( SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1857.) AND SPORTING CHRONICLE. ( TOWN EDITION) The early publication commences at Fiva o'Cloek on Saturday Mornings.- — Agents for Ireland, Messrs Smith and Son, Eden- quay, Dublin. Foreign Agent, Mr Cowie, St Ann's- lane, General Post Office. — STAMPED EDITION, SIXPENCE ; UNSTAMPED, FITEPENCE. Office, 170, Strand, jgPSOM SPRING XK. V.. M. —_ MEETING, 1858. • - j xke Two YEAS OLD STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 50 added; colts iitnb, 4 a fillies Set 41b; the owner of thesecondhorsetosaveLis stake • half a mile. To close and name to Messrs Weatherby, in Lon- don, oratNewmarket, or to the Clerk of the Course, Epsom, on the Tuesday after the Houghton Meeting. 1857. EPSOM SUMMER MEETING, 1858. FIRST DAY.— The WOODCOTB STAKES of 10 soys each, witu ioj added, for two year olds; colts 8st7; b, and ^ f^^ T^ S ( Xw the second horse to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes; NewJ. Y. U(. twee quarters of a mile). To close and name to. Messrs Weatherby, in London, or at Newmarket, or to the Clerk of the Course, Epsom, on the Tuesday after the Houghton Meeting, 1857. NORTHAMPTON, 1858. FIRST DAY.— Renewal of the WILITTLEBUEY STAKES of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added by Lord Southampton, for two. yewolds to earn- Gat 81b, and three years 8st 81b; fillies and geldings allowed 31b; a S of a sweepstakes amounting t o 500 ^ vs withlO subscribers to carry 71b, a winner of a 200 sovs sweepstakes with 10 3ubsenbeis5ibaUother winners of plates or sweepstakes So the amount of 100 sovs Sib extra, weights not accumulative: three year olds which have started twee times without winning allowed 51b; aboutthree- quartersofamie, straight. To close and name to Messrs Weatherby, or the Clerk ot the Course, on or before the Tuesday after the Newmarket Houghton Meet- ing, 1857. rrwniTAS MARSHALL. Clerk of the Course. GREAT GRIMSBY RACES will take place on Wednesday, November 4,1857. I The BBOCKLESBY PLATE of 3 sovs each, and 20 added; tnree year Olds 6st 71b, four 7st 131b, five 8st 7ib, six and aged 8st 101b, mares and geldings allowed 31b ; horses that have never won allowed 410; n- ats, one miie; the winner to be sold by auction by Mr W. Bingham tor 30 ssovs, or more, the surplus ( if any) to go to the racing fund. , . The HUNTERS' STAKES of 2 sovs each, and 15 added, for horses tnat have been the property of gentlemen in Lincolnshire three months pre vieua to She stakes being advertised; four j ear olds list 31b, m e list i- io, six and aged 12st 51b; two miles; professionals to carry < 10 extra. The TBADESMEN'S PLATE of 1 sov each, and 10 added; three year oias 7st 71b, four 8st 131b, five 9st 71b, six and aged 9st 101b ; mares and geld- ings allowed 31b; the winner of the Brc- eklesby Plate to carry 71b ex„ ra; ° n| ntriesfor the above stak: s to be made at the Yarborough. Hotel in Great Grimsby, on or before 8 o'clock, on the evening ot t riaay, tae 30th October, 1857. C. B. MOODY, Esq, May or, 1 stewards. M. CLARK, Esq, J Mr WM. ELLIOTT, Secretary. ^ SHDOWN PARK, by permission of Lord Craven, will take place November 9th, and following days. Tke CRAVEN CUP and the ASHDOWST CUP. Closed. The LAHBOUHNE CUP, for 32 all- aged dogs and bitches, at Sib eaen, The COMPIOIT BOTTOM STAKES, for 16 all- aged dogs ana bitches, at £ 5 each. The SWIIFLEY STAKES, for 16 bitch puppies, at £ J each. The UFI INGTOH STAKES, for 16 dog puppies, at JB5 each. The Secretarv will be in attendance at the Red Lion, Lambourne, be- tween the hours of 4 and 6 on Monday, 8th November, when payment for all stakes must be made. All applications for nominations to be made to J. S. B « wles, Esq, Milton Hill, Abingdon, Berks. R. ETWALL, Esq, \ Hon J. S. BOWLKS. Esq, 1 Sees. THE WOLVERHAMPTON OPEN COURSING MEETING, by the kind permission of the Earl of Dartmouth, will take place on November the 26th and 27th, 1857, over Patshull Park and grounds ( weather permitting). The PATSHULL CHALLENGE CUP ( added by subscriptions), to fee run for by the winners of the Pattingham and of the Patshull Stakes. The PATTINGHAH STAKES, sixteen Rominations, at £ Z 10s each, tor puppies of 1856. , The PATSHULL STAKES, sixteen nominations, at £ 6 10s each, for aogs of all ages. • , The WOLVERHAMPTON STAKES, sixteen nominations, at £ 110s each, for dogs of all ages. Mr WARWICK, Judge. W. P. HAMMOND, Esq, Pirton, near Wolver- hampton, Honorary Saeretary. JAMES BARTHOLOMEW ( Jockey), finding it impossible, since his severe accident at Goodwood, to reduce him- self to his former riding weight, tegs most respectfully to inform noble- men and gentlemen connected with the Turf that he will be happy to accept an ENGAGEMENT either as public or private TRAINER. J. B. has had great experience in training, having been brought up in the stable of the late Mr Rogers, iwitlr whom he resided for a period of 11 years. Any application will meet with immediate attention. Mill Hill, Newmarket. October 21,1857. SECOND BIRMING- HAM FANCY PIGEON SHOW ( open to all England), will Le held at the Odd Fellows' Hall, Temple- street, Birmingham, on Monday, October 26, Admission, from 9 a. m. to 1, Is each; from 1 to 8,6d. ash. HENRY CHILD. Jun., Hon. Sec. jpIGEON SHOW.— The EAST LONDON PISOATORIANS.— It havinL been reported that the above society is broken UP through the resignation of a few members, ANGLERS are hereby informed that such is NOT THE CASE. The members meet every Sunday and Wed- nesday evening as usual, at the Bishop Blaiie, Now Inn- yard, Shore- ditch. J. PAGE, Hon Sec. • ALMON ANGLING.— The very best SPRING _ _ SALMON ANGLING in Great Britain is the Biver Thurso, which Is to LET by the month for season 1858. For terms, apply to William Dunbar, Brawl Castle, near Thurso, Caithness, N. B. S' NPO be SOLD, at half the original cost, SIX SUITS JL of best KERSEY HORSE CLOTHING, comjl . te with hoods, rollers, & c, six hunting saddles, one complete ladies' ditto, six bridles and breastplates made by Wilkinson and Kidd, one pair light phaeton harness, one single ditto; have been worn about nine months. To be seen at Messrs Langdon's, saddlers, Duke- street, Manchester- square, London. MESSRS WILKINSON AND Co, SADDLERS, & c, 261, Oxford- street ( three doors west of North Audley- street, — In consequence of the retirement of Mr Wilkinson and death of Mr Kidd, Mr WILKINSON ( son and grandson of the two late partners), togetker with Messrs CHAMPION and FREWER, the late foremen ef the old firm, both of whom have served upwards of 20 years, now carry on business at the above address. X WILKINSON and KIDD, 257, Oxford- street ¥ Y ( corner of Park- street), London ( ten doors from the Marble Arch), SADDLERS and HARNESS MANUFACTURERS to HER MAJESTY, established 1786. BENJAMIN ELLAM, wholesale SADDLER and WHIP MANUFACTURER, to the Emperor and Empress of France, and her Majesty the Queen of Spain, 213, Piccadilly, London, begs to remind merch& r. ts, shippers, and saddlers, that he executes gene- ral shipping orders as usual. HORSE CLIPPING.— JOSEPH TOMLIN, cutler, scissors, shears, and razor maker, sole inventor of ELASTIC STE& I, COMBS and SCISSORS, in sets, for clipping horses all over, 9, Market- street, Newport Market, near Leicester- square, Lon- don. Woolstaplers', glovers', furriers', and sheep shear 3 made to order ; staplers' and glovers' ditto new bowed, and every article of cutlery made to order. Four pairs of his best clipping scissors sent to any part of the country carriage free, on receipt of a Post Office order tor £ 1, Saddlers and harness makers served in town or country. J. T. is the only scissors and shears maker in London, deny it who can. No con- nection with the hawkers of th « same name. PROFESSOR VARNELL'S MANGERS.— These PATENT MANGERS and STABLE FITTINGS obtained the commendation and the silver medal ot the Royal Agricultural Society of England and the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland, are adopted by the Royal Veterinary College, and Professor . Spooner ( of that Institu- tion) states that they should be used by all who value the comfort and health of their horses. They can be had plain, galvanized, and ena- melled. A show room is devoted entirely to every description cf stable furniture, and full- sized stalls and loose boxes are erected for inspection, at St Pancras Iron Works, Old St Pancras- road, opposite the Old Church. Lists per post. Address the Managers. TO ALL KEEPERS of HORSES. — For obsti- nate cough, use NALDIRE'S COUGH BALLS. They give imme diate relief, and in a few days will effect a perfect cure. Will keep in any climate. Packed in cases containing 12 balls, 12s; and 21 balls, 21s; with directions enclosed. One trial will convince. To be had of the Proprietor, Rochcster- ruad, Camben New- town ; or of Barclay and Sous, Farringdon- street, London, HARNESS, SADDLES, AND HORSE CLOTH ING.— DEANE, DRAY, and Co, wholesale and retail saddlers and shippers, 2, Arthur- street East, London Bridge, beg to apprise gen- tlemen that they manufacture every description of the above goods on the premises, a due regard being paid to strength, style, and lit. A large assortment of brushes, whips, spurs, sponges, lamps, and stable re- quisites. Portmanteau?, travelling bags, leather cases, & c. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL at Hyde Park- corner, to- morrow ( Monday), without rve, the property of a gentleman well known in Northamptonshire: HARKFORWARD, BLUESTOCKING, > Have been earying 14 stone. FLY- TO- COVER, J Also, a MAIL PHAETON, in good condition, with new wheels. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, on Monday, October 26, the fol- lowing HORSES, the property of a gentleman, well known with the Pytchley: 1. THE SERGEANT. I 3. FUZEE. 2. PALEFACE. | 4. THE COMET. _ T0Tbe SOLD by _ AUCTION by Messrs WARM WATERPROOF APKONS.— CORD- ING'S DRIVING APRONS are warm and pliable, may be folded any way without cracking, are much cheaper and far more durable than leather ones. Driving coats, light and stout. Warm driving gloves. Cording'* wading boots are the lightest, most pliant, and durable, lor snipe shooting and angling, resisting wet for any length of time, and re- quiring no dressing. Labourers' capes, from 3s 6d each, or 40s per dozen. J. C. Cording, 281, Strand, five doors west of Temple Bar. BY HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. MAJOR'S REMEDIES for the HORSE, the best and most effectual ever discovered, superseding the burning iron and the torture of the cautery. MAJOR'S BRITISH REMEDY for the cure of ringbone, spavins, splints, and all ossific deposits in the horse. Price 85s, MAJOR'S SYNOVIT1C LOTION ( the Remedy No. 2), for grogginess, weak joints, sprains of the back smews, ruptures ef the sheaths 0} tendons, suspensory ligaments, shoulder lameness, and Inflammation; also for the cure and prevention of breaking down, & c. Ia bottles, large size, £ 1 Is; small, 10sGdeach. MAJOR'S INFLUENZA DRINK, 18s 6d and 17s 6d. MAJOR'S RESTORATIVE DRAUGHTS. 10s 6d and 17s 6d. To be had of all respsctable medicine vendors, and of Mr Major, vete- rinary sureeon; together with the pamphlet and testimonials, price Is. JOSEPH M AJOR, 26, Cockspnr- street, Charing- cross. G{ LOSTLING'S CONDITION BALLS for HORSES are highly beneficial after severe exertion or change of food; they are also most efficacious in . eases of indiges'. ion, loss of appe- tite, swelled legs, cracked heels, grease, worms, and the general disor- ders of horses and cattle. They gently purge the bowels, promote a free flow oi urine, purify the blood, cleanse the skin from humours, and im- part new vigour to the constitution. Price 2s 6d per packet ( six balls).— Do your horses cough ? or is their wind affected ? If so, use GOST- LING'S COUGH BALLS ; the effect of them is marvellous. Price ls6d per packet ( six balls).— Sola wholesale by Barclay and Sons, Farringdon- street, London ; Raimes and Co, York and Edinburgh ; M'Masters and Co, Dublin ; T. P. Gostling, Diss, Norfolk; and retail by all druggists. HORSES.— Lieut JAMES'S BLISTER, used in her Majesty's Cavalry Regiments, patronised by Major- Geneial Sir Charles Dalbiac, Inspector- General of the Cavalry Forces, and highly eulogised by Professor Coleman in his report to the Adjutant- General. Its great efficacy, iji all eases where blistering is usually applied, is well known; and its celebrity has extended to allthe great studs throughor t the world. No horse will gnaw it.— Sold by Messrs Barclay and Sons 95, Farrhigdon- street, London; and by all respectable medicine vendois, In pots Is 6d. 2s 9d, and 5s eaeh. HORSES.— TAYLOR'S CONDITION BALLS, invaluable for swelled le^ e, grease, coughs, worms, impaired appetite, & c. Read the opinions of the following trainers:—" For getting horses into condition they are unequalled." John Osborne.— In my opinion they are invaluable." John Scott.—" Your condition balls are excellent." Samuel Rogers.—" I have never used so efficient a ball." John Dawson,— Prepared by T. Taylor, veterinary surgeon, Bur- ton- on- Trent. Wholesale of Sanger, Oxford- street; Sutton, Bow- church- yard, and all druggists, in paekets, six balls, 8s; three balls. Is 9d. STEVENS'S OINTMENT, the only substitute for Firing Horses, after being extensively used for twenty years, is allowed by all to be the best remedy for diseases of horses' legs discovered. It never blemishes, and may be applied during work. Prepared only and sold bv Henry ft. Stevens, V. S. ( late of Newmarket 1, Sa, Park- lane, in boxes, with full directions for use, 2s 6a eaeh, or 8s free by post. N. B. Post Office orders payable Piccadilly. TAT- TERS k LL, at Hyde Park- corner, on MonSay, October 26, the fol- low ing HORSES, the property of a gentleman well known with the Pytchley: 1. REDSAUNTLET, by Irish I 3. PROSERPINE. Birdcatcher. 4. ROAD. 2. FAIR LIE, by Meteor. | TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERS ALL, at Hyde Park- corner, to- morrow ( Monday) :— A BAY GELDING, very handsome, a first- rate hunter, and a good A GREY ( JELDING, a useful hunter and hack, and quiet in har- ness. Both horses are in hard- working condition, lree from vice, and quiet, up to 11 stone weight, and may be seen in stalls No. 63 and 63. rflO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- - TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, to- morrow ( Monday), without reserve, the property of a gentleman declining the Turf, THREE STEEPLE CHASE HORSES, in training; and a CHARGER, thorough bred; clothing, & c, & e: 1. SIR C. NAPIER, by Napier; winner of the Ipswich and Ring- mer Steeple Chase. 2. SULTAN, by Sheik. 3. FEARLESS, by Faugh a Ballagh. 4. CHESNUT HORSE, by Verulam. They are perfect hunters. TO NOBLEMEN, GENTLEMEN, HUNTS- MEN, and BREEDERS of DOGS.— An original, mild, and most effectual RECIPE ( entered at Stationers' Hall) for the radical CURE of DISTEMPER Within 24 hours, and which is based upon a thorough knowledge of the disease, will be forwarded, with descriptive particulars and full instructions, on receipt of 60 postage stamps. A single trial will satisfy the most incredulous. All virulent cases are the result of early neglect. Address, pre- paid, H. Hyde, 22, Bishopsgate- street Without, London, E. C. G1 TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Newmarket, on Wednesday in the Houghton Meeting: TYPHON, chesnut colt, 4 years old, by The Hydra out of Blue Bell, by Ion, < fcc. In training, and fit, to run. i ROUSE and PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.— To Sportsmen. - POCOCK'S PATENT PORTABLE KITE and HAWK effectually tames the birds, and enables the sportsman to come within shot. The apparatus is very simple. Forwarded in deal packing- ease. Carriage free on receipt of Post Office order for one guinea. Aa- dress John Gilbert, S6. Rathbone- place, Oxford- street, London. HE WINNER of the SCENTS.— BREIDEN- BACH'S NEWMARKET JOCKEY CLUB PERFUME, first; the Royal Hunt Bouquet, second; the Yacht Club Nosegay, a clever third.— Sold ia bottles, 2s 6d each, or three in a box, 7s, at the Grand Stand of Per- fumes, 157B, New Bond- Btreet, near Limmer's. BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS.— This preparation is one of the benefits which the science of mo- dern chemistry has conferred upon mankind ; for, during the first 20 years of the present century, to speak of a cure for the gout was consi- dered a romance; but now, the efficBcy and safety of this medicine is so fully demonstrated by unsolicited testimonals from persons in every rank of life, that public opinion proclaims this as one of the most im- portant discoveries of the present age. Sold by all medicine vendors, and by Pxout and Harsant, 229, Strand, London, Price Is lid. aad 2s 9d, TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Newmarket, 011 Wednesday, in the Houghton Meeting, 28t h October, without reserve, the property of a gentleman : SILLICA, bay filly, 2 years old, by Mentor out of Jennala, sister to Cotherstone, & c. mo be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT" A TERSALL, at Newmarket, on Wednesday in the Houghton Meetine, unless previously disposed of by private contract: GEORGE BROWN, brown horse, own brother to Border Chief, 4 years old, by Annandale out of Margery, by Voltaire, & c. From his blood and appearance likely to make a stallion for the foreign market. For price. & c, apply to Messrs Tattersall, Hyde Park- corner. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Newmarket, on Thursday, in the Houghton Meet- ing, 29th October, the following yearlings, the property of a nobleman: A BAY COLT, by Nutwith out of Clelia, by The Provost. A BROWN COLT, by Ambrose out of Gardenia ( Turbit's dam). A BLACK COLT, by Ambrose out of Miss Stamford ( the dam of Henry VIII., by Voltaire. A BAY COLT, by Midas out of Elegance, by Gladiator, & c. A BAY FILLY, by Stockwell out of Plenty, by Bay Middletsn, & c. A BAY FILLY, by Stockwell out of As You Like It, by Touoh- stone out of Emma, by Whisker, & c. A BAY FILLY, by Nutwith out of Ava, by Lanercost out of Mecca, by Sultan, & c. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, on Monday, 2d November, the following perfectly broken CHARGERS, the property of an officer gone to India: 1. BAY GELDING, 16 hands high, 8 years old; remarkably steady with troops. 2. BAY GELDING, 16 hands high, 7 years old; a perfect hunter, up to 14 stone. No. 1, was pronounced by an inspecting general to be one of the best trained chargers in the army. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, on Monday, November 2, the following superior HUNTERS, the property of a gentleman : 1. CRCESUS, bay gelding. T 4. R04 ROY, bay gelding. 2. THE SULTAN, grey ditto. 5. BURGUNDY, chesnut ditto. 3. MEDORA, brown mare. | 6. LIGONIER, bay ditto. The above are well adapted for chargers. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, on Monday, the 2d N< TAT- November, without reserve, the following HORSES, the property of a gentleman: 1. RANGER, 6 years old, by Irish Birdcatcher; has been constantly driven in single and double harness. 2. ROBIN, 7 years old; has been constantly driven in harness and as tandem leader. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, on Monday, the 2d November, the following THOROUGH BRED STOCK, the property of the breeder: 1. WHIMPERING SALLY, black yearling filly, by Irish Bird- catcher out of Whimsical, by Launcelot out of Whim, by Voltaire, & c; engaged in the Convivial Stakes at York, 1S58. 2. LAWRENCE HYDE, black yearling colt, by Rochester out of Exchange, by Touchstone, & c; engaged in the Epsom Derby, 1859. 3. THE OCEAN WITCH, chesnut yearling filly, by Rochester out of Mermaid, by Minotaur out of Jenny Wren, & c; engaged in the Convivial Stakes at York, 1858. 4. QUEEN CHARLOTTE, bay yearling filly, by Catesby out of Tamarind, by Touchstone, & e; engaged in a Produce Stakes at Bedford, the Convivial Stakes at York, and the Epsom Oaks. 5. TAMARISK, bay filly, 2 years old, by Birkenhead out of Tamarind, by Touchstone. 6. VENUS ( the dam of Eryx, Wandering Willie. & c), by Langar; served by Windhound, Oulston, and Casnobie. WORTHY the ATTENTION of FOREIGNERS, or airy STEEPLE CHASE GENTLEMEN.- To be SOLD at Messrs TATTERSALL'S, 011 Monday, November 2, 1857, unless pre- viously disposed of, PLOUGHMAN, one of the finest thorough bred chesnut stallions in England, now 7 years old, height nearly 16 hands, with Immense power, by Old England out of Pomp, by Harkaway out of Parade, by The Colonel, her dam Frederica, by Moses; has been hunted. The last raee he ran 11 started; he carried 13st 71b, and only got beat by a short head, he siving 3 and 4 stone to most of the horses, and from his stoutness of blood and immense power is likely to make a first- class steeple chaser or welter stake horse. Has been hunted two seasons, and is very temperate with hounds. Sold in consequence of the owner de- clining the Turf. MIDLAND COUNTIES REPOSITORY.— Messrs BRETHERTON and HARRISON beg to inform the public that their next important STUD SALE for HUNTERS, and other valuable horses, will take place at their Repository, Birmingham, on Thursday. November 5,1857. Nobleman and gentlemen wishing to enter horses for this sale are solicited to make immediate application, in order that stalls may be secured, and publicity given to their instruction. Sales by auction every Thursday, and by private treaty, daily. LUCAS'S, Liverpool.— Select Sale.— Messrs LUCAS and Co, beg to intimate to gentlemen having STUDS and other first- class HORSES to dispose of, that their next select sale takes place Thursday, 5th November. Horses to be entered on or before 29th October, and to be at the Repo- sitory not later than 10 in the morning of Tuesday, 8d November. CLOSE of the MANCHESTER EXHIBITION. - SALE of HORSES, OMNIBUSES, HANSOM CABS, CLA- RENCES, & c, at Liverpool, by Messrs LUCAS and Co.. on Thursday next, October 29th, at 12 o'clock, at their repository, Great Charlotte- street, Liverpool. The property of an omnibus proprietor s TWENTY HORSES. THREE OMNIBUSES. The property of car owners: SIX HANSOM CABS. FOUR CLARENCES. TWELVE HORSES. The property of different owners; FOURTEEN HORSES. TWO CLARENCES, THREE PHAETONS, and a HANSOM CAB; also, THIRTY SETS of HARNESS. Entries for this sale to be made on or before Monday, 26th. On view prior to the sale. rilHE EXMOOR PONIES. Annual Sale at JL Bampton Fair, Devon.— Messrs. ELLIS and SON are again in- structed by Mr Smith ( agent to F. W. Knight, Esq, M. P.), Exmoor Fo- rest, to SELL by AUCTION, at the Bampton Horse and Pony Fair, on Thursday next, the 29th of October inst: SIX splendid PONIES, fit for work, warranted sound, and quiet te ride; height, 13 hands and upwards. TEN select EXMOOR PONIES, direct from the hills; height, from 12 to 18 hands, TEN superior ( first cross) COB and GALLOWAY COLTS, from Exmonr pony mares ; height, 18i to 144 hands, FIVE EXMOOR PONY FOALS. FIVE CART COLTS, active and good. The above are the genuine property ol Mr Smith, and exhibit the usual excellences of his choice and breed, as evidenced at the former sales. At the close of the above sale, Messrs Ellis and Son will sell FOUR- TEEN more PONIES, direct fromthe Exmoor Hills, varying from 3 to 5 years old, which are unbroken, but of excellent quality, being descended from Mr Knight's herd, making collectively an important sale of fifty Exmoor ponies, & c. Bampton is seven miles ( north) from the Tiverton Station, on the Bristol and Exeter Railway, from which conveyances will run 011 that day, to suit the convenience of parties attending the sale. Descriptive catalogues will be prepared, as usual, and may be had of Mr Smith, Em- metts Grange, Exmoor, Southmoltcn; or of the Auctioneers, Duvale Barton, Bampton, Devon. Ak. REPOSITORY, Barbican.— Friday's Sale as usual.— Mr J. GOWER will SELL by AUCTION, on Friday next, October 30, at 12 o'clock, ONE HUNDRED superior RIDING and HAR- NESS HORSES of every descriotion; also FORTY powetful active English and Belgian CART HORSES, suitable for either town or farm- ing purposes; and a large assortment of carriages and harness. Pro- perty intended for sale must be sent two days prior, to insure stalls and insertion in the catalogues. There are always on view and private sale at this Repository, from thirty to sixty harness and cart horses. Fair trials allowed. LDRIDGE'S, St Martin's- lane, London.— . Public Sales by Auction every Wednesday and every Saturday throughout the year, commencing at 11 o'clock precisely.— ONE HUN- DRED and EIGHTEEN HORSES are submitted to PUBLIC COMPE- TITION 011 each of the above days, by Mr MATTAM, the auctioneer. 0n Wednesday next, Oct 28, active and powerful horses, from the stocks of Messrs Wimbusli and Co, Messrs Dyer and Co, and other jobmasters, suitable for broughams, clarences, double and single harness, carriage horses, hunters,' and hacks, from the studa of noblemen and gentlemen; ladies' horses, cobs, and ponies for risling and driving. On Saturdays, in addition to the horses a great variety of phaetons, broughams, clarences, dog- carts, and gigs, with sets of double and single harness, saddles, and bridles. All property should be received two days before either sale day for public view and insertion in the catalogues. s STALLION.— For SALE, the celebrated steeple chase horse. FREETRADER, winner of the Liverpool Grand National steeple Chase, 1856, and being second for it the previous year. He is 8 years old, stands 15 hands 2 inches high, is good- tempered, and has a wonderful constitution; he is by The Sea out of Miss Cobden, by Stockport, dam by Black lock out of Jerry's dam. The Sea was by Whalebone out of Mermaid, by Orville. her dam by Sir Solomon out of Miss Brim, by Highflyer, & c. Stockport, own brother to Elis and Epirus, got by Laugar out of Olympia, by Sir Oliver, her dam Scotilla, by Anvil out of Scota, by Eclipse out of Herod, & o. If not previously sold, he will serve mares next season at Mr W. Holman's farm, near Cheltenham, as above, at 3 guineas each mare, groom's fee, 5s. Any further particulars may be had on application to Mr Holman, St George's Mews. Cheltenham. HARTIGAN'S HORSE and CATTLE AUCTION- YARD, Cecil- street, Limerick.- MICHAEL HARTIGAN begs to inform noblemen, gentlemen, and the public, that he has now made such arrangements in the above establishment that he can accommodate one hundred horses during the great Munster Fair. The great MONTHLY AUCTION will be held on the 30th instant. There will be upwards of ONE HUNDRED HORSES to be offered for PRIVATE SALE and PUBLIC AUCTION, during the lair. . Parties requiring M. H.' s services in the sale or purchase of horses, black cattle, sheep, either at the Repository, or on the Fair Green, may depend there will be nothing left undone 011 his part to secure the interest of both buyer and seller. Application to be made to MICHAEL HARTIGAN, Auctioneer, 41, Cecil- street. STALLION for SALE.— To be SOLD or EX- CHANGED, GREATHEART, by Jereed out of Progress, by Lan- gar— Attilla's dam. He is a dark chestnut, without white, perfectly sound in every particular, free from vice, immense power, with grand action, and a sure foal gette \ The owner's oniy reason for parting with him is that having had him four years he wishes an exchange. Application to H. W. Briscoe, Tinvane, Carrick- on- Suir, Ireland. STALLION.— To be SOLD or LET, for the season, 1858, BLACK PRINCE, half brother to The Baron, sire of Stockwell and Rataplan; he is a rich brown, 5 years old, stands 16 hands high, without blemish. Also for sale some first- class hunters of character. Apply to Michael Mangan, 9. Great Britain- street. Dublin. ALE of VALUABLE SEASONED and YOUNG _ HUNTERS, STEEPLE CHASE HORSES, & c, the property of ths late Mr Joseph Bird, of Navenby, near Lincoln.— To be SOLD by AUCTION, by Mr D. BRIGGS, in the Great Northern Hotel Yard, Lin- coln, on Friday,! the 30th of October, 1857, the foil « winp valuable HUNTERS, STEEPLE- CHASE HORSES. & c, viz s— BENDIGO, 6 years old, the winner of the Louth Steeple Chase in 1856. ROEBUCK, 6 years old, the winner of the Grantham Steeple Race in 1855. BAY HORSE, 5 years old, a perfect hunter. BAY HORSE, 5 years old, a good hunter. BROWN HORSE, 6years old, a first- rate park or lady's horse. DARK- BROWN, HORSE, 4 years old, likely to make a first- class hunter. BROWN HORSE, 4 years old, likely t ® make a first- class hunter. Also, will be SOLD, a quantity of Saddles, Bridles, and Horse Cloth- ing, the property of the same. Sale to commence at 11 o'clock for half- past 11 o'clock precisely. TO T BLACK CHARGER on SALE; he is nearly thorough bred, rising 6 years old, 16 hands high, with lofty action, and temperate. Price 80 guineas. To be seen and tried at RKA'S CEX- TRAL HORSE REPOSITORY, near the Elephant and Castle, London. be DISPOSED OF by PRIVATE CON- TRACT, in consequence of the owner having met with a serious accident whilst shooting, the following THOROUGH- BRED STOCK:— 1. LITTLE CHARLEY, the well- known steeple chaser, with his en- gagements. The horse is now in training. 2. WANTAGE, chesnut horse, 5 years old, by Collingwood out of Flash of Lightning,; tlie winner of several races. From his size, bone, and temper, is likely to make a valuable country stallion. 3. HELENE, brown mare, 5 years old, by The Hero out of Fleur de Marie, winner of several races, and now in training. For particulars of price, & c, apply to Mr R. W. Williams, Angel- street, Cardiff, WEIGHT- CARRYING HUNTERS. — Dycer' s. - To be SOLD by AUCTION, at DYCER'S REPOSITORY* Stephen's Green, Dublin, on Saturday, the 14th of November, about 3 o'clock p. m., the following first- class weight- carrying HUNTERS, the property of C. A. Nichslson. Esq : 1. BRIGAND, a bay gelding, 7 years old, about 16 hands high, got by Jolly Tar. 2. SHERIFF, a bay gelding, S years old, about 16 hands high, got by Great Western, dam by Old Roller. 8. BURGUNDY, a bay gelding, 6 years old, about 15 hands 2 inches high, got by Burgundy. 4. BLUE BONNET, a bay mare, 4 years old, about 15 hands 2 inches high. The above horses are sound, and in the best hard- fed condition; were regularly hunted with the Meath Hounds by their present owner, who rides 16 stone, To be seen at Dycer's Repository, on Thursday, the 12th November, till the day of sale. JAMES HOME ( late 2d Life Guards), Proprietor. F OR SALE, a PAIR of dark brown well bred CARRIAGE GELDINGS, 15 hands 3 inches high, age one 5 years, other 6; they are high steppers, match, and go well together, and in fine condition for immediate use. Also, a PAIR of BAY GELDINGS, nearly thorough bred, 15 hands 1 inch high, age, ose 6, the other 7; they have high action, and fast, and have regularly been driven leaders in a four- in- hand team. They are all warranted, and a trial allowed. Also two weight- carrring Hunters, 6 years old, 15 hands 2 inches high. To be seen at J. FICKLING'S, Norfolk- yard,: Westbourne Grove West, Bayswater. TO be SOLD, the property ot a gentleman, who bred him, and who can be referred to, FRIDAY, a dark bay; gelding, with black legs, 5 years old, stands 15 hands S inches high nearly thorough bred, and master of 14st; was hunted last season 111 Essex a few times, and has been hunted in Surrey, near Guildfora. He is very fast and temperate, and a first- rate fencer. Was hunted twice last week, is now in. fine condition, and fit to go withhounds immediately He is warranted sound and quiet. Price 150 guineas. To be seen at Mr J. Osborn's Commission and Livery Stables, Upper Montague- street, Montague- squar » . W. H1 UNTERS tor SALE.— To be SOLD, in con- __ _ sequence of the owner going abroad :— WHITENOSE, 6 years old, 15 hands 3 inches high; a safe and excel- lent fencer up to 14st, warranted sound. Price 160 guineas. EMIGRANT, 7 years old, 15 hands 8inches high; good in all his capa- cities. Price 60 guineas. The above horses are well known with the Southdown Hunt. For further particulars apply to Mr G. Walton, Norfolk- mews, Brighton, Established 1810. N. B. Loose boxes to let. MO be SOLD, the well- known RACE HORSE X ALONZO ; he is perfectly sound, and likely to make a valuable stallion. To save trouble, the lowest price is 500 guineas. If not sold, he will fce let next season. Also, a CHESNUT FILLY, GENEVA ,2 years old, by Mildew, sound, and fit to run, price 120 guineas. For further particulars, apply to Mr William Moseley, jun. Deanery- row, Wolver- hampton ; or to Mr H. Wadlow, Stanton, nearShiffnal, where the horses may be seen. HUNTERS.— JOHN CUNNINGHAM, OF the Pitt's Head Stables, Coventry, Warwickshire, begs to inform noblemen and gentlemen that he has for SALE some- very superior heavv and light weight carrying HUNTERS; also several COVER HACKS and HARNESS HORSES, at the above address. The stables are only ten minutes' drive from the Coventry station, 011 the London and North Western Railway. TO be SOLD, TRUELOVE, 4 years old, by Sotterley out of Ladylove. He is a good brown, without white, stands 16 hands high, with great substance; would make a good steeple chase horse or country stallion. For price apply to T1; OB. Stephenson, New- market, w - ere the horse maybe seen. BLACK DOCTOR will be SOLD by AUCTION on Thursday next, at Newmarket, if not previously disposed of by private contract. Black Doctor is by The Doctor out of Betsy Bird, by Voltaire oat of Zephyrina, by Middlethorpe out of Pagoda, by Sir Peter. FOR SALE, CLARET, 5 years old, by Touch- stone, dam Mountain Sylph, own brother to Mountain Deer and Champagne. For further particulars apply to Mr Williams, 7, Park- road, Regent's Park. WANTED, a powerful short- legged STALLION, with fine action, and whose nose will go into a pint pot, to serve two Hackney mares, which are extraordinary steppers. Address A. Z„ care of Mr Fo'- tana, 51, Pall- mall, S. W.' FOR SALE, WIGAN, brindle and white, by Drift out of Cutty Sark. STALLION GREYHOUND . . In his first season he ran third to St Godric for the Baronet Cup of 32 dogs, at Abington, beating Elegant, Caldew, and Mocking Bird. In October, 1850, he ran up with Fiuisher for the Blair Cup of 24 dogs, at Dairy, being drawn in consequence of having a severe course with Sharphill, and Finisher being named by the same gentleman, the deciding course was not run. In March, 1851, he won tlie Kilburn Cup, at Dairy, and in the same month won the Colebrooke Open Champion Cup, at Biggar, beating Ecclefechan, The Nutman, <£ c. In 1852 he won the Douglas Open Cup of 32 dogs, and beat Exotic, Leven Water, and others. Wigan is the sire of King Lear, Scotland Yet,, Susan Whitehead, Highl- md Home, Jane Shore, Blooming Heather, Reciprocity, Camerina, Cloretto, Vesta, Venus, Climax, Mystery, Flora M'Donald. Rob Roy, and Cado- gan. Apply to I vie Campbell, jun, Dalzig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire. GREYHOUNDS.— For SALE, a very handsome BLACK BITCH SAPLING by Springer ( own brother to Jar- dine's Baron and Ladybird) out of Amy, by Figaro, pupped April, 1856 ; warranted untried, and over the distemper. From the superior running of the Baron blood, added to that of the sire of therenownedMockingbird, this bitch must be an acquisition to the kennel of any public courser; she is very forward in condition, and would be fit to run in ten days. Also, GAIETY, a black bitch, that ran for the Craven Puppy Stakes. 