[ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1857.3 Ml AND SPORTING CHRONICLE. [ TOWN EDITION.! 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, FIVEPENCE. Office, 170, Strand. YORK SPRING MEETING will take place on j TWCASTER Tuesday and Wednesday, April 21st and 22d. 1857. J TUESDAY, MI FIRST DAY.— The SPRING ST LEGER of 10 sovs each, with 50 — >"- added, for three year olds; colts 8st 71b, aud fillies 8st 21b; a winner ot any stake of the value of 500 sovs to carry 51b extra; maiden three year olds allowed Sib; the winner to pay 10 sovs towards expenses, and ll ,20 subscribers the second horse to receive back his stake; one mile ana a hall's 10 subscribers or no race. Re- opened: To close and name on tlie first Tuesday in February. . SECOND DAY.— The LONDESBOROUGH CUP, value 100 sovs, in specie, added to a Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs each, for three year olds and upwards; the winner of any handicap of 100 sovs value atter the weights are declaredto carrv 71b, of two of 100, or one of 200,101b extra; no horse to carry more thanlOIb extra; the second to receive 25 sovs out or the stakes, and the winner to pay 15 sovs towards expenses; one mile. lo close and name on the first Tuesday in February, and the weights to be published on the first Tuesday in April. The NURSBRY STAKES HANDICAP of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for two year olds; the second to receive 20 sovs out oi the stakes, and the winner to pay 20 sovs towards the expenses; the winner of the Zetland Stakes to carry 81b extra; T. Y. C.; 20 subscribers or no engagement. To close and name on the first Tuesday in lebruary, ana the weights to be published on the first Tuesday in April. The FLYING DUTCHMAN'S HANDICAP of LFCO sovs, aided to a Sweep- stakes of 20 sovs eack, h ft, and only 5 if declared by the first Tuesday m Mireh; the winner of any handicap value 100 sovs after the declaration ofthe weights to carry 51b, of two or any handicap value 500 sovs 9U> extra; no horse to carry more than 91b extra: the wihner to pay 15 sovs towards expenses; one mile and a half. To close and name on the first Tuesday in February, and the weights to be published on Tuesday, " the'highest weight accepting be under Sst 91b, it will be raised to that, and the others in proportion. Nominations received by Messrs Weatherby, London, or Mr W. North, Clerk of the Course, York. SPRING MEETING, 1857. MABCHIO.— The CHESTEREIELD PLATE ( Handicap) of 100 sovs, for three year olds and upwards; a winner of any race value 100 sovs ( matches excepted) after the weights appear to carry 61b, twice or of 200 sovs 91b extra; any number of horses the property of the same owner may start for this plate: one mile. To close the first Tues- day in February, and the weights to be published in dus time. Two sovs entrance, to go to the fund, which must be paid at the time of entry. Nominations received by Messrs C. and J. Weatherby, Old Burlington- street. London, W.; and by Mr Richard Johnson, of York, Clerk of the Course and Handicapper. MALTON MEETING, 1857, will take place on Thursday and Friday, April 23d and 24tli, being the two days immediately following the York Spring Meeting. Conditions as in I806. The following stakes close and name on the first Tuesday in February:— FIRST DAY.— The Two YEAR OLD STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with SO added, for two year olds ; colts Sst 71b, fillies 8st31b; the winner to pay 5 sovs towards expenses ; straight half mile. To close and name on Tuesday, February 2d. The MALTON HANDICAP of 10 sovs each, h ft, and only 3 if declared on cr before the 3d of March," with 100 added ; a winner of any handicap value 50 sovs after the weights are declared to carry 51b, of two or of a handicap value 200 sovs Sib extra; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 15 sovs towards expenses; 20 subs, or no engagement: each entry to pay 1 sov to the fund ; one mile and a half. To close and name on Tuesday, February 2d, and the weights to be published 011 the 16th of February. , SECOND DAY.— The LANGTON STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 20 added; two year olds 7st, three 9st; fillies and geldings allowed 31b; a winner once in 1850 or 1857 to carry 31b, twice 51b extra, and horses that have started twice in 1856 and never won allowed 51b; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 5 sovs towards expenses; straight half mile. To close and name on Tuesday, February 2d. The CONVIVIAL HANDICAP of 10 sovs each, h ft, and 8 only if declared On or before the 3d of March, with 50 added; a winner of any handicap value 50 sovg after the weights are declared to carry Sib, of two or more, Or of the Malton Handicap, or any other handicap value 200 sovs 81b extra ; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 sovs towards expenses; each entry to pay 1 sov to the fund; one mile. To Close and name andthe weights to be published the same as for the Malton Handicap. . The above stakes to close and name on the first Tuesday in February, to Messrs Weatherby, London; Mr Richard Johnson, Herald Office, York; or to Mr John H. Peart, secretary, Malton. Full paiticulars of the other stakes and plates at this meeting will be given in due time. Mr RICHARD JOHNSON, of York, Handicapper, JOHN H. PEART, Secretary. DERBY SPRING MEETING will take place on Thursday, February 26th ( the day after Nottingham Races). The MIDI, AND STEEPLE CHASE, closes this day. The HANDICAP HURDLE RACE, closes this day. The following stakes close either to Messrs Weatherby, London; Mr Marshall, C. C., Northampton; or Mr R. Johnson, York, on or befor Tuesdav, the 10th February;— The SCABSDALE STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 25 added : for two year olds, colts Sst, fillies 7st 101b; half bred horses allowed 41b; a winner before starting to earrv 81b extra; half a mile. The HARRINGTON PLATE of80 sovs, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sors each ; for three vear olds and upwards; entrance 1 sov each, to go to the race fund, which must in all cases be sent with the nomina- tion, or the same will not be received; a winner of any race after the publication of the weights, to carry 51b extra; any number of horses the property of the same owner may start for this plate; one mile. The weights to. be out by the 17th February. The SELLING HURDLE RACE, and the SELLING PLATE ( flat race), close on the evening before running, at the King's Head Hotel, Derby by 7 o'clock. THOMAS MARSHALL. Northampton, C. C. MESSRS TATTERSALL beg to inform gentle- men that DILIGENT having been DISPOSED OF privately, will not be brought to the hammer to- morrow ( Monday), as advertised. COURSING at EPSOM.— On Tuesday next, Feb 3, there will be an OPEN DAY'S COURSING MEETING upon EDSom Downs ( postponed from Thursday last owing to the frost). The following stakes close to- morrow ( Monday) evening at Mr Lumley's, King's Head Inn, Epsom :— The EPSOM STAKES, for all- aged, 8 dogs, at £ 2 5s each. The BRADLEY STAKES, for puppies, 8 dogs, at £ 2 5s each. There will be several other four dogs stakes for all ages. The hares are numerous, and a good day's sport is anticipated. Mr R. J. Lawrence, Judge. Arthur's TRAINING ESTABLISHMENT, comprising a commodious house and premises, with an extensive range of stabling and every con- venience for carrying on a large training business, together with 15A OR 81P, or thereabouts, of excellent land, adjoining thereto, to be SOLD by AUCTION ( by order of the trustees of Henry Arthur, de- ceased), by Mr WILLDER, at the Crown Inn, Cannock, on Monday, the 16th day of February, 1857, at 8 o'clock in the afternoon, in the follow- ing, or such other lots as may be agreed upon at the time of sale, and subject to conditions then to be produced :— LOT 1.— AU that messuage or dwelling house, situate at Hednesford, and adjoining the road from Rugeley to Cannock, with the stables out- buildings, yard, garden, and appurtenances thereto belonging, and also all those six closes, pieces, or parcels of land adjoining thereto, which said premises are known by the description, and comprise the several quan- tities following, namely :— Nos on Tithe Plan. 1,171 1,172 Pt of 1,170 Pt of 7* 6 730 741 712 Description of Premises. House Training Sta- bles, Yard, Garden, & c. Ridding Brook Field The Croft The Little Meadow Peggy Beard's Meadow Lyeett's Meadow Three Cornered Piece Cultivation. Garden Arable Meadow! Arable J Meadow Meadow Arable Quantities. 2 14 8 87 0 17 2 2 2 27 1 14 15 0 81 Tenure. ' Free- hold. I Copy- ' hold of I Inheri- I tance TCTEWTON SUMMER MEETING will take place XX on Wednesday, Thursdav, and Fridav, June 17,18, and 19,1857. FIRST DAY.— The GOLBORNE PARK STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, With 51 added, for two year olds ; colts 8st 71b, fillies 8st 41b ; a winner once before starting to carry 3lb, twice 51b extra ; the owner of the second to receive back his stake; straight half mile. To close and name on the SD of February. The GREAT NEWTON HANDICAP of 200 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each; entrance 2 sovs, togotothe fund; the winner of any race sub- sequent to the publication of the weights value 200 sovs clear to carry 51b, of two or more 71b extra; and if of the clear value of 500 sovs 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 3d of February, and the weights to be published on the Tuesday after Manchester Races. SECOND DAY.— A GOLD CUP, value 100 sovs, the gift of the Lord of the Manor, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes ot 10 sovs each, h ft, for three year olds and upwards; the owner of the second horse to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes; a winner of any handicap after the publication of 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 Sst 41b; a winner before starting to carry 51b extra; straight half mile. To close and name on the 3d of February. The SOUTH LANCASHIRE TRADESMEN'S PLATE of 100 sovs in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each; 2 sovs entrance, to go to the Race Fund; the owner of the second horse to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes; the winner of any handicap value 109 sovs after the publi- cation of the weights to carry olb, or two of that value, or of the Gold Cup or Great Newton Handicap, 71b extra, of botii 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; Mr R. John- son, York; or Mr J. Bake, Brown- street, Manchester. The Earl of DERBY, -> W. T. COPELAND, Esq, ( stewar( k Captain LEGH, > Stewaras. THOMAS LEGH, Esq, J Mr JAMES BAKE, Clerk of the Course. Mr RICHARD JOHNSON, Judge and Handicapper. IRMINGHAM ANNUAL STEEPLE CHASES will take place on Tuesday, March 24, being the Tuesday following Warwick. Particulars shortly announced. B GRAND MILITARY STEEPLE CHASES will take place on Friday, March 20th, 1857, at Brixworth, North- amptonshire. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added from the fund, and 50 added by the town of Northampton, for herses bona fide and un- conditionally the property of officers on full pay of the army; 12st each ; a winner of a steeple chase or hurdle race of the value of 50 sovs to carry 51b, of twice 50 or 100 101b. of 200 141b, of 300 211b, including stakes ; three miles, overa fair hunting country, to be chosen by the Stewards ; to be ridden by officers on full pay of the army; the secdhd horse to save his stake, and receive 20 sovs : any officer who has not ridden a steeple chase or hurdle race allowed 51b. The GRAND MILITARY GOLD CUP, value 100 sovs, added to a Sweep- stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with — added, for horses bona fide and un- conditionally the property of officers on full pay of the army; list each; any horse that may have won a steeple chase or hurdle race of above the value of 100 sovs to be disqualified ; the winner of a steeple chase or hurdle race to carry 71b extra; the winner of a public steeple chase or hurdle race of above the value of 50 sovs, or of two steeple chases or hurdle races, or of a Grand Military, within the three previous years, to carry 101b extra; riders and course as in the first race. The WELTER STAKES, a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, LI ft, with — added, for horses bona fide and unconditionally the property of officers on full pay of the army; 13st 71b each; the winner of a steeple chase ir hurdle race ofthe value of 100 sovs to carry 71b, of two 141b extra; riders aud course as in the first race. The VETERAN STAKES, a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 40 added, for horses bona fide and unconditionally the property of officers on half pay, or who have retired from the service ; to be ridden by the same; 12st 71b each; Grand Military Steeple Chase Course; a winner of a steeple chase of more than 50 sovs to be disqualified. To elose and name to the honorary secretary on or before the 28th of February, 1857, and colours to be stated at the same time. No entry will be received without the amount of the forfeit. Horses or riders do not incur any penalties for regimental races of any kind. The decision of the Stewards to be final on all matters connected with the races. The winner of the first race to pay for six dozen of champagne to the dinner, and the winners of the second, thud, and fourth races 10 sovs each towards expenses. Mi jor- Gen Sir H. BARNARD, K. C. B., , Majot- Gen LAWRENSON, Lieut- Col GAMBIER, C. B., R. H. A., Lieut- Col STAVELEY, C. B., 44th Regiment, Lieut- Col SULIVAN, Scots « reys, Lieut- Col PEEL, 11th Hussars, Lieut- Col THOMAS, R. A., Major G. J. BROWN, 4th Light Dragoons, Capt BATHURST. Grenadier Guards, W. G. CRAVEN, Esq, 1st Life Guards, Capt GEORGE, 4th Light Dragoons, Hon Secretary. Brighton, Nov 10th, 1856. Stewards. Stewards, The above messuage contains, on the ground- floor, an entrance hall, two front parlours, one back ditto, a large house- place, good kitchen, and other usual and necessary offices, with excellent cellaring. On the first floor four spacious bedrooms, and good attics 011 the upper story. The outbuildings comprise stabling for nearly thirty horses, saddle- rooms, groom's- room, spacious granaries, blacksmith's shop, coach and gig houses, cow shed, cart shed, and all other conveniences. The whole of the buildings are supplied with excellent water through pipes, by means of a pump and tank in the yard. The property is situate near to the far- famed Hednesford Hills, which are so justly celebrated as training- groun « (. The land is of first- rate quality, and the greater part of the meadow laad may be irrigated from a stream running through the pro- perty. The copyhold hereditaments are held of the manor of Cannock and Rugeley, and are subject to rents and fines merely nominal. The materials ot a large wood erection on the training- ground, used as a sweating shed, will be offered to the purchaser of lot 1 at a fixed sum, and if not taken by h im, will be'aftenvards offered for sale by auction. LOT 2.— All that cottage residence situate at Cannock, in the occupa- tion of Mrs Burnett, containing entrance hall, house place, parlour, kitchen, and five bed- rooms, with suitable out offices, together with an excellent garden adjoining thereto, the whole comprising, including the site of the buildings, 1,194 square yards, or thereabouts. There is a pump of excellent water on this lot. LOT 3.— All that cottage residence adjoining the above, in the occu- pation of Miss Arthur, containing two front parlours, kitchen, and three bed- rooms, with suitable offices, together with an excellent garden adjoining thereto, the whole comprising 688 square yards, or there- abouts. There is a pump of excellent water on this lot. LOTS 2 and 8 are pleasantly situated at Cannock, adjoining the road from Hednesford, and contiguous to the town. LOT 4.— A piece of building land, lying near to the above- mentioned cottages, having a frontage of 40J feet to the road leading to Hednesford, and comprising 486 square yards. LOT 5.— Another piece of building land, adjoining the above, having a frontage of 46i feet to the said road, and comprising 480 square yards. LOTS 2.3, 4, and 5 are copyhold of inheritance of the Manor of Can- nock and Rugeley, and are subject to rents merely nominal. Lots 4 and 5 are well adapted to building purposes. For further particulars, and for permission to view the property, apply to Mr Palmer, grocer, Cannock ; Mr W. B. Salisbury, saddler, Rueeley ; the auctioneer, No. 28, Tipping- street, Stafford; or Messrs Landor, Gardner, and Landor, attorneys, Rugeley, at whose offices a plan of the property can be seen. IRISH METROPOLITAN LEAP and FLAT RACES, to come off over the Baldoyle Course and country ad- jacent, on St Patrick's Day, 17th March. GRAND METROPOLITAN HANDICAP LEAP RACE, a Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft in case of acceptance, with 100 sovs added by the citizens of Dublin ; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 sovs towards expenses ; winners of any stake after the weights are declared once to carry 61b, twice or more 101b extra: about three miles ; to close and name with Mr William Robins, at Dycer's Repository, on Monday, 16th Feb, 1857, paying 2 sovs each entrance; weights to be declared on 21st and acceptances 28tli February; 12 sub- scribers, or no race ; should the highest weight accepting be under list 71b, the weight to be raised to that, and the others in proportion, gentlemen riders, qualified as for the Corinthian Plate, allowed 51b. TRIAL PLATE of 60 sovs; weight for age; three year olds 6st 121b, four Sst 71b, five 9st, six and aged 9st lib ; half bred horses allowed 51b; winners of 100 sovs at any one time to carry 71b extra; horses that started three times and never won allowed 51b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; to elose and name as above, and six subscribers, or no race, at 3 sovs each entrance. MAIDEN PLATE of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 6 sovs each, h ft; weight for age ; three year olds 7st, four 9st, five 9st 81b, six ana aged 9st 121b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; horses which have started three times and not won allowed 31b, six times 81b; one mile and a half; to close and name as above, and six subscribers or no race, at 2 sovs each entrance. CoRiNTniAN PLATE of 40 sovs ; weight for age ; for horses that never started for any race value 50 sovs ( ridden by jockeys); three year olds 9st 71b, four list 71b, five 12st lib, six 12st 71b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; if entered to be sold for 50 sovs allowed 71B; half bred horses allowed 71b ; to be ridden by officers of the army, navy or militia, or gentlemen qualified to ride for the Corinthians at the Cur- ragh; heats, one mile and a half; to close and name as above, and six subscribers, or no race, at 2 sovs each entrance. CONDITIONS.— From the decision of the Stewards there can be no appeal. They retain the power of postponing the races from day to aaj\ All objections as to the qualifications of horses or riders to be made to the Stewards previous to starting. Owners of horses who do not declare their colours at the time of naming, or to Mr Wm. Robins before the 5th of March, are subject to a fine of half a sov, to go to the fund. Owners of horses are liable to a fine of 1 sov if their jockeys are not weighed, saddled, and mounted in the enclosure by the time ap- ppinted for starting. No horse will be allowed to start until all fines due are paid. The winner of the Corinthian Plate ( if entered to be sold) will be sold by auction ; the surplns to go to the fund. The winner of the Leap Race to pay 2 sovs, all other races 1 sov, to the judge ; no other deduction will be made from the winner of the trial, maiden, or Cor in thian Plate, except 1 sov for scales and weights. Sir E. SYNGE HUTCHINSON, Bart. l Major CARLYON, 3d D. G. | Capt ROBERT GOFF, 16th Lancers, > Capt R. W. BERNARD, 1 EDWARD J. IRWIN, Esq. J THE BERWICKSHIRE STEEPLE CHASES will take place on Wednesday, the 25th of February, at Harcarse. three miles from Dunse station, and about five miles from Cornhill station. A HANDICAP STEEPLE CHASE of 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 ofthe weights 71b extra; about four miles. The HUNT STEEPLE CHASE of 3 sovs each, with added, for horses within the limit of the Duke of Buceleuch and Earl of Wemyss's Himt; no horse allowed to start that ever ran for a steeple chase; four year olds lOst 41b, five list 41b, six and aged 12sf; professional riders 71b extra. To close with the Secretary 011 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 Life the following Saturday; three horses to start for k lach race, or the public money will not be added; stakes to be paid on ; he morning of the race, before showing the ground, at 10 o'clock a. m. W 11 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 appoint, shall have power from day to day. or from week to week, to postpone these races, as they or he may deem fit, notwithstanding any rule to the contrary. Mr VVM. RATIIIE, Innkeeper, Coldstream, Sec. Commercial Inn, Coldstream, Jan 21,1857. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL. at Hycfe 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 ^ HOOTING and FISHING to be LET, in ber Majesty's Forest of 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 in this forest, viz: A. B. P. Borden Lodge enclosure, containing about.... 17 0 0 Lynchborougli Lodge ditto, ditto .... 180 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 .... 360 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 andLynchborougk Lodge enclosures, cele- brated for the supply of wild fowl which frequent tbem. Woolmer Forest is about 50 miles from London, eight miles from Farnham, four miles from the Bentley Station, 011 the London and South Western Railway ( Alton Branch), and five miles from the market town of Petersfield, and in the neighbourhood of several preservers of game. m Tenders, under cover, stating the price per acre for the right of shoot- ing and fishing, will be received by the Hon James K. Howard, No, 4, Whitehall- place, London, on or before the 19th day of February next. There is a good 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 1st 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. mO be LET ( for a term of years) or SOLD, JL 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 other 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 bath- room, all on the ground floor; eight best bed- rooms and dressing- rooms, capital and complete offices and servants' bed- rooms, walled kitchen garden and hothouse, 7 acres plantations and pleasure ground, firsc- rate stabling for 15 horsel tor more if required), with coach house for four carriages; extensive granary, saddle- room, and sleeping- room for grooms. It is a most desirable residence for a sportsman, being in the vicinity of three packs of foxhounds. Hunting may be 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.— Application 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. 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 the 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. SUFFOLK.— To be LET, for a term, BRAM- 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 wbich above 50 acres are coverts and plantations, admirably adapted for rearing and preserving game; also, a right of fishing in the river Gipping, which runs for two miles through the estate. The Eastern Union 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. Far parti- culars apply to Messrs Alfred Cobbold and Yarington, solicitors, Ipswich; or Messrs Cobbold and Patteson, solicitors, 3, Bedford- row, London. ] VTE VVMARKET.— York House.— To be SOLD by JJl AUCTION, by Messrs DUNN and GIBBS, on Wednesday, the 4th March next, at 12 for 1 o'clock, at the Auction Mart, Bartholomew- lane, London, this desirable FREEHOLD MANSION, situate opposite the Jockey Club Rooms, with large out- offices and premises, with or without the valuable modern furniture. For particulars apply to the auctioneers, Messrs Dunn andGibbs, 7, Great Tower- street, City. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.— TO be LET, ON lease or from year to year, in the centre of the Pytchley Hunt, and within easy distance of the Quorn, Cottesmore, and Warwickshire Hounds, a compact HUNTING BOX, with stabling for six horses and paddock adjoining. More stabling may be had if required, and may be entered upon immediately. For particulars apply to Charles Hewitt, Draughton, Northampton. S! TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, to- morrow ( Monday), the pro- perty of an officer : A GREY GELDING; a good hack, with superior action, quiet in double and single harness. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, to- morrow ( Monday), the pro- perty of a gentleman: A BAY MARE, with black legs; she is an excellent hack, and re- markably good tempered; has been broken to harness, and is a good stepper; she has carried a lady, and is parted with because her owner has no use at present for two horses. The mare stands in the large stable. HOOTING to LET.— A gentleman wishes to LET his MANOR for one season only. It is in Herts, little more than an hour by North Western rail from London, and consists of 1,000 to 2,000 acres. Also, a SETTE R BITCH and three promising PUPPIES, nearly twelve months old. The shooting will not be let, except to a pur- chaser of the dogs. Address, by letter, to I. S. W., 37, Cannon- street. City, E. C. GROUSE SHOOTING AND TROUT FISHING. — A gentleman renting an extensive moor in Scotland, thirteen hours by rail from London, and well stocked with grouse, free from disease, has room for THREE or FOUR GUNS, from 12th August to 1st September. A liberally supplied table, wines. & c, included, with every comfort.— For terms address ( free) Alpha, Post Office, Hawley- place, Kentish Town, London, N. W. RABBIT SHOOTING WANTED, easy railway distance from London. Terms and particulars sent to Mr Cle- menson, care of Mr W. Eglintoa, 163, Aldersgate- street, London. 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 dam). AS TRAINER.— The advertiser, who is well known, wishes to SUPERINTEND a SMALL STUD, and ha- good accommodation within easy distance of London. Terms mode- rate. For particulars, apply to Mr Henry Peat, saddler, 14, Old Bonds street, London. AGAMEKEEPER, who thoroughly understands his business in all its branches, is leaving his present situation, which he has had for five years, and is desirous of ENGAGING with any gentleman who may be in want of an experienced keeper. Reference ean be had from his present employer.— Direct H. A., Post Office, Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire. GAMEKEEPER.— WANTED, a married man, about SO 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. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hyde Park- coruer, on Monday, Feb 2d, if not previously disposed of by private contract: JOHN COSSER, bay horse, by Hetman Platoff out 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 Tatteraall. GAMEKEEPER.— WANTED, a respectable man and his wife ( without incumbrance) to take CHARGE of a small SHOOTING LODGE and MANOR, within 30 miles of London. The wife will be required to cook, & c, occasionally, and the man must be experienced in breeding and preserving. Strict testimonials as to cha- racter will be required. Apply by letter only, addressed C. B„ 36, Bed- ford- row, London. WANTED a SITUATION as HUNTING GROOM, by a man aged 30, thoroughly understands the manage- ment of hunters, entire| horses, and brood mares, and breaking young horses, a good rider over any country, and can drive if required.— Direct L Y, 11, Park- lane, Piccadilly. WANTED immediately, by a married man, who has been seven years in his last situation, and is between 30 and 40 years of age, a SITUATION as GAMEKEEPER. He thoroughly understands the rearing of game and the destruction of vermin. Ad- dress Z, care of Mr Boulton, postmaster, Horncastle. WARRENER.— WANTED, a man who has been accustomed to and thoroughly understands the care of a RAB- BIT WARREN; also, the rearing, catching, and preparing for marko:. None need apply, but those who have been used to the business. Apply by letter, to A. B. C., Post Office, Birmingham, stating wages, age, and where last employed as warrener. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, 011 Monday, February 2d, 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, by Navarino. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, on Monday, Feb 2d, the pro- perty of a gentleman: 1, VINDEX, brown horse, 7 years old, by Touchstone out of 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 Flying Dutch- man out of the Flapper, by Touchstone, granddam Miekleton Maid, by Velocipede — Maid of Lune, by Whisker — Gib- side Fairy, & c. He is perhaps the most perfect- shaped and best- looking horse in the kingdom, which, combined with his breeding, cannot fail to render him one of the most fashionable and popular stallions ofthe day. STALLIONS, 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. 8. THE PUPIL, by Malcolm; in foal to Knight of Avenel. 4. BRETWALDA, by Sheet Anchor; in foal to Barnton. 5. MARY, by Poynton ( dam of Little Cob); in foal to Malcolm. 6. MISS PEDDIE, by Poynton; in foal to Knight of A vend. 7. LANCASHIRE WITCH, by Tomboy; in foal to Professor Buck. 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 Mixtare and Sneeze); in foal to Touchstone. 3. BIT OF BLUE, by Malcolm; in foal to The Knight of Avenel. 4. PARISINA, by Voltaire ( dam of Itch); in foal to Stiletto. 5. MORMONITE, by Iago; in foal to Malcolm. 6. THE FOREIGNER, by Pompey; in foal to Knight of Avenel. 7. ROCKALDA, by Bay Middleton ( dsm of Anteverta); in foal to Stiletto or Knight of Avenel. LOT III. The STALLION AMALGAMATION. MANCEUVRE, 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 by Magnet. ITCH, by Irish Birdcatcher; in foal to The Knight of Avenel. WINDLASS, by 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. L The STALLION RED LION, by Malcolm out of Manoeuvre. 2. The ROPER'S DAUGHTER, by Tomboy ( dam of Amalgamation); in foal to Knight of Avenel. 8. GREYLOCK, by Malcolm ( own sister to Red White and Blue); in foal to The Knight of Avenel. 4. RELIC, bySurpliee: in foal to Knight of Ayenel, 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. 8. THE LITTLE COB, 3 years old: no engagement. 4. MYSTERIOUS JACK, 3 years old; engaged. 5. PAINTER, 8 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: BAY GELDING, 4 years old, by Barnton, dam's pedigree unknown. BROWN COLT, 3 years old, by Barnton: 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 yeurs old, by lago out of Gimcrack's dam. BROWN GELDING, 4 years old, by Sirikoi out ol Bilberry, by Touchstone. The whole of the above to be seen at Tupgill, within two miles of Mid- dleham, and three from the Leyburn railway station. For price and par- ticulars apply to Mr LANGLEY, Bell's Life Office. London. Tupgill. 22d January. 1857. TO be SOLD by TERSALL. at Hyde Park- corner, on Mom AUCTION, by Messrs TAT day, 2d February, the following superior HORSES, the property of a nobleman: 1, THE BIRD, bay gelding, 6 years old, by Irish Birdcatcher, 2. GREYLEG, chesnut gelding, by Pantaloon out of Black Bess. 8. VICTOR, chesnut gelding, 6 years old, by Pioneer. 4. FREEMASON7, brown gelding. 5. KING OF THE MOUNTAIN, bay gelding, 7 years old, bv Pioneer. TO VETERINARY SURGEONS.— WANTED, a SITUATION as ASSISTANT in town or country. The advertiser has had seven years' experience in extensive town and country practice. For particulars apply to V., Post Office, Walsall, Staffordshire. WEST LONDON FANCY RABBIT CLUB.— The members of the above society will hold their HALF- " " ' ~ n and Apple Tree, Berwick- Februarys. Chair to be taken the above tavern. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- 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. 8. THE SWALLOW, by Rococo. 4. CANTAB. 5. BROWN BESS. 6. MIMIC, by Truth. Most ofthe above have 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 Tvne, by Tomboy, & c ; engaged in the Newmarket Triennial and the Stockbridge Triennial, 10 sovs each. 2. YOUNG HOPEFUL, 8 years old, by Minotaur out of Hope, & c ; engaged in the Newmaiket Stakes and the Brighton Biennial, 10 sovs each. 8, FIE, 3 years old, by Alarm, dam by Mulatto out of Lunacy ; engaged in the Epsom Oaks and Coronation Stakes at Ascot. i. ULYSSES, brown colt, 4 years old, by Annaudale out of Calyp- so, by Liverpool; no engagement; likely to make a country stallion. 5. RAGLAN, brown gelding, 5 years old, by Annandale out of En- chantress. & c; likely to make a charger or hunter. 6. 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, Feb 9, without reserve ( unless previously disposed of by private contract): MER RYMAN, a bay yearling colt, by Hobbie Noble out of Mathilde ( foaled in Belgium, 1841), by Mango out of Zafra, by Par- tisan, & c, & c. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, on Monday, 16tli Feb. without without RESERVE, the property of Hedworth Barclay, Esq. The following HORSES, well known in Leicestershire: 7. BETSY'. 8. THE ARCHER. 1. PERIDOT, 2. REDSTREAK. 8. CONTEST. 4. THE BREWER. 5. CALCOTT. 6. STEEL. 9. THE DANDY. 10. COCK ROBIN,! Har. Vc 11. MOUSTACHE, / HacKS- T< O 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 couples 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 sold in lots. T O be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, 011 Feb 23 : GOOD FRIDAY', 4 years old, by Bryan O'Lynn, by Irish Bird- catcher out of Fanny, by Harkaway. He is winner of some of the best two year old stakes in Ireland, and has no engage- ments. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs BRE- THERTON and HARRISON, at the Midland Counties Reposi- tory, No. 1, Cheapside, Birmingham, on Thursday, the 12th day of February, 1857, the following HORSES, well known in Warwickshire, the property of a gentleman: 1. BROWN GELDING, by The Cardinal; a very clever and tem- perate hunter; has been ridden by his present owner for three seasons without a fall, 2. BAY GELDING ( a riding horse); is a fine goer, and steady with troops. 8. BAY MARE, by Charles the Twelfth, dam by Cricker, granddam by Grog; has been hunted, is fast and temperate with hounds. 4. GREY GELDING ( well bred^; a neat riding horse or charger. 5. CHESNUT MARE; a superior hack, and has carried a lady. 6. BAY FILLY, Syears old; has been a few times in harness. 7. BAY GELDING, 3 years old; unbroke. 8. GREY PONY, 3 years old; very promisirig. 9. A superior PONY; a wonderfully clever little hunter. LUCAS'S, Liverpool.— SELECT SALE of THIRTY to FORTY first- class HORSES, clarence, drag, & c, by Messrs LUCAS and Co, on Thursday next, February 5tli, at 12 o'clock, at their Repository, Great Charlotte- street, Liverpool. The property of a gentleman: 1. BO PEEP, a bay horse. 2. CITIZEN, a bay horse. 8. DOT, a bay mare. The property of an officer: 1. A BROWN GELDING, by Antidote, dam by Arthur, granddam by Violet; Antidote, by Velocipede out ofGalata, winner ofthe Oaks. He is 5 years old, 15 hands 2 inches high; a fine actioned horse, and like making a first charger. The property of a gentleman: 1. FL ATTERY, a chesnut mare; a good hack, hunter, and lady's pad. 2. FRIDAY, a brown gelding; a clever hunter. 8. BRANDY, a brown gelding; a good gig horse. The property of a gentleman: 1. A CHESNUT GELDING, 8 years old, 16 hands high; a first- class hunter. 2. A BROWN GELDING, 15 hands 8 inches high: a clever hunter. Valuable HORSES: SEVEN Irish HORSES; just landed. SIX well bred HORSES, the property of gentlemen in Liverpool. The property of a gentleman: 1. A BAY CARRIAGE HORSE, 16 hands 2 inches high. 2. A BROWN MARE, 15 hands 8 inches high; a good huntress and hack. The whole on view on Tuesday and Wednesday, and on the morning of sale. MANCHESTER EXHIBITION of ART.— Sale of Cabs, Cars, Clarences, and Omnibus stock of Horses, & c.— Messrs LUCAS and Co will SELL, on Thursday, 12th February, at 12 o'clock, at their Repository, Great Charlotte- street, Liverpool, TWENTY- TWO HORSES, six clarences, three broughams, three hansom cabs, four cars. A few other lots of cab stock will be offered at this sale, if entered at the repository before Thursday, 5th February. ALDRIDGE'S, St Martin's- lane.— Wednesday's Sale, Feb 4. and Saturday's Sale, Feb 7.- Mr MATTAM will SELL, on each of the above days, ONE HUNDRED and EIGHTEEN HORSES, with carriages and harness. O11 Wednesday, active and strong horses, from the stocks of Messrs Withers and Co, Mr Robert Newman, and other jobmasters, suitable for clarences and broughams, and tor double and single harness; gentlemen's hacks 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 0 cloek precisely. ALDRIDGE'S, St Maitin's- lane.— Wednesday's Sale.— Mr MATTAM is instructed to SELL by AUCTION, on Wednesday next, the 4th Feb, SIX young, powerful, and fresh HORSES, from the county of Kent; colours, bays, brown, grey, and roan. Heights, 15 hands 3 inches; quiet to ride, and quiet in harness, and are well worth the attention of gentlemen requiring brougham or phaeton horses. On view two days before the sale. REPOSITORY, Barbican.— Friday's Sale, as usual.— ONE HUNDRED HORSES, carriages, and harness of every description, to be SOLDby AUCTION, by Mr J. GOWER, on Friday next, Feb 6, comprising hacks, hunters, and harness horses of all kinds, and about forty English and Belgian cart horses. Property intended for sale should be sent 111 two days prior. The public will observe there is no dealing on the part of the proprietor, nor any of his servants, tending to operate to the prejudice of either buyers or sellers. MID KENT RAILWAY VAN or CART HORSES.— Mr J. GOWER has been directed by Messrs Smith and Knight, the eminent contractors, of Parliament- street, to SELL by AUCTION, at his Repository, Barbican, on Friday, Feb 13, at 1 o'clock, without reserve, TWENTY- FOUR superior short- legged powerful VAN or CART HORSES, which have been employed on the Mid- Kent Rail- way, from Lewisham to Beckenham ; sold in consequence of the line be- ing completed and open for traffic. The above are mostly young match teams, with many valuable tip mares, selected with great care, regard- less of expense ; merit the attention of contractors, farmers, and others, being in good working condition, and for absolute sale,— On view, and catalogues had, two days previous. GELDING, 6 years old, by the Brownie, dam by Negociator, granddam by Emperor, great granddam by Pipator, great great granddam by Magog. Warranted sound. He is descended from the best of hunting blood; his dam was a first- rate hunter, and his granddam ( Mr P. Cooper's Old Gaylass), the dam of the late Sir Richard Sutton's horse The Friar, of Gamecock, and of Young Gaylass, the dam of Mr Elmore's steeple chase horse Gaylad. He stands about 16 hands high; is in hunting condition, and of great strength. THOROUGH BRED SIRE.— Dycer's.— To be SOLD, at DYCER'S REPOSITORY, Stephen's Green, on Thurs- day, 14th February, that well- known, remarkably handsome thorough bred entire horse HEARTBREAKER. He is a rich brown colour, and stands nearly 16 hands high, with great bone and muscular power. Was got by Don John ( the best horse of his year, winner of the St Leger in 1838); dam Dilbar, by Touchstone. Heartbreaker was a good race horse, having beaten Aristo and several other first- class horses; his blood being of the most fashionable strain, renders him well worthy ofthe attention of breeders. For performances, & e, see Racing Calendar. JAMES HOUSE ( late 2d Life Guards) Proprietor, FOR SALE, THE FERRET, chesnut mare, by Ratcatcher; winner of several flat and hurdle races— see Calendar. Has not been in training in 1855 or 1856. but has carried a lady; is one of the best hacks in England, Apply to Mr Cobb, Brecon, ROYAL LEAMINGTON REPOSITORY and COMMISSION STABLES, for the Sale of Horses. Carriages, & c, Ac, by Public Auction and Private Contract.— Mr COATES begs respectfully to inform noblemen, gentlemen, and the public generally that his next important SALE of HUNTERS, and other horses, car- riages, & e, will take place 011 Wednesday, Feb 11,1857. R. C„ having a great demand for horses, will feel obliged to those who have any to enter for this sale to forward early particulars, that due publicity may be given. N. B. All horses to be in on Monday prior to the sale, in order that they may be viewed according to the rules of the repository, other- wise they will be too late for insertion in catalogues. Sale to commence at 12 o'clock precisely. Sales by private contract daily. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, at REA'S CENTRAL HORSE REPOSITORY, Newington.— Mr REAwill offer for SALE, on Tuesday next, at 12 o'clock, about ONE HUNDRED HORSES, con- sisting 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. Payment any day after the second from the sale.— N. B. Within one mile of the London bridges. HORSES ON SALE.— GREY COB, 13 HANDS 1 inch high, 5 years old, temperate for a lady to drive, and a good hack; very powerful and fast. A PAIR of BAY BROUGHAM GELDINGS, 5 and 6 years old, 15 hands 3 inches high ; very active, with higli knee action, and tem- perate in single harness. Price 10 > guineas. A PAIR of BROWN PHAETON'HORSES, with breeding and quick action, both good hacks, and one has carried a lady. They have been constantly driven together, and are quiet in single harness. Trials and examinations requested prior to purchase. REA'S CENTRAL REPOSITORY. Newiugton. B ELGIAN CART and VAN HORSES.— Mr REA has received advice of the first consignment this season, of about TWENTY first class powerful yeung HORSES, suited for town or agricultural purposes, among which are some superior sound young mares for the stud. On view Monday, 2d, and Tuesday ( the day of auction sale) 3d Feb, at REA'S CENTRAL REPOSITORY, Newington. T O BREEDERS of RACE HORSES.— To be SOLD, a BROOD MARE, foaled in 1851, got by Sir Tatton Sykes, dam by Sultan Junior, granddam Monimia, by Muley out of a Sister to Petworth, by Precipitate, & c, & c; in foal to Teddington. This mare is well worth the attention of breeders, being a good size, with substance and muscular power, and is very blood looking. She is in fine condition, perfectly sound, and free from blemish. For price and further particulars apply to Mr J. Painter, Deans Hill, near Stafford, where the mare can be seen. BRYAN O'LINN, to be SOLD or LET for the SEASON.— Bryan O'Linn, by Birdcatcher, is the sire of 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 National Produce Stakes. For further particulars see Racing Calendar. If not sold, or let, he will stand this season at Ardreigh House, one mile from Atliy. All applications to be made to Thomas Sherlock, Esq, Ardreigh House, Athy, County Kil- dare, Ireland. TO be SOLD or LET, BIRKENHEAD, a brown horse, without white aud without blemish, 15 hands 3J inches high, a sure foal- getter, and temper and constitution unexceptionable; bred by Lord Chesterfield in 1843, got by Liverpool out of Arachne, by Filho da Puta. Arachne was also the dam of Sir Isaac, Scamander, and Industry, Birkenhead is the sire of New Brighton ( winner of the Steward's Cup at Goodwood, and many other races), the only one of his get tbat ever started. His half- bred stock are very good. He can be seen by applying to Mr Thomas Wilson, stud groom. Althorp Park, near Northampton, STALLION.— For SALE, RAVENSBONE, by Venison out of Specimen, by Rowton; he stan ds 16 hands high, with immense bone and 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, Stockwell, Surrey, three miles from London. STALLION.— For HIRE, this season, £ 100, BLACK PRINCE, half- brother to the Baron, by Magpie, and bred by George Watts, Esq. He is a beautiful dark brown, 16 hands high; is without blemish, 5 years old; his last year's mares are all in foal. The hirer of this year can have the option of taking him next year at the same price. Apply to M. Mangan, 9. Great Britain- street, Dublin. Ij^ OR SALE, or will be LET for racing, ROXANA, a fine racing- like filly, risings years old, by Faugh a Ballagli out of Iris, by Cain out of Elizabeth, by Rainbow; both dam and granddam, were winners of good stakes. She has not been backed. To be LET, LERRYWHEUT. by Lanercost out of Titania, by Emilius. Also, EMERYSTONE, by Touchstone out of Gulhane, by Physician. If not let, they will serve at 5 guineas, and 10s groom, at Foxholes Farm, near Lancaster, where all are to be seen. Bay Horse Station, Lancaster and Preston Rail way, FOR SALE, black colt VAN GALEN, by Van Tromp out of Little Casino ; Little Casino by Inheritor, dam by Waverley, heavy in foal to Barnton. Apply to F. Walker, Gateshead. FOR SALE, a handsome PAIR of BAY GELD- INGS, 15 hands 8 inches high, age— one 5 years, the other 7; match and step well together, with fine action and fast, and in fine con- dition for immediate use. They are warranted, and a trial allowed. To be seen at J. Fickling's, Norfolk- yard, Westbourne Green West, Bays- water. GREYHOUND SAPLINGS.— FOR SALE, TWO 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 20tb. Price £ 10 each. Apply to Mr Ashmore, Norton, near Evesham. GREYHOUNDS.— For SALE, at moderate prices, to suit private coursers, some fresh young DOGS, in good condi- tion, of the Bedlamite and other fashionable blood. Also a BROOD BITCH, 4 years old, own and only sister to the celebrated Lambton.— Apply to Charles Williams, 3. Church- row, Stockton- on- Tees. FOXHOUNDS.— For SALE, about THIRTY COUPLE, dogs and bitches, and a small pack of beagles, 15 inches high. Can be seen at work if required. Eight couple of harriers about 19 inches high. Apply to Wilton's, Notting Dale, Notting- hill, London. DOGS.— Pointers, setters, and all kinds of sporting DOGS taken in to BREAK ana keep for any length of time. For particulars apply to George Berry, dog- breaker, Grayslound, near Bawtry, Yorkshire. THE DOG MARKET.— A large collection of all kinds of DOGS is to be found at this canine repository— mas- tiffs, Newfoundlands, bloodhounds, deerhounds, watch or keepers' dogs, retrievers, pointers, setters, field spaniels, five couple of 15 to 16 inch harriers, a large collection of vermin terriers, rough and smooth. To be seen at Bill George's kermels, Kensall New Town, Paddington, London. WANTED, a good POINTER DOG; must be large and handsome, thoroughly broke, and not over 4 years old; one which has been shot to on the moors preferred. Address, with full particulars, J. B.. box A 6, Post Office, Liverpool. YACHTS for SALE, also WANTED to PUR- CHASE, CONTINUALLY.— London and Outports.- A private record kept, accessible to intending VENDORS and PURCHASERS, to whom are transmitted, to all parts of the United Kingdom, CEELY'S YACHTING PROSPECTUSES. At Garraway's, Cornhill, between 2 and 4 p. m., Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.— John T. Ceely, 5, Montague- place, East India- road, London, E. YACHTS for SALE by PRIVATE CONTRACT. — For SALE, one of the fastest and ablest FIFTY TON CUT- TERS afloat, the winner of a number of prizes, coppered and copper- fastened throughout, and fully found in every respect; launched in 1854. Or she will be exchanged for a fore and aft schooner of from 80 to 100 tons, of modern build, and well found. Also, one of the handsomest FORE and AFT SCHOONERS afloat, 50 tons, o. m., launched in the beginning of last season, and well proved for speed and sea- going qualities; she is well found, everything being perfectly new, and of the best description. For particulars apply ( if by letter, prepaid) to the Secretary, Royal Western Yacht Club. Ireland, Club House. 113, Grafton- street. Dublin. FOR SALE, a new SCHOONER YACHT, 130 tons o. m., lately arrived from the Mediterranean, whither she has been with the owner's family for whom she was built, and fitted up with every comfort; with state rooms, ladies'boudoir, piano, & e. To any invalid, or to a family contemplating a cruise, she oflers advantages rarely to be met with. She has proved herself a splendid sea boat, being fast and very dry. For particulars apply by letter ( post paid) to Messrs Mosley, Hurst, and Co, No. 9, St Peter's- square, Manchester. YACHT for SALE, 6 tons, quite new. To be sold a bargain. For particulars apply to Mr C. Wyld, boat builder, Lambeth. BOAT.— WANTED, a light, fast, well- built RANDAN GIG; must be flat- floored, and fitted for three pair sculls. Apply, with particulars of dimensions, price, & c, to B. C. D., Philosophical Institution, Queen- street, Edinburgh. MONTHLY POULTRY SALE.— Mr J. C. STEVENS will SELL by AUCTION, at his Great Room, 38, King street, Covent- garden, on Tuesday, Sd of February, at 12 o'clock precisely, TWO HUNDRED and SIXTY LOTS of choice POULTRY and PIGEONS including Polands and Hamburgs from the celebrated stock of C. E. Coleridge, Esq, Cochins from the yard of the Rev G, Gil- bert, Spanish and Dorkings from Mr G. Botham and a well- known Suffolk breeder, Bantams, and other sorts. Also, a selection from the renowned stud of carrier pigeons of W. W. Hayne, Esq, of Croydon Common, whose birds were so much admired at the recent exhibition of pigeons at the Freemasons' Tavern. Catalogues by enclosing a stamped directed envelope to Mr J. C. Stevens, 38, Kuig- street, Covent- garden. T O BREEDERS of PURE CATTLE.— WANTED, a COUPLE of pure bred, short- horn Durham BULLS, between two and three year old. Address, with particulars of pedigree, age, price, and place where they can be seen, to R. T. Firebrace, Esq, 57, Jermyn- street, St James's, QTALLIONS.— The following horses will serve KJ mares the ensuing season, 1857, attheStudFarm. Theobald'sPark, 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 TR APPER, at 10 guineas. He is brown, 16 hands high, with great length and power; by Ion 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, l) y Master Henry. It will thus be seen that he possesses good blood— Bay Middleton, Priam, Velocipede, Filho da Puta, Dick Andrews, & c. Also ( if net 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 he 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, on the premises, to whom all expenses of mares, & c, must be paid, prior to their removal. November, 1856, GREYHOUND S.— FOR SALE, RHAPSODY, REVELLER, RADIANT- ARCHIBALD, All in their first season, ana well known. RAVEN, brood bitch, by Foremost out of Black Fly, the dam of Rector, Rhapsody, Reveller, & c. Sold only to make room for saplings. Apply to Mr Randell, Chadbury, near Evesham. STALLIONS.— Messrs Barrow's Stud Paddocks, Newmarket, and Repository for tke 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 Emi- 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, and the Ascot Cup, beating Oriando, Jericho, Welf- dog, The Baron, Oakley, and Bishop of Romford's Cob. He is the sire of Torment, Winkfield ( the winner ofithe 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 Ma Mie, by Jerry, at 10 guineas a mare, and one guinea to the groom. He won three two year old stakes at Newmarket, including the Triennial, also the Mar- quis of Westminster's Plate at Chester, beating a large field, aBd 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 mares will receive their professional services. The best accom- modation can be had, with loose boxes, good pasturage, private paddocks ( if required), arid a succession of green crops. No horse or mare to be taken from these paddocks until all expenses are paid. STALLION.— Catterick.— GOORKAI1 will serve mares at Mr C. 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 has won and beat all the best korses in his year, and at all distances. At three years old, won Liverpool Cup, beating Goldfinder, Chief Justice, Harbinger, Missive, Cariboo, Alp, and many others. iXWon Warwick Cup, beating Adine, Little Harry, Ibex, Sackbut, and Black Doctor. Won the Queen's Plate at Doncaster, 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, Auchinleck, Radulplius, Worcester, and Bird Trap. Ran spoond to Kingston for the Northumberland Plate, beating Goldtmder, Red Lion, Little Jack, GartL- forth, and many others in 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 horse6. 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. Pybus. Further information to be had of Mr C. Winteringham, Richmond; and Mr C. Pybus, Catterick, Yorkshire. STALLION.— For the Season, 1857, at the Turf Tavern, Doncaster, 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. Gohanna, & c. He is a good bay, with beautiful action, lengthy, with fine symmetry, and good size, being 15 bauds 3i inches high, and sound in every respect. That he was a race horse of the first class his performances will show, and his blood cannot fail to be invaluable to breeders, being descended from one of the most remarkable racing families of the day. His dam, Queen Mary, is also the dam of Haricot, Braxey, Blooming Heather, Bonnie ScotlaHd, 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 ef Goorkah, One Act, Robgill, and numerous other winners; and is himself by Touchstone ( winner of the St Leger in 1834) out of Rebecca ( the dam ot Alice Hawthorn, & c). Balrownie will serve a limited number of kalf- 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 Doncaster Races to defray expenses.— Apply to Mr vv. I'Anson, Spring Cottage, near Malton, or to Mr W. King, Turf Tavern, Doncaster. STALLIONS, 1857.— At the Birch Farm, at Oswaldkirk, TURNUS will serve mares at 10 sovs each, and 10s the groom. By Taurus out of Clarissa, by Defence. FLATCATCHER ( if not previously let), at 10 sovs each, and 10s the groom. He is by Touchstone out of Decoy, by Filho da Ptita. At Hambleton House, Thirsk, Yorkshire: VATICAN, at 5 sovs each, and 10s the groom. By Venison out of Vat, by Langar, granddam Wire, by Waxy— Penelope, & c. HERMIT, at 5 sovs each, and 10s the groom. By Bay Middleton out of Jenny Lind, by Touchstone, granddam Malibran, by Whisker, great granddam Garcia, by Octavian. JOHN O'GAUNT ( if not previously let), at 5 sovs each, and 10s the groom. He is sire of Hungerford, Bolingbroke, and many other winners. Hay and grass at 10s per week. Com, if ordered, at the market price. All expenses to be paid before the mares are taken away. All communications to be made to the stud groom, Oswaldkirk; or Mr Stebbing, Hambleton, Thirsk. Oswaldkirk is twenty miles from York, three from Helmsley, seven from Hambleton, thirteen from Malton, fifteen from Thirsk. foar from Hovingham, and two from Silling station on the Thirsk and Malton Railway. STALLION, SUGAR PLUM.— This splendid horse will stand this season, at Belgeatli Paddocks, adjoining Walters- town, County Meath, four miles from Navan and four from the Beau Pare Railway Station. Thorough bred mares, £ 6 each, and 5s to the groom. Dams of winners of £ 50, public money, at any one time, half price. SUGAR PLUM is a rich blood chesnut, stands 15 hands 8 inches high, with great length, powerful loins and quarters, muscular legs and thighs, and very gentle. He was allowed to be one of the finest horses in England, and was prevented starting for the Derby, 1856, from a knock he got above the knee. He was well tried to be one ot the fastest colts ever left Ireland, and from his fashionable blood must produce race horses. Breeders are requested to look at him. He was got by that wonderful race iiorse, Sweetmeat, the winner of 23 races out of 24 starts, dam the Irish Queen, by Harkaway, granddam Emily, by Pantaloon, great granddam Eliza- beth, by Mango out of Stamfordia, by Stamford out of Legacy, by King Fergus, King Fergus by Eclipse. It will be seen this horse combinesthe very best blood in the world. He is now 4 years old, and quite sound. Loose boxes and fine grass paddocks, with hay, at Is per night. Oats and bran at market price. All expenses to be paid before mares are removed. Apply to Dominick Boyle, groom, Belgeath, Walterstown, Bi ownstown, Navan. No accountability for accidents.— Jan 10th, 1857 STALLIONS.— HOBBIE NOBLE, that justly 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 Phryne, Phryne by Touchstone out of Decoy. He is own brother to Elthiron, Windhound, Miserrima, The Reiver, & c. It is useless giving further of his pedigree of performance, as it can 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 constitutes 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, & c. QTALLIONS.— The Heron Blood.— To be SOLD kJ or LET, MOORCOCK, by Heron, dam by Young Phantom, great granddam Sister to Triumph, by Fyldener. Heis; along, low horse, in colour a rich dark brown, without white; stands 15 hands 2 inches high, with remarkably deep girth and strong loins; has splendid action, is perfectly sound, and the very fac simile of his sire, Heron. As a race horse. Moorcock proved himself both speedy and stout, considering that he was never trained. He has not had any thorough bred mares, but his stock from half- bred one3, now rising four years old, are so large and promising as speedy looking animals, that his owner would prefer to let him on moderate terms to any one who has sufficient accom- modation, in a central district, where he might have some thorough bred mares, as he fully beileves that this horse would, ere long, become a popular stallion. He is a sure foal- getter, and in perfect health and vigour. Can be seen at Trydd Cottage, Knighton, Radnorshire; and applications to Mr F. Griffiths, stud groom, at that address, will re- ceive attention.— Knighton, Jan 28,1857. STALLIONS,— At Mr PisheySnaith's, Boston, at £ 2 12a 6d a mare, groom's fee included, THEON, by Emilius out of Maria, by Whisker. Theon was a good race- horse, having beaten all the best horses of his day; and all his stock that have been tried in public have won. Theon has taken three prizes as the best stallion for getting hunters, and is certainly one of the most sym- metrical and truest shaped horses in England. For three seasons Theon served all Baron Rothschild's hunting mares. It is also worthy of re- mark that Theon was never known to get a roarer. CAPTAIN CORNISH, by Iago. He is a sound horse, 16 hands high, with the largest bone fora thorough bred horse ever seen, great muscular power, strong good shoulders, and fine light action. The pages of Weatherby" will show Captain Cornish could stay a distance of ground under high weights, and possesses all the requisites for getting hunters. Every accommodation will be provided for mares at the usual prices. STALLION.— To be LET, RATAN, sire of Ma- lacca ( winner of the last Cambridgeshire), by Buzzard, dam by Picton— Selim— Pipator; a cross of blood now invaluable, it 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 tbat he 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, and applications to Richard Johnson, stud groom there, will receive attention. 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, tree 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 3s 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 for SEASON 1857.— At Cawston Lodge, near Rugby, Warwickshire: MELBOURNE, 25 mares, by subscription ( besides those of his owner and lessee) at 30 guineas each mare, and 1 guinea to the groom. IRISH BIRDCATCHER, 40 mares ( besides those of his owner and lessee) at 20 guineas each mare, groom's fee included, WINDHOUND, ths sire of Lady Hawthorn, a limited number of mares, at 12 guineas each mare, groom's fee included. OULSTON, a limited number of mares, at 10 guineas each mare, groom's fee included; half- bred mares 5 guineas. Hay and grass at 10s per week, corn ( if ordered) at market rates. All expenses to be paid before the mares are taken away.— For particulars apply to William Hamming, stud- groom, Cawston Lodge, Rugb. y Robert Black, agent to Lord John Scott, Toft, Dunchurch. STALLIONS.— Rawcliffe Paddocks, near York. THE FLY'ING DUTCHMAN. The subscription is full. 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 last horses ; half bred mares 2 guineas each. JOHN O'GAUNT, by Taurus out of Mona, by Partisan, at 5 guineas each, half bred mares 3 guineas each. He is the sire of Belingbrcke, Hungerford, & c. Besides a limited number belonging to the company. Apply to Thomas Baitson, stud groom. 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 Melbourne 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. All communication respecting the above to be addressed to Mr T. W. Redhead, BoIton- 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 market price, UTALLIONS.— At Alvediston, London Elm, Wilts. K^ — JOE LOVEL, by subscription; thirty mares, beside thos* of his owner, at 12 guineas each, and 10s 6d the groom. He is the sire of many winners, including Noisy, & c. Also, at the same place, UMBRIEL, by Melbourne or Touchstoneout 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 grassland. 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. 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, en the Lin- coln and Hull Railway. All applications to be made to Mr J. Ashton, Owmby House. STALLION.— ALCORAN ( bred by the Earl of Orford in 1849), by Theon ( brother to Euclid, by Emilius) out of Adeigund, by Bay Middleton— out of Angelica, by Rubens out of Plover, will serve this season at Moulton Paddocks ( within one mile and a half of the Newmarket Station). Thoroughbred mares at 9 guineas, half bred mares ( limited to 12) at 24 guineas ( groom's fee included). At 3. years old Alcoran beat Stockwell ( winner of the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, at Newmarket, and the Doncaster St Leger Stakes), giving him 31b. Height, 16 hands, colour, dark brown, without white, with capital legs and feet, good bone, great length, fine action, and perfectly good tempered. Every accommodation for mares and foals upon the usual terras. Apply to the groom, Moulton Paddocks, near Newmarket. qTALLION.— SIR JOHN BARLEYCORN, • O without exception the best horse in England, as a reference to the Calendars will prove, being got by the Baron ( Eire of Stockwell), anH Rataplan) out of Loveslip, bv Camel ( sire of Touchstone), her dam by Rubens, jun, by Rubens out of Web, by Waxy, great granddam Brunette, by Waxy Charcoal, by Sir Peter. He is now 7 years old, dark brown, without white, full 16 hands high, and one of the biggest, handsomest, and best tempered thorough bred horses in England, and is perfectly sound, and can carry 11,' stone. to any hounds. He will serve all mares at 2J guineas each. Hay and grass, 10s 6d per week ; corn at market price. All expenses must be paid before the mares are removed. At Mr Thomas Hnssey's Stud Farm, Skirmett, near Henlev- on- Thames. STALLIONS.— At Willesden Paddocks, Kilburn, London, PYRRHUS THE FIRST, winner of the Derby, & c; sire of Virago, Mcestissima, & e, at 30 guineas. SIR TATTON SYKES, winner of the St Leger, & c, sire of many winners, at 20 guineas. DAMASK ( if not let or sold), by Touchstone out of Moss Rose ( sister to Velocipede), at 10 guineas, half breds 5 guineas. SAUC1 BOY, winner of the Caen Steeple Chase of 300 sovs, by Arthur, dam by Mameluke, at 3 guineas. Apply further to Mr C. Phillips. OTALLIONS, 1857.— At Mr Phillips's Paddocks, K3 Bushbury, near Wolverhampton, KOH- I- NOOR, will serve mares, at 10 guineas, and 1 guinea to the groom; winners of 100 sovs at any one time, or their dams, gratis; half bred mares, £ 3 5s 6d. Pedigree, " Book Calendar," 1856. CALIFORNIA, by Emilius, dam Filagree, at £ 5 10s each mare; half bred mares, £ 3 5s6d. Apply to Mr J. Daly, the groom. All expenses to be paid before the mares are taken away, or they will be sold to defray expenses in July, when the season closes.— N. B. Blood stock alwayson sale. STALLION S.— 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, at the market price. All expenses to be paid before the mares are taken away. Apply to Mr C. Markham, stud groom, Mentmore, near Leighton Buzzard. STALLION GRECIAN.— At Theobald Stud Farm, Stockwell, 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 16 hands high, with great substance; colour, chesnut. His stock are very large and racing- like; can be seen at the stables, K'ii2r< iie 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. QTALLION. — STORM, at Osborne- lane Stud Farm, • O one mile from the railway station, Bracknei£' near Reading, Berks, 80 mares, besides two of his owner's and those of the lesee, at 10 guineas and 1 guinea the groom. There is ample accommodation, and hay and grass, at 12s per week. Apply to G. Giles, on the premises: or to John T. Rowland, Esq, 2, Conduit- street West, Hyde Park.— N. B. Storm is by Touchstone out of Ghuznee, by Pantaloon, and of his stock that ran last season six out of seven were winners. 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 Lambourn, and is likely to become the most fashionable stallion of the 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, Defford, nearPershore. STALLIONS.— ST MARTIN and DEFIANCE, at Mr Devereux's, Bay Horse Stables, Bromyard; all mares at 2 guineas, and 5s. St Martin, by Actason out of Galena, by Walton; he is a very handsome brown horse, 15 hands 3 inches high, good legs, and a splendid mover; he beat all the best horses of his year. Defiance, by Old England put of Vexation, by Touchstone; he is a handsome bay horse, 16 hands high, good legs, and action; he won 18 times, and some of his performances are the best on record. STALLION.— AUGUR, by Birdcatcher, winner of KI? the Champagne, Doncaster, 1851, will serve mares at Beverley, at 10 guineas each. He is one of the stoutest and truest- shaped horses in England. Last season he served upwards of fifty thorough bred mares, twenty of which are engaged in produce stakes this season. Above thirty subscriptions already received. Apply to Daniel Price, White Horse, Beverley, Yorkshire. STALLION.— SWEETMEAT, 35 mares at 15 guineas ( besides the owner's). He is sire of Mincemeat, winner of the Oaks in 1854, Nettle and Mincepie, winner of the Oaks in 1856, Citron, Lundyfoot, Angelica, Trifle, and a host of other first- rate horses. Other particulars in former advertisements. Apply to Mr Eyke, Stanton Shiffnal, Salop. STALLION.— The ensuing Season, at Dean's Hill, near Stafford, TEDDINGTON, by Orlando; 32 mares by sub- scription of 20 guineas each ( exclusive of 13 of his owner and lessee's). Subscriptions to be made to Messrs Weatherby, 6, Old Burlington- street, London; or to Mr J^ Painter, Dean's Hill.— N. B. The greatest attention will be paid to mares sent. Hay and grass at the usual prices. The season to end on the 20th July. STALLION.— Season, 1857.— At Mr Marmaduke 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, & e, & e, 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,— FALLOW BUCK, by Venison out of Plenary ( own sister to Plenipotentiary1, thorough bred mares 6 guineas, 10s the groom. Good accommodation for mares and foals. Hay and grass 10s per week; corn at market price. Expenses to be paid before any mare is removed. At Mr William Ayling's, Audlers Ash Farm, Liss, near Petersfield, Hants, six miles from Alton station. STALLION.— At Melton Mowbray.— DRAYTON will serve mares. Thorough bred mares at 7 sovs, half bred at 8 sovs, and 2s 6d the groom. All inquiries t ® be made at the George Hotel, Melton Mowbray. STALLION, 1857.— ROBERT ( own brother to Yeardley), by Sir Isaac out of Mystery, by Pantaloon, will serve mares at J. iCarlin's stables, Whittington, Oswestry, Salop; thorough bred mares at 5 guineas, and half breds £ 2 10s, and 5s the groom. STALLION 1857.— DR O'TOOLE, by Irish Bird- catcher, will stand at Straw Hall, the Curragh. Approved mares gratis ; all other mares, 3 sovs each; groom's fee, 10s. For further pari ticulars, apply to Mr D. Connor, Post Office, Kildare. STALLION GREYHOUND.— JUDGE, at 10 guineas. Apply to Joseph Irwin, 26, Lowther- street, Whitehaven STALLION GREYHOUND. — RANTER, at 10 guineas. Apply to John Weaver. Chadbury, near Evesham. STALLION GREYHOUND.— LARRISTON is at the service of the public at £ 5 5s each bitch. For particulars apply to Wm. Wignall, Star Inn, Skipton- in- Craven, Yorkshire. ^ TALLION GREYHOUND.— WEAPON, at kJ £ 5 5s, irrespective of winners. Apply to Robert Logan, Lowwood Hotel, Windermere, STALLION GREYHOUND.— MARCH, at £ 2 2s; a black ticked Dog, good size, with great muscular power. He is by Figaro out of Manto ( the dam of Mantua).— Apply to Owen Jones, Joiners' Arms, Conway. STALLION GREYHOUND.— BARABBAS will serve bitches at 5 guineas each. " Barabbas is a model for a stallion."— Stonehenge. Apply to A. Hudson, at J. Stone, Esq's, Ashley Grove, Box, near Chippenham, Wilts, STALLION GREYHOUND.— BLACKCAP ( own brother to Restless, by Dutchman out of Alice) will serve bitches at 10 guineas. Winners or dams of winners only 6 guineas. For perform ances see " Thacker." Apply to Mr S. Cass, Thirsk, Yorkshire. STALLION GREYHOUND.— NIMROD, the sire of Nimrod, the winner of the Puppy Stakes at Cardington, is at the service of the public at £ 5 5s. Apply at Mr Page's, Town Hall Tavern, Banbury. s TUD GREYHOUNDS.— BEDLAMITE, 10 guineas, limited to 20 bitches. BEDLAM TOM, 5 guineas. Apply to Mr J. Brown, Old Moot Hall, Nottingham. QTALLION GREYHOUNDS.— GUY MANNER- ING, brindled dog, and GLENVARLOCH, fawn dog, will serve bitches this season, at 3 guineas each bitch. They are brothers, and got by Mr W. Sharpe's John o' Badenyon out of Mr Gordon's Gaylass. Apply to Alex. Brown, kennels, Aikennead, near Glasgow. STALLION GREYHOUND.— SPY, by Liddes- dale out of Florence, is at the service of the public, at £ 5 5s. For performance see " Thacker." His first get are now saplings, and very promising. Apply to Henry Wiiiiams, Westfield House, Knotty Ash, near Liverpool. STALLION GREYHOUND— MASQUERADER, fawn dog ( formerly called Imitator), at £ 8 3s. He is by.' Motley out of Mocking Bird, and one of the fastest dogs in England, never hav- ing been led to his hare; for performance see" Thacker." Apply to William Alsop, King's Arms Hotel, Kenilworth. ^ TALLION 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." Locomotive, having been the property of a private courser, has never appeared in public. STALLION GREYHOUND.— STANLEY, fawn, at £ 5 5s each; a powerful, speedy, true running, game dog, com- bining the Camarine ana Old Biinkin Bess blood of the north of Eng- land, with the Monarch and other first- class blood of Scotland; his puppies are most promising. Apply to Mr Gibson, Woolmet, Dal- keith, N. B. OTALLION GREYHOUND. — CALEDONIAN, kJ red and white, by Sam out of Cleooatra, at £ 5 5s each. He com- bines the King Cob bloed of England with the Waterloo and Sport blood of Scotland— see account of him in volume 14 of" Thacker's Annual," page 385; also " Stonehenge's" account of him in volume 15, page 222. He dislocated a knee joint in running the deciding course for the Lytham Open CUP last, season, and hos not rut) since. Apply same as Stanley. STALLION GREYHOUND.— SACKCLOTH, at £ 5 5s, byLordSefton's Senate ( winner of the Waterloo Cup), out of Cinderella, sister to Staymaker, who ran up for the Waterloo Cup, & c. Sackcloth, when he was not 22 months old, won the Ashdown and Water- loo Cups within the space of one week. He also won the Altcar Cup, besides greatly distinguishing himself on several other occasions. The last course he ran in public- was with Mr Jefferson's Judge, whom he beat, and was lamed in the course, ar. d was afterwards drawn. Apply to Henry Beale, Croxteth Kennels, near Liverpool. QTALLION GREYHOUND NAPIER ( own lO brother to Sultan).— White aud fawn dog NAPIER, pupped 19th May, 1854, will serve bitches at three guineas each. Sire, British Tar; dam, Fly; Fly, by Mr Deakin's Deacon, dam Quiz, by King Cob; Deacon by Earwig, dam by Mr Bale's Bugle, March, 1856. Napier won the Bainesse Cup, Catterick, of 16 dogs, after which he had an accident, and has not run since. February, Sultan won the Brough Cup of 16 dogs. November, at Scortoti, he divided a 22- dog stake, on account of it getting dark : also, at Selby, he divided a 32- dog stake with Mr Ran- dell's Riot. P. S. For particulars apply to Mr Hunter, Hall Moor, High CoiuBtliffe, near Pwiisitoii, BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, FEBRUARY 1, 1857. PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. GYMNASTICS, Fencing, Sword Exercise, Drilling, Glove Practice, & c, at the Royal Gymnasium and School oj Arms, 8, Jfomes- street, ETaymarket. OPEN DAILY, from S> a. m. 1to 6 p. trtor private lessons and classes. An evening class every Tuesday ana r naaj, at Families attended at their own residences. Mr ALBERT SMITH'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 he secured at the box- office, EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, every day, between 11 and 4, without any extra charge. The morning represen- take jveryTuesday and Saturday, at 8 o clock. tations uiKe place every mesuay mm uammoj, •• ^ & ENERAL TOM THUMB, the AMERICAN BWARF, REMOVED from REGENT GALLERY.- Patronised thir- teen years ago by her Majesty and the Royal Family .- Crowded Houses, and identified by hundreds who knew him intimately at that time— EXHIBITING EVERY DAY and EVENING, previous to visiting Russia, in the beautiful PRINCE of WALES BAZAAR, 209 Regent- street ( near Conduit- street) from 11 to 1, 8 to 5, and 7 to 9 o clock. He is beautifully proportioned, and the smallest man alive. His per- formances are remarkably talented and enchanting. New characters costumes, songs, dances, statues, & c. The General continues to wait on the nobility and eentrv at their residences on due notice. Ills minia- ture equipage promenades the streets daily. Admission Is, regardless of age; stalls 2s, and children half- price. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, t, 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, & c. Lectures are delivered at 12, 2. 4, and half- past 7, by Dr < 3. 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 bv Dr Kahn. gratis. UNITY FIRE and LIFE ASSOCIATIONS, Unity- buildings. Cannou- street. City. APPOINTMENT OF MANAGER. The directors have the pleasure to inform the shareholders or tne above Associations and the public, that they have appointed Mr Thomes Gray, Sub- Manager of the '" Royal Insurance Company," and formerly of the " Liverpool and London," to be their Manager and Secretary. They feel convinced that this appointment will meet with the coram approval of their constituency, and ensure the complete confidence ot the PUThe directors take this opportunity of announcing that the ordinary General Meeting of the " Unity Fire " will, in pursuance of the terms of the Deed of Settlement, be held in the month of March next, of which due notice will be given. , It is requested that all official communications be addressed to Thomas Gray. Esq. Manager, Unity- buildings, Cannou- street, London. By order of the Boards. Just published, price, cloth, 2s 6d, post free, RUFF'S GUIDE to the TURF; or, Pocket Racing Companion for 1857,- Contents : The Nominations for Great Britain and Ireland for 1857, and the Great Stakes for 1858- a Complete Calendar of the Races in Great Britain and Ireland for 18j> 6— the Horses Indexed, with their Pedigrees- Laws of Kaemg- Lens£ h of Courses- Revised and Enlarged Lists of the Trainers- Winners ot the Great Races from their Commencement— Races to Come, Derby Lots, & c. London: Piper, Steohenson. and Spence, 23. Paternoster- row. 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 next, Feb Sd. Dancing to commence at 11 o'clock, under the direction of Mr II. C. Frere. Gentlemen s tickets 10s 6d, ladies' 7s 6< 1 each, to be had at the rooms on the night at the ball. PORTLAND ROOMS, Foley- street, Portland place.— MADAME LINDA begs to announce to the nobility and gentry that her FULL DRESS BALL will take place on TUESDAY, Feb 17th, under the direction of Mr H. C. Frere.- N. B. Mr Frere's usual soiree will take place to- morrow ( Monday) evening, and every Monday, Wed- nesday, and Friday during the 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 trams.— First night of a new three- act drama, in which Mr Charles Matliews will sustain the principal character.— The greatest hit of all is the Drury- lane Pantomime.— Nightly overflows.— The free list entirely suspended.— Im- mediate application is requisite to secure good seats.— The Box Office is © pen, daily, from 10 to 6, under the direction of Mr Edward Chatterton. — The eminent comedian, Mr Chas. Mathews, will appear every evening. — A Morning Performance of the great Pantomime every Wednesday, at 2 o'clock.— TO- MORROW ( Monday) and during the week will Ve per- formed an entirely new three- act drama, entitled THE BLACK BOOK. Characters by Messrs Charles Mathews, A. Younge. G. Honey, Vincent, Tilbury. Lingham; Miss Cleveland, Mrs Selby, and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with the highly successful grand comic pantomime, entitled SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW; or, Harlequin Holiday and the Island of UPS and Downs. The scenery entirely new, painted by and under the direction of William Beverley. The comic scenes constructed by Harry Boleno. The peculiar grotesque opening invented and written by E. L. Blauchard, 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. Ye anciente and truthful legend on ye which ye pantomime its story is founded :— See, saw, Margery Daw, Sold her bed, and laid upon straw." MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum. The beet Pantomime Company in England. Two Harlequins Herr Deulin and Siguor Veroni Two Sprites The Brothers Elliott Two Pantaloons Mr Barnes aad 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 Emilieand Jenny Osmont, and upwards of 130 coryphees. 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 Friday, THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte ( first time in this conntry). Mr Murdoch ; Pauline, Miss Rey- nolds. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, The School for Scandal. The pantomime of THE BABES IN THE WOOD every evening. A morning performance of the pantomime on Thursday next, commencing at 2 and concluding by 4. Friday Mr Murdoch's benefit and last appear- ance. A new comedy on Saturday. Wednesday next, Feb 4tli, will be the one thousandth consecutive night of the season. 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.— Another Juvenile week. The Pantomime played first, pronounced unequalled.— TO- MORROW ( Monday), and during the week, to commence with the grand Cemic Pantomime of " HICKEDY PICKEDY, MY BLACK HEN; or. Harlequin King Winter and Queen Spring. Harlequin. Mr Ashate. Columbine, Madame Pauline. Pantaloon, Mr H. Bird. Clown, Mr J. Doughty. To conclude with the WRECK of the GOLDEN MARY. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Juvenile week. The Pantomime First every night.— TO- MORROW and during the week, PAUL PRY ON HORSEBACK, in which the Gri- maldi horse convulses the audience with laughter by his vagaries. After which the SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with KATHARINE AND PETRUCHIO. Petruchio, Mr James Holloway. Commence at 7 o'clock. Dress boxes, 4s ; upper boxes, 3; private boxes from £ 1 ( no charge for booking); pit, 2s; gallery, Is; upper gallery, 6d.— A Morning Performance every Saturday at 2 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 half- 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< i.— N. B. Mr Nicholson deems it necessary emphatically to state that he is not connected with any periodical now publishing. CASINO DE YENISE, High Holborn, OPEN EVERY EVENING.— Grand BAL MASQUE, by special desire, on THURSDAY NIGHT, Feb 5, on which occasion every source that art and refinement can suggest will be brought into requisition to give Sclat to this brilliant and fashionable Kite, which is expected to surpass, if possible, all previous entertainments of a similar nature at this world- renowned and elegant establishment. A most beautiful selection of dance musio will be performed by the inimitable band, under the direc- tion of Mr W. M. Packer; and the proverbial attention to the comfort of the visitors ensures a thorough evening's enjoyment. Doors open at half- past 9, commence at 10. Gentleman' 6 ticket, 5s; lady's ditto, 3s. Supper at 1; 3s 6d each. Mr Nathan, Castle- street, Leicester- square, is appointed costumier. 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 :• 1st class, 18s; 2d class, 9s; third class covered carriages, 6s. 3 FREDERICK SLIGHT, Secretary. London Bridge Terminus EXETER HALL HOTEL, Strand.— Christmas Pantomimes.— This hotel is contiguous to the theatres. Break- fasts, Is 6d; dinners, 2s; bed- rooms, 2s; drawing- room, with bed- room 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. THE CONTINENTAL WINE COMPANY, 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 lar below the average, including their Alto Douro Ports, at 42s. per dozen. Genuine ditto 34s. per dozen. Superior Pale or Gold Sherries, 30s. to S6s. per dozen. Champagne from 42s to 72s. Claret from 80s to 84s. 