body, just above the belt. It is known by schoolboys as " the wind." Croxford— He is living. J and W— He was born in 1820. We do not insert challenges from unknown men. W. R. Marsh- They fought Feb, 1848. The papers have been ob- tained. " Fistiana" will not be published for a fortnight. T. Pagett— We have no record of their having been matched. They never fought. J. Hadfield— Yes. Crockett was born in 1828. Newport, Monmouthshire— No. Jack Bath must write to Young Bo wan if he means matchmaking. Rising Sun— March 28,1848. Jem Ward was born Dec 25,1800. G. Ward— About 13 stone. Nat Langham was born in 1820. MISCELLANEOUS. Legal questions are not answered by us under any circumstances, but are at once consigned to the waste paper basket. An Embryo— Get Harry Hieover's " Hints on Horsemanship." It is published by Newbv. A Chaplin— We do not recollect, but to the best of our belief it was. G W B— Consult an attorney, John Butter— We cannot give you advice on the subject of your in- come- tax liabilities. Tavistock— A young bull is not a bullock until he has been cut. M. Bandier— We have several times decided that the whole fortress known as Sebastopol was not taken. A Russellite— We never heard of an eminent vocalist of the name. The gentleman we presume you mean is in flourishing ciram- stances. Kensington— Yes. J. W. Turner— B. is wrong. W. Higg— A. B. loses. C F D— It is the place where the bells are hung. Batsford— We do not remember. In 1851 it sat on the 4th. Inquirandus— 1: He is Lord Mayor of London. 2: No. B H— James and Horace Smith. Bury— No. A Dressmaker Summon her to the county court. West Riding— You would have to pass in arithmetic and book- keep- ing, aud in ordinary English com- position, & c. D G— It is a bad practice, and one which occasions much ungram- matical speaking, to make a verb agree with anything understood and not expressed. Here is a familiar instance of the practice. Many careless people will say " a thousand pounds was paid," and then exeute themselves by alle- ging that they understood the word « « > » . The sentence as to which our opinion is now asked resembles the very celebrated phrase, " The wages of sin is death," in which wages or death may be the nominative of the verb, for that verb being neuter does not govern the noun which follows it in the objective. The phrase now submitted to us is bad because it leaves matters to be understood. It ought to have expressed the word term, and to have put the verb in the singular, as our correspondent suggests must have been its meaning. W C— 1: It is allowed. 2: They are illegal in a public- house. R W C— About 5 leet 8 inches. G. Dorney— The price is 6s 6d a quarter, and of a single paper 6d. You have sent only five stamps. L A G— We cannot advise you. There appears to us to be nothing for it but to stop up the drains and pull down the walls. We have heard of rats being caught, rubbed with phosphoric oil, and turned loose, but doubt whether the remedy would be lasting. Slough— We consider that a man to be entitled to the distinction of commander- in- chief must be a field marshal. A general is called general commanding- in- cliief. C A C— Domino playing in public- houses has been decided by Lord Campbell to be perfectly legal. The police of your district have no right to stop you. If you are convicted, appeal against the de- cision of the great unpaid." Tyro— You cannot proceed against any, as the whole affair is illegal. Consult an attorney. W D- Certainly not. Publican— Yes. Fairplay— Consult an attorney. Four- posts— He is bound to serve. Scull— The prisoner is discharged. R H— They were confined in the House of Detention, Clerkenwell. Richard Miller— The Sikh war com- menced in 1845, JJ Yes. Emily— In 1839, The Queen was married in 1840. Bryant— Yes. Beaumont— A legal question. W C- Yes. F H W— A baronet's daughter. Neyland— He spoke to that effect. ; E T H— We cannot undertake to ; make such recommendations. \ Forrester— The licensing magis- ; trates have an arbitrary power. 1 San Francisco— About 10,600 per ' annum. j P. Crawley— He is a Frenchman, i Cheltenham— A man's a man for a' that. something still farther— whether recognised by him or not, the independence of Neufchatel must nevertheless be asserted and it will be asserted, and asserted triumphantly. That principality which, in the clearest and most express terms, the King of Prussia, in 1815, gave up by the treaty of Vienna, and with his aliies required the Swiss Republic to receive and admit as one of three new cantons, then for the first time constituted, he cannot now resume. No subse- quent " protocols" of himself and his aliies, to which the Swiss were not contracting parties, can in the least degree affect the case, or make the claim on his part to the canton anything better than an attempt which, for the present, need not be characterised. For the sake of royalty, it is to hoped that no such attempt will be made. Yet we repeat that we have our fears on this point. The Czar is the grand morer in everything that is to increase royal authority and to crush popular rights; and however some other governments may differ from him as to the meaning to be given to meum and tuum in matters arising among themselves, and in which they and he alone are parties, they will all unite against a popular government, most especially if that government rules over a country in virtue of the popular wili, and exercises power so as to be acceptable to the people. The tendency of the Czar to break his engagements, and the frauds adopted to enable him to break them with safety, and the falsehood and impudence with which these violations of engage- ments are excused, if not justified, are well known. The Isle of Serpents and Bolgrad, and the false map, are all historical facts; and yet, now, in this very week, do the Russian letters insolently say that Russia is ready to perform her engagements, if England will perform hers, and as soon as the English fleet shall have left the Black Sea Russia will fulfil her promises. Why, all the world knows, or ought to know, that the English fleet had left the Black Sea, aud then Russia did not fulfil her en- gagements, and that the English fleet wa3 compelled to return thither in order to eniorce the fulfilment of them. The English fleet cannot leave the Black Sea a second time in order to return to it a second time for a similar pur- pose. That is oelow the dignity of the fleet and of the occasion on which it acts. The Russian Czar must first do what he has promised, and then England can withdraw the fleet, which it has been compelled a second time to send iuto the Black Sea, merely because he would not do anything of the sort. The condition precedent is one which he must perform, the condition subsequent is then certain of execution. The Austrian Emperor has now had £ taste of what is the amount of affection borne to him by the Italians who are under his sway. Neither the arts nor the intimidations used by his police have sufficed to get up a show of a public welcome for him, and yet he has the folly to tell the people of Lombardy that if they behave themselves properly, and on that condition alone, will he grant them his " patron- age." The excess of this folly forms the best, perhaps the only, excuse for the man who utters it. There are cases when you forgive a bad or a stupid saying, because the state of mind of the utterer accounts for and excuses it. The Emperor does not recognise the existence of any duty on his part to act for the good of the people under his rule, but speaks as if he fancied ( perhaps he does fancy) that it is he who gives the people of Lombardy light and life, and the blessings of the sun and air, and that " the fruitfulness of the land is his also." Fancying himself divine, he speaks like a divinity, and expects to be obeyed as such. But that is not the way to win an intelligent and sensitive people, while to threaten them, by way of making them loyal, re- sembles the drunken and wilful tempered father, who, find- ing that his son did not love him, threatened to flog the boy till he did. Naples much resembles, at this time, the volcanic moun- tain in its neighbourhood. Grumblings, heavings, and light curling jets of smoke are audible and visible; and if no destructive eruption should take place, it will be more a matter of happy accident than anything else. Sicily seems to be still more excited; and there are reasons for believing that, even at this moment, some parts of it are in a state of insurrection. It is to be hoped that this is not so; for, if the Sicilian patriots have calculated on the embroilment of central Europe in the Neufchatel dispute, the prudent cau- tion taught the Sovereigns by the bold front assumed by the Swiss, has defeated their calculations. The moment for Sicily to claim justice has not yet arrived. The power which guaranteed her constitutional liberty, does not think fit at this time to enforce performance of the contract. it will be a miracle indeed if her religion should prove, after all this, to be built on a steady and firm foundation. THE INCOME TAX. We should be delighted if we could assist in getting rid of the income- tax at once, for it is, to men who make honest returns, a prying and annoying tax, but we fear that there is no hope at present that such a riddance can be effected. But it is well that the country should show its hostility to the tax, for otherwise it may be assumed that the tax is popular. Silence will readily be taken for assent in such a matter. It certainly is not so here. Besides which, agita- tion on the question is wholesome for another purpose, for, though the evil may not be capable of cure, it need not be entirely endured, aud a modification of the tax founded on principles of justice would go far to render it bearable till the moment arrives at which the public revenue can dispense with its assistance. It ought not to be treated as a peace tax, but should be reserved as the most potent weapon of the Exchequer, to be wielded against the enemy in time of war. All, therefore, that we have to do at present is to diminish its injustice while necessity requires its payment; and to use v. hatever efforts we can to shorten the date of that necessity. So far as we have yet observed, Lord Panmure deserves the credit of having done his best to diminish the public expenditure on account of the army, and the favour- able condition of the revenue at this moment augurs well for giving a happy result to his laudable efforts. BAGATELLE. J W W— We presume the question relates to the possibility of the | j A- ihree insertions 15s. board being shaken, and balls J < J_ TWO shillings thus dropped into pockets; if so j Maidstone— No ' it is n ® t allowed. w p S- It is optional with the Go- BILLIARDS. E E— You cannot have C. taken up. F B E— D. wins the bet of A., even should A. in playing the last stroke lose his life. C R- 182. DRAUGHTS. W. Lloyd— The rule in this case is 20 moves each, from the time no- tice is given. J F— It is possible for this position te occur by white moving 18 to nine at the time 82 king was on 28 square, and black's moving this piece, instead of using its own advantage. Mr Sturj; es telis us that all his positions have not occurred in play, but are placed in his work for the instruction of young players. T. Gallick— Next week. Sugar Loaf, Bristol— In this posi- tion white can force an exchange at the eleventh move, thereby winning the game; this includes the moves of black and white. SKITTLES. S R— The ball is usually pitched, but we have seen it thrown over- handed. RAFFLE. J V— Throw again. vernment F. Thompson— A. loses. St Paul's is 340 feet high. X Y Z- J. G. wins. J. Green— It is the night of the day on which Christmas boxes are collected. C. Moss— It is not possible. Wenlock Joseph Hunton was executed Dec 8, 1828. We find we were in error in saying he was the last person executed for forgery. The last of whom we can hear any tidings was one Thomas Maynard, who was hanged Dec 31,1829. H. Hartigan Certainly, he is bound. Box Tunnel- 3,168 yards. J V— The present Lord Goderich, then Right Hon F. J. Robinson, Chancellor of the Exchequer. J. C. Hangleton— 1: " The Press," price 6d, is the only one we know. 2: We know nothing of the paper in question. 3: It depends on circumstances. Six years is generally implied. H M R— We do not know the game. We have to thank many of our readers for the ready offers of the back papers required; we have been supplied. MR CHARLES THORP, 124, Jermyn- street, London, executes COMMISSIONS to any amount on all the Spring Handicaps, Derby, Oaks, and Two Thousand, Derby: 14 to I Blink Bonny, 16 to 1 Tournament, 20 to 1 Zuyder Zee and Sidney, 40 and 50 to 1 others. Chester Cup: 20 to 1 Mincepie and Leamington, 50 to 1 others. Post Office orders payable at Charing- eross. MR HENRY HAMILTON at HOME daily; mornings 11 till 2, evenings 7 till 8. Parties in the country may rely upon receiving the best market odds consistent with safety. Money forwarded the day after the race. Post Office orders on Charing Cross. 113. Upper Seymour- street. Euston- square, N. W. MR BIGNELL, late of 226, Piccadilly, can be seen or communicated with on all sporting events, at 20, Panton- street, Haymarket. DERBY.— JOHN STAMFORD, Ipswich, replies to all inquiries received by letter that kave a directed envelope enclosed. J. S. would observe that from his position in the sporting world he is always in possession of the best information with respect to the chief events in the Turf market. Gentlemen corresponding will re ceive an immediate reply. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE AND CHESTER CUP.- Address JOHN STAMFORD, Ipswich. mo BACKERS of HORSES.— JOHN FAIRPLAY, JL Ipswich, can be communicated with by letter. Full particulars sent gratis on receipt of a directed stamped envelope. From F.' s posi- tion, long experience, ; md sound judgment, he is enabled to- secure for his Iriends the best infbrmation with respect to all races of importance, particularly on 3teeple chases and the spring handicaps. FAIRPLAY'S SUBSCRIPTION LIST is now OPEN to persons sending 10s. Full particulars on receipt of a a directed stamped envelope enclosed. Ipswich ress, Mr John Fairplay, Til J. CLIFFORD reminds his old customers and JL • friends that he is now doing business on all forthcoming events at No. 5, Bird- street, Oxford- street, and 2, Charles- street, Manchester- square. COMMISSIONS executed to any amount. To insure an an- swer, letters must contain directed stamped envelopes. Address 2, Charles- street, Manchester- square, London. BOLT- IN- TUN, Fleet- street, London.— JAMES FISHKti begs to remind his old customers and friends, that he is doing business as usual on all flat racing and steeple chases throughout the year. The same prices guaranteed as quoted at Tatter- sall's or Manchester, Gentlemen desiring information will receive it by inclosing a stamped envelope, or by telegraph if required.— N. B, Betting also on all horses being placed lst, 2d, or Sd. Now ready, prioe Is, by posfls Id. THE SPRING HANDICAPS. By " PRIAM."— An Analysis of the Spring Handicaps.— This will be the fourth year of the publication of this work. The present issue will be more ample than usual. Order of any bookseller or news- agent; or of " Priam," 800, Strand, Priw Is, by post Is Ida To ADVERTISERS.— Advertisements not exceeding eight lines are charged 5s each, and Is for every extra line. They cannot be taken, at the latest, after five o'clock on Friday afternoon, and must be pre- paid. Post Office orders to be made payable at the Strand Post Office, to William Clement. Postage stamps refused. Bells' Htff tit 2. ott& on. LONDON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 25. FOREIGN MATTERS. The Prussian King's insurrectionists are released ; the King has avoided the scandal of a trial, which would have held him up to the world as a worse conspirator and insur- gent than any one of the many hundreds imprisoned by himself and the Sovereigns of Austria and Naples; and now comes the time for the performance of his own part in the agreement which the French Emperor and the English Government have arranged. Let us hope that, for every- body's sake, the King's part of this agreement will be honestly performed. Must we confess to fears that it will not ? We must. The Russian letters hint mysteriousl y at undertakings to be made by the Swiss about political refu- gees. These undertakings will be of a sort that the Swiss Government cannot rrake, and the incapacity to make them may, and perhaps will be, seized on as a pretext for the Prussian King to evade his engagement. This has been the course of his patron, the Czar, and in this he will probably COURT THEATRICALS.— On Thursday the second dramatic performance took place at Windsor Castle. The pieces selected on this occasion were a petite comedy in two acts, by Mr J. M. Morton, entitled " Our Wife; or, the Rose of Amiens," and a farce, in one act, by Mr John Poole, entitled " Deaf as a Post," and the parts were tilled according to the following programme :— " Our Wife; or, the Rose of Amifens." The Marquis de Ligny ( Captain of the King's Guard), Mr Ryder ; the Count de Brissao ( his friend), Mr David Fisher ; M. Pomaret, Mr Harley ; Du- mont, Mr Raymond ; First Officer, Mr Terry ; Second Officer, Mr Barsby; Messenger, Mr G. Everett; Rosiiie ( M Pomaret's daughter), Miss Carlotta Leclercq; Mariette ( her cousin), Miss Murray. Scene, Amiens ; period, 163- 1.—" Deaf as a Post:" Mr Walton, Mr G. Cooke; Tristram Sappy, Mr Ilarley ; Captain Templeton, Mr G. Everett; Crupper ( an ostler), Mr Raymond; Gallop, Mr H. Dauvors; Two Recruits, Mr Terry and Mr Bush; Sophy Walton, Miss J. Lovell; Amy Templeton, Miss M. Daly j Mrs Plumply, Mrs W. Daly; Sally Maggs, Miss Murray, Director, Mr Charles Kean ; Assistant Director, Mr George Ellis. The theatre arranged and the scenery painted by Mr Thomas Grieve. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF RUTLAND, K. G.— We regret to announce the death of the Duke of Rutland, K. G., which mournful event took place at half- past three o'clock on Tuesday morning, at Bel voir Castle, the ancient family seat in Leicester- shire. The members of his grace's family were fully prepared for the melancholy occurrence ; for during the last thirteen months the duke had been confined, from impaired health, to his apartments in the castle, and has bad a medical genntleman, Mr S. Parsons, constantly residing with him. About a month back the noble duke became slightly worse, and has since daily become more feebie, but was able, notwithstanding, to transact business up to a few days ago, when a decided change took place, and he continued gradually to sink until Tuesday morning, when he expired at the hour before mentioned, apparently without the slightest pain. In consequence of his evident approaching dissolution all the members of his family had assembled at the castle ; and it was a great consolation to the noble duke that he was surrounded, as the great change approached, by his sons and daughters— there being present the Marquis of Grauby, Lord John Manners, Lord George Manners, Mr A. and Lady Elizabeth Drummond, the Rev Mr and Lady Adeliza Norman, Lady Adeliza Manners, and the Earl Jermyn. The deceased, Johw Henry Manners, Duke of Rutland, Marquis of Granby, Earl of Rutland and Baron Manners in the peerage of England, was eldest son of Charles, fourth duke, by Lady Mary Isabella Somerset, fifth daughter of Charles Noel, fourth Duke of Beau- fort. He was born 4th January, 1778, and succeeded to the ducal title and family estates on the demise of his father, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in Oct, 1787, so that he had enjoyed the dukedom for the long period of 69 years. DEATH OF THE MASTER OF ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAM- BRIDGE.— Dr Tatham, the Master of St John's College, died last Sunday night, at twelve o'clock, in the 78th year of his age. His decease was expected by his friends, as he had been gradually declining for several months, and for the last three months he was confined to his bed. He was the twelfth wrangler of his year, and graduated B. A., 1800 : M. A., 1803 ; B. D., 1811 ; D. D., 1839. In 1809 he was elected public orator, and discharged the duties of that office with great ability till the vear 1886, when he resigned. He was erected master of his college on the death of Dr Wood, in the year 1839. THE LATE CAPTAIN GRAVES, R. N.— The Council of Govern- ment at Malta has voted a gratuity of £ 200 to Mrs Graves, the widow of the late Captain Graves, R. N., who, it will be recol- lected, was assassinated by a Maltese while in the execution of his duty as Superintendent of the Ports. The Governor stated that Mrs Graves had been granted a pension of JB150 per annum from the Admiralty. ILLNESS OF BARON ALDERSON.— We regret to hear that Baron Alderson is lying in an almost hopeless state at his resi- dence in Park- crescent, Regent's Park. The learned judge was in the first instance attacked with determination of blood to the head, and since that time he has had an attack of paralysis, which has affected his lower extremities. Baron Alderson was appointed vacation judge, but it has now been arranged that Mr Justice Coleridge shall take that duty, and Mr Sergeant Channell will be placed on the commission for the Home Circuit at the forthcoming assizes in the place of Mr Justice Coleridge. Iu the event of Baron Alderson s recovery, he will retire from the bench on his pension of £ 3,500 a year, to which he is enti- tled for upwards of 15 years' service. DEATH OF MR EDWARD FITZWILLIAM, THE COMPOSER.— Mr Edward Fitzwilliam, the son of an old- established comedian in the Elliston school, but who was of late years better known to the public as the composer of pretty ballads, and also to ma- nagers as the composer of music and arranger, particularly iu burlesque and pantomime, expired on Monday night, at teu o'clock, after a lengthened illness, at his residence, Grove- place, Brompton. The deceased, a young man, who had married that talented young actress, Miss E. Chaplin, by whom he leaves one_ child, was, amongst the theatrical musical profession, looked forward to as a man of great practical genius, and, from his pe- culiarly urbane- and instructive character, looked up to with re- spect by all who knew him and came und » r his influence. His last composition, during his illness, wa;£- ue arrangement of the music of the overture, and the musk of " The Babes in the Wood," for the Haymarket pantomime, and also the music for- the Liverpool pantomime. THE MEETING OP PARLIAMENT.— The following circular has been addressed by Lord Palmerstou to each of the Liberal mem- bers :—" Downing- street, Jan 16, 1857 :— Sir : The meeting of Parliament having been fixed for Tuesday, the 3d of February, business of great importance will then come under the considera- tion of Parliament; and I trust, therefore, that you will allow me to express my earnest hope that it may be consistent with your convenience to attend in your place in the House of Com- mons at the opening of the session,— 1 have the honour to be, sir, your obedient and faithful servant, PALMEBSTON." CROWN PRIVILEGES AND FERRY RIGHTS.— A project has been for some time in existence of erecting a foot bridge as an appendage to the railway bridge across the Thames at Rich- mond. Several of the leading inhabitants of Richmond and of Isleworth have warmly supported the plan, and at length pre- vailed upon the Conservative Land Society, who are themselves interested in the matter, to take measures for carrying it out. Accordingly, application was made a short time back to the Hen Charles Gore, Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, for permission, on the part of the Crown, to land on the Surrey side of the river. This, however, was refused, unless the pro- moters of the measure would either purchase up the ferries, or compensate the Crown and its lessees for the loss which would accrue from the construction of the foot bridge. On Monday last a deputation of the executive committee of the Conserva- tive Land Society and of the inhabitants of Isleworth, consisting of Col Brownlow Knox, M. P., H. Pownall, Esq, and other gen- tlemen, waited on the Chief Commissioner with the same ob- ject ; but, as they did not succeed in obtaining a more favour- able reply, the matter remains where it was. ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.— Ou Monday the an- nual court of the governors of this institution was held at the Thatched House Tavern, St James's- street, Rear- Admiral Lord Colchester in the chair. By the report of the committee, which was read by the secretary, Mr Ricalton, it appears that the total income of the society for the past year, including a balance of £ 371 5s 7d from the previous audit, amounted to £ 2,510 14s 6d; and the total expenditure to £ 2,194 18s 8d., of which sum £ 1,678 had been expended ou grants to the distressed families of naval officers. Tlie income of the past year showed an increase of £ 24 ALICIA RACE. It is curious to observe the tendency of some minds to ignore the habits and practices of ordinary men, and to act on rules of conduct which, with a show of legality, are not at all in accordanco with the principles on which common sense, and, therefore, we presume, law is founded. The case of Alicia Race furnishes an example of these odd tendencies in the human mind. The case was this. A marine, named Race, was himself a Protestant, but was married to a Roman Catholic wife; they had two children, a girl and a bov. These children had beeH brought up by the father as Protestants, and the mother knew it to be his wish that they should be so. When the war with Russia broke out he was ordered to go on board a vessel of war, and he left his wife and children, and was sent on foreign service. He was killed at the ill- conducted affair at Petropaulowski. Before going into action he had written a farewell letter to his wife, in which he manifested strong religious feeling, great affection for her and for his children, and in which, in case of his death, he expressed his full con- viction that his wife would do justice to his children. He also desired that they might be brought up in the fear of the Lord. After his death the children were taken care of by the Royal Commissioners of the Patriotic Fund, the dis- pensers of the subscription raised for the benefit of the widows and children of those who had fallen in the war, and the little girl was sent to the Sailors' Female Orphan School, at Hampstead, where nobody pretends to doubt that she was well taken care of, and very carefully instructed. The mother herself at first voluntarily agreed to this arrangement, and until recently appeared to be perfectly satisfied with it, feeling, no doubt, that she was " doing justice " to the child by acting towards her as her . father would have done. But all at once ( the cause can easily be divined) the mother discovers that the child is to be brought up in a way not to her satis- faction, for she is to be educated as a Protestant. A writ of habeas corpus is applied for, and the child appears before the court. The sole question was, whether the law is so rigid in its rule, that, after the father's death the mother shall have the custody of the child— that the full knowledge of the purpose for which that custody is desired, and the full knowledge, too, that that purpose is opposed to everything which was known of the father's wishes, cannot be allowed to have one moment's influence the other way ? The Court of Queen's Bench has decided that that is so ; and that the mother, left under the circumstances above described, is entitled to have the custody of the girl, and to place that girl under the teachings of one particular creed, though the father had always taught her another; and though the girl herself, now above ten years of age, desires to remain where she is, and objects to be forced into becoming a mem- ber of the Roman Catholic faith. It is difficult for ordinary men to discover the principle, or even the rule of law, which has compelled the Court of Queen's Bench thus to disregard all that is known of the wishes of the father, and to treat as unnoticeable the wishes of the giri herself. The sole piece of argumentation in the judgment on this point is the fol- lowing :—" If the proposition laid down can be supported upon that of the previous one, which had itself exhibited an in that it is her duty as guardian for nurture, from the simple crease of £ 181 lis, compared with that of the year before. The fact of the father having been a Protestant, to educate the total amount of invested capital at present amounted to children as Protestants, she would be contemplating what if36,513 8s 9d in the Three per Cent Consols. This report was the law forbids hv wUhintr to romnv « th « m from » adopted, and the committee of management for the ensuing I^ otestent to a Roman Catholic school! but" jTsuffi8: ^ ^ ^^ " ^ ^ cient authority has been cited in support of this pro- ; CHIEF CONSTABLE FOR NORTHUMBERLAND.— At a meeting position, and the mother becoming the guardian for nur- j of the Northumberland county magistrates, held in the Moot ture, on the death of the father, no provision to the Hall> Newcastle- on- Tyne, on Thursday week, Major Brown, of contrary being made by will, she appears to us to have Boston Hall? Alnwick, was elected out of the sixty candidates in all respects the same parental authority which might have been exercised by the father had he airvived the mother." There is surely no want of authority to show that if the father was alive his authority in this matter must be respected; his death cannot reverse his authority, for the judgment admits that if he had by his last letter desired his children to be brought up as Protestants his desire must have been complied with. But the letter contained no such express desire. Certainly it did not; but it contained the ex- pression of liis reliance on his wife doing justice to his chil- dren. Does any man believe that if he could have known his wife's intention to bring them up as Roman Catholics be would have felt that conviction in her doing justice to them which he so generously expressed. If he had thought that so to bring them up was doing justice to them he would have brought them up in that way himself, but his opinion was that to do justice to them was to bring them up as Pro- testants. We have nothing to do with tlie question whether he was right or wrong in that opinion; that was his opinion. The court says if he had put his desire into writing it must have been followed; he put it into acts ( quite as strong as writing) and it has been disregarded. The reasoning in the judgment is singularly defective; it seems to us not only unwarranted by, but opposed to, the facts of the case, and we do not think it will command that assent from the public at large which we should earnestly desire to see accompanying the decisions of the courts. It looks indeed like a conclusion, which, affecting to regard the father's will as conclusive, really disregards it altogether, and tieats the whole course of his parental life as nothing when unsupported by a few particular phrases in a letter written just before his death. This practical reversal of the rule of ordinary life is not a little startling. But was the wish of the girl to go for nothing ? As to that question there seems reason to doubt whether great authorities have not been hastily overruled. In the case of the Kingv. Delaval ( 3 Burrows Reports, 1436) LordMansfield says, that the courts are bound to set infants free from im- proper restraint, but are not bound to deliver them over to anybody, but may act in such matters according to circum- stances and in their own discretion. In commenting on the three cases of Clarkson, Johnson, and Smith ( the last two of chief constable of this new police force organising in the county of Northumberland. The foree under Major Brown will con- sist of fifteen superintendents, four mounted constables, and forty ordinary policemen. NEW CORONER FOR THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER.— T. M. Baines, Esq, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has ap- pointed W. J. Payno, Esq, deputy coroner for the city of Lon- don, to be coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, in the room of the lato unfortunate Mr Thomas Higgs, who committed suicide a few days ago. The Times states, " The prospectus has been issued of the British Agricultural Compauy, with a capital of £ 100,000, in £ 1 shares. The objects are to supply guaranteed manures, and to establish a depdt for the sale of all descriptions of agricultural implements, as well as of seeds, oil cakes, and the various arti- cles used in the feeding of stock. A contract has teeen made with the Javel Manure Company of France for the exclusive right to sell their artificial guano in England and the colonies, for 21 years. Several certificates regarding the properties of this manure accompany the prospectus^ some of which attribute to it qualities equal to Peruvian guano, although it is much cheaper. It is a patent manufacture from the cesspools and slaughterhouses ot Paris," The direction is composed of thoroughly practical men, and the analytical department is pre- sided over by Mr John Mitchell, the eminent chemist. WRECK OF THE AMERICAN SHIP KILBT ON THE GOODWIN- SANDS.— A few days since the American ship Kilby was seen during a fresh gale and hazy weather upon the North Sand Head of the Goodwin. The ever- active harbour- master of Ramsgate immediately despatched to the scene of danger the commission- ers' steamer with the Northumberland liteboat in tow. They soon approached the ship, and perseveringly remained by her. The masts were, however, cut away, the ship filling fast and rapidly breaking up. The capDain and his wife, the steward and his wife, the whole of the crew, and fifteen other persons were then taken off by the Ramsgate lifeboat, which soon transhipped them to the steamer, in which every available comfort was ad- ministered to them. They were all afterwards safely landed at Ramsgate at two o'clock in the morning. Thus this valuable lifeboat has again been instrumental in rescuing probably forty lives from an inevitable death on the fatal Goodwin Sands. What benefit suffering humanity would derive if every exposed point was similarly provided with means for saving life from wrecks. This is pother instance of the important service which the lifeboat and sreamers of Ramsgate Harbour are constantly rendering to life and property in distress in its vicinity. This lifeboat is on the same principle as those lifeboats built for the National Lifelxiat Institution, which during the late gale ren- dered valuable and distinguished services in saving many ship- wrecked crews. A chief characteristic of these lifeboats is, in which alone relate to this point) Lord Mansfield says that the | addition to other important qualities, that they self- right, thus child was not more than nine or ten, or, as some accounts say, six years old, but certainly not old enough to exercise any judgment of her own. And there was a legal guardian appointed by the will of her father. And therefote it was right to let the legal guardian take her, as she was too young to judge for herself. Sir James Burrows, who follow the example or the orders of his patron. The scheme saw the child in court, adds a note, stating that she is already prepared. A conference on the affairs of Switzer- j was " about six years old." In the third case ( Smith) land is demanded. Where is the need of a conference ? Two , the child was nearly fourteen, and the court refused things were to be done. The Swiss were to release the to deliver him to the father, and told him he was at King's insurgent confederates without trial, and then liberty to go where he pleased. Lord Chief Justice Tindal enabling, in the event of their being upset, their crews to get into them with little difficulty. But from the great stability ot these boats it could be only under extraordinary circumstanc? that such an accident could oocur. THB GREAT GOLD ROBBERY.— The paragraph in the papers of Saturday week, to the effect that Baron Martin had ordei'__ l the Turkish Bonds to be delivered to Fanny Kay, is incorrect, ne such order having been made. The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, on behalf of the Crown, claim in this, as in other cases of felony, all the personal property of the felons. Mr Ba- ron Martin and Mr Justice Willes have named a day when they will hear counsel for the various parties who consider them- selves entitled to the bonds iu question, < T BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, JANUARY 25, 1857. Dans ta cl^ mence Que ta puissance Garde la France, La France et l'Empereur. Vive la France, La France et l'Empereur. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. The Pays is instructed to say that the statement made in Switzerland that Colonel Baroaann went to Berne from Paris charged with a mission from the Emperor is incorrect. " What appears probable," it continues, " is that his Ma- jesty, having learned that M. Barmann intended to go to Switzerland, desired to see him before his departure. It is desirable that this nuance ( shadow) should be established," An article in Revue Contemporaine, reproduced by the Moniteur, on Friday, has attracted much comment in Paris by the ingenuity with which it seeks to give a fair side to its policy, both in the Swiss and in the Prussian view. " If," says this article, " the cabinet of Paris does not bind itself to obtain the arrangement which is based upon the renun- ciation by King Frederick William of his rights as Prince of Neufchatel, which would establish irrevocably the indepen- dence of the canton, the engagement to make every effort in this view is one of the highest importance. If, by reason of unforeseen difficulties in the course of the negotiations, the le gitimatehopes arising from the spirit of conciliation with which the King of Prussia shows himself to be animated should not be realised, owingtoobstacleswhich diplomacy may notbeable to overcome, France no doubt would be officially released from its engagement with Switzerland. But the moral obli- gation would subsist. Prussia, after refusing to treat upon the basis indicated, would not be entitled to reckon upon the goodwill of France; and the Emperor's Government, the occasion arising, would have to consider whether it would not be fitting to declare itself no longer bound by the proto- col of London. The advantage for Switzerland is therefore certain, even in the most unfavourable eventuality. But it is, to be presumed that Prussia will not commit the fault of raising difficulties which, by paralysing negotiations, might have such disastrous consequences for her." The Independance Beige was not distributed the other day till a late hour in the evening. The reason for this de- tention probably was that one of its Paris correspondents spoke of an addition of some eigfet or ten millions to the Emperor's civil list as being probable. The Moniteur, in a Jesuitical way, contradicts this rumour, observing, " Some foreign journals announce that the Government is preparing legislative measures for an augmentation of the civil list. This statement is entirely false, and those who endeavour to circulate it are doubtless not aware that the civil list has been voted for the whole duration of the present reign." The Swiss journals publish the following most extraor- dinary letter. It is reproduced in the Presse, the signature only being omitted. The letter purports to be written by M Mocquard, the Emperor's private secretary, to a Swiss publicist, and is in the following terms :— " Palace of the Tuileries, Jan 7. " MONSIEUR : Your political letter concerning the state and dispositions of Switzerland has given us great pleasure. We have submitted it to his Majesty, and we do not doubt that he is very well satisfied with the sentiments which you express in the name of your countrymen towards the Emperor of the French. We have never had au idea of separating our cause from yours. For us Switzerland is as France; and although we have no thought of making you a political feud of our empire, we cannot separate our interests from yours. Moreover, the misunder- standing which caused the Emperor's mediation to be repu- diated at first, now appears to be explained, and you will get rid of the Prussians at little cost { vows serez debarrassee a jamais et a peu defrais des Prussiens.)" A prosecution was threatened for this publication. The editor of the Presse excused himself by saying that he had only copied what had appeared in a foreign journal. The following letter, from M Mocquard, has since been published Presse i " Palace of the Tuileries, Jan 17,1857. " MONSIEUR IE REDACTEUR EN CHEF : The Presse, in its number of Friday evening, contains, under the head of' Swiss Affairs,' a letter which it attributes to the secretariat of the Emperor; no such letter ever emanated from his Majesty's secretariat. I beg you to insert this declaration in your next number, and remain, & c, the Emperor's Secretary and Chef du Cabinet, " MOCQUARD." The Moniteur de V Armee gives a positive contradiction to a statement made by several journals published in diffe- rent seaports, that it is in contemplation to attach to the Imperial Guards a battalion of Marines, to be stationed in Paris. The following is the new song, called " God Save the French," which the Moniteur states was sung at the ball at the Tuileries on Thursday evening :— De notre France L'Elu s'avance, Salut a lui. Salut, salut a l'Esnpereur, Dieu tuteiaire, Toujours 6claire, De tes rayons, Son g6nie et son coeur. The Patrie says that the prelate who has the greatest chance of being elevated to the See of Paris is Cardinal Morlot, Archbishop of Tours. It adds that the question will be resolved without delay. Verger was tried and con- victed for the murder of the archbishop, and was sentenced to death. SWITZERLAND. The Elberfeld Gazette announces an approaching publica- tion of the Prussian Cabinet relative to the whole affair of Neufchatel. There will be therein stated the discontinuance of the trial of Neufchatel, as the accomplishment of the pre- liminary condition called for by the Prussian Government, and it will be declared that Prussia is ready to enter into negotiation for the definitive settlement of the question. A note has already, to this effect, according to this journal, been sent to the Cabinets of the great powers. Le Nord, of Wednesday, concludes a lengthy article upon the settlement, with the remark that Switzerland, by her praiseworthy con- duct, will " without doubt gain the independence of Neuf- chatel, which Prussia would certainly have refused to revolu- tionary interests and passions, but which, now having ob- tained all the satisfaction she asked, she will, without much resistance, grant, at the solicitation of the powers, and in the general interest of European order." We hope but doubt the truth of this. The Grand Council of Geneva has voted a declaration to the effect that any arrangement of the dif- ference respecting Neufchatel which has not for its starting point simultaneous concessions on the part of Prussia and Switzerland, will be contrary to the honour of the country, and unworthy the representatives of the Swiss people. The German journals HOW lay down two plans as to the manner of bringing about the contemplated arrangement of the affair of Neufchatel; namely, that the question will be settled either by a direct negotiation between Switzerland and Prussia, or by a Congress. The latter they think will probably be the course adopted. Next comes the question as to where the Congress shall meet. These journals na- turally lean towards one of their own cities, and the same opinion is entertained at St Petersburg, as may be seen from the following letter, dated from that capital the 11th:— " The conferences, in which the affair of Neufchatel is to be definitively settled, have already been the object of diplomatic communications. The question of the place of meeting was first mooted. England has asked— doubtless because the protocol of the 24th May, 1852, was signed at London— that that capital sjiould be selected for the place of meeting. But as England lis not maintained in this affair a position strictly impartial, the Russian Government has thought it right to propose a neutral locality. It is supposed the city of Frankfort, proposed by the cabinet of St Petersburg, has a chance of being fixed on. It is very probable that Russia will, on this occasion, renew the protest which she made in 1848, in concert with France, Prussia- and Austria, against the changes made in 1847 in the Swiss con stitution, as guaranteed by the treaties of 1815. But however that may be, the questions relative to the asylum given in Swit- zerland to political refugees will be now settled. The system at present followed in the respect by Switzerland leads to serious inconvenience for monarchial Europe, and is, moreover, contrary to the principle of neutrality." On the other hand, the French papers say there is no- thing yet decided as to when or where the conferences on the Swiss affairs will be held, and the Swiss papers are quite wrong in supposing that the Congress is to be convened immediately. Vienna was proposed, but given up for ob- vious reasons. It is not likely that Paris will be selected, having been twice so lately the scene of diplomatic nego- tiations for the settlement of the peace of Europe. Carls- ruhe has been talked of, but the government of Baden has shown itself so hostile towards Switzerland, that the Swiss may be well excused if they decline sending their repre- sentatives to Carlsruhe. Under these circumstances it is more than probable that London will be, the place where the conferences will take place. The Daily News was seized on Wednesday " for a mere scrap of the letter of Ledru Rollin about the coming elections, which has fallen upon the prefectures like a thunderbolt. NAPLES" The following extracts from a private letter, dated 11th January, give a fearful but we believe a true account of the dreadful state of Naples:—" After the explosion of the powder magazine, a police commission for the army was established. The members are— Governo, Prefect of Police; Dupuis, Chief of the Battalion of Gendarmery; D'Espag- nolis, Commissary of Police; and Humbely, Captain of the Royal Guards. Governo has acquired such influence ovar the King, that he is lodged in the Royal Palace. The object of the commission is to find out a grand conspiracy con- nected with the attempt of Milano and the two explosions. They have already set to work. More than 100 persons have been arrested, of course Liberals, among whom I know Ciuccio, Ferdinand Masseilli, Bardate, ex- magistrate, Cascia, Gargensola, Mattici, Manzi, and Giuseppe Costebili, who had just been released from prison. All these persons have been thrown into dungeons without examination, and without being aware of the cause of their arrest. It is rumoured that the Government has discovered the authors of the ex- plosion of the Carlos III. in the commander of the ship, the officers, and in fact all who had escaped the explosion. It is also reported that the seamen have spoken, and indi- cated the criminals paid by the English. The Royalist clubs and the courtiers say that it is necessary to finish at any cost with the English, and to compel the departure of the cor- vette which is in the bay. That corvette they declare is an agent provocateur. This has been so talked of that I have heard the commander of the Malacca, who is an excellent man, demanded satisfaction for the calumnies on the part of those people on the honour of England. After a delay of seven days, the official journal has at last spoken, ' We are happy,' it says, ' to be able to announce that several persons ( 33) were saved by the boats of the English corvette in the bay. The Count of Aquila sent immediately ( after five days) one of his officers on board the Malacca to thank the commander.' Many of the coffee- houses are closed by order of the police, and before closing them, all their frequenters were subjected to an insolent and annoying exa- mination. They were required to give their names and addresses, and to answer any question put to them. The officer of police arrested many of these persons, and this was the way in which he treated them. He searched the pockets and dress of every one present, caused the arms of every one to be bound with cords, and, escorted by the sbirri and the gendarmes, made them traverse the city, and lodged them in the prison of the Vicaria. A crowd followed the prisoners. The cafes were shut up, and on two of them appeared a notice, ' Closed by order of the police.' More than 100 persons were thus arrested. On the following morning a printed placard appeared on the wall with these words— The faction which calls itself the Government arrests the whole city. Patience ! The hour of the tocsin for vespers will arrive.' Out of these arrests the Govern- ment will get up a trial to be displayed to the eyes of Europe, which will somewhat raise the courage of the Royalists." The official journal of the 10th says :—" Cherishing in our royal soul the desire of improving more and more the con- dition of the prisoners, and wishing that their moral shall not be inferior to their material improvement, we decree that the moral and religious direction of those who are de- tained in prison is intrusted to reverend fathers of the Society of Jesus. One of the reverend fathers shall form part of the commission of prisons, and will have a deliberate voice in the examination of affairs." On Saturday and Sun- day last ten more coffee- houses were shut up. In all, 400 persons have now been arrested. Bianchini has sent in his resignation. In Sicily two parties of refugees have landed. The police have arrested a person named Pellegrini. The others are safe in the island, and are preparing another in- surrection. The people of Lombardy have sent l, 000f as a subscrip- tion towards purchasing the 100 cannon for Alessandria, and request that on any cannon purchased with this money may be inscribed the words " La Lombardia con voi" ( Lombardy is with you). SICILY. A letter from Palermo of the 10th, in the Paris Presse of Wednesday evening, savs :—" The system of repression is rigorously pursued in Sicily. At Catana the young Louis Pellegrino, a distinguished chemist, has just been shot. Several students have been arrested. Soldiers mount guard all day with their muskets loaded. The streets are deserted, and a great many of the shops are closed. At Messina the arrests are not less numerous than at Catana. Amongst the persons imprisoned are MM Ribera and Villari, the editors of two literary journals. The council of war at Palermo has condemned Dr Guarneri, of Cefalu, to death. All persons entering or leaving the city are minutely searched to ascer- tain if they are the bearers of letters. Many families have gone to the country to escape the persecutions of the police. Never have sadder days fallen upon the Sicilians." LOMBARDY. 1 The Paris Presse of Wednesday evening contains the following letter from a special correspondent at Milan, dated the 16th :—" At two o'clock yesterday afternoon, the Em- peror of Austria made his entry into Milan. I saw every- thing myself, in order that I might give you the exact details. This is a summary of the solemnity— a splendid official reception. A numerous crowd thronged the streets, but it was silent. The Emperor was cheered on four occa- sions ; first, before the eastern gate, where hisses mingled with the applause; before the Dario, where the Govern- ment officials had assembled; before the palace of Princess Semailoff; and before the Hotel de Ville. At the theatre the public consisted of the military, functionaries, rustics, men and women— these individuals replacing for the occa- sion the Milanese public. The administration had insisted upon having the keys of the palace— abandoned under various pretexts by the proprietors— and installed their sol- diers, officials, and their families, and some other spectators of a lesser grade. At the official presentation not more than 100 persons were present; the Milanese nobility were absent almost to a man." Then follows the statement of a gratui- tous piece of tyranny. The police were so well aware of the inimical feeling existing among the people, that they acted in the most arbitrary manner to M Plezzy, one of the Sardinian senators, who had been called to Milan some days before by pressing legal business. While busily engaged with his lawyer, on the 14th, the police called upon them, and although he showed rhem the requisite legal documents, they insisted on his getting out of the town that night, so as to prevent him witnessing the entrance of the Emperor on the morning of the 15th. HANOVER. The King is resolutely pursuing his tyrannical career. The general elections for the Second Chamber took place on Wednesday throughout thekingdom. The result of the whole is not yet known, but of those received ( rather more than half) 33 of the new deputies are ministerial, and 22 belong to the Opposition. Amongst the latter are six former mi- nisters ( Munchausen, Stiive, Count Bennigsen, Meyer, Windhorst, and Braun). The city of Hanover has returned a Ministerial and an Opposition member, the University of Gottingen has elected a Liberal candidate, and Osnabriick and the Hartz districts have done the same, whilst Stade, Liiueburg, and Harburg truckle to the ministry. The Liberals of the latter town complain of the great intimida- tion made use of on the part of the Government to secure the election of their supporters, threats having been held out that in case of a return of Opposition members, the pri- vileges accorded to Harburg, exempting them from the pay- ment of Stade dues on all goods imported direct from over- sea, would be withdrawn. With the ruin of their rising commerce staring them in the face, the result of the election could not of course be doubtful. not, the community are determined to do it. I think we will have quite an exciting time here before we get through. I have no doubt but that it is a universal thing all over the Southern States, and that every negro fifteen years old either knows of it or is into it, and the most confidential house servants are the ones that are to be the most active in the destruction of their own families. The negroes every- where they are examined all agree that the men, women, and children, are to be slain, and that the young women are to be kept as wives for themselves, and a good many of them about Dover and the furnaces went so far as to select their future companions." The New Orleans Picayune, in an elaborate article, con- cludes that it is not clear that positive insurrection has been attempted anywhere, although the gravity of the events along the Cumberland River in Kentucky and Tennessee, and the more recent affairs in Mississipi, approach very nearly to that point of action. But from various quarters in many states there are evidences of a very unsettled state of mind among the servile population— a vague impression among them that a critical change in their condition is at hand, to be effected by a powerful party in the United States, which, temporarily defeated at the polls, is ready to give them the help of arms and troops when they shall undertake to rise on their own account. That these ideas have assumed any definite shape for concerted action we have no other reason to believe than that in places quite remote from each other all the disclosures obtained have fixed upon the same day everywhere as that upon which an undefined effort is to be made against the whites. The day is the 21th of December, or more generally, about the Christmas holi- days ; and the same notion prevails in Kentucky, Arkansas, and Tennessee, as well as in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. A special despatch to the Cincinnati Commercial says that a family of eight persons, named Stith, in Hardin county, Kentucky, were poisoned by a negro cook. Six died, and the others are not expected to live. LAW INTELLIGENCE. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin says :—" The new financial measures have been very unfavourably received by the public, but the journals will not declare against them, as the Government appears decided to prevent all opposition to its projects. The National Gazette has been seized for opposing the new bills, but this does not prevent public opinion from protesting against them, as imposing heavy taxes on the inhabitants of towns, to the profit of the larger landowners. As the ma- jority of the representatives of the two chambers are large landowners, it is probable that the measures will be adopted in spite of the opposition." A curious letter from London, dated the 13th, in the Kreutz Zeitung, of Berlin, asserts that the Prussian Minister at the Court of Queen Victoria has lately been in- structed to communicate to our own Government several despatches from the Cabinet of Berlin, upon the subject of the course which had been pursued, with regard to the dis- pute between Prussia and Switzerland, by Mr George Gordon, the British Minister at Berne. These Berlin despatches, if we may believe the correspondent of the Berlin newspaper, have been described to him by somebody connected with the Foreign Office here as " rather rough, but very impressive indeedand it is further stated by the same informant, that they have had the effect of inducing the British Government to disavow earnestly the conduct of its representative at Berne. One accusa- tion brought against Mr George Gordon, says the same letter, is that he is in the habit of keeping company with the Red Republicans ( Hochrothen), and that he frequents meet- ings of Mr James Fazy and his friends, whose remarks upon political affairs he has even heard with approbation. This, of course, was what the King of Prussia could not allow, i (" this piece of impertinence shows that the whole letter is a Prussian fudge"), and upon his remonstrating with the Go- vernment of Great Britain, Mr George Gordon was " obliged rather unceremoniously to contradict himself, and has, for some time past, been the Minister in Switzerland only in name, the most important matters of business belonging to the English legation in Switzerland being conducted exclu- sively by the ambassador at Paris, Lord Cowley." A despatch from Berlin of Saturday's date says that the Prussian Government has already expressed to the Powers its disposition to consent to diplomatic negotiations relative to the question of its sovereignty over Neufchatel; the place and the time at which the negotiations are to be opened are still uncertain. The Russian Grand Duke Constantine has arrived at Berlin. RUSSIA. A letter from St Petersburg, in the Debats of Wednesday says :—" The English Government has again raised the question of the consulates, which, according to the Treaty of Paris, ought to be established in the ports of the Black Sea. The Cabinet of St Petersburg has declared that Russia is ready to fulfil all her engagements the moment England fulfils hers. When the English fleet has quitted the interior waters of Turkey BO obstacles will be raised to the instal- lation of the consuls." THE UNITED STATES. The New York papers publish long accounts of slave in- surrections in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. We have already published the details of the murder of the Joyce family, near Louisville, Kentucky, by four negroes. The murderers were examined at Louisville, and two of them made confessions. On the examination, Mr Joyce, a brother of the Joyce that was killed, was present, and gave evidence, and attempted to rescue the prisoners and have them burnt. As he stepped from the stand he said very loudly, " I want all who are my friends to come on and take these negroes and burn them." Almost instantaneously every man in the room was on his feet; from the passage between the benches on the east side the sounds of " Burn them" resounded, and some of them occupying the front tier of benches tried to jump over the railing to get hold of the negroes. The law- abiding citizens were far in the pre- ponderance, and the tumult was quelled. The prisoners were all committed to answer any charge the grand jury may bring against them. The Canton ( Trigg co, Kentucky,) Despatch publishes the following extracts from a letter to a citizen of that place. The editor of the Despatch says that the writer is known in that community as a gentleman of veracity, in whose statements all confidence may be placed:— " Tuesday morning went to Dover, and arrived there about two o'clock. The people had hung four negroes at 11 o'clock that morning, and two more then in town to be hung. I got to the place of execution in time to see the last one go off. Of the six that were hung three had been preachers. They were all proved to be ringleaders. I learned that the men at the forge were at work whipping the truth out of their negroes, so I rode out there that night and was up with them all night. I never had such feelings in my life. I saw a list of negroes that had been whipped, and was told what they all had stated, and then I heard the balance examined— some taking five and six hundred lashes before they would tell the tale— but when they did tell it, it was the same that all the others had told. Some told the whole story without taking a lick. Those that were ex- amined were not permitted to see those that were not; they were kept entirely separate and a guard over each. One of the negroes at the forge died from whipping that night, several hours after the operation. The substance of the testimony there was, that Christmas Eve they were all to rise. Old Hal, Amos, Anderson Grey, and Ishmael, were to murder Parish, the manager, and his family, except his wife, and she in future was to be the wife of Ishmael; they were to kill young Pepper next ( brother of Judge Pepper), and other whites that might be about the place. They were then to meet the mill negroes at the forks of the road at Pidgit's, near Long Creek, and were to make a joint charge upon Dover. After they had cleaned up Dover, and provided themselves with arms and ammunition, they were to scatter out over the country generally. At the mill the negroes, or rather Bob Mur- rell, was to kill George Lewis first, then Henry Erwin, and then the balance indiscriminately. Lewis and Erwin whipped Bob Murrell to death. At the old Dover furnace, Charlie Napier was to kill brother George first; Mat Hous- ton was to kill young Tom Buckingham next, and Bill Blair was to kill Edwin, George's son, and Henry and Willie Wynus, and then go to the mill. Brother George j hung Charlie Napier one day about eleven o'clock, and I let him bang till next day about one o'clock— 26 hours, i We are at work here to- day. We have one negro in chains, 1 and will hang him, I think, certain j if the committee will CURIOUS CASE.— THE GUARDIANSHIP OF A CHILD.