21 dogs, 10 guineas eaeh, at the Ashdown Champion Meeting, m November, 1856. This bitch was put out by Lawrence's Lear in her third course, after two undecided ones ; had only been in training foui days previous to that meeting, ar. d has not seen a hare since. Apply to William Richardson, Fairfield House, Chiddingfold, Surrey. GREYHOUNDS.— To be SOLD, the property of a gentleman, TWO very handsome GREYHOUNDS, brothers, age twenty months, cslour fawn, very large, fit for any country, have been in training up to this week. To be seen at Mr Key's Livery Stables, Ticli- bourne- street, Haymarket. Price £ 20. The pedigree will be given to Mr Key. TO SPORTSMEN.— For SALE, the following KENNEL of DOGS, the property of a gentleman going abroad :— A lemon and white large Pointer Dog, three years old, good in all points, £ 10 ; a liver and white Pointer Bitch, £ 5, two years old: a black av. d white ticked Pointer Dog, four years old, £ 5; a black Retriever Dog, curly coat, £ 10, a very excellent dog; a Pointer Dog, lemon colour, 12 months old, unbroken, £ 3; a liver coloured Retriever Spaniel Dog, excellent for water or rabbiting, £ 3. The proprietor will be happy to show the dogs out to any gentleman. For further particulars address to Mr James Dowell, 56, Dudley- street, Birmingham. HARRIERS.— For SALE, a PACK, consisting of twelve and a half couples of hunting hounds, two and a half couples of puppies, and six couples of small puppies. Height about 18 inches. Price for the lot, 40 guineas. Apply to the groom, Glynn, Bodmin. R¥! 0 be SOLD, one of the quickest and best PACKS JL of HARRIERS in England, consisting of seventeen couples and three hunters, regularly hunted with the above; also the deer and cart, together or separately.— Apply to P. Barling, Esq, Nouds, near Sittingbourne, Kent. RETRIEVER.— FOR SALE, A FIRST- CLASS YOUNG DOG; he will stop to shot or wing, free from fluff, stays well at heel, under perfect command, retrieves his wounded game alive from land or water. Price 15 gineas. Also a YOUNG BITCH, partly broken. Price 5 guineas. Address, A. B„ care of Mr Gotolee, printing office, Wokingham, Berks. SPANIELS.— For SALE, a BRACE of excellent SPANIELS, shot over two seasons, good workers. Also a well bred young dog, very promising, 10 months old, unbroke; some very hand- some and highly bred puppies, 5 and 6 months old; as well as a brace of first- rate greyhounds, very fast, good workers and killers, 26 months old, have never appeared in public. Address W. B., Esq, Pembroke. THE celebrated RACING YACHT LULWORTH. — Mr Weld, the designer and owner of this beautiful cutter, having so entirely succeeded in establishing her sailing qualities, power of flotation, and faultless appearance, has now decided to retain his schooner yacht Alarm, and to offer the LULWORTH for PURCHASE, either by tender or private contract. She is an exceedingly strong, well- built vessel, and was coppered this year, Her inventory includes six tons of lead ballast ( the remainder of iron), wire ri? gins, and all new sails this season. Her comfortable arrangements comprise midship and good after cabins, three private berths, & c, with very neat mahogany fittings. She is 80 tons old admeasurement. Applications to purchase to be made to Mr James Brown, solicitor, Lymington, of wham cards to inspect the Lulworth at her moorings, adjacent to Mr Inman's building yard, may be obtained.— Lymington, Oct 16, 1857. ABEAUTIFUL IRON SCREW STEAM YACHT for SALE, length 64 feet, beam 11 feet 6 inches, depth 6 feet 6 inches, tonnage 23J tons register; has a pair of engines work to twelve horses, tubular boiler; schooner- rigged, and abundantly found in stores, hull and maehineiy in verv best condition, ready for immediate use. Apply to Wilson, Browne and Co, 2, Oxford- street! Liverpool. OR SALE, the SCHOONER YACHT CON- STANCE ( R. Y. S.), of 250 tons, built by White, of Cowes, together with guns, tire- arms, and costly fittings. For further particulars apply to S. W„ Carlton Library, 12, Regent- street, S. W. F YACHTS CONTINUALLY WANTED, and for SALE PRIVATELY.— Every yacht owner, intending vendor, and purchaser, in London and outports, will have transmitted, per return, through the post- free, the card of the undersigned ( established 1849, previously with the late Mr George Robins), oil application, as follows: JOHN T. CEELY, yacht agent. & c, London. E. YACHT.— WANTED to PURCHASE a YACHT of from 20 to 25 tons burthen.— Address, with full particulars, and lowest price, to Robert Holloway, Esq, Seymour Chambers, 6, Duke- street, Adelphi. OATS.— For SALE, FOUE- OAR OUTRIGGER, by Salter: PAIR- OAR, byClasper; and SCULLING BOAT, by Jewitt. Price £ 20, £ 15, and £ 10 respectively. Address, J. Nottidge, Esq, 81, Gracechurch- street. B YARD DOG.— For SALE, a very handsome TANNED DOG, with black muzzle, weighs 1121b, 22 months old, over the distemper. Price 20 guineas. For particulars apply to Acton and Son, 2, Low Onsegate, York. MOUNT ST BERNARD DOG for SALE.— He is a splendid animal, and an excellent watch dog. To be seen at Lee- pl3ce, Denham, near Uxbridge. Price moderate. A LOST, from Wllow Lodge, Fmchley, on the 2d of Oct, an old POINTER BITCH, white and liver, answers to the name of JUNO. Any person having found the same, and returning her as above, will be paid all reasonable expenses, and 20s reward.— No further reward will be offered. Any person detaining the bitch will be prosecuted, ALDERNEY, GUERNSEY, and JEBSEY COWS and HEIFERS.— EDWARD PARSONS FOWLER,' of Jersey, begs to announce that his next MONTHLY SALE will take place on Monday, October 26, and two following days, at Mr J. Gower's, City Repository Barbican. A choice of FIFTY splendid pure- bred calved and down- calving CATTLE, direct from the islands, selected with great care and judgment by E. P. F. himself. ALDERNEY and GUERNSEY COWS and HEIFERS.— M. FOWLER, sen, Bushey Farm, Watford, Herts, will have his fresh monthly importation of THIRTY- FIVE down- calving COWS for winter profit, on SALE PRIVATELY, at the Red Lion Yard, Paddington, London, Monday, the 2d of November, and two following days. Gentlemen may ensure such a choice of winter butter cows not to be equalled, and warranted. M. F. is the only person on whom reliance can be placed for a pure animal, he purchasing no stock in England, except on commission. UTRONG CARRIAGE or BROUGHAM HORSES, Kl? 5 years old, 15 hands 2 inches high, dark brown, temperate in single or double harness. Price 180 guineas. May be examined and tried at REA'S CENTRAL HORSE and CARRIAGE REPOSITORY, New- ington. APAIR of neat strong COBS, adapted for a brougham or park phaeton, or to ride; they have been constantly driven together, and are to be sold at a sacrifice. For price and other particulars apply at the office of the HORSE REPOSITORY, Newington. TUESDAY'S SALE by AUCTION, October 27.— About ONE HUNDRED HORSES, with a great variety of car- riages, harness, & c. Several lots are without reserve. The horses consist of carriage, phaeton, brougham horses, hunters, hacks, cobs, and p » nies, from the studs of noblemen and gentlemen ; also, strong cart and van horses, adapted for town or farming purposes. On view, till morning ot sale, at REA'S REPOSITORY, Newington, EXTRAORDINARY PARKOTS.— TWO of the best talking GREY PARROTS in the world for SALE, lowest price £ 10 each. Also a number of young ones, just arrived, 25s and 30s each. Green parrots 10s to 20s each. Java sparrows 6s per pair. Cut throat ditto 7s fed. Love birds 25s per pair. Budgerigars, cockatoos, parroquets, Indigo birds, Virginian nightingales, & c. The largest stock of fancy cages in England, prices 20 per cent under any other house. ROBERT GREEN, 154, Kingsland- road. HORSES SINGED by GAS.— ATTWOOD'S eriginal SINGEING APPARATUS surpasses all others offered to the public. A large assortment is always ready for r ' '" W. HEATHER, saddler, 63, London- wall. Genuine " Attwood." • sale at the agent's, ones are marl BRAY, near Maidenhead, Berks.— To Boat Pro- prietors and Others.— Mr PREECE is instructed to SELL by AUCTION, on Friday, Oct 30, at 12, upon the premises of Mr Robert Allen, boatbuilder, several excellent well- built oak RANDAN and other SKIFFS, three excellent . fishing punts, several outriggers, fun- nies, tubs and gigs, sailing boat, canoe, store punt, with four wells, two capital guns, excellent brown pony, cart or van horse, mare in foal, four eapital spring carts, and various other effects. Catalogues by post, on application to the auctioneer, Maidenhead. R Netley Castle, on the banks of the Southampton Water. H. PERKINS has been favoured with instruc- tions from the proprietor to submit to PUBLIC COMPETI- TION, at the Dolphin Hotel, Southampton, on Thursday, October 29, at 1 for 2 o'clock p- ecisely, all that attractive and much- admired MARINE RESIDENCE, situate in the immediate vicinity of the beautiful and far- famed romantic ruins of Netley Abbey, and only three miles from the flourishing and important town of Southampton. The castle is of the most substantial character, unique of its kind, originally constructed by Henry VIII. as a fort, and recently converted into an elegant resi- dence by the proprietor, regardless of expense, and it comprises a spa- cious entrance hall, drawing, dining, and breakfast rooms, kitchen, pan- try, cellars, and offices, handsome oak staircase leading up to eight good bed- rooms, dressing- room, bath- room, water closets, and every conve- nience. An exquisitely finished spiral stone staircase leads to the tower, from which is one of the finest panoramic views ia the south of Eng- land, The castle stands in a park- like lawn of about 20 acres, prettily timbered. The pleasure grounds and shrubberies are laid out and planted with good taste. At a convenient distance is a double coach- house, with three- stalled stable, a gardener's cottage in the ornee style, and other outbuildings, productive and well- stocked kitchen gardens, & c. This fine property commands uninterrupted views of the Solent, the New Forest, and the Isle of Wit- lit, and presents a good field for secure investment, independently of its numerous attractions as a resi- dence for a gentleman, merchant, or any person fond of aquatics. The property is held by the proprietor on a lease for three young lives, at a moderate ground rent, with power to add a fourth, at a small fixed fine, on the dropping of one of the existing lives. For cards to view, apply to Messrs Ralfe and Warners, solicitors, Winchester; or to the auctioneer, Southampton. Particulars, with plan, obtained of the before- named, ten days previous. xn ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. — New- JLLI market Races.— Houghton Meeting. 26th Jo 31st October, 1557.— ambridgeshireS takes, Tuesday, 27th October. TRAINS run between LONDON and NEWMARKET as under, every week day:— From London. 6: 27 a. m., 1st, 2d, 3d class 8: 0 a. m., 1st and 2d class 10: 57 a. m., 1st and 2d class 5: 0 p. m., 1st and 2d class ( express) Frosp Newmarket. 8: 25 a. m., 1st and 2d class ( express) 8: 25 a. m., 1st, 2d, 34 class 12: 30 p. m., 1st and 2d class 4: 25 p. m., 1st and 2d class On Sunday, 25th October, a special train of firs Due in NtJwmarket. 10: 52 a. m. 10: 52 a. m. 2: 1 p. m. 7: 47 p. m. Due in London. 11: 0 a. m. 12: 40 p. m. 3: 40 p. m. . 7: 50 p. m. class carriages and IF this should meet the eye oi JAMES BRUCE, of evr London, he will HEAR of SOMETHING IMPORTANT to HIM- SELF ay writing t- the William the Fourth. Golden- larie. Londo? i. FIVE POUNDS REWARD. - Freemasonry.— , .. f10 ® 1' H1 the neighbourhood of Jubilee- place, Stepnev on Ihurs- J ™ elast, a LEATHER BAG. containing Sment covered books, and other papers, belonging to the Yarborosgh Lod" e held at th£ George Tavern, Commercial- road East. A y o^ horse boxes will leave London for Newmarket at 1: 25 p. m. ( first class ex- press fare). On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, 26th, 27th, and 31st, a special train of first class carriages will leave London for Newmarket at 8: 55 a. m , returning from Nswmarket each day one hour after the last race ( first class express fare). A special train for conveyance of horses will leave Newmarket for London at 8: S0 a. m, on the 1st November. By order, J. B. OWEN, Sec, Bishopsgate, Oct 17, 1857. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.— Cheap Ex- cursions.— On Saturday, October 31, a TRAIN will leave Padding- ton at 6: 0 p. m. for CIRENCESTER and Stroud ( fares 9s and 53), Glouces- ter andCheltenliam( fares 10s and 6a), Ross and Hereford ( fares lis and7s), returning on Monday, the 2d November, from Hereford at 5: 0 p. m., and intermediate stations as per handbills, which give further particulars of return, & c, and are to be obtained at any of the company's offices. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Channel Islands,- TICKETS to JERSEY and GUERNSEY, via Wey mouth, are now ISSUED at the Paddington Station, enabling passen- gers to break the journey at Chippenham, Dorchester, or Weymouth. FARES : Rail and Boat, 81s. and 21s. Further particulars can be obtained on application at the company's / CRYSTAL PALACE.— Last Display V^ Great Fountains^ his SeasonA GRAND DISPL. r> l Cl r » n \ Tri » ir? o\ r OAtli ^ r^ C! f• a » ^^ of Q /\ » <- » l /> nV of the ISPLAY will t& k place ou Monday, the 26th instant, at 3 o'clock. Doors open at 10. a. m. Admission One Shilling. Children half- price. On this occa- sion the nine basins of the Upper System, the Water Temples, the Cascades, the Great Waterfalls, the Dancing Fountains, the numerous other groups in the grand basins, and the centre jets, which attain an altitude of 200 feet, will all play. The ordinary and . extra trains will run from the London Bridge terminus as usual. CRYSTAL PALACE, Sydenham.- V-/ WINTER EXHIBITION of POULTRY LEICESTERSHIRE. - Hunting Box.— To be LET . for immediate occupation, by the season, or for a term, UNFURNISHED, a HOUSE at Walcot?, near L . tterworth, standing in its own grounds of about 80 acres, and has undergone complete repair and decoration. It comprises two comfortable- sized sitting- rooms, seven bed- rooms, attics, water closet, laundiy, and brewhouse. An excellent stable lia3 been erected, and contains six loose boxes and three stalls, and in fittings, & c, forms as perfect a stable as the county will afford; sadflle- room, with large boiler, washing- stall, and servants' rooms ; with hay, straw, and corn accommodation. The land, all grass, is at present let to a respectable yearly tenant . For particulars, apply to R. W. Fox, Esq, Lutterworth; and P. Smith Coxe. Esq, 19. Coleman-^ treet, London. COMPLETE HUNTING RESIDENCE.— To be LET, with immediate possession, tbe small compact Hunting- Box, WEST COTTAGE, near Leicester, with stabling for nine horses, fitted with every eonvesi8nce, and in perfect repair. The premises were erected expressly for a hunting residence, and are in every respect suit- able and well adapted for a gentleman of the hunt. For particulars apply to Messrs Holford and Jones, house agents, Millstone- lane, Leicester. ^ TABLING for HUNTERS, Kj be LET, in the centre of Leicester, Leicester.— To . STABLING for eight horses. The stables were built six years since, with every modern im- provement, and have this summer been painted and put in thorough repair. They may be taken '. for the season, or for a term of years ; in either case with immediate possession. For particulars apply to Mr Spencer, cabinet maker, Humberstone- ijate, Leicester. • RILO DEALERS in HORSES, JOB MASTERS, JL and others.— To be LET, a YARD, containing thirteen stalls and six loose boxes, with lofts, offices, & e, one of the most complete places of the kind in London, and now in full trade, at the Wesi End; it is en- closed by gates, and opens to a street. The incoming tenant need not take to any of the stock Unless he wishes to do so.— Apply to Mr Miller, 4A, Seymour- place, Bryanston- square, W, HUNTING STABLES, Market Harborough, Leicestershire— To be LET, a PRIVATE YARD, containing eight Loose Boxes and six stalls, with groom's rooms, coach- house, lofts, & c, aud every other convenience for a stud of hunters. The above has been put iu thorough repair, and is one of the most complete yards in the neighbourhood. Apply to Mr Walker, Veterinary Surgeon, Rugby. ^^^ CHELMSFORD.— WANTED to HIRE STABLING for THREE HORSES, with coachhouse and harness room. Apply by post, stating all particulars, to L. L, Post Office, Norwich. N. B. Loose boxes preferred. GENUINE PABLIC HOUSE. - Grosvenor- square.— An excellent opportunity now offers itself for an in- dustrions person to commence « bis busi riess, with the limited capital of only £ 200. The house is situated adjacent to Grosvenor- sqtiarc, stands rent free, and wiil be found most desirable for any gentleman's fervant. Apply to Mr Haxell, auctioneer, 65, Tooley- street. Lo. idon Bridce. HOTEL.— TO be LET, the RUTLAND ARMS HOTEL and POSTING HOUSE, at Newmarket, together with a farm of 218 acres, held under his Grace the Duke of Rutland. Apply to the proprietor, Mr W. D. Boyce, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire. WANTED, by her Majesty's Second Regiment of Life Guards, a few g » od SHOEING SMITHS. They must be of good character, not below 5 feet 10 inches in height, and not exceed 25 years of age. Wages, 24s per week, with clothing and lodging. Hours of employment from 6 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon. Ap- plications, either personally or by letter, to be made to " The Adjutant ofthe2d l ife Guards," Hyde Park Barracks, London. WANTED, by a single man, 28 years of age, who well understands the management of hunters, a situa- tion as HEAD GROOM, or GROOM and VALET; can drive well if required; weight, about lOst; lias upwards of three years' good character. Address, W. W., William Symmonds's, 268, Oxford- street. TO MASTERS of HOUNDS, & c.— WANTED, by a young marf, 23 years of age, 9 stone weight, a SITUATION as SECOND HORSEMAN or WHIP to a pack of foxhounds. Can give satisfactory reference to his late employers. Apply to Wm, Willson, chemist, Alford, Lincolnshire. AGENTLEMAN, breaking up his establishment, wishes to RECOMMEND his GROOM, a single man, who has lived with him upwards of ten years. He has had the management of hunters, & c, is trustworthy, and in every respect a good servant. Apply to T. G, Post Office, Churchover, Rugby. GENTEEMAN wishes to RECOMMEND as HEAD GAMEKEEPER a most able and respectable man, 1; understands his business thoroughly. To any one wanting a trustworthy servant, he would be invaluable. Address, C. P., Po » t Office, Halliford Green, near Chertsey. - A. aged : AS GROOM.— Light Weight, aged 20.— A gentle- man having no further use for his service during' the coming winter, is desirous of RECOMMENDING his SERVANT for re- engage- ment. Parted with for; 110 fault whatever; the highest character can be given.— Address, post paid, to A. T.- F., 77, Warwick- square, Belgrave- road, Pimlico. FIRST WHIP WAN IED.— Applications, stating age, weight, experience, & c, to be made to Viscount Doneraile. Do- neraile, Ireland. BILLIARDS.— WANTED, A JOURNEYMAN BILLIARD TABLE MAKER, to reside in Yorkshire.— Address to A. Z„ Post Office, Watling- street, London. - The GRAND and PIGEONS will take place on Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 9th, 11th, 12th, and 13th of January next. The regulations and schedules of prizes are now ready. All communications to be addressed to Mr Wil- liam Houghton, Secretary to the Poultry Exhibition, Crystal Palace, Sydenham. By order, GEO. GROVE, Secretary, Crystal Palace, Oct 17,1857. HUNTING HATS AND CAPS.— JOHN HOL- BROOK, manufacturer, 46, West Strand, London ( opposite the Lowther Arcade), begs respectfully to return his thanks for the very liberal patronage be has received for the last fourteen years, and although the prices ot material have risen full 20 per cent, he still continues to supply the very best quality HUNTING HATS, waterproof, ventilated, and impervious to grease, at 17s; best quality hunting cap 21s; also his light hat, durable, ventilating, and impervious to grease— best 17s, other qualities ! 2s 6d, 10s 6d, and 7s6d, for cash only. " Tk RAWING CLASSES for FEMALE STU- Council 011 Education has esta- bl 5he. do? V?!' NING CLASSES at the Training School, South Kensingtons wiS^ ® ?^ Bedford- square. The classes meet on Sui Wednesday, and Friday evening, from 7 to 9 o'clock. Fee, 10s, for the t The sessions commence 011 the 1st of October resP^ tive y. Female students are also admitted M'rtiStSSllSS Charterhouse. Spitalfieids, St II. Morning Classes for female students, combining both elementary and advanced instruction in art. are established at South Kensington, and at87, Gower- street. Bedford- square: and there is an Elementary Class at the Fmsbury District School. Applications for prospectuses and forms of admission, may be made by letter to tne Secretary, South Kensington ; or, personally, to the Head Master s Office, South Kensington, and to any of the District Schools. By order of the Committre of Council on Educat ion. OFFICERS PROCEEDING to INDIA, also „„ ^ Civilians, can effect ASSURANCES on their Lives with the COLONIAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY on the usual terms, tha Directors naving resolved not to increase their rates at thiB time. Premiums can be paid to the Company's agents at Calcutta, Madras, or Bombay, or at any other of their agencies in the East. The Directors also advance LOADS on good security for temporarv- penods. The Colonial have agencies in every British colony, where premiums are received, and claims settled, SAMUEL R. FERGUSSON, Resident Secretary in London. WILLIAM THOMAS THOMSON, Actuary. London 81, Lombard- street ( E. C.) Edinburgh ( Head Office) 5, George street. Dublin 65, Upper Sackville- street. Glasgow 58, St. Vincent- street. MONEY.— Bills or Notes Cashed Immediately.— Gentlemen of property and position may have any amount on. their personal guarantee only. The utmost promptitude and the strictest secresy will be observed in all applications for ADVANCE of cash made or addressed to Mr HOWSE, 11, Beaufort- buildings, Strand. Advances made by way of mortgage for any period and to any amount at 5 per cent per annum. SHIRTS.—" FORD- S EUREKA SHIRTS differ from other patterns, not merely in shape and design, but in their great superiority of fit, quality of material, and workmanship."— Globe. The best quality six for 42s, Detailed list of prices and mod ® of seit- measurement sent free per post.— Richard Ford, 38, Poultry. London, E. C. .— PATTERNS of the coloured new . _ shirtings in every variety of colours. 100 different styles for making FORD'S EUREKA SHIRTS sent to select from oa the receipt of six postage stamps, self- measurement, and all particulars included. Price 27s the halt- dozea.— Richard Ford. 88. Poultry, London. K. C. INDIA, AUSTRALIA, Ac.— Every requirement for PRIVATE, NAVAL, and MILITARY OUTFITS furnished at the shortest notice, by S. W. SILVER and Co, manufacturers, at their ware- houses, Nos. 68 and 67, Cornliill, and 3 and 4, Bishopsgatc-. treet ( opposite the London Tavern), where their waterproof fabrics and Indiarubber manufactures may be had in every variety. NDIA OUTFITS.— THRESHER and GLENNY _ , ( next door to Somerset House, Strand), manufacture the follow- ing ARTICLES expressly for India:— Thresher's Kashmir flannel shirts, Thresher's military shirts, Thresher's India gauze waistcoats, Thresher's India Tweed suits, Thresher's overland trunk, N. B. Lists of prices, with particulars of the necessary outfit for India, may be had on application. FOR HUNTING or SHOOTING.— The POCKET SIPHONIA, or waterproof overcoat, weight 12 ounces. The only garment guaranteed free from stickiness in any temperature, easily carried in the pocket or 011 saddle. Prica 40s; all silk, 50s to 60s, Fishing and Wading Boots. Fishing Stockings, 18s 6d per pair; folding baths, life- belts, & c, at the Siplionia Depot, EDMISTON and SON. 69, Strand. W. C. JUST published, by two retired officers, be had gratis on application, or forwarded post free, and to .. .. . . HINTS on the NECESSARY OUTFITS, ACCOUTREMENTS, & c, really requi- site for officers proceeding on service for the first time on joining their regiments. The estimates have been revised with every care, and whilst treed from useless ; and expensive articles, will be found to combine very requisite. Apply personally or by letter to Messrs CULPEPER, MULCASTER, and Co, army agents, 28, Regent- street, S. W. W1 HAT'S IN A NAME?— This query can be answered by SAMUEL BROTHERS, 29, Ludgate- hill, the inventors of the SYDENHAM TROWSERS; for in the fashionable world there is associated with the " Sydenham trowsers" a perfect idea, synonymous with a graceful, easy, well- fitting garment, unequalled by any previous attempt. Besides ensuring comfort to the wearer, its cheapness should be regarded, as Samuel Brothers supply it in excellent fabrics for 17s 6d, and the increasing demand for these trowsers furnish undeniable proof that the advantages are valued and appreciated. The Sydenham trowsers are only supplied by the inventors, Samuel Brothers, Ludgate- hill. ~ VT~ OT MORE STRANGE THAN TRUE.— How- ever difficult in an age fertile in inventions to make any im- portant discovery, yet it is not more strange than true that SAMUEL BROTHERS have succeeded in effecting this desideratum in their new and most fashionable SYDENHAM GREATCOAT. A garment of this kind, such as they now submit to the public, has been desired, a garment which, whilst it fits' the bust accurately and eomfortably, possesses none of the drawbacks which have hitherto been the subjects of complaint and disappointment. For the Sydenham greatcoat possesses every re- quirement to ensure the most perfect facility of motion of the body without having its symmetry interfered with, to the detriment of personal appearance. These advantages have resulted in the construc- tion of the Sydenham greatcoat from the application ot scientific princi- ples, and by applying pressure where there i s not any liability to produce inconvenience, whilst in all previous attempts the great fault has been that, in fitting the shape, there has been undue pressure on some of the vital organs, interfering with the graceful movements of the body, and also greatly interfering with a free circulation. The new invention of Samuel Brothers is entirely free from all such erroneous and injurious tendencies, for the Sydenham greatcoat is so constructed that it might seem a part of the human frame, like an additional layer of muscles, so free, so graceful, and so easy to the wearer that it will be certain of uni- versal patronage. For, besides these great advantages, the Sydenham greatcoat is a cheap and economical garment, being made of most ex- cellent cloth, and under the direction of the best artistes. Samuel Brothers have spared neither time, labour, nor expense to render the Sydenham greatcoat worthy of the approbation of their numerous patrons, This recherche coat is therefore made up of the best materials, by workmen of cultivated taste, at the moderate sum of two guineas ; and, from the experience of Samuel Brothers of the great discrimination of the fashionable world, and their appreciation oi real, genuine, and perfect articles of e'. ress, renders the success of their new Sydenham greatcoat a matter of certainty. Apply to Samuel Brothers, 29, Ludgate- hill, and ask for the unique Sydenham greatcoat. Patterns are sent free. THE AMERICAN PANIC. Every person regrets to hear of American difficulties; their influence will be felt in this and all other countries. Therefore the practice of economy becomes imperative, and the advantages of E. MOSES aa l SON'S sys- tem of business will ba more than ever apparent. They are now offer- ing, at very moderate prices, the very highest order of AUTUMN and WINTER CLOTHING, in materials of the most fashionable kind; and the greatest talent is displayed in the style and workmanship of dress for adults and juveniles. The largest stock of OVERCOATS in the world. E. Moses and Sou's HOSIERY and UNDERCLOTHING comprehends every article useful and fashionable. The HAT and CAP department exhibits all the novel styles for the season. BOOTS and SHOES of the best quality, but no additional charge, not- withstanding the exorbitant price of materials. OUTFITS to India, and all other parts of the world. CAUTION.— E, Moses and Son beg to state that they have no con- nection with any other house except their establishment and branches, as follow:— London: Aldgate and Min ® ries, opposite to Aldgate Church, West End Branch : New Oxford- street and Hart- street. Country Branches : Sheffield and Bradford, Yorkshire. GRATIS.— A new book, with lists of prices aud self- measurement. MONEY.— Noblemen, gentlemen in the Army or Government employment, clergymen and others, of respects bility, can have ADVANCES on their netes and life insurance, by a gentleman, with secrecy and despatch. Land reversirns, life interests, legacies, and real securities, 5 per cent.— Address, H. W., Post Office. Opera Colonnade, Pall- mall. ] Vr ONE Y to any amount immediately ADVANCED LTJL upon freehold and leasehold security, reversions, life interests, legacies, and money in the Funds, and any other kind of tangible secu- rity. Noblemen, gentlemen of property, heirs to entailed estates, officers on full pay, can be accommodated with any amount, on their personal security. Apply, by letter, to Mr JOHN PESCOD, 2, Rock- inghatn- row West, New Kent- road, Lendon. ONE Y.— Noblemen, gentlemen of property, i- TJL heirs to entailed estates, officers on full pay, and other raspon- sible parties requiring ADVANCES can be immediately supplied with money in large or small amounts, on their notes of hand only. Several sums ready to be advanced for any period ot time upon freehold and leasehold security, reversions, life interests, and legacies. Aoulv by letter only to F. Y„ 15. Pall- mall, London.: ONEY.—£ 50,000 ready to be ADVANCED on the personal security of gentlemen of property, heirs to entailed estates, & c: also upon freehold property, life interests, and reversions to money in the funds, at 5 per cent, interest ( the interest may remain for a term of years if required). This advertisement is peculiarly adapted to parties who are paying a high rate of interest, who can obtain a further advance without increasing the annual payment. Address, by letter, to Mr Lawrence, solicitor, 3, Falcon court, Fleet- street, London. MONEY ADVANCED, from £ IOO to £ 5,000.— CASH ADVANCED to gentlemen, heirs to entailed estates, & c, at moderate terms, on their notes of hand, £ 80,000 ready to advance oa reversions, gentlemen having the money without paying principal or interest until they are in possession of their prouerty. Money advanced to naval and military officers. Apply at once ( in strict confidence) to Mi- Graham, ; by letter only, Ng. 5. Chambers, 8, Duke- street, St James's, London. * RELIEF to the EMBARRASSED.— MR MAR- SHALL, of 86, Hatton- garden, solicitor and attorney of the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, of upwards of 20 years' experience, offers his services to persons whose affairs are embarrassed ( in town or country) to obtain Immediate protection of their person and property from all county court and other proceedings, and conduct their business through the court, under the new act, without imprisonment, at ohe- third the usual charges, which may be paid by instalments. Now ready, price £ 1 Is, rilHE COURSER'S ANNUAL REMEM- JL BRANCER and STUD BOOK for the SEASON 1856 and' 57. greatly increased in size, by tho addition of much very useful informa- tion, several alterations, and an index to the performances of more than five thousand greyhounds. Post Office orders for the above, drawn in favour of R. A. Walsh, 53, Brunswick- road, Liverpool, wili receive every attention, London: Longman. Brown, Green, and Longmans. Now ready. New Edition, IFE of a SPORTSMAN. By N1MROD. With Two coloured Illustrations. Bound in cloth, price 16s. Ditto, with 36 coloured Illustrations, handsomely bound in cloth, price 42a. R. Ackermann, 191, Regent- street. L1 Now ready, post 8vo, price 5s, cloth, OUR COLLEGE. Leaves from an Undergraduate's Scribbling Book. " They will interest alumni of alma mater ; for they involve sketches of several of the colleges, offices, and students, and of University and town life."— Bell's Life. " * Our College' is no common book, but a substantial, Verdant Green, treating the awful dangers of an University career with the sober criti- cisms which they deserve. The writing of this book is admirable."— Era. London : Earle, 67, Castle- street East, Berner's- street. STONEHENGE'S RURAL SPORTS. In one thick volume, fcp 8vo, 10s 6d, half bound, RITISH RURAL SPORTS. Comprising:— Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Fishing, Hawking. Racing, Boating, Pedestrianism, & c, & c. By STONEHENGE, author of " The Grey- hound." The seventh thousand. With numerous engravings on wood, by Wells, Harvey, and Hind. London: George Routledge and Co, Farriagdon- street. B! BOOKS FOR THE COUNTRY.- NEW VOLUME. In feap Svo, price Is, cloth limp, rriHE PIG ; how to Choose, Breed, Feed, Cut up, A and Cure. By SAMUEL SIDNEV. This volume contains contri- butions from the principal agricultural periodicals, and has chapters on— Will a Pig Pay ?— The Chemistry of Pig- feeding— Pigs for Workhouses, & c, & c. In this series have lately been published— FARM and GARDEN PRODUCE. Is. By MARTIN DOYLE. RURAL ECONOMY. Is. By MARTIN DOYLE. SMALL FARMS: their Management. Is. By MARTIN DOYLE. London : George Routledge and Co, Farringdon- street. NEW NOVEL BiT THE HON C. A. MURRAY. Just published, two vols, post 8vo, 21s, HASSAN; or, the Child of the Pyramids. An Egyptian Tale. By the Hon. C. A. MURRAY, C. B., author of " The Prairie Bird," " Travel in North America," & c. London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. PATRONISED by her MAJESTY the QUEEN, and Superior to all Otliers.- CLARK'S ROYAL LEA MING- TONIAN HUNTING BLACKING, for softening and preserving boots and shoes, and giving a brilliant raven- jet polish, equal to patent leather; does not crack or wear; brown, and retains its lustre for any length of time, in all temperatures. Also, his incomparable Raven- jet French Varnish, warranted not to crack or soil the finest cambric.— Manufactory, 127, Crawford- street, Portman- square, London, W. PATRONISED by her MAJESTY and the majority of the nobility and gentry of the United Queendom, CLARK'S Incomparable WATERPROOF HARNESS BLACKING. It neither requires oil, dye, nor any other preparation, and is the only one ever per- fected for preserving, rendering supple, and giving a brilliant polish, equal to patent leather, to all kinds of black leather, harness, carriage- heads, aprons, and is infinitely superior to any now in use.— Manufactory, 127, Crawford- street. Portnoan- square. London, W. TO GAMEKEEPERS.— Fresh TALLOW GREAVES, grated, is the best feed yet discovered for pheasants. Apply at CUTHBERT'S, 43, Paternoster- row. Hard, dark, and dry greaves are of no use for this purpose. WORMS in DOGS.