uyyltmtttt to BriFg Htfe in iUnftom [ GRATIS.] PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1857. MR WILLIAM CLEMENT, 170, STRAND. [ GRATIS.] BREEDING, & o. ME EDITOR : Much has been written on this subject, its ad- vantages and disadvantages, but I think the theory of " J. P." is the correct one—" to cross in, but not for two or three gene- rations; never directly or at once." Some breed closely, and the results seldom prosper. There is an instance or two at the present time which may be interesting. Sylpliine, a very fast mare, has a colt by West Australian, she being by Touchstone, her granddam Stays, by Whalebone, great granddam by Frolic, who was out of Camel's dam, West Australian being out of Mowerina, by Touchstone out of Emma, by Whisker. Here is almost the closest breeding possible. Both Sylphine and Mowerina have Whalebone as their grandsire on both sides. If this colt turns out a race horse, and a stout one to boot, then we may come to the conclusion very close breeding is not always wrong. An instance of a stout fine horse, bred closely on the dam's side, is Red Lion, he being out of Manoeuvre, by Rector ( son of Mulev), and her dam was by Muley, I remember Filagree ( Lord Jersey's celebrated mare, tho dam of Cobweb and many winners) was put to her own grandson Ishmael, and the produce was Uderim, who could run a litle, aud Mniley Ishmael, a very fine horse, but very infirm, who could not be brought to the post. Filagree, Cobweb, Sister to Cobweb, Adela, Joanna, Charlotte West, Flycatcher, down to the last of the breed, Cle- mentina, are proofs of the excellence of the Waxy blood, and how successful a cross with the Selim always proved; as Bay Middleton, Achmet, Caesar, Ishmael, Glencoe, Ibraham were the best specimens, and several changes in that blood, as with Slane, Buzzard, & c, proved failures. Bay Middleton, we know, has, to a certain degree, proved a good stallion, as the Dutchman, Audover, and some of Lord G. Bentiuck's horses showed; yet he has had every chance; but it is singular what a signal failure in the stud Achmet and Caesar have been. The latter was a very good race horse, but, with a fair chance, he is not sire of anything like a race horse. It must often occur in breeding half- bred stock that incestuous progeny is raised, as so seldom is the pedigree of three parts bred mares known at all, that it may happen they are put to their nearest relatives. Kingston is pointed out as an example of a gamo bred horse, and one not in the least bred in and in. For this reason he must prove such a valuable cross for Touch- stone and Whalebone mares. It is astonishing to see such a run 011 The Australian and Stockwell, when Kingston deserves the public patronage quite as much as the above, whether we con- sider his blood, his form, or his performances. Canezou is an instance of wide crosses in blood ou her dam's side, her direct ancestors being Velocipede, Whalebone, Sorcerer, Whiskey, and Highllyer; on the sire's side Humphrey Clinker, Comus, Sor- cercer, & c; aud through Melbourne's dam, Cervantes, Golum- pus, Paynator, St George, Woodpecker, & c. Here is a rare fusion of stout and speedy blood, and the result in Canezou was an animal combining both in a high degree. Were I to choose a judicious pedigree, 1 can't put my finger on a better one than that of Vinaex, by Touchstone, dam by Langar— Whisker, Walton, Orville, Hambletouian, Walnut. This is an " in- bred" pedigree— the result a good horse, who ran on to his sixth year. One word, ere I conclude, to " J. P." I feel confident that his researches would be eagerly sought after if he would but publish them, especially his tables of the stock of different horses, and the produce of the mares. This would be a great boon to all breeders, and is much wanted at the present time.— Yours, & c, NORTH COUNTRYMAN. ME EDITOR : I havo read with much pleasure lately in your columns many able articles on breeding the race horse, but I must differ from the writer of one of them respecting the failure, or supposed failure of certaiu stallions; for instance, he states that Lanercost, Plenipotentiary, Harkaway, Collingwood, and The Hero were chance bred, and therefore failed. Now, were they chanoebred, and did they fail? The first named is by Liverpool, who was by Tramp, dam by Whisker out of the cele- brated Maudane, the dam of Altisidora, Lottery, aud Brutan- dorf— Lanercost's dam was by Bustard son of Buzzard, granddam Gipsy by Trumpator ( the sire of Sorcerer and of Penelope, the dam of Whalebone, & c), his great granddam by Herod. Now, I contend, there is blood enough there to satisfy any one ; he got a winner of the St Legcr aud of the Oaks, and the dam of the last Derby winner, and for several seasons more winners than any horse in England, and if he had not had too many mares would most likely have done better; but I do not think he can be deemed a failure. The second is by Eoiilius, a good race horse, a good stallion, and as well bred as a horse can be, by Orville out ot a Stamford mare. Plenipotentiary's dam was by Pericles ( a food race horse), his granddam by Selim ( sire of Sultan and iangar) great granddam by Sir Peter. Now, I consider him par- ticularly well bred, and I think he failed from being a plain shouldered horse, and also from not getting his stock like himself. The third is a grandson of Whisker, was for several years the best horse to carry high weights on the English and Irish Turf, has two sons covering at 25 guineas a mare, and the mares by him are breeding well in Ireland. The dam of Harkaway was by Naboclilish ( near of kin to Irish Escape, grandsire of Bird- catcher), his grauddam by Teddy the Grinder out of Lady Jaue, by Sir Peter. He is the handsomest and most powerful horse I ever saw, but has not had the chance that some of our " crack" horses have had, for instance Bay Middleton; and, after all, how many real good ones has the latter got ? Harkaway is apt to get his stock short in frame, and too hardy for their legs, but they are not all come out yet. I can only say, were I near him, and had a low, long wiry mare, 1 should prefer him to auy horse. Col- lingwood was a miler, and we will pass him by. The Hero was a real trump, and I think from large, fine- shouldered marts, would get good stock. He could run for ever on dry ground, and cannot ( I consider) be called badly bred, being got by an own brother to Crucifix, his dam by Defence— no better blood. As regards breeding for the Turf, I have remarked that mode- rate- sized, neat, blood- like, good- shouldered, lengthy, short- legged horses get most winners, particularly if they could run distance, as that proves the truth of their action. For instance, Irish Birdcatcher is a far superior sire to his own brother, Faugh a Ballagh, a larger and speedier horse Pyrrhus the First was not so good a race horse as Sir Tatton Sykes, but ho is more blood- like, aud therefore gets more run- ners. Coarse horses often fail as racing stallions, but the mares by them often breed well; for instance, Master Henry was a good racer, and never got a good runner, yet he gets the dam of Touchstone. Sandbeck never got a runner, and he gets the dam of the Flying Dutchman. Laurel and Charles the Twelfth, by father and son, from the same dam, were excellent runners, and yet did not get a single race horse. Cotherstone, as well bred as can be, and a Derby winner, is almost a failure, because his stock are coarso, yet his own sister breeds West Australian. To sum up, as regards the sire, I think horses showing high caste get the best stock, provided they have power. Respecting the mare she should breed her stock resembling their sire, foa: them in good condition, aud do tbem well, Many good racing mares never breed anything in their own' form; for instance, Fleur de Lis, Camarine, Lucetta, and the Queen of Trumps. The generality of good horses are from mares either not trained at all, or from those who have run indifferently— why, I know not, but, on reference to the Calendar, so it is. The dams of • Jack Spigot, Velocipede, and St Giles, were each bought for a few pounds, and had never been trained, and, I have no doubt, were so much the better. 1 am of opinion that the sire gene rallygives the outline or family likeness to the stock, but most of the intrinsic goodness comes from the dam; how otherwise can we account for a plain, shabby- looking mare like Beeswing's dam, breeding runners by different horses, and yet each, like the lather, whilst better mares to look at, breed rubbish ? The sire certainly colours the progeny. Touchstone, Bay Middleton. Venison, Ion, Sec, & e, never got acliesnut, and where a horse has been bred for several generations on each side from bay or brown ancestors, I believe this will invariably be the case, and if a horse does not get stock like himself they never turn out well.— Yours, & c, D. ME EDITOE : I must beg leave entirely to differ from your correspondent " West Countryman," with regard to the influ- ence of the dam upon the general breed of horses. I have no doubt that in many particular cases it is influential enough; but if we look upon the transmission of racing blood altogether, surely this is taking rather a narrow view of tho question. That the dam does contribute, as well as the sire, to the diffusion of the blood, surely no one can doubt; but I do contend that from the general characteristics of the sire the blood is carried down from one generation to tho other iuamucli superior degre to that of the dam. Look to our leading produce horses from the earliest times. Their stock inherit their own characteristics, their peculiarities of temper as well as the particular conforma- tion of their bodies. It may be said they do the very same from their dams. In some degree this is certainly true ; but not in the general way which results from the sire. Suppose the case, ( a very frequent one), that a mare is put to different horses, each particular season ; I do think that you seldom see her charac teristics through anything like the whole of her progeny. Some are like the mother, but the generality agree with the sire. If such were not usually the case, why is the stock of each particular produce horse so much valued, or on the other hand so much under- rated. We see from one hundred to two hundred horses, the stock of each sire, thoroughly valued and appreciated ; we look to the mares also certainly ; but how often do we find, that they bring a good one to one stallion, hut a bad one to another. This, I admit, may be attributed to the crossing of blood in some degree ; but it surely will not do as a general argument. Plenty of instances occur to us where there is a first- rate animal from one sire, but nothing good afterwards. The great French natu- ralist Buffon, remarks that the " sire is tho prototype of tho race." I do firmly believe that this is the general case with re- £ ard to the produce of horses; certain mares of course are ex- ceptions, who produce the likeness of herself to almost any stal- lion ; but such are the vagaries of nature rather than her usual course. The last thing I ever intended was giving even a shadow of offence to any one of your correspondents; we each of us merely wish to examine matters upon the same sub- ject, liked equally well by us all. I corrected an error with regard to Otis, the dam of Lanercost; and a week after your correspondent made the same correction. I very naturally said that I made it first, and if so, that the other was copied from me, which it seems was not the case, as the other from some cause was delayed. This, at least, I could know nothing of. Your correspondent " G. S." also says, that I have quoted as his words, " That the only degree of stoutness in The Heron and Fisherman blood arises from the Orville blood of Heion." I surely added, Dick Andrews also. I certainly thought that " G. S." had even said more than this. I have his letter in your paper now before mo, in which will be seen these words;—" And should it happen that Fisherman cannot stay beyond two miles, the double cross of Buzzard will, in my mind, satisfactorily account for the failure," He afterwards adds: " Therefore, I conclude that Fisherman is good, not on account of, but in spite of, the blood of Castrel, who appears to me to have about a* much title to share the honours of his descendants, as the boy who blew the bellows had claim to credit for the produc- tion of music from the organ." " G. S." therefore seemed to me not only fully to agree With me, but rather to go beyond me. With regard to " G. S." rather undervaluing Fisherman, and predicting that he will tall off next year," I see that 1 most in- advertently made a mistake, and that it was another of your correspondents who thought so. I feel sure " G. S." will for- give a brother sportsman for an unintentional error.— Yours, & c, Feb 10. J. P. P. S. " G. S." mentions Maiiibrace as probably a cause for the probable stoutness of Fisherman; lean only say that I quite agree with him. • ME EDITOE : As I am now an old sportsman of nearly half a century standing, I may be allowed to offer a few hints to the author of the very sensible lines and letter which 1 perceive in your paper of last week, signed " G. S." I perfectly agree with the sentiments that he lias expressed. The care taken in the choica of riders was much grea ter at that golden period of racing, when Skewball in Ireland, and Flying Childers iu England, were the glory and wonder of all Europe, than it is now ; and 1 re- member making very similar remarks even in my day, when Dick Buckle rode Sir Charles Bunbury's Smolensko, at Newmarket, in Spring 1814. 1 am convinced that " G. S." understands his subject, and that also of breeding and training. 1 will, there- fore, presume to add an observation of my own. Being, some years ago, at the Veterinary College, a nobleman of sporting notoriety observed to me that our English raccrs and hunters were too highly led- J. determined to try the experiment of a lower diet, and such as I had seen adopted on various parts of tho continent. I purchased, in 1818, a nine- year- old mare of a farmer who rode with the Sussex Harriers. 1 adopted immedi- ately the plan of a more cooling diet, gave the mare only two quarterns of oats ou ordinary days, aud three in hunting season, and that without beans, but always a bran and barley- meal mash or two every week. The mare at fin t beera : d getting out of condition, but, after one grass, rallied, aud recovered hf r strength and speed. To be brief, I hunted her during eleven seasons with Jolliffe's swift hounds, and occasionally with la- berley's, and those of Mr Conyer's, none of which had very easy strain. In my last note I named one instance of a very superior animal, Virago, at both short and long distances, possessing four crosses of the Selim and Rubens blood ; but as that might be regarded as accidental, I must now name a second mare of the same blood, Lord Clifden's Melissa, which will bear a comparison with any other mare in England for both speed and bottom. 1 find " J. P." has put his finger on Kingston as a specimen of a game bred horse. I am a great admirer of the same stallion, but, as far as a paper pedigree goes, I am very much inclined to think the public would award the palm to Fisherman in preference to him, for most decidedly the former has fewer crosses of what is commonly called " soft blood than the latter.— Yours, & c, IRISHMAN. Feb 11th, 1857. THE " AMERICAN" 1 —~— T Tfo^^ a^ nmrlo me oflhe mare am inclined to think the majority of the breeders of race hwses countries to ride over, and afterwards Blade> use ortneJ mare that that blood has, upon most occasions, down on to some frozen willow stumps, after a tremendous ditch leap, in Surrey. Her activity in jumping was preserved almost to her 20th year, and might have continued but, on going abroad, I turned her into a coppice, in 1834, m which she died a calm and easy death from old age, about 10 years after- wards, at the advanced age of 35 years. She was a strong- built, half- blood, brown mare ; about 15 hands high. W hen she car- ried me, I was1 sure of being foremost in the hunt, whatever the ground might be, or however difficult the fences. As I was almost a centaur in the early part of my life, Mouse was my constant companion and friend— was the most lndefatigaoie roadster I ever had; aud when I heard of her death, 1 exclaimed, " Dum juga montis aper, fluvios dum piseis amabit, Dum fceno pascuntur equi, fugiunt- que caballi, Semper liouos nomenque tuum laudesque manebunt : I must observe, in conclusion, that I have tried the same ex- periment, with the same success, on several young horses; ana [ believe that half the cases of lameness from inflammation are owing to high and erroneous feeding. If I may be allowed to allude to myself, I will assure you, that beiug fond, from a boy, of athletic exercises and trials or strength, I have made a similar experiment on my own person, nor have I ever found my own strength or activity diminisnea by a vegetarian diet, while I have preserved, under a light diet, both strength and activity to a much more advanced age than most sportsmen do, who feed highly. , , „ „• The real secret with respect to training, both for horses ana men, is to give only so much good food as is digested; ana never to ride a horse or tako any strong exercise just inter eat- ing, giving the stomach full time to do its work, before tlie limbs are called into action. This plau has also a special ten- dencv to preserve the pulmonary functions, and thus to prevent what is called broken wind. The same rule applies to hounds and other running dogs. In short, I consider the subject of so much importance to the Field, to the Chase, and to the I arm, that no apology on my part is necessary for this feeble attempt to bring it before the notice ef the public.— I am, & c, T. i. February 10th, 1857. ,, .... P. S.— I have also fed a very fine Arab mare on the same light diet, and with the same success. She lived to a prodigious old age, and under my feeding and care recovered of a bad wound as well as of inflammatory lameness, and became a very active leaper. ME EDITOE : I am quite tired of hearing— iu fact, the subject is quite threadbare— of Herons, Castrels, Touchstones, Mel- bournes, Irish Birdcatcliers, & c, and if I recommend the proper blood to cross with the above, perhaps '' North Countryman, or " J. P." will not thank me, as it may not answer their purpose. But my old favourite having been kept in the dark in all their long letters, I think it onlyjustice to a good animal to bring him before the public, and then let honest John Bull judge for him- self whether the cross I recommend hits or not. I say honest John Bull, but if I were to say foolish John Bull, perhaps 1 should be nearer the mark, for he will always run one way if brother Simon but holds up his finger— as " North Couutrymau justly observes, Flying Dutchman full at 50 guineas. West Australian and Stockwell ( untried) at SO guineas, and many others at similar extortionate prices. " J. P." very " HW brings down the Partisan blood to Kiwi's ton ( 25 guineas untried) and handles the matter so well, as if Kingston was the only one left of the Partisan blood; but allow me to remind J. P. that Sweetmeat, a real good horse, whoso stock is second to none, is the true representative of Partisan, being by Gladiator, who is by Partisan, whose stock has for so many years headed the French tarf. But to return to Sweetmeat; I say he is a real good horse, and has proved himself a superior stock getter, having got the winner of the Oaks three years in succession. Citron, a daughter of Sweetmeat, won three Queen's Plates, and a Produce Stake, at one meeting in Ireland. Mr Editor, I could go on much further, but I must not take more room than mv due, aud will finish by saying that Blink Bonny is by Mel- bourne, dam by Gladiator; Mincepie by Sweetmeat, dam by Irish Birdcatcher; Mincemeat by Sweetmeat, dam by thelro- vost; the Castrel blood thus giving honest, or foolish, John Bull, the true cross, at 15 guineas a mare instead of 50, 30, or 25 guineas.