— In the Queen's Bench, on Wednesday, the Lord Chief Jus- tice delivered judgment in the case of The Queen v Mrs Maria Clark. The case involved the question whether Alicia Race, a child of about ten years and a half of age, whose father, the late Sergeant Race, of the Royal Marines, fell in action in the Crimean War, was to be brought up by writ of habeas corpus, from the Sailors' Female Orphan School and Home, and delivered to the custody aud guardianship of her mother, Mrs Alicia Race, or directed to be retained in the school, and in which the real question at issue was, whether she was to be brought up as a " Protestant," the re- ligion of her father, or as a " Roman Catholic," the religion of her mother. The case being one involving questions of law and principle, caused the court to be crowded by gentlemen of thB legal profession and by unprofessional members of the public. The case was argued on Saturday, by Mr Sergeant Shee and Mr Finlaison. who appeared for the mother of the child, and in support of the writ; Mr O'Malley, Q. C., and Mr Lush, representing the institution at Hampstead, in which the child was beiug brought up ; and Mr Bovill, Q. C., who appeared for the Royal Commissioners of the " Patriotic Fund," opposed the writ, in conformity to what was alleged to be the wish of the child, as to the religion in which sho was anxious to be brought up. The learned judges before whom the case was argued, were Lord Campbell, Mr Justice Wightman, and Mr Justice Crompton. Their lordships took time to consider; and, having all agreed in their view of the case, their judgment was reduced to writing. Mr Justice Crompton, under the circum- stances, did not appear on the bench this morning. Lord Camp- bell, in delivering the judgment, said— In this case we are to determine what direction ought to be given by the court re- specting Alicia Race, an infant of the age of 10 years and a few months, who had been brought up by writ of habeas corpus, ap- plied for by her mother. On the one side, it was contended that we ought at once to order the child to be delivered up to her mother; and, on the other, that we should leave the child at liberty to make her selection, whether she would go home with her mother, or remain at the school from which her mother wishes to remove her. It is not disputed that the father of the child being dead, without appointing a testamentary guar- dian, the mother is to be the guardian for nurture; but it was urged that it would be wrong, in law, if the court ruled that the guardianship for nurture was to con- tinue until the child reached the age of 14 years. After going through the law of the case, his lordship said. We are of opinion that, prima facie, the mother is entitled, as guardian for nurture, to have her child delivered to her now. Still, she may have forfeited her right by prior immoral conduct, by proving that she does not make the application bond fide, or by having some illegal act in view when she has obtained pos- session of the child; but here no immorality whatever is im- puted to Mrs Race, who seemed to have been a virtuous woman, well deserving the ardent affection which her husband felt for her. An attempt is made to show that in applying for this writ she is in a manner a tool in the hands of others; but in carefully looking through the affidavits we do not see that this charge is substantiated, and we think we are bound to give credit to what she says as to the purity and sanctity of her motives. In wishing to take her two children from these Protestant schools she may act conscientiously, although not prudently; and when the boy was allowed to go, being under fourteen, might she not naturally desire to have the girl also, that they might be educated to- gether? The answer to the application, if there be any, we think must rest on the ground that tho mother was under a legal obligation to educate her children in the Protestant faith, and that she now seeks to get possession of the daughter, with the intention of following a course with regard to her which the law forbids. Had she been a testamentary guardian, and the husband had directed the children to be educated as Pro- testants, we should not have ordered the girl to be delivered up to her, seeing that she intended to send the girl to a Roman Catholic seminary; but she is the guardian for nurture, with all the rights belonging to a mother, as sur- viving parent. The husband certainly was a Protestant. His children had been baptised in the Anglican Church, and he ^ probably expected that they would be brought up as Protestants; but his will is entirely silent on the subject, and in his most beautiful and affectionate letter of the 25th August, 1854, showing him to have been the model of a Christian soldier, he appears to have had unlimited confidence in her, and to have left the education entirely to her discretion. Indeed, by marrying a Roman Catholic, and by permitting the children in his lifetime to join in Roman Catholic prayers, he does not seem to have had that horror of Popery which is felt by many pious Protes- tants. Still if the proposition laid down can be supported that it is her duty as guardian for nurture, from the simple fact of the father having been a Protestant, to educate the children as Protestants, she would be contemplating what the law forbids, by wishing to remove them from a Protestant to a Roman Catholic school; but no sufficient authority had been cited in support of this proposition, and the mother becoming the guar- dian for nurture, on the death of the father, no provision to the contrary being made by will, she appears to us to have, in all respects, the same parental authority which might have been exercised by the father had he survived the mother. The com- missioners, in detaining this girl from the mother, have no doubt acted from the most laudable motives, but they are wrong in point of law. It may be very much better for this child to remain at the school at Hampstead, which appears to be in all respects admirably conducted, and we may individually regret her removal from it; but this matter, as there is nothing con- trary to law in contemplation, we have no jurisdiction to deter- mine, and we think we are bound, in the discharge of our judicial duty, to order that the infant, Alicia Race, be now delivered up to her mother. We trust she will be treated by her mother with the affection and tenderness contemplated by the father in the beautiful letter which he wrote when he foresaw that he was soon to fall in the defence of his country.— Mr O'Malley, who appeared on behalf of the authorities of the Orphan School, said he had au application to make upon affidavits that the judg- ment of the court be not immediately executed. Mr Robert Sweeting, one of the attorneys for the school, stated in his affi- davit that a bill had been filed at the instance of the managers of the institution in the Court of Chancery, and that Alicia Race was now a ward of that court. By leave of Vice- Chancellor Kin- dersley the motion for an injunction to restrain the mother from taking possession of the child was fixed for hearing at the sit- ting of the court that morning, and it was further proved by the affidavit that the mother intended, as soon as she had obtained possession of her daughter, to take her to Ireland, where she would be out of the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. There was another affidavit by the same person, saying he believed that an application for the injunction was now being argued before the Vice- Chancellor, who, he believed, intended to proceed with the suit with urgency and despatch.— Lord Campbell: I am of opinion that our order for the delivery of the child ought to be immediately executed. We have done our duty, and the Viee- Chancellor will do his.— Mr Sergeant Shee said the order of the court was that the child must be immediately delivered; and, if the child was riot delivered immediately, she might be delivered in open court.,— Lord Campbell: Let the child be delivered up immediately.— Mr Sergeant Shee said that the secretary to the royal commissioners had intimated to him that they would de- liver up the child immediately.— Lord Campbell: We have pro- nounced our order, and it must be obeyed immediately. We take no notice whatever of the injunction referred to. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, JAN 17.— The following list was issued this morning:— MATHEMATICAL EXAMINATION, 1857.— Moderators : Rev William Magan Campion, M, A., Queen's College ; William Walton, M. A., Trinity College, Examiners: Rev Samuel George Phear, M. A., Emmanuel College; William Henry Besant, M. A., St John's College. Approved for Mathematical Honours:— Baily, Trinity; Bar- low, John's; Barnes, Magdalene; H. Bishop, Christ's; Black- well, Emmanuel; Bramall, John's; Brandretn, Trinity ; Bridge, Sidney; Burra, Trinity; C. Campbell, Trinity; T, C. Cookson, Caius ; Davies, John's; Davis, Christ's; Broughton Delves, Trinity Hall; Dixon, John's; Durell, John's; Earle, King's ; Earnshaw, Catharine Hall; Ewbank, Clare; Fairbrass, Corpus; Farmer, Emmanuel; Fendall, Jesus; Finch, Queen's; Fisher, Christ's ; Fitton, Emmanuel; J. J. Forster, John's; Foster, Christ's; Furniss, Trinity; W. W. Gedge, Caius; Gibson, Christ's; Gilbert, Trinity; Glover, Christ's; Goldson, Caius; Gorst, John's; Gould, Caius; B. W. Harvey, John's; W. C. Harvey, John's; Hawker, Jesus; Hensley, Trinity; Hensley, Christ's; Hill, Emmanuel; Hillyard, Caius; Holmes, Trinity; Hurst, Catherine Hall; Hyde, Caius ; Ingram, Jesus College; D. Jones, Trinity College ; C. A. Jones, John's j Johnson, Clare Hall; Kemp, Trinity Hall; Kinderley, Jesus ; Latham, Em- manuel ; T. W. Lee, Trinity; Lidgett, Trinity; Ludlow, John's; M'Kenzie, Peterhouse ; Manley, Clare Hall; Manson, Christ's ; Martin, Corpus , Meek, Trinity ; Mellor, Trinity Hall; Munro, Caius ; Naylor, Corpus ; Nellen, Corpus ; Norris, Emmanuel; Oldfield, Trinity; Owen, Emmanuel; Parez, Pembroke; Parkyn, John's ; Pearson, John's ; Perry, Trinity ; F. Piatt, Trinity.; G. Piatt, Trinity ; Porcher, Emmanuel; Puller, Trinity ; Pun- nett, Clare Hall; Ransome, Trinity; Raven, Emmanuel; Rivers, Trinity; C. M. Roberts, John's; N. H. Roberts, John's; Roberts, Queen's ; Salvin, Trinity Hall; Satterthwaite, Jesus ; Savage, Pembroke ; Shackle, Pembroke; Seeker, Christ's; Seeley, Christ's ; Shaw, John's ; Shaw, Caius; Skelton, Queen's; H. W. Smith, John's; L. Smith, Trinity Hall; Snell, Trinity; So- merset, Trinity ; Stanham, John's ; Stevens, Emmanuel; Stone, Trinity; Stork, John's; Swallow, Clare Hall; Sykes, John's ; Trafford, Peterhouse ; Tremlett, King's; Venn, Caius; Vernon, Emmanuel; Walton, John's; Ward, Christ's; Warlow, Queen's; Whiting, Caius; Wilkinson, Queen's ; Woodhouse, Trinity; Wright, Peterhouse. Examined and approved for the ordinary degree, so far as the mathematical part of the examination is conoerned :— Foyster, Trinity ; Hughes, Trinity ; Muir, John's. QUEEN'S COLLEGE.— Mr Charles Brown Clarke, B. A., formerly scholar ( bracketed third wrangler, 1856), has been elected a fellow of this society. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. NEW FIREARMS FOR THE CAVALRY.— The following circular from the Horse Guards, in reference to a new description of firearm with which the regiments of cavalry are to be supplied, has been forwarded to all the commanding officers of those corps:—" Horse Guards, Jan 9: The General Commanding- in- Ohief has been pleased to command that the circular memoran- dum of the 17th of April last shall be made applicable to the cavalry as well as the infantry, aud to approve the general re- marking of the arms and accoutrements of the army in con- formity thereto, excepting, however, the smooth bore arms in possession of the cavalry, which will eventually be superseded by breech- loading carbines and rifled pistols. The above ar- rangements have been made in concurrence with the Secretary of State for War, who has approved the cost thereof being borne as a charge against the public.— G. A. WETHERALL, Adju- tant- General." THE ROYAL ARTILLERY.— The D field battery, No. 7 com- pany, 12th battalion Royal Artillery, under the command of Major Strange, left Norwich on Monday morning for Aldorshott, where the corps is expected to arrive on the 30th inst. The bat- tery comprises 167 non- commissioned officers, artificers, and men, four 9- pounders, two 24- pound howitzers, and 101 horses. The P battery, under the command of Major Hoste, arrived at Norwich on Thursday.— A number of artillerymen bavin? been discharged from the service since the order was issued for re- ducing the ranks of the corps, many of them, although of doubt- ful character, and who were engaged during the stress occa- sioned by the war, were permitted to retain their uniforms, not having been convicted of crime. This has led to the conviction that the frequent occurrences which have taken place recently at Woolwich, and which have been committed by men wearing the uniforms of the Artillery, have been the acts of men dis- charged from the service. On Tuesday night a partv of six, all of whom wore the uniform of gunners of the Royal Artillery, attacked a private of one of the field batteries stationed at the cantonment at the extremity of the common, and robbed him of tbe contents ot his pocket— namely, 5s lOd, and a pocket knife. The poor fellow readied his quarters with much difficulty, his head aud face presenting a frightful spectacle, literallv covered with bruises. In consequence of these frequent acts of robbery bv ruffians in the uniform of the Royal Artillery, Major- General SirW. F. Williams, commandant of the garrison, issued an order to assemble the whole of the regiment on parade in front of head- quarters. The commandant, accompanied bv his staff and a number of field officers on horseback, accordingly arrived on the ground at ten o'clock on Thursday mornine, where the entire regiment of artillery had been previously drawn up, and formed three sides of a square, the battalions composing the centre rank in one continuous column. The Royal Horse Artil- lery, dismounted, occupied the right face, and the field batta- lions that of the left. The general first approached the batteries, and in an energetic aud elaborate address informed them how much he regretted the disgraceful occurrences which had taken place, and for which reason he had called them together, in order to express his indignation and disgust. One of the in- stances to which he would refer was committed on an officer of high standing and deserved estimation in their own regiment. He sssured them he was fully certain that his disgust at these outrages was appreciated by the entire regiment, as the pride and honour of the British soldier was deeply wounded therein ; and he felt confident that the majority of those present felt as much disgust as himself. Among so large a body of men he could not, naturally, depend on the integrity of every individual. Their character, however, as a body, had been much lauded in his presence on various occasions, and from his own personal experience he believed from his heart they deserved every word of it. He exhorted them to endeavour to check any evil habits which the better disposed might at auy time perceive in any of their comrades, and made sundry remarks on the conduct of the men generally. The general afterwards advanced towards the Royal Horse Artillery and the field batteries, and addressed them separately in a similar manner, after which they defiled and returned to quarters. DRUMMING OUT.— On Wednesday morning the ceremony of drumming a soldier out of the service took place at Woolwich. The man, whose name is Leeward, a gunner belonging to the 12th battalion Royal Artillery, had been convicted of stealing a comrade's boots, and other disgraceful conduct, for which about a fortnight ago he received the first part of the punishment allotted him— namely, 50 lashes. Since that time he has been under treatment in the infirmary, and, having received the me- dical certificate to leave the hospital, was on Wednesday morn- ing brought on the parade- ground fronting the Artillery Bar- racks, where the entire battalion, together with 20 men of the respective battalions stationed at Woolwich, was formed into two lines, extending the whole length of the ground. On arriving there the sentence of the court- martial was read over; after which two stout drummer- boys stripped off his facings and but- tons. This part of the ceremony having been speedily de- spatched, the " Rogue's March" was struck up by the drums and fifes, and the prisoner was marched forward in charge of an armed escort as far as the centre of the lines, where he was halted. The sentence was again read over, after which the music recommenced, and the procession continued its march to the end of the lines of soldiers, when a final halt was made, and the sentence read a third time, and the prisoner was igno- miriiously marched out of the garrison, and forwarded thence to Coldbath- fields for the term of six months, at the conclusion of which he will be dismissed her Majesty's service. The prisoner has long been a marked man, and only a short time before leaving the Crimea he underwent corporal punishment for steal- ing ahorse. THE INCOME TAX. THE DOUBLE MURDER AT WALWORTH. FATAL FIGHT BETWEEN Two BOYS.— On Monday last an inquest was held before Mr Baker, at the Grasshopper, Clark's- street, Mile End New Town, on the body of a boy named Tat- ner, aged 10i years, whose death was alleged to have been caused by blows received in a fight with a lad named Davis, aged 11 years, whose parents reside in the same neighbourhood, It ap- peared from the evidence, that on Sunday, the 11th instant, the two boys, who had previously been on friendly terms, were play- ing at marbles with some other boys, when a dispute arose be- tween them, and deceased called Davis a liar. Davis struck him on the mouth with his fist, and a struggle ensued, when the de- ceased's mother came out and separated them. Deceased, who became very ill, was put to bed, and some medicine was given him ; he complained of pains in the stomach and back, and the next day became insensible, in which state he remained till the following Wednesday night, when he died. On a post mortem examination an effusion of blood was found on the brain, but no external mark of violence to cause it. The coroner having ob- served that as there was no corporeal injury to cause death there was no ground for a verdict of manslaughter, the jury retUraed a verdict of Natural Death, accelerated t> y excitement. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MOVEMENTS OF SHIPS OF WAR.— Her Majesty's steam frigate Tribune, 31, Captain Edgell, arrived at Callao on the 4th of De- cember, on her voyage to the coast of- Central America. She had been detained at Arica, Peru, in consequence of the revolu- tion and an attempt to take the town by the Peruvian squadron of General Vivanco. Her surgeons were of great assistance to the wounded, and the Spanish papers state that her presence and the efforts of her officers prevented much disorder and bloodshed after the town had fallen. 20 were killed and 35 wounded. Several ladies took refuge on board. The President, 50. Captain Frederick, sailed on the 29th of November for Arica. Rear- Admiral Bruce, commanding the British squadron, was expected daily at Callao. The French Admiral and a steamer of war are at Callao. The Iris, 26, Capt W. Loring, C. B., is fitting at Chatham for the Australian station. She is expected to sail in the middle of next month. The Star, 8, Commander Boyle, has arrived from the south- east Coast of America, and has pro- ceeded to Chatham to be paid off. Renown, 90, is fast progress- ing for launching at Chatham. The shipwrights are laying the launching slip, and the ship is expected to be launched iu March next. Mersey, 36, frigate, is being built on the new or seventh slip at Chatham. Charybdis and Kangaroo, 21, screw corvettes, are proceeding with at Chatham. Hero, 90, Irresistible, and Hood, screw ships, are in progress ; also the Goliah, 80, in dock, fitting as a screw ship. The Shannon, 51, having sprung the step of her mainmast, has been compelled to repair at Devonport. TheAmphion, 36, screw, is to be paid off on the 6th February. The new screw, Emerald, 50, made her official trial on Thurs- day. between the Nore Light- vessel and the Mouse Light- vessel, in charge of Mr John Jackson, assistant master- attendant of the dockyard at Sheerness, and was under way for about eight hours. She is a very fine frigate, of 2,913 tons, o. m. ; length be- tween perpendiculars, 237 feet ; extreme breadth, 52ft 6in ; and was built at Deptford under the superintendence of Mr Chat- field, master shipwright of that yvrd. Her draught of water was forward 18 feet, aft 19 feet 10 inches, and her speed by patent log and observation was 12 knots. Her engines are on the horizontal direct acting principle. The weather, though calm, was so hazy as to render the navigation exceedingly diffi- cult at so high a speed, but her steering qualities are admirable. WOOLWICH DOCKYARD AND ARSENAL.— Instructions have been received at Woolwich, ordering a reduction of the Govern- ment establishments there in general. All acting appointments made during the war are to be abolished, and extra clerks to be discharged on or before the 31st inst. 250 labourers are to be dismissed from the factory department of the dockyard, and « 0 have received notice to leave at the end of the month from the storekeeper's department of the Arsenal. PEMBROKE DOCKYARD.— The naval shipbuilding at Pembroke dockyard is still rapidly proceeding, and there are now about 2,000 persons employed in the yard. Among the vessels on the stocks and under completion the fine screw frigate Doris is the most forward, and it is expected she will be ready for launching about April next. She is pierced for 32 guns, and is sister ship to the Diadem, launched some time since. The leviathan screw line- of- battle ship Howe is also in shape, and will no doubt be ready to be removed from the stocks before the present year closes. The keel of a new screwship has lately been laid down, the length of which, from cutwater to stern, is 360 feet. This vessel when completed will be about 300 feet over all, and will be the longest in the English navy. The Windsor Castle, 116, sailing ship, still retains her old berth upon the stocks where she was built some eight years since. We understand it is in contemplation to convert her into a screw vessel as soon as the Melpomene, 50- gun frigate, undergoing a similar process, is com- pleted. The Revenge, 60, now building, if in a forward state. The Doris is an exceedingly handsome vessel, and will be fitted with the heaviest guns in the English naval service. Several new storehouses are! being erected within the dock walls, aud many of the old ships have been lengthened several feet to- wards the sea. The graving dock is also undergoing consider- able extension. DEATH OF REAR- ADMIRAL MILWARD.— Rear- Admiral Cle- ment Milward, 1846, died on the 14th inst, at Tullogher, in the county of Kilkenny. He entered the navy on the 20th of Octo- ber, 1793, on board the Alarm, 32, Captain Lewis Robertson, and in the following year was severely wounded as midshipman of that frigate in an attack at Point a Pitre, Guadaloupe. After two years' servitude, still on the West India station, in the Veteran, 64, and the Solebay, 32, both commanded by Captain W. H. Baynton, and as master's mate in the Etrusco, Captain James Hanson, he joined in 1796 the Prince of Wales, 98, flag- ship of Rear- Admiral Henry Harvey, under whom, in February, 1797, he witnessed the surrender of Trinidad. In October of the latter year he became Acting- Lieutenant of the Favourite sloop, Captain Lord Camelford, and during that service he handed the pistol to Lord Camelford on the well- known occasion when Lord Camelford shot Lieutenant Peterson, of her Majesty's ship Woolwich, for mutinous conduct at English Harbour, Antigua. He accepted the retired rank Oct 1,1846. THE COAST GUARD SERVICE.— The operations of the new Coast Guard service commenced on Monday, when Commodore Eden hoisted his broad pennant on board her Majesty's guard- ship Southampton, Capt Charlewood, in Harwich Harbour. In the forenoon the officers and men of the Harwich division of Coast Guard mustered on board the Southampton, and in the afternoon were inspected by Commodore Eden, who divided them into three classes, viz, those fit for service in the fleet when required, those only fit for Coast Guard service, and those requir- ing medical survey. The officers are to be placed on the books of the Southampton as additional for Coast Guard service. On Tuesday Commodore Eden inspected the Southampton, expres- sing himself pleased with her cleanliness and good order; also inspected the cutters' men of the Coast Guard, dividing them into the three former mentioned classes. In the afternoon Commo- dore Eden, accompanied by Captain Charlewood, left Harwich for the Aldborough division of the station, to continue the in- spection. APPOINTMENTS.— Commander: Henry L. Cox( 1856), to be addi- tional commanderto theFisguard, 42, at Woolwich.— Lieutenant: C. D. Inglis to the Excellent, 46, gunnery ship at Portsmouth.— Master : Frederick R. Sturdee ( 1843), to the Hannibal, 90, flag ship.— Mates : iEneas B. Reid, to the Hawke; M. C. Seymour to the Calcutta.— Surgeon : A. Irwin, to the Hecla.— Assistant- Surgeons : W. G. J, Ayre, to the Portsmouth division of Royal Marines; W. Edney, to Malta Hospital; David Duncan, to the Recruit; George Goodman ( confirmed), to the Siren ; Richard L. B. Head and G. W. J. Sutherland, acting, to the Victory ; Peter Fairbairn, acting, to the Indus \ Charles R. Godfrey ( 1855), to the Tyne; D. G. Pendrith ( 1850), to the Pembroke ; E. T. Mortimer, acting, to the Spy.— Clerk: Robert W. Parish, to the Iris.— Clerks' Assistants : Albert Walker, to the Duke of Wel- lington ; William A. Martin, to the Colossus ; William H. Mar- tin, to the Princess Royal; John R. Horniman, to the Caesar ; Henry C. Lory, to the Exmouth ; R. Johnson, to the Indus ; Dixon P. Sambell, to the Meander; A. H. Piddell and F. F. Fitzmaurice, to the Monarch. ALARM OF FIRE.— A quantity of oakum ignited in the engine- room of her Majesty's'steam troop- ship Urgent, in dock at Ports- mouth, about 11 o'clock on Tuesday night, and caused au alarm of fire to be raised, but the oakum burnt itself out, and did no very material damage. THE LATE BULLION ROBBERY.— On Wednesday Mr Baron Martin was attended at chambers by the legal gentlemen con- cerned for the prosecutors and the prisoners in the late trial at the Central Criminal Court of Pierce, Burgess, and Tester, upon the disposal of the Turkish bonds. Mr Bodkin, the counsel, and Mr Rees, the solicitor, appeared on behalf of the South Eastern Railway Company ; Mr Wontner for Pierce; Mr Lewis for Bur- gess ; and Mr Sleigh represented Mr Undersheriff Crosley. Mr Baron Martin, after hearing the various persons, adjourned the further consideration of the matter till Monday next, in order that in the interim additional affidavits might be filed. The learned judge, however, said his present opinion was that Fanny Kay was entitled to the bonds, they having been handed over by Agar to Pierce as trustee for and onbehalf of her and her child previous to Agar's conviction. THE AFFAIR AT CANTON.— It is| asserted by " A Merchant" that Yeh, the Governor General? of Canton, has, in the short time during which he has been in office, beheaded no les* than 70,000 human beings. On Wednesday evening the Property and Income- tax Associa- tion held its first central meeting at Exeter Hall, Mr Alderman Wire in the chair ; and there were also on the platform Messrs Thomas Chambers, M. P., A. Pellatt, M. P., Major Reed, M. P., the Mayor of Oxford, and gentlemen deputed from Ipswich, Bir- mingham, Huddersfield, and several other of the large towns. The body of the hall was quite full. After an address by the chairman, letters were read by the Secretary, from Sir De Lacy Evaas, Mr Scholefield, M. P., Mr Muutz, and Mr Maims, M. P., apologising for lion- attend- ance, but fully concurring in the objects of the meeting. Letters had also been received from Cheltenham, Derby, Devonport, Exeter, Hull, Leeds, and Leicester, giving in the adherence of those towns; and deputations were present from Birmingham, Deptford, Brighton, Ipswich, Huddersfield, Hull^ Barnsley, and Bridgwater. Major Reed, M. P., rosa to move the first resolution. He felt ( he said) that the success of their movement depended more on the justice of the cause than on the eloquence of the advocate, and'therefore he had no hesitation in proposing the following resolution :—" That, in the opinion of this meeting, the ad- ditions made to the property and income- tax for war purposes ought to cease from the 5th of April next, and, consequently, that the acts of Parliament imposing those additions should be immediately and unconditionally repealed." In the first place, he had pleasure in stating that this association, which had been inaugurated only six weeks since by a meeting at the Londou Tavern, was now spreading its affiliated societies over the whole country [ cheers]. Meetings had been general all over the country, and everywhere resolutions had been passed con- demning the war uiuepence [ loud cheers]. That addition, let it be remembered, was put on purely as a war tax, to maintain the war with Russia, but it was adopted with a distinct under- standing that it was to terminate with the war [ hear, hear]. Subsequently, however, words were introduced into the act con- tinuing it for twelve months after the ratification of peace [ shamej. The peace, as every one knew, was concluded on the 30th ef March, but the formal ratification was withheld until the 27th of April following, and on that shallow pretence the tax was to be maintained for another year [ loud cries of Shame]. But did the Government really think that the people of this country were such shallow idiots as to submit to so gross a subterfuge? He hoped not, for he felt strongly on the subject, and when applied to he had felt it his duty to throw himself into this great movement with the intention of advocating in his place in Parliament the views of this association [ cheers]. In the high position in which the committee had placed him as chairman, he had carefully watched the movement, and he verily believed that never since the anti- corn- law agitation had any movement so deeply agitated the country [ hear, hear]. He would not de- tain them by elaborate calculations to show the unfairness of making no distinction between precarious incomes and realised property, as the press, both daily aud weekly, had thoroughly ventilated that subject; and, indeed, he believed that the Go- vernment itself was not deceived, but felt the inequality as much as any of them. Here was the income of the labouring or pro- fessional man worth two or three years' purchase, and that of the fund or landholder worth 28 or 30 years'purchase, and yet both were charged at precisely the same rate [ hear, hear]. If a man had a thousand pounds in the funds he paid only on the interest of that sum ; but if a man earned a thousand pounds he was taxed on the whole thousand [ shame]. The next thing he objected to was the inquisitorial character of the tax. He remembered that when agricultural statistics were proposed to be collected, a great outcry was raised among the farmers, on the grounds that the proceeding was inquisitorial, and would enable the landlords to raise their rents. Now, what was sauce for the goose was sauce for the gander ; if inquisition was bad for the farmers, why should it be good for professional men or traders [ hear, hear]. But with respect to the war ninepence, hu did not believe that the Govern- ment would have the impudence to retain it [ cheers]. He was convinced that at the commencement of the session the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer would announce its relinquishment; but then their work would only have begun [ hear, hear]. Hav- ing thus found the Chancellor's heart malleable, it would then be their duty to weld it to a national purpose. That would be done by tlie'independent members; but independent members could do nothing unless well supported from without. There was a certain number of independent members in the house who were termed the guerilla band, as being not to be depended on, and these members could do a great deal of good, if properly supported [ hear, hear]. It was to those gentlemen that minis- ters addressed themselves when proposing any new project. They never looked at those behind them, because they knew they were all right; nor to those in front, because they knew they were all wrong; but to the small band of independent members whose votes often decided the most important ques- tions. For himself, he could say, that if not satisfied with pro- per explanations on the part of the Government, at the very commencement of the session, he would place a motion on the paper for an early day, casting on them the obloquy they de- served [ cheers]. Mr T. Chambers, M. P., seconded the motion, which was sup- ported by Mr Shaw Constable, of Huddersfield. It was carried unanimously. Mr A. Pellatt, M. P., moved the following resolution:— '' That tho present system of levying the income- tax by taxing permanent and precarious incomes alike, is manifestly unjust, and leads to a general and systematic evasion; that the despotic and inquisitorial mode of assessment is repugnant to the feelings of Englishmen, and has only been submitted to from time to time under the impression that the tax was for a temporary purpose; and that this meeting hereby pledges itself to use every legitimate means to obtain a more equitable adjustment of the tax, and an improvement in the mode of assessment, or a total repeal of it upon trades and professions." Mr T. A. Attwood, of Birmingham, and the Mayor of Ox- ford supported the motion, which was also carried. Colonel M'Dougall moved the third resolution, " That this meeting recognise with great satisfaction the strong expression of feeling manifested throughout the country in favour of the objects of this association, and desire to tender their special ac- knowledgments to those gentlemen who compose thedeputations present ou this occasion." Having so far back as 1851 written a pamphlet on this subject, he had ventured from home, for the first time in two years, in order to give his small support to this great movement. Its success depended wholly on the people of this country, and he trusted the deputations he saw around him would impress that fact on their friends when they returned home. This resolution having also been carried, and a vote of thanks to the chairman agreed to, the meeting separated. SERIOUS FRACAS ON BOARD AN AMERICAN SHIP.— LIVER- POOL, JAN 20.— An inquiry was instituted on Tuesday morning into a charge of a serious nature at the Birkenhead police court against sixteen of the crew of the American ship J. L. Bogart, for Mobile, lying in the river. It appeared that on Sunday the prisoners came into collision with the first and second mates, and a conflict of an alarming nature ensued, the officers using firearms, and the men resorting to their knives and belaying pins. One of the crew, Christie by name, was shot in the thigh by Peter Campbell, the second mate; and James O'Furber, the first mate, was so seriously wounded, that his removal to the hospital on the following day was necessary. After the con- flict had subsided a flag of distress was hoisted, and a number of officers of the Liverpool police force went on board. They found the deck covered with the blood of those who had been engaged in the affray; aud pistols, knives, and other weapons were lying about in all directions. They arrested sixteen of the crew and the second mate. On behalf of the officers it was stated that the men ( who are chiefly coloured men) mutinied when ordered to do the duties of the ship, and that firearms were not used until they were found necessary in order to enforce discipline. On the part of the men, it was asserted that they had the day previously signed articles to go on board the ship Robin Hood, bound for Antigua; that, when in boats in the river look- ing for that vessel, they were hailed by the first mate of the J. L. Bogart, who, being told that they wanted the Robin Hood, said, " All right, this is the ship;" and that, on finding out the mistake, they refused to work, when the officers attempted to coerce them, and the en- counter was the result. The magistrates adjourned the case, declining to entertain the charge or mutiny as they had no juris- diction, and they found that there was no case of assault against thirteen of the sixteen of the crew, but they retained the second mate ( Peter Campbell) and three of the men, Lott Hyatt, Jeremiah Jones, and Joseph Williams ( coloured men) in custody, it having been asserted that they had used dangerous weapons. Peter Campbell used a revolver, and wounded James Christie, who lies at the Birkenhead Hospital in a dangerous state. The first mate ( James O'Furber) had his head split open during the struggle. He was removed to the Northern Hospital, Liverpool, and is not expected to recover. At the adjourned hearing on Thursday, Mr Harmer appeared for the American Consul; Mr Campbell and Mr Snowball for the coloured pri- soners, having been retained by some philanthropic gentlemen in Liverpool to defend the crew ; and Mr Conway, barrister, for the shipping master.— John Robinson, the boatswain ( a coloured man), was brought up under a warrant. Being sworn he said, on Saturday he shipped on board the J. L. Bogart for Mobile, as an able seaman. He signed the articles in the office of Mr Martin, shipping master. Went on board on Sunday morn- ing, the vessel then lying in the Mersey. On Monday morning, about half- past six o'clock, the crew turned to, wit- ness then having been made boatswain. On mustering the men he found that there was a crew of eighteen, with himself, but not including the captain and two mates. The first mate ( O'Furber) told him to take what men he wanted for- ward, and to order two others to the foretopgallant rigging. At this point two men, one of whom was James Christie, the wounded man at the hospital, were complaining to the first and second mate that they had not shipped for the James L. Bogart, but for the Robin Hood, bound for Antigua. Those two men were brought aboard on Sunday night, in a boat, the hands in which hailed for the Robin Hood, and the second mate of the J. L. Bogart hailed back " This is the Robin Hood." When the two men complained on Monday morning the two mates began to ill- use them and others with their fists and the butt- ends of their pistols. The captain was not on board. The men had not refused to work. They ran on the forecastle, and the second mate followed, and shot at them with the revolver. They each fired three shots. Campbell ( the second mate) shot Christie in the thigh. The mates, after firing six times, went aft, reloaded, and commenced firing again. O'Furber loaded both the pistols, and gave one to Campbell. There was no resistance by the men until the mate shot Christie. Camp- bell's pistol snapped four times, and the fifth time ne shot Christie. O'Furber then went up to Jeremiah Jones ( a negro), and shot at him, but the contents of the pistol missed. Jones then struck the first mate with a capstan- bar, which he picked up after he had been shot at. ( The capstan- bar was produced. It was stained with blood.) Campbell was armed with a cutlass as well as a revolver. In going forward he dropped the cutlass, and Lott Hyatt ( a Malay) picked it up. I saw the mate ill use John Battise ( a fine- lookin gnegro), and they afterwards put him in irons. Joseph Williams ( a negro), one of the prisoners, was kicked, knocked down, and stamped upon by the second mate before the affray commenced.— Mr Snowball contended that Jones used weapons only in self- defence, and that, under the circumstances, he could not be held responsible, even if the first mate died.— James Harrison, the pilot, confirmed the statement of the boatswain in every particular.— Mr Campbell, in addressing the court, asserted that if the first and second mates had been left dead on the deck it would have served them right [ applause]. The bench thought there was no case against Hyatt or Williams, but that Jones should be remanded, seeing that the life of O'Furber was still in danger; they had no doubt that if O'Furber were to die, and J ones were to be committed, a jury would acquit him. If he should be pro- nounced out of danger, Jones would be at once acquitted, and O'Furber would be charged with felonious shooting. Williams and Hyatt were discharged, but Jones was admitted to bail to appear again when required. The bail was found by the same philanthropic gentlemen who had provided the legal assistance. HEALTH OP LONDON.— The deaths registered in the week ending January 17, were 1,171, of whom 582 were males and 589 females. The number was 170 less than the average. The deaths in the week from diseases of the respiratory organs ( under which head phthisis is not included) were 280 ; in corresponding weeks of previous years they ranged from 153 in the year 1853, when the mean temperature of the week was 45 deg, to 386 in the cold winter of 1855, when the mean temperature of the week was so low as 29 deg. Since the present year commenced the weather has been mild, and the mortality from diseases of this class is not high. In the last two weeks the deaths from bronchitis rose from 140 to 170, and those from pneumonia fell from 87 to 77. Phthisis ( or consumption) was fatal to 152 persons last week, of whom 73 died in the period of life 20- 40 years, and 52 in the sub- sequent period, 40- 60 years, leaving only 27 of the deaths from this disease at earlier and later ages. The births in the week were 966 boys and 818 girls— total 1,784. At the Royal Ob- servatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29' 636 inches. On Sunday ( the 11th) the reading fell to 20* 85 inches, and on Saturday rose to 30' 21 inches. These values were the lowest and highest in the week. The mean temperature of the week was 36" 5 deg, which is rather above the average of the same week in 43 years ( as determined by Mr Glaisher), The thermometer fell to 26 deg on Thursday, the lowest point in the week. The range in the week was 20 " 5 deg. The mean dew- point temperature was 33 9 deg, andthe difference between this and the mean air temperature was 2>' 6 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 40' 1 deg. The direction of the wind was very variable, on Satur- day it was southwest, The fall of raw was 0' 39 in^ h, most of it On Sunday. APPREHENSION OF BACON.— On Wednesday, at Lambeth, Mrs Martha Bacon, charged with cutting the throats of her two children on the 30th ult, was again examined. Inspector Young said as follows:— Since the last examination of the prisoner I have been to Stamford, in Lincolnshire, and with the kind assistance of Mr Reed, the chief officer of the police of that place, have been engaged for the greater part of three days in prosecuting the necessary inquiries in this case. Your worship will recollet the description which Bacon gave of the suit of clothes he alleged to have been stolen from his house, and his saying that for twenty years Mr Dixon, a tailor at Stamford, was the only person who had made clothes for him. I have seen Mr Dixon, and he declares in the most positive manner that he had never made such a coat for Bacon as that which be described the great coat to be. I have learned from Mr Dixon that Bacon, when in Stamford about three weeks ago, had a conversation with him respecting his missing clothes, and said, " If the police find them they won't know they are mine, as they have got no marks on them." Mr Young, in conclusion, re- peated the numerous and contradictory statements made by Bacon, in reference to the alleged robbery, the description of the property alleged to have been stolen, and his strange prevarica- tion respecting the time he had last seen the mouey safe, and in- flicting the cut on his finger. The latter was very remarkable. Bacon first accounted for seeing the money, a £ 5 note and two sovereigns, safe before leaving home on the morning of Mon- day, the 29th of December, by saying he had to go to a box in which it was placed to get a piece of cotton to place to a cut on his finger which he had done in the act of wetting ( cutting) a stick. When asked to show the cut, Bacon presented his left hand, and between the first and second joints of the first finger was a very deep as well as an extensive cut, extending nearly to the bone. The inspsctor remarked on the improbability of such a cut having been oaused by the mere cutting of a stick ; and he then gave a different version, saying, that he did it while carving the dinner on the Sunday, by the knife slipping. He was then asked haw it was, if this last version was true, he did not get it dressed oa the Sunday, and not leave it without dressing until the Monday morning, when, as he alleged, his wife sat up ia the bed and tied the piece of « otton on. Bacon did not seem to relish this style of interrogation, and did not return an answer to, or make any observation on it, but turned the conversation to something else. Bacon, who was present, was asked by the magistrate if he wished to make any reply to, or offer any observations on the statements of Inspector Young respecting the clothes and money which he alleged had been stolen from him, and respecting which he had given so many vague and contradictory statements. He replied that his mind had been so affected by the loss of his children, that he might not have given the correct statements at all times, though it had always been his wish to do so. It was his habit, he said, to keep the money he recived from Mr Atter, his attorney at Stamford, by itself, and did not mix it up with his other moneys. The former he always placed in a small fancy box, which was kept in a work- box, and the latter he put into ajar. The work- box containing the £ 5 note and the two sove- reigns was placed on the drawers in his bed- room, which was the front room on the first floor, and he was sure it was safe when he left home on Monday morning at six o'clock. He did, he said, see his children on that morning, as they slept and were in a different room to his, and he saw his wife, spoke to, and kissed her. and, before leaving, she tied the piece of cotton rag on his finger. The suit of clothes stolen, and which were his best or Sunday clothes, and which he had worn on the day before, he had placed on the bannisters in front of his bed- room, and they were there on his leaving home. It was his custom on a Sunday morning to see and put his money to rights, and on the Sunday morning, the 28th of December, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock, he saw the £ 5 note and the two sovereigns safe, aud this was the last time he actually saw it. On the Monday morning he had opened the outer box to get a piece of cotton rag, and seeing the other, the second box inside, he concluded all was safe. Oil the Sunday night, about eleven o'clock, he wound up the watch now pro- duced by Sergeant Broad, and placed it on the drawers. [ The watch produced had been picked up by Broad about a quarter of a mile from Bacon's house,] Bacon went ou to say that on leaving home he left loose in a drawer two sovereigns, and his wife had money besides. These two sovereigns he found safe, and received from Mrs Payne, his aunt, his wife's purse, con- taining half a sovereign and five shillings in silver. When fur- ther pressed about the clothes, Bacon flatly contradicted himself by saying the missing clothes were not his best, though he had repeatedly stated the contrary, but added that his best clothes were locked up in his drawers; Bacon having concluded his statement, Mr Elliott, addressing the prisoner, asked if it was her wish to make any statement, or say anything to the charge against her? Cook ( the gaoler): The prisoner tells me, sir, that she does not feel equal to the task of addressing you ; but she has handed me this piece of paper, which she wishes your worship to read. Mr Elliott, looking at the paper handed to him, said: She wishes me to read this paper, does she?— Cook : She does, sir. The most intense anxiety was here manifested and marked in the countenance of every individual in the crowded court, and all eyes were directed towards the bench, when Mr Elliott rose from his seat, and, with some emotion, read aloud from the paper in his hand the followiog startling statement :— " SIR: I must confess I am an innocent person, and he who committed the dreadful deed is my husband, and there was no money on the drawers. He took the little boy down stairs, put him in achair, aud then cut his throat. He then wentup stairs and cut the little baby's throat. " MARTHA BACON." It would be idle to attempt a description of the scene of horror which this fearful announcement of the dreadful deed, as the unfortunate mother and prisoner described it in her own hand- writing, - and the guilt of her husband, produced ou the minds and feelings of all present, A loud outburst of horror was heard from all parts of the court. The female portion of the auditors burst into floods of tears, and loud sobs and cries checked the proceedings for some minutes. Bacon, who stood behind Mr Woodward, instead of meeting the accusation as an innoeent man would, by a declaration that he was rot guilty, notwith standing the accusation of his wife, and written and signed by herself, reeled at the charge, and would have fallen backwards had he not been supported by the front part of the dock, which was immediately behind him. When the excitement had in some degree subsided, Mr Elliott, addressing Bacon, said: Your statements respecting the alleged robbery have been so vague, prevaricating, aud unsatisfactory, that not an individual who has heard them can for a single moment believe that they contain a syllable of truth ; and I, for my part, should have felt it to be my duty, even in the absence of any such state- ment as that just now made, to have ordered you into cus- tody, on suspicion of being a partv to the dreadful murder of your infant children. You will now, however, be taken to the station- house and charged in the regular way with the crime of murder. The prisoner was here taken charge of by Mr Young and escorted by a posse of constables to the police- station adjoining the court. So strongly marked was the indignation against Bacon that it was quite certain that, had he not been so well guarded, violent hands would have undoubtedly been laid on him. In a short time after he was brought back to the court and placed in the felon's dock, on the following charge:—" Thomas Fuller Bacon, 15, Anglesea- street, Mile End, with wilfully murdering your two children— Edwin Fuller Bacon, aged two years and a half, and Sarah Ann Bacon, aged eleven months, on the 29th of December, 1856, at the house No. 4, Four Acre- street, in the parish of St Mary, Newington."— Inspector Young said that after he had taKen the prisoner into custody, and in going along to the station- house, he said, " Oh, Mr Young, is it not shocking that she should say I did it? My poor boy, I loved him so well that I could not hurt him. I am not afraid of the truth, it will always go furthest."— The depositions, so far as they affect Bacon, were then read over, and he was asked, after the usual caution, whether he wished to say anything.— The prisoner, who is rather a slight man, of about 5 feet 6 inches, , and of insignificant appearance, aud who seemed more com- j posed, replied, by the advice of Mr Woodward, that he did not, aud was remanded to a future day.— After his removal Mr Elliott gave directions to Mr Young to write by that night's post to the authorities at Stamford, and state that it was his ( Mr Elliott's) wish and desire that the body of the prisoner's mother, buried there last May twelvemonths, should be at once exhumed, and subjected to a regular medical inquiry, as there were very strong reasons to suspect that she eame unfairly by her death.— It ap- peared that the deceased dined with her son, the prisoner, on the Sunday, and was at once seized by illness such as that pro- duced by the administration of arsenic, and died on the following Tuesday. The prisoner's wife, as well as himself, is also remanded. Every hour discoveries are made by Iuspector Yeung and the other officers engaged in the investigation to lead to the con- clusion that Bacon, and not his unfortunate wife, is the mur- derer of his children. On Thursday, the officers proceeded to the residence of Mr. Payne, 15, Anglesea- street, Waterloo New Town, who is uncle to Bacon, and which Bacon, on the day before, described as his present residence, and there, among his clothes, found a pair of fustian trowsers, which, on examination, were found to be stained with blood in many parts. These trowsers are the very pair described by his wife as those worn by her husband on the morning of the murder, but she added that he also had on an apron while committing the act; and this would accouxt for there not being more blood on the trowsers. In corroboration of the statement about the apron, it is a fact that on the Tuesday, upon the police going into the house, they found an apron much stained with blood, and which had been also used to wipe up some stains of blood on the front bedroom floor. The short, but awful confession, made by Mrs Bacon, was written in Cook, the gaoler's, room, ana., at his desk, before her examination on Weduesday, and on writing and signing it, she handed it to that officer. Cook, on reading it, said, " This is a most serious charge against your husband, and, for God's sake, don't make it unless it is true. You are aware that God is looking down and sees what you are doing, and pray don't make a statement that is not strictly true." She replied, " I am perfectly well aware of the fact. It's all strictly true, and I feel that it is too bad that the inno- cent should suffer for the guilty." When asked his opinion re- specting the sanity or insanity of Mrs Bacon at that time, Cook declared it to be his conviction that she was as perfectly sane as he was himself, and, further, it was his thorough belief that what she stated was the truth. In addition to her written state- ment Mrs Bacon made further disclosures to Mr Cook. She said that the witness Ratcliford, who gave his evidence on the former examination, was quite correct when he said that he heard Baeou light the fire on the Monday morning at six o'clock. Her husband, she said, got up about that time and lit the fire, leaving her in bed. She saw him take the little boy down stairs, and, hearing the child cry, she jumped out of bed, thinking something shocking had happened, and she imme- diately saw her husband with a bloody knife in his right hand. He immediately rushed at her and made several cuts at her throat, and wounded her as she had been afterwards found, but she kept him off as well as she could, and caught hold of the wrist of his right hand, and iu some measure overpowered him, and it was while endeavouring to cut her throat that he cut his finger and inflicted the wound before spoken of. The knife he used, she said, was one of the two produced by the officer on the first examination, and, after cutting the throats of both children and partly cutting her own, he wiped the knife on a dishcloth, throwing the latter into a basin in which there was no water. She was asked why she had not given an alarm all this time, and her reply was that she had screamed, and, in con- sequence, her husband at once left the house, and she did not see him again until she saw him at Lambeth police court. The poor woman further said that, when left alone in the house, she was so dreadfully frightened that she knew not what to do, and did not wish to say anything about it till her husbaud's aunt, Mrs Payne, came on the Tuesday morning. Before going into court she begged that her husband might not be allowed to approach or Come near to her, saying she was sure, after making the statement she did, he would kill her if he had the slightest opportunity; and since her apprehension she has evinced the greatest possible terror of her husband, who appears to have ex- ercised great control and power over her. So intense is her horror now that she expressed a hope that if her husband was sent to the same gaol as herself he might have no personal com- munication with her, and that if he wished to send any message' to her it might be in writing. The inhabitants of Stamford, in Lincolnshire, where Bacon was well known, will not beat all surprised at the announce- ment respecting him which appeared in yesterday's papers, for from the time of the murder the officers engaged in the inquiry have been inundated with letters, the writers of which, without a single exception, declared it to be their conviction that Bacon, and not his wife, was the murderer. THE SQUEER'S SYSTEM.— The following canting circular was put forth byMrsMeeres, the schoolmistress at Battersea, against whom a verdict of manslaughter for starving one of her pupils to death has been returned:—" Mrs Meeres receives twelve young ladies, to be educated with her own daughters. It is her anxious care that these tender plants intrusted to her oare may be early led ( by the grace of God) to feel the deep importance of vital religion, and that the course of instruction pursued may tend to strengthen the mind, and to form the character and manners of the future elegant and accomplished gentlewoman. Mrs Meeres has been partly educated on the continent. French is constantly spoken by her young friends, and professors attend to give instruction in the Latin, Greek, French, German, and Italian languages. The harp, pianoforte, singing, drawing, and flower painting are cultivated as delightful sources of pleasure and amusement, and the hours of recreation are varied by many little and instructive pursuits. Reference to parents of pupils, and many Christian friends." The terms for these. advantages were 18 guinea ® 8 year, with extras to the extent of seven guineas more. 4 BELI/ S LIFE IN LONDON, JANUARY 25, 1857. SPOUTING CHKOMOLE. [ TOWN EDITION.] THE TURF. TEE LATE DUKE OF RUTLAND. [ WRITTEN EXCLUSIVELY FOE " BELL'S LITE."] It is this week our sad, but by 110 means unlooked- for, duty to record the death of the Duke of Rutland, which took place on Monday last, at Belvoir Castle. His grace, ( who was the fifth duke of the line, and grandson of the heroic " Marquis of Granby," the commander- in- chief of the English forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, in Germany,) was born in 1778^ and, when only a boy of nine, succeeded his father, who died while " the cordial, frank aud free" Lord Lieutenant of Ire- land, at the early age of thirty- five. Another of the last his- toric links has thus been severed between our age and that of the Prince Regent, the mention of which conjures up plea- santer memories to the racing man than it does to Mr Thackeray. In the early part of the century, the young duke BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S. MONDAY, JAN 19.— There was a visible improvement in business this afternoon, and the proceedings altogether were far more important than on any meeting day at " the Corner" since the close of last season. The. great features were the eagerness to back Emigrant for the Liverpool Steeple Chase, and Mincepie and Leamington for the Chester Cup, the Danebury j was the centre, both at Cheveley and Belvoir, of the most mare being in such strong demand that the price at which we Wil, v have returned her— 25 to 1— was scarcely obtainable at the close. Double the price that was taken that day week was offered against The Maid of Derwent. For the Derby, Tournament, M. D., aud the Blue Devils colt were backed freely at our quotations, the outlay upon the " practitioner" ( who, though sold, will not, we understand, leave Mr T. Parr's stable until after the Derby) amounting to several hundred pounds a1 20 to 1. 1,000 to 50 was taken twice about Sydney, and 2,800 to 100 about Athlete. THURSDAY, JAN 22-.— The publication of the weights for the Chester Cup, instead of imparting a stimulus to speculations appears almost to have paralysed it— nothing else being backed, or scarcely thought of, but the two favourites, Leamington and Mincepie, who were backed together at 8 to 1, and singly at 100 to 6. The investments, however, have been chiefly in " City circles;" those at " the Corner" being " few and far between." The other Spring Handicaps were not mentioned. The Derby betting does not call for remark. 2,000 to 140 against Lord John Scott's lot, with Messenger added, was the principal transaction. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. MONDAY. THTJBSDAY. Emigrant C. Boyce...... 15 to 1 ( tk) .... Teddeeiey ........ Holrnan 20 to 1 ( tk) .... Onjar Pasha Cowper........ 25 to 1 ( tk) .... •• 1 i• • 1 Star of the West.. Dickson 25 to 1 ( tk; .... —— Sandboy Escott 33 to 1 — CHESTER CUP, 25 to 33 to 33 to 1 ( t fly).... 100 to 6 I ( tk) I • 100 to 6 .... 1000 to 20 • .... 1000 to 20 r Mincepie..,.',...,. J. Day Leamington ...... E. Parr WaTlock J. Scott St Domingo ...... J. Scott Riseber.. j. J. Prince...... Yellow Jack ...,. W. Goater .... Commotion........ Mizen Maidof Derwent .. W. I'Anson Schiedam W. Goater .... Bandalore H. Wadlow. ... Miss Harkaway .. Mizen Lambourn E, Parr..;,.. 1,000 ever, between Lady Florence and Miss Harkaway. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. Sydney Hay hoe... Lamboum ,....,,. B, Parr........ — - 40 to I ( tk) 50 to I( off) .... 1000 to 15- .... 1000 to 15 • .... 1000 to 10 • .... 1000 to 10 • 8 to 10 to ( tk) ( tk) DERBY. 11 to 14. to 100 to 20 to 20 to 25 to 28 to Blink Bonny ...... W. I'Anson. Loyola Isaac Day Tournament . Drewitt M. D Hopkins Sidney Hay hoe Zuyder Zee Fobert Lady Hawthorn .. M. Dawson.... Athlete J. Scott Glenmasson ...... Woolcot Arsenal W. Goater .... Scliiedam W. Goater .... Messenger M. Dawson..,. Kent W. Smith Colt by Surplice— fT B Blue Devils.... llsaac Uay • • • • PyrrhustheSecond. Saunders DERBY, 1858. Jos. Dawson ,. 1 ( tk) 1 ( tk) 6 ( tfl) 1 ( tfl) 1 ( tk) 11 to 1 ( tk) 17 to 1 ( tk) ( tk) ( tk) 20 to 1 ( tk) 30 to 30 to 59 to 5 0 to 50 to 66 to 1 ( tk) 1 ( tk 1 ( tk) 1 ( tk) 1 ( tk) 1 ( tk) 28 to 1 ( tk) Dumfries.. . 10,000 to 150 ( tk) MANCHESTER- FRIDAY EVENING. The principal part of the betting was on the two favourites for Chester Cup ; any reasonable amouut of money might have been laid against either Leamington or Mincepie at the quotations. The Maid of Derwent was also in great force at 33tol, although 60 to 1 was currently offered agst her on Thursday. Great complaints are made against the weights put upon Leamington, Mincepie, and Claret; indeed the handicap is generally con- demned here. Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.— 9 to 2 agst Loyola ( off), 6 to 1 agst Vedette ( tk), 7 to 1 agst Schiedam ( tk), 8 to 1 agst Sydney ( tk), and 8 to 1 agst Anton ( tk). LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.— 15 to 1 agst Minos ( tk), 20 to 1 agst any other ( off), and 25 to l'agst Black Swan ( tk to £ 25). CHESTER CUP.— 15 to 1 agst Leamington ( tk), 100 to 6 agst Mtncepie ( tk), 33 to 1 agst Claret ( tk), 33 to 1 agst Maid of Der- went ( tk freely), 50 to 1 agst Schiedam ( tk), 50 to 1 agst Prince of Orange ( tk), and 50 to 1 agst Commotion ( tk). THE DERBY.— 100 to ( 3 agst Tournament ( tk freely), 100 to 6 agst Zuyder, Zee ( tk freely), 1,000 to 20 agst Commotion ( tk). CLOSURE OF THE WSST END BETTING HOUSES. We understand that in consequence of the breaking in of the police into the office of Mr Thorpe, and the taking into custody of his clerks, as well as all persons— even those who " merely looked in from curiosity"— who were in the place at the time, together with the seizure of the ledgers ( as will be seen by a reference to our police reports) the proprietors of similar esta- blishments have taken the alarm; and yesterday not a single office was open, it is said the authorities have received instruc- tions to act vigorously in the matter, and, as we have no doubt their exertions will be successful, the extirpation of the abuse will be effected. FOALS, & c. THE RAWCLIITE STUI).— On the 16th inst, the Company's " Wicket, by Stumps, a colt by Cruiser; and on the 20th inst, Mr Bbwes's The Flapper, a filly by The Flying Dutchman, and will be put to him again. The following mares have already arrived to The Flying Dutchman:— Hurry Scarry, by Pantaloon; Mulligrubs, by Melbourne; Pebblo; Dorinda, by D'Egville; and Georgia, by Jaques, & c. The subscription to The Flying Dutch- man has been some time full. At Cawston Lodge, on the 19th inst, the Duke of Bedford's Beatrice, a filly by Weatherbit, and will be put to Windhound, to whom the Duke of Bedford's Licence has also arrived on a visit; ontlie22d, Miserrima, a colt to Birdcatcher, and with Goldfinder's dam will be put to him again. Two mares have arrived to be put to Oulston. On the 22d iust, at Theobald's Stud Farm, Stockwell, Nour- mahal, by Lanercost, a chesnut colt to Grecian, wtiich has been named The Grecian King. At Woodmaucote Farm, Befford, on the 20th inst, Birthday, by Pantaloon ( the darn of Filius), a colt by Loup Garou, and will be put to him again, AtBuriihara Green Paddocks, Famine, by Samarcand, slipped her foal to the Barb Vengeance, and died afterwards. At Owmby Paddocks, on the 21st inst, Sir C. Monck's Gaiety, a bay colt by Stockwell; the mare will be put to The Cure. At Messrs Barrow's Stud Paddocks, Newmarket, Elspeth ( the dam of Drumour), a colt by Alarm. At Tickhill Castle, the Lamb, a filly by Newminster, and Ma- bella, a filly by The Flying Dutchman. The Earl of Derby, Alderman Copeland, Capt Legh, and Thos. Legh, Esq, have accepted the stewardship of the Newton Meeting. The programme of this improving meeting will be found in our front page. Chelmsford Races are fixed for the 30th of June and 1st July. NOMENCLATURE.— The following names have been given:— Sister to Peter Wilkins, 2 yrs, Rose de Florence; sister to Peter " Wilkins, yearling, La Traviata; filly by The Cure out of The Jewess, 3 yrs, Relapse; colt by The Flying Dutchman out of Dame Cosser, 2 yrs, Duneany; filly by The Flying Dutchman out of Pelisse, 2 yrs, Cinderella; bay yearling colt by Orlando out oflhe Broom, Tasso ; and the bay yearling filly by West Australian out of Kathleen, by Lanercost, Mavourneen. NEWMARKET.— Dewdrop, 3 yrs, the property of F. Barne, Esq, and trained by Thomas Stephenson, died a few days ago from adhesion of the intestines to the side— an infirmity which, we believe, was the cause of the death of Ninnyhammer. We hear that the Convivial Society will celebrate their 20th anni- versary at the White Hart Hotel on Friday, the 6th February, when a large party is expected; some first- rate singers are en- gaged for the occasion. The stallion Mountaineer, by Lanercost out of The Mountain Sylph, died of inflammation at the Aubrey Arms, near Cow- bridge, Glamorganshire, on Saturday last. J. Zachary, private trainer to the late Mr Worthington, is en- gaged in the same capacity by Mrs Osbaldeston, and her horses are now under his charge at Alvedistou, in Wiltshire. Malacca has left Mr T. Parr's stable for E. Jones's, at Marl- borough. f - r Champagne has been sold to go to Prussia. Lord Melbourne has been added to the list of geldings. Cock Pheasant is sold. EERATUM— Dolly is by Hetman Platoff out of The Lamb, and not toy Melbourne, as stated in our last. The fault was that of the purchaser, who sent us the information. " The Vicar" had his first " mount" in the Insolvent Court on Wednesday last, and performed so satisfactorily that the judge ( Mr Commissioner Murphy) named the 13th of February for the'' deciding heat.'' Died, on the 15th inst, Mr William Clarke, of Newton- le- Willows, Lancashire, aged 65, well- known as a most respectable and straightforward trainer. SPORTING EXTRAORDINARY.— The undermentioned game was killed by the following noblemen and gentlemen, on the Earl of Stamford and Warrington's estate, Brad gate Park, Leicestershire, viz: the Earl of Stamford, Sir F. Heygate, Earl of Straihmore, Col the Hon C. Forester, Col the Hon R. Char- teris, A. Walsh, Esq, Capt the Hon G. Mills, Sir G. Wombwell, J. Fletcher, Esq, Col the Hon J. Macdonald, Colonel Inge, A. Payne, Esq :— 1857. Jan ' 6, 11 guns ... 338 183 " 7,11 do.... 641 84 •' 8,11 do.... 393 64 " 9.10 do.... 308 122 " IX), 11 do.... 51 13 " 12, 9 do.... 353 67 " 13,10 do.... Total .... Viz. total Pheasants .... 2,087 " Hares . 523 " Rabbits 4,394 " Partridges.... 12 " Woodcocks.... 78 123 391 787 488 118 243 2,244 1,133 1,260 924 220 670 2,248 Total Snipes.. " Various 7,119 A MAN ATTACKED BY WEASELS.— On Wednesday last a labourer named Hogarth, while proceeding along the turnpike- road near the village of Smallholm, was set upou by twelve of these creatures. At first he observed them emerge out of a dry stone dike, and when he was within fifty yards they made towards him iuabody. He armed himself with a " grievous crab- tree cudgel," ana awaited the approach of the assailants. They came leisurely on, and when close to him, despite the menacing attitude he assumed, nine of their number attacked him in front, and made two or three ineffectual attempts to fasten their teeth in his trowsers, but by the active use of his weapon five of the nine were killed ; the other four escaped. By this time three of them had got behind, and clung tenaciously to his legs, actually suffering themselves to be killed rather than release their hold. Of the attacking force he succeeded in destroying eight.