— Sportsmen look well to your dogs. No dog can be got into condition and fit for work if he has worms. NALDIRE'S WORM POWDERS are pronounced by hundreds of sportsmen to be the only safe and effectual remedy in use. In packets, 2s, 3s 6d, aud 5 » each, To be had of Barclay and Sons, Fax* ringdon- street, TO the HUNT.— W. CLARK again solicits the attention of hunting noblemen and gentlemen to his incomparable BOOT- TOP FLUID, for cleansing and preserving brown boot- tops, totally eradicating all stains, restoring and keeping them to their original colour. White tops may be made brown to any shade required. Also, a LIQDlD for polishing and making any top equal to patent, with half the usual labour. Premier boot- top powders of all colours.— Manufactory, 127, Crawford- street, Portman- square, London, W. SHOOTING and FISHING.— W. CLARK most respectfully invites the attention of noblemen, gentlemen, aHd anglers to his INIMITABLE REPELLANT, or Crimean Waterproof Paste ( that was so highly patronised by the officers who served in the Crimea), warranted to resist the action of rain, snow, or sea water on the leather, also to soften and preserve all kinds of hunting, shooting, and fishing boots. Likewise his unequalled elastic waterproof varnish and blacking, which will also render the soles of » ew or previously used boots impervious to wet. Manufactory, 127, Crawford- street, London, W. /^ LARK'S PATENT MATCHLESS PASTE for Kj LEATHER BREECHES, GLOVES. CORDS, KERSEYS, & c.- Tliis matchless composition will be found far superior to any that has ever been offered to the public; it will cleanse and beautify, renders them soft and pliable, does not require rubbing, and will not rub off. Warranted psrfectly free from dust, and needs but one trial to prove its superiority over all others. Also, his unrivalled REVIVER, for restoring black kid boots, cloths, & c.— MaRufactory, 127, Crawford- street, Portmaii- square. W. nno SPORTSMEN.— The elite of the first flight JL over any country.- BARTLEY'S FAST BROWN, for brown tops, of all tints, for those who are nice to a shade; the celebrated hunting polish, wot will cut a shine in or over any country, for dress or patent leather hunting boots oi every description. BARTLEY'S HUNTING PERSUADERS, with the improved rowels; boot top powders, of all colours; Bartley's Nulli Secundus Blacking; all the above to be had frcm Alexander Bartley, boot- maker, 251, Oxford- street, London. Post Office orders to be made pavable at Post Office. 210, Oxford- street. FOR CLEANING LEATHER BREECHES, GLOVES, & c.— PULLMAN'S IMPERIAL BLEACHING COM- POSITION. This unrivalled composition renders the leather soft and pliable, restoring it to all its pristine beauty, and is especially valuable tor its great freedom from dust. Sold by all leather breeches makers and brush manufacturers; and by R. and J. Pullman, leather dressers, 17. Greek- street, Soho. HUNTING,— PROPERTY PASTE IS NOW prepared for cleansing leather breeches, gloves, hunting kerseys, cords, drills. & c, with directions for use on each jar, and ii used ac- cordingly, wili be found quite free from dust, and one application suffi- cient to produce the desired effect, with a saving of one half the usual trouble. Travelling boxes, complete, containing four jars of paste, two brushes, and two sponges, for cleaning leather and cloth breeches, always kept iu readiness, price £ 1. Manufacturers also of the much approved white and brown boot- top powder; magic cloth- balls for dry- cleaning all kinds of tartans, silks, velvets, & c. Importers of French cirage varnish, sole agent for Count D'Orsay's waterprtof polish, and manufacturer of blacking without vitriol.— Manufactory, 23, South Audley- street, Grosve- nor- square.— N. B. Liquids of various colours for cleaning brown top- boots, and poiiaiiing cream for ditto. WANTED, LEFT- OFF CLOTHES for EX- PORTATION.— Gentlemen will be waited on at any time or distance, and have the highest price given in cash for LEFT- OFf CLOTHES of all descriptions, naval and military uniforms, court suits, boots, books, jewellery, and all miscellaneous property, by addressing to Mr G, HYAMS, clothier, 16, Tyler- street, Regent- street, W„ or parcels being sent from the country, the utmost value in cash immediately re- mitted. Established 33 years. LEFT- OFF CLOTHES WANTED.— Gentlemen having LEFT- OFF WEARING APPAREL, in any quantity and ef every description, including regimentals, lace, boots, books, jewellery, & c, to dispose of, are respectfully informed that they may obtain the full value for the same to any amount o, n addressing a line ( pre- paid) to J. HUTCHINSON, 17, Dean- street, High Holborn. Gentlemen waited on ( free) at any time or distance. Parcels from the country, the utmost value immediately remitted by Post Office orders. Established 1840. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, used in the royal laundry.— The ladies are respectfully informed that this STARCH is exclusively used in the royal laundry; and her Majesty's laundress says, that although she has tried wheaten, rice, and other powder starches, she has found none of them equal to the Glenfield, which is the finest starch she ever used. When you ask for Glenfield Patent Starch, see that you get it, as inferior kinds are often substituted. WOTHERSPOON and Co, Glasgow and London. w ASHING, CLEANING, and DYEING for LONDON.— Dirty carpets, rugs, blankets, counteipanes, muslin and lace curtains, and all large articles, washed and finished in the best style; moreen and damask curtains, dresses, shawls, & c„ dyed and finished extra well, at moderate charges. The company's vans receive and deliver free of charge, no matter how small the quantity. All goods returned within a week. Price lists forwarded on application. Country orders promptly attended to.— M ETROPOLITAN STEAM WASHING and DYEING COMPANY, 17, Wharf- road, City- road, N. IVROTJCE'— E- RIMMEL, Perfumer to her JAi Majesty, sole proprietor of the TOILET VINEGAR, & c, has REMOVED his manufactory from Gerard- street, Soho, to more central and extensive premises, 96, Strand, opposite Exeter Hall, where he will keep a large assortment of perfumery, soaps, combs, brushes, dressing- cases, and all articles necessary for the toilet, wholesale, retail, and for exportation.— 96, Strand, W. C. ASTHMA, COUGHS, and COLDS.— One of Dr. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS, allowed to dissolve in the mouth, immediately relieves the most violent asthma, cough, or cold, and protects weak lungs from all the irritation of fogs. They have a pleasant taste. To singers and public speakers they are invaluable for clearing and strengthening the voice, Price Is. ljd., 2s. 9d„ and lis. per box. Sold by all druggists. Beware of counterfeits. COCKLE'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS; a medicine n ® w in use among all classes of society, for indigestion, bilious, liver, and stomach complaints. Prepared only by James Cockle, surgeon 18, New Ormond- street, and may be had of all medicine vendors, in boxes at Is IJd, 2s 9d, 4s 6d, and lis. DEAFNESS, NOISES in the HEAD.— Instant Restoration of Hearing Guaranteed and Experienced by One Consultation, without Operation or Instruments.— Dr WATTERS, con- sulting resident surgeon to the Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear and Eye. 32, Spring- gardens, Charing- cross, London, pledges himself to CURE DEAFNESS of 40 or 58 years by a painless treatment, unknown in this country. The dispensary monthly reports show the daily cures without a failure. A book published for deaf persons in the country to cure themselves sent on receipt of a letter enclosing five postage stamps. Hours of consultation, 11 till 4 every day. GIVEN AWAY for the BENEFIT of NERVOUS SUFFERERS.— Dr. SMITH will send free, on receipt of a directed envelope, enclosing two stamps ( to pre- pay postage), the Medical Friend, or Warning voice to Young Men, a new medical work on the most suc- cessful mode of curing those fearful diseases, nervous debility, loss of memory, dimness of sight, lassitude, indigestion, & c„ resulting from the errors of youth and manhood, which, if neglected, result in premature old age, consumption, insanity, and death; illustrated with many cases, with the means of cure used in each case. Address, Dr Smith, Carlioi- street. Newcastle- upon- Tyne. SPERMATORRHOEA; its cure, with a novel mode of examining and testing urinary deposits by means of the American invention, which is the great discovery of the age for the " self- cure" of spermatorrhoea, nervous debility, lassitude, timidity, self- distrust, groundless fears, want of energy, and other complaints which soon yield to the curative powers of this extraordinary remedy. Sent free, on receipt of six stamps, by Mr Hil!, 27, Alford- place, Store- attest. London, W. C, CELEBRATED NAVAL NOVELS. By the author of " Rattlin the Reefer," & c, price 2s each, fancy boards :— Jack Ashore. I Gentleman Jack. Flying Dntchman, | Port Admiral. Cavendish. Also, price 2s, fancy boards," The Woman of the World," by Mrs Gore. London; David Bryce, 2, Amen- corner, Paternoster- row. In one pocket volume, cloth gilt, price 2s 6d, post free. BILLIARDS; its Theory and Practice, with the scientific principle of the side stroke, the rules of the game, Pool. JPyramids, SHints on Betting, & c. By CAPTAIN CRAWLEY. Illustrated by 32 diagrams. Lendon: Charles H. Clarke, 2- 3a, Paternoster- row. IVfEW PIANOFORTE PIECES.— OLD JLA TOWLER ( hunting song), by Brinley Richards; The Harp that Once Through Tara's Halls, by ditto; also other choice pieces, by Brinley Richards, J. Rummel, P. de Vos, & c.— Published by R. Mills and Sons, 140, New Bond- street, London. ONE HUNDRED STARTLING NOVELTIES from Paris in the LADIES' GAZETTE of FASHION, grand winter number for November, price Is, post free Is Id. 100 new French mantles, bonnets, dresses, and children's dresses, none of which can appear in any other work. Superb giant plate ( besides the other plates) and full- sized pattern cut out ready for use of the magnificent new French mantle, the Empress, G. Berger. Holy well- street. Strand, and all booksellers. HORSE, DISEAS Just published, price 5s, COW, DOG, SHEEP, and HOG DISEASES, and THEIR HOMffiOPATHIC TREATMENT. By JAMES MOORE, Veterinary Surgeon. London: Groombridge and Co. Manchester: H. Turner, Homoeo- pathic Chemist, 41, Piccadilly. / NASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED FAMILY PAPER ( No. 202), for next Monday, contains the following interesting il- lustrations :— Lord Brougham, from a photograph by Beard, with biographical notice ; Environs of Delhi, and assembling of British Troops; Highgate Fields during the Fire of London ; the Pont Neuf, Paris, restored, See. Among the instructive and amusing articles will be found an Account of Delhi, the head quarters of the Indian mutiny; besides continuation of The Young Pretender, by J. F. Smith, with an illustration,- and the exciting trial of the Companions of Jehu, in A. Dumas's great tale, Royalists and Republicans. London : Kent and Co. THE RURAL ALMANACK and SPORTS- MAN'S ILLUSTRATED CALENDAR for 1858 ( fourth year) will be ready in November. Twelve large engravings, by Ansdell, Her- ring,^ Weir, Harry Hall, Wilson, and others. Edited by CHRISTOPHER IDLE, Esq. Price Is. In an illuminated cover. Post free for 13 stamps. Office, 2 to 5, Essex- street, Strand, W. C. Just published, price Is., post free Is. 4d„ ON the CURE of FISTUL. E, Piles, Prolapsus, & c., without the Operation of the Knife: with Illustrative Cases. By S. J. VAN BUTCHELL, Surgeon- Accoucheur. Being an abridg- ment of the author's work, entitled, " Facts and Observations," & c. " We have read this work with great interest. We would recommend all those desirous of further information on these subjects to obtain the work and give it their best attention."— Church and State Gazette. R. Simpson, publisher, 10, King William street, Charing- cross. NEW WORK ON STRICTURE. Now ready, Fourth Edition, price 2s. 6d„ free by post 28.8d„ STRICTURE of the URETHRA, & c.; Practically Considered, with a Decription of the Treatment appropriate to every kind of case. By THOS, BARTLETT, M. D. " We recommend all afflicted persons, to peruse this work for them- selves, as we feel assured that they will thereby derive much valuable information."— Sua. H. Balliere, 219, Regent- street, London. O1 Just published, price is, or 14 stamps, Second Edition, N SYPHILITIC ERUPTIONS and ULCERA- RATIONS; with special reference to the use of mercury. Illus- trated by cases. By THOMAS HUNT, F. R. C. S., Surgeon to the Western Dispensary for Diseases of the Skin. " The author's object in this pamphlet is to prove that by a series of short and energetic courses of mercury, so administered as to arrest the disease witheut doing injury to the gums, much more good can be effected than by persistence in its use for months together. We cordially recommend these vie\ vs to the attention of the profession."— Lancet. Churchill, 11, New Burlington- street, London. N1 EW KEMEDY for RHEUMATIC GOUT and RHEUMATISM.— It contains neither eolchicum, iodine, potass sium, cr mercury. Messrs Rew and Co desire sufferers from the above disease, to test their infallible remedy. Reference allowed to parties cured. Prepared only by REW and Co, operative chemists, 282, Regi> nt- street, nearly opposite the Polytechnic. DO YOU WANT LUXURIANT HAIR, WHISKERS, & e ?- COUPELLE'S CSINUTRIAR is guaran. teed to produce whiskers, mustachios, eyebrows, & c, in two or three weeks, strengthen weak hair, prevent its falling off, check grt- yness in all its stages, and reproduce the hair in baldness, from whatever cause. Price 2s. Sold by all chemists, or will be sent post free on receipt of 24 penny stamps, by Miss Coupelle, 69, Castle- street, Oxford- street, Lon- don. A complete toilette guide sent post free for four penny stamps. KNOW THYSELF.— MARIE COUPELLE continues to give her graphic and interesting delineations of character, discoverable from the handwriting. All persons desirous of knowing themselves, or any friend in whom they are interested, must send a specimen of the writing, stating the sex and age, and inclosing IS penny postage stamps to Miss Coupelle, 69, Castle- street, Oxford- street London, and they will receive a detail of the talents, tastes, virtues, aad ailings of tli « writer, with many tilings hitherto unsuspected. \ 2 BELL'S LIT? E IIn LONDON, OCTOBER 25, 1857. PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. HAIIIIISON'S EVENING CLASSES for GYM- wlaTlrs ttrkptntg < tc have recommenced, and will be eontmuea W'TORY tVt E3DAY wi'dFRIDAY, from 8 to 10, it the Royal Gymnasium, lI|¥ am^ ie^ torketA- Private lessons and cla. se, every day from 9 a. m. tc 6 p. m.— For terms apply as above. Dr KAHN'S grand ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, EN DAILY ( for gentlemen only), at No. 4, Coventry- street, Leicester- OPEN square. Admission Is. PORTLAND ROOMS, Eoley- street, Portland- place- Mr H. C. FRERE begs to inform the nobility, gentry, his pupils, and sub3crib? rs his FULL URESs BALL will take place TO- MORIWVV ( Monday) evening, Oct 26th; and the usual soirees every Monday, Wed- Lesday/ and Friday during the season. N. B. Mr Frere has commenced. tat the season at the above academy giving lessons in all the new ana fashionable dances at any hour daring the clay. MAPPIN'S (< SHILLING" RAZOR, sold everywhere, Warranted good by the makers. Margin Brothers, Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield; and 67 and 68, King William- street, Cm-, London, wb< 5re the largest stock of cutlery in the world is sept. MAPPIN'S superior TABLE KNIVES maintain their unrivalled superiority} handles cannot possibly bicome loose. The blades are all of the very first quality, being their own Sheffield manufacture. MAPPIN'S DRESSING CASES and TRAVELLING BAGS sent direct from their manufactory, Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield, to tbeir London Establishment, 67, King William- street, City, where the largest stock in the world may be selected from. „ . MAPPIN'S PLATED DESSERT KNIVES and FORKS, m cases ol 12 and 18 pains, an? « f the most elegant designs and of first- class quality. MAPPfN'S ELECTRO- SILVER PLATE.— Messrs Mappin's cele- brated manufactures in electro- plate, comprising tea and coffee services, side dishes, dish covers, spoons, and forks, and all articles usually made in silver, can now be obtained from their London Warehouse, 67, King William- street, City, where the largest stock in London may be seen.— Manufactory, Queen's Cutlery Works. Sheffield. TO CORRESPONDENTS. » ne East India Company, must be deemed to be an official t personage. . j Mr J. P. Willoughby, member for Leominster, has recently _ .. , ... , . „„„„„,,„, " h/ tvfi come - tfiafi^ fAtw addressed his constituents, and speaking on this subject he says, Questions submitted for answer/ must have some - distinctive ( „ It is not a generai movement on the part of a people rising feature—" Constant Readers" And " Constant Subscribers" | against misgoverament," giving in substance the same answer are so numerous that such signatures only produce confusion. \ that we have given above to that assertion. But then he goes on J... i „, v,„ „„,.,.,,„/ i, o i to say, " the revolt is peculiarly a military one, aided by a laree Questions if not sent early o* Friday morning cannot be num^ r 0f criminals released by the mutineers from the jails, answered till the following veeTc. Questions not answered \ and that " the greased cartridges were the immediate cause of PRINCESS'S CONCERT ROOMS, Castle- street, Oxford- street.— FRAMPTON'S ECOLE de DANSE. OPEN EVERY EVENING. Dancing taught from 8 to 9 o'clock, by Mr Frampton, as- sisted by professional pupils, fo that all may depend upon good and Efficient partners. Practice from 9 till half- past 11. Terms, including tuition and practice, Is per Itsson, or 2 guineas per quarter. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Jullien's Con- certs.— Mdlle Jetty Trefi'z,— M. JULLIEN has the honour to an- nounce that his ANNUAL SERIES of CONCERTS will com- mence on FRIDAY, the 30th of October, and that he has secured the services of the celebrated Lieder Sangennn, Mdlle Jetty Trettz.— 1 ro- spectuses may be had at the box- office of the Theatre, and ot M. Jullien, 214, Regent- street. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. — TO- MORROW ( Monday), Tuesday, and Friday, THE LADY OF LYONS : Claude Melnotte, Mr Howe, Alter which the new comedy of V1011 Mb: in which Mr Buckstone, Mr Howe, and Mr W. Farren will apyear.- On Wednesday, Tnursday, aud Saturday, the Love Chase: Sir William Fondlove, Mr Cliippandale. After which, Box and Cox : Box, Mr Bnck- stone ; Cox, Mr Compton. With Make Your Wills. To conclude, every evening, with the Spanish ballet of The Galioian Fete, by Fanny Wright, Mr W. Driver, a'id the corps de ballet. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.— Under the joint management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr W. Harrison.— lessee. Mr Charles Dillon— Production of a New Opera by M. W. Balfe.— TO- MORROW ( Monday), Tuesday, and Wednesday ( in con- sequence of its great success) will be repeated Verdi s TKOVA- TORE. Principal characters by Madame Caradori, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott; Mr F. Glover, Mr Walworth, and Mr Augustus Bra'nam. On Thursday, will be produced for the first time an entirely new and original opera, composed expretsly for the Pyne and Harrison company, by M. W. Balfe, entitled, The Rose of Castile. The libretto bv Messrs A. Harris and Sdmond Falcoaer. Principal characters by Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss M. Prescott, Mr Weiss, Mr A. St Albyn, Sir George Honey, Mr Wallwortb, and Mr W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr A. Mellon. To conclude every evening with Bnckstone s farce GOOD FOR NOTHING. Stage manager, Mr E. Stirling; assist- ant acting Manager, Mr William Brough.— Doors open at 7; commence at half- past. __ GREAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE, Shoreditch.— TO- MORROW ( Monday), and during the week, will com- mence with CLOUD AND SUNSHINE, produced with new scenery, dresses, and decorations: Edgar Dunois and Henri Dunois, Mr James Anderson: Diana, Miss Elswonhy. To conclude with, on Monday and Wednesday, BEN THE BOATSWAIN: Ben, Mr John Douglass; Edwin Gage, Mr R. Honner. To conclude on Tuesday, Thursday, Fri- day, and Saturday, with Belphegor, the Mountebank. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. TO- MORROW ( Monday), and during the week, will commence with the new grand Mexican spectacle ( founded on Capt Mayne Reid's romantic tale) of THE WAR TRAIL; or, the White Horse of the Prairie. After which, Mr Wm. Cooke's wondrous SCENES in the CIRCLE, introducing Mr James Robinson and other eminent talent. Commence at 7. THE QUESTION at the CLUBS.— Have yon been to the JUDGE and JURY SOCIETY to hear Handsome Jemmy's trial ? Probably some may reply, " No, my dear fellow, I have been in Scotland for the last two months." To 3uch the Lord CHIEF BARON NIC HOLSON presents his best compliments, and invites their presence at the COAL HOLE TAVERN, Fountain- court, Strand, on Monday, Wed- nesday, or Friday, at halt- past 9 o'clock, on which evenings the great case of " Nogo v Colonel Hero" will be heard. This revival has taken place for the express accommodation of those gentlemen who have been absent on the Moors, or elsewhere, during the unprecedented run of the amusing investigation referred to. In the lighter and less forensic de- partment, namely, the Poses Plastiques, Mr Nicholson has the honour to announce a new and exquisite model, termed " The White Lady." The embodiments of this beautifully- formed artiste will be after the clas- sical masters of antiquity, including popular Grecian Statues, as well as xiew designs never before represented. Commence at half- past 7 o'clock; " The White Lady" at 8 and at half- past 8 o'clock every night.— N. B. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, the new case, " The Crown on the prosecution of the parochial authorities of St Prudence- in- the- Fields against certain disorderly houses." Dr JOHNSON TAVERN and CITY MUSIC HALL, Bolt- couru, Fleet- street.— JOHN DUNHAM AT HOME EVERY DAY and EVENING. An ordinary daily at ' 2, at Is6d. A grand con- cert every evening at 8, admission free. Beds Is 6d.— JOHN DUNHAM, Pregfietor. LAURENT'S NEW CASINO, Newman- street ( licensed for MUSIC and DANCING), will be OPEN EVERY EVENING, at half- past 8 o'clock ; dancing at 9.— On Saturday, the 24th, at half- past 10, willlbe danced for the first time ( in character), the " Quadrilles des Sylphides," Mr Henry Laurent conducting his celebrated band. Prin- cipal cornet a pistons, Mons Duheme.— Admission, Is. CASINO de YENISE, High Helborn.— This elegant establishment, now the leading feature in the metropolis, is OPEN EVERY EVENING. The musical department, under the direc- tion of W. M. Packer, assisted by many of the leading artistes of the day, is complete in every particular. The Saucers will be danced at halt- past 10. Doors open at half- past 8, aad close at 12 precisely. Ad- mission Is. ELEPHANT INN, corner of Market- street, Nor- folk- street, Sheffield.— JOHN SHAW ( clothier, late of Hud- dersfield), begs most respectfully to inform his friends and the public generally, that he has taken to the abeve commodious inn, where they eaB be furnished with WINES aud SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS of the first quality, retailed out at wholesale prices, and hopes by his usual strict and punctual attention to orders entrusted to his care to merit a con- tinuance of public patronage. Draught and bottled porter, mild and bitter beer, cordials, soda water, & c, of first- rate quality, at moderate charges. Refreshments on the shortest notice. J. S. still continues to carry on the cloth and oil busin& sgp s. must be repeated, are not preserved. Articles s< nt for insertion, if rejected, FRENCH MODERATOR LAMPS.— The Newest Patterns of the Present Season.— DEANE, DRAY, and Co have completed an extensive and choice assortment of these LAMFo. Bronze from 8s 6d to £ 6, China from 16s to £ 7 7s each. Engravings with prices free by post. Pure colza oil for the above lamps at the lowest market pi ice, delivered in London or the suburbs periodically, or on receipt ot fetter order. Deane. Bray, and Co ( opening to the Monument), London Bridge. Established A. D. 1700. HEAL and SON'S NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE contains designs and prices of ONE HUNDRED audi FIFTY different ARTICLES of BED- ROOM FURNITURE, as well as o! 100 bedsteads, and prices of every description of bedding, sent free by post.— Heal and Son, bedstead, bedding, and bed- room furniture manufacturers, 196, Tottenham Court- road, W. LESLIE'S GAS PATENTS.— Improved machinery enables Mr LESLIE to reduce the price of his celebrated 8UP. NERS from 7s to 4s each. The London, Liverpool, and Manchester Post and Money Or- ler Offices' gas is purified and consumed by Leslie » Patents with great sanitary and economic results. 59, Conduit- street,— N. B. Tiie composing and other offices of this journal are admirably an< 3 economically lighted by the use of Leslie's Patents, ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL is now univer- sally in high repute for the growth, restoration, and for improv- ing and beautifying the human hair, proved beyond question by its suc- eessful results tor more than half a ceatury past, ansl when every other specific has failed. It prevents hair from falling off or turning grey, strengthens weak hair, cleanses it from seurf and dandriff, and makes it beautifully soft, curly, and glossy. For children it is especially recom- mended, as forming the basis of a " beautiful head of hair. Price 3s. 7s.; family bottles, equal to four small, 10s, 6d.; and double that size, 21s. Caution.— On the wrapper of each bottle are the words Rowland's Macassar Oil, & c„ in white letters on a lacework ground, and their sig- nature, A. Rowland and Sots, in red ink. Sold at 20, J~ London, and bv chemists and perfumers. FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH is the most effective remedy for indigestion, bilious and liver complaints, sick headache, loss of appetite, drowsiness, giddiness, spasms, and all disor- ders of the stomach and bowels; and for elderly people, where an occa- sional aperient is required, nothing can be better adapted. For females these pills are truly excellent, removing all obstructions, the distressing headache so very prevalent with the sex, depression of spirits, dulness of sight, nervous affections, blotches, pimples, and sallowness of the skin, and give a healthy, juvenile bloom to the complexion. Sold by all medi- cine vendors. Observe," Thomas Prout," 229, Strand, London, on the Government stamp. WILLIAM WRIGHT, Eulwood- rents, Hol- born, London, Sporting Printer and Publisher, Electric Telegraph Agent, & c, continues to supply results, arrivals, betting and other intelligence from race meetings, per electric telegraph. WRIGHT'S BOOK OF HANDICAPS ; a weekly programme of races to come. Priee Id, or sent ( post free) the whole season for 7s. WRIGHT'S BETTING PRICE CURRENT; published nearly daily, containing information serviceable to bookmakers and backers of horses. WRIGHT'S BOOK OF STEEPLE HASING, for the season 1856- 57, just published, price Is. The vols for the seven previous years may also be had, price 4s 6d the set. BETTING COMMISSIONS executed to any amount. Post Office orders payable at Holborn. QUITE NEW.— SOYER'S SULTANA'S SAUCE, a most refreshing and pleasing stimulant to the appetite, com- posed principally of Turkish condiments combined with various culinary productions of the East. It is an exquisite relish with fish, meat, poultry and game, and forms a valuable addition to soups, minces, hashes, stews, meat pies, and puddings, as well as to salads of every description. To steaks and chops it imparts a highly delicious and aro- matic flavour. To be had of all sauce vendors, and of the sole wholesale agents, CROSSE and BLACKWELL, purveyors to the Queen, 21, Soho- square,'. London. MANILLA CHEROOTS ( true Government), 175 to the pound, 20s ; the Grand Turk Tobacco, an exquisite com- position for the merschaum bowl, fall ef flavour, pure and mild, 8s per pound ; Pellons, a British cigar, manufactured from the finest Havannah leaf, 16s. A pound of each worth trial, and delivered free to any part, on receipt of a P. O. O. for 44s,— DAWSON and Co, 19, Mark- lane.— A fine stock of foreign Havansah cigars always on sale, from 21s to 403 per pound. CIGARS.— FOREIGN HAYANNA CIGARS of the finest brands, mild or full flavoured, 24s 9d per lb. A one, two, or four pound sample box forwarded, carriage free, to any railway station in the kingdom, on receipt of Post Office order, payable at the General Post Office, to LEWIS and Co, 22, SwithiiPs- laiie, Mansion House, London. Office hours, 10 till 4. LILLYWHITE and WISDEN. FOREIGN CIGARS, of the first class only, and unrivalled SHAG and BIRDSEYE, are articles in which L, and W., owing to their cricketing connection, cannot be surpassed. Noblemen and gentlemen are re- quested to make a trial, Prices moderate. They have also a very large stock of cricketing goods of all dessriptions, and of the very best make. Foot balls ( first class), rackets, bats and balls, boxing gloves, and every article used for British sports. Regiments ordered abroad can have their cricketing outfits with immediate despatch. Address F. Lilly- white and Wisden, 2, New Coventry- street, Leicester- square, London. List of prices forwarded. N. B,— See that Lillywhite and Wisden is stamped on every article, and it is then genuine. Fourth Edition, price Is, SPERMATORRHEA, a Disease of the Blood, being a New View of the Nature of this Malady.—" We consider the theory fully made out, and look upon the essay as throwing a new light on this neglected disease."— Medical Times, Octobers, 1857. London: J. Gilbert, 49, Paternoster- row. Price Is., by post Is. 6a., DR. C ULYERWELL on MARRIAGE.— " To be or not to be ? that is the question." Programme : Advent of Puberty and Corresponding Associations- Duties and Casualties of Single Life— Marriage and its Considerations- Happy and Fruitful Alliances— Mode of securing them— Infelicitous and Infertile ones— Their Obviations and Removal. Sherwood : 28, Paternoster- row, and all booksellers; or from Dr. Cul- terwell, 10. Argyll- place, Regent- street, who may be consulted from 10 till 5; evening, 7 till 9. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price Is, post free, in an envelope, for 18 stamps, SELF- PRESERVATION ; a Medical Treatise on the cure of Nervous and Physical Debility, and on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, resulting from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from youth to manhood, with prac- tical observations on the physiology of marriage in its social, moral, and Shysical relations. To wl lich are added remarks on the wonders of the licroscope in revealing the hidden mysteries " of life within life," and its advantages in detecting, by urinary examination, the cause and effect of every variety of these complaints, with numerous engravings and cases. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M. D., 87, Bedford- square, London, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, & c, & e. Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick- lane, Paternoster- row, and may be had of Maim, 89, Cornliill; Home, 19, Leicester- square; or from the author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and 6 till 8, at his residence, 87, Bedford- square, London. CURTIS ON MANHOOD— SHILLING EDITION. A MEDICAL ESSAY ON NERVOUS DISEASES. Just published, the 77,000, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price Is., or sent, post- paid, by the author, for 14 stamps. MANHOOD: the Cause and Cure of Premature Decline, with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour; being a medical review of the various forms and modern treat- ment of nervous debility, loss of mental and physical capacity, whether resulting from youthful abuse, the follies of maturity, the effects of climate, infection, & c.; with observations on a new and successful mode of detecting spermatorrhea, by microscopic examination; to which are added, curious and interesting cases, with the author's recipe of a preventive lotion. By J. L. CURTIS, surgeon, 15, Albemarle- street, Piccadilly, London. We feel no hesitation in saying, that there is no member of society by whom the book will not be found useful— whether such person hold the relation of a parent, preceptor, or a clergyman."— Sun, Evening Paper. Sold also by Gilbert, 49, Paternoster- row; Mann, 89, Cernhill, London. — Consultations from 10 till 8, and 6 till 8. ANEW and IMPORTANT DISCOVERY in the SCIENCE of MEDICINE.— Seal of Great Britain.- Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie, Paris.— Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna.— TRIESEMAR, Nos. 1,2, and 8, a lozenge devoid of taste or smell, can be carried in the waistcoat pocket, as administered by Lallemand, Roux, Bicord, adapted for both sexes.— Triesemar, No. 1, for relaxation, sperma- torrhoea, indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence in hot climates. It has restored thousands of debilitated individuals, who are now enjoying health and vigour. Triesemar, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three days, eradicates all traces of gonorrhoea, strictures, irritation of the blad der, non- reteation of urine, and those disorders where copaivi andcubebs have so long been thought an antidote for. Triesemar, No. 8, is the great continental remedy for syphilis and secondary symptoms, scurvy, scro- fula, and all cutaneous eruptions.— Price lis, free by post Is 8d extra, or four cases in one for 88s, by post 8s. 2d. extra, which saves lis.; and in £ 5 cases, saving £ H 12s. Sold by Daniel Church, 76, Gracechurcli- Btreet, City; Bartlett Hooper, 48, King William- street; Hannay, 68, Oxford- st.: Prout. 229. Strand; Butler, 4, Cheapside, RUPTURES.— WHITE'S MOC- MAIN PATENT LEVER TRUSS is allowed by upwards of 200 professional gen- tlemen to be the best for hernia. It consists of a small and elastic pad, to which a lever is attached, and ( instead of the usual steel spring) a soft bandage, fitting so closely as to avoid detection. A- descriptive circular may be had, and the trass forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr John White, 228, Piccadilly.— Riding belts, suspendors, & c. RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITH- OUT a TRUSS.