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 portraits, life size, viz. two almonds, black mottle, red baldhead, yellow beard, black carrier, and blue pied pouter. Published by and to be obtained of the author, John Matthews Eaton, 7, Islington Green, London, N. Price 0a, post free. Also the coloured diagram of building a pigeonry. 2s. BELGIAN AND GERMAN CANARIES.— AN immense quantity just arrived. BELGIANS, first quality cocks, 10s each; hens, 5s; second cocks, 7s 6d; hens, 3s. Germans, with the nightingale, water- bubble, and woodlark notes ( including cages), 6s each; 5, ™ ™ ^ i?^ SPA* Fail° y caKes 20 Per cent under any other house, ROBERT GREEN. 154, Kingsland- road, AWHALE.— To Speculators.— To be SOLD or LET, the HEAD, BLUBBER, and TAIL of a WHALE, 45 teet long,— See Illustrated London News of last Saturday, 24th January — Address F. Crowe, Great Yarmouth. MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 52, HIGH Holborn, London.— For SALE, HEADS, with ANTLERS, of the American ELK, Cape BUFFALO and KOODOE, Scotch RED and I ALLOW DEER. Also the largest collection in the kingdom of rare birds, insects, and birds' eggs, & c. 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, for 9d, by post lOd. A priced list of Entpmological apparatus forwarded upon receipt of a stamped envelope. Taxidermy; or, Bird Stuffing made Easy, a work alike useful to the a^ pt^ d beginner, forwarded free by post for half- a- crown, by JAMES OLDRIDGE'S BALM of COLUMBIA, acknow ledged for the last thirty years to be the most effectual remedy produced for restoring the hair and promoting the growth of whiskers and mustachios, is continually receiving the most distinguished testi- monials, proving its superiority over all other specifics of the same nature. In bottles 3s 6d, 6s, and lis, wholesale and retail, 13, Wellington- street N ® rth. Strand, London. GREY HAIR.— l, Little Queen- street, High Holborn.— ALEX. ROSS'S LIQUID HAIR DYE, being a clear fluid, it is merely necessary to damp the hair by the aid of a comb or brush, when a perfect light or dark colour is permanently obtained. Sold at 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d; sent free for 54 stamps. Private rooms tor ladies and gentlemen.—" Hints on Dress and on the Arrangement " the Hair," a practical essay, adapted to either sex, by Alex. Ross Is, free for stamps. of Price THE WINNER of the SCENTS.— BREIDEN- BACH'S NEWMARKET JOCKEY CLUB PERFUME, first: the Royal Himt 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. 157B. New Bond- street, near Limmer's. ANOTHER PALMER CASE.— Report of Mr A T & 0< & c.- Read the HYGEIST and ME- DICAL REFORMER for February. May be had at the British College ot Health, New- road, London, price Id, or 2d by post, and of all the liygeian agents throughout the country RUPTURE.—" COLES'S TRUSS is best." This is the invention patrorised by Sir Astley Cooper, and the most eminent surgeons— worn and recommended by William Cobbett, and which 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. " OUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITH- r*-% J 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, pt 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. RUPTURES.— WHITE'S MOC- MAIN PATENT LEVER TRUSS is allowed by upwards of 200 professional gen- tlemen to be the best for hernia. It consists of a small and elastic pad, to which a lever is attached, and ( instead of the usual steel spring) a soft bandage, fitting so closely as to avoid detection. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss forwarded by post, on the circumference of the wW * L0oln^ es *$, ow being sent to the manufacturer, Mr John White, 228, Piccadilly.— Riding belts, suspendors, & c. IBRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH.- Price Is 2s Sd 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 ef| « ets;. Ihe stomach will speedily regain its strength, a healthy action ot the liver, bowels, and kidneys will rapidly take place, and renewed health will be the quick result of taking this medicine, according to the eirectioas occompanying each box. Sold by Prout and Harsant, 229, Strand, London, ana all vendors of medicine. WEST HAM DISTILLERY COMPANY ( Li- mited.}— Notice is hereby given, that the works of the above distillery being near completion, the directory w ill be open to K- hLkiV ORDERS for PLAIN SPIRIT, to be supplied in February. Due notice will be sent round to the trade. THOMAS WEBB, Manager. Distillery. West Ham, 3lst January, 1857. THE ANNUAL grand FRENCH BALL, in aid of the funds of the SOCIETE FRANCAISE DE BIENFAISANCE will take place at the Hanover- square Rooms, to- morrow ( Monday). Tickets to be had of Messrs Jullien and Co, Messrs - Keith, Prowse, and C*, and of all other musicsellers ; and at the office of the society, No. 10A, Duke- street, Portland- place. ALMOND TUMBLERS.— For SALE, a genuine and first- rate STUD of BIRDS, about twenty pair, many of which were bred last year, healthy, and fit for the present season's breed- ing. Gentlemen exhibiting at poultry shows will find this a good oppor- tunity to improve or increase their studs. To be seen at 28, Pleasant- place, near We3t- square, Lambeth, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Fri day, the 4th, 5th, and 6th February, between the hours of 11 and 4 o'clock 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. MAPPIN'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. M APPIN'S ELECTRO- SILVER PLATE.- . . ., Messrs Mapnin's celebrated manufactures in electro- plate, com- prising TEA and COFFEE SERVICES, side dishes, dish covers, spoons, and forks, and all articles usually made in silver, can now be obtained from their London Warehouse, 67, King William- street, City, where thelargest stock in London may be seen.— Manufactory, Queen's Cutlery Works Sheffield. Drawings, with prices, sent free on application THE PERFECT EIGHT- DAY WATCH, war? ranted to go correctly.— Patented in England, France, Belgium, and Holland.— These sound ENGLISH WATCHES, which do not exceed in size and price the ordinary watches now in use, require 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. •• • • ; __ : GAROTTE ATTACKS.— A sirr. ple and effective weapon lias been invented and patented as the ANTI- GAROTTE GLOVE or GAUNTLET, armed with pointed steel blades, and strength- ened to resist any desperate assault. The only weapon capable of instan- taneous application when in the grasp of the garotter. Cheap and port- able. Agents: Mr Wrentmere, 250, Regent- street; Mr Price, 13, Middle- row, Holborn; Messrs Mead and Powell. Railway Arcade, London Bridge TO SPORTSMEN and Others.— MOORE and SON, 136, New Bond- street, London. Established A. D. 1760. From the best shrunk SCOTCH MAUDS, sliooting- coat, waistcoat, andtrousers ( whole suit), £ 3 3s; the best Bedford cord breeches, well shrunk, £ 1 15s; patent woollen cord, £ 1 8s; leather breeches, of the finest quality, £ 3 6s, and second quality, £ 2 15s. Terms: Cash. The only house in London where every kind of garment for hunting, shooting, and ordinary wear, can be obtained in first- rate style, at low prices. Gt REAT ADVANCE in the PRICE of BOOTS _ . and SHOES, but NO ADVANCE at E. MOSES and SON'S.— Leather has doubled in price within a short space of time ; manufac- turers, and the trade generally, have resolved to advance the price of boots and shoes. However circumstances may justify that, it will be found inconvenient at a time when taxes and domestic expenses are greatly augmented. E. Moses and Son have much pleasure in acquaint- ing their friends, patrons, and the public, that they availed themselves of very large purchases in leather, in anticipation of such an advance, and have manufactured a stock of BOOTS aud SHOES, which, for ex- tent and general excellence, has not a parallel; and they now offer the public the benefit of their success, having resolved that there shall be no additional charge for boots and shoes at E. Moses and Son's. From Us 6d— at 14s 6d a very superior article— the SARDINIAN bordered TROWSERS, an excellent woollen fabric, very fashionable patterns, comfortable fit, and first- class workmanship. These are solely invented by E. Moses and Son, and can only be procured at their esta- blishments and West- End Brach. To meet a very extraordinary and in- creasing demand for such an article, at such a very reasonable price, a magnificent stock has been prepared, and is now ready to select from, at E. Moses and Son's. The EMPEROR'S WINTER CAPE, a woollen material, thoroughly waterproof, price 26s. The WYNDHAM WRAPPER, price 18s 6d." The CAMBRIDGE and the CARDIGAN WRAPPERS. The KERTCH JACKET, HOSIERY for ladies and gentlemen— fashion, elegance, and cheapness observed in every article. CAUTION.— E. Moses and Son beg to state that they have no 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. DO YOU WANT a WELL- BUILT PAIR of KICKSEYS ? First rate stuff to stand the saddle, and no mis- take, well up in fork, easy stride, no drag when worn without straps, neat leg, and well shrunk, 28s; tough riding tweeds, & c, any pattern, from 20s; hunting and racing leather ditto at very young prices.— C. BELLERBY, 8, Davies- street, Berkeley- square ( many years with Hammonds). SALMON and TROUT FISHING.— JONES and Co, 111, Jermyn- street, St James's, London, beg to acquaint noble- men and gentlemen they have manufactured a well- seasoned stock of salmon, trout, and spinning RODS; an extensive assortment of salmon, trout, and lake FLIES, made expressly for the Norwegian and all rivers and lakes in the United Kingdom. Improved reels, lines, flexible baits for salmon, trout, and pike always ready. Rods repaired and made to order. Flies dressed to pattern, and sent by post to all parts of the country on the shortest notice and on reasonable terms. s ALMON and TROUT FISHING.— CHARLES rw FAltLOW, manufacturer, 191, Strand, London, invites anglers to inspect his large and varied STOCK of superior seasoned SALMON, TROUT, and SPINNING RODS, salmon, lake, and trout flies, im- proved reels and lines. Artificial baits in every variety. Superior stout salmon and extra fine silkworm gut. Flies dressed to pattern, and sent by post. Rods repaired and made to order. Tackle cases fitted for all parts of the world. New Catalogues forwarded gratis. MESSRS WILKINSON and KIDD, saddlers, 257, Oxford- street, corner of Park- street, London.— Esta- blished 1786. HARNESS.— For SALE, FIVE handsome new silver- plated, ONE- HORSE HARNESS, fitted for brougham, phaeton, cob, dog- cart, or chaise. The above are all good, having been made expressly to order, but are being sold to pay for the making, the gentleman having died who ordered them. Also a pair- horse light second- hand BROUGHAM HARNESS, covered buckles. To be seen at Bryant's, 1, Chapel- plaee, Belgrave- square. B Y SPECIAL APPOINTMENT to her MAJESTY and H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT.— A. DAVIS'S. 83. Strand, cele- brated HUNTING SADDLES, horse and greyhound clothing, horse 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. HARNESS, SADDLES, AND HORSE CLOTH- ING.— DEANE, DRAY, and Co, wholesale and retail saddlers and shippers, 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. BY HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. MAJOR'S REMEDIES for the HORSE, the best and most effectual ever discovered, superseding the burning iron and the torture of the cautery. MAJOR'S BRITISH REMEDY for the cure of ringbone, spavins, splints, and all ossifie deposits in the horse. Price 35s. MAJOR'S SYNOVITIC 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 cure and prevention of breaking down, < se. In bottles, large size, £ 1 Is; small, 10s6deacht MAJOR'S INFLUENZA DRINK, 10s 6d and 17s 6d, MAJOR'S RESTORATIVE DRAUGHTS, 10s 64 and 17s 6a. 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, Charing- cross. LEEMING'S ESSENCE for LAMENESS in HORSES.— This essence eures claps or strains of the back sinews, also slips and strains in the shoulders, stifle, hough, whirlbone, knee, 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 Geor ge Bott, of Nottingham. HORSES.— 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 stuas throughout the world. No horse will gnaw it.— Sold by Messrs Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon- street, London; and by all respectable medicine venders, In pots Is 6d, 2s 9d, and 5s eacn. 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 balls, 8s; three balls. Is 9d. BLOSSOM of WALL- FRUIT TREES.- WORSTED NET to effectually prevent the blossom ef wall- fruit trees from frost, winds, blight, mildew, & c, and the ripe fruit afterwards from wasps and flies ; price 7d per yard, in various widths. All kinds of garden, fishing, and sheep nets on sale cheap. Tanned nets 6s 3d per 100 yards.— R. RICHARDSON. 51, Tonbridge- place, New- road, 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 any distance. Be par- ticular to address at full length— Benjamin Edgington, 2, Duke- street, Southwark ( opposite the Brighton Railway). HUNTING.— PROPERT- S PASTE IS NOW prepared for cleaning leather breeches, gloves, hunting kerseys, cords, drills, & c, 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 lour 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 j 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 of 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. DO YOU WANT LUXURIANT HAIR, WHISKERS, & c ?— COUPELLE'S CRINUTRIAR is guaranteed to produce whiskers, moustacliios, eyebrows, & c, in two or three weeks, strengthen weak hair, prevent its falliEg 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 Conpelle, 69, Castle- street, Oxford- street, Loudon. A eomplete 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 18 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. BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, price Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. per box.— Thirty years ago to speak of a cure for the gout was considered a romance; 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 of the 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, ANEW and IMPORTANT DISCOVERY in the SCIENCE of MEDICINE.— Patent Office Seal of Great Britain.— Diplome d'Ecole de Pliarmacie, Pharmacien de Paris.— Imperial Col- lege of Medicine, Vienna.— TRlESEMAR, Nos. 1, 2, and 3, a lozenge, devoid of taste or smell, can be carried in the waistcoat pocket, as ad- ministered by Valpeau, Lalleman, Roux, Ricord, & c, & c.— Triesmar, No. l, forrelaxafion, spermatorrhoea, 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 where copaivi and cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for. Triesemar, No. 3, is the great continental remedy for syphilis and secondary symptoms, scurvy, s'crofula, and all cutaneous eruptions.— Price lis, or four cases in one for 38s, which saves lis ; and in £ 5 cases, saving £ 112s. To be had in London, of Darby 140, Leadenhall- street ; Hannay, 68, Oxford- street: Prout, 229, Strand; Barclay. Farringdon- street; Butler, 4, Cheapside. s ECRET SORROW! CERTAIN HELP!— Dr 1 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 spermatorrhoea, stricture, syphilis, & c, without the use of 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, Bernere- street, Oxford- street. Lon- don. Consultations daily from 11 till 4, Sundays excepted BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, price 2s 6d, for February, contains :- The Millionaire of Mincing- lane. By Dudley Costello.- Sir Thomas Overbury. By Monkshood.- Napqleon III., Emperor.— The Red Court Farm.- TheWar in Persia.- A Trip to Baktchi- Sarai and the Alma.- Thanatos Athanatos.— James Boswell s Letters.— A Visit to the Grand Sheriff of Mekka.— The Two Bacons.— Mrs Glover. By T. P. Grinsted. , London: Riehard Bentlcy, New Burlington- street. /^ OLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE for February is just published. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. MESSRS WHITTAKER and Co, beg to state that they are NO LONGER the LONDON AGENTS for the sale of LADY LYTTON'S WORK, " Very Successful." Ave Maria- lane, January 24,1857. HARRY HIEOVER'S WORKS. In 2 vols, 8vo, with portrait, price 24s eloth, 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. oiie." — Times. . „ „ . . , By the same author, in fcp 8vo, price os each, The POCKET and the STUD, 5a. The STUD for PRACTICAL MEN, 5s. PRACTICAL HORSEMANSHIP, 5s.; and The HUNT- ING FIELD. 5s. _ , _ . , London: Longman, Brown, Green. Longmans, and Roberts. o RAILWAY LIBRARY.— NEW VOLUMES. In one vol, price 2s, fancy cover, WEN TUDOR. By the author of Whitefriars.'' Also, lately published: Poacher. By Marryat. Is Japhet in Search of a Father. The Ward. By Trollope. IsOd. Tylney Hall. By T. Hood. 2s. Dog Fiend. By Marryat. Is 6d. ScattergoodFamily. ByA. Smith. 2s . On the 14th February- PHANTOM SHIP. By Capt MARRYAT, London : George Routledge and Co, 2 Farringdon- street. Bothwell. By James Grant. 2s. Jacob Faithful. By Marryat. Is6d. My Cousin Nicholas. By the author of" Ingoldsby Legend." Is. 6d. LuckisEvery thing. By Maxwell. 2s. M PARLOUR LIBRARY.— Vol 156, for February, price Is 6d. Y AUNT PONTYPOOL. By G. P. R, JAMES. Also, by the same author, in this series. Richelieu. 2s. De L'Orme. Is6d. Stepmother. Is 6d. Eva St. Clair. Is. Darnley. Is 6d. Agincourt. Is 6d. Forest Days. Is 6d. Castelneau. Is. Attila. Is 6d. Heide berg. Is 6d. False Heir. Is6d. Russell. Is 6d. Margaret Graham. Is. Forgery. Is 6d. Delaware. Is 63, Rose d'Albret. Is 6d. Charles Tyrrell. Is. Henry of Guise. Is 6d. King's Highway. Is 6d. Beauchamp. Is 6d. Henry Masterton. Is 6d. John Marston Hall. Is 6d. Castle of Ehrenstein. Is6d. Gentleman of Old School. Is 6d. London: Thomas Hodgson. 13, Paternoster- row. CORRECTED TO THE DAY OF PUBLICATION. HARDWICKE'S SHILLING PEERAGE, SHILLING BARONETAGE ( now ready), SHILLING KNIGHT- AGE, and SHILLING HOUSE of COMMONS ( ready in February), con- tain Biographical Notices of the Birth, Succession, Marriage, and Family Connections of each personage; the Patronage at his disposal; the Offices and Appointments which he has held; his Address in Town and Country ; and other useful information. Being compiled from authentic sources, these manuals have already obtained the highest character for accuracy. Hardwicke, Duke- street, Piccadilly, and all booksellers. New Edition enlarged, price £ 3, THE FOXHUNTER'S ATLAS.— This valuajle help to the fexhunter has been corrected to the latest date, and contains the maps wfth the list of the meets of 28 of the most fashion- able hunts, so that any one a stranger to the country may readily find the fixture of the day. The distance of each fixture to the nearest towns is also given. The railways are laid down on the map. Pittman, Warwick- square ; Fores, Piccadilly ; Ackerman, Regent- street ; and S. Merry, Upper Parade, Leamington. MESSIAH, 2S, or 4s ; Creation, 2s, or 3s ; Judas Maceabssus, 2s, or 4s ; Israel in Egypt, 2s, or 4s ; Samson, 2s, or 4s. The 3s and 4s editions are bound in scarlet cloth. Dettingeu 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; octavo size. Please ask for Novello's Centenary Edition, printed on stout paper. AIBO, 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, eloth, 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 ( E. C.). o Just published, price Is, post free Is 4d, N tbe CURE of FISTULiE, Piles, Prolapsus, & c„ without the operatien of the knife; with illustrative cases, By S. J. VAN BUTCHELL, Surgeon- Accoucheur. Being an abridg- ment of the author's work entitled " Facts and Observations,"& c.— " The great surgical skill and attention of Mr Van Butchell to certain complaints of a most painful nature are well known."— Bell's Messenger, Direct from the author, 27, Baker- street, Portman- square, London. PAUL PRY, No. 17, for February 1st, just out. One Penny. Parts 1,23, price 6d each ( by post 2d each extra). Now ready, Julia Grey, part II, price Gd( by post two stamps extra(. Just published, the Paul Pry Songster, price 2d ( free by post Id extra), containing upwards of 50 new and original comic satirical, facetious, funny, and side- splitting songs, written expressly for this work by the most popular authors.— London : R. Martin, 183, Fleet street. 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, Ac, forwarded for two postage stamps. Henry Smith, 5, Holywell- street, Strand. "\ TO medicine for the cure of asthma, consumption, jJX and coughs, was ever attended with such speedy and unfailing success as Dr LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. To singers and public speakers they are invaluable for clearing and strengthening the voice. They have a pleasant taste. Price Is ljd, 2s 9d, and lis per box. Sold by all medicine vendors^ mHE LANCET, on Dr DE JONGH'S Light A 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, and 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 throngh 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; eapsulcd 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. 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 Spermatorrhoea, with observations on a safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the gene- rative. system, obtained by the use of the microscope, in detecting, by urinary exammation, the cause and effect of every variety of complaint, 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, and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on these disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M. D., 37, Bedford- square, Honorary 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, 28, Paternoster- row; and may be had of Home, 19, Leicester- square; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall- street; or from the author, who may oe consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from 5 till 8, at his residence, 87, Bedford- square. 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, 23, Paternoster- row; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford- street; and Gor- don, 146, Leadenliall^ 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 imsaluable. Price lis per bottle, or four quantities in one for 33s, which saves Us. 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. It » action is purely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price 11 s and 33s per bottle, also a saving of Us. 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, 229, Strand. DR HORACE GOSS'S RESTORATIVE BALM^ sold only at his establishment, 55, Great Queen- street, Lincoln's Inn, London, is the great European remedy for spermatorrhoea, restoring the system to perfect health aid manly vigour; and for the cure of aS eyphylitic, gonorrheal, or mercurial diseases, Sold in bottleB at Us each. THE HARRIS TESTIMONIAL.— A MEETING j will be held on Wednesday afternoon, February 4, at 3 o'clock, at the Duke of Clarence, corner of the London- road, Southwark, to I receive the Report of the Committee, and to adopt such measures as may be deemed expedient to bring the subscription to a speedy close. A further list of subscriptions will be published in a few days. By order of the Committee, H. BARNES, Secretary. TO CORRESPONDENTS. OHARPE'S NEW COMIC SONGSTER, 2s. 6d; O Labern's Comic Songster, 2e 6d; the most popular collection of choice soRgs, ancient and modern. Also, Coal Hole Songster, in Is partB, or four for Ss 6d, handsomely bound; Cyder Cellar Songster, 2s6dj Cre- morae Comic Song Book, is now ready, at 2s fid. A new catalogue of books, prints, tales, & c, sent free for two stamps. Stamps taken as cash. — N. B. Edward Dyer, 24, Princes- street, Leicester- square. CARLISLE'S MANUAL of FREEMASONRY, three parts in one, only 5s. The Cupid Songster, and a great variety of choice and funny French prints and books, to be had of Mr James Turner, of No. 50, Holywell- street, Strand. Country cousins, send for a list of books anil plates, which will be forwarded per post for 2d, and which will make you laugh and grow fat. University men and students, this is your emporium. AS a MEDICINE long highly esteemed for its curative powers in cases of indigestion, sick headache, nervous- ness, and affections of the liver and bowels, COCKLE'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS cannot be too strongly recommended, having stood the test of gublie opinion for upwards of half a century. Prapared only by James ockle, surgeon, 18, New Ormond- street, and may be had of all medicine vendors, in boxes at Is lid, 2s 9d, 4s 6d. and lis. FOR the BENEFIT of SUFFERING HUMANITY.— A retired gentleman having cured himself of indigestion and nervous debility, accompanied with deafness and defect of sight, after suffering upwards of' 25 years, thinks it his duty to make the remedy known for the benefit of the afflicted. He will, therefore, forward the particulars for the cure of the same on receipt of a stamped envelope, properly directed. Address Rev J. Johnstone, No. 1, Park- terrace, Heavitree, Exeter. No more pills, nor any other medioine, for indigestion ( dyspepsia), ir- regularity of the intestines, constipation, flatulency, acidity, palpita- tion of the heart, torpidity of the liver, bilious headaches, nervousness, biliousness, general debility, consumption, despondency, spleen, & c., Price 2d, or 3* 1, post free, 102d Edition of the 1\ TATURAL REGENERATOR of the DIGES- TIVE ORGANS, without pills, purgatives, or medicines of any kind, by a simple, pleasant, and infallible means, adapted to the general reader. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated professor of chemistry, Dr Andrew Ure; Dr Shorland, Dr Harvey, Dr Campbell, Dr Gattiker, Dr Wurzer, Dr Ingram, Lord Stuart de Decies, the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, Major- General Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed.— London: Barry du Barry and Co, 77, Regent- street. Price Is, by post Is 6d. DR 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 Life— 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- verweU, 10, Argyll- place, Regent- street, who may be consulted from 10 till 5 ; evenings, 7 till 9. CURTIS ON MANHOOD- SHILLING EDITION. A MEDICAL ESSAY ON NERVOUS DISEASES. Just published, the 77,080, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope price Is., or sent, post paid, by the author, for 14 stamps, MANHOOD tbe 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, impotency, loss of mental and physical capacity, whetherresultingfromyouthfulabuse. thefolliesofmaturity, the effects of climate, infection, & e, 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 fouiid useful— whether such person hold the relation of a parent, preceptor, or a clergyman."— Sun, Evening Paper. 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In the press, THE TWO YEAR OLDS of 1856, by ECLIPSE. In consequence of the favourable notices given by the public sport- ing press ou the above articles during their publication in the pages of " The Racing Indicator," it has been determined upon to re- issue them in a collected state, revised, and with much additional matter, at the price of Is. May be obtained of John Fredericks, 10, Stamford- street, Blackfriars- road, S, and of all booksellers in town and country. Post free for 14 postage stamps.— The above will be published on or about the 3d of February. MR ALBERT CHESTER ( established 1847) begs respectfully to inform the sporting public throughout the United Kingdom, that the weights being oHt for the Liverpool Steeple Chase and great spring handicaps, his SUBSCRIPTION LIST is NOW OPEN. He is quite confident his information 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 notwith- standing the universally acknowledged excellence of his past informa- tion, he feels sanguine his success the present year will eclipse in its results all that has gone before it. Subscription, one year, £ 1 Is; six months, 10s 6d. Address, Albert Chester, box 20, General Post Office, London. N. B.— The winners of the Liverpool Steeple Chase, Chester Cup, and Derby, are at a capital price for investment. MR JOHN CHESTER CUP. 25 agst R- ogerthorpe 30 Schiedam 38 Vengeance 100 Lady Tatton 100 Alice 20 Leamington 20 -— Mincepie Long price others. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS 4 agst Schiedam. 7 Sydney 10 Lambourne Direct, Mr John Stamford, Ipswic! STAMFORD, Ipswich. DERBY. 20 agst Znyder Zee 20 M. D. Kent Sweet William Blink Bonny Loyola Tournament 20 to 50 others LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. METROPOLITAN, li, with directed envelope enclosed, None but respectable persons need trouble themselves to apply. YOUATT WM. 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MESSRS 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. IVfR J- PALMER, TURF COMMISSIONER.— J_ TJ_ Established 1850— COMMISSIONS executed on all flat races and steeple chases throughout the year; horses backed for places, & c; arrivals, results of races, latest betting, & c, telegraphed upon reasonable terms. Gentlemen in London waited upon at their 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, Lang- acre. MR JAMES BARR, 5, Brown- buildings, St Mary- axe, City, executes COMMISSIONS from 10s to any amount. Derby: 14 to 1 Blink Bonny, 16 to 1 Tournament, 20to 1 Zuyder Zee, 40 to 1 Kent, 30to 1 Sidney, 50 to 1 others.— Chester Cup: 25 to 1 Mincepie, 80 to 1 Rogerthorpe, 33 to 1 Schiedam, 33 to 1 Vengeance, 50 to 100 to 1 others.— Liverpool Steeple Chase: 20 to 1 Minos, 25 to 1 Emigrant, 30 to 1 Black Swan, 33to 1 others.- Two Thousand Guineas: 5 to 1 Schiedam, 6 to 1 Loyola, 10 to 1 Sidney, 12 to 1 Lambourn, 15 to 20 others. Post Office orders payable chief office, as above. List of prices forwarded on receipt ofstamped envelope. MR EDMUND AINSWORTH begs to inform his country friends and the sporting public that his sub- scription list is now open for the season. 10s up to Derby, £ 1 Is for the whole season. Gentlemen becoming subscribers may rely upon receiving any information they require upon racing matters upon the receipt of stamped directed envelopes. Circulars are now ready for Liverpool Steeple Chase, Chester Cup, Northamptonshire Stakes, and Derby. COMMISSIONS executed from 10s upwards, and all moneys remitted the day after the race. Address, 8, Hart- street, Grosvenor- square, London. M ESSRS HEWITT and REID beg to inform their country friends and the sporting public that they are exe- cuting COMMISSIONS oil the Liverpool Steeple Chase— 20 to 1 agst Emigrant, 25 to 1 Teddesley, 30 to 1 Omar Pasha, 30 to 1 Star of the West, 40 to 1 Sandboy, 50 to 1 others; also on the Chester Cup, Derby, and all events throughout the year. Tattersall's odds guaranteed. Post Office orders to be made payable ( chief office), Messrs Hewitt and Reid, 6, Harrison- street, Brunswick- square, London. MR CHARLES THORP, 124, Jermyn- street, London, executes COMMISSIONS to any amount on all the Spring Handicaps, and Derby; 15 to 1 Blink Bonny, 18 to 1 Tournament, 20 to 1 Loyola, 25 to 1 Zuyder Zee, Sidney, M. D., and Colonist; 50 to 1 others. Chester Cup: 20 to 1 Leamington, 25 to 1 Mincepie, 80 to 1 Rogerthorpe, 35 to 1 Schiedam, and 40 to 1 Vengeance, 60 others. Post Office orders made payable at Charing- cross. All moneys ' forwarded the day after the race. MESSRS WALTERS and HARVEY, of 4, Agar- street, Strand, London, transact business to any amount, not less than half asovereign. Persons in town or country sending cash or Post Office orders may rely upon obtaining fair prices. A price list issued daily, a copy of which will be forwarded free, to any person send- ing an addressed envelope, and the prices therein guaranteed till re- turn of post. MR EDWARD BRETT, to bis private sub- scribers and the sporting public:— Begs to acquaint them his sub- scription list for 1857 is now open. Terms: 10s 6d to the Derby, £ 1 Is to end of season. COMMISSIONS executed on all races— to win and for places. Address Box 34, General Post Office, London. Established 1811. N. B. Bookmakers attended to by Electric Telegraph. MESSRS HOWARD AND CLINTON'S SUBSCRIP- tion list is now open, and already handsomely patronized. COM- MISSIONS executed on all the leading events of the season. Terms • end of season, £ 5 5s ; to the Derby, £ 2 2s. Address Messrs H. and C;, post- office, Coventry- street, Soho, Orders payable to Henry Howard, same place. MR EDWARD MESSER, late of 116, High Holborn, can be seen or communicated with on all sporting events, at 6, Cleveland- place, Wyndliam- place, Camberwell, London. Terms up to the Derby, 10s 6d; end of season, £ 1 Is. Gentlemen cor- responding will receive an immediate reply. MR HENRY HAMILTON at HOME dail^ T 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. 118. Upper Seymour- street, Euston- square. DERBY.— JOHN STAMFORD, Ipswich, replies to all inquiries received by letter that have 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. TO BACKERS of HORSES.— JOHN F AIRPLAY, 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, and sound judgment, he is enabled to secure for his friends the best information with respect to all races of importance, particularly on steeple chases and the spring handicaps. COMMISSIONS executed on the principal events throughout the year at 5 per cent on winnings only. Established twenty years. Address ( b/ letter only) to W. L„ No. 61, Wardour- street, Soho, and all communications punctually attended to. Moneys forwarded the day after the race".- Post Office orders payable Coventry- street, Haymarket. HENRY BARRATT HAS RESUMED BUSINESS for the season. Fair p( ioes ab. out anything for the Spring Handi- caps, Two Thousand Guineas, or Derby may be obtained. Money covered if required. The odds booked only with good men, and windings paid day after race, • Adiress, 128, Long- acre, ANSWERS. TURF. G M— A. wins: he was five years old. Snowdrop We are sick of the question ; No. Bin— Yes. W F S B— A race torse. Vertitas— You really must suppose that we know everything, to ask such a question. X X— The horse in question is as much entitled to start as Mares- chal is. Vedette— It was evidently a mis- take : the horse is by Bryan O'Lynn. The Messrs T. are most honourable people. Hamblett— Tory boy came in first, but the judge ( the late Mr Lock- wood) not seeing him, placed ano- ther horse first, and Toryboy eecondl This was not the only outrageous decision of the official in question. W F— In 1851. W H— Our answer was correct. Wm. Murrell— No. R. Norris, Oxford— Anything else in a small way ? Blink Bonny—^ We cannot answer such questions. C C- Yes. Alpha, Oxford— Yes. Sine- road— 1852. Halliwell— The fast day was on the 26th of April, 1854, between the first and eec « nd days of York Spring Meeting, in Virago's year. J H— Apply to her owner. F. H. Cooke— £ 5,000; before he ran for the Doncaster Cup. Veritas— You really must calculate for yourself, we have too much to attend to. F. Limmer— A mile and a half. H M— We believe he is at T. Daw- son's. at Middleham. C S— We know nothing of the horse named Darkie. STEEPLE CHASING, Steeple Chase Jockeys Being about to publish our annual list of steeple chase jockeys, we shall feel obhgedfor their lowest, riding weights this season, andaddresses. John Sheffield— You must mention the exact year. W. Johnson— It is pronounced as spelt— Bourton. Nil Conscire Sibi— 1: Mr T. Abbott. 2: T. Cunningham. HUNTING. W. S. Meers— We do not insert second- hand accounts of runs; they may prove acceptable else- where. COURSING. M B— You will find all the infor- mationyou require in " Tliaeker's Courser's Annual." J G— Be stands tor blue. A Yokel—" Thacker" is the only recognised authority on coursing. A Worcestershire Courser— 1: The bet is off. 2: No bet. Mocking Bird— If you write to Mr R. A. Welsh, the compiler of " Thacker," at 53, Brunswick- road, Liverpool, he will no doubt forward you the information you require, SKITTLES. Bowl— In different places, the va- rious forms of the game receive l different names ; we take skittles to be a general name for all of 1 them. Four corners is played j with four pins only; all the others, such as nine pins, knock-' em- downs, and skittles ( properly so called, and at which the ball is played on to the ground first), with nine. DOMINOES. Red Cow— No. Aldcroft— Neither. J A— It is a drawn game. Joseph Hodsoti Lord Campbell has decided it to be legal: there- fore play on, and let the police do their worst. G. Cooley— A drawn game. PEDESTRIANISM. Potter— By Wantling, of Derby. J. Callighan— Landon and Wood ran 120 yards at Bellevue. J T— Whitehead ( alias Clark) beat Grundy by four yards. Jackson— F. had no power to de- clare the bet off, and must pay. John Moody— We really don't un- derstand your question. A Novice— Yes. Jackson— Put the ques'ion to the referee. RING. A D— Tom Sayers stands about 5ft Sin. H P, Southsea— Hayes and Jones fought twice. D E F— His name is Cleghorn. Aaron Jones was born in 1829. H 8- Yes. W. Stone— Walker and Lane fought Feb 15,1818. Falstaff— Bendigo's first fight in the P. R. was July 21, 1835, with Caunt. Glossop— Deaf Burke. R. B. Porter— Tom Spring died in Aug, 1851; he was born m 1795. Dutfield See " Fights for the Championship." T. Barker Harry Broome and Tiercy fought for £ 50 a side. P Y— It is in our possesion. J. Bushell— No; it was the other way. Edward B— 1: About 5ft6in. 2: Sst 101b. 3: He fought at list. T C M— Tom Cribb died May 11, 1818. J B Z— list. W. Gaskin— May 19,1851. Thos. Bowman— Cleghorn. C. Potter— Apply to Fred Broome, Albion, Warblington - street, Portsmouth. Baroness— We do not know him by- sight. Simon Finighty, if he intends fighting Dobson, should write to the address given by the latter in our last. C. Bolton—" Fistiana" is not yet out. J. Page— No. Englishman Dan Donnelly was never champion ot England, nor had he by his performances any pretensions to the title. We can- not answer such a long string of questions at a time. the momentary ebullition, or else it argues a tendency to rapid placability, which » peaks volumes for goodness of disposition. It was this earnest energy0f character which, no doubt tended to the early and uniform success of Mr Aldersos m any mental labour. As a boy he was distinguished at school- as a youth and young man he won distinctions at college. On joining the legal profession he soon acquired the reputa- tion of being an able special pleader, and by virtue of that reputation his success on the northern circuit was established. When Mr Brougham had obtained in reality, though not in form, the leadership of that circuit ( for every one knows how long and unjustly a silk gown was denied to him), Mr Alder- son was the junior moat trusted to serve under such a dis- tinguished leader, and in the celebrated case of the alleged libel on the Durham clergy, these were the two gentlemen selected for the defence of the inculpated editor. The speech for that defence was so splendid that it has already taken its place among the foren- sic classics of England, and the less remarkable, though hardly less useful labours of the junior, Mr Alderson, will not speedily be forgotten. Such an association in legal contests was sure to lead to early promotion; and in 1830, or 19 years from the date of his call to the bar, Mr Alderson was raised to the bench. His conduct there now forms part of the legal history of the country; sometimes unpopular from principles which he laid down as authoritative, often popular from his vigorous and unhesitating condemnation of anything that was mean or false or base, but always re- spected for his frankness and sincerity, and admired for his talent. B. Castle— There are so many of : X Y Z- Yes, three. the name it is impossible to an- swer your question. The particulars of Mr Bowyer's meeting is an advertisement. A Wiltshire Yokel— It will be on the Downs, if the weather per- mits its coming off, TROTTING. W. Bliss— In America, but not in England; 18 miles is the greatest distance done within the hour here. PIGEON SHOOTING. Silver Lioness— It is a lost bird. Peter Tannahill— We do not know what you mean. We do not answer letters by post. T. Coates— No advertisement was sent with the P. O. order. William Fish— The bird must be on the wing when shot at. W, Chamberlain— It is a lost bird. Joseph Pile No letters are re turned. CANINE. T. Owen— It is a dead rat. ANGLING- W Y C— Get Ephemera's " Hand- book of Angling," published by Longman and Co. We do not answer questions by post. CRICKET. W R— The notice of the late cele- brated bowler, W. Clarke, ap- peared in Bell's Life, Nov 9,1856. Thomas Lucas—] f the batsman is off the ground, he is out. W W C— We do not insert single wicket matches, unless of great merit. We have sent a paper. CARDS. WHIST— Charlie- Yes. S B— You lose one point. H W S— They had a right to call. This answers Paix. M. Hunter— John could not claim the game. H K- Yes. E E E— A. loses. E R- No. F G— It makes them 9 to 6. MDS— Two revokes. CRIBBAGE.— Trump— You score simply two for 31. G. Smith— The mistake must be rectified. H. Higley— They oount 20. A Novice— No. P P G— 17. Bridge House— B. can only score two for the pair. LOO.— G. Fletcher— 1 : Yes. 2 : The tricks remain in the pool, Bromsgrove— He is looed, John Manson— Yes. ECARTE.— Toebiter- Two points to both questions. PUT.— A and B— It is only a chalk. Phoenix Inn— It is not usual to shuffle in the middle of a game; you can ouly claim a chalk. Priddle— He can put you, and you must play, or give a chalk. ALL FOURS.— Foresters* Arms- Turning up jack won the game. C B— How can you trump jack? Stone— At all- fives the cards rank the same, high, low, jack, and game. DON PEDRO.— W. Fox- You can trump or follow suit. CHESS. J. H. Foster— Only the first move. RAFFLE. Charles— The one who threw 41 has no claim. Lotteries and raffles are prohibited. L B— The two thirties throw again for first and second. A Y Z— H. L., who paid for the chance, is entitled to it. S. must settle with L. as he best can. GS- B, TOSSING. A B— If the first toss was fair, there is no objection. A B C— W. loses. BOWLS. R W— No particular shape is ne- cessary, nor is there any pre- scribed size ; the dimensions mentioned would answer very well, BILLIARDS. Alpha— The yellow ball remains up, and red plays on the nearest. C R— You are quite right. The im- portant operation of dividing by- two was omitted, which gives 66. MISCELLANEOUS. Legal questions are not answered by us under any circumstances, but are at once consigned to the waste paper basket. An Inquirer— We cannot tell what farmers hi Scotland take agricul- tural pupils. Try an advertise- ment, or study Stephens's " Book ef the Farm," published by Blackwood ana Sons, Edinburgh. X X X— We cannot read your letter. J C- Yes. Rochdale- £ 20. Queen's Head, Kelso— Hablot K. Brown. F C A— Two years' imprisonment, with hard labour. Wisbech— We have not space to publish an account of the corona- tion of King William the Fourth. R H S— When a man loses a bet he must pay it. A. B. Funds- Bets off. Dombey, sen— We cannot give you any inlormation on the subject. J B— You must get a map and count them; we have not time. Deptford— No, but unless he serves his time he cannot get his free- dom, Sam Moore— His name was Elliot, P F— 1: You must ask some Scotch friend as to the pronunciation of of the word " quaigh." It is impossible to write it. 2: No. J B K— Twopence. W H— More acres. Whip the Captain— 1: We have no time to wade through the differ- ent opinions on the subject. 2: They are compelled to give weight, T. Frith— Consult an attorney. W. Howell, Risca— In 1823; we do not recollect by whom. J J— 1: A bitch is a dog. 2: Not necessarily. 4tli, D G— We never heard that it was the case ; but even if it were so, it would be bad economy to send her to a second- rate dog, as it is well known that the taint constantly re- appears in subse- quent litters by otlier dogs. Sarah Peachey must consult a soli- citor. W H M— Yes. C S W- Yes. v W. Cooper— We consider it a bar- gain. J. W. Turner— We still adhere to our decision that the two phrases mean the same thing, ten times longer ( or larger) than one yard would not mean a measure ten times larger than one yard and one yard in addition. Yet with- out the addition the 11 yards would not be made out. R. Lock— Lancashire 2,063,918, Surrey 684,805, Manchester 228,437. T S- No. G D M— £ 16s per annum. M. G. Maile— More than 100. AChertseyite— Get" RuralSports," published by Routledge. Nirarod— It depends entirely on the discretion of the magistrates who have the government of the prison and the Home Secretary. Commercial Hotel, Sheffield Never. Fleece— You must consult " Black- stone's Commentaries." F B, Wisbeach— A man is an ani- mal ; this answers Peter Moss. J M S- No. 787— She carries 104 guns. J. North— Upwards of a ton is more than a ton. Bill and Spider— It all depends whe- ther both understand that a bet is made. W. Robinson— The interdiction of the opium trade. J. Wilson— 1: Never. 2: He is a Queen's Counsel. E J P— It means that he is over 70 years. A B A— In September, 1829. W. Scott— There are two in Eng- land. Canada— You are liable to income tax. J S— We cannot help you; visit the places with your barometer. A B, Oxford— B. wins. F. Johnson— Lord G. Bentinck died Sept, 1848. J W— We do not answer legal questions. Beuford— No. Blue Bell— War was declared. E S B— If an article is ticketed you may demand it; a shopkeeper is not bound to prove that an CastleWellan— B. wins. . .„, „„.,., . „ Red Ball- On A. making a miss, it | S ^ etionarv nowtrP * s an immediate div sum. . discretionary power. is division. V. Cust Apply to Charles's billiard rooms, near the pit en- trance of the Lyceum. G. Collins— We believe it amounts to about 6s. An attorney will tell you a remedy for the over- charge. Winckley Club— Yellow pays red the ball on which he plays. DRAUGHTS. Echo— 1: The strict rule is that the man must remain on that square. 2 : " Anderson on Draughts." There is an edition of Sturges, by G. Walkef, pub- lished by Sherwood and Gilbert, Paternoster- row. W F L B— It must remain. THEATRICAL. Mirglip— No. A. Pocock— We do not know. Mia Calder— Write to the Editor of " Punch." Cambrian— 340 feet. Dalston— It was a mistake. It should have been the present Earl of Ripon, not the present Lord Goderich. B. France— It is pronounced as spelt. W. J. Baker- No. F K P— We do not recollect the exact date. T. Smith— Constat your geography. Card— A. wins. Young Elgie— There are two Lord Mayors, viz, London and York. The respective heights are— York 198, Durham 216, Salisbury 404, St Paul's 340. H P— It took place June 22,1836. F W— They would be liable. 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. Bell's % ift tit ILoniioit. LONDON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1. MR BARON ALDERSON. Another vacancy has just occurred on the judicial bench> But a short time since and Mr Baron Alderson was the active spirit of the Court of Exchequer, seizing with mar" vellous rapidity oa the facts of any particular case, keenly estimating their bearings, and skilfully applying to them the rules and doctrines of the law; and now he is dead. The instances of Lord Tenterden, Lord Chief Justice Jervis, and Mr Justice Talfourd present themselves to the mind as those in which there was even a more rapid descent from acth e judicial life to the tomb, but in the first two there had long been symptoms of the approach of the final catastrophe, while in the case of Mr Baron Alderson there had been nothing till within a few days of death to warn the world that there would soon be an end of his labours, or even that there was any necessity for him to seek repose from them. The learned baren was a person of an acute and earnestly active mind. He could hardly play with a subject for more I than a few moments— discussions to him were realities, and he threw himself into them with a vigour which sometimes made those around him anything but comfortable. We are inclined to think that this, which often appeared to be the j result of a masterless temper, was in truth only the effect of an uncontrolled energy, for it was a universal opinion among the members of the bar that however angry or excited the [ learned baron might appear at the moment to be, he was very , shortly afterwards on perfectly good terms with the object of j his previous displeasure, and that he never bore malice. This J could hardly hare been $ rue £ ad ill- temper been fhe cause of TRUTH IN REPORTING PUBLIC MEETINGS. The question has now been presented to the public whe- ther we are to have true reports of public meetings or not. Lord Campbell and the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench have, in the case of Davison v Duncan and another, answered that question in the negative. We think that they have so answered it without due consideration, and cannot believe that they felt any satisfaction in giving such an answer. The noble and learned lord who presides in the court is himself the author of an act of Parliament which, proceeding on an exactly opposite principle, expressly pro- vides " That on the trial of any indictment or information for a defamatory libel, the defendant having pleaded such plea as hereinafter mentioned, the truth of the matters may be inquired into, but shall not amount to a defence unless it it was for the public benefit that the said matters charged were published." It is true that the words of this the sixth section of the noble lord's act will not include the case of an action, for they are di- rected only to cases of indictments and informations. But the principle must be the same in one as in another. It surely cannot be pretended that a man shall be enabled to escape from liability to fine and imprisonment, when, under the very ^ ame circumstances, he is not to be allowed to escape from liability to damages. For be it remembered that, as at present construed, this section is confined to cases where an individual institutes a prosecution to punish a man who has libelled him, but does not extend to cases where the Attorney- General prosecutes in respect of what is called a public libel— that is, a defamatory attack upon the Go- vernment. So that Lord Campbell, who, in effect, says, " You shall not justify yourself in action where no malice whatever is charged against you, but where your libellous publication was made in the fair and impartial discharge of a public duty, by which the public were really benefited," says at the same time, " You shall justify yourself in an in dictment, though malice may well be inferred against you, where your libellous publication was issued on your own knowledge alone, if yeu can prove that what you did was done for the public benefit." The distinction between the two cases is not so great as to prepare people for the great difference in their results. The case in which the Count of Queen's Bench has pro- nounced this judgment was one in which an action was brought against the proprietor of the Durham County Advertiser for the publication of a report of a meeting of the " Hartlepool Improvement Commissioners." At that meeting a discus- sion took place, in which some assertions were made by some of the speakers respecting a Mr Davison. Those as- sertions were reported among the rest of the observations of the speakers. Mr Davison conceived himself to be injured, and brought his action, not against the speakers who had uttered the slander, if slander it was, but against the news- paper which had reported it, and which would have reported, with equal fidelity, anything which any one at the same meeting had been minded to say in his favour. To the plaintiff's declaration the defendants pleaded that the said meeting of the said Hartlepool Improvement Com- missioners in the said libel mentioned was held as therein stated, and the same was a public meeting of the commis- sioners, acting under the powers of the West Hartlepool Improvement Act, 1854, and was held for the purpose of putting that act into execution. It then alleged in substance that the article complained of was a just, true, faithful, cor- rect, and accurate report of the proceedings which took place at the said meeting, and that there was no malice on the defendants' part in printing or publishing the same. To this plea the plaintiff demurred, and thus raised the question afterwards decided by the court. Now, though that ques- tion appears only to be whether, under the circumstances of the case, the defendants were justified in publishing this re- port, it really amounts to this : whether any newspaper can justify itself for publishing a fair and impartial re- port of any proceedings whatever, except they happen to occur in a court of justice ? The sacredness of a court is recognised by the courts. What there occurs may be safely given to the world, if it is fairly given to the world; but what occurs elsewhere— no matter how important are its bearings, no matter how many interests are affected by it— must not be reported except under the fear of an action for libel to be brought, not against the utterer of any matter that may possibly be defamatory, but against him who gives it to the public. Is there any common sense in this dis- tinction? Let us see. A court of justice decides upon by- gone facts, and thus indirectly lays down rules for future conduct. A public meeting discusses acts while in the pro- gress of performance, nay, sometimes only just projected. In many cases courts of justice can only inflict punish- ment for past offences, or afford a sort of redress for past wrongs; while in many cases of public meetings the wrong is only half committed, or not committed at all, and the public meeting acts by prevention ; which, as the old proverb truly says, is better than cure. But says the Court of Queen's Bench, if in applying this principle of pre- vention any body finds reason to think that his character has been injured, the protection which is given to the remedy of cure shall not be given to the principle of prevention. Sup- pose such a doctrine had been established in the days of the Hudson management of tho Eastern Counties line, would the facts which were finally established by legal evidence in courts of justice ever have come to light ? Would the body of shareholders, who depend for their true information on the reports in newspapers, have known anything of those matters which, when known, made them arouse themselves from one end of the country to the other, until a bad management was gotten rid of and another established in its room? Farther ; if the doctrine that such reports are to make the newspaper pro- prietors liable to actions, how is it to be expected that those gentlemen will incur the risk of printing those preliminary discussions, which are, as it were, the first inquest meetings on particular public subjects, and without which sufficient information would never be obtained to enable any body of men to determine the course . they ought to pursue ? Surely if ever there was a subject that was to be deemed public, it must be one relating to proceedings by a board of commissioners, appointed under an act of Parliament, for the improvement of a large and largely increasing com- mercial town. Yet these commissioners are to be treated as if they were a mere set of private gossips, and what they say and do in discharge of the duty imposed on them by an act of the Legislature is to have no more weight attached to it than if they were merely a set of private gentlemen dis- cussing the merits of A. and Z. over their evening grog at a respectable tavern. Why this is the Stockdale v. Hansard doctrine over again, a doctrine which the profession no less than the public repudiated at the time, and against which, the instant that the opportunity arrived, the Legislature affixed the seal of its condemnation. If the law is so inconsistent as this decision represents it to be, if a subject matter of public interest, discussed in public, by persons authorised by act of Parliament to discuss and decide it, is to be treated like the idle gessip of mere private persons, the Legislature must again interfere. There will not otherwise be one instance in which the conduct of a public functionary is discussed at a public meeting but he will try to suppress the discussion, and to render it abortive, by the threat of an action against those who by openly and fairly publishing it, give all parties the means of knowing the truth, and afford the public the best chance of the honest administration of their affairs. TEE NEW COMMON- SERGEANT. The City has redeemed itself from the imputations which at one time were freely, and not without some show of reason, cast upon it. The place of Recorder has been given to a fit man,, though he is not, and is not likely to be, in Parliament. And now another fit man is elected to the office of Common- Sergeant. It is true that the latter is in Parliament, but the votes of the electors could hardly have been influenced by that circumstance, since his two nearest rivals are both candidate for seats in Parliament, and one of them is very likely to be returned. Being willing to be- lieve the best, we will assume that the election was intended to fall on the most worthy, and that the citizens have be- come sensible of the fact that the way to defend the con- tinuance of their privileges is to show that they exercise those privileges honestly, and with a view to the public good. The election of Mr Thomas Chambers is one in- stance of this kind, as that of Mr Gurney to the office of Recorder is another. The new Common- Sergeant is a man of ability and knowledge, and his past career gives good promise for the future. COUBT THEATRICALS.— On Wednesday, the third dramatic performance took place at Windsor Castle. The pieces selected upon this occasion were a drama in two acts ( from tbe French of Messrs Melesville and C. Duveyrier), by Mr J. R. Planche, en- titled " Secret Service," and a burletta, in two acts, by Mr Geo. Dance, entitled " Hush Money," and the parts were filled ac- cording to the following programme:—" Secret Service"— Pouchy ( Minister of Police during the Consulate of Bonaparte), Mr W. Farren ; Desaunais ( his principal secretary), Mr C. Selby; Michel Perrin ( a curate), Mr Prank Mathews; Jules de Crussac, Mr G. Murray; Bernard, Mr Villiers ; First Clerk, Mr G. Everett; Second Clerk, Mr Raymond ; First Gendarme, Mr H. Mellon ; Porter, Mr Terry; Messenger, Mr Bush: Therese, Miss Heath. " Hush Money"— Mr Jasper Touchwood ( a sensa- tive gentleman), Mr F. Robson ; Sauggle ( a retired tradesman), . Mr Addison; Charles White, ( his nephew), Mr G. Murray; Stock ( a Chelsea pensioner), Mr G. Cooke ; B 37 ( a policemari), Mr H. Dan vers); Tom Tiller ( a waterman), Mr J. Rogers; Lydia ( daughter to Snuggle), Miss Marston ; Mrs Crab, Mrs Stevens ; Sally ( a laundress— daughter to Stock), Mrs Alfred Wigan. OFFICIAL APPOIJRT. VEXIS. - The Lord Chancellor has ap- pointed Mr C. D, Bevan, of the Middle Temple, to be judge oj the county court of Cornwall, iu the room of Mr G. G. Kekewich, deceased. The Rev Sydney Turner, of the Philanthropic School, at Red Hill, has been appointed Inspector of Prisons for service-"^ connected with the reformatories for juyenite offenders, BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, FEBRUARY 1, 1857. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. The Princess Lieven, so long a personage notable as the intriguer by whose means Russian interests were promoted at Paris in political and fashionable circles, died on Tuesday evening, from an attack of inflammation on the chest. The Revue Paris has been suspended lor one month, on account of an article which appeared in it against the King of Prussia. This without trial! The Pays state3 that the Russian authorities in Bessarabia have been ordered to quit Bolgrad on the 1st of February. For some time past, certain journals which occupy them- selves especially with financial and industrial operations, have published, under the head of " Answers to Corre- spondents," a number of recommendations addressed to per- sons who had consulted them by letter. These replies, drawn up in enigmatical form, ran something in this way :— " M. R., Marseilles : Your idea is good— buy." " M. A. G., Caen : If we were in your place we should hold the and sell the ." " K. P., Louviers : We believe in a rise," & c. These answers will not longer be permitted except by letter, the journals in question having been interdicted by the Post Office authorities from publishing such corre- spondence. The Daily News and the Sun were seized on Tuesday. The Monileur publishes the annual report of the Minister of Justice on the criminal convictions of 1855, throughout France. It appears, therefore, that the higher offences have decreased in 1855 by 13 per cent, or more than an eighth, as compared with 1854, and the minor offences ( dtflits soumis au tribunaux correct ionnels) are less by 8 per cent. Among the causes of this gratifying fact, M Abbattucci reckons—" Firstly, the high solicitude of your Majesty that hesitated at no sacrifice to secure work everywhere to those who sought it; secondly, to increased private charity ; and, lastly, to the grateful people, who refrained from those de- plorable attempts to prevent the free transport of grain, which have hitherto marked seasons of high price and scarcity of food." The Debats has some touching and sensible remarks in a leading article on the letter of Sergeant Race, read in the Court of Queen's Bench, in the recent case of Race v the Matron of the Sailors' Female Orphan Asylum, in which the whole of that remarkable letter is given in a French translation. The appeal of Verger for a reversal of sentence, or a new trial, has been rejected by the Court of Cassation. The Governor of the Bank of France has declared that there is no project for the augmentation of the capital of the Bank. BELGIUM. The Belgian Chamber of Representatives has been for several days occupied with the discussion of a bill proposed by the Government to change the mode of composing the juries which confer academic degrees. Many amendments and sub- amendments were brought forward. M Henri de Brouckere proposed to continue for three years longer the present system, which empowers the Government to form the juries in question of professors selected from those of the universities of the State and of the free universities, with a president not belonging to the body of professors, and selected by the Government. The Minister of the Interior opposed the amendment, declaring that the maintenance of the status quo would not allow sufficient moral liberty to the Government. In the end, the amendment of M de Brouckere was adopted by 51 votes to 38. The Government has just presented to the Chamber a demand for a supple- mentary credit of 770,638f. for the national fetes celebrated on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the accession of King Leopold. The total official expense of the fetes in question is stated to have amounted to l, 070,658f. SPAIN. A decree is published, authorising the Minister for Foreign Affairs to offer to public competition a contract for a steam service between Spain and the Antilles. The steamers are to be four in number, of 1,500 ton9 burden, and 400- horse power. The adjudication takes place on the 14th of Feb. A protectionist association, in opposition to the free- trade association, was about to be established. The Cabinet had resolved not to make deductions from the stipends of the clergy. The Madrid correspondent of the Independance Beige of Brussels writes :—" I read in the Gazette of this day ( the 16th ult) a mandate from the ecclesiastical vicar, citing before his tribunal the priest Angel Herreros deMora, accused of the crime of apostacy, and of the violation of a vow of chastity. The latter accusation amuses those who are aware of certain details, which I abstain from reproducing here. M Mora, some time ago, embraced the Reformed religion, and has since contracted marriage, living at this moment peaceably in France. The vicar gives him ten days to appear. M Mora will do well to disregard the summons, for, although the Inquisition is not yet officially established, he would be imprisoned in a dungeon from which he certainly would not emerge until a popular outbreak occurred. The prisons of the vicariat are quite as horrible and impene- trable as those of the Holy Office, and the civil authority never troubles itself with the fate reserved for the unfortu- nates who chance to incur the hatred of the members of the upper clergy." SWITZERLAND. The Bund publishes an order of the day just issued to the Federal army of Switzerland by General Dufour, and dated from head- quarters at Zurich. After expressing his satisfac- tion at their conduct since they have been called under arms, the general concludes as follows :— " Federal Soldiers: You are on the point of returning to your homes; my sincere good wishes will accompany you thither, and I hope that you will retain a remembrance of your old com- mander, who was ready to share with you all the hazards of war. Enjoy in your families that repose which you have so well merited ; but let your repose be that of all brave men. Never separate yourselves from your arms, and be always ready to take them up and again rush to the frontier if an enemy shoHld ap- proach it. It is thus that you will preserve the esteem which is now felt for you, and secure to our happy Switzerland considera- tion, peace, and prosperity." Galignani contains the following:—" The Prussian Go- vernment, if we may credit the National Gazette of Berlin, has it in contemplation to come to an understanding in a private manner with France on the negotiations for the defi- nite settlement of the Neufchatel affair. It has communi- cated confidentially to the French Government, the rumour goes, the conditions on which the King of Prussia would renounce the sovereignty of that canton. He will reserve to himself the right of property over the domains and chateaux which were not appropriated to public purposes before 1848. It will not be admitted that these shall be the property of the State, and, in fact, since 1848, the Prussian Government'has protested against the sale of a certain part of this property, for which it will demand an indemnity. The renunciation of the sovereignty by the King will not, however, do away with his title of Prince de Neufchatel. Lastly, it would ap- pear that his Majesty is desirous, as was before mentioned, of retaining a protection over several charitable foundations. It is thought that the conferences will take place in the middle of February. ' It is besides positively stated,' adds the National Gazette, ' that the diplomatic relations be- tween Prussia and Switzerland will be speedily resumed, and that France will also become the mediator on this subject.' " This looks like anything but an honest performance of his promise by the King. He will do the Swiss if he can, and thus reserve the means for future annoyances. The settle- ment of the Neufchatel question has caused great dissatis- faction among the youth of Switzerland, and still greater among the young nobles of the Prussian army, who have been disappointed in not been able to show they are soldiers. This patching up of the Swiss affair has been like our peace with Russia, and will lead to many conferences. NAPLES. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF A NEAPOLITAN ARCH- BISHOP.—( By Submarine and British Telegraph).— Naples, January 26 : A priest has attempted to assassinate the Arch- bishop of Matera, while he was giving his benediction to the people. The Archbishop was wounded, and a canon who attempted to protect him was shot dead by the assassin. A letter, dated 12th January, says:— It is the King's birthday; in a happy, contented country, a day of rejoicing ; in this it is a day of apprehension and sorrow. The King has left Naples for Caserta. So sudden and unexpected was the event that not even the royal brothers knew of the King's intentions, and preparations had been made in the palace for the royal dinner. Accompanied by a strong body of cavalry, he left the city, not by the ordinary route. It has been said that attempts were made to blow up the castle of Carmine ; that a quantity of old iron and balls had been sent to the Pietrarsa to be fused, and that counter orders had arrived, in consequence of a suspicion that there were some live bombs amongst them. Then, again, it is added that smoke was seen to issue from a portion of the palace near the arsenal, and men arrested under sus- picious circumstances ; that one morning the soldiers and employes fled from the place where they working, stating as their belief that, instead of pitch, certain barrels were filled with powder. The same report says that his Majesty went into the arsenal, and endeavoured to calm the fears of the men, asking what his| people wanted, and if he was their father. Within the palace the following precautions have been taken :— A double line of iron gates has been ordered ; the gates are to be kept closed ; sentinels have been posted in parts of the palace where they were never placed before; in some parts, as on terraces, for instance, open gratings have been removed, and iron doors substi- tuted. The under parts of the palace and of San Carlo have since been searched, as also the conduits in the Strada Toledo, by an engineer called Erriquez, formerly secretary of Mazza. In front of the palace, which was a favourite resort of the idle and the curious, people have been driven away by the sentinels. General del Re, on Friday or Satur- day, sent for the inspector of the gas, and gave orders that the gas should be turned off from the palace and the two royal theatres, the corridors of which were lighted with gas. The grand theatre of San Carlo, which on the night of the 12th was usually brilliantly lighted, has been ordered to be closed for three nights. Such is the state of things in Naples; a reign of terror has been established, and the Two Sicilies are now more than ever governed by a ruthless police. Within the last month 173 persons had been arrested for political suspicion, when on Friday and Saturday nights the city was swept by Gendarmes. On Friday night ( the 9th) no leas than fifteen places of public resort were entered and arrests made. The cafe of the Colonna d'Oro, at the corner of the Yico Carminello, in the Toledo, was surrounded about eight o'clock in the evening by 38 Gendarmes and others of the police, who, under the directionof the Commissary Condo, effected many arrests. The same thing was done in a billiard- room in the Strada Nardonis. Later in the even ing another visit was paid to the Colonna d'Oro, and the shop was shut, and a placard placed upon it with this inscrip- tion—" By order of the police." Similar arrests were made in the cafe of the Testa d'Oro in the Toledo, though it was not closed; in two cafes in the Corpo di Napoli ; at two others in the Strada Tribunali, which remained closed. The same thing took place in some barbers' shops in the Porto, in a drinking shop in the Carita, and in some wine- cellars. Wherever there were groups of persons they were imme- diately dispersed by the police. On the night of the 10th the same rigorous investigations took place, and carriages filled with persons under arrest were seen coming down the Toledo. On the Friday 340 persons were arrested. Those who were employes, or persons attached to the court, were, some few of them, liberated on the following morning under an express obligation never more to frequent cafes. The Prefettura, S. Maria Apparente, the Vicaria, and Castle St Elmo, all have their prisoners. The times are worse than those of Mazza; never has such violence been resorted to, and every one asks his neighbour how is it to terminate ? Without foreign intervention, be assured that this country will go from worse to worse— it will become a den of wild beasts; it has not the means of regeneration within itself; and, in the interest of both king and people, the best thing that could be done would be to put it under foreign con- trol. As to any approximation between the Sovereign and his people, there is no hope or possibility of it. In order to give the semblance of a justification to these ex- cesses, the most absurd reports have been put about, that Mazzini had been in Naples, and had had an interview in the Cafe Europa with a British officer; that the Liberals were contemplating some movement on the 12th; that mines were in the course of preparation beneath the Palace and the Toledo, so that in every public office a certain degree of terror was introduced. As regards the design attributed to the bursting of the bombs at Pietrarsa, it has been explained in this way. During the late war, some Neapolitan steamers had been taken for carrying provisions to the Crimea. On returning, rather than leave in ballast, they brought back a quantity of shells. These were sent to be melted down. As one, however, showed strong indications of being dangerous, general alarm was spread, and the whole have been sent to Capua to be emptied. In singular juxta- position with the actual state of things is a notice in the official journal of Thursday night:—" To gratify, in the shortest possible time the ardour and the impatience with which all eagerly desire the publication of the addresses presented to the royal throne respecting the precious safety of our august monarch, we begin from this day, instead of the text, to insert the names, & c., & c. . . . They will always be preserved as proofs of the tender affection with which the population has fulfilled this so memorable homage." The Bishop of Trani is said to have been poisoned. Minis- calchi, the Minister of Police at Palermo, is also said to have been shot in the streets, but confirmation of the report is waited for by the next steamer. There are some who con- nect the sudden departure of the King with news of an mportant character received from as yet an unknown cha- racter. A proof of the retrogradist tendencies of this Government is to be found in a decree of the 5 th of January, 1857, reversing that of the 30th of June, 1837, by which it was forbidden even to ecclesiastics to be buried in churches ; the prohibition is now withdrawn, and churchmen and the proprietors of private chapels may now be buried within the precincts of the sacred buildings, to the injury of the public health, but to the benefit of the coffers of the church ! The decree of 1837 reduced the profits of ecclesiastics. They are now restored, and doubtless prayers will be offered up with great ardour for the prevervation of the life of the royal benefactor. We have mentioned above the flight of the King from the celebration of his birthday on the 12th. Yet the leading article in the official journal of the 18th commences as fol- lows :—" The hereditary fidelity to the crown of the Bour- bons, the love of the subjects towards the august person of our adorable monarch, have proved themselves to be always the same in celebrating this most happy birthday, after having during the last few weeks given the most splendid proofs of an unanimity and an ardour of which there are very rare instances in the civil records of nations In all which obsequious manifestations of love towards our adored father and sovereign we recognise in the most solemn man- ner a constancy of fidelity, a purity of sentiment, a power of gratitude— in one word, the most resplendent and sublime triumph of the devotion and unshaken attachment of the Neapolitan people— good and virtuous family, model of fidelity to the nations, which points with pride to its august head, the mirror ( specchio) of princes." That is enough to show how the censorship of the press exists in Naples. Compare with this article the cold allusions made to the sal- vation of 25 Neapolitans by the brave crew of the Malacca, and recollect that even that coid allusion was not made till after it had been demanded as an answer to the scandalous re- ports that the Malacca had blown up the Neapolitan frigate. It is the old tale of the Bourbons' tyranny, lying, and in- gratitude. On the night after the news reached Messina that an attempt was made on the King's life, the theatre was filled as usual; but on the following night only seven persons were in the parterre, whilst the boxes were full of military. The consul of France illuminated, and his win- dows were broken during the night. Amongst some of the police it is reported that a general rising is anticipated in Sicily, and that therefore unusual severities are practised in Naples. Mr. Owen, the United States Minister, has sent for a vessel of war from Spezzia. The order was sent in conse- quence of an application from some of the resident mer- chants, citizens of the United States. The English think that, instead of withdrawing the Malacca from the port, even for a day's cruise, she requires to be strengthened. The pretended amnesty to political prisoners turns out to be this:— The King has concluded a convention with the Argentine Republic for the reception of his political pri- soners, who may consent to be exiled thither. The offer has been made to Poerio, but he has declined to go. The Paris Presse has the following letter, dated 21st Jan, showing the alarming state of Naples:—" The theatres are closed; most of the cafes and hotels, more than half of the printing- offices, and the greater part of the libraries are also closed. The Custom House is nearly deserted. Judge of the state in which we are. The letter- boxes are shut, and every person wishing to post a letter must deliver it person- ally into the hands of a clerk. Since the explosion of the powder magazine and the arrest of Milano, more than 500 persons have been arrested, and of these certainly not more than 100 have been released." AUSTRIA. The Vienna correspondent of the Daily News writes thus: By way of showing what the feeling of the military world in Austria is, I send you a short quotation from the work of an Austrian officer, entitled Statistical Views of the Military Power of Austria. At page 163, he winds up a peroration as follows :—" The double eagle of the Russians has ex- panded her proud wings beside our own, and were they united they would destroy the hydra of revolution. Grati- tude is not an empty sound, and why should we deny that we are grateful to the Russians ? In the Austrian army the signal bravery of the French warriors has always been es- teemed. French military science and talents are always prized. Sympathy with the French army does therefore exist, and cannot be denied; but the Austrian soldier serves an Emperor who reigns by the grace of God, and hence there is a constant haze, as it were, to dim, and eventually to blot out, any short- lived sympathy of that sort that may occasionally attract the two armieB to each other. Whilst it lasts, however, the Austrians would not be unwilling to fight in a common cause with such gallant allies as the French, their esteem being mutual. But with the French the English are conjoined; and for the latter not sympathy but antipathy, a kind of burning hatred, prevails; nor will any one gainsay this assertion who feels with us bow deeply the Government of England has insulted the nation, how deeply the people of England have wounded the honour of our army. And yet we should of course fight even by their side, if the Emperor so willed it ; but to live with them, or share a crust of bread with them, or eat salt with them— never !" This work has very recently issued from the press by order of the Minister of War, or at least with his tacit assent, so that England may understand what sympathy she awakens in the ranks of the Austrian army. This talk of " gratitude" to Russia accords ill with the fol- lowing paragraph. Austrian official newspapers thus account for what has occasioned the discontent of the Croats :— " The Russians have always exhibited great sympathy for the Southern Sclavonic populations; and that the Russian Government endeavours in every way to win them over to its policy, is notorious. For some time past many Russians have been observed in Croatia and Sclavonia, in Servia and Bosnia; and the Cabinet of Vienna has even been informed that a very active correspondence has been going on between St Petersburg and the nobles of Agram. Several disagreeable occurrences had compelled our ministers to maintain the strictest vigilence, and the mutinous spirit lately displayed by the Croats against our system of government is solely to be attributed to the Russian intrigues." The Austrian Post Office authorities knew very well that the bad copper money which Austria had brought into Wal- lachia would not pass. A few days ago this base money was officially declared to be of no value; but many small shop- keepers, and the poorer classes in general, have been sad sufferers. The Sublime Porte was willing to purchase it by weight, and offered ten piastres for one oka of the copper coinage here. The Austrians thereupon made an offer of two piastres more. But an oka weight contains an amount of coins nominally worth forty- four piastres; so that the Austrian authorities at home have evidently made a good thing of it. But what must be the condition of a state that endeavours to improve its revenues by swindling the subjects of a neighbouring state with debased copper money ? The Post Gazette of Franfort, in a letter from Vienna of 21st ult, says that the Emperor of Austria has given up his intention of going into Hungary next summer, and that it is expected he will visit in turn several of the European courts. TURKEY. General Chesney has signed the contract for the Euphrates railway with the Sublime Porte, and the general was at the same time assured that the Government would concede to him the line as far as Bassora. The Government assures 6 per cent on the first £ 1,400,000. Mr Wilkins has received the following despatch concerning the establishment of a new bank:—" We ( the parties concerned) recognise all the conditions that Mr Wilkins has stipulated with the Sublime Porte." Tho Pays says:—" The latest news from the Danubian provinces announces that, pursuant to orders received from St Petersburg, the Russian authorities are to quit Bolgrad on the 1st of February, and that they will proceed to Kichenefi, the capital of Bessarabia. The only Russian functionary who will remain in Bolgrad is the Secretary of Intendance charged to deliver up the town officially * to the Moldavian authorities." The Government has published the firman convoking the Divan ad hoc, which is to represent the wishes of the popu- lation of Wallachia upon the definitive political organisation of that principality. It is directed to Alexander Ghica, the Cainaacan; and it prescribes that all boyards and sons of boyards, thirty years of age, possessing 100 falshes of land, shall assemble and elect in each district two deputies to the Divan, who must be owners of 300 falshes of land. The other proprietors, possessing not less than ten falshes of land, shall choose in each district five electors, who are to elect one deputy to the Divan. The peasants of each commune are to choose two delegates, who will meet together in each district and appoint electors, by whom a deputy to the Divan will be elected j and these district deputies of the peasants will be paid a compensation for their journey, and their stay at Bucharest. Four city members will be elected by the capital, and two, or one, by the other towns. The candidates must be 30 years old, natives or legally naturalised, and not subject to any foreign protection. Town deputies must either possess houses of a certain value, or be members of a liberal profession, mer- chants having a patent of the third class, members of academies or literary and scientific institutions recognised by the State, or delegates of the different corporations. The electoral lists will be made out immediately. The bishops and superiors of convents, and deputies chosen by the clergy of each district, will be members of the Divan, over which the metropolitan is to preside. The firman says, in cosclu- sion, that " in its desire to accelerate the moment when the province shall be in possession of a definitive organisa- tion, the Sublime Porte expects of the Divan that it will have terminated its labours in the sp3ce of six months, and that, penetrated by the sentiment of its duty of fidelity, it will not fail to restrict its discussions within suitable limits, and thus spare us the displeasure of having to devise means to protect against all attaint our august rights of sovereignty." The firman issued for Moldavia is similar to the above. The Russians have evacuated the Isle of Serpents. The English squadron ha3 left the Black Sea, and returned to the Bosphorus. The disorders in Lebanon have been put down. The letters brought from Constantinople by the Caire are extremely interesting. The grand dinner mentioned in our last accounts, which was to be given at the residence of Res- chid Pasha to the members of the conference appointed to examine the firman for convoking the Divans ad hoc, took place on the 13th. There were present Ethem Pasha, Min- ister of Foreign Affairs ; Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, English Ambassador; Baron de Prokesch d'Osten, Austrian Internuncio ; M Thouvenel, French Ambassador ; General de Wildenbruck, Prussian Minister ; M de Boutenieff, Rus- sian Minister ; and General Durando, Sardinian Minister. There were also invited the members of the special commission for the reorganisation of the affairs of the Prin- cipalities, composed of Savfer Effendi, for Turkey ; Baron Roller, for Austria; Baron de Talleyrand- Perigord, for France; Sir H. Bulwer, for England; Baron de Riche- hafen, for Prussia ; M Basili, for Russia ; and the Cheva- lier Bensi, for Sardinia. Previously to the banquet, the firman ( the wording of which had been fully agreed to at the previous conferences) was read over, an operation which occupied an hour. During this sitting some little difference is said to have arisen between Lord Stratford de Redcliffe and Sir H. Bulwer, but the affair was put an end to by the intervention of the Grand Vizier. CIRCASSIA. The Circassians have divided their forces into three corps. The first, the army of Abchasia; the second, of Lesghistan; the third, of Kabarda. Their forces are very considerable, and have alarmed the Russians, compelling them to concen- trate their troops on the banks of the Kur. THE UNITED STATES. In the Senate, on the 9th ult, a bill was introduced asking for power to make contracts with the Telegraph Company, establishing communications between Newfoundland and Ireland. On the 9th ult, the House of Representatives at Washington was engaged in a spirited discussion relative to an editorial article published by the New York Daily Times of January 6th ( which was read at the clerk's table), charging members of Congress and lobby agents with corruption in connection with the Minnesota Land Bill, and stating that evidence could be produced to prove the allegation beyond a doubt. Mr Kelsey, of New York, moved for the appoint- ment of a committee of five to investigate the matter, and report to the house accordingly. Amid much confusion and excitement, Mr Paine, of N. C., said that he knew that a proposition to influence votes had been made by members of the house, though he declined to mention names; that it was attempted to influence his ( Mr Paine's) vote on the Minnesota Bill; that 1,500 dollars were offered, and that if a committee were appointed he was ready to come forward and give evidence. Messrs A. K. Marshall, of Kentucky; Phelps, of Mobile; Campbell, of Ohio; Grow, of Pennsyl- vania ; Brooks, of South Carolina ; Walker, of Alabama, took part in the discussion. Mr Benton, of Indiana, a member of the committee on public lands, and to whom the Minnesota Bill was specially intrusted, repudiated the alle- gation as without foundation, so far as he knew. Mr Sneed, of Tennessee, corroborated Mr Paine's statement, stating that Mr Paine informed him ( Mr Sneed), on the 23d of December, of a bribe being offered him. AUSTRALIA. News has been received from Australia to Oct 31. The financial position of the colony was never in a more healthy state. The banks were doing a large and steady business. Shares generally were at a premium. The land in culti- vation was equal to 143,000 acres, and a bounteous harvest was expected. The yield of wheat was 27 bushels per acre, of potatoes six tons. The imports of goods were large, but a brisk demand was looked for. A correct census was to be taken in December. On the 29th of October, 27,543 ounces of gold were entered at the Customs for the Heather Bell to London. Sugar was scarce, and in demand. The prices of gold ranged from 73s 3d to 77s 6d, according to its origin, Balarat taking the lead. Nuggets are reported of 71b weight, 134 ounces, & c. In Tasmania the Fingal gold fields continued to engage attention, and the quartz was believed to be very rich. Respecting the yield of gold, the Melbourne Herald says, in its summary, that the receipts by escort had manifested a falling off in quantity on the third quarter of the year, as compared with the returns for the corresponding three months of 1855, amounting to 3,561 ounces. This decrease, however, is accounted for by the long continuance of wet weather and the unsettled condition of the mining popu- lation, caused by the " rushes," as they are called, to new auriferous districts. THE RECENT OUTRAGES ON BOARD THE AMERICAN SHIP JAMES L. BOGART.