— Yours, & c, A WEST COUNTRYMAN. P. S.— Since writing the above, I hear the French are trying to purchase him after this season. MR EDITOR : The pedigree of the hunter need not be taken into consideration with that nicety requisite in the racer ; still, being sometimes required to display his fleetness, and at most times his powers of eudurauce, I would not have him many points removed from being thorough bred. A good clean bred, naif bred mare crossed by a strong, game, thorough bred stal- lion will produce ail excellent hunter. In the breeding of hacks and carriage horses, pedigree is not requisite. All required is, to have their dams what is termed clean- legged. Cart horses should be descended from a pure bred stallion, aud mare of their own class. The all- important point of soundness is next to be considered. It is the essential qualification of the brood mare for all pur- poses, for it is a notorious fact, and has been laid down as a general rule, that many of the diseases of which the parents are tho subjects will descend to their progeny. We should, there- fore, be particularly careful in our examination of mares required for the stud. Splint, curb, syavin, ringbone, roaring, whitling, piping, grunting, broken wind, aud blindness, I consider to be direct hereditary diseases. To discriminate between those dis- eases, the effect of accident and those of hereditary descont is a difficult task. I can only offer a few general rules by which I have been guided; benefit shall be found by their adoption, for I can safely assert iu the majority of cases they have proved the correctness of my observations. SPLINT.— The situation of splint I have adopted as my index, and whyl have done so I shall explain in a few words. When wc have splint the result of external injuries wo generally perceive it as occupying the inner aud anterior part of the large meta- carpal bon'es ( when present on the fore extremity). This may be accouuted for by the likelihood of the injury being inflicted by a blow from the other limb, and consequently may be denomi- nated as occurring from accidental circumstances, while that the result of concussion from above more generally locates itself more positively, aud on both large and small metacarpal bones this concussion may be accounted for, as occurring from malfor- mation of some of the tissues of the limb, aud may be con- sidered as hereditary. Taking this view of the case, when we see a splint situated on the anterior aud superior parts of the large metacarpal bones, if I also found but one limb affected, and if the animal moved with straight action, I would consider the case of the excrescence as being the result of accidental circum- stances, and consequently not likely to prove hereditary. CURB.— Tho circumstances to be considered in diagnosing curb are firstly, the shape of the hocks; and secondly, if curb was present on one or both hocks, if I found sickle or crooked hocks, and both affected, I would pronounce the animal as being pre- disposed to the disease; if, on the other hand I found straight or well- shaped hocks, and but one affected, I would diagnose the disease to bo the result of sprain or accident, and as such not likely to be hereditary. SPAVIN, RINGBONE, AND SIDEBONE3— May be considered under one head, and indeed I can say but little about them, it never having entered my head to breed from a mare affected with either disease. No circumstances cau palliate their presence aud I would strongly recommend your readers never to breed from an animal affected with either disease : their presence denotes idiosyncracy of the animal's constitution towards the depositing of bony matter. BLINDNESS.— Blindness of both eyes in the mare is one of the worst affections she could be the subject of, for two reasons— firstly, likelihood of its descending to her progeny, and, secondly, her inability to fill that office for which nature destined her, to protect and shield from injury her offspring ; blindness of one eye may not be viewed as so detrimental, but there are other diseases of the eye, the presence of which can only bo detected by a person acquainted with the anatomy thereof, consequently I would recommend the advice of - veterinary surgeon to be taken on the case. BEOKEN WIND, ROARING, and all other diseases of the lungs or air passages are hereditary diseases, and as such should be rejected. There are other diseases to which horseflesh is heir to- examples, grease, corns, break- down, through- pin, windgall, laminitis, nomculartritis; to the presence of which I would not attach much moment; I could wish they were absent, but as it is an impossibility to have a perfect or faultless animal, I would not reject a mare, the subject of those diseases, if she was otherwise perfect, Before dismissing the subject of soundness, I would here ad- vise your readers to pay particular attention to the state of health both of mare and stallion ; either in a poor or debilitated state will materially retard early impregnation— Yours, & c, WEST COUNTRYMAN I'izarro, 3 yrs Sir Humphrey, 3 yrs Kenerdy, 3 yrs WildStrawberry, 3ys Josephine, 3 yrs C by Gameboy out of Bess, 2 yrs Black Swan, aged Harry Lorrequer, aged Bright Chanticleer, aged Conrad, aged AT ME EDITOE : " North Countryman" has mistaken my mean- ing in understanding me to say that tho foals of Teddington and Rataplan had not been returned. I meant that their own names had been omitted in the returns to Orlando and The Baron iu their respective years of 1818 and 1850. This any one can see by referring to tho Calendar of those years. " EastRiding" also has wrongly attributed to me the assertion that Pocahontas was barren to Melbourne last year. I was well aware that she had produced a filly to Nutwith ; and it was some other corre- spondent who, doubtless speaking from his own knowledge of this season, had stated that she was barren to Melbourne. If, as " P. S." states, Augur lias rarely occasion to cover a mare twice, it makes a most material difference. Of few other stallions can that be said. But that a horse could ( like he states Mundig to have done) cover 300 marcs in one season without detriment to his constitution I cannot think. A large number of foals as the result of that season is no proof that no injury has been done to the horse's constitution, for the saying of Lord Bacon that " strength of nature in youth passeth over many excesses which are owing a man till ho is old" is applicable to horses as well as men, and the effect is not perceivable till after years. What has become of Mundig, aud what was the result of his last season ? He is younger than Touchstone, yet I have not heard of him lately. Sir Hercules never would have got a colt like Gemma di Vergy at the age of 27 years if ho had not been sparingly used. And that is why fashionable stallions like Touchstone, Sir Her- cules, Birdcatcher, and Bay Middleton ( although the last is one of a somewhat delicate race) who are limited as to mares, last so much longer in the stud than country stallions. I cannot consider Lanercost a chance horse; he Was got by Liverpool ( one of the best sons of Tramp, and himself the sire of many other good horses) out of Otis, by Bustard ; he was a first- rate performer himself, and the sire ( with not the best choice of mares) of such horses as Van Tromp, War Eagle, Ellerdale, Catherine Hayes, and others. Besides, his son Loup Garou has proved there is running in the blood, by getting such horses as Coroner and Lambourne. Plenipo, too, cannot be called a chance horse, as he was got by Emilius, the crack stallion of that day, and the sire also of Priam, whom many consider as perhaps the best horse of the first half of this century. The failure of Plenipo as a sire is one of the many inexplicable mysteries of the Turf. But the whole Orville direct line appears to be deteriorat- ing vory much, not simply through Emilius, but also through the Muley branch. Muley Moloch has had one extraordinary daughter, Alice Hawthorn, but no son worthy to perpetuate the direct line. Drayton, from his hunting mares, got that line steenle chaser, Bourton ; but no other son of Muley has got any horse of much repute. On the Emilius side, Priam had one won- derful daughter in Crucifix, and Pompey another in Nancy, and occasionally a grandson of Priam's ( like The Hero), turns up to prove there was something in the former repute of tho blood; but the next descent seems, as in the case of The Hero, to fall off a « ain. . " J. P. s" statistics must be very interesting, aud I much wish he would send a selection to Bell's Life. At any rate those re- lating to Sir Hercules, Touchstone, Bay Middleton, Birdcatcher, Melbourne, and Lanercost, would be very acceptable now, and might materially help to settle many disputed points. He might' Claret, 5 yrs ada also those relating to a few of the generation last past— say Lunelle, 4 yrs Camel, Emilius, Sultan, Laugar, Tramp, and Velocipede,— I am, sir. yours, most obediently, Feb 10, 1857. PHILIP. HORSES AND FOUR- MILE HEATS. MR EDITOR : Some months ago I heard that an American gentleman had brought over to this country three horses, and had challenged our Turf men to a race, of four- mile heats, for £ 5,000 a side. Since then I have seen a paragraph in a sporting paper, published in New York, stating that the " American horses excited great curiosity and interest in England." W ish- ing to learn something respecting the said horses, I made many inquiries of men owning race horses and connected with the Turf, but I found that so far from " great interest and curiosity in England," respecting these horses existing, the fact was, they created no sort of interest here, and few racing men could give me any information about them ! I know that the result of the running of these American horses will be looked upon by the Turf men in the United States with the utmost interest; and should a match of four- mile heats be made, it will create quite a furore amongst the American racing men. It will be looked upon as a national affair, and the Yankees will bet heavily on the result. Their cry is, " four- mile heats; best pace from the post; and then, 2 to 1 on the Yankee horse." We, ou this side of the water, look much more coolly on such matters. We consider the so- called " American horse" to be what it really is, the English blood horse imported into America. The blood in both countries is exactly the same, the only question beiug whether the English blood horse is improved or deteriorated by the climate, food, and system of rearing and training in America ? Many people in this and other countries consider that the English blood horse has, of late years, lost much of his fleetness and stamina. This 1 do not believe. At what period were there such horses as the last few years have produced ? The Flying Dutchman, Harkaway, Virago, Wild Dayrell, Teddiugton, Stock- wcll, Rataplan, Kingston, The Hero, Fisherman, Melissa, Fan- dango, and many others, which in any country but this would be considered " flyers." It cannot be said that because we do not run four- mile heats, our horses could not run the distance. All our great stakes are for short distances, and most of them for young horses. Our racing men, therefore breed, roar, and train their horses for these great stakes; but only make it worth while for the owners of race horses to keep their horses for longer distances by giving larger purses, and horses would sooii be found to run, Four mile heats are, with us, considered a barbarity, which went out of fashion about the same time as bull baiting and dog fighting. Some years ago, when on a visit to the " United States, I witnessed a four mile race ou Long Island Course. I write from memory, but think the names of the horses were Black Maria, Trifle, Chance, audahorselcannotremember. Black Maria, amare of great power, won the first heat; Trifle, a very small but neat compact horse, won the second; there was then a dead heat be- tween Black Maria and Trifle ; the next heat was won by Chance— the next by Black Maria, Trifle having,' in this heat, broken down. These horses, therefore, ran twenty miles, and, I remember, it was one of the hottest days I ever felt. Now, only conceive such an affair coming off at one of our great meet- ings for a large stake, when there would be 20 or 30 horses to start, for a race of four mile heats! I should bo obliged, Mi- Editor, if you would just make a little sort of calculation, and let me know how long you suppose it would take to bring such a proceeding to a close. If the race was commenced on Monday morning early, do you think it would be over by the latest hour of daylight on Saturday evening? The Turf men in America judge our horses and their own by the test of time. Now this test is another of the antiquated fashions which departed about the period I before mentioned, and with all due deference to our Yankee frieud's cuteness, I have an idea, if he has no better test, he will be " put in the hole." He will also find a vast difference running four mile heats on turf, often deep and sticky, and up- and- down- hill ( as most of our courses are) to four miles over a made " track" as level and smooth as a billiard table. I doubt whether we shall see a four mile heat race with these American horses. All our best horses are deeply engaged in handicaps, & c, which races are for about two and a half miles in general. If a match is made, the liorso taking it up, must be thrown out of his engage- ments, and the owner put to great expense in paying forfeits. A horse to run such a race must be prepared for that particular distance, for it would be absurd to ruu a horse four mile heats, that has been trained to run two and a half, and very likely been racing all the season, and become somewhat stale, and then pitted against a horse trained for along race, fresh, and kept for that race only. Of the result Of a match, viz, four mile heats, with any horse the Americans can produce, I should have but one opinion, and I believe that some of our old " loather platers" would be quite good enough to " sew up" anything I ever saw run in the United States, and a very long residence in that country, and very frequent attendance at their race meetings, gave mo a good opportunity to judge. Still it is bad policy to disparage any rival, aud Mr Ten Broeck has brought over three of the best horses on the American Turf to contend with us, viz, Lecompte, by Boston out of Reel, 6 yrs old; Pryor, by Glencoe out of Gipsy, 4 yrs old; and Prioress, by Sovereign out of Reel, 3 yrs old. Lecompte has proved himself to be one of tho fastest and stoutest horses ever bred in the United States. He has made wonderful " time," and although beaten by Lexington, is considered by his friends as quite equal to that, horse, Lexington is said to be the best horse that ever ran in the United States; that is to say, he has made better " time" thau any horse which ever ran there. Boston, the sire of Lecompte, was for many years the hero of the American Turf; ho ran aud won more four mile heat races tbau any horse ever bred in that country. He was at last vanquished by Fashion, but his admirers say ne had lost his speed— no wonder ! Lecompte, therefore, may be con- sidered a very first- rate specimen of an American race horse. Pryor is by Glencoe, a horse all English Turfmen know well. His stock in the United States are " very first- rate." Pryor is a good four mile horse, and, from all I hear, tho best looking of the string. Prioress, a three year old, is a " clipver" for a mile and a half— so say the Yankees. I was in hopes Mr Ten Broeck would have entered his horses for some of the Spring Handicaps — say the Newmarket, Chester Cup, or Metropolitan. He would have met horses iu those handicaps that would have tested the powers of his " flyers," and if they are so very long winded as to be able to go away from the post at best speed and " keep it up" for four miles, they would stand a capital chance of cutting down our horses in two aud a half miles. I can, however, only fiud one entry, viz, for the Stewards' Plate— Stockbridge— " Prioress." There are some good horses entered— Fisherman, Melissa, Ayacanora, Vengeance, & c, aud I hope to see a race between some of them and the " Yankee Girl." In default of a match being made, such as would suit the American taste, I suppose we must wait until tho Ascot Cup, or perhaps Good- wood, to test the racing powers of the English blood horse breed in America. I like to call thiugs by their proper names. We have many so called " foreign horses," now every year contend- ing for our prizes— French, German, Prussian, Arabian; and America at last sends her sample. Mostof these ". foreigners" are trained by English trainers, and ridden by English jockeys, and they all are got by Englisli- bred stallions, out of English- bred mares; and, if by chance, they win a race ( aud there is no reason they should not run as well as the horses owned by Englishmen) their owners throw up their hats, and dance for joy at having beaten the renowned English race horse with a " foreigner '." I know no country in the world where any foreign sportsman is so gladly welcomed ; where he is so certain of meeting warm hearts; and every indulgence is shown him, should he enter horse, yacht, man, or beast, to contend for our prizes. All we ask in return is, that he will " call things by their proper names." There is no doubt our system of running horses at two years old is bad, but it does not destroy the breeding powers of the horse; and, therefore, I say our stock is still supe- rior to all the world, aud I have no fear of being beaten by any other blood that can be produced from any country. I also believe our system of breeding aud rearing to be better than any other country ; that our trainers aro better, our jockeys are better, and our grooms are better ; and to prove this, I say to ALL, " Come on— and d d be he who first cries ' hold, enough.' "— Yours, & o, ONE WHO LOVES THE ENGLISH HOESE. AT HINT0N PARVA, FARRINGD0N. BY CHARLES ROLPH, Maid of Cadiz, 5 yrs I KittyFishington, 3ys I Chilterne, by Bow- Laverna, 4 yrs Dexterity, 3 yrs I string out of Rohallion, 3 yrs | | Surge, 2 yrs AT STOCKBRIDGE, HANTS. Poacher, aged Flacrow, 5 yrs Swyndel Dhygga, 4 yrs BY YOUNG KING. Benefit, 3 yrs Cyclops, 3 yrs Mdme Rachel, 3 yrs Park Keeper, 3 yrs Lily Dale, 3 yrs Robin Ruff, 2 yrs Winkfield, 6 yrs Boer, 6 yrs AT ASCOT. BY SAMUEL DEATH. F by Orlando out of Farmer's Daugh- ter, 3 yrs B g Nereus, 3 yrs Warfield, 2 yrs Gassier, 2 yrs AT TICKF0RD PARK, NEWPORT PAGNEL. BY T. PRICE, Tom Gurney ( h b), aged | Flageolet, 5 yrs AT RUGELEY. BY C. MARSON. Sebastopol ( late The I Typhon, 4 yrs Gipsy King), 5 yrs | Hera, 4 yrs AT DELAMERE FOREST, TARP0RLEY. BY J. PEACE. Lady Pousonby, 6ys Robin Hood, 5 yrs B f, by Bran out of Effie Deans' 3 yrs dam, C by Bran— Mary Nobbier, 3 yrs AT N00DS, SITTINGBOURNE. BY G. EATWELL. Nicholas, 6 yrs | Lucy Lockit, 5 yrs | Adamant, 4 yrs AT WEEDLEY HOUSE, WELT0N, NEAR BEVERLEY. BY J. DANBY. Tomboy, aged AT W00LMANSEY, NEAR BEVERLEY. BY THOMAS ELLERINGTON. The Baltic, by Trap out of Boundless, by Hetman Platoff, 3 yrs. AT WANLEY WELTON, NEAR BEVERLEY. BY - PEXTON. Twilight, 5 yrs I Knight of St Pa- 1 Eustace-- Fitz « JohH, Tom Newcome, 3 ys | trick ( h b), 4 yrs | 4 yrs AT THE DOG KENNELS, NEAR BEVERLEY. Princess Royal, by J oe Lovell— I Queen of the Isle, by Mildew The Queen, 2 yrs I "— Queen of Carthage, 2 yrs And two half brea ones. ™ , . By w « CONLAN, at the Maze. Mr Conlan s br c The Earl of Hillsborough, by Tearaway, S yrs „ „,„ , By P. FLOOD, at the Maze. Mr M Corry's eh g The Rover, by Blackfoot, aged Mr M Cauley's b g Louth, by Shepherd, aged , r XT , r JAMES M'KENNA, at the Maze. ? ir iil. t • O'Hara's br f by Simoom out of Helena, 8 yrs Mr M Kenna's b c Surprise, by Mickey Free, 4 yrs > 4 5' rs T ^ w x , By R- PRINCE, at Curraghmore. Lord Waterford's b g Mcigh Dair, by Harkaway, aged t or3 wa! er£ or( J 8 ch c The Cheerful Horn, by Harkaway, - T ' Xra£ er£ orr} s b 0 Bonnivard, by King Dan, 4 yrs Lord \\ aterford s b f Tho Daisy Queen, by Kingfisher, 3 yrs Lord W aterford's ch e The Hawk, by The Bird, 3 yrs Lord Waterford's gr c by Tearaway out of Iroumould, 3 yrs T or5 P0 Seahorse out of Queen Margaret, 3 vrs Lord Waterford's b c St Patrick, by Barbarian- Bon Mot's dam, 2 yrs ljom Watprfnrfi'fi h p Cli^ mnmn 1,, T),. K ...: .. — . r t - • . , n 2 yrs AT NORWOOD HOUSE, NEAR BEVERLEY. BY J. STEVENSON. Heiress, 4 yrs | Calamity, by Newport— Folly, 2y AT NORWOOD, NEAR BEVERLEY. BY THOMAS TOOTAL. C by Voltigeur out of Inspiration, 2 yrs AT R0UTH. BY W. MARSHALL. Linkboy, 4 yrs I C by Chanticleer out of May- | boy's dam, 5 yrs BY ROBERT DANBY. Major, 6 yrs I C by CharlesXII. out of Major's I dam, 5 yrs BY — BARBER. Brother to Sextus, by Pompey, 4 yrs AT LANSDOWNE. BY R. HARRIS. Capt Godfrey Morgan's gr c Pat Manley. AT CHILTERNE, HEYTESBURY. By T. CARLILE. Charles the Second, 3 yrs | Cerealia, 2 yrs EERATA.