— Dr. BARKER'S celebrated REMEDY is pro- tected by three patents, of England, France, and Vienna, and, from its great success, is now made known as a public duty through the medium of the press. In every case of single or double rupture, in either sex, of any age, however bad or long standing, it is equally applicable, Effecting a cure in a few days, without inconvenience, and will be hailed as a boon by all who have been tortured with trusses. Sent post free, with in- structions for use, on receipt of 10s. 6d. by Post Office order, or stamps, Vy Charles Barker. M. D., 10, Brook- street, Holborn. London. | CONSULT Surgeon SCOTT, in confidential cases, V J at 17, Adam- street, Adelphi, Strand, London. Want of. manhood, wh< vshar from excess, private abuse, spermatorrheea, stricture, venereal, scro tuJa, nervous debility, climate, or age, treated till cured before charge for n wdicine. Midwifery and ailments too delicate for detail attended to the is. iue. Female obstruction pills 4s a box. Established since 1S80. At hon'te before 8. and after 6. daily. W/. TH 70 coloured engravings, price 2s 6d, post ^ esSl stamps, the new metrical work on the Physiology of Man and Wom^. with the certain means of removing all generative disorders, restoring regularity to the functions, and a renewal of manly vigour in the worst of spermatorrhoea, nervous debility and disease. By HORACE GO^ SS, M. D., surgeon, 55, Great Queen- street, Lincoln's Inn, London. HENRY BARRETT, 128, Long- acre, W. C., exe- cutes COMMISSIONS to any amount. The odds obtained of the first men in the ring. Orders payable at Charing- cross. • MR JAMES HENRY CLAKKE, office, 300, Strand, London.— COMMISSIONS executed on all events of the year. Tattersall's odds guaranteed. Money forwarded on the Mon- day after the race. Established 1850.— N. B. Priam on coming events every Monday. Office, 800, St ran u, JOHN GIDEON executes COMMISSIONS to anj amount ( by letter only), at the original address, No. 17, Great Newport- street, Leicester- square, London. N. B. No personal interview granted. All letters requiring answers l- ust contain an addressed stamped envelope, without which no reply can be returned. MR JOHN BROWNJLOVV begs to inform country gentlemen that he is executing COMMISSIONS on the Cam- bridgeshire Stakes, both to win, and first, second, or third, from 10s upwards, market odds. Winnings guaranteed, less 5 per cent. P. O. orders payable General Post Office. Address, 9, Monkwell- streei, Lon- don, E. C. MR DANIEL KNIGHT acquaints his country friends and the public, that he continues to execute COMMIS- SIONS on all the principal races of the year; also 1st, 2d, or 8d, Cor- respondents may always rely upou receiving the full market odds, and money punctually remitted the day after decision. Pose Office orders payable High Holborn. Address, 145, Holborn- bars, London, enclosing a directed stamped envelope. MR H. DOWSON will continue to execute COM- MISSIONS on all the principal races throughout the year, upon receiptof P. O. order, payable at the Post Office, Upper Bakor- street. Regent's Park, or check crossed London and Westminster Bank. Will likewise guarantee the payment of winnings, making a charge of 5 per cent commission. Address ( post paid), 11, Park- terrace, Regent's Park, London, N. W. CAMBRIDGESHIRE.— Mr GEORGE HIGGINS J can be communicated with, personally, in the old locality daily; or at his private residence, 2, Southgate- road, Islington, London, uy letter and Post Office order only. Doing business on first, second, and third. Tattersall's prices guaranteed, and winnings punctually re- mitted the day following the race.— F. B. Nottingham. Unless the £ 100 to £ 5 ( Mcestissima) is deposited on Monday, the bet will be declared off. THE GOLDEN SECRET GRATIS.— JOHN STAMFORD, Ipswich, replies to all inquiries received by letter that have a directed envelope enclosed. J. S. would observe that from his position in the sporting world he is always in possession of the best information with respect to the chief events in the Turf market. Gentle- men corresponding will receive an immediate reply. Circulars are now ready for the Cambridgeshire and Liverpool Cup. WINNING MADE CERTAIN.— FAIRPLAY, Ipswich, can be communicated with by letter. Full particulars sent gratis on receipt of a directed stamped envelope. From F.' s posi- tion, long experience, and sound judgment, he is enabled to secure tor his friends the best information with respect ta all races of importance. N. B. The winners of the Cambridgeshire and Liverpool Cup, are at a capital prioe. Address, with directed envelope enclosed, John Fairplay, Ipswieh. PRIVATE* Rules and Remedies for the Self Cure of Secret Di. wase, Seminal Weakness, Nervousness, Tremblings, & c, Ste. Disease cui^ d m a few days, seminal weakness in six weeks. Post free, in sealed envelope, for three stamps, by E. J. ROBERTS ( late army surgeon, Gre^ J] croft Villa, Gatephesa. Durham, HENRY JUST to BACKERS of HORSES.— Judicium vulgaris est fallax— public opinion is deceptive, especi- ally in selecting winners for any racing event; therefore, the require- ment of advice from the true source alone, is obvious. H. J„ with continued high reputation for his successes, supplies only what is really genuine, and when it seems certain ; has new ready hints for the Cambridgshire, and Liverpoel Cup; also other events. COMMISSIONS as usual. For terms, & c, address H. Just, Glasshouse- street, London, W MR MASKELL ( established in 1847) continues to execute COMMISSIONS. Tattersall's odds guaranteed, and a banker's reference, if required, as to responsibility. Price lists on ap plication. Post Office orders to Arthur Maskell, 4, Albert- terrace, Ball's Pond, Islington. Checks crossed London and Westminster Bank. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 9 to 1 agst El Hakim 80 to 1 agst Cerva "" Wentworth 14 to 1 • 15 to 1 18 to 1 18 to 1 • 20 to 1 25 to 1 • 25 to 1 30 to 1 • 80 to 1 30 to 1 30 to 1 80 to 1 • Mcestissima Prioress M Dobler Cyrene Mdlle de Chantilly Rosa Bonheur Plush colt Fright Queen Bess Apathy Dunboyne Tricolour Whistling Willie 30 to 1 • 30 to 1 • 40 to 1 • 40 to 1 • 40 to 1 • Tasmania Ella Daisy Odd Trick Emulator 40 to 1 Bro to Bird on tie Wing 40 to 1 Babylon 40 to 1 Loyola 40 to 1 Theodora 40 to 1 Black Tommy 40 to 100 to 1 agst t » thers THE EATAL COLLISION ON THE SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.— The inquest held at the Town Hall of Neath, on the body of Sarah Ann Harmer, one of the four persons who were killed by the collision of two passenger trains, between Pyle and Port Talbot, on the South Wales Railway, on Wednesday week, was brought to a conclusion on Tuesday, and resulted in a verdict of manslaughter against the station- master at Stormy, Mr Charles White, who appears to have ordered the driver of the down train to proceed from Cheltenham on the up line. The evidence showed that an obstruction having occurred upon the down line by the breaking down of one of the Irish cattle trains, orders were given by Mr Turner, the station- master at Port Talbot, to stop all trains upon the down line at the Stormy station. This order was telegraphed to Stormy at ten o'clock in the morning, and duly received; but at that time the down passenger train had already passed Stormy ; it was stopped, however, at Pyle. Mr White, the Stormy station- master, then ordered the guard of the down train to stop at Pyle till he heard further, and at the same time ( according to his own statement) telegraphed to Port Talbot that the train was at Pyle, inquiring also how long the down line was likely to be obstructed. On the other hand, the station- master at Port Talbot, as well as Henry Barney, the office porter, and Edgar Evans, the station clerk at Port Talbot, deny that any message was received there from Stormy except " Passenger left," in reply to re- peated questions from Port Talbot as to the whereabouts of the down passenger train. At the Pyle station there was no telegraph instrument. There is a direct conflict of evidence be- tween the officials of the Port Talbot station and Mr Charles White, the Stormy station- master, with regard to the messages alleged to have been transmitted and replied to. Mr White has sworn that he telegraphed to Port Talbot the inquiry, " Can down train go to Port Talbot on the up line ?" and that the im- mediate reply from Port Talbot was, " Send down train on up line." In coasequence of this, as he alleges, he desired the guard to bring back the train from Pyle to Stormy, in order to shift it on to the up line, telling the guard that he had received from Port Talbot a message to that effect. Mr White himself rode from Stormy in the down train, and received some injuries in the collision. The driver, Thomas Gunnell, asked him for a written order to go upon the up line, and Mr White gave him such an ordeu, adding, " I will accompany you." Mr White says ( and in this he is supported by John Days, the policeman at Stormy, and William Davy, the porter) that he gave instructions to telegraph to Port Talbot the information that the down pas- senger train had left Stormy on the up line. The porter, William Davy, states that he began to telegraph this message, but had only got through the two first words of it, " Down passenger," when the telegraph man at Port Talbot interrupted him with a message, saying, " Up passenger train has now left." This was four minutes after the down train had left Stormy, and too late, therefore, to prevent the collision. No one but Mr White professes to have seeu the alleged message from Port Talbot, in reply to his question, " Send down train on up line," and the people at Port Talbot entirely deny that any such mes- sage was ever sent. The down line having already been cleared of the cattle truck obstruction, Mr Turner, the Port Talbot station- master, had meantime sent a verbal message to Pyle, by a porter named M ainwaring, to direct the down passenger train to come on to Port Talbot by the down line, as it was then free; whilst at Port Talbot he gave the signal " allright" to the trains which were in waiting there on the up line, aud allowed them to proceed towards Stormy. The officials belonging to each station complain that the telegraph was not understood, or was not properly used at the other station. The clerk at Port Talbot says he put a question to Stormy five or six times, and could get no answer, but that Stormy several times rang his bell and sent no message. Mr White, at Stormy, says that he could not make Port Talbot understand his questions, and that when he attempted to telegraph to them, " Down train now leaving on up line," he could not make them understand. There is both a single and double needle instrument; but some difficulty was found in using either. It seems that when Mr White had attempted in vain to communicate this last message, being about to start with the train himself, he instructed the porter to do it, saying to him, " Davy, try and let Port Talbot know that we have left on the up line." The porter was trying to do so, as above stated, when the collision took place. THE MAYORALTY OF MANCHESTER.— Mr Ivie Mackie, of the well- known firm of Findlater and Mackie, wine and spirit mer- chants, has received a memorial, signed by 54 of the town coun- cillors of Manchester, requesting him to become the mayor at the approaching election in November. It is understood that Mr Mackie will accept the invitation, so unanimous a requisition having on EO previous occasion been adopted. There is reason to believe that Mr Mackie will be one of the most popular mayors that Manchester has chosen to fill the office since its charter of incorporation was obtained. DE DE JONGH'S LIGHT BEOWN COD LIVES OIL.— The pow- erful curative properties of this valuable remedy in chronic skin diseases are now universally acknowledged by the faculty. Mr Thomas Hunt, the well- known writer on cutaneous affections, in a communication to the Medical Times and Gazette, observes: —" I have now prescribed it in about 120 cases of skin disease. It is bare justice to Dr de Jongh to say that the success attend- ing its use in dispensary practice fully satisfies me that he has not exaggerated its value." Dr de Jongh's oil is sold only in imperial half- pints, 2s 6d; pints, 4s 9d ; quarts, 9s; capsuled and labelled with his stamp and signature, without which none TURF. White Sward- On the Monday be- foietlie race. J H, Glasaow— J. H. wins. Adamas— There is no authentic re- cord of such a feat, nor do we be- lieve it was ever recorded. Henry Forty— J. G. wins. Tricolor— The bet is off. Fisherman's Arms— B. wins. Whitehouse— No bet. J L P- No, he was at 20 to 1. S T V- No. A B— The bet is off. C J D— Cannot say. John Durkin— It was announced is the list read on the evening of the 11th inst. F. Newboult— 101b. Jacob— Ye6. Dunboyne—" Czaroviteh," " Csesar- T P, LiVerpool— At half- paet ten p. m. on the Sunday before the race. W D, Musselburgh— Lord Londes- borough, we believe. Robert D— 1-: No race horses. 2: Kelso. Star— Mr R. cannot claim the bet under such circumstances, as he ought to have taken care that the letter reached you in time, W B— In 1842. Hole in the Wall, Stamford- 1: Yes. 2: No. Diek Graham— 1: W. Noble. 2: Millepede. 8: Yes, as a two year old. 4: Alice Hawthorn was foaled in 1S3S, and is still living; Shadow was foaled in 1836. 5 : Mr J. Plurnmer. W. H. Cope— Blink Bonny. Thomas Sutton— No. King Cole— Ion, by Cain out of Margaret, bred by Mr Yates in 1831, got by Edmund out of Me- dora, by Selim— Sir Harry— Vo- lunteer. Picaroon, by Voltaire out of Hand Maiden, bred by Mr G. Cock in 1817, got by Walton, her dam Anticipation, by Bening- brough out of Expectation, by Herod. John Hodson— Yes, to fcoth ques- tions. Henry Fletcher— West Australian. Sandy, Penrith— Yes, the same year, but previous to Carlisle. T. Crook— No. George Senier— 1: Red White and Blue was first. 2: The day be- fore. Newsman, Manchester— On Sun- day, Oct 11. A Friend, Nantwicli— Sir Tatton Sykes. H R M— You win; it is a p. p. race. H M C- No. Olive Branch— The bets are off, Blucher— Red White and Blue. W C D, Stafford— Bed White and Blue first, colt by Touchstone out of Diphthong second, Culcavy third. J K and T C- Nobet. J S- No. A B, Cheltenham— Oar silence ought to have satisfied you of our in- ability to answer it. J C W, Hull— Yaxley was by Sand- beck out of Johanna, bred by Mr R. Prince in 1813, got by Selim, her dam Comical's dam, by Sky- scraper— Dragon— Fidget's dam, by Matchem. J W, Sheffield— At half- past ten p. m. on the Monday before the race. J S, Northampton— You do not mention the horse. Jersey— Mr Joseph Dawson will inform- you. R P, Rayne— No bet. Nil Desperandum— They were not scratched. Appropo— No. S R, Hull— Beeswax colt at half- past ten p. m., Sunday, Oot 11; Mary not at all. Griffin Tap, Leeds— No, to both questions. Saville Crowther— Collina, B. Moore— Yes. W H A— On Monday, Oct 12. J W M, Manchester— At half- past ten p. m. the day before the race. C. Read, Brightsn— Not to our knowledge. Back of Maulin— B. is wrong, J. A. Hinds— Wait until he is ad- vertised. John Dodds— No, the draw is void. J H. Sheffield— The bets ought to be off under the circumstances. A B, Dockhouse Inn— To the backers of Prioress, Samuel Mather— Yes. J W, Chester Castle— Yes. S M, Wednesfield— Off. H S— The backer of Mary loses. 1 G S, Great Western Railway— You are entitled to £ 200. John Tanner— No bet. J. W. Tilly— Certainly. J H B- Yes. Beverley— The bet is off. Spider— You are entitled to the £ 4. A B, Cheltenham— He was not scratched. Venator— We cannot inform you. R A, Sheffield— Two. Heseltine, Pontefract— Allabaculia. Fair Play— The draw is void. Kinnersley— The over weight was sufficient to disqualify him, irre- spective of jumping off before re- turning to the weighing place. B F— He was announced as struck out at half- past ten o'clock on the evening of the 12th. J K, Newcastle— No bet. Shields— Rio wins. H S— Yes, R— Refer to our report of the meet- ing. Peter Wallia, Turf Tavern—£ 2,540, exclusive of the Queen's Vase at Ascot. F. S. Cole— 1: Mr Osbaldiston rode 200 miles at Newmarket in 8h 42aain. 2: We believe he did. B R— Yes, on Orlando. L L D- Yes. W— It depends whether the race is p. p. F O K— You lose. M P— The backer of Martinet wins. HUNTING. Nimrod— You might select many worse. COURSING. Thos. Surtees— The judge ajted very wrongly in ordering the two dogs to be put in the slips to run a second bye merely because the first was " not sufficiently long." J R— Under the circumstances stated the j udge, we think, should have given it undecided. Honorary Secretary— Mr S. Cun- dall, care of Mr J. Alexander, Banff, N. B. 0* B— If it can be proved that Blue Bonnet received any " considera- tion" for being drawn, the bets must be put together and paid in like proportion. CANINE. Dowestone— All kinds of dogs are trained for this spsrt; they run by sight to some object held by the trainer or owner. TRAIL HUNT. R. Riley— The stamps must have been forgotten. They were not enclosed in the letter, or the para- graph would have been inserted. GAME. Illegible Scrawler, Plymouth— They are not game, but are protected by the game laws. A. Bignold— We never heard of a rand rail. W. D. Bray- Yes. PIGEON SHOOTING. B O— Seed won. PIGEON FLYING. W E M— If your statement be true you have a right to the stakes. CRICKET. Nidgles— If it was a tie no one can win. Alexander— Bowled out is proper. W R J— The run counts. J. Hammerston— He cannot. W B— It depends upon the first innings, unless otherwise speci- fied. Glasgow— The bet is drawn. BOWLS. J, Henderson— You must abide by the decision of the referee. ANSWERS. AQUATICS. M. Davisen— The man who came in first is the winner. Avery— No. scyx— We have not heard. « M F— The " Oarsman's Guide" is to be purchased at Messrs Searles, boat builders, Lambeth. H. Jay— Von will find it in the " Oarsman's Guide." Harroviensis— We don't think the department has a champion. Life Boat— Take in the " Life Boat Journal." We cannot answer about the cubic foot of cork. G and W— Fouling is not allowed, and the offender is disqualified, CARDS. WHIST.— Quaker— There is sup- posed to be a slight advantage. W. T. Osborne— No. Robert Whiles— Certainly, he can withdraw the ace of trumps and allow his partner to win the trick. L. Griffith— 1: No. 2: No. It would be a double penalty. Quinquipartite— No. CRIB B AGE.— Dispute— Your oppo- nent cannot take the two, H. Mathews— No. LOO.— W. Donald- What's your game ? t Sheffield- Yes. E S D— I: Yes. 2: He can decline playing. VINGT- ET- UN.— Gloueester- No. DRAUGHTS Camperdown— It is usual to play on the white cheques, but there can be no forfeit unless by the articles. T. Crook— No. BILLIARDS. A L N— After A. has holed B. he has a right to a stroke on C. W B— In this case there is no divi- sion, and C. wias. W D— We have seen Roberts make 44 consecutive red hazards, bute we cannot say whether he ever made more. In that break he scored 158. Mark Tapley— The ball played at is entitled to the star. Old Sub- Yes. BAGATELLE. C W— 1: No. 2: No. 3: Ns, if within the line. 4: Yes, 5; Yes. W H B- Yes. QUOITS. W C, Norwich— B., of course. SKITTLES. J D— By skittles is generally under- stood all games of the kind, and may be played with nine or four pins. A S— It is a foul pin. Joseph— The pin must be replaced. R D J— It is a fair pin if the dead wood was off that go. DOMINOES. T— The rules are given in Hoyle's, and other books of games. S P R— 1: Seven cards is the usual number. 2: Yes. 3: It counts nothing. W and C— He may play it. RAFFLE. W W— The last purchaser. „ PEDESTRIANISM. G. Frost— Levett, in his race with Jackson in 1853, ran 10 miles in 51min 45sec. R. Ciayton— The winner to have both shares. Blue Bell, Cliorlton— Wo believe it is quite correct. A B, Oldham— Yes. W. fe, Bolton— Yes. Blacking, Uxbridge— Not timed. Thomas Crompton— Never. Eagle— Westhall has run a mile under 4min SOsec. J E P— A little under 4imin. C T B— Not that we are aware of. RING. R. Clayton— The bets are off, P B H- Yes. T. Perkins— Dec 11,1855. G C D—£ 150 a side. R. Liddlelow— All bets are off. R R E— 1: We do not know. 2: Price Is. X P— He was born in 1824. B F C— If we recollect rightly they were actually matched on those teams. George Bradbury— We do not insert acceptances of challenges where a place is named in the challenge for the match to be made. W. Wood- No. A B— No. Bandoff forfeited. W. Savage— No. J. Archer Hold— Never more than 12 stone. Umbra— No doubt it would be suffi- cient authority. We have not been able to ascertain his weight. Thos. Webfe— You should write to S. Mace, of Chester- le- street, to accept his challenge, not to us. B. Brookes— About 5ft Sin. J. Dickon—" Fistiana," 2s 6d IRIOLIFC! FRTR F'HN NKNN the rising made use of by designing men, because it united the Mahommedans and the Hindoos in a common cause." Yet having declared this, and in a second, rather unwieldy sen- tence, repeated the declaration, he denies that it " was a movemeut against the missionaries, for that neither in private nor official sources is there the slightest trace that such was the case." In other words it was a iiiovemeiit in defence of the national religion, and yet it was not a movement against the men who are the most active assailants of that religion. Absurd inconsistency can no farther go. We need not go on with Mr Willoughby, for, if he is to be believed, the rising is to be attributed to no one cause at all, but came into existence, as Diedrich Knickerbocker says, America was peopled, " by accident." As we do not precisely concur with Mr willoughby in this fancy, and as we think that the subject is one which ought to be most fully considered, we shall say a few words on what the news received from India justifies all men in believing to be the cause of an event, which, had it not been accompanied with the horrors of cruel massacres, all Eng- lishmen must have regretted, but which, bearing the character that it does, is a subject for vengeance in addition to regret. There is quite enough to show that the rising is so far national as to have in it the element of opposition to the existence of an alien Government. But this element was neutralised among the people at large by the remembrance of the evils of native go- vernment, and the consciousness that the aliens gave to the inhabitants of the country greater security of life and property than the native princes had ever allowed,:, them to enjoy. And though it may be true that in many tribunals bribery was known and practised, the people could not fail to remark that those were the tribunals where native officials presided, and that the European judges were free from the imputation of this scan- dalous disgrace. The soldiers, being under military law, did not feel any interest in this matter; aud to them, therefore, the authority of native commanders might appear to have great at- tractions, the more especially as each native soldier might hope, under native rule, to rise to the highest ranks— a hope that was absolutely forbidden by English supremacy. There existed, therefore, at all times a topic which might be used as a reason for discontent among the Indian soldiers, and this topic was one of peculiarly" stirring influence with the most skilful and daring among the troops. Such men were sure to find out each other, to communicate among themselves their feelings and wishes, and by this intercommunication to fan their discontent into a flame, and to rouse themselves to a united effort to de stroy its cause. In all th3 mutinies of the different regi- ments the native officers showed themselves as the leaders, the native soldiers as their followers. It was natural that it should be so. But it is impossiole to conceive that the sub- officers of a numerous army would conspire among themselves, and have no communication with the men who in virtue of birth and family might be appealed to- as the leaders of a rebellion, which, though originating in military discontent, required for its success to be sanct. fied by the appearance of seeking to attain a national object. Who can doubt that the person who now calls himself King of Delhi has long been em- ployed in gathering together the threads of this military rebel- lion, or at least in allowing them to be gathered together for his own advantage, as well as for that of the military conspirators ? Royalty was not thrust on him unexpectedly. Ho has long been cherishing the hope ( though he may have done so in secresy and silence) of being elevated from a position which had all the un- importance, without the comfort, of a private station, into the condition of an absolute monarch. With the wretch Nana Sahib revenge was added to all these other causes. The motive for rebellion, and the means were thus in existence— the men were prepared, and all that was wanted was a pretext that would unite all with more or less heartiness in the cause. That pre- text was religion. The earnest labours of the missionaries, and the foolish interference of such men as Colonel Wheeler, were misrepresented. What might be allowed in the former to be individual z ® al, was declared in the latter to be authoritative intermeddling, and then the greased cartridges were trium- phantly referred to as a conclusive proof that the Government was determined to change, by any means however offensive, tho creed of India. Such we believe to have been the causes of the Indian revolt, and the consideration of those causes indicates the course that ought to be pursued when the revolt has been put down. The people ought to be confirmed in their reliance on the fairness and honesty of the administration of justice under the English rule ; they should be assured that no attempt to change their creed would be made by the Government, nor any exertion for that purpose of authority on the part of any over zealous official be tolerated ; that the material interests of the country would be watched over and its condition improved; and these things being assured to the people, they might be left to the in- fluence of our purer religious teaching for the voluntary adop- tion of the Christian creed. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PROMOTIONS.— Commanders: William H. Haswell ( 1850), Samuel Morrish ( 1851), Alfred J. Curtis ( 1852), Edward Marshall ( 1852) and Henry Boys ( 1853), have been promoted reiative, as it is believed, to the SffaTrs of'Soain" witlTVesoeet to to the rank of captains. Captain Haswell was mate of in said that: t. hs PWHI J n^ oam. witti respect to the Talbot, and slightly wounded at St Jean d'Acre in 1840, that ttie * rei> oh and English Cabmets are per- was senior lieutenant of the Investigator during her voyage from Behring's Straits to Baring Island from 1850 to 1853, and now in command of the Himalaya, screw store ship on the East India station. Capt Morrish has been commander of the Imaum, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, F& ANCE. Lord Howden has had a long interview with the Emperor. claHtrp ati nphpupf tn c — __ _ r j . 9 72, guard- ship at Jamaica, since the 8th March, 1834. Capt Boys was recently in command of the Express, 6, on the south- east coast of America. Capt Marshall was senior lieutenant of the Penelope at the destruction of Lagos, and honourably mentioned in the gazetted despatches, for which service he was promoted to commander. He had the command of the Virago, 6, paddle, in the Pacific, and is now in command of the Devastation, 6, paddle sloop, on the Xorth American station.— Lieutenants: George Durbin ( 1816), Horatio Nelson ( 1845), and Arthur G. Pitzroy ( 1847), have been promoted to the rank of commanders. APPOINTMENTS.—^ Commander James B. Ballard ( 1856), to the Imaum, 72, receiving ship, at Jamaica, vice Morrish, promoted. " Fights for the Championship,' 5 D J— Bob Travers. Dud ley— rwo umpires and a referee. THEATRICAL. J T W- Yes, but inquire of Mr J. Douglas. W J, jun— He died of cholera. MISCELLANEOUS. Legal questions are not answered by us under any circumstances, but are at once consigned to the waste paper basket. T. Jones— How can we be expected to give opinions on such subjects. The magis: rates must know their powers far better than we do. J. Meads— He loses, for his penny did go through. Ned- The bet is off. A. J. Sharp— 1; August, 1811. 2; 1849. S Y— Send an order to the office. W W— The winner is liable to pay. Sittingbourne— The duty last year was £ 487,880 0s 5Jd. The old duty is Id 12- 20ths in the lb, the new duty is id 8- 20ths, making together 2d in the lb, besides an additional duty of 5 per cent by- Vic 3, cap 17. Aberdeen— B. loses. Delhi— B. must bet 5 to 1; A. bets that the Europeans are not in possession at Christmas. Cosmo— We cannot say. W C- January, 1841. J A— Apply at the War Office. J. Tilley— We will inquire. C D— Whenever we have been mar- ried she chose. Jumps, Stockbridge— We never heard of the songs in question, A F N— Apply to some music pub- lisher. We do not know. John Jacksftn— Our answer last week meant it was not one of the primitive colours. Sandford Prescott— 2,200 yards. J. Wright— We have no record. Z Z Z— Pronounced " Tems." T. Butler— 3 » feet. Brown— Consult an attorney. The News Room— We were under the impression the Stockton and Darlington was only opened for goods traffic, and not for passen- gers. G. Wynu- St Paul's Cathedral. Military Inquirer— We do not know. Wi ite to the " United Service Gazette." T B— Don't ask ridiculous ques- tions. Ignoramus— 1: They are houses which advance money at so much per cent upon bills. 2 and 3: We advise you not to speculate. E J S, Leeds— About half a million of money. A P W- At the Colonial Office. Ballymacarrott— About 1886. Jackdaw— Apply to a bird fancier. Two Clerks— We did not answer your question last week nothaving received it. As you eannot write civilly we decline to answer, and must refer you to the British Museum. W, Vears— S. loses. T. liees— They receive only extra pay from the company. G H, Durham— B. loses. One Jinks— B. wins. W H— They eame part of the way by sea. To ADYERTISEBS.— Advertisements not exceeding eight lines are charged 5s each, and Is for every extra line. They cannot be taken, at the latest, after five o'clock on Friday afternoon, and must be pre- paid. Post Office orders to be made payable at the Strand Post Office, to William Clement. Postage stamps refused. BfU's SLtff m London. LONDON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25. CAUSES OF THE INDIAN REVOLT. It is strange to observe the inconsistencies into which som ® meu fall when speaking of this lamentable event. They will insist on the revolt being the result of one particular cause. Each man has his own pet mischief by which to account for it. One man declares broadly that it is the consequence of a lon^ series of miogovernment, yet it would puzzle any one to point c ® such misgovernment as would induce a nation to incur the troubles, risks, and evils of a war with the governing power , and we have, besides, the fact that the nation, as a nation, has not risen against the Gorernmeot. If it had done so, all the heroism which Englishmen and Englishwomen have displayed would have been displayed in vain. Our small and scattered forces could not have stood a month before a national hostility. Another man asserts that it is a mere military mutiny, and that it is owing entirely to the overpetted pride and insoleaco of troops too much favoured by our Administration, and nursed into overbearing insolence by the folly of their masters. Had this been so the mutiny would have been crushed before now. ' There is no example in history of over indulged troops having been able to maintain, for more than a very short time, a resistance to existing authority. Such mere military mutiny possesses no element of stability. Other persons assert that the whole matter is a religious movement, and that people as well as soldiers have risen to defend them- selves against an attack on their creed. Let us here recal RAILWAY CATASTROPHES. It must now be apparent to every one that the word " accident" ought to be for ever banished from connection with the catas- trophes which are so often occurring upon railways. It is abso- lute nonsense to talk of them under that description. Not only might they be avoided, if reasonable business- like care were taken to avoid them, but in some instances they are the result of wha1 is very little short of wilfulness. Forethought, caution, common prudence could easily guard against them, but none of these ex- cellent qualities is exhibited. On the other hand negligence is frequently, and the most perverse recklessness sometimes, dis- played. The case of the burning train, from which such fright' ful results might have occurred, is an instance of this sort. The passengers are at the mercy of tho drivers and guards; and these officials are ever ready to incur a risk, and, in some cases, will not take the means to guard against it. Repre- sentations and remonstrances are alike unavailing. Unless all the passengers should determine to alight, what they saw would be unattended to. The drivers aud guards would incur the risk, and would force the passengers to incur it. We have ourselves known instances of this kind. We will relate one. Some part of the engine or tender carriage was on fire. It threw out volumes of smoke, and every now and then sparks ; the stink from the over- heated iroti was abominable, and everything existed to show that the danger was considsrable. At every station fresh grease matter was put on in abundance, so that it seemed it must be the axletree of the carriage which was over- heated, aud which was parhaps begin- ning to burn the wood- work. Such seemed to be the nature of the injury, Its real nature was kept a secret from the passen- gers, who were simply told that it was " a mere nothing." That this representation was nntrue was proved by the fact of the bustle and labour which occurred at every station, and occupied almost exclusively the attention of the officials. The train arrived at the end of the journey without injury to the passen- gers, but the risk that some injury would befal them was immi- nent. The officials no doubt thought ( supposing the matter to be the over- heating of the axle) that iron would not consume, and that the train might therefore be kept in movement pro- vided only that the supply of fresh greasing matter was suffi cient. They would of course say that their opinion was justified by the result, but to say so would be to disregard all the proper rules of reasoning in such cases, for it would imply that they were entitled to put the lives and limbs of the passengers to a gambling hazard, and to claim a triumph if that hazard should turn out in their favour. Such a mode of arguing cannot be too much discountenanced. The officials apparently thought only of the non- destruction of the iron; but that was not all that ought to have been considered. If the axle became bent or twisted, even to a small extent, the danger of an overturn be> came imminent. A wheel running aside, because its axle had got bent, would throw the whole train off the line, and all the dreadful consequences of such an event would then ensue. How was the probability of such a mischief ta be avoided The officials of the train would have been blamed had they not proceeded, and to avoid this certainty of blame they were ready to incur the strong probability of danger. They did so, and the danger did not happen to arise. That is all. It was no doubt their unwillingness to stop that in the recent instance prevented them from hearing the cries of alarm which arose from the pas- sengers. Itis more than a mere power to give a signal of alarm that is required. As matters at present stand, it is clear that a signal given, though with real cause for it, would not necessarily be sure to receive attention. The fact must be remembered that to delay a train would be to confess a danger which the officials do not like to confess, and that this reason constantly operating will induce the men to incur risk to the lives of others, and even of themselves. No attention was paid on the recent occasion to the screams of the frightened passengers, and it was not until after one passenger had endangered his life by passing along the train to the driver that the danger was even noticed ; and not until after policemen had interfered that the train was stopped. We must have a different regulation of railway trains if we wish to render their mischiefs unfrequent. fectly united. In the last elections the Government was. in the department of the Upper Rhine, completely defeated by M Migeon. He has been prosecuted under pretence of having obtained his election by undue means. In spite of the very few means afforded by French practice to any defendant to make a full defence, M Migeon has made many disclosures very damaging to the Government. M Tisserant, a manufacturer at Ch& ux, said: " I was one of the scrutineers. When the ballot- box was opened we found 67 bulletins for M Nizolle, of which 64 were numbered. We asked how it happened that these bulletins had been issued with numbers, and the assistant juge de paix answered that it had been done in order to mark those persons who voted badly. Aligeon, he added, was a cochon. I said I should follow the rules prescribed by the constitution. He retorted, ' If you vote for Migeon, you are as great a cochon as he is.' " Another witness store ship, in the East Indies, vice Haswell, promoted.