— Kelso Mail. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN TREE GROWING— Mons M. Brul6, watching the phenomena of that wonderful partnership established by the Allwise between insect and vegetable life, has discovered that the bifurcation of trees is effected by caterpillar and other leaf eaters eating the buds through the centre. He found further that fruit might be dealt with in the same way as the wood, and that by intersection of buds two or four may be made out of one, and the fruit branches multiplied. In the place of those assiduous pruners and intersectors, the insects, he uses his penknife or a bit of stiff paper, and arranges the trees in a way at once the most picturesque and fantastic. Under his fingers the obedient branches assume the most varied and ele- gant forms ; he increases the fructification, and develops the formation of buds according to his wish. distinguished circle of that day. Belvoir has hardly yet forgotten the revelry at the present duke's christening, in 1815, when " George Guelph" and the Duke of York were sponsors, and the latter, with Colonel Mellish, " the Beau," and Crabbe the poet, who dedicated The Borough to his grace, as the son of his first patron, were amongst the most favoured guests, when the duke retired to Cheveley Park for the Newmarket meetings and the shooting season. This had been his father's constant practice, and the son was still true to Cheveley aud all its quiet pleasures when he came to his own. Not even the " Merrie Monarch," or Sir Charles Bunbury loved the Heath better, although, for some time past, his " light blue and purple sleeves and black cap" were hardly ever to be seen sallying forth as of yore, from the Ditch stables. Of late years the Palace was his principal Newmarket residence. A few months ago he crossed its threshold for the last time, and the fiat of the Crown has just gone forth that the scene of so many gala- days is to be brought under the hammer of the auctioneer; while the axe is busy among the neighbouring elms of the old Club House, some of which have seen their two hundred sum- mers. The duke was upwards of eight- and- twenty when his name first appeared in the Racing Calendar with two horses called Rambler and Ned, the former of which he purchased, we believe, from Sir Charles Bunbury. In 1810, his stud rose to six, and included Salvator, who was sold to go to Jamaica. The Oaks fell to his lot in 1811 with Sorcery, by Sorcerer, ridden by Sam Chifney; and, unlike modern Oaks winners, she was credited with seven races the following year. During the next few sea- sons he kept from seven to eleven horses in training, and the number at no period of his racing career exceeded twelve. In 1814 the Selim blood produced him another Oaks winner in Medora, who was run in by two of the " Graftonscarlets—" to wit, Vestal and Wire, ( own sister to Whalebone). Rhoda won the One Thousand in 1816, but was " nowhere" to Landscape for the Oaks of that year, and it was not till 1828, when he had only four horses in training, that he brought out Cadland, a son of Sorcery, who followed up his Two Thousand Guineas victory by winning the Derby, after a dead heat with The Colonel. Robin- son fancied that The Colonel was a softer horse than the Malton brothers supposed, and made such steady running in the second heat that the future St Leger winner could never quite get up. Both of them were among the eight ( averaged at 3,000gs a piece) which drew up at the post on the memorable Ascot Cup day of the following year, but they were no use with Zinganee and Mameluke. Cadlaud's form had, however, by no means de- serted him, as he and Oppidan won about five races each in 1830, during which he avenged himself on Zinganee for The Whip; and in 1831 he met and beat Varna for a Fifty Pound Plate, after a dead heat over the last three miles of the B. C. Quadrille, Armadillo, and Scarborough were also fair performers, and Her Grace's Ranksboro', in 1815, gave 5lb and defeated the Duke of York's Pretty Poll, cleverly, iu a T. Y. C. Match, which was made up in the drawing- room at Cheveley. Rat- trap's New- market running had been so promising that he started for the Derby of 1837 first favourite, with only 7 to 4 against him, and finished about sixth in the first ruck of beaten hors « s, almost level with Mango. He was a little and decidedly moderate horse, but those who considered him after this performance as a confirmed jade changed their opinion when they saw him make his tremendous and all but successful finish with Mango over the Old Mile at Ascot that June. Flambeau, a heavy, flashy style of animal, was always a favourite with his noble master, and among his occasional winners in later years may be reckoned Sir Hans, Cowslip, Hyreanian, Allumette, Crenoline, Welbeck, Paultons, Nina, & c ; and Harry of Hereford, by John o' Gaunt out of the latter mare, achieved the last victory but one in his colours, which was, curiously enough, the Rut- land Stakes of 1854. The last one of all was with another of Nina's stock, > Ninette, for a 10 sovs sweepstakes in the Second October Meeting of 1855. His racing was confined almost entirely to Newmarket, though he did not fail to send one or two of his string . down to Leicester every year. Mr Sloane Stanley was his confederate in racing mat- ters for several seasons, and Robinson his principal jockey, while William Boyce, who distinguished himself not a little when a lad on his smart black filly Flame, had a fair number of mounts. Perren had his horses to train originally, and they were then transferred to Fenwick at Cheveley, and in course of time to the Boyces, while the one or two which he owned latterly were in Tom Taylor's hands at Bretby. Although he was not by any means so great a rider as some of his brothers ( one of whom owed his life when he came unawares and alone on a mounted picket in the Peninsula, solely to his line riding at fences), he was very fond of his foxhounds, which were first established in 1730. In Mr Grant's celebrated picture of " Sir Richard Sutton's Hunt" he is introduced along with the present duke, aud side by side with the late baronet and Mr Assheton Smith, and his full length portrait, by the same artist, was last year presented to him by his tenantry. Old Goosey served him as huntsman for a long series of years, and when he retired and became kennel huntsman to Sir Richard Sutton, Tom Flint took the hounds for a season, and was succeeded when he went to the Duke of Cleveland's, by Will Goodall, who rode his Isunter to cover at eleven, was entered as second horseman with Mr Drake at thir- teen, and after five seasons under Ben Foote and Tom Wing- field, came to the Belvoir at nineteen, and rose to be hunts, man at four- and- twenty. Although ho is now only thirty- seven, he has no superior either in the kennel or the field, and the style and condition of his pack, as well as his tact in hand- ling them, have never been surpassed in Leicestershire or any- where else. They keep the Melton men marvellously on the alert, as they know that if once they slip away with a burning scent over the Vale of Belvoir ( which is supposed to be the finest scenting country we have) it is no use riding to catch them. The present duke, by whose elevation to the peerage a seat for North Leicestershire ( which will, it is whispered, not improbably be filled by a well- known first- flight man) is rendered vacant, has shown as yet none of the Turf tastes of his late father, but al- though no light weight, he is always in front when hounds settle to running. The late duke had been failing for a long time past. It was thought that he would never leave Newmarket alive in the spring, and he declined so perceptibly that few of those around him expected that he would see the new year in. He, however, lived for a few days over his seventy- ninth birthday, having sur- vived his duchess, whose loss he never seemed wholly to forget, for one- and- thirty years, and by whose side in the mausoleum at Belvoir he will shortly be laid. In his case the words " deeply lamented" have not a mere conventional significance, and it will be long ere the tenants in the Vale of Belvoir find a kinder land- lord and a warmer friend. The news of his death caused uni- versal regret at Newmarket, and the Church bells were tolled for a considerable time in respect of his memory. THE SPRING HANDICAPS. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF WEIGHTS OF THE HORSES ENGAGED IN THE SIX GREAT SPRING HANDICAPS, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED. HORSES ENGAGED. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1857. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring...... 18 | Nottingham Spring., 24 1 Derby Spring ...... 26 MARCH. Liverpool Spring.,.. 3 | Salisbury 12 I Northampton ...... 25 Doncaster Spring .. 101 Warwick Spring ,... 17 I Croxton Park 31 APRIL. v Epsom Spring 2 I Coventry 13 I York Spring 21 Newmarket Craven .13 Catterick Bridge.... 15 Malton, 23 Durham .. t......... 13 | Abergavenny ...... 16 | Newmarket F S .... 27 MAY. Chester Spring, 5 I Ludlow 14 | Epsom 26 Shrewsbury 12 | Bath 19 I JUNE. Manchester ........ 3 Newton .17 Winchester ........ 26 Ascot 9 Newcastle- on- Tyne.. 23 Carlisle 80 Beverley, Hull, & c.. 10 BiburyClub 24 Chelmsford 30 Hampton 17 Stockbridge 25 JULY. Worcester 21 Liverpool 15 I Stamford 23 Newmarket 7 1 Nottingham 211 Geodwood 28 AUGUST. Ripon 3 Wolverhampton..,. 10 Egham ..... 25 North Staffordshire. 4 Reading 12 Stockton 27 Brighton 5 York ...... 19 Hereford 27 Brighton Club 7 Radcliffe 24 SEPTEMBER. Derby 9 Manchester Autumn. 24 Doncaster 15 Monmouth 24 Leicester 23 Newmarket F O .... 29 Warwick 2 Cardiff. 3 Thirsk 3 Lichfield 7 Northallerton ...... 1 Chester Autumn.... 6 Wrexham 8 Worcester Autumn .. 3 Wenlock 6 OCTOBER. I Richmond ... 81 Warwick Autumn.. 20 Newmarket S O .... 12 Newmarket H 26 NOVEMBER. Shrewsbury A ...... 17 I Ludlow Autumn.... 20 Liverpool Autumn.. 101 .25 ... 23 IRELAND. MARCH. Howth and Baldoyle Spring.. 17 1 Curragh Camp Meeting.., APRIL. Curragh ...... 21 MAY, Howth and Baldoyle Summer , 19 JUNE. Wicklow 11 Monkst- own( CO. Cork) 9 | Curragh JULY. Bellewstown 81 DownR. CorporationJU 1 Heath of Maryboro'. 28 AUGUST. Killarney 181 Tuam.. 4..... not fixed Ballyeigh 251 SEPTEMBER. Jenkinstown Park.. 22 j Johnstown OCTOBER. Curragh ............ 18 I DownR. Corporation. 21 Limerick 19 I Cork 27 Galway Tramore Curragh Caherciveen . .. Ill Kilkee. Armagh TROTTING. A match of one mile, for £ 5 aside and a lunch for six, came off on Wednesday last, on the Barnes road, between a Griselle grey mare, the property of Mr C. Cornwell, of thePrinceGeorge of Cum- berland, Regent's Park, and a chesnut horse named Paddy, be- longing to Mr Pallett. of Brompton, which was won, after Paddy breaking twice, by Mr C.' s mare by about eight or ten yards. Should Mr Pallett not be satisfied, Mr C. will give Paddy 100 yards start in two miles, for £ 50 a side; or his mare shall trot anything that has never won more than £ 25, and not more than 13 hands high, for £ 50 or £ 100; or he will take £ 100 to £ 50 that Ms mare trots one mile in three minutes and a quarter. Actress Adam as . Admiral Lyons Alembic . —. Aleppo Alice Wentworth Alice Alma Alonzo Amati Apathy Apothecary Arsenal Arta .;.... Artillery Aspasia Assayer, The Avenger, The Baker, The Bandalore Bannockburn Barfleur Bar- one Bashi Bazouk .. Vay Hilton Beatrix Bel Esperanza ...... Besfka .......... Black Tiffany Border Chief Borderer, The ...... Boyne Water, The .. Brabantia Bracken Breeze British Remedy Bubble Cannobie Cantrip Captain Barclay Cardsharper Cave Adullam, The... Centurion Cerva - Charles O'Malley .... Chevalier d'Industrie Chicken, The .... Claret Cockatoo Codrington Comedian Comedy Companion ...'.'.. Commoner Commotion Coroner CoraLinne Cots wold .... Cumberland .... Curious Daisy.. — Dancing Master, The Darkie December. Double Gloster Dramatist Drumour Dulcamara Dupe, The Dundas Dunmurry Dusty Miller Earl, The Early Bird, The Elastic Elfrida, Sister to — Eliermire Eloquence Emulator... Enchanter England's Beauty By Epirus— ch c out") " ofElcot's dam( hb) j Evelyn Falstaff ... Fandango Farmer Ashfield Firmament Fisherman Flacrow Flatterer Flyaway Forbidden Fruit Forlorn Hope Fright Fulbeck Gazehound Gemma diVergy .... By Gibraltar— bk c) out of Fama j Gilliver — Gitana Glen Lee ............ Goldfinch Good Friday Gortschakoff Greyling Grey Pyrrhus Hamlet Hartley Buck Heir of Linne........ Hercules Highlander Hind, The Hobgoblin Hollander Homily Homoeopathist Hopeless Star Hospitality Huntington. Imogene Imp6rieuse Indulgence Jack Sheppard Jack Spring Janet Jessie John Peel—....... Jolly Marine Kenerdy ........... Kestrel Kimburn Kingmaker KittyFishington ... Knight of Avon..... Lady Florence....... Lady Helen Lady St Liz Lady Tatton......... Laertes Lambourn Lance Laverna La Victime Lawn Leamington Leo Libellist Lima Little Tom......... Liverpool Logie o' Buchan—". Lord Albemarle Lord Derwentwater. Lord Melbourne Longsight ( hb)...,. Lough Bawn ....... Lundyfoot Madame Rachel ... Magnifier Maid of Athens Maid of Derwent ... Malacca Malakoff Marchioness Marmion........ Martinet Mary Master Bagot Matilda Merlin Melissa Mincepie ........ Miss Harkaway Moestiss- ima Mongrel Morgan la Faye Mottingham Mr Sykes ( h b) Mysterious Jack .... Nereus Neva Neville Newton le Willows .. Night Hawk Nightshade Oakball Odd Trick Old English Gen-") tlemen, The i Ombra One Act Orianda By Orlando, c out"> of Ma Mie ) By Orlando, bf-] Farmer's Daughr. j Palm Pantomime Paula Monti Peter Flat Peto Peeping Tom Piceolomini Pinwire Polestar Poodle Pope, The Porto Rico Preston Pretty Boy Primus Prince of Orange Princess of Orange .. Puck Queen Bess Quince.............. Raven Red White and Blue . Relapse. Rip Van Winkle Riseber Rogerthorpe Romeo Rosati Sandboy Saunterer Shoreham Siding Silkmore ... Simpson Sir Colin Six and Eightpence.. Skirmisher Somerset South Western Sprig of Shillelah .... Star of Albion St Domingo St Giles....... 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HORSES ENGAGED. Schiedam Shadow, The Slanderer Sly Fellow Soeur Charity Special Licence Spinster Stanhope Stork Strathnaver Strawberry Sunrise Swindler SwyndelDhygga .... Syvagee Tame Deer Tam o'Shanter Tasmania Tattler, The Theodora Tiff Tiptop Toffey Tom Thumb By Touchstone— b c \ out of Diphthong $ Tricolor Turbit Typee Tyre Underhand Vandal Van Durick Vaulter V6dette.............. Vengeance Verbena Verona Vigliaccani Vulcan Wardermarske Warlock Waterfall Wee Willie Western Power, The.. West Langton Westminster Winkfield............ Worcester Yellow Jack Zaid6e Zigzag * Entered without the out at the appointed time. 3 a s s O H . m A W e < 0 & HIM M ° „' P< O « J pj O W a 3 G*. f a D p s S " I oS - - 4 12 6 10 - 7 9 — — 6 7 — 5 6 5 7 _ — 7 10 6 2 6 13 — 111! 7 0 6 6 4 12 - — — 5 13 — 7 2 — 8 13 - - 7 2 6 9 7 12 — ' 5 11 — 7 0 7 0 5 7 6 8 — 5 12 — 6 12 7 7 7 7 — 6 0 6 2 6 10 7 2 — •— 7 0 — — 6 4 — „ — 7 7 — — 6 12 8 5 8 8 — 5 5 — — 8 2 8 12 — — — 7 0 6 8 7 12 — A o 7 6 wa H . 0 PH o H fi " i 5 w < o 5 0 5 2 5 12 7 3 4 10 8 5 8 2 co 0 H « » O knowledge of their owners, and will be unless specially ordered to be kept in. 5 4 5 8 4 4 4 12 5 0 6 2 6 4 7 6 5 10 4 12 5 4 5 10 4 8 4 0 5 12 5 2 5 2 4 7 8 4 6 10 5 8 6 6 5 6 8 5 4 10 4 4 6 10 4 12 7 12 6 0 4 12 7 6 5 12 6 0 struck BREEDING. THE STALLIONS OF THE YEAR- HERON, & c. ME EDITOR : Your correspondent " Philip" raises a question of vast importance to breeders. He asks, why are five foals re- turned last season to Melbourneor Windnound, and why are but two returned to him alone ? Many first class mares were sent to him, among them the renowned Pocahontas, who is barren, and thus a great loss is incurred, as so celebrated a horse as Mel- bourne has the best of mares sent to him. The reason is, that besides being of a good age, but little care was bestowed on Melbourne, and he was used as a country stallion for several years, and from his fine quality and shape was much sought after, and consequently the effects of such work tell at the age of 23. Epirus was hurt in the back, which might account for his getting no foals; but he was also hacked about as a country stallion for some years. Where a horse has been well cared for, his stock is good to the last, as in the case of Sir Hercules, who died at the age of 28 or 30, which is beyond the general age of horses, yet his last colt was Gemma di Vergy; and several mares produced twins to him the last few years ! Touchstone, again, is hale and vigorous, and his foals strong and healthy, yet both he and Birdcatcher are older than Melbourne and Epirus. Lanercost was decidedly an instance of a horse failing through being too much used; but of late years, before he was sent abroad, he had become very unfashionable— most undeservedly, as his stock were very stout. Augur was chiefly used to half- bred mares, and had a good number of thorough- bred foals for the mares put to him. He is a fine stamp of a norse, and of a good running family. The foreigners have, I see, taken two good stout horses, Saucebox and Cobnut. Neither were first- class race horses, but they possessed the qualities we so much want— hardi- hood and soundness. As a make- weight they have relieved us of one equally bad, Grey Tommy; nor, if one can form any criterion from his present stock, does Cossack seem any great loss, but it is not fair to judge of the first produce; yet Cossack began with more than the usual share of public patrenage. Among young stallions advertised, there are two which appear deserving of favour— Balrownie audOrestes. The former comes of such a running family, and of how great importance is that ? His dam is an instance of breeding well to such distinct horses as Lanercost, Melbourne, Moss Trooper, Iago, and Annandale. No d- oubt Bonnie Scotland was one of the best of last year's three year olds ; and every one knows Blink Bonny was the best two year old. Orestes combines such a rare fusion of fine racing blood as to be a highly desirable . cross for stout slow mares. He was but a mile horse himself, and such I hold not in honour, but as breeding for the Turf demands a supply of such horses, he is worthy of a trial. The subject of Heron and Fisherman is worn threadbare. Your correspondent, however, is hard on the latter, when he calls him an ill- made horse. That he is a cross- made horse, I admit, but with some of the finest points to be desired in a race horse; and when full of ik- sh as a stallion will be a very fine animal, and one well worthy the attention of those who iike a wiry, honest creature as ever trod the green sward.— Yours, & c, NORTH COUNTRYMAN. MR EDITOR : Your correspondent, " North Countryman," says that I was overwhelmed by an " avalanche of opinions favourable to Heron." I am not sure that such was not the case just at first; but at all events the " avalanche" is now on my side. The wonderful performances of Fisherman most naturally and justly led those concerned for his repute to take that side of the subject at once. But when the question of the breed of Fisherman comes to be maturely considered, I do believe that general opinion would be in favour of the view I took of the matter. Fisherman, iu the direct line of his progenitors, is of a breed essentially without game or bottom, but of very great speed. I most fully agree with your correspondent, " G. S." that the only degree of stoutness iu the Heron and Fisherman breed arises from the Orville blood of Heron, the grandsire being Rosanne, by Dick Andrews; and the dam of Rosanne was the famous Rosette, by Beningborough ( dam of Reveller by Comus), and herself a very stout racer for several years, her owner being the well known Yorkshire Mr Pierce, who during a long life was one of the most successful and honourable supporters of the northern Turf, winning the St Leger two years in succession; in 1817 with Ebor, by Orville, and iu 1818 with Reveller by Comus. That Bustard, the son of Buzzard, was the sire of Otis, the dam of Lanercost ( and not the Castrel Bustard), you may probably recollect that I pointed out a fortnight ago. I think it very probable that many will consider these speculations as too minute and fine- drawn, but I do verily believe that if they inves- tigated with great care the whole of our Turf records from the earliest times, as I have done, they would see that there was much real aud substantial truth, rather than fanciful imagina- tions in these matters. The writer of these lines has been from his earliest days a zealot in everything relating to the Turf; he has written ( but never published) what he considers a complete history of the British Turf, from its earliest days down to the present. This of course would never do for a newspaper, as a whole; still, I have always thought that I mightadapt many parts of it to a sporting paper, especially the leading source of racing intelligence, Bell's Life, at such times as any particular racing subject might be called for. My vanity has sometimes led me to suppose that I might have been in some degree considered as having filled up a gap which had not been filled up before. The admirable author of The Post and the Paddock, and some others ( though not many I think), have written detached histories of the Turf, but I am not aware of any regular aud consistent his- tory of English racing from the very earliest times down to the present dav. J. P. Jan 20,1857. P. S. By the by, I incline to think that your correspondent of last week rather undervalues Fisherman. I cannot think that he will fall off this year. During his most extraordinary career of last season he once or twice varied a good deal, but always " came again." The performance of Sweetmeat stands probably next to that of Fisherman, but surely clearly inferior, a winner of 19 races in one year against a winner of 23 ; both most extra- ordinary performances, though Fisherman's the best. MR EDiroR: Your correspondent " Philip" asks what was the result from the 112 mares credited : to Augur iu 1855 ? As suoh a question, unanswered, might be injurious to Augur now he has left Boston, I beg to inform him and your readers that Augur served 114 mares in the season of 1855, namely, 38 tho- rough bred and 76 half bred mares. Eight only proved barren. The produce of mares by Pioneer, Darnley, Loutherbourgh, Tomboy, Defence, Brilliant, and Robin Hood are in this neigh- bourhood, the property of gentlemen who bred them forhunters, and that may have been the cause of their not being regis- tered. Chaplet, mare by Falcon out of White Cockade, Whist ( sister to Misdeal), and La Belle died in foal; Deception and Myrrha slipped their foals ; Yallar Gal's foal died a day old ; Nelly slipped her foal; Duplicate's mare foal died two days old; Bentley mare slipped her foal; Maria slipped her foal; Mare by Colwick out of Vacuna foaled a dead colt, and the mare died. The Idol mare, by Lanercost out of St Leon's dam, and Nama, were barren. The foal returned as by Fernhill or Augur must have been got by Augur, as the mare did not stand to the first named; she was served by Augur on the 21st of June, aud foaled to Augur's time. In justice to Augur, I wish to make it known that his yearlings here are all like himself, long, low, deep, and thick, with fine oblique shoulders, powerful loins, and full of action ; his stock from half bred mares have the power of wag- gon horses, and all have inherited his general symmetry of frame. The fine speed he showed, his perfection of shape, and the running of Fandango ought to give him a chance as a stal- lion ; and, from the sample we have here of his get, I am con- vinced that he will one day become one of the first stallions in England.— Yours, & c, P. S. Boston, January 20, 1857. MR EDITOR : As I was one of the first who upheld the capa- bilities and stoutness of Herou and Fisherman, perhaps you will allow a last word in reply. The subject has been well taken up by your correspondent " North Countryman," and I must admit that " J. P.," though I differ from him, has argued fairly, but the letter that appeared last week, signed " Eques," is evidently the production of a prejudiced mind. He tells us that Heron was merely a " common plater, and had no pretensions to' class with a race horse." 1 confess I should like just such a plater at this time— a winner of Liverpool Cup, Leamington Stakes, Gold Cups at different places, cum multis aliis, and yet to be dubbed a plater! I believe it was only through the accident of his being struck out, that the Chester Cup is not added to his list of winnings. A mare called Mersey, trained in the same stable ( Flintoff's), and belonging to the same owner, was third ( close up) for that race, and it was well known that Heron, over a dis- tance of ground, could do anything with her, and that know- ledge enabled the late Mr Fowler to win a very large stake on Heron for the Liverpool Cup— a fact which I have no doubt there are many still left to remember. Chit Chat, a nice horse of Cap- tain Lamb's, was an immense " pot," but he had to lower lus colours to Heron, who won quite easily, beating a large field. " Eques's" opinion of Fisherman is amusing; what right has he to assume that he has had his day, and that he will not make much noise in the world hereafter ? I know of no horse more likely to go on;— of great size, with muscular back and limbs, an undeniable constitution, and the best oi tempers, time is likely to have matured his development, ana I shall expect to see him thickened and grown into a beautiful animal. That he will be able to win as many races as he has done, I think quite improbable, looking at the affectionate care the liandicappers take of him ; and I would especially refer to one race, the Ches- ter Cup. I could point to another liorse in that handicap which appears to have been as much favoured as Fisherman is abused, but non niirecordo,— Yours, & e, Jan 21,1857. A BREEDER. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1857. TUESDAY.- The NEWMARKET HANDICAP of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before Feb 3d, with 100 sovs added, for four year olds and upwards; winners after publica- tion of the weights of a handicap amounting to 200 sovs 7lb, winners of all other handicaps 51b, of any two handicaps 10lb extra; D. I.; 34subs. age st lb Fisherman .... 4,. 9 4 Aleppo 4.. 8 7 Romeo ... a. ,8 6 Fulbeck 5. .8 4 Siding 5. .8 4 Poodle a.. 8 4 Jack Sheppard 5 .8 2 Pantomime a. .8 2 Blacken 6. .7 12 Jolly Marine .. 5. .7 li LordAlbeinarle a.. 7 12 Sandboy 5. .7 12 age st lb Manganese 4.. 7 12 Malacca 4.7 12 The Earl .5. .7 10 Lawn 4.. 7 10 Homily 5. .7 9 Shoreham .5.. 7 8 The Hind 5.. 7 7 Cotswold 4.. 7 7 Emulator 4 7 7 The Pope t. .7 7 Tom Thumb .. 4. .7 G age st lb December 5.. 7 5 Firmament 4.. 7 4 Miss Harkaway 4 .7 2 Besika 5.. 7 0 Gortschakoff .. 4.. 7 0 Barfleur... i. .7 0 Piccolomini.... 6.. 7 0 Laverna 4.. 6 12 Nightshade.... 6.. 6 12 Eloquence .... 4.. 6 10 Indulgence .... 4.. 6 4 FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1857. The SPRING OATLANDS ( a Free Handicap) of 15 sovs each, 5 ft' with 100 added, for three year olds and upwards; if 40 accept* ances to be divided into two classes, with 1( K) sovs added to each ; if 60, into three classes, with 100 added to each; the nrst class to be run on Monday, R. M.; the second class on Tuesday, D. M., the third class on Wednesday, Ab. M.; the horses to be drawn by lot for each class. age st lb Fisherman 4. .9 2 Early Bird .... 6.. 9 2 New Brighton a.. 8 12 Wentwocth 4.. 8 7 Theodora 4. . 8 6 Artillery 4. .8 4 Jack Sheppard 5.. 8 3 M alacca. 4.. 8 3 Flayaway 4 .8 0 Bracken 6.. 7 is Jesuit 5. .7 is Lord Albemarle a. .7 13 Swindler 5. .7 10 Blue Rock 4,. 7 10 West Langton.. 4.. 7 6 Falstaff Noisette . Vulcan ... Kestrel ... Tyre Peter Flat. Druid Wee Willie ( late Omar Pasha) 4.. 6 13 Firmament.... 4 .6 11 Imperieuse .... 3.. 6 li ... a.. 7 ... 5.. 7 ... 4.. 7 ... 4.. 7 ... 4.. 7 ... 4.. 7 age st lb Aspasia .... 3. .6 11 Alastor 4.. 6 11 Tom Thumb .. 4.. 610 Barfleur 4.. 6 10 Dusty Miller .. 8,. 6 8 Pembdw 4 6 Old Fashion.... 3.. 6 Knight of Avon 4. .6 Miss Harkaway 4,. 6 Double Gloster 3 .6 Greyling .. 8.. 6 DancingMaster3.. 6 Western Power 3.. 6 Orianda.. 3. .6 Sir Colin 3 .6 Palm ,... 3.. 6 Sunflower 3. .6 C by Orlando out of Ma Mie 3.. 6 3 Vigil 8.. 6 3 The Dupe 3.. 0 3 Peeping Tom .. 3. .6 3 Bubble .. 4.6 8 Coup de Main,. 4.. 6 8 Verona 3 .6 8 Eloquence .... 4. .6 2 ag • stlb .. s.. e 0 .. 8.. G 0 S.. 6 0 Toffey RoCkley.... Media Noce Indulgence .... 4 .6 Dulcamara ..,. 8.. 6 Cantrip ........ 3.. 6 0 Marmion ...... 8.. 6 0 King John 3. .6 0 Vigliacconi .... 3.. C 0 Beatrix 3. .5 10 Maid of Athens 3.. 5 10 Neva 8.. 5 10 Fright 3.. 5 9 F by Footstool out of Alco- ran's dam 3. .5 9 Banner Bearer 3. .5 9 Six and Eight- pence 3.. 5 8 Delusion 3.. a 8 C by Iago out of Evening Star 8.. 5 8 - - 7 6 4 0 Ombra 3 Admiral Lyons 3.. 5 Tiptop 3. .5 Sceur deChariW 3.. 5 CRAVEN MEETING, 1859. TUESDAY.— A SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sovs each, h ft, for then three year olds ; colts 8st 71b, fillies 8st 4lb : those by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner allowed 4lb; T. Y. C.; 5 subs. ' Mr J. Rickaby's b c Trinidad ( 41b) Lord Londesborough's ch c Ticket of Leave ( 41b) Mr H. B. Park's b or br f Bouquet . ( 41b) Mr H. Combe's Bristle ( 41b) Duke of Bedford's Relic By an oversight in the Racing Calendar office the nomination of Bristle was copied into the stake book as entered for the Colt Stakes of 100 sovs each on this day, instead of the above, which ?? ad ® ), hJs 5rt£°\ 9 Stake appear not to fill; whereas this fills, and the 100 Sovs Stake ( which required four subscribers) is void. EPSOM SPRING MEETING, 1857. THURSDAY.— The GREAT METROPOLITAN HANDICAP of 25 Lan, d ° AlIy 5 if declared on or before February 3d, with 200 added; the winner of any handicap of 200 sovs value alter publication of the weights 5lb. of any two such races or more 101b extra; Great Metropolitan Stakes Course ( two miles and a quarter), to start at the winning chair; 00 SUDS ® ^ age st lb Fisherman ..., 4.. 9 0 £ annobie 4. .9 0 fellow Jack 4. .8 12 Winkfield...... 6. .8 8 Aleppo 4.. 8 Morgan la Faye 5.. 8 Fulbeck 5.. 8 Romeo a,. 8 Quince ... Poodle ... Enchanter Pantomime Curious. Vandal 5.. 7 12 Zig ag a.. 7 12 Lawn .4. .7 10 Jolly Marine .. 5. .7 10 The Earl ...„. 5,. 7 10 Vulcan 5.. 7 7 The Pope 4 .7 Cerva 4.7 Porto Rico .... 4.. 7 Longsight ( li b) 4.. 7 Primus........ 5 .7 Homily 5. .7 Emulator 4. .7 Alice Went- worth 4.. 7 Firmament .... 4.7 Tom Thumb .. 4.. 7 Bartieur 4.. 7 4 4 1 0 .... 6.. 8 0 .... a.. 8 0 .... 4.. 8 0 .... A,. 7 13 .4.. 7 12 age stlb December 5.. 7 0 Cockatoo 5. .7 0 Moestissima.... 3.7 0 Vedette 3.. 7 0 Tasmania...... 3.. 7 0 Gortschakoff .. 4 .0 13 Tame Deer 4.. 6 13 Piccolomini 6.. 6 18 Rosa i 4. .6 10 Chevalier d'In- dustrie 8. .6 10 Martinet 3. .6 10 Laverna 4.. 6 10 Nightshade 6.. 6 10 Underhand .... 3.. 6 9 The Borderer.. 3.. 6 9 Commoner Odd Trick..; Riseber.... Skirmisher Verbena .., St Giles Centurion.., Bubble .6 9 ... 8. .6 9 .. .8. .6 8 ... 3.. 6 8 ... 8.. 6 8 ... 3.. 6 7 ... S.. 6 6 4. South Western 8.. 6 5 Oakball 8. .6 5 Bannock burn.. 3 .6 5 Adainas 8.. 6 3 Dusty Miller .. 8.. 6 3 Greyling 8. .6 S Sir Colin 3. .6 3 age stlb 0 f Laertes 3. .0 The Dupe 3.. 6 Indulgence ..,. 4.6 0 Somerset 8. .6 0 Gitana 3. .6 0 Wardermarske 3.. 6 0 Pinwire 3. .5 13 Logie 0' BuehanS.. 5 12 Dulcamara 3., 5 12 Janet 3.. 5 12 Peeping Tom .. 3. .5 12 Verona s., 5 12 Hobgoblin 3.. 5 10 Engd's Beauty. 3.. 5 9 Paula Monti .. 3.. 5 Codrington .... 8.. 5 The Avenger ,. 8, .5 Companion .... 3.. 5 Sunrise 3.. 5 Dundas 3.. 5 Kimburn 3.. 5 Ch c by Epirus — Elcot'sdam8., 5 8 Chas. O' Malley 8.. 5 6 Kitty Fishing- ton.. S.. 5 5 Ombra 3.. 5 5 Six and Eight- pence 8.. 5 5 Fright 3.. 5 4 Madame Racliel3.. 5 The CITY and SUBURBAN HANDICAP of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared on or before Feb 3, with 100 added • the winner of any handicap of 200 sovs value after publication of Weights fo ™ lSSGs rSffS' 1867- added to a Hand , . ? J3 , rLATE of 200 sovs in specie. onlylf deciSon5 ( about two miles aB J 2l° LF, csbluary 5 Cup Course _ age st lb The Dupe.,.,,. 3.. 5 2 Tricolor 3.. 5 2 Farmer Ashfield4.. 5 Br c by Orlando out of Ma Mie3. .5 Special Licence. S. .5 ( I St Giles 3.. 5 a Greyling 3.. 5 a Homajopathist .3.. 6 a Captain Barclays.. 5 CI Worcester .... 3.. 4 12 Cumberland .. 3., 4 12 Sceiir. de Charite3.. 4 12 Master Bagot.. 3.. 4 12 Matilda 3.. 4 12: Wardermarske .8.. 4 12 Queen Bess 3.. 4 12 Centurion 3.. 4 12 Marmion S.. 4 12 Sunrise 8. .4 12 Janet 3. .1 12 Bashi Bazouk .3.. 4 12 Codrington .... 3.. 4 12 * Peto 3.. 4 10 Leo 3.. 4 10 Kingmaker .... 3., 4 10 Gitana 3.. 4 10 Evelyn 3.. 4 10 The Baker .... 3.. 4 10 Verona 3., 4 10 Kimburn 3.. 4 10 Orianda 8.. 4 8 Cora Linne 8.. 4 8 The Tattler.... 3.. 4 8 B f by Orlando out of Farmer's Daughter .... 3.. 4 S Peeping Tom .. 3.. 4 8 Gilliver 3.. 4 7 Avenger 3. .4 7 Liverpool 8.. 4 7 Turbit 3,. 4 t Daisy 3.. 4 7 Dulcamara 3.. 4 7 Slanderer 3. .4 4 Hamlet 3. .4 4 Kenerdy 3. .4 4 Vigliacconi .... 3.. 4 4 Lady Heleu 3.. 4 & Paula Monti .. 3.. 4 & Lord Melbourne3.. 4 4 Charles O'Mal- ley 8.. 4 4, Jack Spring 8.. 4 Q Silkmore 8. .4 a Toffey 3.. 4 a Relapse 3. .4 O Mysterious Jacks., 4 a Sir Colin 8.. 4 O Pinwire 3.. 4 O Lima 3.. 4 a Apothecary 3.. 4 a Ombra 3.. 4 0 Newton le Wil- lows ..., S.. pd These horses having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out at the time prescribed, unless specially or. dered to remain in, ' o highest weight accepting is under 9st, it will be raised to that, and the others m proportion. Forfeits to be declared " on Monday, the 2d of February, to Messrs Chefter London : or> Mr E- Topham, Clerk of the Course, age st lb Flacrow .5. .9 2 Darkie .5. .9 .8 0 Neville .6. 10 Fisherman .. .4. .8 7 Vengeance ,. .5. .8 5 Typee Melissa . a .4. .8 .8 4 4 Polestar .5. .8 8 Mr Sykes ( hb) . a. .8 2 Warlock .... .4. .7 12 Lance .4. .7 11 Pretty Boy .. .4. .7 11 Lady Tatton .5. .7 7 Yellow Jack.. .4. .7 6 Stork .4. .7 6 Artillery .... .4. .7 6 Heir of Linne .4, .7 6 Assaver .6. .7 4 The Chicken .5. .7 4 Mincepie .... .4. .7 4 Forbidden Fruit4. .7 4 MaidofDerwent4. .7 4 Homily...... .5. .7 0 Rogerthorpe .4. .7 0 Malacca .4. .7 0 Aleppo .4. .7 0 Early Bird ... .6. .6 12 12 Mary .5. .6 Romeo . a. .6 10 Marchioness . .5 .6 10 Vulcan .4. .6 10 One Act .4. .6 10 Porto Rico .. .4. .6 10 Tyre .4. .6 10 Peter Flat ... .4. 6 10 Lundyfoot ... .4. 6 10 Pantomime . . a. 6 8 Quince .6. .6 8 Bracken .0. 6 8 Flatterer .5. 6 8 Siding .5. 6 8 Sly Fellow ... .4. 6 8 Vandal .5. 6 6 Comedy .4, 6 6 Preston .4, 6 6 Pr of Orange . .4. 6 4 Alice Went- worth 4 6 4 Cotswold 4. 6 6 4 Bay Hilton ... 4. 4 Stanhope 4. 6 4 Emulator 4. 6 4 Syvagee 5. 6 2 Libellist 4. 6 2 Spinster 4. 6 2 Gemma diVersrv- 3. 6 2 Lough Bawn . a. 6 0 Zig Zag a. 6 0 Claret ...... .5. 6 0 Imogene ..... .5. ( j 0 Dunmurry ... .5. 6 0 December ... .5. 6 0 Hartley Buck. .5. 6 6 0 Besika .5. 0 Alice .5. 6 0 Wee Willie ... .4. 6 0 age st lb Leamington .. 4.. G 0 Enchanter ... .4. .6 0 Lord Derwent- water .4. .6 0 Good Friday . .4. .6 0 Barfleur .4. .6 0 Alma ..... .4. .6 0 Saunterer .3. .6 0 * Cardsharper . .6. .5 12 St Domingo... .4. .5 12 Tom Thumb . .4. 5 12 Rosati .4. .5 12 Zaidee ..... , .3. .5 12 Curious....... .4. .5 10 Lawn .4. . 5 10 Miss Harkawav4. .5 10 Lady Florence .4. . 5 10 Laverna .4. .5 10 Bubble ....... .4. .5 10 Glen Lee ..... .4. .5 10 Bandalore ... .4 . 5 10 Puck .4. .5 10 Indulgence ... A. .5 10 Breeze ....... .4. .5 10 Strathnaver . 8. .5 10 Lambouru ... 3. .5 10 Tasmania,,... 3. .5 10 Magnifier..... 3. .5 10 The Shadow . 4! .5 8 SwyndslDhygga4. .5 8 La V tctime ... 4. .5 8 Gortschakoff . 4. ,5 8 Grey Pyrrhus. Boyne Water . 4. 5. .5 .5 8 8 Drumour 3. .5 8 Sp. of shillelaghs. .5 8 Goldfinch..:., 3. 5 8 Riseber S. 5 8 Underhand... 3 5 8 Commoner ... 3. .5 8 Longsight 4. 5 7 Oakball 3. 5 7 Van Dunck .'. 4. 5 6 Martinet ..... 8 5 6 Odd Trick. ... 8. 5 6 Imperieu8e ... 8. 5 6 Dancing Masters. 5 6 Bk c by Gibral tar— Fama . 3. 5 6 Chevalier d'ln dustrie ..... 3. 5 6 Forlorn Hope. 3. 5 6 Comedian ,.. 3. 6 Arta 3. 5 6 Commotion... S. 5 4 Dusty Miller . 3. 5 4 Apathy S. 5 4 Adamas, ..... 3. 5 4 Schiedam s] 5 4 Arsenal....... S. 5 4 Tam O'Slianter. 3. 5 4 Highlander ... 3. 5 4 Double Glo'sterS, 5 4 B g by Touch stone — Diph thong....... 3. 5 2 MANCHESTER, 1857. THURSDAY.— The Two YEAR OLD STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added ; colts 8st 71b, fillies Sst 41b; the winner of any race value 200 sovs 31b, if of 500 71b extra; T. Y. C.; 23 subs. r K. nilplrl « \ 7 » e h^ / i hi, V^ H;,. ™ ,,^ 1!. T T„ , « ' " Mr E. Buckley's br c by Voltigeur out of Giselle Lord Chesterfield ns Buff Bob Mr Copeland's ch t Dot Mr Copperthwaite's b c by Buck- thorne out of Anne Page Mr Copperthwaite's b c by Buck- thorne out of Captious Mr Cunningham's b c Darkie Mr Eastwood's br f Hesperithusa Mr W. S. Halford's f by Pepper- mint out of Mainbrace Mr Holland's Harry Stanley Mr Howard's Jack Horner Mr Ingham's b f Miss Curl Mr J. Jackson's Night Ranger Mr J. Jackson's Repute Mr La Mert's ch f Melita Mr Lee's br c Soothsayer Mr J. Merry's Lady Ann Mr J. Merry's bt by Chanticleet out of Baroness Mr Osborne's b c Honeystick Mr Osborne's br I Lady Alice Mr T. Parr's ch c Peregrine Mr C. Peck's ro c Fly by Day Mr Tanner's b f by Sirlsaae out of Antelope Capt Venter's Turret ERRATA, & c. The last sheet Calendar contains the following.— From the great numbe- r of nominations made on the 6th insfc, and the haste with which they were published, some errors and omissions occurred in the last Calendar, and we have also re- ceived some additions aud corrections from the clerks of courses. . NEWMARKET, 1858.— Iu the Bretby Stakes, for Mr Combe's Lizzie read " Lassie." CHESTER.— Palatine Stakes— Sister to Elfrida is allowed 71b. LIVERPOOL.— To St Leger, 1859- add Mr Skerratt's Hawthorn. NOTTINGHAM.— Spring Handicap— omit Mr Wilkin's Pizarro, and add Mr Windsor's Sir Humphrey, 3 yrs. Little John Stakes — for " Widderbath" read " Wedderburn." WINCHESTER.— Grange Park Stakes— Mr Fereby has only one nomination, viz, Lilly Dale, sister to Flacrow. YORK SPRING MEETING.— Zetland Stakes- add Mr Winter- ingham s Huldah. YORK AUGUST MEETING.— 1The B ram ham Park Stakes should age st lb Fisherman .. .4, .9 2 The Early Bird 6. .9 1 Assay er .6. .8 7 Morgan la Faye 5. 8 7 Coroner .4. .8 7 Hospitality.. .4. 8 7 Theodora.... .4. 8 4 Artillery .... .4. 8 4 Eliermire.... .5. 8 2 Mary Flyaway .... .5. 8 2 .4 8 0 Hercules .... .6, 8 0 Bracken .... .6. 7 10 Swindler .... .5. 7 10 Curious .4. 7 9 Stanhope .... .4. 7 9 Alembic .... .6. .7 9 Porto Rico .. .4 7 § The Karl .... .5. 7 8 Little Tom .. . a. .7 7 Vulcan .5. 7 7 Falstaff .4. 7 7 West Langton .4. 7 7 Merlin .4, 7 7 Emulator.... .4. 7 4 Rip Van Winkle4. 7 4 Border Chief .5. 7 4 Waterfall.... . a. .7 2 Cotswold .4. .7 Alice Went- worth...... .4. .7 2 The Pope.... .4. 7 Mcestissima., .8. 7 0 Vedette . S. 7 0 Zaid< 5e .3. 7 0 age st lb SirColin ...... 3,. 0 4 Oriaiida....^ i.. o. .6 Laertes ........ 3.. 6 Western Powers .6 Gitana s., 6 Red White and Blue W.. S.. 6 Pinwire 3.. 6 Wardermarske 3. . 6 2 Logie o'BuchanS.. 6 2 Peeping Tom .. 3.. 6 1 Hobgoblin .... 3.. 6 0 Indulgence ..-.. 4.. 6 0 Toffey 3.. 5 13 Engd.' s Beauty 8.. 5 12 Vaulter .. 3.511 John Peel 8 10 Dulcamara 8 5 10 Paula Monti .. 3.. 5 9 Cantrip 8.. 5 9 Beatrix s.. 5 Sunrise 8. .5 Fright 8. .5 Maid of Athens 3. .5 Raven 8 .5 Bar One 3 5 Sister to Elfrida3 ,5 Kitty Fishing- ton 8.. 5 Ombra 3., g Actress 3.5 Maiiame Rachel3., 5 Adml, Lyons .. 3.. 5 Nereus 3., 5 Soeur deCharit& i. .4 1 such races 10lb extra; the 1 be under'the year 1859. Three Year Old Produce Stakes- The Polygar mare is allowed 31b, Kathleen is covered by West Australian, not Stockwell. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.— In the Tyro Stakes, for Mr V\ llkins s b c by Gameboy out of Bess, sister to Little Nell, read out of Bess ( sister to Our Nell), by Bran, The colt by Prince George out of Gentle Kitty, entered for several races in last Calendar, should be " Rough Bob" and not Buff Bob. : , last mile and a quarter ; 100 subs. age st lb Wee Willie ( late Omar Pasha) 4.. 7 0 Dramatist .... 4.. 7 8 Piccolominidate Louisa) 6.. 7 0 Miss Harkaway 4.. 6 12 Westminster .. 5.. 6 i2 Nightshade 6.. 6 12 Knight of Avon 4. .6 12 Bartieur 4. .6 12 Laverna 4. .6 10 Odd Trick 3.. C 10 Gazehound .... 8.. 6 10 Arsenal S , 6 10 Malakoff 3. .6 10 Commoner 3.. 6 10 Hartley Buck .. 5.. 6 10 British Remedy!.. 6 9 Mottingham .. 4.. 6 9 Cave Adullam. .5.. 6 9 St Giles 3. .6 9 Riseber 8.. 6 8 Skirmisher ..., 3.6 8 Daisy S. .6 8 Aspasia 3, .6 8 Centurion 3 .6 7 Dusty Miller .. 3. .6 7 Strawberry .... 3.. 6 7 Hollander 5.6 7 Bubble 1. .6 6 Bel Esperanza.. 8.. 6 6 Dancing Masters.. 6 6 Greyling 3.6 6 Oakball 3. .6 6 Adamas 8., 6 4 COURSING. MEETING. NORTHAMPTON, 1857. Handicap for the GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES of 95 soys each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on on beforSesday Sc^ mpion!! 1!!!^ r Nigh^ aie" l^ & c February 3d ; the winner of any handicap after the publication ! Limerick Ireland........ V, Mr Owens 17 18 of the weights 5lb, or any two handicaps 71b extra- two miles • EverievfAmpshnrvi Wiifa ''' W 99 subs. ' COURSING FIXTURES FOR 1857. JANUARY. FIACB. ootrirtx. JUDGB. Asten- Oswestry Salop Mr Warwick .... 27 Wmmaneigh .. .. Lancashire.' Mr Dalzell 28 Newcastle, & c, Union ( Minster Acres) Mr Warwick .... 28 Holt . Worcestershire.. Mr A. Bennett .. 28 Crosby ( Liverpool).... Lancashire ,. 29 Epscrnippen) ... Surrey Mr Lawrence... .29 Belhngham Northumberland. Mr Miller 29 Nottingham ( Open)..., Nottinghamshire Mr M'George.... 29,30,81 . . • ,„ FEBRUARY. Ombersley Worcestershire.. Mr A. Bennett .. 3 Wlutehaven Cumberland .... MrBraithwaite Kellady Hill Ireland Mr Hawkes Worthenbury Flintshire Mr Piatt Epsom Surrev .. Baldock ( Club) Hurts' Baldock ( Open) Herts .. Wexford Ireland .. Tattershall ( Open) ..... 0 RidSway ( Lytham).... Lancashire Mr Nightingale.'. 5,6 £ 1 ewmarketChampion.. Cambridgshire .. Mr M'George.... 9, & Hundred House Worcestershire.. Mr A. Bennett.. 9 KmpeScar Westmoreland.... Mr A. DaKA.. 12 3.4 3,4 4 Mr Lawrence 4 & fol days Mr Lawrence.... 4 & fol days Mr Owens 5 5 e Typee age st lb ... a. .813 Fisherman . ... 4. .8 8 Winkfield... ... 5, .8 5 Yellow Jack. ... 4. .8 2 Alonzo ..... .. a. .7 12 Mary .. 5. .7 7 Fulbeck .. 5. .7 7 Assayer..... ... 6. .7 6 Quince ... 6, ... 5. .7 5 Siding .7 4 Homily .. 5. 7 4 Cockatoo ... .. 5. 7 2 Shoreham... .5. 7 2 Vandal ..,.. .. 5. 7 2 Romeo ..... .. a. 7 0 Kestrel .. 4. 7 0 Sandboy ... .. 5. 7 0 The Earl ... .. 5 6 12 Enchanter . .. 4. 6 12 Alembic.. .. .. 6. 6 12 Bracken .,, 6 12 Cotswold ... .. 4. 6 12 Vulcan .. 5. 6 12 Emulator... .. 4. 6 11 December... .; 5. 6 10 Waterfall... .. a. 6 10 Curious .. 4. 6 10 Stanhope ... .. 4. 6 10 The Hind... ,. 5. 6 9 Good Friday .. 4, 6 9 Hopeless Star ( late Star of England). .. a. 6 9 ag£ stlb Porto Rico .4 .6 9 St Domingo.. .4 .6 9 ZigZag....... . a. .6 8 GemmadiVergyS .6 7 Tiff .4 .6 6 Eloquence .. .4 .6 6 Rosati .4. .6 5 Lawn . i. .6 4 Barfleur .4 .6 4 Black Tiffany .4. .6 4 Alice Went- wortk .4. .6 8 Besika .5. .6 3 Night Hawk .4. .6 3 Indulgence ... .4. .6 Tame Deer .,. .4. .6 2 Saunterer .3. • G 2 Magnifier . 3 .5 13 Apathy .3. .5 12 Sp. of Shillelah X. Mongrel 3. .5 12 .5 12 Martinet .8. .5 12 Adamas .3. .5 9 Gitana .3. .5 9 Brabantia ... .4. 5 9 Palm .3. 5 8 Oakball .3. 5 8 Skirmisher .., .3. .5 8 Commoner ... .3. .5 7 Verbena .8. 5 7 Peeping Tom . .3. 5 6 The Old English Gentleman . .3. 5 6 , , age st lb Janet.......;,. » .. 5 5 Worcester...... 3.. 5 5 StGiles.. 8.. 5 4 Centurion 3. .5 4 The Borderer .. 8.. 5 4 South Western. 8.. 5 King Maker.... 3. .5 Neva s. .5 Huntington.... 8.. 5 Companion 8.. 5 Kimburn 8.. 5 The Dupe 8.. 5 Qmbra .*.,...,. 3.. 5 Amati.......... 3.. 5 Somerset 3. .5 John Peel 3.. 5 Jessie .... 3.. 5 Paula Monti .. 3.. 5 SirColin 3.. 4 18 Hobgoblin 3.. 4 18 Tiptop 8.. 4 12 The Avenger ... 8. . 4 12 Star of Albion.. 3.. 4 12 Madame Rachel3.. 4 12 Ch c by Epirus — Elcot's dam3.. 4 12 Dulcamara 8.. 4 10 Codrington 3.. 4 10 Chas. O'Malley. 8. .4 10 Six and Eight- Sence 3.. 4 7 cmore 3. .4 7 Lady St Liz.... 3. .4 4 Everlev( Amesbury) .. Wilts ..... Underley Westmoreland"'.". Spelthome Club Wiltshire , Bottisfield Salop North Berwick and Dirleton Haddingtonshire Waterloo ( Liverpool).. Lancashire MARCH. • Edinburgh ...... Mr M'George. Mr A. Dalzell;... 20,21 Mr Lawrence.... 24, ' 25, 26 Mr Warwick.... 25 Mr Nightingale.. 26,27, 28 YORK SPRING MEETING, 1857. Weights for the GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the 3d of February ; the winner of either the Northampton, Doncaster, Metropo- litan, or City and Suburban ; Stakes at Epsom, or any other handicap value 500 sovs, 101b extra ; the second in either, or a winner of any other handicap value 200 sovs, including the winner's own stake, 5lb extra, but not to be accumulative for being second in any of the above specified handicaps as well as being the winner of 200 sovs ; two miles, over the Old Course ; 70 subs. If the highest weight accepting be under Sst 91b, it will be raised to that, and the others in proportion. age st lb Fandango ft. .9 8 Neville 6.. 8 12 Fisherman 4. .8 8 Warlock 4.. 8 5 Yellow Jack .. 4.. 8 2 Simpson( hb).. 5.. 8 0 Artillery ...... 4.. 7 12 Assay er 6.. 7 6 Quince 6. .7 5 Elastic 5.. 7 8 Vandal 5.. 7 3 Siding 5.. 7 3 Merlin 4.. 7 0 Romeo a. .7 0 Pantomime.... a.. 7 0 Marehiouess .. 5.. 6 12 The Earl 5.. 6 11 St Domingo 4. .6 10 December 5.. 6 10 Porto Rico .... 4. .6 9 Emulator 4 .6 9 Gemma diVergy3.. 6 8 Alma 4.. 6 7 Lord Derwent- water 4 .6 6 age st lb Firmament.... 4.. G 5 Ro « ati 4. .6 5 Lawn 4.. 6 4 Gortschakoff .. 4.. 6 2 Barfleur ...... 4.. 6 2 Saunterer 3. .6 2 Dusty Miller .. 3.. 6 0 Magnifier 3. .6 0 Sp. of Shillelah 3.. 5 IS Underhand .... 3.. 5' 12 Martinet 3.. 5 12 Arsenal 3.. 5 12 Riseber 3.. 5 11 Chevalier d'In- dustrie 3.. 5 11 Greyling 8.. 5 10 Skirmisher 8.. 5 8 Logie o' Buchan3.. 5 7 Gitana 3.. 5 7 Commoner .... 3.. 5 7 Oakball... S.. 5 6 Peeping Tom .. 3. .5 6 The Old English Gentleman .. 3.. 5 6 Odd Trick .8. .5 5 age st lb Br c by Orlando out ot Ma Mie3.. 5 Janet... 3. .5 St Giles 3.. 5 The Borderer .. 3.. 5 Kingmaker.... 3.. 5 South Western 3.. 5 Centurion; 3.. 5 Companion .... 3,. 5 Kimburn 3.5 Toffey 8.. 5 Basin Bazouk.. 3. .5 The Dupe 3.. 5 Sunrise 8. .5 Liverpool 8.. 5 SirColin 8 .4 12 Prss. of Orange 3.. 4 12 Dulcamara .... 8.. 4 10 Codrington 8.. 4 10 Captain Barclays.. 4 10 Chas. O'Malley3.. 4 10 Vigliacconi 3.. 4 10 Six and Eight- pence 3.. 4 7 Actress 3. .4 4 Tricolour, 3 yrs Pretty Boy, 4 yrs Ayacanora, 3 yrs Aspasia, 3 yrs Ombra, 3 yrs Prioress, by ( Imp.*) Sovereign — ( Imp .*) Reel, by Gallopade, 4 y Enchanter, 4 yrs Melissa, 4 yrs STOCKBRIDGE, 1857. Entry for the STEWARDS' PLATE. Athlete, 8 yrs Tam o'Shanter, 3 yrs Sir Colin, 3 yrs Glee- singer, 3 yrs Wentworth, 4 yrs Rogerthorpe, 4 yrs Hurdle, 3 yrs Porto Rico, 4 yrs Sweet William, 8 yrs Mincepie, 4 yrs Vengeancf, 5 yrs Chevalier d'Industrie, 3 yrs Madame Rachel, 3 yrs Gemma di Vergy, 3 yrs - Cerva, 4 yrs * In this and other nominations of American horse's " Imp." is an abbreviation for " Imported." SALISBURY, 1857. Entries for the WILTSHIRE STAKES of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared; 34 subs. JiO Hobgoblin, 3 yrs Lord of the Hills, 3 yrs Queen Bess, 3 yrs Zaidfee, 3 yrs Ch c by The Hero out of Sepulchre, 3 yrs Ignoramus, 8 yrs Lance, 4 yrs Fisherman, 4 yrs B f by Orlando out of Farmer's Daughter, 3 yrs Henry VIII, 8 yrs Lansdown, 3 yrs Anton, 8 yrs Omar Pasha, by Horn of Chase, 3 yrs Polestar, 5 yrs The Pope, 5 yrs Commotion. 8 yrs C bv Orlando out of Ma Mie, 8 yrs Bannockburn, 3 yrs Tame Deer, 1 yrs Poodle, aged Dundas, 3 yrs Madame Rachel, 3 yrs Enchanter, 4 yrs Tam o'Shanter, 3 yrs Huntington, 3 yrs Bar One, 8 yrs Dardanelles, 8 yrs Ombra, 3 yrs Hobgoblin, 3 yrs December, 5 yrs Cedric, 3 yrs Greyling, S yrs The Dupe, 3 yrs Mohawk, S yrs Henry VIII, 3 yrs The Pr. of Wales, 5 yrs Apathy, 8 yrs Fisherman, 4 yrs The Hind, 5 yrs Shirah ( lateThe Kertch Chief), 8 yrs Alonzo, aged Kimburn, 3 yrs The Earl, 5 yrs Iareca, 3 yrs Zig Zag, aged Vaulter, 8 yrs Lymington, 5 yrs Ch c by Epirus out of Elcot's dam, 3 yrs Waterfall, aged Paula Monti, 8 yrs Worcester, 8 yrs 1858. The LONGFORD CASTLE STAKES of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, for foals of 1856; colts Sst 71b, fillies 8st 81b; those by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner allowed 3lb, both, 5lb; half a mile; 10 subs. Mr W. Day ns ch f by Weatherbit out of Breastgiith Mr W. Day ns br c by Joe Lovell out of Wapiti Mr W. Day us ch c by Weatherbit out of Hope Mr Gulliver's br f Luscious ( 31b) Mr J. Hewitt's The Courier ( Sib) Sir J. B. Mill's ch c by Safeguard out of Cressa ( 31b) Mr H. B. Park's Bouquet ( 31b) Lord Portsmouth's ch c Sir Piercie Shafton ( Sib) Mr J. Powney's br f by Bay Middle- ton out of Amazon ( 31b) Lord Ribblesdale's ch f Snap Caledonian Belleek. A'. tcar Club Lancashire Limerick( OpenJ Ireland.......... Biggar,& c Lanarkshire .... North Union ( Antrim).. Ireland APRIL. Spiddal Meath ( Ireland).. Kellady Hill .......... Ireland .......... Wexford Ireland Limerick Ireland MAY. Wexford{ Open), Ireland ....,..... SEPTEMBER. Biggar ( St Leger, & c).. Lanarkshire .... Mr Nightingale.. 30& fol. days NOVEMBER, Ashdown Park Cham- • pion Berkshire..,.-.... 11 Mr Owens 11,12 Mr M'George.... li!, 19 Mr Owens 18,19 Mr Nightingale.. 28 Mr Owens 25 Mr Owens ...... 1, & e Mr Hawkes 7 Mr Owens 16 Mr Owens 21,22 Mr Owens C, 7 .. 16& fol. days NOTICE TO SECRETARIES AND OTHERS. We shall feel particularly obliged to the Secretaries of Cours- ing Meetings if, in order to prevent disappointment to the public, they will hereafter forward their returns by the earliest possible means direct to the Office; as the correspondent who has represented Bell's Life at several meetings during the last two years is 110 longer connected with this paper. DALEMAINE MEETING- JAN 12, Judge: Mr Joseph Hudson. Slipper: Mr Thomas Coates. The ALL- AGED STAKES. Mr Taylor's be w b Sortie beat Mr James Burney's fb Roy's Wife Mr James Hogg's bd d Salkeldl Tom J Mr Wm. Birrill's b d Tifter Mr R. Jameson's r b Lily of) the Valley j Mr Morrow's r b Emm a Morrow, Mr Morrow's f d Conqueror Mr Isaac Fisher's f d Money Catcher Sortie beat Salkeld Tom Emma Morrow beat Tifter Sortie beat Emma Morrow Mr Wm. Robison's r d Fillibuster Mr J. H. Richardson's f d I. O. U. Mr Robt. Tomlinson's r b Idle Girl Mr T. Nicholson's w d Snow Drop Mr Wm. Brougham's f b Bosh }.. Mr Chas. Phillip's f w d Donald II. I III. ll, Conqueror beat Lily o' Valley Money Catcher ran a bye Money Catcher beat Conqueror Mr Taylor's Sortie, by Dirk Hatterick out of Silk, beat Mr Isaac Fisher's Money Catcher, and won the stakes. The attendance at this meeting was pretty numerous and highly respectable. The ground was in excellent order, and hares just sufficient to keep up the excitement. The running of the winner, Sortie, was the theme of general admiration. In all her courses she led well to her hare, never allowing her opponents a single chance, and the manner in which she turned on tbe steep hill sides quite astonished and delighted those who had at- tended the same meeting for years. In the ruu up, Money Catcher at first made a desperate effect to collar the blue, but she made the pace so good that, after a few hundred yards had been traversed, the fawn was compelled to haul down hist colours, and having fairly stopped, Sortie went on by herself, and wound up the stake and the meeting simultaneously by a most brilliant kill. The running of Roy's Wife, Emma Morrow, and Conqueror is also worthy of remark, and it is highly proba- ble they will be heard of hereafter. OTTERBURN ( NORTHUMBERLAND) JAN 16 & 17. MEETING— Stewards: W. Thompson and W. Charlton, EEqs. Judge: Mr Mar- shall. Secretary: Mr Renner. The ALL- AGBD STAKES, of £ 3 10s each. I. MrPringle's fb Countess, by Figaro out of Mai Vina, beat Mr Kevin's bk b Meg of Lowick, by Lowick out of Fly Mr Jordan ns bk d Western Powers, by Game Chicken out of a bitch by The Mayor of Wurkworth, beat Mr Hediey's bk d Black Baron out of Bella Mr Charlton's r b Lady Bell, by Baron out of Bella, beat Mr Renner's, bk d Judgment, by The Kniglit of Dunstan Burough out of High- land Mary Mr Charlton's be b Bella Mars, by The Baron out ot Fanny, beat Mr Renner ns w be b Flora, by Young Figaro out of Lady Mr Jordan ns w d Hussar, by Fyson out of The Pullet, beat Mr Renner's w bk d Sharp Practice, by Manganal out of Venice Countess beat Lady Bell | Hussar ran a bye Bella Mars beat W. Powers I III. Countess beat Hussar ) Bella Mars ran a bye IV. Mr Charlton's Bella Mars beat Mr Pringle's Countess, and won the stakes. GUNNERTON ( NORTHUMBERLAND) MEETING. Stewards: Messrs Smith, Armstrong, and Tweddle, Judge: Mr Miller. Secretary: Mr Marshall, The GUNNBBION CUP STAKES, of £ 3 3s each. I. Mr Smith's bk d Jerred beat Mr Wilkinson's be d Talbot Mr Ison's f b Grasshopper .. Mr Hill's bk d Midnight Mr Tweddle's bk d Trapper ., ^ Mr Walton's bk b Fanny Wynn Jerred beat Grasshopper i " Trapper ran a bye III, Mr Smith's Jerred, by Mr Jardine's Baron out of Bella, bt Mr Tweddle's Trapper, and won the cup. BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, JANUARY 25, 1857. . - n tr TrrTTTT- KTP T 91 OO& O- j the first and latter parts. Leipsic led Bonnie Jenny well and had a no go; they ran evenly together for fifty or sixty yards, ASHDOWItt PARK MEETIiNbr— J an ZV, ll. J. lUii. forseveral points, but the latter had much the best of the latter when the hare swerved to the dog, which appeared to havea _ . . _ .. ~ ~ t « t t T7 — nmn if t^ ii T^ iina i< » t ' iHivniw trim stiiflv' slitrht advantage ia mns sieht. Thov were so near or a colour, and Stewards: The Earl of Sefton, C. Randell and W. Long, Esqs. Hon Sees: R. Etwall and J. Bowles, Esqs. Judge: Mr M'George. The CRAVEN CUP, of £ 610s each. Mr Thomas's bk d Tilbury, by Fyson's Figaro out of Thomas's Swallow, beat Mr Randell's bk d Robin Hood, by Randell's Ranter out of Jones's Jenny Jones ( 1) , Mr Begbie's w bk d Nimrod, by Gibson's Sam out of Lord Eghnton s Bessy Bell, beat Mr Randell's bk b Asylum, by Brown's Bedlamite out of Heath's Young Havoc ' Lord Sefton's bk bp Seacole, by Long's Gipsy Prince outof Lord Sefton s Cinderella, beat Mr Ferrard's be d Flint, by Lawrence s Lopez out ol Barnett's Black Bess Lord J. Scott's f w d Oscar, by Jardine's Baron out of Lord J. Scott s Cavoc, beat Mr Pell's bk d Prince, by Brown's Bedlamite out of Pell's Quito _ , „, . _ . . , , Mr Lawrence's bk * Leoline, by his Lopez out of his Landgravine, beat Lord Sefton's r b Sybil, by Fowles's Fire Office out of Lord Sefton s Mr Lawrence's be d Leipsic, by his Lopez out of his Landgravine, beat Mr Blick's bk d Hermas,. by Jenner's Friar Tuck out of Fowles s Free and Easy ... „ _ , , Mr W. Long's bk b Lunelle, by Besant's Figheldean out of Long's Cobea Scandens, beat Mr Pell's r w b Prim, by Jardine's Mangonel out of B irtlett's Bird on the Wing „ Mr Blick's bk b Bonnie Jenny, by Brown's Bedlamite out of his Bonnie Maggie, beat Mr Miller's bk w b Melody ( late Songstress), by Be- sant's Barabbas out of Stone's Medora Seacole beat Lunelle I' Leoline beat Tilbury Bonnie Jenny beat Leipsic ^ Oscar beat Nimrou ( I) Seacole beat Bonnie Jenny Leoline beat Oscar Mr Lawrence's Leoline beat Lord Sefton's Seacole, and won the cup. The ABHDOWN STAKES, of £ 5 each, for dogs. Mr N. Long's bk d Lockersley, by Long's Gipsy Prince out of his Lucy Lovelace, beat Mr Begbie's bk w d Bandit, by Gibson's bam— his bybil Mr Lawrence's bk td Lear, by Brown's Bedlamite out of Lawrence s Lurlei, beat Lord Sefton's bk d Saint, by Sackcloth out of Sally Grey Mr Ferrard's bk d Reiver, by Jardine's Mansoor out of Harris's Bess, beat Mr Pell's bk d PUerim, by Lawrence's Lopez out of Pell's Purity Mr Lawrence's bk d Le Juif, by his Lopez out of Lawrence's Lynx, beat Mr Ferrard's bk w d Finland, by Webb's War Eagle out of Ferrard s Fly Mr Stile's r d Ashdown, by Jenner's Friar Tuck out of Fowles's Free and Easy, beat Mr F. Le Brewer's bk d Big Lunatic, by Brown s Bed- : lamite out of Webb's Perseverance . Mr Jackson's bk d Istamboul, by Brown's Bedlamite— Hayton s Ammta, beat Mr W. Long's f d Leporello^ by his Lablache out of his Imogene |' Ashdown beat Reiver Lockersley beat Lear Le Juif beat Istamboul Lockersley beat Ashdown III. iV. Le Juif ran a bye Mr Lawrence's Le Juifbeat MrN. Long'sLockersley, and won the stakes. The LAMBOURN STAKES, of £ 5 each, for bitches. Mr Wille'sbk b Ladv Watford, by Henderson's Larriston out of Carr's Consideration, beat Lord Sefton's bd b Susannah, by Sackcloth out of Sally Grey _ :. . , Mr James's bk b Jig, by Redskin out of James's JessSamine, beat Lady Elizabeth Craven's r b Cousin S. ( late Sweetheart), by Sackcloth out of Sally Grey „ * „ T Mr Lawrence's bk b Lady Wildair, by Brown's Bedlamite out of Law- rence's Lurlei, beat Mr Ferrand's bk b Fatality, by Long's Lablache out of Clowes's Compact Lord Sefton's bk b Saraband, by Gipsy Prince out of Cinderella, beat Mr Phillips's bk b Princess Alice, by Phillips's Puzzle out of his Kathleen Mr Bick's bk b Hopmarket, by Brown's Bedlamite out of Cook's Cerito, bent Mr Pell's r w b Pert, by Jardine's Mangonel out of Bartlett's Bird on the Wi » g , , • , , Lady E. Craven's bk b The Cure ( late Leech), by Lopez out of Land- gravine, beat Mr Begbie's f w b Bayleaf, by Gibson's Stanley— his Mr Lawrence's bd b Leonora, by his Lopez out of his Landgravine, beat Mr Ferrard's bk b France, by Long's Lablache— Barnett's Black Bess Mr Ludlow's be b Larkspur, by Lawrence's Lope? out of Biggs's Bonny Lass, beat Mr Long's r b Sophia, by Gregson's Neville out of Pnd- more's Black Fly , , „,.,,., Mr F. Le Brewer's r b Bed Quilt, by Phillips's Puzzler out of his Patch- work, beat Mr Miller's bk b Maraschino, by Jardine's Mansoor out of Harris's Bess „ •. * Mr Lawrence's bd b Lucy, by Long's Lablache out of Biggs s Miss Burns, heat Mr Stroths^ s w bk b Stella, by Phillips's Puzzler out of Lord Sefton's Bride ^ Hopmarket beat L. Wildair ( 1) Leonora beat The Cure Larkspur beat Lucy ^ Lady Watford beat Larkspur 1 Bed Quilt beat Hopmarket ^ Leonora beat Bed Quilt I V. The deciding course will be run this day ( Saturday), The SWINLEY STAKES. Mr Lawrence's f b Alma, by The Sussex Scythian out of Songstress, beat Mr Miller's bkb Moselle , • Mr Blick's r w b Phyrne beat Mr Sexton's bk b Skyrocket, by Borron's Bluelight out of Nettle Mr Howell's r d Inkerman beat Mr Grantley Berkeley's bk b Bee Lord Sefton's r b Sarah Bell, by his Sackcloth out of his Sally Grey, beat Mr Pell's be d Probate ^ Phryne beat Inkerman |' Sarah Bell beat Alma Mr Blick's Plirynebeat Lord Sefton's Sarah Bell, and won the stakes. The BOTLEY STAKES. Mr Grantley Berkeley's bd b Braid, by Long's Lablache out of Lord Sef- ton's Stitch, beat Mr Pell's r wb Prim, by Jardine's Mangonel outof Bartlett's Bird on the Wing . •• Mr Lawrence's bk b Lucid Interval, by Brown's Bedlamite out of Law- rence's Lurlei, beat Mr Pell's bk d Prince, by Brown's Bedlamite out of Pell's Quito , „ , Mr Miller's bk w b Melody, by Besant's Barabbas out of Stone s Medora, beat Lord Sefton's r b Sybil, by Fowles's Fire Office out of Lord Sefton's Sally Grey , . _ . . T , Mr Miller's bk w b Miss Malpas beat Mr Jackson's be d July, by Lord Stradbroke's Mozart out of Brewer' 6 Baroness II. Lucid Interval beat Miss Malpas^ Braid beat Melody Mr Lawrence's Lucid Interval beat Mr Berkeley's Braid, and won the Bed Quilt beat Saraband Lady Watford beat Jig Leonora ran a bye Lady Watford ran a bye part and won it well. Leoline led Tilbury, who started stufly and was much beaten— Tilbury had not recovered the severe single- handed run the day before. Nimrod and Oscar : A> ter an light ad vautage in nyy sight. They were so near of a colour, and no collars on, that it was almost impossible to distinguish the one from the other; aud the judge, who did not ride the course, undecided course the former led,' and appeared likely'to have it'; being afraid of " bogging," very properly gave it undecided, - n us ij? 1— i. 3 - eavflrn whaiwunnn t. Vio nr, o- wr- jc rl raurn - Tmrn rFlo « Ctf r. nA Plinnv StftKM* The COMMON BOTTOM STAKES. I. Mr Berkeley's bk b Bee beat Lord Sefton's bd b Susannah Lady E. Craven's rb CousinS. ,. Mr Ludlow's r b Little Wonder II. Lady Elizabeth Craven's Cousin S. beat Mr Berkeley's Bee, and won the stakes. The RUSLEY STAKES. I. Mr Lawrence's be d Leipsic .. Mr James's bkb Johanna. Lady E. Craven's bk b The Cure .. Mr Ludlow's r d Lead- the- way II. [ The remainder of this stake will be run off this day ( Saturday).] Undaunted by their general defeat at the November Meeticg, nor dismayed by the account thereof, the Ashdown " men good and true," justly proud of their high patronage and far- famed ground, again threw down the gauntlet in a programme of ju- dicious variety, and open to all. The entries, however, did not come up to my expectation. The previously- announced fixtures of Newmarket, Waterloo, " cum multis aliis," had no doubt engaged the anticipations of many who might otherwise have been expected. The Craven Gup closed with 16, the Ash- down with 12, and the Lambourn with 20 subs; those from a distance being from the kennels of the Earl of Sefton, Lord John Scott, W. *• » . Lawrence, Esq, Messrs T. Le Brewer, Ran- dell, Begbie, Ferrand, J. L. Thomas, Miller, Pell, & c. I do not include Mr Long, his proximity and steady support classing him with the Ashdown, whose list, owing to the kennels of Mr Etwall and Mr Bowles having gone amiss, was thereby lessened. I have, however, the pleasure to observe that the Lambourn Stakes had the distinguished honour and patronage of entries from Lady Evelyn Craven and Lady Elizabeth Craven, who, in conformity with the ancient custom of the Ashdown Club, adopted the " initial," Lady Evelyn entering The Cure ( late Leech), and Lady Elizabeth, Cousin S. ( late Sweetheart). The entry, as usual, was made at the Red Lioil Inn, at Lambourn, to RalphEtwall, Esq, who kindly took the president's chair. The bet. ting " ruled" moderately, the favourites for the Craven being Lu- nelle, Robin Hood, Asylum, Seacole, andLeoline; for the Ashdown, Le Juif, Ashdown, and Bandit; and for the Lambourn, CousinS., Lady Watford, Leonora, France, and Saraband. A very pleasant evening was spent, and as my motto is, " May those who mean well fare well," I will not omit to notice that an excellent dinner was served up by our new host, Mr French ( who has recently come from Newmarket), and that very good attention was paid to the comfort of every guest. May he succeed in his undertaking! ON TUESDAY morning we met at Frimley Corner; weather cold, wind high, and a threatening aspect, hares being scarce and going badly. The first hour's sport was very flat, when a heavy rain commenced, succeeded by sleet, and at length snow with it so thickly as to almost prevent distinguishing between the dogs. A very numerous field, however, faced it well, and how could they do otherwise ? The Ladies Craven, with others of " the fair," had honoured the scene with their presence, and bore it unflinchingly, and the beat was persevered in through the first round of the Craven, when an adjournment to the next day was proclaimed, and most heartily welcomed by all. CRAVEN CUP.—( First Round): Robin Hood and Tilbury: Unde- cided, iu which the latter appeared the faster, but Robin became unsighted, and Tilbury, without reaching his hare, led to cover. In the next slip Tilbury led to the hare, ran on very nicely, and well won a course of moderate length ; after which he got sight of a second hare, and ran a most distressing single- handed course. Nimrod led Asylum to the hare, kept well on the line of his game, and scored several points in very masterly style. Asylum then joined, and looked well, but another dog broke from the slips, joined in, and the judge decided up to this point, which was much iu favour of Nimrod; however, before the hare reached her cover, Asylum had balanced the previous score. Seacole led Flint, aud, in a course of moderate length, did not allow him to assist her. Oscar led Prince, and brought the hare to the latter's ground, who came inside, Oscar cannoning with him and knocking him over, which he did not seem to recover, Oscar having the rest of it to himself. Sybil had rather the best of Leoline in the first part of a good course; Leo- line, however, had the latter part and the judge's award. Hermas led to the hare, and was too fast for Leipsic for several points; the latter at length took up the running and fairly turned the score in his favour. Prim led Lunelle, ran beauti- fully, and looked like winning, all one way, but Lunelle, who had been striving hard, at length joined in, and a good hare gave her the chance of winning splendidly. Bonnie Jenny, in one of the longest courses of the day, just beat Melody. WEDNESDAY.— Met at the Rubbing House. The snow had been succeeded by a sharp frost, but the sun came out about ten o'clock most cheerfully, dispelling a heavy fog, and by one o'clock it was determined to commence. On the coating of snow we had some very brilliantly run courses, the hares, under the circumstances, astonishing all by their pace and stoutness. ASHDOWN STAKES.—( First Round): Locksley led Bandit, and had much the best of a long course, the hare good enough to gain her cover. Saint had rather the best of Lear at the beginning, hut Lear afterwards beat him; the hare, too good for both, reached home. Reiver led Pilgrim, and had every point in rather a short course from the slips to the hill inclusive. Le Juif, in a short course, easily disposed of Finland. Big Lunatic led Ashdown to the hare and ran very fast for several points. Ashdown afterwards balanced the score, kept on, and made an excellent kill, winning with plenty to spare. Istamboul and Leporello had a remarkably well and closely contested ceurse for many points, the former holding on the best; well won at the finish. LAMBOUEN STAKES.