— We are requested by Mr W. May to correct an error in his return of horses in training at Harpenden in our last. Grosvenor was returned instead of Regent; and the filly by Birkenhead is out of Tamarind, not Tomyris. f^ d Waterferd| s b c by Seahorse out of Queen Margaret, 2 yrs r or2 Waterford's b c by Seahorse, out o f Peri, 2 yrs Lord^ ater/ ord's ch e by Barbarian or Bandy out of May Girl, 2 yrs TS* wT'ft8 £ by, Urey Plover- The Surgeon General's dam, 2 yrs ij0r( j Waterford's b c by Barbarian out of Ossifrage, 2 yrs ljord Watertord's ch c by Barbarian out of Stirrup Cup lister to Due an Durras) r0rj Sater£ ord* s b f by Barbarian oat of Elf, 2 yrs Bird) 2vtr'B Ch f by Ba" dy 0Ut ° f M » snet( dam of The Early Lord Waterford's b f by Barbarian out of Sharavogue's dam, 2 yrs Lord Waterford's b f by Barbarian out of Puss, 2 vrs Lord Waterford's ch f by Chit Chat out of Good Friday's dam, 2 yrs Lord VV atertord's ch f by Warhawk out of Vandyke's dam, 2 yrs « « ^ . By !>• WYNNE, Rossmore Lodge. Mr O. Cummin's eh c by Harkaway, 4 vrs Mr O. Cummin's b c Rubens, by Portrait out of Stella, 2 yrs Mr Day s b g Waterfall, by Cataract, aged Mr Day s b c Isaac's Bridle, by Uortrait out of Sanita, 2 yrs Mr Wynne s br g Veteran, by Old England, aged Sir Wynne s ch e Tommy Moore, by Portrait out of Venom, 2 yrs By R. BARKER, Slane Castle. Lord Conyngliam's ch f Mocking Bird, by Magpie, 3 yrs Lord Conyngham's ch f Hasty, by Horn of Chase, 3 yrs Lord Conyngham's br f Foss, by Don John, 3 yrs Lord Conyngham's br e Jolly Mick, by Mickey Free, 2 vrs Lord Conyngham's br c Mike, by Mickey Free, 2 yrs „ „ Tl , By J. LOONY, Monkstown. 5! R SURJ£ C 8 B H The Old Screw, by Tanworth, aged Mr E. Burke's br g Tom Tinker, by Doncaster, aged Mr E. Burke s br g The Buck, by Seahorse, 6 yrs Mr E. Burke's ch g by Clinker, 5 yrs Mr E. Burke's b h The Disowned, by Burgundy, 5 yrs „ . By OWNER, Monkstown. S" 1}:! 1,8 ? r m by Arthur, dam by Touchstone, 5 yrs Mr Smith s b c by Rockingham, dam by Arthur, i yrs Mr smith s b c by Rockingham, dam by Arthur, 3 yrs At the Phcenix Park, by J. KEATING. Sir E. S. Hutchinson's ch h Morgan Rattler, by Bryan O'Linn, 6 yrs Sr g- Hutchinson's br m Maid of the Glen, bv Verulam, aged Sir 1,. b. Hutoliinson's b h Mickey Free, by Mickey Free, 6 yrs Sir h. 8. Hutchinson's b m Chance, by Magpie, fi yrs Sir E. S. Hutchinson's b f Vine, by Old Port, 4 yrs By B. WHEELER ( Trainer to Prince Max de Croy and M Dominique Copp6). „ T, PRINCE MAX DE CROY'S. San Francisco. 5 yrs, by Nuunykirk or Prospero Wanly, 3 yrs, by Red Robin out of Lucy Long Conty, 2 yrs, by Nuncio out of Lucy Long Leuilly, 2 yrs, by Caravan out of BruySre Favorite, 2 yrs, by Elthiron out of Constance Grisanda ( h b), 3 yrs, by Palomel Uncertain ( h b), 3 yrs, by Palomel T ii i * ' , COPPE'S. Lallali, 2 yrs, by Palomel out of Fanny ( h b) Mirack, 2 yrs, by Red Robin out of Sorcifere ( h b) bt Denis Touche ( h b), 3 yrs, by Palomel AT AVILLY ( NEAR CHANTILLY). By R STEUART ( Private Trainer to Mr J. Kelley). Torrent, aged, by Tearaway Follow me Lads, aged, by Epirus Grisette, aged, by Mickey Free HORSES m TRAINING ENGLAND. IN AT AINTREE NEAR LIVERPOOL. BY J. WILKINS. F by Birdcatcher F by Faugh a Ballagh out of Colycinth, out of Vanilla, by 2 yrs Sheet Anchor, 2 ys F by Mickey Free FbyFaughaBallagh out of Mrs Rigby's outofBrightMay's dam, 2 yrs dam, 2 yrs By W. FOWLER. Dangerous, aged Janet Pride, 4 yrs Cumberland, 3 yrs B f by Touchstone, dam sister to Dex- terous, 2 yrs AT CHESTER. BY WILLIAM TEMPEST. Cigar ( h b), aged Croxtetli ( h b), 6 yrs Norval, 6 yrs Millicent, 3 yrs B f by Pyrland— Se- lina's dam, 2 yrs Fanny Gray, 5 yrs Fisherman, 4 yrs Skyscraper, 4 yrs Apathy, 3 yrs Bosham, 3 yrs Lady Ann, 3 yrs M. 1)., 3 yrs Odd Trick, 3 yrs Sir Colin, 3 yrs AT BELLEISLE BENHAMS, WANTAGE, By W. HOPKINS. Carmel, 2 yrs C by Chanticleer out of Emma Middle- ton, 2 yrs C by ComiaughtRa ti- ger out of Sally War foot, 2 yrs Gewgaw, 2 yrs Kelpie, 2 yrs F by Paymaster out of Panthea, by Pantaloon, 2 yrs Peregrine, 2 yrs Schriften, 2 yrs Texana, 2 yrs York, 2 yrs Bourgeois, aged Arribas, 6 yrs Leybourn Lass, 5 yrs Scotchman, 4 yrs C by Chanticleer out of Arribas'sd, 3 ys AT GULLANE, BY RICHMOND, YORKSHIRE. By E. GILL. Fanny Free, 3 yrs Homceopathist, 3yrs Adventurer, 2 yrs C by The Cure ou t of Brandy Snap, 2 yrs F by Knight of Ave- nel out of Ley- bourn Lass, 2 yrs Massacre, 2 yrs ' Plague Royal, 2 yrs Despot, aged Escape, aged Fanny Wynn, aged Lough Bawn, aged DREffi, By JOHN THRIFT. N. B. Pitfall, aged Isaac ( late Bannath- lath), 6 yrs Aubone, 4 yrs Cara Fatima, 3 yrs Actress, 3 yrs Cock Robin, 3 yrs AT ALVEDI5T0N, NEAR SALISBURY. BY . T. ZACHARY. The Friar, 2 yrs YearlingfillybyWrest Australian out of Mountain Sylpli Miui6, 4 yrs Ld Melbourne, 3 yrs Dardanelles, 3 yrs MR EDITOR : Your correspondent, " J. P.," states, in his last letter, " There arc few people, perhaps, who have not some pet theory of their own. 1 admit niiue to be in favour of dircct descent of blood upon the male side." I am inclined to think „ _ , ., very many will disagree with him on that point: but, if his Entre Nous, 3 yrs view of tho matter is correct, the sooner the Master of the Horse sends Orlando adrift from the Hampton Court Paddocks the better, for he is one of the many stallions now in England which has a large proportion of that " soft" (?) Selim blood flow- ing in his veins, and that very close together, for he is by Touch- „ stone, a stallion with a Selim cross, out of a mare by Langar ( a ! gomlje ' Scotland 4 son of Selitn), and his grauddam by the Castrel Bustard, the , „ rs ' sire of Heron. I am quite aware that Selim, Castrel, aud; 0f Perwent Rubens were more remarkable for speed than bottom ; but 11 4yr5 ' Siding, 5 yrs Dusty Miller, 3 yrs Courtenay, 5 yrs Culcavy, 5 yrs AT liOYSTON. BY J. QUINTON. Exmouth, 3 yrs Joan of Arc, 3 yrs Lady Malcolm, 3 yrs AT MALT0N. BY W. I'ANSON. Blink Bonny, 3 yrs Brompton, 3 yrs B f by Burgundy, 3 yrs Captain Powlott, 3 yrs YearlingcoltbyWest Australian out of Sylpliine And two or three others Shiner, 3 yrs Six aud Eightpeiice, 3 yrs Sichaeus, 3 yrs Strathnaver, 3 yrs Ch f by Joe Lovell out of Flemish Girl, 2 yrs HORSES IN TRAINING IN IRELAND, 1857. AT THE CURRAGH. By J. MURPHY, Conyngham Lodge. Lord Howth's ch c by Dough out of Atalanta, 3 yrs Col Dickson's ch g Garryowen, by Blackfoot, aged Capt D. W. Pack Beresford's ch f Sunbeam, by Iago, 3 yrs Capt D. W. Pack Beresford's b c by Cotherstone — Lady Betty, 2 yrs Capt D. W. Pack Beresford's b f by Tadmor, 2 yrs Capt D. W. Pack Beresford's ch f by Bryan O'Lmn — Chevy Chase, 2 yrs Mr Quin's ch c Sunshine, by Tearaway, 4 yrs Mr Quin's b e The British Lion, by The Flyiug Dutchman, 4 yrs Mr Quin's b f Agitation, by Corranna out of Attraction, 3 yrs Mr Quin's ch c Moonshine, by Corranna out of The Mist, 3 yrs Mr Quin's br f Zaidee, by Bandy out of Wheel, 2 yrs Mr Quin's ch f by Bandy out of Attraction Mr W. Kennedy's b h Arbutha, by Shaun Buidhe, aged Mr W. Kennedy's b c Altro, by Shaun Buidhe, 3 yrs Mr W. Kennedy's b c Brother to Altro, by Shaun Buidlie, 2 yrs Mr Burke's b c Uncle Tom, by Dough, 4 yrs Mr Burke's b c The Tattler, by Magpie, 3 yrs Mr Blakeney's ch f by Harkaway out of Maria Day, 2 yrs Mr Walslie's ch c Kilmurry, by Warhawk, dam by Arthur out of Devotion, 2 yrs Mr Flood's gr g The Blind Harper, by Aithur, aged By THOMPSON HARRISON, Curragh Lodge. Lord Lurgan's br f by Simoom out of Fugitive, 2 yrs Sir Thomas Burke's b h The Chicken, by Magpie, 5 yrs Sir Thomas Burke's b c by Mildew out of Lady Caroline, 3 yrs Sir Thomas Burke's ch c Terry Land, by Harkaway, 2 yrs Sir Thos. Burke's ch c Eyrecourt, by The Horn of Chase— Jane Eyre, 2 yrs Mr Courtensy's ch f Diana ( late Easter Sunday), by Horn of Chase, 4 yrs Mr Courtenay's br c Blight, by Simoom out of Leila, 3 yrs Mr Courtenay's ch c The Zouave, by Bantam out of Coquette,^ yrs Mr Courtenay's b c Storm, by Simoom out of Winter, 3 yrs Mr Courtenay's ch c Sunflower, by The Knight of the Whistle, Seagull's dam, 2 yrs Mr Courtenay's ch c by The Knight of the Whistle — Moleskin, 2 yrs Mr Courtenay's ch f Canary, by The Knight of the Whistle out of Winter, 2 yrs Mr Courtenay's gr f Frailty, by The Knight of the Whistle out of Caprice, 2 yrs Mr Courtenay's b f Volatile, by The Kniglit of the Whistle- Lelia, 2 yrs Mr Courtenay's br f Deception, by The Knight of the Whistle out of Coquette, 2 yrs Mr J. S. Forbes's b c The Dancing Master, by Simoom, 3 yrs Mr J. S. Forbes's b f Double Gloucester, by Melbourne or Mentor, 3 yrs Mr J. S. ForbeB's ch f Roulade, by John o' Gaunt, 3 yrs Mr J. S. Forbes's b f Soeur de Charity, by Cowl, 3 yrs Mr J. S. Forbes's br f Mary O'Toole, by Annandale— Doctor O'Toole's dam, 2 yrs Mr J. S. Forbes's ch f Emore, by Bandy — Ennui, by H. Clinker, 2 yrs Mr J. S. Forbes's ch f Bustle, byThe Horn of Chase— The Baroness, 2 yrs Mr J. S. Forbes's ch e Placeman, by The Horn of Chase— Princess, 2 yrs Mr J. S. Forbes's ch c The Painter, by The Horn of Chase— Prism, 2 yrs Mr J. S. Forbes's chcRatafie, by Bandy or Harkaway— Suspicion, 2 yrs Mr J. S. Forbes's b f by Bandy out of Careful, by Sordid, 2 yrs Mr W. A. Moore's bk c by Birdcatclier out of Sultana, 2 yrs Mr W. A. Moore's b f Constantia, by Burgundy out of Calcavella, 2 yrs By L. KBEGAN, Hamilton Lodge. Mr St George's eh g Sans Culotte, by Brian O'Linn, 3 yrs Mr St George's ch f Sister to Chanticleer, by Birdcatcher, 2 yrs Mr. St George's b f by Annandale, dby Birdcatcher— Confldence'sd, 2 yrs Mr St George's b f by Kingfisher, d by Magpie out of Spray, 2 yrs Mr Dennis's ch m Albatross, by Birdcatcher, 6 yrs Mr Dennis's bk f by Seahorse out of Kick up the Dust, 3 yrs Mr Dennis's b c by Smallhopes, d by Hermit ( Irish) out of Blush, 2 yrs Mr H. Law's b f by John o' Gaunt out of Haco's dam, 3 yrs Mr H. Law's b f by John o' Gaunt out of Caloric, by H. Platoff, 3 yrs Mv Langan's eh f The Princess, by King Dan out of Emily, 4 yrs MrLangan'sch fThe Queen of Oude, by King Dan out of Johnstown Lass, 4 yrs Mr Langan's br f Walterstown Lass ( sister to Walterstown), by King Dan, 3 yrs Mr Langan's ch c King Tom ( bro to Walterstown), by King Dan, 2 yrs MrLangan'sch fThe Emerald Isle, by Tearaway or Bandy out of Emily, 2 yrs Mr Sherry's b li Walterstown, by King Dan, 5 yrs Mr Gartlan's ch c by Polish out of Flirtaway, 3 yrs Mr Burke's br g Trouncer ( h b), by Vulcan,. 6 yrs Mr Onion's gr f Susan, by Portrait out of Raphael's dam, 3 yrs Mr Keegan's ch f Standhouse Lass ( h b), by Tearaway, 4 yrs Mr Keegan's ch c Prizefighter ( h b), by Tearaway, 3 yrs Mr Keegan's ch f Queencake, by Dough out of Osprey, 3 yrs Mr Keegan's br c Prince Alfred, by King Dan out of Matdda, 3 yrs Mr Keegan's b f The Witch, by Tearaway out of Portia, 8 yrs Mr Keegan's ch f Sweetcake, by Dough out of Matilda, 2 yrs Mr Keegan's cli f Fairplay, by Tearaway out of Portia, foaled New Year's Eve, 1851 Mr Keegan's b f Meath Lass, by Crozier out of Velma, 2 yrs By P. DA VIES, French House. Mr Bryan's b f Northleach, by Portrait out of Venom, 3 yrs Mr Bryan's b cRibbonman ( brother to Peep o' Day Boy), by Harkaway, 3 yrs Mr Bryan's b c Rossmore, by Touchstone out of Sarah Ellis, 2 yrs Mr Maxwell's b c Fireblast, by Simoom, 4 yrs Mr Maxwell's b c Sirocco, by Simoom, + yrs Mr Maxwell's Master of the Revels, 2 yrs Mr Maxwell's ch f by Magpie, 2 yrs MrNunn's ch c by Bryan o'Linn out of Piety, 2 yrs Mr Foley's br h Tlie Trapper, by Birdcatcher, 6 yrs Mr Wellington's cli f by Bryan O'Linn, 3 yrs Mr Wellington's ch c by Bryan O'Linn, 2 yrs Mr Ryan's ch h by Tearaway, i, yrs Mr Ryan's b m by Tearaway, aged Mr Davies's brm Miss Bessy, by Ion, 6 yrs Mr Davies's b f by Crozier, 2 yrs By F. MARTIN, At hear van Lodge. Mr M'Donogh's b c Algiers, by The Dey of Algiers, Tanais, or War- hawk out of Glance Mr M'Donogh's ch f Iri, by Chit Chat out of Ira By P. DOUCIE, Rathbride House. Mr E. I. Irwin's ch h Simon Pure, by Crozier, 6 yrs Mr E. I. Irwin's b h Dunmurry, by Smallhopes, 5 yrs Mr E. I. Irwiu'ach fThe Duchess ofAlma( sister to Eugenia), by Hark away, 4 yrs Mr E. I. Irwin's ch f Mallay, by Harkaway out of La Belle Poule ( Cochin China's dam), 4 yrs Mr E. I. Irwin's br c Idman, by Gameboy, 4yrs Mr E. I, Irwin's br h Belfast, by Simoom out of'Clarinda, 3 yrs Mr E. I. Irwin's b c Armagh, by Simoom out of Queen of Kildare, 3 yrs Mr E. I. Irwin's ch f Easter Monday ( sister to Easter Sunday), by Horn of Chase, 3 yrs Mr 10.1. Irwin's ch f Clare, by Crozier out of Clarinda, 2 yrs Mr E. I. Irwin's ch c Romulus, by Tearaway out of Makeway, 2 yrs Mr E. I. Irwin's bf Bundle, by Faugh aBahagh out of Ballinasloe's dam, 2 yrs Mr E. I. Irwin's ch f Rosebud, by Bandy, Oxonian, or The Dean, out of Daphne, 2 yrs Mr E. I. Irwin's br c Safety Valve, by The Dean— White Rose, 2 yrs Mr E. I. Irwin's br e The Tailor, by The Dean out of Bouquet, 2 yrs Mr E. I. Irwin's b f by Tearaway, dam by Magpie, 2 yrs Mr E, I, Irwin's br f by Crozier out of Queen ot Kildare, 2 yrs By M. MONAGHAN, Jockey Hall. Mr Watt's br f Citron, by Sweetmeat, 4 yrs Mr Watt's br c Harry, by Little Harry, 3 yrs Mr Watt's b c Friuay 11, by Horn of Chase, 3 yrs Mr Watt's br f Destruction, by Magpie, 3 yrs Mr Watt's b c Friday III, by Bandy out of Mrs Geoghegan, 2 yrs Mr Watt's b f Odessa, by Bandy out of Marchioness d'Eu, 2 yrs Mr Watt's br f Alliance, by Bandy out of Bussorah By J. HOWLETT, Brownstown- road. Capt Townley's gr f Spinster, by Flatcatcher, 4 yrs Capt Townley's br c Dunboyne, by Robert de Gorham, 3 yrs Capt Xownley's ch f Exchange ( late Easter Sunday) by Bryan O'Linn out of Pretty, 3 yrs Capt Townley's ch c by Warhawk, 2 yrs Capt Townley's ch. c by Horn of Chase, 2 yrs Capt Townley's ch m by Obie, 6 yrs. By C. WESTLAKE, Brownstown. Mr Disney's eh h The Indian Warrior, by Napier, aged Mr Disney's ch c Highlander, by Bryan O'Linn. 8 yrs Mr Disney's b e The Knight of Malta, by Birdcatcher, 2 yrs By PRIVATE TRAINER, Turf Lodge. Mr Newcomen's b h Gamekeeper, by Birdcatcher, i> yrs By J. DOYLE, French Furze. Mr Hawke'sb c by Damask, dam by David, 3 yrs Mr Harding's b c by Damask out of Apple Picker, by Arthur, 3 yrs By J. JONES, Mountjoy Lodge. Mr Home's br c Cleggarrow, by Galtimore, 3 yrs By P. CONOLLY, Curragh Edge. Mr Dunne's b f Dairymaid, by Kingfisher, 4 yrs Mr Dunne's br f by Crozier out of Master Tom's dam, S yrs Mr Dunne's b f Zillah, by Dough out of The Midge, 3 yrs Mr Dunne's b c The Daisy King, by Falstaff, Michaelmas Daisy, 2 yrs Sir Dunne's br f Zanah, by Falstaff out of Midge, 2 yrs Mr Biddulph's ch c Arraguthsheese, 3 yrs HORSES IN TRAINING IN FRANCE. AT CHANTILLY. By JOHN BOLDRICK ( PrivateTrainer to MdmeLatachede Fay). Ronzi, 5 yrs, by Sir Tatton Sykes Roquerlau, 4 yrs, by Nuncio Avron, 4 yrs, by Nuncio Fagus, 3 yrs, by Elthiron out of Discretion Rabry, 3 yrs, by Elthiron out of Loisa Marquemont, 3 yrs, by Gladiator out of Contessa Miss Elthiron, 3 yrs, by Elthiron out of Coquette Lastborn, 3 yrs, by Elthiron or Freystrop out of Florida Valna, 3 yrs, by Gladiator out of Wirthsehaft Marville, 3 yrs, by Gladiator out of Margaret Place- Verte, 3 yrs, by Eltlurou out of Eoline Biancourt, 2 yrs, by Elthiron out of Wirthschaft Jurens, 2 yrs, by Elthiron out of Loi sa Hois Robert, 2 yrs, by Elthiron out of Coquette Braine, 2 yrs, by Elthiron out of Marguerite Page, 2 yrs, by Elthiron out of Eoline Souvenir, 2 yrs, by Elthiron or Bataclan out of Ruthful Seigneurie, 2 yrs, hy Elthiron out of Discretion Huguette, 2 yrs, by Elthiron out of Jessie By W. BALCHIN ( Private Trainer to Baron Schickler). Leville, 4 yrs, by The Baron out of Cassandra Mitraille, 2 yrs, by Irish Birdcatcher out of Drill Battaglia, 2 yrs, by Melbourne out of Black Bess Kiss Me Not, 2 yrs, by Irish Birdcatcher out of Touch Me Not Sauterelle, 2 yrs, by Pyrrhus the First out of Coryphee Martel- en- Wte, 2 yrs, by Surplice out of Gabble By JOHN BAINS ( Trainer to Count Roederer, & c). Ouverture, 5 yrs, by Tipple Cider or Sylvio Museum, 3 yrs, by Brecardo out of Georgina Crinoline, 3 yrs, by Brocardo out of Deception Sot- l'y- laisse, 3 yrs, by Caravan out of Cauliflower Oubli, 2 yre, by The Baron out of Victoria Brocoli, 2 yrs, by Gladiator out of Cauliflower By JOHN BRIGGS ( Traiuer to M de Silveira, & c). Toss Up ( late Percepteur), 2 yrs, by Lanercost— Lady Emily Ninico, 2 yrs, by Caravan, dam by The Saddler Fusee, 2 yrs, by Nuncio out of Luche Claris, 2 yrs, by Caravan out of Margaret By T. CARTER, sen ( Trainer to Baron M de Rothschild, Count Montguyon, Count Breon, E. de Vatry, J. Reiset, Santerre, Lord H. Seymour, & c). BARON ROTHSCHILD'S. Fireaway, 3 yrs, by Caravan out of Genevieve de Brabant Ferrifcre, 2 yrs, by Lanercost out of Illustration Taffarette, 2 yrs, by Lanercost out of Bounty Balaguy, 2 yrs, by Elthiron dam by Scutari Negresse, 2 yrs, by Caravan out ot Creeping Jenny COUNT MONTGUYON'S Verm& lle, 4 yrs, by the Baron M SANTERRE'H Calanthe, 2 yrs, by Lanercost out of Whim COUNT DE BREON'S Marigriy, 3 yrs, by Ion out of Norma ' E. DE VATRY'S Stains, 2 yrs, by Nuncio out of Fiction LORD H. SEYMOUR'S Colax, 2 yi'R, by Lanercost out of Stream Christina, 2 yrs, by Lanercost out of Victress M J. REISET'S Triumvir, 5 yrs, by the Emperor. St George, 3 yrs, by Gladiator out of Effie Deans Maronier, 3 yrs, by the Baron or Assault out of Retamosa Mandarin, 3 yrs, by Caravan out of Free Trade Noblesse, 3 yrs, by Gladiator out of Quinine Jeanne d'Arc, 3 yrs, by the Baron out of Jew Girl Ponette, 8 yrs, by Elthiron out of Fiction Anion, 3 yrs, by Pyrrhus the First out of Bat. wing Bretagne, 3 yrs, by Ion out of Dame Blanche Zephir, 2 yrs, by Ion out of Batwing Triumph, 2 yrs, by Lanercost out of Example Anatole, 2 yrs, by Bay Middleton out of Wallflower Kesia, 2 yrs, bv Nuncio out of Effie Deans Mr T. CARTER'S Monarchist, 5 yrs, by tne Emperor Negrino, 3 yrs, by Elthiron out of Naphtha Kathleen, 2 yrs, by Caravan out of Jew Girl Plenipo, 2 yrs, by Nuncio out of Flirtation Benvenuto, 2 yrs, by Nuncio out of Retamosa By T. R. CARTER, jun ( Trainer to M Delamarre, Viscount Saint Roman, and Viscount Lauriston), M DELAMARRE'S. Brunette, aged, by Don John Vert- Galant, 3 yrs, by the Baron out of Fair Helen' Capdeville, 3 yrs, by Sting out of Bella Donna Bosphore, 3 yrs, by Caravan or Assault out of Panacea Contredanse, 3 yrs, by The Baron out of Whim Mira, 3 yrs, by Ion out of Miss Rainbow Cagliostro, 2 yrs, by Nunnykirk out of Fair Helen Colt, 2 yrs, by lago out of Panacea Fille de Marbre, 2 yrs, by Nunnykirk out, of Scythia Debutante, 2 yrs, by Pyrrhus the First out of Figurante Bonne A venture, 2 yrs, by Russborough, dam by The Colonel Bayonette, 2 yrs, by Irish Birdcatcher out of Needle VISCOUNT DE ST ROMAN'S. Flying Buck, aged, by Economist VISCOUNT LAURISTON'S. Lady Arthur, aged, by Arthur By R. CUNNINGTON ( Private Trainer to M Lupin). Trajan, 5 yrs, by The Emperor Baronnet, 5 yrs, by The Baron or Chesterfield Junior Isolier, 4 yrs, by The Baron or Nunnykirk Eclaireur, 4 yrs, by Mr Waggs Florin, 3 yrs, by Surplice out of Payment Paladin, 3 yrs, by The Baron out of Honeymoon Potoeki, 3 yrs, by The Baron or Nunnykirk out of Miska Jagouar, 3 yrs, by Caravan out of Zibeline Brulot, 3 yrs, by The Baron out of Lanterne Mesange, 3 yrs, by Red Hart out of Cuckoo Chatelaine, 3 yrs, by The Baron out of Deception Filly, 3 yrs, out of Mi- CarSme Filly, 2 yrs, by Lanercost out of Cuckoo Filly, 2 yrs, by Lanercost out of Miska Filly, 2 yrs, by The Baron out of Refraction Filly, 2 yrs, by St Germains out of Reel Filly, 2 yrs, by Lanercost out of Officious Filly, 2 yrs, by The Baron out of Jelly Fish By H. GIBSON ( Trainer to Baron E. Daru, E. Courtois, & c). Debureau, 5 yrs, by Brocardo Bordeaux, 3 yrs, by Caravan out of Stream Elysabeth, 3 yrs, by Stultz out of Bay Araby Brassia, 3 yrs, by Caravan out of Julia Miss Bird, 3 yrs, by Irish Birdcatcher out of Image Cosmopolite, 2 yrs, by Lanercost out of Julia Hermes, 2 yrs, by Caravan out of Alice La Sartlie, 2 yrs, by Slane out of Balaclava Persepolis, 2 yrs, by Lanercost, dam by the Saddler Antilope, 2 yrs, by Malcolm out of Start Dentelle, 2 yrs, by Russborough out of School Mistress Lath, 2 yrs, by Mildew out of Chisel Sire de Franc- Boisy, 2 yrs, by Lanercost out of Belvidere By JOHN GIBSON ( Trainer to M de Laluyere, M Moyse, & c)' Black Dwarf, aged Filly, 3 yrs, by Caravan out of Martingale By T. HURST ( Private Trainer to Count de Moray.) Diamant, 4 yrs, by Caravan or La Cloture Biboche, 3 yrs, by Brocardo out of Zaida Flameche, 3 yrs, by The Baron out of Allunaette Odessa, 3 yis, by Assault out of Mantle Turenne, 3 yrs, by Nuncio or Brocardo out of Menalippe Fhosphore, 2 yrs, by Gladiator out. of Allumette Andrinople, 2 yrs, by Archy out of Second Sight Aprellis, 2 yrs, by Gladiator out of Alfride Sportatus, 2 yrs, by Gladiator out of Snowdrop Lazarine, 2 yrs, by Gladiator out of Fretilon Fortunio, 2 yrs, by Lanercost out of Mantle Corpus Juris, 2 yrs, by the Baron out of Quiz By J. JENNINGS ( Private Trainer to Count F. de La Grange). Monarque, 5 yrs, by Sting, The Baron, or The Emperor Peu d'Espoir, 5 yrs, by Sting, The Baron, or The Emperor Pension, 4 yrs, by Tipple Cider Dame d'Honneur, 4 yrs, by The Baron Brutus, 3 yr6, by Sting out of Lotterie Sting's Son, 3 yrs, by Sting out of Skirmish Mde de Chantilly, 3 yrs, by Gladiator out of Maid of Mona Claire, 3 yrs, by Brocardo out of Clemantine Thea, 3 yrs, by Electrique out of Columbine Enchanteresse, 3 yrs, by Nunnykirk, out of Malibran Miss Gladiator. 