— Com- mander Levesoa E. H. Somerset ( 1856), to the Devastation, 6, paddle sloop, on the North American station, vice Marshall, pro- moted ; Lieut Hewett, to the Victoria and Albert.— Paymasters' Assistants: James W, Lishman ( 1853), to the Princess Royal, 91, screw, in the Mediterranean; David F. Guy ( 1857), to the Indus, 78, flag- ship, on the North American station; J. O. Adams, to the Diadem, 32, screw, at Portsmouth.— Clerks: Wm. A. Brown, to the Agamemnon, 91, screw, at Devonport; Francis Woods, to he Eagle, 59, Coast Guard ship, at Falmouth ; Captain Erasmus Ommaney, to the Brunswick, 80, screw. mayor to offer drink to all who voted for Nizolle ; a third said that the public- house keepers received a hint that their houses would be closed if they did not vote for the same candidate. A woicaa had been told by an assistant juge de paix that all municipal officers voting for Migeon would be discharged. The mayor of Auxelles Bas had told the Government agents that he would do what he could for Nizolle, but it was utterly hopeless, all the public feeling being with Migeon. The agents then promised that Nizolle would give three thousand francs for the church, and that would at any rate secure the vote and influence of the cur6. They afterwards went round the town,, saying that witness was a poor creature, aad would be dismissed, and they promised the mayoralty to several persons in succes- sion if they would vote for Nizolle. Many similar instances of wholesale treating and undue influence by the Government agents were proved in evidence.— The Procureur Imperial, in the course of the trial, assailed the character of Migeon, and read the following letter from the prefect of police:—" Migeou is a man without honour or delicacy, separated from his wife, disinherited by his mother, ambitious, addicted to dirty specu « lations, ' executed' at the Bourse, denying his gambling debts, and threatening his creditors with prosecution. Public opinion points to him as a swindler. He has received a box on the ear at the Bourse. His furniture has been sold." In the course of a brilliant address, M Favre replied to all the charges against his client, which he said were pure fabrications by the agents of the Government. M Favre concluded as follows:—" Gentlemen, this prosecution is an intrigue tending to nothing else than poli- tical vengeance. Courts of justice were not meant to be instru- mental to any such purposes. In this arena of law, eternal as God, calm as justice, where duty alone commands, political hatreds and all the excesses of power can never have a place." The court rose amidst a scene of indescribable excitement. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. MOVEMENTS OT THOOPS.— We learn from a private letter that the screw steamer Carthage, which left Kingstown on the 1st of August with a portion of the 38th regiment, under the com- mand of Major Farrer, was coaling at St Helena on the 1st of September. The Carthage had experienced a succession of head winds since her departure from St Vincent's. No news from England had been received at St Helena later than the 1st of June, and the first intelligence of the Indian revolt was com- municated by the Carthage, The Prince Albert, iron screw merchant steam troop transport, Captain Younghusband, ar- rived at Spithead, on Saturday* week, on her way to India with troops , she also embarked at Portsmouth a division of the 72d Highlanders. In addition to the nine companies of Royal Ar- tillery placed under orders for India on the 3d of September, of whom four companies are now on their passage, an additional force, comprising nearly 1,000 officers, non- commissioned officers, and men, was on Friday week ordered to be in readiness to em- bark for India. We are enabled to state that the 2d West India Regiment ( composed of African negroes) is under orders for Bengal, and has probably ere this embarked at Kingston, Jamaica. On Tuesday an order was received by Colonel W. H. Eden, Commandant at Chatham garrison, directing the whole of the available non- cem missioned officers and men of the 91th and 98th depots to be medically inspected at Fort Pitt, by Dr J. R. Taylor, C. B., the principal medical officer, in order that those men who are not of sound constitutions may not be allowed to embark for India. The strength of the depot companies of the 94th and 98th Regiments is 300 men of all ranks, nearly the whole of whom are fit for service in India. 140 recruits arrived at the provisional battalions, Chatham, on Monday afternoon, chiefly from London and the northern dis- tricts, for the purpose of joining the Indian corps at that garri- son. The number of recruits arriving at Chatham weekly averages nearly 300. Captain J. D. Downing, 98th Regiment, together with a party of non- commissioned officers of that corps, have left Chatham for Sheffield, to take charge of the 500 volun- teers to be raised by the inhabitants of that town, the authori- ties at the War Office having decided that they shall be at- tached to the 98th depot, the head- quarters of which have pro- ceeded to India. THE MONSTER GUN.— The monster cannon, recently conveyed to Woolwich Marsh for experiment, was on Tuesday subjected to a series of preliminary proofs by ths firing of seven corre- sponding 36- inch shells, the minimum charge of powder, 101b, being increased at the progressive rate of 101b until the fifth shot, when the charge was doubled, and the seventh and last was increased to 1501b. The result was as follows:— First charge, 10lb, over a range of 230 yards, the shell being embedded about 5 feet in the solid earth ; second, 201b, 500 yards; third, 301b, about 780 yards; fourth, 401b, 1,500 yards; fifth, 501b, about an equal distance with the last. The sixth charge, con- taining 1001b of powder, obtained a flight of about 2,250 yards, and the last, amounting to 1501b, passed some distance beyond the butt, and was buried to aa immense depth in the earth. The experiments were considered extremely satisfactory, and are to be continued on some future day with heavier charges of powder. MAJOK- GENEEAL HAVEEOCK.— This gallant officer is to take his present rank frum the l3t July instead ot the 30th. SUDDEN DEATH OE LIEUT- COX, MINIO, H. E. I. C. S.— On Friday night week a painful sensation was created amongst the attendants of the Shades dining saloon, Leicester- square, by the sudden death of Lieut- Ool Minto, who had been a frequenter of the saloon. He was sixty years of age, and on Monday he went with a medical friend ( Mr J. Hepe, of 142, Cambridge- street, Pimlico) to Newmarket Races, and returned on Friday evening. He then went to the saloon and partook of fish and soup, arid when the joint was placed before him, of which he did not par- take, he suddenly fell from his chair. Long, the head waiter, ran to his assistance, and, on feeling his pulse, pronounced him dead. Dr James, of Pall- mall, and other medical gentlemen, speedily attended, and pronounced life to be extinct. A message was immediately despatched to Mrs Minto, who came to the Shades, and caused Mr J. Hope to be sent for. Mr Hope then found that death was caused by ossification of the heart, under which disease the deceased had laboured for years. Deceased was then conveyed in a cab to Cambridge- street. SUDDEN DEATH OF CAPT HOGG.— We regret to state that Capt Fountaine Hegg. of the 2d Life Guards, died suddenly on the 19th inst, at 12, Westbourue Park- terrace. THE PKOGEESS OP RECRUITING.— At the laying of the stone of the Crimean Monument during the past week by the Duke of Cambridge, his royal highness, among other things, said, " The only subject which of late has given me anxiety, was the re- cruiting for the army. I must, however, tell you— for there is nothing like being frank and open with you— that the ordinary SPAIN. The farce of a Ministerial crisis has been played, and Senor Armero is the new President of the Council. The names of the persons mentioned as likely to be the other members of the Cabi- net give no hope of a strong and efficient Government, power- ful enough to resist a corrupt court and to benefit the oppressed people. PIEDMONT. The Parliament has been dissolved, and the new elections are soon to take place. All the Ultramontanists are exerting them- selves to secure the return of mea who will sacrifice the country and exalt the church. TURKEY. The Ministry is in a state of crisis. Both parties, ins and outs, are favourable to a line of telegraph that would be highly ad- vantageous for English communications with India. Our own Government alone seems to be blundering upon the subject. THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Magnates at Moldavia have presented an address to Sir H- Bulwer, the English Commissioner, to which he has returned an answer assuring them that England has HO object in the dis- cussions respecting their constitution, beyond that of securing to them prosperity and happiness. It seems true that Austria has protested against the recent elections. PRUSSIA. The King is said to be rather better, or, at all events, not worse than before. It now seems that though everybody de- sires a regency, the law on the subject is so framed that, as we should say here, the circumstances that now exist do not bring the case within its provisions. This is a funny difficulty with respect to such a matter, especially in a country which is really despotic in its government. SWEDEN^ Count Platen has been named Swedish Minister at London. The nomination has given great satisfaction in Stockholm, as well as here. UNITED STATES. There seems to be a terrible money panic iu the States, the effect of which is severely felt in this country. We hear from private individuals just returned from the States worse accounts than those which appear in the public journals. Everything appears to be in confusion, and yet the " go- ahead" men seem to be as wild as ever in their schemes. The elections at Cali- fornia have returned a majority believed to be favourable to the payment of the state debts. TWO ENGLIEH LADIES SAVED BY AN INDIAN MUSSULMAN. " An English Lady" writes to a contemporary :—" At a time when the public prints are teeming with o'er true tales of the treachery, ingratitude, and cruelties of the Indian soldiery, it will be a relief to all right- minded people to hear a contrasting story, and one equally true, of the generosity and good faith of an Indian Mussulman, a sowar of the Hyderabad Contingent, to whom I and another English lady owed our safety on the night of the mutiny of the 1st Cavalry at Aurungabad. There are few indeed of such tales to break the monotony of horror of the story of the revolt of the Bengal army, and it seems an impera- recruiting for the army is progressing in a manner which is! tive duty not to hide under a bushel this welcome little ray of perfectly incredible. The ordinary means of recruiting have iu light shining in a dark place. On the 12th of June, the day two days alone produced 800 men. That is a great fact. It is a | preceding the more open mutiiiy of the 1st Cavalry ( Hyderabad result which was never obtained during the Russian war, a result which was never equalled in the military history of the country." THE FOECES IN INDIA.— An official return, made up to the 10th inst, has been compiled by Captain Elphiastsne, R. E., of the Topographical and Statistical Department at the War Office, showing that the total number of her Majesty's troops in India is 29,384 men, besides 29,611 on their passage out. Of these, there are 21,884 in the Bengal presidency, and 18,390 on their way to Bengal. In tke Madras Presidency there are 2,426, aud 2,210 on their way. In the Bombay Presidency there are 5,074 Contingent), we heard that some part of that corps had armed itself on the previous night, with the intention of advancing on the cantonment, but that, from the absence of unanimity among the men, the plan had been, for the time, abandoned. We heard also that they had talked of murdering their officers. These , and other reports made us feel very uneasy ; but iu the course of the morning a sowar of the 3d Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent, named Booran Bucksh, whom we had known for some little time, and whose character we had always respected for its truth- fulness and simplicity, came to my husband and told him he need fear no apprehension for Ms family, for he had made every and 9,011 on their way. The European troops of the East India ; provision for their safety, and for that of a lady who was staying Company number altogether 18,269 men, of whom 6,800 are in ! with us, to whose husband, he was greatly attached. He Bengal, 4,980 in Madras, and 4,520 iu Bombay, besides 1,900 | said, ' They shall travel to Ahmednuggur as my family,' and, European officers and men from the disbanded native regiments. : looking up to Heaven, he swore ' by Allah' that he would never Tho native troops who still continue on duty in the service num-: reach that place alive alone. He added,' I will leave my chil- ber altogether 128,000 men, of whom 49,880 are in Bengal, 50,880 dren behind, and if any evil happens to yours you may destroy in Madras, and 30,240 in Bombay. On the opposite side, the | them.' On the evening of that Gay we thought it prudent to go THE MANCHESTER EXHIBITION. The glorious Exhibition has just closed, and there has now arisen the strangest of all contests between some of the London and the Manchester papers on the subject of it. The Times in a very lengthy article, commented on the Exhibition, and regretted that it had not been held in London. The Manchester papers are irate at this, and say that Manchester was quite as good a plaoe as London for the purposes of the Exhibition, and go so far as to suggest that the metropolis has no superior attractions to its provincial sister to offer to the visitor. The Manchester joHrnals, when they talk thus, forget their dis- cretion in their zeal. There are many reasons why it was well that the seat of the Exhibitioa should be Manchester. The visitors and the visited received benefit from their mutual inter- course, bat there can be no doubt that, in a national point of view, it would have been well that the Art Treasures should have had their display in London. The good to be thus achieved, the pleasure to be thus diffused, is not, however, past hope. Man- chester has set an example which London should endeavour to follow, and it is not beyond possibility that those who so kindly lent their treasures for a great public purpose to Manchester would not refuse ( especially considering how deeply their kind- ness has been appreciated) to confer for the same purpose a similar obligation on the metropolis. number of the native troops in the Bengal Presidency disbanded or disarmed is estimated at 26,750, and the number of those who have mutinied at 58,230. Of the latter, 8,300 are cavalry and 48,600 infantry, with 700 of the artillery and 630 of the engineers. In the Madras Presidency, 38 men of a cavalry regiment have been disarmed, and 380 men of another regiment have attempted to mutiny. In the Bombay Presidency 850 men have been dis- banded, and 200 have mutinied. MILITIA. EAST YORK MIIITIA.— We understand this regiment is not to be embodied, but the officers on the staff have received orders to recruit for the line, and a good number of recruits have been obtained by them within the last few weeks. We are informed that several of the officers have volunteered for foreign duty, but whether their services will be accepted or not we are unable to say. THE FIRST WEST NORPOLK.— The officers and staff of the 1st West Norfolk Militia have received a communication from the Earl of Leicester, the Lord Lieutenant, that the regiment is to be at once embodied. THE SOUTH DEVON.— Earl Forte3cue, the Lord Lieutenant, has intimated to the officers and staff of the South Devon Militia that it will be forthwith permanently embodied. The destina- tion of the reSimeat is not yet known. THE DERBYSHIRE.— The officers and men comprising the 1st Regiment of Derbyshire Militia have volunteered for Iadia. as usual to the band to avoid the appearance of suspicion, and, as it became dusk, we observed some horsemen watching us from a distance ; and on going home, we heard that some of the sowars of the 1st Cavalry had been in the lines of the 2d Infantry to inquire which of the houses in the cantonment were occupied by Euglish officers ( the corps had only recently arrived at Au- rungabad), and also to ascertain the state of feeling of the 2d, and their intended line of conduct, should they receive orders to march towards Delhi. Thi se and other facts which had come to our knowledge increased our anxiety, but faithful Booran Bucksh had said, ' Fear nothing, I will watch day and night; sleep quietly, and the moment danger approaches I will be with I you.' We implicitly relied on him, and my husband having issued some neoessary orders for the night to a native officer of the 2d, retired to rest. At eleven o'clock that night Booran re- turned to us, and said we must prepare to leave, as the cavalry were again arming. My husband, hastily commending us to his care, left us to make preparations to man the bridge between the cavalry and infantry lines, and Booran, placing us in a country cart, and covering its open front and back with sheets, in the fashion practised by the families of Mussulmans when travelling, armed himself, ands mounting his horse, proceeded at our side to a place some 20 miles distant, where we halted for a time. We continued the journey for several successive days, till we reached Ahmednuggur, and he endeavoured the whole time, by the most vigilant attention aud kindness, to lessen the The King's Own" Staffordshire Regiment of Militia, under the discomforts of the road. In the course of the four or five days command, of Mr E. R. Littleton, M. P., has been embodied, j I several times offered him a bag of rupees, which I begged, The regiment formerly did duty for two years and a half at Corfu and Cephalonia.— The North Devon Mounted Rifles were called out for a few days' training last week.— Earl de Grey, the Lord Lieutenant, has communicated to the officers and staff of the Bedford Militia that the regiment is forthwith to be embodied.— The Royal Perthshire Rifles assembled on the parade ground in the Perth Barracks, on Friday week, to receive their annual bounty. Nearly every man was present. Lieutenant- Colonel Drummond made a short address, saying, that should the regi- ment be again called upon to serve, he trusted that in the pre- sent crisis they would be ready to follow their officers on foreign service or wherever her Majesty might be pleased to send them. The whole regiment came forward to a man and signified their readiness to serve at home or abroad. The lieutenant- colonel also expressed to them his pleasure at seeing their clean and orderly appearance, said he was sure it would always be their endeavour to maintain the high character they attained when last embodied, and hoped soon to meet them again for duty.— The Lord- Lieutenant has issued his warrants for calling out the following militia regiments :— The County Donegal, Fermanagh, Kerry, Wexford, and County Tyrone. The warraats bear date the 13th inst. ROYAL TYRONE FUSILIERS.— Colonel Stronge has received an order for the embodimeat of his regiment. It will assemble at Omagh on the 3d of November. CAVAN.— This fine corps is not only engaged at present in raising recruits for their own regiment, but are also enlisting for her Majesty's regular forces, under their efficient officer, Captain Gosselin. FRENCH ELECTIONS AND TRIALS. We have referred in our " Foreign Intelligence" to a trial that has just taken place in France. A successful opposition caadidate has been prosecuted because he has been successful, and the Government has not been ashamed by the mouth of the Procureur Imperial to slander the defendant in his private character in order to create a prejudice against him, and thus ensure his con" viction on a public accusation. We refer our readers to the extract we have made from the Procureur's speech. In no country where the rules of fairness and justice were properly applied in the administration of justice would such a letter as that of the Prefect of Police have been tendered as proof of aay thing but the malignity of the writer. In no country where law was properly authoritative would such a letter have been written, for the writer would have been made answerable for the slanders he had penned. But in Imperial France jacks in office may be guilty of any abuse of power, and no private individual has any legal title to redress. M. Migeon has been guilty of the un- Sardonable crime of defeating the Government, and therefore e is prosecuted, and the public prosecutor, fearing perhaps an acquittal, defames the man who. because he is favoured by the public, is hated by the Government. BAILOON OBSERVATIONS IN WAR.— In the early part of the wars of the Freach Revolutioa a special departmeat of theEcole Polytechaique traiaed officers in the principles of the maaage- meat of balloons. The battle of Fleurus, gained in 1794 by General Fleurus over the Austrians, has been ascribed principally to the accurate information conveyed by a balloon observatory. The aeronauts, at the head of whom was the celebrated Guyton Morveau, mounted twice in the course of the day, took deli- berate observations, and made them known by pre- arranged telegraphic signs. When ascending the second time they were discovered, and cannon brought to bear against the balloon; in- effectually however, for the latter soen ascended out of range of the shot. Balloon observers also accompanied the army of Na- poleon in the Egyptian expedition, but were subsequently laid aside. There are no practical impediments to the employment of balloons in this manner. A balloon of 30 feet in diameter is ample when pure hydrogen is employed to inflate it, as would be always the case on the field of battle. Hydrogen for this purpose was generated by the French by transmitting the steam of water through red hot iron pipes. The apparatus was portable, like a cavalry shoeing forge, and could inflate a balloon, 30 feet in diameter, in about two hours. EXECUTION AT ABERDEEN.— John Booth, convicted of mur- o deriag his mother- in- law, at Old Meldrum, in July last, was attention to the fact that the people have not risen, and with executed on Wednesday morning by Calcraft. He addressed „-„„!„„ 1 ™ < „„„_ ti„' fA ~ j r, ,. Y . , itweunun I/ U tuo mat luc peupie uavo uut risen, auu WHIl " ouuraunj muiuiug UJ vaiuiait. lie auiuraocu C5 ' rLTf' SJ • ICol u . con81P| e1 « f. that single observation we pass on to the observations made the crowd with great firmness, contradicting his statement, ih'J^ o' M> n « on; ana in the country by most respectable j with respect to this revolt by many different individuals in a1 made to the judge in court, that his wife's unfaithfulness, cnemisre. private station, and now repeated by one who, as 4 director of abetted by her mother, had Jed to the murder. THE DUKE OP CAMBRIDGE AT SHEPPIELD.— LAYING THE FIRST STONE OP THE SHEPPIELD CRIMEAN MONUMENT.— On Wednesday the first stone of the Sheffield monument to the memory of those soldiers and sailors, natives of Sheffield and the district, who fell in the Russian war, was laid by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, amidst great rejoicings. Sheffield, ever in the foremost rank of thosa who sought to show their admiration of the gallant deeds achieved in the Crimea and the Baltic, has not been wanting in sympathy for the loss of the brave men who fell in the service of their country. Shortly after the termination of the war, various plans were suggested with a view to the erection of a monument to perpetuate the names of the Sheffield men who had fallen, and after some time a working men's committee was appointed to carry out the pro- ject. The call for subscriptions was liberally respoaded to, aad designs haviag been advertised for, that exhibited by Messrs Weight man, Hadfield, aud Goldie, architects, was selected. The monument will consist of a large figure of Victory, on a pedestal surrounded by emblems. On the pedestal will be inscribed the names of those whom the monument is designed to honour. After the ceremony au address was presented to the duke, who then proceeded to the Cutlers' Hall, where a collation was given. After the usual loyal toasts, his royal highness in replying to a toast proposed by the Mayor, alluded to the events in India. He said that he had no fear of the result, no fear of failure [ great applause]. The desperate struggle had been nobly and gallantly sustained by the English in India. He trusted that no undue leniency would be shown [ cheers]. That might appear harsh and unfeeling, but it was nothing of the kind ; let justice, stern justice, be done, not undue indis- criminate vengeance. They had a right to expect that the mu- tineers would be brought to a strict account for the atrocities they have committed [ cheers]. The prestige of England must be maintained. We might have governed India better, but it was easy to find . fault after the disaster had happened. He always advised his colleagues to be prepared for emergencies. The empire ought always to be prepared for emergencies. The establishments had been cut down too far. The Crimean war and the present struggle had found them unprepared; but wonderful exertions nad been made, and such successive warnings should be a lesson for all times, and a great and in- telligent country should not forget such lessons. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.— On Saturday morning week, as a young lady was proceeding along the turnpike- road from Ashford to Taddington, near Bake well, Derbyshire, she was stopped by a footpad, who assaulted her, and took from her the following articles :— A port- monnaie, containing a sovereign and sixorseveu shillings; a gold watch, with gold dial and black figures, No. 7,879, makers' name " Cox Savory and Co, Lon- don j" also a gold curb chain and gold key, with two seals, amber stones, one somewhat faded ; a gold locket containing hair; a Manx stone, with silver fastening, both heart- shaped; and a small gold pencikase. The man by whom the robbery was com- mitted is about 22 or 23 years of age, below the middle height, of sallow complexion, with light brown hair. He had on plain fustian clothes, the jacket without pockets, and white " Tommy Liner" hat. nay, besought him to take, and use as freely for his own wants as for ours, but I could only persuade him to take verv small sums from time to time, as they were required for our expenses. Again and again, in the course of our subsequent intercourse-^ knowing him to be much embarrassed by a large and unavoid- able addition to his usual expenses— I begged him with great earnestness to allow me to relieve his necessities, or even ( as- 1 found it impossible to induce him to listen to this proposal) to accept any sum he might require for a time, and till, possibly, he might be in better circumstances. He said it would be a ' great disgrace' to him to accent money from me, and that he only desired ' that his name might be good' among the English, ana neither by tears nor entreaties could I ever persuade bim to change his mind. I had some difficulty in inducing him to ac- cept, as a memorial, a ring of little value, which I chanced to have on my finger when I bade him farewell; but the tears streamed from his eyes when I told him I felt I owed him more than I ever could repay, aud that to the latest hour of my life I should consider him one of my most valued friends. Since the above circumstances occurred Booran's house has been burned down, as it is supposed, by some one inimical to the English. Up to the time I left India— now about two months ago— this good and true- hearted man had not been promoted, but I hope and trust he may be ere long ; for surely both policy and grati- tude would suggest that, in times like these, ao iastaace of fidelity aad attachmeat oa the part of the ladiaa soldier to the English, should fail to be both publicly and privately recognised and rewarded." RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR MANCHESTER.— On Wednesady morning, as the Lancashire and lorkshire train from Southport, due iu Manchester at 9: 45, was approaching Manchester on a sharp curve at Windor Bridge, it came into collision with an unattached engine crossiag the liae. The driver had seen the obstruction, and was trying to stop the train, but owing to the slippery state of the rails from a fog during the night, did not succeed. The collision was not a severe one, but it was suffi- ciently violent to throw nearly all the passengers from their seats, and many of them received rather severe contusions about the face and head. Dr Wood aad his wife, of Southport, were passengers, and were sitting opposite each other in a first- class carriage. They were thrown against each other with such vio- lence that the doctor was rendered insensible for a time, and Mrs Wood sustained a deep cut in the scalp of one of the temples by one of her hair- combs being driven into the flesh; and thej; were removed to the Clarence Hotel, Manchester, where it was found desirable to put Mrs Wood to bed, and they were attended by Dr Harrison, medical officer of the oompany. Dr Wood also sustained a scalp wound, but there is no reason to believe that either of them is very seriously injured. Four or five others of the passengers were severely bruised, and were attended by Dr Harrison, who, with the officers of the company, did all in their power to render them assistance. No limbs were fractured, and there is reason to hope that no fatal consequences will result. FATAL ACCIDENI TO MAJOR BARFOOT.— AB accident of a serious character, which terminated in his death a few hours afterwards, occurred at Southampton oa Saturday week to Major Barfoot, of Midliagton House, near Droxford, Hants. The Major was proceeding in his carriage down the Northam- road, when the horses took fright and ran away, and the gallant officer jumped out. He unfortuaately fell upon the back of his head, whereby coacussion of^ the brain was produced. He was imme- diately removed to the Royal Hotel, and medical assistance was called in, but the Major aever rallied after his fall, and he ex- Eired about nine o'clock in the evening, after lingering for some ours in & state of insensibility. An inquest was held on Monday afternoon, at the Royal Hotel, before the borough coroner, and a verdict of Accidental Death was returned. Major Barfoot's only child, a daughter, is married to Earl Howth, of Howth Castle, Ireland. THE DOUBLE MURDER AT WAREEIGH, NEAR BATH.— The young man, Miller, is gradually recovering from the wounds he mfiicted upou himself after murdering his two victims, Andrew aad Sarah Border, and in a few days he will be in a fit state to be removed to gaol. The police, in making a search of the pre- mises in which the prisoner resides, found £ 92 in money, and a bank book, showiag that he was a depositor ia the savings bank to the amouat of £ 70. The former sum, however, is claimed by the prisoaer's mother, who says that she had saved it without herhusbaad's knowledge. The bodies of the murdered man aad woman, Mr and Mrs Border, were deposited in the church- yard of Bathford, on Thursday week, and besides their own relatives, T. D. Skine, Esq, the owner and occupier of the War- leieh estate, with other gentlemen, followed the mournfal pro cessioa. Mr and Mrs Border have lett au orphaa child but four years of age, wl10 has been taken care of with the greatest kindliest. BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, OCTOBER 25, 1857. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. A REVEREND CONVICT.— At Bow- street, on Tuesday, George Berrington, D. D., formerly a clergyman, but now a ticket- of- Jeave man, was brought up on a warrant issued a few days ago by Mr Hall, to be re- comraitted for the remainder of the term of Ms original sentence. That sentence was passed at Lewes on the 1st December, 1852, when Berrington was sentenced to seven years' transportation. At that time he had acquired consider- able notoriety for the extent and ingenuity of his frauds. The offence of which he was convicted was that of obtaining a sum of £ 20, by false pretences, from a young lady named Richard- son, who had been attracted to apply to him for an engagement as governess by an advertisement, in which he described himself as a " clergyman about to proceed with his family to Australia, in his own vessel." He engaged her at a liberal salary, and ob- tained the £ 20 fro HI her on the pretence of laying it out to ad- vantage. Of course the ship, the intended voyage, the salary, and the investment, were equally fictitious ; and the hand- somely- furnished villa, in which applicants were received ( at Rottingdean, near Brighton), had been furnished upon credit, without the slightest intention of payment. After serving three years and four months, nearly half the term of his sentence, he obtained his ticket- of- leave in April, 1856. Lately it was ascer- tained that ho was living by victimising tradesmen, but had taken care not to render himself liable to criminal proceedings. This, however, was sufficient to justify the revocation of his license, and the issue of the warrant for his apprehension. The constables invested with the warrant ( Gymer, 54 F, and Mason, 25 S) first sought him at a villa at Holloway, where Berrington had been for some time residing, but found that he had sud denly disappeared, as the tradesmen with whom he had run in debt were beginning to open their eyes to his true character, and were becoming troublesome. He had left in possession his son and daughter, who, of course, refused to give any clue to his whereabouts. The ofiicers then resorted to the following ruse :— They sent to the house one of the lads of the Electric Telegraph Company, in his uniform. The messenger pretended that he had a telegraphic despatch for the Rev Dr Berrington, which must be delivered at once, and into his own hands. So earnestly did he press the matter, that the prisoner's son was at last induced to take the boy to his father. The officers fol- lowed at a distance, and thus discovered the prisoner's retreat, in Mabledon- terrace, Burton- crescent. They found him enjoy- ing his pipe, and with a bottle of gin by his side. A woman was in the room, in her night- dress. She expressed herself much shocked at the intrusion of the constables. Berrington ad- mitted his identity, and suffered himself to be taken without re- sistance.