—( First Round) £ Lady Watford led Su- sannah, and scored many points very cleverly; Susannah did some good work towards the finish and killed. Cousin S. led Jig from the slips, and made maHy points, Jig then came in, and nearly turned the score, but Cousin S. made good efforts, and looked like winning, the other finishing the freshest, and gaining the judge's award. Lady Wildair led Fatality, and had much the best of a capital course, Fatality doing some good work towards the finish and killing cleverly. Saraband and Princess Alice ran an undecided course, wkeu the latter was drawn. Hop- market beat Pert everywhere in acourseof moderate length. Bay Leaf seemed rather faster than The Cure for some points. The Cure then completely turned the scale, and won with plenty to spare. France and Leonora : A long course, much in favour of Leo- nora. Larkspur well won her course with Sophia. Maraschino and Bed Quilt had an undecided course. In the next slip Bed Quilt led to the hare, and had much the best of the first part of a nicely run course of moderate length, the other having the latter part and the kill. Lucy had much the best of Stella in the begin- ning and latter part of a moderate course, Stella doing some very smart running in the middle. CEAVEN STAKES ( First Ties): Seacole and Lunelle had a splen- did course with an excellent hare, each running beautifully, the hare, after suffering much work, had the last half mile to cover without interruption— Seasole winning by doing the better of all to himself, but tired, and Oscar, throughout a very severe course, ran remarkably game, and even splendidly. THURSDAY.— Met at Maddel's Barn, for the Kingston Warren beat; weather most suitable for coursing, and, excepting that the slight coating of snow which still remained on the ground rendered the courses in many instances very severe, from the dogs being unable to retain their footing in their attempts to kill, a finer day's sport could not be wished for. SWINLEY STAKE.— After a " no go," occasioned by so long a slip that the dogs became unsighted, Alma led to the haTe, and just beat Moselle in a course of moderate length. A close race to the first and second turns with Phryue and Skyrocket, the former winning well after. Inkerman led Bee from the slips to the cove » , with a hare so fast that neither could reach her. Sarah Bell led Probate two lengths to the first turn, and had a bad fall, but won well all through, nevertheless. BOTLEY STAKE.— Braid led Prim, and had much the best of the beginning and the latter part, Prim doing a little iu the middle of the course. A close race for several points between Melody and Sybil, with a remarkably stout hare, which afforded one of the longest courses of the meetiug in favour of Melody, who had also the longest course on the first day. July led Miss Malpas, and made three or four points cleverly ; the other then came in, and took the remainder of a good course. A very close race for first turn between Lucid Interval and Prince, the former gaining it, and winning the remainder of a very good course. In the LAMBOURN STAKES ( First Ties) Hopmarket and Lady Wildair had one undecided, in which the latter appeared the best. In the second slip Hopmarket led to the hare on out- side ground, ran beautifully throughout a capital course, and had decidedly the best of it. Leonora was too fast for Cure at the beginning and the finish of a very good course, Cure ren- dering some good service in the middle of it. Larkspur took a strong lead from outside ground to the hare, and beat Lucy cleverly. Bed Quilt! led Saraband to the hare, and had much the best of the first and latter part of a nicely run course, Sara- band good in the middle of it. Lady Watford led Jig to the hare, ran very nicely throughout a beautifully run course, killed the hare, and won with plenty to spare. ASHDOWN STAKES ( First Ties): Lear led Locksley to the hare, but in a long and good course was afterwards much beaten. Le Juif led Istamboul, and gave a greater number of go- by « s than I ever before saw in one course. Reiver led Ashdown, and soored three or four points, but had very little to do with a long course afterwards. CRAVEN STAKES ( Second Ties): Seacole led Bonnie Jenny, and had a bad fall; nevertheless, she won cleverly throughout. Leoliiie led Oscar from the slips, but was passed by him. Leoline returned the complimemt before the first turn, and won very de- cisively from beginning to end. FRIDAY.— We give the result of this day's running by " elec" trie telegraph," and reserve remarks until next week. The annoying vicissitudes of Tuesday were completely dis- pelled and forgotten in the magnificent courses from Compton Bottom on Wednesday, and succeeded on Thursday by some equally good, or even superior, from Kingston Warren ; indeed, many would prefer the latter ground, it being sufficiently severe for any trial, and I was pleased to hear that his lordship has it in consideration to plant some covers at the top of the hill oppo- site the former. It will then be everything that a courser could desire in shape of ground, and save the very steep descent to the preserve covers, where much of the courses is occasionally un- seen, and merely serves to show which of two tired greyhounds lasts the longer. It was my intention to have intruded my opinion on the respective merits of the competitors here, but well knowing that the snowy surface we were running over might be much more unfavourable to the chance of some than others, I will only say that there was scarcely, in any instance' the least doubt but that the winners well earned their courses. The best runners, to my eye, under the circumstances ( and pro- bably might have been under any other) were Larkspur, Seacole, Leonora, Leoline, Lady Watford, Le Juif, and Lockersley ; andwere I obliged to invest on either of them for the " Waterloo," Seacole, Lady Watford, or Leonora, would be my selection, as the racing " prophets" say. The undecided course between Hopmarket aud Lady Wildair occurred through their running over some steep ground, directly away from the judge, and he therefore did not see that the points were much iu her ladyship's favour. With this exception I scarcely heard an opinion differ with the decisions, and although the entries ( as I before remarked) did not come up to my expectations, yet, on the whole, it was a very delightful meeting, full of good sport and good fellowship. The Earl and Countess, with the Ladies Craven, the Earl of Sefton, & c, honoured the field by their attendance each day, and his lordship's usual hospitality was well evinced in the distribu- tion of sandwiches and prime ale; and most welcome they proved. There is a good stock of fast and sound hares left, al- though it is said as many as 600 have been shot, they were so overstocked. ———— GREAT CHAMPION MEETING IN NOVEMBER. We are authorised to state that the Ashdown Park November Champion Meeting is fixed for the 16th of that month and fol- lowing days. There will be run for the Craven Cup, for all- aged greyhounds ; the Ashdown Stakes for dog, and the Lambourn Stakes for bitch puppies; entrance £ 5 each, £ 1 forfeit. The entry for the Puppy Stakes closes on the first of May, and the judge is to be then elected by the votes of the subscribers to the above stakes. . CALEDONIAN CLUB SPRING MEETING- JAN 16. Stewards: A. Graham, J. Gibson, Wm. Sharpe, J, Dunlop, J. L. Ewing, and Robert Paterson, Esqs. Hon See: G. Blaashard, Esq. Judge : Mr Boulton. The AIL- AGED STAKES, I. Mr Gibson's bk d Pasha, by Sam out of Bessy Bell, beat Mr W. Wilson' 6 r b Stick to the Tin, by Jamie Forrest out of Security Mr Steel's bd b Sly, by Wigan out of Jenny, beat Mr Stenhouse's bk w d Pelissier, by Sam out of Miss Quirk Mr Steel's w ba b Spreemaid, by Wigan out of Jenny, beat Mr J. Wilson's bd b Winsome Wee Thing, by Guy Mannering out of Barbara Mr A. Graham's r b Imperial Visit, by Guy Mannering out of Blooming Heather, beat Mr Gordon's r d Grenadier, by Gourock— Guitar ( 1) Mr Gordon's bdb Gaiety, by Glenvarloeh out of Glamour, beat Mr A. Graham's fb Turkey Rhubarb, by Liddlesdale out of Busy Bee Mr Gibson's bk d Jacobite, by Bedlamite outof Flounce, beat Mr Thomp- son's f w d Tearaway, by Telemaclius out of Governess Mr Gibson's r w d Rover, by Sam out of Sybil, beat Mr Gordon's bd b Gesnaria, by Guy Mannering out of Gertrude Mr Thompson's bd w d Titmouse, by Nutman out of Merry Bird, beat Mr A. Graham's w rh b Collision, by Washings and Diggings— Emi- fration ( 1) b W Mr J, beat _.___..... . ... Mr Swan's f b Signal, by Puzzler out of Peace, beat Mr Thompson's w be d Titlebat, by Nutman out of Merry Bird ( 1) II. 1 Sly heat Pasha ( 1) Spreemaid beat Imperial Visit Jacobite beat Gaiety IH. Jacobite beat Sly I Titmouse beat Spreemaid IV. Mr Gibson's Jacobite beat Mr Swan's Signal. Mr Thompson's Titmouse was then drawn, leaving Jacobite the winner of the stakes. The PUPPY STAKES. j I. Mr Gibson's bk t d Mussaliib, by Mahout out of Mceris, beat Mr Gordon's f d Goustebe, by Glenvarloch out of Geraldine Mr Steel's r d Streamer, by Guy Mannering out of Jenny, beat Mr Thomp- son's r b Torpedo, by Alston out of Aunt Annie ( 1) Mr Thompson's f d Tempest, by Telemachus out of Governess, beat Mr Blackie's r d Captain, by Harkaru out of Croxteth Mr J. Wilson's bd w d Workman, by Bar Iron out of Brightness, b* at Mr Steel's f b Spy, by Guy Mannering out of Jenny Mr Steel's f d Sletliet, by Borderer out of Nancy, beat Mr Gibson's bk w d Cantab, by Stanley out of Moneytaker Mr Gibson's b" ' ~ r b Jessie Mr Gibson1 . . I. Mussahib beat Streamer Tempest beat Workman III. Tempest beat Mussahib ^ Mr Thompson's Tempest beat Mr Steel's Slethet, and won the stakes. [ PROM AN OLD CORRESPONDENT.] The winter meeting of this club took place on Friday and Saturday, the 16th and 17th inst. It should have come off on the 8th and 9th, but had to be postponed on account ef frost, and it met the usual fate of postponed meetings— a diminished entry. There were dogs enough, however, to afford excellent sport to a harmonious party. The running was wholly over the country immediately adjoining Thankerton station, at which the sportsmen from Edinburgh and Glasgow, uniting at Carstairs junction, arrived by the south- going Caledonian train about half past eight. The hares were in their best running, no hoar frost having affected their food so as to injure their condition. A few courses, as happens almost over every description of country, and at any period of the season, were of moderate length, but a very large proportion was exceedingly severe, and in many the hares ran away oh the open uplands. The result of the All- aged Stake brings out Jacobite again as a winner. At his debut, at Altcar, in November, 1865, he won for Mr Jefferson the Dog Puppy Pro- duce, in the best of forms— fast, close, quick, and killing well. At his next appearance, he became wider in his turns, and more uncertain in his pounce. At the Waterloo Meeting, he flung himself away; and then he was parted with, at a long price, to his present owner. But he had scarcely reached Scotland before he showed as if he had borne a ruinous dose within him. Ex- treme care and ten months have now produced him on the field much as he first was. His first course was, from end to end, a racing one, Tearaway doing well in the commencement, bnt scarcely a companion in the end; his second was all his own, turning close, and racing away; his third, much the same. His fourth was an illustration of " alone in his glory," for some- how his competitor did not go well from the slips, and nowhere, in a tremendous course could manage to place herself, whilst Jacobite seemed to run riot in speed, going and coming over a fence like a master in vaulting, and finishing apparently with undiminished pace; and this closed his career, for, by arrange- ment, Mr Thompson's was saved two courses, viz, a bye and the deciding one. The performance by Titmouse was quite as cre- ditable. Old Collision was too slow for him at first, but put in a few points near the finish of a moderate course. Nothing could be cleverer than his prodigiously long course with Rover. It was a contest with Spreemaid, who made one stumble, much to the injury of her chance. She was then drawn on favour- able terms, so that her owner had the pleasure of taking back across the border an unbeaten runner- up of the All- age, and the winner of the Puppy Stake. And such a winner! Few of the 64 at Waterloo are likely to be better than he. A lengthy, slashing, strong, firm, earnest dog, he runs his best from first to last. He is, indeed, a Tempest with the lightning flash. His narrow defeat by Sassenagh, and his running with Belted Will in a bye at last meeting of this club, gave strong grounds for anticipating his success since and now. We cannot close this slight notice without mentioning the satisfaction given, on his first appearance here, by Mr Boulton, of Malton, who pro- mises to be an able successor to his father, so long the favourite judge at all the leading clubs in Scotland. Met at Thankerton Village on the second day, when Signal and Garnet ran their byes together, the former the fastest; they, however, soon lost the hare. Would if I Could and Twilight went above a mile in the slips on the heather before they could get a hare. When she did rise the dog out- paced and outworked the bitch, who appeared to run stiff from previous exertions. Mussahib v. Stourie: The former led three or four lengths and fell, which gave Stourie the first turn, after which they ran a very even and beautiful course to cover, the black only just gaining the fiat. Tempest and Workman were then taken on the fine plain adjoining Eastend; they ran head and head for at least a hundred yards, when the latter slightly stumbled; and Tempest, I fancy, improving every stride, drove his hare about in good style several times in succession, when Workman got possession of her and made some strong points, but was unable to wipe off the previous score, Slethet and Gum ran a long and beautiful trial, the speed of the former carrying him cleverly through a winner: the hare reached cover. Third Ties of the All Ages: Jacobite beat Sly in a short course. The bitch had not recovered the three terrific courses the day pre- vious. Titmouse beat Spreemaid very decidedly in a short course, running in beautiful form, Would if I Could and Signal whereupon the dog was drawn. Third Ties of the Puppy Stakes: Tempest led Mussahib about two lengths, turned his hare and wrenched, when the black went up on the inside, turned twice in succession, and looked very like winning, but stumbled; the fawn had the rest of a short scramble into cover. Slethet slightly led Garnet on whinny ground to a rare hare, took the first two points, when Garnet downed her hare, which she did three dif- ferent times in the course— a long one— but at all times slightly in favour of the dog. In the fourth ties of the All- ages Jacobite beat Signal at all points, running fast aud close, flying his fences in beautiful style. Signal evidently was stiff aud footsore from her previous running. Titmouse was then drawn in favour of Jacobite, Mr Gibson giving her the first money, £ 15, and taking the second, viz, £ 5. I was sorry to find that considerable dis- satisfaction has arisen in reference to this prize, which, as far as conversation went on the ground, appeared to be of a nature anything but creditable. It is the produce of a stake won several years ago by Red Deer, but re.' unded in consequence of the dog being found disqualified. Instead of being returned to the subscribers, it was lastly ordered, without the consent of some of them, to be put into a piece of plate, and given to the whole club to run for ; and more than one of the original sub- scribers has taken otfence at this process of abstracting the money froiia the pockets of those who had the exclusive right to it, and throwing it open to those who have no right to it at all. The deciding course for the Puppy Stakes, Tempest v Slethet, was a severe trial, all in favour of Tempest, who ran beautifully throughout. Slethet having had a severe course immediately before the deciding one, did not meet the winner upon equal terms. Although Slethet, and his sister Stourie, were not for- tunate in this, their first attempt in public, they are undoubt- edly fast greyhounds, and likely to prove dangerous competitors. I am sorry that I had not an opportunity of seeing the first day's running, having been merely A SECOND DAY'S SPECTATOR. SOUTH LANCASHIRE MEETING- ( SOUTHPORT) • JAN 21 & 22. OPEN Titmouse beat Rover Would if I Could beat Twilight Signal ran a bye Signal beat Would if I Could ( 1 dr) Stewards: E. Dixon, G, Pointon, W. Wilson, E. Booth, J. Hunt, and C. Lomax. Esqs. Judge: Mr Peter Taylor. Flag Steward: Mr Greenwood. Slipper: Mr Riper, The SCAEISBHICK CUP. I. Mr Pattinson's w f d Ben Machree | beat Mr Bailey's bd b Crony o' Mine ,. Mr Tyrer's f w b Fly Mr Wilson's w b Criffel MrBrundrit's w f d BashiBazouk.. Mr Bateman's f d Glengary Mr Rekanil's f w b Sertne Mr C. Lomax's bk b Let her go Ben Machree bt Crony o' Mine Criflfel beat Fly Mr Bateman's w f b Fly ( 1) Mr Lomax ns bk d Sidrophel Mr E. Dixon's bk w a Despatch Mr Detter's w f b Maria Louisa Mr Wilson's bd w d Forerunner M rPointon's bd d Davie Golightly ( 1) Mr Tyrer's r bFanny Mr W. Bailey's w d Bother'em II. Glengary beat Bashi Bazouk Serene beat Let her go Criffel beat Ben Machree III. I IV. Serene beat Glengary Mr Rekanil's Serene, by Exchequer out of Norma, beat Mr Wilson's Crift'el, by Kossuth out of Repentance, and won tne stakes. The SOUTHPORT STAKES. I. Mr Wilson ns r w d Sam Steel beat Mr Brundrit'sbk wb By your Leave f Mr Rekcot's fd Woodley ( lateLord \ Raglan) ( 1) Mr Rekiuiil' r d Hetman Mr Tyrer's r w t d Emperor Mr Bailey ns bd d Comrade Mr Bailey ns r d Benledi Mr Wilson's w f d King Lear Mr Tyrer's w f d Young Barwine.. Mr Bailey's f d Surprise M r Dixon's r d Deacon Sam Steel beat Emperor King Lear beat Comrade Mr Cunningham's bk d Mariner Mr Pointon's w f d Reveller Mr Thornton's r w b New World MrBrocklebank's bkd Beaumarchis Mr G. Steel's r d Vogie II. | Young Barwine beat Benledi Deacon beat Surprise III. Deacon beat King Lear Young Barwine beat Sam Steel IV. Mr Dixon's Deacon, by Ben out of Bess, beat Mr Tyrer's Young Barwine, by Barwine out of a King Cob bitch, and won the stakes. The CHURCHTOWN STAKES. I. Mr Joyn son's w be d Tapster beat Mr Brocklebank's_ r w d Basilio Tyrer's bk d Hermit Wilson ns bd w b Mystery Mr Mr Mr Dickinson's bk b Mary MrBiundrit'sbkwdMinnieGrey.. Mr Wilson's be w b Blooming! Heather J'' Mr Dickinson's bd b Mendicant.. Mr Joynson's bt b Amy Mr Wilkinson's bk b Skip Mr Winter's bk w b Mischief Mr Rekcot's bk w b Sibbellal ( late Lucy) /' * Mr Brocklebank's r b Blush Rose.. Mr Bailey's w r d Benmore Mr Graham's bk d Sambo Mr Rekanil's f b True Blue Mr Kaye's r d Clear the Kitchen Mr Pattinson's bd d Tiger Mr Ainsworth's w r b Avalanche Mr Bailey's r w d Quince Mr Steele's w fb Swallow ( 1) Mr Rekanil's bk b Louisa ( I) Mr Graham's be b Vesta Mr Tyrer's bk d Monk II. Mendicant beat Amy ( 1) Mischief beat Skip Blush Rose beat Sibbella Mischief beat Blush Rose Mischief ran a bye Tapster beat Hermit ( 1) Mary beat Mystery Bg. Heatliei beat M. Gray III. Tapster beat Mary I BloomingHeather bt Mendicant ^ Blooming Heather beat Tapster^ Mr Wilson's Blooming Heather, by Wigan out of Repentance, beat Mr Winter's Mischief, by Barwine out of Cricket ( drawn lame), and won the stakes. The CROSSENS STAKES. I. Mr Tyrer's r b Little Fanny beat Mr Brundrit's bd b Brenda Mr Kaye's r d Clear the Kitchen.. Mr Steele's r d Vogie ,, .. ,, , , i „..,„, „,,. f Mr Brundrit's bk w b Minnie Gray MrAinswortb s w r d Avalanche.. ^ ( absent) ^ fr Steele's bd w b Mystery ,. ^ Mr Pointon's bd d DavieGoLightly Clear the Kitchen bt L. Fanny ^ Mystery beat Avalanche Mr Kaye's Clear the Kitchen, by Curler out of Aggression, beat Mr Steele's Mystery, by Wigan out of Repentance, and won the stakes. SOUTHMINSTER AND DENGIE HUNDRED MEETING JAN 20 & 21. Judge : Mr Bennett. Slipper: Mr A. Willsmer, The OLD MOOB STAKES, for puppies. Mr Quihampton's bk b Maiden beat Mr Dean's r d Rock ( 1) Mr Garrad's f b Lorrain .. Mr Pertwee's bk w d Kildare Mr Round's w bk b Riot Act .. Mr Garrad's w b Lunelle II. Maiden beat Lorrain ( 2) I Riot Act ran a bye III. Mr Quihampton's Maiden beat Mr Round's Riot Act, and won the stakes, The NEW MOOB STAKES, for puppies. I. beat Mr Leigh's r w d Stoker Mr Round's bk b Rhodomontade ( 2) Mr Swinbome'srw bEssexFairy( 1) Mr Page ns bk b Merrylegs II. I Keepsake beat Courier III. Mr Cheveley's Certainty beat Mr Pertwee's Keepsake, and won the stakes The SHRILL STAKES, for all ages. I. Mr Cheveley's w bk d Coventry beat Mr Swinborne's bk w d Economist Mr Cheveley's bk b Celebrity .. ^ Mr Dean's r b p Marchioness Mr Cheveley's Celebrity and his Coventry divided the stakes. The MOUNT SALE STAKES, for all ages, beat Mr Leigh's bk b Saucebox .. Mr Bewer'sfb Rival Mr Hart's w d Spot Mr Dean's r d p Red Gauntlet II. I Levity beat Felon III. Mr Quihampton's Gay lad beat Mr Garrad's Levity, and won the stakes, The PLUMBBO' STAKBS, for all ages. I. Mr Quihampton's r b Dinah beat Mr Swinborne's f b Elate ( 2) Mr Bushell's fd Bachelor Mr Dean's bk b Alpha Mr Cheveley's fb Certainty Mr Cheveley's bk d Courier Mr Pertwee's bk b Keepsake Certainty beat Alpha Mr Garrad's w f d Launcelot Mr Garrad's bkb Levity Mr Quiliampton's f d Gaylad Mr Brunwin's bd d p Felon Gaylad beat Launcelot Mr Brunwin's r w b p Fraction Slethet beat Gum Garnet ran a bye Slethet beat Garnet ( 1) II. Mr Bushell's Bachelor beat Mr Quihampton's Dinah, and; won the stakes. The NEW MOUNT SALE STAKES, for all ages, Mr Garrad's bk w d Legion beat ' Mr Leigh's bk b Saucebox Mr Pertwee's bk b Kars .. Mr Swmborne's bk w d Economist Mr Garrad's Legion beat Mr Pertwee's Kars, and won the stakes, The CONSOLATION PUPPY SIAKES. I. MrQuihampton's fb Bonny Lass beat; Mr S winbome's r w b Essex Fairy Mr Page ns bk b Merrylegs .. Mr Pertwee's bk w d Kildare MrQuihampton's Bonny Lass and Mr Page ns Merrylegs divided, the stakes. MATCH. Mr Garrad's bk w d Legion agst Mr Leigh's r b Steamer ( dr lame) LONGHORSLEY MEETING- JAN 12 & 13. Judge: Mr Slater. Slipper: Mr Watson. The LONGHORSLBY SWEEPSTAKES of £ 2 2s each. Mr Graham's bd d The Rector beat Mr Atkinson's w b Nancy Mr M. Jordan ns w d Hussar Mr Hill's w f b Miss Johnson .. Mr M. Jordan ns bk d Western\ Powers S" Mr Graham's w f b Handsome i Nell J" Mr Lambert's bk a Fyson Mr Moor's r d Conroy Mr Nevins's bk d Marksman Hussar beat The Rector W. Powers beat Miss Johnson Mr Lambert's f r d Border Chief Mr Grieve's bk d Jack Mr Dixon's w bk b Aggravation Mr Simmond's w d White Feather Mr Hill's w bk d Heart of Oak Mr Atkinson's r d Little Tom Mr Thornton's w f b Mary II. Hussar beat Fyson III. I IV. Fyson beat Handsome Nell Conroy beat Marksman Western Powers beat Conroy Mr M. Jordan ns Hussar, by Fyson out of The Pullet, and his Western Powers, by The Game Chicken out of Dinning's Fly, divided the The CONSOLATION STAKES of £ 1 each. I. Mr Taylor's bkd Town Clerk beat Mr Thornton's w f b Mary Mr Taylor's bk b Temerity .. Mr Hill's r d Little Tom Athualpa beat Jail Bird Smut beat Minnie Gray Signor beat Blank Swan J. Omnium bt R. of A. Reynold Athualpa beat Smut Signor beat Jacob Omnium Athaulpa beat Signor ALTCAR MEETING— JAN 14 & 15—( CONCLUDED). ( From our " Latest Edition" of last week.) President: The Earl of Sefton. Stewards: H. Jefferson, W. G. Borron, W. Myers, Esqs. Hon Sec: T. D. Hornby, Esq. Judge: Mr M'George. The CHAMPION PRIZE, being a Piece of Plate, value £ 50, given by a Scotch member, added to a subscription of £ 8 3s each. Mr T. D. Hornby's bk b Honour Bright, by Fyson's Figaro out of Pridmore's Bl » ck Fly, beat Mr B. H. Jones's be b Jetty Trellis, by Moore's Tout out of Jones's Jenny Lind Mr Peacock's f b Protest, by Wilson's Weapon out of Peacock's Pearl, beat Mr Jefferson's r d Jericho, by his John Bull out of Fox's Fudge Mr G. F. Cooke's f w b Castanet, by liis Mandarin out of his Cerito, beat Mr C. Stanley's be d Select, by Moore's Leander— Stanley's Saffron Mr Stone's w r b Silkworm, beat Mr Randell's bk d Reveller, by Brown's Bedlamite out of Randell's Raven ( 1 dr) Lord Sefton's bk b Soutag, by Long's Lablache out of Lord Sefton's Stitch, beat Mr Spinks's bk d Sim ( late Humourist), by Neilson's Jester out of his Flora Capt Spencer's r d Sunbeam, by Jefferson's John Bull out of Fox's Fleur de Lis, beat Mr Gordon's w bk b Graceful, by his Glenvarloch out of his Glamour Mr Brundrit's bk w b By Your Leave, by Moore's Derwentwater out of Edleston's Tiny Trip, beat Mr Fox's r d Flapdragon, by Jefferson's John Bull out of Fox's Fudge Mr T. Brocklebank's bk d Beaumarchaio, by Long's Lablache out of Brocklebank's Britomart. beat Mr Edleston's w bk d Plantagenet, by Neilson's Jester out of Eulestoa's Angel of the Grove Mr G. F. Cooke's r d Athualpa, by France's Frederick out of Cooke's Sawdust, beat Mr Gordon's w f d Geologist, by Sharpe's Baron Heir out of Gordon's Gavotte Mr B. H. Jones's bk b Jail Bird, by his Junta out of Hope's Humming Bird, beat Capt Spencer's bk w d Speed the Plough, by Fox's Frolic out of Capt Spencer's Saucebox Mr Spinks's r w b Smut, by Cutler out of Shaw's Skipper, beat Mr J. H. Blundell's r d Buccaneer ( late Fillibuster), by A. Graham's Com out of Swing's Leap Year MrBruudrit's bk w b Minnie Gray, by Moore's Derwentwater out of Kizzie, be< t Mr Randell's r w d Richmond ( late Sultan), by British Tar out of Hetherington's Fly Lord Sefton's bk d bignor, by Long's Lablache out of Lord Sefton's Stitch, beat Mr Fox's bk t b Fancy, by Brown's Bedlamite out of Fox's Flounce Mr Bayly's bk b Black Swan, by Long's Lablache out of Sister to Little Go, beat Mr Wsod's r b Wallflower, by George's Exchequer out of Parsy's Pansy Mr Edleston's w bk b Rose of Acton Reynold, by Neilson's Jester out of Edleston's Angel of the Grove, beat Mr T. Brocklebank's r d Bari- tono, by Long's Lablache out of Brocklebank's Britomart ( 1) Mr Jefferson's r d Jacob Omnium, by his John Bull out of Fox's Fudge, beat Mr A. Graham's bd d Know Nothing, by Sir J. Boswell's Curler out of Graham's Aggression Protest beat Honour Bright Silkworm beat Castanet Sontag beat Sunbeam Beaumarcliais beat By Y. Leave III. Protest best Silkworm Sontag beat Beaumarehais , I IV. Protest beat Sontag I V. Mr G. F. Cooke's Athualpa bt Mr Peacock's Protest, and won the prize. The SEFTON STAKES. I. Lord Sefton's f d Skyrocket, by Borron's Bluelight out of Lord Sefton's Syncope, beat Mr A. Graham's r w d Prince of Prussia by his Japhet out of his Cricket Mr Brundrit's f w d Bashi Bazouk by Tempest's Rover out of his So- vereign, beat Mr Randell's bk d Robin Hood ( late Archibald), by his Ranter out of Ashmore's Jenny Jones( l) Mr Gordon's f d Glouklioi, by his Glenvarloch out of feis Geraldine, beat Mr Spinks's be d Switcher, by France'e Frederick out of Cooke's Sawdust Lord Sefton's bk d Stage Box, by Long's Lablache out of Lord Sefton's Stitch, beat Mr B. H. Jones's w be b Justitia, by Jones's Junta out of Hornby's Honour Bright Mr A. Graham's w bk . Seeming Peace, by Neilson's Jester out of his Flora, beat Mr Bayly's r d Broad Brim, by Cook's Mandarin outof Hernby's Heretical ( 1) Mr Randeli's bk b Rhapsody, by Brown's Bedlamite out of Randell's Raven, beat Mr Peacock's bk d Plymouth, by Shipley's Sirius out of Robinson's Queen ( 1, Lord Sefton's bk w d Superfine, by Fowles's Fire Office out of Lord Sef- toa's Stitch, beat Mr T. D. Hornby's w f d Hudibras, by Neilson's Jester out of Brocklebank's Blanche Alpen Mr T. Brockiebank's r b Blush Rose, by Jefferson's John Bull out of Fox's Fleur de Lis, beat Mr Gordon's be b Gheisk, by his Glenvar- loch out of his Geraldine Skyrocket beat Bashi Bazouk I Rhapsody beat Seeming Peace Stage Box beat Gloukhoi I Superfine beat Blush Rose ( 2 dr) III. Stage Box beat Skyrocket ( dr). | Rhapsody beat Superfine V. Mr Randell's Rhapsody beat Lord Selton's Stage Box, and won the stakes. The CROXTETH STAKES, for maidens. Lord Sefton's bk d Solo, by Long's Lablache out of Lord Sefton's Stitch, beat Mr Stone's r w d Spaniard Mr W. LangtoD's bk b Lyra, by Pagan's Wigan out of Langton's Lute- string, beat Capt Spencer's bk b Sleeping Partner, by Henderson's Larriston out of Capt Spencer's Ballet Dancer Mr T. Brocklebank's r d Bugle Horn, by Long's Lablache out of Brockle- bank's Biitomart, beat Mr George's rd Cheroot, by his Exchequer outof his Celeste Mr J. H. BlundeU's bk d Banner ( late Standard Bearer), by Wilson's Weapon out of Shaw's Shuttle, beat Mr Gordon's f d Gagra, by his Glenvarloch out of his Geraldine Mr Gordon's be b Gulnare, by his Glenvarloch out of his Gleamour, beat Mr Brundrit's bk b Bella Donna, by Ardern'sMungoout of Gregson's Countess of Sefton Lord Sefton's r w d Sinner, by his Sackcloth out of his Sally Grey, beat Mr J. H. Blundell's w d Burton, by Jones's Junta out of Blundell's Bluebell Mr A. Graham's r w b Lecture, by his Coin out of Swing's Leap Year, beat Mr Gordon's f d Gajikoi, by his Glenvarloch out of his Ge- raldine Mr B. H, Jones's bk d Jackdaw, by his Junta out of Hope's Humming Bird, beat Mr Peacock's bk d Portsmouth, by Shipley's Sirius out ot Robinson's Queen Mr Spinks's f d Bantam, by out of Mr Cook's Crinoline, beat Mr T. D. Hornby's bk b Hesitation, by his Haymaker out of Jebb's Uncertainty Mr C. Stanley's r d Schemer, by his Sharp Practice out of Blundell's Blackbird, beat Mr T. Brocklebank's w f d Basilio, by Long's La- blache out of Brocklebank's Britomart II. Mr Younger's w d Vexation Mr Hill's w f b Miss Johnson Mr Graham's bk w dStriddlingl Tommy J '' Mr Nevins's bk d Marksman Mr Bacon ns bk w b Blink Bonny.. Mr Bacon ns bd d Hector Vexation beat Town Clerk Miss Johnson beat Temerity Miss Johnson beat Vexation II. Mr Hill's w bk d Heart of Oak Mr Younger's bk w b Fly Mr Rutlidge's bk b Dinah Mr Graham's w bd d Peacock Mr Nevins's bk b Meg of Lowick MrWightman'sw rb WoodlandMary III. I IV. S. Tommy beat Blink Bonny Marksman beat Hector S. Tommy beat Marksman Mr Hill's Miss Johnson, by The Admiral out of a Scotch bitch, beat Mr Graham's Striddlisg Tommy, by Spring — Friga, and won the stakes. [ PROM A CORRESPONDENT.] The above meeting took place over the Longhorsley estate, by the kind permission of Thos. Riddell, Esq, Felton Park, and the lovers of the leash were certainly treated to two such days' sport as are seldom equalled, and certainly never surpassed. The ground is, without exception, the best in Northumberland, hares plentiful and good, affording excellent trials; and, it is worthy of remark, that on the first day there was not a no go or unde- cided course. The meet being at nine in the morning, all was over by half- past two. On the second day we commenced at ten o'clock, and in consequence of the hares springing wild, we did not finish until four, several no goes occurring from the above cause, but all was satisfactorily concluded before dark. An or- dinary was held at the house of Mr Og, Black Bull Inn, each evening, and was well attended. The judging of Mr Slater and the slipping of Mr Waston were generally admired, losers and winners being alike satisfied; whilst the thanks of the coursers generally are due to Mr R. Leighton, the gamekeeper, for his exertions to secure good sport. C ALDERBRIDGE MEETING- JAN 20. This spirited little meeting came off on Tuesday last, over the grounds of Edward Stanley, Esq, of Ponsonby Hall. From un- foreseen circumstances the entry was smaller than usual, but a better day's sport has seldom been seen ; hares being plentiful, and of that good stouthearted character, that a fine trial was the result of every course. Mr Robert Wilson officiated as judge, and his unerring fiat, as usual, gave complete satisfaction. Tho CALDERBRIDGE STAKES. I. Capt Harris's r d Hannibal beat CaptSpencer'sbkbStaroftheWest Mr Jefferson ns r b Hush .. Mr Wilson ns bd w d Bushman II. Mr Jefferson ns Hush, by Fox's Frolic out of Eva, beat Capt Harris's Hannibal, by Jefferson's John Bull out of Fox's Famine, and won the The PONSONBY STAKES. I. CaptSpencer'sbkdSpringy Jack beat Mr Stanley ns r d Harold Mr Jefferson's r d J acob Omnium.. ^ CaptSpencer's bk b SleepingParfcner Mr Jefferson's Jacob Omnium, by his John Bull out of Fox's Fudge, beat Capt Spencer's Springy Jack, by Henderson's Larriston out of Spencer's Ballet Dancer, and won the stakes. The CONSOLATION STAKES. I. Capt Hams's r b Hush beat Capt Spencer's bkb Star of the West Capt Harris's r d Hannibal ,. ^ Capt Spencer's bkbSleepingPartner Capt Harris withdrew Hush, and declared Hannibal the winner, Solo beat Lyra Bugle Horn beat Banner Gulnare beat Sinner Solo beat Bugle Horn Gulnare beat Jackdaw Solo ran a bye III. IV. I. Jackdaw beat Lecture ( 1) Schemer beat Bantam ( dr) Schemer ran a bye Schemer beat Gulnare MrC. Stanley's Schemer beat Lord Sefton's Solo, and won the stakes. The ALTCAB ( SELLING) STAKBS. Mr J. Blundell's bk d The Ball, by Fowles's Fire Office out of Blundell's Brenhilda, beat Mr George's r d Ching- fan- foo ( late Rataplan), by Fowles's Fire Office out of Blundell's Brenhilda Lord Sefton's bk d Sirius, by Fowles's Fire Office out of his Sally Grey, beat Mr Brundrit's bk d Black Doctor ( late Mungo Junior), by Ardern's Mungo out of Gregson's C of Sefton Mr T. D. Hornby's be b Hoax, by Neilson's Jester out of his Flora, beat Mr T. Brocklebank's bk d Basque, by Jones's Junta out of Fox's Flounce Mr A. Graham's r w d Prince of Prussia, by A. Graham's Japliet out of his Cricket, beat Mr Spinks's w bd d Steersman, by his Sir Charles out of his Skip II. Sirius beat The Ball I Hoax beat Prince of Prussia ( 2) III. Mr T. D. Hornby's Hoax beat Lord Sefton's Sirius, and won the stakes. The MOLYNEUX STAKES. I. Capt Spencer's f d Sine- qua- non beat Mr Gordon's f d Gagra Mr Spinks's be d Switcher Mr J. H. Blundell's r d Buccaneer Mr Wood's r b Wallflower / Mr T. Brocklebanck's w f d Ba- X silio( l) ^ Know Nothing beat Fancy Mr A. Graham's Know Nothing beat Mr Spinks's Switcher, and won the stakes. The WEST DERBY STAKES, I. beat Mr B. H. Jones's bk b Jail Bird Mr C. Stanley's be d Select Mr Gordon's w bk b Graceful f Mr Edleston's w bk b Rose of Acton •• Reynold ( 1) I Sim beat Flapdragon III. Mr Spinks's Sim beat Mr Jefferson's Jericho and won the stakes. Mr Fox's bk t b Fancy Mr A. Graham's bd d Know"! Nothing J '' Switcher beat Sine- qua- non Mr Jefferson's r d Jericho Mr Bayly's bk b Black Swan Mr Spinks's bk d Sim Mr Fox's r d Flapdragon Jericho beat Black Swan BUSHEY PARK MEETING- JAN 22. Stewards: Mr Eley and Mr Cain. Judge: MrLawrenee. The BUSHY PARK STAKES. I. Mr Cain's w r d p Cedric beat MrMarshall's bkwd pMasterJack( l) Mr Wright's bk b Julia Mr Crittall's bk b Beauty II. Mr Crittall's Beauty, by Prince Albert out of Lucy, beat Mr Cain's Cedric ( 1), and won the stakes. The HAMPTON STAKES, for puppies. Capt Duncomb's b t d Malakoff beat Mr Eley's w bk d Engine Driver Mr Hatehet's bk d Hampton ( 1).. ^ Mr William ns bk w bButterfly Captain Duncomb's Malakoff, by Panther, dam by Waterloo, beat Mr Hatchett's Hampton, and won the stakes. The BUSHEY HOUSE STAKES. I. Mr Lewis'sbkwdTiptonSlasher beat Mr Eley's r t d Euxine Mr Marshall's r b Mimic .. Mr Christmas's f d Voltigenr Mr Lewis's Tipton Slasher, by Lansdown out of School Girl, beat Mr Christmas's Voltigeur, and won the stakes. The PALACE STAKES. I. Mr Hatchett's w bk b Haidee beat Mr Crittall's r b Mimie Mr Eley ns f w d Cornet 1 f Mr Marshall's bk w d Whisker ( late Graham( 1) J" I. Lottery) Mr Hatchett's Haidee beat Mr Eley ns Cornet Graham, after two unde- cided courses, and won the stakes. The RED LION STAKES. I. Mr Cain's w r d p Chandos ( 1) beat Mr William ns bk w p Ben Brace Mr Christmas's bk d Mitre .. ^ Mr Cain's f w b Corinthian Kate Mr Cain's Chandos, by Esquire out of Sable, beat Mr Christmas's Mitre, and won the stakes. The HAMPTON COUBT STAKES, I. Mr Scale's bk b Duchess beat Mr Wright's bk b Julia Mr Christmas's f d Voltigeur .. Mr Incledon's r b Consequence Mr Scale's Duchess, beat Mr Christmas's Voltigeur, after an undecided course, and won the stakes. LEE BRIDGE MEETING- JAN 19. ( By the kind permission of Sir V. R. Corbet, Bart.) Stewards: Messrs Elkes, Nelson, and S. Heatley. Judge: Mr Warwick. Slipper: Mr Presdee. The ACTON RAYNALD STAKES, at £ 3 15s each. Mr Minor's bk b Gipsy Lass, by Egypt out of Norfolk, beat Mr Edle- , r stone s w bk b Lily of tlie Ly th, by Jester out of Fair Mexican ( 1 dr) Mr Tudman's w be d Joe Millar, by Tout out of Gazelle, beat Mr Keay 11s bk d Jerry Lee, by Jerry out of Lady Lee Mr Evan's bk b Eglantine, by Mansoor out of Castle £ ave, beat Mr Heatley s r w d Sir Colin Campbell, by Spanker out of Fly Mr Kirkby's bk b Myrtle, by Miles out of Cripple, beat Mr Keay's bd b Hearty, by Derwentwater out of Hookey Gipsy Lass beat Joe Millar |' Eglantine beat Myrtle Mr Minor's Gipsy Lass and Mr Evan's Eglantine divided the stakes. The KAWKESTONE STAKES, at £ 2 12s 6d. Mr Minor's bk d Mainsail, by Lopez out of Norfolk, belt Mr Hale's w be d Rook, by Buzzard Junior out of Angel of the Grove Mr Wilkinson's r b Rose beat Mr Kirkby's bk d Random, by Cardinal out ot Remnant Mr Minor ns r d Blackleg, by Tout out of Mayday, beat Mr Edlestone's w be b Fairest . Maiden, by Buzzard Junior out of Aneel of the Grove Mr Wilkinson's f w d Blueman beat Mr Burd ns bk d Millsail II. Mainsail beat Rose ^ Blackleg beat Blueman Mr Minor's Mainsail and his Blackleg divided the stakes. The LEE BRIDGE STAKES. Mr Heatley's r wdSirColin 1 v„„, lr ^^ u , T Campbell J Mr Keay's bd b Hearty Mr Kirkby's bk b Music .. Mr Brown's bk d Jerry Lee II. Mr Heatley's Sir Colin Campbell beat Mr Kirkby's Music, and won the stakes. [ FROM AN OLD CORRESPONDENT.] This little local affair came off 011 Monday last, over the Acton Reynald estate, through the kind liberality of Sir Vincent Corbet, Bart. There was 110 scarcity of hares, but rather a small muster of " long tails," and two sixteen dog stakes may have been easily run out instead of the two " eights" which were entered for the evening previous 5 however they did manage to add a four beaten dog stake, which was very soon disposed of. Of the running itself I shall be very brief, as it was not of a cha- racter to demand much comment, but the greyhounds whose running was most worthy of mention, were Gipsy Lass, the ve- teran Myrtle ( a game descendant of old Black Fly) and Blackleg, who in their respective courses acquitted themselves very Cre- ditably. The decisions of the judge were satisfactory; he was capitally mounted, and rode well, a great desideratum at all times, but particularly so in thickly inclosed countries. Presdee slipped in his usual scientific manner. After the coursiug the sjiortsmen adjourned to the Raven Inn, Lee Bridge, the hos- telry of Will Staples, of hunting popularity in these parts some few years past, and who is at these annual gatherings generally complimented with a goodly muster of the right sort. THE WATERLOO MEETING. MR EDITOR : Allow me to ask— through your columns, as the only source to which the coursing public are accustomed to refer with any degree of confidence for authentic information in all matters connected with " the leash"— two important questions relative to the election of the judge at the above meeting. It is understood that the judge is to be elected by the votes of the subscribers. I, in common with many others, am desirous of knowing if any day has been specified on which the votes are to be summed up f Again: who is appointed to inspect the list of the subscribers, and for whom each votes ? Surely, for this monster meeting, where dogs from all parts of Great Britain will be competing, it will be the most satisfactory mode of proceeding, for the voting lists to be referred to some two gentlemen, of whom the Earl of Sefton, as patron of the meeting, if he would kindly undertake the trouble, should be one.— Yours, & c, A PUBLIC COURSER. [ Our correspondent will learn, from a paragraph elsewhere, that the judge has already been elected for this " crack" event. — ED. Bell's Life0 THE LATE BIGGAR PLATE MEETING- CORRES- PONDENCE BETWEEN J. F. ARMISTEAD, ESQ, HIS SOLICITORS, AND R. PATERSON, ESQ, HONO- RARY SECRETARY TO THE BIGGAR OR UPPER- WARD OF LANARKSHIRE CLUB. The following is a copy of the correspondence— verbatim et literatim— printed in the form of a pamphlet, refered to by Mr Paterson, in his letter which appeared in Bell's Life of the 18th inst:— 4, Strawberry Bank, Blackburn, Oct 9, 1856. DR SIR : As agent to James F. Armistead, Esq, I send with this Two Declarations, made before our Borough Magistrate, in respect of the strange and weak objection made by Lamb as to Mr A's Two Dogs Alluring and Albatross. I cannot but think the objection of such a party ought not to have such weight as to cause so much trouble both to us and you; but I have no hesitation in saying that the moment the enclosed documents are seen you will not loose a moment in forwarding to me the amount of Stakes won, aud our bonus of the Five pounds which Lamb laid down, as also the Five pounds laid down by Mr A. No doubt but that the objection will be noticed in this week's Bell's Life, if so, I trust you will consider too your credit to place my refutation of this baseobjectionin the next week'spaper. Iffurther proof were wanted I could refer you to Bell's Life, where the birth is noticed, and also to " Thacker," but did you but know Mr A, has I do, you would feel a repugnance in proeving any statements he should make. Perhaps you would inform me at your earliest convenience your decision on this matter before I take any further steps.— I am, Sir, yours most obdt, JOHN SALISBURY. R. Patterson, Esq. Secy, to the Biggar Meeting. I James Fisher Armistead of Blackburn in the County of Lan- caster Gentleman Do solemnly and sincerely declare that I bought at the late Sale of Mr Cooke's Greyhounds a Red and White Bitch named or called Lady of the Lake by Martinet out of Hysons Fury. And that on or about the eleventh day of December One Thousand Eight Hundred and FifAy Four I took the same Bitch to Rylstone the seat of the late J. J. Henderson deceased to be put to his Dog Larriston. And that I left the said Bitch at Rylstone aforesaid. And that on the Fourth day of January One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fif/ cy Five I re- ceived by post a letter from the said J. J. Henderson a true copy of which is hereunto annexed marked A, And that on the Nineteenth day of February in the last named year I was pre- sent when the before named Bitch called or known as aforesaid pupped. And that I entered Two of the pups so pupped as last named in the Biggar St Leger Stakes under the respective names of Alluring and Albatross. And that I saw these Two aforesaid Pups running in my Name at the said Meeting. And I make this solemn Declaration conscienfously belemng the same to be true and by virtue of the provisions of An Act made and passed in the Fiffrh aud Sixth years of the Reign of his Late Majesty King William the Fourth entituled an Act to repeal an Act of the present Session of Parlfment entituled an Act for the more effectual abolition of oaths and affirmations taken and made in various departments of the State, and to sub- stitute declarations in lieu thereof, and for the more entire sup- pression of voluntary and extra judicial oaths and affidavits and to make other provisions for the abolition of unnecessary Oaths. Declared at Blackburn in the^ l County of Lancaster this Ninth day of October, One Thousand Eight J- JAMES F. ARMISTEAD. Hundred and Fif/ ty Six Before me j RICHD. MARTLANDJ One of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the Borough of Blackburn. — Copy of Letter within referred to0 Marked A. DEAR SIR : You will no doubt be wondering you have never heard from me, respecting your Bitch, but the fact is, I have been from home for a fortnight a week longer than I intended and my man had not your address, therefore could not send her. She was warded on the 17th of December. I will send her off on Friday morning, she will reach Blackburn about 12 o'clock, do not let her get too fat. Wishing you compliments of the season I remain, Dear Sir, Yours faithfully, Rylstone, Sigd. J. J. HENDERSON. 3rd January, 1855. This is the copy of Letter referred too in the annexed De- claration. • RICHD. MARTLAND. I Richard Driver of Blackburn in the County of Lancaster" Groom and Servant to James Fisher Armistead, Bo solemnly and sincerely declare That at and before the eleventh day of December One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fif/ ty Four I had the care of my aforesaid Masters Greyhounds. And that we had at that time a Red and White Greyhound Bitch named Lady of the Lake. And that on or about that day my said master ordered me to put a Neck Strap and Chain on the above named Bitch, alleging, and as I firmly and truly belei've, that he was taking the said Bitch to be put to a Dog named Larriston. And that on or about, the Nineteenth day of December afore- said the parcel van of the East Lancashire Railway Company brought back the said Bitch. And that on or about the Nine- teenth day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fitfty Five I was present and saw the aforesaid Bitch pup. And that I took two of the Pups so pupped as last named to the East Lancashire Station, with a Ticket on their Necks addressed to Mr Beattie or Batty, Rigg of Gretna. And I make this solemn declaration conscienfously beleiving the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act made and passed in the Fiffth and Sixth years of the Reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, entituled " An Act to repeal an Act of the present Session of Parlwnent, entituled au Act for the more effectual abolition of Oaths and affirmations taken and made in various departments of the State and for the more entire suppression of voluntary and extra judicial oaths and affidavits and to make other provisions for the abolition of unnecessary oaths. Declared at Blackburn in the County") of Lancaster this Ninth day of October f n. ™ . One Thousand Eight Hundred and F " ICHARD DRIVER. Fitfty Six, J Before me, RICHD. MARTLAND, One of Her Majesty's Justices of the peace in and for the Borough of Blackburn. 1 • Blackburn, Oct 9,1856. BELSAY MEETING. ( By the kind permission of Sir C. Monck, Bart). Stewards: Messrs J. Balmbra, E. Wade, and D. Laws. Judge: Mr Mil- ler. Slipper: Mr J. Watson. Sec: Mr Lawrence Mackey. The BELSAY CUP STAKES of £ 4 10s each. I. Mr Jones's f d The Saxon beat Mr Lambert's bk b Miss Margaretta, by Brown's Bedlamite out of his Calypso Mr Lister's bk d Youne; Conrad, by Ren wick's Young Conrad, beat Mr Rogerson's f dGleniffer, by Race's Newman Noggs outof Turner's Swallow ( 1) Mr Rogerson's bk d Waterloo, by Hackworth's Conrad out of Taylor's Catchfly, beat Mr Wilkinson's f d Wellington, by Morrow's Con- querer out of his Myrrha Mr Curry' r d Gamekeeper beat Mr Black's bk d Bentinck, by Lambert's Fyson out of his Pullett ( 1) Mr Thompson's w f d Young Dan 0' Connell( late Willie Wanting Wark), by Wade's Spring out of his Friga, beat Mr Heron ns be d Inker- inami, by Race's Newman Noggs out of Turner's Swallow Mr Gowland's r t d Wonder beat Mr Black's bk b Benton Belle, by Lambert's Fyson out of his Pullett ( 3) Mr Gowland's f t d Fandango ( late Storm), beat Mr Lambert's bk b Miss Anna, by Brown's Bedlamite out of his Calypso Mr Dumn's bd d Mr Muggins, by Rogerson's Unknown out of Bell's bitch, beat Mr Heron ns r w b Janet Forrest, by Cardinal Wiseman out of Ranson's Annie Laxrie II. Young Conrad beat The Saxon I Wonder agst Y. Dan O'Connell Waterloo beat Gamekeeper ( 1)^ Fandango beat Muggins Mr Lister's Young Conrad, Mr Rogerson's Waterloo, Mr Gowland's Wonder, Mr Thompson's Young Dan O'Connell. and Mr Gowland's Fandango, divided the stakes from darkness setting in. MR EDITOR: The above is a return of the most unsatisfactory and worst conducted meeting ever held at Belsay. Hares are very numerous, yet, from the number of no- goes, and the general bad management, a 16- dog stake could not be run off in one day. Severn old coursers left the field disgusted with the pro- ceedings.— Yours, VLNDEX. CHADDESLEY CORBETT MEETING- JAN 21. Steward: W. B. Best, Esq. Judge: Mr Warwick. Slipper: C. Presdee. The ELMLEY LOVETT STAKES, for all, aged dogs. beat Mr Hooper's w r b Wire Mr Waldron's b b Hecate Mr Amphlett's r w d Neck! or Nothing J Mr Watkins's f b Winlove Mr Palmer's bk b Lunatic Mr Morrall's r d Malakoff Mr Collis's be d Joe Mr J. Wilson's r b Columbine Mr Winnall's r b Dew Drop Mr Redfern's bk b Black Rose II. MrW. W. Best's w f d Barraeouta( l) Mr Partridge's b b Welcome Mr Randle's w d Ranter Mr Harper's b t d Her ® Mr Harris's fb Fly Mr Hemming's bd d Sam Neck or Nothing beat Winlove | Malakoff beat Lunatic MR EDITOR : Met at Elmley Lovett, but were detained by frost until two o'clock. The above were all the trials decided, the stakes consequently being divided. Hares were strong, and some very severe courses were run, particularly those between Joe and Ranter and Columbine and Hero. The decisions gave great satisfaction, and the slipping was all that could be wished. G. C. SIR : I cause to be forwarded to you the best proof I can, in haste, collect of the pedigree of Albatross and Alluring, I hope you will consider them quite satisfactory, I felt extremely an- noyed that you, and some gentlemen present at the coursing, should listen to and take the word of such a man as J. Lamb, when I gave it a direct contradiction, had the dogs belonged to many gentlemen there that Ieould name the objection would not have been heard. I wish it to be publicMy know, that the objection raised to my dogs was unfounded, and utterly false, this I have a right to demand to be done by you in the coluwis of Bell's Life.— I am, yours truly, JAMES F. ARMXSTEAD. R. Paterson, Esq. • • Birthwood, Oct 11,1856. SIR : I am favoured with your note of the 9th inst, also with Letter from John Salisbury, Esq, enclosing two declarations, one made by you and the other by your groom, which documents I shall lay before the stewards of the late Biggar Meeting. I think you might have saved yourself a good deal of trouble had you sent me Mr Henderson's letter. One part of your letter I shall re- quire an explanation of, but possibly the stewards may desire it.— I Ac, ROBERT PATERSON. James F. Armistead, Esq. Blackburn, October, 1856. SIR : I have received your note and as my dogs may have to run in puppy stakes, it is very necessary to me that this objection to them should be settled at once without delay. You say I might have saved myself a great deal of trouble by sending Mr Hendersons note, had it been lost on the way would you take my word that I had sent it? was not J. Lambs word as good as mine on the field? Is not a copy of the note taken before a magistrate and sworn to as good as the note itself?- If you will let me know what part of my note wants explanation I will en- deavour to give it but I think my meaning is clearly expressed, I shall be glad to hear frem you immediately.— I am Yours truly To R. Paterson, Esq. JAMES F. ABMISTEAD. Birthwood, 17th October, 1856. SIR : Your note of Oct I have just received, and have now to acquaint you, that a Meeting of the Stewards of the late Meeting of the Biggar or Upperward of Lanarkshire Coursing Club, will be held in the Victoria Hotel, West George Street, Glasgow, on Monday the 27th instant, at One o'clock p. m., for the purpose of hearing any evidence you may think fit to produce as to the Pedigree of the two Dogs " Albatross" and " Alluring," which ran as your property at the late Meeting of the Biggar & ciCoursing Club, and to decide the re- levancy of the objection made to them by J. Lamb, or other- wise. I was just on tho point of writing you, when I received your note, to point out a discrepancy in the evidence which you have furnished me with, and which evidence, in your opinion, is so conclusive proof as to the pedigree of your dogs. Your groom, Richard Driver, thus declares," And that on or about the Nine- teenth day of December aforesaid, the parcel van of the East Lancashire Railway Company brought back the said bitch." In the copy of Mr Henderson's Letter as sworn to by you before the magistrate, these words occur, " I will send her off on Friday morning." Now it so happens that the date of Mr Henderson's letter is the 3d of January, 1855, therefore the bitch left Ryl- stone on the 3d of January, 1855, and could not have been brought back by the parcel van of the East Lancashire Railway Company on or about the Nineteenth day of December, Your attention to this is surely very necessary, as the identity of the buch mentioned by Henderson and that sworn to by Driver does not seem to agree. You will therefore, I trust, endeavour to explain to the satisfaction of the Stewards at the Meeting to be held 111 Glasgow on the 27th, how this difference exists between Henderson s Letter and Driver's Declaration. You ask me seve- ral questions in your last note which I certainly have no diffi- culty in answering. The first is, " Would you take my word that I had sent it?" meaning Henderson's letter. I frankly answer. Yes " and now point out to you a way to send it me, withoutfear of losing it, viz, by registering it. Secondly, you ask, Was not J. Lamb's word as good as mine on the field?" Certainly, and so I consider it yet, and so I will consider it, until you or some other prove to the contrary. Thirdly, " Is not a copy of the note taken before a magistrate and sworn to as good as the note itself?" Nothing is equal to the note itself, ine passage in your note of October 9th, which I require au explanation of is the following, " I felt extremely annoyed that you, and some gentlemen present at the coursing, should listen to and take the word of such a man as J. Lamb, when I gave it a direct contradiction, had the dog be longed to many gentlemen there that I could name, the objec- tion would not have been beard," I hope to receive a full ex- planation of all matters required, either personally at the meet- ing in Glasgow, or by letter from you, and now call on you to retract the charge made against me in the passage of your note wmch l have quoted, otherwise I shall be forced to take mea- sures which, however unpleasant they may be to me, will be tenfold more so to you.— Yours, & c, James F. Armistead, Esq. ROBERT PATERSON. c , r . • , ,, „ Preston, Oct 23,1S56. SIR : Mr Armistead has handed over to us the correspondence between him and you, relative to the stakes which he claims in right of his puppies at the coursing meeting in Scotland. It seems to us clear that he is entitled to them, and that he can enforce his claim, and that the information he has already sent is indisputable. As, however, you ask for an inspection of Mr Henderson's letter, we have advised that yoti. should have a sight of it, and therefore enclose it. Let us have it back by re- tu rn. We also enclose a certificate from the railway company for your further assistance, and we will thank you to let us know the determination of the stewards at once.— Yours most obediently, BICKERSTAPF and MYERS. Robt Patison, Esq, Birthwood, by Biggar. Lancashire and Yorkshire aud East Lancashire Railways, Blackburn Joint Station, Coaching Department, October 22d, 1856. This is to certify that we conveyed a Dog for Mr Armistead, from Skipton, January 5th, 1855, per 12.25 noon train.— Yours truly, for the East Lancashire Company, S. B. HOGGARTH. Birthwood, 25tli October, 1856. GENTLEMEN : I have to acknowledge receipt of your note of the 28d, enclosing certificate from railway company, and also letter from Mr Henderson, the latter I now enclose as requested by you. I shall not fail to inform you of the decision come to by • the Stewards at the Meeting on the 27 th.— Yoiirs respectfully, Messrs Bickerstaff and Myers. ROBERT PATERSON. Victoria Hotel, Glasgow, 27th October, 1856. At a Meeting— to which Mr Armistead was invited— of the Stewards or Committee of the Meeting of the Biggar or Upper- ward of Lanarkshire Coursing Club-, held 011 the 30th September, 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th October, 1858, duly called by circular for the purpose of deciding 011 the relevancy of the objection, made by John Lamb, to Mr Armistead's dogs Albatross and Alluring, Present, W. G. Borron, Esq, J. L. Ewing, Esq, and Robert Paterson, Esq, Hon Sec. Mr Armistead did not appear. John Lamb appeared and stated that he adhered to the objection made by him at the Meeting referred to. It was resolved, that in Consequence of the non- atteiiaance of more Members of the Committee or Stewards, this Meeting be postponed till the 3d November, then to meet here at one o'clock p. m. And the Se- cretary was requested to send a copy of this minute to Mr Armistead, and again to request his attendance on the 3d No- vember, at one o'clock, in the Victoria Hotel, West George- street, Glasgow. W. G. BORRON. J. L. EWING. — ROBERT PATEESON. Birthwood, 28th October, 1856. GENTLEMEN : I herewith transmit to you copy of minute of the Meeting of Stewards of the Biggar & c Club, from which you will observe that no decision was come to yesterday, the Meeting being adjourned till the 3d November, same time aud place. I have to request you will show the copy of minute sent to Mr Armistead.— Yours respectfully, Messrs Bickerstaff and Myers. ROBERT PATEESON. At an adjourned Meeting of the Biggar Club's Stewards or Committee, held in the Victoria Hotel, West George- street, Glas- gow, 3d November, 1856, Messrs Gordon, Borron. and A. Graham being present, Mr Gordon, Chairman, the Secretary having sub- mitted all documents respecting the objection raised as to Mr Armistead's Puppies which ran at last Meeting of the Club, it was resolved by a majority ( Mr Borron objecting) that the Pedigree shall be held as proved, and that the Secretary pay over the Stakes accordingly; and further, that the £ 5 Stg depo- sited by each party be returned to the respective parties; and that the Secretary be requested to forward a copy of the above resolution to Mr Armistead. JOHN GORDON, Chairman. Birthwood, November 4, 1856. GENTLEMEN : I intend being in Preston on Wednesday by the train which reaches there at three o'clock, and shall be glad to meet you at the Station, when, in obedience to the orders of a majority of the Stewards or Committee of the Biggar Coursing Club, I shall furnish you with a copy of the minute of the Meet- ing of Stewards held yesterday in Glasgow, and shall at the same time pay over to you the Stake won by Mr Armistead's dog Alba- tross, at the late meeting of the Biggar Coursing Club, as well as the £ 5 lodged by him with me.— Yours, & c, Messrs Bickerstaff and Myers. ROBERT PATERSON. THE LATE BIGGAR PLATE MEETING. Ma EDIIOR : I see that my notes on this meeting have at least had one good effect, in at last induciug Mr Paterson, the hon secretary, to take up his pen, though not in the best of humour. It is surely unnecessary to remind him and the public that it was only after he had failed to fulfil his own duty by re- porting, or in noticing the repeated calls made in Bell's Life for a report of the Biggar meetings, and after the meeting was three weeks old, that I thought of putting my remarks on paper, which I tendered merely as " notes," and not as a " full report" of the meeting. After such delay a minutely detailed report was evidently out of the question, and I have no doubt that some other owners of dogs, besides Mr Paterson, may think, with him, that the courses in which their dogs took part, and in which they were most interested, were not described with sufficient promi- nence. But instead of his fiiidiug, fault with my effort to oblige the public, I think that by quietly and good- naturedly aiding me, and supplying my omissions and deficiencies, he would have shown a more commendable taste, and less of . the character of the dog in the manger— neither reporting himself nor allowing me to do so. It would appear that I am to blame for having noticed the Plate Stakes, aud equally so for not having noticed the Puppy Stakes. My motives are meanly impugned, and my opinions challenged; but now that the secretary seems to have been awakened from his lethargy, I hope he will kindly supply a report compiled according to his own standard of perfection, not forgetting to state what portion of the stakes he gave to Bloodshot, the winner, and how much to his own dog, Sweet- briar, for the runner up— a question of some importance, where the share of the first goes wholly to the poor of the district, and is rumoured to be only about one- half the sum apportioned to the latter dog.— Yours, & c, ANOTHER. PUBLIC COURSER. GREYHOUND PRODUCE, & c- On the 11th iust, Mr Daintrie's black bitch Lucky, two pups ( dog and bitch) by Mr W. Looker's Lord of the Manor. On the 17tn inst, Mr Daintrie's black and white bitch Lady, twelve pups by Mr Randall's Ranter. Mr T. Harris's Heroine, sister to Habnab, by Lopez out of Rejected, was served by Judge on the 16th inst. THE LATE SCOBTON MEETING.— Notwithstanding the chal- lenge put forth by the owner of Lambton to make a match with Dred ( by which dog, we learn from many unbiassed corres- pondents, the former was most unmistakeably beaten when they met at Scorton), Mr Layton failed to put in an appearance, though the opposite party offered to meet him within four miles of his own door. If, therefore, Mr Lay ton's complaint against the judge ( Mr M'George) was intended to lower that official in the estimation of the public, the failure of the attempt recoils upon him most unmistakeably. The Annual Champion Stakes ( Open) of the Cork Southern Coursing Club will be run for on the 7th of April, over the Kellady Hill Grounds, to which the club will add £ 15. Entrance, £ 310s, and limited to thirty dogs. English and Scotch dogs will be guarded in the drawing. A match came off on Thursday last, at Mutton Hall, on the Bendrigg Estate, between Mr Gibson's fawn dog Governor and Mr Milne's red and white bitch Lark, the best of three courses, for £ 10 a side, which, after a " no- go," the dog ( upon whom the betting was 3 to 1) won easily. THE WATERLOO MEETING.— All the nominations for this " crack" event are taken. Mr Nightingale has been elected judge. THE LATE BARTON- UPON- HUMBER MEETING.— Debonair was returned as by Locomotive out of Aminto, instead of out of Mr Westrope's Magic. By the kind permission of Felix Ladbroke, Esq, a day's coursing will come off on Epsom Downs on Wednesday, Feb 4. Further particulars will be advertised in our next. THE ADULTBRATION OP FLOUR AND BREAD.— The Lancet has just commenced a new series of reports under the old title of the " Analytical Sanitary Commission on the Adulteration of Food and Medicine." That contained in the Lancet of the 17th inst is upon the adulteration of flour and bread. It appears that there is an article in common and daily use by bakers denomi- nated " Cones," or " Cones flour:" this, when genuine, consists entirely of the flour of a particular kind of wheat, denominated " Rivit wheat." It is used by bakers to dust the boards upon which the dough is made into bread, as well as the dough itself, the object being to prevent the dough from adhering to the boards, or the loaves to each other ; but, as will appear im- mediately,! t is likewise employed for other purposes. Of twenty, two samples of Cones flour subjected to examination, five only were genuine, and the other seventeen adulterated, consisting of rice, bean, barley, rye flour, and Indian com meal, together with, in one or two cases, salt and alum. Cones flour is, there- fore, subject to an enormous amount of adulteration, the object of the various additions made to it being to cheapen the article as well as to adapt it for adulteration. That Cones flour is fre- quently employed in the adulteration of bread is shown in some cases by the character of some of the adulterations to which it is subject, as those by admixture with bean flour, alum, and salt. Now, bean flour is actually of a more glutinous nature than pure wheat flour of good'quality, and therefore its presence in Cones flour tends to unfit it for the very purpose for which it is alleged that it is designed. Some bakers have even acknowledged to the employment of Cones flour for the purpose of adulteration. In the article Cones flour, prepared by the millers," bakers, then," states the report, " are furnished with a material avowedly wheat flour, but which, consisting of mixtures of different ana cheaper flours, is in every way suited for the adulteration of bread, and that it is extensively used for this purpose cannot be doubted. The public know nothing of this article; the master bakers themselves are ignorant of its real composition, while the journeyman, in most cases, when he adds, by his master's direc- tions, a bushel of Cones to a sack of flour, has no idea that he is adulterating the bread." ALARMING ACCIDENT AT MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL.— During the celebration of service at the cathedral on Sunday afternoon, the congregation being a large one, an accident occurred, suffi- ciently alarming in its nature, which caused for a few moments a considerable panic among portions of the congregation; but fortunately it was unattended with any personal injury, so for as we have heard. The preacher had proceeded for about a quarter of an hour with the sermon, when the occupants of the pews in the westerly portion of the north gallery were startled by hearing a slight crack over head. Looking up to the ceiling of the gallery, they almost immediately afterwards saw the whole of the ornamental plaster moulding which covered a beam crossing the gallery from front to back, suddenly separate from the beam and fall upon the pews below with a loud crash. Great was thealarm. especiallyamongstthe ladies occupying seats in this part of the church; indeed, most of the occupants in the pews throughout the north gallery left them on the instant, some gentlemen even climbing over the tops of the pews, and rapidly made their way towards the two flights of stairs at the extremities of the gallery. The preacher, thus suddenly arrested in his discourse, remained silent, looking with some anxiety to- wards that part of the gallery where the crash occurred; but this state of suspense was judiciously terminated by the Rev Cannon Wray rising in the reading desk and quietly pronouncing the benediction usual at the close of the service, which was thus brought to a sudden termination. The alarm had, however, to some extent, by this time subsided, and many of the congrega- tion, so far from quitting the church, remained to see and in- quire for themselves as to the nature of the accident. We learn that all the plaster which had covered the oaken beam with moulding fell away from it, leaving the beam bare; and that it would be from 15 to 18 feet in length, and weighing probably 12 to 14cwt. That so large a mass of plaster should fall from a height of many feet among the pews without injuring a single person is remarkable. 