— The second mate, Campbell, was again brought up on Thursday afternoon before the Birkenhead magistrates, charged with unlawfully shooting at the crew, composed chiefly of coloured men, some of whom, it will be re- membered, had been kidnapped on board, although they had shipped for the Robin Hood, then lying in the river. A witness named Welsley, a negro, stated that as soon as he went on board the prisoner knocked him down and kicked him on the mouth, and he was afterwards struck, either by the prisoner or the first mate, O'Furber, with slung shot, and was very much in- jured. He also deposed to having seen Campbell shoot Christie, who still remains at the Birkenhead Hospital, though slowly improving. As Christie was still unable to be in attendance, and as the first mate, O'Furber, continues at the Northern Hos- pital, Liverpool, the further hearing of the case was adjourned until Wednesday next. THE COLLINS AND CUNARD STEAMERS.— The tables pub- lished in the New York Herald on the 1st inst, exhibiting " the time occupied in making the eastern and western passages during the past year of the Collins and Cunard lines of the New York and Liverpool steamships" gives the following results :— EASTERN PASSAGES, Collins Steamers, Twenty- six passages. Average time of each passage : 12 days, 8 hours. WESTERN Collins steamers. Twenty- five passages. Ave- rage time of each passage : 12 days, 16 hours, SO minutes. Cunard Steamers. ( New York Branch.) Twenty- two passages. Ave- rage time of each passage : 11 days, 3 hours, and 1 minute. PASSAGES. Cunard Steamers. ( New York Branch.) Twenty- five passages. Ave- rage time of each passage : 11 . days, 22 hours. When the Collins steamers were first brought into competition with the Cunarders the latter were comparatively small, being about 1,800 tons burdens, while the former were over 3,000 tons. Experience proves that a greater speed can be got from a large steamship than from a small one, other things being equal. Latterly, however, there has been a nearer approach to equality in size, the new ships built for the Cunard line being larger than the old ones. At one time the Collins steamers were run at full speed, whereby great loss was sustained by the owners. There was extra consumption of coal, and, consequently, less room for freight than there ought to have been, and the wear and tear of the machinery were far above anything like a fair average. The Collins Company, there- fore, made little or no proflt, while the Cunard Company, by pursuing a more business- like ceurse, was able to make satisfac- tory dividends. An Admiralty regulation prescribed the pres- sure of steam to be allowed in the British vessels, but the Ame- rican vessels were wholly unrestrained in that particular. The great object of the captains of the Collins steamers was to beat the British, especially on the voyages from Liverpool to New York. The national vanity was excited, and Mr Collins and his associates every now and then appeared before Congress for an addition to the amount which the Government had agreed to pay him for the carriage of the mails. The principal ground for this application was that the ships had been built of a larger size than the British in order to beat them. It was assumed that the national honour was involved in the contest, and as the ships were larger and more costly than they should have been, having regard to mere mercantile considerations, the represen tatives of the nation were called upon to " foot the bill," which was a pretty large one, the rate of charge being about double that allowed by the British Government to the Cunard Company. Congress has paid up for a long time, but is now getting tired of it. The result is, that the artificial stimulus being withdrawn, the Collins steamers are now run with more regard to economy and safety; they are consequently finding their true level, and their actual inferiority to the British can no longer be doubted. — New York European. FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY IN HER MAJESTY'S 40TH REGIMENT.— We have received Melbourne papers to the 31st of October, and we regret that on this occasion the prominent topic is not the gold or the advancing prosperity of the colony, but an incident which has occurred in her Majesty's 40th Regiment. The cir- cumstances of the tragedy are these:— His Excellency the Acting- Governor held the usual half- yearly inspection of the troops in garrison yesterday at the Prince's- bridge Barracks, when the 40th Regiment was paraded and went through various evolutions. The inspection being over, the officers retired to their quarters, and Ensign Pennefather, with others, engaged in familiar and friendly conversation. Shortly afterwards, be- tween twelve and one o'clock, Ensign Pennefather rushed out of his room with a six- barreled revolver in his hand, and meetiag, just as he got outside of the house, Ensign Keith, he presented the pistol and fired at him. The ball passed through Ensign Keith's cheek, and came out at the back of the neck. At this time Dr M'Cauley was seated in an arm- chair on the grass, in front of his quarters, reading. In consequence of the acci- dent which he met with a few weeks since by falling from the gallery upon the vestibule of the Theatre Royal, the doctor was an invalid, and his crutch lay by his side. After firing at Ensign Keith, Pennefather ran to where Dr M'Cauley was sitting, and, placing the pistol on the doctor's mouth, he fired, and the ball passed out at the back of his neck. Pennefather then looked round as if anxious to find some one else to shoot, when Ensign Lucas ran forward to wrest the pistol from him. On seeing him approach, Pennefather fired, and shot him in the jaw. With a maniacal" Ha, ha 1" the wretched man then placed the pistol to his own head and| fired, the ball entering his right temple. Such, as near as we can learn, are the brief but shocking incidents of this distressing affair. Dr M'Cauley is dead. Several persons ran to him immediately after he was shot; he was still sitting in his chair, but life was extinct. Ensign Lucas is severely and Ensign Keith danger- ously wounded, but both are expected to recover. Of Ensign Pennefather there is no hope. By making incisions the ball and piece of the skull have been removed, but the injuries are Of too serious a nature to allow of a belief that the unfortunate cause of the tragedy can survive. The commission of so fright- ful an act can only be attributed to a fit of insanity. For the j last three weeks Ensign Pennefather had been on the sick list, and it was generally believed that his mind was affected. Only a few days since Dr M'Cauley is reported to have said to Penne- father, in a half- joking way, that if he didn't mend he should have to send him to the Yarra Bend. Whether the frenzy was provoked by any temporary cause we have not been able to as- certain, but, in the absence of any such, the fit was probably owing to the sudden change in the weather and the excitement of the review. As might be anticipated, the wretched maniac has since died; and an inquest has been held on the bodies of Dr M'Cauley and Ensign Pennefather. The evidence was con- clusive as to the insanity of tha poor young man. THE WAR WITH PERSIA. THE CAPTURE OF BUSHIRE. Copies of the official despatches from Major- General Stalker, C. B., and Admiral Sir H. Leek, have been received, but, owing to their length, we are unable to give them insertion. The fol- lowing summary from _ the BombarfTimes, however, will give our readers a clearer idea of the important events described in the despatches :— SUMMARY.— We have no longer reason to complain of want of tidings of interest to our English readers, nor, so far as the pro- gress of the Persian war can secure attention, are our columns likely to fail to command it for some time to come— engaged now as we are in a Central Asian war, not unlikely before its con- clusion to extend its flames to Europe. That the matter may be rendered more intelligible to those who have lost sight of the earlier chapters of the story, we may commence our narrative with the announcement, little as it was then understood of what was impending, made by the President of the Board of Control at the close of his harangue on incuan affairs in the House of Commons, on the 21st of July, Mr Vernen Smith then stated that for two years Persia had shown an intention to march upon Herat— that the Affghans could at any time drive them out, but that there was a mutual agreement with England forbidding that city to be occupied, as the advance was a direct violation of treaty which would not be submitted to, and England, if they remained, would be compelled to drive them out. The intima- tion which passed unheeded at home was followed by an order which must then have been prepared and subscribed, and which reached Bombay on the 22d of August, to prepare an exoedition to the Gulf; and arrangements were accordingly set about without loss of time, to have the wishes of the home authorities carried into effect. Herat is a city in Cen- tral Asia, about six hundred miles from the British frontier on a high table laud four thousand feet above the level of the sea. It is said to contain a population of about 50,000. It formerly formed a portion of the Affghan empire. For half a century it has been an independent principality, leaningin turns to the side of Persia and of Affghanistan, as caprice or interest seemed to dictate, to its barbarian chiefs. In 1838, when the British statesmen were afflicted with one of those periodic panics on the subject of the supposed Russian approach to India, which seemed from time to time to overwhelm them, Herat was in- vested by a Persian army sent for the purpose of assisting the prince against the minister, and to enforce a treaty with Persia which had just been violated, and England immediately stepped in to its relief. The Heratees were found able, under the com- mand of Major Eldred Pottinger, to relieve themselves of the presence of their invaders, and the conduct to us of the chief, whom we had desired to succour, was so treacherous and dis- graceful as to convince us for a time how little cause we had to concern ourselves with Persian affairs— a conviction not arrived at, unfortunately, until we had become fairly involved in the in- sanity of the Affghan war. The proclamation of Lord Ellen- borough of the 1st of October, 1842, seemed to have afforded a guarantee against our again interfering in Affghan and Persian politics at all; and, accordingly, they were left alone for the space of ten years, when the terrible lessons history had read us in 18- 11 became forgotten. In 1853 a treaty was negotiated betwixt her Majesty's Government and the Shah, by which the latter bound himself to avoid interfering in the affairs of Herat, and to forbear despatch- ing troops in that direction, unless on the approach of an enemy from Affgkanistan. In the beginning of 1855 rumours spread of Russian movements or intrigues iu Central Asia ; Persia it was said being once more to be employed as a cat's- paw, the first step threatened being the seizure of Herat. The pretence in this case was the restoration of the sons of Khan Ran Shah, who had been pushed by the usurper Yar Mahomed from their father's throne, The usurper, so well known to us twenty years ago, himself was dead, and the son who succeeded him was a helpless imbecile, sunk in drunkenness and debauchery, such as even Asia abhors. Alarmed at these things, our old victim and enemy, Dost Mahomed, applied to the Governor General to be taken into favour, and accordingly a treaty was entered into with Pesliawur, by which we bound ourselves from interfering with his dominions, or sending a Resident to his capital. The British and Affghans were thenceforth to be bound in terms of amity, so that the enemies of the one were to be regarded as ene- mies by the other. We came under no obligation to render any substantial assistance, but a verbal promise, to which the paper makes no allusion, is said to have been given to the effect that we should not permit the Persians to occupy or to retain Herat on any pretence whatever. In November, 1855, a quarrel took place betwixt the British Ambassador and the Court of Teheran, when Mr Murray withdrew from Persia altogether, and took up his residence at Mossoul, in Turkish Arabia • and in the next month the Teheran official Gazette announced the intention of the Shah to be to despatch a force to Herat, on the plea that Dost Mahomed had, at the instigation of the Bri- tish Government, established himself at Candaharwith the purpose of moving on the Persian frontier. The Persian army appears to have occupied ten months in reaching its destination, or compassing the ends of its mission, and it was not till October or November last that the city fell into their hands, apparently through the complicity of its own people. The British Govern- ment had from the first stoutly remonstrated against the con- duct of the Shah, but appears to have been unheeded. As already stated, the despatch from home followed immediately on the back of Mr Smith's announcement; it reached Bombay on the 22d of August, and a week afterwards transport accommo- dation for 5,000 lighting men, with about as many more camp followers, and 1,200 horses, began to be taken up. On the 18th of October a notification was issued by Government that instruc- tions had been received from home to prepare and hold in readi- ness an expeditionary field force of about 5,000 for foreign ser- vice beyond sea; and that this was to be embodied from the 20th, under the command of Major- General Foster Stalker. The Bombay portion quitted the Presidency on the 18th November, the steamers taking the transports in tow, and reached the Gulf about the 20th. By the 24th the whole fleet had rendez- voused off Kislim, a volcanic island, fifty miles Kn [ length and thirty across, belonging to the Imaum of Muscat, lust within the strait opening from the sea of Oman into the gulf. On the 26th the whole fleet got under weigh, proceeding in three divi- sions towards the place of destination. On the 1st of December a heavy storm arose, which compelled many of the transports to be cast off, pushing on under sail, as they could best manage, and it is not till the 6th that a sufficient number of ships made their appearance off Bushire to warrant the commenc- ment of hostilities. The Persians seem never to have dreamt of our being really in earnest in our threats to attack them, and their apprehensions were first excited on the 29th of November, when the Feroze steamer, with a couple of transports in tow, with the Falkland corvette, hove in sight off Bushire. The Go vernor the following day applied to the Resideut, Captain Jones, to inquire on what errand they had come, but this officer was now on his way on board, and delayed his answer till the 3d, when he stated that his political connection with Persia had ceased, and that the commanders of the expedition would them- selves afford the information desired. The island of Karrak, held by us from 1839 to 1841, had on the 4th been taken pos- session of aud converted into a military depdt. On the 6th the fleet moved down from opposite Bushire to Hallila Bay, where a body of three or four hundred of the enemy making their appear- ance, they were dispersed by shells from the gun- boats. The troops were now permitted to disembark without any molesta- tion. There being no carriage cattle, they were without tents or baggage of any decription, three days' rations havingbeen carried with them in havresacks. Forty- eight hours were required to get the whole body on shore and in motioH, when on the morning of the 9th they commenced their march northwards by the line of the coast, the ships of war, led by the admiral, keeping abreast of them, and as near the land as the dentil of water permitted. By noon the old Portuguese Fort of Reshire began to be ap proached. The position was naturally a strong one, the walls were good, aud protected by a dry ditch 40 feet deep. In front was a heavy redoubt, scarped on the side next the sea, and the other two were strong and well protected. The Assaye was un- able to approach within 1,700 yards of the place, but at this distance the shells were so effective that the bulk of the enemy fled, leaving 800 who had been driven back by our advancing columns within the work, and who seemed determined to fight it out to the last. The garrison on our approach had at first sallied out, and at one time nearly obtained possession of a gun. The vanguard, which had pushed too much ahead, were com- pelled to make a rapid countermarch. Our troops seemed anxi- ous to make a dash, aud unfortunately charged at the bayonet's point, sacrificing valuable lives that might have been spared had the shelling been continued. Brigadier Stopford fell leading on the 64th, shot through the heart, and pierced by many wounds; while Lieutenants Utterson and Warren, of the 20th, were killed by his side; Captain Wood, dangerously wounded ; and about 50 men were killed or wounded. The enemy were without artillery, but defended themselves stoutly with their match- locks ; when driven to flight, they were charged down upon by the 3d Cavalry, and were fearfully mauled. Here Colonel Malet fell, shot through the heart by a wounded Arab, whom he had just ordered to be spared. Here the troops bivouacked for the night on the bare ground and under the open sky. Captain Jones was now deputed into the town with a flag of truce, in a small steamer carrying the summons of surrender and the terms offered the garrison. The non- combatants and women had permission to withdraw. Private property of all descrip- tions was to be protected, the fullest toleration in matters of religion secured, the garrison to be suffered to march out with all the honours of war. The Governor was allowed till dawn the following day to give an answer to the terms proposed, but the flag of truce was fired on; and after waiting for some time on the assumption that this might possibly have occurred from mistake, the envoy returned, his mission unaccomplished. An apology was almost immediately afterwards sent by the Gover- nor on board the fleet, and the declaration of war of the Governor- General and the letter of terms proposed were transmitted by the messenger. Meanwhile General Stalker intimated to the admiral his intention of advancing with all his troops on Bushire the following morning ( 10th December), and the fleet was imme- diately disposed in order of battle— first dismantling the enemy's newly erected earthworks, and then moving with a view of breaching the south wall of the town. The tide was favourable, and so eager was every one to close in, that every ship was laid aground at high water, and daybreak found them all ready to open on the fort. A second flag of truce, begging for twenty- four hours' further delay, now made its appearance. The request was at once refused; and at eight the signal to engage was hoisted, and a storm of shot and shell at once poured in. The redoubt south of the town, where the enemy had assembled in force to resist our troops, was the chief object of attention, and, not- withstanding the enormous distance, it was speedily cleared, the defenders retiring within the walls. As this work com- manded the walls, much importance was attached to it by both parties, and General Stalker was advancing upon it when it was abandoned just as his line was being formed. Though their small guns were useless, the courage and perseverance with which the larger ones were worked surpassed all expectation, and the Semiramis, Feroze, Victoria, and Falkland were repeat- edly struck both in hull and rigging. Strange to tell, not a man was hurt. By noon the batteries were all silenced, and the troops were preparing for the assault, when the flag- staff was struck down in token of submission. The Governor and his staff immediately came out and surrendered themselves; the garrison, from one thousand five hundred to two thou- sand in number, laid down their arms ; and at four o'clock the British flag was hoisted over the town, the troops appointed to garrison it having marched in at sunset. A large proportion of the Persian army had fled as we ap- proached— numbers were drowned in attempting to escape. About 3,000 in all were said to have perished. Sixty- five guns, many of them brass, most of them in good condition, and some of them of large calibre, with vast quantities of warlike stores and small arms, fell into our hands. Unless at Reshire, not a single mishap of any kind occurred in capturing the maritime capital and securing the whole sea- board of Persia. The fight shown was by a warlike tribe of Arabs. Active operations having thus for a time been brought to a close, the army pre- pared to encamp and throw up strong field works and entrench- ments iust under the walls of the town, The prisoners, after being disarmed, were conveyed some way into the interior, and then liberated. The Governor and other men of distinction have been brought to Bombay by the admiral, who returned in the Assaye. The transports meanwhile are being recalled to prepare for the embarkation of a second army at least five times the size of that already in the field. The Shah appearing deaf to reason, and apparently under the guidance of the coun sels of St Petersburg, it was resolved that an army of 25,000 men should be got in readiness from the three Presidencies— of these, 5,000 is about the amount Bombay can afford, and the 78th Highlanders, the 14th Dragoons, and Jacob's Scinde Horse, amounting on close to 3,000 in all, are already under orders, leaving Scinde in a great measure denuded of protection against the mountain tribes which infest her frontiers. General Sir James Outram, Resident at Lucknow, who had for eight months been in England on sick leave, was appointed by the Ministry to the supreme political charge of our affairs in the Persian Gulf, while the local rank of lieutenant- general was assigned him to enable him to be appointed to military command. The question as to what is proposed to be done next remains a mystery. The principal Persian towns are from 200 to 400 miles from the sea coast, and nearly as much from each other, a wild, barren, and inhospitable country intervening, with a summer of intense heat, the winters cold and excessive, snow covering the high grounds for a couple of months at least, and the mercury occa- sionally falling to near zero. Provisions are searce ; cattle for i transport still more so. Already we are beginning to require to I send ship loads of stores weekly for the use of the force now in the field, and the Commissariat has been ordered to forward I rations for one month immediately, and to get those for other two in readiness. Our only hope of assistance is from Turkish Arabia, by the way of Bussora, Persia being able to yield us nothing. How we shall contrive, in absence or baggage cattle, to send stores for 20,000 men 200 miles into the interior sur- passes our comprehension. Sir John Keene, with his 10,000 lost 50,000 camels in his march through Affghanistan in 1839- 40 besides horses and baggage cattle. How anything like this number is to be provided in Persia, or how fed, if provided, does not appear. So far as fighting is concerned, the Shah has not a stronghold in his dominion which would show a stouter fight than Bushire against a force similar to that which without a casualty captured it in four hours' time. But if Herat, Shiraz, Ispahan, Tebriz— or for that matter Teheran itself were in our hauds, what are we to do with them ? The garrisons placed in them would become isolated, and might be starved out in a month. The country itself is not worth keep- ing if we had it. The Persians have no honour to sustain, and no character to lose, and will be perfectly content to accept the chastisement we are inflicting on them in consideration of the millions on millions sterling worth of good silver money we are expending in their dominions. It is rumoured that a reauisition for troops has been addressed by Admiral Seymour in China to the Governor- General, but there seems little possibility of their being furnished from India. The Governors are at their respec- tive seats of administration. The money market has become much tighter, and the banks have again raised their rates of interest one per cent all round. We have to announce a further decline in the Government securities. Our import market continues steady, and business has been transacted to a fair extent; freights have advanced. LIST OP KILLED AND WOUNDED. Staff: Brigade Staff: Colonel James Stopford, C. B., killed. Artillery: Gunner George Barrett, 3d troop, H. A, flesh wound below right ear; Sergeant Samuel Blopman, 3d troop, H. A, seriously wounded near elbow- joint; Private Butt, 2d company, 2d B. A, slightly wounded on the dorsal of fingers. 3d Regiment Light Cavalry: Lieutenant Colonel Malet, killed; Private Ram Sing, 5th troop, severely, three slug wounds on lumbar region— since dead; Ram Sing, 2d troop, slightly, in right arm; Peera Sing, 2d troop, dangerously, in right hip and shoulder- joint. H. M.' s 64th Regiment: Corporal Michael M'Donald, slightly, left thigh ; Private Arthur Dogherty, mortallv wounded in ab- domeu— since dead; Private Patrick M'Namara, mortally wounded, left thigh— since dead; Private Isaac Sutton, seriously wounded, left arm; Private Patrick Meehan, slightly wounded, right thigh; Private Richard Carthy, slightly wounded, left thigh; Private John M'Donald, slightly wounded, right arm. Second European Regiment Light Infantry: Private Daly, killed; Sergeant James Juckett, severely wounded, left shoulder; Sergeant Thomas Cooway, slightly wounded, right side of neck; Sergeant Henry Hughes, severely wounded, above left knee; Sergeant William Ross, severely wouuded, above left knee; Private Thomas Madden, severely wounded, below left knee, slightly injuring fibula; Private James M'Gill, severely wounded right shoulder, grazing the bone. Rifle Corps: Jemedar Ragojee Morojkur, slightly, right thigh; Private Luximou Sigwan, slightly, left leg, and contusion of shoulder; Private Nug Sawant, slightly, left thigh; Private Badoor Sing, slightly wounded, bend of knee; Hospital Bhee- stee Coondajee, slightly wounded, angle left eye. 20th Regiment, N. I.: Lieutenant Utterson, mortally wounded since dead; Lieutenant Warren, mortally wounded— since dead; Captain Wood, severely wounded; Subedar Major Shaik Mahomed Sheriff, slightly, left leg; Naique Ktind Mather, severely, left thusnb; Private Alia Buckus, severely, left leg- amputated ; Private Gin Comar, severely, fracture of both bones right leg above ankle; Private Chittoo Gundaryar, slightly, left side of forehead; Private Birbull, severely, left arm; Private Devy Load, severely, vicinity of left elbow joint. 2d Belooch Battalion : Naique Inman Bux, killed ; Naique Soomar Khan, killed.— J. MACKENZIE, Superintending Surgeon, Field Force. THE WAR WITH CHINA. The advices from Hong Kong by the last Overland Mail ex- tended to Nov 24. They brought intelligence, it will be remem- bered, of the demolition of the Barrier Forts by the Americans. The present mail brings the news down to the 16th of December. The general summary of the Overland Friend of China, of December 15, is as follows :— The mail packet Norma, with Lon- don dates to the 10th of October, reached Hong Kong on the 1st December— 52 days over all. Wre have no change in the temper of the Chinese Government to report. Yeh, backed by the gentry and people, is as obdurate as ever; he will make no sign; and nothing but the extremest measures can now produce the result desired. Until we have more men, however, little can be effected. Not until the heights, the city, and the suburbs, are entirely under our command— and traversed by our soldiers— will the Cantonese be satisfied of their inability to maintain the unso- ciable position they have so long contended for. A couple more regiments and some field pieces would be sufficient. The only event of importance since the despatch, on the 25th ultimo, via Calcutta, of the record of the ten preceding days, has been the capture and demolition of the French Folly Fort, with a loss on our side of one marine private, who was shot through the body by an iron arrow. The destruc- tion of the fort was most complete; aud the rapidity with which it was performed must have had an astonishing effect on the Chinese mind. In each of seventeen mines a hundred pounds of powder were buried, and at the hour of high noon the whole was exploded— so leaving hardly one stone square upon another. Our gallant brothers in arms, the Americans, have been less successful in their operations on the Barrier Forts— the indis- creet use of a crowbar on a charged mine sending three into eter- nity at once, and wounding half a dozen others who were stand- ing by." Nevertheless they, too, have well performed the work of destruction— if it can be thought well to destroy forts ( the two southernmost especially) that might have been easily held, and would have proved useful. The destruction of a village where a sailor and a marine of ours were waylaid and murdered, and the death of Captain Cowper, R. E., Acting Surveyor- general, Hong Kong, by the fall of a house upon him, are also among the notaoilia of the period. An extra to the Hong Kong Register, of Dec 16, details the destruction of the factories at Canton:—" On Sunday night, the 14th inst, at eleven o'clock, the factories to the west of British Factory were set on fire in six places, and when the steamer Lily left on Monday at four p. m., the destruction was complete, with the exception of two houses facing the American Garden, now or lately in the occupation of Messrs Russell and Co, but as all behind were burning they were expected to go also. The house built at the bottom of Hog- lane for a parsonage was blown up to prevent the flames spreading to the houses in the British Factory— but our informant seemed to doubt if it would be at- tended with success. We have no further particulars. During the conflagration the Dutch Folly Fort was throwing shells ana rockets into the city. No attack was made— the Chinese con- tenting themselves with burning the empty houses, by which their own people will be the greatest sufferers. Since writing the above, we have dates two hours| later— to six p. m. yesterday. By them we learn that the Oriental Bank was at that time in full blaze— the Agra and Mercantile Banks burned down— the Consulate still standing, but expected to go, with all the remain- ing buildings in the Factories. The firo commenced behind the premises of Messrs Dent and Co, and all the houses fronting the American Gardens, except those of Russell and Co and Wetmore and Co, burned; the two last named were saved for the time. We are sorry to learn that the flre has been accompanied with loss of life, Mr O. T. Lane, of the Consulate, having been killed by the blowing up the parsonage, and Dr Winchester, Vice- Con- sul. slightly bruised." The Strait Times and Singapore Journal, of Dec 23, states that its latest advices from Canton mention that " the British were pouring shot and shell into the city, which place, it was expected, would^ be completely destroyed in a few days." A private letter, dated Dec 4th, contains the following :— Yesterday a gloom was cast over the spirits of all residing at Canton by the distressing and fatal accident which befel poor Captain Cowper, R. E. A large beam fell across his back whilst superintending the removal of some houses, injuring his spine so much that he lingered but two hours. His intellectual faculties were perfectly clear to the last moment. He knew he was dying. The Rev Mr Gray was some time with him, and gave that spiritual consolation to the sufferer which good men alone can bestow. The admiral has lost in him a valuable aid and an ener- getic and braveofficer.— Dec 6. TheBarracouta went downtheriver this morning and anchored belowtheMacaoFort. CaptFortescue with Consul Parkes and a party of Marines and Blue Jackets from the steamer landed and proceed to burn the village of Lam- shak- kip, where a Marine from Macao passage Fort was cruelly murdered yesterday; the former, accompanied byja sailor, landed contrary to orders to procure fruit. The Marine was taken and immediately beheaded by some Chinese soldiers who were lying in wait for some days; the head was carried off, and the body discovered by the crew of the Hornet's pinnace in the course of the day; the sailor in endeavouring to escape was drowned. Every house in the village was set on fire. The village was deserted; the people, well knowing their guilt, decamped, lock- ing their doors behind them. The culprits no doubt got the 100 dollars reward for the head of a European. But it will take some hundreds to rebuild the village. Some very plausible stories were related to the consul by a Bonze to the effect that the people were perfectly innocent. A squadron of rebel junks now lies in Whampoa Reach. Governor Yeh is so hard pressed by rebels on one side, and by barbarians on the other, that no doubt he will soon be glad to come to terms with the gallant Commander- in- Chief of the Navy. The China Mail says: " We hear this day of one terrible con- sequence of the present condition of Canton. Yeh, it seems, has been concentrating there all the troops ordinarily distri- buted througft the surrounding country, and some of the dis- tricts from which the garrisonsnave been withdrawn have been consequently overrun by thousands of Hak- kas men. Within the last three weeks the magisterial districts of Sinhwui, Sin- ning, K'ai- p'ing, aud Hoh- shan, have suffered fearfully. Some fifty towns and villages are said to have been sacked and burned; the inhabitants massacred without distinction of age or sex -, and it is computed that some 50,000 people have been turned out of house and home. Many are stated to have reached Ma- cao, and some even this island. Making due allowance for Chi- nese amplification, there appears to be little doubt of the main facts. The acoount, furnished us by a Chinese, is more than usually detailed, so far as the specification of the localities afflicted is concerned. At Hoh- shan, the magistrate was among the slain, and the Hak- kas, styled rebels, of course, were in pos- session of the city. What the title of that body may be, if they have assumed any, is not known." From Hong Kong we learn that the riotous disposition dis- played by the Chinese mob in Hong Kong had caused serious disquiet. Several heavy fines had been imposed under a local nuisance ordinance; and this, in conjunction with a general feeling of discontent against the police, produced an excitement which vented itself by the voluntary closing of all the shops. The excitement, however, would have speedily subsided of itself but for an endeavour on the part of the idle vagabonds, with whom the colony teems, to turn the state of affairs to account; but their schemes were frustrated as much by the moderation of the better classes as by the appearance of the military patrol- ling the streets, and beyond the throwing of a few stones nothing has occurred, while the issue of a proclamation by the Lieute nant- Governor had the effect of calming the minds of the shop- keepers, so that, after a meeting of the principal men, held at the joss- house, the shops were opened and business resumed. Lieutenant- Colonel Caine, the lieutenant- governor of Hong Kong, had issued a proclamation, in which it is notified to the residents of this colony, that her Majesty's Government having reason to believe that the large influx of suspicious cha- racters from the Chinese main which had taken place during the last few weeks, and the seditious and treasonable demon- strations of this date in the streets of this city, had been occa- sioned by the direct agency of secret emissaries from the persons ( Commissioner Yeh arid the Cantonese) carrying on a lawless war against her Majesty's forces in the neighbouring province of Kwang- tung— it was the determination of her Majesty's Go- vernment within the colony of Hong Kong to take instant mea- sures for putting iu force the provisions of the Registration Ordinance No. 7 of 1846; and that solsoon as the said ordinance should be brought into full operation, all unregistered Chinese would be required to depart from the colony. The China Mail complains that the piracies in and around, and especially in the moons or entrances to the harbour, had latterly become more numerous and daring than had ever before been experienced. The " rebels" were running riot, perfectly uninterfered with and uncontrolled by our Government; and Hong Kong was literally in a state of blockade as far as the native traffic was concerned. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. THE ROYAL ARTILLERY.— A general order has been received at Woolwich by the commandant of the garrison, Major- General Sir \\. F. Williams, from the Secretary of the War Department, giving instructions for all officers of the Royal Artillery indis- criminately, who oecupy apartments out of barracks, to make immediate application for . garrison quarters, so as to obviate the necessity of issuing sums hitherto aUovved as " lodging money." The order is confined to the corps ef Royal Artillery. The night patrols of Artillery having been increased by the addition of one hundred pickedmen, under the charge of twelve extra sergeants, a strict watch throughout the most obscure parts of the town and the common is kept up from four o'clock p. m. until six a. m. on the following morning, so as to prevent a continuation of the scandalous outrages which have ben committed there by men ia the uniform of the Royal Artillery. THE RUSSIAN STORES.— Directions have been received at Chatham by Captain Allan, in charge of the stores which were brought home from Kertch by the Turkish Engineer Corps, and deposited on the gun- wharf, to deliver the entire stores, with the exception of the large pontoons, to the Royal Engineers, with the view of their being plaeed in the stores belonging to that corps. Since the articles have been landed at Chatham they have been under the sole charge of Captain Allan, and men have been employed daily in examining and cleaning the various stores, to prevent any serious effects resulting from their ex- posure to the weather. Immediately on the arrival of the order at Chatham for the removal of the stores to the Royal Engineers' Barracks, preparations were made for their delivery to the officers appointed to receive them, and they are now iu course of being removed to the south gun- shed at Prompton Barracks, where they are to be deposited. On opening the casks aud boxes in which the harness, tools, and other articles were deposited in the summer, it was found that they had not suffered in apy degree from the effects of their long exposure in their partially unprotected state, care having been taken to oil and cleanse from damp every article separately before it was deposited in the place assigned to it. The pontoons will remain on the gun- wharf, owing to there being no place large enough to receive them.— A number of Russian and other guns, loaded for action in the Crimea, and brought home in that state, have been ordered to be discharged. These guns, amounting to about 300, and varying in calibre, are being fired at the proof butt in Woolwich Arsenal, averaging from ten to twelve daily. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ROYAL ENGINEERS.— The 23d company of the Royal En- gineers at Chatham, numbering 120 non- commissioned officers and men, have been selected to proceed to the Falkland Islands, where they will be stationed. The officers who will embark with the detachment are Captain A. Clarke, Lieutenant E. D. Malcolm, and Lieutenant G. D. Pritchard, Royal Engineers. ASSAULT ON AN OFFICER.— A very uupleasant occurrence took place on Monday, at Portsmouth. A mau who has only been 195 days in the Royal Marine Artillery corps, and been confined several times for bad conduct, iucurred a debt of 8s. for slops he had " taken up" ; this sum the captain of bis com- pany said should be put against his account on the books of the corps, whereupon the man used an insulting expression, and said he would do no more soldiering until he was paid; this led to a court- ma, rtial on Friday week, which adjudged him to receive fifty lashes OH Monday. On his being taken towards the place of punishment under escort he broke away from his guards and rushed upon Colonel Parke ( the commandant of the corps) as he was stooping to pick up a paper he had dropped, and gave him a tremendous blow in the face, knocking him to the ground and cutting him in the face very severely. The man was speedily overpowered and led to the halberds, where the fifty lashes were inflicted. He will now be tried for striking the Colonel, which will be rather a more serious affair than the flogging. THE NEW SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL.— The removal of the new Seamen's Hospital Caledonia having been necessarily delayed on account of the tides, she was on Monday morning taken in tow by the steamers Monkey and Widgeon, and, having been removed to her moorings at Greenwich, was lashed alongside the Dread- nought, to be eventually secured there. The Dreadnought is ordered to be conveyed to Woolwich at the ensuing spring tide — about fourteen days hence— to be broken up. The Caledonia ( to be named henceforth Dreadnought) is completed, with the exception of the screen- work to form the chapel and a few slight arrangements connected therewith. Mr Macdonald, master- attendant at Woolwich Dockyard, and Mr Mugford, commander of the Commodore's ship Fisgard, are charged with the removal and installation of the Caledonia, and proceeded to Greenwich with a party of riggers on Monday morning for the purpose of laying down the necessary moorings. MOVEMENTS OF SHIPS OF WrAR.— The Imperieuse is ordered to be paid off at Portsmouth, and placed in the second class of the steam fleet in reserve at that port under the superintend- ence of Capt the Hon F. T. Pelham, C. B. Her Majesty's steam troopship Simoom, Commander Cooke, left Portsmouth on Sa- turday week for Queenstown, to embark troops for the Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, and Hong Kong. The paddlewheel steam frigate Retribution, 28, Capt Charles Barker, which ar- rived from Portsmouth on Thursday week, sailed from Plymouth, on Friday week, for Lisbon. The Star, 8, Commander A. Boyle 11855), was paid off at Chatham on Monday afternoon, after being i n commission four years, during which time she has been twice to the south- east coast of America and the Falkland Islands and back, besides being stationed for a considerable period in the Rio de la Plata, where she did duty as the senior officer's ship. During the time she has been in com- mission the crew have been very healthy, and but few deaths occurred on board. Two men were accidentally drowned and one ot the crew was killed by falling from aloft. The Star will be placed in ordinary at Chatham, and, as she is a very old ship, it is not expected that she will be again commissioned. — The Resolute, Arctic vessel, has been entirely stripped at Chatham, and her rigging removed. She is moored off the dockyard, in charge of the warrant officers, and as soon as a place has been assigned her she will be attached to the fleet of vessels lying in ordinary.— The Poictiers, 74, at Chatham, has been towed down to the dockyard for the purpose of being broken up. This vessel was guard- ship of the ordinary at Chat- ham for several years, but is now too old for further service — An Admiralty order has arrived at Sheerness to receive the Pembroke, 60- gun screw steamship ( for Coast Guard service at Leith), for the purpose of her being examined, she having been on shore on her passage round from Devon port to Leith. A court- martial is ordered on board the flagship Waterloo, 120, Captain Lord Frederick Kerr, to try Captain John Fraser, and the officer of the watch at the time the ship took the ground. MOLTEN IRON FOR SHOT.— The scantling of a 36- gun frigate is in progress of construction in Woolwich Marsh, composed of dried timbers which have been already in use, for the purpose of being subjected to sundry experimental applications with Martin's shells filled with liquid iron. The rapidity with which the iron is now liquified ready for filling the shells, by means of a furnace termed a " cupola," containing a solid body of fire kept up by a revolving fan, thereby rendering the use of the crucible unnecessary, tends to Tprove the advantages of molten iron over redhot shot. The arrangements are expected to lie completed and ready for the commencement of the experiments by the middle of February next. APPOINTMENTS.— Cornelius T. A. Noddall has been appointed master to the Victory, flagship at Portsmouth. George S. Hodge, Master in Command, to the Industry; William L. Scarnell, promoted to Master; W. K. Stevens and F. E. Hub- bard, Navel Cadets, to the Indus; A. C. Harris, Navel Cadet, to the Monarch, for disposal; F. O. Powell, Navel Cadet^ to the Satellite; Frederick Burns, Assistant- Paymaster, to the . A. Allen, Assistant- Paymaster in charge, to the Industry. ELECTION OF COMMON SERGEANT.— At the Court of Common Council, on Thursday, the election of a Common Sergeant took place— the candidates for the office being, Mr Locke, Mr Bodkin, Mr T. Chambers, M. P., Sir W. Riddell, M. P., and Mr Pulling. The following is the result of the first poll:— For Mr Locke 48, Mr Bodkin 58, Mr Chambers 91, Sir W. Riddell 77, Mr Pulling 15. Mr Chambers and Sir W. Riddell having the largest num- ber of votes, the Lord Mayor called upon the court to elect one of these gentlemen to the office. After the poll had keen kept open an hour, the numbers were:— For Mr Chambers 102, Sir W. Riddell 89; majority for Mr Chambers 13. TJhe announcement was received with cneers. At the same meeting the salary of the office was fixed at £ l, 5QQ a year. ZETLAND.— FISHER BOAT LOST WITH TEN HANDS.— Another of those sad calamities with which the fishermen of the Zetland islands are so often visited has occurred, viz, the loss of a boat, with not only all her own hands, but five others who were pas- sengers. The boat left Lerwick to return home on the morning of Wednesday, the 14th ult, but never reached her destination, nor have there been any left to tell the tale of her fate. There were, in all, ten men in the boat. Five of these had been fishing in it during the past season, and were carrying home their entire earnings, so that four families have been both bereaved and left totally destitute by this terrible stroke. Five of the men were married, and four, if not five, have left families. Two of the young men were on the eve of marriage, one of them having left his bride elect in Lerwick for a few days, intending to return for her. According to the latest accounts none of the bodies had been found, but some quantity of the goods have since floated ashore.— John o' Groat Journal. ACCIDENT TO A LIVERPOOL FERRY STEAMER.— An accident, which at the time it took place caused general consternation, occurred ou Tuesday evening, on board the ferry steamer Wal- lasey, which plies between Egremont, on the Cheshire side of the Mersey, and the landing- stage. It appears that the Wallasey left Egremont as usual, at seven o'clock, and it is supposed that in crossing the river her bottom came in contact with the anchor of the steamer Fairy, inasmuch as she began to fill immediately. In order to save the lives of those on board, the captain signalled for assistance, when the Tiger ferry- boat, happening to be close to, took off the crew and passengers, save two of the former, who remained on board, but who were afterwards saved in the small boat. The* Wallasey was then steered for the Prince's Dock Basin, which she succeeded in reaching, when she immediately sank. Fortunately, there was no casualty beyond the sinking of the steamer. DEATH OF BARON ALDERSON.— It is with deep regret that we record the death of Sir Edward Hall Alderson, one of the Barons of the Exchequer, which event took place at his town residence, in Park- crescent, on Tuesday afternoon, at a quarter before five o'clock. Since last Sunday morning the learned baron had been sinking, and from that period no hopes were flven by the eminent medical gentlemen of the possibility of is recovery. The deceased was the eldest son of Mr Robert Alderson, a learned member of the bar, and formerly Recorder of Norwich, and was born in 1787, so that he was iu the 70th year of his age. He was educated at Caius College, Cambridge, at which university he highly distinguished himself, and was senior wrangler of his year, and where he took the degree of M. A. in 1812. Baron Alderson was called to the bar in 1811, aud was appointed a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1830, and on his elevation to the bench he received the honour of knighthood. In 1834, a vacancy occurring among the Barons of the Exchequer, Sir E. H. Alderson was selected to fill the vacant post, and he has since then, up to his attack of illness, only three weeks back, ably discharged his judicial duties. A more independent and high- minded lawyer never presided in a court of law, and his demise will be mourned by a numerous circle of professional friends. Baron Alderson married, in 1823, Miss Drewe, youngest daughter of the Rev Edward Drewe, of Broadhembury, Devonshire, by whom he leaves a numerous family. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.— The deaths regis- tered in London, whichinthe two previous weeks had been 1,135 and 1,171, rose| in the week that ended on the 24th ult, to 1,216. In the ten years 1847- 56 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,177. But if the deaths of last week are to be compared with the average, the latter should be raised proportionally to the increase of population, in which case it will become 1,295. Hence it will be seen that although the rate of mortality has been rising lately, it is still below the average. In comparing the results of the last two weeks an in- crease is observed in the deaths of old persons ; for whereas 41 men and women, who had attained the age of 80 years or up- wards, died in the former week, the number last week was 74. In these 74 old persons an unusual number of nonagenarians is found, namely, 14 ; a man and a woman were each 95 years of age, and the two oldest were women who had reached the age of 96 years. In the present, as compared with the previous return, there is an increase in zymotic diseases, and also in diseases of the nervous system and the heart; whilst the numbers referred to pulmonary complaints are almost identical, and deaths by phthisis ( or consumption) decreased from 152 to 135. The in- crease in the class first mentioned arises altogether from hoop- ing- cough and typhus ( which includes common fever), the cases in which the former was fatal having increased from 55 to 67, and those of the latter from 34 to 52. Six children died of hooping- cough in the sub- district of St Margaret, Westminster, and three of these in the same house, viz, 2, Church- court. Three men died of " febris" on the 21st, 22d, and 23d ult respec- tively, iu the workhouse, Mile End New Town. Measles was fatal last week in 26 cases. This complaint appears to have pre- vailed in the Norwood workhouse, as four young children died there from it between the 11th and 17th January. A musician, who resides at 117, Lillington- street, Westminster, has lately lost all his children ( four daughters) from measles. Three persons died of carbuncle. The deaths of five persons are recorded in the present return as caused by intemperance. Last week the births of 904 boys and 885 girls, in all 1,789 children, were regis- tered in London. The Governors of the London Hospital have adopted the new American process for cleansing the vast quantity of linen that establishment has continually in use. The complete purifica- tion which this simple plan insures, is recommending the Float- ing Ball Machine to the earnest notice of the faculty, who have traced, more particularly in poor localities, the origin and per- petuation of a large and fearful catalogue of diseases, either to manifestly dirty clothing or comparatively imperfect washing. It was Judge Halliburton, we believe, who first alluded to this " stain " upon the habits of the English, and it is a Yankee, one Moore, of 133, High Holborn, who has practically produced the antidote. _ „ LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.— TRAFPIC RECEIPTS, — Week ending Jannuary 24,1857, £ 10,978 5s lOd. Number of omnibuses in the possession of the company, 604. Number at work, 570. 4 BELL'S LIFE IN LOME) © ]^ FEBRUARY 1, 1857. BPOETING CHEONICLE. [ TOWN EDITION.] THE TURF. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S. MONDAY, Jan 26.— The Chester Cup transactions placed Leamington unmistakeably at the " head of the poll," and Mincepie, gradually getting out of season, was completely out of favour, owing no doubt to the investments upon her stable companion Rogsrthorpe, who advanced in the course of the day ftuwvRft to 1 ( laid in the City in therry" ' <*> 1 f^ fflrs^ u* The " the Cornci. reS^^ V. i^' Wier horse in any demand for the Eoodee event was Schiedam, who was likewise backed for the " Two Thousand" for all that could be got on, leaving off ( after 600 to 100 each had been taken in one bet about him and Y6dette coupled), with the decided call of Lord Clifden's horse, whose supporters would probably have taken half a point more than the ( offering) price we have returned him at. There has been for some time past an unmistakeable disposition to bet against Blink Bonny, for the Derby, and to- day the layers extended their offers to 13 to 1, without meeting with a response. Allsorts of rumours have been in circulation respecting " the crack" during the winter; and the last on clits that have obtained currency are that she is beginning to show temper, and that her coat is as long as that of a South Australian sheep! Kent re- appeared amongst the 50 to 1 division, at which figure and 40 to 1 he was backed for a considerabls amount; and Sweet William ( a new outsider in Charles Boyce's stable at Epsom) was intro- duced at 1,000 to 15, which was booked eight or ten times in the aggregate. The other transactions do not call for remark. THURSDAY, JAN 29.— A very thin attendance, aud nothing done to call for special remark beyond a growing disposition to back Sydney for the " Guineas." CHESTER CUP. MONDAY. THURSDAY. 100 to 29 to 30 to 38 to 7 1 ,( tk) 1 ( tk) Leamington ...... E. Pan-... Mincepie J. Bay ... Rogerthorpe ...... J. Day .... Schiedam...;....,. W. Goater Vengeance Harlock —————— Yellow Jack W. Goater .... 50 to 1 ( tk) Bay Hilton.. T. Taylor 1000 to 15 ( tk) Early Bird J- Dawson .... 1000 to 15 ( tk) Artillery Longstaff. 1000 to 10 ( tk) Longsight Longstaff .... 1000 to 10 ( tk) Lady Tatton J. Osborne .. 25 to 30 to 33 to Alice ..,. W. Day., TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. Schiedam , » .. W. Goater .... 5 to Loyola .'...' Isaac Day...... 5 to Vedette .. G. Abdale 7 to Sydney Hayboe........ 15 to Lambourn ........ E. Parr 10 to DERBY. Blink Bonny W. I'Anson.... 13 to Zuyder Zee Fobert M. D Hopkins ...... Athlete .... J. Scott 28 to ( tk) 1 — 1 — 2 ( tk) 1 .( tk), l( off) ... 1000 to 10 tk) ,... 1000 to 10 ( tk) 9 to 2 7 to 10 to 13 to 1 20 to » 1.( tk) 20 to 1 ( tk) Sprig of Shillelagh. T. Dawson .... 30 to Kent W. Smith 40 to 1 1 ( tk) Messenger M. Dawson.... 1000 to 15 ( tk) Sweet William .... C. Boyce 1000 to 15 ( tk) PyrrhustheSeeond. Saunders ISOO to 15 ( tk) Adamas ... Escott 1000 to 19 ( tk) 40 to 1 ( tk) ... 1000 to. 15 ( tk) MANCHESTER— FRIDAY EVENING. There was very little done to- day on any race except on the following three for Chester Cup, viz, Mincepie, Scheidam, and Vengeance; each! of these were backed for all the money that could be got on at the quotations. Those quoted at 1,000 to 10 are considered the " forlorn hope." M. D. and Sweet William were backed freely for the Derby, and finished with an improving appearance. The investments on the Liverpool Steeple Chase were in small sums. CLOSING PRICES.— LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.— 100 to 6 agst Emigrant ( tk), 100 to 5 agst Escape ( tk), 100 to 5 agst Ted- desley ( tk), 100 to 4 agst Free Trader ( tk and off), 100 to 4 agst Harry Lorrequer ( tk), 160 to 4 agst Forest Queen ( tk). Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES— 9 to 2 agst Scheidam. 11 to 2 agst Loyola, 7 to 1 agst Sydney, 7 to 1 agst Vedette, 9 to 1 agst Lambourne ( tk). CHESTER CUP— 15 to 1 agst Leamington ( offered), 20 to 1 agst Mincepie ( tk freely), 25 to 1 agst Rogerthorpe ( offered), 30 to 1 agst Schiedam ( 33 to 1 tk freely), 4* 0 to 1 agst Vengeance ( tk freely, 1,000 to 10 offered agst any of the following:— Lady Tatton, Enchanter, Apathy, or Saunterer. THE DERBY— 20 to 1 agst M. D. ( tk freely), 1,000 to 20 agst Sweet William ( tk). ____ SCRATCHING^. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.— Janus and Victor Emmanuel. LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP.— Tahie Deer and Huntington, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.— Tiff, Black Tiffany, Night Hawk, Mongrel, Tame Deer, [ Sandboy, aud Huntington, METROPOLITAN.— Tame Deer, Paula Monti, and all Lord John Scott's horses. CITY AND SUBURBAN.— Paula Monti, Hospitality, and all Lord John Scott's horses. NEWMARKET HANDICAP.— Sandboy. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP — Liverpool. CHESTER CUP.— Fisherman, Apathy, Preston, Forlorn Hope, Liverpool, Dusty Miller/ Neville, Peto, and Homoeopathist. Good Friday out of all his engagements, on Jan 23d, at 9 a. m. FOALS, & c. LOUP GAROU.— The following mares have arrived at Wood- mancote Farm, Defford, near Pershore, to be put to this horse: — Remorse, Harum Scarum, Mantle, Lady Constance, Mainbrace ( Fisherman's dam), Hopbine ( in foal to Teddington), Harriott ( barren to Teddington), Leamington's dam ( barren to Tedding- ton), aud Myrtle, by Sweatmeat ( barren to Teddington). Po- mona by Safeguard, and Hop Duty by Tearaway, are expected in a few days. , • , We understand Pelion has gone to Daneoury to take the place of Bay Middleton, as it appears very doubtful whether " the old horse'' will cover another season, and as his noble ownerhasa good number of brood mares, ail of which will be put to him, added to favours already shown to Pelion, we have no doubt he will have a good year. NEWMARKET.— At J. Godding's Paddocks, Gillyflower, a filly by Hermit ( foaled the second week in December last). At Mr S. Rogers's Paddocks/ on the 6th ult, Pluck, a colt by Pelion. At Mentmore, on the 18th ult, Mathilde, by Mango, a bay filly by Newminster, which has been named Miss Matilda; tbe mare will be put to King Tom. ... At Middlethorpe on the 21st ult, Mr Attwood s chesnut mare, by Tomboy, a chesnut filly by Chanticleer, and will, be put to volti^ eur. . THE ACCEPTANCES.— It should be borne in mind that accept- ances for the Chester Cup must be made on or before Monday ( to- morrow), the 2d of February; and for the Metropolitan, City and Suburban, Northamptonshire, Newmarket, and Great Northern Handicaps, on Tuesday, the 3d inst. We give else- where what " scratching" have come to our knowledge. M ALTON MEETING.— Several stakes close and name on Tues- day next, the 3d inst.— See advertisement. Several stakes at Newton close and'name on Tuesday next.— See advertisement. NEWMARKET.— We understand that Godding has given up the idea of taking Rusley Park, recently in the occupation of Baron Rothschild, and in all probability he will return to his old training quarters at Ilsley if he leaves Newmarket, which is at nresent very doubtful. Capt White's stud is being reduced, and Tyne, 4 yrs, Fie, 3 yrs, Young Hopeful, 3 yrs, Ulysses, 4 yrs, and Gillvflower ( with a filly at her foot) are to be disposed of at Tattersall's on Monday next. Korniloff has left Charles Bloss's stables to join T. Taylor's string at Bretby; and Termagant has gone into H. Boyce's stable. ... There are at present upwards of a hundred horses in training at Epsom, and in consequence the gallops have become sadly cut up. Searle has changed his quarters from Smitham Bottom to Epsom ; and it is reported that Mr Pattison will remove his stud there from Brighton. . • ' ...' ' We are requested to state that the yearlings by West Aus- tralian out of Prince of Orange's dam, and the yearling by West Australian out of Haxby's dam, offered for sale at York, at the beginning of the year, were bought in. Weatherbit was put up at Tattersall's last Monday, but there - were no bidders. Vindex, Vandal, John Cosser, Flybynight, and seven of Capt White's stud are on the sale- list for Monday next. Humguffin, by Epirus ( purchased by Messrs Weatherby for J. Pollock, Esq), has been sent to Ireland, where he will be put to the stud. ,. . Sugar Plum has left John Scott's stables, having been sold for a large figure to an Irish gentleman, who intends him for Mr Col'lison has purchased Midhope of Mr John Scott, and he is already shipped for Germany. .„.,,, Mr R. E. Cooper's four year old colt Encomium died last week from inflammation of the spleen. Fanny Fern arid Gay have been put to the stud. The Eastern Counties Railway Company have reduced their fares from London to Newmarket as follows,— first class ( ordi- nary) from 17s 6d to 15s; second class from 13s 6d to 12s. A reduction of the charges for conveying race horses is likewise worthy of consideration. ^ Mr E. R. Clark has given the following names:— Br yearling c by The Flying Dutchman out of Vandermulin's dam, Phan tasm; br c, 2 yrs, by Flatcatcher out of Vandermulin's dam Simpleton; b or br c, 2 yrs, by Knight of Gwynne out of Doe, by Melbourne, Knight ofthe Tmrnuy; b f, 2 yrs, by Sir Tatton Sykea out of Southdown, Shepherdess; b f, 2 yrs, by Sir Tatton Sykes out of Giselle, Mountain Nymph: b f, 2 yrs, by Sir Tatton Sykes out of Lady Peel, Lady nfTamworth; and ch f ( h b), 2 yrs, by Sir Tatton Svkes out of Cawrouch's dam, Tattonese. " The following have been named:— Br f by Touchstone out of Columbine, 2 yrs, SprightUness; b f by Birdcatcher out of The Squire's Daughter, 2 yrs, Lady Louisa; and bk f by Birdcatcher out of Susan Lovell, 3 yrs, Impatience. The three year old filly by Weatherbit out of Lady Florence s dam is called Weatherbound. DEATH OE MR S. LORD.— We regret to announce the death of Mr Samuel Lord, of Hednesford, which took place on the 11th nit. Mr Lord was a veteran trainer, and highly respected by all who knew him. James Dover, for upwards of 15 years head lad to him, has taken the premises and succeded to the business of the late Mr Lord, • . „ „ n . , SPORTING ACTION— In the Newport Pagnell County Court, on Friday se'nnight, an action was brought by Mr Thomas Price, sen, of Ticklord Park, against Mr MacDonald, of the Cambrian Stores. Oxford- street, London, to recover the sum of £ 46 12s, for balance due to the plaintiff for the keep of a brood mare, named Ondine, and her foals.— After repeated applica- tions the plaintiff gave due notice that he would sell the mare and foals by auction— Defendant took no notice of this, and ac- cordingly the mare and foals were, as the notice stated, sold by auction in the market- hill at Newport Pagnell, and realised the sum of £ 46, which after deducting the expenses of the sale, & c, left the sum of £ 43 5s, which the plaintiff had placed tothe credit of the defendant. The plaintiff's solicitor then wrote to the defendant, requesting the payment of the balance due, or otherwise the action would be instituted. The defendant s solicitor wrote back, saying he was instructed to defend any action which might be brought to recover the sum of £ 4612s, and was set down for hearing at the last December court at Newport Pagnell, when, after hearing part of the evidence both for plaintiff and defendant, the judge intimated that he thought it would be better that the case should be adjourned for the at- tendance of plaintiff's son, and that at the next court a jury should bo empannelled to hear it, and that the costs of the day abide the event.—^ he plaintiff and his son, Thomas Price, jun, were to- day examined.— Mr Mills addressed the court for the defendant, contending that a Mr Page was the owner of the horses, and'thereforethe proper person to look to for payment of the amount; but as Mr Page was - non est, it was attempted to throw the onus on the defendant— The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed, £ 46 12s, and all COStS. TROTTING. We are requested by Mr Cornwall to withdraw the challenge inserted last week, which was sent without his knowledge, BREEDING, & o. " A man, convinced against his will, Is of the same opinion still." MR EDITOR ; So anxious finally to see whether Heron rati stoutly, and whether he had any good chances of being sire of winners, I re- perused the pages of Weatherby, and therein, I find that, during his racing career he won 19 times, and what s an equal proof of stoutness, he ran very often in severe races second. As to his being a " plater," it is absurd to class such a horse under that category; for if he was one, I should be con- tent to possess such platers, and not aspire much higher. His chances of getting winners have been as little as the veriest country stallion's could be. In the Stud Book I find scarcely any mares— none of note— were put to him, and in the return of his foals there are v< ry few, and they from second- rate mares ; yet notwithstanding these drawbacKS, the Calendar shows every year, for 15 or 16 seasons, winners by him running on till six and aged, and at heats, and repeated starts, which proves that ' teaite'Yiit) <.- va&•'., • » reaiiv j^ fwiiWj- Wii- rriffi- ~ Wear" amnesr 9ort7~ SiHr- mare r- well- bred mare, like Fisherman's dam, was put to him, the result was a superior race horse. „ I have read with much interest tbe letters of J. P., and though I cannot join issue with him on the question of the Castrel blood 1 eing only speedy, yet his line of argument has much truth in it, and I see he appreciates the close scrutiny of ancestry to generations back. Here lies the keystone of suc- cessful breeding for the Turf, which though it must always pos- sess some chance hits and frequent failures, still the true zealot may clear the way with some degree of certainty, by bringing to bear upon it close observation, no favouritism, and a total ex- clusion of what all fail in— overlooking great radical defects— because counterbalanced by apparently excusing good^ qualities. We have sfcen continued success attend the Grafton, the Jersey, the Westminster, and the Bowes's studs; latterly, too, Lord J. Scott's has shown the right line. Whyis this? Because, I conclude, they got the right nick in blood, and, having got it, stuck to it. Now, for many years more thorough bred horses have been bred at Sledmere than anywhere else in England. Many of them have yearly been sold into racing stables, and ( barring Grey Momus) I cannot call to mind a winner above very average mediocrity having been bred in that large esta- blishment. There is the Comus and Cervantes blood in pro- fusion ; but no discrimination in classing the mares appears to have been used, and as each year went on they were mostly sent to the same stallion, whatever might be there, without the slightest attention apparently to the very varied blood of the stallions which succeeded one another. Then, again, a great source of failure must arise from the vast quantity of useless weeds which are annually put out of training and put to the stud. The great criterion of judging whether a horse or mare turned out of training is worth breeding from, is, after all, how, when a man of average weight gets on their backs, can they move, and what action or power do they possess P If they are so weak, so ill- formed, and altogether without action that they cannot possibly carry list or 12st with ease to them- selves, or tumbling down, how is it possible that their produce can, in a general way, be worth rearing? Yet I will venture to say'that one half the horses in training are absolutely unfit for any purpose whatever when they have lost their speed. Look at very many of our stallions, and view them in this light. How would these look if geldings and riding horses in hard work? They would too many of them not be worth £ 25 in a fair. Then, why will breeders ( and, verv often, fastidious breeders, too,) shut their eyes to the most glaring faults and imperfections? Whether in breeding for the Turf, or chase, or road, it surely is best to select a true sound animal on both sides, or else leave it alone. Farmers, especially; will use the Worst and commonest stallions, if near to their abodes, and trouble is saved; and the result is constant dis- appointment and the oft- told tale " that horse breeding don't pay." All I can say is, that gold will hardly buy first class hunters now, and every sort of horse is fifty per cent dearer than formerly. Your correspondent " J. P." has it in his power, I doubt not, to give many good hints on this subject. A zealot on any subject is alwavs to a great degree successful, and a well digested commentary on the British Turf would be highly inte- resting. There is a book of that sort in two volumes, but it is much the same as a concentrated Calendar. This we don't much want, as the pages of the Calendar can easily be referred to. But if " J. P." could be induced to give the result of his evidently close attention to the subject, and his experience, it would be hailed with delight by the many to whom the subject is always replete with fresh interest. The Post and the Paddock is a step in the right direction, but it is only a step, as it is too concentrated, and the matter it contains might be much added to and enlarged on. The grand desideratum is a Work com- bining the subjects of breeding and racing, and the results of stood crosses, and the failures of bad. The eager way in which the Post and Paddock was bought up may, 1 trust, hold out some inducement to " J. P." to publish, in the same form, his lucubrations; but, should that appear too much, I feel sure your readers would much appreciate in your columns any of his " detached histories." Lately has been published a pamphlet, Racehorses Past and Present, excellently written, and with correct, though mistaken views. That the principle of long races is most advantageous to our breed none can doubt, but that the present generation will run the B. C. for eleven new £ 50 Plates ( as the writer suggests) is as unlikely an event as anything one can think of— Yours, & c, NORTH COUNTRYMAN. Ms EDITOR : I have noticed in the very interesting discussion to which you have recently thrown open your columns, some observations on the result of the past foaling season as regards certain stallions, particularly the celebrated Melbourne. Having known that horse during his career as a stallion, I can, perhaps, offer a more satisfactory explanation of the small number of foals accredited to him than has yet been given, and, at the same time, it may serve a useful purpose by directing the attention of breeders to a point much neglected, and one which, I believe, will in some degree account for the great number of mares barren to most horses every year. To illustrate this I will briefly review the career of Melbourne as a stallion. In 1840, being six years old, Melbourne closed his career by running second, carrying 9st 4lb, for the Chester Cup, giving the winner, The Dey of Algiers, 4 yrs, 241b, and beating Lauer- cost, and several other good horses. Melbourne would have won, but he broke down, just at the post, very badly in both forelegs. This result was so expected that his owner dared not give him a gallop for the last month of his training, strange as it may seem, but he had about four hours' walking exercise each day, and was sweated in the stable. I romember several York- shire trainers, particularly the late Bob Heseltine, coming the day before the race to inspect the " amateur training." The horse's great speed and natural good wind, of course, greatly helped him with this training. The next two years Melbourne covered at his owner's at Carnaby, near Burlington. He got very few mares, and it is quite a mistake to suppose that he covered many half bred mares. His owner had a most prodigious idea of his value, which was not then shared in bv the breeding com- munity. In 1842, he got Sir Tatton Sykes ( foaled 1843), having only coveted three thorough bred mares. Next season ( 1843), he was advertised to stand at York, but having taken the dis- temper, the mares intended for him were served by Lanercost, which will account for the extraordinary number of mares put to that horse that year ; and the consequence was, no doubt, highly detrimental to him for his subsequent progeny ( except Catherine Hayes), were very inferior to Van Tromp, War Eagle, Ellerdale, and Mr Martin, the produce of that year. Next year ( 1844) Lord George Bentinck hired Melbourne, who stood at the late Mr E. Peel's, his lordship's confederate: in breeding, at Bone Hill. Here is the pointl wish to notice so par- ticularly. Owing to the neglect of the groom, the horse was very ill taken taken care of, and indeed it was said that he never left his stable except to cover a mare. The result was that nearly all the mares put to him were barren. Out of 14 be longing to Lord George Bentinck two only had foals, both moderate ones. The horse nearly died from constipation, and Lord George Bentinck, a most acute observer, admitted that he had learned a valuable lesson. Most stallions are gross feeders, and receive as much corn as they can eat ; but how is it possible that without exercise— walking even, which is the best— they can be in good health or fit for stud duties? Most grooms have not an idea of this, their notions only recognising exercise as training for running and not for health. Farmers all know the worthlessness of a fat bull, and a gross horse is not much better; even if he gets stock, they are sure to be bad, weak, and un- healthy. I will now show the result of different treatment, Until Oanezou and Cymba turned up in 1848, Melbourne's cha- racter was ruined; but in the next season ( 1849), he stood at Doncaster, and out of 68 mares sent to him 64 were ascertained to have been in foal. West Australian ( foaled in 1850) was one of his get that year. This successful result is to be attributed to the intelligence of W. Scott, who was in charge of the horse, and is a most valuable acquisition to Lord Londesborough, who has entrusted him with the care of West Australian and Stock- well. Scott had Melbourne out for three or four hours' walking exercise daily.