— Mr Hall at once committed the prisoner for the re- mainder of his term. CASE OP MISTAKEN IDENTITY.— On Monday, at Marylebone, Mr ( George Probert, a farmer, of Llangelly, near Abergavenny, was charged with being concerned, with another person, in stealing gold chains and watches from the shop of Mr Stradth, London- street, Paddihgton. The witnesses against Mr Probert were Sophia Aygott, Mr Stradth's servant; and Thomas Oram, his apprentice.— The servant said that she believed the prisoner to be the man to whom she handed a penny which he had drop- ped into the area on the morning of the robbery, which took place on the Sd inst; and the apprentice " was quite sure" that the prisoner was the man who had asked him the price of a chain about the same time.— The prisoner was given into cus- tody on Saturday by the servant ( Aygott), who happened to see him crossing the street.— Mr Herring, for the prisoner, said he should, on the following day, be able to prove, beyond the possibility of a doubt, that Mr Probert was not in London at the time ; and, moreover, that he was a person of considerable wealth and standing in society.— On Tuesday Mr Herring called several most respectable witnessee, who spoke to the excellent moral character of Mr Probert, and proved that he was at home, on his farm, on the morning of the 3d inst, the day of the rob- bery.— Mr Grange, for the prosecution, said that he really could not hold out, nor would he attempt to do so, against the evi- dence in favour of the prisoner which had been adduced. There was no vindictive feeling in connection with the prisoner being charged, and he would not have been taken to the station- house if the servant girl had not spoken positively as to his identity.— Mr Herring, in an able address, contended that an alibi had been clearly made out, and that his client was entitled to an ho- nourable acquittal.— Mr Broughton, after many remarks upon the case, came to the conclusion that an alibi had been clearly and satisfactorily established, and he should therefore discharge the prisoner.— Mr Stradth, from whom the valuable property had been stolen, now said that, from what he had heard while in court, the person accused was innocent. His servant gave him into custody herself, being quite satisfied, at the period of her doing so, that she could not be mistaken. He ( Mr Stradth) said he had been threatened with an action ; but he could not imagine how any action could be brought against him, inasmuch as his servant gave the accused in charge herself, being quite sure, at the time she did so, that she was acting perfectly right. — Mr Herring : With regard to the threatened action you speak of, you will very likely find that the intimation which you have received thereof will turn out to be no joke.— Mr Probert, with a number of very respectable friends, then left the court. FATAL FIGHT.— At Marylebone, on Thursday, George Ground- well, a labourer, was brought before Mr Long, on the serious charge of having, in a fight, caused the death of a man named William Hodgkins.— Police constable Cooper, 67 D, deposed that, ou the previous . afternoon, about four o'clock, the prisoner with his father, came to tha John- street station- house, when he ( the prisoner) said, " I wish to give myself up." " Witness asked him what for, and the answer he gave was, " I have been fight- ing with a man, and I understand he has since died. I stood the same chance as he did, and I am very sorry for what has occurred- [ Tiie prisoner bere covered Ms face with his hands and shed tears].— Mr Long ( to witness): What more have you to state?— Witness: I locked the prisoner up on the confession tha he had himself made. I afterwards went to St Mary's Hospital, and there ascertained that the poor man who fought with pri- soner was dead.— Serjeant Silvester, 4 D, stated that on the pre- vious morning at seven o'clock, as he was on duty in the Harrow road, Paddingten, he saw a great number of persons hastening towards the fields ; he followed them. On the party reaching Amos Green, the prisoner and the deceased stripped and com- menced fighting. Witness went for other ofiicers, knowing that he should have no chance of dispersing the mob by his own ex- ertions ; and on returning with four brother constables the de- ceased was lying upon the ground. Witness took him to the hospital, where he died in a few hours after his admission. Prisoner had made his escape.— The prisoner, who had nothing to say, was remanded till this day ( Saturday), to await the result of an inquest. CEUSADE AGAINST HONESTY.— For some weeks the time of the magistrates has been taken up by tha hearing of summonses taken out by the police, more especially of the N division, against the vendors of fruit and other commodities in the public streets. To save the time of the worthy magistrate seven or eight sum- monses have been heard at a time, and in most oases the defend- ants have pleaded guilty, alleging that they had no other way of sretting an honest livelihood. None have been spared; those who have stood at one place for the last fifteen or twenty years, without complaint, together with those who have for the first time been out, all have been summoned, Whole families have been brought forward, and in one case the father, mother, and three children appeared, and were fined. The defence generally set up is the same— viz, that they have no other way of getting an honest livelihood— that if they go into the streets to beg they are locked up; that if they go out to thieve they are treated in the same manner, and they ask " what are they to do?" and " whether it would not be better if the police had not something else to do than hunting them about ?" In many cases it would appear that when the parties have applied to the parish for relief the authorities have told them that they were strong and hearty, and well able to earn their own livelihood; and, after giving them some temporary assistance, have provided them with money for the purpose of enabling them to buy a little stock to sell in the streets, and thus to keep them from swelling the parish rates. The police used formerly to lock up those only who were standing with their baskets or barrows on the footpaths or public crossings, which, compelling the pedestrian to walk in the mud, was, of course, a nuisance; but in most of the cases now heard it would seem that the barrows are on the side of the pave- ment in the gutters, and being, for the most part, in very wide thoroughfares— such, for instance, as the High- street and Lower- road, Islington, and the Caledoriian- road— no in- oonvenieuce is caused to the passers- by. When the first cases were heard before Mr Tyrwhitt, that worthy magis- trate went into the matter at seme length, and in the most feeling manner said he was sorry to see so many who were doing their best to help themselves brought before him, but he could not help it; the police had taken the matter up, and he was bound te administer the law as he found it. The parish authorities, he also observed, should look into the matter, for they it was who would ultimately feel it, for the rates being raised the parishioners, as a matter of course, would begin to grumble. The fine for such offences is 40s, but he only mulcted them in the costs, but many of them not being able to pay were locked up until five o'clock, and were then discharged. But what was the consequence? The very same evening they returned, were again summoned, and ordered to pay the costs, and a fine of one or two shillings, which being unable to do, they were sent to the House of Correction as felons for four days, thus depriving their young families of their care and attention for that period, besides adding to the already high expenses for the maintenance of the county gaols. In the later cases which have been heard, upon one of the de- fendants saying that he thought the police might be better employed, Mr Tyrwhitt remarked that he thought so too, and expressed a hope that the law in this matter would shortly be repealed. ENCOUNTER WITH BURGLARS.— At Worship- street, on Mon- day, George Saunders and William Edwards, notorious thieves, and two females named Ellen Howard and Ellen Sullivan, were charged before Mr Hammill with having been concerned in breaking into the premises of Messrs Yenables and Co, drapers in extensive business, occupying the space of several houses in Whitechapel. An entry had been effected over the low roof of a side1 warehouse, and in at the drawing- room window, and thence to the lower part of the house ; but something appeared to have scared the thieves while in the act of forcing a strongly- secured door, beyond which valuable property was deposited, and they made off with articles that happened to be directly within reach. About three o'clock that morning, Groves, 72 H, saw the pri- soner Edwards drop from the roof of the warehouse into the street, where he fell, but quickly regaining his feet, ran until Pursued and captured. Another constable, 207 H, got hold of aunders, who, however, tripped him up, and having given him a furious kick as he lay on the ground, ran away. The con- stable, however, jumped up and overtook him after a short pur- suit. The prisoner, however, then turning sharply round, butted at him like a ram, and catching him full in the abdo- men, overthrew him with such force that he lay stunned for a time. The prisoner thea again fled, but was taken by another constable. In the meantime the two females who had been seen running with the male prisoners were stopped by other officers who had heard the spring of the rattles, and upon them were found no less than five coats, & c, belonging to the prosecu- tors, which the burglars in their retreat had snatched in the hall of the house. All the prisoners were remanded preparatory to their committal for trial. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.— At the Surrey Sessions, on Tuesday, David Crane, 30, and Mary Ann Thornley, 80, were indicted for stealing, with violence, a watch from the person of Daniel Phil- lips.— Mr Lilly appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Charnock defended the prisoners.— The prosecutor, a liuendraper, residing St Bridgewater, stated that ou Tuesday last, after transacting some business in Cheapside, he dined with a friend at the Ca- thedral Coffee- house, St Paul's- churchyard, and about four o'clock he left for the purpose of calling on a gentleman to pro- ceed with him to the Surrey Theatre. He was then a little under the influence of liquor, and in passing the Waterloo Rail- way Terminus the female prisoner accosted him, and he walked a little way with her. Suddenly he was pushed down, and OK being lifted up by a man he missed his watch, which had been cut from the chain. He knew nothing whatever of the man, but he was sure the female robbed him of his watch.— In cross- exa- mination witness said that he recollected having his watch safe when he was in the Cathedral Coffee- house, but he had not looked at it after that.— W. Cokeley, a wheelwright, residing atthe topof Grauby- street, in the Waterloo- road, said about five o'elock in the afternoon of the 22d ult he saw the female and the prose- cutor turn into the street. The latter was very drunk, and had his watch chain round his neck. The male prisoner was leaning on a post close by, and, knowing them both to be bad characters, he watched them, and after the female had got the prosecutor a little way up, she spoke to him and snatched his watch from the guard. The prosecutor then fell down and she ran off, fol- lowed by the man. Witness picked up Mr Philiips, and after- wards gave information to the police, and saw the female se- cured, but the man made his escape.— John Shuter, police con- stable 123 L, said that he found the prosecutor drunk in Granby- street, and locked him up for security. After that he took the female prisoner into custody. The prosecutor was taken before the magistrate at Lambeth, and discharged. The male prisoner was taken into custody a week afterwards by a constable of the F division, when he denied being in the neighbourhood of the Waterloo- road on the day in question.— The jury found them both guilty, when it was proved that they watched public- houses to pick up drunken men and rob them. They were both very loose characters, and of the worst description.— The Chair- man sentenced each of them to seven years' penal servitude. TRIAL OF SPOLLEN.— Spollen, who was acquitted of the mur- der of Mr Little, at the Broadstone Railway Terminus, is again te be tried, on a charge of robbing the office of the cashier of the Midland Company, at the commission which commences in Dublin on Monday next, the 26th inst. The Lord Chief Baron and Mr Baron Richards will be the presiding judges, THE ACCOMMODATION BILL SYSTEM. The money article in The Times of Thursday contaias the following remarks upon the examination at the certificate meeting on the previous day in the bankruptcy of Messrs Sad- grove and Ragg. As the remarks in question contain the principal heads of the singular disclosures in the case, we do not think it necessary to give a report of the examination:—" Anotaer touch of enlighteument on the accommodation bill system was given to the public yesterday in the Bankruptcy Court. Messrs Sadgrove and Ragg, upholsterers of Finsbury, came uft for their certificate. Their transactions had been extensive, amounting in less than three years to little short of £ 200,000, and their original capital having been below £ 2,000, they had supplied their wants by the wholesale creation of bills, for which they obtained discount from some of those quiet gentlemen in the metropolis who, without any ostensible occupation, employ their means in giving encouragement to traders of this de- scription. Mr Ragg was the financier of the concern, and from the ability he displayed the public may hope to hear of him again whenever a new speculative mania shall arise. He evi- dently belongs to the class from whom shareholders of great companies delight to select their managers, and would probably, if his talents had found that appropriate sphere, have dis- tinguished himself above all rivals in the speed with which he would have dissipated the property of his constituents, and gained the usual testimonial or vote of thanks for his devo- tion. His skill in manufacturing that which some of the Birmingham currency writers would call money or its ' equi- valent' was unhesitating, and, although there was scarcely an attempt to conceal the character of his paper, his influence was such, even on the suspicious minds of capitalists, that two of the fraternity— a Mr John More and a Mr Stephens— had been accustomed for years to negotiate his drafts without question as genuine trade bills at a discount of 10 per ceut. In fact, his aggregate transactions with More since 1847 are alleged to have reached £ 200,000 or £ 300,000 ; but it is due to that personage to state that, although in his simplicity he at last found himself a creditor under the estate to the extent of £ 2,700, he en- deavoured to retrieve his mistake by taking a preferential assignment of security— an act of shrewdness defeated only by the vigilance of the other creditors. He admits that a Mr Smith, of the Isle of Wight, was accustomed to assume that position at the rate of Is. per bill, signing them in bundles, as if they had been Great Northern dividend warrants, without examination. ' A poor man living in London,' named Woodman, who figured as Mr Woodman of Torquay, had likewise accepted 20 bills— in fact, as many as were wanted. A Mr Brown, of Stratford- terrace, was another agent, who not only gave his acceptances in any amounts and at any dates, but who also authorised the nephew of Mr Sadgrove, the senior partner, to sign in his name— a privilege the young gentleman seems to have appreciated. The foreman and two youths in the service of the firm were also selected for the same distinguished employment. Frederick George Jones, aged 18, with wages of 6s per week, used to accept in the name of Mr Gutteridge, of Norwood, who, he was told, was a gentleman of independent means, but afflicted with paralysis. Meyers, aged 16, and in the receipt of £ 20 a year, used to sign in the name of Bradley ; and a Mrs Mary Anne Hirons, who worked for them at 8s per week, represented a Mr Hirons, of 5, Middleton- ter- race, Maida hill, taking her place in the money market under that designation as responsible for £ 2,000. These are merely some of the heads of the disclosures. They were drawn out by the solicitor to the assignees to induce the court to order some fitting and severe punishment. Judgment, however, was deferred. It seems to have been hinted that the oppo- sition to the bankrupts is conducted partly at the instance of More, the discounter, and the solicitor who attended on be- half of Ragg pointed to this person as the most culpable. But, whatever may be the opinion in that respect, it is not because the most culpable man may escape his de- serts the other should escape also. Mr Alfred Sadgrove, the nephew, who accepted bills indiscriminately in the name of Brown— an individual whose existence is altogether questioned— and who is sworn to have been present while the lad Jones was fabricating the name of Mr Gutteridge, will, as far as the powers of the. Bankruptcy Court are concerned, also find immunity. He is nearly 22 years of age, but pleads that he was only a servant, and might have lost his place if he had not acted as his employers directed. The court wili doubtless see in this fact another feature that gives the case extraordinary importance. It is not alone from the circumstance that the manufacture of accommodation bills is one of the most base offences now extending throughout English trade, fostered by a set of money- lenders, who alone in the long ruu fatten upon its proceeds, that it demands peculiar attention. Its worst point is, that it discloses the extent to which nurseries of crime may be established through the villany of employers. In the recent details of the Customs' robberies at Belfast it was noticed that the offender seemed to have trained all around him into compli- city with his rascality. The young men and porter in his employ considered that the excuse that they were his servants, and bound to obey his orders, would carry them through anything. In the same way Mr Ragg appears, in addition to his manufac- tory of fictitious paper, to have kept a manufactory of future candidates for the hulks. The practice of deceptions and for- geries originally adopted at the dictation of a master is almost sure to be turned to personal account in later life. Beginning with the system of adulteration and advancing to the higher frauds, suoh as have lately been exposed, it is not too much to assert that a number of our trading establishments are merely schools of corruption for the multitude of young persons em- ployed in them, and that to supply the place of every member of an existing dishonest firm half a dozen pupils are graduating who will prey upon the next generation. The state of the law renders it difficult to crush the evil, but we can seize such op- portunities as are presented, and if we neglect to do so our pros- pects will be gloomy." GREAT FIRE IN WHITECROSS- STREET.— During the whole of Friday night and Saturday week the inhabitants of Upper Whitecross- street, City, were greatly alarmed in consequence o afire raging in that neighbourhood. The premises in which it broke out belonged to Mr Scott, fancy soap- maker and inelter, near the late City Central Timber- yard and Steam Saw- mills, and were adjoined by the tremendous range of charcoal warehouses belonging to Mr Howett, whilst numerous tenements flanked either side of the soap factory. The flames originated in the back factory, which contained at the time a vast quantity of tallow and other inflammable articles used in the manufacture of soap, and a great quantity of finished stock; and, owing to their easily ignitable character, the flames spread with the greatest fury, seizing upon everything in their way. The engines at once set to work, but the distribution of water upon such an inflammable article as grease only seemed to increase the vio- lence of the flames, and, in spite of the exertions of the firemen, the fire laid hold of the warehouses belonging to Mr Howett, the charcoal dealer, and at one period threatened destruction to at least a dozen buildings. The firemen, however, kept to their posts, but it was not until the back factory, with the stock in trade, & c, were destroyed, and serious damage done to Mr Howett's warehouse, and several adjoining houses, that the flames were subdued. The loss will fall principally on the Phoenix Office. IMPOSTURE AND ITS VICTIMS.— A case exhibiting the heartless manner in which the poor are plundered through ill- placed con- fidence was heard before the Todmorden bench on Friday week. A man named Howcroft, residing in Hollingwood, near Oldham, a beerseller by trade, had persuaded a number of poor people that he could " get them their property out of Chancery" more readily and upon better terms than the lawyers, and by means of this fiction was extracting money from tlieir pockets. The police having ascertained that there were grounds for a prose- cution, procured a warrant for Howcroft's apprehension, and on Wednesday went to his residence and apprehended him on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. They at once proceeded to search the house, and found a large quantity of wills, pedigrees, and other documents, belonging to several families, who had employed him to get their money out of Chancery. The whole of the documents, with the prisoner, were brought to Todmorden in the eveniag. He was taken before A. Ormerod, Esq, and remanded till Friday, when he was again brought before the same magistrate, and further remanded, but admitted'to bail, himself in £ 100, and two sureties in £ 50 each. CRUELTY BY THE MASTER OP A MERCHANTMAN.— At Bos- ton quarter sessions on Tuesday, George Wright, master of the Stanley brig, of Whitby, was charged with cruelly using a boy named James Day, 15 years old, while on a voyage from Riga to Boston. The boy stated that he was not allowed to go below, but used to sleep on deck in the long- boat or galley in hjs wet clothes. He became very bad in his inside in consequence of being badly fed. The prisoner used to be continually flogging him, and would heave anything at bim. He let two plates drop one day while in the cabin when off Elsinore; the prisoner struck him with a sharp piece of wood on the head— part of a broken chest— the scar of which was then visible, although it had been done three weeks. The wound poured down with blood, and covered his face and clothes. Warnes, the cook, helped him to wash it. On Thursday, the 1st October, just after leaving Elsi- nore, on the passage home, he let the fire ge out, in consequence of which the prisoner said he would not let him have anything to eat, and then tied him up. He tied his hands behind his back, his feet close together, resting on the deck cargo, and fas- tened a rope round his neck, one end of which was attached to the main boom and the other to the rigging. He also tied a rope round his forehead, with a deep- sea lead attached to it, weighing about 281b, hanging down his back, which was se- cured by another rope round his waist. The rope round his neck was so tight that he could scarcely breathe, and during this time the ship was under reefed topsails, and pitched very much. He got his feet loose once, and the prisoner rope's- ended him, and tied them together again. He was thus tied up from one o'clock in the day to five in the evening, when Edwin Hanshaw, one of the crew, took him down by the prisoner's orders. He could scarcely walk to the cabin, in consequence of the treat- ment he had received. He had breakfast next day at eight in the morning, and had nothing else to eat until eight on the fol- lowing morning, and by the prisoner's order he walked the deck all night. He was bruised all over from the beating of the mas- ter. He had a sore at the bottom of his back, from the deep- sea line chafing it.— The prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, with hard labour. ^ ESCAPE PROM GAOL.— On Friday night week a lad named Grieves, about 18 years of age, made a daring escape from Stam- ford Gaol. Shortly after dusk he was placed in his cell for the night, and upon the governor of the gaol taking his rounds pre- vious to retiring to rest, he discovered the cell door open, and the prisoner gone. Upon examination it was ascertained that Grieves commenced his escape by mounting some palisades; thence, by an almost superhuman effort, he reached the gover- nor's sitting- room window, which was barred, and scaled the wall until he came to a bedroom window, when he managed to gain the roof. He crossed the roof to the opposite side of the gaol, and after descending a spout, alighted in the street. The walls of the prison are fully 40 feet high, and some surprise is expressed at his escape. Information of the circumstance was immediately given to the police, and the boy was captured the following morning by the governor about three miles from Stamford, while waiting to see an elder brother to obtain a change of clothing. About five weeks since Grieves made his escape from the same gaol by climbing up a spout, and with the aid of a nail in the wall succeeded in reaching the tops of some houses, which he traversed, and finally alighted by means of a spout in a gentleman's garden. Ten days elapsed before he was captured on that occasion. Grieves is undergoing 18 months' imprisonment for a larceny. THE MURDER OP A YOUTH AT NOTTINGHAM.— On Monday afternoon information was received at the various metropolitan police stations that it was decided by the Government to give a reward of £ 100 and a free pardon to any person ( not the actual perpetrator of the crime) for such information as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of the murderer or murderers of the unfortunate youth, John Wesley Atkinson, who was de- coyed away from near the Arboretum, Nottingham, on the 17th of September last, and found in a field near Nottingham Forest quite dead, and with such fearful wounds on different parts of the body as to leave no doubt that he was foully murdered ; and from what subsequently was gathered, it is plain that he was robbed of his boots, and then killed. The following is the de- scription of the supposed murderer:— He is of middle age and stature, with curly red busby hair on each side of his head, is knock- kneed, has an awkward gait, very large nose, and turns his toes inwards. At the time he enticed the boy away ho wore a black cloth cap, short dark coat, breeches, and gaiters. He is supposed to be an associate of gipsies. Mr Superintendent Rayner has been unremitting in his exertions to discover the perpetrator of this horrible murder, and although five different persons have been apprehended, yet the criminal is still at large. THE MURDER NEAR ABERDARE.— The inquest on the body of Evan Thomas, found dead on the mountain between Aberdare and Merthyr, was resumed on Monday at the Royal Oak Inn, Aberdare. From the evidence of James Davis and John Hop- kins, colliers, and other witnesses, it appeared that the deceased was a working collier, and up to the day of his murder— the 30th of September— was employed at the Skibborwau level in the Merthyr mountain. When last seen alive, he was in his stall in the level. He spoke to Davis, telling him that he was just going to leave work, and asking if Davis and another collier em- ployed in the same level would leave also. They did not leave until six o'clock, before which time he had gone. It was not until the 10th of October that Hopkins found his dead body in a kind of hole on the mountain, lying on his side, and his cap was at a short distance from him. Mr Rossiter, surgeon, had found on the body marks of violence that must have been in- flicted during life. The man had evidently been strangled. The police had been unable to discover any clue to the murderer. The coroner summed up, remarking on the mystery in which the case was shrouded. The jury returned a verdict, That the deceased was wilfully murdered by some person unknown, THE DRAMA. LYCEUM THEATRE.— ENGLISH OPERA.— An English version of the " Trovatore" was produced on Wednesday night to a crowded house, and with great suocess. This opera, unques- tionably Verdi's masterpiece, has many attractive features, aud never fails to please when it receives anything like justice in the performance. On the present occasion, though the performers were not the stars of the Italian stage, yet they acquitted them- selves well, and produced an effective ensemble. Mr Augustus Braham surpassed himself in the character of Manrico. Madame Caradori's Leonora was a musicianlike performance, and Miss Susan Pyne's Azucena showed considerable dramatic power. Mr Ferdinand Glover, as the Count de Luna, showed himself a mere novice as an actor. But he is a singer of rare merit. His voice, one of the finest baritones we have, has been formed in the best Italian school, and his style is full of grace and ex- pression. He is, indeed, so very Italian, that he has lost the pronunciation of his own language, which he should endeavour to recover, as well as to improve himself in the histrionic branch of his art. The opera is admirably put upon the stage, the cos- tumes, scenery, and decorations being rich and beautiful. THEATRICAL MARRIAGE.— On Saturday week, at the parish church of St Marylebone, the popular eccentric comedian, Sir William Don, Bart, took unto himself, " for better and for worse," Miss Emily Sanders, whose celebrity as a comic actress has been widely spread in the United States, as well as the pro- vincial towns of England, where she has been for a considerable time associated with Sir William in his starring engagements. The happy Benedick and his fair bride started, after the cere- mony, for Southampton. CLOSE OP THE ART TREASURES EXHIBITION.— The Exhi- bition of Art Treasures at Manchester was finally closed to the public on Saturday week. It was not, as had been originally intended, made a reserved day for season ticket holders, nor was it marked by any ceremony worthy © f the occasion. The state of the exchequer, it may be presumed, rendered it desir- able that as much money should be taken as possible, whilst all intention of a grand ceremonial was abandoned as soon as it was ascertained that her Majesty was indisposed to grace the pro ceedings with her preseuce. The admissions were fewer than might have been expected, however, under the circumstances. About 8,600 persons had entered at four o'elock, on payment of half a crown ^ ach, and nearly as many more entered with season tickets, making a total of between 16,000 and 17,000 persons. There were fewer admissions on the closing day, therefore, by 10,000, than on each of the two first days in the week. A trophy of flags had been erected in front of the organ, and the orches- tra had been strengthened, the bands of the 4th Dragoon Guards and of the 34th Infantry having been engaged for the occasion. The music included selections from Rossioi, Verdi, Venzona, Meyerbeer, Mercadante, Donizetti, Gungl, Weber, Lindpaintuer, Beethoven, Spontini, Auber, Spohr, and Wagner. When the united bands struck up " God save the Queen" as the finale, there was an attempt among the audience to get up a voice accompaniment, but it was only par- tial, and, consequently, failed in effect. At the conclusion, the executive committee took up a position iu the transept, and Mr Thomas Fairbairn, the chairman, spoke as follows :— Ladies and Gentlemen : It is my duty now to pronounce the last few words of farewell, and to inform you that when you have left this building the Exhibition of Art Treasures is closed. I hope that you will never forget the liberality which has enabled that exhibition to be formed, and that hereafter all of you will be enabled to realise, in reflecting upon this building and its con- tents, the truth of the poet's line— " A thing of beauty is a joy for ever." Loud cheers followed this address, and the proceedings closed. One little incident only occurred to mar the harmony and ap- propriateness of this closing scene, and it was caused by some one, immediately after the cheering had. subsided, in a spirit of vindictive feeling towards a few waiters in the refreshment rooms who had created a disturbance on the Thursday, pro- posing three groans for that establishment, and in an instant all thought of art treasures and their elevating tendencies seemed to have vanished, and that gay and fashionable assemblage seemed for the moment to have been transformed into a Chartist meeting. Great numbers of people continued to linger about the building after the bell had sounded the usual warning to depart, and the building was not entirely cleared until a later hour than usual. The admissions since the opening in May have been as follows ( as nearly as the returns can be obtained):— By season tickets, 254,119; at a payment of Is, 865,811 ; at 2s 6d per head, 122,393 ; at 6d each, 60,261— total 1,302,581. The financial result will not be known for some time to come. There are people who anticipate a deficit of £ 10,000, but the more sanguine think that should the building fetch a good price the receipts from all sources will nearly, if not quite, cover the entire outlay. During the proceedings of the day, Mr Seymour, on behalf of the or- chestra, presented a handsome silver cup and an address to Mr Charles Hall6, the conductor, as a token of their high appre- ciation of his services and conduct. PRESENTATION SWORD POR THE DUKE OP CAMBRIDGE.