3 yrs, by Gladiator out of Taffrail Zouave, 2 yrs, by The Baron out of Dacia Ventre St Gris, 2 yrs, by Gladiator out of BeJle de Nuit Inkerman, 2 yrs, by Gladiator out of Bathilde Volant, 2 vrs, by Caravan out of Maid of Mona Baroncini', 2 yrs, by Gladiator out of Cochlea FJoristan, 2 yrs, by Gladiator out, of Doris Phccni. x, 2 yrs, by the Baron or Nuncio out of Taffrail Cheorette, 2 yrs, by Lanercost out of Nativa Alice, 2 yrs, by the Baron or Nuncio out of Annetta Caladeuia, 2 yrs, by Bay Middleton out of Hibernia Etoile du Nord, 2 yrs, by The Baron out Of Maid of Honour Comtesee, 2 yrs, by the Baron or Nuncio out of Eusebia Catharine, 2 yrs, by Elthiron out of Lesbia By H. LAMPLUGH ( Private Traiuer to Baron de la Motte, Baron Momiecove, Count de Namur, and Count de Cuucby), Franc Pieaid, aged, by Nautilus or Royal Oak Casse Cou, aged, by The Dean Jean du Quesne, aged, by Corranna Eulogist, aged, by Birdcatcher By T. SMITH ( Trainer to Count d'Hedouville, M Behaque, & c). Gagne Petit, by Young Emilius or Romeo Hepzibah, 4 yrs, by the Baron Orfa, 4 yrs, by Assault or Caravan Bravo, 8 yrs,' by Sylvio out of Belle de Nuit Capsicum, 3 yrs, by Sir Tatton Sykes out of Pimento Napier, 3 yrs, by Polecat out of Bella Conlerence, 3 yrs, byThe Baron out of Errare Commelles, 3 yrs, by Mr Waggs out of Madame la Ville Florine, 3 yrs, by Hernandez out of Molatrine Agricole, 3 yrs, by Archy out of Landrail Hidalgo, 2 yrs, by Ion out of Pug Cincinnatus, 2 yrs, by Lanercost out of Landrail Filly, 2 yrs, by Pyrrhus the First out of Ellipsis Filly, 2 yrs, by Irish Birdcatcher out of Bilberry Filly, 2 yrs, by Caravan out of Rhinoplastie Filly, 2 yrs, by Lanercost out ofEpaminondas's dam Filly, 2 yrs, by Nuncio out of Molatrine By W. STINGER ( Trainer to Viscount de Lignac). Perjury, aged, by Sir Hercules Nat, 4 yrs, by Mr Waggs Pkosphore, 3 yrs, by Caravan out of Ritta iekey 1 AT LAMORLAYE ( NEAR CHANTILLY). ByH- JENNINGS ( Trainer to Prince Marc de Beauvau, Prince h, de Beauvau, Marquis Aguado, Marquis de . Noailles, Count Komar, Count de Blangy, Count de Prado, and Count des Cars). Lion, 4 yrs, by Ion Miss Cath, 4 yrs, by Gladiator Duchess, 8 yrs, by Caravan out of Dorade Lady Harriett, 3 yrs, by Mr Waggs out of Plenty Saneux, 8 yrs, by Tory out of Semiseria William the First, 3 vrs, by Pyrrhus the First, out of Witsend E? r< 5 » ! 8 y; s. by Pyrrhus the First out of Fraudulent The Abbot, 3 yrs, by Iago out of The Abbess Fidelite, 3 yrs, by Elthiron out of Constance Baron George, 3 yrs, by Liverpool out of The Wren Acajou, 3 yrs, by Gladiator out of Marcella yrs, by Nunnykirk or St Germains out of Festival Matilda, 2 yrs, by Elthiron out of Maid of Erin feylvie 2 yrs, by Lanercost out of Grist Geollette, 2 yrs, by Ion out of Georgette Ebhs, 2 yrs, by Ion out of Julia Le Lude, 2 yrs, bv Russborough out of Miss Anson Le Noble, 2 yrs, by Nunnykirk or St Gennains out of Girondelle iorestier, 2 yrs, by Lanercost out of Fraudulent Anchorite, 2 y rs, by Iago out of The Abbess Tipler, 2 yrs, by Tipple Cider out of Boutique ' President, 2 yrs, by Nuncio or Maryland out of Predestine Ojnstiti, 2 yrs, by Ion out of La Biche I leur de Loge, 3 yrs, by St Germains out of Honeycomb Maearena, 3 yrs, by Baron or Nunnykirk out of Cassandra Gouvieux, 2 yrs, by The Baron or Lanercost out of Fatima AT C0URTEUIL ( NEAR CHANTILLY). By F. KENT ( Private Trainter to M Fasquel). Trembleur, aged, by Y. Emilius ; Ne m'- oubliez- pas, 4 yrs, by Tipple Cider Crepuscule, 4 yrs, by Caravan Derby, 3 yrs, by Gladiator out of Souilhouette Sebastopol, 5 yrs, by Gladiator, dam by Redgauntlet Erreur, 3 yrs, by The Baron or Assault out of Holbein filly Anatohe, 5 yrs, by Nutwith or Scutari out of Mira Supreme Degree, 3 yrs, by Caravan out of Suprema Bletia, 3 yrs, by Slane out of Twilight Garenne, 3 yrs, by Elthiron, Gladiator, or Freystrop out of Jessie I ort- aux- bras, 2 yrs, by The Baron out of Suprema Charlatan, 2 yrs, by Caravan out of Lady Charlotte Phcebus, 2 yrs, by The Baron out of Tenebrense Marqttis de Carabas, 2 yrs, by The Baron or Caravan out of Minuit Minotaur. 2 yrs, by Nuncio out of Miniature Pomme d Amour, 2 yrs, by The Baron out of Tomate AT EC0UFLANT ( NEAR ANGERS). By W. BAINS. ^ ..„ , M C. de TERVE'S. Tortillard, 5 yrs, by Gladiator Lady Tartuffe, 4 yrs, by Ion Patience, 3 yrs, by Ion out of Violette La Mer Noire, 3 yrs, by Ion out of Bride of Abydos Alma, 3 yrs, by The Prime Warden out of Berth Five Days, 3 yrs, by Liverpool out of Fadaise Veux- tu- courir, 2 yrs, by Strongbow out of Olinga Vert Gallant, 2 yrs, by The Prime Warden out of Fanny Hill Ait, 2 yrs, by Ion out of Mariquita M Turc, 2 yrs, by Strongbow out of Bride of Abydos M LOISEAU'S Young Brandyface, 4 yrs, by Brandyface M CORDIER'S. Johanna, 3 yrs, by The Baron, or Assault out of Louisa Tender, 3 yrs, by Strongbow out of Miss Tarrare M BOUTTON LEVEQUE'S. Sultan, 3 yrs, by The Prime Warden out of Verveine Dame de Pique, 8 yrs, by Ion out of Belle Poule M J. ROBIN'S. Valentine, 3 yrs, by Liverpool out of Esmeralda Agloure, 2 yrs, by Ion out of Emilia COUNT DE LOZE'S. Xenoinane, 6 yrs, by Glory AT AURILLAC. By SIMPSON. M LOUSERT'S. Rameau, 3 yrs, by Commodore Napier out of Cabriole Capucine, 3 yrs, by Tragedian out of Spark Calamity, 2 yrs, by Prince Caradoc out of Cezarine Milor, 2 yrs, by Tragedian out of Clara Wandel Aly, 2 yrs, by Tragedian out of Desir^ e AT PARIS. By W. BUNN ( Private Trainer to Mr Manby). The Dean, aged Good Lad, aged • NEAR C0MPIEGNE. By T. CARTER, jun, ( Private Trainer to Mons Mosselman). Mr Henry, 4 yrs by Ion Le Monsieur, 4 yrs, by Nuncio Mai de Mer, 4 yrs Aganisia, 4 yrs, by Assault Petite Musique, 3 yrs, by Gladiator out of Serenade La Michelette, 3 yrs, by The Baron out of Francesca Rebisquade, 3 yrs, by Ion out of Victorine Charybde, 3 yrs, by Urbanoout of hey 11a Mulatre, 2 yrs, by Lanorcost out of Emerald Grand Decime, 2 yrs, by Lanercost out of Memoire As- par- tout, 2 yrs, by lago out of Euphrosine Tonnerre des Indes, 2 yrs, by The Baron out of Serenade Fiferlin, 2 yrs, by Nuncio out of Demonstration Boscard, 2 yrs, by Nuncio out of Camelia Ah Mon Dieu, 2 yrs, by Caravan or Nuncio out of Jessie Hammond Loulou, 2 yrs, by Caravan out of Adeline Mdlle Mars, 2 yrs, by Caravan out of Victorine Francois, 2 yrs, by Caravan out of Francesca Trop Petite, 2 yrs, by Caravan or Nuncio out of Mdlle Pritchard Abbess of Easby, 2 yrs, by Irish Birdcatcher out of Marplot AT RICHELIEU. By H. JORDAN ( Trainer to M du Garreau, M Dartigaux, M de Boyat, M de Chernellier, M Capdeville, M Desbons, & c). M DU GARREAU'S. Fantasia, 4 j rs, by Commodore Napier Gentille Annette, 3 yrs, by Commodore Napier, out of Stella Prince Noil-, 2 yrs, by Walmersly out of Arabelle Forbau, 2 yrs, by Walmersly out of Phcenice M DARTIGAUX'S. Madrig, 4 yrs, by Napier Fanfaron, 3 yrs, by Napier out of Mdlle Bseart M DE BOYAT'S. Le Gamin de Paris, 8 yrs, by Malton out of Olympic Fille de Bretagne, 3 yrs, by Prince Caradoc out of Aveline Hache Paille, 2 yrs, by C. Napier out of Olympic M DE CHERNELLIER'S. Baraque, 2 yrs, by Liverpool out, of Elvina Clair deLune, 2 yrs, by Ionian out of Defy Rafedi, 2 yrs, by Liverpool, dam by Emilius Escolyone, 2 yrs, by Ionian out of Image M CAPDEVILLE'S. Papillon, 2 yrs, out of Bayadere Philliberte, 2 yrs, by Sting out of My Dear M DESBONS'S. Coup d'Essai, by The Ban out of Desesperee ' Mr H. JORDAN'S, Brin d'Amour, 5yrs, by Commodore Napier Marlborough, 4 yrs, by Tragedian [ Diable aQualre, 3 yrs, by Commodore Napier out of Spelleta Snowball, aged , AT LIMOGES. By F. LAPDAND ( Trainer to Marquis Rofflgnac, M Francey, & c). Marquis ROFFIGNAC'S. Mimi Pinson, 2 yrs, by Commodore Napier out of Miss Exile M FRANCEY'S. Sunflower, 3 yrs, by Malton or Commodore Napier — Pretendante M LAPLAND'S. Mademoiselle Pesirte, 3 yrs, by Caravan out of Beeswing Magot, 2 yrs, by Sting out of Demie Fortune AT LIMOGES. By . T. ROULHAC ( Trainer to M Desmasons de Bonnefoud). Troubadour, 5 yrs, by Nunnykirk AT SOURCHE. By J. CASSIDY. Count A. DES CAR'S. Xantippe, 6 yrs, by Glory Yatagan, 5 yrs, by Cataract Phosphoree, 4 yrs, by The Baron Balton, 2 yrs, by Cataract or Glory out of Miss Urganda Bistria, 2 yrs, by Maryland out of Xenia Bicita, 2 yrs, by Ion or Strongbow out of Rosabelle Count BREON'S. Yucca, 5 yrs, by Trim AT M0NT- DE- MARSAN. By M PAUL ( called Smith), ( Trainer to M M. A. Fould, Count de Bony, M Capdeville, Lavigne, & c). M A. FOULD'S. Remus, 5 yrs, by Garryowen Young Napier, 4 yrs, by Napier Fulgur, 4 yrs, by Young Emilius Dervish, 8 yrs, by Sting out of Deer filly Corrida, 3 yrs, by Garryowen out of Coqueluche Cronstadt, 3 yrg, by Sting out of Ornika Arwed, 8 yrs, by Sting out of Azora Miss Anna, 3 vrs, by Sting out of Picciola Colt, 2 yrs, by Garryowen or Richmond out ofRhodanthe Colt, 2 yrs, by Richmond out of Candida Colt, 2 yrs, by St Germains out of Peronette Colt, 2 yrs, by Y. Emilius out of Zamire Filly, 2 yrs, by Gladiator out of Margaret Count BONY'S. Agar, aged, by Brocardo Biberon, 5 yrs, by the Emperor Little Harry, 4 yrs, by Napier Adalgise, 3 yrs, by Malton out of Betsy Jonquille, 3 yrs. by Prince Caradoc out of Tulip Colt, 2 yrs, by Maryland out of Fraternity Colt, 2 yrs, by Master Waggs out of Xenodia Colt, 2 yrs, by Prince Caradoc Filly, 2 yrs, by Ionian out of Bohemienne Filly, 2 yrs, by Prince Caradoc Filly. 2 yrs, by Brandyface Filly, 2 yrs, by Commodore Napier. M de CAPDEVILLE'S. Lutin, 3 yrs, by Sting. M de LAVIGNE'S. Filly, 3 yrs, by Sting out of Aquila. By H. CUTLER ( Trainer to Count A. do Mouts, Count A. de Noailles, Count de Montbron, M Cabrol. M de Sevin, & c). Count A. de MONTS'. Arlette, 6 yrs, by Erimos Lilla. 8 yrs, by Sting out of Castagnette Alexander, 2 yrs, by Garry Owen out of Castagnette Alcaston, 2 yrs, by Stiug out of Miss Jenny Count A. de NOAILLES'. Diletta, aged, by Y. Emilius Baron des Adrcts, 2 yrs, by Lanercost ont of Diletta AUegrador, 2 yrs, by Lanercost out of Bonitta. Count A. dfi MONTBRON'S. Income- tax, 2 yrs, by Ionian out of Benediction Tot- ou- Tard, 2 yrs, by Commodore Napier out of Egeste, M. CABROL'S. Belesaire, aged, by Mamaluke out of Clara Wandel, M de SEVIN'S. Fa- Di6ze, 6 yrs, by Commodore Napier Parker, 5 years, by Commodore Napier Don- Paez, 4 yrs, by Malton Sylvain, 3 yrs, by Malton out of Sylvia Lord Spleen, 2 yrs, by Ionian out of Sylvina Buzzard, 2 yrs, by Napier out of Teresina Mr H. CUTLER'S, Conde, 4 yrs, by the Libel Marie- Shah, 4 yrs, by the Baron AT SAINT- JEANNE LIGOURRE. By des MAISONS ( Private Trainer to M de Vanteaux). M de Saint- Jean, 5 yrs, by Prospero or Commodore Napier Wergiss- men- nicht, 3 yrs, by Malton out of Sylvandire Accroche- c< eur, 8 yrs, by Malton out of Jocaste Ventre- a- terre, 2 yrs, by Ionian out ol'Sylvandire Droit- d'Union, 2 yrs, by Ionian out of Etincelle AT VIGEAU, NEAR BORDEAUX. By T. WEBB ( Trainer to M Subercazeaux), CasiJmode, 5 yrs, by Worthless Jorjete, 4 yrs, by Ionian Sensitive, 4 yrs, by Scavenger Cendrillon, 3 yrs, by Sting out of Atalaata Salvutor, 3 yre, by Sting out of Eegli& se Mazeppa, 3 yrs, by Stin$ out of Carioca Timon, 3 yrs, by Assassin out of Aline Prime, 3 yrs, by Malton out of Weler. 2 SUPPLEMENT TO BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, FEBRUARY 22, 1856. SPORTING AT ROME. ' Stewards: Hon 6. Proby and Sussex Milbank, Esq, The following races, got up by the gentlemen, English and Italian, members of the Roman Hunt, came off on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 10th aud 11th inst. FIRST DAY.— MATCH, 800 scudi; one mile and a half. Mr Kenedy's bay stallion J Mr Wheble's b h Sultan 2 — MATCH, 100 scudi. Capt Van sittart's grey geldin g .,. • • • 1 Mr Bethel's Catch Me WhoCan,... 2 MATCH, 100 scudi. Mr Barton's b Tramontane } Count Pulverosl's Sirrooo. 1 SECOND DAY.— MATCH, 300 scudi; two miles. Mr Kennedy's bay stallion . V i .•'.'• 1 Mr Wheble's b h Sultan... 2 Won as easy as the former match. A SWEEPSTAKES of 20 scudi eaoh. MarquisCalibrini's Muff . • • 1 Duke of Piano's Wasp " Count Campello'B Romeo 3 MATCH, 50 scudi. Don MarioChigi's Madonna 1 Capt Burjiaby's b li Immaculate 2 The meeting was of the most cheerful description, under a glorious sunshine each day, lu consequence of Mr Mil- bank having had a severe fall out hunting the day previous, Mr Cooper ( 60th Rifles) undertook the duties of steward in his place. Among the principal English were the Marquis of Lothian, the Marchioness of Lothian, and the Ladies Kerr, Earl and Countess Talbot, Earl avid Countess Somers, Earl and Countess of Hope- town, Earl of Cottenham, Lord and Lady H. Vane, Mr and Lady A. Milbank, Mr and Lady E. Dickens, Lady Marian Alford and the Earl of BroWnlow, Lord Edward Chichester, Lord Ralph Kerr, Sir Adam and the Misses Hay. Sir James and Lady Fitz- gerald, Sir Archibald Hope, Sir E. Burrows, Mr Forbes Mack- enzie, Mr Middeltou, Mr Wheble, kc, & c. Among the Italians we noticed Princes Odescalchi, Doria, Borghese, Piombino; Dukes di Sorra, Fiano, and Magliano; Marquises Orego and Calibrini; Counts Campello, Pulverosi, Silverstulli, & c, & c. COURSING IN INDIA- NORTH OF INDIA COURSING MEETING. TO THE EDITOB OB BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON. DEAB SIB ; I enclose an account of the great North of India Coursing Meeting, which will be interesting to many of your subscribers. This meeting has been got up at much trouble and expense, and has been gaining popularity for the last three years. On the present occasion there were no fewer than twenty brace of thoroughbred English dogs on the ground, and several direct importations from the best kennels in England— Black Prince and Spring to wit, both of the " Jason blood;" but they could not run out the stakes alongside of the " country bred" ones by English " imported" stock ; and, as a general rule, never will. The winner of the All- aged Cup, aud runner- up for both cups, were all bred in the country by Doctor C., and would do credit to any kennel in England— Yours, &- c, RESTLESS. P. S. The meeting took place on the ground where the Battle of Delhi was fought. Delhi, January 6th, 1857, Camp Shadura, Dec 22, 1856. The ALL- AGED CUP, value 250 rupees, lst Ties. Dr Cannon's be d Czar beat Sir T. Metcalfe's r b Meteor, A very long and extremely pretty course. There was not much difference between the two, but Caar rather the faster, and he finished by a very pretty kill. Dr Thring's bk d Hermit beat Major Skinner's f d Roger. The black dog went off with the lead, and was much the better of the two all through the course ; a kill. Major Skinner's f d Comet beat Mr Dumurgue's f w b Duchess. Duchess had a bad start, but it was of little consequence, for she never made a single point during the course ; a kill. Major Skinner's bk imported d Black Prince beat Dr Cannon's w r d Cupid. The black dog ran most splendidly, the other dog being of no use whatever from start to kill. Sir T. Metcalfe's be d Mars beat Dr Ad ley's bk w d Fireaway. The blue dog made about seven points before the other got in. He then had a severe fall in an attempt to kill, so that the black and white dog made two or three points, but the blue was the best at the end, finishing by a kill of merit. Sir T. Metcalfe's be d Mercury beat Mr Michell's be d Hawk. Mercury did almost the whole work from start to kill. Dr Cannon's. be d Smoke beat Mr Fraser's r d Baronet. A nasty scrambling course, the winning of which did no credit to the blue dog. The hare was lost in an urrur field. Major Skinner's w bk imported dog Spring ran a bye with his dog Borderer, and licked him well too. After these ties were run off there was a lottery on the dcgs left in. Black Prince sold for 37 rupees, Spring for 17 rupees, and Mars for 15 rupees. Hares were plentiful, but not so good as at Putpurgunge last year. DEC 23, 1856.— We commenced to run the puppies in the afternoon of the 22d, but in two hours' beating we could only find three hares, and got one run. So we wont on with the first ties this morning. The PUPPY CUP, value 250 rupees, lst Ties. Major Skinner's r w b Brilliant beat Mr Nixon's f b Rose. Rather a scrambling affair, the hare having, after the first turn, doubled back through the line ; a kill. Sir T. Metcalfe's f b Mercy beat Dr Scott's r w b Bella. Half sisters and very small ones ; tbafawn the fastest, but no great difference. They ran the hare through the gate, and killed in the Emperor's garden. Sir T. Metcalfe's f d Magistrate beat Mr Cannon's f b Coun- tess. Brother and sister. The dog had the best of the run up ; the bitch was then unsighted from the hare doubling over a ridge to the dog, who for a considerable time had the hare to himself. The bitch then joined, but the dog had the best of it through an extremely long course. The hare was lost in the Emperor's garden. Sir T. Metcalfe's f b Mamelon beat Mr Fraser's be w d Spring. All in favour of the fawn, the dog declining any near acquaint- ance with the hare. Mr Fell's bo w d Dragon beat Mr Adley's bk b Lady Bird. A bad start, and a bad course ; no kill. Mr Thring's f w d Rocket beat Mr Michell's f d Tippoo. The ground bad ; the consequence was that Rocket made one turn and a kill. Dr Cannon's f w d Cricket beat Mr Michell's be w b Merry. The whole of the first part of the course was done by the dog, who ran with great fire and force. Towards the end the blue bitch made a few points, but the dog finally gave her a go- by, and carried the hare into sugar cane ; no kill. Dr Cannon's r w b Celeste beat Mr Currie's bd d Driver. The bitch was first on her legs, aud went off with a lead of several lengths. She then made first turn and brought the hare towards the dog, then in an attempt to kill had a most severe fall, but picked herself up and weut on with the running, before the dog came up, The course lasted a considerable time after this, the bitch having no assistance, and she at last made a very pretty kill. The dog had a most tarnation good thrashing. Mr Fell's be w b Alice Grey ran a bye with Dr Scott's Chummy, who proved himself by far the better of the two. A kill. Major Skinner's r w d Rufus and Mr Clifford's f b Critique ran an undecided course owing to an urrur khet. Rufus beat Critique. The dog had most speed, and after making first turn, when the bitch got in, he gave her a most complete go- bye, and killed the hare without another turn. Both last night and to- day the ground was very bad, and hares extremely scarce, so we move camp to I> utpurgunge to- morrow. — D, SCOTT, Secretary. PUTPURGUNGE— DEC 24, The ALL- AGED CUP. 2d Ties. Czar beat Hermit. A shortish course, spoiled by a small cotton khet, near a village. Czar had the best of it all through— no kill. Black Prince beat Smoke.