6 BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, JANUARY 25, 1857. AQUATIC REGISTER. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. SUNDAY, JAN25 .... MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY. ,,..... THURSDAY — « -—- FRIDAY 51 mm past SATUEDAY 82 mm past MOBKING, 2S min past 13 min past 54 min past 35 min past 12 min past EVENING, 52 rain £ ast 1 34 irvia past 2 I « min past 3 58 min past 3 32 min past 4 12 min past 5 , 53 min past 5 REGATTAS AND MATCHES TO COME. APRIL. 4.— Oxford and Cambridge Eight- oared Race, from Putney to Mortlake. MAY. 12 — Kellv and Messenger— to row from Putney to Mortlake, for £ 200 aside and the Championship of the Thames. VANDERBECKEN'S LOG.- No. II. " He shudder'd, as no doubt the bravest cowers When he can't tell what ' tis that doth appal. How odd a single hobgoblin's nonentity Should cause more fear than a whole host s identity!" DON JUAN. The evening was glorious, the month May. We were en route, Mr Editor, from the wild west, and the glorious Bay of Dublin shone resplendent in the rays of the setting sun. We were bound for Liverpool; a goodly company, I am free to say, without flattery, of as hardy yachtsmen as you might meet in a week's cruise. As we cleared Howth Head, Ireland's Eye and Lambay Island broke upon the view, appearing in the evening sunlight as if clad in verdure tinted with violet and gold. We were grouped aft, some on the taffrail, some on the deofc, each surveying the glorious scenery astern and abeam of urit From the little spiral columns of blue smoke which occasionally curled aloft in the light evening breeze, you might p3uess, Mr Editor, we were spending those few hours of the day, when one forgets the work- a- day cares of the world, and,, hi the enjoyment of a fragrant roll of Virginian weed, becomes singularly companionable. " Now then," cried M,, " for B. s yarn ! There is the island of Lambay on our lee beam, and no more appropriate time can be than when we are in the locality of the tale." But B. muttered various excuses ; he had told the story so saften, and got laughed at— we might doubt him if we liked, & c ; but we promised respectful attention and implicit belief, aud < aow Mr Editor, I'll tell you the tale as ' twas told to me. tt is now some ten or eleven years ago that we were bound down from the North Channel for Kingstown; the evening set in dark, gloomy, and with the sky overcast; the rain fell in torrents tad ever and anon the roar of the sea would be hushed • by the rolling thunder, and fitful flashes would render darkness " visible by their lurid glare ; we had the wind at S. W. strong and squally and by the uncertain flashings of our fearful light we made the island of Lambay on our weather bow. so we hove about on the starboard tack, and, skirting the Taylor's Beacon, we came- to for the night abreast of the little har- bour of Lambay. As everything on board was saturated, we determined to camp it on shore, and the steward was despatched to the old castle with a polite intimation that three gentlemen were about to crave shelter and a night's lodging; and we shortly afterwards made our appearance, armed like brigands and bearded like Pards; for. be it known to you, we had forsworn razors during the cruise, and to account for our being armed, we had determined upon a crusade against the rabbits, with which at that time the island abounded. It is a quaint, strange old building, that same castle, and there are legends enough anent it; but I must stick to my own. We soon organized a rude yet ample supper, aud song and story and merrv jest drew forth from the good oeopleof the castle the exclamation " that it was many along day since they had been visited by three such pleasant gentlemen!" Au early retirement to rest had been agreed upon ; and, wearied and toil- worn, we were speedily wrapped in slumber the most profound. It must have been long past midnight when I suddenly awoke: the storm had ceased to howl amongst the casements of the tower ; all was still and silent, save the heavy breathing of my com- panions ; and a long clear streak of bright moonlight streamed In through the window of our gloomy chamber, illuminating it with an unearthly glare. Standing in the centre of the apart- ment, with the silvery light shed broad over its ghastly gar- ments, was a figure, far above the middle height, shrouded in the clothing of the grave; at first I thought I was dreaming, or that it was a trick played upon me by my two companions; but a/ glance acquainted me that they were in their beds. I rose slowly until I sat bolt upright; the cold sweat broke out upon my brow. I am not naturally timid or nervous, nor am I a believer in ghosts; for full ten minutes did I sit facing this phantom, and even now I can recall vividly the dreadful feeling of utter helplessness which for the moment took possession of every faculty; at length I began to regain self- possession. Could it be some machination, having robbery, or even something worse, for its object? I tried to shout to my companions, but my tongue refused to perform its office. At length, with a strong effort, I reached for my gun, which stood loaded at my bed's head. I never took my eyes off my corpse- like visitor; my finger was on the trigger. A melancholy smile crossed its pallid features, and the next moment the sharp crack of the rifle rang through the apartment, and, with a cry of pent- up agony, I leaped frantically towards the spot where it had stood. Slowly and stately it appeared to glide into the gloomy passage, the same mournful smile apparently reproaching me; and when I recovered myself I found both my companions on the floor by my side, pouring forth not very complimentary lan guaga at being disturbed in such an extraordinary manner. ] was myself in an instant, and jumped into bed again, not to sleep, but to invent some story which would enable me to escape the ridicule I feared. In the morning, as usual, the blame was attached to a cat; and, but for the discharged rifle, and torn track of the ball, I would have deemed myself a fool, or dream- ing. For years after I never told the story of that night, until I heard more than one yarn related of the ' Spirit of the Castle.' " Mr Editor, the island is in the same spot still— would that it had never existed in the track of the ill- starred Tayleur; the old castle likewise stands grimly forth, and any yachtsman curious in ghost lore may visit it, I think with impunity. My friend, however, firmly adheres to his tale of mystery, and I know him to be neither a coward nor a dreamer. I purpose try- ing this curious chamber one of these fine evenings, not, how- ever, with the slightest hope of being favoured with an inter- view ; should I be so, full particulars as to length, beam, and draught of water. Some few days, Mr Editor, saw us in our old haunts, along with our old shipmates of the Royal Mersey. We dedicated a « Iay to the opening of the season after a fashion of our own ; that is, we rattled away out to sea, and had a turn up with every craft we came across, big or little, square- rigged or fore- and- after, it was all the same to us. We did not stick at steam either, and were not a little piqued that the breeze was not fresh enough, or we were not fast enough, to thrash a remark ably fast screw. As the bells of the homeward bounders told the hour of the " Segunda guardia," we found ourselves approaching the Bell Beacon ; the savoury odours which arose from forward whetted our appetites to a pitch that rendered delay dangerous, but it yet wanted an hour of the prescribed time, so a game of whist was proposed in order to divert the hunger; not that we were either fasting or thirsty ; but, Mr Editor, I'm sure you will agree with me, from your own personal experience, that a man's appetite and drinketite at sea are perfectly appalling. The snowy tablecloth, so smooth and trim, bearing a glittering cargo of steel and crystal, with the different moorings accurately laid down, and buoyed with Liebfrauenmilch and Scharzberg, forbade the idea that whist could be played in the cabin ; pro- priety, and a due regard for the public eye, prohibited cards on the deck, so we were fain to betake ourselves to the gig; and much to the amusement of the remainder of our crew, four of us sat down on the Bell Beacon, a novel card- table you will admit, Mr Editor, and it was only the prospect of being run down by one of ours, generally known amongst those of the " craft" as " Commodore Yanderbilt," that forced us to relin- quish our third rubber and the Beacon, and betake ourselves on board his hospitable little ship, where, after enjoying ample cheer and goodly fellowship, we formally announced to Father Neptune that we had opened t] je season in due and proper form ; and the old gentleman having inquired if good report could be made of his favourite children, we were happy to be enabled to say that they were all as enthusiastic as ever, and many were abroad displaying the adventurous burgees of roving yachtsmen Just at the moment, Mr Editor, my busy little sprite of a Petrel made his appearance with the following despatch, endorsed " Black Sea Fleet" :— " Yacht , C. , Sebastopol, within the " Little Harbour, 21st May, 1856. " DEAR SIR : When I had the pleasure of seeing you in the Tagus nearly two years ago, you said you would like sometimes to hear of our cruising. Mr B and some friends being de- tained in London iu the early part of this year, I made arrange- ments, and started from Sheerness on the 26th of January. We had a very wild passage across the Bay of Biscay, and had a dead turn to windward the whole way to the Rock of Gibraltar. After leaving Gibraltar, we made a splendid run to the Gulf of Lyons, where we encountered a regular hurricane, and had every op- portunity that a sailor could wish for testing our ship's quali- ties, and she certainly behaved most gallantly; we shortly after- wards made Marseilles, where we were joined by my friend B , and since leaving which we have had generally very fa- vourable weather. As my time is limited, and space also, I shall briefly enumerate the ports we visited :— From Marseilles we touched at Toulon, thence to Gaeta and Naples : after which Castelamare, Palermo, Messina, Syracuse, and Malta. I may mention that these latter ports are peculiarly well suited, aud most interesting places for yachtsmen; delightful climate, charming scenery, and cheap and good provisions. " We made the passage from Malta to Constantinople in five days; we were singularly fortunate in a fair wind, carrying square canvas nearly the whole distance. After having a good look over the Turkish bazaars, baths, mosques, & c, which are well worthy a* visit, we sailed for Buyukdere in the Bosphorus. I should tell you, by the way, that we were anchored near the Turkish Gun Quay at Tophane, where our flag ship ( theQueen) was lying; this is decidedly a good position, being near the Frank population, and commanding the Bosphorus, Scutari, Seraglio Point, Stamboul, and Pera. We see the Sultan and his pachas passing and repassing every day, close to us, from the palace to the lauding. " We left Buyukdere on the 16th, and made the entrance of Balaklava in forty hours, after experiencing a genuine specimen of Black Sea weather, raw cold fog, heavy sea, and squally winds. '" I paid a short visit to an old friend of mine, the captain of H. M. frigate Leander, and he was kind enough to give us a plan of the passage through the sunken ships off the harbour of Se- bastopol, which we found not only most useful but essential, as we had to pick our way in between masts, spars, booms, and every sort of wreck. After getting into this little harbour, we are comfortable enough alongside of the once line stone landing of the town, and H. M. S. Gladiator. The C is the first yacht, and the second vessel that has sailed into this harbour. We displayed our white ensign on entering on Sunday. " The papers have told us all about this place, but no one can either conceive the utter and total destruction— not only of the forts, but of every house and building, or describe the state of affairs so as to be intelligible to those whose own eyes have not seen the place. We have visited many of the places of interast; we pulled our cutter up the Tchernaya to the caves of Inkerman and toiled up the ravine still strewn with the bones and rotting regimentals of many a wretched Russian, visiting also the camp on the other side of the Valley of Death. The famous Woronzoff road is literally paved with shot and shell. We are taking on board some 13- inch shells, and a few trophies from the field, the Redan, & c. I fear I have by this time exhausted your patience, go must say adieu. *' R. H. C." That, so far, was a very pretty little Mediterranean and Black Sea cruise, Mr Editor; many more of a like nature, but one will suffice. I hope we shall see many of our burgees abroad and at home this coming season. The next day we had a long- shore cruise through the docks at Liverpool, principally to see the new class of clipper ships which the nautical tongue of rumour designates as the class best adapted to connect Australia and Liverpool; so, placing ourselves under the guidance of a mariner of the long voyage, one who has won for himself name and fame in the mer- cantile marine, We speedily found ourselves on board that noble ship the Royal Charter. This splendid vessel is a regular clipper ship, fitted with an auxiliary screw, combining the powers of steam and canvas in equitable proportions, it is this class of ships that the experienced commanders of this voyage appear to think will be found the most successful. We had a rare salt water talk in the cabin of the Royal Charter, after which an inspection of her decks, rigging, saloons, and the excellent arrangement for her emigrant passengers, her hold being divided into well- lighted and ventilated streets and squares, with parish pumps too— you need not stare, good reader ; such is the fact, and you can pay a visit to Jehn Bull in Cambridge- square, or Sandy Nicholson at No. 2, Princes- street, with as much facility as you would in a well- ordered town ; and then ascend to the main saloon, and you Can well imagine yourself in the West End. VANDERDECKEN. YACHT TRITON.— We are informed that this well- known cutter yacht, built by Camper of Gospert, lately the property of Lieut the Hon F. Fitzmaurice, has just been disposed of to A. E. Graves, Esq, of Rosbercon Castle, New Ross, Wexford, Ireland, through the instrumentality of Mr J. T. Ceely, the yacht 8gent of London. ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB. ' The usual monthly meeting of this club was held last Mor^ fty evening, at tbe Caledonian Hotel, Adelphi, James Goodson, Esq, the Commodore, presiding, faced by J. R. Kirby, Esi}, the Rear- Commodore, The minutes of the previous meeting having been read 5, n& confirmed, several new members were elected, including two common councilmen of the city of London, Mr Eagles, the treasurer, brought forward the half- yearly report of the club funds, showing a balance in hand of about £ 163, distinct from £ 150, vested in the Three per Cent Consols.— The announcement was received with marked satisfaction, and a vote of thanks given to Mr Eagles for his care and attention.— Mr Eagles having acknowledged the compliment in appropriate terms, pro- posed the re- election of Mr T. Gregory, the secretary, with some very kind encomiums upon his amiable bearing to members and great attention to the interests of the club— The Commodore having borne testimony, from his personal experience, to the efficient mode in which Mr Gregory discharged the duties of his office, that gentleman was unanimously elected.— A very full meeting of members then went into a consideration of the pro- ject of having a permanent club room, provided with newspa- pers, periodicals, & c, for members paying one guinea per annum extra. Notice of the motion had been given by the com- mittee of the club, who, having issued circulars for the purpose, had ascertained that four- fifths of the members were in favour of the project, and the Commodore, treasurer, Mr Crockford, and several other gentlemen having pointed out, with great clearness, the advantages which would result from the establish- ment of a permanent club room, the motion was carried ncm. con. Several new members were proposed for election at tke February meeting. PEDESTBIANISM. side, PRINCE OP WALES YACHT CLUB BALL. The annual ball of the Prince of Wales Yacht Club took place last night, at their club house, the Freemasons' Tavern, and was strongly indicative, by the number and condition of those as- sembled, of the advancing prosperity and respectable position of the club. Dancing commenced in the grand hall of the tavern between nine and ten o'clock, to Adams's Royal Thames Yacht Club band, and was continued with great spirit throughout the night, save in the interval allowed for supper, which was set out with much taste, and consisted of every delicacy of the season. The Commodore, Mr R. Hewitt, presided, and proposed the usual loyal toasts, dwelling upon that of the illustrious prince whose name the club bears. Several yachtsmen and members of the Royal Thames Yacht Club were present, and everything passed off most agreeably. ROYAL CORK YACHT CLUB. The office of admiral of the Royal Cork Yacht Club has become vacant by the lamented demise of James H. Smith Barry, Esq, of Marbury Hall, in Cheshire, and Foaty, in the county of Cork. Nearlv twenty years ago he succeeded as admiral the Marquis of Thomond. For a considerable time, being afflicted with bad health, he wa- s totally unable to mix in the world, and could not take an active part in the affairs of the regattas or the club; but he was always a liberal subscriber to the former, and with that generosity so characteristic of his family he gave that valuable piece of ground on which the beautiful club house is built, and the promenade quay attached, free of rent for ever. On the tidings of his death reaching Queenstown the admiral's flag was at once hoisted half mast high on the flag staff belonging to the club, and on Thursdav, the 8th inst, the day of his interment, minute guns were fired from the club battery. His eldest son, now fourteen years of age, will succeed to his extensive estates. His successor, as admiral of the club, cannot be appointed till May at the general meeting of the members, with whom the appointment rests. 35ATSHES TO COME. 26.— Moone and Nhcon— to run tlire* quarters of a mile, for £ 50 near NewcasUe- on- Tvne, Nixc » to have three yards start. 20.— Read and Stainor— to run 140 yards, for £ 5 a side ( open tor £ 10), at Garratt- lane, Wandsworth. 26.— Hancock and Roberts— to ran 100 yards, Roberts receiving a yard and a half start inside, for £ r& a side, at Salford Borough Gardens. 26.— Bromley and Bullock— to run 120 yards, for £ 10 a side, at Endon. 26.— Chick and Priestley— to run a mile and a half, for £ 15 a side, at Garratt- lane. Wandsworth. 26.— Forsterand Howard— to run ICO yards, for £ 25 a side, at Grantham Park, Huddersfield. 3L— Dean and Partington— to run 220 yards, for £ 10 a side, at Oldham. FEBRUARY. 2.— Cle^ g and Ems- ley— to ruu ISO yards, for £ 25 a side, at Harewood Bridge, Leeds. 2.— Buckley and Rider— to run a mile, for £ 20 a side, at Bellevue, Man- chester. 7.— Smith and Yates— to walk the greatest distance in 10 successive days, for £ 50 aside, at Blackburn. 7 and 9.— Handicap Race of 180 yards, for £ 10 and other noney prizes, at the Salford. Borough Gardens. 9.— Several loouey prizes will be run for in a Handicap at Hyde Park, Sheffield : distance 606 yards. 9.— Jones and Whitehouse— to run 120 yards, for £ 5 a side, at Beggar's Bush, Oseott. 9.— Lowes and Vest— to run 110 yards, for £ 10 a side, on Gileagate Moor, Durham. 9.— Badger and Bouse1— to run 140 yards, £ 10 a side, at Coven Heath 9.— Akers and Cooper— to run 400 yards, for £ 10 a side, at Oscott College. 9.— Bruuton and Green— to run ISO yards, for £ 25 a side, at Durham 10.— Lodge and Stainsby— to run 100 yards, for £ 5 a side, Lodge to have two yards start, at or near Yarm. jo — Fuller and Rogers— to walk i0 miles, for £ 25 a side, near London. 10.— Coxford and Hotine— to walk seven miles, for £ 25 a side, at Garratt- lane, Wandsworth. 16.— Greenwood and Landon— to run 130 yards, for £ 25 a side, at Salford Borough Gardens. _ 16.— Bintcliffe and Trainor— to run two miles, for £ 2a a side, at Hyde Park Sheffield. T , , . „,„.„„ 16.— Leng and Stevenson— to run 100 yards, Leng staking £ 10 to £ 8, near Middlesbro'. . . 16.— Long and Todd— to run 120 yards, Todd receiving two- and- a- half yards inside, for £ 10 a side, at Salford Borough Gardens. .— Booth and Collinge— to run 160 yards, for £ 25 a side, at Salford Bo- rough Gardens. . m 23.— Kent and Landon— to run lC- j yards, for £ 2o a side, at Endon. 23.— Horrocks and Margetts— to run 440 yards, for £ 50 a side, at Rugby. — Forster and Fawcett— to rua 300 yards, for £ 30 a side, Fawcett to have eight yards start, at the Fountain Inn. and 24.— Handicap Races at Hyde Park, Sheffield, for several money prizes of a large amount. . 24.— Halton and Mellor— to run 150 yards, for £ 10 a side, on the Halifax and Leeds road. ^^ 7.— Sanderson and Sharp— to run two miles, for £ 25 a side, at Bellevue. 9 and 10.— A Handicap of 100 y& rds, for £ 12 and other money prizes, at Hyde Park, Sheffield. a , 16.— Levett and Pudney— to run 10 miles, tor £ 50 a side and the Cham- pionship, at Garratt- lane. APRIL. 10,— Kirby and Mattock— to run 140 yards, for £ 5 a side, within two miles of Shrewsbury. 13.— Hosspocl and Saville— to rua half a mile at Hyde Park, Sheffield, Hosspool betting £ 60 to £ 50. Stainland, 10; R. Smithies, Jumbo, IS ; S. Kent, Middieton, 10 ; P. Holroyd, Mirfield, 9; S. Albiso'a>" Bowlee, 10; T. Faulk- ner, Manchester, 10 ; W. Willeock, Manchester, 10 ; T. Ivil, Pendlebury, 11; H. Johnson, Sainton, 10; W. Dunkerley, Mossley, 12; I. Marsden, Manchester, 11; G. Sellers, Maccles- field, 14; J. Johnson, Stockport, 13; J. Bucklev, Tonge- lane, 12; J. Harrison, Leeds, 11 ; W. Dean, Middleton, 13 ; W. Bat- tersby, Tyldesley, 14; W. Wrigk- y, Bowlee, 11; J. Swindells Brighouse ( both ^ ** a Jde, or T. BmttC or J. Lucas of Oxford Market, or wiU take 15 yar. ts start in 440 0f , Rushton of Blackfriars. A match in the comity of York) to run 300 yards, at the Fountain Inn, on the 2Sd of February, for £ 30 a '^ de: Fawcett to have eight vards start. The first deposit, of £ 5 each, has been paid to Mr Holdeu of Manchester, Thh sum is to be increased to £ 10 a side on the 28th inst, £ 10 each mere to be paid on the 11 th of February, and tbe remaining £ 10 a side to be put down on the 18th of that month. If the men do not start in 30 minutes they Salford, 15 ; G. Hall, Staleybj- idge, 15 ; J. Britton, Hulme, 12 ; ! are to go by a pistol, and Mr Holden is appointed referee G. Richardson, Manchester is; I. Johnson, Middleton, 13 ; R. Collier, Swinton, 12; E. Tories, Red Bank, 12; J. Jackson, Hulme, 14 ; C. Flinn, Manchester, 15 ; T. Waters, Little Lever, 15; J. Bradley, Manchester, 14 ; D. Saudiford, Prestwich, 13; J. Barlow, Prestwich, 13; R. Holden, Pendleton, 13; J, Long, Salford, 12; W. Walmsley, Manchester, 11; R. Aldred, Hulme, 16; J. Thorpe, Harpurhey, 12; R. M'Mullea, Manchester, 14; W. Morris, Manchester, 17 ; J. Stephens, Swinton, 15 ; P. Rad- cliff, Bedford, 16 ; J„ Nolan, Manchester, 12; I. Hilton, Chad- derton, 13; W. HaUewell, Manchester, 14; J. Whittaker, Man- chester, 14; G. Andrews, Manchester, IS ; C. Ash worth, Prest- wich, 13; E. Jervish, Saddleworth, 14; H. Whilde, Manchester, 11; H. O'Neil, Failsworth, 10 ; J. Lyons, Salford, 12; J. Tet- low, Manchester, 13 ; J. Booth, Newton Heath, 5. Acceptances Is 6d cach, to be made on or before Wednesday next, at Mrs Attenbury's, Borough Inn, Regent- street, Salford; or at Mr J. Holden's, White Lion, Long Millgate, Manchester. Tow^ ? t& anv timlBanki'S'the TriumPh' Skinner- street^ mers FREDERICK SILVESTER 0f Westbromwich will run Joseph Shiply of the same place from 20 yards to 120 yards, for from £ 5 up to £ 20 a side; or William Simcock of tke same place for the like sum. 21.- THE LONDON YACHT CLUBS. MR EDITOR : As a member x> f two yacht clubs, will you be good euough to afford me spac^ o follow in the wake, and second the suggestion contained in the letter of Neptune in your last impression, and to which I beg to call the attention of the sail- ing committee, yacht owners, and members of the Royal Thames and London Yacht Clubs. It is of course very proper to have a sufficient sum in reserve to fall back on in case of emergency, but to continue accumulating funds in the manner the two leading London Yacht Clubs are now doing, is not, I consider, at all in keeping with the objects for which they were formed ( vide No. 1 of their laws and regulations), therefore I say with Neptune give more prizes, aud especially one, at least, for those yachts which may properly be termed pleasure yachts. There would be no lack of entries, there beiug several new vessels on the river aud coast, and numerous others of this class which have not won a prize these two years. Amoug them the Frolic, Whisper Dart, Ino, Pearl, Esk, & e, & c, all of which have in their dav shown excellent speed and sailing qualities, and be- tween which, even now, most capital sport might be witnessed. Yet these, and such as these, are totally incapable of contending in the ordinary matches with the professed racing vessels, by reason of their being sparred and fitted for cruising aud pleasure ( which fittings, however, they should be compelled to sail with), whereas the racing vessels are sparred to a most dangerous ex- tent, have no fittings whatever, and are, with rare exceptions, devoid of all comfort and those qualities which yachts are sup- posed to possess, their great speed being solely attained by their enormous spars and sails. However, I trust it will be observed I do not wish to prevent this class of vessels sailing against each other, but to suggest that prizes should also be given to another, and equally, if not more- deserving class of yachts, the funds of both clubs being ample to do this, and even much more.— Yours, & c, R. ADCOCK AND PALMER.— Articles of agreement were entered into on Tuesday last, the 20th inst, by Thomas Palmer of Old Horselydown Stairs and Thomas Adcock of St George's Stairs, Thomas- street, Horselydown, to row a right- away scullers race, in old- fashioned wager boats, from the Waterworks Bridge at Putney to a boat moored off the Ship at Mortlake, for £ 10 a side. A deposit of £ 1 a side was staked at the Red Lion, Horselydown- lane. on Tuesday last, the 20th inst. and the next deposit of £ 2 a side is to take place at Mr Claxton's, the George, Thomas- street, Horselydown, on Tuesday next, the 27th ; the" day of row- ing to be in six weeks from the first deposit, and named 011 or before the final deposit, which is to take place at Mr H. Put- land's, Red Lion. Thomas Palmer won the boat at the Horsely- down Regatta last year, and Thomas Adcock was second, when Henry White of Lambeth won Doggett's Coat and Badge. WILLIAM MAYS will accept the challenge of William Miller, provided Miller will give him the same start in the foot- race that he will give Miller in the boat- race, or he will row Miller even and run him the same, for £ 10 or £ 20 a side. Mays will meet him on Wednesday, the 28th inst, at Mr Gillie's, Rose and Thistle Tavern, West Breast, to make a deposit so as to insure a match. KELLY AND MESSENGER.— It may be as well to remind all those concerned, and who might wish to be present 011 the occa- sion, that the next deposit of £ 20 a side for the scullers race for the championship of the Thames is to be made on Monday ( to- morrow) evening, Jan 26, at Mr Taylor's, Hand and Flower, Brentford. J. H. CLASPER of Newcastle, in answer to Mr Pritchard of Norwich, states that, if he will forward articles to H. Clasper, Grapes Inn, Side, and £ 10 to Bell's Life, the match can be made. He would prefer the match to be for £ 50 a side, and give or take £ 8 for expenses, to row from High Level Bridge to Scotswood, or the course he first proposed at Norwich. MR THOMAS PALMER of Horselydown says the challenge pur- porting to come from him, and which appeared in ours of last week, was altogether without his knowledge, and that he knew nothing whatever about it until he was told of it. The writers of these unfounded articles must, of a verity, have very little real business of their own to attend to. CHILDS of Limehouse contradicts the statement about each man drawing his money in the match with him and Allen; after four months he and his friends summoned the stakeholder for the £ 25. To prove who is the better man, Childs will row him again in May for £ 25 or £ 50. A match can be made at Mr Jamieson's, Camden's Head, Church- row, Limehouse. RICHARD JORDON and WM. JORDON having accepted the challenge of Thomas Watchman and George Read, to row a pair- oared race in old- fashioned boats, for £ 5 a side, £ 2 10s has been deposited, and the race to come off on Monday, Feb 23 Our correspondent does not state where. MATTHEW SCOTT will row John Snowball of Hewett's Shore, in skiffs, from the High Level Bridge, Newcastle- on- Tyne, to the Meadows, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side. Money ready at David Speddow's, Felling Shore, on Monday ( to- morrow) night. THOS. CANNON of Wapping says that, if Samuel Pope really means rowing, he will accommodate him for £ 30 or £ 50 a side or any other man belonging to Wapping, on the same terms An answer through Bell s Life will be attended to. Post OFPICB ORDERS for Deposits, ki which the EDITOB OF BULL'S LIFE IN LONDON is made stakeholder, must be made payable to " WILLIAM CLEMENT," at the Post Office, Strand, and addressed to this office. Country notes camiot be taken; they will in all in stances be sent back. PEDESTRIANISM AT GARRATT- LANE, WANDS- WORTH. MATCH AGAINST TIME.— On Wednesday last, a very fair sprinkle of spectators assembled here to witness a match under- taken by Mr Wm. Ward, a person well known in pedestrian circles, to walk nine miles within one hour and a half. The betting was 6 to 4 on the pedestrian, and a pretty considerable sum of money changed hands on the occasion. Ward is young, well made, and muscular, and his backers appeared quite confi- dent of his success. He performed the first two miles of his un- dertaking in 19 minutes, four miles 38min 40sec, six miles 59min 40sec ( thus traversing that distance, with only 20 seconds to spare, within the hour). From this out he appeared to drop off in his pace, and at the wiud up, when time was called, the referee declared he had lost by 50 seconds. CRICKET. DEATH OF GEORGE ARMITAGE. MR EDITOR : You have within the last few years chronicled the death of many cricketers of great celebrity, perhaps none of whom have occupied so proud a position in the county of York as the one you have now to add to that number. George Armi- tage is no more ; he died on Monday, the 12th inst, at 8: 30 p. m. after a lingering illness of two years. In the early part of 1855 he visited Oxford professionally; at the close of that engagement he returned to his family, and was ever after an invalid. He was greatly relieved during his illness by the contributions of his friends, which appeared from time to time in your valuable paper. These moneys, added to what his frugality had accumu- lated, placed within his reach whatever he desired, for which his widow requests me, on her behalf, to thank all for. Armitage was interred on Sunday last, at the parish church, Almondbury — an adjoining parish, where his forefathers for generations were interred. He leaves a widow and one son, who was seven years of age the day after his father's death— a fine and promising boy. G, A. was 32 years of age the very day before he expired. About ^ 30 of cricketing aud other friends assembled on Sunday last, and preceded the corpse to the church, many having come a considerable distance. His widow— a young woman, of most exemplary character, who has unwearedl. y devoted her whole time to comfort her afflicted partner— is now left with a son to support; her means are very limited, and a small subscription for the purpose of giving her an opportunity of either opening a small shop, or otherwise establishing herself, to enable her to maintain herself and boy, and bring him up with comfort and satisfaction, would indeed be a great benefaction.— Yours, & c, W. H. SHEPHERD. [ We shall be glad to receive subscriptions; as will Messrs Lillywhite and Wisden, New Coventry- street.] AN APPEAL TO CRICKETERS, & c. LILLYWHITE'S COLLECTION OF SCORES FROM 1746, IN PRE PARATION.— The compiler of this projected work would feel par ticularly obliged if secretaries of clubs or other gentlemen would communicate with him, in order to assist in obtaining correct copies of scores of old cricket matches, as well as other informa- tion relating to the game, such as the " alterations of the laws and size of stumps, from time to time," & c, & c. The loan of score- books, or notices of any remarkable events that have occurred in the game, will also be thankfully received and imme- diately acknowledged. All communications will receive instant attention, and the compiler trusts that this appeal for the pur- pose of publishing a " complete history" of the noble game will not be in vain. Bell's Life in London, from its first number, has been carefully searched, and many important and interest- ing events abstracted ; numerous other reprint and manuscript copies have also been examined, which fully prove that many other good matches were played years back, and he hopes the scores of them are still obtainable. Address to Fred. Lillywhite, 2, New Coventry- street, Leicester- square, London. DOINGS AT HYDE PARK, SHEFFIELD, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. On Monday an interesting race of 100 yards took place between two sporting Bonifaces, for a spread for forty, Mr E. beiug a resident of Mexborough, and his opponent, Mr D., well known in the handicap circles of Sheffield. The Mexborough hero, who was the favourite at 2 to 1, jumped/ off with the lead, was never caught, and ran in an easy winner by five yards, which distance he could have doubled. GREAT HANDICAP RACE AT HYDE PARK.— The following prizes will be given to be run for on Monday and Tuesday, Feb 23 and 24:— £ 30 for the firs: man, £ 5 for the second, £ 2 for the third, and £ 1 for those winning heats not getting a prize. On the second day £ 3 10s will be given for the second men on Mon- day to run for : £ 3 10s for the first, £ 1 for the second, 10s for the third. Distance, twice round and 100 yards. Entrance 2s, and 5s to accept. To close on the 27th inst. All entries to be made to Mrs Hannah Heathcote, Hyde Park, Sheffield ; or to Mr James Darley, Crown Inn, Holly- street, Sheffield. MR JOHN SANDERSON'S ONCE ROUND AND ONE HUNDRED YARDS HANDICAP RACE— Mr J. Sanderson, the landlord of the Butchers' Arms, Bath- street, Sheffield, will give the following urizes to be run for at Hyde Park, Sheffield, on the 9th and 10th March:—£ 12 for the first man, £ 2 for the second, and £ 1 for the third, and 5s for heats. The following additional prizes will be given, to be run for on the Tuesday by the second men, viz:— £ 2 for the first man, £ 1 for the second, and 10s for the third. Entrauce Is each, and 2s more to accept. The entrance will close on the 11th February at the above house. ENTRIES FOR J SPENCFR'S 606 YARDS' HANDICAP RACE, at Hyde Park, on Monday, Feb 9. First prize £ 8, second £ 110s, third 10s, and 5s for every man winning a heat and not getting a prize. Acceptances to be declared at the Wheatsheaf Inn, Harvest- lane, 011 or before Wednesday next the 28th inst. 105 entries. Thos. Hospool, scratch, J. Hancock ( Salford) 5 yards start, Henry Stones 12, Edward Bentley 23, Robert Bunn ( Nor- wich) 25, William Tuck ( Stolkharo) 30, Robert Savage 32, Chris- topher Welton 35, Charles Buckley 35, Frederick Littlewood ( Attercliffe) 35, James Mace ( Norwich) 85, Henry Eyre 36, B. Badger ( Wolverhampton) 40, William Phillips ( Halifax) 40, Wm. Proctor 40, John Beaumont ( Penistone) 42, Henry Nobbs ( Nor- wich) 45, James Bolsover. 45, George Stones 48, James Brooke ( Holmfirth) 48, Thomas Hayes 50, George Congreaves 50, Henry Rhodes 50, William Winter ( Barnsley) 50, Charles Walker ( Bir- mingham) 55, AlfredHeaton 55, George Proctor 55, Alfred Milner 56, Henry Hurt ( Doncaster) 56, John Holden ( Heeley) 57. Ben- jamin Pashley 58, George Broadhead ( Ecclesfield) 58, William Westerman 58, Alfred Leversidge ( Swinton) 58, Henry Bagshaw ( Owlerton) 60, Thos. Walker 60, Josh Cocker 60, James Howson 60, Josh. Mellor 60, Charles Dyson 60, John Webster 62, William Askham 65, Edward Beet 65, Jonas Hall 65, Benjamin Stones 65, George Gratton 65, Charles Bradley 65, Alfred Walker 65, John Clarke 65, John Burgiu 65. John Newsham 65, Josh. Bagshaw ( Attercliffe) 65, Thomas Langworth 65, William Bolsover ( High- lane) 65, Thomas Law 65, Robert Wm. Taylor 65, Charles Anson ( Worrall) 65, George Farmer 65, Edward Youle 65, John Kelsey 65, Henry Longden ( Crookes) 66, Thomas Cowan 66, Richard Cartledge 66, John Morgan 66, John Elliott 66, Frederick Slinn 66, Charles Melshaw 66, James Congreaves 66, Samuel Taylor 67, George Wasnidge 67, John Campbell 67, William North 67, Geo. Johnson 67, Charles Somerset 68, Daniel Dervy 68, Robert Morris Brocklehurst 66, Frederick Hall 68, Charles Sayles 68, Frederick Best ( Pitsmoor) 68, William Henry Fearnley 68, Henry Ward 68, Thomas Fordham 68, James Hawley 68, Thomas Staniforth 68, George Mellor 68. William Searles ( Neepsend) 70, George Dodd 70, James Heath 70, George Lewis 70, Edw. Norbourn ( Rother- ham) 70, John Hodgson ( Norton) 70, Henry Singleton 70, Joseph Hibbert 70, Joseph Linley 70, Frederick Murrey 70, John Malkin 70, Joseph Bailey 75, Georce Staniforth 75, Thomas Bennett 75, John White 75, William Grubb 75. Joseph Oxspring 78, Samuel Webster 78, Samuel Somerset 78, Samuel Turner 100. PIGEON SHOOTING.— The same afternoon the usual novice sweepstakes of 7s 6d each was shot for by 5 subscribers, at 3 birds each, the usual conditions, which was won by Elijah Birks, who killed all his birds. On Tuesday the usual sweep- stakes of 10s each was shot for by 13 members, at 4 birds each, 21 yards rise, lfoz of shot, double guns, the use of one barrel allowed, to stand 19 yards, with 1 £ oz of shot. Messrs W. Bailey, P. G. Hudson, and J. Tingle killed all and divided. The same afternoon, a match for £ 5 a side was shot for be- tween John Elliott and Charles Gelder ( both of Bradfield) at 10 birds each, 21 yards rise, lfoz of shot. Elliott won, killing 5 ont of 9, and Gelder 3 out or the same number. On Wednesday a match for £ 5 a side was shot betwixt the old crack shot of Sheffield, Mr W. Bailey ( 51 years of age) and Mr M. Gregory, at 10 birds each, 19 yards rise, Bailey shooting with a double gun, and Gregory with a single one. The " old- un" won st the ninth round, killing all, Gregory killing 6 out of 8. Bailey will shoot a match, for £ 25 or £ 50 a side, with any man in England, 51 years of age, at 25 or 50 birds, 19 yards rise, l| oz of shot, with double guns ; to shoot at Hyde Park, and allow reasonable expenses, or shoot half way between home and home. Money ready at Mr Luke Higgins's, Hen and Chickens, Castle Green, Sheffield. ECCLESFIELD COMMON.— On Monday a 5s sweepstakes was shot for by 9 subs, at 2 birds each, at Mr John Beardshaw's, when six killed 1 each, iand divided. NEWHALL, NEAR SHEFFIELD— MUSK V BESS.— On Monday a race of 200 yards, for £ 10 a side, came off between Mr F. Ford's Musk of Lockwood, near Huddersfield, and Mr Swift's bitch Bess, of Sheffield, the latter receiving two yards start. Musk, who was the favourite, won by a yard. They afterwards ran on the same terms for £ 2, when Musk again' proved the winner. The same afternoon a sweepstakes of 5s, for dogs of all sizes, was run for by eight subs ; the first prize, 25s, was won by Mr Higginbottom's Gipsy; Mr W. Binney's Lizzy got the second money, 10s ; and Mr C. Somerset's Spark the third, 5s. DARNALL.— A match for £ 15 a side came off at Mr James Dearman's, the Old Cricket Ground, Darnall, on Monday last, between Mr Robinson's Rose and Mr Thompson's Posey, the best of 19 courses, 45 yards law. Rose won, getting 10 rab- bits to Posey's eight. BLUE BALL, WHAENCLIFFE SIDE.— On Wednesday next, a sweepstakes of 10s each will take place at Mr J. Booth's, the Blue Ball, at 4 birds each. 21 yards rise, 2oz of shot, double guns, 18 yards, with l^ oz of shot, for a fat pig, 30st. The winner can have pig or money. Shooting to commence at one o'clock. ATTERCLIFFE.— To- morrow ( Monday) a sweepstakes of 10s each will take place at Mr John Simpson's, the Robin Hood Inn, At- tercliffe, near Sheffield, at 4 birds each, 21 yards rise, lfoz of shot; double guns 19 yards, with l£ oz of shot. Shooting to commence at one o'clock. HOSSPOOL AND WHEAT.— These Nottingham men run 120 yards, for £ 10 a side, at Hyde Park, Sheffield, to- morrow ( Mon- day), Wheat receiving three yards start. Mr Jas. Darley is stakeholder and referee. TRAIL HUNT.— Mr Matthew Oates's Danger of Stannington is open to run John Wreak's Bilberry of Sheffield a two hours' gone trail on the same ground as they run on the 8th of Decem- ber, and he will stake £ 60 to £ 50 ; if not accepted he will run James Bennett's dog Valiant of Chapel- en- le- frith, to start at the Fiddler's Green and eud at the Snake Inn, for £ 50 a side; li^ mill T.^ Mrtrtlr, ' italovViinrlo'a llio Qttnia +, » ail ou TroHtt.-.^ DOINGS AT BELLEVUE, MANCHESTER. SATURDAY, JAN 17— CANINE RACE.— The competitors in this contest were Aaron Taylor's Lill of Hollinwood and R, Hardman's Gip of Newton Heath, both near Manchester, the distance being 200 yards, the sum at issue £ 20 a side, and Lill giving Gip three yards start, half inside and half outside. Mr James Holden filled the office of referee. The betting was 2 to 1 on Gip, who won by eight yards. FAN AND LUCY.— The quadruped first named is the property of J. North of Oldham, and Lucy belongs to W. Tomlinson of the same town. The race was for £ 20 a side, distance 200 yards, neither dog to exceed 1641b weight, and the heavier to give three yards to the pound. The betting at starting was 2 to 1 on Lucy, and Mr Holden ( the referee) declared her the winner by between seven and eight yards. MONDAY.— ASPDEN AND POMFRET.— John Aspden and John Pomfret are respectively residents of the town of Black- burn, and locally they lay claim to some notoriety as pedes- trians, and this was by no means their first appearance in that arena in the vicinity of the cotton metropolis of Manchester. The men were believed to possess equal qualifications for speed, and in order to prove which was the superior, articles were duly signed, whereby they agreed to run a sprint race of 200 yards, for £ 25 each, and they arrived at Bellevue this afternoon to settle the " moot- point." Mr Holden was selected referee. Speculation commenced at 6 to 4 on Aspden, but, prior to start, it veered to 5 to 4 on Pomfret, and the down run of the course was chosen. After a very short delay the pedestrians bounded off, but, in doing so, the favourite made a false step, and this contretemps enabled Aspden to gain a short distance upon him. Pomfret, however, immediately got to his running in good style, was very soon up with his opponent, and it now became evident that Aspden's chance of success had vanished. Pomfret, in the next stride or two, obtained the lead, was net again approached, and achieved the victory by five yards, amid the hearty cheers of his backers. SANDEESON AND SHARP— Mr Holden has received another deposit, making £ 10 each now in his hands, for the race of two miles, for £ 25 a side, between J. Sanderson of Whitworth and G. Sharp of Portsmouth ( both near Rochdale), which is fixed for the 7th of March, at Bellevue. LUCY AND GIP.— J. North's Lucy of Oldham and R. Hard- man's Gip of Newton Heath, having each been successful 011 Saturday, a match was made on the evening of that day between these winners, for £ 15 a side, the heavier to give distance in proportion to weight, and the contest was fixed for this after- noon. Mr Holden was again appointed referee, and a large sum was invested 011 the result. Prior to the dogs beiug taken to the scale the betting was 5 and 6 to 4 on Gip, but shortly after they had been weighed it became even, as Gip had to give Lucy nine yards 10 inches start. The race was watched with considerable interest, and Lucy proved the winner by two yards. NANCY AND FLY.— On account of the race of 200 yards, for £ 25 a side, between J. Ken. von's Nancy and T. Greenhalgh's Fly, Mr Holden now holds £ 10 each. The event is to be decided on the 7th of February, at Bellevue, and the heavier dog is to give two yards and a half to the pound outside. POSEY AND LUCY.— T. Bennett of Pendleton has matched his bitch Posey against W. Tomlinson's Lucy of Oldham, to run 200 yards, at Bellevue, on the 14th of February, for £ 20 a side, Lucy not to exceed 15lb or Posey 16lb weight, and Lucy to give six yards start, half inside and half outside. On account of this match Mr Holden has received £ 1 each. This is to be increased to £ 5 a side to- morrow ( Monday), to be made into £ 10 a side on the 2d of February, and the remaining £ 10 each is to be put down on the clay of the race. Mr Holden is also selected referee. GIP AND LILL.— Richard Hardman of Newton Heath and Aaron Taylor of Hollinwood have signed articles, the former matching his bitch Gip, against Taylor's Lill, to run 200 yards, at Bellevue, 011 the 14th of February, for £ 25 a side; neither dog to exceed 20lb weight. The first deposit, of £ 5 each, has been paid to Mr Holden. This sum is to be made into £ 15 a side on the 7th of Feb; and the final deposit of £ 10 each is to be put down on the day of the race. HORROCKS AND MARGETTS.— For this race we have received a further sum of £ 5 on the part of Margetts, but had not heard from Horrocks at the time of going to press. If Horrocks is under the impression that we retained £ 10 out of his stakes with Hosspool ( which is possible, as one of his letters directed us to do so), to be applied to the two first deposits in this match, he will find that it is an error, we havi ng only retained £ 5 fsr the first deposit. Should this be the case, he had better send the £ 5 that is due immediately. The third deposit of £ 10 a side will be due Jan 28. A HANDICAP FO OT RACE will take place at Mexborough, on Monday, February 2d; 200 yards, to be fairly handicapped, a good silver watch, value £ 3 10s for the first prize, and one sove- reign for the second; entrance 6d each, and 6d more when they accept. The entry to be open until Monday, the 2d day of Feb- ruary, at twelve o'clock; running to commence at one o'clock. Entrances to be made to Edward Simpson, Red Lion Inn, Mexborough. LENG AND STEVENSON.— A foot race will take place within six miles of Middlesbro' between John Stevenson ( alias Midgee) and W. Leng ( alias Crow Catcher) ( both of Middlesbro') the latter staking £ 10 to £ 8, distance 100 yards; to run 011 the 16th of February. We hear that £ 5 a side is now down in the stake- holder's hands. READ AND STAINER.— For this race of 140 yards we have received the whole of the money, £ 5 a side. It is to come off at Garratt- lane, Wandsworth, on Monday ( to- morrow), both to be on the ground between one and three o'clock, to start by mutual consent, and if not off in one hour to go by the first drop of a cap. Umpires and referee to be chosen on the ground. OLD SMITH AND YATBS.— Jemmy Shaw has received the third deposit, of £ 10 a side, for this match. The ground named by Yates for the match to come off is the new Race Cricket Ground, Daisy Fields, Blackburn, Lancashire, three timss round to the mile. The final deposit of £ 25 a side to be sent to Jemmv Shaw on Feb 3. To walk on Feb 7. GEORGE GREEN of Hutton and JOHN BRUNTON of Hunwick are matched to run 150 yards, for £ 25 a side, at Durham, on Monday, February 9th. £ 10 a side is now in the hands of Mr J. Hays, Turf Hotel, Bishop Auckland, who is to be final stake- holder. The men to be on the ground by two o'clock, to start by a three yards scratch. ' KIRBY AND MATTOCKS — A match has been made between Thomas Kirky and William Mattocks ( both of Shrewsbury) to run 140 yards, for £ 5 a side, on Good Friday next, within two miles of Shrewsbury. £ 1 a side is staked, and the next deposit of £ 1 a side to be made good 011 Saturday next, at Mr R. An- drews's, Nelson's Arms, Barker- street, Shrewsbury. A MATCH has been made for £ 20 a side, a gentleman under- taking to find a man in Portsmouth to give a resident in the Isle of Wight eight yards start in 120, £ 10 a side is staked, and the remaining £ 10 a side to be staked 111 the hands ofMrH. Dent, of the Eagle Tavern, St George's- square, Portsea, on Mon- day, Feb 9, when both men are to be named. The match to come off near Newport, Isle of Wight, on Monday, Feb 16. JAMES MILLER of Holbeck and JAMES HALTON of Leeds are matched to run 150 yards, for £ 10 aside ; to run on the 24th of February, on the Halifax and Leeds- road. £ 1 a side has been staked, and they have to make it into £ 3 a side to- morrow ( Monday). COXFORD AND HOTINE.— For this match we have received a further sum of £ 2 10s a side, and the final deposit of the same amount is to be made at Mr Freeman's, Lamb Tavern, Kings- land- road, on Tuesday next. A MATCH has been made between Wm. Vest of Durham and John Lowes of the same place, to run 110 yards, for £ 10 a side, on Gilesgate Moor, Durham, on the 9th February. £ 5 a side is now in the hands of of Matthew Buddie, Turk's Head, Durham. DAWSON attended at the place appointed, on Friday last, to draw up articles with Marks to ruu 440 yards, according to the deposit made at Price's, 011 Monday last, but as Marks did not attend, Dawson claims forfeit of the £ 2 a side down. R. MANKS ( the Warwickshire Antelope) has undertaken to walk from Sheffield to Melton Mowbray and back twice a day, for six successive days ( a distance of 64 miles), within the 12 hours each day. He commences on Monday, Feb 2. LEVETT AND PUDNEY.— On account of this race we have received a further sum of £ 5 a side, and the next deposit of the same amount is to be made Jan 29. FULLER AND ROGERS.— For this race we have received a fur- ther sum of £ 4 a side, and the next deposit of the same amount is to be made at Alec Keane's on Wednesday next, Jan 28. W. CROWSON will run Gardner of Clerkenwell a quarter or half a mile level for his own sum, and will meet him at Mr Dunk s, TurnmiU- stseet, Clerkenwell, to- morrow ( Monday) night, between oight aud ten, to make a match. CHARLES ROBINSON of Idle will run Halliday Slingsby of Shipley half a mile, according to his challenge, or Job Dennison of Yeadon one mile, for £ 5, £ 10, or £ 15 aside. A match can be made any night at the White Swan, Idle Green. JOHN HANSON of Daw Green will run Benjamin Crawshaw of Dewsbury Moor if he will give him five yards in 130, or Richard Ward of Dewsbury if he will give four yards iu 130, or will run Samuel Day 130 yards level, FERGUSSON is surprised that Leggs should challenge him to run 10 miles level, when he ( Leggs) has defeated him twice, but Fergusson will take one minute start in 10 miles for not less than £ 15 or £ 50 a side. JOSEPH SHAW of Mossley accepts the challenge of Henry Norton of Staleybridge, and will run him 120 yards for £ 10 a side, or as much more as he wishes. A match can be made any night at the Sportsman's Arms, Mossley. JAMES GRAY of Bill Quay will run James Blacklock, George Bell, or W. Hardeastle of Felling 100 yards level, or will take two yards of George Maddison in the same distance, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side. C. BARRETT of Bethnal Green will run Grace ( the Hackney Pet) from 100 to 120 yards, for £ 5 a side. A match can be made next Tuesday night, between eight and ten o'clock, at Mr Dip- pie's, the Falcon, Essex- street, Bethnal Green- road. JOHN JONES of Walsall will run Reuben Craddock of Arden 120 yards, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side, in one month from the first deposit. Money ready any night next week at Mr John Bee- bee's, the Railway Tavern, Duncalf- street, Walsall. ROBINSON HALL of Stockton- on- Tees accepts the challenge of John Richardson of Guisborough to run him ; i00^ yards or 300 yards. A match can be made any time either at the Nag's Head or Turk's Head Inn, at Stockton. GEORGE BAYLIS of Walsall will take one vard start in 100 of Rueben Craddock of Anden, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side. Money ready any night next week at Mr D. Shelley's, the Great Britain. Walsalll. ' C. DURHAM will walk Bassett seven miles level, for £ 15 or £ 20 a side. Durham will be at the Gunter's Arms, Fulham- road, to- morrow ( Monday) evening, between eight and 10 o'clock prepared to make a match. BIRD FANCY.— R. Hill, of the Golden Shears, Chequer- alley, Whitecross- street, St Luke's, thanks his friends and the public for the liberal support he has received since he has be- come landlord of the above house, and hopes they will not forget the goldfinch match on Monday, Feb 2. Entrance 6d each, to be had in refreshment. Entries to be made 011 or before Feb 1. A linnet match has been made between G. Webb and Mr Nichols, to sing this evening, the 25th inst, for £ 1 a side. Mr Brown, of the Globe, Great Hampton- street, Birmingham, hearing that Mr Palmer of Sutton and Mr Webb of Birmingham are constantly challenging to show their birds against his, he begs to inform them that he will show a yellow and a buff, or three of each colour, for not less thau £ 5 each bird. To be judged by pure Belgian properties, each party to choose a judge, and a third person to act as referee, to be chosen by the two judges. The referee to be a man not living within 50 miles of Birmingham. This challenge will be left open for a month. Money ready as above. NURR AND SPELL,— Joshua Parkinson of Stanley will play any of the following, for £ 5 or £ 25 a side, on Shrove Tues- day, wood heads and nurrs, on the Heath Common, Wakefield, S. Place of Hunslet, Boys of Wortley, A, Farrar of Carrgate, T. Ghent of Adwalton, or John Clough of Morley, all level; or he will take 10 scores in 20 rises of John Toulson of Chickenley, Wil- lians or Farrar of Batley, John Ward of Hangingheaton, or F. Wild of Castleford, for the same sum. Any of these matches can be made at Geo. Hartley's, the Foresters' Arms, or at Thos. Whitehead's, the Miners' Arms, Stanley. Geo. Brealey to be stakeholder and referee. Mark Hirst of Batley will play John Briggs of Gawthorpe level, or he will take 10 score in 30 rises of Zachariah Hardwick of Hangingheaton. Money ready at Mr Samuel Gledhill's, the Cricketers' Arms, Batley. or he will run Lincoln of Staleybridge the same trail as Valiant, for the same sum. The match can be made at Mr Levi Ibbot- son's, Mosley Arms, West bar, Sheffield. The Editor of Bell's Life to be tbe final stakeholder. SALFORD BOROUGH GARDENS. NEW MATCH.— BOOTH AND COLLINGE — John Booth of New- ton Heath and Thos. Collinge of Jumbo have signed articles to run 160 yards, for £ 25 a side, at the Salford Borough Gardens, on the 21st of February. Mr Holden is stakeholder, and he has re- ceived the first deposit of £ 1 each. This sum was to be made into £ 5 a side yesterday ( Saturday), into £ 10 each on the 31st inst, into £ 20 a side on the 7th of February, and the remaining £ 5 each to be put down 011 the 14th. Mr Holden is to be the referee. HANCOCK AND ROBERTS.— Another deposit, making £ 20 each now down, has been paid to Mr Holden on account of the race of 100 yards with James Hancock of Salford and Edward Roberts ( alias the Welshman) of Wortley. This event is to come off to- morrow ( Monday), at the Salford Borough Gardens, Roberts to have one yard and a half start, and the men are to be at scratch at three o'clock. From the celebrity each of these pedestrians has attained, there will doubtless be a large assemblage to wit- ness the contest, which is expected to prove an interesting one, both men being in active training LONG AND TODD.— Joseph Long of Salford and Thomas Todd of Manchester are matched to run 120 yards at the Salford Borough Gardens, for £ 10 a side, on Feb 16, Todd to have two yards and a half start inside. The first deposit of £ 1 each has been paid to Mr Holden. This sum is to be made into £ 2 a side to- morrow ( Monday), into £ 5 each on the 2d of February, and the remaining £ 5 a side is to be put down on the day of the race. HANDICAP RACE.— The following men have entered for the handicap race of 180 yards, which will be run for on Saturday, Feb 7, and Monday, Feb 9, at the Salford Borough Gardens, and have been handicapped as follows. First prize £ 10, second £ 2, third £ 1 :— J. Hancock,- Salford, scratch; W. Pearson, Eccles, 1 yard start; E. Roberts, Wortley, 5; T. Collinge, Jumbo, 5; G. Darley, Salford, 7 ; F. Wilkins ( alias Groves), Yorkshire, 7; J. Hardman, Radcliffe, 7 ; T. Lee, Manchester, 7 ; J. Grimshaw, Oldham, 7 ; J. Newton, Hollinwood, 10; J. Saville, Oldham, 9, E. Whitworth, Rochdale, 9; J. Ingham, Rochdale, 9; G. Knott, Gorton, 12 ; C Buckley. Sheffield, 10; G. Reaney, Sheffield, 12; T. Clay. Congleton, 10; J. Gibson, Gawthorp, 10; W. Haigh ' PEDESTRIANISM AT BIRMINGHAM AND DISTRICTS. The weather for some days past has been very unsettled, with rain and frost, which have made the ground in a rotten state, and therefore very heavy. Such was found to be the case on Monday last ( although due precaution had been taken by the proprietor of Aston Cross Grounds, by rolling, & c), when JEN- NINGS and BODDY met to run their 100 yards match, for £ 5 a side. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, there was a good sprinkling present in the grounds. Betting was free at 5 and 6 to 4 on Boddy, who is a fine- made young fellow, standing 5ft 10in, whilst Jennings stands but5ft2in. After a number of false starts the men got off, Boddy with the lead, and he gradually left Jennings inch by inch, and ran in a winner by three yards. WRIGHT AND MOON.— These men met on Monday, at Beg- gar's Bush, near Oscott, to run their 200 yards match, for £ 5 a side. Notwithstanding that the men are little known in Bir- mingham, there was a pretty good muster present. The betting was 2 and 3 to 1 on Moon. Both men looked ia first- rate condi- tion, and, after many attempts, they got off, Wright with the start. Moon followed a few yards, went back ( some one saying it was a fair start), and started again. In the meantime Wright was full 10 yards ahead, and kept so till six score, when he was interrupted in his progress by a party ( said to be one of Moon's friends), which completely turned Wright round, and, before he could recover himself. Moon had gained considerably upon him. Wright, however, maintained the lead up to eight score, when Moon breasted him and ran in first by two yards, and claimed the race. Wright's friends appealed to the referee ( Mr Parsons) that their man had been dealt foully by. Proof having been given of the same, he ( the referee) ordered the men to run again in an hour, but when that time had arrived the referee found that it would be too dark to take the chances of having a fair race, and gave up his office, and advised a draw, which has since been done, S. Coates ( the stakeholder) handing to each man his money. G. HALL AND B. STEVENS.— These Birmingham novices met 011 Monday last, near the Mermaid, on the Warwick road, to run SIX score yards, for £ 3 a side. Betting, 6 to 4 on Stevens. At the second attempt the men got off. Hall with a yard start. An excellent race ensued, Stevens catching Hall at two score, both men running side by side up to five score, when Hall made an effort, got first, and ran in a winner by a quarter of a yard. WILLIAMS and HUGHES are matched to run six score yards, for £ 5 a side. They meet to- morryw, at Wilson's, Waggon and Horses, New Town- row, to make it £ 1 a side and draw up articles. ARTHUR AKERS OF BIRMINGHAM AND COOPER.— The match for £ 20 a| side, to run 400 yards, between these men, is off, each drawing the stakes; but a fresh match has been made, to run the same distance, for £ 10 a side, to come off on 9fch February, at Oscott College. S. Coates to be final stakeholder. WHITEHOUSE AND JONES.— The match between these men is going on, to run six score yards, for £ 5, on the same ground, at Oscott College, as Aker and Cooper, on the 9th of February. ROWLEY of Gosta Green, Birmingham, will run Moore five score yards level, or will take two yards in six score; or will run Stokes from six up to eight score yards level; or will give Boddy three yards in five score, for £ 5 a side. Meney ready from Sa- turday to Monday night, at Smith's, Bazaar Tavern, Woodcock- A. BADGER OF WOLVERHAMPTON, AND AMBROSB BOUSER OF BILSTON.— We understand these men are matched to run 140 yards, for £ 10 a side, to come off at the Ball, at Coven Heath, on Monday, February 9th, to start by mutual consent; if no start in 30 minutes, then to go by first pull of handkerchief. Mr Richard Smith of Bilston is appointed final stakeholder. £ 2 10s a side is down. A further deposit of £ 2 10s is to be made to- morrow ( Monday) at Mr Beckett's, Cottage Spring. ANSTEY AND DURDEN.— The six score yards match between these Birmingham novices, which stood to come off on February the 2d, is drawn. The reason assigned, not agreeing to a referee, who'was to have been appointed at the third deposit on Mon- day last. AMATEUR PEDESTRIANISM AT OXFORD.— A most interesting match took place 011 Saturday, the 17th inst, on a private ground in the vicinity of Uxbridge, between a Mr E. and a Mr H. ( for- merly two brother officers) for £ 200. The distance they had to walk was seven miles, which Mr H. was backed to do within the hour, for £ 50, and £ 150 that he did not beat his opponent. Both gentlemen appeared on the ground soon after nine, and looked in very fine trim, Mr H. having slightly the advantage, from being nearly five inches taller than his adversary. Half- past nine was the hour fixed. The betting at starting was at evens. Time being called, both men bounded away in splendid style. When rounding the first mile, Mr E. had gained a lead of nearly five yards, which he kept increasing at every stride. No change worthy of notice occurred till they had nearly completed the fifth mile, when Mr H., fancying his adversary had got too strong a lead, put on the steam, and reduced the gap to about three yards, both gentlemen walking in splendid style, Mr E. stealing away from his opponent at every yard. The sixth mile was now being rounded, when Mr E. had increased his lead to six yards. Mr H.' s friends thought that all was over, that he had played with his man too long, and could not recover his lost ground. They were just now turning for the last mile : after having gone some 40 yards, Mr H. made a tremendous rush, and when half way from home was up with his man. The greatest excitement was evinced by the friends of both parties. Mr H. was still the favourite, his friends fancy- ing he could just win. A most severe struggle now en- sued, both men being neck and neek. Mr E. tried most man- fully to get the lead, but failed, and after a most gallant struggle Mr H. was finally proclaimed the winner by a yard, amidst the cheers of his friends, doing the seven miles in 56min and 50sec. A more beautiful race was perhaps never wit- nessed, and had it not been that the match was strictly private, any one who was fond of the sport would have been well repaid by a trip down. A second match was made for £ 20, that Mr H. would not run the mile in five minutes, for which, after resting for half an hour, and taking a small portion of brandy and water, he came again to the scratch. Time being called, he started off like a deer, doing the mile in 4min and 45sec. Mr H.' s perform- ance gained the greatest praise from all, and if he were a public pjedestrian, would make some of the fancy ones put their shoulder to the wheel. Both parties, with their friends, soon repaired to town, where a good dinner was awaiting them, and thus ended the morning's sport. A RUNNING MATCH of 120 yards took place near the East Hants Ground, Southsea, Portsmouth, 011 Saturday. 10th inst, for £ 5 a side, between H. A. Reed of London and Mr F. Wil- liams of Portsmouth, Reed giving Mr Williams five yards start, it was won in gallant style by 15 yards by Reed. This match produced great excitement, and was the means of a numerous company| being present to witness the same. We never saw more perfect symmetry than Reed when stripped for running. A RACE came off at Ann Field Plain, on Saturday, the 17th inst, between Charlton Hall of Shotle. v Bridge and Charles Wil- son ef Birtle. v, 160 yards, for £ 10 a side. Hall got the start, which he maintained up to 130 yards, when Wilson passed him, and went in an easy winner by three yards. Betting: 5 and 6 to 4 on Wilson. A deal of money changed hands. GREEN AND WILCOCK.