- Now mark the result when the horse parsed into other hands, a result which Scott, iu taking leave of his favou- rite, distinctly apprehended would be the case, for he observed, without imputing blame, no other groom would give himself the trouble, which the particular constitution of the horse requires: instead of 64 foals out of 68 mares we have had out of a good lot certainly a much smaller number. This, sir, I think is astrong case in point. When I last saw Melbourne he was very fresh and with care and attention is certainly valuable for several seasons to come. He is a much stronger and larger horse than Touchstone, Bay Middleton, and Birdeatcher. In fact, he is the largest tho- rough bred horse in England, his length and strength of back being extraordinary. He is younger than any of the above horses, and a glance at the returns of each year will show, what is a notorious fact, that he has not covered in all half the num- ber of mares that either of these horses have. Your correspondent" Phillip" is mistaken in saying that Pocahontas was'barren to Melbourne last year, for he will find in the list of foals in the last volume ofthe Racing Calendar { page 571) that she produced a filly to Nut with. I believe she was afterwards sent to Melbourne, but with what result the present foaling season will prove. With respect to Epirus, who was a very delicate horse ( as his stock generally show), it is not sur- prising that he was soon worn out. Strange to say he was a much better stallion than his own brothers, Elis and Stockport, both much finer and better horses on the Turf, especially Elis, who was a very good performer in a very good j ear.— lours, & c, London, Jan 26. EAST RIDING. MR EDITOR : Your correspondent" J. P." writes as follows, in reply to the remarks of your correspondent " North Coun- tryman," which appeared in a former number of your paper :— " But when tlie question of the breed of Fishermancomes to be maturely considered, I do believe that general opinion would be in favour of the view which I took of the matter. Fisherman, in the direct line of his progenitors, is of a breed essentially without game or bottom, but of very great speed. Now, I beg to say, I, for one, differ with " J. P. 5' altogether, for I do not think you can find in the Stud Book a horse possessing more genuine, hard, sound, flinty blood than Fisherman. He has three crosses of Dick Andrews, two of Orville, two of \ Y axy, two of Johanna and Precipitate, and three of Trentham, and if those famous horses had not the reputation of being of the right sort, I should like to know which were considered game horses in those days. I am inclined to think all the horses of the present day have, more or less, of what is commonly called " soft blood" flowing in their veins. For instance, Rataplan has a cross of; Selim and Whiskey, and Fandango has two crosses of Sorcerer and three of Whiskey. Virago has four crosses of that " soft" Selim and Rubens blood; but notwith- standing that, she was no mean performer over a distance of ground. As your correspondent " J. P." has such a contempt for the blood of Fisherman as far as gameness is concerned, perhaps he will be so kind as to favour the public with a specimen of what he considers a game bred horse. I quite agree with one of your correspondents that we have at present some very pro- mising young stallions at the service of the breeders of race- horses, and among the number I hope that neat, low, lengthy, fashionable- bred horse, Newminster, will not be overlooked, for he is just the sort of nag that ought to suit well with a large coarse mare, like Virago, and some of the Melbourne mares.— Yours, & c, IRISHMAN. January 27th, 1857. MR EDITOR: I am much obliged to " J. S." for his courtesy in answering my query respecting Augur. The result does Augur great credit, and proves his value. I only hope that the proof may not have injured his constitution ; but it is not so much now, as in later years, that he will feel the effect of such work. I have, in common with many others, an opinion that his stock will turn out extremely well, more especially for hunt- ing purposes, and I hope that when he has acquired fame as a sire we may not have to deplore his having been so abused in his youth. I wonder owners of stallions do not take more trouble about getting the returns of foals more correct. It is very pre- judicial to the reputation of a horse, when it being well known that forty mares have been put to him, and fifteen or twenty foals only are returned ; for although allowances are made, few know how very inaccurate the returns are. In the case of a horse like Augur, one of course expects them to be somewhat so, as he is principally used for getting hunters. But when you look over the returns to a fashionable stallion, it is surprising to discover in after years, that such foals as Teddington and Rataplan have not been returned. For my own part I should like the particu- lars to go still further, and the names of all mares covered and the result to be given, but this I am afraid is hardly to be ex- pected. Still facilities might be given for any proprietor of a stallion so doing if he likes, and those who have good foal- getters would very probably avail themselves of it.— Yours, & c, January 29. PHILIP. P. S. In my last letter, spealt'npr of Loup Garou, through alter- ing a line I made it appear as if Van Tromp's dam was by Tom- boy— it wasEllerdale's, of course, that I meant, ENGLISH STABLE BOYS IN FRANCE. We have had placed in our hands this week, by Mr William Butler, of Newmarket, private trainer to his Grace the Duke of Bedford, an anonymous letter from Chantilly, which, for the protection of his brother trainers in England, and that the trainers of Chantilly might be made acquainted publicly with what was going on through the best medium, he has requested us to insert in Bell's Life. We are obliged to Mr W. Butler foa bringing the subject before the public, and should there be any conspiracy going on amongst the boys at Chantilly its expose will enable the French trainers to discover the cause and repress it, thus " nipping in the bud " what might prove to be injurious to their interests. The following is a copy verbatim et literatim of the communication in question " 23rd Jany. ' Notices to all the Trainers of NeWmarket to look out for all there lads for all the trainers in Chantley are writeing after 13 or 14 lads for they are all indeoenditig. A great lot of lads in france for their is 12 or 13 lads have got the sack and they will not let them have any other place for they bring lads out in france ^ a ^ rtliSm lu^ will do this thing and the Other for them but when they get them out in the forcing country and euse them like slaves and I hope all the trainers in Newmarket will show this to all there lads : leveing us all to be your most obedi- ent servants, THE LADS OP ALL FRANCE." The envelope was addressed to " Mr William Butler, trainer, Newmarket, Suffolk, Angleterre," and was written in a better hand than the note itself; iu fact, the gentleman who instructs the youths in his Grace's employ, at the Bedford stables, fancies it is very much like the writing of an old boy who went to Chan- tilly in company with some others from Newmarket a short time ago, and who, being evidently dissatisfied with the change, have written home te deter others from going out. However, in all probability, we shall hear from Chantilly in a short time the real cause of the grievance. As we alluded, some time ago to the annoyance different trainers had experienced by boys being " lured away under the promise of better pay," we repeat the reply to Mr Richard Cotton's communications from the Presi- dent of the Syndicate to examine such cases at Chantilly :— '-•.." Chantilly ( Oise), Prance, Aug 22,1856. " SIR : Your letter to the French Jockey Club has been forwarded to me as President of the Syndicate appointed to examine such cases at Chantiily. Mr Hurst and the three lads, Frederick Beverley, George MiSes, and Edward West, appeared before us to- day, and it was decided that Mr Hurst should not be allowed to keep them beyond the 1st of September next. If he attempts to do so, he will be fined ten francs a day for each lad, and his horses will not be allowed to run till the fine is paid. The boys will be further prevented entering into any other racing stable in France. This is all that we have the power to do, having none to force them to return to England. It is possible, therefore, that they may seek employment now they are here in some of the livery stables at Paris, where we cannot reach them. It may, however, be an inducement to them to return to Newmarket if you will allow me to tell them, on behalf of their late masters, that they will be taken back, or, at least, not proceeded against for absconding. This is the first case of the kind that has as yet been brought before us, and it will probably stop such transactions for the future. If not, you have only to let me know, and the lad absconding will not be allowed to remain in any racing stable in France. Perhaps you will lie so good as to let this be known as widely as possible. Another thing I have to request, on the part of the trainers here, viz, that if they act thus towards the trainers at Newmarket, the latter will act in the same manner towards them. It appears that lads have before now absconded from France, and been taken in at Newmarket. I shall be glad to hear from you im- mediately. as I should like to be able to tell the lads they may return to Newmarket, or to their former masters, before the 1st of September. " Mr Richard Cotton, Newmarket." TURF ABOMINATIONS- LIGHT HANDICAPS. " And be these juggling fiends no more believed, That palter with us in a double sense; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope." MR EDITOR : Regardless of the lamentable accident at Good- wood, Mr Topham still adheres to his light system of weights. When the conditions for the Chester Cup appeared, with the addition " If the highest we*' ht accepting be under nine stone it will be raised to that and the others in proportion," I was induced to believe that we should have a handicap more cay. sistent with common sense than the onepresented to us. Oj't of one hundred and eighty- eight horses we have no less tha. a one hundred and sixty- two undersevenstone. onehundred aiK^' hirty- five under six stone one, fifty- one under five stone, tventy. flVe under four stone eight, and ten at four stone!! Truh' it may be termed the Tradesmen's Plate, or a plate upon wnicb. a deal of trade may be done; but as a handicap intaTded to Kifnevery horse in the race a chance it carries absurdity upon the fadb^ f it. How is a lad of four stone to ride a ho'Se two miles and a quarter? How well he must be able to cxrry out the instruc- tions of his master— to wait, to steady his horse, if another races at him, to balance him for the final struggle, & c. Poor little soul, with from twenty to thirty horses around him, if he gets home without an accident he nay thank Providence. But putting on one side the question w\ ether boys of four stone can ride or cannot, the next that presents itself is, where are we to get them from ? Upon looking oxjr the Calendar for 1856 I find upwards of three hundred instances where extra weight was obliged to be carried solely f> om the impossibility of finding jockeys light enough to ride the stipulated, and in very many Of the aforesaid cases the original weight was over five stone. At Goodwood, thanks to a Irgher scale, we had only three occur- rences of the kind, vi;, Equinox carried 5lb, Sister to the Bold Buccieuch 131b, and Chevy Chase 4lb overweight. Surely no further proof of the preposterousness of a low scale of weights need be adduced when three such stables could not produce the requisite parvus puer. One more subject and I have done. Last autumn, at Shrewsbury, several stakes were advertised with a condition similar to that ofthe Chester Cup, so far as the nine stone was concerned; well, in each of these a horse called Tronto, five vears old, headed the list of acceptances, and his name now figures in the forfeit list for the whole amount of the same Whose horse was Tronto1 Who is liable for his forfeits ? Was he a horse at all or only a myth— if the former I wonder whether he is any relation to Mr Darlington's Darkie, five years old, by Burgundy, dam by Tearaway, standing second on the list for the Chester Cup with the ominous weight of nine stone.'.' Tronto! Darkie! Arcades antbo.— Yours, & c, AN OWNER 02 MORE THAN ONE HORSE ENGAGED IN THE CHESTER CUP. HORSES IN TRAINING. SurgeonGeneral, 6ys Alcyone, 5 yrs Fashion, 4vrs Newton- le- Willows, 3 yrs Refreshment, 3 yrs The Ol'- l English Gentleman, 3 yrs Energy, 3 yrs AT NEWMARKET. BY JOHN ARMSTRONG. F by Mildew out of a Cardinal Puff mare, 2 yrs F by Collingwood, dam by Sir Her- cules, 2 yrs And several others. Ch c by Sir Tatton Sykes, 3 yrs Spero, b c, by Joe Loveloutof Lady Georgiana, 2 yrs B f by Touchstone — SistoCato, 2 yrs C by Mentor out of Cherokee, 2 yrs BY WILLIAM ARNULL. L? % Paragon B c by Chabron out I B c by Collingwood out of Sneer, 5 yrs | of Sarcasm, 3 yrs [ out of Sneer, 2 yrs BY HENRY BOYCE. Br c by St Lawrence out of I Termagant. 4 vrs Azimuth, 3 yrs | J _ BY HENRY BRADLEY. Duke of Lancaster, I Media Noce, 3 yrs I Farmer's Son, 2 yrs yrs . „ Star of Albion, 3 yrs The Courier, 2 yrs Raphael, 5 yrs I Venture, 3 yrs | The Pledge, 2 yrs BY WILLIAM BUTLER. Soldanella, 2 yrs Pavilion ( late Wild Wave),, 2 yrs B c by Surplice, d? fm byAlpheus, 2j rs Br gby Tadmor out of Fistiana, a yrrs Alastor, 4 yrs Keepsake, 3 yrs ™ JU » UCI » , 5 Eloquence, 4 yrs Sunflower, 3 yrs Paviiinn / iot » wn, i 1 Walmer, 4 yrs Aneroid, 2 yrs Rosa Bonheur, 3 yrs Memorial, 2 yrs Eupatoria, 3 yrs Killigrew, 2 yrs Cruzada, 3 yrs Pampa. 2 yrs Aster, 3 yrs RosedeFlorence, 2ys Palm, 3 yrs T A ^ BY WILLIAM CHANNELL. Lord Raglan, 4 yr « f Traitor, b c, by The ! The Poor PVfawr i, r Pitapat, 4 yrs Nob out of Pre- c by A- ^ IaIlI i mature, 2 yrs | EpUo^ ue 2yrs BY RICHARD COTTON. ' STEEPLE CHASING. STEEPLE. CHASES TO COME. FEBRUARY S.- Westbury and Wilts). iire- St, eeple Chase and the Handicap Hurdle CapeclOTeseF « b^ > ghts Published), the Hunt Steeple Chase 17 and^ 9.— Carmarthen's hire Hunt- The Open Steeple Chase ( closed and weights published!), Hunters' Stakes ( clo- es Feb 16), the Carmar- 18 - Lincoln ( doMd" ^ SelHng Stakes ( close Feb1?). 25~ B|^ 12c0kshiref?->- The Handicap closes Feb 10, and the Hunt Cup 26,- Derby ( ij- Tt'he Midland Steeple Chase Handicap and the Hurdle ,,-:" ie. L Vn', llc; ip;: dose on the 31st). the Selling Hurdle Raee on the night befr , re the races. . T. MARCH. 4.— Liverpool ( 1)- Grand National ( closed). ll.- Donca* 3ter ( l)- Grand National ( closed), io' werei, ord— Annual Union Hunt ( to close March 2). M Amiual ( clos! lli). Hurdle Handicap ( closed), ol r. . an4 Military, near Brixworth ( to close Feb 28). Birmingham, jjv;'^- Moreton- in- Marsh. « >. '— Northumberland and Hexham. 3' L— Beckford. « „ APRIL. 8.— Grantham. 3 and 4.— Windsor. 13.— Coventry. 16 and 17.— Abergavenny and Monmouthshire Hunt. - Howden. IRELAND. Humbug, 3 yrs Lepanto, 3 yrs Bf by Melbourneout of Birthday, 3 yrs BrownMiddleton, 2y Madcap, 2 yrs Catch, 2 yrs Corrievrechan, 2 ys by HarkaWay Ch c ow. t of The Em- 2 yrs c by Sir Tat. Sykes — Mammifer, 2yrs Tyre, 4 yrs Pembdw, 4 yrs Marmion, 3 yrs Mabel, 6 yrs Syvagee, 6 yrs B c by Sir Tatton Sykes, dam by Don John out of Lolly- Persia, 4 yrs Aleppo, 4 yrs Falstaff, 4 yrs Ulysses, 4 yrs Tyne, 4 yrs The Tester, 4 yrs Bird in Hand, 4 yrs Secret, 4 yrs Surrender, 3 yrs The Flying Duke, 2 yrs BY JOHN DALEY. I Ch f by Collingwood jf Child f th Ocean out of Arethusa, 1J omia 01 tneucean' I 3 yrs BY GEORGE DOCKE pop, 3 yrs B e by Alarm ou' Plush, 3 yrs ChfbyCother . . outofCatahP^ e BY W. E] vf^| y 1MBirdSch^ ale'^ ! Sorceress, 3 yrs BY JAMlS " er'? yr3i 1C of 2 yrs I Heureuse, 2 yrs RAY. B c by Alarm out of Glenluce, 2 yrs Br c by Orlando out of Valentine, 2 yrs George .' i; GODDING.. Gilliyes o^ i1' 4 Moore 3 y? s „ Y° un£ Hopeful, 3ys _ GOODWIN. ^ f Nelson, 2 yrs pi (' oro to Laird ,> uff) by Annan- p date— Calista, 2yrs • JjT f by Jericho out of Dividend, 2 yrs Qn. of the East, 3 ys Fie, 3 yrs Jordan, 2 yrs July, 2 yrs yrs ' yrs Vengeance, 5 yrs, Jolly Marine, 5 ' Goldfinch, 3 yr- s Drumour, 3 Turbit, 3 yfs- Martinet^ 3 Companion, 3 yrs ^°£ quot, 3 yrs iieechiiut, 3 yrs Mr Huffam, 4 yrs Sydney, 3 yrs Western Power, 3 ys Grey Hen, 3 yrs B c by Iago out of Evening Star, 3 yrs Venetia, 2 yrs Comte, ch h, by •*> stonoutof Reel, byi3v » ncoe out of Gallop^ fta aged The Prior, clNi. by Zi WILLIAM HARLOCK B c by Cotherstone out of Treacher- ous, 2 yrs Mafra, br f, by Wea- therbit out of Cit- ron, 2 yrs B f by Collingwood out of Fleece, 3 yrs Bg by Nutwith out of Tophana, 3 yrs Betelnut, 2 yrs Pactolus, 2 yrs The Bellman, b c, by Alarm out of Ave- line, 2 yrs BY J, HAYHOE. B e by Harkaway out of Evening Star, 2 yrs B c by Melbourne out of West Coun- try Lass, 2 yrs B c by Melbourne- Emerald, 2 yrs BY D. P. PALMER. GlencOe out of Gipsy, 5 yrs The Prioress, b f, by Sovereign out of Reel, by Glencoe " BY SAMUEL ROGERS. Allspice, 2 yrs Azalea, 2 yrs Bf by The F. Dutch- man out of Cruis- keen Lawn, 2 yrs F by Annandale out of Maria, 2 yrs F by Nutwith out of Midia, 2 yrs B f by Melbourne- Sacrifice, 2 yrs B f by Orlando out of War Eagle's dam, 2 yrs B c by John 0' Gaunt out of Moonshine, 2 yrs out of Gallopade, 4 yrs Belle, b f, by Slaue out Of Miss Fair- field, 2 yrs The Druid, 4 yrs 1 Neva, 3 yrs Freethinker, 4 yrs ' ch c by Iago out of Middleton, 4yrs . gossamer, 3 vrs Tiptop, 3 yrs Lily the Yale, Delusion, 3 yrs 3 yrs ' Hardwick, 3 yrs | The Vicing yrs BY THOMAS S^ PHENSON. Firmament, 4 yrs Ch c by Robing— Fairplay ch f by Anemone, 4 yrs Lady Love, 3 yj, Weatherbit out of Br c by Sotterley out B f by Colhugwood Mantilla 2 yrs of Lady Love, 4 ys — Virago, 2 yrs vEthoii, 3 yrs Know Nothing, 2 ys Miss Julia, 2 yrs Frederick, 2 yrs B f by Jericho out of St Ann, 2 yrs B m by Teddy the Tiler out of Queen Mab's dam, 6 yrs Indulgence, 4 yrs BY R. M. STEPHNSON. Bishop of Osna< burgh, 4 yrs B f . by Footstool out of Adelgund, 3 yrs B c by Sotteriey out of Termagant, 2 yrs THE CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. MR EDITOR : May I ask, through your admirable paper, wby my horse, Rip Van Winkle, is so unfairly dealt with in this race ? On referring to Bibury 1856, I find Border Chief gave him 81b, and a seven pounds beating; now they are put at the same weights, although in that race poor Rip s bleeding sides proved that he, and also his jockey, bad done their best. Again, at Reading, Alembic gave Rip Van Winkle 131b aud a 10lb beating ; now there is only alb between them. This plater I gave only £ 150 for, and I suppose, if sent to the hammer to- morrow, he would not fetch more; yet he is favoured with at least 181b more than he has any right to carry. How is this ? I must consider it a premium to run " crooked," instead of what I ever have, and trust ever shall, run my horses straight. All I wish for is fair play; and no favour ; and hope the time is not far distant when there will be a public paid haiidicapper— Yours, & c, Jan 25,185Q. J. H. CAMPBELL WYNDHAM. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING, 1857. TUESDAY, MARCH 3.— Handicap for the LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP of 100 sovs, in specie, by subscription of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 60 added; winners of any handicap after publication of the weights alb extra; one mile and a half; 33 subs. . age si lb " Assayer. S. .8 7 Mary 5.. 8 5 Gamekeeper . .3. .8 0 Romeo a.. 7 12 Pantomime.,., a. 7 10 Siding 5. .7 10 Cossey .. 5.. 7 10 Waterfall a.. 7 4 Miss Harkaway4,. 7 i Little NeU( hb) 4. .7 i December...... 5 .7 2 Wee Willie ....!..? 2 age st lb Laverna .4. .7 2 Tom Thumb .. 4.. 7 0 Tame Deer .... 4. .7 0 Odd Trick...... 3.. 6 8 Bel Esperanza. .8.. 6 8 Malakhoff. 3.. 6 8 Special License 3.. 6 6 Kimburn: 3. .6 2 Hantir. gton.... 3.. 6 2 Gitana S.. 6 2 Bashi Bazouk. ,3.. 5 12. Kitty ington age st lb Fisli- 3.. 5 10 LadyHelen. .. 3. .5 10 Paula Monti .'. 8. .5 10 Pizarro 3.. 5 8 Cedric 8. .5 8 Chas. O'Malley. 3.. 5 8 Actress., 3.. 5 8 Lima;..... 8.. 5 8 Six and Eight- pence ... V..., S.. 5 6 Lady Malcolm „ 8.. 5 4 Handicap for the AINTREE PLATE of 50 sovs; winner of any handicap after publication of the weights alb extra; one mile. agestlb agest'lb aeestlb Assayer .6. . 8 7 Coek of 1 the Admiral Lyons 3. .5 10. Weathercock . 6.. 8 4 North 4.. 7 0 Actress... 3.. 5 10 Reveillee 6.. 8 OjPera 4.. 6 8' Ch f by Chatham Humboldt 6 .7 12 Rohallicm.,.... S.. 6 8 — Rosawra( hb) S.. 6 6 Kilkenny Boy.. 5.. 7 8 Our Sal........ 4.6 6 « h f by Sir Her. Miss Birch .... 5.7 5 Laiy Lass..... .3. ; 6 2 cules— Rubina3. .5 6 Tom Thumb.. .4.. 7 4 Cara Fatima 4,. 3.. 6 , % Sir Humphrey. 3.. 5 6 Miss Harkaway 4,. 7 4 CoraLinne .... 3.. 6 0 Lady Hercules. 8.. 5 6 Ida 5.. 7 3 Master Bigot.. S.. 6 Of WEDNESDAY.— A HANDICAP PLATE of ^ 0 sovs/ or all ages ; a winner of any handicap after the publication of the weights. 4lb, or of any handicap at this meeting 71b extra, but nob to be accumulative T. Y. C. age st lb | agestlb I agestlb .. 5.8 7 i Gamester ...... 4.. 7 5 RohaHioij .... 3.610 .. 5.. S 0 |* Mis3 Hatkaway4. .7 5 | Lazy Lass 3.. 6 4 .. 5 .7 5 Croxteth ( h b). .6. .7 0 AdmiralLyons. 3. .6 0 .. 5.. 7 3 I Pera 4.. 6 12 | Lady Herctiles. 3. .5 8 Mary ..... Usurer ... Ida Miss Birch Weights for the GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE HANDICAP of 20 sovs each, h ft, and 5 only if declared 011 or before the 2d of February, to the Clerk of the Course at Chester; 69 subs. Lady Tatton, 5 yrs Elastic. 5 yrs De Ginkel, 4 yrs Manganese, 4 yrs First Fly, 4 yrs Black Tiffany, 4 yrs Tiff, 4 yrs Night Hawk, 4 yrs King Brian, 4 yrs Saunterer, 3. yrs Glede Hawk, 3 yrs Zauoni, 3 yrs Assayer, 6 yrs Bolton, 5 yrs Lance, 4 yrs Lancet, 3 yrs Cheddington, aged Victor Emanuel, a Tom Perkins, 6 yrs SirRichard ( h b), 6. y s Jack up the Orch- ard, 4 yrs AT MIDDLEHAM, BY J. OSBORNE. Mongrel, 3 yrs Walhalla, 3 yrs General Williams, 3 yrs Norton, 3 yrs Magistrate, 3 yrs Remedy, 3 yrs Augury, 3 yrs . Night Ranger, 2 yrs Spread Eagle, 2 yrs Repute, 2 yrs Sermou, 2 yxj . .. BY R.. I'ANSON., ion oisi^ end* 1 Logie o'Buchan, | The Early I 3 yrs . i 2 yrs BY W. WETHERELL. I Queen of Trumps, j Turret, 2 yrs 1 2 yrs I AT BEVERLEY. BY J. PICKERING.; Cornbro', 2 yrs C' by Vatican out of The Proctor's dam, 2 yrs , C by Woolwich out' of Mrs Taft ( h b), 3 3 yrs Lady Alice, 2 yrs Fby . Joe Lovell out of General Wil- liams's dam, 2 yrs Bird, Sir RowlandTrench- ard, aged MadamePalissy, 3 ys Miss Nichol, 3 yrs C by Muley Moloch, dam by Combat ( h b), 3 yrs Leo, .2 yrs BY P. MOORE. Icarus, 4 yrs C by Vatican out of a Melbourne mare, 2 yrs Relish, 2 yrs C by The Cure, dam by Orlando, 2 yrs F by Sir Tatton , 2 yrs Ferret, aged Speculation, aged Lady Emily, 3 yrs D. O., 6 yrs BY T. HARRISSON. j Slender Billy, 6 yrs j Scipio, 5 yrs BY - BURDASS. i Countess ofWestmoreland, 3 ys BY — BOXER. 1 New Holland, 5 yrs | Blueskin, 4 yrs T . , „ - MARCH. 17.— Irish Metropolitan ( Howth and Baldoyle Course), • Si, 24.— Cashel. 26.— Tullamore. 30.— Kilmallock. APRIL 15, 14,- KUdare Hunt. 16.— Meath Hunt. 23.— Citizens' Club. 27.— Westmeath. 27,28.— Knockingin ( Gormanston). 28.— Limerick Hunt. 29.— Tuam. 30.— Skerries. MAY. 4.— Irish Military. 12.— Kanturk. 18.— Galway Hunt, 25,26.— Tipperary. THE OUNDLE MEETING. Had some weather agent in advance set its face against certain recent exhibitions in the steeple chase way, the public would only have missed what it could very well spare; but that stern winter at length should come down in old- fashioned form, and, as in 1855, clench with his icy grip the popular and favourite meeting at Oundle, the sporting world, to a man, must deplore. Being one of the few remaining places where a bit of honest and genuine steeple- racing is to be dropped upon; supplying, morever, to speculators the first " turn out'' from pent- up town and " smoky glory," and at the same time being noted for ex- cellent accommodation and the reasonableness of its hotel charges, alike render it the more regrettable that the strongest list and largest acceptances yet known here could not have been disposed of " without let or hindrance" on Tuesday and Wed- nesday last. Whilst snow on Monday covered part of Northamp- tonshire and most of the contiguous counties, all at Oundle disappeared as fast as it fell, so that up to a late hour in the evening of that day the weather was as " open " as ever, and 110 apprehensions were entertained for the morrow. How- ever, as soon after midnight a sharp frost set in, with an accom- panying coating of snow, the dawn disclosed roads hard as flint aud fallow land akin to well- set mortar. Consequently, at nine o'clock, Mr Newcome Mason, acting for the stewards ( neither of whom had arrived), announced it impracticable to run on Tues- day, in which view he was supported by the secretary, Mr Thomas Marshall, who also had taken stack of the ground, the ultimatum being that the steeple chases were postponed to the succeeding Thursday and Friday. Thereupon the brilliancy of the morning determined a quick march to the scene of action of trainers and jockeys, several of whom returned with confident assurances that by noon the road- crossings, of which there were four in the line, would be sufficiently softened under the influence of the sun's rays. With the exception of a solitary plough ( the course having been slightly altered from that used last year, with a return to the severe up- hill finish that in 1854 decided by a head the memorable struggle between old Ploughboy and Topsy), all else now was grass land, through which it was good going, and no fears were expressed about the former. By this time, however, the " wires" had con- veyed the adjournment far aud near, and as immediate danger was not shown to be entirely removed, particularly at the brook jumps, it was held advisable not to alter the previous decision. Meanwhile hundreds of pedestrians, dashing equipages, others not so, and horsemen by scores, poured into the town from the surrounding neighbourhood; the nineo'clock train from Euston- square brought most of the leading " talent" of Tattersall's, who, at Blisworth, were joined by a fair representation of the Bir- mingham and Wolverhampton divisions ( many of this lot, crediting reports, declining to proceed further than Northamp- ton). Thus, it will be inferred, that visitors were never so numerous ; and that the sport would have been commensurately ample, the subjoined list of intended competitors will best show ;— . The FARMERS' CHASE. Mr Deacon's ch g Lilford, aged, 12st 71b Mr Edwards Mr Lotan's d m Miss Knight, aged, 12st 71b Owner Mr Hill's b g Discord, 5 yrs, 12st Mr F. Gordon distanced thefirstheat, viz, Jack and Miss Arthur, came to the post for the third heat, and Miss Arthur won and walked » ?> the fourth h? at> Paving the truth of the old saying. that Perseverance is a virtue," and showing that so lone as - there is no distance post in a heat race, and that stewards de- cide when there is a mistake on the part of any horse in such race it is no heat, and that all the other horses must start again. even though they may have been distanced, you will find no person who has an ounce of sense, or values his horse, run for a steeple chase. Hoping, Mr Editor, I have m> t trespassed too long on your valuable sp^ e ( I only do so in order to prevent a wrangle at some future meeting, as there most certainly would be, if any person objected to Chainbearer's not carrying a penalty as a winner), I remain, & c, AN INTERESTED PARTY. PROGRAMME OF WESTBURY STEEPLE CHASES AND HURDLE RACES. TUESDAY, FEB 3,- The WESTBUEY and WILTSHIRE STEEPLE CHASE of 7 sovs each, 2 ft, with 40 added; the second U save his stake, and the winner to pay 7 sovs towards expenses- winners of any race after the publication of the weights 71b extra ; about four miles ; 19 subs st lb Minor ( pd) 11 7 Janus .... 10 7 Black Dwarf .... 10 7 Weston 10 7 Lilford 10 6 Silver Tail 10 4 Sultan, by Shirt.. 10 4 Sir Chas. Napier 10 2 Railroad ( late Nom Theodme ........ 10 0 de Guerre) . 912 Returned 10 0 Petropolouski ( late Bruiser. 10 0 Punehbox) 9 12 feliernaya 10 0 Hercules.. 9 10 Moonraker 9 12 Deception 9 4 Taffy... 912 Edgar .........! ^ 9. A HURDLE RACE ( Handicap) of 5 sovs each, with 25 added L the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 5 sovs towards expenses ; winners after the weights, 71b extra; two miles. nvef sir ViiiK- ll^ o . • ™ ' lua> over six hurdles ; 19 subs, stlb Pantomime ( pd) 1112 Affghan ....( pd) ll 0 Omar Pasha ( pd) 10 7 Rovalty 10 " St Julian ( pd) 10 Petropolouski, late Punehbox .... 10 Sultan, by Shirt. .10 Theodine 10 T> - 8tl5> Bruiser.......... 10 2 Lackington, by Cannonite, dam ( h b) by CombatlO 0 Ada 10 0 Penelope 9 12 Cripple ( pd) 9 10 Prince( late Prince Plausible)...,,. 9 6 HANDICAP ( Flat Race) of 5 sovs each, 1 stlb 9 5 9 0 Coleshill,......... Parga Primrose Miss Mary G by Bowstring- out of Faith.... C by Clumsy out of Bastille .... ft, with a Silver Cup added; the winner to pay 5 sovs towards expenses; 24 subs. Mr Bird's b g Wasp, 4 yrs, list ... Mr Chenay's ch g Weston, 4 yrs, list. The GRAND HANDICAP. Mr John's br g The Minor, list 21b Mr Gardner's Prenez Garde ( h b), lOst 91b .... .. Mr Goodman .. Mr W. Barrett , C. Green ,., S. Darling tCj! AnKtin? s Tl e^. oneypon, b' 9st 121b( M) ........ Mr G^ O 5 bass, as 1121b. E. Wea Fe jC Dav? s bgS 1> M ™ ( 25) MrW. J Mr R. J. uay SUT, AIIC U-. . , „ , ... .. _ stlb Royalty 10 7 Sultan, by Shirt.. 10 6 Petropolouski, late Punch Box. 10 5 Bruiser 10 4 Ada 10 0 Lackington, by Cattonite, dam ( h b), byCombat 10 0 Schamyl . Coleshill . Van Eyck. Parga Miss Mary 9 Filly by IrishBird- catclier, out of Lady Lovell.... 9 Primrose 9 st lb at lb 9 10 C by Vampire- 9 6 Harum Scarum 9 O 9 3 Van Lerius ..:... 8 6 9 2 Topsy 0 G by Bowstring out of Faith.... 8 Little John, by 0 Colwick 7 10 0 Practice 7 8 The HUNT STEEPLE CHASE STAKES of 3 SOVS each, with a Silver Cup added; four year olds 9st 71b, five lOst 41b, six and aged list ; gentlemen riders ; jockeys 51b extra; winners of a steeple chase once 3lb, twice 5lb, three times 71b extra • the winner to pay 3 sovs to fund, over the steeple chase course. To close on Monday evening next. The approaching Carmarthenshire Hunt Meeting and Races promise to be the best known for years. Already all the Welsh horses have accepted in the " Grand Open," together with nearly every one of the English and Irish nags, including Janus, Edgar, The Old Screw, Maid of the Glen, & c. The Hunters' Stakes- close on the 16th, and the Carmarthenshire Handicap and Selling Stakes on the following day. DEKBY SPRING MEETING.— We are requested to remind owners thatthe entry forthe steeplechases closes this day ( Saturday). The Harrington Plate, which has been altered into a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, 1 sov entrance, as well as the Scars- dale Stakes, for two year olds, close on Tuesday, the 10th inst.— See advertisement. The following horses, engaged in the Liverpool Steeple Chase, are in training at Epsom :— By C. Boyce: Emigrant and First of May; by Escott: Minos, Sandboy, and King Dan; by D. Hughes: Romeo, Emulator, Westminster, Treachery, Red Rose, and Sparchford. COURSING. COURSING FIXTURES FOR 1857, FEBRUARY. COUNTY. MAC*. Newcastle, Northumber- land and Durham ( Minsteracres) Epsom ( Open) .,...,,. Surrey '....'.'. Ombersley Worcestershire.. Whitehaven Cumberland .... Kellady Hill Ireland.... Worthenbury. Flintshire........ Epsom ... Surrey Baldoek( Club) Herts ......"' Baldock ( Open) Herts .....,;,. ,. Wexford Ireland .......... Crosby ( Liverpool) .... Lancashire Tattershall ( Open) By wall Northumberland. Ridgway ( Lytham).... Lancashire...... Holt Worcestershire;.. Hundred House. Worcestershire.. NewmarketChampion.. Cambridgshire JtnJGB. MEETING. Mr Warwick.... 2 Mr A. Bennett .'. 3 Mr BraiShwaite.. 3,4 Mr Hawkes 3,4 Mr Piatt 4 4 Mr Lawrence 4& foldays Mr Lawrence.... 4 & fol day3 Mr Owens 5 Mr A. Bennett". '. 5 Mr Nightingale.. 5.6 Mr A. Bennett .. 6 Mr A. Bennett .. 9 Mr M'George.... 9 & fol days Potter, aged Mnry, 5 yrs Red Robin, 5 yrs Jack Sheppard, 5 ys Pretty Boy, 4 yrs Prince of Orange, 4 yrs Miss Harkaway, 4 ys Br f by Cotherstone out of Delaine, 4 ys Tom Thumb, 4 yrs Giantess, 3 yrs Sir Phillip Sydney, 3 yrs AT UPPER LAMBOURN. BY W. MIZEN. Lord Nelson, 3 yrs Commotion, 3 yrs Chow, 3 yrs . Queen Bess, 3 yrs Frodsham Squire, 3 yrs Misty Morn, 2 yrs Ch f ( sis to Fashion), 2 yrs Polly Peachnm, 2 ys Princess Royal, 2 ys Knickerbocker, 2 ys The Redan Hero, 2 yrs T. P. Cook, 2 yrs Sampson, 2 yrs King William, 2 yrs C by The F. Dutch- man out of Lolly- pop ( Sweetmeat's dam), 2 yrs Ancient Briton, 2 ys C by Woolwichoutof Miss Harkaway's dam, 2 yrs F by Surplice out of Abaft ( Breeze's dam), 2 yrs T. Price Prince Escott P. Daviea H. I. am- [ plugli Dixon age st b Trainers. Escape... a.. 11 2 Thrift Victor Emma- . , , nuel a.. 10 8 Picxermg Marmaduke .. 6.10 8' Private Wanderer .... a.. 10 6 Hanlon FrancPieard:. s.. 10 8 H. Lam- Tom Gurney ( hb)......;. a. .10 Meig'n Dair .. a.. 10 Minos a. .10 Master Tom .. a.. 10 CasseCou ..... a. ,10 Star of the West a.. 10 Jean du „ , , Quesne...... a.. 10 0 I. ampingh Hopeless Star. A. 10 0 E. Parr Gaylad( hb) .. a.. 10 0 Worman Minerva ( h b).. a.. 10 0 Private Freetrader.... a.. 10 0 Holmaa Maid of the Glen a.. 10 0 _ Little Charley . a.. 10 0 H. May Lough Bawn.. a.. 9 12 Thrift TheMir. or( hb) a.. 9 12 E. Jones Janus a.. 9 12 Private Jemmy the Black a.. Garry Owen .. a.. Odiham a.. Black Swan .. a.. Emigrant( h b), a.. 9 10 Horniblow MorganRattler 6.. The Prince— 5.. Squire of Bena- sham a.. Dangerous a.. Forest Queen.. a.. Trembleur.... a.. 9 12 . Oseland 9 12. Murphy 9 10 B. Land 0 10 W. Fowler C. Boyce 9 10 Private 9 10 T. Harrison 9 10 Hoiaian 8 Heslop 8 W. Fowler 8 J. Waugh 8 In France agestlb ' Trainers. Red Rose...... 6.. 9 8 D. Hughes Bosphorus( hb) 6.. 9 8 Private The Potter,... a.. 9 6 Mizen King Dan .... a.. 9 6 Eseott The Bruiser .. a.. 9 6 Edwards Midge a.. 9 6 Priva'e The Rejected.. a. .96 Rutherford Merry Andrew, a.' . 9 6 I. WooleOt Romeo...,.... a.. 9 6 D. Hughes Maid of the West........ a.. Albatross "..., 6.. Gipsy King 6.. Sting ( h b) Emulator ..,. 4,. The Serf. a.. The Royer a.. Lady Arthur.. a.. ZigZag a.. Waterfall a.. Harry Lorre- quer 9 6 Rutherford 9 6 ' Keegan 9 6 Private 9 6 Cassidy 9 6 D. Hughes 9 4 Private 9 4 Private 9 4 In France 9 4 I. Day 9 4 I. Day December, 5 yrs Moonshine, 5 yrs Swindler, 5 yrs Alice, 5 yrs Alice Wen t worth, 4 y Blue Rock, 4 yrs One Act, 4 yrs Ackworth, 3 yrs Avenger, 3 yrs Beatrix, 3 yrs Blue Mountain, 3yrs Cedric, 3 yrs Centurion. 3yrs AT WOODYEATES, SALISBURY, BY W. DAY. Dulcamara, 3 yrs Equinox, 3 yrs Greyling, 3 yrs Iareca, 3 yrs Kimburn, 3 yrs Rebecca, 3 yrs St Giles, 3 yrs Taffey, 3 yrs Tricolor, 3 yrs Biauca Capella, 2 yrs Bridal Tour, 2 yrs C by Surplice out of Calm, 2 yrs " Esau, 2 yra C by Joe Lovell out of I'roughton's dam, 2 yrs F by Surplice out of Fear, 2 yrs TheHappvLand, 2ys F by Orlando out of MarthaLynn, 2 yrs Reconciliation, 2 yrs Wilton. 2 yrs Haymaker, 2 yrs 6.. 9 4 W. Fowler Little Yeoman. 6.. 9 4 Audi n wood Siding .... 5.. Fearless ( hb).. 5.. 9 B g by Bow- string— Faith. 5. . 9 Sparchford .. a.. 9 Maurice Daley. a . 9 Omar Pasha ( hb) 6.. 9 Teddesley .... a.. Humboldt .... 6.. Sandboy 5 . Treachery ..., 5.. First of May .. 5.. Weathercock ... 6.. Blind Harper .. a.. Conrad .. a.. Westminster.. 5.. Quinton Private Ennis D. Hughes R/ James 0 Cowper Holman 9 0 Pattison 9 0 Escott 9 0 D. Hughes 9 0 C. Boyce 8 12 B. Land 8 10 Murphy 8 10 Tempest 8 10 D. Hughes The SEPTON HANDICAP PLATE of 50 sovs, added to a Sweep, stakes of 5 sovs each, 3 ft; mile and a quarter ; 22 subs age st lb Assayer 6. .8 7 Mary ... 0.. 8 5 Gamekeeper.... 6 Reveillee ... Cossey Ida Wee Willie . Duet .; Tom Thumb 0.. 8. 0 . S.. 7 12 .5.. 7 4 .4.. 7 4 .4.. 7 4 .4.. 7 2 age st lb Cock of the North .. 4 7 0 Obscurity 4.. 7 0 Indian Queen .. 4. .6 12 Rohallion...... 3.. 6 8 Malakoff 3.. 6 8 Special Licenee. S. .6 6 Kimburn 3.. 6 3 Cara Fatima .. 3.. 6 2 age stlb Cedric 3. .5 12 Chas. O'Malley 3.. 5 12 Wild Straw- berry 3., 5 10 Sir Humphrey .3. .5 6 Ch f byChatham — Rosaura ( hb) S.. 5 4 SALISBURY, 1857. The WILTSHIRE HANDICAP of 25 sovs each, 15 ft and only 5 if declared by Tuesday the 10th of February, with 50 added; winners of any Handicap after the weights are declared 61b, two Alonzo Poodle The Earl ... Enchanter , Waterfall... December Zigzag Lymington The Hind Hanry Eighih Apathy.. age st ib age st lb age stlb ... 4. 9 10 Tame Deer .. .. 4.6 12 Cearic 3. 5 13 . . a. 8 9 Greylinsr .. 3.. 6 10 PaulaMonti.... 3. 5 13 ... a. 8 4 Tarn O'Shanter. 3. .6 9 Dundas .3. 5 13 ... 5. S 0 The Prince Of Ch e by EpiTus ... i. 7,13 Wales...... .. 5.. 6 8 — Elcot'sdam. S. 5 9 ... a. 7 1! The Dupe .. 3.. 6 6 Iareca. S. 5 7 ... 5. 7 11 Baniiockburn Vaulter .. 3.. 6 5 Shirah ( late The ... a. .7 10 .. 3.. 6 5 Kertch Chiefs. 5 7 .. .5. .7 7 Huntington.. .. « .. « 5 Mohawk 3. 5 6 ... 5. .7 0 Worcester,.. .. S.. 6 5 Madame Rachels. 5 6 the Hobgoblin.. .. 8.. 6 i Omba 3. 5 5 ... 3. .7 0 Khnburn ... .. 3.. 6 3 Dardanelles,... 8, 5 5 : ... 3. 9 13 Bar One...,. .. 3.. 6 0 ERRATA. STOCKBRIDGB. — To the Stewards' Plate add Mr Drake ns Brother to Homily, 3 yrs, CATTERICK BRIDGE.— In the Oran Stakes.. for Mr W. E, Hob- son's North Lincolnshire," read North Lincoln." LINCOLN SPRING.— In the Two Year Old Stakes, for " Mr Ramsay's b c by Malcolm out of The Methodist," read " out of The Cocktail's dam," Victory ( hb), aged Old Stringbaults, aged Br c by John Cosser — Amberwiteh, 3ys Gulfina, br f, by Vortex out of Cla- rinda, 3 jrs Hanover, 5 yrs Gortschakoff, 4 yrs Tasmania, 3 yrs Bel Esperanza, 3 yrs Bashi Bazouk, 3 yrs C by Flying Dutch- man, 3 yrs Hark Forward, 3 yrs Evelyn, 3 yrs AT DONCASTER. BY W. KING. B c by Burgundy out of Peggy, 3 yrs B f by Ravensbone out of Mitre, 3 yrs Br'c by Mickey Free out of Hospodar's dam, 2 yrs Coquette, 2 yrs AT MALTON. BY C. PECK. Princess Eugenie, 3 yrs Stanza, 2 yrs Syllabus, 2 yrs Sillica, 2 yrs Ditto, 2 yrs Saxon, 2 yrs Mdme Ristori, 2 yrs Ronconi, 2 yrs Daniel, by Fernhill, 2 yrs Snydale, ch c, by John 0' Gaunt out of Alma, 2 yrs B c by Flatcatcher out of Jet, 2 yrs Whirlpool, 2 yrs CoxwoId, 2 yrs C by Chanticleer, 2 yrs Penrhyn, 2 yrs Tirailleur, 2 yrs C by Poynton, 2 yrs Norclift'e, 2 yrs Fly- by- Day, 2 yrs Conductor, 2 yrs AT Alonzo, aged Beechnut, aged St Clare, 6 yrs Lawn, 4 yrs Kestrel, 4 yrs Bandalore, 4 yrs STANTON, SHIFFNAL. BY H. WADLOW. Tom Loker, 4 yrs Ephorus, 4 yrs Prince's Mixture, 4 yrs Oakball, 3 yrs Stormsail, 3 yrs Nougat, 3 yrs Hunting Horn, 3 ys Maelstrom, 2 yrs Orchill, 2 yrs Happy Prince, 2 yrs Lincoln Tom, 2 yrs Johnny Taft ( h b), 5 yrs Alma, 4 yrs King of the Gipsies, 4 yrs Capuchin, 3 yrs AT RICHMOND, YORKSHIRE. BY CHARLES WINTERINGHAM. Hamlet, 3 yrs Rickeldon, 3 yrs Naughty Boy, 3 yrs C by Gameboy out of Maria, 3 yrs Sally, 2 yrs Prince of Denmark, 2 yrs Huldah, 2 yrs C by Gameboy out of Sister to Cloth- worker, 2 yrs AT HEDNESFORD BY JAMES DOVES ( successor to the late Mr S. Lord). Milkboy, aged Cockatoo, 5 yrs C by Phlegon out of Clelia, 2 yrs F by Orlando out of Eulogy, 2 yrs F by Tadmor out of Ma Mie, 2 yrs Mayboy, 5 yrs Cannobie, 4 yrs Bobby B., 4 yrs Meestissima, 3 yrs AT COMPTON, NEWBURY BY M. DAWSON. Lady Hawthorn, 3 ys Messenger, 3 yrs Forerunner, 2 yrs Windham, 2 yrs Mr Audinwood's b g Little Yeoinan, lOst 91b W. Taylor Mr Griffith's b g Moonraker, lOst lib. T. Donaldson Mr Hunt's Sir Charles Napier, 9st 131b Land, iun Mr T. F. Mason's b g British Yeoman, 9st 121b.... Mr Goodman Mr Weaver's br g Tchernaya ( h b), 9st 121b E. Weaver Mr Sargeant's br m Katey, 9st 121b. Owner Mr Waldron's Curragh, 9st I21b Mr Walker Mr M'Gratli's Maid of the West, 9st 101b J. Thrift MrFrisby* sOakball, 9st81b J. frisby „ . The SELLING CHASE. fiO'JV. Harbord's Grapeshot, llst( 150 sovs), S. Darling 51 Rnpftst " S ch h Smalthopes, list ( 15( 5) T. Donaldson br m Fanny Wynne, 9st 121b ( 50).. J. Thrift SI ef 9st ,1.21b ( 50)., Land, jun . Mr Seao) ? gl.'-^ oiiej- coinb, 9stl21b( 50) Mr- Siodman " eaver t. Beville „ ,. • , „, . f sed, 9st 71b Mr Edwards mat^ h^ e^ ween^ dle ^ Boy' and O..^ 16 ° ard, would have been a ^^ k^ inl^ ft- iH^ A^ match, pos- was also to have been decided on the hft> three miles, W. Harbord's bgGrapeshot, list 71b the Hon off 111b in three days), agst Cant Duff's b g < j| » « . who h « d got F. Gordon). The ground not being fit on the 27iHt7?'. 1rSI ( alr void, as stipulated by the articles. The untimely* if£. is Dec'? me we need Scarcely remark, produced the greatest dmppw " pU0IJ* so much so, that it was subsequently regretted an>^, rc Was 2 made to decide the principal events, at all risks and wiiuL. j^' l'' ferment, though such an arrangement, it will be seen, wtv^" have thrown overboard a probability of bringing off tile secom day's ruiining, which equally promised large fields and capital sport. At length, however, the " tumult dwindled to a calm ;" the last train took away the last freight of discomfited ones, more snow fell at dark, and the frost again set in with increased severity. Wednesday was a gloomy day, such as might have excited expectations of a speedy change, but at eve the wind returned to the freezing point, and brought with it an intensely bitter night, that might have caused even an Esquimaux to shake in his shoes. It determined the point, that there would be no Steepler. chasing at Oundlo that week, and accordingly on Thursday horses and riders " cleared out," and the quaint old town resumed its accustomed quietude. Without being able definitely to name the future fixture for the meeting, we are requested by the committee to mention that the rule in such cases provided wiM be abided by:—" That in the event of any doubt as to the fitness or safety of running, jt be left entirely to the stewards, who may order the chase or chases to be postponed, if the state of the weather, in their opinion, renders the ground unsafe or unfit for running on; all engage- ments to be standing, as when first subscribed to • bets to be void, unless the chase be decided on some day in the same week for which it was first fixed, or some other day named in the original conditions of the chase." . . • , ,, Thursday and Friday, the 11th and 12th of Feb, will probably be the new fixture, all particulars of which will duly appear. TALLAGHT STEEPLE CHASES. MONDAY, JAN 26 — The expected debut of some half- dozen new candidates for cross- country fame, caused this meeting to be looked forward to with no little interest, and it being the first of the year, the attendance was very considerable, being, perhaps, the largest ever seen assembled on the " hill of Tallaght." The sport, thongh it extended to three events, was not very good, the Dublin Carmen's Cup being alone contested with any spirit. The Belgard Handicap was first decided, six out of the seven acceptors reaching the starting post, King Pepin declining, having fallen lame the day previous. The race was a mere canter for Chance, whose stable companion, Morgan Rattler, ran well for a tyro for about two- thirds of the distance. The performance of the youuger aspirants in the succeeding race was much better, a grand race between Vine, Dunmurry. and The Arab Maid, ending in favour of Vino, whose style of fencing was admirable, and reflected the greatest credit on her trainer, Mr Keating. The Hack Stakes was an easy victory for Geneva,, a drop of which, or the old Scheidam, would have done no harm at the close of the day, which was bitterly cold. The BELGARD STAKES, a Free Handicap of 3 sovs each, 2 ft, with 30 added; the winner to pay 3 sovs to the fund; ages from the 1st January; three miles. Sir E. S. Hutchinson's b m Chance, by Playboy, 6 yrs, lOst 41b E. Noonan 1 Mr Scott's b m Eloise, 6 yrs, 9st71b J. Hanlon 2 Mr Keating's ch h Morgan Rattler, 6 yrs, lOst 101b .. Hyland 0 Mr Griffin's ch m Violet, 6 yrs, lOst 21b Maley 0 Mr H< systed's gr m The Arab Maid, 5 yrs, lOst — Fannin 0 Mr Byrne's chg Ringleader, 5 yrs, 9st 71b Hogan 0 Betting: 2 to 1 agst The Arab Maid, 5 to 1 agst Chance, and 4 to 1 agst Eloise. Violet held a lead of some few lengths over the four first fences, when Chance took up the running, with Eloise in attendance, and Morgan Rattler third, for the first round, when, bungling at a small up fence, he was thrown to the rear. The remainder of the race was a match, but not a good one, between Chance and Eloise, the former winning in a canter by six lengths. Violet had little to do with the race after running a mile, and Ringleader refusing several times early, got in contact with The Arab Maid, and knocking her over, she was not further persevered with. The DUBLIN CAR- OWNERS' CHALLENGE CUP, value 30 sovs, with 20 added to a Sweepstakes of 2 sovs each ; ages from the 1st of May ; three miles ; 10 subs. Mr Keating's ch f Vine.- by Old Port, Syrs, 8st 131b, E. Noonan " Mr E. J. Irwin's b c Dunmurry, 4 yrs, lOst 51b ...; D. Meany , Fannin 3 Hughes 0 _ Brady 0 Mr Donelly's b c The Huntsman, 3 yrs 0 Mr Byrne's ch f Geneva, 3 yrs Whelan 0 Betting: 7 to 4 agst Vine, 2 to 1 agst Dunmurry, and 4 to 1 agst The Huntsman, The Arab Maid got away with a lead of several lengths, Vine and Dunmurry being her two next atten- dants, the others lying close in the latter's wake. In this order they ran the first round, when The Arab Maid giving way Vine assumed the lead. Dunmurry taking the second place, aud The Arab Maid the third, iu which order the race progressed to the finish, Vine winning cleverly by three lengths, The Arab Maid a bad third, and the others beaten off a long way. The Huntsman fell at the third last fence, running at the time a bad feurth. The HACK STAKES of 1 sov each, with a Purse added; catch weights; once round. Mr Byrne's ch f Geneva, by Shawn Buidhc, 3 yrs .... Whelan 1 Mr Moylan's b g Politician Carberry 2 Mr Seaton's br g Magpie A lad 0 Won in a canter. Bedhngton............ Northumberland. Mr Warwick.... 9 Malttm ...;..• ..... Yorkshire - Audlem Cheshire Hall Place Berkshire Knipe Scar Westmoreland.... Belsay Northumberland. Spring Kell ( Langtown) .............. Biggar Champion Lanarkshire ..., Limerick Ireland ...',,,..,. Hordley Salop............ Everley{ Amesbury) .. Wilts..,,......., Underley Westmoreland .. Mlddleston Westmoreland .. Ley burn ( Wensleydale) Yorkshire Spelthorne Club Wiltshire........ Bottisfield Salop............ Waterloo ( Liverpool).. Lancashire...... North Berwick and Dirleton Haddingtonshire MARCH. Caledonian Edinburgh Belleek Altcar Club Lancashire...... Limerick( Open) Ireland. I Biggar,& c ... Lanarkshire .... North Union ( Antrim)„ IrelaHd.,......., APRIL. Spiddal................. Meath ( Ireland).. Kellady Hill Ireland Wexford Ireland .... Limerick Ireland........... MAY. Wexford ( Open)........ Ireland , i SEPTEMBER. Biggar ( St Leger, & c).. Lanarkshire .... Mr Nightingale. .30& fol. day a NOVEMBER. Ashdown Park Cham- v Pion Berkshire ....... 16& fol. days NOTICE TO SECRETARIES AND OTHERS.£ We shall feel particularly obliged to the Secretariesnt to Coursing Meetings if, ifl order^ o pr^ eTCnt^ disappointm the Mr R. Boulton .. 10 Mr Warwick ,... 10 Mr A." Bennett".' 12 Mr Miller...;.... 16 Mr A. Dalzell. ... 17 Mr Nightingale.. 17 & fol, days Mr Owens ...... 17,18 Mr Warwick,... 18 Mr M'George ... 18 & fol days Mr A. Dalzell.... 20, 21 Mr A. Dalzell.... 23 24 Mr Lawrence.... 24,25,26 Mr Warwick.... 25 Mr Nightingale. .25, 26,27 .. 26 .. U Mr Owens 11,12 Mr M'George.... 18,19 Mr Owens 18,13 Mr Nightingale,. 28 Mr Owens ... 25 Mr Owens Mr Hawkes. I, & C . 7 '.'• Mr Owens 16 Mr Owens 21,22 Mr Owens 6,7 ublic, they win ^ wara~ mean » direct to the Office; as the cJ^ re spondent who haTfejn-—^ d BeU'sLife at several meet&^ SS during the last two years is no! • connected with this paper. Mr PeHe Hoysted's gr m The Arab Maid, 4 yrs Mr W. H. Sowden's b m Maid of Westmeath, 5 yrs .. Mr J. H. Coatsworth's b g Barnard Kavanagh, 4 yrs .. Brady ------ — - - . Cusack Blanche of Middle- bie, 2 yrs F by Turnus out of Dalkeith'sdam, 2y Bonnets 4 yrs King John, 3 yrs AT LEWES. BY C. HORNSBY, JUN. Blue, j Banner Bearer, 3] ys I Dilemma, by Red j Hart, 2 yrs King James, 2 yrs Br f by Red Hart, 2 yrs" The Earl, 5 yrs AT EPSOM. BY R. SHERWOOD. | Magnet, 3 yis j Fright, 3 yrs [ TO BE CONTINUED IN OUR NEXT.] ' IRISH STEEPLE CHASE MANAGEMENT. MR EDITOR : Having seen in your paper of the 25th ult, an account of Bansha ( county Tipperary) Steeple Chases, in which it says, " Mr Kirby's ch g Chainbearer won the Farmers' Race, beating five others," I beg to say that that statement is incor- rect. It is true that the above named horse won the first heat to all intents and purposes. All the other horses in the race, except one, went wrong, and were objected to at the proper time and place. It is also true that Chainbearer and another were the only horses that weighed in for that heat, and there- fore the rest were not entitled to start again on that ground alone. It is also true that the majority of the stewards came to the conclusion that Chainbearer was the winner of the heat, but, from some unaccountable freak of fancy, tVey afterwards reversed their decision at the eleventh hour, and declared that it was no heat'! and that all tbe horses should start again !! A novel decision, no doubt, and calculated to promote sport, but more curious than pleasant for the owner of the winner. Tbe owner of Chainbearer declared he would run but one other heat, as, if he won, he would then consider himself entitled to the stake. He accordingly did so, and won, and refused to start for a third heat. However, tlie two horses that might to have been ASHDOWN PARK MEETING- JAN 20, 21, 22, 23, & 24—( CONCLUDED.) Stewards: The Earl of Sefton, C; Randell and W. Long, Esqs. Hon Sees: R. Etwall and J. Bowles, Eaqs. Judge: Mr M'George. A full return of the coursing up to Friday evening, including the results of the Craven Cup, Ashdown, Swinley, Botley, and Compton Bottom Stakes, appeared exclusively. in. our early editions last week ; we now complete the report of this meeting by repeating from our " Latest; Edition" of Sunday last, the following courses run ou Saturday, together with a few " con- cluding remarks" from our talented correspondent " ACourser.''' DECIMNG COUBSE FOB THE LAMBOUBN STAKES. Mr Lawrence's bd b Leonora, by his Lopez out of his Landgravine* beat Mr Willis's bk b Lady Watford, by Henderson's Larriston out of Carr's Consideration, and won the stakes. DECIDING COURSE JOB XHB RUSLEY SIAKBS. Lady E. Craven's bk b The Cure ( late Leech), by Lopez out of Landgra- vine, beat Mr Lawrence's be dLeipsic, by Lopez out ot Landgravine, and won the stakes. ——— MR EDITOR : On Friday and Saturday last I telegraphed to you the results of those days; and, although I was thrown late, by their refusing to communicate from Shrivenham, and had in consequence to go to Swindon, I was glad to see that it reached you in time to appear exclusively in the early edition of Bell. Aware that many of the competitors ( the principal winner amongst them) were compelled to leave on Thursday, and that they, with your coursing subscribers generally, would feel interested in knowing how " such things were," I now give you a concise copy of the detail. FRIDAY.— Met at Jhe Rubbing House; a fine morning, the snow having quite disappeared, and left the ground in good order. Larkspur and Lady Watford came to the slips for the second ties in the Lambourn. Lady Watford led to the hare, gained first turn, aud two or three points iu succession ; Lark* spur then went in front, and appeared likely to balance, the account, but her ladyship came again and finished cleverly a course of moderate length, the hare gaining the cover. Hop* market led Bed Quilt for some 50 or 60 yards, when the latter passed her, aud throughout one of the finest courses of the meeting was too quick for his competitor— the hare too good for the brace. Leonora and Le Juif ran their byes together, Le Juif having certainly a shade the best of a course of favourable length. ASHDOWN.— Second Ties : Locksley was too fast for the cor- rectly named little Ashdown, in rather a short course. DECIDING COURSE FOR THE CRAVEN C, UP.— Seacole led Leoline to the first and to the second turns; the latter then, obtained the lead, and ran so remarkably close and stout that Seacole could not put her out, the hare being so closely pressed that she plunged into a water pit about 200 yards from the coVer. . , ' LAMBOURN STAKES.— Third Ties: Leonora led Bed Quilt to the hare by two lengths, turned and Wrenched twice finely, when Bed Quilt destroyed her chance by killing. Lady Watford ran a bye, in which she had an able assistant in Saint, during a good course, with a capital hare. THE ASHDOWN STAKES DECIDING COURSE.— A close race for the first turn, gained by Le Juif, who had a shade the best of Locksley throughout a very severe course, with a most extraor- dinary hare, who, after much work, was thrown " off her legs by Locksley, but recovered herself, and again suffering many turns and wrenches, was served the same by Le Juif; she suc- cumbed not, however, to this, and after more work, was seized by both, but too tired to hold her, puss once more escaped, and after several wrenches gained her cover. The SWINLEY STAKES was cleverly won by Phryne, ( by Steamer out of Vandali by Figaro,) by good and stout running ; the BOTLEY, by Lucid Interval, who won each course in very good style ; the COMPTON BOTTOM STAKES by Cousin S.; and the RUSLEY, by The Cure, who, in each of two good and long courses, ran well, and finished very gamely. SATURDAY MORNING.— DECIDING COURSE JOB IHB LAM- BOURN EROM SWINLEY CORNER.— After a very close race for 70 or SO yards, Leonora drew forward, led two lengths to the hare, wrenched twice on her own line of ground, and followed up with a clever kill. Dame Fortune added this further proo' how abundantly she can shower her favours ou those who dill, gently and zealously persevere to deserve them ; for this wise did the Greenway kennel succeed in netting the Craven, the Lambourn, the Ash down, and the Botley Stakes; and it must be gratifying to Mr Lawrence to know, that in his absence his success was marked by the encomiums of his brother coursers. Thus did the Ashdown open season close, and we bade adieu BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, FEBRUARY 1, 1857. / o, u. Via-( iti us eround • andin the hope of witnessing the , took first turn, and, by admirable working, succeeded in main- and beauty of Caledonian coursing, and. especially and par- to the enchanting grounu, muiu """" i"" . 3 +„)„,-„„ w ariva. ifao- B tr, th* md of a short but ticularly the astonishing feats and superior excellence of its chief managers and their dogs, now suddenly changes tone and substance, aud pours forth in your paper of the 11th inst a sort e encnaumg " ; _ e ; taining and timing her advantage to the end of a short but same good fellowship at the Champion m JNovemoer, we jfagt c0Burse> Blackband and Tscha were slipped at a hare, but a " cantered away " to that miracle of the age, the electric small rise of ground intervened, and the latter was unsighted; a telegraph, to acquaint the world, through the columns of ^ hare got np under her " invincible Bell," with the results.- - Yours, & c, A COURSER. OSWESTRY MEETING— J an 27. ( By the kind permission of Mrs Lloyd.) Stewards : Robert Burton, R. G. Jebb, l S. Hodgson, J. B. Minor. Esqs. Judge : Mr Warwick. Slipper: Mr Presdee. Hon sec : Mr Lloyd, Field Stewards : Mr Lloyd, and Mr R. Thomas. The ASTON HAH CUP of £ i 10s each. Mr Burton ns bd b Muslin, by Derwentwater oat of Moss Rose, beat Mr Minor's bkb Mantle, by Baron out of Bella . Mr Siiles's r fed d Jack, by Tyrant, beat Mr Edwards's f dRob Rej, by Mr Bohlers\ on'swbk°) Express, by Tout out of Vanish, beat Mr Call- cott'srb Cherry Brandy, by York out ofLady Mr Racster* s bk b Hopbine, by Miles out of Bloom, beat Mr Hiles s bk b Mr Evans'tbkTEa^ of Castle Cave. beat Mr be w d Rainier o' Blue, by Flying Dutchman out of Bronte Mr Boote's bk b Alice, by Syntax out ot Young Bee, beat Mr Kirkby a r b Curious, by Lablache out of Wanton . , , . Mr Hammond's r wb Brighteye, by Rapid out of Beeswins, beat Mr Peel's Sambo, by Governor out of Fly Muslin beat Jack Express beat Hopbine Express beat Muslin III. I IV. Early Blush beat Sambo Alice beat Erighteye Early Blush beat Alice Mr Evans's Early Blush beat Mr Balderson's Express, and won the stakes. The OSWESTBY STAKES of £ 3 5s each. Mr Duncan's rb Orange Blossom, bV Tout out of Golightly, beat Mr Griffith's bk d Vampire, by Doctor out of Little Thought Of Mr Jack's r bd d Bright Idea, by Jack out of Fly, beat Mr Parry s bk w b Skip, by Leander out of Honesty. . . ' Mr Jones ns bk b Lily, by Bern out of Lily, beat Mr Minor's bk b Gipsy Lass, by Egypt out of Norfolk . ,„. ~ ,, Mr Jebb's w bi d Patch, by Wigan out of Remembrance, beat MrCall- cott's w beClaret, by Tout out of Hecuba Mr Kirkby's bk b Music, by Pilch out of Whimsey, beat Mr Hodgson ns bktb Lady Lucy, by Lopez _ T . Mr Griffith ns bk b Alice Grey, by Lopez out of Jenny Jones, beat Mr Pickering ns be w d General, by Wallace out of Nell Mr Hammond's bk d Hector, by Hotspur, beat Mr Evans's bk w b Ever- g- een, by Mansoor out ot Castle Cave t „ , , . , odd's bk b Drill, by Pepper out of Cricket, beat Mr Whaley's w f d Topper, by Tout out of Vanish Eriglit Idea beat 0. Blossom I* AUce Grey beat Music Lily beat Patch I Hector beat Drill Bright Idea beat Lily Alice Grey beat Hector Mr Griffith's Alice Grey beat Mr Jack's Bright Idea, and won the stakes. [ EBOM AN OLD COBBESFONDENT.] MB EDITOR : This meeting came off on Tuesday last, in spite of the unpropitious drawback of a frosty morning, but we were told that, if the ground was soft enough to commence at noon, there would be plenty of hares to com- plete the stakes before dark; nor were we disappointed. At about one o'clock we journeyed towards the meadows, a flat of beautiful turf, extending for a mile and a half, and, after some little delay, it was pronounced to be " available," without much risk to the greyhounds, as tke sun had shone gloriously all the morning. The business commenced with the first ties for the Aston Cup, when Muslin aud Mantle were brought to the slips. Mantle took the lead, but was passed by Muslin to the hare, which she turned twice, when, after a little even work, Mantle fell, and Muslin went on and killed. Jack outpaced and completely routed Rob Roy, the favourite. Express beat Cherrv Brandy oleverly, by being a little too fast from the slips for her. Hopbine was considerably the fastest, although the other worked by far the best, but the big points the white collar made scored against her. Early Blush very easily beat Derby. Sambo beat Banner of Blue, neither of them doing anything very meritorious. Alice conquered Curious by cleverly overworking her, at which forte she was the steadier, the latter slipping about like a ship in a storm, I should suppose from the frost having made the turf in some places rather " greasy." Brighteye beat'Sambo, after an undecided course, in one of moderate length.— First ties of the Oswestry Stakes: Vampire was beaten rather unfortunately by Orange Blossom. Bright Idea ran away from Skip, and relieved her from any re- sponsibility. Lily, after an undecided course, beat Gipsy Lass, with not much to spare. Batch beat Claret m a course of little merit to either. Music beat Lady Lucy in a nice trial, very cleverly. Alice Grey, a clever little greyhound, in a very long course, proved too clever a tactician for The Ge- neral. After an undecided course Hector beat Evergreen, neither of them running to my mind. Drill, an old favourite in this part, cleverly beat Topper after a short no- go.— Second ties for the Cup : Muslin easily defeated Mr Jack. Hopbine, a favourite, from having won the Challenge Cup at the late Sun- dome Meeting, was expected to put Express out easily, but she was either not in the same form as at Sundorne, or the slippery state of the ground did not suit her capabilities; for she was just beaten by the white working so very closely. In the speed of the two, however, there was no comparison. Early Blush, a fast aud I think a good greyhound, very soon put Sambo hors de combat. Alice beat Brighteye, showing a decided superiority. — Second ties for the Stakes : Bright Idea led and easily disposed of Orange Blossom very smartly. Lily beat Patch, who did not make any great efforts to secure the judge's fiat. Although Music led considerably from the slips, and turned twice or three times, Alice Grey came gamely in, and changed the balance in her favour, snatching the course, as it were, " out of the fire.' Hector, in a short course, beat Drill, the hare being scarcely xood enough for Drill/ or I think it would have been different.— Third ties for the Cup : Express beat Muslin— two clever grey- hounds with their hare, and I think it Would have ended in favour of Muslin had she not stumbled; but the white, never throwing a chance away, got in and completely worked her out. Early Blush, in one of the most severe courses of the day, cleverly and easily defeated Alice, who is nevertheless a nice looking greyhound, aud ran very smartly in her other courses. — Third ties for the Stakes: Bright Idea disdained all idea of succumbing to Lily. Hector, a fast dog, but in- capable of " staying," was beaten by Alice Grey, who got in and served him out fearfully in a long course. The deciding course for the Cup was won by Early Blush, who I was surprised io see come again so fresh, after the dressing she got in lior pre- vious course; she beat Express at all points, and besides being in excellent condition, must possess extraordinary lasting quali- ties. For the Oswestry Stakes, Alice Grey very smartly beat Bright Idea, wh « , from his urevious running, appeared to stand a good chance for the stake, but was fairly and cleverly beaten; and thus we concluded, by half- past four, a most satisfactory day's sport, for, after . it had commenced, nothing appeared to mar the pleasure of the meeting, and many thanks are due to Mrs Lloyd, the owner of the soil, for permitting such a treat upon her beautiful estate. It would be a pity such ground to be hid from the coursing world. For Mr Lloyd's, the worthy honorary secretary's, clever management, much commendation was expressed; nor must the keeper, Mr Thomas, be without a meed of praise for his politeness towards every one, and the pains he took in directing the beating, which was excellent throughout. The judge acquitted himself very satisfactorily, although his task was rather hazardous from the state of the ground; but he, nevertheless, got through his duties exceed- ingly well. Presdee, as he has done at all the meetings I have seen him this season, slipped capitally. Trusting that we shall have another " merry meeting" here soon, I remain, Mr Editor, yours, & c, . • SALOPIA. single- handed course, when at length the hare blinked her. On returning another hare unluckily rose, and she had another se- vere " gruelling," and we all thought that she had then no chance, as Blackband had killed, after a few turns. Contrary to our expectations, however, she, in the second trial, beat Blackband most decidedly, and it was afterwards ascertained that Blackbaud had broken his toe in his previous exertions. Spiteful led Blackthorn to the first fehce, gave him a clear go- by in the next field, and had by far the best of an average course, finishing, as usual, with a kill. Primrose Girl had much greater speed and better working qualities than Larry Doolan in a long course ; in the latter part of it Larry tried to make up for lost time, and worked well on a tilled field, but another go- by showed that he had no chance of suceess, although he eventually killed. Second Ties for the Tyro Stakes: Fluke beat Handy Andy easily, and Nelly Bly did not give a chanoe to Bee, but took the hare to herself, and wrenched and turned 20 times by remark- ably close working, and the hare was killed between them. On FRIDAY the sports for once commenced precisely at eleven o'clock ( the time appointed), aud Mr Kelly, in the most kind and considerate manner, took us to his best ground, which he had resolved to reserve for the Open Meeting in April, and I do not think that a better field for fair trials or stouter hares can be found anvwhere. Vanish, who ran second for the Champion Stakes at Clorains last year, appeared first in the slips with Tscha. A good hare was started in a few minutes. \ anish led to the first fence, where Tscha stumbled, and Vanish quickly took first, second, and third turns, being five points ahead, and we all thought that the previous day's work had settled Tcha's hash; but the hare gallantly broke away, and went for more than a quarter of a mile, without a turn. Tscha quickly gave Vanish a " go by,'" and went up to the hare 20lengths ahead. It was an exciting moment to her sportsmanlike owner to know whether puss would make her point- through the next fence, where they must have been secluded from the view of the judges, who could not follow them. Tscha, however, by a tre- mendous effort, brought lier round in time, took several turns by herself, and won the course in a most decided and gallant manner, showing superior speed, and working admirably. Spiteful and Primrose Girl raced evenly for the first 100 yards ; Spiteful on the outside, then led well to the hare, and served herself, after which Primrose Girl made two points, and Spiteful again turned, passed her antagonist, drove the hare on the top of a fence, and killed her before she could get off it. In the de- ciding course for the Tyro Stakes, Nelly Bly won without much difficulty, Fluke apparently taking more interest in watching her proceedings than in trying what he could do himself. Then, at last, came the deciding course for the great event. Both Tscha and Spiteful looked fresh in the slips— their ears well up— but Spiteful had the call in the betting, from the comparatively slight work which she had performed. A countryman told us he heard a " soho" twofields off. On our way thither a hare— a good one— rose. Spiteful led to the first fence, but the hare taking a turn to the right, let in Tscha three lengths ahead; Spiteful put on the steam, passed her opponent, and went to the hare with a de- cided lead, turned her, and led through a gap in the next fence, wrenched her game again, but slipped in following ; Tscha then took the lead across the next field, turned, and led across it by the upper fence, turned again, and brought the hare back again all across the field ; this she repeated six times, Spiteful never being able to get in or losing her position the moment she did so. At last the hare got into another field and returned, Tscha still leading, and at length saved her life in the gullet, which she had been evidently aiming at throughout. The owner of Spite- ful acknowledged that she was fairly vanquished, and that Tscha was one of the most extraordinary greyhounds which he had ever seen, and that he had no particular desire to meet another like her.— Yours, & c, Jan 24. AN ADMIRES OP " BELL. [ We shall be happy at all times to hear from our able and obliging correspondent. We have also to acknowledge the receipt of two other well- written reports of this meeting, by " A Young Courser" and " Cocktail;" but the great pressure upon our columns compels us to content ourselves with the foregoing, which was in type before the others came to hand.— ED. Bell's Life. 1 . WINMARLEIGH MEETING- JAN 28. Judge: Mr Dalzell. Slipper: Henry Robinson. The PATTEN STAKES. Mr J. Bayley's r d Broadbrim, by Mandarin out of Heretical, beat Mr Knowles'S bk d King Tom, by Blunder out of Funny Eye ,, , Mr Williams's r b Get Out, by Bill out of Lill, beat Mr Simpson's bk d Sheriff, by Bedlamite out of Exile Capt Thompson's r d Tiff, by Navigator out of Bluelight, beat Mr Simp- son's bk b Styx, by Bedlamite out of Exile ( 2) - Mr J. Bayley's bk b Black Swan, by Lablache out of Sister to Little Go, beat Mr Knowles's w , bk b Katie Darling, by Blunder — Funny Eye II. „. Broadbrim beat Get Out I Black Swan beat Tiff III. Mr J. Bayley's Broadbrim and his Black Swan divided the stakes. The WrNMABLEiGH CUP. I. Mr Addie's f w b Boggart beat Capt Thompson's f d Triton Mr Singleton's rwdSpringranabye Mr Turner's. bk d Lawson ( dr) Mr Addie's Boggart, by Frederick out of Threlfall's Fly. beat Mr Single- ton's Spring, by Sir William Perry — Lady Neville, and won the cup. The Moss SIDE STAKES reduced to a match. Mr Knowles's f d Sultan, by Hughie Graham out of Airey's Lady, beat Mr J. Bayley's bk w b Marguerite. The THKOSILE NEST STAKES, Capt Thompson's fd Triton beat Mr Gardner's i w b Lady Neville Mr Gardner ns r w. d Spring ... Mr Knowles's bk d King Tom . II. Capt Thompson's Triton, by Navigator out of Thompson's Jenny, and Mr Gardner ns Spring, by Sir William Perry out of Lady Neville, divided the stakes after two undecided courses. This pleasant little meeting was well nigh being stopped by the frost on Wednesday last; however, on assembling at the coursing ground, at about half , past eleven o'clock, it was found that the running might be commenced. The first brace of dogs were accordingly put in the slips for the Patten Stakes, and the eard was afterwards got through in good time. Tbe Throstle Nest Stakes was then entered for, but in consequence of the wildness of the hares, and the two dogs left in having run two undecided courses, it was agreed to divide. All Were glad to see Mr Dalzell again on the ground, and the satisfaction given by his decisions sent home a very respectable company, highly pleased. BROUGH ( CATTERICK) OPEN MEETING- JAN 21 & 22. ( By the kind permission of Sir Wm. Lawson, Bart, Brough Hall^) Judge: Mr Miller. Slipper : Mr Carter.. The BBOUGH CUP, by 21 greyhounds, all- aged, at £ 210s eaeh. LIMERICK CLUB MEETING- JAN 21, { KNOCKRUE) 22, & 23. The KNOCKBUB STAKES of £ 2 10s eaeh. Mr Payne's r b Pet ' em out beat ' MrBarrington's fbBlaftche(& bsent) Mr Elliott's bd b Vanish .,., Mr Russell's w r d Revolt Mr SpSight's be d Humphrey May Mr Curling's r d Soarrowhawk Mr Payne's bd b Phantom Mr Spaight's f b Highland Hornet Mr Barnngton's f w d Beau ( absent) Mr Hewson'afd Argus Mr Fosberry's bk d Blackband .. Mr Westropp's r b Tscha Mr Curling's r b Spiteful Mr Fosberry'sbk w d Blackthorn.. Mr Payne's w f b Primrose Girl.. Mr Massy'a bk t d LarryDoolan.. Vanish beat Pat ' em out Tscha beat Blackband Tscha beat Vanish Spiteful beat Blackthorn I Primrose Girl beat L, Doolan III. I IV. " Spitefulbeat PtimTose Girl Mr Jever's r d Handy Andy Mr Hewson's bd d Fluke Mr Barrington's f h Bee Mr Spaight's bk b Nelly Bly Fluke beat Handy Andy Mr Westropp's Tscha, by Bonnie Scotland out of Papillote, beat Mr Curling's Spiteful, by Hawk out of a bitch bred by Mr Do » ede, by Douro out of Daisy, and won the stakes, Tseha reoeiving two- thirds and Spiteful one- third. The TXKO STAKES of £ 1 5s each. ' I. beat Mr Payne's r b Polly Peachum Capt O'Donnell's bd w d Slasher ,. Capt O'Donnell's bk b Lizzie ,. Mr Massy's f d Hold Hard II. . . _ I Nelly Bly beat Bee Mr Spaight's Nelly Bly, by Bedlamite out of Fearless, beat, Mr Hewson's Fluke, and won the stakes, Nelly Bly receiving two- thirds and Fluke one- third. •,••.