— A pretty course, Black Prince showing most speed, and running much closer than was ex- pected ; a kill. Comet beat Mars. Both got away very well, but Comet shortly took the lead and kept it, making a number of points before Mars got in, and concluded by making a go- by, and kill. Comet ran with great force. Mercury beat Spring. A very long start, and a most un- deniable hare. Mercury got first to work, and made one or two turns. Spring then led for some time, but without a turn; on nearing a small urrur khet, the running became more equal, Mercury having the best of it. The hare was driven from her point, and took across a hard open plain with Mercury at her sent, when Spring gave in, Mercury oarrying on the running for nearly another mile. The bare at last went clean away. 3d Ties. Black Prince and Comet ran an undecided course. The black dog showed the most speed, but Comet the closest running, and by a wrench and kill made the course undecided. Czar beat Mercury. A very pretty course, but the previous one had been too much for Mercury. Czar made most of the running, and killed close to a village. After this, Major Skinner drew Black Prince, leaving the cup to be run for by Comet and Czar. Hares were scarce, but the ground beautiful, and the coursing far superior to that of the previous days. 4th Ties. Major Skinner's f d Comet beat Dr Cannon's be d Czar, and won the cup. We commenced to beat close behind the village, and found a hare immediately. The fawn went off with the lead, and during a course of average length, did almost the whole work. The hare was lost in sugar cane. PEDIGBEE OP WINNER AND RUNNEB UP.— Comet and Czar are own brothers, same litter, by Dr Cannon's ( now Dr Scott's) imported dog Critic out of Dr Cannon's imported bitch Blue Bell. The fastest dog in the stake was decidedly Black Prince, but he has lived long enough to find out that, even without always doing his best, the hare may be killed, consequently he was drawn, and trust placed in Comet, who won his last course, as he had done all his previous ones, in the most decided manner. He ran with great fire, and straight to his hare, and killed in every course except the last. The PUPPY CUP. 2d Ties. Rufus and Critic ran an undecided course. The hare by a double threw out both dogs, so that by the time she reached the sugarcane, they had each scored a single pojnt. As the um- pire returned to give his decision, he put up a second hare, which on its way to the same place of refuge met the dogs ; of this course nothing was seen, Celeste heat Alice Grey. Before they had gone a hundred yards Celeste was lengths ahead, and as far as giving any assist ance, the other bitch might as well have been in her kennel. Brilliant beat Mercy. A short course, which Brilliant won by the kill. Rufus beat Critic. An extremely well matched brace, the kill in this case also decidiug the event. Magistrate beat Dragon. The official was much too good for the scaly monster. Mamelon beat Rocket. An extremely fine course, Mamelon doing nearly all the work, and killing very prettily. 3rd Ties. Magistrate and Rufus ran an undecided course, the hare going to ground. Brilliant ran a bye. This hare also wont to ground without a single turn. Celeste beat Mamelon. A very fine course indeed over beautiful ground. Celeste did much the greater part of the work, aud showed most speed. The have went to ground. Magistrate beat Rufus. Magistrate, though lame on a fore- leg, ran uncommonly well, and ended by making a pretty kill. 4th Ties. Brilliant and Magistrate ran an undecided course. There seemed to be no end to the misfortunes of the lawyer, for the hare by taking through a village, threw out the umpire, who only saw the dogs making a point each before the kill, which was of no merit, as the hare stuck its nose into a Hindoo's tomb Celeste rau a bye with her half sister Countess, The have unexpectedly took across the ploughed land, and was killed by Countess after one turn. Brilliant beat Magistrate. The dog, although doing his bestL • was so lame that he could not command himself at his turns, and was beaten ; a kill. 5th Ties. Major Skinner's rd w b Brilliant beat Dr Cannon's rd w b Ce- leste, and won the cup. The course was run over a hard rnaidan and to the surprise of every one Brilliant had much the best of it, and finished with five points to two in her favour, including kill, another example of " good luck being better than a good dog." PEDIGREE OP WINNEE AND RUNNER UP.— Brilliant by Dr Scott's imported dog Rufus out of Major Skinner's imported bitch Miss Hannah. Celeste, by Dr Scott's Critic out of Dr Cannon's Blue Bell. The ground at Putpurgunge was most excellent, but hares scarcer than last year. To show the interest taken in coursing by the Delhi people, it may be mentioned, that to see the run- ning off the last ties for both the cups, the field consisted of two umpires, the secretary, and one owner of dogs, yet we were not lour miles from the imperial city. D, SCOTT, Secretary, ANGLING ADIEUX- No. IV. I cannot help using truisms. Some people laugh at me for doing so, and exclaim, " Queen Ann is dead!" Very well; I know it. Let me tell these wiseacres, these know- alls, that I am not writing for them. I write for the tyro, and not for the adept. I am also of the opinion that even common truths are not known to many— that they are imperfectly known to somej and to others doubtingly understood. I consider, therefore, that repitition of them is useful, particularly if accompanied by illustrative information. Did you ever see any two men, whether fellow students, fellow disciples, brothers, companions, or friends thiuk alike on any subject. They may agree on general principles, but they will differ as to inferences, details, and so forth. I go further. I think that there is scarcely a man who does not vary, in some cases unconsciously, his opinions, and state to- morrow something that clashes with hiS state- ments of the day before. If such were not the case the mind of man would not be perfectly improveable. Still more, I assert that no man sees at all times with the same eves. The accuracy, the unfailing correctness of vision depend upon so many contingencies, internal aud external, that they cannot exist— they must vary. If the power of vision is ever infallible, it must be after varied and repeated exercise, after careful com- parisons of the appearances of objects at different times, seasons, and under different circumstances. I have often seen paintings and went away with, as I thought, a sound judgment of them. I have seen them again, altered my first opinion, aud subse- quent examinations brought subsequent changes more or less divergent. It has been the same with natural scenery, with places visited, with persons seen or spoken to, and with the forms, colours, and movements of animals. The fallibility of my own powers of judging, by the organs of thought or of vision, are, I fancy, common to others, and far more so to those who will not acknowledge it. The Sir Absolutes and Sir Oracles, the " Oh- I- am- Positives" are the least trustworthy of mankind. Error is a myriad- headed hydra that can never be decapitated, so as not to join again like polypi, except by the recantation of those who first created it. By other means the monster may be " scotched" but not killed. The habits of salmon are variously described, aud eaoh describer thinks, for the most part, his own description the true one. He cannot persuade himself that his Sowers of observation are faultless. " I have seen what I assert," e says, " and I believe in my own eyes." Pray allow others to see as well as you do, and haply a little better. Many naturalists assert that the female salmon unaided excavates the spawning- bed— that the male salmon quietly looks on until the completion of the process— that all he does towards the propagation Of his species is the pleasurable act of exuding his milt over the ma- ture ova deposited by the female, and thereby impregnating them. Others contend that 40 bed is dug at all, that the ova are shed amongst the stony and gravelly bottoms of shal- lows, aud that one male salmon or mere impregnate the ova so dispersed by shedding this milt above them, thus imregnating the water, which, as it flows over the ova, impregnates them. The last is a Teutonic theory, de- rived from the observation of the spawning process, as performed by Scandinavian salmon. There are others who say that salmon breed after the fashion of barn- door fowls, and that one male salmon acts as the effective sultan of fifty sultanas, performing with ease and without exhaustion one of the most difficult of the labours of Hercules. Mr Young, of Invershin, Sutlierlaudshire— the most experienced, astute, aud sensible Of all living salmon- habit observers, in various rivers of the Highlands, his expe- rience extending over forty- five years, exercised 011 the banks of rivers, in their waters, by netting, angling, and divers experi- ments— has always maintained that salmon dig a trench, con- sisting of several nests, to receive ova and milt, and that the male excavates alternately with the female, his consort for the time being. To prove that the male is an active " navvy," he has sent me on Tuesday, the 17th iust, a male kelt, captured in the Shin, soon after it had spawned, 011 the 13th inst. He did so, that I might examine its external ap- pearances, and judge whether it had or had not marks of exca- vating labour on its body and members. My post mortem— I performed no autopsy of the body— examination is as follows :— Male kelt, spawned, spent, or foul salmon; weight 41b 60s, length 2ft Sin, girth ( round shoulder, at the termination of gill covers) 9in, round the belly ( closeby the upper part of the dorsal fin) 9in, round the end of body ( just above the tail) 4iin. The whole of the body devoid of scales. Pectoral fins much worn be- tween the rays or spines, dorsal fin less so, but two or three innpt. innu nf its ririni'irial ravs dfltnlv indented : Ventral fills junctions of its principal rays deeply indented; ventral fins very much worn, and the left one half an inch shorter than the right; anal fins much injured, all the membranes between the rays torn away, evidently by attrition; tail not deeply forked, 1 but the rays and joining membranes very much ] agged and worn. Point of upper jaw fractured, apparently by acci- dent in catching the fish, or by injury in the packing of it; the crook or excrescence in the lower jaw blunted. Opinion, from these appearances— the fish must have worked amongst the gravel laboriously, otherwise all its fins could not have been worn, torn, and jagged as they were.- The dorsal fin was less in- jured than the others, because from its position it would be sub- jected to slighter attrition than the others; the same may be said, or nearly so, of the pectoral fins. The ventral, anal, and caudal ( tail) fins, which would from their position do the most labour, were excessively worn, jagged, ragged, aud misshapen. The scales being worn off indicate the severe attrition they un- derwent in the burrowing process performed by the male. The whole appearance of the fish differed entirely from that of a fresh- run, a well- conditioned, or a fish before the commence- ment of the spawning process. Its length was entirely dispro- portionate to what its weight and girth would be if it had been n good condition, or unspawned, and its fins, if it had not delved amongst the gravel, would have been even- edged, instead of being serrated as deeply and widely as a sawyer's large double- handed saw. I was always of opinion that both male and female worked at the making of their nuptial couch. I have said so in my Book of the Salmon, and, over and over again, in the im- mortalising ( of myself at least) columns of, on the whole, infallible, or, at any rate, in the end, veracious Bell's Life. The fins | of the fish I have just described prove that he has been no idler 011 the spawing bed, but that he has been a gallant helper thereon of the mate who chose him, and for the posses- sion of whom, very likely, he fought and conquered. He is now in the possession of Professor Quekett, conservator of the mu- seum of the Royal College of Surgeons, who will, 1 have no doubt, preserve him to show to all visitors the dilapidated state of a male salmon immediately after spawning. I have asked the learned professor to open the fish, and to send me his descrip- tion of internal aud external appearances. If he has the kind- ness to do so, I'll publish bis remarks, which, of course, will be more accurate and valuable than mine, February 18. EPHEMERA, GOSSIP ON SALMON. MB EDITOB : Next to the pleasure of actual fishing comes the pleasurable confab with a brother of the rod, when one can " fight the battle o'er again ;" or, if we are solitary, we take up ' Ephemera," and, if we do not always agree with him ( which is indeed seldom), we find him most amusing and instructive. He has the art of explaining what he means better than almost any writer I ever read on fishing. His lessons on throwing a line with a salmon rod are clear and graphic, and I do not know a more difficult action to make clear by writing than the act of throwing a salmon line. Shall we have a little gossip 011 salmon fishing, Mr Editor V Having fished most of the salmon and trout rivers'-" at home and abroad," I will, if you like, " tell my ex- perience," as the Quakers say. Where shall we begin ? Really, ts so long ago since I began that, to go back to the beginning, would tire both you aud me. However, I may tell you that 1 killed my first trout in the Itchin, when I was a boy, at. Win- chester. Ah, well do I remember the day ! aye ! the very spot! it was just below the St Cross Meadows, below Goldfinches Mill. On that broad shallow it has been a favourite cast with me ever since ; and, many a time and oft, when fishing the wild streams of Canada, lias my mind run back to that " happy val- ley" of the Itchin. Why is it our minds will run back to the days of our boyhood? I have seen many far more lovely streams than old Itchin— far more beautiful scenery; rivers which excelled it far in the size and number of its fish ; but still the days of childhood I spent on thee, dear old Itchin, when I first cast the meandering line, are the most deeply and lovingly impressed on my heart. But " doast!" where are you rambling to you old fool V you set down to write a gossip on fishing, and you fly off into the sentimental. Well, Mr Editor, I read in Bell of last week a capital account of the capture of a 401b salmon by Messrs Cook, Stanhope, and Carrick, after a light of many hours. This reminds me of a battle I had with a salmon in the Wye. I hooked the fish at about half- past ten, aud, after playing him for some twenty mi- nutes, I thought I had him sufficiently exhausted to gaff him. Be it known to you, Mr Editor, that I always, if it is possible, gaff my own fish. Out of near 200 fish I killed in the Wye, I don't thiuk I was assisted in gaffing half- a- dozen- Well, I had my Salmon, as I supposed, ready for the gaff, and called my boy to hand me the weapon, I wound up until I had the fish close to me, and put back my hand to reach, the gaff, when off went the salmon with a rush, carrying away some 80 yards of line. In doing this he ran over two nasty falls of water, and 1 had to follow him many hundred yards down the stream, over bad rocks, before I could turn him. As the water was very low, I was fishing with single gut. I had two half yards of single gut on a fine platted cast; the fly also I was using was on tlio small- est salmon hook I could find, hardly larger than a Thames trout fly ; niy rod, a very old favourite, not more than 16 feet. Well, Sir, I very soon found that the fish had not the least affection for either mo or my gaff, and was as strong as when 1 first struck him. After this run, the fish went to a stone and sulked. We succeeded in stoning him out of this haunt, when he faced the stream, and went up the falls like a bird, making the line as it ran through the water hum like a harp- string, and when he got to the pool where I hooked him, he again sulked. This time nothing that we could do could move the fish, and so dull did he hang on the line, that a very old fisherman to whom I handed the rod to hold, whilst I lighted a pipe, swore " I was fast to a rock !" I have a very knowing dog, who is my constant companion both on " flood or field;" he is quite as fond of a bit of fishing as his master, and if permitted, will land a trout or salmon ( the fish being exhausted by play) so carefully, that one cannot see the mark of his teeth. What is more singular, this dog is a setter of the red Irish breed, and perfect in the field. Nothing more frightens fish than a dog swimming near them. Isuppose theytake him foran otter. However, wheneverlcannot move a salmon that sulks, I always send in the dog; he instantly swims towards theliue, and avoiding most carefully to touch it, he will swim round the spot where the salmon sulks. My dog started thefish, and we had another race. To bring this tale to a conclusion, after Jive hours and a half hard work I gaffed my fish, in the presence of some dozen Wye men, who had been attracted to the spot by the length of the struggle. The fish was not more thanl81b, aud had been in the river some time. Ho was well hooked in the lower- jaw, and the gut, although of course much twisted, was firm and strong when I took it out of his mouth. Let me give every salmon fisher a bit of advice. When a fish sulks, if possible,' get down stream, directly below him, and then put 011 all the strain you dare; the consequence is that youthen have the strength of the stream, continually bearing 011 the fish as well as the force of your line, and if you keep this strain, few fish can stand it long. There is not in the world a more beauti- ful river than the Wye, aud the run down per rail is so conve- nient, I wonder more fishermen do not visit it, Builth is a capital station, and the Lion Hotel, which is within fifty yards of the river, is a most agreeable house. The landlord has the right of a very large extent of water, and when you return from your day's fishing you will find a capital dinner and good wine. I should like to have alittle gossip with'our old friend " Ephe- mera" and your correspondent " Y" anent- salmon- fishing, lquite agree with " Y" as to his idea about hooking a fish, and I go even farther than he does, viz, if the salmon does not hook himself, you seldom, if ever, hook him by any striking, A salmon comes up at a fly rolling, in fact , like a porpoise ; he takes the fly in his mouth, and then turns down with his mouth closed. It is then you feel the " tug," and when you feel that tug, the finely pointed hook has entered the