— AS it appears that these men do not intend to run in accordance with our suggestion, each shall have his state returned by calling at our office on Tuesday next, at 12 o'clock. We must have Wilcock's address. RICHARD WOOD of Kirkstall is surprised at Townsend of Horsforth wanting two yards start iu 120 ; if he means running he will run him that distance level, or take five yards start of Ben Wood of Horsforth, Woodside, in the same distance; or he will run Tom M'Kenley 150 yards level, or will take five yards start in 100 of Sleek of Horsforth, or run him 200 yards level, or he will run Gaunt of Bramley on the same terms, for £ 5, £ 10, or £ 15 a side ; to run in one month from the first deposit. A match can be made any time, at the George the Fourth, Kirk- stall, near Leeds. The Editor of Bell's Life to be stakeholder. WM. BICKERTON of Ashton- road, Ardwick, is surprised that George Seymour of Salford wanted to run him level, when he knows that it is not his distance, but if Seymour will give him two yards start in 100 he will run him for his own sum, or he will run him 130 yards level for his own sum, or will take six yards in 120 of Flying Folen, or run Joseph Prest witch of Gorton 120 yards level, or take four yards start in 12o of Thos. Weldon of Openshaw, for £ 5. Any of these matches can be made at John Battersby's, Old Farm House, Gorton- lane, any night next week. JOSEPH WEBB of Derby can be matched to run Duck Ingram of Birmingham, Giliver of Polesworth, or Adkin of Tamworth, from 200 to 440 yards level; or will take five yards start in the like distance of Birkhamshaw or W. Johnson ( both of Derby), or two yards start in 120 yards of T. Cogin of Derby, or run him 150 yards level, or take 10 yards in 440 of J. Fishe- of Horsley Woodhouse. A match can be made, for £ 10 or £ 15 a side, on ap- plying at the Lamb Inn, Park- street, Derby, or a letter directed there will be attended to. JAMES BUCKLAND, in answer to Thomas Schofield's challenge of the 10th inst, states that he will run him 150 yards, receiving eight yards at the finish, for not less than £ 25 a side; the Editor of Bell's Life to be stakeholder and referee. If this suits Schofield, he will be at Mr William Herbert's, Charlton Pier, on Monday, the 26th inst, at eight o'clock, prepared to make a match ; if declined, he will run Montague of Woolwich for any amount. CHARLES COOKE says his friends are surprised at J. Stainor not making a match, after challenging him so often. Cooke, to show that he means business, now says he will run Stainor one mile level, land back himself at £ 6jto £ 5, or £ 12 to £ 10. Chick or Priestley can be accommodated on the same terms. A match can be made at Mr Peet's, Thistle and Crown, Thomas- stmt, Oxford- street, to- morrow ( Monday) evening, between eight and ten. MARK RAINE of Tow Law will run J. Harper of the same place 100 yards, if he will give two yards start: or run Blackburn of Trimdon the same distance, if he gives one yard at the finish : or Summerson of West Auckland, Walker of Crook, or Clark of Crook 100 yards level; or give James Finighan of Tow l> aw two yards start in 100. Any of these matches can be made for £ 5 nr £ 10 a side any night next week, at John Coulthard's, Albert Hotel, Tow Law. JOHN HOWARD of Bradford will give the Unknown one yard at a fair running jump for £ 50 or £ 100 a side; the match to come off at Hyde Park, Sheffield ; the Editor of Bell's Life to be stakeholder. If this be not accepted, any other man in the world can have one yard at a fair running jump, for the above sum. If £ 5 and articles be sent to Bell's Life, they will be at- tended to. J. ALDER SON will walk Rogers of Somers Town 20 miles if he will give five minutes start, or he will walk him 40 miles level, and hearing that Charley Lawrence of Brill- row is anxious for a match he will run him a quarter of a mile and jump 20 hurdles three feet six inches high, for not less than £ 20 a side Either or both matches can be made to- monrow ( Monday) night at the African Chief, Wilsted- street, Somers Town. GEORGE BENTLEY of Barnsley will run James Kevitt of the same place for £ 10 or £ 20, if he will give him two yards at the FOOTBALL AT ETON COLLEGE. A match was played at the Wall, 011 Monday last, between the Two Sides of the Alphabet, when the first side won by one shy to nothing. The. latter half played with only nine men, which perhaps accounts for their not getting it into calx. The elevens were— FIRST HALF.— Bagge, Baring, Hankey, Gladstone. Hincks, Craven, Lubbock max, Du Cane, Hornby, Atkinson, Ainsworth. LAST HALF.— Turner, Severne, Stanley, Rawlinson, Lord Rendlesham, Patten, Norman, Winkfield. Van de Weyer. CANINE FANCY. At Joe Phelps's, Green Dragon, Yilliers- street, Strand, on Monday, January 26cb, a show and general lead of dogs of all de- i seriptions will take place, when a patron will produce his stud of mastiffs and Newfoundland dogs. Chair taken by Mr Ferry- man, who will produce his stud of toy dogs, supported by Mr Bladon, Mr J. W. Guppy, and other leading fanciers, who will produce their studs of dogs. On that evening the entry for the silver tankard, and sterling silver snuff box, will close. The whole will be under the direction of that eminent fancier, Mr J. W. Guppy. Sparring Wednesday and Saturday, under the direction of Young Saaibo. The monthly show of fancy spaniels, terriers, Italian grey- hounds, Isle of Skyes, and bulldogs will take place at Mr Hinch* lifFs, the Pencutters' Arms, James- street, New- cut, this evening, the 25th inst. Chair taken by T. Hoiles ( the Spider) " faced by Mr Coomber, and supported by all the leading fanciers of the present day, who will produce their matchless stud of toy dogs. THE members of the South] London United Canine Association hold their weekly meetings every Monday evening, at the above house, to enrol fresh members. A good supply of dogs always for sale. Ratting sports every Tuesday evening. Use of the pit gratis. Rats supplied by J. Dalton of the London- road. A show of bulldogs, black and tan terriers, spaniels, Italian greyhounds, and Maltese lion dogs takes place this even- ing, the 25th inst, at W. Tupper's, the Greyhound, Webber- row, Waterloo- road. Chair taken by Mike Wilimott. assisted by Mr Riley, who will exhibit their studs. Mr Hinkins will show th6 celebrated black and tan terrier stock dog Jack, Mr T. his Not- tingham stock bulldog Frank, only 131b weight, and Maltese lion dogs. The lolb bitch is still open to destroy 30 rats, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side. Ratting every Saturday and Monday evening. A show of Spanish terriers, Maltese, and bulldogs will take place this evening, 25th inst, at Mr Aston's, the Prince of Wales, Bunhill- row, St Luke's, by a host of East and West End fanciers, when they will produce the best of the day. Mr Riseam will produce his wonderful little stock dog; Mr Fletcher and Mr Walker will likewise produce their beautiful stud. Chair taken at seven o'clock by Mr Riseam, faced by Mr Fletcher. A show of dogs will take place to- morrow ( Monday), at Mr Wibrow's, the Catherine Wheel, Catherine Wheel- square, Bishopsgate- street. Jem Ferriman will take the chair, and show his stud of haif bred dogs; Terrier Dick ( vice), will also show his spaniel dogs ; Mr'Wibrow will show bis white Maltese stock dog. Ratting every Wednesday. A good supply of ra* s. Jas. Lane of Failsworth, hearing that Samuel Howard of Cut- ler's Hill is not satisfied with the defeat of his dog Gallant, says he will match Ventor to run him again one hour and a half trail, best runner to dragthtj rag, or he will run Middleton's Garland, 011 the same conditions, 0r will match Ventor fo run anv cross bred drg. hound, or harrier in England, to start at Bills o' Jack's in Saddleworth and end at Failsworth, or start at White- field Church and end at Bills o' Jack's. Any of the above matches can be made, for from £ 20 to £ 30 aside, at Sarah Lane's, Sun Inn, Failsworth, or any communication through Bell's Life will be attended to. To come off on Satu- day, Feb 28. Handicap Pog Race of 140 yards will take place at t> e Victoria New Race Ground, Bury, on Saturday the 7th of February. First prize £ 1, second 10s, third 5s ; handicap one yard and a fo( t to the pound inside; and other known good dogs will also be dealt with extra; entries Is each: to close Feb 3. Also a Handicap Foot Race of 120 yards, on Saturday the 14th of Feb. First prize £ 1 10s, second 10s, third 5s, and 2s for every man winning a heat and not gptting a prize: entries Is each; to close Feb the 7th. All entries to be made at Mr S. Hamilton's, Victoria Garden, Bury. Stamps taken as cash. T. Green's Valiant can be matched against Matthew Oates's Danger of Stannington, Yorkshire, to run, for £ 15 a side, from Yorkshire Bridge to top of Colne Edge, or from Broadbottom to the top of Win Hill, and will meet him at Geo. Scoles's, Friend ship Tavern, Glossop, or Bull's Head, Castleton, any day that RATTING EXTRAORDINARY.— The great all England ratting sweepstakes, for a solid silver collar, goblet, & c, the winner to have first choice, and the second and third to save their rat money, comes off next Tuesday evening, at Shaw's, Queen's Head, Crown court, Windmill- street. Haymarket. - A good supply of barn rats for public or private sport, with the useof the pit gratis. Canine exhibitions of toy dogs, & c, every Wednesday evening, entrance free, open to all. Next Wednesday there will be a strong muster of old fanciers to pay up, & c, previous to their quarterly supper, next Thursday week. Their monthly show comes off this evening: week. At Joe Phelps's, Grfen Dragon, Villiers- street, Strand, near Hungerford Market, on Tuesdavnext, January27, rattingforthe silver tankard and sterling silver snuff box. will take place by dogs of any weight that have never won a prize. Rats for pounds. Entrance free. Purveyor, Mr C. Strugnell. The champion dogs to be matched for a silver watch, value five guineas, on Monday, February 9th. Rats for pounds. Entrance free. The watch to be seen at the bar. A rat match of interest will take place 011 Wednesday, Feb 4, at Mr Bradshaw's, the Hampshire Hog, Redcross- street, Borough. The dog Frank is matched to destroy 500 barn rats within the hour, a gentleman backing time at £ 25 to £ 15. The finish'of 120 vards or three vards in 1- . varl r'r Bortl. v wl whole of the 500 rats to be counted in the pit at one time, and nnisn or IZO yaras, or tnree yards in l^ o > arns, or Bentley winth ,11t, .. . ... wVl_ ln „„„ d^,., ™ ,! ^ wv, FORSTER AND HOWARD.— Mr H. Procter has received the last deposit of £ 10 a side, for the race of 100 yards between these men, which comes off to- morrow ( Monday), at Grantham Park, Huddersfield; the men are to meet on the ground at one o'clock and run and three; to start by mutual consent, and if not off in half an hour, to go by the report of a pistol. Mr P. has also received a further deposit of £ 5 a side for the 130 yards race between Emsley and Clegg. Shaw and Foster have also drawn up articles and made a further deposit of £ 4 a side, which now makes £ 5 a side down in the hands of Mr J. Wool- foot, who is stakeholder and referee; they run on Feb 9th. LANDON AND KENT.— Joseph Landon of Milford ( Stafford- shire), and George Kent of Woodenbox have signed articles to run 100 yards, for £ 25 a side, on the 23d of February, at the Waterfall Gardens, Endon. Mr Holdeu of Manchester is stake- holder and referee, and the first deposit, of £ 5 each, has been paid to him. The next deposit, of a similar sum, is to be put down on the 4th of February, £ 5 each on the 11th, and the re- maining £ 10 a side on the day of the race. The men are to start by mutual cousent, but if not off in thirty minutes they are to go by the first pull of a handkerchief. FOBSTEB AJTP FAWCETT.— A match Las been made between run Joseph Nayling of the same place - 4- f 1 yards, if he wii. give him five yards at the finish, for tne same sum. A match may be made at Ester Hampson's, Castle Inn, Worsbro' Common, near Barnsley, any night next week. JOSEPH FORSTER of Dewsbury accepts the challenge of H. A. Reed of London, and will run him 200 yards, and give £ 5 to run at Salford Gardens and share of the gate money; or take £ 10 to run in London. If Reed will send articles to Forster he will bign them and send £ 5 to run for £ 50 a side, on the 2d of March. The Editor of Bell's Life to be stakeholder, and Mr Jas. Holden of Manchester referee. GEORGE GREEN of Hutton is surprised at John Dunn of Middlesbro wanting two yards start in 140; if Dunn means running he will run him level any length he thinks proper, for £ 25 a side, in one month from the first deposit, and not being satisfied with his late defeat by Robinson Hall of Stockton, he will run him again the same distance— 100 yards— for £ 50 a side, in one month from the first deposit. HENRY STONES of Staveley accepts the challenge of Booth of Newton Heath to run 140 yards at Salford Borough Gardens, if he will give £ 3 for expenses, or he will run Wood of Worksop, Barber of Glossop, or Shaw of Leeds 440 yards, at Hyde Park, Sheffield, for £ 25 a side, to run in one month from the first deposit. If articles and £ 5 are sent to J. Darley's, Crown Inn, Holey- street, Sheffield, a match can be made. WILLIAM GRAHAM of Beverly will run John Howard of Bradford six score yards, for £ 50 a side; to run in a month from the present time, and to toss for choice of ground. By sending ar- ticles to William Graham, of Railway- terrace, Beverly, they will be signed, and a deposit of £ 10 will be forwarded to the Editor of Bell's Life, who will be stakeholder, WM. RILEY of Newcastle- on- Tyne is surprised at J. Nichol's challenging him in Bell's Life, when he can see Riley every day in Newcastle ; but, if he means runniHg, Riley will take two yards in 100, or five in 440, for £ 10 or £ 15 a side ; or Riley will take three yards in 100, or 10 in 440, of Bill Foster of Hunslet, or two yards in 100 of Emsley of Pudsey, for £ 10 or £ 15 a side. YOUNG CRITCHER of Newgate Market will run Ben Lloyd if he will give him two yards start in 100, for £ 5 or upwards a side; or he will run G. Bentick, or Nipper of Newgate Market 100 yards level, for £ 5 or upwards. Money ready at Mr White's, Star and Garter, Church- street, Lambeth, on Tuesday evening, the 27th inst. H. VEITCH of Newcastle will run J. Barber of the same place, 600 yards, or will run J. Green of the same place from 500 yards to four miles, or will run Armstrong of Percy- street, four or six miles, or R. Natrass 300 yards. A match can be made for £ 5 a side, at J. Reay's, Collingwood Inn, Pudding Chare, Newcastle- on- Tyne to- morrow ( Monday) night. CHARLES COOKE, hearing that Jacksou ( the American Deer) wishes to run him, informs him he can be accommodated from one mile to six miles, for £ 10 a side; any respectable person to be stakeholder. A match can be made at Mr Peet's, Thistle and Crown, Thomas- street, Oxford- street, to- morrow ( Monday) even- ing, between eight and ten. HORROCKS AND SAVILLE.— J. Horrocks of Bury is much an- noyed at Saville making so many fictitious matches and appoint- ments with him and never keeping them ; he now, and for the last time, says he will run him once round Hyde Park, Sheffield ( 506 vards), and stake £ 60 to Saville's £ 50, to run in six weeks from the date hereof. J. JENN will walk Bennett of Somers Town according to his challenge, 20 miles, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side, or will walk Bennett of Regent's Park, Sewell of Tottenham Court- road, or Tims of Bloomsbury four or seven miles, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side. A match can be made at Mr Banks's, the Triumph, Skinner- street, Somers Town, next Tuesday night. ROBERT HOLDEN of Pendleton will ruu Abel Butterworth of Red Bank, or James Harrison of Hulme 100 yards, or Nolan of Bank Top, if he will give three yards start in 120, or J. Davies of Hulme 100 yards level, or Henry Wild 100 yards level. A match can be made for £ 5 a side, at Carravan's, Grapes Inn, Cross- lane, Pendleton. W. WALKER of Worksop says that he is willing to make ano- ther match with T. Wood, to run three times round Hyde Park, Sheffield, for £ 50 a side, in ten weeks time. He or his friends will meet Wood at Mr Smith's, Ship Inn, on Monday ( to- morrow) evening, to make the match. FRANK PRICE ( alias the New Leeds Lad) will run Jabez Har- rison of Clayton 100 yards, for £ 5orl0aside, A match can be made any time at Walker Dobson's, the Marquis of Granby, Shipley; or at Wm. Broadbent's, of Bradford. Or Price will run any man in Bradford 100 yards for the like sum. WILLIAM RICHARDSON of Hunslet will run Brown of Beeston again, for £ 5 a side, on Shrove Tuesday, 180 yards level, or Slack of Holbeck 160 yards, or William Rainforth of Hunslet 150 yards and give him one yard start, for the above sum. Money ready at Isaac Bailey's, Gardeners' Arms, Hunslet. GEORGE FRISELL of South Shields will run John Wilkinson or William Rowan of Sunderland 150 yards, or George Colling can have one yard start in the same distance, for £ 10 a side A match can be made at William Swallow's, Hope and Anchor, Windynook to- morrow ( Monday) night. JAMES STAINOR of Marylebone says he detests bouncing, and to show that he means business he will run C. Cooke one mile level, for £ 25 a side, in five or six weeks from the making of the match. Stainor says he will meet Cooke to- morrow ( Monday), at MrSadler's, Garratt- lane. Wandsworth, to draw uparticles, & c. JL WOODSTOCK yijl run J, Sjrkett of Sgmerg Town 440 yards, the dog not to leave the pit till the whole are destroyed, which is to be done within the hour, sponging included. Mr Burford, of the Trumpet, High- street, Chatham, begs to inform his friends that his large saloon is open every Monday and Saturday night, for rat destroying. A good supply of rate always on band Tho use of the pit, for gentlemen to try their dogs, to be had gratis at any time. A sweepstakes trail bunt,' from Saltersbrook, near Woodhead, to Mr John Whitehead's. Gale Inn, Weaky, Saddleworth. En- trance £ 1 each, and £ 1 added. To come off on Feb 24. First meeting next Wednesday evening, at seven o'clock. THE NOTED DOG JEM.— The paintiug of this extraordinary animal performing his match, with the correct likeness of above one hundred well- known sporting characters and patrons of Jemmy Shaw, is nearly completed, and can be seen at the bar. There is a vacancy for a few other friends. The Treatise on Bats, enclosed with the printed rules of the Canine Club, can be had of J. Shaw only, sent for twelve postage stamps. Also the much approved of dog- soap, for curing all diseases, preserving the coat, & c, iu Is packages. Buyers and sellers can meet with every opportunity of exchanging, & c, every Tuesday or Wednes- day evening. A list of the choicest stock dogs kept. CHANGE RINGING— On Wednesday last the following members of the St James's Society rang upon the bells of St John, Waterloo- road, an excellent peal of grandsire triples, con- sisting of 5,640 changes, in 2h 47min, viz, Wm. Coppage treble, Geo. Stockham 2. Alfred Jones 3, Wm. Field 4, Wm. Green 5, Wm. Autill 6, Wm. Hunt 7, Jesse Horton tenor. Weight of tenor, 19cwt, in the key of F. Conducted by Wm. Green. A company of ringers ascended the tower of the parish church of Keighley 011 the lStli inst, and rang a true and complete peal of Kent treble bib majors, consisting of 5,088 changes, in 3h. Tke company were stationed as follows, viz, Abraham Moulson treble, Nathan Binns 2, Joseph Chetham 3, Thos. Dawson 4. Squire Murgetroyd 5, Thos. Illingworth 6, Joshua Barrowclough 7, J. Illingworth tenor. This peal was composed by Joseph Soothill of Halifax, and conducted by Squire Murgetroyd of Keighley. On Monday last the undermentioned amateur members of the Ancient Society of College Youths rang on the bells of St John, Horslydown, a peal of graudsire caters of 5,075 changes, in 3h 26min, viz, John Mavhew treble, Henry F. Wood 2, Wm. Field 3, Alfred Jones 4, Wm. Dagwortliy 5, Wm. Cooter 6. Robt. Pea- cock 7. Geo. Grice 8, Henry Booth 9, Jesse Horton tenor. Con- ducted by Henry Booth. Weight of tenor, 20cwt, in the key of E. On Wednesday, the 14th inst, the undermentioned members of the Ancient Society of College Youths rang upon the bells of St John, South Hackney, an excellent peal of grandsire triples, consisting of 5,040 changes, in 3h 6min, viz, Edward Langton treble, Matthew A. Wood 2, Robt. Peacock 3, Jas. Dwight 4, Henry F. Wood 5, Wm. Dagworthy 6, Henry Booth 7, John Mayhew tenor. Conducted by Henry Booth. RABBIT COURSING.— W. Smith will run his dog Topper against Cook's Vic, at 13? lb, 17 or 21 courses, for £ 10 a side, or he will take two dead rabbits in 17 courses, at catch weight, and give or take £ 1 for choice of ground, or he will run any other dog or bitch. 15iin high, for £ 10 a side. A match can be made any time at W. Smith's, Hare and Hounds, Brampton, near Chesterfield. Geo. Harrison's ( of Wigan) bitch Fan is open to run any dog or bitch in the world, lfiiin high, or 201b weight, best of 15 courses, 50 yards law. for from £ 15 to £ 25 a side, to run half- way between home and home. A match can be made by a de- posit of £ 5 being sent to Bell's Life, and articles to G. Harrison. Colliers' Arms, Pemberton, near Wigan. A sweepstakes was run for by 16 dogs, at 2s 6d each, with £ 1 added by Mr Beesley, at the Waggon and Horses Inn, Cross- street, near Stredford. on Monday last. The running was very good, and Mr Beeslej's bitch Lucy won the first prize of £ 1 10s, Mr Wild's dog Flint the second of 10s, and Mr Harrison's Flint and Mr Tonge's Music the third and fourth of 5s each. LUCY AND VENICES.— Mr Shaw of Manchester has matched his bitch Lucy against Yenices of Bolton, for £ 10 a side, six out of 11 courses. The match is to take place at Mr Beesley's. the Waggon and Horses Inn, Cross- street, near Stred- ford, on Feb 7. Neither dog to exceed 20lb. Mr Trow is the stakeholder and referee. DOMINOES— Thos. Bishop ( the well- known blind fiddler of Sheffield) is surprised at not hearing from Blind Tom of Peter- borough, after challenging any other blind man at dominoes. Bishop is still open to play him or any other blind man, for from £ 10 to £ 25 a side, The Editor of Bell's Life to be stakeholder, and £ 5 sent to us and articles to Geo. Derwent, Jolly Waggoner. Nursery- street, Sheffield, will ensure a match. John'Knowles of Leeds will play any man of the same town, with double sixes, to draw seven each from a table, each man to draw his own dominoes, the best of 21 games, for from £ 5 to £ 15 a side; to play on Shrove Tuesday; or Smith of Foleshill can be accommodated 011 the same terms. A match can be made at any time by applying to Knowles, at the Red Lion Inn, East- street, Bank, Leeds. LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.— Traffic receipts for the week ending Jan 17, 1857, £ 10,904 12s 7d ; No. of omnibuses in the possession of the company, 604; No. at work, 570. BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON JANUARY 25, 1857. V THE RING, FIGHTS TO COME. Ji. iT 27.— Hartley and Steele—£ 10 a side, London. FEB 10.— Aaroa Jones and Tom Sayers—£ 190 a side, London. 17.— Mace and Thorpe— £ 25 a side, London. 24.— Crutcliley and George Lane—£ 25 aside. London. MAE 3.— Alec Andrews and Tom Tyler— £ 25 a side, London. 10.— Hazletine and Bos Tyler—£ 50 a side, London. APK 29.— Cobley and Crockett—£ 100 a side, London. FIGHTS FOB THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND OTHER CELE- BRATED PRIZE BATTLES.— Just published, at Bell's Life Office, 170, Strand, and to be had of all booksellers, " The Eights for the Championship, and other Prize Battles," being full accounts of all the fights for the championship from the days of Figg and Broughton to the present time, aud also of many other celebrated prize battles, including the perform, ances of Jem Burn, Jack Randall, White- headed Bob, Scrog- gins, Dick Curtis, Young Dutch Sam, Ned Neal, Owen Swift. Johnny Broome, Barney Aaron, Ned Adams, Dick Cain, Ham- mer Lane, Nat Langham, Hayes, Keene, Grant, Massey, Jemmy Welsh, & c. Compiled and arranged by one of the Editors of Bell's Life in London. Price 5s ; or sent free by post on receipt of a Post Office order for 5s 6d. To be had also at all the railway stations, aud of Mr Fenner at Cambridge, & c. FIGHT BETWEEN BOB TRAVERS AND BILL CLEGHORN, FOR £ 100 A SIDE. This contest, which has been some time on the tapis, was brought to a satisfactory termination on Tuesday last, in the neighbourhood of Long Reach. When we say a satisfactory termination, we mean only as regards the respective merits of the combatants; but viewed merely in the light of a pugilistic encounter, the battle was by no means so satisfactory a perform- ance as the reputations of the men had led every one to expect. Cleghorn, for prudential reasons, had, during the progress ofthe match, figured in our columns as Northumberland Bill, but now the affair is decided, there is no longer any reason for con" cealment. According to Fistiana, he is set down at 35 years of age, but we are assured by Cleghorn himself, and also by his friends, that this is an error, and that iu reality he is barely 29. He is in height just 5ft 8in, and his fighting weight is about 9st 121b. His first encounter was with Weldon, in 1844, when he was only 17 years of age. The battle lasted 46 minutes, during which thirty- eight rounds were fought, and Weldon was the victor. On the 11th of March, 1846, he defeated one Mark Reilly, standing six feet high, and weighing list, in forty- eight rounds, lasting two hours and a half. This contest unfortunately resulted in fatal consequences to Reilly. On the 9th of July in the following year, Cleghorn fought Montgomery for £ 25 a side, when he was unsuccessful, having lost the battle by a foul blow in the eighteenth round, at the end of 49min. After this battle nothing more was heard of him in the pugilistic hemisphere, if we except an occasional challenge, ending in nothing, until the last year, when he came to Lon- don for the express purpose of making a match with his present, or rather late, antagonist. This was shortly after the Black's fight with Crockett, but as the men could not agree as to weight, and as Bob Travers got what he at the time thought an easier customer in the Enthusiastic Potboy. Cleghorn was disappointed, and went away as he came. After Bob's defeat by Cobley, however, the London friends of the Northumbrian Pet once more came forward, and the present match was made, at the grecise weight originally proposed by Cleghorn, viz, 9st 12lb. leghorn, who had been so many years on the shelf, was repre- sented by his friends as a most desperate antagonist, a quick, hard hitter, a game man, and one of very considerable acquire- ments in the art. How these statements were borne out by the result will be seen in the sequel. For our part the only points we found in his favour were his upright manliness and his de- termined game. As soon as the match was made, he went into active training, in company with Aaron Jones, and did all, aud more than all, that was desirable to get himself fit. It is true he got himself into first- rate health, and had he been training for a running match his condition would have been perfect; but for an encounter in the P. R., he was decidedly too flue drawn, and looked careworn and haggard about the face, Iiis countenance having the appearance of a man at least ten years older than he really was. On stripping, the same result of his overwork was visible, and it was pretty clear before the mill commenced, that unless his cleverness was such as to enable him to win " right off the reel" he could not stay with such a sturdy opponent as Nat Langham's Ebony Phenomenon. The odds which, at the weighing at Nat Langham's, the previous day, had been 6 to 4 on Travers, now rose to 7 to 4, aud finally 2 to 1. There did not appear to be much speculation, however, and this was fully accounted for in our minds by the fact that the gentry who, on these occasions, are almost invari- ably " fielders," were ou Tuesday to a man in favour of Darkey, but the price was too dear to induce an investment on their fancy. The performances of Bob Travers must be so familiar to our readers that the shortest po- sible summary thereof will be suf- ficient. He began his career at 9st 6lb, in October, 1855, when he fought George Baker of Chatham for £ 25 a side, and, after two meetings ( owing to police interference) he came oft' victo- rious, and almost scatheless. In February last, at 9st 9ib, he defeated Jesse Hatton, for £ 25 a side, in thirty- nine rounds and one hour and sixteen minutes, again coming off with barely a scratch. On the 13th of May he met the scientific George Crockett, for £ 50 a side, and after fighting thirty- seven rounds in one hundred and fourteen minutes, was a third time victo- rious, although, on this occasion, he obtained his triumph at the cost of a very severe amount of punishment, On the 19th of August he met Job Cobloy ( the Enthusiastic Potboy) for £ 50 a side, and after a contest almost unexampled for game deter- mination and skill on both sides, was, for the first time, com- pelled to succumb, but not until both his peepers were com- pletely closed. This was his last match prior to that under notice. Bob took his gallops at Hammersmith, under the watchful eye of Scotch Bob, Nat Langham and other friends occasionally calling in to see that all was going on right. He took . unusual pains with his training, and certainly on Tuesday his condition was such as to leave no cause of complaint even to the most fastidious. On weighing at Langham's, both men were well under their weight; Cleghorn being 9st 10i! b, and Bob about 9st lllb. Both showed at Tom Sayers's benefit in the evening, which we wereglad to hear was a bumper, and both were loudly applauded. An early start having been determined upon, all the late division were again thrown out. A vessel was chartered to meet the train by which the men and their friends proceeded to Gravesend, aud an embarkation having been quickly effected, a start was made seaward, but after a pleasant excursion, " bock agin" was the order of the day, aud a spot was reached where, notwith- standing some unpleasant mudlarking, a descent was made, and Tom Oliver, Callis, and Co, lost no time in arranging the list. In the meantime fee men remained on board the boat to perform the most material part of their toilettes, so that by the time everything was arranged ashore they had nothing to do but pro- ceed to the ring and remove their upper Benjamins. On shying their castors into the arena both were loudly cheered, and some little betting took place, one bet of 12 to 8 being laid by the men, Bob of course staking the odds. There were not more than 80 per- sons present, so that the ring- keepers had an easy time of it, and as all could see, there was of course a very limited demand for inner ring tickets, the sum realised being only £ 2 2s 6d, many preferring to stand outside and take their chance to that of shel- ling out a few shillings for the support ofthe Association. So well was the whole affair conducted, and so punctual were Nat Langham and his compeers in their arrangements, that the men were ac- tually in the ring soon after twelve o'clock. The colours ( blue and broad white border for Cleghorn, and a small blue and white check for Darkey) having been tied to the stake, and other preliminaries having been arranged, the mill commenced at 22 minutes before one. Bob Travers was attended by Nat Laugham and The Stunted Life Guardsman, while Bob Fuller and the sporting Boniface picked up the Northumberland champion. THE FIGHT. Round 1. The attitudes of both men in commencing were good. Cleghorn stood well over his man, but what the Black wanted in height he inade" up for by strength. Cleghorn, as we have said, looked thin and stale, and there was a lack of " wool on the top of his nut iu the place where the wool ought to grow," which would have led any one to suppose he was quite a veteran. He wore a good- humoured smile on his mug, which augured plenty of confidence. Bob, instead of grinning after the man- ner of his tribe, looked as grave and cunning as the Last of the Mohicans on a war track. Both commenced cautiously, and threw out numerous feelers for an opening. Bob tried a lead several times, but, finding Bill ready for a shoot, kept his dis- tance. At length they got near, and Bob let go his left, which was well stopped, and Bill returned slightly on the kisser. Bob, in getting back, fell. 2. Bob again tried to lead off, but was once more neatly stopped, Cleghorn returning sharply on the cheek. Bob then dodged and popped his left on the brow, but not heavily, and, in a harmless exchange which followed, again got down. 3. Bob cocked his cocoa nut on one side and tried to look cun- ning ; he dodged his left, and then sent it straight on Bill's smeller, drawing first blood. Bill returned slightly on the cheek, and Bob dropped. 4. Bob again led off, but was beautifully countered on the right cheek. Bill tried to follow up his advantage, but Bob turned round and bolted across the ring, Cleghorn after him. Bob then turned, and, after a little sparring, Bob tried at the body, but Cleghorn got away. After several ineffectual feints, both let fly together, and Bob got a tidy smack on the left peeper, and returned on the gob. Both were staggered, and Bob ultimately got down. 5. Bob showed a mark on his left ogle. He went in, and, after slight and harmless exchanges, got down. 6. Bob was again well stopped; but, in a second attempt, he got well on Bill's snout, removing the bark and drawing more of the colouring matter. Cleghorn tried to return, but Bob got down in what he, doubtless, thought was a cunning way, but it was a very clumsy performance. 7. Bob tried to lead off, but was neatly countered on the left cheek. He made another attempt, but was stopped. Good counter hits, in favour of Cleghorn, followed, and Bob, in get- ting away, caught his heel against the stake and fell. 8. Bob came up, looking excessively glum. He rolled his nob about in a most ludicrous style, and glared out of the corners of his peepers like a dying codfish. This was, doubtless, intended to mislead his antagonist, who, however, was not to be done. He stood at the scratch waiting for Bob, who. at length, came to him, and planted his left on the mark, Cleghorn returning heavily on the top of his nob, but too high to do much damage. Bob then got his left home on the mouth, Bill countering him on the damaged peeper, and Bob got down. 9. Bob led off, but was countered heavily on the proboscis. He tried again with his left, but Cleghorn once more countered him heavily ou the cheek, and, as Bob was getting down, Bill delivered another left- hander on the conk. 10. After some wild rambling attempts, they got to close quar- ters, and exchanges took place in favour of Cleghorn, who, how- ever, got a nasty one on the left squinter. In the end, Bob got down, as if he did not quite like it. 11. Both stood looking at one another some time. At last Bob crept in and let go his left, but was short. A second attempt was well stopped, but Cleghorn missed his return. Iu some slight exchanges which followed, Bob got home on the smeller and dropped. 12. Bob let go his left at the ribs, but was short. He then tried the same hand at the mouth, but Cleghorn slipped down ; he jumped up instantly, however, to renew the round. Bob, nothing loth, came to him, and planted the left heavily twice in succession on the bread basket, without a return. A third at- tempt missed, but the fourth was again home on the same spot, a very heavy hit this time; Cleghorn countered him sharply on the cheek, and Bob got down. 13. After a little sparring, Bob popped his left on the mouth, and Clegliorn caught him heavily on the jowl, knocking him off his pins. [ First knock down for Cleghorn, amidst vociferous cheers.] 14. Bob popped his left on the mark, and then on the nozzle heavily, drawing more of the cochineal, and after getting a very little one in return, slipped down. 15. Cleghorn tried to lead off, but was stopped, and Bob re- i urned on the mark. Bill then stopped Bob twice in succession, and Bob retreated; Bill followed, and let fly his left, but it was short, and Bob was once more at home on the body. Cleghorn, nothing daunted, went in and dropped slightly on Bob's conS. ! Bob then let fly once more at the mark, and was countered on ! the snorter, from whence a small rill of the home- brewed was ! then perceptible. Bob now became wild, and hit away at ran- dom, doing no damage. Cleghorn ultimately nailed him on the side of his occiput, and Bob dropped. 10. Bob seemed flushed, and stood sparring, until Bill went to him, when he instantly dashed his left heavily on the midriff, and walked away. Bill pursued, and some wild lunging work took place, without any damage. At last Bob once more visited the old spot on Bill's body, and then gave him pepper on the gob. Cleghorn, in return for the last hit, countered Bob sharply on the left cheek, and Bob fell. 17. Bob, after a little feinting, let go his left heavily twice in | succession on the conk, removing thejstopper. Qieghoru then J S^ S^ g" ® 16' B° b SUCCed6d ia g8tt^ d° Wn I beg^ to^ nform the^ over^ of S&^ o^ f^ A 18. Bob led off, but was stopped. He tried it again, and got affords every comfort and convenience It is within two minutes' home on Bill's4arboard squinter Cleghorn returned sharply on walk of the Eastern Counties Railway terminus, and travellers the sucker, turning on the main, and Bob once more bolted will find their wants attended to. Private lessons in the noble - - ' -—: a? t are given daily by Harry Orme and Billy Duncan. Harmony every Thursday evening, undfii'the direction of Mr Harry Hicks, On Thursday evening tke chair will be taken by Jemmy Shaw, faced by an old sporting friend, and some of the first vocalists of the day have kindly promised their services on this occasion, G. Brown, of the Bell, Red Lion Market, Whitecress- street, begs to inform his friends and the public that the Jolly Trumps meet for harmony and good fellowship every Saturday and Tuesday night. Conductor, by Mr J. Reagan, assisted by W. Diss. On Thursday evening next Alec Andrews will be happy to meet his friends, previous to going into training ; Mr J, FoweJs will take the chair, when a rare evening's sport may be relied on. Next Wednesday evening is the monthly meeting of the Jolly Trumps Provident Society. Boxing as usual. Private leessous given by G. Brown. OLD TIMES REVIVED.— Sparring at Jemmy Shaw's, the Queen's Head Tavern, Crown- court, Windmill- street, Hay- market, to- morrow ( Monday) evening. There will be plenty of first- rate boxing, A select class for tuition every Thursday, Fri- day, and Saturday, also harmony every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening. This ( Saturday) evenng, Mr C will pre- side, faced by Mr Henry Hicks. To- morrow ( Monday) evening there will a re- union of old friends. The great ratting sweep comes off next Tuesday evening, open to all England. The champion of the feather weights, tbe Spider, of the Old King John, Holywell- lane, Shoreditch, invites attention to his first- rate sparring entertainments even' Saturday and Monday evening, under the direction of Dan Collins. To- night ( Satur- day) a glove encounter between two big- uns. A select harmonic meeting every Tuesday evening. The amateur sparring on Thursday. Private lessons given at any hour of the day by the Spider or Dan Collins. Gloves and dumb- bells supplied. Fistiana and Fightsfor the Championship to be had at the bar. Patsy Daley, of the Prince of Wales, Old- street- road, near Pitfield- street, continues his harmonic meetings every Wed- nesday evening, conducted by first- rate talent. On Wednesday evening Joe Hoiles ( the Spider) will take the chair, as he was un- able to attend last Wednesday. On Tuesday Boss Tyler will preside previous to his going into training to fight Hazeltine, faced by Joe Addock, the renowned tenor. Fistiana and Fights for the Championship to be seen at the bar. A good stock of gloves always ready. At Harry Brunton's, the George and Dragon, 13, Beech- street, Barbican, City, harmonic meetings held every Monday, Thurs- day, and Saturday, continue to give great satisfaction, con- ducted by Messrs Cox and Farrell. On Thursday evening last Mr James Moore, of the Old Rum Puncheon, Long- alley, Moor fields, presided, and it was4a regular bumper, and on Thursday evening next Mr Miuton, of the Bald Faced Stag, Worship- square, Worship- street, will preside, faced by Mr Piatt, and a stunning night may be anticipated. Jem Ward ( the Black Diamond) is again sparkling in his old horizon, a planet of no ordinary magnitude. The hostelry known as the King's Arms, Whilechapel- road, now boasts Jem as the bouiface. The ancient admirers of the fancy who dwell in the East will remember the ex- champion in his zenith. The curious will find it interesting now to look in on Jem and recog- nise, in the valiant coal- whipper of former days, the accom- plished painter and publican of the present. The Spider, hearing that old Jack Driscoll, one of the oldest members of the Association, is confined in St Thomas's Hos- pital with rheumatic fever, and no one to assist him, intends devoting the proceeds of a sparring benefit for his use, to take place to- morrow ( Monday), Jan 26, 1857, at the Old King John, Holywell- lane, Shoreditch, when most of the members have promised to attend. The wind up between Jemmy Welsh and the Spider. At J. Vassar's, Green Dragon, Halfmoou- street, Bishopsgate, harmony every Tuesday evening. Chair taken at eight o'clock. On Tuesday next it will be occupied by John Hazeltine, previous to his going into training, faced by the renowned Jerry Noon, assisted by lots of talent. Hazletine hopes his friends will come and see him on this occasion. Public sparring every Saturday evening, conducted by Jack Brooks. Private lessons given at anytime by J. B. Nat Langham, of the Cambriau Stores, Castle- street, Leices- ter- square, begs to inform his friends that first- rate sparring takes place every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, under the direction of the veteran Alec Reed ( the Chelsea Snob), assisted by Bob Travers, Plantagenet Green, and Alec Reed's black diamond. Harmonic meetings every Tuesday and Friday. Phil Benjamin in the chair. To be had at the bar, A Treatise on the Lata of the Land as it affects Pugilism, price 2s 6d. The Sir Charles Napier feat is performed by Professor Harri- son every Tuesday and Saturday, also on Thursday, when Mr Snelling, from the provinces, takes the chair. The professor also exhibits his Herculean feats of strength each evening to astounding audiences. Lessons given in the Indian club and dumb bell exercises, also boxing. Clubs, dumb bells ( any weight), and boxing gloves supplied on receipt of P. O. O. directed Char- ing cross. At Mr J. Milton's, the Griffin. Church- street, Borough, spar- ring every Monday and Saturday evening, under the super- intendence of Jack Grant, assisted by a host of young aspirants. Jack Grant's Big One is open to all comers, in hand and glove, for a bellyful. Sparring to commence at eight o'clock. J. G. is in daily attendance to give lessons in the manly art of self- de- fence. Fights for the Championship to be seen at the bar. At Ben Caunt's, Coach ana Horses, St Martin's- lane, sparring as usual every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday night. Fre<- and- easy's Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday nights. Sambo, as before, conducts the sparring. On Tuesday night a new big- one will spar, that Ben means to bring out before long. Be in time that night, as he will cause a great company. Private lessons given to gentlemen at any time by the Elastic Potboy. Young Reed, at Jem Burn's, the Rising Sun, Air- street, Pic- cadilly, gives private instruction daily, from twelve to four, and from eight to ten in the evening. A commodious arena has been fitted up, and gentlemen may rely on privacy. Gloves and dumb- bells sent into the country on receipt of a P. O. order, pay- able to Wm. Reed, at the Charing Cross office. Reed is also to be heard of at Owen Swift's, Tichborne- street, Haymarket. Sam Millard, of the Globe, Brick- lane, Old- street, St Luke's, begs to inform the lovers of English sport that he intends giving private lessons in boxing at any hour of the day ; and his select harmonic meetings will be held every Monday and Saturday. Next Monday the chair will be taken by Alec Andrews, faced by Mr Horton. Sparring every Tuesday night, conducted by Sam Millard, when several first- rate men will attend. TOM MALEY — Poor Old Tom Maley is dangerously ill and totally destitute. Any of his old pals and former patrons who saw him fight his numerous game battles, may be glad, on seeing this notice, to forward a mite for his relief. Tom Tyler takes a benefit to- morrow ( Monday) evening, at Mr Bailey's, Blue Coat Boy, Dorset- street, Spitalfields, prior to going into training to fight Andrews. Tyler and Young Har- rington will wind up the sports. PUGILISTIC BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.— Bos Tyler has fol- lowed his brother's example, and paid £ 1 to become a member of the Association. round the ring. Cleghorn followed, and on Bob turning some sparring took place, Bob on the cautious system. At last he got once more on Bill's mark, the latter countering on the side of the knowledge box. Somo sharp exchanges followed, Bob at home on the whistler and sniffer, drawing the juic « from each, and Cleghorn on the jaw and brow, but the blows were open- handed, and therefore harmless, but nevertheless Bob dropped. 19. Cleghorn made a feint, whereupon Bob instantly cut, Cleghorn after him, until they got close to the ropes, where a brief struggle took place, and Cleghorn got down cleverly. 20. Bob led off with his left, but was stopped. His next at- tempt once more reached Bill's middle heavily. This he re- peated without a return. A third attempt was stopped, and Cleghorn's return was short. Some mutual stopping followed, aud Cleghorn then succeeded in cross countering Bob with the right over the left peeper, drawing the claret, and Bob dropped. The Newcastle men were in ecstacies, thinking Bob's peeper was closed. 21. Bob, on coming up, had a visible swelling on the left eye, but the daylight was not excluded. He seemed shy, and waited for Bill to make a move. On the latter approaching, Bob let go his left, but was twice stopped. Exchanges followed, Bob get- ting well home on the snout and Cleghorn on the gob, each drawing the carmine, and Bob fell. One hour had MOW elapsed. 122. Bob, after a few cautious dodges, let fly his left, but not b& wrily, at the body. His next effort was a rattler on Bill's snuff- box, from which more of the double- distilled appeared. A third . attempt was stopped, and Cleghorn tapped him on the kisser, which induced Bob to absquatulate and get down. 23. Bob, after a little fiddling, planted his left twice on the smelling- bottle. He then closed, and, after a short struggle, both fell, Bill bleeding from the nose. 24. More caution on the part of Bob, who seemed disinclined to force the fighting. At last he let fly his left, and was stopped, Cleghorn missing his return. Exchanges followed, Bob receiving another little one on his left squinter, and returning on the conk and body. A break away, and at it again. Cleghorn once more on Bob's visual organ, and Bob on the body. Cleghorn next stopped Bob neatly, but could not succeed in warding off another blow from his snout. After this he stopped Bob twice in succes- sion, and some more sparring took place. In the end, after tremen- dous exchanges in favour of Bob, who left visible marks on Bill's proboscis and received on the cheek, Bob dropped with all the best of it. 25. Cleghorn now rattled in, and got well on Bob's mouth, and then on his forehead, a tremendous crack, which knocked Bob off his pins. It must, however, have done more damage to Bill's knuckles than to Bob's adamantine frontispiece. It ne- vertheless elicited loud cheers from the Northumbrians. 26. Cleghorn again led off, and caught Bob on the ivories. Bob was short and slow in his returns. Bob then tried a lead, aud was stopped. A seoond effort was more successful, and dropped on Bill's mark heavily. Cleghorn returned on the mouth, closed, and Bob then pegged away at his nut on both sides, until they fell, Cleghorn appearing weak. 27. Bob was again short, and Bill nailed him, but not heavily, on the mouth, and Bob dropped. 28. After sparring and dodging Bob approached his man, who let fly, but was countered very heavily on the chin. Cleghoru persevered boldly, but Bob met him again, and in the end Bob again down. 29. Darkey, after a little dodging, planted his left three times very heavily on the snout, and then on the right side of Bill's nut. Cleghorn returned on the nozzle heavily, and after one or two harmless exchanges, Bob floored his man for the first time by a heavy spank on the mouth. 30. Cleghorn was evidently tired and weak, while Bob seemed as fresh as ever. Bob went to work, planted another tremendous crack on the mark, and then his one, two, on the mouth and chin, aud Cleghorn fell. 31. Bob at once rattled in, and delivered another heavy mid- dler on the body. Slight exchanges followed to a close, in which Bob fell. 32. Bill neatly stopped Bob twice, but a third attempt reached his neck. Exchanges on the mouth followed, and Bob slip- ped down. 33. Bob led off, caught Bill on the jaw, and then left and right ou the side of his nob. Cleghorn returned, but very slightly, on the nose, closed, and, after a short struggle, fell, Bob on him. 34. Bob was short in his first lead, but the second fell on Bill's nozzle, again disturbing the colouring matter. He then planted both mawleys on Bill's frontispiece, closed, threw, and fell on him. 35. Bob led off, but was short. He steadied himself, and de- livered a couple of tremendous body blows, which doubled up his man. Cleghorn tried to recover himself, and slung out wildly but ineffectually, aud Bob, in getting back, fell. 36 and last. Cleghorn was all abroad, and evidently suffering from the severe body blows in the last round. He came up gamely, however, and tried to lead off, but Bob was ready, and planted his left twice very heavily on the nose, then once more on the mark, a regular stinger. He stepped back, and as Cleg- horn gamely struggled forward he met him with another straight one on the middle of the dial, which floored him, and his seconds and friends, who wished him to give in before, wisely refused to allow him again to go to the scratch. He was excessively weak, and the effectual punishment dealt out to him in the last few rounds, and that, too, without a return, convinced every one that there was not a chance in his favour. Bob, who appeared as strong as when he began, and who had little to show beyond a black eye and a swollen lip, was, therefore, hailed the winner, at the expiration of one hour and twenty- seven miuutes. No time was lost in getting once more on board the boat, and this perileus undertaking was not completed without sundry laughable and comparatively harmless; tumbles in the mud. The men were conveyed in safety to the cabins, and as soon as Bob had com- pleted his toilette he reappeared on deck little the worse for wear, stuck a cigar in his face, and forthwith commenced a col- lection for his defeated but gallant adversary. The sum realised was within a crown of £ 5, which, considering the paucity of passengers, may be set down as a very respectable commence- ment to a subscription which will, no doubt, in some measure, compensate poor Cleghorn for his disappointment. The head of the vessel was now pointed homeward, but the point of de- barkation was not reached until the spectators had experienced a complete drenching from the hail and rain which descended in torrents for full two hours. The metropolis was reached in " iy half- past six o'clock. REMARKS. We shall not trouble our readers with many observations on this mill. From first to last it was anything but tlrst- rate, and the spectators almost to a man were disappointed. Cleghorn, as we have said before, was overtrained, and appeared stale, and totally devoid of stamina. Occasionally, in the early part of the battle, there was an appearance of quickness on his part which induced us to imagine he might once have been tolerably clever; but as he got tired, he confined himself almost entirely to stop- ping, and half the blows he did deliver were open- handed. We are persuaded that overtraining alone was not the cause of this falling off, and it strikes us that his best day is gone by, and the sooner he relinquishes active measures in the P. R. the better. He is a game, resolute fellow, and stood well up to his man, thus presenting a wide contrast to the unusual practice of dropping resorted to by his adversary. His chances of success may be best calculated when it is known that since his last fight, 10 years ago, he has not had the gloves on above 20 times! Of Bob Travers, we are bound to say that his performance disappointed us. He was not the Bob Travers we have seen on former occasions. He was as fit as fit could be, but his repeated getting down and occasional shiftiness presented a wide contrast to his former conduct in the Ring. There was no longer the same bold standing and countering his opponent for which he had hitherto been famous, but it was all the detestable '* get away and drop" game which we have so often commented upon. We consider that his opponent of Tuesday was one of the easiest he has yet encountered, and there was therefore no reason for his shiftiness. Possibly he remembered his battle with Cobley, which he lost partly through want of condition and partly from leading off too vigorously, aud therefore assumed the practice in question from prudential reasons. But, whatever may have been the cause, we earnestly entreat him at once to abandon it, and stand upon his own merits as the upright manly boxer we have always found him to be in his early fights. That he is a game man the punishment he has taken in earlier battles fully convinces us, but we assure him that unless he takes our advice many persons who knew him not in former days will be induced to set him down among the shifty ones, who can scarcely be classed among the first- rate British boxers of the day. It is all very well to be cautious, but on this occasion there was not the slightest reason for shifty tactics. We are glad to hear that Cleghorn's Newcastle friends are so perfectly satisfied with his conduct that they have one and all paid him for his colours. He and the Black have engaged the Chandos- street Rooms for a joint benefit, which is to come off the night before the renewed fight between Jones and Sayers, when we trust they will have a bumper. After this they will go to Newcastle, and again be partners in a joint benefit. Cleghorn and his friends are perfectly satisfied as to the result of the fight, and also with their treatment during their stay in London.... - The battle money is to be given to Bob Travers at Nat Langham's, Cambrian, Castle- street, on Friday next, when we have no doubt the subscription for the beaten man will be largely increased. AARON JONES AND SAYERS.— A backer of Jones has called upon us within the past week, to state that Jone, s is now in a position to bet £ 100 on the result of the fight, and states that directly he hears of Sayers accepting his offer, the whole £ 100 Kill be staked in our hands. Jones and Sayers, we are glad to hear, are both again in close training. HAZELTINE AND TYLER.— A further deposit of £ 5 a side between these men was made at Mr Short's, Leaping Bar, Old- street, on Wednesday. The next of £ 5 a side is to be made at Mr Skinner's, New England Lighthouse, Stone- stairs, Ratcliffe, on Wednesday next. MACE AND THORPE.— Another deposit of £ 2 10s a side for this match was posted at Harry Brunton's, Beech- street, Bar- bican, on Wednesday. The next is to be made of £ 2 10s a side at Mr Tupper's, Greyhound, Webber- road, Waterloo- road, on Wednesday next. SAM MILLARD AND JESSE HATTON.— These men are to meet aud draw articles on Tuesday night, at Mr Short's, Leaping Bar, Old- street, St Luke's. TOM TYLER AND ANDREWS.— The next deposit, of £ 5 a side, for this match, is to be made at Jemmy Massey's, Crown, Cran- bourne- passage, on Wednesday next. Topper Brown of Leicester having heard that Dick Hall of Nottingham wishes to make a match, will fight him or auy other man in Nottingham, for £ 50 or £ 100 a side, and give them half a stone; or he will fight Sam Millard of Birmingham, at 9st 71b, or any other man in the world, for the same sum, at 9st 4lb. If a deposit is left at our office, and articles sent to Brown, at the Dun Cow, Charles- street, Leicester, they will be attended to, or a match can be made at Mr Jones's, Duke's Head, Vine- street, Hatton- garden. In answer to Dan Thomas of Pontypridd to fight Ingram, at 8st 6lb, if he will fight £ 50 to £ 40, and within twenty miles of Pontypridd, Ingram says he cannot stake odds, as he has been defeated twice in succession, but if Thomas wants a job he will fight him for £ 50 a side, in the London district, and confine himself to 8st 81b, or, to oblige, at 8st 71b. The Editor of Bell's Life to chose referee. A match can be insured by forwarding £ 5 to us, or calling at the Castle, at Newport. J. STILES of Paddington, in answer to Daly of Marylebone, states that he will fight him upon his own terms, for from £ 10 to £ 25 a side, in a month or six weeks from signing articles. Bell's Life to be stakeholder. A match can be made to- morrow ( Monday) night, at Wale's, the Old Bayswater Tavern, Bays- water, where he takes his benefit, or an answer through Bell's Life, with a deposit, will be attended to. Badger Higgms having been on the sheiffor sometime, has made up his mind to nave another shy; he will fight Jack Richards of Somers Town, cat oh weight, for a few pounds in the same ring as Jones and Sayers. A match can be made on Tues- day night, at Mr Alder's, Brunswick House, Judd- street, New- road. In reply to Finighty's challenge, Dobson will fight him at 8st, for his own sum, not less than £ 25. By sending a deposit to our office, and articles to Mr Feleman's, the mateh will be en- sured, If this is not accepted, he will fight any man who never fought for above £ 10, upon the same terms. Johnny Robinson ( brother to the Ebony Phenomenon) has just arrived from America, and is anxious to make a match with any man at 8st 61b or 8st 8lb, for £ 25 or £ 50 a side. Money ready at the Globe Shades, Marble- street, Williamson- square, Liverpool, on Monday. George Robinson of Manchester will fight George Baker's Novice at 8st 121b, for £ 25 a side, or any other novice, on the same terms. Money ready any evening at Orme's, Jane Shore, Shoreditch. Dan Morris has left £ 5 in our hands to make a match with Brookes of Norwich, at 8st 4lb, for £ 50 a side. An application to I) an Dismore, King's Arms, Smart's- buildings, will insure a match. Hatton says if Jem Cross or his Novice will go to theAdelaide, Ivy- lane. Hoxton, on Wednesday next, he will pay the expenses to London, and be prepared to go on with the match. Young Haley will make a match with George Baker's Novice at 9st 21b, for £ 15 a side. Money ready at Mr Jones's, Duke's Head, Vine- street. Hatton- wall. WRESTLING. MATCH FOR £ 50, AT CARLISLE.— Pursuant to announcement, the^ long talked- of match between Henry Ivison of Carlisle and Isaac Lothian of Plumpton, two noted light- weight Cumberland wrestlers, came off on the extensive bowling- green of Mr David Hall, Crown Inn, Carlisle, on Monday last. The weight had been fixed at 9st 101b, and, as Ivison weighed considerably more than this when the match was made, he was under the necessity of bringing himself down ; while, on the other hand, Lowthian happened to be 21b or 31b under the prescribed weight. How- ever, both men looked comparatively well, and, apparently, they were equally confident of success. The weather was propitious, and the attendance large. Mr Hall's arrangements were judi- cious, but owing to the stupidity of a certain class of persons, he experienced some difficulty iu carrying them out, and thus affording to all that comfort and satisfaction which they were well calculated to confer. Messrs Kirkup of Longtown and Little of Nunclose acted as umpires; Mr Atkinson of Wigton discharged the duties of referee. The betting up to the hour of the match was in favour of Ivisou, though a few of Lothian's friends backed him at evens. The conditions, which involved nothing particular, having been read, the men entered the arena, amid the congratulations of their respective friends. It was agreed that the best of five fells should decide the match. — First fall: The men, after a little delay, each took a fair hold, and, having had a pretty good tussle, slipped out. This was repeated, with no better result, though Lowthian showed signs of superiority which induced some of his friends to back him at 6 to 4. In the third hold Ivison enjoyed the advantage, and attempted to swing his opponent, who cleverly stopped him, chipped him with the right leg, and won the fall.— Second fall: As in the former fall, the men got twice out of hold without any definite result. From the play offered by Ivison, however, his friends appeared to gain confidence, and freely offered to back him at 6 to 4. As soon as they were in holds, Ivison lifted Low- thian from the ground, swung him round, and hiped him with the right leg.— Third fall: The men had four struggles for this fall. Thrice they slipped holds ; but Lothian's friends, nothing daunted by the result of the last fall, again backed him at 6 to 4, and, in several instances, at 2 to 1. After a severe strug- gle in the fourth hold, and in which both men displayed a cor- rect knowledge of the| science of wrestling, Lowthian succeeded in " grassing" his antagonist by a clever stroke with the left leg.— Fourth fall: Betting upon the fall, and likewise upon the match, was again in favour of Lowthian. Ivison led off with the swing, but was cleverly stopped by his opponent, who " clicked" him with the outside hank, threw him round, and won the match cleverly amid loud cheers.— At the close of the wrestling, many of those who bet upon Ivisou protested that the affair was a " sell," and that they had been " led in." The line of conduct which some of the betting men adopted would seem to confirm this, as they first backed one man, and then the other, upon the respective falls— always winning. On the other hand, Lowthian's supporters maintained that all was fair and honourable; remarking, at the same time, that their man proved himself superior to Ivison at Talkin Tarn last year. CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND WRESTLING SOCIETY IN LONDON.— The next meeting of the friends and supporters of the above society will take place on Wednesday evening next, at Mr M'Clure's ( the Guildhall Shades), King- street, City. At the last meeting, held on Wednesday, at Mrs Wharton's, the White Hart, Windmill- street, Tottenham Court- road, the only busi- ness of importance was the reading of a letter from Mr R. Mar- getson, the late indefatigable secretary, and the tendering his resignation, and the unanimous election of Mr T. Westmore- land in his place. At present it is undecided where the wrest- ling is to be held, and this subject will receive discussion at the next meeting, HEALEY AND LORD.— J. Healey of Huddersfield aud P. Lord of Oldham, have signed articles to wrestle for £ 10 a side, two back falls out of three, Lancashire fashion, catch as catch can. The contest is to take place to- morrow ( Monday), at Mr Winter- bottom's, Higginshaw Grounds, Oldham. Mr Holden holds £ 5 each, and the ether £ 5 a side was to be staked on Friday last, the 23d. PIGEON FLYING.— John Charley of Westbromwicli will make the match with Penn of Wednesbury, according to his own challenge, for £ 10 a side, and will be at the house named on Thursday next, and fly in two months from the first deposit. Mr Burch of Walsall can fly his Goldfiader with them, the win- ner to take the £ 30. The Editor of Bell's Life to be stakeholder. In answer to Chas. Whild's challenges of the 14th Dec, Mr Brown, of the Globe, Great Hampton- street, Birmingham, states that he will accept them, providing that the distance from each party's home is measured. If this will suit Whild the matches can be made at once. RABBIT FANCY.— METROPOLITAN CLUB.— This long- esta- blished and highly. respectable society held their 29th half- yearly meeting, on Wednesday last, at Anderton's, in Fleet- street, when between 30 and 40 members sat down to an excellent dinner furnished by Mr Clemow, in his usual very excellent style, with the exhilarating accompaniments of wines of the primest quality. Mr W. Jones, the president of the society, acted as chairman on the occasion, Mr W. Wynn occupying the position of vice- chair. The whole of the arrangements were under the immediate supervision of their active and indefati- gable honorary secretary, Mr A. Robertson, and reflected much credit on that gentleman for the judicious and satisfactory man- ner in which everything was carried out. After the usual loyal toasts had been given and cordially received, the chairman dis- tributed the prizes to the successful candidates, as awarded at their last night of meeting. SUICIDE OF A SOLICITOR.— On Wednesday morning, in Sher- rard- street, Golden- square, Mr Mark Barnard, a solicitor, re- siding at No. 18 iu that street, committed suicide by cutting his throat. For some time past he had been very melancholy, which, on being questioned, he accounted for through " private difficulties." The deceased was in his 50th year. SINGULAR DEATH OF A CHILD.— On Wednesday an inquest was held by Mr Wskley, at the Pine Apple, Portman Market, on an infant which came by its death under tbe following circum- stances :— It appeared that the parents of the deceased were re- moving to other lodgings, and some persons were assisting them to pack up the furniture. During the mother's absence from PIGEON SHOOTING. HOENSEY WOOD GROUNDS.— On Monday last, Mr J. Mark- ham and Mr Southgate shot a match for £ 10, at 9 birds each, 21 yards rise, three traps, to pull their own strings ; Mr M. won, killing 6 to 5; they had four double shots each at 21 yards rise; Mr S. won, killing 6 to 4.— On Wednesday Messrs Brown and Thompson shot a match for £ 5 a side, Mr B. shooting at 19 birds to Mr T.' s 21,18 yards rise; Mr B. won, killing 14 to 12. Messrs Brown and Wood had 12 birds each, and to pull their own strings; Mr W. won, killing 10 to 9. A good deal of spar- row shooting followed.— On Thursday Messrs Beresford attd Cundall shot a rifle match for £ 10, twelve rounds each, at 2& 0 and twelve each from 300 yards range; MrJB. won, marking 29, including five bullseyes; several of the Swiss joined in sweep- stakes.