-' • MB EDITOR : I venture to send you an account of the proceedings of the above club at Knockrue, on Wednesday last and two following days. The day was not very inviting, there being a cold easterly wind and a sprinkling of snow on the ground; nevertheless, nearly all the dogs entered were in at- tendance, with their owners, and in addition, about 500 of the most unruly multitude which could be produced in Europe or any uncivilised country— no reasoning could keep them in order — they would continually press on the slipper, and rushed and shouted like wild Indians after the dog* in every course, running over unbeaten ground, and turning up numbers of hares which would have shown splendid sport, and the result was that the meeting was prolonged for three days, when it might otherwise have been easily finished in one. I may also remark that the Limerick Club will spon become proverbial for want of punc- tuality. It is too bad that parties from a long distance, who make a point of being on the ground precisely at tne hour named, ten o'clock, should be kept shivering in the cold till half- past eleven. Having referred to these drawbacks, I now proceed with my remarks. Put'em Out ran a bye, Blanche being ab- sent j Vanish led Revolt to the hare, and wrenched her twice, when puss, thinking she had had enough of such fun, raced clean off to cover without any further ceremony. Humphrey May led Blackband from the slips, but unfortunately they ran out of the judges' sight, and it was a " no- go." Parties who saw the course said that Humphrey won cleverly, but the judges very properly required ocular proof. The next course, between Sparrowhawk and Tscha, was one of the most exciting of the meeting, and shows how nearly the laurels were being wrested from the eventual winner. Tscha led from the slips, but in going on ploughed land along a furze fence Sparrowhawk passed her; he lost this advantage, however, by Tscha luckily getting through the mense first, and she raced up to the hare in mag- nificent style, and took first and second turns. Sparrowhawk then came in for a wrench and a turn, and afterwards one of the closest struggles took place that could be witnessed, both work- ing admirably for about 15 points each, when the hare went out of sight, with Sparrowhawk leading well. The two judges differed in opinion as to which had the best of it by one point, and as it would have been too bad that both should have lost their chance of the stakes by running another course, they con siderately agreed to take evidence of the kill, which caused Tscha to be declared the victor. Phantom got the lead from the slips, and led Spiteful to the hare, when the latter, to make up for lost time, took the hare to herself for six or eight turns, and finished by a splendid rush and kill. Black- band and Humphrey May then came together again; the former led from the slips, and had decidedly the best of a terrific course, giving a clear go- by in the last field, and following the hare into a furze covert, where she escaped, as she fairly deserved. In a direct line from point to point the distance run could not have been less than a mile, and, in the first three fields, puss every moment had a squeak for her life. Blackthorn raced away from Highland Home, and the latter got a terrible fall in jumping a watercourse; she recovered herself, however, and, by good working, nearly brought the matter even till the hare returned to the ploughed field, in which Blackthorn had all the sport to himself, and finished with a kill, the hare falling just as she had a good chance of getting into a pasture field. Primrose Girl ran a bye, Beau being too much of a dandy to venture out in such inclement weather. Larry Doolan beat Argus cleverly, after an undecided course, and thus ended one of the best day's sport ever witnessed, so far as stout running, fair trials, and impartial judgment go. On THURSDAY the liberal and respected owner of the ground attended at the place of meeting punctually as the clock struck ten, in accordance with the arrangement made on the previous evening; but, as usual, more than an hour was lost before the parties most interested made their appearance, and thus valu- able time was lost and the meeting protracted for another day. The Tyro Stakes commenced the proceedings. Handy Andy beat Polly Peachum all the way, making two or three good turns, and running the hare into a furze covert, where she es- ~ caped. Slasher was a spectator of Fluke's proceedings through- out a long and severe course, and did not make a single point towards winning. Bee lost time at the start, but passed Lizzie at the first fence, and, notwithstanding a terrible fall, in which she cut herself severely, kept the lead until the hare ran into covert. I did not see the course between Nelly Bly and Hold Hard, but I was informed that the bitch woirvery decidedly. Second ties for the Knockrue Stakes: Put ' em Out led Vanish from the slips, but on the hare swerving Vanish rushed in and Mr Robinson's f d Mole Mr Cass's w r b Clara Mr Cass's w f d Redcap Mr Goldsbrougli's r d Napier Mr Oliver's f w d Dusty Mr Donkin's bk d Major ( late 1 Rasping Bob) J "" Mr Brigham's bk w t d Mus- 1 cilian J" Mr Harrison's f d Mentor .. Mr Spaw's r d Archinuedius Mr Wilkinson's b( l b Blae Bonnet.. Mr Vickers's w r b Busy Bess . , Mr Yickers's w f d Young Saddler;. beat Mr Gill's r b Sophia Mr Burdon's f b Handsome Bess Mr Stephenson's f d Golden Lion Mr Wade's r w d Tramp Mr M ewburn's I e w b Deception Mr Gill's be w d Turpentine Mr Viekera's f d Emperor Mr Horseman'- s r w d Bob Mr Scott's f d Luck's All Mr Mewburn's-. w bd d Malakoff Mr Wat, son's VI < 1 Kingston r. Mew burn's w. bd d Marmion ClaTa beat Mole _ • Napier beat Redcap Major beat Dusty Napier beat Clara Mentor beat Major Mentor beat Napier r ifimn rr, Mi HI. IV. Mentor beat Mhsdiian Archimcedius beat Blue Bonnet • Young Saddler beat Busy Bess - Archimcedius beat Y. Saddler ArcbimcediuS ran a bye Mz Harrison's Mentor beat Mr Spaw's Archimcedius, and won the cup. The H& NOB HOUSE STAKES, by 14 greyhounds at £ 110s each, pupped in 1855. L ® d4 tot etulxft ewiiift • I. tfsiinitab olds sawd Mr Horner's bk w t d Dotiro beat Mr Alison's He w 4 Spring MrSurtees'sfdBuckof larry j ^ ; Mr Spaw's fh: Little Jessie Mr Wade's w r d Count Mr B. Vickers's f w d Bonnie Mr Spaw's r b Polly Mr Wade's bk w d Tempest Mr Watson's bk w d King, of 1 the Wear /" Mr Ticker's 6d w d Sport Mr Cass's bk w d Nought Mr Jackson's w f h First Fly / Mr Raw's bk w d Springbok ( late 1 Doctor) _ Mr Oliver's w b Lily ii. / Buck of Tarry Burn bt Douro I Polly beat Tempest Count beat Bonnie King of the Wear ran a bye in. Buck of Tarry Burn bt Count | Polly beat King of the Wear IV. Mr Surtees's Buck of Tarry Burn beat Mr Spaw's Polly, and won the stakes. of fuueral dirge over the decay and fall of coursing in general, and of Scotland in particular, and endeavours to assign causes to palliate or excuse in the eyes of the public so sad a result. The importance of the above two leading subjects, the libe- rality with rfhich you devote your valuable space for discussion, and a conviction that the best remedy for the future is to lay bare the errors of the past, emboldens me to offer some further remarks ; and, first, as to " The Caledonian Reporter's" alleged decay and fall of Scotch coursing aiid its causes, and specially the several Scotch Clubs or meetings. He refers to the La- narkshire and Renfrewshire, the Clydesdale, and Old Caledonian, in all of which he latterly took a prominent part, and I, as a member, gathered some experience. I say, then, Mr Editor, with regret, that in one and all these meetings their decay and fall was owing, not to the specious reasons now put forth by the aforesaid " Reporter," but entirely to the systematicbad manage- ment of a leading official; and if the " Reporter" will assume his real name, I will be ready to meet him, aud substantiate my opinion by facts in detail; but at present I will confine myself to stating ( and I do so more from a feeling to deter others, where portions of the same bad system may have been engrafted, than to reflect on the past), that it was impossible any coursing so- ciety could prosper under a system where one man, or any set of men, largely entering dogs themselves, and making betting- books— prosecuting it more as a dog- dealing trade or business for pecuniary profit than sport or recreation— arrogate to himself or themselves the right of appointing judge, slipper, and beaters, arbitrarily occupying ( all in one) the offices of Club steward, field steward, flag steward, secretary, treasurer, and even of " reporter;" and last, but not least, a special aud exclu- sive direction of what is known in Scotland as the selecting, beating, and drawing of the ground, and hares— a duty most deli- cate and important, and which ought never to be attempted by those who enter dogS of their own and make a book. It is such a system as this, Mr Editor, in part or whole, which has truly caused the decay and fall of many of the principal Scottish coursing meetings, and it still exists to some extent in others, driving its best members from the field, and prejudicing the sport iu the eyes of the community generally; and 1 humbly conceive he deserves well of his brethren who fearlessly comes forward to expose its abuses and remedy its defects. The means are simple, and easily adopted. We have plenty of rules and regulations for governing and controlling ordinary members, but we are sadly deficient in rules for controlling our stewards and managers; and it is here I would first point the finger of reform, and urge the absolute necessity of strictly defining their qualifications, powers, and duties, and providing for their due fulfilment. Coursing is a sport peculiarly for the multitude. Unlike fox hunting, racing, shooting— the cost of which necessarily re- stricts their followers— coursing, if properly conducted, affords a cheap, healthy, invigorating exercise and amusement for all classes ; the lord of the soil, the tenant, the cottager, the mer- chant, tradesman, or mechanic, may each aud all meet, parti- cipate, and compete on honourable equality, and every class cul- tivate, by friendly contact and exchange of courtesy with each fcther, those kiad and liberal feelings so essential in a mixed country like ours to the union and welfare of the great mass of the community. As such, therefore, its proper management becomes not merely of local but of national importance, and the regeneration of the system I refer to demands the aid of every true courser. Having trespassed at such length, I shall only briefly notice the second head or subject— the Biggar St Leger questions of coursing law. Thanks again to your liberality, Mr Armistead's letter, Mr Paterson's answer, and Mr R. A. Welsh's observations, are before the public; and it is for the latterto judgehow far the stewards, in deciding two similar cases in opposite ways, have, or have not, ve- rified the old adage, that what, is " sauce for the goose should be sauce for the gander," or, in other words, whether the decision in favour of an " Albatross" be consistent with that against a " Kingfisher"— both cases liable to the same disqualifying ob- jections, and falling to be decided by Welsh's ( Thacker's) rules; in particular Nos 24, 25, 26, and 27, the first two of which specify, a precise set form of certificate in proof of pedigree, the non- fulfilment of which disqualifies an entry ? Also, whether the stewards elected for this particular meeting, previously advertised as to be governed by Welsh's ( Thacker's) rules, had the power to determine objections and disputes, in opposition to those rules, and adopt iu lieu thereof rules and principles of their own '- t Again,- whether it was competent for the stewards, or beyond their powers, to restore Sweetbriar to the stake, aud allow him to run again and win, after being beaten and put out the day previously, in his first course with Kingfisher, before the latter was found disqualified, through failure, to produce the certificate referredJto in rules 24 and 25 ? These questions 1 submit to your coursing readers to judge and answer, merely explaining further that, even supposing the stewards not bound to conform to " Welsh's ( Thacker's) ruies," and having power to adopt other rules, or other forms, for prov- ing the pedigrees than they expressly provide; still, the evi- dence furnished by Mr Armistead is not sufficient proof of pe digree. The declaration of his trainer disagrees in dates with Mr Henderson's letter. Both cannot be right, and the letter itself not mentioning the name of either Sire or dam, and not being addressed to any one, affords no legal evidence or proof of pedigree whatever.— Yours, & c, A PUBLIC COURSES. " Rear high thy bleak majestic hills, Thy scattered valleys proudly spread, And SCOTIA pour thy thousand rills, And wave thy heath with blossoms red.'? ME EDITOR : After the onslaught which has been made of late in your columns about the management or mismanagement of coursing clubs in this end of the island, and about the neglect to report, in some instances, and in others the defective reports which are transmitted to your paper, I trust your readers have now been able to form their own candid and impartial opinions. It is neither my Object to investigate the sources nor the mo- tives of these attacks; but there is a question which has yet to be explained, viz, the grounds upon which the stewards decided in the case of King Fisher and Sweet Briar. And perhaps Mr J, Abraham Welsh will give in his authority upon a case where it is asserted that a dog has been stolen*, and consequently that his correct pedigree cannot be given. In the case of King Fisher, after Mr Nightingale had pronounced in his favour and he was known for 24 hours to be the Winner of his first course, he is disqualified from running, ahd his opponent's name sub- stituted,' and, strange to tell, his opponent is the winner of the stake. I have no doubt but that the indefatigable and excellent honsecof the Biggar Coursirig Club' will: furnish a statement and any correspondence that may have taken place. With re- gard to Mr Armistead's case, 1 think your readers will think that, in addition to the protest & f John Lamb, there was really something to explain, for he imdhis groom and Mr Henderson, of Rylstone, were not as one about dates, and a suspicion about identity was raised. But as time reduces questions to their proper dimensions, and as it has been decided that Mr Armi- stead was entitled to the amount won by his puppy, and the sum lias been paid, let no " law be established," but let Mr Armistead appear at the Biggar Champion Meeting on the 17th February next, again to conquer. The greatest poet of England has written— . " Age cannot stale nor custom wither." And he might have applied the words to British field sports, for by them - M A prou< i people's passions are~ exhaled." One word about reporting for English meetings. I am confident that the countrymen of Sir Walter Soott are always pleased to see notices of English meetings in your paper, but I submit that complaints might be made on this side of the Border about the dearth of intelligence regarding them, and that really the Scottish meetings are as fully described as the English. Witness the full and able report of the Caledonian Club in last week's paper, and that the South Lancashire ( Soutliport), tne South- minster, and Dengie Hundred, the Altcar, the Busby Park, and the Belsay are all passed over with " bare cards." I am aware that no newspaper can have its " Special Reporter" at every meeting, and that " penny a liners" are at discount out of Lon- don, but, by a trifling effort each club might find some members to give zest to its proceedings by a few spicy sentences. He need not be a Captain Grose, of whom Robert Burns wrote— " If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede ye tent it, A chiel amang ye's taking notes, And faith he'll prentit." t; but rather a faithful chronicler and honest man, who will " hold the mirror up to nature," and nature up to the mirror,— Yours, & c, AMICUS CUBO:. ACLARE MEETING- JAN 20. Stewards} The Earl of Beetive, M. P., and John Rodon, G, p. Pollock* and C. A. Nicholson, Esqs. The ACLAEE STAKES, I. Mr Pollock's r b Fiddle de Dee beat Mr Foster's bk d Nemo Mr Black's bd b Widow Lord Bective's bk b Black Bess Mr Callan's Coquette ran a bye. Fiddle de Dee beat Widow Mr Pollock's bd b Eyebrow Mr Gallon's bk d Alma II. Il'l. Coquette beat Black Bess Mr Pollock's Fiddle de Dee and Mr Callan's Coquette divided the stakes. The DBUMCONBATH^ STAKBS, for puppies. Mr Black's r d Hamlet beat ' Lord Beetive's bkd Bloodthirsty Mr Forster's bk d Nemo ,. Mr Rotlon's be d Rhinoceros II. Mr Black's Hamlet and Mr Forster's Nemo divided the stakes. The LADIES' PUBSB, all ages. MrRodon's bk d RomanCement beat ' Mr Callan's f b Una Mr Smith's bk d SirJWilliam .. Lord Bective's bk b Bosis Mr Rodon'S bk w d Tenison .. Mr Smith's be b Maid of Ardee Mr Walker's r b Kate ... Mr Callan's bk b Marchioness The stakes were divided amongst the four winners. Through the kindness of Mr Singleton, the Mountainstown Club opened new ground at the above meeting, and we congra- tulate them heartily on the occasion, as from want of hares at Mountainstown and other places, affairs looked dull and un- promising. On Tuesday, however, the Bpirits of the members revived, and not without cause, as finer ground and a better show of hares were never seen— 36 were put up off a bottom of afcout 12 acres alone; but, from the slipper not knowing the ground, and the playful mirth of the lower orders, slips were not as numerous as we hope to see them on the next occasion. A great number of the fashionables from Louth and Meath were present, including many ladies, and all seemed pleased with the exhilarating sport. Goursing was kept up until dark.— FKOM A COBBEBPONDENT. CHURCH- HILL ( WESTWARD) MEETING- JAN 22. ( By permission of General Wyndham, M. P.) Judge: Mr A. Dalzell. Secretary: Mr Isaac T. Gate. The SIXTEBN DOG STAKE. I. Mr Fidler's bk w d Derwent beat Mr Wood's fw b Creeping Kate Mr Martindale's r d The Robber. Mr Harrison's fd Danger Mr Glaister's bk w d Dart Mr Peel's fd Agricola Mr Robinson's r w d Brisco Mr Longcake's f d Jim- a- long Mr Grant ns r d Wild Dayrell Derwent beat The Robber Danger beat Dart Danger beat Derwent Mr Topping's f w b Dusty Miller Mr Coates's f b Myrrba Mr Barnes's bk w b Wee Hannah Mr Kilpatrick's bk d Risk Mr Graham's bd d Glenalvon Mr Grant ns bk b Countess Mr Ivison's r b Eugene II. 1 Brisco beat Agricola Jim- a- long beat Wild Dayrell III. I IV. Jim- a- long beat Brisco Mr Harrison's Danger beat Mr Longcake's Jim- a- long, and won the stakes. CALEDONIAN COURSING AND REPORTING. MB EDITOB : Since last I addressed you on these subjects, I perceive various correspondents have shed a little light, first upon some ef the " sober facts" connected with Caledonian coursing, and secondly upon the former " dry" cards of the Biggar Club Meetings, a » d its questions of coursing law. On the first subject, I find in particular two letters, or reports, in your paper, calling for attention, the one referring to " AN ALL- AGED STAKE" at the late Caledonian Meeting, designated as such in that Club's printed cards, or lists, and so reported in certain Londonand other papers, but which I believe is more cor- rectly stated by your correspondent as a prize of a different and, I fear, of so very questionable a character, as to require further explanation; and I trust the s « 5- reporter of that Club, who lately, if I mistake not, addressed your paper in guise of " An Observer," will favour us with the real history of the prize, and the actings of himself, and the " little" coterie in the Edinburghcorn market, who usually style themselves '' the Club," and transact its business; and when this information is ob- tained, I will probably submit to him, through your paper, a few questions touching the other sober facts. Meantime, I proeeed to the second letter I referred to, which issues from The " Cale- donian Reporter," who, strangely enough, discarding the wonted style in which he delighted to paint the poetry, romance, glory, THE LATE CALEDONIAN MEETING, MB EDITOB : From the spirit shown by the " Second Day's Reporter" of this meeting, in your last number, in describing a few of the courses, and the excuse he finds for some of the beaten dogs being in that unfortunate position, I had hoped that the same amiable feeling would have been continued throughout his report; but not so. He goes on to say with reference to the " Red Deer" money, that " considerabledissatisfaction had arisen in regard to this mouey, which, as far as conversation went on the ground, appeared to be of a nature anything but creditable," & c. As these remarks may mislead parties unacquainted with the facts, I think it right ioitate thatJhis stake Originated from a member of the club in December, 1851. Having won with Red Deer a 16- dog staker which was limited to dogs bond fide the property of members, some time afterwards this dog was disco- vered not to have been the bond fide property of the party who ran him; the money was therefore refunded. Subsequently a general meetiug of the club was held for the special purpose of considering what should be done with the money, and it was then agreed that it, added to a Sweepstakes, should be run for annually by the members of the duo until twice won by one meniber, or any subscriber not agreeing to this, could have his entry money returned to him on applying to me, which no one did. The original subscribers who adhered to the club, with two ex- ceptions, have competed for it, and the first competition took place in January, 1854, when Mr Gibson's Stanley won, Mr A. Graham's Sir Wyndham running up; in 1855 it was won by Mr Barnes's Banker, Mr Gibson's Stanley running up; in 1856 by Mr Borron's Beacon, Mr W. Wilson's Acrobat ( drawn lame) run- ning up; and Jacobite having won at the late meeting, his owner became the winner, also receiving £ 6 of the Sweepstakes, and the owner of Titmouse taking £ 14. The universal feeling on the ground was one Of satisfaction that Mr Gibson having won the prize, further competition for it was at an end.— Yours, & c, Edinburgh, Jan 26,1857. GEO. BLANSHAED, Hon Sec. THE BIGGAR AUTUMN MEETING- MR ARMISTEAD AND MR PATE& S0N. MB EDITOR : I see that the correspondence between Mr Paterson and myself is published in your columns, as well as circulated by pamphlet. I beg to say I am not responsible for the orthography of Mr J. Salisbury's letter, or of the declara- tions, as I did not write them. With regard to tho errors in my own note, they must have been so obviously ( to any person of ordinary capacity) the result of extreme haste in writing, that I do not now consider them worthy of any particular notice. The letters were not intended for publication; and I consider Mr Paterson has taken an unwarrantable liberty in presenting them to the publick. [ I still adhere to my own method of spelling the word " publick." For my authority Mr Paterson can con- sult Walker's Dictionary.] Mr Paterson says, in his letter to Bell's Life, Jan 18, that John Lamb made the objection to Albatross, & c. He did, but he was only the acting agent of a party who had plotted the objection. I know for a positive fact that a certain person found Lamb the JE5 to make that ob- jection good. As my dog Albatross was running from the slips, Lamb said " I object to that dog;" the runningof ail three dogs had been seen previously to Lamb's objection. MrPaterson says, " I neverproposedor thought ofturningMr A.' s dogs out of the stake; and I am quite sure Mr Peacock, the member referred to, will not charge me with having expressed such a wish." Mr Peacock told me that he believed MrPaterson would have put my dogs out but for certain information which he gave him. Mr Paterson told my trainer when he had one of my red dogs at the slips ready to run with his partner, who was of the same colour, that unless he ( the trainer) removed the dog's clothes and let him be put into the slips ( without collar) he would put the dog out of the stake. My trainer defied him to do so in very expressive lan guage. ( The slipper had used all his collars and was waiting for more.) MrPaterson says he " acted as the stewards desired" with regard to Lamb's objection. Pray did he act as they de- sired with regard to Kingfisher ? This dog was evidently cheated out of the stake, unless he is proved to be stolen. He beat Mr Paterson's Sweetbriar, so the judge awarded; yet Mr Paterson managed to bring his beaten dog into the stake again, and King- fisher was disqualified.— Yours, & e, Blackburn, Jan 28,1857. JAMES F. ARMISTEAD. Ms EDITOK : Conrsing is like nothing else, and the Biggar Club has attained such a pitch of prosperity that, like the an- cient Roman Empire, it labours from its very size and greatness. At the Autumn Meeting ( not the Plate, as one would be led to suppose from your last im pression) there arose two disputed ques- tions for the stewards to decide. One of them received its solution and appeared in your columns last week regarding the matter of the age and identity of a litter of puppies. The other I believe to have been this:— The Autumn Meeting was an " open" one, and a dog was sent from England, named Kingfisher. Two parties claimed the dog, and rumour asserted on the field that he was stolen. The stewards had a difficult and a delicate part to act. They were the same gentlemen who decided the other question. Their decision was that the pedigree of the dog should be proved. If stolen, the proof of pedigree would at once lead to detection from the real owner. If not stolen, then Thacker's rules, or Mr R. A. Welsh, would be brought to bear on the subject; and, in the meanwhile, that the dog should be disqualified from run- ning, and his opponent, whom he had beaten, should take his place. That opponent ( Sweetbriar) wen, and report says the stakes were divided. As an old reader of your paper, I have to remark that, of late, unanimity has not prevailed among the " coursing fraternity." I do trust that happier times are in store for us, for, after all the " double, double, toil and trouble" of training, & c, it is more pleasing to have harmony than dis- cord. Stewards and hon secretaries have their public duties to perform, and those who serve the public to the best of their ability are entitled at least to the thanks of the coursing public, which is the only remuneration, as I believe, they look for.— Yours, & c, A PUBLIC COUESEB. MB EDITOB : I see that Mr Paterson has cleared up the Big- gar St Leger case, as regards Albatross and Alluring. He would much oblige the coursing community to do the same as regards the Douglas Cup, with Kingfisher and Sweetbriar. Kingfisher beat Sweetbriar in his first course, and when he was fetched to the slips the secoud day, Mr Paterson said he was protested against, and that he should not run under protest. I, the trainer of Kingfisher, offered to stake £ 5 in the hands of Mr Paterson, and run under protest, as the other dog that was protested against had done, but Mr Paterson said that it was settled by the stewards that he had run no farther. He then put his beaten dog Sweetbriarinto the slips, and won the Cup with him. If Mr Paterson and the stewards, that settled for the dog to run no farther, will let the public know the reason why he was not allowed to run under protest, he would much oblige his trainer, Seaton Burn, No 76. JOHN RICHARDSON. THE LATE ALTCAR MEETING. DEAB BELL : A severe attack of illness, brought on by a chill caught whilst " assisting" at the above reunion, has confined me to my bed ever since, which must plead as my excuse for sending you the few accompanying " notes" so long after the meeting has been consigned to the " tomb of the Capulets." Bearing in mind, however, the old motto of " better late than never," I hope you will be able to find space for them, espe- cially as it is my intention to confine myself to a concise and truthful description of the running for the handsome prize so liberally offered by a Scotch memberto commemorate his brilliant victories at the previous meetings of the Club this season. The service of plate in question was of the value of 50 guineas, and brought together 32 of the best greyhounds belonging to mem- bers of the Club. On the Wednesday morning we met at Chap- pel House at half- past ten; a very hard frost. After waiting about an hour, Will Warner, the keeper and slipper, thought it would do, aud made a start accordingly •; and although it was ra- ther too hard in some places, the result was a very fairday's sport. Honour Bright and Jetty Treffz opened the ball with rather a short course, won cleverly throughout by the former. Protest and Jericho : Another short course. Protest leading to the hare, and turning, let Jericho in, but finished the course with a go- by and kill. Castanette and Select: The latter showed the pace up to the hare, which proved a good one, but Castanette . won cleverly at last. Silkworm v Reveller: A short undecided course, owing to a bad hare, and before Reveller was taken up he got sight of another, and ran a long single- handed course, after which he was drawn. Sontag v Sim: A good average course. The former, getting much the advantage out of slips, made first turn, but as soon as Sim got up, he played his share of the game well, and Sontag won with little to spare. Sunbeam v Graceful; A single- handed course, won all the way by the for- mer. By Your Leave v Flapelragon : Won cleverly by the for- mer ; the latter, I heard, was a little off. Beaumarehais v Plan- taganet: An average course, cleverly won by the former. Athualpa v Geologist: A fast run course, won easily from beginning to end by the former. Jail Bird v Speed the Plough: Won cleverly by the former. Smith v Buccaneer : The latter went first to the hare, but, after more than an average course, the former won, staying longest, and outworking the dog. Minnie Gray v Richmond: This was a very unsatisfactory course, and shows the necessity of the judge seeing the dogs start from the slips, but, from the uature of the ground at Altcar, the judge, when riding, is often compelled to be at some distance ahead, as in this case, and did not see it. A hare was started, and Minnie Gray hanging back, got out of slips, aud after she had got some distance, Warner let go Richmond. From this advantage Minnie Gray got first to the hare, which proved a very moderate one, for when Richmond, who showed quite as good as the bitch at close working, joined in, puss was soon killed, and the judge decided in favour of Minnie Gray, evi- dently giving her merit for the run up. Signor v Fancy: Again Lord Sefton's dog got best out of slips, and led to the hare, but when they got together Fancy played her part well, though not sufficiently so to win. Black Swan v Wallflower: Cleverly won by the former. Rose of Acton Reynold v Barriton: Won the same way. Jacob Ominum v Know Nothing ; This was a very unsatisfactory trial, and one I expected the judge would not have decided. As soon as the dogs were slipped, Know Nothing became unsighted, and ran quite the contrary way the hare had gone; at length he got sight of the other dog with the hare, and joined in the course, but it was the opinion of many that it was not long enough for a decision.— Second ties— Protest v Honour Bright: A long course, in which the fromer went first to the hare and bad the best of the fore part of the course, but, after a rush to kill upon some hard ground came down upon her hind quarters. Honour Bright then got possession of the hare for a long time; Protest at length came again and finished the course with a kill. It was a near thing, and the judge's/;^ was anxiously listened for. Silkworm v Castanette: An average course, the latter showing pace from the slips; but before the hare was reached she got a bad fall, which put her out of the course, and Silkworm won cleverly. Sontag v Sunbeam; A very unsatisfactory trial with a poor, weak hare, and with the least law of any course I saw. Sontag getting best out of slips, with the bend of the hare in her favour, one of the best dogs iu the stake was put out without a chance. Beaumarchais v By your Leave: An average course, eleverly won by the former. Athualpa v Jail Bird: Avery nice trial. They raced together to the first drain, which the former ( who is very clever at them) took in his stride; whilst Jail Bird, who is quite the reverse, jumping high as at a gate, lost her position in the course, which was very cleverly won by Athualpa. Smut v Minnie Gray: The latter showed pace from the slips; but when the hare was reached, and Smut get in, she won very cleverly, by completely outworking her opponent. Signor v Black S wan: The former was too last for his opponent, and won an average course very cleverly. Jacob Ominum v Rose of Acton Reynold: A similar course to the former, the winner being both faster and cleverer than Rose. THUBSDAY MOBNING.— A beautiful change had taken place in the weather during the night, the frost having all disap- peared. Protest and Silkworm opened the ball with a very goed hare, the former winning cleverly, but did not finish quite to my liking, neither did she please me in the run up. hanging to the left before the hare was reached, which gave her the nearest line to her. Soatag v Beaumarchais: Another severe course, the former leading to the hare, and having a good deal the best of the first half of the course; the latter then did some very good work, but not sufficient to win, Sontag leading at last to cover, the hare being too good for both of them. Athualpa v Smut: An average course, won very easily by the former, who was too fast for Smut, and equally clever at Working. Signor v Jacob Ominum : This was the shortest course of the day, but won very decidedly by Sifenor; he ran clean away from Jacob, and picked the hare up in straight running.— Fourth Ties- Protest v Sontag : The former went first to the hare, and won rather a short course at all points, Sontag not having shaken off the effects of her previous long one. Athualpa v Signor : The former, to the surprise of every one, led to the hare ( his smooth style of going is very deceptive), and had the best of the forepart of this course; but, in the middle, Signor made some good points, Athualpa, however, after getting second wind, came again, and finished a nice average course, winning very cleverly. — Deciding Course— Athualpa v Protest: Rather a short course to decide a stake, but it was won so cleverly by the former that Mr M'George was compelled to give an award. Protest showed the pace out of slips, but before the hare was reached again hung to the left, by which she became for a moment unsighted; this gave Athualpa the lead to the hare, which he never gave up possession of until the course was finished, and won.— Yours, & c, AN OLD COURSES. THE LATE BELSAY MEETING. MR EDITOR : As secretary to the late Beisay Coursing Meeting, I beg to make a few remarks in reply to those of " Vindex," lest the coursing public should imagine that blame was attributable either to myself or the judge. In the first place, the meeting was under similar management, stewardship, and guidance as hitherto— the company being more respectable than ordinary • and the only reason the stake did not not run off, was the great difficulty in getting courses, hares being so wild ( though nu merous), that it was impossible to obtain satisfactory slips. This must be plain to every sensible person when it is considered that in a good country eighteen courses were only obtained, in- cluding the " no goes," which allow me to briefly describe. 1st. Young Conrad and Gleneffer: The former, running the outer curve, showed speed, both taking the meuse nearly abreast, the former sticking, and the lat ter following the hare back with a short lead into a drain. 2d. Gamekeeper and Bentinck : Short run up to a fence - no superiority shown; the hare fell into a drain, and was killed. 3d. Wonder and Benton Bell: Long slip, both unsighted, never got together, the hare stopping at the first fence, and was pulled out by the bitch. Ditto : No sooner slipped than a third dog was let loose : he joined immediately; the judge considered the points equal in so short trial. Ditto: The slips broke; both being coupled, ran together. 4th. Waterloo and GamekeeperThe former led to his hare, turned and fell, the latter then going in and balancing points, the hare being lost at the fence; a short course. Though the sport terminated so unfavourably, there was never a better or more agreeable company sat down at the Castle Inn, all reasonable people knowing that blame could be attached to none; and it was only from selecting the best ground and avoiding the ploughing that ourwant of success and wishes were frustrated; and having the management of the next Belsay, I trust your correspondent's remarks will have no influence with the friends to this admired meet.— Yours, & c, LAWBBNCE MACKEY. [ We have received several letters this week, commenting in strong terms upon Mr Miller's decisions at this meeting; but as each party has been heard, we cannot insert any further cor- respondence on the subject,— ED. BELL'S LIFE.] THE CHASE. Hosiers of hounds will greatly oblige us by earning their fixture* to be posted so as to reach us in the course of Friday. HUNTING APP0INTMENTS.-( Weather permitting.) TI ' . STAGHOUNDS. Her Majesty's— Tuesday Maidenhead Station, Friday New Lodge, at 11. Heatheote s, Mr— Tuesday Caterham Village, Saturday Dorking, at at i past 11. ° _ „ FOXHOUNDS. Albrighton ( Mr O. : stubbs's)- Tuesday the Lyttleton Arms ( Hagley), Thursday Boscobel, Saturday Stableford, at i past 10. Atherstone- Monday Bosworth, Wednesday Ortou- on- the- Hill, Friday Red Gate, Saturday Drayton Manor Lodge Gate, at 11. Badsworth- Tuesday Fenwick, Thursday Hampole, Saturday Hiendley Common, at i past 10, Beaufort's, Duke ot'— Arot received. Bedale— Monday Hipswell, Wednesday Busby Stoop, Friday Scorton Village, at J past 10. Berkshire, Old ( Mr Morrell'sJ- Monday Uffington Village, Wednesday BlacK Bourton, Friday Red Lion ( Buscot), Saturday Lockinge Park, at i past 10. Berkshire, South— Monday Priors Court, Tuesday Blade- Bone ( Buckle- bury), Thursday Three Mile Cross, Friday Parley Hall, at J past 10. Blackmore Vale ( Mr R. Straehey'sj- Monday Pointington, Thursday Evercreech. atll. Bramham Moor— Monday Alwoodley, Wednesday Boot and Shoe Inn, * riday Wighill Park, Saturday Colllnghain Bar, at J past 10. Burton Hunt ( Lord Henry Bentinck's)— Monday Brant Broughton Tuesday Linwood- by- Rasen, Wednesday Sta'mSeld Hall, Thursday bcopwicke, Friday Eagle Hall, Saturday Holton, at 11. Cambridgeshire— Monday Childerley Gate, Friday Wiiite Horse ( Sonth- ill), at i past 10. Cheshire Subscription— Monday High Legh, Wednesday Tarporley, Thursday Highway Side, Saturday Fox and Barrel, at i past 10. Cleveland— Monday Cattersty, Thursday Stanley House, at 4 past 10. Cottesmore ( Sir John Trollope's)- Monday Irnliam Hall, Tuesday Wi- tham Common, Saturday Pickering's Lodge, atll. Craven— Monday Elcott, Friday Puckle Gate, at 4 past 10. Crawley - and Horsham— Monday Norfolk Arms ( Worth), Wednesday Coolhurst Lodge, Friday Buck Barn< West Grinstead), at i to II. Dacre's. Lord— Monday Chilwick, Wednesday Lilly Hoo, Friday Lang- ley Bottom, at 4 past 10. Deacon's, Mr— Monday Fox and Hounds, Thursday Dunterton, 4 p 10, Eggesfbrd— Tuesday Kingsnympton Park, Friday The Three Hammers, at 4 past 10. Essex. East ( Mr Marriott's)— Tuesday Colne George, Saturday Totliam Bull, at 11. Essex, South ( Mr A. Z. Button's)— Tuesday Shenfield Station, at I toll, Friday Kennel, at II. Essex and Suffolk— Tuesday Ardleigh Street, Friday Wiston, at 11. Essex Union— Monday Hockley Bull, Wednesday the Plough and Sail, Saturday Crixea, at 4 past 10. ~ Fitzliardinge's, Earl— Monday Naanton Inn, Tuesday Dowdeswell, Wednesday WOodmancote Village, Thursday Dumbleton, Saturday Broadway, at 4 past 10. F. B. H. ( Mr W. Williams's)— Tuesday Penwarne Gate, Friday Tie- theague Bridge, at 4 past 10, Garth's, Mr— Monday Ascot Kennel, Wednesday the Jolly Farmer( near Bagshot), Friday the North Horns( Ewshot), at4 past 10. Greaves's, Mr H. ( the Essexl— Monday Nasing Common, Wednesday Edney Common, Saturday High Easter, at 11. Hambleton ( Mr Bell's}— Tuesday Felixkirk, Friday' Borrowby, J p 10. Haydon— Wednesday Penpeugh, Saturday Altonside; at 10. H. H.— Monday Tbeddon Grahare, Tuesday Mattersley Gate, Thursday Nutley Church, Saturday Upton Gray, at i toll. Herefordshire— Monday St Weonards, Friday Chanstone, Tuesday week Cornett's Bridge, at 4 past 10. Heytlirop— Monday Heythrop, Wednesday Sturdys Castle, Friday New Barn, Saturday Blenheim, at 4 past 10. Hill's, Mr— Tuesday Hackness, Thursday Howe Bridge, at 10. Holderness— Monday Foston, Tuesday Everingham Park, Thursday Sproatley, Friday Wauldby ( near Welton), at i to 11. Hursley— Monday Eldon Farm, Friday Baddesiey Church, at i to 11. Hurwortli— Tuesday Middleton One Row, Saturday High VVorsel Toll Bar, at 4 past 10. Ingram's, Mr M.— Tuesday Kedleston Inn, Thursday Radborne, Satur- day Aston, at J to II. Kent, East— Tuesday New Bam, Friday Tyler Hill, at 4 past 10. Ledbury ( Mr J. C. ThackWell's)— Tuesday SomerM Arms ( EastnoiO, Fri- day Feathers' Inn ( Staunton), at 4 past 10. Ludlow ( Mr Sitwell's)— Wednesday Brampton Brian Toll Gate, Saturday Norton's Camp, Tuesday week Kinsley, Tliu sday week Dowton Castle, Saturday week Gatley, at} past 10. Marshall's, Mr M.— Monday Blake Weod ( near Red Pest, Stratton), Thursday Brandey's Corner, at II. Middleton's, Lord— Monday North Grimston, Wednesday Waplington Manor, Friday Hunmanby; Saturday Hovingham, at 4 past 10. Monmouthshire— Monday Graig Finger Post, Friday Skenfrith Bridge, at 4 past 10. Morpeth— Tuesday Linder, Thursday Hartburn, Saturday Spital Hill, at 4 past 10, New Forest— Tuesday Paultons, Thursday Shirfield Hatchet, Saturday • Hatchet Gate ( Beaulieu), at i to 11. Norfolk ( Lord Suffield's)— Monday Raynham, Wednesday Watton, Fri- day Barford, at Ho 11. , Oakley— Monday Cranfield, Tuesday Odell, Thursday Clapham Toll Bar, 1 Saturday Swinesliead Wood, at i toll. Pembrokeshire ( Mr Lort Phillips's)— Monday Norchard Gate, Wednes- dap Bletherston, Friday Cocheston, at 4 past 10. Portsmouth's, Earl of— Monday Wherwell Wood, Wednesday Grecn- liam, Friday Freefolk Wood, Saturday Sherborne St John, at 11. Puckeridge ( Mr Parry's)— Monday Furneaux Pelham, Wednesday Hoc- kerill, Saturday Layston, at 4 past 10. Pytchley— Monday Brampton Wood, Wednosday Misterton, Friday Naseby, Saturday Badby Wood, at 4 past 11. Rufford— Monday Kirklington, Tuesday Park Hall, Thursday Kelham, Saturday Rufford. at i to 11. Seale's, Sir Henry— Tuesday Kingskerswell, Friday Morley Toll- bar. Scarborough's, Earl of— Monday Scrooby Inn, Tuesday Gateford Hall, Thursday Bramley, Friday Grove, at 4 past 10. Shropshire ( Mr C. J. Morris's)— Monday Edgebottom Gate, Wednesday Bayston Hill, Friday Merrington Village, at 4 past 10. Sinnington— Tuesday Wrelton, Friday Helmsley, at J past 10. Smith's, Mr A.— Monday Slioddesden Gate, Tuesday Burbage Wharf, Thursday Conholt Park, Friday Winterslow, at 11. Southampton's, Lord— Monday FarthingstOw, Wednesday Swanbourne Station, Friday Whitfield, Saturday Furzen Feld. at 11. Southdown ( Mr A. Donovan's)— Monday Uckfield, Wednesday Ratton, Friday Toddington, Monday week the Green Man ( Ringmer), at i to II. Southwold ( Mr G. Cook's)— Monday Burwell Park, Tuesday Tattershall Town, Thursday Benneworth Village, Saturday Weltoti Wood, 11. Staffordshire, North— Monday Sugnal Wood, Wednesday Betley, Friday Adderley, at 4 past 10. Stamford and Warrington's, Earl of— Monday Six Hills, Tuesday Grooby Village, Thursday Beaumanor Park, Friday Brooksby, U. Suffolk— Monday Ampton Hall, Tuesday Norton Dog, Thursday Trund- ley Wood, Saturday Risby Toll Gate, at i to 11. Sussex, East— Monday Icklesham Windmill, Wednesday Peasjnatsh, Friday Cripps Corner, at 4 past 10. Tail by's, Mr > V.— Monday Twelfth Milestone on the Welford- road, Thursday Rolleston Hall, at 11. Thomson's, Mr A.— Tuesday Evenley Hall, Thursday StrattonAudley, Saturday Chipping Warden, at 11. Tickham— Monday Menkdown, Thursday Belmont, Saturday Rodmer- sham Green, at 1 past 10. Tiverton— Monday Worth, Thursday Dulverton, at 4 past 10; Trelawny's, Mr— Tuesday Bittafford Bridge, Saturday Memland Sum mer House, at 4 past 10. Tynedale— Monday VVhittington, Wednesday Oakwood House, Friday Short Flat Tower, at i to 11. U. H. C. ( Mr Powell's)— Tuesday Landowror, Friday Parkglas. United Pack ( Mr Luther's.)— Tuesday Beggar's Bush, Saturday Ridgway Gate, at 10. V. W. H.{ Lord Gifford's)— Tuesday Barrow Elm, Thursday Stone Hill Gate, Saturday Hahnington Hall, at i to 11. Warwickshire— Monday Sherbourn, Tuesday Portobello Turnpike, Thursday Shuckburgh, Friday Church Tysoe, at i to 11. Warwickshire, North— Tuesday Babbenhall Village, Wednesday Hock- ley House, Saturday Great Alue, ati to 11. Western Subscription ( Penzance)— Tuesday St Erth Bridge ( hear Hayle), Friday Crowse- en- wrah ( Buryan), at 10. Wheatland— Tuesday Monkliopton, Friday Wrickton, at 4 past 10. Worcestershire— Monday Shrawley Wood, Wednesday Kennels, Friday Tiddesley Wood, Monday week Hartlebury, Wednesday week Graf- ton Wood, Friday week Pershore, at 4 past 10. Wyndham's, Col— Monday Ifold House, Wednesday Fair Oak, Friday Fittlewortli Village, Saturday' Pillygreen Lodges, at 4 past 11. Wynn's, Sir W. W.— Monday Hope Station, Wednesday New Bridge, Thursday Overton Bridge, Saturday Halston, at 4 past 10. Yarborougli's, Lord— Monday Grainsby House, Wednesday Kingerby Woo l, Friday Roxton Wood, at 11. York and Ainsty— Monday Shires Bar, Tuesday Nun Apple ton, Thursday Nun Monkton, Saturday Pill Moor ( Braff'erton), at 4 past 10. HABBIBBS. Alton— Monday Chisenbury Priory, Friday New Barn, at 11. B. V. H.— Tuesday Wallbridge Gate, Friday Chesilbourne Down, at 12. Brighton— Monday Patcham, Wednesday Thunders Barrow, Saturday Dyke, at i to 11. • Brooksend ( Thanet)— Monday Monkton Sea Mark, Wednesday Chisl t Mill, Friday Vincent, Monday week St Nicholas, Wednesday week Chit- let Park, Friday week St Peters, at 4 past 10. Brookside— Monday Newmarket Hill. Thursday Telscombe Tye, at 11. Craven ( Yorkshire)— Monday Cross- roads ( Silsden Moor), Wednesday Craven Heifer, Friday Earby Lane End, at 11. Dulverton— Monday Bere Farm, Wednesday Bampton, Saturday Frog- well Cross, at 4 past 10. Eamont ( Mr Musgrave's)— Monday Little Salkeld, at i to 11, Wednesday Gallows Hill ( Appleby), at 12, Thursday Crackenthorpe, Saturday Pack Horse ( Plumpton), at i to 11. Eastbourne— Monday Exceat, Thursday Jevington Holt, at J past 10. Elstow— Tuesday Maulden Chesnut Trees, Friday Lidlington, 4 p 10. Fanners* Subscription ( Worthing)— Tuesday Blaek Patch, at II. High Peak— Monday Hunters. Mere, Thursday Wilton's House, Satur- day Waterloo Inn, at 11. H. H. ( Rochester)- Monday Mortimer^ Cliffe), Thursday NortliStreet, 11. GREYHOUND PRODUCE, & C, Mr Tipperson's brindled bitch Moll Troll, by Champion out of The Maid of the Mill, was served by Judge on the 13th ult; and Mr J. Briggs's black bitch Rose, by Barrister out of Alice ( sis to Barrator), was served by Judge on the 22d ult. Mr Le Brewer's ( late Webb's) Perseverance, by Worcester Marquis out of Dressmaker ( dam of Lord Langan's Lady Shan kill, Lady Richmount, Lady Ardmore, and other winners), was put to Mr Randeli's Ranter on the 2dult. On the 19th ult, Mr Vipan's Valinda pupped seven black puppies by Randell's " Ranter ( three bitches and three dogs, one dead). On the 25th ult, Mr Richardson's Ruby, by Fancy Boy, pupped seven puppies by Vipan's Vauban ( two black, two red, and one white bitch, and one black and one red dog). At Kilvington ( Thirsk), on the 17th ult, Mr Jordison's Brandy Bet, seven puppies ( five bitches and two dogs) by Mr Cass's Blackcap. On the 20th ult, Mr Bewer's red bitch Rosebud, six pups by Mr Randell's Ranter ( three dogs and three bitches), all black. On the 26th ult, Mr Greening's Blue Bell, by Bedlamite, pro- duced five pups by a son of Exchequer out of Spotless. On the 10th ult Mr Jebbs's red bitch'No Hurry, eight black pups to Ranter ( four dogs, four bitches). EVEBLEY ( AMESBUBY) MEETING.— The club will meet at the George Inn, Amesbury, on Wednesday, the 18th inst, and dine at six; and course the three following days. Independent of the Club Stakes, there will be an Open Puppy Cup, 16 dogs, £ 5 entry; and a Champion Cup, for all- aged dogs, £ 5 each. Par- ticulars will appear in next week's " Bell." THE LATE OTTEBBUEN MEETING.— In the account of this meeting, on the 16th and 17th ult, Countess was stated to have beaten Hussar in the second ties, but this was not the case, Hussar having been drawn. The drawing for the Newcastle, Northumberland, and Durham Union ( Minsteracres) Meeting took place on the 27th ult, but owing to the stormy weather it was postponed until the 2d inst. The second match for this season at Hall Place, the estate of Sir Gilbert East, Bart, will take place on Tuesday, the 10th inst. The place of meeting will be the East Arms, Hurley, at ten o'clock, a. m. Three silver cups will be run for. The pedigrees of two of the winners at the late Barton- on- Humber Meeting are as follows:— Vanity Fair, by Bedlamite out of Aminta, and Balrownie, by Bedlamite out of Baroness. Owing to the frost, the Crosby ( Liverpool) Meeting, originally fixed for the 29th January, is postponed till Feb 5. The Nottingham Meeting is postponed until further notice, on account of the frost. A correspondent informs us that the two puppies Fall of Kars and Titled Treason are sold. THE HOLT MEETING.— In consequence of the frost, this meeting is postposed until Friday next, the 6th inst. The Epsom ( Open) Meeting, fixed for Thursday last, is post- poned till Tuesday next, the 3d inst. nan, Saturday Llangefni, at 12. Lonsdale's, Lord— Friday Broughton FaTm, atl2. Netton( Salisbury)— Wednesday High Post, at 11. Romney Marsh— Monday Kennel, Thursday New Land, Saturday Old Romney, at 4 past 10, Somerset— Monday Lytes Gate, at 11. Stockton, Billlngham, and Hartlepool— Monday Sheraton, Thursday Seaton Carew, at 4 past 10. St Thomas- by- Launceston— Tuesday Bolsworthy, Thursday South Peth- erwin Village, at 10. • . -•'••( Thorverton— Wednesday Ruffwell Inn, at 10. Vale of Wylye— Monday Chitterne Meadows, Thursday Bratton Gorse, at 11. Williams's, Mr E.— Tuesday Farmer's Arms ( near Northill and Tre- barthal, Friday Rock Hotel ( RoborougliDown), at i to 11. SCOTCH. FOXHOUNDS. Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire— Tuesday Finlaystone, Saturday Blair, Tuesday week Linnwood Toll, Saturday week Johnstone Castle, at i toll. , Linlithgow and Stirlingshire— Tuesday Dalmahoy, Thursday Kinneil, Saturday Dechmont, at 4 past 10. . Lothian— Tuesday Aikieside, Thursday Saitoh Kennels, Saturday Gil- mer tori, at 4 past 10. & ABB1EBS Tait's, Mr A. D.— Wednesday Fisherton Inn, at 4 past 11. IRISH. FOXHOUNDS. Kildare— Tuesday Ballytore, Thursday Blesinton, Saturday Rathcoole, at H. Kilkenny— Monday Tholnastown, Wednesday Club House ( Kilkenny), Saturday Kilmanagh, Monday week Shankill, Wednesday week Freshford, at 11, Friday week Barracks, at 12, Saturday week Dun- garven Village, at 11. Limerick Hunt— Tuesday Ballinderrig. at J to 11. BABBZBBS. Killultagh— Wednesday Ballydonaghy Bridge, Saturday Ballyhill, Wed- nesday week Knockcairn, Saturday week M'Master's Bridge, at 4 past U. FRIGHTFUL INCREASE OP FOX POISONING. It used to be a notorious fact, before the iron cage was affixed to the top, that if any one committed suicide off the Duke of York's Column, and the attendants did not keep a very sharp look- out on their visitors for a month to come, the tragedy would be eertain to be re- enacted by some morbid creatures who had all the wish, but not the courage, to kill themselves, till the example was set them in rather a striking way. In like manner the fate of the miscreant Palmer, instead of causing a check, has given a decided fillip to strychnine poisoners. Not a few human lives have been silently taken by his copyists, whilst many, whose propensities are not quite so bloodthirsty, have adopted this subtle drug as an engine to sap the prosperity of a great na- tional sport, which they may not have the means or the heart to enjoy. Shropshire seemed to be infected by this plague, though we trust it is arrested by the public exposure which followed in the local newspapers. The correspondence on the subject" of the destruction of three or four of Baron Rothschild's hounds, and the detection and punishment of the offender, are still fresh in every one's memory. Mr Garth's hunt has had divers troubles from the same source ; and Worcestershire, and if we recollect rightly, Essex, have not been free from it. The claims of no masters of hounds seem to weigh one feather in the balance. It is not in countries where any civil feud or jealousy rages as to neutral covers or unpopular masterships that the pest is found. England has no monopoly of it. The most popular masters in Ireland have not been spared, and now Earl Wemyss ( better known in the hunting world as Lord Elcho), as keen and popu- lar a sportsman as ever rode to hounds, is obliged to announce his intention of ceasing to hunt Berwickshire and North North- umberland, simply because he can no longer make head against such an infamous system of silent but deadly persecution. With but three years' intermission, the noble earl and his father have hunted Berwickshire for thirty seasons; and, till lately, no covers in great Britain were fuller of foxes or better preserved. What is the present state of hunting there, may be judged of from the subjoined circular, which has been distributed in these parts, and forwarded to us for publication, and we may truly say that we never published any document with greater regret :— " Lennel, Jan 10th, 1857. " MY DEAE ROBEBTSON : In consequence of tbe constant dis- appointments we have met with by the almost total annihilation of foxes, which, not only for the present year, but for a number to come, precludes the possibility of having sport, I am under the necessity of announcing to you and the few gentlemen who clo take any interest in the amusement, that I must give up the hunting of Berwickshire after the termination of this season. It is with feelings of deep regret I have adopted this deter- mination, and with pain I shall quit you and those who have been my kind friends and supporters during so many years, which I shall ever look back upon with the most pleasing recol- lection ; and I hope that those who have compelled me to with- draw from the country will exhibit a better disposition towards my successor. May I request that you will have the kindness to make this public. " Believe me very truly yours, R T » J T, R. • I ' NR, , " O. WEMYSS and MABCH. ' David Robertson, Esq, Lady kirk." To THE PROPEIETOBS, TENANTS, AND RESIDENTS IN „ BEBWICKSHIEE. GENTLEMEN : It is my most painful duty to make public by the desire of the Earl of Wemyss, the above letter, addressed to me by his lordship for your information. - I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, " DAVID ROBEBTSON. Lady Kirk, 15th January, 1857," As far as lies in their power, the gentlemen of the hunt have endeavoured to supply the antidote, and the following handbill has also been extensively distributed :— " ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWAED.— Whereas, during the past year, some ill- conditioned person or persons unknown, and hitherto undiscovered, have been guilty of the crime of secret poisoning, by the laying down of strychnine and other poisons, for the destruction of animals, in the lower part of Berwick- shire wiiereby not only foxes and dogs have been destroyed, but also tne lives of children and others have been most seriously endangered, notice is hereby given, that such acts, hithertaun- neard of in Berwickshire, have been declared illegal by the sheriffs of the different counties in Scotland, and the parties implicated therein, whether indirectly as the instigators, through the medium of their servants, or directly as the actual perpetrators thereof, have, inconsequence, incurred the highest penalties, and rendered themselves liable to the severest punish- ment known to our law. A reward of one hundred pounds is hereby oik- red, and will be paid, by William Douglas, Esq, British Linen Company's Bank, Coldstream, to any person or persons Who will give such information as will lead to the con- viction and disgrace of the guilty party or parties, let he or they fill what station they may. Further, as it is believed that such atrocities are cenfined to a very small number of individuals, the respectable portion of the community of all ranks within the district, who have the safety, the good, and the sport of their country at heart, are hereby invited to unite, in order to discover and put down these evil practices, the consequences of which no man cau foresee. Further, in future years, sums va-' rymg from five to twenty pounds will be paid by the said Wil- liam Douglas, Esq, to any person or persons who will, from time to time, give such information as will aid in holding up such parties to public odium, and in bringing them to justice and punishment, and who, after this solemn warning, will only have themselves to blame. All such information will be kept most faithfully secret; and parties able to supply it are recom- mended to do so through the medium of those in whom they can as faithfully confide— Coldstream, January, 1 § 57." Berwickshire, by this laudable effort, has done enough to de- serve success in its attempt to trace out these Palmerean Vul « pecides, and it would be well if other counties would imitate the example, and especially act up to the spirit of the last sentence. Turning informer in any way, or for any cause, ia always somewhat alien to British feeling, but in this case it be- comes a positive duty. The feeling should be respected and guarded to the utmost by a rigid observance of secresy as to who gives reliable intelligence; but even if the name of such an in- formant should transpire, we can answer for it that he would be hailed as a public benefactor by the county whose sport and kindly intercourse he may have done so much to promote by feis vigilance. It is almost impossible to suppose that chemists can indirectly connive at such doings by selling poison to persons who have not some reasonable account to give of the use to which it is to be put; and hence we are driven to the conclusion that poison ia bought from them by persons whose apparent respectability precludes the thought that, under the pretence of destroying rata or stoats, they are anxious to make a crusade against foxes. The publication of suchpapersas the above in the districts tainted with this wretched monomania ( for we can call it nothing else) might do much. It would set every one on the alert, and the mono- maniacs would know, or at least fancy, that they were watched at every turn. That we will most unsparingly gibbet them if they are detected they may rest assured. If they were dragged through a canal, or publicly horsewhipped, on clear evidence, no hunt, which has had their day's sport destroyed whilst the destroyers have sat chuckling iu their carpeted of stone parlours, will grudge for one instant to club for the de- fendant's expenses at the police- office or at Nisi Prius ; aud we would wager something that the poisoner would think it pru dent to bear his stripes and " damp linen" in silence. The evil must be met promptly at the very outset, or the ancestral pas- time of our country will be gone. Every sportsman knows the effect which one or two blank days running have upon subscrip- tions and interest in hunting, and w. e may soon hear of those catastrophes much oftener than we do now. It has been well said, that " foxes may be very stinking things, but they are great sweeteners of country society;" and importations and strict pre- serving by " good men and true," will all be in vain if careless chemists and Vulpecides are suffered to " go on their way re- joicing." If they are not put under mental watch and ward by every man, woman, and child, who knows how to appreciate the high compliment implied in the remark that we are " a nation of foxhunters," we shall, ere long, see the sad realisation of the stanza of the old hunting song, . " Aye, perish the thought," May the day never come, When the gorse is uprooted. The foxhound is dumb I" A DAY WITH THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUGH. - MB EDITOR : Having been many years in foreign climes since I was very young, I at last have come back to my native country, and, having been hospitably invited to stay with a friend in North Britain, I had an opportunity, for the first time in my life, of enjoying what is called " a fox chase." These dogs belong to the Duke of Buccleugh, and I heard them called a very clever pack, which puzzled me a good deal, so much so, that I asked a thin, oldish, and very odd- looking man, on a white horse as thin and as old- looking as himself, what that meant? He answered quite composedly, " Because they had taken a' double first' de- gree." It appeared to me a falsehood, because an impossibility; but he looked so grave that I supposed it a technical term, audi as he seemed in bad humour with himself and his horse, I did not like to press him more. It had been a very hard frost, and' many said " It would not do" ; but the Duke of Buccleugh had come forty miles, so they said " it must do." They seem to ma a very peremptory angry race, these fox hunters; I had reason to think so more and more as the day proceeded. They walked about for an hour— if slipping about most frightfully could be called walking; and my life spent iu India made me dislike the sensation very much, because we have no frost there. It ap- peared to me very dangerous, At last an order was given to start. I saw a man with a gun, who attended on the pack, and I asked why only one went to shoot the fox, as in India we have many guns and many dogs to shoot the tiger, as he may not always emerge from the same place; but they all laughed, and One man Said, " Lord love you, he is a gamekeeper, and would be killed if he shot a fox !" No man had spoken so meekly as to use so friendly an expression, as another word was much oftener used than " love," and a monosyllable also. I thought it very cruel to kill a gamekeeper for such a trifle. However, a brown bird with a long bill got up, and the gamekeeper tried two barrels at it, but missed it, which he accounted for by saying it was fifty yards off. I felt sure it was only twenty, and I said so, but the man on the white horse roared out," Oh, d— n it, gamekeepers never miss 1,1 took a curious antipathy to this man; he had a very mean appearance, and gave himself great airs. They called the bird a woodcock, I found out. Why, I cannot imagine, as it came out of some heath, and was less like a cock than any bird I ever saw. This over, the dogs were " thrown in " as they call it. AH their phrases appeared to me very odd, and we very soon came on a very fine hare, which they all ran with very great accuracy, as I had a good opportunity of seeing where I stood. I marvelled at their sagacity, and the trouble they took to smell her,, as she cannot stink near so much as a fox. But there were many of them, and as they all helped, doubtless that was the Reason. We ran circular ways through some very small jungles, when, all of a sudden. I heard an uproar, and thought they had caught the popr creature, but it turned out that the swearing was because the dogs had run the hare. I was astonished, for the dogs did it so well. After this noise was at an end, we went to another jungle close at hand. This time it was a fox; I never saw it. But one man said it was " a fox for a thousand!" What strange expressions 1! However, though it appeared very bold to say a thing that lie could not prove, he was right, and, looking round with a very bold air and with almost a defying tone, said, with great firmness, " I told you so." I wondered why he took so much trouble, as no one had contradicted him. This fox ran many times backwards and forwards, which pleased me not a little, as I had dreadful anticipations of the danger of galloping over so much ice, and oyer inclosed places, which I had often read of. But it appeared to me quite safe and very divert- ing. At last he wanted to " go away," as they called it, but some very well- dressed gentlemen, one in a red, and two in black coats, were very much sworn at, and I asked why it was done ? when, before I could shut my mouth, I was answered, " don't you see those three d d fools have headed him." I could not understand this expression, and turned round to ask, when I saw my aversion on the thin white horse, with his tongue on his cheek, looking absolutely odious. Oh! howl hate that man's face. They all swore, but the person who swore most was a thin old man, who conducts the dogs. They say he is over 70. Bethought I he were better telling his beads than using such unseemly talk. They call him very game. I don't know what that means, but I thought him very rude, but they all said that" he did not care a d— n for any body." If I lived much with such like I fear that I should become very wicked. At last, after many different noises, I saw men press down their hats, speak to no one, gallop furiously, look before and around keenly. All was still, and every one was absorbed in thought; yet all ( but me) galloped furiously, over ground intersected with dangerous cuts, ana covered with ice. We went over many fields, all very hard and slippery ; but on, on, still on 1 No turn, no point of'vantage gained. The ground undulated, and was sometimes, I thought, very perpendicular. Down the hill some rode like men demented; whilst, up it they caught hold of their horses manes— which, I thought, was the way cockneys ride— and straddled forward, with their heels sticking out behind very ungracefully. Their horses' tails had on these occasions a Seculiar bobbing motion, up and down, and now and then you eard one say, " Come up?"— I suppose an expression they use going up hill only. I heard one man say " Come up" when he went down hill, and the horse very nearly fell down on his teeth. I always hoped it was soon to be over. The fox hunters were very much elongated in line all over the country, and many of the dogs were in the outstretched order. I heard one unplea- sant looking gentleman say that " They carried a bad head." For my part, I understood not what he meant. How could so many dogs all carry one head ? Besides, they never caught the fox. My aversion said, " It was d d lucky they did, or they would have been in a h— 1 of a scrape, and have never seen the way they had gone." I thought no one liked this remark. He seems to take a delight, this man, in saying unpleasant things. I think he is, perhaps, poor and proud, and has seen better days — which makes men very sour. We crossed a river, up a steep bank, over some heath, down to another river; ana here again I had occasion to see what fierce men these be. The horses were very faint, and I saw men's heels going on in a sad way. Then came a paling in their way, and the old man who, I told you, conducts the dogs, called out " Come here; pull down this." The man replied, in a much meeker tone of voice, and with a very pleasant smile, " Yon are best where you are." Upon which the old person swore at him, and called him a " muckle loon ;" when the poor peasant came at once and pulled down his own property. No one thanked him, but all spluttered through the hole he had made. These are surely very odd manners. On again, up steep hills, and on, on, still on. I thought to myself this required much patience, and not a little perseverance. There were no merry villages to cheer you with kind applause, roads few, and of a very bad order, and no sign boards, such as in England, to guide you from one town to another. Bethought me, what and if I am lost ? I thought of her I loved, and my 6 BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, FEBRUARY 1, 1857. heart was nerved afresh. No, said I, I will die ere I be dis- graced, The country now became very awful m desolation, and I felt as Eobinson Crusoe perhaps felt, without that nice person Friday • but I saw horsemen, who had ridden forward, ride back,* and I heard excited voices. Perhaps, thought I, the animal is brought to bay; but no, on again. At length I reached those who had ridden so far and so long, and they told me that they had very nearly caught him, but that they had lost, and again they used some very harsh expressions about two boys. But I thought perhaps it was their own blunders, and not the boys, as they very nigh caught him, and did not, and many ex- cuses were made which made me for to think mayhap mistakes are glossed over here, as in the India House itself, by loud talk. But I held my peace, because I had seen that day how very offensive these remarks in general are when opposed by any one. I looked to see where my aversion was, but saw him not. I re- joiced greatly, for I thought so proud a man must now feel very small after so much loud talk ; but after a time behold he came in view ! His poor horse I pitied, but, by my sooth, not him. He began at once to talk loud, and said how he could not get " crowdy" for his horse, for 1 understood him to have asked for that for his horse. I thought he had but small reason to complain, as he owned he knew not the man he spoke to, and the man but refused what was his own. However he was very- wroth; but if he could have seen himself as we saw him he would scarce have marvelled, as he looked more mean and haggard, and his horse too, than anything I ever saw before. I asked a civil gentleman in a black coat, that went before all those in red coats, what this noisy fellow wanted that had been refused, aud which had made him so angry ? He spoke mildly, aud said it was " gruel" he wanted, when another man said that they had both " got their gruel." Well, said I, " If so, why say the other thing." They all laughed at me, and said I did not understand what being " gruelled" meant. We all then went into a very nice house and drank brandy, which did me much service, for I had suffered much from anxiety, I felt very sore tffover but very much so when I sat. I was astonished at the wav the red coats spoke to the black coats, because my cousin, Mr Jenkins, who bunts a great deal with the Leamington dogs told me it was not the thing to do, to address black mats unless theymakeTurze jungles for foxes; and then they• dc. it. as he said " to soap the old fellows." Aud he should know the etiquette, as he subscribes £ 5 a year to these dogs and keeps a very fine horse during the winter for the chase, which draws the phaeton in the summer months for the family. This chase was I heard seventeen miles long. All seemed pleased when it was over I thought, for many reasons; but I had learned much and spoke not? I pray you, kind sir, to write this in your journal, that my friends at Chingo- poor may see it; and I sball write and tell them I am the author, which will divert them much. I shall then ever remain, yours, & c, J ENATOE. P S — I know not the names of the places, but heard one gen- tleman ask " my aversion" how he should describe tbe run ; he answered " Oh, we found him in one place and lost him in another." By my. sooth, he was right He said he once heard " Saint Paul" say so. Dear, dear ! What a man this is. But they told me afJr it was a different St Paul from the one I had read of. Major. I understand them not. He said his " saint" was a THE V. W. H. « ' When Time, who steals our cares away, Shall steal our pleasures too, The memory of the Past shall stay, And half our joys renew." ME EDITOR: Had your caustic correspondent, and our " Chance Customer" of last year been a regular attendant since the end of November with the V. W. H., possibly his ready pen might have been used in your service, and, had he been so minded, in a more welcome manner. Will you allow his silence, and the fact of mv being able, though very imperfectly, to record a first- rate day's sport, to be my excuses for trespassing upon vour space? Among the best runs up to Saturday week may be mentioned, 40 miuutes, from Wrougliton over the Swindon \ ale, aud which no one but Lord Gifford and his man Jack saw, and they, report said at the time, only at a respectful distance. There was a very good thing about a month ago ( having met at Oaksey Village), from a cover near Charlton Ponds, over a beautiful grass country, to Great Wood,, in the duke s country, where a fresh fox or two on foot in the wood saved our hUOne< thenfollowing Saturday, 35 minutes, very good from a little cover near Maisey Hampton, through the end of Poulton, past Betty's Grave, killing him in the open, one field from 1 air- ford Park. This fox was one of a litter, bred in a cover of less than an acre, on Mr Hobb's farm. Aud here, perhaps, it would not be irrelevant to say, fortunate is the master of hounds who has the goodwill of such men as Messrs Hobbs, Hewer, Howell, Ruck, and other equally good fellows, it being a pretty well established fact here, as elsewhere, that the farmers are the real fox preservers. „ ,, , Saturday last, the 24th, was, however, par excellence, the day of the season, or, indeed, of many seasons. It is customary, 1 believe, to preface the history of a run by saying, there was a goodly assemblage of red coats," or there was an unusually large field," either of which original and interesting remarks, coupled with the additional information that, by the liberality of the resident gentry of Marston, there was a plentiful sup- ply of creature comforts" ( although I never heard of its being a r' favourite meet"), would be strictly applicable to the present history. Drew Furzey Hills blank, the only excitement being the late arrival of a hard- riding gentleman, who, 111 his hurry to divest himself of great coat and " wraps," threw down his rems whereupon the ponies stamped, and after having been saluted by a kick from his own horse, bolted out of the road, and were arrested with the carriage at an angle of 45— a situation provo- cative of much mirth amongst the lookers- on and unparlia- mentary language from the occupant. Trotted off to Horcote Hill. However, en route, Mr Hewer, who, no doubt, had some suspicion of his whereabouts, " tallyhoed" a fox in a stubble field, and soon had him on his legs. Lord Gifford was very soon on his line; indeed, the hounds almost viewed him. Tney checked for a minute, after crossing the Fairford- road, just below Horcote Hill, and then raced down the Water Mea- dows towards Lechlade, between the river and the canal. Bearing to the left, he crossed the Colne, near Whel- ford Mill, the water courses and a broken bridge prov- ing sad obstacles to the major part of the field. Having tried the drains near the Fairford and Lechlade road, he made for Snowstorm Gorse; there, luckily, an agriculturist at work outride the cover turned him away rather to the right, the hounds carrying a famous head down the grass fields behind Clay Hill. Just before crossing the Hatherop road, a shepherd s dog brought us to a check, and very fortunately for the majority of the field, who had been fishing in the neighbourhood of Whelford Mill. However, he made good his point, and got for- ward through Lemmal, down to Little Farringdon. A short check in Mr Vizard's pleasure- grounds; but it was of short duration, the houuds taking it up again by the river- side, and hunting it beautifully down to the Willow Garths below Buscot, near Kelmscott. His lordship cast fruitlessly in every direc- tion, and as there was an open earth it seemed pretty evident that he had beaten us, although the hounds failed to mark him. The distance run, up to this point, could not have been less than 10 miles,! the first 20 minutes fast enough for any one. However, Lord Gifford, not feeling quite satisfied at not being able to account for him, resigned that wonder Sam to the faith- ful Jack, aud proceeded to do a little mud- larking iu the willows, and after poking and wading about for some 20 minutes, discovered our missing fox under an ash stool, close to the earths. Having called the hounds away, and warned the field to give him a chance ( not the sort of thing a master of hounds generally does), he jumped on the stool, and out he bolted; the hounds coursed him, some few yards from his brush, almost into the village of Kelmscott, where, from his short running, it seemed as good as all over. A momentary check at the end of the village semed again to have restored his confidence, and inclining to the right for some three or four fields, as if to run tl e line of the river, he headed short up wind towards Broadwell Grove. Still bearing to the left by Filkins, leaving Broughton on the right, he crossed the river below Little Farringdon, down to Lechlade town, through Mr Mil- ward's pleasure- grounds, that gentleman viewing him past the front of his house. He here escaped the hounds in the most marvellous manner, crossed the Burford road, and was finally killed in au orchard between Lechlade and Clay Hill. The last run in time was almost an hour; from first finding till the kill, two hours and 27 minutes, and distance; covered certainly not less than 17 miles. The country was very heavy and r< tten from the continually recurring frosts ana thaws. Although there was more water- jumping than is usually met with in one dav during a dozen seasons, and, consequently, a good many • wet and dirty breeches, with three of the most disreputable and deformed hats ever seen together at one time, forcibly sugges- tive of the idea that their proprietors were addicted to the bucolic amusement of milking— despite, I say, these little contretemps, there never was a collection of more dirty, happy, self- satisfied Englishmen, or a happier lord than his lordship of remarkable run deserves a place in your journal, proving the stoutness of the Raby Hounds, and the gameness of the owner, his grace, who rode hard throughout the whole run. His grace's second horseman fortunately just reached the hounds near Shaw Brow, which gave him the advantage of a second horse.— Yours, & c, A LOVER OF THE SPORT. BRILLIANT DAY'S SPORT WITH THE BRAMHAM MOOR HOUNDS. MY EDITOR : I think your numerous readers will agree with me that the day's sport I am about to recount is well worthy of a place in your valuable sporting periodical. Before entering on any details I must first say that the dreadful accident which occurred early in the day ( Saturday last) to that deservedly po- pular and beloved nobleman, the Earl of Harewood, was not at the time known to be of such an alarming nature as it has since proved to be, or none of the field would have enjoyed the bril- liant sport that ensued. Having premised thus much, I proceed to my task. Found our first fox in a patch of gorse near Spof- forth ; went away very fast to Stockild, through the lower end of the covert, past Sickley Hall te the left, over Spofforth Hays, in the direction of Kirby Overblow. Here the pace became tre- mendous, the scent beiug breast high, over a fine grass country, with stoue walls, which made novices look blue. We then went through the Punchbowl Hanging Wood, turned to the left, and away to the village of Clapgate, down to Woolly Head, where we came to our first check. Hitting off the scent, however, by a masterly cast of Treadwell's ( the huntsman), we went for the river, which the fox, being so hotly pressed, had no alternative but to cross, though it was much swollen by the late rains. This gave him some law, the horsemen having to go round by a bridge, but, taking up the scent on the opposite side, we ran him over cold hunting land to near Westwood, where we lost him. Time, oiie hour and twenty minutes. Trotted back to Woodhall Whin, where we found instantly, and went away across large grass meadows, everybody dashing for a start. One gentleman, riding at stiff timber, must, I think, up to the present moment feel the effects of his rashness, though he bore it with a smile on his countenance. We immediately crossed the river Wharfe within twenty or thirty yards of the bridge. The hounds, going at racing pace, got the start of a field or two, and it was then " catch ' em who can !" The gallant and popular master, G. Lane Fox, Esq ( on his famous bay horse Favourite, bought of Mr James Mason, and going quite within himself), shouted out with his accustomed merriment and energy, " There are the hounds; why don't you ride to them ?" This had as electric a shock on the field as the starting bell of a railroad train. The hounds streamed past Keswick in a body, and, leaving it to the right, crossed the brook towards Kington Village ( a noble lord probably wishing to ascertain the depth of the stream, plunged to the bottom), and here it was, in rising the hill, that Treadwell. on his unrivalled bay mare, caught the hounds, the pace all the time ter- rific. We raced away past Spring Wood, through Norwood Bot- toms, just touching Bramham Park on the left, through Patter- ton Village, where a gentleman rsnowned for his gastronomic skill and great hospitality met with a " crasher," which, luckily, was worst in appearance, as he picked himself up by degrees, verv muddy, but uninjured. Leaving Patterton Hall on the left, we crossed the river Cock, and ran straight for Partington House, where the fox was pulled down in the open park. Time, one hour and ten minutes ; distance, eleven miles by the Ord- nance map. Among the numerous field we observed the follow- ing gentlemen as being more particularly worthy of notice, from going well throughout:— Charles Lane Fox, Esq, well mounted by Captain Markham, landed his horse in a place dis tinguished enough even to have satisfied his absent owner ; Lord Nevill, on his famous old chesnut mare, was foremost in the flight ; Captain Gunter rode throughout with the pluck of a warrior ; G. Lane Fox, Esq, always in the right place, never attempting to " do the flash," but invariably seeing his hounds do their work ; Fred Millbank, Esq, going as usual ( and to those who know his usual style of riding this is no small praise); Lamplugh Wickham, Esq, always well mounted, and always in the front; Richard Oliver, Esq, who never says " die ;" Mr Harrison, on a slashing bay horse, second to none. We cannot better conclude our list of " notabilities" than by naming Mr Treadwell and the two superiorly- mounted whips. Long may this unrivalled pack of hounds, under the auspices of their admi- rable master and his skilful huntsman, continue to show such sport as the Bramham Moor have lately enjoyed.— Yours, & c, ONE OF THE FIELD. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THE EARL OF HAREWOOD We regret to state that on Saturday morning last a very se- rious accident befel the Earl of Harewood, while hunting with the Bramham Moor Hounds. The meet took place at Stockeld Park, near Spofforth, the seat of J. B. Faviell, Esq, and early in the run his lordship took an ordinary fence, but discovered, when too late, that there was a sheep net on the opposite side, in the meshes of which the hind feet of his hunter got entangled. The horse plunged violently, and in the struggle fell, rolling over his lordship, and inflicting severe injuries. Some persons near, who saw the accident, hastened to the spot, and rendered what assistance they could in releasing the noble lord. He was taken up quite insensible, and continued so for some time, but was carried to a neighbouring cottage, and quickly attended by Mr Moore, of Spofforth, and Mr Ledgard of Wetfeerby. The family surgeon, Mr J. G. Smith, of Harewood, happened to be in the neighbourhood, and, on hearing of the accident, hastened to the spot. On examination, two incised wounds, disclosing a com- pound fracture of the skull, were discovered, and there were also evidences of severe internal injuries in the chest. It was thought best to remove bis lordship home as soon as possible, and he was accordingly conveyed to Harewood House, in Mr Faviell's carriage. Mr Teale, of Leeds, was subsequently sent for, and it was then determined to telegraph to London for Sir B, Brodie, but he was confined to his house by indisposi- tion, and Mr Csesar Hawkins, the eminent metropolitan surgeon, was despatched in his stead. Mr Hawkins arrived at Harewood House at noon on Sunday, and soon afterwards the operation of trepanning was performed by Mr Teale, aided by Mr Hawkins and Mr Smith. The absent members of the family were summoned early, special messengers being despatched to communicate to them intelligence of the lamentable accident. The event has thrown a deep gloom over the village and neighbourhood of Harewood, where, it is hardly necessary to state, his lordship is justly and deservedly beloved. Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, Mr Charles and Lady Louisa Mills, the Hon Edwin Lascelles, M. P., the Hon and Rev James Lascelles, and the Hon George and Lady Louisa Lascelles were at Harewood House at the time of the accident. The Hon Arthur Lascelles arrived at Harewood House late on Sunday evening, fromNorley. Northwieh. Atelegraphic despatch has been forwarded to Rome to the Hon Egremont Lascellas, who is on his wedding tour. When Mr Hawkins and Mr Teale left Harewood House on Monday morning, they reported that his lordship had passed a quiet night without any unfavourable symptoms having occurred. The following report of the medical gentlemen attending the Earl of Harewood, was issued on Tuesday morning:—" The Earl of Harewood has passed a quiet night, with some tranquil sleep. His lordship continues conscious and free from fever.