flesh, and the fish is hooked. You raise the point of your rod, which tightens the line, forcing the hook still further into the fish, and by keeping the line taut, you keep the hook in its hold. Now, if you strike when you see a fish rise, if you have a short line, you are all but certain to jerk the fly away from the fish, and if the fish has the lly in his mouth, you either by the force of the stroke nearly tear the hook away from the hold, or perhaps break the hook or liue. J You also so frighten the fish that he lights fearfully, and, if a strong one, will break you. Remember, a fish well hooked is hall'killed. A lightly hooked fish is like a wild horse with a very weak bit in kis mouth. A well- hooked fish is a horse with a strong curb, and they will act accordingly. But I am running on too fast; should you wish any more gossip, I will, in my next, send some few hints on salmon fishing, rods, flies, & c,— Yours, & c, . THE CAPTAIN, ANGLING LOCALITIES. MB EDITOB: Many thanks to " Ephemera" for inserting the spirited little sketch, " Plodder v Skorttemper," which doubt- less stirred up the internal longings of many a brother of the rod as he mused over your last week's number. But, Mr Editor, in spite of all the multiforai advice to the angler, which now- a- days fills up the book shelf and railway stall, there is one great want among us modern fishermen. Most of us are flats enough to flatter ourselves that we can deal with a salmon, when once he is hooked, but very few know where to go to hook him, A bold man is he who dares recommend a favourite locale to his friend, for fear of disappointing him at the end of his 500 miles. Now " Ephemera" must be above such mortal weaknesses. Ask him to give a " Plodder" a turn and guide his willing steps, terra, marique, to a settlement after his own heart. How many a tyro, who longs after the bending rod and whizzing reel, is still con- tent to potter about amongst his hereditary trout lets, simply because he does not know, on sufficiently good authority, where to fix himself. " Temp or a mutantur, rivi mutcm- fur et ipsi." What was a good station years ago is now unprofitable. Many dread the expenses of moving about, until their hearts are gladdened by the scales of their first peel, as they glisten 011 the pebbly shore. Many more are afraid of wasting, perhaps, their only month's holiday in the year, which ( they rightly conjecture) ought] to be spent in fish- ing, and not in travelling. Avaunt! ye descriptions of rivers, anglers' vade mecums, and ( blind) guides ! I invoke personal and recent experience. Oh ! for a quiet inn, or cleanly lodging, where Mr Plodder may kill a grilse or two, when the water is fit, and where an adjacent lake gives him ever- to- be obtaiued sport in the shape of white trout, when the barometer tells " very fair." If these requisites ( a river and lake) are combined — and combined they must be to ensure sport— what can man wish for more ? Tell us, " Ephemera," where are such joys to be found?—[ At Ballinahinch.]— A brief list of localities, with names of the inns and hosts, and a few hints on the best route, would be more valuable to the brethren of the feather and the steel than a thousand too premature " adieux."— Yours, & c, Bala, Jan 20, 1857. MALLABD. TOur correspondent will find all the information he wants, as far as Scotland is concerned, in Stoddart's Guide to the Rivers and Lochs of that country. There is no reliable guide to the salmon and trout waters of Ireland. " Ephemera" has over and over again pointed some of them out, aud will some day do so again. In the meantime ho recommends " Mallard" and others similarly situated, to consult Mr Macgowan, fishing- tackle maker, of Brutou- street, Bond- street, who knows well the best Irish and Scotch rivers. He has frequently fished them, and knows all about them.— EPHEMEEA.] THE RIVER LEE, NEAR CORK. MB EDITOE : Perhaps you will permit me to say a few words respecting the present state of the Lee, in the county of Cork. The number of salmon which has gone up stream this winter ex- ceeds all precedent of late years. A freshet came down the river in the end of November, and a large number of fish was seen passing over Carigrohan and Ballincollig Weirs. A heavy flood filled the river in December, and again vast numbers of salmon were observed for several days passing upward; and any person who stood at the eastern side of Carigroliau Weir at the com- mencement of this month would have noticed an uninterrupted succession of fish dashing at the weir. A salmon pass has been constructed in this weir last summer by the Commissioners of Fisheries, on the requisition of the Cork Board of Conservators, at a cost of about £ 140. It was designed by Mr Russell, of the Board of Works, and executed by Mr Cavanagh, on both of whom it reflects very great credit. I have seen it in the lowest water performing its duty admirably, and nothing can be more success- ful. The Commissioners of Fisheries have lately sanctioned s « me alterations in the close season, the most considerable of which are, the prohibition of nets and weirs in the tideway until the 12th of February, and the restriction of net- fishing in the fresh water until the lst of April. These alterations are likely to be attended with the best results. It is, however, to bo regretted that the commissioners thought proper to dissent from the una- nimous opinion of the conservators, that cross- lines should be prohibited until the lst of June, as vast numbers of foul fish are destroyed annually by those engines, which sweep a river from bank to bank with a number of flies. It is to be deplored that the commissioners should have continued to them the legal pro- tection they at present enjoy; but I believe the conservators will again press this matter on the notice of the commissioners at the proper time. In consequence of the heavy draft on the funds of the district for the salmon pass, protection has been limited this year, but the constabulary lend a willing aid toward the repression of poaching in some parts, while in others I am sorry to say they are very lukewarm.— Yours, & c, Jan 14. A COUNTY COBK MAN, [ This letter contains much good news, and predicts protection to the River Lee, Which will render it what it ought to be— one of the best rivers in the south of Ireland. Our correspondent is a gentleman high in authority in the County Cork, and, as he has espoused the good cause, we may hope, close by the " Groves of Blarney" and the " Bells of Shandon," to see " trout and salmon playing backgammon" as intently and in as great numbers as we used to see in the Blackwater, " down by Castle Hyde," many years ago.— EPHEMEEA.] CRICKET. CALCUTTA CLUB v THE MILITARY ( WITH MR KEMPSON). This, the third and decisive match of the season, was played on the Club Ground on Wednesday and Thursday, 11th and 12th December. The Military having won the toss, sent in as repre- sentatives Capt Currie and Mr Kempsou, and well did these gen- tlemen defend their wickets. Of the latter we will say that he never played a better innings. While treating the good balls, of which he had many, with due respect, he sent the occasional loose ones on visits to all parts of the field. Capt Currie, on his part, showed what steady play, aided by fortune, can effect even against such bowlers as Messrs Halliday and Wilson proved themselves to be. 99 runs were scored before the first wicket fell, and the members of the club were beginning to lose heart, when Mr Kempson gave a chance1, which was eagerly accepted by Mr Dent. Encouraged bythis change, the bowlers 011 the club side seemed to gain new strength; and with such success were their efforts crowned, that the remaining wickets fell for 24 runs. Then the club went to the wickets, determined to head their opponents; and this they did by 21 runs, although they had to stand against the first- rate bowling of Mr Kempson. In the second innisgs of the Military, Captain Bosworth. by some merry play, scored 30 runs, in as many balls; but he was not supported by his friends, with the exception of Captain Currie, who again gave trouble to the Club. Thus 67 runs only were left for the Club to rub off, which they did with the loss of four wickets. For their success the Club have to thank Messrs Halliday and Wilson, who both bowled admirably, and Mr Sandford, who made 74 runs in the match, and only lost his wicket once. The fielding, too, of Messrs Rose and Dent is worth especial notice. MILITARY. lst inn 2d inn M, Kempsou, Esq, c Dent, b Wilson.. 52 b Halliday 3 Capt Currie, b Halliday 40 b Ward 18 Lieut Truell, b Halliday 0 b Halliday 7 Sir C. Oakley, b Wilson 5 b Halliday 1 Capt Bosworth, b Wilson 0 b Wilson 30 Capt Fendall, b Wilson 5 c Dent, b Halliday 4 Lieut Curtis, b Haliiday 5 run out 0 Capt Walton, b Halliday 11 Lieut Shaw, b Wilson 0 Lieut Bar well, b Wilson 8 Lieut Matheson, not out 0 B 3, w b 2 5 Total - 123 CALCUTTA CLUB. H. Wilson, Esq, e Bosworth, b 0 Aitkin, b Halliday not out (> c Halliday, b Aitkin 6 absent 0 B 3, w b 3 6 Total - 87 F. R. Ward, Esq, b Walton 13 I H. Bell, Esq, leg b w b Walton .. 10 J, G. Cordly, Esq, b Kempson .. 4 F. M. Halhday, Esq, c Kempson, b Walton 10 H. M. Aitkin, Esq, c Fendall, b Kempson 13 J. D. Bandford, Esq, c Barwell, b Walton. v.. Fendall 9 W. G. Dent, Esq, c andb Kempson 7 ( J. Harris, Esq, b Kempson 8 H. G. Ross, Esq, run out 5 J. Rose, Esq, run out 0 B 7,1 b 1, w b 1 12 114 In the second indings of the club J. R. Ward scored ( run out) 1, F. M. Halliday ( not out) 13, H. M. Aitkin ( leg bw, b Kempson) 17, J. D. Band- ford ( not out) 21, W. G. Dent ( b Walton) 8, J. Rose ( b Walton) 0; b 4, w b 2,1 b 1— total 67. AN APPEAL TO CRICKETERS, & c. LILLYWHITE'S COLLECTION OP SCOBES FROM 1743, IN PRE PABATION.— 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 auy 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, as well as the Marylebone Club books ( by authority of the com- mittee), have been carefully searched, and many important and interesting events abstracted; numerous other reprint and manu- script copies havealsobeen 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. DEAN'S BENEFIT. We hear that the great match proposed to be played between the two Elevens, for Dean's benefit, will not take place, it being thought desirable that so interesting a contest should be con- tended for the purpose of contributing towards the Cricketers' Fund. It is expected, however, that the match will not take place at Lord's this season, as it may, to a certain degree, mar the interest already excited in the match for Dean's benefit, which we trust will be sufficient to draw a numerous assem- blage. We may here allude to a well known fact, that those matches where more than eleven a side contend are considered, in the London district, almost void of interest. We hope, therefore, that Dean will be allowed to have a first class match, and not one that the numerous supporters of cricket and the renowned veteran in Sussex will not feel sufficiently interested in, so as to cause Mr F. Slight, the liberal secretary of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, to put on for those days an sxcursion train, as in the case of the late W. Lilly white. The match yet has not been decided upon. Should the two Elevens meet this season, it will, we hear, in all probability, take place in August, in a well known cricketing provincial town. CHAMPION CUPS POR ATHLETIC SPORTS.— We understand that Messrs Thomas, of 153, New Bond- street, have just com- pleted seven massive silver cups for the Viscount Ebrington, which that nobleman intends to be held by those who shall be most distinguished for the year in the several departments of bowling, batting, fielding, running, swimming, leaping, and rackets, thus offering an additional inducement for the attain- ment of excellence. Each cup is engraved with the Hutton Arms, and a description of its purpose, and they have, we hear, given complete satisfaction. We have not yet learnt when or by whom such desirable prizes are to be awarded. THE GAME OF CHESS. CHESS IN GERMANY. Fine gatne between Erkel and Szeu. Erkel. Szen, Erkel. 1. KF2 KP2 16. RxB 2. KKtBS QKtBS 17. BxKt+ 3. KDQlil KJBQlil 18. QRQB 4. Q Kt P 2 BxKtP 19. Q Q R 4( c) 5. QBP1 BQB4 20. BxKt+ 6. Castles QPI 21. Q P1 7. QP2 PxP 22. PxP+ 8. PxP B Q Kt 3 23. Kt Q 4 0. Q B Kt, 2 K Kt B 3 24. Kt Q Kt 5+ 10. QKtQ2 QPI 25. QxR 11. K P x P K Kt x P 26. R Q ( d) 12. B Q R 3 Q B K 3 27. Q Q R 6 13. Q KtK4 KB PI "" ' ~ 14. K R K K K B 2 15. Kt Q 6+ ( a) PxKt ( a) Beautiful move. Better than checking at Kt 5. ( b) Dare not retake B, or would be speedily mated, ( cj Herr Erkel has, at any rate, a fine idea of attack, ( d) Giving Szen no respite. Szen. KxR K Q 2 lb) QRQB K Kt P 1 PxB K R K KQB2 R K 4 RxKt Q K 2 RQ K Q Kt 28. RXQ P, wins. The finishing blow is as elegant as its antecedents. Willberg. 1. KP2 2. K Kt B 3 3. K B Q B 4 4. Castles 5. Q P 1 6. QBP1 7. Q Kt P 2 8. Q R P 2 9. Q Kt P 1 10. Q Q. Kt 3 11. Q Kt Q 2 12. Q P 1 13. Q B R 3 14. PxP 15. KtxKt 16. K R K Game between Willberg and Wolff. Wolff, K P 2 Q Kt Ii 3 K RPl KKtBS K BQB4 B Q Kt 3 QPI QRP2 Q Kt K 2 Castles Q Kt K Kt S Q K 2 PxP KtxK P QxKt QKB1 AQUATIC REGISTEB. THE LATE KINGSTON REGATTA. MB EDITOR : I cannot refrain from expressing my astonish, ment, indignation, and unfeigned regret that a gentleman, hitherto so much respected and admired as the treasurer of the R. T. N. R. should have counselled the plaintiff to bring the action, . in the Wandsworth County Court, of " Chapman v Gre- gory," for the recovery of the disputed prize for the senior scullers race at the last Kingston- on- Thames Regatta. Setting aside the question of whether the course adopted by the com- mittee was a correct one or not; leaving apart the rights, or otherwise, of either competitor, I submit that to have recourse to a court of law for the settlement of a question which should be one of honour, is an act so outrageous to every sense of gen- tlemanly feeling as to deal a death- blow at gentlemen amateur rowing. Are we now to find that trials of manly skill and aspirations to athletic honours are to be brought down to the level of £ s. d.? So gentlemen rowers are now no longer thirst- ing after " fair and honourable fame," but have " fallen to the low estate" of pot- hunters! Oh, Mr Treasurer, how have you, in the guileless innocence of your heart, lowered the standard which you had hitherto so nobly struggled to raise ; and how illogical and specious are the arguments you advance to justify your sad mistake! Hencefortk, then, if a dispute arise, any disputant, doubting or objecting to the decision, is to subject the holder of a prize— is to subject a gentleman— to the defence of an action such as might be laid against a holder of stolen property, or against a miserable debtor. Woe! I say, to the victor! Gentlemen amateurs of London, if this be tolerated do you dare to hope that Oxford and Cambridge will condescend to measure thew, nerve, and sinew with such pettifogging quib- blers P Is it thus, Mr Treasurer, that you would uphold and raise the reputation of London gentlemen amateurs ? Verily are your ways incomprehensible. However, the die is cast, and as you make your bed so repose upon it. Blush no more that crews bo broken up from discord reigning; blush 110 more that rowing club dinners end in pothouse broils; blush no more that gen- tlemen amateurs, disdaining the decisions of their peers ( or betters), in their lust for silver jugs ( of easy sale), seek the ig- norant decision of the bench; blush no more, I say, ye gentle oarsmen of London, for if such things be, the innocent blush of manly pride and gentlemanly regret would be dishonoured by mantling on your recreant brows.— Yours, & c, • ii in HOEEOE'STEUCK MR EDITOE : When your correspondent" Pharos" denounced'so lately, with well- merited scorn, the conduct of those " amateur's" still calling themselves gentlemen, who, of an ingenious turn of mind, and a pot- grasping disposition, display their powers to the best advantage in arriving at the prize, like Sir Giles Overreach, by " dark and crooked ways," there were those in London who hoped that the rebuke would have weight, and that the actors in the disgraceful squabbles alluded to, although unre- strained by any gentlemanly feeling of their own, would, at least, be shamed into silence by the fear of opinion. For, incre- dible though it may appear, there still remain some London amateurs who are disgusted with these scenes, and who feel with " Pharos" the mischiefthat is done, more especiallyif the leading actors are those who, to quote again his words, are " any ofthem connected with the management of more important aquatic affairs." But it appears as if all remonstrances were in vain ; for your paper of last week contains a letter from the Treasurer of the Royal ThamesNational Regatta, who not only confesses that he has revived the late Kingston squabble, aud carried the dis- Jute into a county court, but boasts that what he has done as Deingfor the best interests of rowing. This perhaps well- meaning but mistaken gentleman must have a strange appreciation- of the best interests of rowing, if he conceives that they are served by encouraging disappointed competitors to carry their grievances into county courts. Does he consider that they are furthered by isiving committee- men and umpires to understand that they aro liable at any time to be dragged into law- courts by the miscon- duct of those who have not the self- control of gentlemen to re- strain them ? Surely it would be better to submit to a mani- fest injustice, and, as others less selfish have done, by simply pro- testing, seek to prevent its recurrence, than to reduce the honourable contests of gentlemen to the level of below- bridge watermen's squabbles, on the win, tie, or wrangle principle. The mischief that these petty acts bring upon the character of Lon- don rowing men is so obvious that it appears marvellous that any one can be found hardy enough to countenance them. The difficulties which we have to contend against are surely in them- selves sufficient. The distance from town, the numerous steam- boats, the foul state of the river, the many impediments which annually spring up, are all conspiring against our favourite ex- el cise. At such a time, and more especially now that the success of the London Rowing Club evinces a spirit to struggle against all these disadvantages, those whose influence has placed them " in high places," might at least show more discretion than to bring such " scandal upon our houses." You, Mr Editor, who remember those palmy days when " the rooms" were in their glory, when the Leander was indeed " brilliant," when St George contended for " merry England," and the hard at Avis's was so crowded with " ships" of all sizes, that the last comer could scarcely find space for tho nose of his wherry, must also call to mind the far different spirit which existed in those lamented times. To reinstate that healthy tone of feeling your pen would be all- powerful. Pray then exert your undoubted in- fluence, and by exposing, confound and put to shame the present miserable quibbling, pot- hunting spirit, which threatens, if left unchecked, to destroy all that is left of chivalrous and gen- tlemanly feeling on the London river.