— Public shooting days, Wednesdays and Saturdays. MR L. H. MILL of Walworth will make a match to shoot at 20 birds, 21 yards rise, Hoz of shot, against Mr Pritchard, of the Pilgrim, Queen's- row, Walworth, for £ 20 a side ; or with Mr John Palmer, of Liverpool- street, Walworth- road, on the same terms. Money ready auy night next week at Mr R. Clarke's, St Martin's Tavern, Duke- street, Adelphi; the match to come off within 14 days. AT THE VICTORIA, Abbey- road, St John's Wood, to- morrow ( Monday), at one o'clock, a match will be shot between Mr Dan and Mr M., at 25 sparrows, for £ 5 a side, 20 yards rise, 40 yards boundary. To trap and find birds for each other, ljoz of shot each. AT THE LILLIE ARMS, Old Brompton, on Tuesday next, a match will take place between Mr H. and Mr Bacon, for £ 5 a side, at eleven o'clock, Mr B. giving Mr H. 5 birds out of 50. Also, on the same day, a match between Mr A. and Mr Webb, 25 birds each, for £ 2 a side. BRIZE NORTON.— An interesting match came off at Brize Norton, Oxou, on Friday, the 16th inst, in which some of the crack shots of Oxfordshire to » k a part. The following is the score:— Match between the following gentlemen, at 6 birds each, 21 yards rise, Uoz of shot, limited, viz, Messrs C. Jones, J. Worley, J. Roberts killed 4, and W. Gillett 7 and won. This was quite a sporting affair, and caused much interest, betting rather in favour of Worley. Mr Roberts was very unlucky in having several of his birds fall out of bounds. A sweepstakes of 5 birds each, shot unlimited, when Messrs Worley killed 5, Jones 0, W. Gillett 4, Jas. Walker 4, W. Hall 4, R. Lord 4. Collier 2. A sweepstakes, at 3 birds each, Messrs J. Worley killed 3, C. Jones 2, W. Gillett 0, J. Walker 2, W. Hall 2, R. Lord 1, J. Collier 2, W. Gillett B. 2. A sweepstakes, at 3 birds each, when J. Worley killed 2, C. Jones 3, W. Gillett 0, J. Walker 3, W. Hall 2, R. Lord 0, J. Collier O. W. Gillett B. 2. Jones and Walker; divided. Asweep- stakes, same number, J. Worley killed 3, Jones 0, Gillett 3, J. Walker 3, W. Hall 0, R. Lord 0, Collier 1, W. Gillett B. 2. Divided. A sweepstakes, same number, when J. Worley killed 3, Walker 0, W. Hall 2, Jones 1, R. Lord 3, Collier 0, Gillett 2. Divided. Ditto, J. Worley killed 3, Jones 0, Walker 0, Hall 3, Lord 3, Collier 1. Ditto, Jones killed 1, Worley 0, Gillett 2, Walker 1, Hall 3, Lord 0. Ditto, Gillett killed 1, Jones 0, Collier 3, Gillett B. 3. Divided. Ditto, Jones 0, Collier 3, Gillett B. 1, Hill 0. Ditto, Jones 2, Collier 3, Gillett B. 2, Walker 2. A match, at 3 birds, Collier 1, Worley 2. The remaining birds were then trapped and shot, and the party adjourned to the Chequers Inn, where ample justice was done to a capital spread, the company not leaving till the small hours had struck. Ana- lysis of the day's shooting:— J. Worley killed 25 out of 31 shots, C. Jones 11 out of 24, W. Gillett 14 out of 22, J. Walker 15 out of 22, R. Lord 11 in 18, Collier 19 in 29, Gillett B. 15 in 21, Ro- berts 2 in 5, Hall 18 out of 23. * TORKINGTON AND BARKER.— On Wednesday afternoon last, upwards of two hundred admirers of the trigger assembled upon the grounds of Mr S. Lambert, of the Trafford Hotel, Stretford, near Manchester, to witness a match between Mr John Tsrking- tos, of Wilmslow, and Mr Alexander Barker, of Rochdale, the gentlemen being locally known as crack shots. The condi- tions of the match were to shoot at 25 birds each, for £ 25 a side, 2oz shot, 21 yards rise, 80 boundary; the gun to be held below the elbow until the birds were on the wing. Mr James Holden filled the office of referee, and prior to commencing the betting was even. It fell to the lot of Mr Torkiugton to fire the first shot, and we subjoin the score. Mr Torkington killed his 1st, 3d, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 19th, 21st, 22d, and 23d. Mr Barker brought down his 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6tb, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 18th, 19ch, 20th, 2lBt, 22d," and 23d, thus killing 19 to Mr Torkington's 16. The contest passed off in the most satisfaetory manner, and we are glad to observe that sport with the gun is on the increase in the neighbourhood of Manchester, and the locale adopted on this occasion being the same, land as that upon which Mr Young of London and Mr Edwin Wood, then of Manchester, shot their great match some time ago, on which, also, MrE. Wood and his namesake, Mr Wood of Huddersfield, contended ; and which ground is also selected for the important event be- tween Mr Donald of Whitehaven and Mr Holland of Bolton, on the 25th and 26th February, for £ 100 a side— furnishes abundant evidence that the land in question is well adapted for the sport. HENRY PORTER of Birmingham is surprised to see a challenge from Mr George Birks of Sheffield, requiring a bird to be given, as he will find a Novice in Birmingham, who shall shoot a match with him ( Mr Birks) on the same terms as he wishes from him, for £ 25 or £ 50 a side, and will give or take £ 5 to have the match at the New Shooting Ground, Vauxhall, Birmingham, under the superintendence of George Jones, of the J Gardeners' Arms. Henry Porter will shoot a match at 25 birds oven with the above- named George Birks, of Sheffield, for £ 25 or £ 50 a side, at the same time and place. An answer addressed to George Jones, Gardeners' Arms, Vauxhall, Birmingham, will have immediate attention. AT THE EAST HANTS GROUND, Southsea, Portsmouth, on Thursday, the 15th inst, open sweepstakes took place, at 10s each, 21 yards rise, 80 boundary, l- Joz of shot, double guns. For the first there were 7 entries, § birds each, in which there were four ties, the following killing 4 out of 5, viz, Messrs W. C. Evans, R. Courtney, J. R. Reeve, and Robt. Farrant of Southampton divided. Far the second, nine entries, same terms, Messrs R. Courtney, J. R. Reeve, and Stranger killed all and divided. For the third, seven entries, same conditions, the following killed 4 out 5 and divided, viz, J. R. Reeve, R. Farrant, J. Frances, and R, Allen. The fourth, seven entries, 3 birds each, was divided between Messrs W. C. Evans, R. Courtney, and J. R, Reeve. AT MR J. SHELDON'S, the Vine Inn, Aston, one mile from Birmingham and two minutes walk from the Aston Station. On Monday, January 26 ( open to all England), will be shot for, a fat pig, weighing upwards of 20 score, valued at £ 10, by 20 members, at 10s each, 5 birds each. No gentleman allowed more than two tickets. The winner can have the pig or the money. Also a £ 20 sweepstake, by 20 members at £ 1 each. The first best shot to take £ 14, the second £ 4, and the third £ 2. Conditions: No gun to exceed f bore for 2oz of shot, 21 yards rise. Double guns allowed two yards, with l^ oz of shot. H and T traps. Shooting to commence at twelve o'clock. Best blue rocks will be provided by Crosbie. AT SOUTHAMPTON, on Tuesday, the 13th inst, a match was shot between Messrs Robt. Royds and Jas. Snow, for £ 5 a side, 21 birds each, 21 yards rise, 100 boundary, not to exceed 2oz of shot, guns unlimited. Mr R. won, killing 13 out of 17, Mr S. 8. The same gentlemen shot again, for £ 2 a side, 7 birds each, same terms, when they tied, killing 4 each. They shot off at 1 bird each, and tied three times, killing their birds, when dark- ness prevented it being shot out, but the same will be shot again very soon at £ 10 a side. During the afternoon there were other POLICE INTELLIGENCE. THE GREAT CITY FRAUDS— On Wednesday, Jem Saward and John Anderson, charged with the extensive forgeries on different banking houses, were agaiat examined at the Mansion House, and remanded for another week. BETTING HOUSES.— At jllarlborough- street, on Wednesday, Henry Reeve, Edward Bass, iJenry Blake, Richard Clayton, Al- fred Messer, and Charles Howes', were put to the bar before Mr Beadon, charged with being concerned in keeping a betting- house, No 124, Jerniyu- street.— Mr Lewis appeared for Bass.— Superintendent O'Brien produced his authority from the Com- missioners for entering the house, 124, Jermyn- street. About one o'clock he went to the house, and found the whole of the defendants there. He also found in the house a betting- board, with the odds against various horses in different races marked upon it. He told all the persons who were to be seen that he arrested them for being in a common betting- house. Two of the defendants, Blake aud Clayton, said they had only looked iu from curiosity. Witness found several betting- books on the premises.— Cross- examined: Did not hear anything about bet- ting while he was in the house.— Inspector Webb, C divi- sion, went with the superintendent to No 124, Je.- myn- street, aud assisted to take the defendants into custody. Searched the defendants, aud found on Reeve two racitig- books and a memorandum book; ou Howes two betting memorandums ; on Messer a betting- book; and nothing of im- portance on the other three defendants. On the counter in the shop witness found various books relating to bets made by the public. The books were a kind of journals forentering bets as they were made. There was also a quantity of betting- cards, with the address on them of 124, Jermyn- street. Several other betting journals relating to the Chester, Derby, Liverpool, Oundle, Two Thousand Guineas, and other races were found. From the number of books of bets produced it would ap- pear that a very large betting business must have been transacted at this house.— Cross- examined: Two of the de- fendants said they had only just entered the house. No one in particular claimed auy of the books that were found in the house. — John Ernsting, 23, Maiden- lane, said he went to the betting- house in Jermyn- street, and paid half a guinea for a betting- ticket. Paid the money to a person named Thorpe. The person to whom he paid the money was not among the per- sons at the bar. The bet made was 6 to 1 on the Gipsy King for the Ouudle Steeple Chase. Had been to the same betting- house frequently, aud had seen Charles Thorpe constantly there. Had seen Reeve and Bass in the house frequently. Saw Bass make out two tickets that day, but did not know what races they re- lated to, nor did he see any money pass. Had seen Reeve in the same place with a pen in his ear ( Reeve denied this), and had seen him make out cards. He had not seen money actually pass, but he inferred that it did pass, as tickets were not given to any one except for money. Had never seen anything connected with the other defendants. Saw the betting- board in the shop. The board was always hanging up in the place.— Mr Lewis contended there was no legal proof that the place was used for betting. There ought to be some outward appearance of the place being used for betting purposes.— Mr Beadou did not think that was required by the act. It was quite clear, from the betting- boards put up iu the place, with the state of the odds on various races, that tbe room was used for betting purposes. After some further conversation Mr Beadon thought it was but fair that Mr Lewis should have time to argue the case fully, and he would therefore accede to the request for au adjournment. He would further state that there appeared to be a case against Reeve and Bass, and they must find bail. There was no case against the other four, aud they must be discharged.— Adjourned till Wednesday. — Mr Lewis said he would state fairly, at once, if a conviction did take place, that an appeal would be made against the decision. ANOTHER BETTING CASE.— William Ray, George Matthews, and George Grinder, were next charged with being con- cerned in keeping a common betting- house, No. 12, Little Newport- street. The superintendent went to the house, and found , Ray and Matthews in a room behind the shop. The other defendant was in the shop. Found several books in the shop, one a day- book, containing entries of bets upon races. In one of the books there was an entry of a bet, which would be proved to have been made by one of the witnesses. Inspec- tor Webb said he had searched the defendants, and found various betting memoranda on Ray and Matthews. There was a betting- board affixed to the wall, and materials used in betting were found in the place. Betting- cards were found with " W Ray, 12, Little Newport- street/' on them. Heard Ray say he lived there. The two others said they had only just come into the place. Cross- examined : The words " Coal Office" were over the place, and two lumps of dusty coal were in the window. Saw no betting boards. Found not more than three or four betting boards in the place, and saw no one make bets.— The witness Ernsting said : On Monday hej made a bet on Gipsy King, and paid the money, 5s, to Ray, receiving a ticket, which he now produced. Had known the office a long time as a betting office, but had not made any bets before there. Had seen the other two defendants in the shop, but would not swear to them positively.— Mr Lewis asked for an adjournment, as he would prov?., on another occasion, that the witness was not worthy of credit.— Mr Beadou said there was a much stronger case in the present i 0rr. v, ft. There was a book, with an entry of a bet cor- respondina. taVS „ tk^ et produced by the witness, iu addition to a stamping '^ bettinf- varfs.-— Ray was required to find bail, the otifc. . were discharged, andrthefurther pro- ceedings were ordered tu . lt, nci over till Wednesday. — HIGHWAY ROBBERY.— AI • IULAME> S D0liee court, on Mon- day, two well- known ruffians, who gave the names of John Wil- liams, aged 22, and Henry Miller, aged 24, were charged with highway robbery and assault, upon Mr Joseph Harris, an elderly gentleman, who has for many years been collector i'or Messrs Rasper and Co, lime merchants, at Limehouse. It appeai; « i that on Saturday, the 10th instant, between the hours of twelve and one iu the afternoon, the prosecutor was on his way to the Stepney station of the Blackwall railway, and was just entering the arch in Rose- lane, adjoining the station, when a mau emerg- ing from the arch, came up to him, and said, " We have been waiting for you, old gentleman." Another man close by then made a snatch at his watch- guard, which being very securely fastened, the fellow proceeded with both hands to jerk the watch aud chain out of his pocket. The prosecutor was rendered in- sensible by their violence until he found the two men rifling his pockets, when he called out for the police, and some people came to his assistance. The prosecutor, who has lost one eye, was unable at first to identify either of the prisoners, but during the progress of the investigation he expressed a positive opinion that Miller was the man who robbed him of his watch. Evidence was given that Williams had knocked down the prosecutor, and that Miller had been seen standing over him, while another man, named Briney. who was not to be found, was on the look- out. The prisoners, who were apprehended the next morning while in the same bed at a coffee- shop in Stepney, were, after some further evidence, committed to Newgate for trial. INSUFFICIENCY OF THE POLICE.— On Tuesday evening, a pub- lic meeting of the ratepayers of Paddington was held at the vestry hall, Paddington Green, for the purpose of considering the present insufficiency of the police force for the protection of the public, in comparison with the enormous sums levied for its maintenance.— Mr Dickens, a member of the vestry, presided. He said this was a subject which had already been taken up by the vestry, but Mr Gooch and other ratepayers thought they ought also to stir in the matter, as thelnhabitants of Paddington matches, after which the friends8of the trigger dined together at fel r^ bbaerif. and many trom Mr R . Farrant's, Coachmakers' Arms, Bargate, Southampton, i the prevalent crime of attempts at being garotted. He regretted 1 • • • ' • - • ! 8 ' * ' I the placards convening the meeting Had not been extensively circulated, for he was sure the bulk of the inhabitants were deeply interested in this question, which so much affected their lives and property.— Mr Gooch said, notwithstanding the wealth and character of the property in Paddington, he believed it was worst treated with regard to police of any parish in London, although Marylebone and St Pancras had nearly an equal ground of complaint. In consequence of the paucity of police, although Paddington was called upon to pay bin'son of Sunderland, or Ralph Wood and Matthew Allison of! £ 10> 700 al\ nu ™ for its maintenance neither the lives Fulwell. Money ready any night at Mr Satchel's, Fleece Inn, n- or property of the inhabitants was safe. Tbe fact was and the evening was spent harmoniously. JOSEPH PYLE of Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, will shoot a match with Joseph Pace of Byker, Henry Pindley of Hetton, Edward Fairlam of South Shields, Wm. Allan of Marsden Kock, Robt. Allan of Coxgreen, Smart Newton of Southwick, George Chisholm, Tavlor, Foster, Watson, or Rawling of Sunderland, for £ 10 a side, at 10 sparrows each, l£ oz of shot, 16 yards rise, 60 fall, or will give the following 2 dead birds in the same number, viz, Thos. Dunbar, Geo. Alcock, Jonathan Taylorson, Geo. Ro- Dock- street, Sunderland, Durham. OLDHAM.— To- morrow ( Monday) two matches will come off at the Star Inn, Oldham, the first between the old veteran James Bleasdale of Oldham and Robert Ash worth of Hollingwood, Ashworth staking £ 12 to Bleasdale's £ 10. £ 5 a side is now staked in the hands of James Robinson. At the same time and place there will be a match between R. Buckley of Royton and W, Shawls of Oldham, for £ 16 aside. £ 5 a side is staked in the hands of J. Robinson. Both matches to come off at the Star Inn, King street, Oldham. First bird in the trap at one o'clock. A match for a Damascus twist double gun, came off at High Blantyre, near Glasgow, on Monday last, by 18 subscribers at 10s each, 5 birds each, 21 yards rise, 100 fall, 11 ounce of shot. The following gentlemen tied, killing all their birds :— Messrs Tait, Wood, Smith, Brownlie, Aitchison, and Young ; they then shot off bird for bird, Brownlie missing his first, Aitchison his second, and Smith his third; Wood, Tait, and Young continued killing up to the sixth bird, which Wood missed, Tait and Young having both floored their next, being twelve each in suc- cession, which exhausted the supply of birds. GRAND ANNUAL PIGEON SHOOTING, OPEN TO ALL.— TO be shot for at Mr Wm. Dean's, the Plough Inn, Bristnal Fields, near Oldbury, on Monday, February 2, a handsome fat pig, weighing upwards of 18 score, by 18 members, at 10s each. The winner to take the pig or £ 810s. Conditions: Three birds each, 21 yards rise, guns not to exceed f bore, 2oz shot, double barrell guns 1 ioz shot, and allowed two yards. The gun to be held below the elbow till the bird is on the wing. The best blue rocks will be provided by Crossbie. MORETON- IN- THE- MARSH.- A match took place at Sezincote, on Thursday, the 15th inst, between Lord Coventry and S. Dar- ling, jun, against Corbett Holland, Esq, and Denley, gamekeeper at Sezincote. Lord Coventry killed 3, Darling 5, Holland 5, and Denley 4. A sweepstakes was afterwards shot, at 3 birds each. Lord Coventry killed 2, C. Rusliout, Esq, 0, S. Darling 0, Denley 2, Hands 1, and Holland 2. Lord Coventry, Denley, and Hol- land then shot off, when the stakes were divided between his lordship and Holland. ANTHONY RICHARDSON of St Helens, Auckland, having heard that John Wanless of the same place is desirous to shoot a match with him, begs to say that he will shoot him, for £ 5 or upwards, and will be at Mr Jas. Little's, Bay Horse Inn, St Helens, Auckland, to- morrow ( Monday) night, prepared to ar- range the time, & c. Or will shoot him a match the same day as the sweepstakes are to be shot for at Mr Jas. Little's, on Satur- day, Jan 31. AT BRADFORD CRICKET GROUND, on Monday and Tuesday, Feb 9 and 10, a sweepstakes will take place, entrance £ 5 5s each, single guns 21 yards rise, lfoz of shot, double guns, lioz of shot, 19 yards rise, 60 boundary, 15 birds each. Entries close Feb 2. To commence each day at eleven o'clock. Entries to be made with Mr Hardy, Prince of Wales Inn, Old Bowling- lane, Brad- ford. Post Office order for £ 3 to be sent as a deposit. AT W. HUDSON'S Town- row, West Derby, on Tuesday next, a £ 10 Bank of England note will be shot for by 20 members, at 18s each, five birds each, single guns, 21 yards rise,, ljoz shot; double gun, 18 yards rise, l^ oz shot, 80 yards boundary; the winner to give the second shot £ 3, and the landlord will give £ 1 for the third prize. Shooting to commence at half- past twelve o'clock. The best blue rocks provided by G. Harding. T. COATES of the Black Bull Inn, Carlisle, will give £ 5, added to a sweepstakes of £ 1 each, to be shot for on Monday, Feb 9, single guns 2oz of shot, 21 yards rise, double, the use of one bar- rel, l£ oz of shot, 18 yards rise, each shooter to be allowed two chances, 9 birds each, the gun to be held below the elbow till the bird is on the wing. Mr Redfern will supply the birds. OMEGA of Southampton will shoot a match with any man in England, 50 birds each, 21 yards rise, 80 boundary, giving the advertiser one dead bird, the bird to be on the wing, the gun to be held on the hip, for from £ 25 to £ 100 a side. Money ready at Mr R. Farrant's, Coacbmakers' Arsns^ Bargate, Southampton. A MATCH came off at Mr Jones's, Cross Keys, New Hadley, near Wellington, on Thursday last, for a fat pig, weighing 30 scores, 10s each, which was won by Thos. Cottis of Spon- lane, Westbromwich, the well- known barber, killing 12 out of 13. After the shooting about 40 gentlemen sat down to dinner. AT MR CHARLES SEDGWICK'S, Green Dragon Inn, Stockton- upon- Tees, on Tuesday and Wednesday, February Srd and 4th, a sweepstakes will take place ; entrance £ 1 each, single guns, 21 yards rise, ljoz of shot; double guns, 17 yards rise, l| oz of shot, 60 yards boundary. £ 5 will be added if 20 shooters, and £ 7 if 30; 7 birds each; shooting to commence at eleven. AT THOS. GRIPTON'S, Vine Inn, Walk Mill, Cannock, on Tuesday, February 3d, a fat pig, weighing upwards of thirty score, will be shot for by 18 subscribers, at £ 1 each, three birds each, IJOK shot, guns finch bore; the putter- up to spend £ 2, and the winner £ 1. NEAR THE RAILWAY HOTEL, Railway Station, Fareham, near Portsmouth, on Wednesday next, shooting will take place by members, £ 1 each, at 5 or 7 birds each. Conditions: 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, ounce of shot, double guns, at half- past eleven. A good supply of pigeons. AT T. DYSON'S, Crescent Tap, High- street, Huddersfield, a Sweepstakes of £ 1 cacb, with £ 1 added, at 7 birds each, 21 fards rise, 60 yards fall, lloz of shot, will take place on Monday, leb 2, in an enclosed ground. JOHN TURNER ( alias Young Nailer) will shoot a match with Mr Cottis of Westbromwich, for any sum over £ 10 a side. Money ready at John Whiston's, Plough Inn, John- street, Wol- hampton. WM. SHAW of Derby will shoot a match withWm. Timkins, at 5 birds each, 21 yards rise, 80 boundary, tbe gun to be held below the elbow, for £ 5 a side. He will meet him where he pleases to , the room a folding bedstead, in which the infant was lying Mike Madden says Brettle will hear from him in the course of i asleep, was turned up with the child in it, unnoticed. On the i stake and settle other preliminaries, next week. He may rely on the match going on. I mother's return the bedstead was immediately lowered, when A £ 1 SWEEPSTAKES will take place at the Golden Ball, Coal- Young Sullivan will fight Young Hartley, at 7st 81b, for £ 10 the child was found suffocated iu the bed clothes. The jury i pit- lane, Nottingham, on Monday, Feb 2d, at 7 birds each, 21 or £ 1- 5 a s$ e, Money re^ dy sfi Mi; VftyxQw'n, on, Tuesday uexlj,! returned a verdict of Accidental peath* \ yards rise, 60 fall, The first bird to be- trapped at twelve, they did not have a fourth part of what they paid for. The number of police put down for Paddington was seventy, but they never got them. The mast they bad on duty at any one time was 15 during the day, and 25 during the night. He wanted to know why the police accounts were not published aud audited, so that the ratepayers, who found the money, should know in what way it was expended [ hear, hear]. What were the facts f Why that the greatest number of robberies were committed at twelve o'clock at night, and more especially between that hour on Saturday night and Sunday morning, while the police were engaged iu looking after public- houses in- stead of looking after the property of the public who paid them. He ( Mr Gooch) had had a pair of villas robbed seven times, and six of the seven were at the time the police were on their " watch pot" beats. After detailing a variety of robberies, Mr Gooch said the last was at two houses of his in the Clifton Villas, where the whole of the lead had been taken out of the cisterns, and the thieves had left him a sort of " ticket- of- leave" in tbe shape of a square piece of the lead, which he produced, and on which one of them had written, " You would like to know who it was— Plumbers. W. Balis, W. B."— Mr Gooch contended that the policemen were not sufficien tly paid, although such large sums were levied upon the public. He said the parishes had the re- medy in their own hands, and their representatives in the vestries should refuse to pay the police- rates unless proper protection was afforded. With reference to the placards cou veiling the meeting tliey had been torn down, and the handbills had been taken from the shop windows.— The chairmpu said the vestry had sent a powerful deputation to Sir G. Grey to represent the frightful increase of crime in that parish en account of the inefficient sup- ply of police, and Sir R. Mayne was present, and so far from ob- taining any redress Sir R. Mayne behaved with great discourtesy, shuffled away from the question; and it was quite evident, from what transpired, that instead of the police being a civil force for the protection of the people, it was a despotic force, established to maintain the power of the Government. As to stopping the supplies, as stated by Mr Gooch, the Police Commissioners had power of issuing warrants of distress against local authorities, if police rates were not paid.— Mr Sewell, Mr Costello, Mr Gordon, and other gentlemen, addressed the meeting on the subject, and in the course of the remarks it was stated that it was intended to augment the police in Paddington by fifty more men. It was, however, ultimately resolved to refer the subject again to the representative vestry, to make further exertions to procure in- creased protection, and to call the ratepayers together at a sub- sequent public meeting, if their demands were not complied with.— The meeting, after thanks to the chairman, terminated. ALICE GRAY AGAIN.— On Friday week, at the Leeds Court House, Eliza Tremaine, alias " the Yorkshire Alice Gray," alias Hook, alias Teale, alias Smith, was charged with obtaining money by false representations from Mr John Clough, of the Bridge Inn, Ferry Hill, Durham. Eliza is the same woman who so successfully imposed upon Mr Smedley, of the Matlock Bath hydropathic establishment, several months ago, by representing herself as tbe daughter of the Rev Dr Hook, vicar of Leeds, and stating that she left her home because her religious principles were opposed to those of her family and friends. On that occa- sion the imposition was not discovered until Mr Smedley took her to Leeds, and placed her face to face with Mrs Hook, at the vicarage. Bliza escaped punishment at that time, and went again on her travels. After being variously imprisoned in the midland and southern counties she suddenly turns up at Dur- ham, where she has just succeeded in playing off a most im- pudent hoax. From the statement of Mr Clough it appeared she represented herself as tbe niecse of Mr Hutton, of Soberry Hill, Thirsk; that her father was a Catholic, and her mother a Pro- testant; that when her mother was dying, she requested that her daughter might be educated in the Protestant religion ; the father promised she should, but did not keep his word. He threatened to take her Bible from her, but she got the whole of it off by heart. She stated that she was next taken by her father to a convent in France, concerning which she related marvellous things. From the convent she professed to have escaped at great hazard. She had a favourite dog, " Vesta," which she would not take £ 1,000 for, and wrote out a deed of gift for Mr Clough, which was to give him £ 120 a year. The magistrates decided that the case was out of their jurisdiction as a misdemeauour; but as " Eliza," upon being searched, was found to have about her a pair of scissors, a handkerchief, and a canvas bag, the property of Mr Clough, she was committed to take her trial at the sessions for the felony.— Manchester Exa- miner. SERIOUS AFFRAY WITH POACHERS AT HYTHE.— A conflict with poachers occurred at Hythe, between two and three o'clock on the morning of Sunday last, in which two men were so injured that their lives are despaired of. The following are the particulars -.— James Dean, a gamekeeper on the estate of A. R. Drummond, Esq, of Cadlands. heard the report of a gun in Stanswood Copse. He immediately got up, took a large mas- tiff with him, and went to the spot. He there discovered two men, whom he endeavoured to arrest; they resisted, and one of them had a long struggle with the keeper, during which the latter was shot through the side. The keeper fell, but bad strength enough left to go to the assistance of the dog, who had attacked one of the men, and take its muzzle off. The other poacher immediately made off, but the dog seized him by the arm and shoulder, and dragged him to the ground. The poacher began to shriek for mercy, calling out that his name was Blow, and he would surrender if Dean would take the dog off. The keeper, though exhausted from loss of blood, crawled to the res- cue, and released the poacher from his dangerous situation ; but the dog burst away again, bringing the poacher to the ground. Once more the keeper muzzled the dog, and re; easedthe poor wretch, who by this time was reduced to a worse state than Dean himself. Assistance very shortly came, the keeper was taken home, and a surgeon sent for; but before his wounds could be dressed, a second summons arrived from the poacher Blow. Both were in a yery precarious state, Dean was ghot completely through the side, and it was doubtful whether he could survive. The poacher, Blow, was frightly mangled about the head, face, and arms— more injured, if possible, than Dean. On Monday, John Arnold was brought before E. M. Hardy, Esa at the Drummond Arms, Hythe, charged with shooting at Jas! Dean, with intent to murder him. The only evidence that could as yet be brought against the prisoner was, that he was disco- vered in a barn not far from the scene, by some labourers, with- out hat . or cap, and a cap supposed to be his was found in the copse; his boots also corresponded with some of the footmarks. The wounded men were unable to appear, owing to their injuries. The prisoner was remanded till Monday next. He is a young man, but a noted poacher, having been in custody about eigh- teen or nineteen times, and was only recently erated. There was a very similar occurrence on Mr Drummond's estate soma eight or ten years ago ; the injuries received in that case proved fatal. Dean, the gamekeeper, is now considered out of danger ; but Blow, the poacher, who was torn by the keeper's dog, is still dangerously ill. Blow, who is a very young man, has confessed all about it. He states that Arnold ( a notorious poacher, and who has scarcely ever worked in a legal way for his living) gave him drink, and enticed him to poach ; that he left his father and mother's house unknown to them; and he and Arnold commenced poaching. Arnold shot the keeper, and Blow was attacked by the dog. Blow then crawled to his home as well as he could, and the noise of his entering awoke a vounger brother. The father called out and chided liim for waking the boy so early Ln the morning, and while he was chiding he heard the sounds of " Father!" several times repeated in most piteous tones. The father got up and found his son in a deplorable con- dition, the flesh of his shoulders and back torn by the teeth of a dog, and his head lacerated. The father and mother of Blow are decent, worthy people. Arnold kept in the distance after he had shot the keeper, and Dean could not recognise him. I OM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY, JAN 20. BANKRUPTS. JOHN POLAND, Hart- street, Bloomsbury, and Mount- street, White- chapel- road, wholesale milliner. FREDERICK JAMES CLARKE, Clapham, baker. THOMAS PINCHES. Walsall, builder. ALFRED TAYLOR, Wednesbury, builder. CHARLES GEORGE, Weston- super- Mare, grocer, WILLIAM BURROW JONES, Bristol, pastrycook. ANN REES, Llanelly, grocer. Yatton, Somersetshire, and Bristol, leather factor. JONATHAN WRIGHT HORSFALL, Leeds, commission agent WILLIAM BALSHAW. Liverpool, joiner. GEORGE SANDHAM, Carr Mill, near Newohurch, Lancashire, cot* ton spmner. JAMES TURNER, Newcastle- upon- Tyne, eil merchant. GILBERT H » DGSON and WILLIAM ATCHESON. Sunderland, timber merchants. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. J. BORTHWICK, Partick, near Glasgow, gardener. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY, JAN 23. WAE OFFICE, JAN 22.— The Queen has been graciously pleased to giva orders for the appointment of Maj- Gen R. J. Vivian, ofthe Madras army, late serving with the local rank of lieut- gen. while in the com- mand of the Turkish Contingent, to be an ordinary member ef the Mili- tary Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the most honourable Order of the Bath; and of J. G. S. Lefevre, Esq, C. B., Clerk of the Parliaments, to be an ordinary member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the most honourable Order. Her Majesty has also been graciously pleased ty give orders for the appointment of Col A. H. Ferryman, of the 89th Regt, and of Lieut- Col W. LIngall, ofthe 62d Regt, to be ordinary members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companion of the said most honourable Order; and of H. W. Gordon, Esq, Principal Storekeeper to the army lately serving in the East, to be an ordinary member ofthe Civil Division ofthe Third Class, or Companions of the said most honourable Order. WAR- DEPABTMENT, PALL- MALL, JAI* 23.— Royal Artillery— The un- dermentioned Gentlemeu Cadets to be lieuts : E. W. Sandys, A. May, J. M. Mawnsel, G. L. Engstrom, C. R. Reeves, M. J. Sexton, and W. Scott. — Royal Engineers— The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieuts; H. D. Crozier, H. S. Palmer, R. Barton, R. O. Jones, V. G. Clayton, and H. C. Seddon. BANKRUPTS. GEORGE DESKS, Westbourne- grove, Bayswater, auctioneer. JOSEPH WALTERS, Northampton, hatter. GEORGE BALL, New Lenton, Nottinghamshire, plumber and glazier. THOMAS CANTRILL. Rivers- terrace, York- road, King's- cross, rail- way grease manufacturer. JOHN MORLEY, Nottingham, joiner. WILLIAM H. DICKINSON, Sheffield, table knife manufacturer. EDWARD WHITE, Cushion- court, Old Broad- street, stockbroker. HENRY FREDERICK JORR8, Manchester, merchant. STEPHEN TOWAN, Plymouth, currier. JOHN LADD, Liverpool, builder. JAMES SCHOFIELD, Ashton- under- Lyne, tailor. JOHN DICKSON, Fleet- street, City, builder, & c. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. SAMUEL DOBBIE, Lasswade, grocer. JAMES SMITH LEE, Trongate street, Glasgow, dealer in fancy goods. JAMES PATON, Airdie, draper. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MASK- LANE.— Fain AY. Since Monday the receipts of English Wheat have been limited, never- theless, the demand for that article has continued heavy, at barely that day's decline in the quotations. Foreign Wheat— the imports of which continue seasonably good— has met a dull inquiry, and inferior kinds are rather cheaper. There is only a moderate sale for Barley and Malt, at \* arelv iterates. Good sound Oats are steady, at full prices, but damp parf&^ lvre x^' jwted. In the value of Beans and Peas no change has taken place; but i <- is very dull aud rather drooping. The imports of the latter article from . aJ^ rica continue on a very extensive scale.— Current prices, per quarter.— BticfNa -.— Wheat, Essex, Kent, and feuffols, white, 54s to 68s; ditts. fine » electetHs3r>^ 7s4o 73sj ditto red, 49s to 63s; ditto, Talavera, 71s to 79s; Norfolk, x< rr.';' inshii'e, and Yorkshire 49s to 69s. Barley— Malting, 36s to 40s; grinding and distilling, 32e to 4Cs; Chevalier, 44s to 52s. Malt— Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk, 66s to 75s; Kingston, Ware, and town- made, 76s to 78s. Oats— Essex and Suffois, 21s to 25s; Scotch and Lincolnshire potato, 26s to 32s; feed, 23s to 25s; Irish potato, 25s to 28s, Rye, 38s to 40s. Beans— Mazasan, 34s to 36s ; tick and harrow, 37s to 40s; pigeon, 40s to 43s; long pod, — to —. Peas - Non boilers, 34s to 38s; white, Essex aud Kent boilers, S9s to 42s; ditto fine Suffolk, 42s to 44s; maple, 39s to 42s; grey, 36s to 38s. Floar— Best marks, delivered, per sack, 58s to 60s: secondary and country ditto, 43s to 48s. FoBBiatr.— Wheat— Dantzic and Konigsberg, 74sto82s; ditto, ditto, extra, 83s to 88s; Rostock and Wolgast, 69s to 79s; Belgian and Pameranian, 70sto76s: Danishand Silesian, 59sto63s: Italian and Ma- rianople,— sto— s; Odessa,— s to— s; American and Canadian. 6Ssto 75s. Barley— Malting,— sto— s; grindingaud distilling, 35sto42s. Oats — Poland brew, 25s to 29s; feed, 22s to 28s. Beans— small, 37s to 41s, Egyptian, 31s to 33s. Peas— white boilers, 39s to 41s; yellow ditto, 35sto 37s; non boiiers, 35s to 37s. Flour— Spanish, per saek, 55s to 57s; Canadian and American sour, 30s to S4s; sweet, 34s to 38s. SEEDS.— Linseed is very high, and sells in small parcels for imme- diate use. Rapeseed was steady in value and demand. The few parcels of Cloverseed which appear are generally of poor quality, and yet they are held high, as well as all fair descriptions of Foreign ; with more in- quiry, business for the season is coming on. Trefoil, both Foreign and English, were saleable at very full prices. Canary seed remains dull aud depressed, and some Foreign from distant ports are offering, to depress the trade f ® r this article the more. The quotations are as follow :— Turnips, white, 20sto2Is per bushel; ditto, Swede, — s to — s; Mustard brown, 21s to 27s; white, 10s telSs; Tares, winter, 5s Od to 6s Od, Canary, 70s to 76* per qr.; Rye Grass, 24s to 34s; Clover, red, Englisii, 70s to 76s per cwt.; ditto, white, 68s to 70s : ditto, Foreign, red, 70s to 76s; ditto, white, 78s; Trefoil, new, 3Us to 32s; Carraway, new, 44a to 46s per cwt; Coriander, 22s to 24s: Hempseed, 48s to 46s per qr. English Linseed— Sowing, 68s to 70s per qr; crushing, 56s to 65s. Foreign Lin- seed— Baltic, 59s to 62s per qr; Odessa, — s to — s. Linseed Cakes- English, £ 10 10s to £ 11 5sper ton; Foreign, £ 10s t © £ 12 0s; Raie Cakes, £ 6 0s to £ 8 10s : Rapsseed, new, £ 82 to £ 84 per last. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, FKIDAY.— At to- day's mar- ket there was an average supply of Beasts on sale. For most breeds we had a dull inquiry at Monday's currenry. The show of Sheep was limited ; nevertheless, the Mutton trade ruled heavily; in prices how- ever no change took place. Prime small Calves moved off steadily, at full prices; otherwise the trade was dull. Pig trade heavy, at late rates. Beel— Inferior coarse Beasts, 3s 4d to 3s 6d; second quality, 8s 8d to 4s 0d; prime large Oxen, 4s 4d w 4s 8d; prime Scots, 4s lOd to 5s Od, Sheep— Infer coarse Sheep, 4s Od to 4s 4d; second quality, 4s 6d to 4s lOd, srirne coarse woolled, 5s Od to 5 ® 2d ; prime South Down 5s 4d to 5s 6-, Cal\- es— Large coarse Calves, 4s 4- 1 to 5s 6d; prime small 5s 8d to 6s 0a, Pork— Large Hogs, 3s 8d to 5s 4d, neat small porkers 4s 6d to 5s 2a, Suckling Calves 23s to 30s each; quarter- old store Pigs 21sto28s0ddicto. Lambs 0s Od to 0s Od.— Head of Cattle on saie— Beasts 1,160, Cows 120, Sheep and Lambs 3,100, Oaivet 2S0, Pigs 380. Foreign— Beasts were 120, Sheep 250, Calves 140. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS, FSIDAY.— The trade generally ruled inactive, at the following prices;— Infer Beef 3s Od to 3s 4d, middling 3s 6d to Ss lOd, prime large ditto 4s Ud to 4 » 4a, prime small ditto 4s 4d to 4a 6d. Inferior Mutton Ss Ud to 3s lOd, middling ditto 3s£ 0d to is 6d, prime ditto 4s 8d to is 16d. Veal 4s Od to 5 « 4d. Large Pork Ss 8d to 4s 4d, small ditto 4s 8d to 5s 4d. PROVISION MARKET.— Tbe transactions in Irish Buster have been of more lively character than previously, which has sprung generally from the merchants in Tooiey- street, & c, and 2s reduction having taken place mostly upon all qualities. Cariows ( finest sorts) llSs, Limericks about 108s to 109s, third Corks 107s to lOss, lourth Corks lu2s, Tralees 108t. 1,626 firkins delivered the first half of the week. English Butter— The trade in English Butter shows but little inclination at present to improve, 116s to 120s demanded for best Dorset. Fresh quality Butter meets with but little attention, and West Country, of which both supply and quantity is good, realised 14s Od for seconds, firsts It's, and thirds 13s per doz ; Ostend lis 6d to 13s 6d. Foreign Butter— Fine Friesland has advanced ; 122s to 124s per cwt is about the present value, and more or less all descriptions ( but the finest more particularly in request) has greatly improved in demand. Bacon— A temporary cessation in the de- mand for Bacon since last week, and the market has a very quiet appear- ance, at the following prices :— Waterford sizeable landed 66s, Limerick 62s to 648, Hamburgh 61s to 62s, Irish bale middles 60s to 64s, tierce and bales 64s to 65s, roll Bacon 72s, shoulders in pickle 42s to 44s. Hams are very slow of sale, commanding, according to quality, 80s to 90s. Lard has given way to the extent of 2s below previous rates. Waterfoid blad- dered 82s, kegs 70s to 74s. Beef and Pork— There appears to be no line new, and an inquiry is manifested to the effect of immediate require- ment. Holders of really good quality of old stock show a degree ol firm ness, and upon the whole nothing appe: u- sto an interruption towards ( before long) a very healthy business. Pork— From America we have re- ceived some new previsions, and as the trade here is under the necessity compelled to suppose the quality is good, will bo greatly foiled in their expectations if otherwise. Old Pork does not find any ready buyers, and quantity generally disposed of is of a limited nature. Irish prime India. 3181b per tierce, is worth £ 8 to £ 8 5s, prime mess quality £ 5 to £ 5 2s 6d per 2001b per barrel, and prime Bacon £ 412s 6d to £ 4 lis. A falling off is evi ent, per advices from America, in the packing there of Pork, as also ofBeei, and attributable parhaps to the activity in the trade for mid- dles, and liom a report of an alleged defkiency of hogs in the west. Cheese— The market lor Foreign Cheese is rather inactive, but prices steady.— Red Edams 56s to 60 » . pale 53s to 58s, fine Goudas 52s to 54s, inferior 44s to 48s, fine Derby Goudas — s to 56s, inferior 48s to 52s, loal 50s to 60s, Kanters new 20s to — s, The demand for English Cheese is good, and old stocks are on the decrease, although, from dete- riorated condition and quality, stala dairies are sold at a loss in| most in- stances. Really prime qualities in fresh Cheese are very saleable. High prices asked for Eggs; nevertheless, the demand is not restricted, — Somerset, old, 63s to 84s, ditto new — s to — s, ditto loaf 74s to 8i? s Od, Wilts, loaf. 62s to 76s, ditto double 64s to 70s, ditto thin 56s to 64s, ditto pines 80s to 82s, ditto skims SOs to 46s, Cheshire, old, 60s to 80s, new — s to — s, double Glocester, 60s to 70s. POTATO MARKETS, BOHOUGH AND SPITALFIELDS, FBIDAY.— In the past week the arrivals of Potatoes both coastwise and by rail have been seasonably good, and the trade generally is fair. Prices are a3 follow:— York P. egents 100s Od to I20s, Kent and Essex ditto 90s Od to 110s, Scotch do 90s to 105s, middlings 50s to 70s, Lincolns 8os to 110s, and Blues 90s to 100s per ton. VVOOL MARKET, FKIDAY.— An attempt has been made to enhance the vaiue of home- grown Wool; but tbe tigntness of the money market, coupled with the difficulty of obtaining advances, hasonly euabled deal- ers to make small purchases, which has checked the upward tendency. By many it is thought that higher rates will have to be given. Prices of English Wool:— Down Tegs Wool Is 5i.( i to Is 6Jd, ewes IsSjdto 5d, Halt- bred Hoggets Is 44dto Is 5d, Kent wethers Is 4d to Is 5d, Leicester Fleeces Is 4d to Is 5d, Combing Skins Is Od t « Is 4d, Flannel Wool 0s lid to Is 3d, Blanket ditto lOd to Is 2d. HAY MARKETS, THDKSDAY.— Tne markets have been very well supplied to- day, for which there was a good demand experienced. The alterations in prices are but trifling. Quotations:— Smithfield— Meadow Hay 50s to 80s, new — s to — s, Clover Hay 70 » to 10as, new — s to — s— Straw 24s to 29s. Cumberland— Meadow Hay 5ss to 84s, new — s to — s, Clover Hay 70s to 100s, new — » to — s- Stn. W 24s to 29s. White- chapel— Meadow Hay 50s to 84s, new— sto— s, Clover Hay 70s to 105s, new — s to — s— Straw 24s to 29s. LEATHER MARKET, FSIDAX.— The Leather Market has besa but moderately supplied this week. Crops, light butts, and shoulders, at late rates. Heavy Foreign butts continue scarce, and former quota- tions are well maintained. A very active inquiry prevails for skins, par- ticularly those averaging 501b per dozen and under, ior which a further advance of Id per lb was realised. Dressing hides, & c, without any alteration.- Crop Hides, 281b to 401beach, 16d to 19Jd per lb; iOlbto 541b, 19id to 21id ; 541b to 601b, llid to22d ; Bull Hides 13d to 15( 1; Vitrei Butts, Od to 0U; English Butts, 21d to Sid; Foreign Butts 19d to. 29d: Foreign Hides, loid to 19d ; Dressing Hidi'S 15d to 18Jd; ditto Shaved, 18d to 19jil; best Saddlers' Hides, 17d to 21d; English Horse HideMM to 17d; German Hides, 12d to 17d; Spanish Horse Hides 13d to J8d; Cult Skins i if rounded, 2d to 4U per lb more), 301b to 40ib per doaer^ 13d to 22d; 401b to 501b, lSd to 2Sd; 501b to 601b, 18d to 22d; 701b to 1001b, 18d to ' 21d; Seal Skins large, — d to— d; small, — d to — d; Kips, ISd to 24d; Basils. 9d to- ltd; Bellies, lid to 14d ; Shoulders, 17d to 20d. TALLOW MARKET, FaiBAT.— There has been a dull market since Monday, with but a limited quantity of Tallow offering, and prices have declined, P Y C being now at 61s 6d on tiie spot. Town Tallow 60s net cash, Rough fat 3s 4a per 81bs. OIL MARKET, FBIDAT.— The demand for Linseed Oil is fair, at 38s 6d on the spot. Olive is again dearer ; but other Oile are a slow sale. In Turpentine little doing, at the late decline.— Florence ( halt- ch) £ 12s ; Lucca, half- chests, £ 710* to £ 8 5s; Galhpoli, 252 gallons, £ 59 0s to £ 60 0s; Spanish, 252 gallons, £ 55 0s to £ 56; Linseed, £ 1 18s 6< i to £ 118s 9d ; Rape, pale, £ 2 14s 6d to £ 2 Us 6d; brown, £ 2 lis 0a to £ 2 Us 6d per cwt; Cod, £ 48 0s to £ 49 pei tun; Seal, pale, £ 48 as to £ 49 0s per tun ; Seal, yellow, brown, £ 44 0s to £ 47 ; Sperm, £ 86 to £ 30 per tun; Headmatter, £— to £ 96 per tun; Southern, £ 45 to £ 48 per tun; Cocoa nut, £ 2 9s Od to £ 2 lis; Palm, 40s Od to 40s 6d per cvvt; Greenland, full size, £ 330 to £ 340 per tun; South Sea, £ S05 to £ 310 per tun; Whale, Greenland, £— to — s. Pitch— British 7s per ew f, Archangel 10s 6d per cwt, Stockholm, 12s per cwt. Tar— American 23 s to — s per barrel, Archangel 23s 6d per barrel, Stockholm 18s 0d to — s Od, Turpentine.— spirits £ 2 5s Od to £ 2 6s Od, m puncheons £ 2 4s Od. Rough 12s Od to — s 0d per cwt. Resin— Yellow 15^ 3d per cwt, transpa- rent 10B Od per cwt. COAL MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—( Prices of Coals per ton at the close ofthe market.)-- Byass's Bebside Hartley 15s 3d, Bates's West Hart- ley 15s Od, Davison's West Hartley 15s 6d, Howard's West Hartley Netherton 15s 6d, Longridge's West Hartley 15s 3d, North Percy Hart- ley 15s, South Derwent ( unscreened) 14s 6d, Taiifceld Moor 14s 6d, I an- field Moor Butes 14s 6d, Walker's Primross 14s, West Pelton 15s. Wall's End- Gosforth 19s 9d, Noitihumberland 16s, Riddell 16s 9d, Bell's Prim- rose lis 3d, Eden Main i7s 6d, Bratfdylls 18s, Framwell'gate 17s 6d, Ke- pier Grange 18s 8d, Lambton 18s 6d, Montague 17s, Peusher 17s, Rich- mur. d 17s' 6d, Russell's Hetton 18s Od, South Hett/ n 18s 9d, Stewart's 19s Od, Hartlepool Hetton 17s 6d, Heugh HallY/ sOd, Hunwich 16s 6d, Tees 19s Od, Whitworth 16s 6d, Evenwoocl Vos 6d, brown Moor Higft Main las 6d.- S!) ips at market 149- sold SU- uruold 63. 8 BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, JANUARY 25, 1857. STEEPLE CHASING. STEEPLE CHASES TO COME. JANUARY. 27 and 28.— Oundle ( 6)— See Programme. FEBRUARY. it „ 8,— West. bury and Wiltshire— Steeple Chase and the ttandica? Hurdle •*- Race ( closed and weights published), the Hunt steep. e Lnase Cup closes F 16 and 19!— Carmarthenshire Hunt- Tlie Open Steeple Chase ( closed and • " s Carmarthenshire Handicap ( closes Feb 1:;. 18.— Lincoln closed; weights published), the • uincoln ( closed). , „ ,, , „ 25.— Berwickshire ( 2)— The Handicap closes Feb 10, and the Hunt Cup Feb 20. 26,— Derby ( 4)— The Midland Steeple Chase Handicap and the Hurdle Race Handicap ( close on the 31st), the Selling Hurdle Race on the night before the races, _ _ MARCH. 4.— Liverpool ( 1)— Grand National ( closed). 11.— Doncaster ( 1)— Grand National ( closed). 12.— Hereford— Annual Union Hunt ( to close March 2). 19.— Warwick ( 6)— Grand Annual ( closed), Hurdle Handicap ( closed),. 20.- i- Grand Military, near Brixvvorth ( to close Feb 28). 23 and 21.— Coventry ( 3). 24.— Birmingham. 26.— Moreton- in- Marsh. 26.— Northumberland and Hexliam. 81.— Bockford. APRIL. 8.— Grantham. 3 and 4.— Windsor. , , . 16 and 17.— Abergavenny and Monmouthshire Hunt. 20.— Howden. _ IRELAND. JANUARY. 26.— Tallaght( 3)- Balgard Stakes close Jan 17. weights to be published on thii 20th, and acceptances declared on the 21tli; the Car Owners* Cup closes 17th, Hack Stakes at the post. . MARCH. 17.— Irish Metropolitan ( Howth and Baldoyle Course). 23,24.— Cashel. 26.— Tullamove. 30.— Kilmallock. APRIL. 13,14.— Kildare Hunt. 16.— Meath Hunt. 23.— Citizens' Club. 27.— Westmeath. 27, 28.— Knockingin ( Gormanston). 28,— Limerick Hunt. 29— Tuam. 80.— Skerries. MAY. 4.— Irish Military. 12.— Kanturk. 1 § .— Gslway Hunt, 25,26.— Tipperary. EANSHA ( COUNTY TIPPERARY) STEEPLE CHASES. Stewards: Major Mansergh, William O'Ryati, Esq,, Richard St George Maiisergh, Esq, George Roe, Esq, aad Andrew O'Ryan, Esq. WEDNESDAY, JAW 14 — These races came off on Wednesday week in the demesne of William O'Ryau, Esq, Bausha Castle, and the weather being delightfully fine, there was a large and fashionable attendance. At one o'clock the bell rang for a— SWEEPSTAKES of 2 sovs each, 15 added; weight for age; second , to save stake; two miles ( Steeple Chase Course). Mr Massy's gr m Wild Irish Girl, 5 yrs D. Meany 1 Mr Sadleir's b m Twilight W. Maher 2 .;',.. Mr Andrew O'Ryan's Enchantress . Owner 3 Mr Noble's ch m Lady Annie, 5 yrs Noble 0 Mr Green's b g Arab Boy ; O. Monaghan 0 Mr Dalton's b g Touch- and- Go .. Alad 0 Mr O'Ryan's Modesty Owner 0 Mr Smith's Irish Girl Debeaux 0 Betting: 2 to 1 each agst Modesty aud Irish Girl, 3 to 1 each agst Enchantress and Twilight. Modesty, followed by Wild Irish Girl and Arab Boy, got off in front, and made the running to the second fence from home, Where she fell. Wild Irish Girl then took the lead, and won a well- contested race by a length or two.' The WELTER STAKSS of 2 sovs, p. p., with 10 added; 12st 71b each ; gentlemen riders; professionals 71b extra ; heats, one mile and a half ( Steeple Chase Course). Mr O'Ryan's Enchantress .-....• Owner 1 1 Mr W. O'Ryan's Modesty I. Owner 2 2 Mr Dalton's Old Rock Monaghan dis Mr T. Ryan's Jack Mr Roe dis Modesty took the lead, followed by Jack, Old Rock, and En- chantress to the third last fence, when Jack fell. Old Rock was also thrown at the second fence from home; consequently the heat was between Enchantress and Modesty, the former winning by merely a neck. Second heat: Won cleverly by half a length. The FARMERS' RACE SWEEPSTAKES of 5s each, with 5 sovs added, list each, heats, two miles, was won cleverly by Mr Kir- by's ch g Chainbearer, beating five others. " in the evening a grand ball aud supper was given at Bansha Castle by William O'Ryan, Esq. The band of the Tipperary Artillery attended, and dancing was kept up until an early hour next morning. PROGRAMME OF OUNDLE STEEPLE CEASE MEETING. TUESDAY, JAN 27.— 2: 0— The FARMERS' STEEPLE CHASE STAKES of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 20 added; about three miles ; 8 subs. THE CHASE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS-( Weather permitting.) Her Majesty's- STAOHOCNDS. nine miles from Dublin ; and precisely at two o'clock a large red deer was enlarged, nicknamed the Trim Devil ( so called from having on a previous occasion finished a run to the town of Trim, when neither hounds nor horsemen were able to catch him). The moment he was uncarted he made straight for the town of Ratoatli, but, altering his course, wheeled to the left _ . - Tuesday Farnkam Common, Friday Maidenhead towards Balfestown, through the Sally Gardens of Fleenstown, Thicket, at. 11, „„„ and nearly back to the place from which he was enlarged; but, Heathcote's Mr- Tuesday Merstnam, Saturday Claygate Common, at ^.^^^ ded i'^ ere, turned to the right, making for Creganstswn ii. - • - I ( leaving Ratoath on his left), through Green Park, Skirting, Lagore, and into Corbalton, the " raspers" of which soon dis- posed of the majority of those who rode up to this point. Getting away from Corbalton, he made for the far- famed hills of Tara, over which, and the hills of Skreene, he went at racing speed, through Lismullen and into Ballinter, along the banks of the Boyne, leaving which, l: e crossed the high road about a mile on the Dublin side of Navan, through the lands of Ivilcaine, and after running four miles further, and beyond the town of Navan, in the direction of Trim, was pulled down in the open field, but, I am glad to say, was saved without a scratch, to afford, I trust, on another occasion as brilliant and splendid a run. The time was two hours and forty- five minutes, with but two trifling checks, and the distance run over could not have been less than twenty- six miles from start to finish, and during the greater part of this time the pace was terrific. Out of a field of nearly a hundred at the start, but five saw the finish, namely, Peter Alley, Esq, the master of the hounds, his brother, Charles Alley, Esq, James Lahe, Esq, Charles Brindley, the huntsman, and Byrne, the first whip.— Yours, & c. VERITAS. Mr J. Lata;;! « dm ihiss Knight, a Mr P. Paul's br m Kate, 4 yrs K. Taverner ns b m Glimpse, 4 yrs . « •--•. Mr Bird's b g Wasp, 4 yrs Mr Deacon' 3 Lilford, aged Mr Chenay's ch g Weston, 4 yrs Mr Hill's b g Discoid, 5 yis Mr Coles 113 br m Aw^ UeSJaged The GRAND HANDICAP of 10 sov3 each, h ft, 2 only if declared, with 100 added ; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 20 sovs towards expenses; about 4 miles; 24 subs, 8 of whom declared. st lb st lb stlb Minor 11 2 Ganymede 9 13 Curragh 9 12 Maid of the Glen.. 10 10 Sir C. Napier .... 913 Theodme 9 10 Prinez Garde .. .10 9 British Yeoman.. 9 12 MaidoftheWest,. 9 10 Little Yeoman .. 10 9 Tchernaya 9 12 Oakbail 9 8 Gipsy King 10 6 Katey.....,.,..,. 9 12 The Bruiser. 9 8 Moonraker 10 4 3: 45.— The SELLING STEEPLE CHASE STAKES of 5 sovseach, 2 ft, with 25 added; the Winner to be sold for 150 sovs list, 100 lost 71b, 60 lOst, 50 9st 121b, and 25 9st 71b; about two miles; 11 subs. Mr Buchanan's Fanny Wynne ( 50 I sovs) Mr Whitehead's The Squire ( 50) I Hon W. Harbord's Grapeshot ( 150) I Mr Stevens's Scroggins ( 60) Mr Deacon's Weston ( 25) | Mr F. J. Day's bgTheDespised( 25) Capt Bloker's ch g Whalebone ( 25) Mr Land's Tlieodine ( 100) Mr Land's Penelope ( 50) MrT. Last ns ch h Smallhopes ( 150) Mr Sedby's Honeycomb ( 50) 4: 15.— The Fox HUNTERS' STAKES of 20 sovs each, li ft, and only 5 should the subscriber not enter ahorse; to be ridden by persons who have never ridden for hire; 14st each; profes- sionals or grooms 10lb extra; the winner of the Farmers' Race 10lb extra; three miles. [ This stake was re- opened, to close on Thursday last, but the entry had not reached us when we went to press.— ED.] " WEDNESDAY.— The FREE STEEPLE CHASE HANDICAP ( Open). To close on Tuesday evening. The HURDLE RACE FEEE HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, with 30 added; about one mile and a half, over four hurdles; 13 subs. st lb I st lb st lb Pantomime ( 25 Prenez- Garde( h b) 10 0 St Julian ( 25) .... 9 4 sovi) 10 12 I Laura Selina ( 25) 10 0 The Bruiser 9 4 The Screw'v25) .. 10 6 Comet 9 10 Ada 9 0 The Victory ( h b) Flageolet ( 25).... 9 7 The Unkown 9 0 ( 25) ...... 10 5 I Penelope ( 25) .... 9 5 The Cripple 8 4 The CLUB STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, list 71b each; the winners of a steeple chase of the value of 80 sovs 71b, 100 101b, 200 211b, 300 281b, 400 381b extra; gentlemen, & c, riders, and those who have not ridden the winner of a steeple chase allowed 5lb; about three miles; 12 subs. Capt Lawley's ns Honeycomb Mr Hunt's Sir Charles Napier Mr Hugh Edwards's ch g The Pro- mising Pupil Sir G. Wombwell r. s The Painter Mr A. Burnell ns The Curragli Hon W. Harbord's Grapeshot Mr W. G. Craven's Grimaldi Mr Craven's Pickpocket Lord Burghersh ns Lilford Mr Layton's Arinie Laurie Capt Baker n3 Marmaduke Capt F. Duff's Ganymede The WELTER STAKES of 20 sovs each, h ft, and only 5 should the subscriber not enter a horse; gentlemen, & c, riders 16st each; those who have never ridden a winner allowed 5lb, and horses never having won 5lb, but if horse and jockey both claim the allowance only 71b allowed; the winner of last year's race 71b extra. Re- opened, to close and name January 28. A FREE HANDICAP, for horses that have been beaten in the Farmers', Foxhunters', the Club, aud Sixteen- stoue race, fcloses on Tuesday evening, when the time of starting for Wednesday will be fixed. Persons wishing to see the ground for the races must be at Mr Kirby's at Glapthorn at half- past nine on Tuesday morning. WESTBURY AND WILTSHIRE STEEPLE CHASES. The WESTBURY and WILTSHIRE STEEPLE CHASE HANDICAP. 4 past 1-. Cheltenham ( Capt D. West's)- Friday Birdhp, at 12, Rothschild's, Baron— Monday Hulcott, Thursday Wing, at 11. Toubridge Wells Subscription— Wednesday Crowborough Cross, at 11. FOXHOUNDS. Albrighton ( Mr Stubbs)- Tuesday Gateacre, Thursday Loynton Hall. Saturday Sutton, Tuesday week Lyttletnn Arms ( Hagiey), Thursday week Boscobel, Saturday week Stableford, at J past 10. Atherstone— Monday Packingtou Park. Wednesday Crickets Inn, Friday Brinklowe, Saturday Oldbury. at 11. _ , , _ . Badsworth- Tuesday Fen wick, Thursday Hampole, Saturday Darton, Beaufort's^ 1 Duke of— Monday Kington Langley Green, Wednesday Stoke Friday Jackaments, Saturday Knockdown, at 4 past 10. Bedale— Monday Scorton, Friday Busby Stoop, at i to 11. Bellew's, Mr F.— Tuesday Northmolton, Friday Backstone Gate ( near Rackenford), at J past 10. _ Berkshire, Old ( Mr Worrell's— Monday Lamb and Flag ( Longwortli), Wednesday Didcot Station, Friday Buscot Park, Saturday Cliaddle- Berkshire! South- Monday Clieekendon, Tuesday the Bladebone ( Buckle- bury), Thursday Three Mile Cross, Friday the Grotto ( Basildon), at Blackmore° Vaie ( Mr R. Strachey's)- Monday Kingweston, Thursday BramhamMoor— Monday Scarcroft Bar, Wednesday Partington, Friday Marston, Saturday Harewood Bridge, at 4 past 10. Burton Hunt ) Lord Henry Bentinck's)- Monday Fillingham Park, Tuesday Blankney, Wednesday Brant Broughton, Thursday Kettle- thorpe, Fridav Torksey Station, Saturday Langwortli Bridge, at 11. Cambridgeshire— Monday CliUderley Gate, Friday Megre Wood, at ChesliireSubscription— Monday HighLagh, Wednesday Holme Chapel, Thursday Fox and Barrel, Satin day Sutton Pinfold, at 4 past 10. Cleveland Monday Captain Cook's Monument, Thursday Stanley Houses, at 4 past 10. , , . _ , Cottesmore ( Sir John Trollope's)- Monday Grimsthorpe, Tuesday Lees- thorpe, Thursday Clipsham, Saturday Tliistleton, at 11, Craven- Monday Halfway House on the Newbury- road, Friday Ham Village, at 4 past 10. ^^^... Crawley and Horsham— Monday Rowfant Lodge, Wednesday Slaugham Village. Friday Wappingthorne Gate, Monday week Norfo. k Arms ( Worth), Wednesday week Coolhurst Lodge, Friday week Buck B » rn ( WestGrinstead), ati toll. .„ rT , Dacre's, Lord— Monday Chilwick, Wednesday Lilly Hoo, Friuay Langley Bottom, at i past 10. _ J , , ,. ln Deacon's, Mr— Monday Two Bridges, Thursday Okehampton, at J p 10. Durham County— Monday Burnopside, Wednesday Newton Hall. Friday Rainton Bridge, at J past 10. Eggesford— Monday Romansleigh, Thursday Eggesford Bridge, at 4 p 10. Essex, East ( Mr Marriott'sj— Tuesday Coieman's, Friday Braxted Park, at 11 Essex, South ( Mr A. Z. Button's)— Tuesday Wick House ( Bulpliam), Sa- turday- Corringham Street, at II. m „ ., Essex and Suffolk- Tuesday Bradfleld Street. Friday Semer Bridge, 11. Essex Union - Mondav A'shingdon Wants, Weduasday Danbury Grilthi, . Saturday PurlBigh Wash, at 4 pwUO. FitorilUam's!' lari- MOnda^^ ashiiigfeV, Wednesday Bythorn Toll Bar. Thursday Kennel, Saturday Connington Lane, at 1 past 10. F. B. ( Mr W. Wilfiams's)— Tuesday Bochym, Friday Roscrow, 4 past 10. Gartli's, Mr— Monday the Bull ( Barkham), Wednesday Ascot Keimel, Friday Waterend Gate, at i past 10. Greaves's, Mr H. ( the Essex)— Monday Skreens, Thursday Dagnam, Sa- turday Hatfield Town, at 11. • Gwrtheyrn— Tuesday Llanpumpsamt, Friday Llanyhyther, at 4 past 9. Halsdon— Monday Iddesleigli Bridge, Friday Rotlieran Bridge, at 4 P 10. Hamibledon— Monday Westbury House, Wednesday Quableigh House, Friday Holywell House, at i to 11, . Hambleton ( Mr Bell's)— 1Tuesday Fellskirk, Saturday Ottermgton House, H, H.—>? onday jfew Inn ( Lasliam), Tuesday Kennels, Thursday Nutley Church, Saturday Well, at i to 11, Hay don- Wednesday Kennels, Saturday Slaley, at 10. Herefordshire— Tuesday Canon Froome, Thursday Hempton Court, at Heytlirop '(° Mr H. HalI's)- Monday Boulters Barn, Wednesday Tar Wood, Friday Eyford, Saturday Sliipton Barrow, at 4 past 10. Hill's, Mr— Tuesday Ayton, Thursday Saltersgate, at 10. Holderness Mondav Braridesburton, Tuesday Evenngham Park,, Thursday Wassan'd, Friday Etton Kennei, at.± to 11. Hursley ( Mr S. Lowe's)— Monday Ledford Hut, Friday Badsley Church, Hurworth- Tuesday Enteroommon, Saturday V/ elhury, at J past 10. Ingram's, Sir M.— Monday Sudbury Coppice, Thursday bwarkstone Bridge, Saturday Rolleston Hall, at i to 11. Kent, East— Monday Sandling Park, Thursday Brsech Down, Saturday Cheriton Wood, at 4 past 10. „ , ^ ., „ r , Ledburv ( Mr J. C. Tliackwell's)- Monday Hethel Pit Turnpike, Wed- nesday Dymock Village, Friday Acton Green, at 4 past 10. Ludlow ( Mr Sitwell's)— Wednesday Brampton Brian Toll Bar, Saturday Craven Arms, at 4 past 10. Marshall's, Mr M.— Monday Blagdon Plantation, Thursday Ashwater Mill, at 4 past 10. . ^ _ ^ ^ , Monmouthshire— Monday Penclawd Wood, Thursday Brynderwen, Sa- turday Landewy Court, Monday week Graig Finger Post, I riday week Skenfrith Bridge, at i past 10. Morpeth— Tnesday Wallington, Thursday Thropple, Saturday Morpeth Quarry Bank, at! to 11. Middleton's, Lord— Monday Pluckliam, Wednesday Oulston, Friday Ganton, Saturday Thoruton- le- Clay, at 4 past 10. New Forest— Taesday Cuffneils Park, Tnursday Sliirfiald Hatchet, Sa- turday Beaulieu Village, at i to 11, - i Norfolk ( Lord Suffield's)- Monday Bodham - ' Guist Bridge, Friday Dunham Statiop. ^ iGT^ aj " week iLvni ' n' ednesday week Watton, Friday week Barford, at i to 11 f L,„„ „ Oakley— Monday Odell, Thursday Cowper^ s 0° - oaturday HaU Weston' Oxfordshire! So'ithrMr . T s. pi - v^." ^- Tuesday Newmarsh Post, Fri- day Baidon, am. , , ^ , Pembrokeshire ( Mr Lort Phillips's)— Monday Killanow Gate, Friday Alleston. at 4 past 10. Portsmouth's, Earl of— Monday Three Lfgged Cross, Wednesday Crook- ham, Friday Freefolk Wood, Saturday Sherbourne St John, at 11. Puckeridge ( Mr Parry's}— Monday Dassels, Wednesday Chesterlord, Sa- turday Cumbelowe, at 4 past 10. Pytchley— Monday Brampton Wood, Wednesday Stanford Hall, Friday Althorpe Park, Saturday CUpston Windmiil, at i to 11. Ilaby Monday Hartforth, Wednesday Manfield, Friday Wmston Bridge, at 4 past 10. Ruiford— Monday Blidworth Dale, Tuesday Clumber House, Thursday Ossington, Saturday Langworth Lodge, at J to 11. Scarborough's, Earl of— Monday Sliireoaks, Wednesday Clumber, Fnday Gringley, Saturday Sandbeck Park, at J past 10, Seale's, Sir Henry— Tuesday Ashprington, Friday Higher WallatonCross. Selby's, Mr— Tuesday Kennels, Friday North Charlton, at 4 past 10. Sh opshire ( Mr C. J. Morris's)— Monday Bayston Hill, Wednesday Lea Bridge, Friday Bicton Heath, at 4 past 10. Sinnington— Tuesday North Holme, Friday Ampleforth, at 4 past 10. Smith's, Mr A.— Monday Wilbury, Tuesday Oare Hill, Thursday Chute Windmill. Friday Clarendon Park, at 11. Southampton's, Lord— Monday Tiffield Toll Bar, Wednesday Swan- bourne Station, Friday Whitfield, Saturday Nash, at 11. Southdown ( Mr A. Donovan's)— Monday Short Gate, Wednesday the Plough ( Dicker), Friday Newliaven, Monday week Uckfield, Wed- nesday week Ratten, Friday week Toddington, at i to 11. Soutliwold ( Mr G. Cook's)— Tuesday Revesby Park Gate, Thursday Hainton Hall, Saturday Langston- by- Spilsby, at 11. Staffordshire, North— TUesbay Whitmore Station, Friday Stoke Heath, at 4 past 10. Stamford and Warrington's, Earl of— Monday Kirby Gate, Tuesday WiUon Village, Thursday Grooby Village, Friday Lowesby Hall, Sa- turday One Barrow Lodge, at 11. Suffolk— Tuesday Walsham Hall, Thursday Denston Plumbers' Arms, Saturday Ampton Hall, at i to 11. Surrey Union— Monday Cover Wood, Thursday Compton Common, Sa- turday Boxhill, at 4 past 10. Sussex, East— Tuesday Oatsfield Green, Friday Brightling, Monday week Icklesham Windmill, Wednesday week Peasmarsh, Friday week CrippsCorner, at 4 Past 10, Tailby's, Mr— Monday Twelfth Milestone on the Welford road, Thurs- day Holt, at 11. Thomson's, Mr A.