— Hare- wood House, Tuesday morning, Jan 27th." On Wednesday morning the bulletin was as follows" The Earl of Harewood has passed a good night. His lordship, in other respects, is much the same as yesterday." THE WORCESTERSHIRE HOUNDS. MR EDITOR : As the late accounts relative to fox hunting in this country have been of a very painful and disheartening nature, so we hope that the one now before you may fully prove to have quite an opposite effect, and serve in a great measure to clear away any black spots which may yet remain to obscure and dim the future of the noble sport in Worcestershire. We cannot imagine a greater degree of satisfaction than that which noblemen and gentlemen must feel at beiag able to afford and provide good sport, and its attendants, viz, health and gratifica- tion, to so large an assemblage of their fellow sportsmen as a hunting field usually numbers. It is a well- known fact that a man ( let his memory be ever so defective in a general way) never forgets the ever cheering and glorious reminiscence ef a first- rate run in his younger days, with which many of his earliest and warmest associations are connected; nor can he, if he has one spark of gratitude or proper feeling, be ever unmindful of that generosity so common amongst our nobility, gentry, and cover owners generally ( not forgetting the hospitable farmers whose land he rides over, and wnose fences he helps to crash), which enables him, however humble his own position in life may be, to follow up and indulge in his favourite sport, especially when it is such as that shown on Monday week, when the meet was at Westwood, the seat of Sir John Pakington, where we drew the deer park plantations and found a brace of foxes, one of which the hounds settled to, and rattled through the cover in fine style, forcing him away in the direction of the Knight's Grove Cover, Ombersley, which he ran through, thence bearing to the left to Porter's Mill, when finding the pace too hot for him, he Gifford, when sounding the " dread who- whoop." He* may be tuVneX again " to " the right through Bourne's Dingle to'the auowea to uenoii a uau juuge oi < t iiuut>, <* u. u. iu wa , s, , Rowm's sirlp. raring awav down the meadows, with the hounds that he had never had gamer fox.— Yours, & c, better day's sport, or ever killed a SQUIREEN, THE BURTON HUNT- BRILLIANT RUN WITH LORD HENRY BENTINCK'S HOUNDS. MR EDITOR : On Wednesday, the 7th inst, this celebrated pack ( the dogs) met at Hacktliorn Hall, the seat of Col Robert Amcotts. The morning being frosty and the ground thickly sprinkled with snow, some little law was allowed for slumberers. By twelve o'clock a goodly field had mustered, and although the ground at this time looked by no means tempting, the hounds were thrown into Hackthorn Gorse : but here Charley did not show. Spridlingtou Gorse was next tried, and here also disap- pointment awaited us. At Toft Newton covert, however, we found him at 1: 20 p. m., a rare find here this year, by the bye. He soon broke away on the South side ( the body of the hounds well with him), and skirting Lord Brownlow Thorns, pointed head east, running on the north of Faldingworth Village, and Buslingthorpe Church to the Lincoln and Rasen Railway, cross- ing over a very heavy fencing country, and as fast as horses and hounds in tip- top condition can go. Here there was a momentary check, and thence, with a very trifling deviation from the straight line, to Linwood— passing these large woods on the north side, probably requiring more air than these thickets admitted, bent his course acrose the Warren to Willingliam Plantations, passing over the Rasen and Louth- road, about half a mile west of Willingham House, the seat of A. B. Boucherett, Esq, a great lover of fox hunting. Here, through a stained ground and a bad scenting bit of coun- try, the knowledge of the old standard hounds was wonderfully tested ; but, after some little hesitation, the leading hounds, in a most determined manner, carried their line in the direction of Tealby Village, where another slight check occurred. Here we were informed by a kindly disposed itinerant divine that the fox and his paramour were before us, and, if we followed him, we should overtake him. Some slow hunting now occurred— country heavy and deep, and second horses at a premium; but, with a reeking scent in every sense of the word, forward we went, up to the knees in snow, on to the Wolds, into Walesby Lordship, where the hounds divided, but were altogether again in a mo- ment, into Normanby, Otley, and to within half a mile of Clarby Wood ( renowned in the annals of the Brocklesby Hunt). Here Master Charley, finding the scent too good, and the Roepham condition better than his ows, pointed back to his old quarters, which, however, he could not make, for, after some delicately fine hunting on the edge of the Wolds, he was forced along at a stunning pace, and, in a fur plantation about a quarter of a mile from Market Rasen, was fairly pulled down— a satis- factory finish to the finest run of two hours and forty minutes we have seen in this country for the last fifteen years. Next to action ranks condition, say we ; and we say it with all humility, the hounds in the Reepham kennels are just now in better trim than any that have been in Reepham kennels, and reflect great credit upon Jones, the huntsman, who, with his excellent first whip, 3ack Morgan, discharged his duties admirably on this eventful occasion. So here's one cheer for the noble master, who was unfortunate enough to lose the finish, his horse having landed him in a bog, where he and the animal parted company for a considerable distance.— Yours, & c, AN EYE- WITNESS. Jan 23,1857. EXTRAORDINARY RUN WITH THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND'S HOUNDS. MR EDITOR : On Friday, the 23d, these hounds met at Ki- ninvey. The morning was most boisterous, with a slight fall of snow. On liis grace's arrival he desired some small plantations in Langley Dale to be drawn, wheu the drag of a travelling fox was spoken to at Pinston Crag. The hounds immediately settled to the scent, and carried it to Lead Mill Gill, along the south side of which they ran sharply to Gibsneesg, from which place to the North Wood, Raby Park, where they entered the west end, and went the length of the wood ( one mile and three quarters), breaking to the north near Keverstone, away to Buck Heads and Crag Wood, where there was a short delay. From Crag Wood they turned south, past the west end of Trenelmire plantations to Morton, thence to Ingleton and Suik House, near Slandrop, where a fox was viewed, and here we supposed we changed foxes. The hounds now increased their pace over the excellent country to Evawood tollbar, on the Auckland road, and went away to Brussleton Folly and Shaw Brow, a large whin . covert near South Church : thence to Shildon, from Shildon to Nudridge, killing him on MordonCar, not far from Woodham,' in the Sedgefield country. The distance from Pinston Crag to Woodham, as the crow flies, is between sixteen and seventeen miles, but the line of the fox was nearly double that distance 5 however, the most moderate calculation makes it 28 miles. The Duke of Cleveland, with his second whip, remained at the con- clusion to tell the tale, and bring the hounds to Raby Castle where they arrived at three o'clock. Between Shildon and Nudridge the huntsman, first whip, and remaining part of the field stopped, having had more than enough, I think this Severn's side, racing away down the meadows, with the hounds close at his brush, to Hawford, where lie was obliged to cross both canal and river, and there being no bridge within three miles, the hounds were very wisely whipped off. Time, 36 minutes, at very best pace, without a check. Trotting back again to West- wood, another fox was found, which, after a brilliant run of 25 minutes, was killed. On FRIDAY last, the meet was the Cliffey, which, much to the annoyance of its worthy owner, was drawn blank for the first time this season. On to Severn Bank, and there he was not at home, but on drawing the Clifton Osier Beds, two brace of foxes were on foot, when a finer chorus never made the welkin ring, and after running one fox several times round the cover, he was forced to die, and was hardly broken up, when another sought the open, determined to have a gallop for his life. Going away in the direction of Croome, through the parks, and on for Croome Perry Wood, which the varmint ran through, making for Defford Common, which he left to the right, and running into Tiddesley Wood, luckily for him the hounds got on a fresli fox, which they ran to ground near the railway, after a sharp scurry. On MONDAY, the 26th, met at Goosebill, and found a brace of foxes, one going away for Broughton Wood, which he passed on his left, within a field of it, going through the diggings, and the Soldans Covers, and making his point for Grafton Wood, and running a ring round that cover went away at a terrific pace to Bow Wood, which he entered with the hounds close at his brush. Time, one hour and a quarter, without a check. Here, unfortu- nately, with our fox dying fast, afresh one jumped up, and the hounds changing to him, he took us back nearly the same line that our first fox had travelled, but the scent getting cold, the day late, and a hard day too, we were obliged to give in without that satisfactory conclusion to the day's sport which the hounds so justly deserved. I think this poor account of the runs I have attempted to describe will prove that Worcestershire was never better stocked with foxes than at the present time, which is an earnest of the universal respect felt towards our worthy master, J. R. Cookes, Esq. That we have a very fine pack of hounds nobody can deny, and that we have in Ward a huntsman who fully understands their management nobodylwiW; for notwith- standing the disadvantages of a man's first season in a strange country, and with a fresn pack of hounds, he has contrived to give the greatest satisfaction to all. May master and huntsman work together for many years to come, and we be there to see, is the sincere wish of yours, & c, Worcester, Jan 28,1857. HOB AND NOB. THE ESSEX AND SUFFOLK HOUNDS. DEAR BELL : With your permission, I think the Essex aud Suffolk are quite worthy a space in your Life, for a handsomer, quicker, or steadier pack never pulled down a fox. JAN 16: The meet was Hintlesham Park Gate, where the occu- pier, Mr Bainbridge, walked up and, like a gentleman, and a good sort too ( for he does not hunt) assured the master, Thomas Nunu, Esq, we should find at Wolves Wood. Will was ordered to Ramsey first, where were lots of hares, but the first hound that opened, as is always the case, brought not only a cheer from Will, but also from the master and his son, for there is no mis- take about the animal when there is a whimper. Away he went to Wolves Wood, where there was a fresh fox, but the pack raced at their first one, " heads up and sterns down" as straight as a crow can fly to a drain at Whatfield. Time, 25 minutes. Before the field could get up, some man vie\ red our Wolves Wood fox going over the hill to the right. Will was ordered to get on to his line, which he did rather slowly, for we could do but little with him. His line was thought to be Lucy Wood, which proved correct, for as soon as in cover the hounds were at him. He had waited for them, but went away down wind, and a slow hunting run brought us to earth again below Middle Wood. Time, about 45 minutes. Trotted on to Bomiy. As soon as in cover a single hound was on the line of a right good sort who was " hallooed" out at the other side for the Barking Groves; he meant the Suffolk country, but a strong wind was in his teeth, and he bore to the left of Muckinger. Here was some splendid hunting nearly to Bricet Park, which he evidently did not know, and bore to the right, side wind, where he was viewed by a skirter. Ran a road some distance, and after a momentary check the gallant pack settled to him again; ran him to Battisford Quick, where he again ran a road, and was chased by a cur which saved his life, and let him make his point, Combs Wood. Time one hour and three- quarters, as fine a hunting ruu as any sportsman could wish, the country tremendously heavy, and horses deadbeat. TUESDAY, 20TH.— The meet Elmstead. Ran a brace of foxes to ground and killed one with a 40 minute run above ground, I understand. FRIDAY, 23D.— The meet, Tattingstone, White Horse. Drew first Holbrook Park, a large cover, a mile through it. Very soon a challenge, a cheer, and a " halloa !" A leash of foxes afoot! Away one went in good earnest for about ten minutes, when he went to ground. Back to the park again, thinking a fox might have stayed in cover; but this was not the case, so we trotted on to Old Hall. A " holloa!" and " Taily- ho !" A bad fox, determined not to go away, laa a ring or two round cover, and crowded into an earth that had been only half stopped. Trotted on to Brockley, where they very soon chopped a fox. Four or five couple got away with another, who proved to be a stout one. Ran back to Old Hall, four or five times round, with the hounds close at his brush, but at last he got back to Brockley, and went through it to Bentley Long Wood, with the pack close at him. He was constantly viewed over a ride in the cover, and after three- quarters of an hour hard ruuniug he again got away towards Dodnash. They raced at him and pulled him down whilst attempting to jump the fence into cover. Time altoge- ther, one hour and a half, as fiae cover- hunting as ' tis possible to enjoy. These hounds have given most excellent sport all the season. In the three days described they earthed three brace and killed a leash above ground. A better pack does not exist. • Yours, & c, A LIGHT WEIGHT. THE OLD BERKSHIRE HOUNDS. MR EDITOR : MONDAY, JAN 26.— Our meet the Lamb and Flag, Longworth. A hard and sharp frost, with a strong driving snow till eleven o'clock, when the snow ceased, and by half- past the frost had so rapidly disappeared, that the day changed fa vourably for hunting. The hounds were trotted off to Pusey Common— blank; then Thorpe's Brake and the Hinton Coverts — blank ; as also Longworth Lodge and the Race Gorse ; but at Bullock's Pits a fine fox was soon found, and away he went; but for about the first mile he twisted and turned about, not know- ing what direction to select to evade his speedy followers. He went close to Sheephouse Fields Farm, making for Charney, then turned to the right up to Pusey Water Meadows, through Turpits, on for Pusey Gardens ; but at the park he turned up the plantation across to Pusey Common, where he made a ring, aud returned by Charbury Camp away for Charney, very fast. Leaving that village and Lyford to the right, he kept the line of the brook or river Ock, skirting Wick Scrubs, straight for Gar- ford, where he turned to the left across to Fyfield Wick, and was killed, fairly beaten, in Mr Kimber's farm- yard, after a splendid run of 56 minutes over a fine hunting country. After drawing the small coverts at Kingston House blank, a second fox was found in Appleton Common, which gave a ring in the covert, and then broke away at a slashing pace. Leaving Lady Grove, Kingston Hill, and Moor Common to the left, he went between Harrowdown Hill and the river Thames, on to Ducksford at a great pace. Here the heavy stiff clay ploughing caused a little slow hunting ( very acceptable to the horses); but presently away the hounds went like birds, up to Hinton Warren on to theback of Longworth Lodge, where the scent began to change, and the fox was lost near the Waggon and Horses, on the Oxford and Faringdon turnpike- road; time, 45 minutes. This may be considered a first- rate day's sport, the pace being severe, but the country very heavy, balls were numerous, and two gentlemen in dark coats were severely bruised, but fortunately reached their homes without broken bones. Several first- rate members of the hunt made a start in the morning, and others not liking to leave home to face the weather, must experience a sad disap- pointment, as a finer or bettor day's sport cannot be desired or expected.— Your, & c, REALITY. Jan 29,1857. EAST BERKS SUBSCRIPTION HOUNDS. MR EDITOR : I do not remember ever having seen any men- tion made in your pages of the doings of the above pack. I can most certainly testify that it cannot have arisen for want of any- thing worth recording, for the sport shown both this season and throughout the whole of last season, under the mastership of Mr Jonn Langton, of Maidenhead, has been of first- rate cha- racter. A dashing pack of hounds twenty- one inches high, a huntsman that knows his work, and has his hounds thoroughly under control, a smart aud quick whip- in ( Tom), a fine stud of red deer, with a wide and delightful country to hunt through- ought not, Mr Editor, these appliances to produce some result'? I can assure you I have partaken to my utmost satisfaction. To wit: On Saturday last, at Shottisbrook Park, a fine red hind, " Alma," was uncarted in the presence of a pretty little muster of sportsmen, and, after ringing through the Walthams, and away for Buck Farm, it chose the dryer country, and, taking its line for the town of Maidenhead, which place it skirted, bore away for the village of Cookham, crossing the Thames into Clifden, through these noble grounds into Hedsor, away for Wobum, near which village it was taken after having afforded a brilliant ruu of three hours. Many more of such doings might be recorded. And that the E. B. H. may long enjoy its present popularity ( which it is so justly entitled to), is the ardent wish of your humble servant, A SUBSCRIBER TO THE E. B. H, London, Jan 29,1857. MR DEACON'S HOUNDS. DEAR BELL : ' Tis so seldom any of our doings find an echo in your columns, that I would fain crave the insertion of the following capital day's sport. On Thursday, the 22d, a largish field met Mr Deacon's Hounds at Liftou Bridge. A sharp frost, though happily but of one night's duration, did not look over promising. Sol soon, however, put iu an appearance, and things began to look more pleasant; but, even then, the most sanguine did not anticipate much of a day's sport. We threw off in the fir plantation opposite Lifton Park, drew onwards to Guthery Brake, where a brace, if not a leash, of foxes were soon afoot. The hounds got away OH good terms with one of them, ran a ring of 30 minutes— a treat to the pedestrians, and those of the field who, riding from hill to hill, deubtless think '" Tis distance lends enchantment to the view," and, on being headed by some woodmen, returned to the same brake— a slight check. The hounds hit on him again, stuck to him, forced him away over the same line of couutry by Yeoman's Mills, and instead of again turning to the left, towards Lit'ton, our fox went straight on, leaving Kelly on the right, through Marston, where, on a hare unfortunately going away from some plough in view, we had a check, which, had not the scent been very holding, must have proved fatal to the run. Mr Deacon soon got his hounds, however, on the line again, and we had some pretty hunting towards Sydenham, down through the wood, across the Lyd river, over the Coryton road to Burnhall— a model farm of the Duke of Bedford's. Here the scent became very cold, and the hounds with difficulty carried it on over the deep ground to the top of the hill, where we came to another check, caused by some sheep. Fresh found our fox in Littonary Down Plantation, and the hounds, slipping away with him up the valley, gave the field a poor start, aud had it all to themselves for the next few miles; through Wick, Moulstone, over Bowden Down towards Lidferd; but, as if disdaining to take refuge in these large covers, this gallant animal turned to the right, crossed the road between Burnville House and East Langstone, and sunk the valley towards Wortner's Mill. Here there was a slight check, giving some of the field time to make up lost ground. Finis coronat opus. Our fox then pointed for the moor, but, not seeming inclined to face the thick fog that was gathering on the tors, turned to the left, and after a beautiful burst of some twenty minutes over Blackdown to Aiuscott Plan- tation, was pulled down in making a final attempt to break cover. Just four hours from find to finish. The latter part of the run not to be surpassed in this or any other country. The hounds broke up their fox— a wiry dog— on ground patched with snow, old Dartmoor and its neighbouring moorlands having been sadly lashed with sleet and hail during the preceding night. The field was rather select at the finish, and had our fox gone to Morr, no one, but a certain good sportsman on an Irish mare— not to mention names, for fear of causing a blush of pride on his already too rubicund cheek— would have seen it. Mr Dea- con's mare, even, had had enough of it. Thanks to Henry Brad shaw, Esq, of Lifton Park, and to Reinfred Arundell, Esq, who has the shooting over the covers, for standing us so good a fox. — Yours, & c, ULTIMUS. THE LIMERICKS. MR EDITOR : On Friday, the 23d ult, the above pack met at Odelville. The morning was cold and threatening, and at intervals sleet showers came, and made us nearly shrink into our boots; however, we trotted on to Knockaddery, which proved blank. Then jogged along to Ballingarry, aud the hounds, at a wave of Jack Bourke's hand, dashed into cover, " in spite of wind and weather." A note, soon turning to music, cheered us up. " Tally! Tallyho !" " Gone away!" and then The horns sound, wound loucUand clear, The tramp of horses' feet in full career, The loud- tongued dogs and huntsman's call, Prove Reynard broke, defying all. Away we go at a slapping pace, along Ballingarry hill ( ugly riding), for about a mile, when a snow shower came on and foiled the scent, the fox, for a minute or two, giving us the slip. The hounds hit it off again, but Reynard has gained a start, and the scent becoming cold, the pace, in consequence, is checked. From this point we have a slow hunting run through Odelville, Glenwilliam, and into Castletown, but, getting a bucketing about in this cover, away he goes, apparently heading for Heath- field. The hounds at once settle on their fox, and now comes the tug of war. It is " heads up and sterns down," and lio mis- take ; in fact, racing, hounds and horsemen going at full speed, but suddenly a " ravine" appears before us. In dash the hounds and clamber up the other side. One horseman alone takes it in his stride, by the side of the hounds ; another is seen far up the hill on the left, clear of the " yawner." The field, with these exceptions, is brought to a check, and, in little groups, stoop over their horses' heads, " craning," from the effects of which I now suffer from a " crick." Onwards fly the hounds and single horseman. There is a desperate scramble at the above impediment; some fall in, others stagger in and out, de- riving a great deal of satisfaction from their look at it, and at seeing thehounds go clean away from them. Foward still, at flying speed, towards, but to the left of, Glenwilliam, when, just past this place, we turn suddenly to the right, down on this demesne. Evidently intending to make for his old haunt at Ballingarry, the fox carries us through a portion of Glenwilliam, but, beiug now so hardly pressed, he pops into a shore ( no doubt an old acquaintance), thus giving us the slip. And Reynard lives, I'm glad to say, To show us fight an « ther day, Aud many a turkey, goose, and capon, May he again commit a rape on. The run from find to finish being about eight miles, the last three of which was a " clipper."— Yours, & c, A SPOONEY. AQUATIC REGISTER. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. HOBNING, EVENING, SUNDAY, FEB 2 14 min past 6 .... 37 sain past MONDAY 0 min past 7 .... 24 min past 7 TUESDAY 54 min past 7 26 min past 8 WEDNESDAY 6 min past 9 47 min past 9 THUBSDAY 34 min past 10 .... 21 min past II FBIDAY 44 min past 11 .... 4 min past 12 SATUBDAY 37 min past 12 8 min past 1 REGATTAS AND MATCHES TO COME. MARCH. 10.— Scullers Race between Shaid and Temple, from Wandsworth to Limehouse, for £ 10 a side. APRIL. 4.— Oxford and Cambridge Eight- oared Race, from Putney to Mortlake. MAY. i2.— Kelly and Messenger— to row from Putney to Mortlake, far £ 200 aside and the Championship of the Thames. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. The next monthly meeting of this club is appointed to take place at the club rooms, Bedford Hotel, Covent- garden, on Wednesday evening, 4th inst, at 8: 30 p. m. Members and friends who may be desirous of being present at the house dinner ( prior to the meeting), must enter their names in the house book before two p. m. on the above day. Dinner at six o'clock precisely. There are several candidates for election on the ballot list, and amongst them is Godfrey Peters, Esq, Sylphide cutter, 23 tons. The following notice of motion by John N. Wilson, Esq, wili probably, from its apparent importance, command a larger at- tendance of members than usual •—" That as it appears that the plan sent up by the Metropolitan Board of Works to the Government for the main drainage of the metropolis, contem- plates a discharge of undeodorised sewage into the River Thames on its north side at Rainham Creek, and on its south side at about a quarter of a mile higher up the river than Erith, the immediate attention of the club should be called to a project so seriously affecting the interests of all engaged in yachting pur- suits upon the River Thames." The following gentlemen are ap- pointed stewards for the annual club ball, at the Hanover- square Rooms, on Friday, the 13th February ( St Valentine's Eve), and from whom tickets may be obtained by members on application, viz:— G. Henley Barber, Esq; Forrester Britten, Esq; Robert Cooke, Esq; Harrison Chilton, Esq; Richard Flowers, Esq; John J. Ford, Esq; Major E. Deaue Freeman; W. L. Hooper, Esq; W. Frederick Moore, Esq; Francis Perry, Esq; John S. Robinson, Esq; W. Mawley Westall, Esq. Members are re- quested to make early application for tickets, as already the demand has been such as to augur that the ball will, if possible, exhibit more than its usual brilliancy. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. COWES.— The schooner Constance, Richard C. Naylor, Esq, has this week been hove off the mud, and is in the stream fitting out for a cruise in the Mediterranean. Report states that she is to be ready by the 20th of March.— The new steamer, of about 200 tons, building by the Messrs White at their branch esta- blishment at East Cowes, is in full frame. She is for Sir Richard Oglander, Bart.— The Vice- Commodore's schooner Capricorn has been lengthened by the stern, to be converted into a screw steamer, and the shipwrights are planking the new work ; there is a whisper that the Commodore's Zara is to undergo a similar change, since screws are all the rage among the yachtsmen.— The Emerald schooner has been lengthened aft by Messrs Ratsey, and was launched the other day; in other respects there is very little movement yet among the yachts.— The Squadron's Castle Club House also progresses, and will be inhabited in the forthcoming season. The design is said to be in keeping with the far- famed original of the Elizabethan period. It would be premature to pass an opinion of what it will appear when completed, but at present, from the land side, it has a monastic appearance; no doubt the tower will alter the present effect materially. LONDON MODEL YACHT CLUB. The next general meeting of this club will be held at Ander- tou's Hotel, at half- past seven o'clock, on Tuesday, Feb 3, when the chair will be taken and business commenced at eight o'clock precisely. The following gentlemen are candidates for election, viz, Mr W. Oulds, Siver- street, Golden- square; and Mr John Puxley, 42, Devonshire- street, Queen- square, Bloomsbury. The officers request that their brother members will attend earlier in the evening ; business should be concluded by nine o'clock, as it is very desirable that the club- room should be cleared soon after eleven o'clock. The annual subscriptien for 1857 is now due. Models for the club room, and nautical works, books, drawings, & c, for the library, are still iu great request, aud any contribu- tions will be of service. A CLIPPER WITH THE EASTBOURN HARRIERS. MR EDITOR : I trust the following account of a run with this staunch little pack will not be found unworthy of your columns Jan. 22d, the meet was Pevensey Station, where a select party of the right sort met, and soon found a good hare in Mr R. Breton's, Castle Ground. It being very frosty, the hounds were put to their metal until they moved their hare again in Mr G. Freeman's turnip field, when she took to the marsh, where the worthy master, not liking the appearance of the ugly brooks, gave orders to the whip, Will Searl, to go on with the hounds ; leaving Westham Mill to the left, towards Chilly stream, and, not liking to risk a wet jacket, puss ran the bank on to Rickney, where being headed, turned for the ploughed fields, leaving the mill to the right, on to Westham Street, running the road a short distance, and throwing herself in the hedges adjoining. The hounds being so close, gave puss but little time for rest, so going away in view, she ran back through the Castle Grounds and Mill Marshes on to Rickney, where the hounds again viewed, and we all thought it must be all up with her, but being one of the right sort, she again tried the uplands, leaving Mon- tague to the right, back to the mill, was headed by the foot people, and the hounds being hard on her, she once more took the marsh. On towards Chilly, turning to the left, running the Haven bank towards Rickney, again trying the ploughed fields to Handcomb Street, passing Handcomb Hall, by the mill, crossing the road to Westham into the marsh, and finding the hounds rather too close at her, she made one more desperate effort, and crossed the railway above the station, through Mr Freeman's, Mountney, crossing theEastbourn road, through the marshes towards Walls End, and not liking crossing the haven ran the bank to Langney, but finding her pursuers hard on, she crossed ( up to this time Will had followed the hounds) to the beach, and being determined not to be taken by her relentless pursuers, took to the'sea, and met her fate. Time, three hours and ten minutes, almost without a check, and over little short of twenty- five miles of country.— Yours, & c, A LOOKER ON. HUNTING MEMS. Jack Morgan's engagement, as first whip to Lord Henry Ben- tinck, closes with the present season. Considering the vast ex- perience he has gained during some eighteen years with his lord- ship, the late Sir Richard Sutton, and Mr Mure, and his fine riding to boot, we have no doubt that next season will see him raised to huntsman's rank. We understand that it is in contemplation among the Brocklesby hunting men to erect a small pillar, to mark the spot, near Barnoldby, where their celebrated huntsman, the late Will Smith, met his death fall in April, 1845. The Little Known, the well- known hunter sire, has been leased to Earl Fitzwilliam at Wentworth for the ensuing season. Mr D. Robertsou has supplied his place at Ladykirk with Harkaway. Mr Collyer being about to give up the country, the West Kent Hounds are " open to an offer." NURR AND SPELL.— Thos. Mortimer of Potovens will play John Toulson of C'hickenley, far £ 10 or £ 15 a side, or he will take 10 score in SO rises of Jonah Farrar of Batley, for £ 15 or £ 20 a side, or he will take 20 score in 30 rises of Daniel Jack- son of Daw Green, for £ 25 or £ 50 a side, or Wm. Newsome can be accommodated if he will give 15 score in 30 rises, for the same amount as Jackson. A match can be made by applying at Thos. Button's, Royal Oak Inn, Potovens, Thos. Whitehead's, Miners' Inn, Stanley, or at Peter Hartley's, Wakefield. Job Dowgill of Farsley will play Geo. Riley of Stanningley, for £ 5 a side, on Woodhouse or Holbeck Moor. A match can be made auy night next week at Mr Joseph Nicholis's, World's End, Farsley. to Hammersmith, for £ 5 a side, Blythe to row in his new zinc boat, aud Bickers to row in what boat he likes, will bo at the Magpie and Stump, on Monday evening next, to make the first deposit. J. M'QUIRE, of the Prince of Wales Aquatic Club, will row J. Norman of the Arundel Unity a scullers match from Putney to Hammersmith, for £ 5 a side. A match can be made to- morrow ( Monday) evening, at Mrs jPricker's, Ship Tavern, Essex- street, Strand, CRICKET. THE MARYLEBONE CLUB. The committee of the M. C. C. settled their matches, at a meeting held on the 23d ult, when all the Mondays iu June and July were, as usual, filled up with matches of no ordinary in- terest. With a view to bring the principal counties into com- petition with each other, and at the same time to create as much excitement as possible in the cricketing world, a new idea has been suggested of playing three grand county matches at Lord's this season— the winners in the two first to contend for the championship in the last. If the committee succeed— as they trust they will— in carrying out their views. it is hoped that the counties of Kent and Sussex will first enter the arena ; then the counties of Surrey and Nottingham ; aud, lastly, the winners in the above two matches. The committee, being anxious to give as early publicity as pos- sible to their fixtures, but without pledgiug themselves as to the precise days— the hon sec being still in communication with the different managers of other clubs— beg to offer the following list of the matches which they have decided on playing, if they can be arranged satisfactorily to all parties. The committee however wish it, to be understood that the days will not be altered unless absolutely necessary. MATCHES, 1857. MONDAY, JUNE 1, at Lord's— The North of England v the South of England. MONDAY, JUNE 8, at Lord's— The M. C. C. and Ground v the County of Sussex. MONDAY, JUNE 15, at Lord's— County ofKent v the County of Sussex. MONDAY, JUNE 22, at Lord's— Sixteen Gentlemen of the University of Cambridge v the United All England Eleven. THUBSDAY, JUNE 25, at Lord's— University of Oxford V University of Cambridge. MONDAY, JUNE 29, at Lord's— Sixteen Gentlemen of the University of Oxford v the United All England Eleven. MONDAY, JULY 6, at Lord's— The County of Surrey v the County of Nottingham, MONDAY, JULY 13, at Lord's— The Gentlemen v the Players. MONDAY, JULY 20, at Lord's— The Champion Match. MONDAY, JULY 27, Dean's Benefit at Lord's— The All England Eleven v the United All England Eleven ; or an Eleven of England v Eighteen Members of the Suburban Clubs within twelve miles of London. [ It is greatly to be hoped that all professional players will see the value that a match between the two Elevens will be, not only to themselves but to the veteran Dean, the object of the meeting. It is impossible to say how much the world would appreciate the sinking of all jealous feeling on such an occasion. Let the opportunity not be neglected.] COUNTY OF SURREY CLUB. President: H. Marshall, Esq. Vice- president: HonF. Ponsonby. Treasurer: C. H. Hoare, Esq. Hon Sec: W. Burrup. The committee of the County of Surrey Club have arranged the following matches for next season, and, in doing so, have been very careful in the selection of the days, confining them- selves, during the season of the Maryiebone Club matches, to the Thursday and Friday in the week; and they trust that such proceedings on their part will meet with a corresponding one from others, so that nothing may interfere with the object they have in view— to afford to their numerous supporters and the cricketing public the very best cricket. About MAY 18, at Cambridge— 6 Gentlemen and 5 Players of Surrey v 6 Gentlemen and 5 Players of Cambridgeshire. JUNE 11, at the Oval— County of Surrey v County of Kent. JUNE 18, at Brighton— County of Surrey v County of Sussex, JUNE 25, at the Oval— 6 Gentlemen and 5 Players of Surrey v G Gentle- men and 5 Players of Cambridgeshire. JUNE 29, at Oxford— 8 Gentlemen and 3 Players of Surrey v 8 Gentlemen and 3 Players of Oxford. JULY 2, at the Oval— The Gentiemen of England v the Players. JULY 9, at the Oval— The County of Surrey v the North of England. JULY 16, at the Oval— The County of Surrey y the County of Sussex. J ULY 23, at the Oval— 8 Gentlemen and 3 Players of the County of Surrey v 8 Gentlemen and 3 Players of the County of Oxford, ( return). AUG 3, at the Oval— Surrey and Sussex v England. AUG 10, at Brighton— Surrey and Sussex v England ( return). AUG 17, at Sheffield— The County of Surrey v the North of England THE LATE RACE BETWEEN POCOCK AND WHITE. HARD CASE ON A STAKEHOLDER,— At Woolwich County Court, Jan 15, before John Pitt Taylor, Esq, Judge, was tried Pike v Alcock. The plaintiff is a publican residing at Limehouse, the defendant is the well known captain of the Fairy steam- boat, belonging to the Woolwich Steam Boat Company. The action was brought to recover a sum of money deposited in the hands of the defendant to abide the event of a rowing match. Mr Charnock appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr O. B. C. Harrison, instructed by Mr Lauder, appeared for the defendant. The circumstances under which this action was brought are as fol- lows:— In December last a match was rowed between two cele- brated men, White aud Pocock, White giving six boats' lengths at the start, in a six mile race. Prior to the match being com- menced, the plaintiff bet with some other person a sum of money on White, and both parties deposited the money in the hands of defendant, to abide the event. The plaintiff alleged that after the race had commenced he was desirous of declaring his bet off, and called to the defendant not to part with his money, and after the race was over gave a notice in writing to the defendant to the like effect. The witnesses called were the plaintiff himself aud two other persons who had joined with* him in making the bet. Mr Harrison, after commenting with some severity on the sneaking conduct of the plaintiff, con- tended that no notice was given, that if any were given, it was given after the match was decided, and as such bad— and cited several cases in support of his argument. The defendant was examined, who denied having auy notice until the written one, and that after the match. His honour ( the judge) said it was a question of very great importance; that it appeared to him very unfair to the defendant, who is au honourable man, to call upon him to pay the money out of nis own pocket simply for the reason that the plaintiff became aware that he should lose his money upon seeing the race begun, and instanced the case of a person backing a horse upon a Derby race, seeing that after starting it was last, and had no chance of winning, he should then declare off. He also instanced the case of a person backing a prizefighter whom he saw had no chance of winning. All agree it was a fair race, aud nothing illegal can be alleged of a boat race if properly conducted. His honour also said, it was a fit case to be tried in a superior court, and he would give the defendant the opportunity for a certiorari if he thought proper, and deferred his judgment till the 26th Of January. On Jan 26, the defendant, through Mr Harrison and Mr Lander, at the sitting of the court applied to his honour to postpone his judg- ment, to afford the defendant the opportunity of applying to a judge of a superior court for a certiorari. His honour said he was prepared to give his judgment, and it was a case of con- siderable importance and difficulty; that the cases decided were unsatisfactory; he was willing therefore to postpone his judg- ment till Feb 12, to allow the application to be made. He therefore called upon the plaintiff to know whether he objected to this course. Plaintiff maintained that it was unfair, and that he had lost a day in attending court. The judge suggested that his expenses should be paid, which was accordingly done. With a similar case the like plan was adopted.— His honour ex- Elained to the plaintiff that the defendant might, if he had liked, ave obtained a certiorari and served him with it just as he was about to give judgment. The defendant, through his advisers, had acted most courteously towards him ( the judge), and it met with his consideration. Au application was subsequently made to Mr Justice Erie, who granted an order for a certiorari. fit is only necessary to read the above case to become tho- roughly impressed with the importance of a satisfactory decision with respect to it. We cannot conceive a case of greater hard- ship on a stakeholder than this attempt to make him refund money already paid by him to the lawful winner, should such attempt prove successful; and we consider it a duty now with all sporting men to express their opinion by a subscription to defray the expenses which will necessarily be incurred by Mr Alcock, the captain of the Fairy. We shall be happy to receive and acknowledge any sums that may be sent for the purpose, and lists will be opened at all the respectable houses frequented by watermen and amateurs. THAMES SUBSCRIPTION CLUB. To- morrow ( Monday) evening, the ordinary monthly meeting of this association will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern. Dinner on the . table at six o'clock. On this occasion the names of the following gentlemen will be submitted to the ballot :— T, Boulton, Esq, Thames Ditton ; John Weston, Esq, 7, Noble- street, City; Robt. Palgrave, Esq, 38, Hamilton- terrace, St John's Wood; W. B. Bateman, Esq, Parthenon Club; H. Haggard, Esq, Leinster Gardens, Bayswater; H. Hughes, Esq, Brompton ; F. Hepburn, Esq, Bermondsey. Members intending to dine must leave their names with the secretary before two o'clock on that day. RUNNING DOWN THE YACHT VIKING. THE JAMES HOLMES.— COLLISION.— This was an action, brought in the Admiralty Court by Lieut- Colonel Sterling, of Knightsbridge, against the barque James Holmes, for running into his yacht, the Viking, off Beachy Head, on the 22d of Au- gust last. According to the plaintiff's statement, the Viking, a schooner- rigged vessel of 110 tons, was proceeding from Dover to Cowes, when her crew perceived the barque at the distance of about three miles. The weather at the time was fiiae, and the sun had gone down an hour. The Viking, therefore, immedi- ately exhibited a light, and ported her helm, so as to lay her as close to the wind as was possible, that is to say, within 4$ points, the yacht being rigged like the America. The barque answered by also showing a light, but she continued her course. When within two hundred yards all the yacht's crew hailed her to port, but she took no notice, and ran into the Viking, cutting her down to the water's edge. The damaged yacht was, how- ever, got safe into Newhaven harbour. The barque ( a vessel of 304 tons) was on her way from Barbadoes to London, with four- teen passengers, and a cargo of rum, molasses, and sugar. On her part it was alleged that the vessels would not have struck each other if they had kept their respective courses, but that, when within two hundred yards of each other, the Viking sud- denly ported in order to cross the James Holmes's hawse; that the helm of the barque was then ported with a view to lighten the blow, but that the accident had become unavoidable. The Tri- nity Masters thought that the blame entirely rested with the barque, and Dr Lushington pronounced for the damage. CLIFFORD'S PLAN FOR LOWERING BOATS. In consequence of instructions from the Lords of the Admi- ralty, Mr Clifford, the patentee, exhibited on Saturday, Jan 24th, at Devonport, his invention for speedily lowering boats. A skiff fitted with his apparatus was suspended from the davits of the Zephyr, 3, which steamed several times into Hamoaze, and, on returning under full power, dropped the boat in front of the dockyard in the presence of Port Admiral Sir William Parker, Admiral Superintendent Plumridge, Mr Mills, Captain Wise, flagship Impregnable; Captain Jerningham, Cambridge ; Capt Hay, Indus; Mr Thompson, Queen's harbourmaster, and others. The trials, which were entirely under the control of the naval authorities, appeared to give great satisfaction, and it is under- stood that the Indus, 78, now fitting at Devonport for the West India station, is to be supplied with Mr Clifford's invention. COLVILLE AQUATIC CIUB.— At a general meeting of mem) ers of this club, held at the offices, 34, Cheyne- walk, Chelsea, on the 21st ult, to inquire into certain matters which had lately produced dissatisfaction amongst the members, it was resolved by the whole of the members present to wind up the club ; a committee was, therefore, appointed to divide the balance of the club funds amongst the existing members, according to priority, and to settle the other matters connected with the dissolution of the club. As the dividends are now payable, any members who are entitled to share in the division, must make early ap- plication to the secretary. SHAID AND TEMPLE.— A match has been made between Henry Temple of Limehouse Hole Stairs and George Shaid ( a caulker) of Limehouse, to row from North Woolwich to Lime- house Hole, for £ 10 a side, on Tuesday, March 10. A deposit of £ 5 a side has been staked with Mr Jameson, Camden's Head, Limehouse, and the next of £ 210s a side is to be made at Mr Skinner's, New England Lighthouse, Stone Stairs, on Tues- day next. The men are to row in old- fasioned boats, and Mr Childs of Limehouse is to be final stakeholder. KELLY AND MESSENGER.— The fourth deposit, of £ 20 a side, for this race between Kelly and Messenger, for the Champion- ship of the Thames, was duly made at Mr Taylor's, Hand and Flower, Brentford, on Monday evening last. Kelly was present with a strong muster of his friends. We have received the £ 40, and the next deposit of a like amount is to be made at Mr Boddy's, Railway Tavern, Richmond, on Monday, Feb 9. PRINCE OF WALES AQUATIC CLUB.— The members of this club are requested to attend the monthly general meeting, held at their club house, Mrs Pricker's, Ship Tavern, Essex- street, Strand, to- morrow ( Monday) evening. C. BICKERS of Chelsea having heard that H. Blythe of the same place wishes to row him a scullers race from Putney Bridge so the following One- day Matches ( out and home):— Surrey Club v Barnes ; Surrey Club v Wimbledon; Surrey Club v Surbiton ; Surrey Club v Clapham; Surrey Club v Carshalton; Surrey Club v Reigate; Surrey Club v Dorking; Surrey Club v Southgate. CRICKET IN THE EAST INDIES. MR EDITOR : I venture to hope that the following account of matches, played in Calcutta, will be interesting to many of your readers, who will be pleased to see that their old friends have not forgotten the lessons learnt together at school or college. Indeed, to us, in India, cricket is doubly precious, because it re- calls to our memory so many pleasant days in England. MILITARY V CALCUTTA CLUB. The first match of the season was the Military against the Calcutta Club, when the Civilians, as will be seen f; om the scores, proved themselves far too strong for their opponents, a re- sult principally owing to the fiue bowling of Messrs Ward and Aitkin, ana the batting of Messrs Sandford, Ward, and Elliott. CLUB. J. R. Ward, Esq. b Randall 28 J. D. Sandford, Esq, o Trewell, b Walton 41 J. G. Cordey. Esq, b Randall .... 4 W. Elliott, Esq, b Fendall 23 H. M. Aitkin, Esq, b Walton .... 14 MILITARY. Lieut Blair, b Ward 6 Shaw, Esq, c Saadford, b Aitkin,. 1 Capt Walton, b Aitkin 4 Clark, Esq, run out 2 Lieut Trewell, b Ward 0 Capt Currie, b Ward 0 Capt Blane, c Sandford, b Aitkin 1 Capt Fendall, c Elliot, b Ward . .13 Budd, b Ward 0 Randall, b Wilson 0 Capt Hood, not out 2 B 2. w b 2 4 Total. .27 H. Wilson, Esq, c Currie, bFendall21 J. F. Curtis, Esq, b Randall 13 G. Harris, Esq, legb w, b Randall25 Hankey, Esq, c and b YValton.... 7 J. Rose, Esq, not out 0 R. M. King, Esq, absent 0 Wide balls 16 Total 195 MR WARD'S AND MR AITKIN'S SIDE. On the next day, as the match proved to be no match, sides were chosen up by Messrs Ward and Aitkin, when Mr Sandford, owing to the kindness of his opponents, as well as to his own bat, made 100, and Mr Aitkin again bowled capitally. Score: MR WARD'S SIDE. J. R. Ward, Esq, c and b SandfordSl J. F. Curtis, Esq, c King, b Wilson I W. Elliott, Esq, run out 13 Capt Blane, b Aitkin 6 J. G. Cordery, Esq, b Aitkin .... 5 Capt Walton, b Aitkin 2 Lieut Shaw, run out 1 Capt Hood, run out 2 Capt Fisher, not out 0 Smith, Esq, leg b w, b Wilson ,. 2 J. Lockwood. Esq, b Wilson .... 0 B 5, w b 4, 9 Total... 72 MR AITKIN'S SIDE. H. Wilson. Esq, c Elliott, b Cordery 5 Hankey, Esq, run out 5 J. D. Sandford, Esq, st Elliott, b Curtis 100 H. M. Aitkin, Esq, c and b Cordery s G. Harris, Esq, c Smith, b Elliott 1 Capt Currie, b Ward 10 Lieut Truell, b Cordery 84 J. Rose, Esq. b Walton 10 R. M. King, Esq, cElliott, bWalton 31 Clark, Esq. not out 4 D. Inglis, Esq, c Walton, b Curtis 1 B 4, w b 9 13 Total 216 CALCUTTA CLUB v THE UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE. This match, played at Calcutta on the 29th of November, ex- cited considerable interest, for it is a novelty to find in India so many, and we may add, such good representatives of the two universities as mustered on this occasion. The prosperous voyage of the Agamemnon brought Mr Kempson just in time to render powerful assistance to his friends, and repaired the loss they sustained by the unavoidable absence of Mr Aitkin, of Oxford reputation. Mr Kempson, both with the bat and the ball, proved himself worthy of his great name, nor can we give greater praise to the Calcutta Club than by referring te the score which they made against his bowling, especially Mr Hal- liday, who ou their side distinguished himself by the steady and Rugby- like style in which he scored his 30, and he was ably sup- ported by Messrs Harris, Bosworth, and Batty. It was thus by no means easy work for the Universities to head their opponents. That they did so is principally owing to the good play displayed by Sir Charles Oakely and Mr Cordery. We will add that there is one thing wanting to make cricket in India as enjoyable as it is in England, i. e., the presence of ladies for spectators. We fear that the climate effctually prevents the ladies of India from bestowing that encouragement on this noble game which is in- variably afforded by their sisters in England. Score: THE CLUB. C. Wood, Esq, leg b w, b Kempson 0 Battye, Esq, b Kempson 11 Capt Bosworth, c and b KempsonlS J. F. Curtis, Esq, b Wilson 11 F. M. Halliday, E8q, c Bell, b Kempson 30 G. Harris, Esq, legbw, bSandford 9 Capt Mattieson, b Kempson — 0 G. D. Lockwood, Esq, c Sandford, b Kempson 9 J. Cockshott, Esq, c Currie, b Sandford 1 J. Rose, Esq, cCordery, bSandfordll A. Fisher. Esq, not out 0 B 3, w b 5. Total 105 THE UNIVERSITIES. M. Kempson, Esq, b Wood 11 J. D. Sandford, Esq, c Curtis, b Wood 9 J. Bell, Esq, e Bosworth, b Hal- liday 13 J. G. Cordery, Esq, c Rose, b Woodl7 Sir C. Oakley, b Halliday 23 Capt Currie, b Halliday 6 Jervis, Esq, c Fisher, b Wood .. 12 C. F. Trevor, Esq, run out 13 R. M. King, Esq, c Curtis, b Hal- liday 2 H. Wilson, Esq, not out 10 T. H. Thornton, Esq, b Halliday 3 B12, w b 5 17 Total 136 AN APPEAL TO CRICKETERS, & c. LILLYWHITE'B 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, aud 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. Lilly white, 2, New Coventry- street, Leicester- square, London. GROSVENOR CLUB.— A meeting was held last week at Mr Butt's, the King's Arms, Duke- street, Grosvenor- square, for the purpose of establishing a cricket club. The meeting was nume- rously attended, and it was unanimously resolved that a club be formed, under the title of the " Grosvenor Club." Upwards of thirty names were immediately enrolled, and the following were elected officers:— President, Mr Ledger; treasurer, Mr Butt; honorary secretary,( Mr Barton. The following were also chosen to form a committee to carry out the arrangements :— Messrs Fellowes, Kelly, Lee, Ledger, Butt, and Barton. The club is likely to prove strong in numbers, as many more are expected to join at the next meeting, which will take place at the above house, on Tuesday, February the 17th. TUFNELL PARK CLUB.— A general meeting of the members of this club will be held on Thursday evening next, at Mr Irons's, the Adam and Eve, Liverpool- road, Islington, for the purpose of arranging matches for the coming season, and other business, when Mr Box will preside. DEAN'S BENEFIT.— It will be seen in another place that nego- tiations are going on for the match for this veteran's benefit— to be the All England Eleven. v United All England Eleven— and we sincerely trust no obstacle will be thrown in the way to pre- vent it being played. We perceive that the list put up in Leices- ter- square has a £ 10 subscriber, and several single pounds. SUBSCRIPTIONS EOR THE FAMILY OE ARMITAGE.— Messrs F. Lillywhite and Wisden have received from E. W. £ 2 ; A. H. 5s; J. Sands 5s; Miscellaneous 10s. They will be the receivers of any further subscriptions. PIGEON SHOOTING. HORNSEY WOOD .— Several pigeon and rifle matches took plac< on Saturday and Wednesday last. On Saturday next two pigs » - " will be shot for by 10 members, at 10s each, at 11 sparrows, 21 yards rise, three traps. Public shooting every Wednesday aud Saturday. AT THE RED LION INN, BASINGSTOKE, a silver claret jug and cup, value 10 guineas, will be shot for by subscription, on Tuesday next. Single guns 21 yards rise and 2oz shot, double guns, the use of one barrel, 18 yards rise, and l} oz shot, 100 boundary, 7 birds each, to load at the table, under the inspec « tion of the person appointed. The first bird to fly at 12 o'clock. Several sweepstakes will be shot for after. A good supply of birds. AT THE LILLIE ARMS, Old Brompton, last Tuesday week, an unusual muster took place to witness the match between Mr Hook and Mr Bacon, the former won by one bird. Mr Bacon lost the match from having a defective gun. After the event there were several matches made for future occasions. AT THE VICTORIA TAVERN, Abbey- road, St John's Wood, to- morrow ( Monday) a fat pig will be shot for, weighing 20 stone, by 20 members, at 5s each; the winner to have the pig or money. Shooting to commence at one o'clock. Sweepstakes as usual. AT SHELDON'S, THE VINE INN, ASTON- EOAD, BIRMINGHAM.— These new shooting grounds have undergone further improve « ments since we last reported progress, the ground having been duly levelled and will be turfed, the canvas tent superseded by a well- constructed wooden refreshment room, and many other arrangements for the comfort of the shooter and friends, which were fully appreciated by a very large muster on the grounds on Monday, to witness the match for a fat pig, which was shot for by 20 members, at 10s each, 5 birds each ( 21 members entered, therefore a second prize of 10s was added). After some close shooting, the pig was won by Mr Hadley of Oldbury, who killed all his birds. The average betting was 3 to 1 on the guns. Messrs Williams of Birmingham, Richards of Harborne, and Warner of Coventry then contended for the second prize, 10s. They shot off bird for bird up to the seventh, when Mr Richards won, killing 6 out of 7. After the shooting the party adjourned to dinner, the large room being completely filled; but notwith- standing the large numbers present the supply was bountiful, aud served up in Sheldon's usual good style.— On Tuesday, at the same grounds, a match came off between Messrs Barker and Holland, at 3 birds each, for a dinner and a dozen of wine for twelve; won by Mr Barker, killing all; Mr Holland 2 out of 3. Afterwards Messrs Gamble aud Baker shot a match at 3 wild rabbits each, for £ 3 a side; won by Mr Gamble killing 2 out of 3. HENRY GREENWOOD of Shibden, considering that the man « ner of holding the gun by many of the crack shots of the pre- sent day to be very unfair, will accommodate any man in Eng- land, for £ 25 or £ 50 a side, at 25 birds each, off a table 30 inches high, to stand in front with the butt of the gun resting upon it, until the bird is fairly on the wing, either man lifting his gUR before the bird rises that bird to be counted as missed to the shooter. To shoot lioz of shot, 21 yards rise, 60 fall, in Gran- tham Park, Yorkshire, on Shrove Tuesday, Feb 24. He will allow reasonable expenses to any man coming from a distance. To find and trap birds for each other. First come first served. He will shoot with Wm. Thornton of Bradford ( alias Jerry Lad), on Saturday, Feb 21, on the same conditions and same ground, allowing him 26 birds to 25. £ 5 is in the hauds of Bell's Life, by covering which and sending articles to Greenwood, at Jesse Greenwood's, Golden Eagle, Weolshops, Halifax, a match can be made. He will meet Thornton at the above place on Wednes- day evening next, from seven to nine o'clock. A MATCH came off on Wednesday last, the 28th ult, on the grounds of Mr Samuel Barker, Waggon and Horses Inn, Wals- den, between Mr Samuel Marland, machinist, and Mr William Greenwood, manufacturer ( both of Walsden). Conditions: to shoot at 7 birds each, l^ oz shot, 21 yards rise, 60 fall, for £ 5 a side and a spread. The parties afterwards made an even bet of £ 5 a side on the result. A good deal of money was speculated on the event, each in turn being the favourite. After the toss, Mr Marland was called to handle the gun, which he did to ad- vantage, the first bird falling within three yards of the trap ; he likewise brought down his 2d, 3d, 4th, 6th, and 7th, Mr Green- wood killing his 1st, 2d, 4th, 6th, and 7th. The latter was very unlucky, his 3d and 5th just falling out of bounds, Mr Mariana thus winning the match by killing 6 to Ms opponent's 5. A fresh match is talked of for £ 25 a side, the same number of birds, be- tween the same parties, but as yet no conclusion is come to. PIGEON SHOOTING AT THE CROWN HOTEL, THEALE.— On Thursday last a meeting of the right sort took place at the above hotel, to give Mr Harper what is commonly c ailed in sporting phrase " a turn." The shooting took place at the back of the station. The birds were flyers, as the score will tell. The fol- lowing gentlemen were the principal winners:— The Hon Mr B., Captain Pickles, MrBesley, and Messrs Lovegrove and Sim- mons, against Messrs White, West, Lyford, Lieut Dawson, G. Law, and Law, jun. The first sweepstakes of £ 1 each, IS birds each, was won by Pickles and Besley, killiug all. The second, 5 birds each, Pickles aud Barr, killing all. The third, 5 birds each, Lovegrove, killing all. The fourth, 3 birds each, Simmons, in a tie with three others, West, White, aud Law, who doubled the stakes, and won,. killiug 6 out of 8. An excellent spread took place after the shooting. AT AYLESBURY, on the 28th January, some good sport took place, comencing with a match, for £ 2 a side, at four birds each, which terminated as follows:— J. Smith 3, J. Parrott 4— 7 ; W. Pegg 2, W. Long 3— 5. Then followed a fat. hog, 5 birds each, ex- clusive of ties: won by Long. Long 5, Pegg 4, Hare 4, Archer 2, Barber 4, Collins 4, Parrott 1, Greening 1, Smith 0, Mortimer 0. Another hog, three birds each, won by Smith and Norris, as time did not allow of the tie being shot off. Smith 5, Norris 5, Greening 4, Parrott 2, Archer 2, ColMns 2, Pegg 1, Barber 1, Mortimer 0, Long 0, Fox 0. THE RETURN MATCH between Lord Coventry aud Mr S. Darling, jun, against Corbett Holland, Esq, and Denley, game- keeper at Sezincote, came off at Bourton- on- the- Hill, on Thurs- day, the 22d ult, at 6 birds each, when Holland and Denley were again successful. Three sweepstakes wefe afterwards shot between Lord Coventry, Denley, Mr Holland, Mr Darling, Mr H. Woodward, and Mr Hands, The first was won by Denley, the second by Hauds, and the third by Darling. The shooting altogether was good, especially that of Denley in the match and his lordship's in the sweepstakes. MR HARDY of Castle Donnington will find a man within 10 miles of Derby to shoot a match with Noon of Hilton, for £ 10 or £ 15 a side, at 9 birds each, with either l| oz or Uoz of shot, 21 yards rise, 60 boundary ; the gun to be held below the elbow till the bird is on the wing ; or, if Noon will not ac- cept this challenge, Hardy stall shoot a match with Moss of Horninglow for the same money and on the same conditions. The match can be made at Mr Wm. Hardy's, Bell and Crown, Castle Donnington. AT MR J. BURGESS'S, Anchor Inn, Dudley Port, Tipton, on Tuesday, 10th February ( open to all), will be shot for, a very handsome fat pig, valued at £ 30, by 30 subscribers at £ 1 each, the second best shot to receive £ 2; three birds, 21 yards rise, 100 yards boundary, guns f bore, 2oz shot; double guns lioz shot allowed two yards; best blue rocks by Crosble. The winner to spend £ 3, and the putter- up £ 4. Shooting to commence at twelve o'clock. Dinner after the shooting. 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, l^ oz of shot, ' ' 19 yards rise, 60 boundary, 15 birds each. Entries close Feb 2. £ 5 will be added, £ 10 if 20 shooters, and £ 15 if 30,15 birds each. 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. WM. BICKERDIKE of Farnley will shoot a match with Young Jockey of Low Moor, if he will give one dead bird in 11 sparrows, or with Jas. Barret of the same place, at 10 birds to his 9, or will shoot with Iiobt. Emsley of Holbeck even, for £ 5 a side. A match can be made any night next week at Wm. Windsor's, William the Fourth, Low Wortley. Leeds. ROBT. NAYLOR of Mirfield will shoot Wm. Thornton of Brad- ford another match, for £ 25 a side, to let the gun rest either on a table or on the back of a ohair till the bird takes wing; to shoot at Grantham Park, near Huddersfield. Naylor will be at the sweepstakes to- morrow ( Monday), at Huddersfield, prepared to AT MR CHARLES SEDGWICK'S, Green Dragon Inn, Stockton- upon- Tees, on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 3rd and 4th, a sweepstakes will take place; entrance £ 1 each, single guns, 21 yards rise, lfoz of shot; double guns, 17 yards rise, ljoz of shot, 60 yards boundary. £ 5 will be added if 20 shooters, and £ 7 if 30; 7 birds each; shooting to commence at eleven. 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, lioz of shot, 18 yards rise, each shooter to be allowed two chances, 9 birds each, the gun to be held below the elbow tilltK bird is OH the wing. Mr Redfern will supply the birds. S. AT THOS. GRIPTON'S, Vine Inn, Walk Mill, Cannr \ Tuesday, February 3d, a fat pig, weighing upwardsd* ^ k,. on score, will be shot for by 18 subscribers, at £ 1 each, •• ^ nty each, lfoz shot, guns finch bore; the putter- up ' Jds and the winner £ 1. uosPeud £ 2, CROSSLAND of Birmingham is matched wi'OHa OF„ shoot a match at 20 birds each, for £ 25 a si^ e to ^ Monday, February 9th, at Wednesbury. £ ioa on Mr Bust stakeholder, to whom a further deposit of must be made to- morrow. a side AT THOMAS DISON'S, Crescent Tap, High- str^ f- TT J , field, a sweepstakes of £ 1 each, with £ 2 added, to u ? ders- at 7 birds each, 21 yards rise, and 60 yards fall, noznfehsliot ! take place on Monday next, Feb 2, in an iuelosed ernn ^ ' first bird to be trapped at twelve o'clock at novi. nd; the Mr ' Corns of Westbromwich accepts the vhallpno Turner of Wolverhampton, aud will shoot him a lnHfol i?. Mf for £ 10 a side. Mr C. wishes Mr T. to APPOIN^ iae. pj^ FOOTBALL AT ETON. \ A Hiatch was played on the 23d ult, in the Field, i., „ T Eton Society aud th. » Rest of the School, which, aftvWee" the coatest, ended in favour of the society by one goal X* , toi| gh rouge to three rouges. The elevens were— y one THE SOCIETY.— Baring, Norman, Lubbock, Rawlinson,\ stone, Cleasby. Van de Weyer, Legge, Lawless, Hankey, Sev& d- THE SCHOOL— Turner, Patten, Sir F. Johnstone, Collifl, Stanley, Hornby, Pepys, Du Cane, Hincks, Lord Rendlesiian. Atkinson. A match was played at the Wall on Monday last, between the Two Sides of College, when the South Side was victorious by three shies to nothing. If Mr Gladstone had not forsaken his side the match might have stood different at the close. The fol- lowing were the elevens:— NORTH SIDE.— Bagge, Baring, Turner, Stanley, Lord Ren- dlesham, Harvey, Legge, PatteB, Lawless, Pepys, Norman. SOUTH SIDE.— Hankey, Severne, Rawlinson, Hincks, Craven, Lubbock max, Halsoy, Atkinson, Hornby, Ainsworth, Collins. BIRD FANCY.— Jas. Palmer of Sutton Coldfield, near Bir- mingham, will show three cages of Belgian canaries against Mr Brown, each cage to contain three birds, two cages of yellow Belgian and one of buff or mealy Belgians, for £ 20 or £ 30, the two judges and the referee to be chosen from the London or Manchester fanciers, as they are'importers of the pure Belgian birds. If Mr Brown feels disposed to accept this challenge he will forward to the Editor of Bell's Life on or before Tuesday next £ 10 to bind the wager, Mr Palmer will forward the same. Mr Palmer is also prepareed to meet Mr Brown half- way between home and home, at the Green Man, Erdington, at two p. m., on Wednesday next, to settle the preliminaries. The match to come off within a week from the first staking. Mr Ellis, of the Barley Mow, Blue Anchor- alley, Bunhill- row, St Luke's, is prepared to match his goldfinch, mule, or linnet, to sing ones and twos in the mouth, for {£ 1 a side. A match can be made any evening next week, at the above house, Mr Ellis, in- tends giving a full- sized silver medal, with an inscription of the winner's name, & c, for the best coarse beard. Entrance free. To come off on Monday, Feb 9; to commence at half- past six in the evening. The medal can be seen at the bar. Robt. Allen of Medlock Vale, Ashton- under- Lyne, has a star- ling he will back to whistle and talk against any other bird of any kind whatever in England, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side, RABBIT COURSING.— FLY AND KIT.— Thos. Bennett of Pendleton has matched his bitch Fly against Jas. Hood's Kit, 16 out of 31 rabbits, 60 yards law, for £ 25 a side. The contest is to come off at the Lion and Lamb, Blackley, near Manchester, on Monday, March 2, and Mr Holden has received £ 5 each. £ 5 a side more is to be deposited on Feb 9, and the remaining £ 15 each on the day fixed for the match. BELL AND TRIP.— On Wednesday afternoon last there was a tolerable muster of spectators at the Lion aud Lamb Inn, Blackley, near Manchester, to witness a match at rabbits, for £ 15 a side, between John Allcock's Bell ( of Manchester) and Henry Fielden's Trip ( of Blackburn), 11 out of 21 courses, 60 yards law. At one point of the contest the dogs had scored 7 each, and Trip, having caught the next four in succession, of course won the match. DUTCHMAN AND AN UNKNOWN.— Joseph Barratt of Elland Edge, near Huddersfield, has matched his dog Dutchman ( catch weight) against a bitch to be produced by Francis Ford, which shall not exceed 23$ lb weight, at rabbits, the best of 21 courses, 60 yards law, for £ 10 a side. The match is to come off at Grantham Park, near Huddersfield, on the 21st February, and Mr Holden of Manchester has received £ 1 each. FLY AND DAISY.— Thos. Bennett has matched Fly against Henry Marsland's Daisy of Failsworth, 21 out of 41 rabbits, 60 yards law, for £ 25 a side, Fly to have four dead rabbits given. This match is to be decided at the Lion and Lamb, Blackley, on Feb 11, aiad £ 10 each have been paid to Mr Holden. The re- maining £ 15 a side is to be paid on the day of the match. Daisy is not to exceed 23lb, nor Fly 191b. Henry Jacksou's bitch Fan ( late of Preston) is matched to run John Beddows's bitch Nelly Brown of the Staffordshire Pot- teries, Nelly Brown to receive one dead rabbit, the best of 21 courses, for £ 25 a side, at Bellevue, on Monday, the 9th of February. £ 10 a side is now down in the hands of Mr J. Jen- uison, who is appointed final stakeholder and referee, Mr Cooke will back his bitch Vic to run Mr Smith's dog Top- per of Brampton, and give him one dead course out of 17, or two out of 21, catch weight, and give him £ 1 for choice of ground, for £ 20 or £ 25 a side. A match can be made on Monday at Darnall coursing, oir any night next week at Mr Jas Darley's. DANCING— A match has been made between Peter aud Geo. Wilcox, for £ 5 a side, to dance a hornpipe, five steps and a shuffle off the toe. Much excitement exists in the Pot- teries about this match, which comes off on Feb 3, between seven and nine o'clock. MUSIC.— The Maybole band will play the Cumnock or Dal- mellington bands three airs, for £ 25 or £ 50 a side, a referee to be agreed on mutually. Arrangements can be made at Mr Brodie's, jun, Ayr, and the first deposit staked any night in this month, between eight and ten o'clock. BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, FEBRUARY 1, 1857. THE RING. FIGHTS TO COME. FEB 10.— Aaros Jones and Tom Sayers— £ 180 a side, London, 17.— Mace aud Thorpe— £' 25 a side, London. 24.— Crutchley and George Lane— £ 25 aside, London.* MAE 3.— Alee Andrews and Tom Tyler—£ 25 a side, London, 3.— Charles Lynch and Young Gilbert—£ 10 a side, London. 10.— Hazletine and Bos Tyler— £ 50. a side, London. APE 14.— Hatton and Campbell— £ 20 a side, London. 29.— Cobley and Crockett— £ 100 a side, London. FIGHTS BOB THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND OTHEB CELE- BRATED PRIZB BATTLES.— Just published, at Bell's Life Office, 170, Strand, and to be had of all booksellers, " The Fights for the Championship, and other Prize Battles," being full accounts of all the lights for the championship from the days of Figg and Broughton to the present time, and also of many other celebrated prize battles, including the perform' ances of Jem Burn, Jack Randall, White- headed Bob, Scrog gins, Dick Curtis, Youug Dutch Sam, Ned Neal, Owen Swift, Johnny Broome, Barney Aaron, Ned Adams, Dick Cain, Ham" i mer Lane, Nat Langham, Hayes, Keene, Grant, Massey cv 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, and of Mr Fenner at Cambridge, & c. TOM SAYERS AND AARON JONES. The backers of Sayers and Jones have now staked an A additional £ 100 a side in our hands as a bet on the re- V suit of the forthcoming renewed match, the interest excited by which appears to be far greater than that caused by their former encounter. Both men, we are glad to hear, are in active training and excellent health. They have resolved to leave no stone unturned to bring themselves to a state that shall justify the confidence placed in them by their backers. A meeting is to take place on Tuesday evening next, at Alee Keene's, Three Tuns, Moor- street, Soho, when the whereabouts is to be settled. Having heard certain remarks made as to the spikes used by the men iu their last battle, we think it prudent to refer them to the 6th rule of the Ring, which provides as follows:—" 6. That in future no spikes be used in fighting boots except those authorised by the Pugilistic Bene- volent Association, which shall not exceed three- eighths of an inch from the sole of the boot, and shall not be less than one- eighth of an inch broad at the point; and it shall be in the power of the referee to alter, or file in any way he pleases, spikes which shall not accord with the above dimensions, even to filing - them away altogether," « 1 THE LATE FIGHT BETWEEN BOB TRAVERS AND *•• CLEGHORN. The money for this affair was given to Travers, in the presence of a very strong muster of the sporting world, on Friday night. With reference to our account of the fight, we have received the _ following letter :— MR EDITOR: Having read, in Bell's Life of yesterday, the account of the fight between Bob Travers aud Cleghorn, and ob- serving your remarks as to the different style of the former's fighting on that day, as compared with any of his previous battles, I consider it only fair and just to Travers to state that he fought Cleghorn entirely in accordance with the directions he received from his backers, who, aware that he was about to meet one who had come, ' bringing with him a great name,' an - - — entire stranger into the London district, felt justified in order- ing him to fight with the utmost caution until he had fouud out the tactics and powers of his opponent. No one who wit- nessed his fight with the scientific Crockett, or his extraordinary exertions when opposed to Job Cobley, can one moment hesitate in giving him credit for being as game and gallant a man as ever appeared within the magic circle. The fear that one who has \ never yet done wrong, might be injured in the estimation of the \ - public by the slightest expression of disapprobation from so high an authority as yourself, and from one whose judgment is | so deservedly respected, alone induces me to request your in- 1 sertion of the above.— Yours, & c, \ Jan 26. •' A BACKER OP TRAVBRS." ' In reply to the above, we beg to state that we never for an in- stant intended to cast the slightest reflection on the courage of the renowned Travers ; but we made the remarks alluded to in order to impress strongly upon him the necessity of caution in commencing a system so much on the increase in the boxing world, and so much deprecated by every real lover of the art. GILBERT AND LYNCH.— A match has just been made, for £ 10 a side, between Charley Lynch ( the Yankee) and Young Gilbert, I to fight iu the same ring as Tyler and Andrews, on March 3d. A small deposit is down, and they make the second at Mr Skin- ner's, New England Lighthouse, Ratcliffe, to- morrow ( Monday) evening. CROCKETT AND COBLEY.— The second deposit of £ 10 a side for this match was made at the Spider's, on Wednesday week. The next of £ 10 a side is to be made at Jem Ward's, King's Arms, Whitechapel- road, on Wednesday next. Crockett is under the management of the renowned Jemmy Welsh. John Flanery and Joseph Nolan are matched to fight, at catch weight, for £ 10 a side, to come off on March 9, within fifty miles of Birmingham. A further deposit to be made to- morrow at Bob Brettle's, White Lion, Digbeth. S. Coates, final stake- holder. MACE AND THORPE.— A further deposit of £ 210s a side be- tween these lads was duly posted at Mr Tupper's, Greyhound, Webber- row, Waterloo- road, on Wednesday. The next of £ 210s a side must be staked with Dan Dismore, at the King's Arms, Smart's- buildings, on Wednesday next. TYLER AND ANDREWS.— The sixth deposit of £ 5 a side for this match was made at Jemmy Massey's, Crown, Cranbourne- passage, ori Thursday last. The seventh of £ 5 a side is to be posted at the Spider's, Old King John, Holywell- lane, on the 11th inst. TYLER AND HAZELTINE.— Another deposit of £ 5 a side be- tween these men was duly posted at Mr Skinner's, New England Lighthouse, Ratcliffe, on Wednesday last. The next of £ 5 a side is to be made at Mr Yassar's, Green Dragon, Halfmoon- street, Bishopsgate. on Wednesday next. JESSE HATTON AND BILL CAMPBELL.— A match has been made between Jesse Hatton and Cross's Novice, to fight at lOst 4lb, for £ 20 a side, in the London district, on the 14th of April. The next deposit of £ 2 10s a side is to be made at Geo. Brown's, Bell, Red Lion Market, on Tuesday next. BRETTLE AND MADDEN.— Mike Madden has covered the £ 5 staked by Bob Brettle, and, we understand, has sent articles to Brettle for signature, so that we have no doubt the match will go on in the ordinary way. Dick Hall was very much surprised at seeing a challenge from Toper Brown last week to fight him, or give any man in Notts -- half a stone. He well knows that Hall had declined the P. R. altogether, but as Hall's friends are annoyed at his challenging " him, he will fight him at 9st, for £ 100 or £ 200 a side. If that don't suit him, Hall hopes he won't trouble him more, as he cannot give above 61b away in weight. Hall's address is Richard Hall, butcher, New Ratford, Nottingham. TOM SAYERS TO THE TIPTON SLASHER.— A friend of Tom Sayers has deposited £ 5 with us to make a match with The Tipton Slasher, for £ 200 a side and the Champion's Belt. The match to be made immediately after Tom's battle with Aaron Jones is settled. If he wins that mill The Tipton Slasher has only to cover Tom's fiver to ensure a match. Jack Brooks, in answer to Dan Morris, says he told him it was of no use to challenge him under 8st 6lb. BrOoks will accom- modate him at 8st 61b, and will allow Dan Morris to be catch weight, for £ 25 a side, and leave it open for £ 50 a side. He will be at Mr Vassar's, Green Dragon, Halfmoon- street, Bishopsgate, on Tuesday, prepared to make the match. Mr Plantagenet Green will fight Sam Millard or Jack Keefe at catch weight, for £ 50 a side. Money ready any night next week at Nat Langham's, Cambrian, Castle- street. We hear that Plantagenet and Jesse Hatton are matched to fight, for £ 10 and a purse, in the same ring with Aaron Jones and Tom Sayers. BOB TRAVERS AGAIN IN THE FIELD,— Bob Travers is anxious for a match with any 10 stone man in the world, for £ 100 aside. Man and money always ready at Nat Langham's, Cambrian, Castle- street, Leicester- squaro. George Sims informs Broome's Novice that he can ensure a match by forwarding articles to him at the Spider's, Old King John, Holywell- lane. To fight in ten weeks from Tuesday next. In answer to Ingram of Birmingham, Dan Thomas will not fight him unless he agrees to his terms. If he is inclined to accept the same, Thomas will be glad to hear from him direct. OLD TIMES REVIVED.— Sparring at Jemmy Shaw's, the oldest established Academy, Old Queen's Head Tavern, Crown- court, Windmill- street, Haymarket, to- morrow ( Monday) even- ing. There will be plenty of first- rate boxing. A select class for tuition every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, also harmony every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening. This ( Saturday) evening, Mr Perks will preside, faced by Mr Henry Hicks. To- morrow ( Monday) evening there will a re- union of old friends. The great 100 rat match comes off next Tuesday evening. The long established Odds and Ends Club hold their quarterly supper and house warming at Jemmy Shaw's next Thursday. HARRY PRESTON AND HAMMER LANE.— It has been finally arranged that the benefit for these veterans should take place on Tuesday, the 10th or February, at Craddock's, the Talbot Inn, Digbeth, Birmingham. Not only the principals of the Ring, old and youug, have promised to set- to on the occasion, but those from the districts around have promised to give their as- sistance on the occasion. We hope that, as these veterans have been laid for some time on the shelf through illness, all lovers of the fistic art will rally round them. The veterans Preston and Lane will wind up the evening's amusement. Young Reed, professor of the noble art of self- defence, at Jem Burn's, the Rising Sun, Air- street, Piccadilly, begs respectfully to inform gentlemen desirous of acquiring a knowledge of scien- tific boxing, that his private academy affords excellent facilities for the purpose. Roung Reed attends daily, between the hours of twelve and four, and from eight to ten in the evening. Gloves, dumb- bells, & c, sent to any address on receipt of a Post j Office order. Gentlemen attended at their own residences. Young Reed can also be heard of at Owen Swift's, Tichborne- street, Haymarket. J'em 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, Whitechapel- road, now boasts Jem as the boniface. 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 sparring is conducted by Joe Bostock. On Friday evening next the chair will be taken by Jemmy Shaw, faced by Mr Vandersteen. Harry Orme, of the Jane Shore, 103, High- street, Shoreditch, begs to inform the lovers of old English sports that his house affords every comfort and convenience. It is within two minutes' walk ofthe Eastern Counties Railway terminus, and travellers will find their wants attended to. Private lessons in the noble art are given daily by Harry Orme and Billy Duncan. On Thursday evening the chair will be taken by Harry Hicks, faced by an old sporting friend, and some of the first vocalists of the day have kindly promised their services on this occasion. The champion of the feather weights, the Spider, of the Old King John, Holywell- lane, Shoreditch, invites attention to his first- rate sparring entertainments every 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 Fights for the Championship to be had at the bar. The Sir Charles Napier feat is performed by Professor Harri- son every Tuesday and Saturday, also on Thursday, when Mr Spelling, 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 oh receipt of P. O. O, directed Char- ing- cross. Nat Langham, of the Cambrian Stores, Castle- street, Leices- ter- square, informs his patrons that there is no relaxation of sport and merriment at his house, which has won the designa- tion of the West End snuggery. Pugilistic displays are always going on in the evening, directed by Alec Reed, who is assisted by the host, Bob Travers, Plantagenet Green, & c. Next Tuesday night Phil Benjamin takes a harmonic benefit, when the assem- blage of talent will be immense. Bob Travers is a " perpetual lodger." Private lessons at any time. NIGHTS WITH BEN CAUNT.— The host of the Coach and Horses, St Martin's- lane, unlike his namesake, Big Ben of West- % pea.