— Mr C. F. Hancock, of Bruton- street, has just completed the sword which the City Corporation is about to present to the Duke of Cambridge. In respect of workmanship and material it is one of the finest weapons ever presented to a soldier. It is a state sword of strict regulation pattern. The hilt is of ivory, carved. The transverse part is of gold, ornamented with wreaths of laurel and acorns, the acorns of diamonds, the leaves of emeralds. In the centre a sword and marshal's baton are crossed on a red enamel ground. On each side are oriental cabechon emeralds, with which diamonds are alternated. The mounting of the entire upper portion of the sword is very finely executed. The blade, which is elalaprately damascened, bears the following inscription :—" The freedom of the City ( together with this sword) was presented to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Commander- in- Chief of the British Army, by the Corporation of London, in testimony of their high estimation of his distinguished character and services. A. D. 1857." On the other side, together with other damascening, the City arms are engraved. The scabbard, of gold, is covered with enrichments, both of art and material. Near the top is a panel containing the crown and the prince's cipher— a" G" reversed, in dia- monds, on a red enamel ground, a combination which has a rich effect. In a panel below the City arms are wrought in stones on a white enamel ground. The lower part of the scabbard is crossed obliquely with labels, on which are inscribed the words " Crimea," " Alma," " Iskermann," " Sebastopol," and beneath these is seen the wrathful head of the British lion. The presen- tation is appointed to take place at Guildhall on November 4th CROSSING SWEEPERS AND SHOEBLACKS — Mr Mitchell, a solicitor, accompanied by the secretary of the East London Shoe- black Society, applied to the Lord Mayor on Saturday week for permission to place a small number of boys as crossing sweepers in different parts of the City, under the auspices of the society and the superintendence of the police. They would wear uni- forms, so as to be easily distinguished by the public. They did not intend that the boys should be paid individually by passers by, but proposed to have a box attached to a post at each cross- ing, into which the public could put money or not, as they pleased, which money would afterwards be used for the benefit of the boys bv the society, as wap now tlae case with shoeblacks. The Lord Mayor said he would gladly give his sanction and assistance with the understanding that no favouritism should be shown, but that the appointment should be open to all honest boys without exception, under proper regulations. Mr Mitchell said that was the intention of the society, and the Lord Mayor promised to confer with the police commissioner upon the sub- ject, in order to see whether such an arrangement could be satisfactorily made. ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS MURDER.— Private letters just re- ceived from Melbourne mention a very horrible aud mysterious tragedy which took place there some time since, but has only re- cently been brought to light. It appears that an officer of high rank, who has held an influential position near the persons of the late and acting governors of one of the Australian colonies, was on well- known terms of intimacy with a woman who possessed some three or four hundred pounds in cash, and who was sud- denly missed about the time of that officer's abrupt departure for England, when he was also known to be involved in pecuniary difficulties. A short time before the leaving of the last mail a disagreeable effluvium had been noticed iu the house which the woman had inhabited; and on taking up the flooring to ascer- tain the cause, the skeleton of a female was found beneath it. By the side of the body a stick was also discovered, which, it is stated, was identified as having been the property of the officer above alluded to, and a detective has been despatched to this country in search of the individual whose name is mixed up as an agent in this mysterious affair. " If, as it is thought, this indi- vidual is the same party whom rumour in Sydney connected with the murder of Sophia Lewis, the forthcoming revelations will form a striking chapter in the annals of aristocratic crime, such as has never before been heard of in Australia, but which may exhibit a counterpart to the recent tragedy at Waterloo Bridge. THE DEPTH OP THE MEDITERRANEAN.— These soundings have not yet been made in the Mediterranean by the improved methods lately adopted in the Atlantic, and conducted so systematically by Lieut Maury, in some parts of that ocean. But they suffice to indicate depths equal to the average height of the mountains girding round this great basin ; and, if one particular experiment may be credited, reaching even to 15,000 feet; an equivalent to the elevation of the highest Alps, This sounding was made about ninety miles east of Malta. Between Cyprus and Egypt 6,000 feet of line had been let down without reaching the bottom. Other deep soundings have been made in other places with similar results. We have not yet obtained any official account of the soundings very recently effected by the Tartarus in the lines of sea between Egypt and the Archipelago; but it is stated, on apparently good authority, that one sounding between Alexandria and Rhodes reached bottom at the depth of 9,900 ftet; another, between Alexandria andCandia, gave a depth of 300 feet beyond this. These single soundings, indeed, whether of ocean or sea, are always open to the certainty that greater, as well as lesser, depths must exist, to which no line has ever been sunk— a case coming under that general law of Probabilities so largely applicable in every part of physics. In the Mediterranean especially, which has so many aspects of a sunken basin, there may be abysses of depth here and there which no plummet is ever destined to touch.— Edinburgh Review. SHOCKING AND FATAL OCCURRENCE AT THE RANELAGH DOCK, PIMLICO.— On Tuesday afternoon a very melancholy occurrence took place at the Ranelagh Dock, Grosvenor Basin, Belgravia, which had nearly been attended by the loss of three or more lives, but providentially, owing to the great and praise- worthy exertions used upon the occasion, only one life has been sacrificed. It appears from the best information which at present can be obtained, that a number of lads had assembled for pastime on the banks of the Grosvenor Canal, three of whom, John King, Owen Gaugan, and James White, constructed a sort of raft, consisting of some planks roped together. Upon this crazy and dangerous machine the three youngsters had the te- merity to go adrift. They had not got into midstream before a panic seized them, owing to some of the ropes giving way, which occasioned the separation of the raft. The result was that the whole three were plunged into the basin. Not one of them being able to swim, they went down, clinging to each other. The alarm had now become general, and several men ran from Ranelagh Dock, one of whom, named Henry Bridge, succeeded in reaching the spot with a pole at the moment when King rose to the surface of the water, who grasped it, and was dragged ashore. In the meantime the drags were got from Mr Varney's, the William the Fourth, Thames Bank, and being put in requi- sition, White was got up, but apparently lifeless. Mr Paul Chilcote, surgeon, of 164, Cambridge- street, promptly attended at the above house, and after great exertions the body of White was resuscitated. It was some time before Owen Gaugan was recovered, but every endeavour to bring him to life was unsuc- cessful, the unfortunate lad being quite dead. The corpse was removed home to his father's house, in Morton- street, Vauxhall Bridge- road. He was a fine lad of 14, and assisted his father in his business as carpenter. An inquest was held before Mr Bed- ford, the coroner for Westminster, on Thursday last. The sad calamity has occasioned considerable excitement and distress in the vicinity where it happened. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' BANQUET AT DERBY.— This enter- tainment, on Tuesday evening, was under the presidency of Mr M. T. Bass, M. P. ( Derby), who, in proposing " Prosperity to the Derby Society of Licensed Victuallers," said he thought that last session the victuallers and their friends had done right in remaining quiet during the discussion of Mr Hardy's bill for the better regulation of beer- houses. Doubtless Mr Hardy would re- introduce the bill next session, and he ( Mr Bass) would act for the best interests of the licensed victuallers. He ridiculed the attempt to introduce the Maine Liquor Law in this country, and said he regarded the licensed victuallers as the friends of temperance, aud as not encouraging drunkenness. Mr Cleaver, of Leicester, in proposing the healths of the president, secre- tary, and members of the central committee, said in their hands the licensed victuallers were safe against Wilson Patten, Lord Robert Grosvenor, or any other member. No class of men were so heavily taxed as the licensed victuallers, and he thought when Sir George Grey had received a deputation of that body, and learned the amount at stake, he would be careful what alteration he made. The evening passed off pleasantly. AUSTRALIA.— This day is presented gratis with each copy of the Dispatch a superb general map of Australia. To prevent disappointment consequent upon the enormous sale of the Dispatch, those persons desirous of possessing the " Dispatch Coloured Atlas" are informed that should the newspaper be out of print, with which any particular map has been presented, such map may be obtained with any other paper. Either of the " Dispatch Atlas Maps" will be forwarded gratis with the paper. The price of the Dispatch is— unstamped, 5d ; stamped ( to go free by post), 6d. The Friday Evening edition may be re- ceived in the most distant parts of the kingdom on Saturday morning. Orders received by all news agents, and at the office, 139, Fleet- street. Portfolios are now ready, price 3s 6d, 4s, and upwards, CITY INTELLIGENCE. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. The advance in the rate of discount on Monday last to 8 pe cent caused much less excitement than might have been ex- pected from so important an alteration, and which indicated a monetary disturbance that has not been equalled since the memorable period of 1847. ' The directors were compelled to acr thu3 stringently in self- defence, since the advices from America showed that unless some extreme eourse were taken, gold would be withdrawn from the Bank of England vaults to a consider- able extent, as the shipments of that metal for New York would be attended with considerable profit. Besides this, some of the banks there had sent orders for supplies of sovereigns. This restriction so far has moderated the remittances, and the demand for money has also slackened. The market is, there- fore, more favourable, but some uneasiness has been produced by large withdrawals of specie, which were alleged to have taken place on Thursday and yesterday for Ainsrica and the Continent. The Bank of France has raised its rate to 7i per cent, and is taking due precautisns, which, it is feared, may lead the Administration to make some further purchases of fold in this market. Larger shipments of silver to the East ndies are also anticipated, since the East India Company have made an advance of 4 per cent in their terms for bills drawn upon the Presidencies. Two or three vessels have recently arrived from Australia, having made mcst successful passages, aud bringing large amouats of gold. wniehat the present juncture are very opportune, but the proceeds have been principally for export purposes. The specie movement is important, and likely to continue so for some time to come. The following analysis of the Bank of England return, made up for the week ending the 17th iust, will show that the position of that esta- blishment has been strongly affected by the recent course of events. The active circulation of Notes payable on demand was in- creased upon balance £ 193,135, the total being £ 20,183,245. The Notes unemployed were smaller by £ 807,215, they now standing at £ 3,217,185. The Bullion in both departments made up a total of £ 9,524,478, showing a decrease of £ 585,465. The Other Securities were smaller by £ 1,859,312, the total now standing at £ 20,539,565, and in the Public Deposits there was a diminution of £ 3,669,305. There have been very few commercial failures this week, but there can be no question that the stoppages in New York will produce considerable embarrassments in addition to the firms which have already succumbed, Business in Mincing- lane is quiet, and prices are depressed. In the manufacturing districts the recent advance in money seems to have induced a limitation of engagements. The transactions in the English Stock Market during the past week have not been very extensive, the fluctuations having been less important than might have been expected from the per- turbed condition of monetary affairs. When the Bank raised the rate to 8 per cent, a decline of about 1 per cent, took place, but there has since been a partial recovery. Consols closed yester- day afternoon at 88f to 881 for money, aud S8f to 89 for the account. Exchequer Bills have been flat at 15s to 10s discount. The latest prices, on Friday afternoon, of the English Funds were— Bank Stock, 267 to 210 | Exchequer Bills 15s to 10s dis Reduced Annuities, 871 S8J India Bonds 25s dis Consols, 88| I India Stock, 208, 210 New Three per Cents, 88 \ I Consols for Account, 88} 89 Long Annuities, 2 | In the Foreign Stock Market the transactions during the past week have been numerous, but prices have not shown any very important variations. Turkish Six per Cents have improved about 1|, Spanish 4. Mexican, Portuguese, Dutch, and Bra- zilian Bonds were at about former quotations. Turkish Four per Cent Guaranteed advanced J per cent. The latest prices of the Foreign Funds on Friday afternoon were— Sardinian, 89H Spanish 3 per Cents, 40i J Do New deferred, 2o| f Do Passive, 54 6 Turkish6per Cents, 87 i 88 Ditto, 4 per Cents, 97|} Venezuela, 28 30 Dutch 24 per Cents, 62 61 Ditto 4 per Cents, 974 Belgian, 96 79 Brazilian, 99 100 Buenos Ayres, 81 82 Chilian, 101 3 Equador, 13 14 Grenada, 19 21 Mexican, 194 i Peruvian, 77 Portuguese, 43 4- 1 Russian, 105 7 Business in the Railway Share Market during the past week has been moderately active; the variations of most of the principal lines showing an improvement of about 1 to 2 per cent. Caledonian have advanced If, Eastern Counties 2J, Great Northern 14, Great Western 1|, Lancashire and Yorkshire 1, Midland 14, North Eastern ( Berwick) 4, Northwestern 1, South Western 2f, and South Eastern 1. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been dealt in to a very limited extent, and, with one or two exceptions, exhibit a downward tendency. Northern of France have receded 10s, Paris and Lyons 5s, Grand Trunk of Canada £ 2, Great Western of Canada 10s, and East Indian have declined £ 1 5s, Mining shares have been very quiet, and exhibited little varia- tion in value. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares were dealt in to a moderate extent, and exhibited a slight improve- ment in some of the principal undertakings. THE GAME OF CHESS. CHESS PROBLEMS. No. 205. By Herr Horwitz. ( Original) BLACK. WHITE. White to mate in four moves. Game played between WHITE. BLACK. and White resigns the game, A little skirmish played between Herr Kling and an Amateur. 9. Kt to Q 5 mate. This game has at least the m « rit of brevity. The same really elegant combination by which Queen is left to her foes' mercy, to ensure mate, will be recollected by many readers as also occurring in a game of Des Chapslles, given in Mr George Walker's Thousand Games, 8 m IIP 111 • m Hw wm msm • • jPJP • A jjpp iipps m ill k jjj 11 • It& lt ' wm. mm mm mm m A wm § 1 • wm IIIP 0 S H IIP 1 111 HOOPS AND DRESSES.— More harmless were the hoops of the Grandison days, when, as Harriet Byron shows us, the ladies made room for the gentlemen in carriages, and for their own circumference in sedan chairs, by slipping the hoop upon the left shoulder. More accommodating were the fair ladies of a century ago than our contemporaries, we fear, for they would hear a remonstrance which we have no idea would be at all re- spected now. When the " Messiah," as yet unheard, was to be rehearsed in Dublin, under the guidance of Handel himself, publicly, for the benefit of certain charities, the advertisement of the rehearsal ended thus: " Many ladies and gentlemen who are well- wishers to this noble and grand charity, for which this oratorio was composed, request it as a favour that the ladies who honour the performance with their presence would be pleased to come without hoops, as it will greatly increase the charity by maiing room for more company." Three years later we find the committee, on a similar occasion, declaring that if the ladies will lay aside their hoops " for one eveaing, liowever ornamental, the hall will contain an hundred persons more, with full ease." The grammar is here not so good as the sense and spirit of the notice; but it might not be amiss to read it accord- ing to the construction, for that would certainly be an orna- mental evening on which the ladies should lay aside their folly — the brightest evening of the year. Now that even Parliament has listened to inquiries and appeals about the crowding to which the Queen's visitors are subjected when her Majesty holds a drawing- room, we may hope that one of the inferences natural to the occasion will occur to the sovereign and her visitors at once— that if the drawing- room were attended by ladies in gowns, and not by dresses with women in them, there would be more room, if not enough.— Westminster Review, new number. SUBWAYS IN THE METROPOLIS.— In January last the Metro- politan Board of Works determined to offer prizes for designs showing the best mode of laying out the surface and subsoil of streets, and the most convenient disposition of " the private vaults, sewers, gas and water pipes, telegraph wires, with any parts ofthe soil appropriated to other useful purposes." Competi- tors were required to furnish designs and estimates for streets de- cribed. as " first class" and " second class," adapting their plans to a new street in Southwark, 70 feet in width, as an example of the first class, and to a new street in Westminster, 50 feet wide, as an example of the second. Thirty- nine competitors entered the lists, and their plans and drawings were referred to a com- mittee of seven gentlemen, iucludiug three members of the Board of Works— the chairman ( Mr Thwaites), Mr Alderman Cubitt, and Mr Alexander Wright; three civil engineers— Messrs Robert Stephenson, T. Hawkesley, and Geo. Lowe; and Mr T. H. Wyatt, architect; who were assisted in their labours by Mr Bazalgette, the engineer, and Mr F. Marrable, the superintend- ing architect to the board. Three prizes were offered for plans for each class of streets, and the committee have awarded the first prize in the first class, 100 guineas, to Mr H. D. Davis, 227, Maida- hill West; the second prize of 50 guineas to Mr J. T'. Knowles, 1, Raymond- buildings, Gray's- inn; and the third prize of 10 guineas to Messrs. F. and A. Warren, 2, Duke- street, Adelphi. Three prizes, of 50 guineas, 20 guineas, and 5 guineas, were offered in the second class, and they were respectively ad- judged to Mr W. H. Cullingford, 43, Pembridge- villas, Bays- water ; Mr W. Reddall, 3, Chapel- place, Poultry; and Messrs Hughes and Hopkins, 14, Park- street, Westminster. An oppor- tunity will be afforded to the public of forming their judgment upon the merits of all the candidates, whose plans and drawings have been arranged in the theatre of the Society of Arts, John- street, Adelphi," in order that they may be thrown open to general inspection. HEALTH OP LONDON.— The deaths registered in the week ending Oct 17th were 1,003, of which 507 were males, and 496 females. The deaths from diarrhoea were 39, being nearly the same as in the previous week. Of that number 25 occurred to children under two years of age. Scarlatina has increased con- siderably ; it was fatal in 52 and 49 cases in the last two weeks. Three children died within nine days of scarlatina maligna in a house iu Wilderness- row, Clerkenwell; in reference to which cases the medical attendant adverts to the bad condition of the house and its neighbourhood, and to the fact that one of the dead bodies was retained for seven days among the living. Four children died of the same disease in the south sub- district of Chelsea; two of these in a family in Beaufort- terrace West. Two deaths occurred from small- pox in Wellsley- street, Somers Town; in one of the cases a woman of 27 was the sufferer. Four deaths from cholera and choleraic diarrhoea were registered last week. The births in the week were Ij78 § . CRICKETEES' REGISTER, THE AVERAGES OP 1S57. Our tabla of averages of celebrated batsmen, as well as a complete analysis of th9 bowling, will appear in our columns about the usual t? me. The players' doings wili be selected from first- class matches only ; but amateurs desirous of having their averages inserted, can forward them, naming the matGi and date of our paper in which their matches appeared, aud subject to our approval for insertion. They must also bo drawn out in columns, as follows:— Matches, innings, rune, most in an in- nings, most iu a match, least in a match, times not out, average per innings, over. As the merits ofthe bowler cannot be shown without being analysed, they will not be inserted, unless sent as follows:— Innings bowled in, balls bowled ( overs), runs made from, maiden overs, wickets, average number of runs from each over, average balls bowled for each wicket, average nnmber of runs obtained for each wicket, wides, no balls, average per in- nings, over. The provincial and metropolitan clubs will each be given under their own heads, if sent with the columns properly drawn out. IMPORTANT ELEVEN- A- SIDE MATCHES PLAYED DURING THE PAST SEASON, WITH THE RESULTS. The following are the most important Eleven- a- side Matches that have been played during the past season. The " M. C. C. and Ground" matches have not been so numerous other matches having been substituted. Six first- class " M. C. C. and Ground" matches have been played, and they have won three, lost one, and drawn two. The others have been England matches, North v South, and Gentlemen v Players, a3 well as the two Eleven matches, and United v Oxford and Cambridge, all of which caused the season at Lords to be a most brilliant and interesting one. The County of Surrey, iu 13 contests, won all but the last, and played against some very strong teams. Sussex has only won one out of six; Kent beat Sussex twice, but lost with Surrey and Marylebone. The reader will gather all further par- ticulars from the following, but we may add that a vast number of other good aud most interesting matches have been played, but cannot be exactly classed as first- rate. This selection will also inform the public what matches will be selected for the averages, which will in due time appear :— 1st 2d DATE AND PLACE. SIDES. inn inn Total May 7, f The County 180.. 45 — 225 Cambridge X University 311.. 311 The County had 5 wickets to fall, but gave the match up. May 8, f Players 69.. 170 — 239 Magdalen Gd, Oxford I Gentlemen 112.. 87 — 199 Drawn; Gentlemen had 1 wicket to fall. May 14, f University 149.. 200 — 349 Cambridge X Players 125.. 125 Given us by the Players. May 18, ( Surrey 165.. 68 — 233 Cambridge X Cambridgeshire ........ 112.. 65 — 177 Surrey won by 56 runs. May 21, f Eight ( with three players) 209.. 209 Magdalen Gd, Oxford I University 158.. 158 Drawn ; University had 2 wickets to fall. May 22, ( M. C. C 182.. 182 Cambridge (. University — 120.. 120 Drawn ; University had 3 wickets to fall. May 25, / University 140.. 20 — 160 Magdalen Gd, Oxford (. County 241.. 241 Drawn ; University had 7 wickets to fall. May 25, f Old ( with Lilly & Wisden) 175.. 77 — 252 Cambridge (. Present 129.. 125 — 254 Present won by 7 wickets, 3 wickets for 32, and 3 for 125. May 28, fTown 294.. 294 Cambridge (. University 130.. 95 — 225 Town won by 69 runs. June 1, f United 143.. 140 — 283 Lord's I All England 206.. 78 — 284 All England won by 5 wickets. June 4, f Surrey 110.. 161 — 271 Oxford (. Oxfordshire 105.. 110 — 215 Surrey won by 56 runs. June 8, f M. C. C 101.. 92 — 193 Lord's I Kent ..... 110.. 78 — 188 M. C. C. won by 5 ruus. June 8, f Southgate 158.. 95 — 253 Oval I Surrey Club & Ground .. 81.. 37 — 121 Drawn; Surrey had 9 wickets to fall. June 11, (" Kent 124.. 64 — 188 Oval I Surrey 132.. 58 — 190 Surrey won by 8 wickets June 15, ( M. C. C 78.. 163 — 241 Lord's I Sussex 66.. 161 — 227 M. C. C. won by 14 runs. June 18, ( Surrey 109.. 81 — 190 Oval ( return) X Cambridgeshire 74.. 80 — 154 Surrey won by 36 runs. June 18, ( M. C. C. & Ground ...... 191.. 158 — 349 Oxford X University of Oxford.... 212.. 212 Drawn; owing to rain. June 19, ( Gentlemen of Hampshire 303.. 303 Canterbury X Gentlemen of Kent 133.. 179 — 312 Drawn; Kent had 1 wicket to fall. June 25, ( Oxford 121.. 261 — 382 Lord's I Cambridge 134.. 167 Oxford won by 81 runs. Juno 25, / Surrey 212.. 16 — 228 Brighton 1 Sussex 51.. 176 — 227 Surrey won by 9 wickets. July 2, / Players 184.. 7 — 191 Oval XGentlemen 63.. 125 — 188 Players won by 10 wickets. July 6, / England 132.. 52 — 184 Lord's (. Kent and Sussex 76.. 95 — 171 England won by 13 runs. July9, / Surrey 226.. 32 — 258 Oval (. North of England 81.. 176 — 257 Surrey won by 6 wickets. July9, / Susses, 87.. 1S2 Brighton .... 7....... t Kent 177.. 73 — 250 Kent won by 9 wickets. July 13, / Players 199.. 122 — 321 Lord's (. Gestlemen 194.. 114 — 308 Players won by 13 runs. Julv 16, / Surrey 166.. 166 Oval 1 Sussex.. 35.. 31— 66 Surrey won in one innings and 100 runs. July 16, / M. C. C. and Ground .. .. 115.. 115 — 230 Gravesend IKent , 108.. 92 — 200 M. C. C. won by 30 runs. July 20, / South 165.. 96 — 260 Lord's (. North 124.. 122 — 246 South won by 14 runs. July 20, / Southgate 372.. 372 Southgate X Surrey Club 49.. 99 — 148 Southgate wen in one innings and 224 runs. July23, / Gentn. ofKent& Sussex.. 54.. 82 — 136 Lord's I England 342.. 342 England won in one innings and 206 runs. July 23, / Surrey Club ( 3 Players).. 148.. 139 — 287 Oval ( return) (. Oxfordshire 101.. 108 — 209 Surrey won by 78 runs. July 27, / All England 99.. 214 — 313 Lord's ( return) ...... X United 126.. 54 — 180 All England won by 133 runs. Aug 3, / Surrey and Sussex 151.. 221 — 372 Oval ...; (. England 203.. 59 — 262 Counties won by 110 runs. Aug 7, / Gentlemen of Kent 81.. 81 Southampton ( return) (. Gentlemen of Hants .... 102.. 102 Drawn ; owing to rain. Aug 10, / England 33.. 51 — 84 Brighton ( return).... X Surrey and Sussex 123.. 123 Counties won in one innings and 39 runs. Aug 13, / South 72.. 45 — 117 TunbridgeWells .... 1 North 49., 71 - 120 North won by 8 wickets. Aug 17, / England 186., 166 — 352 Canterbury X Kent and Sussex........ 136.. 67 — 203 England won by 149 runs. Aug 19, / Gentlemen ef Kent. 111.. 111 Canterbury 11 Zingari 2.. 2 Drawn. Aug 20, / Gentn. of Kent & Sussex 143.. 85 — 228 Canterbury (. Gentlemenof England.. 67.. 119 — 186 Counties won by 46 runs. Aug 24, / Sussex 84.. 275 — 359 Gravesend I Kent 227.. 135 — 362 Kent won by 5 wickets. Aug 24, / North 73.. 63 — 136 Sheffield ( return).... I Surrey 93.. 45 - 138 Surrey won by 5 wickets. Aug 28, / United All Ireland. 132.. 195 — 327 Dublin (. Gentlemen of England.. 70.. 14 — 84 Drawn ; England had 7 wickets to fall. Sept 3, / Gentlemen of Hants .... 45.. 125 — 170 Southampton (. Gentlemen of Sussex.. . 88.. 83 — 171 Sussex won by 6 wickets. r. f., ( Manchester ( with Lilly- T?„„ IJTSI^ V,^,. \ white and Wisden).... 53.. 99 - 152 Eccles, Manchester .. \ Surrey /.... 60.. 89 - 149 Manchester won by 3 runs. Sept 7, / North 50.. 116 — 165 Nottingham t South 54.. 97 — 151 Drawn ; South had 2 wickets to fall. Sept 10, / Sussex 91.. 106 — 197 St Leonards ( return) (. MaryleboueClub and Gd. 58.. 69 — 127 Sussex won by 70 runs, without Wisden. The All England and United All England snatches will appear in our next impression. ELEVEN OF THE BEDALE CLUB v TWENTY- TWO OF THE BEDALE UNITED CLUB. This match was played 011 the Bedale Ground, on Saturday, the 10th October, and resulted in favour of the Eleven by seven wickets to fall. Score: BEDALE UNITED. 1st inn 2d inn H. Mace, b Clark 0 runout 14 J. Braithwaite, e C. Anderson, b Clarke 3 b G. Anderson 0 W. Kitson, b Clarke 8 c and b Clarke 0 R. Nevison, b G. Anderson 1 c and b G. Anderson.. C. Mace, b Clark 0 W. Iddison, b Clarke * 6 C. Fryer, c Clarke, b G. Anderson .... 7 6. Nevison, b Clarke 0 C. Askey, c J. Morton, b G. Anderson.. 6 T. Potto, b Clarke 0 f. Bendelon, b G. Anderson 12 b G. Anderson 5 T. Pape, b Clarke 0 not out 10 C. Pearson, b Clarke 0 cAnderson, bG. Anderson 2 M. Heweon, b Clarke 0 b G. Anderson 1 W. Martin, c Clarke, b G. Anderson .. 8 b Clarke 1 J. Nevison, b G. Anderson 7 stG. Morton, bG, Anderson 2 T. Sadler, run out 0 b Clarke ................ 5 F. Pearson, b Clarke 1 c H. B. Peirse, Esq, b Clarke 1 R. Lamb, not out 0 absent 0 T. Swann, c Mickle, b G. Anderson .... 0 b G. Anderson 1 C. Bendelen, run out 0 cG. Morton, b Clarke.... 0 W. Dale, absent 0 leg b w, b Clarke 4 B2, lb 1 3 Byes 3 Total — 62 Total - 63 BEDALE ELEVEN. R. Iddison, sen, not out 2 A. Braithwaite, b R. Nevison..., 0 candb G. Anderson b Clarke 1 bG. Anderson 1 b Clarke 0 b Clarke 0 c G. Morton, bG. Anderson 0 R. Clarke, c Braithwaite, b Iddison 7 G. Anderson, c G. Nevison, b Braithwaite 5 H. B. Peirsc, Esq, b Iddison — 2 J. Morton, c Braithwaite, b Id « dison 11 G. Morton, leg b w, b Iddisen .. 3 C. Anderson, Esq, b R. Nevison.. J J, Pearson, b R. Nevison 5 J. Greathead, b Iddison 1 J. Mickle, b R. Nevison 1 L b 1, w b 7 8 Total 46 CRICKET AT CHELTENHAM. On Saturday week the season was finished bv the First Twelve playing with broomsticks against the Next Twelve with bats. For the Broomsticks, Messrs Price. Ashtoii, 0, Garnett, Johnson, and Brandt played splendidly, while for the Bats Mr Anson only made a double figure; Messrs Singletpn. Corfield, aud Rolph's play was very steady; the bowling of Messrs Brandt and Jonea in the second innings was excellent, assisted, however, by the ground being dead. The Bats, comprising twelve men, could only score eight runs! This is the smallest score ever made ou this ground, bus, nevertheless, the play of the Second Eleven throughout the season has been such as to lead us to form very good hopes of a strong Eleven next year. Score: BROOMSTICKS, 1st inn 2d inn W. Birkett, b Cotton 7 b Bentham 3 J. E. Jones, b Singleton 3 runout 4 J. H. Ashton, b Cotton 18 c Rolph, b Cotton 0 F. R. Price, b Cotton 2 b Singleton 22 R. Johnson, b Singleton 6 b Singleton 10 F. Brandt, bCotton 0 c Singleton, b Bentham.. 12 H. E. Hultan, b Singleton 2 b Benthain 8 C. A. Garnett, c Corfield, b Bentham ,. 3 not out 9 F. H. Ganwtt, c Corfield, b Bentham .. 3 c Rolph, b Singleton 8 C. R. LidiJle, b BentUam 8 b Singieton 3 H. Cautley, not out 1 b Singleton 3 A. R. Martin, c Knowles, b Bentham.. 6 c Singleton, b Bentkam.. 0 B 2, wbl 6 B 1, wb3 i Tetal - 61 Total - 83 BATS. 1st inn 2d inn J. C. Bentham, run out 0 c Brandt, b Jones 1 J. Knowles, b Brandt 0 c Johnson, b Jones 1 F. C. Singleton, b Liddle 9 c Price, b Brandt ( J B. T. Cotton, b Brandt 1 b Brandt 2 F. Gladstone, c F. Garnett, b Brandt.. 6 b Brandt 3 A. G. Raptr, b Lidd'e 0 c Cautiev, b Joaes 0 T. L. Rolph. c Price, b Brandt 7 runout. 0 T. Anson, c Johnson, b Brandt 11 b Brandt 0 W. I!. Corfield, run out 9 c Joh. ison, b Jones 0 P. Williams, b Brandt 8 runout.. 0 H. G. Biscoe, not out 4 not out 1 H. Ribton, b Brandt 0 b Brandt 0 B6, lb5 11 Total — 8 Total - Gi DOWN AMPHEY v HIGHWORTE, At Down Aaipney, September 25th, on the grounds belonging to the antique residence of Lord ae Mauley, whose family name of Ponsonby causes the hearts of all true cricketers, most espe- cially those of that celebrated sohool for cricket excellence ( Har- row), to thrill with emotion for the return of that season when warm weather and smooth verdant turf conduce to the best aud most exhilarating of exercises, was played a match, which, although unfinished, was greatly in favour of Down Aospney. HIGHWORTK. Sharps, 0 Makins, b Sir M. Beach 5 Williams, run out 1 DOWN AMPNEY. Sir M. Beach, c Snook, b Salmon 1 Rev J. Kirkpatriek, b Hawkins.. 42 Cooke, b Williams 0 Sherwin, b Williams 13 Turner, not out 16 Hon Carnegie, b Hawkins 3 Mullens, not out 15 Rev G. Hilton, b Hawkins 2 Makins, c Nash, b Giles 1 Tanner, c King, b Salmon 12 Bryan, c Sharp, b Hawkins 2 B 12,1 b 7, w b 2 2i Total 133 Godfrey, c Makins, b Turner T. Snc « k, c Cooke, b Hon Carnegie 21 Hawkins, c Turner, b Sir M. Beach 2 King, run out 0 T » ) vey, not cut 9 Saluiun, b Hon Carnegie 3 Giles, c Turner, b Hon Carnegie,. 0 Edmonds• Nash B1,1 b 7, n b 1 9 Total 58 CRICKET IN AMERICA. CANADA V UNITED STATES. This match, which has been exciting very considerable interest both in the States and Canada, for some time past, commenced on the Toronto Ground ou the 19th ult, and continued until the 21st, when it resulted in the hard- fought and well- earned victory for the Canadian eleven. It is not, perhaps, too much to say, that Canada is indebted for her success, 011 this occasion, to native- born Canadians, though coached by a gentleman who was for- merly one of the finest players in England— Pickering— weE known at Lord's, and to whom the Canadian eleven are much indebted for the interest and management which he has shown. The same fielding and play which years ago delighted every spectator at Lord's and Kenning tori Oval, is only transferred to other and newer grounds, where, it is hoped, the same amount of admiration will be given to such unrivalled cricket as it ever elicited in the old country. We hope, ere long, through this gentleman's interest, to see the cricketers of England represented on the other side of the Atlantic for a friendly contest- Snnrn • UNITED STATES. 1st inn Lang, leg b w, b Bradbury .... Score : 2d inu 5 c Rykert, b Parsons .... 14 Xialig, leg WW, UOldUUUlJ u .... 1,- r Sharp, c Phillips, b Parsons 3 leg b w, b Here 2 Wilby, b Bradbury 26 c Dexter, b Parsons Senior, b Bradbury 0 c Bradbury, b Hore.... Barlow, run out 10 run out. Higham, c Rykert, b Parsons 5 not cut Comery, bParsons 4 runout. Crossley, b Parsons 6 Wright, b Dykes 8 Bury, b Bradbury 12 Cuyp. not out 3 S" t, lb 4, n b 2, wb 13 26 Total -: CANADA. Heward. b Wright 32 Starling, b Comery 0 Rykert, bComery 5 Head, b Cotcery 0 Parsons, b Wright 30 Dykes, b Senior 4 Bradbury, c Sharp, b Senior 31 c Hore, b Parsons b Parsons run out b Bradbury B 12, I'D 5, wb 5 .... as > 8 Total — 89 Hore, c Wilby, b Coinery 6 Pickering, not out 18 Dexter, b Senior 2 Phillips, runout 1 B 4,1 b 3, n ' 01, w b 9 17 Total 145 In the second innings of the Eleven G. Anderson scored ( c. H. Mace, b Iddison) 86, Peirse ( b R. Nevison) 10, J. Moiton ' not out) 15, G. Morton ( not out) 9, C. Anderson ( b R. Nevison) 0; b 3, w b 18— total 80. YEAKSLEY v YOKKSHIHE.