— Yours, & c, FBALE. YACHT CLUB REGATTAS. MB EDITOB : I have long Watchod the columns of your news- paper devoted to yachting intelligence, hoping to discover that some abler pen than mine had attempted to point out the causes of the gradual decline of regattas on the English coast, and how it is that, let prizes be offered of ever so great value, so few yachts are found ready to compete; aud although I have fre- quently seen letters in your columns on the faultiness of the laws of measurement, and tho bad taste of the prizes offered, I have never seen the solution of tho apparent paradox attempted, why it is that in proportion as yachts have become more nu- merous, seemingly the amount of sport they show has de- creased. This, at first sight, appears more surprising, since fe w will deny that of late years immense, improvement has been made in the lines of our racing yachts. For my own part, I attribute this falliug- off to three principal causes, viz, the length of the courses over which the yachts have to sail; secondly, the waut of union amongst the several yacht clubs, the faultiness of their different laws of measurement, and somo of the sailing rules; and, thirdly, the unsportsmanlike conduct of some of the racing yacht owners themselves. Firstly, at every regatta the constant complaint of the spectators is that ( although it may be very interesting to the initiated), it is no great amusement to them to see one yacht reaching the mark- boat balf- an- hour or so before the second competitor is in sight. In nine cases out of ten the same results would have been gained, if instead of send- ing the yachts round a course of 30 miles, the distance wero halved, and 15 miles made the maximum. Some years ago, at a llyde regatta, the yachts were so close at the finish, after a race round the Wi^ ht, that the Arrow beat the Mosquito by a few feet of bowsprit, but that is an exceptional case. It is a far commoner result to see the leading yacht round the mark boat from 20 minutes to half- an- bour ahead. I think that regatta committees would find their meetings looked forward to with m uch greater interest by the inhabitants of wateriDg- places, and the sums collected for the prizes and general expenses much greater, if they could manage that the yachts should never go out of the sight of the port at which the regatta takes place, and were not to be so very long in completing their course. Secondly, how much more would it be for the convenience of yacht owners, if at the beginning of every season the several yacht clubs would agree to hold their regattas insome sort of order which their geo- graphical position may suggest. Thus, let yacht clubs on the Thames and those in the eastern counties hold their regattas in May, Juue, and the beginning of July ; next in order should come Dover, since it would afford a resting place for the yachts migrating from the Thames to tho Isle of Wight, instead of their regatta being held there, as it was last year, in the beginning of September, when the yachts were all away in the western ports. Then the meetings at Cowes, Southampton, and Ryde, would occupy the rest of the mouth of July and the first fort- night of August. Next would come Poole, then Weymouth, Teignmouth, Torquay, and lastly Plymouth. By adhering to some such rule as this it would be perfectly possible for a racing yacht to be present at every regatta. As regards measurement, nothing can be more annoying than the present system, since almost every club has a different method of ascertaining the tonnage of a vessel. The following instance, which came under my not ice this year, is a good example of the inconvenience which is caused by these variations in the rules of the different clubs. At a regatta at a port on the east coast of England, the yacht that first passed the mark- boat did not happen to belong toamember of the R. T. Y. C. The owner of the second yacht protested on the score of measurement. The regatta committee declared they adhered to the Thames Club rules. So the winning yacht had either the option of going up the river to be measured, or to divide the prize, although everybody well knew that, even if she had been measured, she was an easy winner of the cup. But tho most prejudicial rules to yacht racing are those which limit the yachts to the use of certain sails, and prohibit the use of shifting ballast, although at the same time the clubs do not take sufficient precaution to see that their rules are enforced. There- fore, the yacht that has ( as she ought to have) an owner on board who feels himself bound by honour not to use prohibited means to gain the prize, is 110 match for an opponent whose crew, in tho absence of any referee, employs every means— allowed and not allowed— to obtain the extra money to which victory entitles them. I myself saw this year, at a regatta where shifting ballast was prohibited, a cutter, scarcely thirty tons, carry her jib- headed topsail in a breeze so strong that her competitor, a well- known powerful cutter, little under fifty tons, had to have a reef down in her mainsail. Let it be understood rather that yachts are to complete their course as best they may, allowing them to spread any amount of canvas, aud to use what shifting ballast they please; or else let each yacht carry a member of the committee, to see that 110 unfair means are used. Nor should yachts of widely dispro- portionate size be allowed to compete with one another, since, let the committee be ever so competent, a fair race can never be the consequence. The weather is sure to favour one class or the other. What could be more absurd than the Glance, of 35 tons, bearing away the R. Y. S. Cup from the Arrow, although the latter arrived at her destination 27 minutes before her P At Ryde last season the committee forced cutters to allow schooners time— on what pretext I know not, since it is open to every man to rig his craft as best he pleases ; and in that instance the schooners had the decided advantage, since their snug rig ena- bled them to make more heacl against the gale that blew nearly the whole of the week of the regatta. And, lastly, allow me to add a few words to some of the racing yacht owners, since they also are one of the great causes of the decline of yacht racing. What can be more disgusting to a man who is about to make his debut as a yacht racer than to discover that, in many cases, the arriving at the goal first does not constitute the winner, but that a wrangle must be expected to follow, and that he stands the chance of being annoyed by some frivolous protest for either having or being alleged to have violrted some trifling rule ? Not that I object to a yachtsman protesting when he believes that he has lost the prize by the unfair sailing of his opponent; but what I do blame is that unsportsmanlike feeling which prompts a man when beaten fairly to con over every proceeding of his successful rival to see if he cannot find some ground on which to start a quibble. In conclusion, let me advise every yacht owner to be present with his yacht at every race, or else to de- pute some friend to act for him ( indeed, it would be a very good rule for every yacht club to make, that no yacht start unless tho owner or some accredited friend of his were present). They would then see that their crews used no unfair means, and would escape the reproach of being deemed mere " pot- hunters." This would do more to better the class of yachts used for racing than almost anything else. We should then see at our regattas yachts that looked something more than mere race- boxes, having a little more accommodation and furniture in them than coffins. — Yours, & c, APOOLE YACHTSMAN. ROYAL THAMES YACHT- CLUB. The annual bail, under the patronage of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, took place at the Hanover- square Rooms 011 Friday, Feb 13, being the eve of St Valentine, and the day usually de- voted to this festivity by tho club. Wre understand that this ball was by far the most brilliant affair of the kind that has ever gratified the well wishers of the Royal Thames, there beiug at least five hundred persons present. The music was exceedingly good, and at one o'clock the company sat down to a supper, which was most tastefully arranged, and ornamented with devices appropriate to the aquatic nature of the entertainment; after this dancing was resumed and kept up until a late hour. RANEIIAGH YACHT CLUB. The last meeting of this club was held at the club house, bwan Tavern, Battersea, on Wednesday evening, the 11th inst, and was very numerously attended. The Commodore was in the chair, faced by the Vice- Commodore, and amongst the members present were Messrs S. F. Oriel, E. Crosley, Duncan Liddle, T. H. W llson, T. Gregory, J. P. Dormay, C. W. Greaves, and most 01 the leading men in the club. The minutes of the last meet- ing having been read and confirmed, the following gentlemen were elected members of the club:— Messrs W. Bartlett, jun, F. Black man, H. Chasemore, B. Daniel, F. Ledger ( as honorary member), W. Markwick, R. J. Pegler, and J. Todd. After the transaction of some routine business, the treasurer gave notice that, at the next club meeting, to be held on the 11th March, he should move that the maximum tonnage of the club be raised from seven to 10 tons. Several new members having been pro- posed for election, the Commodore adjourned the meeting, after having announced that the new club button, for coat and waist- coat, would be ready for members by the next meeting. GALWAY BAY BEGATlX . MB EDITOE : I was glad to hear that the Galway Bay Regatta is about to be revived under the auspices of the R. W. Y. C. of Ireland. The last and only regatta held in that bay took place 111 August, 1834, and were it not for the exertions of my old Mend the worthy and energetic secretary, Thomas O'Connell, Esq, there would have been no attendance of yachts, as few, if auy, were ever seen so far up the western coast as Galway, and the regatta would have come off but indifferently. On referring to a memorandum of the time, I find that the following cutter yachtsof the R. W. Y. C., all clippers, attended, viz:— Comet, 59tons, Wm. Harrington, ESQ ( Acting Commodore); Rierwella, 31 tons, the Knight of Glin ; Emerald, 29 tons, R. Lid will, Esq ; Peri, 27 tons, Thos. Jervis, Esq ; Paul Pry, 23 tons, W. Percy, Esq; Pilot, 21 tons, Rev F. Langford; Zephyr, 19 tons, T. R. Hawkshaw. Esq ; Syren, 14 tons, Francis Kennedy, Esq. There were also present a few hooker yachts belonging to residents, but I took 110 note of their particulars, and the Blaek Dwarf, cutter, 64 tons, the Hon A. F. Walker, not enrolled in any club. The Claddagh fishing- boats, as well as others from more distant parts, were there in countless numbers. With respect to the proposed revival of the Galway Bay Regatta, I hope that some effort will be made to seduce yacht owners to visit the western coast, as I fear other- wise the regatta, so far as regards yacht sailing, will be a failure. It is strange, that whilst the coast of Scotland is so well known to, and frequented by yachtsmen in the season, the splendid western coast of Ireland is quite deserted!— Yours, & c, Galway Bay, Feb 1857. R, S. LONDON MODEL YACHT CLUB. The ne± t general meetirg of this club will bo held at Ander ton's Hotel, Fleet- street, at half- past seven o'cleok, on Tuesday, March 3d, when the chair will be taken and business commenced at eight o'clock precisely. The following are candidates for election, viz:— Messrs C. White, Fulham; G. West, Blackwall; John F. A. Marrett, 12, Rochester- row, Westminster ; JohnR. H. Toms, 5, Surrey- terrace, Lewisham- road. The officers ( and others who reside at a very considerable distance from the club room) request that their brother members will attend earlier in the evening; business should be concluded by nine o'clock. The annual subscription for 1857 is now duo. Models for the club room and nautical works, books/ drawings, & c, for the library, are still in great request, and any contributions will be of service. Robetr Armitago, Esq, the librarian, will have great pleasure in giving or receiving aDy information connected with it. SHIP BUILDING AT CORK. We were lately induced by the appearance of a new vessel, in course of erection at Mr Robinson's ship building yard, to pay these extensive concerns a visit. We pushed our way through the midst of all sorts of building materials, until we reached the new screw steamer, now almost completed as far can be done in Cork— and in preparation for being launched. This iron- built steam- boat has been erected by Mr Robinson for the Waterford Steam- ship Company, and is specially fitted up and adapted for transporting cattle. Her length between the perpendiculars is about 200 feet, her breadth 25 feet, the depth of hold 14 feet, beiug about 7 feet between decks; the bulwarks will be about 5 feet in height, to which the cattle can be fastened by a very well- designed plan of fixtures. It is also inteuded to carry cattle underneath, aud for this purpose rings have been placed at about four feet asunder along the sides of the vessel, to which bullocks and other animals can be securely fastened. It is in- tended to have her ready for launching on the 24th iust, after which sho will be rigged as a three- masted schooner and fitted for sea; she will then proceed to Greenock, where her boilers are in preparation, and where they will be put in her as expedi- tiously as possible, after which she will be given up to the pur- chasers, and by them placed in their traffic business. We are given to understand that this screw steam- boat will be named the Luna; and we are happy to learn that no sooner will she be removed from the stocks than another of greater length will be commenced, for which at present the necessary materials are in course of preparation on the premises.— Southern Reporter. CLIFFORD'S INVENTION FOR LOWERING BOATS AT SEA. The shipowners aud seamen on the east coast of Scotland have taken up the subject of Clifford's invention for lowering boats at sea, and held meetings at the principal seaports to petition Par- liament to make its use compulsory in the British mercantile marine. A large meeting was held at Aberdeen on Wednesday to hear an explanation of the plan by Mr Clifford himself, who had been invited to attend, and whose explanations were so satisfactory that several resolutions in favour of the project were unanimously passed; Captain Cargill, late of the City of London steamer ; Captain Penny, of the Arctic Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin; and other practical men, spoke warmly iu its favour. A trial was also made of the plan trom the boat of the Victoria steamer, which was witnessed by thou- sands of people, aud a lady, Mrs Batten, whose husband has stirred up all the ports iu furtherance of the scheme, actually lowered the boat in one of the trials, so simply does the appa- tusact. A petition, most numerously signed, praying that Patr liament would pass an act making it. compulsory on all ship- owners to have their boats fitted with it in ships above 100 tons, has been forwarded to Mr Thompson, M. P. for Aberdeen, and others are being got up at other towns in Scotland, K Kt P 2 31. Kt K B 5, aud wins. Amateur. 1. K P 2 2. PxP 3. Q Kt B 3 4. KtxKt 5. Q P 2 6. Q 15 K 3 7. Q K B 3 8. Q B Q 2 S. KBQB1 Game between H. Falkbeer and a friend. Ealkbeer. Q. P2 K Kt B 3 KtxP QxKt Q Kt B 3 K P 2 QQ R4+ Q Q Kt 3 QBK3 Amateur. 10. Q P 1 11. 0 K 4 12. QRQB 13. QxK P+ ( a) 14. Q K Kt 3 15. K K B 16. Q B K 3 17. BxQ Falkbeer. Kt Q 5 QxQKtP BKB4 KQ2 RK+ K B Q Kt 5 ( b) QxR+ 11 mates. ( a) This adds to the poor man's difficulties, rather than releases, him. Falkbeer was evidently his superior, and plays with him like cat and mouse, ( b) Another pmcker, ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB. The annual ball of this club took place at Willis's Rooms, on Wednesday night, and amply repaid the officers of the club for their exertions. Between four hundred and five hundred were present, and never did the esprit de corps more thoroughly pre- vail. The coup d'ceil was rendered most pleasing by the uni- form of several military officers, blended with the elegant dresses of the ladies and the tasteful arrangement of the flags of different nations round the enormous dancing room. A set of very pretty quadrilles, dedicated, by permission, to the Royal London Yacht Club, had been composed for the occasion by Mr Caparn, organist of Newark, Notts, and elicited very warm commendation, as did the general attention of the band employed on the occasion. James Goodson, Esq, the Commodore, presided at the supper, THE SAILORS' HOME AND THE DESTITUTE SAILORS' ASYLUM. The monthly meeting of the directors of the above institu" tions was held in Well- street, on the 12th inst. Present— Vice- Admiral W. Bowles, C. B., in the chair; Vice- Admiral Sir Henry Hope, K. C. B. 1 Rear- Admiral Harcourt, Hear- Admiral Hamil- ton, Lord Henry Cholmondeley, M. P.; Capt the Hon Francis Maude, R N.; Capt Dixon, R. N.; Capt Farrer, H. C. S.; Mr An- drew Johnson, aiid Mr W. Gaussen. The secretary presented the accounts, by which it appeared the average daily number of boarders during 1856 was 224 ; the total amount paid for board being £ 30,262 10s lOd. During the same period, £ 40,363 12s lid was remitted to the friends of sailors living in the country; aud since the establishment in October last of the Seaman's Savings' Bank, under the management of the Board of Trade, £ 2,564 4s has been deposited therein. The institution contains beds for the accommodation of upwards of 300 boarders, and on several occasions within the last twelve months the whole of these have been occupied, so that a great many sailors were uu able to obtain admission. This would almost seem to justify the conclusion that another Sailors' Homo in the neighbourhood would find a field of usefulness. With regard to the Destitute Sailors' Asylum, the secretary's report showed also a large in- crease in the number of inmates; the average daily number re- lieved during last month being 72, aud the total number for the year 1856,1,453. A large proportion of these men arrive at the asylum in a weak state of health, and all of them in a destitute condition. They aro relieved with shelter, food, and various articles of warm clothing, and by these means many of them are recruited in health and placed in a position to obtain employ ment at sea. HUNT'S YACHTING MAGAZINE. This work, with every succeeding number, seems to give pro- mise of that increase in articles of utility which wo long ago recommended as the chief plan on which such a periodical shoald be conducted, and which indeed seems to be the only one which is likely to ensure its stability. The number for the cur- rent month now before us surpasses all its predecessors in this respect, and, as we have before said, it is the duty of all those iu any way connected with yachting to second Mr Hunt in the good intention he evidently has of making his magazine instructive and useful, as well as amusing. Of course this assistance is to bo accorded chiefly in the way of subscription; but there are other ways in which both the practical man and even the visionary may be of great service— the former in the way of logs and actual experiences, and from the latter class how many of the wonderful inventions of the day have not emanated ? Why, we have heard evenClifford himself placed among this class; aud yet how short a time must elapse before every vessel that sails shall bear with her from port the ripened offspring of his deep thought, whilst wives and families shall " sit at home at ease," conscious that the ship which contains their treasure is enabled at length to lower its boats under any difficulties. " Oral Traditions of the Cinque Ports " are continued iu this number, in which Capt Martin has given a very interesting account, chiefly of the coast lying be- tween tho Forelands. Mr Marett's lately published work on yacht building is examined, and the number closes with the doings of the principal yacht clubs at their last meetings. THE LATE HEAVY GALES. From returns made to the Board of Trade it appears that the numbers of wrecks, strandings, and collisions 011 the coasts and in the seas of the British Isles during the awful gales at the beginning of last month was 340 ; ana the number of persons who lost their lives was 186. But it is, nevertheless, a very gra- tifying fact that the number of lives saved on that disastrous occasion, chiefly by lifeboats and the life- preserving apparatus was 662. In this good work the lifeboats of that valuable society, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, performed a very im- portant part. The large number of lives thus saved already shows how much suffering can be spared by well- directed efforts in the preservation of human life in cases of shipwreck. AMATEUB SCULLEBS' MATCH.