- flinsiter Palace, does not require to be told to contribute to the hp ' atification of the public. Ben Cauut is always in tune, and 11 di'eiy campanologist is welcome to test the fact by taking a " pull" and ther" 5 hostelry. Singing on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday • wevent Young Sambo also indulges in pugilistic sports every n thcuesday, Thursday, and Friday evening. Private lessons at any "> time by the Caoutchouc. Morris Roberts of the George aud Dragon, Wharf- street, Bir- mingham, still keeps the game alive, and affords every facility for his friends doing the same. Morris invites country visitors to call at his hostelry, where they will find him prepared to gratify their palates to any extent, besides being always ready to impart information on the past and forthcoming events. Public sparrine every Saturday and Monday evening, admission free. All works of reference connected with the P. R. to be had at the bar. The harmonic meetings held at the White Lion, Drury- lane, maintain their usual patronage. On Wednesday next the chair will be taken by H. Lock wood ( a host in nimself), faced by the facetious Jerry Noon. The entertainment will be classical, vocal, and instrumental, to the harmony and comfort of the visitors. On this oecasion he hopes to see all his old friends, and any quantity of new ones. The chair will be taken at nine o'clock precisely. At H. Leighton's, Standard of England Tavern, Castle- street, Bristol, public sparring every Monday and Saturday evening, conducted by himself, assisted by a host of young aspirants, who are full of the game. Lovers of harmony are invited to at- tend on Tuesdays. The canine club nights are as usual every Wednesday, with a good rat pit, always in readiness for public and private sport. Fistiana and Fights for the Championship to be seen at the bar. Patsy Daley, of the Prince of Wales, Old- street- road, near Pitfield- street, continues his harmonic meetings every Wed- nesday evening, supported by first- rate talent. On Wednesday next Robert Hill, the host of the Shears, will take the chair, faced by Jack Reynolds, when a rare evening's amusement may be relied on. Fistiana and Fights for the Championship to be seen at the bar. A good stock of gloves always ready. J. Yassar's, the Green Dragon, Halfmoon- street, Bishopsgate. Free- and- easy every Tuesday evening, conducted by Mr T. Green. Public sparring every Saturday evening, under the superinten- dence of Jack Brooks of Norwich. Private lessons given at any time by J. B. On Tuesday next the chair will be taken by T. Green, faced by Mr Diss, assisted by lots of talent. TOM MALEY.— We have received for the veteran Tom Maley 10s from Capt P., and 5s through Nat Langham. The poor old fellow is on Ms last legs, and well deserves all that may be given to him. JACK HANNAN.— Alec Keene has received a further donation of £ 1 from a friend, which has been handed to poor Jack Han- nan, who is still very unwell, and incapable of assisting himself. Phil Benjamin, the veteran harmonist, having fallen upon bad times, has gladly availed himself of the kind offer of Nat Lang- ham to take a benefit at his house, on Tuesday night next. THE CHAMPION'S BELT.— We have received £ 1 from W. B. towards the subscription for the champion's belt. As We have before observed, several promises, in respect of the trophy, are still unperformed DEATH OF TOM CALLAS.— We regret to state that poor old Tom Callas died on Monday week, at his house, the Water Lily, Water- lane, Richmond. Although not a professional pugilist, the veteran had from his youth been fond of the sport, and dis- tinguished himself inmanyanoccasional turnup. He had formany years acted as aide- de- camp to the veteran Commissary in the construction of tbe pugilistic arena, and was well- known to all Corinthian patrons of the P. R. as purveyor of straw and seats. His death was caused partly by the accidental breaking of a truss he wore in consequence of a rupture, and partly by a vio- lent cold. He was a civil, obliging fellow, and was a general favourite among the Fancy. Tom has left two sons, who are very hard up, and Nat Langham, Alec Keene, and others have opened subscription lists to enablethem to carry on their father's business at the Water Lily. Nat Langham has received and forwarded to us the following sums, which, we doubt not, will be largely added to:— A. H. M. £ 1, Capt P. £ 1, X. Y. Z. £ 1. Aiec Keeue has also received £ 1 for the orphans. PEDESTRIANISM. MATCHES TO COME. FEBRUARY. 2.— Golding and Ince— to run 100 yards, for £ 10 a side, near Liverpool ( we have not been informed of the exact locality). 2.— Clegg and Emsley— to ruu 130 yards, for £ 25 a side, at Harewood Bridge, Leeds. 2.— Buckley and Rider— to run a mile, for £ 20 a side, at Bellevue, Man- 7.— Smith and Yates— to walk the greatest distance in 10 successive days, for £ 50 a side, at Blackburn. 7 and 9.— Handicap Race of ISO yards, for £ 10 and other money prizes, at the Salford Borough Gardens. 9.— Several money 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, Oscott. 9.— Lowes and Vest— to run 110 yards, for £ 10 a side, on Gilesgate Moor, Durham. 9.— Badger and Couser— to ruu 140 yards, £ 10 a side, at Coven Heath. 9.— Akers and Cooper— to run 400 yards, for £ 10 a side, at Oscott College. 9.— Brunton and Green— to run 150 yards, for £ 25 a side, at Durham. 10.— Lodge and Stainsby— to run 100 yards, for £ 5 a side, Lodge to hare two yards start, at or near Yarm. 10.— Fuller and Rogers— to walk 20 miles, for £ 25 a side, at Slough. 10.— Coxford and Hotine— to walk seven miles, for £ 25 a side, at Garrat • lane, Wandsworth. 14.— Hargreaves and Smith— to run 109 yards, for £ 5 a side, at Bradford Moor. 14.— Holden and Wild— to rua 140 yards, for £ 10 a side, at Salford Bo- rough Gardens. , ^ 14.— Leach and Morris— to run 200 yards, for £ 2 a side, at Salford Bo- rough Gardens. 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 £ 25 a side, at Hyde Park Sheffield. 16.— Leng and Stevenson— to run 1C0 yards, Leng staking £ 10 to £ 8, near Middleebro'. , , ,„ 16.— Long and Todd— to run 120 yards, Todd receiving two- and- a- hall yards inside, for £ 10 a side, at Salford Borough Gardens. 21.- BoothandCollinge— to run 160 yards, for £ 25 a side, at Salford Bo- rough Gardens. 23.— Kent and Landon— to run 100 yards, for £ 25 a side, at Endon. 23.— Horrocks and Margetts— to run 440 yards, for £ 50 a side, at Rugby. 23,— Forster and Fawcett— to run 300 yards, for £ 30 a side, Fawcett to have eight yards start, at the Fountain Inn. 23— Read and Stainor— to run 140 yards , for £ 10 a side, at Garratt- lane, Wandsworth. 23 and 24.— Handicap Races at Hyde Park, Sheffield, for several money prizes of a large amount. 24,— Halton and Mellor— to run 158 yards, for £ 10 a side, on the Halifax and Leeds road. ,„ , 28,— Harrison and Kent— to run 410 yards, for £ 15 a side, at Salford Borough Gardens. MARCH. 2.— Green and Hall— to run 120 yards, at Stockton- on- Tees, £ 25 aside. 2,— Barber and Brook— to run 440 yards, for £ 15 a side, at Grantham Park, near Huddersfield. ^ 7— Sanderson and Sharp— to run two miles, for £ 25 a side, ao Bellevue. 9,- Nicholls and Reed- to run 140 yards, Reed staking £ 10 to £ 8, at Birmingham. 9 and 10.— A Handicap of 100 yards, for £ 12 and other money prizes, at Hyde Park, Sheffield. , , it_ „ 16,— Levett and Pudney— to run. 10 miles, for £ 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 Satille— to run half a mile at Hyde Park, Sheffield, Hosspool betting £ 60 to £ 50. POST OFFICE OBDEBS for Deposits, in which the EDITOB or BBLL'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 cannot be taken; they will in all in- stances be sent back. PEDESTRIANISM AT GARRATT- LANE, WANDSWORTH. CHICK AND PRIESTLEY.— Monday last being the day ap- pointed for the match to come off between William Priestley of Bermondsey, and a young aspirant to pedestrian fame, named George Chick, despite the intense severity of the weather, a good number of lovers of this sport assembled at the place agreed upon for the race to take place, namely, Mr Sadler's enclosed grounds, Garratt- lane, Wandsworth. The distance to be run over was one mile and a half, for the sum iff £ 15 aside. Chick was the favourite, and freely backed by his friends at 5 to 4. After the start the men ran well together, Priestley with a slight lead up to the third lap, when he fell ( it is said by some that he was wilfully thrown down by one of Chick's backers); he, how- ever, quickly got up, pursued his way, and shortly again over- took his opponent, when, having some way or other come into collision, they both fell, upon which the referee ( Mr Sadler) said there had been foul play on both sides, and that the men should either appoint another day to run again, or draw their stakes. We have received several letters on the subject of this match. One of the backers of Priestley says he will draw his stake, whilst another declares his willingness to increase the stakes into £ 25 a side, and let them run again at Hyde Park, Sheffield, in three weeks from the present time. As we are stakeholders in the match we should like to hear from the men themselves what they intend doing. If they both wish to draw their stakes, they can have them by calling at our office on Thursday next, at twelve o'clock. As to the race of Monday, from all we can hear there was fouling on both sides. However, in this, as in every other similar case, we hold it that the deci- sion of the referee, as eiven above, must be final and conclusive. JAMES WILSON V TIME.— This pedestrian, in an off- handed match, undertook, after the above event, to run at one start half a mile iu two minutes and thirty seconds, and a mile in five minutes and fifteen seconds. He won the first with ease, but, from want of condition, broke down in the third and last lap of the mile. EDWIN REED ( OP BERMONDSEY) AND JAMES STAINOR.— These pedestrians had also to decide their little " go" of 140 yards, for a " fiver" a side. They did not get to the mark till late in the afternoon, and, in consequence of this and their not evincing much disposition to start, particularly Reed, the re- feree resigned office, not, however, until it had become too dark to see distinctly in case of " a close finish." The match, con- sequently, remains in statu quo.— Since writing the foregoing, we have received fresh articles, signed by both parties, whereby they agree to run 140 yards, for £ 10 a side, at Garratt- lane, Wandsworth, on Monday, the 23d of February. Men to be at scratch at two o'clock p. m. DOINGS AT HYDE PARK, SHEFFIELD, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. HOSSPOOL AND WHEAT,— On Monday several hundred spec- tators assembled here to witness the race of six score yards, for £ 10 a side, between the champion mile runner, T. Hosspool of Basford, near Nottingham, and George Wheat, the latter receiving three yards start. The betting commenced at 5 to 4, and eventually left off at 6 to 4 on Wheat, with few takers. At the time appointed both men made their appearance on the ground in racing attire, and immediately toed their respective marks, and started by the first report of a pistol, Hosspool get- ting a little advantage, and before 80 yards had been traversed he was up with his man, went in advance, and ran in a winner by a yard and a half. NEWHALL, NEAR SHEFFIELD.— On Monday a sprint race of 150 yards took place here, betwixt Mr Liversedge's Fly and Mr Darwin's Sam, for £ 5 aside. Fly won easy, Sam falling when about half the distance had been run. The same afternoon a 5s leger for dogs not exceeding l7i inches, was run for by seven subs. Messrs Clarke's Dinah and Robin's Rose divided the money. MR CNARLES THORPE'S ONCE ROUND HANDICAP RACE.— A handicap race of once round the ground will take place on this ground on Monday, March 23, when the following prizes will be given, viz, £ 10 for the first man, £ 1 10s for the second, 10s for the third, and 5s for those that win their heats, The following additional prizes will be given to be run for between the de- ciding heats, viz, £ 1 for the first, and 10s for the second. En- trance Is each, and Is 6d more to accept. All entries to be made at Mr Charles Thorpe's, Royal George Inn, Carver- street, Sheffield, on or before Saturday, Feb 20. Any one sending a di- rected stamped envelope will receive a list of the starts. Any one entering in a wrong name will be disqualified. 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 prizes 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, aud 10s for the third. Entrance Is each, and 2s more to accept. The entrance will close on the 11th February at the above house. ACCEPTANCES FOB MR J. SPENCER'S 606 YARDS HANDICAP RACE, on Monday, Feb 9; first prize £ 8, second £ 110s, third 10s, and 5s for every man winning his heat and not getting a prize.— Lot 1, at two o'clock: Wm. Proctor, 40 yards start, Henry Nobbs ( Norwich) 45, George Congreaves 50, Alfred Milner 56, John Holden ( Heeley) 57, Josh. Mellor 60, Josh. Bagshaw ( Attercliffe) 65, Edw. Norbourn ( Rotherham) 70.— Lot 2, at half- past two: Robert Bunn ( Norwich) 25 yards start, B. Badger ( Wolverhampton) 40, Charles Anson ( Worrall) 65, Wm. Askham 65, Georee Mellor 66, Fredk. Best ( Pitsmoor) 68, Henry Single- ton 70, Joseph Oxpring 78.— Lot 3, at three: Charles Buckley 35 yards start, Fred. Littlewood ( Attercliffe) 35, Henry Hurt ( Don- caster) 56, Charles Dyson 60, George Farmer, 65, John Hodgson ( Norton) 70, Samuel Somerset 78.— Lot 4, at half- past three : Edward Bentley 23 yards start, John Beaumont ( Penistone) 42, Geo. Stones 48, Thomas Hayes 50, Wm. Westerman 58, Henry Longden ( Crookes) 66, Thomas Bennett 75.— Lot 5, at four: " W . Tuck ( Stolkham) 30 yards start, Robert Savage 32, James Mace ( Norwich) 35, Henry Rhodes 50, John Campbell 67, Thomas Fordham 68, Samuel Webster 78.— Tbe deciding heat will be run off at five o'clock precisely. ENTRIES FOR J. DAHLEY'S HANDICAP RACE, at Hyde Park, on Monday and Tuesdav, Feb 23 and 24; distance twice round and 100 yards ; first prize £ 30, second £ 5, third £ 2, and £ 1 for every man winning his heat; the secend man in the heats to run off on the following day ( Tuesday), when the following addi- tional prizes will be given:— £ 3 10s for the first, £ 1 for the second, and 10s for the third; all acceptances to be declared on or before Wednesday next:— Hosspool scratch, James Haneoek ( Salford) 35 yards start, George Cooper ( Oughtibridge) 37, Robert Bunn 37, John Trainor ( Liverpool) S7, Christopher Welton 40, Robert Chadwick 40, Joseph Hardman ( Radcliffe) 48, John Costi- gan ( Manchester) 50, Alfred FrOst 53, William Tuck ( Stock- holme) 53, George Ashton 55, Sampson Peckett60, William Shaw ( Leeds) 60, H. Barnes ( Beverley) 60, Fred. Littlewood 60, George Green ( Hutton) 60, James Mace ( Norwich) 60, Robert Savage 65, Edward Midgeley ( Leeds) 63, S. Frankland ( 1st Life Guards) 65, Charles Buckley 70, H. Nobbs ( Norwich) 70, H. Eyre 70, W. Proctor 72, Job Smith ( Hulme) 73, John Watkinsou 75, W. E. Beswick ( Glossop) 75, Joseph Webb ( Derby) 75, John Owen ( Not- tingham) 75, Richard Manks 80, James Brooks ( Holmfirth) 80, Barney Dawson ( Gordon) 80, B. Badger ( Wolverhampton) 80, Samuel Rider ( Leeds) 85, John Beaumont ( Penistone) 85, Henry Rhodes ( Wharncliffe) 85, George Lowe ( Millgate) 85, Joseph Marshall 88, Michael Kelley 88, Alfred Milner 88, Ben Pashley 90, Elina Roberts 90, Alfred Ashton 90, Samuel Elliott ( Totley) 90, William Clarke 90, George Stones 90, John Webster 95, Wm. Swaby, Doncaster, 95, Henry Hagon, Woodside 95, Joseph Bower 95, John Littlewood ( Attercliffe) 95, Charles Dyson 95, Thomas Hayes 95, John Hodgson ( Norton) 95, William Savage 95, Edward Styring 100, John Thomas 100, John Sanderson 100, Alfred Eaton 100, Benjamin Stones 100, Walter Turner 100, George Burkinshaw 100, Thomas Hargreaves 100, John Bamforth 100, William Bridges 100, Joseph Barnes 100, Aaron Carnall 100, J. Cocker 105, Ben Jones 105, Charles Kent 105, H. Longden 105, Joseph Mercer 105, George Gibbons 105, George Reaney 105, Charles Melshaw 105, Thomas Walker 105, Samuel Clayton 105, William Knowles 105, Joseph Mellor 110, Thomas Fordham 110, Thomas Bennett 110, Thomas Oxley 110, John Clarke 110, James Heath 110, Luke Beatson 120, Elias Turner 120, Jonathan Skelton 120, Henry Singleton IgO, George Staniforth 130, Elijah Wilcocks 130, William Unwin 140. PROCTOR AND WRIGHT.— W. Proctor and J. Wright ( both of Sheffield) are matched to run one mile, for £ 10, to- morrow ( Monday), at Hyde, Wright receiving 20 yards start. Mr J. Darley is stakeholder. TRAINOR AND BINTCLIFFE.— Mr Holden of Manchester has received another deposit, making £ 15 each now down, for the race of two miles, for £ 25 a side, with J. Trainor of Liverpool and T. Bintcliffe of Rastrick, which is fixed for the 16th of Feb, at Hyde Park, Sheffield. Bintcliffe is to have 20 yards start. PIGEON SHOOTING.— On Tuesday the usual 10s sweepstakes at four birds each was shot for by 13 subscribers, when Messrs W. Middleton and W. Froggatt killed all, and divided. A 7s 6d sweepstakes, at three birds each, was also shot for by 10 sub- scribers, which was won in excellent style by E. Birks, who killed all. ATTERCLIBFE.— On Monday a sweepstakes of 10s each was shot for by five subs, at four birds each, the usual conditions, at Mr J. Simpson's, the Robin Hood Inn. Messrs W. Middleton and T. Woodhouse killed all, and divided. The same number shot at three birds each, the entrance being 5s. The old crack shot, W. Bailey, won, killing two. HILLSBRO'.— On Monday the usual 5s novice leger was shot for by seven subs, at three birds each. Mr J. Kaye won, killing all. Other shooting took place. WHARNCLIFB SIDE.— On Wednesday a 10s sweepstakes at 4 birds each was shot for at Mr John Booth's, the Blue Bell Inn, Wharncliffe Side, by eight subs. Messrs W. Bailey, J. Tingle, and C. Hanniwell killed all and divided. RABBIT COURSING— DRONFIELD.— On Monday a match for £ 5 a side took place, between Mr Sanderson's Topsey and Mr Lowe's Spring, the best of fifteen courses, the latter receiving a dead rabbit. Topsey won, getting 8 rabbits to Spring's 3. DARNALL.— On Monday a match for £ 10 a side took place at Mrs Jas. Dearman's, the Old Cricket Ground, Darnall, between Mr Clarkson's Sam of Rotherham and Mr Wheehouse's Fly of Sheffield, the best of 13 courses, Fly receiving 1 dead rabbit. Betting : 2 to 1 on Sam, who won, getting 7 rabbits to Fly's 3.— On Monday next a match for £ 25 a side takes place on this ground, between Mr Jas. Phoenix's bitch Rose and Mr George Robinson's dog Smoker, the best of 19 courses; the first rabbit to be spotted at two o'clock, 50 yards law. No other dogs will be admitted. SALFORD BOROUGH GARDENS. MONDAY, JAN 26.— AS we ventured to predict in our last, there was a numerous attendance of spectators this afternoon— upwards of 4,000 being present— attracted to witness the race between HANCOCK AND ROBERTS.— James Hancock of Salford has, by his previous successful performances as a pedestrian, justly earned for himself not only provincial but also metropolitan fame ; whilst Edward Roberts ( alias the Welshman, alias the Ruthin Stag), if not so universally, is locally as well known as a sprint runner ; and these notabilities, having signed articles Jo contest the distance of 100 yards, for £ 25 a side, Roberts to have a yard and a half start, great interest was exhibited as to the result. Before noticing the race in question, it may not be uninteresting to our pedestrian readers if we furnish a few par- ticulars respecting the engagements of Hancock and Roberts during the past year. It appears then, that on the 28th of Jan, 1856, Hancock defeated H. A. Reed of London by a yard and a half, in a race of 150—[ should have been 170]— yards, for £ 50 a side, at Slough. On the 1st of March he was matched to run 200 yards at Bellevue, for £ 50 a side, against Alfred Grindrod of Oldham ( giving the latter three yards start); but the event did not come off, Grindrod forfeiting £ 5. On the 3d of May he was again engaged against Joseph Horrocks of Bury, in a con- test of 440 yards, for £ 50 each, at Bellevue, and received £ 15 forfeit from Horrocks ; and, ou the 16th of June, he should have run 440 yards, for £ 50 a side, at Bellevue, against John Saville of Oldham^ but the latter forfeited £ 25 to Hancock. Roberts's engagements during the past year have been as fol- lows :— On the 24th of March he was matched to run 100 yards, for £ 25 a side, against Ralph Wheat ley ( alias the Oyster Lad) of Leeds ( giving two yards start), at Leeds, which, we believe, Roberts won. On the 21st April, he ran 440 yards, for £ 25 a side, at Hyde Park, Sheffield, against Sampson Peckett, of that town, Roberts defeating him by seven yards. On the 17th of May, he was beaten by half a yard by Fawcett of Brighouse, in a race of 120 yards, for £ 25 aside, at the Salford Borough Gar- dens. Subsequently, in another match, Fawcett forfeited £ 5 to Roberts. On the 28th of July, he defeated Constable of Wil- lenhall ( who had two yards start) by a quarter of a yard, at the same place, in a race of 100 yards, for £ 25 a side. On the 27th of October, on the same course, he was beaten by four yards by Forster of Dewsbury ( who had two yards start), in a race of 140 yards, for £ 50 a side; and on the 3d of November, Roberts was again defeated by three yards, by Alfred Grindrod of Oldham ( who had two yards start), in a race of 100 yards, for £ 25 a side. During the past year both men have also engaged themselves in handicaps, Hancock winning one at Oldham, but Roberts, so far as we are aware, proved unsuccessful. When, therefore, it was publicly made known that these noted pedestrians had signed articles for their present match, which, as we have already stated, was for £ 25 a side, the admirers of the fleet- footed bipeds attached as much importance to the issue of thej contest as if it had been for quadruple the amount, and the dis- tance adopted was a suitable one for these men to traverse. There were not a few persons, however— who occasionally invest; money on events of this description— possessed of certain " mysterious forebodings as to the future," and who openly, expressed their conviction that the race would not be run on the " square-," but, we believe, their apprehensions were perfectly groundless. Notwithstanding the misgivings alluded to, Hancock, from the hour the agreement was drawn up, until the time fixed for the contest, enjoyed the largest share of public favour. On the men entering the grounds this after- noon, the condition of each was carefully scanned and com- mented upon ; and, though in the opinion of many Hancock's appearance was not quite up to the mark, still speculation com menced at 6 to 4 on him. Roberts's backers seemed to be of opinion that his condition was everything that could' be de- sired. Mr Holden having taken his position as referee, the men toed the mark, the betting then being at evens. After being at scratch exactly 15 minutes, they bounded off, Roberts ( in addi- tion to the yard and a half given) getting nearly two yards the best of the start. This was too much for Hancock to recover, as Roberts kept ahead throughout, and Mr Holden declared him the winner by a yard and a half, amid loud cheers. Thus the ancient Briton has snatched at least one laurel from the brow of the champion sprint runner Hancock. GREENWOOD AND LANDON.— On account of the race of 130 yards, for £ 25 a side, between E. Greenwood ( alias the German Lad) of Manchester and Joseph Landon of Milford, fixed for the 16th of February, at the Salford Borough Gardens, Mr Holden now holds £ 15 a side. BOOTH AND COLLINGE.— Mr Holden has now received £ 5 each on account of the race of 160 yards, for £ 25 a side, between John Booth of Newton Heath and Thomas Collinge of Jumbo. The contest is fixed for the 21st inst, at the Salford Borough Gardens. MORRIS AND LEACH.— J. Morris and J. Leach, both of Man- chester, are matched to run 200 yards, at the Salford Borough Gardens, on the 14th of February, , for £ 2 a side. The first de- posit of 5s each has been paid. KENT AND HARRISON.— A match has been made between Simon Kent of Middleton and James Harrison of Hulrae, to run 440 yards, at the Salford Borough Gardens, on the 28th of February, for £ 15 a side, Harrison to have five yards start. The first deposit of £ 1 each has been paid to Mr Henry Hughes, of the Bridgewater Arms, Ordsal- lane, Salford. This sum was to be increased to £ 2 10s a side yesterday, the 31st ult; £ 2 10s each more to be paid on the 7th inst; and the remaining £ 10 a side to be put down on the 27th inst. If the men are not off in 30 minutes, they are to go by a pistol, and Mr Abraham Atten- bury is appointed referee. WILD AND HOLDEN.— Henry Wild of Manchester and Robert Holden of Salford are matched to run 140 yards, at the Salford Borough Gardens, on 14th February, for £ 10 a side. On account of this race, Mr Holden has had handed to him £ 2 10s each. This sum was to be increased te £ 5 a side yesterday ( Saturday), and the remaining £ 5 each is to be deposited on the day previous to the race. Mr Abraham Attenbury is appointed referee. LONG AND TODD.— On account of the race of 120 yards, for £ 10 a side, between Joseph Long of Salford and Thomas Todd of Manchester, which is fixed for the 16th of February, at the Salford Borough Gardens, Mr Holden now holds £ 2 each. HANDICAP FOOT RACE.— The following are the acceptances for the handicap race of 180 yards, which will be run for ou Sa- turday, February 7, and Monday, February 9, at the Salford Borough Gardens; first prize, £ 10; second, £ 2; third, £ 1. The men have been drawn in lots as follows:— Lot 1, at half- past two: R. Holden of Salford 13 yards start, W. Willcock of Man- chester 10, T. Clay of Derby 10.— Lot 2, at a quarter te three: E. Roberts of Wortley 5 yards start, J. Swindells of Salford 15, J. Hardman of Radcliffe 7.— Lot 3, at three: J. Seville of Oldham 9 yards start, W. Dunkerley of Mossley 12, E. Whitworth of Rochdale 9.— Lot 4, at a quarter past three: T. Faulkner of Manchester 10 yards start, T. Collinge of Jumbo 5, J. Lyons of Salford 12,— Lot 5, at half- past three: I. Hilton of Chaddeston 13 yards start, J. Buckley of Tonge- lane 12, J. Hancock of Sal- ford scratch.— Lot 6, at three quarters past three: G. Darley of Salford 7 yards start, W. Pearson of Eccles 1, J. Gibson of Gaw- thorpelO.— Lot 7, at four: J. Brittou of Hulme 12 yards start, S. Albison of Bowlee 10, H. Johnson of Swinton 10.— Lot 8, at a quarter past four: G. Richardson of Manchester 13 yards start, P. Ratcliffe of Bedford 16, G. Knott of Gorton 12.— Lot 9, at half- past four: T. Ivil of Pendlebury 11 yards start, J. Newton of Hollinwood 10, J. Thorpe of Jjarpurhey 12.— Lot 10, at three- quarters past four: W. Morris of Manchester 17 yards start, J. Long of Salford 12.— Lot 11, at five: J. Johnson of Stockport 13 yards start, E. Jones of Manchester 12. DOINGS AT BELLEVUE, MANCHESTER. SATURDAY, JAN 24.— There were very few persons present this afternoon, and the sport ( what little there was) was of an uninteresting character. DAVIES AND M'CAIN.— These youngsters are John Davies and Jas. M'Cain ( both of Manchester), and they met to run 140 yards, for £ 2. They got off at the second attempt, M'Cain taking tbe lead, which he kept throughout, and he won easily by half a dozen yards. Jas. Shaw's Gipsy and a dog belonging to R. Chapman ran 200 yards, for £ 5 a side, Gipsy winning by four yards. FAN AND NETTLE.— The race of 200 yards, for £ 10 a side, be- tween J. Kenyon's Fan and W. Ashton's Nettle, fixed for to- day, did not come off, the owner of Nettle having forfeited. NEW MATCH— SPOT AND JENNY.— J. Crossley of Hudders- field has matched his dog Spot agst L, Dick's barred bitch Jenny of Dewsbury to run 300 yards, at Bellevue, on the 9th of March, for £ 15 a side. The first deposit of £ 1 each has been paid to Mr Holden. This sum is to be made into £ 5 a side on tlie 11th of February, into £ 10 each on the 25th, and the final deposit of £ 5 a side is to be put down on the 4th of March. NANCY AND EMPRESS,— George Rawsonof Bury and James Hibbert of Droylsden have signed articles, the former matching his liver and white bitch Nancy agst Hibbert's brown bitch Empress, to run 200 yards at Bellevue, on the 14th of February, for £ 10 a side; the heavier dog to give 24 yards to the pound inside. On account of this match Mr Holden has received £ 1 each. This was to be made into £ 5 a side yesterday ( Saturday), and the remaining. £ 5 each is to be paid on the day of the race. PEDESTRIANISM AT BIRMINGHAM & DISTRICTS- At this season of the year there is generally a falling off in pedestrian matches around Birmingham and its districts, but as the spring advances, so we find that new life is infused, and although the weather has been greatly an impediment from rain and frost for all out- dpor amusement, yet on Monday last at Goodwin's pedestrian grounds, Dowler's Bridge, Upper Saltley, there was a pretty good sprinkling present to witness a six score yards match, for £ 5 a side, between John Nicholl and H. Reed. Both men were in good condition. Betting: 6 to 4 on Nicholl, who was the tallest by two inches. After dodging for the start for 20 minutes a level one was got, the men running close up to four score, when Reed took the lead. A well- contested race home took place, Reed running in a winner by half a yard. A fresh match has been made between these men to run seven score yards, Reed staking £ 10 to £ 8, to come off on a fair turn- pike- road within 10 miles of Birmingham, on Monday, March 9. Stakeholder to be named in our next. GEORGE WATSON and JOHN ROBERTS ( both Birmingham novices) met on Monday, near the Green Man, on the Harburn- road, twa miles from Birmingham, to run a six score yards match, for £ 3 a side. Betting: 2 and 3 to 1 on Watson, which was readily taken by Roberts's friends ( maiden race of both men). Both men were well matched as to age aud size, and each appeared in good trim.£ At the first pull of handkerchief both men got off well together, and ran level for two score yards when Roberts took the lead and kept it up to five score, when Watson, who had closely followed in his wake, got first, and ran in a winner by one yard. It was a well- contested race. ARTHUR AKERS OF BIRMINGHAM AND COOPER OF SHEFFIELD. The 400 yards match, for £ 10 a side, between these men, is on, and a further deposit for the same must be made to ' ailby, the final stakeholder, to- morrow ( Monday). WHEELER of Birmingham and PAGET of Dudley were matched to run 10 score yards, for £ 25 a side, and a deposit for the same duly made. Wheeler's backer went over to Dudley according to arrangement, but Paget refusing to run at any of the places named, a draw was therefore the consequence. We are desired to state that Wheeler is still open to make a match to run him the same distance, and at his own time, for his own sum, and in order to meet his view, will be at Lichfield, Shelford Common, Wednesbury, or at any likely place where the match can be got off. Money ready at Hodgett's, Black Horse, Leicester- street. MATTHISON AND BISHOP.— These men were matched to run five miles, for £ 10, but owing to disagreeing as to stakeholder, the match is off. Bishop is still open to make a fresh match, for £ 10 a side, to run the same distance. S. HALL is surprised at Aston asking two yards in six score. If Aston will give two yards start in six score a match can be at once made, for £ 10 a side ( not less), any night next week, at the Sir John Falstaff, Weaman- street. BADGER AND COUSER.— The match between Alfred Badger of Wolverhampton and Couser ( not Bouser as stated in our last) of Bilston, 140 yards, for £ 10 a side, is going on. A further deposit of £ 5 a side will be made ou Wednesday, at Mr Riley's spirit vaults, Wolverhampton, at three p. m. Mr W. Burns of Darlaston is appointed referee. H. BURTON will run Barrett six score yards, for £ 5 a side, to eome off at Aston Cross Grounds within one month from signing articles. Burton will be at Aston Cross on Monday to stake and draw up articles. PEDESTRIANISM AT CHATHAM.— On Tuesday last a large gathering ofthe sporting gentry of the town of Chatham and its neighbourhood assembled in the New- road, near the Gibraltar Inn, to witness some extraordinary feats to be performed in one hour, by the celebrated Young Dove, for a purse, which had been previously subscribed, and to be given in case he completed his task within the time specified. A programme had previously been issued from the press, announcing the following to take place at three p. m., viz, run one mile, walk one mile, run a coach wheel one mile and a half, ruu a quarter of a mile, jump 60 hurdles ( 3 feet 6 inches high) ten yards apart, hop 100 yards, pick up 40 stones one yard apart, conveying each one singly to the basket, pick up 30 eggs with his mouth ( placed one yard apart) without the use of his hands, conveying eacb singly to the bag, and throw half a ton weight over his head ; all of which he performed in fifty- six minutes. His last effort, throwing the weight, which was cleverly done, elicited bursts of cheering from nearly 2,000 persons. He is a first- rate jumper ; he cleared every hurdle in beautiful style, and was loudly applauded ; the mile he ran in five minutes and a half, and he walked his mile in nine minutes and a half; and, with the coach wheel, he did the distance in twelve minutes. The betting was very considerable against his performing the above within the time. Several mili- tary officers and soldiers from the garrison were on the ground, and took some interest in the proceedings. Dove is prepared to run any novice one mile and jump 40 hurdles 3 feet 6 inches high, that has not won more than £ 5 in a match, for £ 10 or £ 15 a side. A match can be made at the Crown and Thistle, or at the Trumpet Tavern, High- street, Chatham. HOWARD AND FORSTER.— This race came off, as announced, on Monday last. The betting was 5 to 4 on Forster, in conse- quence of it being rumoured that Howard was amiss. After several false starts, the men got away, Howard with a slight lead, and at sixty yards was three yards in advance. His condition now told; he could not keep it up. At 85 yards, Forster breasted him, and won the race by half a yard. „ BROMLEY AND BULLOCK.— This spin of 120 yards, for £ 10 a side, came off according to articles, on Monday last, at Endon. At three o'clock both men appeared at scratch, and after several false starts got well away together; after a very capital race Bullock proved the winner by half a yard. Betting was 6 to 4 on Bullock. The stakes shall be sent, as directed, on Tuesday next to the winner. The spin between MOORE and NIXON came off on Monday last, half way between Newcastle and Sunderland: at three o'clock they started by report of a pistol ( Nixon having three yards start). Moore caught his man at the half mile, and after a capital race the referee decided it to be a dead heat. They started again at four o'clock to " try conclusions," when, after a most exciting race, Nixon won by a foot. HORROCKS AND MARGETTS.— As we surmised last week, the money sent by us to Horrocks did not arrive in sufficient time for him to be aware that we had only retained £ 5 for his next deposit in this match. On learning the true state of the case he immediately remitted £ 15, making good his deposit of last week, as well as the next one due. From Margetts we have not received the £ 10 which should have been sent this week. He, however, wrote claiming forfeit, and we suppose did not send, depending on the validity of the claim. We have repeatedly said that no one must conclude that money has not been sent because it has not been received, aud Margetts had no right to make his claim ; his proper course would have been to send tlie money with an inquiry whether he had a right to a forfeit. If Margetts sends £ 20 before Feb 12, and Horrocks £ 10, the match will go on, that being the day for the next deposit. A HANDICAP FOOT RACE will take place at Mexborough, to- morrow ( Monday); 200 yards, to be fairly handicapped, a good silver watch, value £ 3 10s, for the first prize, and £ 1 for the second. Entrance 6d each, and 6d more when they accept. The entry to be open until to- morrow ( Monday), at twelve o'clock; running to commence at one. Entrances to be made to Edward Simpson, Red Lion Inn, Mexborough. JOHN INCE and JOHN GOLDING ( both of Liverpool) are matched to run 100 yards, for £ 10 a side, on Monday, the 2d of February; to run between two and three o'clock; either man not starting in fifteen minutes to start by the first report of a pistol. The whole of the money is now in the hands of William Clarke, Liver Vaults, 40, Thurlow- street, who is final stake- holder. IIILLIARD AND HOTINE.— We have this week received a fur- j ther sum of £ 210s a side for this match, making the whole on the extra money down. We understand that Harry Orme ha^ : onsented to be referee, and that on account of tbe fights about o take place it has been mutually agreed to postpone the match • 11 Feb 18. FOSTER AND FAWCETT.— Another deposit, making £ 10 each now down, has been paid to Mr Holden, on account of the race of 300 yards, for £ 30 a side, with Joseph Foster of Dewsbury and James Fawcett of Brighouse, which is to come off at the Fountain Inn, on the Wakefield and Bradford road, on the 23d of February. OLD SMITH AND YATES— The flsal deposit of £ 25 a side is to be forwarded to us on Tuesday next. The men are to meet at Mr Hackein's, Fisherman's Arms, Daisy Field, Blackburn, next Friday evening, from six to eight o'clock, to appoint a referee. KITSON HARGREAVES of Bradford and John Smith of White- coat are matched to run 100 yards, for £ 5 a side, on Bradford Moor, on Saturday, Feb 14. Both parties meet on Saturday, at the Bell's Life Tavern, Boiling- street, Bradford, to sign articles and stake. FULLER AND ROGERS.— The ground where this match is to come off has been at length selected by Rogers ; it is on the road at the western side of Slough. It comes off on the 10th of February, distance 20 miles, for £ 25 a side. GREEN AND HALL.— A match has been made between George Green of Hutton and Robinson Hall of Stockton to run 120 yards, for £ 25 a side, on Monday, the 2d of March, at Stockton; the men to be on the ground by one o'clock. PUDNEY AND LEVETT.— For this race we have received a further sum of £ 5 a side, and the next deposit, of the same amount, will be due on Thursday next, Feb 5. J. BROOK of Holmfirth and J. Barber of Hyde, in Cheshire, are matched to run at Grantham Park, near Huddersfield, on the 2d of March, 440 yards, for £ 15 a side. CONSTABLE of Willenhall, hearing that Landon of Milford wishes to run him, begs to inform him that he can be accommo- dated with a match to run the same distance as before, on the same conditions; or he will run Dearden of Birmingham, Wheatley ( the Oyster Lad), Elias Greenwood ( alias the German Lad) of Manchester, 100 yards, for £ 25 a side; or Lynch of Tipton 120 yards, if he will give two yards start, or will run him 100 yards level, if he will stake £ 30 to £ 25 ; to run in six weeks from signing articles. Any of the above matches can be made at W. Burn's, King's Hill Tavern, Darlaston; or a letter addressed to Constable will meet with attention; to run on a fair turnpike- road half way between home and home. CHICK AND PRIESTLEY.— Priestley has waited on us, and stated his willingness to increase the stakes for his match with Chick to £ 50 or £ 100 a side, and to run at Hyde Park, Sheffield, or any other place more than 50 miles from London. Each party to pay his own expenses. If this suits Chick, a match can be made to- morrow ( Monday) evening, at the De Beauvoir Arms, Kingsland.— We have just received a communication from Chick, saying that he is willing to increase the stakes to £ 30 aside, to run on a turnpike- road. If this suits Priestley, Chick will meet him at Mr Wilson's, the Spotted Dog, on Friday, the 6th of February, te draw up articles, & c. LEGGS says that Ferguson labours under a mistake; Leggs did not challenge him, but said having heard Furguson was not satisfied with his late defeat, he ( Leggs) would run him again if he wished, which he is willing to do, but he cannot think of giving him one minute start in 10 miles, having only won by about 100 yards, and that by the greatest exertions, but he will run him level for £ 25 or £ 50 a side ( open for £ 100), in six weeks or two months after the first deposit. The Editor of Bell's Life to be stakeholder. CARTLIDGE AND HANCOCK— We have received a letter from Hancock stating that he is willing to'run Cartlidge again, as he ( Cartlidge) does not seem inclined to run off the late match. Hancock must be iu ignorance that the stakes in that match were long since handed over to Cartlidge, in accordance with the decision of the referee, and on our receiving a guarantee against legal expenses. The late case of Hilliard and Hotine will, how- ever, entirely quash any ideas of legal proceedings against a stakeholder under the circumstances. A LAD will be at Mr Tillyard's, the Brown Bear, Grafton- street, Soho, on Tuesday night, prepared to make a match to walk any of the following, viz, Lawrence of Pimlico, David Broad, Alf Deer of Chelsea, Young Bacchus, Brooks of Fulham, Joe Clarke of Marylebone ( late of Walworth), Polypus of the London- road, Dorrington or Freeman of Billingsgate, orFer- guson or Crewe of Bermondsey, two or four miles, for £ 3, £ 5, or £ 10 a side. A YOUTH will walk Rushton of Blackfriars, Gibbs of Clerken- well, Green of Islington, George Brown of Hungerford, or Oliver Foster of the same place, or Bennett of Regent's Park, three or six miles level, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side; or he will take one minute and a half start of Bassett, Hilliard', or Hotine in four miles, for £ 15 a side. A match can be made at Mr Tupper's, the Grey- hound, Webber- row, Waterloo- road, to- morrow ( Monday) night. GEORGE WYLDBORE of Sunderland will run J. Hall of Tow Law, J. Richardson of Guisbro', Henderson of Crook, or G. Green of Hatton 140 yards, or T, Gardener or J. Hardy ( both of Berry Edge) 120 yards, for £ 10 or £ 15 a side, to run in five weeks from first deposit. A match can be made to- morrow ( Monday) night, at Mr Robert Stirling's, Darn Crook, New- castle- on- Tyne. HORROCKS AND SEVILLE.— In answer to Horrocks's chal- lenge of last week, Seville says that he does not want odds, but will run him 880 yards, for £ 50 ; or £ 100 a side : the Editor of Bell's Life to be stakeholder, and Mr James Holden referee. If articles are sent to John Seville, Pedestrian Tavern, Manches- ter- street, Oldham, and £ 5 or £ 10 to Bell's Life, a match can be made, to run in two months from that time. A. NELSON of Hulme will run Fell of Salford 100 yards level, or Leary of Manchester 140 yards level, or take two yards in 100 of Collier of Swinton, or Holden of Pendleton, or three yards in 100, or four in 120 of Walmsley of Manchester. Any of these matches can be made, for £ 5 a side, at S. Peters's, Cloptou Inn, Clopton- street, Hulme. CHARLES BARRETT of Bethnal Green, being disappointed with Grace of Hackney, will run Newey or Simmonds of Wal- worth, from 100 to 440 yards ; or Bishop of the same place, 100 yards, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side. A match can be made next Tuesday evening, between eight and ten, at Mr Dipple's, Falcon, Essex- street, Bethnal Green. ^ JOSEPH FORSTER of Dewsbury is surprised that H. A. Reed should challenge him, and not go on with the match, but, if he means running, Forster will run him 250 yards, or any other man in England 300 yards level ( Hancock excepted), for £ 25 or £ 50 a side. If £ 5 are sent to Bell's Life and articles to Forster, at the Star Inn, Dewsbury, a match can be made. FISHER AND JOHNSON.— We have received a letter from Fisher and his friends, relative to this long- disputed match. They say that Fisher shall run Johnson 440 yards and give him five yards start, provided he agrees to double the stakes down, and to run at Sheffield. What does Johnson say to this? JOSEPH PERKINS of Old Basford will walk any man in the counties of Nottingham, Leicester, or Derby, six miles, for £ 10 or £ 15 a side, who has never won £ 5 iu a match. A match can be made by any one calling or sending a letter to Mr Perkins, the Pear Tree. Old Basford. GEOEGEHETHERINGTON of Newcastle will run Edward Davis, or George Martin of Sangate 100 yards level; or will give John Nixon of Tyne- street one yard start in 100; or will take 20 yards start in a mile of William Savage of Prudhoe- street. A match can be made at Tom Stuart's, Causey Bank, Newcastle. MEDLYCOTT of Clerkenwell will run Gardiner of the same place 200 yards, if he will give five yards start, for his own sum: or he will run Shirley of Clerkenwell 150 yards level, for his own sum. Money ready to- morrow ( Monday) night, at T. Fether's, the Hope, R& wstone- street, Goswell- road. ROBINSON HALL of Stockton cannot think of running George Green for £ 50 a side, but will run him 120 yards for £ 25 a side, at or near Stockton, in one month from the first deposit. If articles asd £ 5 are sent to John Moody's, at the Nag's Head, Stockton, a match can be made. JOHN OWEN of Nottingham will run Johnson of Derby, Fisher of Horsley, or Woodhouse or Redfern of Coventry one mile, for £ 10 or £ 15 a side; to run half- way between home and home. A letter addressed to John Owen, at Mr Gent's, the Old Portland Arms, Coalpit- lane, Nottingham, will be attended to. JAMES WHITTAKER of Hollinwood will run Joseph Shaw of Mossley, or Enoch Dunkerley of Greenacres 100 yards, or take two yards start of J. Ingham of Rochdale in the same distance for £ 5 or £ 10 a side, in a fortnight or three weeks from the first' deposit. An answer through Bell's L fe will be attended to. R, ANDREWS of Shrewsbury has a novice that never ran for a shilling, that he will back to run W. Sherry of the same place 100 yards level, or take five yards in 240, or 10 yards in 440 for from £ 1 to £ 10 aside. Money ready any night next Week at Mr R. Andrews's, Nelson'sArmsInn, Barker- street, Shrewsbury WALTER PARTRIDGE, having heard that Joseph Butterfield feels desirous of running him, informs him that he catl accom- modate him with auy distance, from 150 yards to 440 for any sum he pleases. ' A NOVICE of Newgate Market is prepared to make a match to run J. Crutches of Newgate Market 150 yards level or will lake four yards in 300, for £ 5 a side. Money ready next Wednes- day night at Mr Mort's, Leaping Bar, Old- street, St Luke's. TOLER BOYD of Durham will run John Wilson of Newcastle for £ 15 or £ 20 aside, if he will give five yards start in £ 150! Money ready at the Horns Inn, Millburn- gate, Durham, anv night next week. JAMES SARSFIELD of Durham will run Lowes of Newcastle after his match with Vest, for £ 15 or £ 20 a side, if he will give three yards in 100. Money ready at the Horns Inn, Millburn- gate, Durham. ENOCH WITHINGTON of Mossgate will run Cartlidge of Dale- hall, or Bromley of Longton, 120 yards, for £ 10 a side • or he will run William Brown of Stone, 160 yards, for £ 20 a side. A match can be made any night, at Richard Jenkinsou's, Crossgate JAMES JINKS of Darlaston Will run John Winsper of Saltly his own length, for £ 10 a side, or he will run William Bayley and give him two yards start in 100, for £ 15 a side. Money ready at Samuel Canlitt's, the Swan, Darlaston. SAMUEL JOHNSON ( alias Sambo) will run Samuel Green of Stanley Moor sixscore yards for any sum he thinks proper. Money ready at the Sportsman's Inn, Stockton Brook, near Hendon, Staffordshire, at any time. J. FOLLETT of Uppermill, Saddleworth, will run Norton of Staleybridge 120 yards, for £ 10 or £ 20 a side, at Bellevue, any time within two months. A match can be made at Mr G. Win- terbottom's, Plum Tree Inn, Carr, Carr Brook, Stalevbridge. NED JAMES of Tettenhall will run Sam Cross, Warrilow, or Corser a level mile, or take 10 yards from Toll Leech, or 20 yards from Sterrat for the same distance, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side. Money ready at Grosvenor'.', Newbridge House Inn, Tettenhall. PHILIP COXFORD will walk Basset seven miles, according to his own challenge, for £ 25 a side, or run him 10 miles. Money ready at Patsy Daley's, the Prince of Wales, Old- street- road. QUOITS.- If Edward Kane'of Trimdon is not satisfied with his late defeat, Geo. Henderson of Sherborne Hill will play him the same distance, with an 8 inch quoit, for from £ 10 to £ 20 a side, stiff clay ends. BOWLS.— Wm. Fenwick of Sherborne Hill will bowl Thos. Henderson of Kelloe. with a 16oz bowl, for £ 5 or £ 20 a side. Money ready at the Black Boy Inn, Sherborne Hill, at any time. CANINE FANCY. A show of terriers, small bulldogs, & c, takes place this evening, the 4th inst, at Jemmy Shaw's, Queen's Head Tavern, Crown- court, Windmill- street, Haymarket. This being their monthly lead, is expected to be very attractive. Entrance free, open to all. The Canine Club hold their weekly meetings as usual every Wednesday evening. Entrance free. Rratting and other sports next Tuesday and Wednesday evening. Several matches of in- terest are on the tapis. The all England ratting sweepstakes, for prizes,- viz, silver collar, snuffbox, Ac, given free by Jemmy Shaw, for novice dogs, comes off next Tuesday evening week. Open to all, to be fairly handicapped. The 100 rat match comes off next Tuesday evening. Shaw's quarterly supper on Thurs- day— tickets, 2s 6d each. A gentleman will attend the canine show this evening, the 1st inst, at Jemmy Shaw's, Old Queen's Head, Crown- court, Windmill- street, Haymarket, with three pure bulldogs, which he will show against anything else, also a black tan spaniel. Shaw will also show his famous stud of ratters, & e. Mr Atherton, Mr M. Lea, Mr Perks, and Mr Oliver will also attend with their studs. The treatise on rats with the rules of the Canine Club, can be had of Jemmy Shaw only; sent to any part of the kingdom for 12 postage stamps; also the much- approved dog soap, for curing all diseases, & c, in Is packages. On Tuesday and Wednesday there will be a strong muster of the fancy- entrance free— previous to their quarterly supper next Thursday. A show and general lead of toy dogs will take place this even- ing, Feb 1, at Mr Coombers's, the Kentish Waggoners, Kent- street, Borough, Mr Isaacs in the chair, faced by Mr M'Guinness, who will show some of the smallest white Scotch terriers in Eng- land, supported by Messrs Hinchliffe, Bladon, Guppy, Green, Mansfield, By ford, Poulton, Chapman, and Joseph Hoiles ( the Spider); also the members of the South London United Club, and many other leadirg fanciers. Mr E. Wh, man will be pre- pared to match his 211b dog to destroy 50 rats against any other dog in the world. At Joe Lebeau's, Victoria, Charles- street, Hackney- road, a show takes place this evening, Feb 1, of fancy spaniels, terriers, bulldogs, Isle of Skies, and Maltese and Italian grey- hounds, Mike Willmot in the chair, who will show his stud of bulldogs, faced by Jack Mears, who will show his stud of black and tan spaniels. A gentleman from Norwich has kindly consented to show his stud of celebrated black and tan ter- riers, for all properties, against all comers, to any amount. At C. Haswell's, Sportsman, Boundary- street, Shoreditch, a show of bulldogs, black and tan terriers, half- bred dogs, Ac, will be held this day, Feb 1. Chair taken at eight by Bill Knight, faced by Mike Wilmott, assisted by all the East and West End fancy. On Tuesday last, at Joe Phelps's, the Green Dragon, Villiers- street, Strand, the Great Northern Sweep came off for the silver tankard and snuff- box. The first prize was won by Freeman, the second by Gibbins, beating ten others. After the sweep a gentleman gave £ 2 to be ratted for by four dogs, which, after a great match, was won by Gibbins. The Champion Dogs.— The . entries are progressing for the silver watch, value five guineas, , to be ratted for on Monday, Feb 9; rats for pounds; entrance ( free. To take place the night before the great fight between [ Sayers and Jones. The watch can be seen at the bar. On Kon- | d ay, Feb 23, a show of bulldogs, for a silver collar given by a noble " patron of canine sports. Sparring on Wednesday and Saturday under the management of Young Sambo. THE GREATEST RATTING FEAT EVEB ATTEMPTED.— The celebrated dog Frank, the property of Mr W. Bradshaw, is matched to kill 500 large barn rats in 60 minutes, at his house, the Hampshire Hog, Redcross- street, Borough, on Wednesday evening, Feb 4, sponging time included. The whole of the 500 rats to be counted in the pit at one time. The dog not to leave the pit until the whole of the rats are destroyed, a gentleman backing time at £ 25 to £ 15. A show will take place this evening, Feb 1, when the dog Frank will be shown, together with a host of friends, who have kindly promised to attend with their studs. Chair taken by Mr T. Smith, faced by Mr W. Tup- per, supported by the first fanciers in London. MANCHESTEB.— A match came off last Monday evening, at the Eagle Hotel, which created much local interest. Mr B. M. Bailey backed his celebrated bitch Poppy to destroy 10 rats in five minutes, the lot to be placed iu a flour barrel together, Mr B. Batty backing time, for dinner and wine for eight. On the rats aeid dog being placed in close union Miss Poppy seemed rather shy of her job, but after having been well nipped by her enemies commenced slaughter in real earnest, and won the match gallantly with three seconds to spare. A match will take place at Joe Banks's, the Old Bell, Dacre- street, Westminster, on Wednesday, Feb 11, between Mr Banks's Follow pied bitch and Mr Seddils's Lambeth black tan bitch, 9lb weight, for £ 3 a side. Mr Smart has accepted the challenge from, Mr Roe of £ 5 to £ 4 for his bitch pup, 14lb weight, to destroy 20 full- grown rats under two minutes. A match has also been made with the same bitch to kill 30 rats against Charley, and give him his weight under 5lb, the Editor of Bell's Life to be stakeholder. Peter Hartley of Wakefield will match his dog Spot, 25lb weight, against any other dog within 10 or 15 miles of the same place, for £ 15 or £ 25 a side, to run 200 yards on Bellevue course, Mr J. Holden of Manchester to be stakeholder and referee, or any one he may appoint. The race to take place in a month or six weeks from the first deposit. 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 rats always on hand. The use of the pit, for gentlemen to try their dogs, to be bad gratis at any time. WRESTLING.— THE CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND WRESTLING SOCIETY, LONDON.— The next meeting of the mem- bers and friends of this society will be held on Wednesday evening next, at eight o'clock, at Mr Wharton's, the White Hart, Windmill- street, Tottenham Court- road. At the last meeting, which took place at Mr M'Clure's, the Guildhall Shades, King- street, City, the principal business transacted was the reception of several propositions from licensed victuallers re- specting having the wrestling at their houses. Two of them attended, one residing at Hackney and the other at Ball's Pond, and stated that their grounds were most excellent places, with railways close at hand, and a committee of five gentlemen were appointed to inspect them and give their report at the next meeting. Mr John Brown was then proposed in a formal man- ner by Mr Westmoreland, and seconded by Mr Stokes, as steward, in the place of Mr Bullman resigned. Mr Jas. Hodg- son was proposed by Mr Brown and seconded by Mr Leggat as steward, in the place of Mr Robinson. Both gentlemen having been elected and returned thanks and another steward an- nounced to be elected at the next meeting, the meeting broke up. HEALEY AND LORD.— A wrestling match was fixed to come off on Monday last, at the Higginshaw Grounds, Oldham, be- tween J. Healey of Huddersfield and P. Lord of Oldham; two back- falls out of three, Lancashire fashion, for £ 10 a side. Healey first made his appearance, but whether with the inten- tion of wrestling is a very doubtful question. It appears that some persons had persuaded him that Lord was in " durance vile," and hence he expressed his intention to strip, and, in the absence of Lord, to claim the stakes. On a wager being offered that Lord would appear at the time specified, Healey became somewhat uneasy, complaining that his drawers did not fit, that the weather was too cold, that the ground was too heavy, and other paltry subterfuges. The sequel was, that he declined to meet Lord, and made his exit from Oldham far more hastily than honourably. It is but justice to add that Lord's friends, on receiving the stakes from Mr Holden, liberally presented Healey's backers with the sum of £ 5. It is said that Healey is verv fond of " bounce" in his own neighbourhood, and Lord has declared that, so far as he is concerned, he will not allow him to crow, even on his own dunghill! Enoch Walker of Mossley and Adam Gledhill of Houghton are matched to wrestle, for £ 10 a side, on the 14th of February, at Higginshaw, Oldham; two back- falls out of three, in the Lancashire fashion. £ 1 a side has been staked with William Swan, of Ashton- under- Lyne, who is to be the final stakeholder. Elijah Buckley will wrestle Enoch Walker, at 9st, and stake £ 25 to his £ 20, or at 8st 121b, for £ 25 a side, Lancashire fashion, catch as catch can, or any man in the world at 9st or 9st 4lb. Money ready at Jonathan Buckley's, Friendship Tavern, Hanover- street, Oldham. CHANGE RINGING— On the 25 th ult the following mem- bers of the Trinity Society, Deptford, rang upon the bells of St Nicholas, Deptford, an excellent peal of grandsire triples con- sisting of 5,048 changes, in 2h 56min:— Thos. Rax treble, Wm. Pead 2, Wm. Field 3, Wm. Andrew 4, Wm. Shade 5, Henry Booth 6, John Rehs 7, Wm. Hill tenor. Conducted by Henry Booth. On Saturday se'nnight 10 members of the St James's Society achieved upon the fine bells of St Sepulchre, Snow- hill, an ex- cellent peal of 5,055 Stedman caters, in 3h 32min, being the first in that method that has been rung there. The performers were — Wm. Cooter treble, A. Jones 2, M. Wood 3, G. Stockham 4, W. Green 5, J. Nelms 6, G. E. Ferris 7, H. Booth 8, R. Hawortli 9, C. Medlow tenor. Conductedby Wm, Cooter. Weight of tenor, S2cwt, key D. On the 24th ult, the Society of Ringers of St George's Church, Hvde, paid a visit to the village of Whitefield and rang upon the new peal of bells of All Saints' Church Mr Reeves's 10- part peal of grandsire triples, consisting of 5,040 changes, in 3h 4min. The band were stationed as follows .— Robt. Brierley treble, Henry Rostron 2, Thos. Sale 3, Edmund Hoyle 4, Richard Ains- worth ( conductor) 5, Jas. Wilde 6, Reuben Crawshaw 7, John Potts tenor. Weight of tenor, 21cwt. y On Tuesday evening last was opened by the Ancient Societ of College Youths, London, a noble peal of 21 handbells, in the kev of C, which had been manufactured by Mr George Stockham, for the Ancient Society of Crypt Youths at Gloucester ( esta- blished 1710). After ringing various courses on them in different methods, they were pronounced to be of splendid tone, beauti- fully got up, and very nicely tuned. STONE THROWING.— Mr Ezra Dean of Burnley has a man he will back to throw a stone, for £ 10 a side, against White of Woodliouse, near Leeds, to throw 15 each; to come off 011 April 11. He can be heard of at the Dog and Rat, Burnley. F OM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY, JAN 2T. WAR OFFICE, JAN 27.— 1st Drags : Lieut W. E. Curtis has been per- mitted to ret from the service by the sale of his com; W. Balfe, gent, to be cor, in succession to Lieut Curtis, who ret.— 9th Foot: Ens J. H. Bol- ton to be lieut, v Sealy, who ret; J. L. Bradshaw, gent, to be ens, T Bolton.— 14th Ft: Brev- Col P. Farquharson, from h- p unat, to be lieut- col, v Brev- Col Barlow, who ex; MajR. Buddto be lieut- eol, vFarau- harson, who ret; Brev- Maj W. C. Trevor to be maj, v Budd; Lieut. H. H. A'C. Inglefield to be capt, v O'Toole, who ret; Capt M. Petrie, from h- p 14th Ft, to be capt, v Inglefield, placed upon h- p; Lieut It. H. Vivian to be capt, v Newman, who ret; Capt F. Smythe, from li. p 14th Ft, to be capt, v Vivian, placed > n h- p ; Lieut J. E. Matthews to be capt, Y Trevor.— 23d Ft: Lieut J. Williamson, to be instructor of musketry.— 28th Ft: Lieut W. F. Richards has been permitted to res his com.— 38th Ft: Lieut A. W. Barron, from the 1st West India Regt, to be lieut, y Fitzgerald, who ex.— 51st Ft: Ass- Surg P. Kilgour, from the staff, to be ass- surg, v Campbell, who ex.— 57tli Ft: The first Christian name of Brev- Maj Forsyth is Gerrard, and not George, as stated in the Gazette of the 26th ult.—& th Ft: Ens and Adj G. C. Kelly to have the rank of lieut; Ens C. Y. Jones to be lieut, without pur, v T. S. Richardson, dec; Ens F. A. Campbell, from the 54th Ft, to be ens, without pur, v Jones, prom.— 67th Ft: Maj J. W, Thomas, irom the 77th Ft, to be maj. V Brev- Lieut- Col Deverell, who ex.— 77th Ft: Brev- Lieut- Col T. J. Deve- rell, from the 67th Ft, to be maj, v Thomas, who ex; Ens E. S. Baker to be lieut, v Simpson, who ret.— 89th Ft: Acting- Ass- Surg J. Bonnyman, M. B., to be ass- surg, v Wiles, res,— Rifle Brigade: Ass- Surg C. Thomp- son, M. B., from the staff, to be ass- surg, v Lougheed, app to the Royal Artillery.— 1st West India Regt: Brev- Col P. Hill, from h- p unat, to be maj, v Robeson, prom, without pur, to an unat l> eut- col; Capt W. J. Chamberlayne to be raaj, v Hill, who ret; Lieut C. L. J. Fitzgerald, from the 38th Ft, to be lieut, v Barron, who ex. UNATTACHED.— Lieut J. R. Cuthbert, from the 10th Light Drags, to be capt. DEPOT BAT.— Lieut E. A. Hawker, from paymas 21st Ft, to bepaymas. HOSPITAL STAFF. — Ass- Surg J. Campbell, M. D., from the 51st Ft, to be ass- surg, v Kil- gour, who ex. BKEVET.— The undermentioned officer, having com- pleted three years' actual service on Dec 13, 1856, in the rank of lieut- col, to be prom to be colin the army, under the royal warrant ^ Lieut- Col B. Riky, 48th Foot. Quartermas J. Nowlan, ret on li- p of the 62d Ft, to have the hon rank of capt, under the royal warrant. To be Maj in. the Army : Capt E. Hinde, 65th Regt Bengal Native Infantry. MB- MOKANDUM.— Brev- Maj W. J. Clerke, upon h- p as a capt unat, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale ot his com, he being about to become a settler at the Cape of Good Hope. EKKATUM III THE GAZETTE OF JAN 16,1857.— For 2d West India Regt, Lieut C. H. T. B. de Ruvignes, trom the 21st Ft, to be lieut, v Hartford, who ex, read 3d West India Regt, Lieut C. H. T. B. de Ruvignes, from the 21st Ft, to be lieut, v Hartford, who ex. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. HENRY ERMANNI FELLINGEK, late of Regent- square, ilour merchant. BANKRUPTS. JOS. and MAXIMILIAN LOW. Broad- street- buildings, merchants. WILLIAM WHITE, New Crane Mill, Shad well, miUer. JOHN ATKINSON, Queen's- gaidens and WTestbourne- grove, Baya- water, builder. JAMES OCHSE, Basinghall- street, dealer in French china. JOHN BUNTON COOPER andHENRY BUNTON COOPER, late of Bentley- place, Kingsland- road, pawnbrokers. ANDREW PHILLIPS, Cambridge, licensed victualler. THOMAS COOK, Thorpe- le- Soken, Essex, bootmaker. JAMES MARTIN and EDWIN MARKVVICK, Brighton, surveyors. THOS. LANE, Wilton Lodge, New- road, Hammersmith, japanner. JAMES WOOTTON, Leicester, builder. RICHARD DAVIS, Cardiff, shipbroker. FREDERICK LAWSON BANKS and ROBERT DAWSON, Shef- field, common brewers, EDWARD VON DADELSZEN, Liverpool, metal broker. JOHN GLADSTONE, jun, Liverpool, ironfounder. WHITAKER RILEY, Manchester, calico printer. WILLIAM RIDLEY CARR and HENRY FREDERICK SCOTT, Wallsend, iron manufacturers. THOMAS LAIDLER, Jarrow, Durham, coke burner. x SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. J. CALDER, Brechin, draper. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY, JAN 30. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN 30— 2d Regt of Drag Gds: Assistant- surg J. H. Robotham, from the 7th Drag Gds, to be Assist- surg, v Smith, who ex.— 3d Drag Gds: Capt C. Tower, from the 6th Drag, to be Capt, v Hunt, who ex.- 5th Drag Gds: Capt E. 0. Pearse, late of the Durham Artillery Militia, to be a Paymaster, v Ricketts, app to the Ceylon Rifle Regt, as Lieut.— 7th Drag Gds : Assist- surg O. Smith, from the 2d Drag Gde, to be Ass- surg, v Robotham, who ex.— 6th Drag: Capt A. Hunt, from the 3d Drag Gds, to be Capt, v Tower, who ex.— 9th Lt Drag: Lieut F. R. C. Grant, to be adjt, v W. Hamilton, who resigns the adjutancy only.— Coldstream Regt Ft Gds: H. A. Herbert, gent, to be ens and lieut, v Sir W. Forbes, Bart, who ret.— 3d Ft: R. B. Morony, gent, to be ens, T Hotchkin, who ret.— 4th Ft: Capt C. Eccles, from h- p 4th Ft. to be capt, v Brev- Lieut- Col Thomson, promoted to the substantive rank of major, unafct, under the royal warrant of 6th October, 1854.— 21st Ft: J. Urqu- hart, Esq, late paymaster, British Swiss Legion, to be paymaster, v Hawker, app to a depot battalion. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. JOHN BAILEY, Oakenshaw Clayton- le- Moors, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer. BANKRUPTS. GEORGE GROOM, Norwich, boot and shoe factor. JAMES FELL, Liverpool, tea dealer, JOHN JONES, Preston, tailor. WILLIAM DOEG and JOHN SKELTON, Newcastle- upon- Tyne, timber mercliants. EDWARD CROWTHER, Manchester, merchant and commission agent. JAMES BUTCHER, Church- street, Hackney, licensed victualler. JOHN ADOS PERVANOG1N, Union- court, Old Broad- street, mer- chant. WM. WOODS, Union- street, Southwark, hook and eye manufacturer. WILLIAM WHITE, New Crane Mill. Shadwell, miller. ELEANOR PORTER, Newmarket, Suffolk, grocer. JOSEPH THOMAS LAWRENCE. Shoreditch, upholsterer. GEORGE BASKERVALLE, Talk- 011- the Hill, Staffordshire, Innkeeper. WILLIAM BURT, Saint Stevens- by- Launceston, Cornwall, builder. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. MARK- LANE.- FBIDAX. Very moderate supplies of English Wheat have come to hand this week, coastwise and by land- carriage. All kinds have moved off slowly at about Monday's decline in the quotations. The fresh receipts of Fo- reign Wheat have been only moderate, yet that grain is selling slowly, at barely previous rates. Floating cargoes are much neglected. We conti- nue to have a slow sale for Barley at the late decline. Malt may be pur- chased on easier terms. There is a moderate demand for Oats at the previous currency. Beans and Peas are held at full prices. Flour moves off slowly at Monday's decline. American qualities extremely heavy.— Cur rent prices, per quarter.— British:— Wheat, Essex, Kent, and Suftollr, white, 5€ s to 63s; ditto, tine selected runs, 643 to 68s; ditto red, 49s to 60s; ditto, Talavera, 68s to 76s; Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire 49s to 69s. Barley— Malting, 36s to 40s: grinding and distilling, 30s to 38s; Chevalier, 42s to 49s. Malt— Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk, 66s to 75s; Kingston, Ware, and town- made, 76s to 78s. Oats— Essex and Suffolk, 24sto25s; Scotch and Lincolnshire potato, 25s to 32s; feed, 26s to 30s; Irish potato, 2ls to 29s. Rye, 30s to 40s, Beans— Mazagan, 31s to S3s; tick and harrow, 32s to 38s; pigeon, 40s to 42s; long pod, — to —. Peas - Non boilers, 34s to 38s; white, Essexand Kent boilers, 39s to 42s; ditto fine Suffolk, 42s to 44s; maple, 39s to 40s; grey, 36s to 38s. Flour— Best marks, delivered, per sack, 58s to 60s: secondary and country ditto, 30a to 40s. FOBBION.— Wheat— Dantzic and Konigsberg, 71s to 75s; ditto, ditto, extra, 75s to 82s; Rostock and Wolgast, 69s to 79s; Belgian aa Pemeranian, 59s to 73s; Danish and Silesian, 58s to 75s; Italian and M » rianople.— sto— s; Odessa,— s to— s; American ana Canadian, 58 » t 68s. Barley— Malting,— sto — s; grindingand distilling, 26sto38s. Oats — Poland brew, 24s to 32s; feed, 20s to 2 » s. Beans— small, 37s to 40s, Egyptian, 35s to 36s. Peas— white boilers, 39s to 41s; yellow ditto, 35sto 37s; non boilers, 85s to 37s. Flour— Spanish, per saek, — s to — s ; Canadian and American sour, 25s to 26s; sweet, 30s to 83s, BREAD.— The price of Bread in the City and at the West End is still maintained at 9d to 9id the 41b loaf: but in other places the bakers are selling the best bread at Sidthe 41b loaf, while in the cheap neigbour- hoods they profess to sell at 7id. SEED.— From the limited imports " of Linseed, very high prices are paid for all good crushing qualities. Rapeseed was quite as dear, and in moderate request. The liberal imports of Cloverseecl from America, and fair quantities from France and Hamburgh, have net depressed prices of good qualities, and a fair amount of business was transacted in such. Trefoil met a steady demand, at quite as high rates. Sanfoin is now in good request, and tne imports from France sell well at very full rates,— Turnips, white, 20s to 21s per bushel; ditto, Swede,— s to — s; Mustard brown, 21s to 27s; while, 10s to 13s; Tares, winter, 5s Od to 6s Od, Canary, 70s to 76s per qr.; Rye Grass, 24s to 34s; Clover, red, English, 70s to 76s per cwt.; ditto, white, 68s to 70s; ditto, Foreign, red, 70s to 76s; ditto, white, 78s; Trefoil, new, 30s to 32s; Carraway, hew, 44s to 46s per cwt; Coriander, 22s to 24s: Hempseed, 48s to 46s per qr. English Linseed— Sowing, 68s to 70s per qr: crushing, 56a to 65s. Foreign Lin- seed— Baltic, 59s to 62s per qr; Odessa. — s to — s. Linseed Cakes- English, £ 10 10s to £ 11 5s per ton; Foreign, £ 10s te £ 12 0s; Rape Cakes, £ 6 0s to £ 610s : Rapeseed, new. £ 82 to £ 84 per last. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, FBIDAY.— At to- day's mar- ket there was a moderate supply of Beasts on sale. For most breeds we had a steady sale, at Monday's currency. The show of Sheep, Calves, and Pigs was fair, nevertheless, the trade ruled about Monday's rates. Beef— Inferior coarse Beasts, 3s 4d to Ss 6d; second quality, 3s 8d to 4s 0d; prime large Oxen, 4s 4d te 4s 8d; prime Scots, 4s lOd to 5s 0d, Sheep— Infer coarse Sheep, 4s Od to 4s 4d; second quality, 4s 6d to 4s lOd, prime coarse woolled, 5s Od to 5s 2d; prime South Down 5s 4d to 5e 6e, Calves— Large coarse Calves, 4s 4 » ! to 5s 6d; prime small 5s 8d to6s 0d, Pork— Large Hogs, 3s 8d to 4s 4d, neat small porkers 4s 6d to 5s 26, Suckling Calves 23s to 30s each; quarter- old store Pigs 21 s to 28s Od ditto. Lambs 0s Od to 0s 0d.— Head of Cattle on sale— Beasts 1,060, Cows 120, Sheep and Lambs 3,100, Calves 220, Pigs 350. Foreign— Beasts. were 120, Sheep 250, Calves 140. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKET6, FKIDAY.— The trade generally ruled inactive, at the following prices;— Inter Beef 3s Od to 3s 4d, middling 3s 6d to 3s lod, prime large ditto 4s Od to 4s 4d, prime small ditto 4s 4d to 4s 6d. Interior Mutton Ss 6d to 3s lOd, middling ditto 4s Od to 4s 6d, prime ditto 4s 8d to 4s lSd. Veal 4s tld to 5s 4d. Large Pork 3s 8d to 4s 4d. small ditto 4s Sd to 5s 4d. PROVISION MARKET.— A great inclination was shown on the part of holders of secondary descriptions of Irish Butter to rid themselves as much as possible of the present stock on hand, and in consequence of their over exertions in this instance, purchasers have the prices at their own disposal. The finest Carlows remain as previously reported, 116s to 118s per cwt. Limerick ottering at 108s, Tralee Cork i02s lo 105s, Ennis and Kilrush 102s to 104s, third Corks 106s. 2,244 firkins delivered in the first half of the week. There was no material variation in the price of Foreign Butter; supply is of a limited character, but the demand brisk. The supply of English Butter at market is very moderate, with a slow demand, and the trade without any interesting feature of importance. No fine Dorset appears, and middling qualities command 104s to 108s per cwt. An improved demand for fresh Butter ; 16s realised for firsts, se- conds 15s, west country 14s 6d, thirds lis, and Ostend lls9d to 14s per dozen. The supply as usual. Waterford bladdered Lard we quote 58s to 84s, kegs 7Qs to 74s. and fine barrelled Amei ican 68s te 70s per cwt, with the exceptifa of the best quality Lard ( wSich is taken to a fairexient), other sorte ar$ inanimate. 780 bales were delivered in the first half of the week, and passing transactions limited.— Waterford € 6s to 67s, Lim- erick 64s, Hamburgh 61s, new American long middles 54s to 55s, short middles scarce, and would fetch 5os, Irish middles 6' Js to 64s. tierce ditto 64s to 65s, roll Bacon 72s per cwt. Beef and Pork— According to accounts lately issued there will transpire a sale at Gosport, on the 28th, of 1,000 casks Beef and 1,000 of Pork ; another at Deptfoid on the 5th ot Pebru - ary, the estimated number of casks being 2,000 Beef and 3,000 of Pork, and exclusive of these, instructions have been given to the effect of simi- lar sales being held at Deptford corresponding with the above held- in February, one in March, and two in April. The stocks of last year's shipping provisions have become somewhat exhausted, and this year the quantity possessed by the trade is very inadequate to the demand, which is trifling; this tends greatly in influeneing the minds of holders, and to this circumstance must be attributed the present high rates. POTATO MARKETS, BOKOUGH AND SPITALFIELDS, FRIDAY.— 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 a. s follow:— York Regents 90s Od to 125s, Kent and Essex ditto 100s Od tp 130s, Scotch do — s to — s, middlings — s to — s, Lincolns 80s to 105s, and Blues— sto- s per ton. „ , HOP MARKET, FBIDAY.— We have no new feature to report this week. Fine and coloury Hops— ot which but few are now in first hands — still attract attention, and prices are steadily going up. Prices:— Mid and East Kent pockets £ 3 5s to £ 5 12s, Weald of Kent £ 3 2s to £ 4 10s, Sussex £ 2 10s £ 3 5s per cwt. WOOL MARKET, FBIDAY.— The supply of Wool in the market is limited, and all kinds are in good request, at very full prices. Prices of English Wool:— Down Tegs Wool Is 54d to Is 64d, ewes Is Sid to Is 5d, Half- bred Hoggets Is 44d to 1 s 5d, Kent wethers Is 4d to Is. 5d, Leicester Fleeces Is 4d to Is 5d, Combing Skins Is Od te Is 4d, Flanetl Wool 0s lid to Is 3d, Blanket ditto lOd to Is 2d. HAY MARKETS, THURSDAY.— The markets have been very scantily suppli& d, for which there was a good demand:— Sinithfield— Meadow- Hay 50s to 80s, new — s to — s, Clover Hay 70s to 100s, new — s to — s— Straw 24B to 28s. Cumberland— Meadow Hay 55s to 8£ s, new — S to — s, Clover Hay 70s to 100s, new — s to — s— Straw 24s to 29s. White chapel— Meadow Hay 50sto80s. new— sto— s, Clover Hay70s to 105s, new — s to — s— Straw 24s to 28s. LEATHER MARKET, FRIDAY.— The Leather Market has been but moderately supplied this week. The demand has been moderate for all descriptions, but we have no alteration to report in the value. Quotations :— Crop Hides, 281b to 401b each, 16d to 194dper lb; 401b to 54lb, 194d to 21id; 541b to 601b. llid to 22d; Bull Hides 13d to 15d; Vitro! Butts, 0d to Od; English Butts, J21d to31d; Foreign Butts 19d to2Sd; Foreign Hides, 164d to 19d; Dressing Hides 15d to 18id; ditto Shaved, 18d to 19id; best Saddlers' Hides, 17d to 21d; English Horse Hides, 12d to 17d; German Hides, 12d to 17d; Spanish Horse Hides 13d to J8dj Calf Skins ( if rounded, 2d to 4d per lb more), 801b to 401b per dozen, ISd to22d; 401bto 501b, 18d to 23d; 501b to 601b, 18d to 22d; 701b to 1001b, i8d to 21d; Seel Skins large, — d to — d; small, -- d to — d; Kips, 16d to 24d; Basils. 9d to 14d; Bellies, lid to 14d; Shoulders, 17d te 20d. TALLOW MARKET, FRIDAY.— There has been a firm market since Monday, without any particular activity, yet prices are Sdto6d higher than on that day. Town Tallow 60s 6d net cash. Rough fat makes 3s4d PeoiLOIMARKET, FRIDAY.— The demand for Linseed Oil is active, and has advanced lb £ 40 to £ 4010s on the spot, per ton. Rape quiet. Foreign refined £ 59, brown £ 31. Other oils firm.— Florence ( ht- eh) 25?; Lucca, half- chests, £ S0s to £ 8 10s; Gallipoli, 252 gallons, £ 61 0B to £ 62 0s; Spanish, 252 gallons, £ 58 0s to £ 60-; Linseed, £ 2 0s Od to £ 2 0a 6d ; Rape, pale, £ 214s0dto £ 0 — s Od; brown, £ 2 Us Od fo £— Od per cwt; Cod, £ 48 0s to £ 49 pei tun; Seal, pale, £ 44 0s to I £ 47 0s per tun; Seal, yellow, brown, tee, £ 44 0s to £ 47 ; Sperm, £ 86 to i £ 88 per tun; Headmatter, £— to £ 94 per tun; Southern, £ 45 to I £ 48 per tun; Cocoa nut, £ 2 9s Od to £ 2 lis; Palm, 43s Od to 47s Od per I cwt; Greenland, full size, £ 380 to £ 340 per tun; South Sea, £ 805 to 1 £ 810 per tun; Whale, Greenland, £— to — s. Pitch- British 7s per cwt, ! Archangel 10s Gd per cwt, Stockholm, 12s per cwt. Tar— American 23s to ' - s per barrel, Archangel 28s 6d per barrel, Stockholm 18s 0 « to — e Od. Turpentine.— Spirits £ 2 5s Od to £ 2 5s 6d, in puncheons £ 2 4s Od. Rough 12s Odto — s Odper cwt. Resin— Yellow 15s 3d per cwt, transpa- rent 10s Od per cwt. COAL MARKET, WEDNISDAY.-( Pnces of Coals per ton at the close of the market.)— Byass's Bebside Hartley 15s Sd, Davison's West Hart- ley 15s 6d, Howard's West Hartley Netherton- 15s 6d, Longridge's 1 West Hartley 15s Sd, Tanfield Moor 14sSd, Tanfield Moor Butes 14s 8d, Walker's Penrose 13s 9d, West Hartley Greys 14s 6d, Wylam 16s Od. 1 Wall'sEnd— Harton 19s, Lawson 15s 6d, Riddeli 16s 9d, Bell's Primrose I 14s Od, Eden Main 17s 9d, Belmont 18s. Brad dyUs 18s, Hetton 19s, Hel- ton Lyons 17s, Kepkr Grange 18s Sd, Lambton18s 6d, Lumley lBs 9< , 1 Montague 17s 6d, fcensher 17s 6d, Russell s Hetton 18s Od, South Het- i ton 18s 9d, Stewart's 19s Od, Tees 19s 6d, Wayne's M. erthyr 21s,- Slups at market 79- sold 60- untold 59. 8 BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, FEBRUARY 1, 1857. RACING? FIXTURES FOR 1857. Everpool Spring.... R Boncaster Spring ,. 10 FEBRUARY. Nottingham Spring MARCH. Salisbury ....—.. Bpsom Spring.. Newmarket Crai Durham APRIL. 2 ICoventry.. Chester SpriKg 5 1 Shrewsbury ........ 12 | MAY. Newton JUNE. Manchester 8 Beverley," Hull,' to!! 10 - Hampton 17 JULY. Worcester 2 | Liverpool Newmarket .. Jtipon 3 .' North Staffordshire, 4 Brighton 5 ' Brighton Club 7 -. Warwick .......... 2 Cardiff. 3 ilhirsk S ^ Lichfield 7 Northallerton 1 tLester Autumn.... 6 rexharn S 7 I Nottingham AUGUST. Reading York Radcliffe SEPTEMBER. Derby Doncaster Leicester .;.... .24 Dsfcby Spring .... .. 26 12 Northampton .... .. 25 17 Croxton Park .. 81 13 York Spring .. 21 15 Malton .. 23 16 Newmarket F S . .. 27 14 Harpendeu .. 22 19 Epsom .. 26 17 Winchester .. 26 .23 Carlisle .. 80 2- 1 Chelmsford ,80 25 15 Stamford .. 28 21 Goodwood .. 28 10 Egham .. 25 12 Stockton .. 27 19 Hereford .. 27 24 9 Manchester Autumn. 25 15 Monmouth . .24 23 Newmarket F O . .. 29 OCTOBER. Richmond Newmarket S 0 , ... 8 1 Warwick Autumn .. 20 ... 12 Newmarket H 26 NOVEMBER. Worcester Autumn .. SI Shrewsbury A ...... 17 | Ludlow Autumn.... 20 Weulock 6 I Liverpool Autumn,. 10 1 Warwick Spring. Feb 3 York Spring 3 Derby Spring. 10 Salisbury .10 .. 25 INDEX TO THE CLOSING OF STAKES. Chester Spring.. Feb 2 j Malton. Feb 3 Catterick Bridge.... 3 Newmarket 3 Croxton Park 3 | Newton Summer.... 3 Doncaster Spring .. 3 I Northampton 3 Epsom Spring 31 I IRELAND. MARCH. 11 - Howth and Baldoyle Spring . 17 I CurragliCamp Meeting. APRIL. Curragh 21 m- MAY. Howth and Baldoyle Summer 19 JUNE. ' Wicklow.... 11 Monkstown( Co. Cork) 9 1 Curragh 28 JULY. Bellewstown 8 1 DownR. Corporation. 211 Heath of Maryboro', 28 AUGUST.- ,,.. i ! Killarney 18 I Tuam. not fixed .... 111 Ballyeigh 251 SEPTEMBER. .... 21 Jenkinstown Park.. 22 j Johnstown 29 "" OCTOBER. .... 6 1 Curragh 13 I DownR. Corporation. 21 .... 71 Limerick 19 I Cork 27 Galway Tramore Gurragh .... Caherciveen Kilkee . Armagh place, and betting; books discovered, it was impossible to find a stronger evidence of the place being used as a betting house. Mr Lewis hoped the magistrate would he satisfied with in- flicting the same amount of fine as in the previous case. The act of Parliament was not intended to ruin a man, but to put down the betting houses. • Mr Beadou must make a distinction in this case. The de fendant not only kept a betting house, but carried on two otker businesses. Such cases must be marked, and be should ill discharge his duty if he did not put o: i such a penalty as would carry out the purpose of the law. He should fine the defendant £ 50, or four months' imprisonment. There was another case against Thorpe, the alleged keeper of the betting house in Jerinyn- street, but, owing to the lateness of the hour, it was postponed for a week. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SUPPRESSION OF BETTING HOUSES. At Marlborough- street, on Wednesday, Henry Reeve and Ed- ward Bass, the two persons alleged to be concerned in a betting bouse, No. 124, Jermyn- street, better known as " Thorpe's," appeared to answer the complaint laid by the police. There was a large muster of the betting fraternity, who were personally interested in the issue of the proceedings, and many others were present who were anxious to know, in case of conviction, what would be the fate of the money they had already staked on races to come off. Mr Lewis, of Ely- place, who appeared for the defendants, asked lender what act the court intended to take the case ? Mr Beadon said under the 3d sec of the 4th clause, 16th and 17 th Victoria. The witness Ernsting, who was examined on the first occa- sion, and who was the chief witness in support of the informa- tion, was put into the witness- box to be cross- examined : Would swear that he lived at 23, Maiden- lane, when he gave evidence tin the first examination. Had been at a police court, charged as a thief. Was charged with robbery by Mr Nathan, his em- ployer. The charge was unfounded, aud he was discharged after being in custody for a couple of days in consequence of no prosecutor appearing. Had been obliged to pledge small articles frequently of late, as he had been placed in difficulties by going to betting houses. Was a voluntary witwess against the de- fendants, and did not expect any remuneration. Had never offered to compound the case for money. Two persons had come to him that day, and recommended him to take a £ 5 note in Thorpe's case, but he refused to have anything to do with a compromise. Had not received money from any person to make bets at betting houses for the purpose of laying informations. Had betted with his own money. Had never received hush money from any betting office. Had received money for bets won from betting houses. Did not know what hush money was. Would swear he did not. Had never heard that half the penalty went to the informer in eases like the present. Would possibly not refuse half the penalty if offered to him after conviction, Paid his money to Mr Thorpe, not to either of the two defend ants, who were not aiding or assisting iu any way at the time witness made his bet. Mr Lewis did not think he need go any further. The admis- sion of the witness, he apprehended, put the case out of court. Mr Beadon said the defendants were in the house on the fol- lowing Monday. Mr Lewis said that might be, but certainly one part of the charge against the defendants was at an end. Cross- examination of Ernsting resumed: Had not arranged the matter with the police to meet them at the house on Monday when the defendants were taken into custody. Saw both de- fendants on the Monday in question, acting as if they belonged to the betting- office, but did not see any money pass. Only saw tickets made out by Bass and given to parties who came in appa- rently to make bets. Would swear to the ticket he produced as representing the ten shillings bet he made in January. Had gone on Monday to the house in Jermyn- street, and was much surprised to find the police there. Mr Lewis contended, as far as Reeve was concerned, the case had failed for want of evidence. The mere fact of his having been present with a pen iu his ear, in the house, could have no real legal weight. With respect to Bass, nothing had been proved to bring him within the meaning of the 3d section of the act in question. The " aiding and abetting" was not completed according to the meaning of the act unless money passed. Now, lie was sure, whatever might be the clamour attempted to be raised against these houses, that the court would not strain the meaning for the purpose of procuring a conviction against parties who might be accused. It had not been shown that the two defendants had used the house in Jermyn- street for the purpose of taking money as required by the act j nor had it been shown that they were the owners or occupiers of the house in question, or had care of the house. It was true that tickets had been given, but they might have been given away the same as lottery tickets were formerly given away for purposes of dis- cretion. There was, therefore, nothing in that part of the evi- dence. Then, with reference to the betting- board exposed in the office, that could only apply to the occupier of the house. It had not been pretended that the two defendants had been seen more than once or twice in the house. Now the shop was a cigar shop, and what was more natural than that parties should be found in the place. The finding of betting- boards did not in the least prove that the place was a betting house. After com- menting on the evidence of Ernsting as being totally unreliable and unconfirmed, Mr Lewis concluded by saying that the act of Parliament was a most stringent one, giving the magistrate power to inflict a penalty as high as £ 100, or imprisonment for six months, and he trusted it would, therefore, not be strained or harshly construed against the defendants, so as to make out that they were concerned in keeping a betting house, aud that the charge had been sustained by proper legal proof. If it was desired to put down betting on horse races, why was Tattersall's — where thousands were daily batted— allowed to escape, and houses so comparatively insignificant as the defendants' selected by the witness ? Mr Beadou: I have given every attention to this case and have attentively read the act of Parliament, as it is my duty to do, and I have heard all that Mr Lewis has been able to urge on the subject. I quite agree with Mr Lewis that the two cases of Reeve and Bass differ. Reeve has committed no act to show that he participated in the business of the place. He has been seen there on two occasions, and though I may have a moral opinion about the matter, I am bouud to say there is nothing to show that he was conducting the business of the house. With regard to Bass, if the witne^ s Ernsting is to be believed at all, it was distinctly stated by the witness that he had seen Bass on three occasions in the house, and on one occasion deliver a ticket to a party of the same description as the ticket which the witness received from the manager when he made a bet. It has, therefore, been shown satisfactorily that when parties have come to the house, the defendant has been seen to write tickets, and to deliver those tickets to the parties. Now the law, I ap- prehend, is this, that the judge, or the magistrate, who may hear the case, must be satisfied that the house iu question is tisied for purposes of betting and for money bets, aud that such house was used for such purpose at the time referred to in the evidence, whatever may be going on at another time. Mr Lewis : It must be shown that the house was used on the particular day in question as a betting house. Mr Beadon: No doubt there must be sufficient usage shown; but then a house may be used as a betting house one day, and a cigar or coal dealer's another, but still the house, for the pur- poses of the act, would be what is called a betting house. It does not follow that in this house it should be necessary to show that betting took place on a particular day; it does not matter whether the party transacts business on that day, provided it can be shown from other circumstances that it is right to infer the house is a betting house. I differ with Mr Lewis with re- spect to what he said about persons going into the house and looking at the betting- boards. Mr Lewis did not think that afforded any proof of the house being a betting house. But when persons go into a shop, whether it is a tailor's, haberdasher's, or shoemaker's, they do so because they see the special articles displayed; this distinguishes the business of the shop. And what is it that the police see when they enter the house in Jermyn- street ? They see boards displayed, on which are written, " Odds laid on the double and treble events"— odds for first, second, and third horses in handicap races. Chester Cup race, hurdle race, and other races, with the dates when the race is to be run. All these particulars are written on a board; and being in a conspicuous place in the shop. But that is not all. Books are found within the house carefully kept, on which the names of parties who laid wagers, and betted the different odds, are entered. In one of the books was an entry respecting the Gipsy Queen to run for the Oundle Stakes, which corresponds with the ticket produced by the witness Ernsting. There were several other circumstances detailed, all of which go to show that this place is used as a betting house. Can I, for a moment, say that this place was not kept for betting for money on horse- races ? And whatever may be said about the evidence of the witness Ern- sting not being corroborated, the fact of his having laid a bet with some party in the house on the Oundle Stakes stands un- contradicted, and confirmed by circumstances. Everything confirms the belief that this place is used as a betting house, and. I can come to no other conclusion than that the place is kept open as a temptation to the public to come and bet upon races. This part of the case does not touch Reeve, but it affects Bass, who was seen in the place several times, ostensibly conducting the business. He was seen writing and delivering tickets, and though he ( witness) did not see what the writing was on the face of the documents, he states they resembled the betting- ticket that he received when he made a bet. After this evidence can I say that Bass was not there for the purpose of conducting the business of the place ? Common sense is in favour of this view, and the act of Parliament is not strained in taking that view. I think the defendaut Bass was in the place conducting the business of the betting house, and that he is liable to the penalty set forth in the act. With regard to the conviction, it would be different where the party was proved to participate in the profits, or where he was only a servant. In the first case I should put on the full penalty of £ 100. Mr Lewis would beg to say a few words in mitigation of the penalty. It was the custom in such cases in the City for the magistrates to put on a nominal penalty, and this was found to have the desired effect by the closing of such houses. The pre- sent house had been closed, and as all that the police intended had occurred, he hoped the court would consider that a light penalty would meet the justice of the case. Mr Beadon: With regard to the penalty, I draw a distinc- tion between the actual owner or manager of a betting house and a party who may be under his control as a servant. I had a case before me some time back, and I propose to deal with the one before fhe in a similar way. I shall inflict a penalty of £ 25, or two months' imprisonment, on Bass. Mr Lewis : We snail appeal. Mr Beadon.: You will have every facility afforded for doing so. The other defendant will be discharged. The next case was against William Ray, of No. 12, Little New- port- street. In this case the defendant was found on the premises, and ad- mitted living there. Mr Beadon went over the evidence riven on the previous exa- mination! and said when betting cards were found about the AJRCHDEACON DENISON'S CASE.— In this interesting case- interesting and exciting as involving points of alleged difference of opiuion on questions of Church of England doctrine, on which the Archbishop of Canterbury, representing the Bishop of Bath aud Wells, delivered judgment, now known as " The Bath Judg- ment," subjecting Archdeacon Deuison to deprivation of the Archdeaconry of Taunton, aud other emolumentary preferments in the Church— Mr Hugh Hill, Q. C., obtained a rule nisi, call- ing upon Sir John Dodson, Dean of the Arches Court, to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue, commanding him to hear and determine an appeal of the archdeacon against the decision pronounced by his grace and his assessors in the case.— On Wednesday Dr Bay ford showed cause against the rule, and Lord Campbell delivered judgment. He said if this were a doubtful case, it would be the duty of the court to grant a man- damus, iu order that the opinion of a superior court might be taken upon the point of law, as to whether there was ail appeal against the decision of the court that had given judgment in the matter to the Court of Arches ; but he Was of opinion, and he believed all his brother judges agreed with him, that it was really not at all a doubtful case. Looking at the act of Parliament, it seemed to him quite clear that there was an appeal to Sir John Dodson, as Judge of the Court of Arches; and, with profound respect for the decision of that learned judge, he thought that it was wrong in him to say that he had no jurisdiction in the matter. That conclusion appeared to him ( Lord Campbell) to follow as a necessary con- sequence of a prior decision of this court, when it said that the trial must take place within the diocese of Bath aud Wells. He was not a party to that decision, having at the time been en- gaged elsewhere ( on the trial of Palmer, at the Old Bailey), but on consideration, he entirely concurred in the soundness of the decision then pronounced. The principle upon which that de- cision was founded was that, on a fair consideration of the Church Discipline Act, the individual who was Archbishop of Canter- bury, when lie sat ou a trial of this kind, was not exercising his proper jurisdiction, but was acting as locum tenens of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and the court over which he presided was not a provincial but a diocesan court. He would explain the reasons which, upon consideration, induced him to come to that conclusion. The appeal was under the 15th section of the act, which provided that when a trial took place before a bishop in his diocesan court the appeal was not to the Archbishop of Can- terbury personally, but to the Dean of the Court of Arches. The words were " shall be heard before the court of appeal of the province." The judge of the court of appeal of the province was the Dean of Arches, aud not the Archbishop of Canterbury. Where the party accused held preferment in the gift of the bishop, the archbishop was to do the act the bishop ought to have done. Was not that plainly to say that he was to act as the diocesau would act ? He was to proceed by exactly the same ma- chinery, aud to have assessors, A special tribunal was pointed out. and that was to be presided o\ er, prohacvice, by the person who happened to be the Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being, as substitute for the bishop of the diocese. By way of illustration, he might mention, that if it so happened that he ( Lord Campbell) was interested in a case, and he were to ask the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer to officiate for him, aud that learned judge tried the case and gave judgment, it would be the judgment of the Queen's Bench, and not of the Court of Exchequer. The learned Dean of the Arches Court seemed to be very much shocked at the idea that he should be called upon to review a decision of the Archbishop of Canter- bury, but it was au appeal from the Diocesan Court of Bath and Wells to the Court of Arches, and the learned judge need not be under any such apprehension as he had evinced. If the case went direct to the Judical Committee of Privy Council, Arch- deacon Denison would be deprived of an intermediate judgment, which the Legislature clearly intended to provide. Under those circumstances he saw no reason why the mandamus ought not to go. Mr Justice Coleridge, Mr Justice Wightman, and Mr Justice Crompton concurred. The rule commanding Sir John Dodson, as Dean of the Court of Arches, to hear the appeal of Archdeacon Denison against the decision of his Grace the Arch- bishop of Canterbury, was accordingly made absolute; and the long- pending and much- discussed case will thus again come under judicial consideration and public opinion. CITY INTELLIGENCE. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. The attention of bankers, capitalists, and the commercial public generally, during the past week, has been chiefly directed to the unfavourable appearance of monetary affairs. Notwith- standing the efflux of gold from the Bank, which took place last week, it has since proceeded with even greater rapidity, and if the Bank had not derived support from gold arrivals from Ire- land, it is presumed that an advance in the minimum, rate of discount would have been effected on Thursday. As much as £ 280,000, in parcels of £ 50,000 to £ 100,000 has left the Bank vaults for the Continent since Monday. The advices received from India perOverlandmail, having greatly stimulated thedemandforsilver, this metal has consequently become rather dearer, and it is esti- mated that the next steamer, which leaves Southampton on the 4th proximo, will take out upwards of £ 700,000. Of course these withdrawals must be telling very seriously on the stoek of bullion in Threadneedle- street, but the Heather Bell, the Morning Light, and other vessels are soon expected from Aus- tralia with extensive supplies. In addition to these a large amount of silver is due from Mexico, as order has been restored in Puebla; so that, after all, there may not be so much cause for uneasiness as is at present evinced. At the same time, how- ever, the financial horizon is by no means clear, and while so much uncertainty exists, a continuance of apprehension cannot be prevented. The pressure in the general Money Market is very severe, and during the last few days the demand for dis- counts has sensibly increased. This revived stringency is attri- butable to the preparations in progress for the settlements at the Stock Exchange, and the large mass of commercial bills arriving at maturity on the 4th proximo. Until these engagements are completed, no relief can be expected, and eveu then it will be useless to calculate upon anything like a return of ease or abundance. The liabilities hanging over the Money Market are exceedingly numerous, and must prevent a reduction in the value of money for some time to come. With regard to the condition of the foreign market, there seems a tendency towards improvement, some of the National Banks having been enabled to reduce their discount quotations, but up to the present time no amelioration has occurred in Paris. There— just the same as iu this country— the restolation of ease must be very gradual. Trade continues quiet but sound, although in tne manufacturing districts business is checked by the advancing prices of the raw mate- rials, cotton and wool. The Mincing- lane markets have been animated, a considerable business having been done at full rates. There is evidently a disposition to enter into speculation but the high rates of money act as a check. Sugar and coffee have commanded higher prices, and tea has also been at ad- vanced quotations. A gradual decline has taken place in the English Stock Market, sales haviug been induced by the augmented pressure iu the Money Market, and the drain of gold. At the commencement of the present accouut, which terminates on the 6th proximo, there was a general disposition to speculate for a rise, and many par- ties have since closed their engagements, which has likewise tended to depress the market. Besides this, the Bank broker has sold a large quantity of money stock. These adverse influ- ences have caused a decline of | per cent, yesterday afternoon. Consols ciosedat 93 to 93* for money and the 5th proximo, aud 93* £ for March. Exchequer Bills have sutik to a discount, owing to the dearness of money. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are lower. Bank Stock is steady. The latest prices on Friday afternoon of the English Funds were Exchequer Bills, 7s to is dis India Bonds, par to 3s Ditto Stock, 219 Consols for Account, 93 J THE MURDERER THOMAS MANSELL.— The prisoner, who was a private in the 44th regiment, and who, it will be remembered, was convicted before Mr Baron Bramwell, at the late winter assizes for the county of Kent, of the murder of Alexander M'Burnie, a corporal iu the same regiment, by deliberately shooting him through the body with a rifle, still remains in Maidstone gaol under sentence of death. The prisoner was originally ordered for execution on the lst of January, the same day on which the unfortunate prisoner, Dedea Redanies, suffered for the murder of his sweetheart at Dover, but the execution was respited on account of the Attorney- General having granted a writ of error upon an objection taken by Mr Russell, the coun- sel assigned to the prisoner, that the jury who tried the case were improperly, empanelled, aud that the trial, therefore, was not a legal one. The circumstances under which the writ of error has been granted are of a rather peculiar character. There was not the slightest doubt of the prisoner having committed the offence with which he was charged. It was proved that he had repoatedly quarrelled with the unhappy deceased, aud that he bore strong animosity against him on account of a supposi- tion he entertained that when the regiment left the Crimea the deceased had dealt improperly with some article of clothing that belonged to him, and he was seen by two or three of his comrades to go close to the deceased, who had his back towards him, and level his rifle at him and discharge it afmost point blank at the unfortunate man, who instantly dropped down dead. Under these circumstances, the counsel for the prisoner, who by the way, was merely assigned by the court for the defence, felt that the only chance that remained for the prisower was to exercise his power of challenging the jury, so that it should be comprised entirely of inhabitants of Maidstone, who, it appears, entertain strong objections to the infliction of capital punishment, and who a short time back were supposed to have acquitted a girl who was charged with murder, and against whom the evidence was of the most conclusive character, solely upon that ground. He, therefore, challenged to the full extent permitted by the law, and objected to twenty- four jurymen, who were summoned from other parts of the county, and it was on account of the counsel for the prosecution, Mr Ribton, exercising a right that has always been carried out by the counsel for the Crown in such cases, requiring the Maidstone jurors to " stand by," as it is termed, and going through the whole panel, for the purpose of endeavouring to obtain an indifferent jury, that an application was made to the Attorney- General for a writ of error. Mr Baron Bramwell, at the time of the trial, ex- pressed a strong opinion that there was nothing in the ob- jection, and he refused to reserve the point for further consideration, at the same time telling Mr Russell that he must take his own course to obtain a writ of error, and he should not interfere; and the law officers of the circuit, who have had very great experience in criminal matters, are also of opinion that the proceedings under which the trial took place were per- fectly legal, and in accordance with the practice of conducting criminal trials. The writ has just been received by Mr Straight, the deputy elerk of assize on the Home Circuit, and he there- upon proceeded to make out a written statement of the facts, which he transmitted to the Court of Queen's Bench; and the next step that will be taken will be to have the matter argued before the judges of that court, and this will probably be done at the close of the present term, but no day has yet been fixed for the purpose. The law, it appears, makes no provision ip such a case for the attendance of counsel to argue the matter on behalf of the Crown, aud unless counsel are retained, though it does not appear upon whom the duty of taking that step would devolve, the judges will have to come to the best conclu- sion they can upon the facts laid before them. The execution of the prisoner, as above stated, was originally ordered to take place on the lst of January, but he was respited to the 5th of February. It is now, however, pretty clear that the writ of error cannot be disposed of by that day, and it will, therefore, be necessary to send down another respite; and when the mat- ter comes before the court, it will also be necessary to obtain a writ of habeas corpus, in order that the prisoner may be present during the proceedings. It seems a rather extraordinary pro- ceeding that the law should permit such a course as tkis, upon a technical objection of such a character, and it would appear that in the event— which is not considered at all probable— of the judges deciding that the jury was not empannelled according to law, the trial would be merely declared not to have been a legal trial, and the prisoner will be remanded to the next assizes, when be will be tried again. THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL.— OnThursdayevening the usual annual ball in aid of the funds of the excellent school of the Licensed Vicuallers' Association, took place at the London Tavern with the usual eclat. The rooms of the spacious esta- blishment at which the ball was given were crowded by up- wards of 700 persons. Mr F. Frampton, with his usual benevo- lence, where charitable institution balls are concerned, kindly volunteered his services on this occasion as master of the cere- monies, and by his admirable arrangement the large number of visitors were enabled to continue the dancing throughout the evening without more than a very moderate degree of personal inconvenience to themselves and others. The refreshment arrangements were all that could be desired. The performances of Mr Adams's admirable quadrille band gave every possible satisfaction, the dances and the music being of the newest and most fashionable description. The rooms were not deserted until an advanced hour on Friday morning, and altogether the fete was pronounced to have been not the least successful of the many that have been given for the benefit of this school. FIRE AT GRAVESEND.— Early on Saturday morning week, a fire broke out on the premises formerly occupied by the Star Steam Packet Company, near the Town Pier, Gravesend, aud, in spite of the exertions of the firemen, the flames rapidly reached the adjoining houses. Three houses in High- street ana four in East- street, with their contents, were consumed. On the lower side of East- street the Old Amsterdam Tavern, the King of Prussia public- house, two shops, the Old Falcon Hotel, and the Three Daws Tavern, were greatly damaged. The last- mentioned was ou fire, and the front in East- street was burnt down, and the house itself gutted. The fire is said by some to have originated in the old Star Packet Office, which was unin- habited, and by others in the adjoining house, a toy- shop, for merly the Diamond Packet Office, in the occupation of Mr William Rowe. LONDONJAND SOUTH WESTERN.— The directors of this com- pany have resolved to recommend to the proprietors, at the general meeting ou the 12th of February next, that the dividend for the half- year ending the 31st December, 1856, tee at the rate of £ 610s per cent per annum on the capital of the company, making, with the previous dividend, 6 per cent for the year. Bank Stock, 217* Reduced Annuities, 93f 1 Consols, 93 * New Three per Cents, 93£ $ Loug Annuities, 2 15- 16 Foreign Securities have generally tended, downwards. Vene- zuela Bonds, however, are an exception, their value having been enhanced by the agreement concluded between the committee and the agents of the Republic for the arrangement of the debt, which is on the following basis :— On the Active Debt, 3 per cent for 10 years, and 4 per cent afterwards, the arrears to be con- verted into stock bearing 3 per cent interest for three years aud 5 per cent afterwards. On the Deferred Debt, 1 per cent for fire yeaes, 1* per cent for five years, and 2 per cent thereafter. These payments are to commence iu April next, for which pur- pose 25 per cent of the customs duties of Venezuela are to be appropriated. Turkish Bonds have declined, the Six per Cents as much as 1, and the Four per Cents f per cent. Spanish, Dutch, aud Por- tuguese securities have ruled flat, and in South American Secu- rities the transactions have been limited. The adjustment of the account has occupied the chief attention of the dealers. The latest prices oi the Foreign Funds on Friday afternoon were THE DRAMA. Sardinian, 89* Spanish Three per Cents, 39} Ditto, New Deferred, 23* Ditto, Passive, 5f 6 Turkish Six per Cents, 941 Ditto Four per Cents, 102, | Venezuela, 374 DutchTwo- ana- a- HalfperCents 64* 5 Ditto Four per Cents, 9S* Ds. Finch, Queen's 2 Savage, Pembroke 3 Gorst, John's Parez, Pembroke 5 Walton, John's ( Skelton, Queen's (. Venn, Caius Ludlow, John's Smith, L., Trinity H. Shackell, Pembroke Brandreth, Trinity Gilbert, Trinity (" Ewbank, L., Clare C Hensley, Trinity (" Jones, C. A., John's (. Puller, Trinity Harvey, B. W., John's Jones, D., Trinity Hurst, Catherine Davies, John's Ds. Seeker, Christ's 42 Bishop, H , Christ's (" Fairbrass, E., Corpus t Piatt, F. T„ Trinity rDixon, John's • J Parkyn, John's (. Shaw, John's 48 Mellor, Trinity, H. Wilkinson, Queen's 50 Durell, John's / Johnson, Clare (. Punnett, Clare 53 Glover, Christ's (" Blackwell, Emmanuel (. Snell, Trinity ( Earnshaw, Catherine X Stevens, Emmanuel (" Barnes, Magdalene < Cookson, T. C., Caius (. Salver, Trinity H. JUNIOB OPTIMES. PIGEON FLYING.— A sweepstakes of £ 1 each was flown for ou Monday last, by four subscribers, from Mexborough Common to Elscar, distance seven miles. The birds flew in the following time:— Joseph Cooper's chequered cock Rataplan 6min 30sec. Edwin Hawkes's silver cock Goldfinder 7min, Wm. Reid's ruf- fled dun cock Milton 7min 15sec, Joseph Hodson's blue coek Fisherman 7min 25sec. Cooper's Rataplan thus winning by half a minute. J. Hodson, not feeling satisfied at his defeat, will fly his sandy hen Mary against any bird in the possession of Wm, Reid, E. Hawke, J. Cooper, J. Hardy, J. Raynor, G. Ford, R Rose, or Simon Paul, from Doncaster Race Course, in four weeks time, for £ 10, £ 15, or £ 20 a side. A match can be made at Hod- son's, the Colliers' Arms, Hemingfield, any night next week. Wm. Whalley of Marsden will fly his grey hen against John Walton's Tipler cock, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side, or will fly Joseph Edmondson's Friday, Wm. Pollard's blue cock, or Norman Sim- son's star hen, for the same sum, a home and home match; to fly in six weeks from the first deposit. A match can be made any night next week at the Bailway Tavern. The Editor of Bell' Lye to be stakeholder. Samuel Binns of Bradford has a pigeon he will match against Beck's of Keighley, or any other fancier in Keighley, a home and home match, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side. If this does not suit them he will fly them each to pick a place, and fly from both places with one bird on one day, for the above sum. Money ready any time at David Deacon's, New Inn, Garnet- street. Leeds- road, Bradford. Robt. Howarth of Bagslate will match his pigeon to fly Gib- son Row's pigeon, near Rochdale, 10 miles, by a twirl, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side, the first pigeon to be thrown up at one o'clock; to fly at ten o'clock on Good Friday; or will fly any other pigeon within three miles of Bagslate, to give and take the fly, for the like sum. A match cau be made any time at Peter Wallis's Turf Tavern, Bagslate. Joseph Hodson's and Wm. Reid's birds are to fly a match from Doncaster Race Course to Elscar, on Monday, Feb 23, for £ 10 a side. £ 5 a side has been already staked with Mr James Raynor, and the remainder to be made good to- morrow ( Monday) night, at eight o'clock. Either party failing forfeits tne money down. Belgian, 98* Brazilian, 102* Buenos Ayres, 84f Chilian, 103* 4* Equador, 14| Grenada, 21* Mexican 2l| Peruvian, 78 PortugueseThree per Cents 43| 4 Russian Five per Cents, 108f Ditto Four- aud- a- Half per Cents, 96* The business transacted during the past week in the Railway Share Market has been very limited. The speculators and dealers have been occupied with the settlement of the half- monthly ac- count, and in most of the. leading lines a slight advance may be quoted, more particularly in Great Northern, but the average fluctuation has been about * to 1 per cent. The foreigu lines have been inactive. Paris aud Lyons have receded about 1* per cent, Great Luxembourg *. Grand Trunk of Canada have im- proved about 1. and Great Western of Canada *. East Indian have ruled exceedingly flat, the decline having been nearly 2 per cent. British and Foreign Mining Shares have been moderately active, but the variations in prices have not been to any mate- " extent. Joint- stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have ex- ited no important alteration. A fair business has been trans- d at about the rates ruling at the date of our last report. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. LIST OF HONORS AT THE BACHELOR OF ARTS' COMMENCEMENT, JAN 31, 1857. < WILLIAM MAGAN CAMPION, M. A., Queen's College. X WILLIAM WALTON, M. A., Trinity College. S SAMUEL GEORGE PHEAR, M. A., Emmanuel College. C WILLIAM HENRY BESAKT, M. A., St John's College, [ In all cases of equality the names are bracketed.] WRANGLERS. 21 Manley, Clare 22 Bridge, Sidney 23 Harvey, W. C., John's ( Porcher, Emmanuel X Syke's, John's / Perry, Trinity 1 Roberts, C. M., John's 28 Kiudersley, Jesus 29 Earle, King's 30 Stone, Trinity 31 Goldson, Caius 32 Roberts, N. H., John's (" Fisher, Christ's < Hyde, Caius (. Lidgett, Trinity 36 Tratford, Peter's ( Forster, J. J., John's X Satterthwaite, Jesus 39 Somerset, Trinity 40 Whiting, Caius SENIOR OPTIMES. (" Lee, T. W., Trinity X Rivers, Trinity. / Meek, Trinity t Smith, H. W., John's 65 Ward, R., Christ's 66 Tremlett, King's 67 Delves- Broughton, Trin. H. 68 Gedge, W. W., Caius Roberts, Queen's DRURY LANE THEATRE.— The annual meeting of the pro- prietors and renters of this theatre was held on Thursday after- noon in the saloon; Mr B. B. Cabbell, MP., presided. The chairman opened the proceedings by congratulating the pro- prietors on the favourable position of their affairs since the house had been let to Mr Smith. The secretary read the report, which stated—" The committee have placed before the pro- prietors the statement of accounts for the past year. The com- mittee feel that it cannot be necessary for them to remind the proprietors of the sensation which was caused within those walls by the destruction of Covent Garden Theatre. Suggestions and communications were continually being addressed" to the com- mittee, who had already decided to consult the best practical authority as to the adequacy of the means hitherto used in the house for its protection in case of fire. Mr Braidwood had in- spected the theatre, and certain suggestions had been made by that gentleman, and had been adopted by the committee. There were now several firemen constantly in the theatre, who were under the control of the police, under the sanction of the Chief Commissioner. The cash account for the past year showed that the entire receipts amounted to £ 5,192 12s, including a balance in hand at last audit of £ 107 14s. The entire payments for the same period had amounted to £ 4,891 9s 3d, leaving a balance in hand of £ 301 2s 9d. The amount received from the lessee ( Mr Smith) was £ 4,000, together with £ 645 for extra perform- ances. Four quarters' rent had been paid to the Duke of Bed- ford during the year, leaving seven quarters in arrear. The trustees of the renters had received £ 600, and all the tradesmen's bills had been regularly paid." The report was, on the motion of the chairman, unanimously adopted. The report of the archi- tect was then read ; it spoke in favourable terms of the present state of the edifice. The retiring members of the committee were re- elected. A vote of thanks was then awarded to Mr Smith. Mr Smith returned thanks. HAYMARKET THEATRE.— Wednesday next, February the 4th, will be the one thousandth consecutive night of the season at this establishment, the theatre not having closed for any one oc- casion, except oil Ash- Wednesday and Fast Day, aud in Passion week— an event unparalleled in theatrical annals. MARYLEBONE THEATRE,— Ou Monday night a family party of actors from the United States appeared at this house. They are Mr and Mrs George C. Howard and their daughter Cordelia, a little girl stated to be only nine years old. It is understood that they have been brought to this country under the auspices of Mr Barnum, and their particular object is to give a representation of certain parts in a dramatised version of " Uncle Tom's Cabin," which they are reported to have played in New York for " 511 consecutive nights." Miss Cordelia Howard, of course, under- takes the delineation of the heroine of Mrs Stowe's novel," Little Eva." Miss Howard is a very pleasing child, and her acting was, as a whole, intelligent aud interesting. Mrs Howard's speciality is Topsy. Her representation of the part is full of grotesque vigour; and whether she sings, dances, screams, or gesticulates, all is done with a suddenness" and force that deserve to be called originality. At the same time there are occasional touches of subdued humour and eveia of pathos, which serve to tone down the general extravagance of the character The piece was well put on the stage, and was received with considerable favour by a large audience. ASTLEY'S THEATRE.—'" Katherine and Petruchio" (" The Taming of the Shrew " cut down by Garrick to the dimensions of a farce) was produced on Monday night at this theatre, " with equestrian illustrations." These equestrian illustrations were meagre enough, but certainly all that the piece afforded room for. In the first place, the bridal party formed an equestrian procession to church— a goodly- company of ladies and gentle- men prancing and curvetting on handsome, well- trained steeds, and making a gallant show. In the second place, the journey of the newly- married pair to Petruchio's country house, of which Grumio gives so ludicrous a narrative, is thrown into action- poor Katherine's mishaps, which he describes, being very cleverly represented. She is mounted on a horse which she cannot manage, the horse falls with her under it; Grumio tries to help her, and is well thrashed by his master for his pains. The horses run away, and the poor shrew is dragged through the mud by her tamer, leaving her shoes behind her. The scene was capi- tally acted, the quadrupeds acquitting themselves admirably. But the piece did not depend on its equestrian attractions, for it was altogether well performed. Mr Holloway's Petruchio was good legitimate comedy. Mrs Anson, a handsome and ele- gant woman, played Katherine with great spirit, unmingled with coarsenes. Mr Anson's Grumio was the broadest possible farce— which, indeed, it ought to be— and the terrors of the stuttering tailor were quaintly exhibited by Mr Lindon. The performance was completely successful. f Baily, Trinity 3 Pearson, P. P., John's ] Seeley, Christ's V. Shaw, Caius 74 Raven, Emmanuel (" Furniss, Trinity < Gold, Caius (. Lathan, Emmanuel Ds. Swallow, Clare f Fitton, Emmanuel (. Norris, Emmanuel 81 H. Hill, Emmanuel ( Gibson, Christ's (. M'Kenzie, Peter's 84 C. Naylor, Corpus 85 G. M. Piatt, Trinity < Hawker, Jesus (. H. J. Kemp, Trinity H. f C. Campbell, Trinity (. Ransome, Trinity ( Ingram, Jesus •< Stork, John's (. Warlow, Queen's ( Barlow, John's (. Fendall, Jesus Farmer, Emmanuel 95 96 Woodhouse, Trinity fBramall, John's \ Hensley, Christ's j Manson's, Christ's V. Stranham, John's 101 Burra, Trinity 102 Holmes, Trinity 103 Oldfield, Trinity 104 H. Martin, Corpus (" Davis, Christ's < Foster, Christ's (. Wright, Peter's ( Hillyard, Caius (. Owen, Emmanuel 110 Vernon, Emmanuel 111 Monro, Caius 112 F. J. Nellen, Corpus 2EGROTAT. Wigram, Trinity. EXECUTION ov VERGER.— Verger, who murdered the Arch- bishop of Paris, was executed on Friday morning at eight o'clock, on the Place de la Roquette. He crossed the threshold of the prison supported on one side by the Abb6 Hugon, and on the other by the executioner. On reaching the platform Verger fell upon his knees; he then threw himself into the arms of the Abb6 Hugon, and submitted himself to the executioner. THE LOSS OF THE TYNE.— The magistrates appointed to in- quire into the circumstances attending the stranding of the Tyne have come to the decision that the ship was lost by the wrongful act aud default of Captain Valler, in consequence of the lead not being constantly hove on approaching the land, and in accordance with the company's instructions, and the captain not making due allowance for the wind and strong ebb tide that was running from the time he passed Portland, and the total absence of those precautions necessary to ensure the safety of a large ship within so short a distance of the land. FOG BELL AT HOLYHEAD.— IMPORTANT TO MARINERS.— A letter was received by the Admiralty agent at Liverpool, on Wed- nesday, from the secretary to the Trinity House members, an- nouncing that that body, in conjunction with the Board of Trade, had placed a gun of heavy calibre on Holyhead Telegraph Moun- tain, which is to be fired on and after the lst of February next, during foggy weather, each half- hour, Greenwich time, from five p. m. until the arrival of the passenger boat, and every quarter of an hour from 11: 30 p. m. until the mail boat arrives. POACHERS AND GAMEKEEPERS.— At the Wakefield Petty Sessions, on Monday, Woollen and Sims, two keepers in the em- ploy of tne West Ardsley Game Association, charged two men, named Thomas Mortimer and Hamby Parkin, with shooting a hare, on the 6th ult, on lands in the occupation of George New- ton, at Alverthorpe. Sims stated that he saw Mortimer take the gun from Parkin, and shoot the hare ; it was | not killed, but limped away screaming, when Parkin whistled on his dog, which eventually killed the hare.— Mr Barratt, who appeared for the prisoners, called the attention of the bench to the fact that, on a conviction, the keeper would get one half the penalty. Last week Woollen had pocketed a good deal of money ; and now he had, no doubt, brought his companion to share the spoil. He then called Thomas Wild, twine and band manufacturer, Poto vens, who distinctly proved that Parkin never left his work be- tween seven o'cloek in the morning and half- past twelve, the keeper having distinctly sworn that the hare was killed between ten and eleven. He also called witnesses to prove that Sims had been heard to give expression to revengeful feelings against Mortimer. The gamekeepers both said Mortimer had been con- victed for poaching; and Mr Barratt asserted that both the keepers had formerly been poachers.— Principally owing to the former conviction Mortimer was fined £ 1 7s, but Parkin was discharged.— Woollen : I have got the one I wanted.— Mr Bar ratt: I ask the bench to take notice of the expression.— The Bench ( to Woollen): If you were a servant ef mine I would send you off. That expression will be remembered against you in all further evidence you give in this court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CHARGE OF ASSAULT AGAINST AN OLD CONVICT.— THE TICKET- OE- LEAVE SYSTEM,— At the Mansion House, on Mon- day, James White, a tall, desperate- looking fellow, who was well known to the police as a ticket- of- leave convict, was charged with committing an assault on police- constable John Chambers, of the City force, who deposed that on Saturday morning, about half- past four o'clock, while on duty in Petticoat- lane, Houns- ditcli, he heard the prisoner, who had been drinking, using abusive and disgusting language. Witness requested him to move on, when he pushed roughly against him and refused to go away.— Lord Mayor: What have you to say to the charge?— Prisoner: Nothing, my lord, I had been drinking.— Lord Mayor: Is the prisoner known to any of the officers?— One of the City police detectives said that the prisoner was formerly a most no- torious character, and once stood iu one of the principal streets in the City to receive stolen goods, consisting of silk handker- chiefs and jewellery, from old and young thieves. The prisoner was previously convicted, and had recently returned with a ticket- of- leave.— The prisoner denied this assertion, and told the last- named officer that he was telling a lie.— The Lord Mayor : I shall only deal with the case before me, and what the constable has stated will have nothing to do with my decision. The police of the city of London must be protected in their duties from the attacks of such fellows as you; therefore I commit you to prison for 21 days for the assault on the constable.— Prisoner here turned round, and in a most impudent manner exclaimed, " You can give 21 years if you like."— He was theu removed, muttering something about the police. SAVAGE ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED GAROTTE ROBBERY.— At the Thames police court, on Tuesday, John Green, alias Wm. Johnson, aged twenty- six,' a powerful ruffian, well- known to the police as a cardsharper, swindler, and thief, was brought before Mr Yardley, charged with assaulting Mr William Kittler, a ship's steward, ana attempting to rob him of his watch.— The complainant, who has sustained very serious injuries, stated that hf resided in High- street, Wapping. On the previous night he s passing along High- street, Whitechapel, when the prisoner osted him, claimed him as an old acquaintance, and entered o conversation. He went, on the prisoner's invitation, into a . blio- liouse kept by a pugilist in the Whitechapel- road, and is there joiued by another man. After remaining there some time and drinking several glasses of grog they left, and went into a night house in High- street, Whitechapel, where they had some more grog. He was anxious to leave his new companions and go home, but they prevented him doing so, and said, " Don't be in a hurry; you can go home along with me, and have half my bed." He thought the prisoner meant what he said, and re- mained with him some time longer. He left the prisoner at two o'clock in the morning, and was passing along a narrow court called Plough- street, leading out of Whitechapel High- street, when the prisoner came behind him, put his right arm round his neck, and compressed it so tightly that he nearly strangled him, and then flung him on the ground. The prisoner and another fellow, who was with him, knelt upon him, and attempted to drag his watch from his fob. By a vio- lent effort he partially released his neck from the prisoner's grasp, and shrieked aud groaned as well as he was able. Fortu- nately, there was a police constable close by, who heard his groans, aud the prisoner and his companion ran away.— Mr Yardley: Did you lose anything ?— The Prosecutor: No, sir; but my watch was partially dragged from my fob, and one of my pockets, which contained no money, was turned inside out. My throat is very sore, and I have beeu very ill all night. The wit- ness then exhibited marks on his neck, which had been tightly compressed.— In answer to a question by the prisoner, witness said they met at a foot race at Manchester two years ago. The prisoner brought that circumstance to his recollection on the previous night.— George Woodward, a police- constable, No. 187 H, stated that he heard the groans of the prosecutor, and as he ap- proached him the prisoner and another man ran away. He pur- sued the prisoner and overtook him, and after a desperate resis- tance secured him. He afterwards took another man into custody, who was very much like one of the men he saw running away, but the prosecutor could not iden- tify him.— The prisoner, who treated the matter lightly, said he was drunk on the preceding night, and did not know what he was about.— W oodward said the prisoner was not intoxicated, and he gave the name of John Green at the sta- tion- house.— Mr Yardley : And he gives the name of Thompson here. Let him be remanded for inquiries to be made about him, CURIOUS CAB CASE.— At Bow- street, on Tuesday, Mr Jardiue was called upon to decide a somewhat difficult and novel ques- tion under the Hackney Carriage Act. The complainant, James Shaw, is the driver of one of Wilson's cabs, Long- yard, Lamb's Conduit- street, and the summons was taken out against Mr Houghton, silk mercer, & c, of 83, Edgware- road. One day last week when the rain and sleet were pouring down, and the wind was in full force, Mr Houghton hailed the complainant iu Holborn, and desired to be driven to his business establishment at the corner of the New- road, as above. It was a Hansom cab, and, consequently, open in front, but in spite of the weather the defendant did not let down the window. The cabman, seeing that the lining and cushions of his vehicle would soon oe satu- rated, requested the gentleman to close the window, but Mr Houghton refused to do anything of the sort. The cabman urged that his property would be destroyed, and that the cab would be rendered uufit for any subsequent passenger, who might summons him if the cushions, & c, proved to be wet. The defendant, however, remained imperative, asserting his right to keep the carriage open, and insisted on doing so. The cabman then refused to take him any further, upon which the de- fendant ordered him to drive to the Bow- street police court. On the arrival of the disputants at Bow- street the presiding magistrate, Mr Jardine, after hearing the statements pro and con, hesitated to decide the question without some considera- tion, but his worship granted a summons against Mr Houghton for the sixpenny fare, in order that the matter might come be- fore him properly in the ordinary away.— The complainant and defendant being now in attendance, in pursuance of the above arrangements, Mr Jardine said it was an unfortunate thing for the cabman that he ( the magistrate) did not look into the act of Parliament when this case first came before him; because he might have decided the question at once, without putting him to the trouble and loss of attending again, there being no doubt about the law upon the subject. It did certainly appear to him ( Mr Jardine) a little unreasonable that any man should insist iu exposing himself in the interior of a cab to the rain and snow on such a day as the one in question, and no doubt it was very hard upon the cab proprietor, whose property must be injured to a much greater extent than could be met by the mere iare; but his impression of the law was, that the cab must be regarded as a kind of open carriage, the option of closing it being left with the passenger. This being the law of the case, it was undoubt- edly the duty of the cabman to have proceeded with his fare; and having declined to do this, the defendant was justified iu ordering him to Bow- street. This must be his decision, and, however opposed to his feelings in the matter, there was no help for it; but, as the decision aught to have been given at once, he ( Mr Jardine) would return him the cost of the summons, as he had already lost half a day by having to appear again— The summons was accordingly dismissed. THE LATE ENCOUNTER WITH BURGLARS IN PADDINGTON.— At Marylebone, on Wednesday, John Hughes and John Green- wood were further examined, charged with having, at an early hour on the morning of the 14th ult, been found on the pre- mises of John Arnold, Esq, 39, Westbourne Park Villas, Pad- dington, their object being, as believed, that of committing a burglary. The particulars of what previously transpired have already appeared in our paper, and it will be remembered that a most desperate struggle took place between the prisoners and the police, by whom they were, after a desperate resistance, captured and conveyed to the station- house, where the charge against them was taken by Inspector Grant. When the capture was made the inhabitants of houses close by were in a state of alarm, and pistols were fired off from several houses in close proximity to Mr Arnold's. Many constables were violently attacked, some of them seriously injured by the prisoners, two of whom swore that they would not be taken alive. The inquiry excited a considerable degree of interest in con- sequence of the frequent cases of burglary lately perpetrated at Notting Hill and Paddington, and some gentlemen living in the vicinity were present, During the hearing of the case, Mr Fell, the chief clerk, read over the whole of the evi- dence which had been given upon the first examination. In reply to the magistrate, as to whether the prisoners were known to the police, Sergeant Potter, 16 D, said that in the January sessions of the Central Crimisal Court, in 1855, Greenwood had been tried for felony, and convicted. The prisoners were then sentenced to three months, for being found on the premises with the intention of burglariously entering therein; and, in ad- dition, they were committed for assaults on the constables, Hughes for assaulting Soer, 28' j D, Parsons, 182 D, and Towns- hend, 385 A, a month in each case; and Greenwood, for his attacks upon Doble, 147, and Lester, 146 D, was, in each of the cases sent for a month, making in the whole six months incarce- ration for Hughes, and five months for Greenwood. THE GREAT CITY FORGERIES.— On Wednesday, at the Man- sion House, James Anderson and James Townsend Saward were further examined, before the Lord Mayor, on the charge of ex- tensive forgeries and frauds on London bankers. A consider- able amount of evidence, similar to what has already appeared, was gone into, and the prisoners were again remanded. THE BULLION ROBBERY. DECISION OE THE JUDGES AS TO THE PROPERTY.— Mr Baron Martin and Mr Justice Willes sat ou Tuesday afternoon in the Exchequer Chamber, at Westminster, for the purpose of hearing the several parties claiming to be entitled to the Turkish bonds and other property found in the possession of the prisoners Pierce, Burgess, and Tester, who were convicted of the exten- sive robbery of bullion upon the South Eastern Railway. Mr Bodkin appearedon behalf of the company; Mr Sleigh, instructed by Mr A. Crosley, the under- sheriff, represented the sheriffs of London and Middlesex; Mr Petersdorff appeared on behalf of an attorney named Saward; Mr Beard, from the office of Mr Buchanan, appeared on behalf of the wife of the prisoner Tester; aud Mr Reynolds, the solicitor for the Treasury, also attended on behalf of the Crown. Mr Sleigh first addressed their lordships, aud he contended that under the ancient Charters granted to the corporation of the city of London the property of all felons convicted iu the City was forfeited, and that the sheriffs, by virtue of their office, ought, therefore, to have the custody of all the property taken from the prisoner Pierce, he being a felon, and all his goods and chattels being thereby forfeited to the Crown; and the sheriffs, who were the custodians of the Crown, ought, therefore, to have possession of it. He said that from time immemorial the property of the prisoners convicted at the Old Bailey had been given up to the sheriffs in that capacity, and he believed this was the first time that these rights, in this respect, had ever been contested. He weut on to say that he was instructed that it was not the fact that Agar had placed the money he possessed in Pierce's hands for the benefit of Fanny Kay, but, in point of fact, he handed it to Mr Wontner, to be given to Betty Pierce, the wife of that prisoner, and that there was nothing to show that the whole proceeding was not collusive with a view to defeat the title of the Crown to the property ; and ho urged that the court had no power under such circumstances to order the property to be given to Fanny Kay. He then referred to the act of the 7th and 8th " Geo. IV., cap. 57. which related to the power of the judges to order the restitution of stolen property ; but he said that the property now in question was not only not a part of the stolen property, but a great portion of it was not even the pro- ceeds of it; and he urged that the only course that ought to be taken was to place the property in the hands of the sheriffs, who would be responsible for its safe custody, and who would be ready to obey any order that the judges might eventually make respecting it. Mr Petersdorff then briefly addressed the court, and claimed, on behalf of his client, to obtain a sum of £ 260 for costs that had been incurred by Mr Saward in conducting some legal proceed- ings for the prisoner Pierce. Mr Beard, on behalf of Mrs Tester, claimed the property taken from him, and which, it will be remembered, consisted of certain Spanish bonds, upon a settlement made by the prisoner before his trial. The Judges at once decided that neither of these parties had any legal claim. With regard to Mr Saward, he could have no right to be paid his debt out of property on which the Crown had a title ; and with reference to Mrs Tester, the bonds in ques- tion were distinctly made out to be the result of the proceeds of the stolen gold, aud she, therefore, could claim no right to them. Mr Bodkin said that on behalf of the company, all he asked of the court was, to order that the property, which was undoubtedly the produce of the robbery that had been committed upon them, should be delivered up. They had paid £ 10,000 as the value of the gold that had been stolen, and the company only -. --- -— desired that they should be treated like other prosecutors, and k h ™ ^ fTLf ^ L, 110^ vwBerefI s<* w the ^ d, and It have restored to them that which was clearly made out to be the S^^ H^ told me produce of the stolen property. He then said that it was proved at the trial that £ 500 of the purchase money of the Turkish bonds was the result of five of the £ 100 notes that were obtained for gold at the Bank of England, and about £ 460 more that was in the hands of Messrs Reid, the brewers, with whom it had been placed by Mr Steam, the publican, on behalf of Burgess. These two sums were clearly shown to have been the produce of the gold that was sold by Pierce and Agar, and which was di- THE DOUBLE MURDER IN WALWORTH, Wednesday having been appointed for the further examine tion ot Bacon and his wife, Lambeth police court, by one o'clock was literally crammed, and during the investigation the greatest possible inconvenience was experienced. At a quarter to two o clock Bacon was led into court by Cook, the gaoler, and placed m the felon s dock. All eyes were instantly fixed upon him, and he seemed not only to shrink from their gaze, but to quail before the uutmstakeable feeling which pervaded the mind of everw individual present, and which was given expression to by a deen murmur. He at once rushed to the extreme end aud « > mer of the docs, where he sat down, and by turning towards the bench, he avoided the observation of the large crowd in the body of the court. Mrs Bacon was soon after brought into the court also and was permitted to sit at the solicitors' table, with her baclc towards her husband, so that during the examination he was unable to get a view of her countenance. She is much altered in appearance since she was charged at this court, and in manner and conduct she seems perfectly sane and rational. Mr Wood- ward, as on the former examinations, attended, but as the posi. tion of advocate for both Bacon and his wife appeared, undertha circumstances, to be somewhat antagonistic, the learned gentle- man declared himself as attending as the town agent of Mr Atter, a solicitor at Stamford, and who has been attorney for th « family, to be in attendance for Bacon. The first witness called was Mrs Ann Hyde, who said • I am a widow, and live at No. 19, Fouracre- street, Walworth. On Tuesday, a week after the children were found dead, I was called on by Mrs Payne to go to the prisoner's house to sit up with those who were there, Mrs Payne, Mrs Munroe, her daughter and the male prisoner Bacon. On the Wednesday followinK T did some washing there. I washed six or seven shirts which Mrs Payne gave me. I saw a little blood on one of them— on the front flap, on the outside. I mentioned it to Bacon, and he said he was subject to bleeding piles; but I told him it was not such having some experience in such things from having been a nurse* and I am quite sure it had not been caused by that complaint' It was a smear, as if it had been rubbed with the hand, but had no marks of fiugers. There was also a mark of blood on the richfc wristband. It was a small speck, just at the edge of the wrist- band. I noticed that Bacon appeared dreadfully nervous and timid, and I asked him what made him so, but he made no r « p, ly' & appeared unhappy, and often spoke of the death ot his children, saying it was a bad job. He said he hoped his wife would not get punished, but would get home to him again as he was sure she had not done it, and that somebody had got into the house at the street door. I used to say to him that it was a shocking thing, and that if there was anvthine , I hoped he would speak the truth about it. I said • ecause 1 had my doubts: the man was sn VOJ- IT nc- was wrong, this because my doubts; the man was so very ner* ' Y* told me that on one occasion there was a key put into his street- door leek, and on his going to the door there was no one there. I still had my doubts, and told Bacon two or three times that he had better tell the truth I also told him that I did not think his wife had done such a thimr and I thought, as I had been frightened two or three times m coming from my work, that some one had got in and done it I never told the prisoner I thought he did it. He said that if'his wife said anything about him he would kill her.— Mr Elliott - Do you recollect what led to his saying so?— Witness • I think T was saying what a shocking thing it was, and theu he said that if she said anything about him, he would kill her. I then said " She won't lay it to you, or anything of that sort, will she?" And then he repeated that, if she did, he would kill her Mrs Munroe and a little girl were present at this conversation" but I cannot say whether they heard it or not. I recollect seeimr a pair of trowsers, fustian or moleskin, in the front room upstairs I saw a small spot of blood on them on the right' leg at the bok torn. I said nothing to anybody about it. When I saw it I did not speak to Bacon about it. I have seen the trowsers to- day IR WHPRFL T COM TL-,^ LIL^ R.^ J FT how the blood came there, except as I have mentioned. I recol- lect he mentioned that he had a sore finger from cutting it T think he said it was done can ing his dinner. I do not recollect his giving any other account of it— Mr Elliott: Do you recollect his. say iugany thing else about his wife ?— Witness : Yes: I think ho said t hat if she returned home to him he would take her abroad Mr Atter, of Stamford, Bacon's attorney, here entered the ^ ™ asa. , auuwuicuwa5ui- ; cou^. and his presence seemed to inspire his client with much vided among the prisoners, and it appeared to him that the ^ SL B^ on who appeared up to this point in a drooping company were clearly entitled to this money, and that the court j ™ ^' inif^^ f^,^? 1^ a good deal and, as sooH should make an order for it to be delivered up to them. I ^^^ w^ 011^! M/ ( Bacon) Mr Sleigh said he should not offer any objection to this: ; wrl' 1.1! g a I10te- wluch hu forwarded to him, and re- amount being given to the company; but he contended that the i ^ tT „,,„ » „ n . _ , sheriffs ought to have the custody of the remainder on behalf of ^ J^ iffi^..^!"^ 0^' George- street, Camberwell, was the Crown. Mr Justice Willes expressed his opinion that the sheriffs had not made out a case that would justify tfee court in making the order they prayed for.. They professed to be acting in the in- terest of the Crown, but the solicitor for the Treasury was present, who was the direct party to interfere. Mr Sleigh said the sheriffs had no desire to do more than what they conceived to be their duty in vindicating the rights of the corporation.— After some further discussion, Mr Reynolds said that, under ordinary circumstances, the property of a felon was taken possession of by the Crown, but it was never retained wheu any person made out a good case for its restoration. In some instances it had been restored to the felon himself, for good conduct, and also to his wife ; aud the Trea- sury, in fact, always endeavoured to act according to the equity of each case. Mr Baron Martin expressed his opinion that Fanny Kay had an equitable right to the property, according to the request of Agar. Mr Bodkin said that, on the part of the company, he had no interest except in that portion of the property which was proved to be the produce of the robbery ; but he suggested that, if the remainder were to be given to the woman Kay, the interests of the child ought to be taken care of, and that a proper settlement should be made for that purpose. Mr Sleigh said that if Mr Reynolds would take charge of the property, aud see that it was distributed in " the manner that had been suggested, he would at once, on the part of the sheriffs, withdraw from making any further claim. Mr Reynolds intimated that he was not anxious to undertake the responsibility of distributing the property. Mr Sleigh said that surely the court would not think it decent, or iu accordance with the due administration of justice, that a large sum of money like this should be retained' in the hands of a policeman, and that it would be a much more decorous proceeding for the property to be placed in the hands of the sheriffs. Mr Bodkin said that he understood that the City actually claimed the money, and if the bonds went into their possession, they would set up their rights in this respect, and the greater portion of the property would be wasted in law. Mr Sleigh said he was instructed that no such claim was in- tended to be set up. The sheriffs only desired to assert what they conceived to be their rights. Mr Baron Martin said the sheriffs appeared to have acted very properly in the matter, but he did not think they had made out their right to have the property placed in their custody. Some further discussion then took place, and eventually the judges made an order that the company should have restored to them so much of the property as was shown to be the result of the robbery, and that the remainder should be given into the custody of Sir Richard Mayne, the chief commissioner of police, to abide any future orders that may be given respecting it. next called, aud deposed that on the morning of Monday the 5th ult, she sent her daughter, a child of eight years of age' on an errand, and in about five minutes she returned with'the watch produced wrapped up in a piece of paper, and said she had picked it up on the step of the door No. 4, George- street Mr Elliott: What sort of paper was it ?— Witness: A piece'of paper which appeared to me to be part of a posting bill but I took no particular notice of it, but threw it away. 1 kept the watch until the Saturday following, when I pawned it at the shop of Mr Wharton, in the Walworth- road. I redeemed it afterwards and handed it to Mr Davis, now present.— An intelli- gent little girl, the child of the last witness, corroborated her statement as to finding the watch. Mr Richard Davis, au ex- officer of police, deposed that on the 20th ldt, he received the watch produced from Mrs Lawrence and that on the same evening he saw the prisoner Bacon at the shop of Mr Pension, ironmonger, in the Walworth- road. He there asked him to describe the watch he had lost, and for the restoration of which he had offered a reward of £ 5, aud he said that had been made by his brother, and that its number was the MEETING OF TICKET- OF- LEAVE MEN. the watch to Sergeant Broad. Davis, in reply to a question from the magistrate, said the distance from the house in Four- acre- street, from which Bacon alleged the watch had been taken, to that in George- street, where it was found, was about a ouar- ter of mile, fully that. 1 Mr Richard Trouuce, a coffee house- keeper, in Commercial- place, City- road, said the prisoner Bacon came to my house on Sunday, the 4th instant, for the first time, and took a bed for the night, requesting that he might be called up at six o'clock in the morning. He was called, and I let him out, and he said he was going by the King's Cross Railway. He returned again about half- past seven, and said he was about two minutes too late for the train. He was away about an hour and a half. Dr Bushell, called and sworn, said: I have examined a pair of fustian or moleskin trowsers shown to me by Inspector Young, and I found upon them several spots which have the ap- pearance of blood on both legs in the front. They are partly obliterated, but they have still the appearance of blood. I have also examined a waistcoat produced, and found a spot of blood on the fall from the coller in front. That waistcoat I saw on the bed in the house in Fouracre- street, when I was first called in, with a coat of a similar texture. The trowsers were not there at that time. I think the blood which I saw on the lower part of Mrs Bacon's dress did not come from her throat. I think that blood had spurted from something against it. That blood could not have come from the children lying on the ground. It might have come from the elder child, the boy, if the person had been standing in the front, or at the side of him. The wound on the throat of Mrs Bacon was not very deep. She might have lost three or four ounces of blood, and, I think, losing that quantity might make a person insensible for along time. I think it would have taken 15 or 20 minutes to bleed that quantity, and I think also that she might be insensible from it for hours ; and taking into account the circumstances, the nervous system might be so depressed, that she would faint away and become so ex- hausted as, without arousing, to remain insensible for some hours. Mrs Rebecca Langridge, the matron at Horsemonger- lane Gaol, said she saw the female prisoner the first afternoon she was taken to the gaol, and took her under her care. She ob- served that her throat had been cut, and that the wounds were dressed with sticking- plaster. Witness did not then examine the cut minutely, but did on the following morning, when, in addition ; to the cut, she saw a red mark, as if a string had been tied tightly round her neck. This mark was traceable all round the neck to the part where the cut was, but she did not say anything to the prisoner about it. She, however, called the attention of the surgeon of the prison to it, and she heard Mrs Bacon tell him ( the surgeon) that it was done with a knife, the same as the wound on her throat.— Mr Elliott: You say the mark had been produced by a string ?— Mrs Langridge : Well, I should think it must . have been a good thick cord, as the mark was a quarter of an inch broad. Mrs Harriett Payne, the aunt of Bacon, was called and ex- amined respecting the dress worn by the prisoner when he called on her on Sunday, the 28th of December. His own statement was, that he had his best clothes on, but the witness was unable to speak to the fact. Respecting the cut finger, she said the first time she saw it was on the Thursday or Friday after the death of the children, and he gave two accounts as to how it was done. He first said it was done while carving the dinner on the Sunday, but afterwards asserted that he did it in cutting a stick. The witness further said that she had frequently seen the prisoner after he came from Reigate, and on one occasion saw him take out his watch and wind it up. She had also seen him with a similar watch to that produced. The time she saw him wind up the watch was on the Sunday night after the death of the children, and he then broke the glass. She ( witness) had a watch in her possession belonging to the prisoner, which had no hands to it, and there was a bit out of the face or dial. The watch she saw him wind up had hands to it. She thought it was the Sunday before last he gave her the watch. He told her at the time that it had been taken out of his pocket by the police, and that was the cause for the hands getting broken off. She did not observe any other damage doue to it. She was not aware that the prisoner had two watches. Mrs Munroe was next called and examined, shortly after which the depositions of the various witnesses were read over, and at five o'clock the prisoners were again remanded. On Tuesday night a singular and remarkable meeting of ticket- of- leave men was held in Farriiigdon Hall, King's Arms, Snow- hill, for the purpose of Rearing from themselves a statement as to the practical working of the present system. Upwards of 100 were present, the majority of whom were mere youths wearing jackets, short coats, and caps ; some were smartly dressed, ex- hibited rings and shirt studs, and sported moustaches, but as a whole, their appearance did not betoken that crime was a thriv- ing trade. Their conduct and demeanour, however, during the somewhat protracted proceedings of the evening, was orderly and respectful, and all of them evidently took the deepest in- terest in them. There appeared at first some difficulty in induc- ing them to enter the hall, from the not unnatural suspicion that their appearance there might be made use of against them by the police, none of whom, however, were present; and after the lapse of about half an hour from the time named for the meeting the hall was tolerably filled. Among the gentlemen present on the platform and in the meeting were the Earl of Carnarvon ( under whose auspices the meeting had been got together), Mr Henry Mayhew, Rev Mr Portal, Mr Chapman, Mr Wyld ( late member for Bodmin), Mr W. B. Jerrold, Dr Charles M'Kay, Capt Wraxall, Mr Beach, Mr Hatton, A. Mayhew, Mr Maxwell, & c. The Earl of CARNARVON, addressing the meeting as " My good friends," said, perhaps they were rather surprised why he should, through Mr Henry Mayhew, have called them toge- ther that evening. He was quite aware that in asking them to meet him he was taking an unusual course, but at the same time he hoped that whatever might take place, whatever might be said or done at that meeting, would not tend to increase the feeling against them on the part of the public, already disposed to judge them perhaps too hardly, while the meeting would give them an opportunity of saying something in their own de- fence. They must be well aware that he could have no object in view in calling them together, except to serve them [ hear, hear], aud no interest, except to treat them with the utmost kindly feeling, compatible with justice to their fellow creatures. What he wanted of them was to explain the difficulties they experienced in getting situations on their discharge, and their present position. He had but a few words to say before he asked them to state that experience. They had all of them, within the last five years, been acting against the law; for that they had been tried, convicted, and, if he re- membered rightly, been sentenced to different periods of trans portation. As it was found impossible at present to carry out that sentence of transportation, they had all been subjected to penal servitude, and at the expiration of half the period for which they were sentenced they haa been discharged with tickets- of- leave, upon the understanding that they were all truly sorry for what had happened before, and that in future they were determined to lead honest and industrious lives. He be- lieved that great numbers of them were sincere in that determination, but others, he was sorry to say, had given way to the temptations which beset them, and others had deliberately broken through their engagement. Now, that was a serious matter. All of them were intelligent men. They must see that all those who led honest lives themselves felt angry at their conduct, aud were disposed to deal, perhaps, severely with them. At the same time he, for one, did not feel inclined to legislate— that was, to pass laws for the class to which they be- longed, until he, first of all, had an opportunity of hearing from their own lips what were their own feelings on the subject, and the difficulties under which they laboured. It was for that object, aud that alone, that he fully and frankly expressed his own views, and asked them to tell him as freely and as frankly what were their feelings as to the ticket- of- leave system, what were the difficulties of that position, aud what were the temptations before which they had fallen. But he would, first of all, say, that he only held that meeting on the understanding that all before him sincerely repented their past lives, and were determined, if an opportunity were given them, to lead an honest life in future [ hear]. He hoped, with that under- standing, that those of them who might feel inclined to speak, would confine themselves to the real points he had placed be- fore them. He did not want to know anything of the offences for which they were tried and convicted, nor of the hardships they might have suffered, either in prison or in the hulks. All that was past. What he wished was, to know what it was which prevented many of their class from earning an honest livelihood. He wanted to know what had happened to them since they left the place where they underwent penal servitude, and whether the ticket- of- leave which had been given them had been of service in procuring them situations or not ? He had en- deavoured to make his objects as clear as he could. If any of them did not understand him, he hoped they would get up and ask for further explanation, which he would readily give, and he would conclude by calling upon those who had any state- ment to make upon the points he had referred to, to make it to the meeting. No names would be given. A number of speakers addressed the meeting, stating the facts of their own cases, and all complaining of the almost insur- mountable difficulties which attended their efforts to get an honest living after their discharge. All of them blamed the police for hunting them out of places when they by chance suc- ceeded in getting one, and all of them said that if opportunities were offered to them, either here or in the colonies, to work for their living, they would embrace them, but they preferred the latter. The CHAIRMAN, in conclusion, addressed the meeting very earnestly as to the duty incumbent upon them, after having been taught a trade and made acquainted with the great truths of religion, to make the utmost efforts to secure the means of an honest livelihood. He had listened with the deepest interest to the statements made in his presence, and would consider them fully. In the meantime he would ask them whether they thought that tickets- of- leave would be more useful to them in the colonies than in England [ general cries of " In the colonies]. All who were of that opinion would hold up one hand [ a large show of hands]. All who thought that tickets- _ of- leave in England were better calculated to secure them an ! at sortment of choice prints and drawings, scarce literature, andmiscel- honest living would do the same I Not one hand was held up], | laneous works of art, toreisn and English, many of a most amusing and The noble chairman, after addressing some further observations j contract, a_ list_ of which will be in a very feeling manner to the meeting, declared its objects were attained. The proceedings then closed, and this curious assembly quietly dispersed, having conducted themselves throughout with great order and decorum. A BOY CAPTAIN.— The brig James, of Leith, arrived at Bel- fast on the 22d ult, with a cargo of timber ( greenheart) for Messrs Maine and Son. It is a fact worthy of note that she was navigated across the Atlantic by a boy of 15, assisted only by coloured seamen, her captain and crew having all died of yellow fever at Demerara, with the exception of the boy, cook, and mate ; and the latter fell from the yard on the lst instant, and was killed, while doing seaman's duty. She never called at any port, and was brought in safety to her destination by this ta- lented youth, who, we think, for this feat, is worthy of the highest commendation, and we hope his meritorious conduct may receive its due reward.— Belfast News Letter. THE MARIAN AGAIN AFLOAT.— The exertions used to float off the Marian, from Liverpool for Antigua, which went on shore on Rlios Bay, on the Welsh coast, on Sunday last, were on Wednes- day successful, and at noon, by the assistance of three powerful steam- tugs, and a large anchor, which was worked upon, she was floated off, and taken in tow for Liverpool, where she will undergo a survey, in order that she may be repaired. The Marian is the property of the Mayor of Liverpool, Francis Shand, Esq. BRAVERY REWARDED.— It havisig been represented to the Board of Trade that Mr Edward William May, supernumerary fifth officer of the Royal Mail Steam- packet Company's ship La Plata, did on the 5th ult, during a heavy sea, and while the ship was making eight knots, jump overboard, and save the life of one of the crew, their lordships, in approbation of his gallant conduct, have directed that a medal be presented to him. 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