— Monday Weston- oii- the- Gre^ n, 1. Tuesday EdgecoU Village, . Thursday Waddesdon Cross- roaus, Saturday White Cross Green, at 11. Tickliam— Tuesday Black Post ( Hollingbourn), Friday Otterden, Mon- day week Munkdown, Thursday week Belmont, Saturday week Rodmersliam Green, at 4 past 10. Tiverton— Monday Templeton Common, Thursday Petton Cross, Mon- day week Worth, Thursday week Dulverton, at 4 past 10. Tivyside— Monday Cwm Morgaiii Thursday Llrchryd Bridge, at 10. Tredegar— Monday Highcross, Wednesday Duffryn, Friday Castletown, at 4 past 11. Trelawny's, Mr— Tuesday Buller's Arms( Dean), at 11, Saturday Rising Sun ( Crab Tree), at 4 past 10. Tynedale— Monday Short Flat Tower, Wednesday Great Whittington, Friday Minsteracres, att to 11. U. H. C, ( Mr Powell's)— Monday the Bronwydd Arms, Friday Llandys- silis, at 10. United Pack ( Mr Luther's)— Tuesday Strefford Bridge, atlO. V. W. H.— Tuesday Barrow Elm, Thursday Stone Hill Gate, Saturday Preston Tollbar, at J to 11. Warwickshire— Monday Newbold Pacey, Tuesday Brailes House, Thurs- day Shuckburgh, Friday Upton House, at i to 11. Warwickshire, North— Tuesday Kenilworth Castle, at i to 11, Thursday Belton Grange, at } to 12, Friday Solihull, at J to 11. Western Subscription ( Penzance)— Tuesday Halsetown ( near St Ives), Friday Logsn Rock Inn ( St Levan). at 10. Worcestershire— Monday Goose Hill, Wednesday Witley Court, Friday Severn Stoke, Monday week Slirawley Wood, Wednesday week Kennels, Friday week Tiddesley Wood, at 4 past 10. Wyndham's, Colonel— Monday Shillinglee Park, Wednesday Gumber Corner, Friday Gospel Green, Saturday Teglease Gate, at 4 past 11 rnn'o Civ W W .—.\ Tnnflav Ca^ iiTi Tllfladai; Tilril^ iff Thnpnilo BRILLIANT RUN WITH MR HEATHCOTE'S STAG HOUNDS. MR EDITOR : On Tuesday last the meet was at Westerham. Turned out the celebrated deer Marchioness, at Cockham Hill, and she went through Westerham Chart, to Limpsfield Common, and turned short back through the Chart again, ou to Braisted Chart, to Hide Hill, to Suudridge Union, aud then took the bottom to Henden ; left Sevenoaks Weald to the left, on to Chiddingstone and Pensliurst Station, back to Four Elms, away to Chart Lands, over Eacliing Wood Common, over the brook at the back of Oxted Village, and away to Barrow Green Woods, through Mr Turner's park at Rook's Nest, on to the Kennell Shaws, over the Godstone road, up to Tupwood, and at last we took her at that fine sportsman's house, Mr A. Smith, who most hospitably entertained those who had the pleasure of seeing the finish, which included the worthy master and several others. Time 3i hours, and I should think we went ovor little short of 30 miles of country.— Yours, & c, A Fox HUNTER. A CAPITAL DAY WITH THE NORTH STAFFORD- SHIRE.- RE- APPEARANCE OF JOE MAIDEN IN THE SADDLE. MR EDITOR : I take advantage of a leisure hour to send you an account of a good day's sport with these ( Mr Davenport's) hounds, 011 Monday last. The meet was at Seighford Hall, near Stafford, the seat of F. Eld, Esq, one of the very staunchest of our fox preservers, and several scarlets from the Atherstone and the Albrighton countries drew up. We found our first fox in a small covert near tiie hall, and had a good ringing run of 1 hour and 20 minutes, at the end of which we lost him, owing to a fresh fox crossing the line. Nothing daunted, we trotted off to another covert on the estate, and found instantly, ran him very hard for an hour and 10 minutes, and killed him. As men and horses were still fresh, Joe Maiden then drew a cover called The Moors, near Stafford, from which a stout fox broke away. After running through the Seighford Coverts at a racing pace, he crossed the Stafford and Shrewsbury Railway, leaving Stafford Castle to the left, and so ou to Whitemanes in the Albrighton country, where the sceut became so cold that they gave him up, as night was drawing on, and the hounds were fully 25 miles away from their kennels at Wolstanton. The most pleasing feature of the day was the re- appearance of the veteran Joe Maiden in his old post, after having been absent from it ever since the spring of 1855, during which time the master, Mr Davenport, has hunted the hounds himself. Owing to the exceeding contraction of the knee, both before and after his left leg amputation iu the winter of that year, it was con- sidered quite hopeless for him to think of riding again to hounds, and he had quite given up the idea of doing more for the remainder of his days than acting as kennel huntsman, and coming to the cover side 011 a pony occasionally. Not sharing, however, in the diplomatic coldness which exists between the Old and New Worlds, he determined, with all his characteristic jluck, as " a forlorn hope," to try " Palmer's Patent American ' Leg" ( which took a gold mpdal in the 1851 Exhibition), and accordingly he journeyed off once more to London in November. Thanks to" his patience, and the - skill of the London licensee ( Mr Edwin Osborne, of Saville Row), the contracted knee and stump were " got out" considerably, and after a preliminary trial on horseback, at Tattersall's and Rottou- row, he returned in high spirits, with a new leg, to Staffordshire, where not a few bets have been laid, for these two months past, as to whether he would ever be seen to take a jump with hounds again. The backers of the leg have got quite the best of it, as, judging from the style in which ( after practising on a couple of bye days) he rode to his houuds, and took his fences on Monday, he has lost none of his old nerve, and feels more comfortable in the saddle than he has done during those twenty- five years of agony which ke underwent after his boiler accident. With the aid of stick, he is not only able to walk very fairly on it airesdy, con- sidering the knee difficulty and the very short time he has been in active training, but it is impossible for any one not in the secret to tell, when he is mounted, which leg is American and which " native English." We only wish that the two countries they represent would learn in future to fraternise as well. Trusting to write you again soon, with the news of some more good runs, I am, & c, H. F. Stafford, Jan 21. Wynn's, Sir W." W.— Monday Carden, Tuesday Erddig, Broughton Hall, Saturday Loppington, at 4 past 10. _ liursday age st lb Minor a.. 11 7 Janus a.. 10 7 Black Dwarf.. .. 10 7 Weston 10 7 Lilford a.. 10 6 SUvertail .... a.. 10 4 Sultan, by Shirt .. 10 4 age st lb Sir C. Napier.. a.. 10 2 Theodme .... a.. 10 0 Returned 10 0 Bruiser 10 0 Tchernaya 10 0 Moonraker 9 12 Tally a.. 9 12 age st lb Raiiroad( late Nom de Guerre) .. ., 9 12 Petropolouski ( late Punch Box).. 6.. 9 12 Hercules 9 10 Deception a.. 9 4 Edgar. . a.. 9 0 The HURDLE RACE HANDICAP. age st lb Theodine 10 5 Bruiser a. .10 2 Lackington, by Cattonite, dam by Com- bat ( hb) 10 0 Ada 4.. 10 0 Penelope 6.. 9 12 Cripple... 4.. 9 10 age st lb Pantomime .. a.. 11 12 Affghan 5.. 11 0 Omar Pasha ( h b) 10 7 Royalty 10 7 St Julian 5.. 10 7 Petropolouski ( late Punch- box) 6.. 10 5 Sultan, by Shirt .. 10 5 The WELTER CUP HANDICAP ( Flat Race). age st lb ThePrinceflate P. Plausible) 5,. Coleshill Parga ,4.. Primrose .... 4,. B g by Bow- string out ef Faith . . G by Clumsy out of BastileS,, 8 9 6 9 5 9 2 9 2 8 7 age st lb Pantomime ,. a,. 11 12 Affghan 5.. 11 0 Royalty a.. 10 7 St Julian 5.. 10 7 Omar Pasha ( hb) 10 7 Sultan, by Shirt .. 10 6 Petropooluski ( late Punch Box). Bruiser Ada .... .. 10 . a.. 10 .4.. 10 age st lb Lackington, by Cattonite, dam by Com- .. 10 0 .. 5.. 9 10 .. 4.. 9 9 9 C bat ( h b) Schamyl., Cripple... Coleshill. Van Eyck MissMary ( h b) 6 F by IrisliBird- catehereut of Lady Lovell 3.. 9 age st lb C by Vampyre out of Harum Scarum, by Pantaloon .. 3.. 9 0 Primrose .... 4.. 9 0 Van Lerius 5 Topsy 6 B g by Bow- string out of Faith Little John, by Colwick .... 3.. 7 10 Practice 8.. 7 8 8 6 8 4 TALLAGHT STEEPLE CHASES. MONDAY, JAN 26.— Entries for the BELGARD STAKES of 3 sovs each, 2 ft in case of acceptance, with 30 added ; ages from the 1st of January ; three miles. age st lb | age st lb 1 age st lb . a.. 11 4 I King Pepin ., a.. 10 2 | Eioise 6.. 9 7 ' Violet 6.. 10 2 I Cora 6.. 9 5 0 Pretty Boy.... 4.. 9 0 7 I Heber 4.. 8 7 Entries for the CAROWNERS' CHALLENGE CUP, value 30 sovs, with 20 added to a Sweepstakes of 2 sovs each, p. p.; ages from the 1st of May ; three miles. X> i UUgi 1 L( J11 L 1,111, kJttimuaj 1J-.>, 411. W11, txu 2 pan L JLV. Yarborough's, Lord— Monday Bradley Cross- roads, Wednesday Cux- wold, Friday Pelliam's Pillar, at 11. York and Ainsty— Monday Sutton- on- the- Forest, Tuesday Nun Appleton, Thursday Green Hammerton, Saturday Pill Moor ( Brafferton), at 4 past 10. HABBIBBS. Alton— Monday Coombe, Wednesday Soutlicote, Friday Alton Gate, 11. B. V. H.— Tuesday Milborne Port, Friday Cerne Hill, at 12. Blaen Forest ( Mr Giles's)— Monday Goodnestose, Wednesday Moldash, Friday Charing Hill, Saturday the Squirrels ( Boughton), Monday week " Oare, Wednesday week Cliilham Station, at 11. Brighton— Monday Pateham, Wednesday Race Course, Saturday Dyke, at i toll, Brampton ( Beagles)— Monday Mosspetteril, Thursday Banks, Saturday Hollinstene, at 9. Brooksend ( Thanet)— Monday Birchington, at 4 past 10. Brookside— Monday Newmarket Hill. Thursday Telscombe Tye, at 11. Bronwydd ( Beagles)— Tuesday Ty Slioh Quilt, Saturday Glanyravon, at 4 past 10. Collins's, Mr ( Truro)— Monday Summereourt, Saturday Zelah, at 4 past 10. Craven ( Yorkshire)— Tuesday Halton East, Friday Otterburn, at 11. Crewkerne— Monday Red House Inn ( near Yeovil), at 11. Dulverton— Monday Mountsey Hill Gate, Friday Roborough Gate, at 4 past 10 Eamont— Monday Howtown, at i to ll, Wednesday Gallows Hill ( Ap- pleby), at 12, Thursday Crackenthorpe, Saturday Kennels, at i to 11. Eastbourne— Monday Eastdean, Thursday Snap Hill, at i past 10. Elstow— Tuesday Burford Bridge, Friday Houghton Windmill, 4 past 10. Farmers' Subscription ( Worthing)— Tuesday Chantry Post, at 11. H. H. ( Rochester!— Monday Decoy ( Halstow), Wednesday Dean Gate, Friday Coombe, Monday week Mortimer's ( Cliffe), Thursday week North- street, at 11. High Peak— Tuesday Wilton's House, Thursday Hunter's Mere, Satur- day Pike Hall, at 11. Huntingdonshire— Tuesday Pidley, Friday Ely Toll Bar, at 11. Llanwenen( Beagles)— Tuesday Cross Roads ( Blaencwrt), Friday Cribin, at 4 past 10. Lewis's, Captain Hampton— Monday Rliosfrances, Wednesday Llandy- fnan Gate, Saturday Black Horse, at 11. Lonsdale's, Lord— Thursday Marshworth, at 12. Netton ( Salisbury)— Wednesday Salterton Down, aUl. Newcastle and G ' -•--•* — 4 past 10. Napoleon II... a.. 11 0 MorganRattler6. .10 10 TheArabMaid. 5., 10 Chance 6., 10 4 | Ringleader 5.. 9 Arab Maid, 5 yrs Maid of Westmeath, 5 yrs Dunmurry, 4 yrs Bernard Kavanagli, 4 yrs Pretty Boy, 3 yrs Heber, 8 yrs The Huntsman, 8 yrs Geneva, 3 yrs Vine, 3 yrs Latoil, 3 yrs The fixture for the Knockingin ( Gormanston) Steeple Chases and Flat Races has been changed from Easter Monday to Mon- day and Tuesday, the 27th and 28th of April, the week after the Curragh Meeting. The IRISH GRAND MILITARY STEEPLE CHASES will take plase on the 20th April, and not on the 4th May as previously announced. GALE OP WIND AT MALTA.— Our advices from Malta to the 8th of January announce much damage to the many ships in port, windbound, and under average, from a sudden gale of wind which came on on the afternoon of New Year's Day, blowing a perfect hurricane all night, and with but little abatement until the forenoon of the 2d. During the height of the gale the wind was from E. N. E., aud the barometer fell from 29' 94 to 29' 15, the thermometer ranging between 47 degrees to 52 degrees, heavy rain falling nearly all the time. At the very commence- ment of the gale a small pleasure boat got swamped by the sea, and foundered off the Jews' sallyport, by which disaster James Warren, a stoker, and William Smith, a quartermaster of the gun- boat Fancy, met with a watery grave. Two Maltese boat- men ( father and son) who were in the same boat were saved. The gun- boat Cracker, lying in the Sliema Creek, dragged her anchors, and grounded, but was got off without damage by the Recruit and the Fancy, which kept their steam up. The Nea- politan brig Ferdinand, with sulphur, was wrecked on the Pow- der Magazine Point, and the brig Alacrity, with Indian corn from the Danube, knocked her bottom out, aud suffered such other serious damage that her cargo, with the exception of about 300 quarters, has been condemned, and will be sold under the authority of the Commercial Court. The Mehemet Ali, a French ship, laden with deals, from Trieste, bound to Algiers, was dashed to pieces on the coast of Gozo, Captain Callamoro and one hand lost. The steamer Brenda had her bowsprit car- ried away, besides other damages. The Dutch galliot Wilhel- mina also sustained much damage, and was at one time in great danger. In fact, scarcely a dozen out of some 200 vessels in port have escaped suffering some danger or other, and it is supposed that £ 12,000 will not cover the losses. The soldiers' huts on Fort Mancel Island, facing Sliema, were blown away, and several of the inmates more or les8 hurt. Gateshead— Monday Tynemouth, Friday Ovingham, at Nortli Huisli— Monday Marriage Gate, Thursday Gara Bridge, at 4 p 10. Romnev Marsh— Monday Guldeford Church, Thursday the Hawthorn ( MiSley), Saturday Coldicut Farm, at 4 past 10. Romsey ( Mr Evans's)— Monday New Court ( Downton), Saturday Brick' worth Pond ( Wilts), at i to 11. Somerset— Thursday Drayton, at 11. Stockton, Billingham, and Hartlepool— Monday West Hartlepool, Thurs day Norton High Toll Bar, at 4 past 10. St Thomas- bv- Launceston— Tuesday the Rising Sun ( Altarmum), Thursday Kestle ( St Thomas), at 10. Vale of Wylye— Monday Haskins' Pennings, Thursday Bowlesbre' Knoll, at 11. ,, Williams's, Mr E.— Tuesday Hamest Cross ( near Quethiock), Friday the Rock Hotel ( Roboro' Down), at 4 past 10. SCOTCH. FOXHOUNDS. Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire— Tuesday Linnwood Toll, Saturday Bridge of Weir, at i to 11. Linlithgow and Stirlingshire— Tuesday Dalmahoy, Thursday Kinneil Saturday Houston House, at i to 11. Lothian, The— Tuesday Pressmennan, Thursday Elphinston Tower, Sa> turday Arnisfield, Tuesday week Aikieside, Thursday week Salton Kennels, Saturday week Gilmerton, at 4 past 10. Wemyss's, Earl of— Monday Preston- by- Dunse, Wednesday Pallins- burn, Friday Copeland, Saturday Rowchester, at 4 past 10. HABBIEES. Tait's, Mr A. D,— Wednesday Stair Bridge. Saturday Fail Toll, Wednes' day week Fishertonlnn, at 4 past 11. IRISH. STAGHOUNDS. Ward Union— Monday Sixth Milestone on the Ashbourne- road, Wednes day Black Bull, Saturday Kilbride, at one. FOXHOUNDS. Dennis's, Mr— Wednesday Elmsgrove, Saturday Moate, at 11. Duhallow ( Viscount Doneraile's)— Monday Aughrim, Wednesday Bally volane Wood, Saturday Ballygiblin, at 11. Galwav ( The Blazers)— Tuesday Windfield, Friday Castle Ellen, at 11. Kildare— Tuesday Martinstown, Friday Castletown, Tuesday week Bal- lytore, Thnrsday week Blesmton, Saturday week Rathcoole, at 11. Kilkenny— Tuesday Richmond Gate. Friday Callan, at 11. Limerick— Tuesday Sheahan's Cross, Friday week Tervoe Gate, Tuesday week Ballinderrig, at i to 11. Louth— Tuesday Churchtown, Friday Crewbawn, at 11. Meath— Tuesday Somerville, Thursday the Ten Mile Bush, Saturday Drewstown, at 11. Westmeath— Monday Knockdrin Castle, Wednesday Bracklyn, Saturday Mearescourt, at 11. NABBIEBS. Ballytore— Monday Ballyshannon, at 12. Clonardon— Monday Kilmessan, Friday Kennel, at i to 12. Duiigarvan— Tuesday Ballyneety Cross, Friday Cappagh Cross, 4 plO. Killultagh— Wednesday Nutt's ( Killead), Saturday Castle Robin, 4 past 11. Snap and Worry ( Longford)— Tuesday Oldstown, Friday Moate Farrell at 11. Wicklow— Tuesday Anamoe, Friday Barndarrig, at 11. SPLENDID RUN WITH THE WARD UNION STAGHOUNDS. MR EDITOR : I beg to send you an account of a run which took place on the 12th instant with this celebrated pack. The SPLENDID RUN AND REMARKABLE FINISH WITH THE NEW FOREST HOUNDS. ME EDITSR : Of the many excellent runs that hav9 been re- corded with these hounds, I consider the one I am about to describe the " A 1." Met at Exbury House on Saturday last. After drawing some of the Exbury and Beaulieu covers blank, trotted off to Abbotstanding, in which the hounds had not been many minutes when one ar two old-' uus gave uumistakeable symptoms of a fox having recently been there". They " dragged" on him through the cover, outside, in tbe forest, to the new en- closure, Frame Heath, where, after feathering a minute or two just inside, away they went with a rush towards Stubby. This was too much up wind for liim, so he turned to the left, pointing to Beaulieu Rails, then bending in the same direction he left Abbotstanding on the right, crossed the bog at Bishops Purlieu, across the road and Culverly Bog t » Furney Croft, but thinking it rather dangerous to venture inside, he turned away over the bog, through the two fir plantations, and across the Beaulieu- road, taking a corner of Harford Heath into King's Flat, where he doubtless expectedto obtain shelter from mother earth, but was greeted instead with a shout from some stentorian lungs, upon which he instantly quitted that quarter, crossed the road again, and ran up by the side of the Ipley river; then across to Foxhunting Cover, but fearing to enter, crossed the Forest towards Sandy Hill. He then turned to the left, into the mea- dows of Dibdin- lane End, across the road and fields at the back of the road at Gray's to Brambleshoot Hill, over the Hythe- road, down through the yard of Lock's Farm, into the Dibden Marshes, nearly opposite Southampton, where, after making a turn or two, he decided on trying a " water excursion" to escape his followers. Rushing oyer the mud to the water's edge, he ran along the mud about a hundred yards or so, and plunged into the briny deep, pointing towards the pier. Alas! for poor Charley; the tide was running strong, and he weak, and a boat being at hand, it put off to his as- sistance, but 011 getting up to him they found him floating down the river a " dead- un." The time was about one hour, and the pacegood throughout; but being mostly the right sort out, the majority of the field managed to be " there or thereabouts" at the finish. The hounds are in excellent condition, and though many of us are, perhaps, too ready to find fault, considering it is his first season, and a very difficult country, we doubt whether any one could do much better than the present huntsman, Din- necomb. The worthy master is most courteous and obliging, and seems very desirous of pleasing all, and showing good sport; and we sincerely hope the mastership of the New Forest Hounds will be long held by E. Jewson, Esq, of Tachbury Mount. ROVER. SIR W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS. MR EDITOR : Knowing you like to hear of good sport, even in a provincial country, 1 venture to write you an account of a day with Sir W. W.; Wynn's Hounds. On Monday last we met at Whitchurch Race Course; found immediately at the Twemlows, and ran a ring of 25 raiuutes very fast, to ground between Coton Hall and Wem. Trotted back to the Twemlows, and found in Green's Gorse; went away close at- his brush, and turned him up in the open, in 23 minutes, racing pace throughout. Drew Sandford blank, then trotted away to Osmere ( seven miles). No fox, but in a little covert called Redrope's Plantation, close by, was one of the right sort. He went away like lightning, skirting the Combermere Coverts, through the Cocked Hat, and away over tlie open towards Court's Gorse, which he passed on his left, and Walkmill House on the right, straight on for Brook's Mill, crossed the Audlem Road, through Kent's Wood, over Adderley Park, and went to ground in the Staffordshire country, three miles beyond Adderley, as the crow flies, but eleven miles at least from point to point. ITime one hour and fifteen minutes.— Yours, & c, SCREW- DRIVER. THE NORFOLK FOXHOUNDS. DEAR BELL : Knowing you always find room in your columns for anything like sport, I take this opportunity of sending you an account of a capital run with the above hounds. On Monday, 19th, met at Mattishall, and, after drawing two or three small spinnies, turned the hounds into Wimbro' Wood, where they soon gave notice that master Reynard had not long left his quarters. After a little slow hunting we settled to our fox in good earnest, and finally ran into him iu the open, after a burst of forty minutes over a very close country, the land being awfullj' heavy and the fencing uncommon big; distance nine miles. The horses Were nearly pumped out, there being only five out of 100 at the death. This is the first season this pack has been established; and although the run itself is nothing out of the common, I like to give an account of a good thing. The hounds are in good condition, and the horses do the hunt great credit, and under the able management of the noble master ( Lord Suffield), they will, ere the season closes, no doubt show us some capital sport.— Yours, & c, ONE WHO LIKES A FAST THING. THE WAR IN CHINA. THE DRAMA. THE DORSET BLACKMOOR VALE HARRIERS. MR EDITOR : Although you have lately chronicled two or three runs of the Blackmoor Vale Harriers, enteuding over live and six parishes in length, and over seven, eight, and nine miles without a turn, yet I venture to ask you to record two runs which this distinguished pack exhibited en Saturday last; it being oertain that the last- recorded run, although it may perhaps have been equalled, has never been surpassed by any harriers in Englatd. On Saturday, Jan 17th, the Blackmoor Vale Harriers found their first hare on Okeford Common, and went away at the top of their speed towards Hyle Coppice, passing that cover, and on to Okeford Fitzpaine, and close up to Coneygear Wood, from whence they headed short; going off at • mS ™ THEATRE.- There was an overflowing audience : this theatre on Monday night, owing to the double attraction ! of the first appearance of Mr Charles Mathews since his late nnnuipnr anil tlio 1 : .1. , . Despatches from Constantinople, dated Thursday, have been received, with the following intelligence:— . .. 0< ul, 0 111S iai, B " ArpvAMnniA lav li — Tho Calcutta qteamer has fc. cldetlt> and thepantomime, which continues to run its race ALEXANDRIA, JAN 15, Lhe Calcutta steamer nas triumphantly. Mr Mathews appeared only in the clever and armed at Suez with advices from Hong Kong to the 16th o1 " Somebody Else," in which he sustained December. Yeh, backed up by the gentt v and people, con- tinued obdurate. The French Folly Fort had been taken and destroyed. The Chinese had set fire to the factories, and all the Aongs were destroyed. The Oriental, Agra, and Mercantile Banks were on fire, with no hopes of saving them. One fatal accident had occurred, O. T. Lane, nephew of Sir J. Bowring, being killed by the falling in of a wall. It was said that the city of Canton would no longer be spared, and that the discharge of rockets and shells had already commenced." THE EXPEDITION TO THE PERSIAN GULF. We have received from Trieste, by way of Vienna, the following despatch:— " The Lloyd steamer arrived this evening at Trieste with the following news:—' The British fleet has taken possession of the fort of Bushire and the island of Karrak. The Eng- lish met with little resistance when they took possession. The small garrison of Bushire retired into the interior. Brigadier Chamberlain's force had returned to India.' " CITY INTELLIGENCE. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. The course of business operations during the past week has not been interrupted by any event of importance, but the con- tinued dearness of money, and the uncertainty that exists with regard to the polic- y which the Bank directors will have to pursue have prevented any extension of commercial transactions. In most departments, however, there is a good deal of activity, and a general feeling of confidence is expressed with regard to the probable progress of the spring trade. In 3Iincing- lane there lias been rather less animation in consequence of the large public sales recently held, when buyers availed themselves of the opportunity to supply thoir wants. Since Monday the inquiries for discounts in Lombard- street and at the Bank of England have been much quieter, aud the best description of mercantile paper has been negotiated at 5f to 5J per cent. Notwithstand- ing this, however, some fear existed on Thursday lest the directors of the Bank of England, with a view to check the drain of specie to the Continent, should and it necessary to increase the miuimum by per cent. On Saturday last £ 80,000 in gold was sent away, and on Monday about a similar quantitywaswith- drawn. Since then some small parcels, amounting to J£ 30,000 or £ 35,000, have likewise been despatched, so that the stock of bullion in Threadneedle- street has consequently declined; but the re- turn, an abstract of which is given below, will not show a very important reduction. It is since that period to which this state- laent was completed that most of these sums were sent away. These shipments are not for the Bank of France, but in payment for Silver which has been purchased for transmission to the East Indies, where the rise in the rate of exchange has stimulated the demand. The leading subject of conversation in bank- ing circles during the last few days has been the rumoured intention of the administration of the Bank of France to increase its capital. The present capital is 91,000,000 francs, and it is proposed to raise that to 250,000,000 francs. By this means it is considered that the power of the bank will be in- creased to an extent commensurate with the wants of the com- mercial public. At present nothing is known of the basis upon which this alteration will be effected, but a complete revision of the statutes of the establishment is expected to take place be- fore long. The Bank of England return is made up to the 17th inst, and the alterations it presents are not so important as was anticipated. This return gives the active circulation of notes pavable on demand at £ 19,463,035, being an increase of £ 35,045. The notes unemployed were lessened £ 89,575, and the bullion in both departments amounted to £ 10,110,409, showing a diminu- tion of £ 70,575. The Rest was larger by £ 44,649. The Public Deposits decreased £ 308,265, and the other deposits were aug- mented £ 431,257. The Seven Day, and other bills, were larger by £ 7,634, and the other securities by £ 243,589, and Govern- ment Securities by £ 37,306. The business transactions in the English Stock Market this week have been extremely limited, but the opening of the transfer book has led to an increase in the money operations, some large purchases having been made by the Chancery broker, but the general public, up to the present time, have not dealt to any important extent. Consols closed yesterday at 93i | for money, and 93f | for the account, being rather flatter in conse- quence of the news from China respecting the progress of hos- tilities. The New Threes, Reduced Annuities, and Exchequer Bank Stock has ruled DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH'S FOXHOUNDS. MR EDITOR : I often experience a feeling of regret that amongst the glorious runs recorded in your valuable paper so few appear of the doings of the sister kingdom. In default of better, I shall endeavour to describe one that took place this day, January 21st, with these houuds, such as is not the for- tune of every man to see twice iu his life. The meet was— '" Ancient Riddle's fair domain Where AilHrom mountains freed Down from the lakes did raving come." Owing to the severe frost in the morning only some half dozen turned up at the meet; but his grace having come all the way ( per rail) from Dalkeith House on purpose to hunt, it was deter- mined at all events to try, and after some delay ( the day im- proving wonderfully) the hounds proceeded to draw Whapefield Cover. A brace of foxes were presently afoot, and, after dodging in the cover for some time, one broke; but, after running ring of a few fields, turned into the cover again, when the work began iu earnest. A glorious fellow broke away at the west end of the cover, and the hounds, getting away on good terms with him, raced him across Whape- field Moor; crossing the old road near the farm house, he sped across the grass field of Alton, across the old Edinburgh road, through the farm of Bonrow, skirting the cover of Strews- ley, through Whitehaugh, Stirches, making for the cover of Wilton Burn, where he was headed by some men at work. He then turned to the left by Abbershaw, crossing the Teviot river near Willow Burn, " And soon tlie Teviot side he won, Westward the wooded path he trod, And passed the Peel of Goldilands." Faced the steep ascent for Hawick Moor, onwards through the farm of Ackernow, and crossed the Slitrig, at New Mill, up the steep hills of Atherenstoneshiels, crossing the rugged moors of Earlside, the hounds going as if they never meant to stop, though considerably tailed by this time, and no wonder. On, on, was still the cry to the farm of Kirton, where, the scent failing, as game a fox as ever went before hounds was lost. The few that composed the field were well with the hounds, which says much for them, as this run was without check from end to end, the time being about two hours and ten minutes, and dis- tance from point to point eight miles, but, as the hounds came, at least eighteen. The field was supplied with requisite re- freshments for man and horse by the hospitable tenant, Mr Welsh, and dispersed, each going on his way rejoicing.— Yours, & c, AGRICOLA. THE PYTCHLEY HOUNDS. MR EDITOR : Saturday, January 17, these hounds met at Brampton Wood, but the alternate rain and frost which we have so lately experienced had made the ground totally unfit for hunting, so Payne, after waiting till past twelve o'clock, wisely determined not to risk it on the cold soil and northerly aspect of that district. A longish trot took us to Fox Hall, and finding the country there somewhat better, the hounds were thrown into Faxton Corner. Found immediately, and went away with a rare scent to Mawsley Wood. Skirting that, turned to the right, through some furze ground, back to Fox Hall, then nearly to Draughton, leaving that on the left, to Blue Covert. How- ever, there was no lingering here, and the fox was quickly away across Harrington Wharf, nearly up to Arltingworth, the hounds racing over the old turf, which was very slippery, whilst the plough was unpleasantly deep except on the path side of the fences, which were hard and greasy, and the falls, in consequence, numerous. From Arltingworth the fox turned for Harrington, and sinking the wind, ran fast back to Blue Covert, where he took refuge in a rabbit pipe. From thence he was soon taken, and, I am sorry to say, had no chance allowed him of saving his life. With a bad fox this is all very well, but with a good one ( and this certainly had run well aud stoutly) the case should be different. This run lasted about fifty minutes without a check, and the pace at all times good. MONDAY, 19TH— Cransley. A lovely morning for hunting, and a small field, this being the unfashionable side of the country. Found a brace of foxes in the wood instanter, and very nearly chopped one, owing to his being headed in all direc- tions. However he managed to get away on one side over as heavy plough as need be wished for by any aspiring sports- men. His point seemed Gib Wood, but suddenly changing his mind he bore to the right by the Red Lodge, and we then got into a better country. The hounds had carried a wonderful head over the plough, and the pace had been so good that it was even then, " bellows to mend" with some. Crossing Old Lane, the fox pointed for the village of Wold ; he, however, left that on the left hand, and crossed Faxton Field— as fine a country as need be desired— all grass, but with tremendous fences. Leaving Faxton on the right, they went like pigeons nearly up to Lam- port ; but the fox was too bard pressed to enter the park, and he turned sharp to the right and made the best of his way to Short- wood. Here, unfortunately, the hounds got on to a fresh fox, which saved the hunted gentleman's life, for co fox could have stood before hounds much longer; time, 45 minutes, without the least check, and it was remarked that there were more dirty coats than had been seen during any run this season. This fox had been found in Cransley Wood about three weeks since, and had shown nearly as good a run over almost the same country, and had saved his life cleverly. We hope he may be the parent of a numerous progeny as stout and straight as himself. I wish, Mr Editor, some talented correspondent would send you an ac- count of some of these runs. The season has been, thus far, a bad one for scent; but what packs have had better sport than the Pytchley ? Talk of scarcity of foxes! I have hunted in this country for twenty years, aad never remember it ( excepting one part) so well supplied. The real difficulty is the number of " swells" and " ticket- of- leave" men who infest the fashionable meets. Let any one go to Crick or Kilworth, and they will see what I mean. Here we are free from them, and long may we con- tinue so.— Yours, & c, Kettering, Jan 20. VIATOR. THE HAMBLED0N HOUNDS. MR EDITOR : These hounds had a fine run on Monday, the 19th Jan. The meet was Southwick Park, the seat of Thomas Thistlethwayte, Esq, whose covers of late, I am happy to say, are always a sure find. Although not a professed foxhunter, he was out himself to- day, and up at the finish. We first drew Splashwood blank, then trotted off to that well known cover Pinslcy, and the hounds had scarcely put their heads into cover when the cheering notes of old Reveller proclaimed a fox was afoot. They settled to him immediately, and makinga ring or two round the cover, he tried twice to break on to Portsdown Hill, but was headed by some labourers ; then taking another turn down the cover, he went away through Tree Coppice, across Pigeon House Farm to Potwell, leaving Ridley Church on our left, through Bushey Coppice, over the Portsmouth and Petersfield road, leaving Penbroor on our left, through Mr Deve- rell's Park, on to Crookorn, where wc had a momentary check ; but Orchin ( the huntsman) soon had them on the line again, and keeping on the best pace, and going as straight as an arrow through the Gundeymoor Covers, they raced him across Bed- hampton Park, on to some fine pastures at Shock Heath, where we came to an ugly brook, which proved a teaser to the majority of the field. Still keeping his head straight, we reached Lee Park ( Sir G. Staunton's), where a hare unfortunately jumped up before the pack, and brought them to their first check. By a judicious cast we were soon at him again, and hunted him ou to Westbourne, where he was headed back into Emsworth Common, where we unfortunately lost him, though running dead beat only twenty yards before the hounds. I have no doubt he lay down or crept into some rabbit's burrow. This is one of the straightest- necked foxes we have seen for some time. He ran as straight as a line from point to point ( nine miles) through a very stiffly enclosed and deep country; and those who did not get a good start found it no easy task to catch them. FRIDAY, JAN 16.— Met at Marwell Hall, the seat of John Gully, Esq, always a sure find, and had a capital hunting run of 1 hour 23 minutes, killing in the open. THURSDAY, JAN 22.— Met at the Bold Forester, and had as fine a hunting run over a deep country as any man could desire to ride to. Tney found him. at West Lodge, and pulled him down in the middle of a fifty- acre field under P<? rtS< iown Hill.— dull. The latest prices on Friday afternoon of the English Funds were racingpace through theparish of Okeford for Belchalwell, and , . . .. .. , on to Lower Fifehead, where the pack closed on and killed their | Jills, have undergone very little change, hare at the end of fifty- five minutes, without a check, having covered a good six miles outright from the turn under Coneygear Wood.— At two p. m., seventeen couple of bitches went away close to the heels of an old Jack hare from Fifehead Neville Common, and down to the inclosures by Plumber Mill, aud on parallel to the Plumber River to Whitmoor Brake; skirting that cover, and taking a line to Belchalwell Church, aud through that fine and extensive parish on to Okeford Fitzpaine, and away through that parish to Badbury Common, and over ' he Badburv Rings to Broad Oak ; direct on to Piddle's Wood ( of 200 acres), and through it ( most melodiously) down to the Sturminster Water Meadows, and slap through the River Stour ( full forty feet wide from the recent rains), and away at foxhound pace through the grassy inclosures of Manton, and through that parish to the borders of Hiuton St Mary, Where the pack ran into their hare and killed, at the end of a run of one hour and forty minutes exactly ; through five parishes, aud up to the borders of a sixth, having covered a good eleven miles in this run without a turn, as computed by an ex- master of foxhounds, and eight others who alone were up when the " Whoop" was sounded. This adamantine Jack was forwarded to my Lord Rivers, of Rushmore Lodge ( one of the patrons of the B. V. Harriers), over whose fine domain this splendid run extended.— Yours, & c, DORSET, Exchequer Bills, Is to 2s pm India Bonds, Is dis Ditto Stock, 220 Consols for Account, 93| J Bank Stock, 217^ Reduced Annuities, 93£ 4 Consols, 93J | New Three per Cents, 94J \ Long Annuities, 2J In the Foreign Market this week there has not been much animation, and the prices have varied to a very unimportant extent. Turkish Six per Cents have remained at about 94J to 95, and the fluctuation in the Four per Cents has been very limited. Spanish have ruled firm, and also Mexican. South American Securities have been quiet, but steady. The latest prices of the Foreign Funds on Friday afternoon were THE H. H. DEAR BELL : As an old resident in Hampshire, aud also a subscriber to your paper, I have anxiously looked for some ac- count of the doings of the H. H., who, under their new master, E. Trederoft, Esq, have, I understand, shown as much sport as any pack in the United Kingdom; but, as every one else seems to be silent, I am induced once more to. take a peuaud try my hand at describing a run I witnessed on Monday, the 12th inst. The meet was at Windmill Hill, which t- roved a blank. Trotted to Charlton Park, the seat of E. Knight, Esq ( late Master of the H. H., and present first- rate preserver of toxes)— found a brace instantly, one of which was unluckily chopped. Losing no time in discussing him, we were speedily on the line of the other, who made his first point for Bushy Lees, but, being headed, retraced his steps to the park, took one ring round the wood, and then back to the Lees, when, be- ing more fortunate, he was enabled to make his line for Bent- worth ; on to the College Woods, and from there to Medstead ; then to Barton Copse, and on to Harnsworth, under Wield Wood to Godgsfteld, and on to Chilton Down, through Candover Village to Northington, leaving Lord Ashburton's to the right, by Swarington, to Abbotson Down. Up to this time the scent had been such as to try most severely the skill and patience of the huntsman, as well as the hunting qualities of the hounds ; but, after a smart shower, it so materially improved as to make it difficult for any one to live with them. From this point they raced to Shipwood, through the village of Old Alresford to Fobdown, and turning to the right to Piuglestone, and then below the town of Alresford, where they ran him in view along the Water Meadows for about half a mile, when being headed, he ran the meadows back ( still iu view) to the bottom of the town, where he jumped a wall eight feet high into a shed, from which the pack, who had nobly earned their prey, instantly dislodged and killed him. The run, from point to point, was ten miles, but the dis- tance gone over could not have been less than eighteen, and was one calculated to try the condition both of hounds and horses, which was universally admitted to be first- rate. Too much praise cannot be given to Mr Tredcroft for the way in which he has mounted his men. He is evidently one of the risht sort; and though he has been but a short time amongst us, he has gained a vast amount of popularity, and, I believe, I am only echoing the feelings of the hunt in general, in hoping that he may long continue in his present position, viz, that of master of the II. H. — Yours, & C, CLRCULIRORANEUS. MORE VULPECIDISM.— MR GARTH'S HOUNDS. DEAR BELL : These hounds have been showing capital sport, but foxes are short, through rascally keepers and Cockney mas- ters on the eastern side of Mr Garth's country. There was a wholesale murder of an entire litter at a certain spot, the shoot- ing of which is rented by a linen draper from London, who don't reside, but only comes to shoot there, and allows his keeper to destroy foxes within four miles of a pack of foxhounds ! Such conduct comports sadly with the spirited and successful fox preserving shown by the proprietors and all classes of maiin that sporting county of Hants, wherein Mr Garth hunts two days out of his three. There was an immense field of sportsmen out hunting with Mr Garth last Monday, to draw Shotterbroke, and the disgust shown by the many Life Guardsmen from Wind- sor and the sportsmen of the hunt at the " murder" was intense. — Yours, & c, Fox. Belgian, 97£ Brazilian, 10l£ 102 Buenos Ayres, 84| Chilian, I03i Equador, 14f Grenada, 21| Mexican 21J Peruvian, 78 Portuguese, 44 Russian, 108 Sardinian, 88| 9| Spanish Three per Cents, 40 i Ditto, Deferred, 23J Ditto, Passive, 5J Turkish Six per Cents, 95 Ditto Four per Cents, 103| Venezuela, 36} DutchTwo- and- a- HalfperCents 64| - J Ditto Four per Cents, 98 \ The transactions entered into during the past week in the Railway Share Market have also been of a very circumscribed character, aud the brokers and dealers generally complain of the paucity of business. The average fluctuation in prices has not exceeded - J to 1 per cent., but quotations generally rule lower. Caledonian, South Western, North Eastern ( Berwick), have receded about 10s, and Chester and Holyhead, Great Western, Brighton, Grand Trunk of Canada, and East Indian, £ 1. In Foreign and Colonial Mines, Joint Stock Bank Shares, and Miscellaneous Shares, there has been scarcely any business transacted, and prices generally have undergone but little va- riation from those current at the date of our last report. THE GAME OF CHESS. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.— The Times says:—" With the view of putting a step to the ruinous litigation, both in Chan- cery and Bankruptcy, which is now eating away the assets of tbe Royal British Bank, and also to the stay of executions against the individual shareholders, for the most part at the instauce of persons who have bought up debts at a low price, some of the principal shareholders arc exerting themselves to collect a fund to settle with the creditors, and terminate pro- ceedings which the judges have truly described as a disgrace to the administration of the law. It is urged that it will be the duty and policy of all who are under liability as past or pre- sent shareholders to come forward and aid the movement with- out an hour's delay; and meanwhile it must be for the interest of the creditors to show forbearance. Many shareholders have been obliged to leave the country to avoid the vexatious pro- ceedings of some disreputable practitioners; aud an instance is mentioned in which 14 writs of execution were issued against as many shareholders for one debt, the costs amounting to nearly four times the sum due. Should this state of affairs continue it is feared that others will follow the example of withdrawing, whereas, if reasonable time be afforded, the absentees, it is believed, will, either by themselves or their friends, readily en- deavour to further an arrangement." SAVING MEN OVERBOARD.— On the 5th ult, when the steamer La Plata was in the latitude of the Bay of Biscay, two sailors were washed off the . bowsprit. Mr Edward William May, a young supernumerary officer, reported to the captain, " Man overboard 1" and instantly unfastening a circular life- buoy, jumped overboard in his heavy rough weather dress, from a considerable height above the water. He had seen one of the men floating past, and when in the water, he received another life- buoy which some one had thrown over, andswam to and se- cured it; he then swam in the direction in which he had seen the drowning man, frequently lost sight of him owing to the height of the sea, but eventually succeeded in reaching him. He found this man perfectly insensible, but just floating with his head underwater, aud managed to put one of the buoys over his head and arm. He was then trying, with difficulty, to get the other buoy over his own head ( which hitherto he held only under his arm), when a heavy sea took it and washed it over his head and chest without his further effort. He could see nothing of the other man. By the mercy of Providence a boat's crew succeeded in finding Mr May and the seaman, and in getting them on board of it, and, after regaining the ship, and once again drifting astern of her, the boat was with great risk, on account of the furious sea, successfully hauled up. In St Thomas's harbour, on Saturday, Dec 20, a man fell overboard bet ween the Plata aud the Conway steamers. Mr Dix and Mr May, officers who were both on that day transferred to the Con- way from the Plata, immediately jumped overboard and rescued the man, who was unable to swim, they happily escaping all at- tacks from the sharks with which the harbour of the island of St Thomas abounds. HOLLOW AY'S PILLS.— Mr Turner, chemist, of Banham, Norfolk, has much pleasure in informing Professor Holloway of a wondrous cure effected by his medicines in the case of J ames Turner, labourer, Kenning- hall Heath, who was affected for many years with a complication of dis- orders, combining diseases in the chest, dropsical symptoms, and chronic rheumatism, rendering him quite unable to gain his livelihood. Having been given over by the entire faculty, he had recourse to Holloway's pills, and now gratefully testifies his restoration to perfect health and strength. Sold by all medicine venders throughout thc'world; at Professor Hollo' TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received the French Chess magazine, La Megence, with the games played by Harrwitz and De Riviere. We find these hardly worth transcribing, the openings being so irregular and dull, both parties seeming to play a game as safe as to be devoid of interest. In passing, we must observe La Regence abounds scandalously in errers of the press; allowable in a newspaper, but inexcusable in a magazine Mr Powell's pro blems respectfully declined, No. 9 quite void of interest, as White has so much force; and No. 10 spoilt by the weak solution of merely playing back Bishop to B 2, and mating with Rook in one or two moves, at K 4, according as Black moves Pawn Mr Beck's beautiful four move problem shall appear forthwith Mr Temple's game giving Queen quite unworthy of preservation. We could not make out one interesting point about it. SOLUTIONS OF PROBLEMS. SOLUTION OF No. 177. 1. QQ5+ KxKt 2. Bishop mates. SOLUTION OF No. 178 omitted. SOLUTION OF No. 179. 1. Kt B 7+ K moves 2. Pawn 1 P moves 3. P advances P moves 4. Knight mates. SOLUTION OF No. 130. 1. RxP4- PxR 2. Q K R 1+ K moves 3. Q K Kt 4+ K K B 2 4. Q K Kt7+ KxKt 5. Q Q 7, mates. SOLUTION OF No. 131. LKtQ8 KxKt 2. Pawn mates. SOLUTION OF No. 182. 1. RR3+ PxR 2. Kt B 6+ K moves 3. B Q B 4, and; tlien mates. SOLUTION OF No. 183. 1." Kt Q 7+ K Q R 2. QQKt8+ RxQ 3. Kt Kt G+ PxKt 4. Rook mates. Game played in Paris, at Christmas last, between Harrwitz and De Riviere. meet on Monday, the 12th, was at the old ruins of Kilrue, about Time 1 hour 35 minutes-— Yours, & c, NIMROD, Rivifcre. 1. K P 2 2. K Kt B 3 3. Q P 2 4. QxP T> TJ / K B Q Kt 5 6. Bx Kt 7. Q Kt B 3 8. Castles 9. Kt Q 5 10. PxB 11. Q B Kt 5 12. PxP IS. Q R Q 14. Q Kt P 2 15. B K B 4 RPl 17. PxP 18. Q Q 3 19. Q R Q Kt 20. R Q Kt 7 21. Kt K 5 1. Kt Q B 6 ( a) Bad move, RiviSre. Harrwitz. KP2 QP1 PxP Q Kt B3 QBQ2 BxB K Kt B 3 KBK2 Bx Kt Castles QBP1 PxP QP1 KR PI QQKt3 QBP1 BxP QRQ QQR4 B Q Kt 3 Kt K 5 KtxKBP Should play Q K 6. ( b) But why not move Q K R 2 ? ( e) A break neck move; but such things will happen. 23. Q K B 3 24. K K R 25. KtxR 26. R Q Kt 8 27. BxR 28. B K Kt 3 29. QQ3 30. R K B 5 31. RK B4 32. PxKt 33. Q K B 5 34. R K 4 35. K Kt P 1 ( a) 36. PxP 87. Q K R 8 38. R K7 39. Q Q 3 ( b) 40. R K 5( c) 41. K K Kt 42. K K R 2 43. Q covers Harrwitz. Kt K 5+ QQR3 RxKt RxR PKB8 QQB5 QQB 3 P Q 5 KtxB+ § KtP2 QKB2 K RP GxP+ Q K Kt 3 K Kt PI KBP1 Q K R 34- QQB 8+ QKE5+ Q K R 3+, wins THE INCOME- TAX ASSOCIATION.— On Friday a numerous de- putation, headed by Major Reed, M. P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject of the reduction of the income- tax. Of course the right hon gentleman was ex- tremely guarded in his replies to the questions of the deputa- tion. He was careful not to commit himself to any actual pledge, but the most sanguine members of the deputation augured that the war ninepence would be taken off m April. We do not, however, view the Chancellor's explanation in the same light. We shall see. How THE PUBLIC MONEY IS SQUANDERED— The stores which were brought home from Kertch by the Turkish En> gineer Corps and landed at Chatham still remain on the Gun Wharf, where they were originally deposited, and unless mea< sures be speedily adopted to protect them from the ravages of the weather there is little doubt that nearly the whole of the stores— sufficient for the equipment of an army of 25,000 men — will be rendered entirely useless, if, indeed, that is not already the case. The whole of the articles, some of which are of a very valuable description, are left exposed to the weather without any kind of protection, excepting that afforded by the coverings of the waggons and the boxes in which they are deposited, and in that condition they have remained during the whole of the winter, and, in fact, since they were brought home at the close of last summer. Among the articles deposited at Chatham are telegraph apparatus with several miles of wires, all kinds of carpenters', builders', and miners' tools, harness and saddlery sufficient for several thousand horses, indiarubber boats, tents, and every other requisite for an army in the field. The stores were inspected some months since by General Sir John Bur- goyne, Inspector- General of Fortifications, when it was under- stood that they were to be immediately handed over to the corps of Royal Engineers at Brompton, to be deposited with the other stores belonging to that corps, and kept in order by the Erigineer troops; but up to the present time no order has been his original character of Hans Montz. Nothing could exceed tho warmth ol tho welcome which this favourite of the public received from pit, boxes, and galleries. They gave him round arter round of appiause, and seemed to stop at last from sheer fatigue of clapping; and there was a repetition of similar de- monstrations of goodwill at the conclusion of the piece, which was capitally acted. The two rustic belles were charmingly personated by Miss M. Oliver and Miss Mason ; aud the latter showed herself a clever singer, in the lively talking style of the French vaudeville. SURREY THEATRE.— There was produced at this theatre on Monday night a new and original play in three acts, written by F. Phillips, Esq, entitled, " A Bird in the Hand is worth Two in the Bush." The plot is simple in the extreme. It appears that Mr Roderick Praiseworthy ( Mr Shepherd), of Oakwood Hall, Yorkshire, has two nephews, Reginald and Theodore Prodigal. The latter was for a long time his favourite and acknowledged heir; but an apparent act of dishonesty on his part in the non- production of a sum of money with which he was intrusted, but of which he was iu fact robbed, though, through the machina- tions of his brother, he is prevented from proving this to his uncle ; and besides this his marriage with a girl of low rank, have driven him from his relative's affections, and ho is reduced to the utmost poverty. All Mr Praiseworthy's favours are hence- forth lavished on Reginald, who, living in London, is able to persuade his uncle that he is all that is excellent, and that he has made an excellent marriage, whereas he is in fact leading a life of reckless disipation, and has united himself to the daughter of an insolvent dentist. Major Stormont, an old friend of Praiseworthy, and a former lover of Theodore's mo « ther, endeavours to combat the prejudice of his uncle against him; and in order to prove the respective nephews, induces the old gentleman to pretend to be dead, ana to have left Regi- uald his sole legatee. The nephews and their wives arrive at'the hall, Reginald and his spouse attended by troops of servants and carriages, and preceded by Cupias Shark, a lawyer ( a part most admirably played by Mr Widaicombe) who holds securities of Reginald, which he means to exchange for the estate. Theodore and Ellen come on foot. The lormer conduct themselves with all the haughty insolence of pseudo- fashionables ; the latter with that sentimental virtuousness of demeanour which is the inevi- table contrast to the other on the stage. The whole of their proceedings are watched in person by Praiseworthy, in the dis- guise of a steward, and at the proper time he reappears in life, and discomfits his venal relations, who will not even wear mourning for him, and takes back to his heart and home the disinterested ones, who have stood the ordeal which was pre- pared for them. There is nothing either very striking or very novel in all this, but it was capitally worked out; and, shorn of a little redundant sentiment, and a scene or two shortened, there is no doubt that it will receive, as it deserves, a continued success. ROBSON, THE CRYSTAL PALACE FORGER.— It appears that Robson, who is now in Newgate, having been placed there to facilitate the making up of his accounts under the fiat in bank- ruptcy, has for some days past evinced symptoms of aberration of mind. His insanity is said to have assumed a form of intense melancholy. ROBBERY EXTRAORDINARY.— Last week a robbery was per- petrated under very peculiar circumstances near Norwich. A party of sporting gentlemen, who have hired several manors not far from Norwich, for the purpose of shooting, were in the habit of having a first- rate luncheon provided for them, and deposited iu a secure place till wanted. The luncheon, consisting of a variety of good things, was usually conveyed by a servant, and deposited at a selected spot. The party invited a particular friend to join them on the last occasion. The fare provided comprised turkeys, pies, and other viands, wine, brandy, and pale ale. The servant, as directed, left this tempting spread in a hollow place, selected on a common about five miles from Norwich. He covered the whole of the provision over with stones and left it. After a good day's shooting the party became hungry, and gave up their sport for a while in order to partake of their lunch. They all sat down on the grass, quite prepared for a hearty repast, but on removing the stones, to their great surprise and chagrin, they found only a small piece of bread and half of the leg of a turkey. THE NOTTING HILL BURGLARS— A FIGHT WITH THE PO- LICE.— In consequence of information received by Mr Hughes, superintendent of the D division, at Marylebone- lane station, that several burglaries had lately been committed at Notting Hill and its vicinity, he, on Tuesday night, directed Sergeant Potter, of the same division, with Parsons, 182 D, active officers of the division, who were in plain clothes, with several other po- lice constables, who were in uniform, to proceed to the locality, for the purpose of endeavouring to apprehend the burglars. Upon the arrival of this force at the spot, it was arranged that it should proceed to Westbourue Park- road and Villas, when constables were stationed in the rear of several of the houses there. About three o'clock on Wednesday morning, the rattle of one of the constables was heard, this officer having seen two men get over a wall in the rear of the house, No 29, Westbourne Park Villas. The officer, Spencer, 358, went up to them, and immediately he was assisted by Potter, Parsons, and three other constables, but one of the burglars, named Hughes, took out of his pocket a large iron plier, such as is used by gasfitters to re move screws from gas pipes. He struck at the officer, who closed upon him, but in doing so, Dobell, 247, received a blow which knocked him down. The burglar was eventually secured, and taken to the station- house. Near where the struggle took place a screw- driver, a largb pocket knife, two wax candles, and some lucifer matches, were picked up, which, there is no doubt, were flung away by Hughes. The companion of Hughes, while this affray was going on, sprang over the wall; he was followed by Parsons and a constable named Soar. He swore that he would not be taken alive; Soar, however, laid hold of him, when he was overpowered. At the station- house some lucifer matches and wax candles were found on him. Much alarm was caused during the affray. Many gentlemen got up, and, half dressed, came out of their houses, and fired off pistols to the danger of the police. One gentleman, who had a life- preserver, was about to strike Parsons, 182 D, who was in plain clothes, as he was get- ting over a wall. In consequence of the many burglaries the proprietors of the houses in that locality are armed with re- volvers. On the following morning, Hughes and his companion, who gave the name of Greenwood, were examined at Maryle- bone police court, and remanded. CONVICTION OP ANOTHER TICKET- OP- LEAVE MAN.— At the Surrey Sessions, on Tuesday, Richard Burke, aged 26, a ticket- of- leave convict, was tried for attempting to break into the dwelling- house of Frederick Alloway, No. 16, Union- square, Horsemonger- lane.— Alfred Duncombe, a very intelligent lad, residing with his parents, at 19, Union- square, said that on Saturday evening week, the 10th inst, at six o'clock, he was standing at one end of the square, when he saw the prisoner, and two other men and afemale, go up to the door of No. 16. The latter stood before him with a view of preventing his being seen, but witness distinctly saw the prisoner do something to the door with an instrument he ! « . eld in his hand. At that time Sergeant Raymond entered the square, when two of the men and the female ran off, aud the prisoner was about to go in another direction, when the sergeant seized hold of him and took him into custody.— Mrs Alioway said that on Saturday evening week, at five o'clock, she lelt home, having locked the door and secured the house. She returned at ten o'clock, and found that not only had the lock been tampered with, but the box had nearly been forced from the door- post. She informed the court that iu August last, while she was gone to the hospital, her house was en- tered androbbed of every portable article ofvalue, even the sheets and counterpanes were taken off the beds. She knew nothing of the prisoner, but he and his companions must have watched her out, and no doubt they were the parties who had robbed her house— Sergeant Raymond, 22 M, said that, owing to many robberies being committed in the neighbourhood of Union- square, a strict watch was kept by the police, and on Saturday evening, about six o'clock, he was passing through, when he saw some men and a woman standing in the doorway of No. 16. He immediately proceeded there, when two men and the female ran off at the end of the square, and the prisoner ran towards him, and he secured him and took him into custody.— In de- fence, the prisoner said a female asked him the way to the Surrey Theatre, and after he told her he was going about his business, when the constable stopped him.— The jury, without the least hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty.— William Bellamy, 95 B, here informed the court that the prisoner was tried and sentenced to ten years' transportation about four years ago, and he hud recently been liberated with a ticket- of- leave— The Chairman told him that he had been found guilty of a misdemeanour, and the law did not allow him to transport him. He should, however, sentence him to twelve months' hard labour, aud at the expiration of that he would have to serve the rest of his term. GAROITB ROBBERY BY ARTILLERYMEN — Colonel Gordon, late of the Royal Artillery, was attacked and robbed by garotters on Friday evening week. Colonel Gordon arrived at Woolwicha few days since from Glasgow, on a visit to his son, a cadet in the Royal Military Acadouy. Oil Friday, after dining at the house of a frieud at Charlton, the colonel proceeded along the Shooter's Hill road to Woolwich, and on arriving near what is known as the Blue Gate, on Woolwich Common, he was attacked by three artillerymen, who seized him by the throat, and succeeded in carrying off all the property about his person, including a silver snult box, and a purse containing a quantity of silver. On Satur- day detective officer Crouch, of the R division, examined the spot where the robbery took place, and at which a scuffle ensued between the colonel and his assailants, and on institut- ing a strict search, that officer found a soldier's pass belonging to James Price, a private ot the 5th battalion of Royal Artil- lery, who was taken into custody on suspicion. The accused underwent an examination before Mr Traill, the police magis- trate, on Monday afternoon, but was discharged, the only evi- dence of a suspicious nature beyond that mentioned being that, on the night in question, he did not return to barracks until twelve o'clock ( three hours after the robbery), instead of eleven. Since the above occurrence orders have been issued by the com- mandant ( General Sir F. Williams), by which 170 men are stationed every evening as pickets along the different lines of road leading to and from the barracks. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE IN BIRMINGHAM.— Hill- street, Birmingham, was on Tuesday morning thrown into a state of considerable consternation bya report'that a man, named Frederick Keatley, had, after inflicting serious injuries upon his wife, committed suicide, and inquiries proved that there w as too much truth in the rumour. Keatley was some years older than his wife, and some months ago repaired to Lon- don, aud while in the metropolis had an attack of paralysis, which is said to have impaired his intellect; and on his return to Birmingham, be the cause what it might, he and his wife lived very unhappily together. On Tuesday morning the in- habitants were alarmed by the wife rushing out of the house, covered with blood, and crying out " Murder, murder!" The neighbours came to her assistance, and, after securing her from further attack, proceeded into the house in search of her hus- band, and on going into the bedroom, he was lying on the floor with his throat fearfully cut and quite dead. The poor woman says, when in the act of putting on her stockings, she was vio- lently struck on the head by her husband with a broken poker, by which her skull was severely fractured. The wonder is how she managed to escape out of the house with her life. It is pretty well known that for some time past the deceased has frequently threatened the punishment, if not the life, of his wife MCRDER OF A WIPE BY POISON* IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.— CHESAAM, TUESDAY.— A man named Philip White, fifty years of age, has been committed for trial, upon the coroner's inqui- sition, for the wilful murder of his wife, Mary White, by admin- istering arsenic to her. White, who is a shoemaker by trade, lost his first wife about two years since. He was left a widower with four children, and continued single until last Whitsuntide, when he married the deceased, with whom he did not live hap- pily. This woman had been the mother of three illegitimate children, one of whom the accused had to support. He often made remarks to his neighbours, expressing his regret that he Prfivinns t, n bis marri'ion lio nfFororl Viim- ^ ^ ^ ' given to that effect. The men belonging to the engineer corps of ^ y's" EsUbUshmems72447strwid,'" London^ and § 0, Maiden- lane, New ' j the Turkish Contingent, who arranged the stores at Chatham, York; by A. Stampa, Constantinople j A=. G. u. viicy, SiRyroa\ spid M> awd were for some time employed iu, attending to « heiUv have Muir, Malta, ' been discharged from that duty. had married his wife. Previous to his marriage he offered him- self to a young girl about 18 years of age, named Ann Seaward, but the offer was rejected on the ground of the disparity in their ages. Notwithstanding White continued to pay the girl attention, and on his wife going for a time to Chesham Bois Common, to nurse an invalid, he induced the girl to live with him. Believing that she was enciente, he persuaded her to purchase and take a drug to procure abortion. Shortly after the deceased returned home, she was taken ill, and died in a a few days. At first there was no suspicion, but various circum- stances were brought to light which led to White's being ap- prehended. The contents of the stomach were sent to Dr Her- bert Taylor, of London, for analysation ; and, at the inquest on Monday, he stated that the deceased's death was occasioned by arsenic. The prisoner has stated to the police that his wife was in the family- way, and that she used occasionally to take a little arsenic to get rid of the child. He also says he expects to " swing" next March ; but declares, if he were going to be hung at once, he would never confess the crime, as no one can prove that he purchased any arsenic. The young woman ( Seaward) was examined before the coroner, aud said that the accused, within a few days of the death of his wife, asked her whether she would marry him if his wife were to die, to which she replied that she would. The accused is lying in Ayslesbury gaol, await- ing his trial at the spring assizes. LONDON.— Printed and Published at " BULL'S LIFE IIT LONDON" Office, at 170, Strand, in the parish of St. Clement Danes, in the City and Liberty of Westminster, by WILLIAM CLEMSNJ of the same place,- SUNDAY, JAN 25,1857.