— A gentleman's match, which was made in an offhand manner about a fortnight ago, took place 011 tho 14th inst, from Putney to Hammersmith, and a more favourable day could not have been pic ked out. The com- petitors were Messrs Schlotel and Leeds Payne, two well- known members of the London Rowing Club. They started themselves from the new bridge shortly after four o'clock, and continued scull and scull for nearly half a mile, at tho completion of which distance Mr Payne had obtained the lead, and shortly after took his adversary's water. No change took place afterwards, ex- cepting that the distance between tbem was gradually increased by the winner, who arrived at the fiuish about four lengths in advance of Mr Schlotel. The L. R. C. eight and numerous other light craft accompanied the race. THE LATE COLVILLE AQUATIC CLUB.— MrEditor: Amemberof tho late club is not a little surprised to see that the late secretary hasthe" ebeek" toiusert suchanotice as that which appeared in our impression of the 15th inst, viz, that the winding up of the club was caused by an officer setting the rules at defiance, and attempting to shirk his subscriptions, which led to his expul- sion from the club. Now, if we come to facts, and not asser- tions, the documents of the late club will also clearly prove that the officer who is said to be the cause of the winding up of the clut), paid up one month's subscription which had fallen in arrear, and the subscription for the month which had just become due, and, at the same time, tendered his resignation, unless the tone of a letter was softened, which he had before complained of, to which the secretary would not accede, and upon the case being brought before the committee, the secre- tary being in the chair, influenced the minds of half the com- mittee, thereby causing a division, and ho having the casting vote, the resignation was accepted. This is what he calls being expelled at the hands of the committee. The members not being satisfied with this decision, and finding how things were going, aud how small their numbers would get, should they not do something more in the matter, attended a meeting, and, upon the subject being mentioned, the secretary immediately inquired if anybody had the " cheek" to propose and second the late member ? The captain and a member did summon up courage to propose aud second him, which resulted in his re- election to the club. The secretary then produced a letter, already cut and dried for the occasion, resigning hi* member- ship. All the members felt dissatisfied at this unsociable action, as they were old friends and acquaintances, and wished to con- tinue so. They thought it most prudent to bring the club to an esd— hence the cause of the winding- up of the Colville Aquatic Club.— Yours, & c, HENBY THOS. HEATH.—[ This letter must close a correspondence on a matter so devoid of public interest.] LAW INTELLIGENCE. DAMAGES A& AISSI TH ® NORTH- WEBTEBN RAILWAY TOR NEGLIGENCE.— In the Common Pleas, on Tuesday, an action was brought by a lady nam., d M'Intosh against the London and North- W estern Railway Company for negligence in the carriage of the plaintiff as a passenger, by means of which her leg was broken. The accident, in fact, occurred 011 the Holyhead and Chester line, but, as the contract was entered info with the de- fendants, whose carriages travel over the Holyhead and Chester line, the action was brought against the defendants.— Mr James, in opening the plaintiff's case, said: The plaintiff is a lady in independent circumstances residing at York- place, Portman- square, and on the 28th of August last took tickets at Euston- square for herself aud her daughter to go from London to Aber, in Wales. The train, which was a long one, reached Aber at eight o'clock. It stopped at the Aber station, and overlaoped the platform, and opposite the carriage in which the plaintiff was sitting with her daughter there was no platform, but an em- bankment, and the depth from the step to the ground being three or four feet, the ladies were afraid to alight. They haa requested to be carried further on to the platform, but this request was refused, and while they were urging their request on one of the officials of the company the train was put in motion, and they were carried seventy or eighty yards beyond the plat- form to a similar place. They then requested to be taken back to the platform. The request was refused by the station- master. The plaintiff, iu spite of her remonstrances, was obliged to alight at this spot, and, although the daughter managed to reach tho ground in safety, the mother, in endeavouring todothesame, with the assistance of the station- master, who insisted there was no danger, broke her leg.— The above is an outline of the facts proved. Mr Bovill then addressed the jury for the defence, and con- tended that there was no ground for saying that there was scan- dalous negligence on the part of the defendants.— The Chief Justice: The question is, Mr Bovill, whether it was not negli- gence on the part of the company's servants, especially in order to enable a lady to alight, who, as you say, is unwieldly, and has a delicate ankle, to place the train in such a position.— Mr Bovill: The first question is, was there negligence ? If so, what are the reasonable damages ? Was not the accident to be attributed to the plaintiff herself in first coming forward to alight, and then becomiugalarmed ?—' The Chief Justice, iu summing up, told the jury if there was negligence on the part of the station master tho company would be responsible. Upon the facts, the first ques- tion was, whether it was not a breach of duty in the station- master, when he saw a communication going on at the door of the carriage between the plaintiff and the porter when the train first stopped to put the train in motion. Despatch is not to be purchased at the expense of accidents to passengers which rea- sonable care might prevent. The train went on, and it was clear that both the ladies remonstrated at being compelled to alight at the place where it stopped the second time. The younger lady saw the station- master was determined and jumped out. But the mother continued to remonstrate. Then, while she is remonstrating, the station- master puts his arm round her waist and drags her. She, apprehensive of danger, resists, her ankle turns- round, and the bone snaps. It turns out that in her apprehension of danger the plaintiff was right and the sta- tion- master wrong. This lady was conscious of her physical con- dition. She had 110 longer the elasticity of youth, and appre- hension of danger existed. If the jury thought It was a part of the duty of a station master to insist and drag a lady of this de- scription in this manner for the sake of despatch, and that there was no negligence on the part of the company, their verdict would be for the defendants. It was true this action was not of the same importance to a person of independent means as to one who had to gain a living by industry ; but the jury would bear in mind that it was a serious thing even to be in doubt whether the entire use of a limb would ever be restored.— The jury, after retiring for about twenty minutes, found their verdict for the plaintiff— Damages £ 450, and said they felt there was gross negligence on the part of the station- master in not having the carriage backed to the platform for the lady to alight. HEAVY DAMAGES AGAINST THE NEWPOBI AND ABEEGA- VENNY RAILWAY.— In the Queen's Bench, on Tuesday, Mrs Hicks brought an action against the above railway company, for the loss which she sustained by the death of her husband, caused by the negligence of their servants.— The defendants admitted the negligence, and that the deceased had lost his life in conse- quence thereof; and the only question for the consideration of the jury was as to the scale on which the damages were to be assessea, so as to compensate tho wife and four of the deceased's children for the loss they sustained by his death.— Sir F. Thesi- ger and Mr Hawkins appeared for the plaintiff; Mr Mellor. Q. C., and the Hon George Denman, conducted the case for the de- fendants.— It appeared that the plaintiff was a commercial tra- veller, and was employed in the house of Simpson and Co, furni- ture- priuters, Snow- hill, at a salary of £ 500 a year for the first year, £ 550 for the second year, ana £ 600 for the third year. He also did business for Messrs Maine, Atkinson, and Co, floor- cloth manufacturers, upon commission, his commission averaging nearly £ 300 a year. On the 12th of November last, deceased was proceeding by defendants' railway, from Hereford to New- port, by the express train. There had been, that morning, an accident upon the line, by a goods' train running into another train, aud the unfortunate deceased had been congratulating himself on the fortunate escape which he and his fellow- passen- gers had in relation to that accident. The poor man, however, soon after lost his own life. While on the journey, the spring of one of the wheels of the engine camo out, and, owing to the negligence of a man who had been only twelve days before a stoker in the service of the company, and who was, on this oc- casion, acting as driver of the train, was not attended to ou arrival of the train at Abergavenny. Between Abergavenny and the place where the accident occurred there was a curve in the line, and the train was. proceeding at the time at the rate of 25 miles an hour. The curve was what was known as an S curve, and in traversing it, the wheel 011 the side of the engine on which the spring remained, passed safely and without interrup- tion along ; but on the side from which the spring had dropped out of the wheel, the carriages ran on the kerb, and a goods train coming up at the time of the interruption, and which every at- tempt was ineffectually made to check, ran into the train in which Mr Hicks was seated. Two of the carriages were smashed, and the deceased was so crushed and disfigured that, when taken up, he was only recognised by his dress. His death was instan- taneous. On the present occasion, tho deceased had left a widow and five children ; but one of the children had been taKeu into the employment of Messrs Simpson and Co, iu which his father was, and would not, therefore, be entitled to any part of the da- mages. Sir F. Thesiger narrated deccased's position and prospects, and said that he was usually employed 300 days in the year iu performing his journeys. Out of his sources of income, he set aside £ 351 a year for the maintenance cf his family, and for the education of the children. The question then was, what was the value of the life of a man at forty- eight years of age, and employed and compensated as described, to his wife and chil- dren? A calculation had been made as to the scale upon which an annuity on such a life ought to be made. The learned gentle- man then entered into a calculation of the scale, and said the deceased had insured his life 011 the occasion in question with tho Railway Accident Company for a sum of £ 1,000, which his family were now entitled to rcceive ; and he had also effected policies of insurance upon his lifo to the amount of £ 999. Those matters would also be taken into consideration by the jury in their calculations. The learned gentleman then called Mrs Hicks, widow of the deceased, the gentleman for whom he had done business, and two actuaries, after hearing whose evidence Lord Campbell summed up, and having complimented the de- fendants upon the handsome course they had taken in submit- ting to a verdict against thom, urged upon the jury to give such fair aud moderate damages as they might in their judgment consider the plaintiff was, under all tho circumstances, entitled to receive at their hands. The jury retired, and on their return into court gave a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, £ 2,500, beiug one- tliird for the widow, aud the other two- third's for the children, to be divided in equal shares amongst them. HEALTH or LONDON.— The deaths registered in the week end- ing Feb 14th were 1,264, being a decrease upon the previous week. The decrease, amounting to about 100 deaths, is referable in a principal degree to a diminished mortality from pulmonary diseases. Bronchitis carried off 224 persons in the previous week; last week the number was 178; pneumonia ( inflammation of the lungs) was reduced from 96 to 90; phthisis or consump- tion , from 184 to 172. Ou the other hand, whoopingcough shows an increase, 61 children having died of it in the previous week, ANOTHEE MEETING OE THE " UNEMPLOYED" AT SIKTH- FIELD.— Ou Tuesday the unfortunate men who are at present suffering from want of employment were induced to assemble in large numbers at their usual place of rendezvous by an invitation from Mr Ernest Jones, who promised that if they would meet him there he would tell them " how to obtain relief now, aud how to become independent of it very soon." Mr Jones accord- ingly addressed somo 2,000 or 3,000 persons, a great many of whom, however, evidently did not belong to the " unemployed," in his usual strain of invective against the present holders of property and depositaries of power. He declared that the exist- ing want of employment arose from permanent, and not from temporary causes. The wells were not frozen, but were dried up, and they must dig deeper if they wished again to open the sources of labour aad of prosperity for the people. He ascribed the suspension of the building trade to the national debt, which had impoverished many and enriched a few. Capital was with- drawn from other trades and invested in building, because those who by usury had suddenly become rich were not content to live at their warehouses in the City, but must have fine boxes and splendid villas in the suburbs. But that system had run its course. New houses were no longer wanted, while many that were already built were untenanted, and hence non- employment in that trade. Large numbers of men being thus thrown out of work the labour- market became overstocked, and the natural consequence was a fall of wages, the masters in other trades play- ing off those who were out of work againstthose who were in work. Another cause why surplus labour now oppressed the people arose from the fact that the system of railways had run its tether. The great extension of railways called many thousands of persons into the iron trade, but their labour was now 110 longer required, and those who had been withdrawn from agri- cultural pursuits to the iron trade could not fall back upon the land, for that resource was closed against them. Again, tho price of cotton had been raised; the United States and many countries 011 the continent of Europe had become manufacturers of cotton goods, and the only means the English manufacturers had to meet this competition was to reduce wages. This being the state of things, the cry of the people was, " Where shall we go? What shall we do to live?" He would tell them. They had not yet taken one step to better their condition. Emigra- tion, workhouse relief, and a national subscription had been recommended to them. But emigration was impracticable ; workhouse relief was insulting aud degrading; while a subscrip- tion was in its nature only temporary ; and what they required was some permanent remedy for the evils they were enduring. The only good thing recommended to them by the association which had undertaken to advise them was the cultivation of tho waste lands of England, and that was a plan he himself sug- gested ten years ago. There were 30,000,000 acres of land in this country which had never felt the touch of plough or spade, 20,000,000 of . which were good average land and capable of tillage. But how were they to obtain possession of it ? They were advised to petition Parliament; but Parliament consisted of the very men who owued the land, and whose interest it was that no more acres should be brought into cultivation, for that would cheapen food, and cheap food would reduce rents, and the landowners needed high rents to pay the fixed charges ou their property, nearly all of which was heavily bur- dened with mortgages and other charges. What, then, were they to do? They must obtain a Parliament of their own, and that could only be achieved by universal suffrage. Let them rally, then, around him, and go for the People's Charter. He would lead them. When they had once obtained parliamentary power his plan would be to create out of the unemployed 1,000,000 independent farmers by settling them on the waste land. These farmers, so created, would require cottages and clothing, and thus would be absorbed the labour of all the brick- layers, the masons, the carpenters, the shoemakers, the tailors, and other trades who were now raising the cry, " Where shall we go? What shall we do to live?" Agitation had obtained for the middling classes a reduction of the income- tax; let the working classes weld themselves together, and then Parliament would see what millions of stout hearts, led by honest and intel- ligent minds, could achieve [ cheers]. Mr Jones continued this mode of address for upwards of an hour, and in the course of it he on two or three occasions called for a show of hands in con- firmation of the doctrines he was endeavouring to inculcate. He declared his present object to be to warn the Government and the Parliament. If they conceded the waste lands to the working classes he would retire into private life, and all agita- tion should cease; but if thev disregarded the just claims of the suffering millions, then he would come forward and aid in the formation of a mighty political organisation, whose demands neither Parliament nor Government would be able to resist. At the close of his speech Mr Jones hurriedly retired, and the people quietly dispersed, without having at any period during the address evinced any strong feeling of zeal or earnestness in favour of the arguments which had been put before them. DESTRUCTION BY FIBE OF THE CIIEEBY TBEE TAVEBN.— O11 Tuesday morning, shortly before two o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr H, A. Goff, the Old Cherry Tree Tavern, Kingsland. The inmates, upon jumping out of bed, made for the stairs, but huge bodies of flame rolled upwards, indicating that all egress by that means was cut off. They therefore ran to the first floor window. The police officer told them to remain a few minutes, as the royal society's fire- escape was just at hand; but so intense was the heat, and so strong the smoke, that every person in the house was nearly suffocated. As the last resort, Mr H. A. Goff got on tho leads, and jumped from the first floor window. At that moment the royal fire- escape arrived, with J. Barton, conductor, who rescued the in- mates. Had it not been for his perseverance the whole must have been suffocated or burned to death. The fire was not subdued until the premises were burnt down, and the adjoining houses considerably damaged. The property was insured. and 70 last week. Measles presents more decided evidence of aud gave the usual toasts of " The Queen," and " The Ladies." ! having been influenced by cold weather, for the deaths from this The wines and supper exhibited a well- cultivated taste, and at- j complaint, which had risen to 38, again declined to 20. The tention to minor details was apparent in every arrangement, I births were 947 boys, and 907 girls; total, 1,851, LONDON,— Printed and Published at " BELLS LIFE IN. LONBOS" Office, at 170, Strand, in the parish of St Clement Danes, in the City and Liberty of Westminster, by WILLIAM CLEMENT of the same place,- SUNDAY, FEB 22,1S57,