— A match was arranged and an- I nounced to take place on the 20th inst, on the Yearsley Ground, 1 between the Yearsley and Stillington clubs, but the latter afraid of losing past laurels, wisely (?) considered to stay away on that occasion. The day's sport would thus have been lest to those assembled, had not the Harum Club unexpectedly come forward and takeu their place. Score s Yearsley 79, Harms 18 and 34, In the second innings of Canada Heward scored ( ran out) 12, Rykert ( b Wright) 6, Parsons ( not out) 6, Phillips ( c Lang, b Wright) 20 ; b 1, 1 b 2, w b 3— total 54. DEAN'S BENEFIT. Up to the present time the following is the exact position in which Dean stands, with regard to his late benefit. A great number of subscription lists, which were sent out, have yet to be returned— a delay occasioned probably by many of the clubs not baving yet wound up the season with their annual dinners. We hope ere long to hear of many having been returned, and with a contribution that the veteran is justiy entitled to. The items run thus :— Taken at the gate £ 178 7 6 Subscription at the Pavilion at Lords.... — 160 1 0 Ditto at Lilly white and Wisden's ( including £ 20 from the Surrey Club) 94 1 « 0 Amount ou lists at present sent back 12 4 0 £ 445 8 6 Expenses 953 6 £ 350 5 0 Out of the expenses the All England Eleven cost £ 52 10s, and the United £ 2210s. ALPBEMANBUET AMATEUE CLUB.— On Saturday, Oct 17, the annual dinner ofthe above club took place at Mr L. Scott's, the Axe Tavern. Aldermaa& ury. UvOii 0 § § f# » a M9.4WW8 silver- mounted bat ( from the firm of Lillywhite and Wisden) was presented to their president, J. C. Simmosids, Esq. After the usual loyal toasts, Mr Nickson rese to propose the health of the president, and to present, in the name of the members of the club, the testimonial, and, in the course of his remarks, spoke in high terms of their president's worth, both in and out of the field. After an appropriate speech, he concluded by hoping that he ( the president) might be able many years longer to wield the willow with as much success.— J. C. Simmeuds, Esq, made a most effective speech, and thanked the members for the very great honour done him, the value of which, he remarked, was greatly enhanced by his not expecting any such demonstration. LILLYWHITE'S COLLECTION OF SCORES.— Owing to the pub licity and assistance given to this projected work, Mr F. Lilly- white has gathered much valuable and useful information. He wishes, however, to urge upon those who may have preserved books or anecdotes relating to cricket, whether containing old scores, or memoirs of old players, or anything connected with the game, that they would be thankfully received. Although every column of Bell's Life, and other papers, magazines, & c, since their commencement, have beencarefullyperused, there is much other valuable information yet to be obtained, and before the work is brought out, the publisher hopes to obtain everything that might be worthy of notice since the introduction of the game. All old, as well as young players, are requested to send their ages, and where born, & c, so as to make the work a com- plete history of the game. A list of the scores, naming the matches, and the years played in, that Mr F. Lillywhite is now in possession of, is published, and will be sent through the post for the postage— one penny. Address, F. Lillywbite, 2, New Coventry- street, Leicester- square, London, who will also be happy to receive subscribers.— P, S. Those gentlemen who have kindly promised contributions would oblige by now forwarding themr CBICKETEBS' FUND.— A detailed statement of the contribu- tions received towards the establishment of this very desirabje institution for the benefit of cricketers and their families will appear in our next week's impression, together with the exact financial position of the society. The committee will therefore be happy to receive all sums promised during the early part of the week, in time for publication in our next impression. ARCHERY. TEIGNMOUTH SOCIETY.— The last meeting of the present season took place on Monday week, at Brimley, near this town, where about a hundred of the aristocracy of the neighbourhood were present, and took part in the elegant sports of the day. The prizes were awarded as follows :— A suite of archery equip- ments in silver, Miss Mitchell, number of hits producing the score. A silver shield, Miss S. Barber. A silver bugle, the Bev W. B. Hole. A silver shield for gentlemen was not awarded, the " conditions of holding" not being complied with. The day prizes were to Miss Mitchell, a looking- glass ( Miss Barber hav- ing lost the two outer circles). The Bev W. B. Hole, a flower vase. Miss S. Tongue, a scent bottle, for the best gold. Mr P. A. Moore, a medite val blotter, for the best gold.— Visitors' prizes: Miss Treschmaker, a mediaeval card basket. Mr I. T. George, a madra inkstand. A scent bottle, given by a lady for the best score at 60 yards, by any lady who had never won a prize, was awarded to Miss Biddulph. After the distribution of prizes,, an excellent complimentary gift was conferred on E. A. English, Esq, the honorary secretary of the club. The presentation was made through the only married lady of the club at that time present, and was acknowledged by Mr English in an appropriate speech. WRESTLING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. LONGMIRE AND WEIGHT.— The long pending subject of con- tention between Cumberland and Westmoreland, for the champion's laurels, in their style of wrestling, was brought to a close on Friday, the 16th inst, in the Ulverston Wrestling Riag at Swarthmoor Heath, near that town. Wright and Longmire met at the same place about a month ago to contend for £ 100 and the championship, but, as will be remembered, there being no tie upon them as to the time of taking hold, and no doubt on one side a disposition to have the match wrestled elsewhere, the meet on that occasion ended in smoke. The committee of the above ring, however, this time acted wisely in being determined to have some authority in the matter, and chose a competent and impartial referee' to decide betwixt them, should he be called upon to do so. But to the men and the match. Wright had disadvantage in height and weight, and, in our opinion, condition; Longmire had evidently takeu great care of himself, and appeared in first- rate " fettle." In the first fall eight minutes were occupied in getting hold; in the second, only three; and third, seven; but in the fourth full time was ex- ceeded, but the umpires and referee thinking that there was a chance of having the match fairlv wrestled out, decided not to give the fall iu default. Iu the first fall Longmire swung his man about three quarters round, and grassed him with a low nalf- buttock off the breast. In the second fall he took him about half round, and put him down 011 his nether part without scarcely a chip. The third fall the swing was well stopped by Wright, and after giving his man a hitch from the breast, threw him with a kind of half- buttock. The fourth fall was obtained by Long- mire's swing and fatal hipe, which won for him the proud title of Champion of England, which title he will have to maintain for twelve months, or consign the belt to more deserving hands. The betting throughout was in favour of Longmire, at two to one, but no very great amount of money changed hands. The ring on this occasion was very thinly attended. The stakes shall be sent to Longmire, as directed, on Tuesday next. KNIGHT OE COBNWAIA AND LEDICOTE OF DEVON, FOE £ 50 A SIDE.— These men meet to- morrow ( Monday), to play for the above sum at Wale's, the Old Bayswater Tavern, Bayswater, in the Cornish and Devon style, wi'hout shoes, according to the rales of the London Ring, the best of three falls. The match will begin at two o'clock. A brass band will be engaged for the occasion. SWIMMING.— The following prizes and matches came off on the 12th inst, at the Lambeth Baths;— A medal, for youths under 16, was won by Kuockhold; a medal, presented by a private gentleman, and contended for by those two one- legged celebrated swimmers, Woodbridge and Moor, was won by the latter, after a fine display of skill on both sides. The sports were wound up by a match of 300 yards between Westron ( who lately swam Beckwith for the championship) and Ryan of Pim- lico ( who has won several prizes), when Westron won by a yard, after as fine and close a race as ever was witnessed. F. E. Beckwith of the Lambeth Baths will swim any man iu the world from 100 yards to four miles, or not less than £ 25 a side, or will swim Pembertou a quarter of a mile and stake £ 35 to £ 30, and give or take expenses to swim in Londou or Man- chester, 4 BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, OCTOBER 25, 1857. irOETIHG 0HE0HI0LE. [ TOWN EDITION.] NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. THE TURF. BETTING AT TATTIES AIL'S. MONDAY, OCT 19,— The room was very crowded, and settling occupied so much of the attention of those present that scarcely any betting took place upon the Cambridgeshire until late in the afternoon, when we were enabled to make out the following list Of quotations, which call for no remark beyond exhibiting a decided improvement in the French mare Mdlle de Chantilly, who had been laid against at all sorts of prices during the pre- vious week at Newmarket, in consequence of being defeated at the Paris Races by Duchess, and a report that she had received serious injuries by kicking herself out of the railway box on her return from that meeting. THURSDAY, OCT 22.— There was a very meagre attendance, and scarcely a do* en bets came under our observation, but amongst the few present El Hakim appeared to have a slight call of Moestissima, against whom 9 to 1 was offered, two points more than had been taken freely about her at Warwick the day before. The American mare Prioress was in some demand at our quotations, CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES, MONDAY. El Hakim Elliott Mcestissima M. Dawson. Cyrene Harjoek ... Prioress . Brown Fright Sherwood,., Colt by Aiarm out 1 s n th of Plush j IJeatil ••• MonsDobler Private 1000 to Mdlle de Chanti! iy.. T. Jennings 25 to Whistling Willie .. J. Scott Bunboyne ........ J. Howiett.... SO to 1 ( tk) Tri « olor VV. Dav 83 to 1 ( tk) Prestbury H. E. May .... 40 to 1 ( tk) Bllington X. Dawson .... 50 to 1 ( tk) Gleennger W. Day 50 to I ( tk) Babylon . .. Brown 50 to 1 ( tk) .... Daisy....; J. Watson.... 50 to 1 ( tk) .... — DERBY, IS5S. Toxopholite. J. Seott 20 to 1 ( tk) .... Cock- a- doodle- doo ... I. Scott 20 to 1 ( tk) .... • Vandyke Jos. Dawson .. 1080 to SO .... Kelpie F. K& llow ,.,. 1000 to SO ( tk) .... Knight of Malta .. Private 1000 to tf ( tk) .... The Subscription Room will be opened this day ( Saturday). 2ETIIEG AT MANCHESTER.— FEIDA. Y EVENING. ( BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 8 to 11 to 14 to 15 to 20 to 20 to 1 ( off) 1 ( tk) 1 ( tk) 1 ( off) 1 ( tk) 1 ( tk) 15 ( tk) I ( tk) THUBSDAS. 9 to X ( tk) 9 to 1 ( off) 15 to 1 106 to 8 ( tk) 25 to 1 ( tk) 20 to 1 ( tk) 25 to l( t& off) 100 to 1 ( tk) 7 to 1 agst Moestissima ( tk) 10 to 1' El Hakim ( tk) 12 to 1 Prioress ( tk) 15 to 1— Cyrene ( tk) 20 to 1 Mdile de Chan- tilly ( tk) 20 to 1 agst Fright ( tk) 25 to 1 — Rosa Bonheur ( tk) 25 to 1 Plush solt ( tk) 25 to 1 MonsDobler( tk) 30 to 1 Queen Bess ( tk) » Stewards. Mr Greville Lord Chesterfield Mr Etwall Moestissima is in immense force. Tricolor was backed for a considerable sum at 20 to 1, and Relapse at 40 to 1, but after the arrival of a telegraph message from London, quoting the two ^ atter at ISO to 1 each, they went out of the betting. TEE JOCKEY CLUB MEETINGS.— TURF REFORM, & c. A general meeting of the Jockey Club was held1 at Newmarket on Wednesday in the Seconal October Meeting, 1857, present— The Marquis of Anglesey, ") Lord Wm. Powlett, J- The Duke of Beaufort, Lord Glasgow Admiral Rous Lord Ciifdeu Mr Greville brought under the notice of the meeting the dis- g'aceful scenes which had taken place in the eticlosnre of the oncaster Race Stand at the last races there, and moved that the Jockey Club do make some communication to the corpo- ration of Doncaster with a view to prevent such occurrences in future. Resolved— That a letter to the corporation be drawn up, and submitted for the approval of the club at the next meeting. No other public business was transacted, but some notices were given of resolutions to be moved at the next meeting. Lord Glasgow gave notice that at the meeting on Wednesday in the Houghton, after the motion of which Lord Derby has given notice shall have been disposed of, he will mcve the reso- lutions on the subject of play or pay betting which were moved on Tuesday in the Houghton Meeting, 1855, but not then passed, the numbers for and against being equal. Mr Greville gave notice that he should bring under the notice of the next meeting the great inconvenience experienced by trainers from the practice of enticing boys away from their stables, and move a resolution with a view to effect a remedy. The next meeting will be held at Newmarket on Wednesday in the Houghton Meeting, after the races. It will be proposed to make a slight addition to the latter part of Rule 17, on the subject of nominations, with a view to avoid unnecessary repetition. The words proposed to be added are pi in ted in italics .— " If a horse has once appeared in the Racing Calendar by a name and pedigree, it will be sufficient afterwards to mention him by his name only, even though he lias never started • and in entering a horse for the first time by his name in several races closing at the same time, it will be sufficient to give his pedigree in one of the races, and his name only in the others." TURF REFORM. ME EDITOR : No doubt it would be very desirable if a stop could be put to all betting upon handicaps previous to the pub- lication of the weights, and Lord Derby's well- meant intentions on this point will be duly appreciated, but I cannot for the life of me understand how his lordship's proposal that those bets " be declared null and void," will have any such effect, or can remain anything but a dead letter, even if adopted by the Jockey Club. I need not tell you, sir, that by law all contracts by way ef gaming or wagering being null and void, the whole system of betting is necessarily based on the laws of honour, and consequently ths particular betting which Lord Derby wishes to suppress may be continued, unless other means than a simple resolution of the Jockey Glut) can be devised. Where, may 1 ask, is the loser adventurous enough to show in the Ring after taking advantage of such a resolution ? and may I suggest whether a simultaneous publication of the entries and weights might not meet Lord Derby's views on the subject?— Yours, & c> Durham, Oct 14,1857. IGNORAMUS. SUBSCRIPTION FOR WAKEFIELD'S FAMILY. We shall be happy to receive subscriptions for the benefit of the widow of the poor " vicar," who has been left with a large family of ten or eleven children totally unprovided for. The ' ollcwing names have already been put down :— The Duke of Beaufort £ 5 Lord De Mauley. 5 Mr R. Sutton ........ 5 Mr Isaac Day 5 Mr G. Hodgman .... 4 Sir John Malcolm.... 2 Mr W. Brain 2 Mr C. A. Talbot 1 Mr H. Wadlow £ 1 0 0 Collected at Mr Butt's by Mr H. Ivey and friends 5 13 6 Mr J. Scott... 2 2 0 MrG. Reeves, jun.... 2 0 0 Mr Matthew Dawson, 2 2 0 A few members of the Victoria Club....., 30 0 0 Collected by Mr Yeast at the Rising Sun, Charlis- street, Oak- ley- square. 8 10 6 Mr E. Hibburd ...... 1 Mr J. F. Verrall....... 1 Mr Ransome & Friends at Hampton Court.. 5 12 Mr W. Jones 1 0 A Mite.. 0 5 MrBulpin of Bridgewater requests us to state that in addition to £ 9 8s 6d paid to Mrs Wakefield by the Weston Zoyland Race Committee, after defraying the expenses of the funeral of the poor " vicar," a further collection has been made in the district, the particulars of which will shortly be published. It may further the end of charity by stating that Mrs Wake- field's address is 12, Park- walk, West Brompton, S. W. NOMENCLATURE. The following names have been given: Mr H. Wadlow's foals. Ch c by Teddington— Mary, by Sweetmeat.... Stanley. Ch c by Kohinoor out of Fanny Bingham .... Diamond, Mr Gratwicke's yearliugs. Ch f by Sportsman or Robert de Gorham out of Instructress . Nassau. Ch c by Student out of The Squaw ........ The Collegian. B f by Chatham out of Flirt Deceit. The bk c by Robert de Gorham out of Mary, by Eiis, is not called Serenadib, but Serenader. The two year old filly, Sister to Viscount Negress. Mr J. W. Day's yearlings. F by The Cure out of Fanny, by Pompey Panacea. C by Calaauck— Louisa, by Hetman Platoff— The Orphan. Mr Morrison's three year old colt, by lago out of Chadlington Maid Delhi. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AND HUNTERS AT TATTERSALL'S ON MONDAY LAST. GS CnrECH LANGTOIT, 8 yrs so WEST LANGTOH, 4 yrs 28 RICHVIBW, by Bandy Boy out of Gayfield, 2 yrs 24 CAPT RHODES'S HUNTERS, GS. I GS. THE COMET 250 IRON BBACE 115 DUCHESS 155 I THE NIGGBB 100 NOMENCLATURE.— The following names have been given:— Brown colt by The Flying Dutchman out of Wish, by Touch- stone, General Ravelock; brown filly by The Flying Dutchman oat of Prairie Bird, by Touchstone, Bonny Blink; brown filly by Voltigeur out 0? Travestie, by Touchstene, Zingari; bay colt by Barnton out of Contraction, by Emilius ( Underhand's dam), Upperhand. Mr T. Parr has named his yearlings as follows :— Chesnut colt by Birdcatcher out of Sang Froid, Independence; chesnut colt by Daniel O'Rourke out of Odd Trick's dam, Gasper; brown filly by Buckthorn out of Maid of Lyme's dam, Dove. Admiral Hareourt's two year old filly Sister to Ellington has been named Gildermire. Mdlle de Chantilly arrived safely at Newmarket on Wednesday last, in care of her trainer, Thos. Jennings, from Chantilly. The Chicken has been purchased by Francis M. Biddulph, Esq, of Rathrobbin, from Sir Thomas Burke, Bart, for £ 300. West Langton was bought last Monday at Tattersall's by Mr Purvis for 28gs, and shipped to Australia on Thursday. DEATH OP PRYOR.— We regret to state that Mr Ten Broeck has experienced another serious loss in the death of Pryor, which took place on the 22d inst, from inflammation of the lungs. Capt Fountain Hos- ge, of the 2d Life Guards, well known in sporting circles, died on Monday last, after a short illness, and was interred with military honours on Wednesday, at the Brempton Cemetery. He was much esteemed for his amiable qualities, and was a warm supporter of all manly sports. BARTHOLOMEW.— IK our advertising columns will be found an advertisement from J. Bartholomew ( the jockey), in which we are sorry to find that, although he has used every exertion, he is unable to reduce himself to ride under 93t 2lb ( without injuring his constitution), and as he has a large family dependent upon him for support, we sincerely trust someone will be found in his adversity to assist " poor Ben" to earn a livelihood. His resi- dence for a number of years with the late Mr Joseph Rogers will be quite sufficient testimonial of his usefulness in the care and management of horses. TROTTING. A match came off on Friday, the 16th, two miles on the Shen- stone- road, near Lichfield, between Mr James Hancox's chesnut cob Bobby, of the Tipton Tavern Inn, and Messrs Allan and Eaton's black horse, of Hednesford, for £ 10. The betting was 10 to 6 on Bobby, but very few takers. A good start was effected — when about a mile OK th6 road the black horse, having not the least chance, pulled up. The money was paid over to Mr Hancox on the ground. TO THE EDITOR OI1 BELL'S LIFE IN LOUDON. Sis: The Houghton week, which will bring us to the end of the " legitimate" racing season, commences on Monday, whence until Saturday inclusive there will be a constant suc- cession of racing of every description, the list containing no fewer than fifty six engagements, which will be doubtless in- creased prior to Mr Clark vacating his seat. The Cambridge- shire, Criterion, and Nurseries are the points d'appuis of the week, and although the matches are but few in number, their quality must be allowed to make up for their quantity. Inde- pendent of these attractions, the notices of motion in the Jockey Club are of so important a character that " a full house" may be calculated upon, but I question if the " Rupert of debate" will be able to carry his measure into effect relative to making " all bets void on handicaps prior to the appearance of the weights," as the Ring will dictate their own prices to their customers, and the latter, that they may gratify their ap- petite for speculation on th8 most advantageous terms, are not likely to create difficulties such as would be thrown in their way if the new edict comes into force. The object is of course to do away with the supposed temptation to public handicappers ; but although at one period the mania for backing horses for great handicaps prior to the appearanoe of the weights was such as to give ground for grave suspicion that the " secrets of the prison house" had oozed out, yet of late the custom has sensibly diminished, and the multitude, grown wise by experience, seem hardly to require ths interference of the noble lord in their behalf. The other measnre of Mr Greville's, which was carried last week, and which I have the strongest reasons for believing to be the result of the arguments employed in these columns, is one of the highest importance; and it appears impossible, after the unanimous expression of opinion of the Jockey Club, that the Corporation of Doncaster will hesitate to make that change in their arrangements, by which order and respectability may be properly maintained during the meeting, and loss of life to owner, trainer, and jockey at once prevented. Good service, as Mr Greville has rendered the Turf on many oc. casions during his lengthened career, the present measure is n ® t the least valuable, nor will be ths least appreciated. Other useful and necessary reforms are also, I am glad to hear, in pro- gress, by which the status of the Turf will be preserved, and many eyesores to foreigners abolished. Monday's card contains eight skeleton races, the Criterion, and a brace of matches, to witness the whole of which, from the inconvenient hour of running the Eastern Counties train, the Sunday " Special" will have to be patronised. The Criterion has the unusual strong entry of forty two names, but with the exception of Cock- a- doodle- doo and Eclipse ( 6lb extra), and Dumfries, no Derby favourite appears; amongst them. The field may be, it is not unlikely, made up of the Bribery colt, Allspice, Kiliigrew ( 31b extra), one of Sir Richard Bulkeley's, Happy Land ( 31b extra), Maid of Kent, Grand Duchess, Harry Stanley, Eclijsse ( 61b extra), Dumfries, the FlyiDg Duke ( 3lb extra), and Eurvdiee ( 31' o extra). I shall not stop to analyse the chances of this lot, but at oace express my belief that, in the absence of any " dark" flyer, the winner may be found in Kilii- grew or Grand Duchess. The Match between Anton and Saunterer, at 71b, Across the Flat, will be a very fine point, and as both owners are " sweet," we may anticipate some heavy betting and a most exciting con- test. If Saunterer had been fresh I should have been inclined to have stood on him, but as he will meet a comparatively fresher horse I think Anton Will just beat him. In the other Match between Humming Bird and the Maid of Masham fil ly, T. Y. C., we may again see Lord Glasgow awinner. Tuesday will be occupied with the Cambridgeshire and seven other races, which are now open. The Cambridgeshire has been considered, as a handicap, quite as successful as the Cesarewitch, but it has not led to the same amount of betting. Indeed there is hardly a Cambridgeshire within my recollection for which so few horses have been backed. Whether this circumstance arises from the abolition of the usual facili- ties for inve stment by the middling classes, or from the ex- traordinary results of handicaps this year, which have set all the rules of calculation at defiance, and choked off the fol- lowers of public runners, I am not disposed to say; but for certain there have not been more than half a dozen animals backed in earnest for the present race, nor does there seem a probability at present cf many new comers. Out of the one hundred and sixty- five nominations seventy- five forfeits were declared, leaving a list of ninety- nine animals from which a large field may be brought together, selected from the fol- lowing:— Ellington Daisy Relapse Theodora Vision Nereus Commotion Bay Hilton Mdlle de Chantilly Artillery Prestbury Barfleur St Giles Fanny Grey Babylon Ronzi Cerva Leo Kestrel Bold Buccleugh Eloquence Sydney El Hakim Dunboyne Odd Trick Beechnut Plush colt Gleesinger M D jbler Tricolour Whistling Willie Prioress Cyrene Simony Rosa Bonheur Humbug Emulator j Dusty Miller Queen Bess Zuyder Zee ' Peeping Tom Remedy Loyola ; Moestissima Media Noce Fright 1 Of these we will deal first with Moestissima, who was thought a good deal of last year when, in an unprepared state, she beat Ayacanora so clsvsrly, when the latter mare was really in form. This year Mcestissima has evidently not been herself, and it was not until after Uzella won the Oatlands so easy last week that she appeared in the betting; and the result of a spin with that mare has placed her in her present position in the market. Taking even Lord Portsmouth's mare's running in the Column and One Thousand to be true, Mcestissima has only to have re covered her last year's form to be a most dangerous competitor now, or the Leger winner cannot be worth much; and I think I have said enough to prove there is danger in this mare. El Hakim, according to red tapeism, is bound to be one of the first three, and so far from being the worse for his two heats last week I think it will be an ad vantage to him, as he looked a little bigger than most trainers liked. Having " run through" so many horses, and being supported now as strongly as he was before the Cesarewitch, the Richmond " crack" I take it will be as formidable how as he was when we last saw him, and that is saying great things in his behalf. Prioress showed us at Chester that a short distance was not her forte; and although I shall always respect her over a scope of ground, I am not dis- posed to recoguise her pretensions now, especially as she meets El Hakim on 61b worse terms ; and America, after theCesare. witch, ought not to grudge the Old Country the Cambridgeshire. Cyrene is all the rage at Newmarket, and her owner is stated to be most sanguine of the result, but the grounds of his con- fidence have not transpired, and public running does not war. rant me in coinciding with him. The speed exhibited by Mdlle de Chantilly in the Emperor's Cup at Chantilly, in which she made running for Monarque, forcibly struck those English Turfites who witnessed the race. She was then carrying within 71b of Saunterer, and if the " black'un" were in at 6st 10lb, or say 7st, he would be backed for " thousands" by his owner, and what would beat him ? Nothing in the race at the present moment in training. It is true Mademoiselle was beaten by Duchess at Paris, more recently, but the excuses made for her by your French reporter are so legitimate that they scarcely detract from the merits of her first performance with Fisherman and Co, and let her only be well at the post Paris will have more cause to be excited than in July with Monarque. Fright, as I said in the Cesarewitch, will beat more than beat him, and if Whistling Willie ( late Dervish), has got rid of that want of heart which lost him the Derby his fine speed may make many " whistle " after him in vain. Daisy. it is reported, will be in " full bloom," and thos8 who have been waiting for her will now have an opportunity of seeing whether she is a second " Truth." Cerva ran a goed mare in the Cesarewitch, but a bad one in the A. F. Handicap on the Thursday, which is not encouraging to her chance on this occasion. Mons Doblers speed in the long race may bring him to the front in the short one, but the course strikes me as being too sev ere for him. Babylon has a fair turn of speed, and if better than Prioress, the " stripes and stars" will indeed be formidable. The Patlanders are very " sweet" on Dunboyne, and his weight is a light one, but the Irish horses are so very moderate this year that Dunboyne is perhaps overrated. The Plush colt has not been fancied so much since the Cesarewitch as he was before, and with reason. Tricolour, it is said, will be made a better mare than she was in the Eastern Counties Handicap, but she is so jady that her noble owner, I fear, will not find in her a second Sultan; and the latest move- ments in sporting circles would lead to the belief that the tricolor will not be unfurled iu token of victory this time. Queen Bess is made quite safe by El Hakim, whom she meets on twelve pounds worse terms ; and, of the remaining light weights, Humbug is the only one with any pretensions to notice' as I have not forgotten he was a good third in the Hunt Cup at Ascot. From the fact of 100 to 1 being offered against Ellington, the chance of last year's Derby winner, as well as that of his com- panion heavy weight ( Artillery), does not seem to be highly estimated. Leo was the " lion" at the commencement of the betting, but his " roar" has not been heard recently. His form is close to that of Little Cob, and although he " came in" like his namesake, I fear he is likely to " go out like a lamb." Rosf. Bonheur was fastened on by the public at Doncaster when the acceptances appeared. A notification, however, from her noble owner that it was doubtful if he should run her, checked this feeling, and although the mare won twice at Pontefract afterwards, the exhibition was not calculated to increase the enthusiasm in her behalf. Still, her performance ia the Hunt Cup at Ascot, up that severe hill, ought not to be overlooked in a race the characteristics cf which are so precisely similar. Simony has not been out since she ran Paletot to a length for the Produce Stakes at Liverpool last year, and as the latter could hardly win here at any weight' Simony cannot be worth " a straw" now. Kestrel looks well upon paper, but after her severe work du- ring the season she must be too stale to compete with the fresh comers. Odd Trick ran fast for a long way in the Cesarewitch, but is worse " in" here. Emulator likewise distinguished him- self in the long race, and I shall be prepared to see him also in the first flight on Tuesday next. Sydney has no attractions for me, but if satisfied that Zuyder Zee's temper would enable him < 0 develop his fine turn of speed to advantage, I should unhe- sitatingly trust him aver this course. Prestbury was to hare won the Cambridgeshire last year, but didn't— further de-! P'onent sayeth not. I have thus sketched my ideas of those animals with whom I • think the public may be taken, and have only now to express my belief as to the result. In any year a Cambridgeshire is the most difficult race to pick out the winner, but after what we have seen in every great race during the last six months, the task is fifty times more dangerous. However, as all things oome back to their own level, it will be best, perhaps, to follow the good « ld custom of public running, and select EL HAKIM OR MCESTISSIMA as the winner; with MADEMOISELLE DE CHANTILLY for a " oockboat." Wednesday's list is a skeleton, with the exception of the in- teresting Match between Heroine and Mainstay, at 6st each, over the first half of the Abingdon Mile, a course upon which Heroine at the last meeting showed herself to be very for- midable ; but Mainstay has beaten her twice this year, once as recently as the late Doncaster Meeting, and I cannot help think- ing she will do so again. On Thursday, we are promised eleves races, seven of which close the night before. The Glasgow has ten nominations, of which the Cymba colt is possessed of the strongest recommendations. In the Sweepstakes of 50 sovs, & c, Mr Ten Broeck's filly has again every appearance of being the Belle of the field. The " long" Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, with 100 added, " over the Beacon," which was got up by Lord William Powlett, in order to counteract in some measure the preference which is so strongly exhibited in the present day for short races, and to give encouragement for breeding a class of stout and enduring horses, has, I regret to state, beea deprived of a material share of its interest by the unparalleled casualties which have happened to those entered for it. Out of the original " baker's dozen," both the American nags have paid the debt of nature, Fandango is out of training, Rogerthorpe broke down three days after he reached his new owner's stable in Ireland, and Lance and Poodle are hors de combat. Melissa is no longer to be trusted, Pitapat is out of his distance, and Pretty Boy seems to be in no form, thus leaving the contest to Fright, Gunboat, Fisherman, and Skirmisher, and as the latter's appearance is rather dubious I think Fisherman may add another victory to those he has already achieved. The Free Handicap of 100 sovs each, across the fiat, I am prepared to see carried off by Anton, although Riseber, who is stated to be all right again, may be a disagreeable neighbour. Friday will give us another long day on the Heath, with in every probability a dozen races, including of course the Nurseries. Among those that have closed are a Sweepstakes of 100 sovs, T. Y. C., which looks reduced to a match between Target and Queenstown, the former for choice. In the Sweepstakes of 100 sovs, T. Y. C., Lord Derby cannot help hitting the mark with Toxopholite. Saturday's list will doubtless be as well filled as those of the other days. At present the only engagement that has been made for it is the Match between Polly Peachum and Heroine, where in the former gives 4lb upon the first half of the Abing- don Mile, the result of which will, in a great measure, be governed by Heroine's previous essay with Polly's old oppo- nent, Mainstay.— Yours, & c, OBSERVER. PROGRAMME OF THE NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. Those marked * are at Newmarket. MONDAY, OCT 26.— A HANDICAP PLATE of 50 sovs, for three j ear olds and upwards ; Cambridgeshire Course. The OPTIONAL SELLING PLATE of 50 sovs; two year olds 7st, three 9st, four and upwards 9st 71b ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs; if entered to be sold for 150 sovs allowed 5lb, 100101b, 70 141b, 50 211b ; Bretby Stakes Course. A HANDICAP of 25 sovs each, for three year olds and upwards : D. M. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each; three year olds 7st 6lb, four Sst 4lb, five 8st 81b, six and aged lOst; the winner to be sold for 60 sovs, if demanded, & c; D. M. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each; three year olds 7st 71b, four Sst 31b, five and upwards Sst 81b ; the winner to be sold for 350 sovs, if demanded, & c; Criterion Course. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, for two year olds; colts Sst 71b, fillies Sst 51b ; the winner to be sold for 250 sovs, if demanded, & c ; first half of Ah M, A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each ; three year olds 7st 91b, four 8st 71b, five Sst 12lb, six and aged 9st; the winner to be sold for 250 sovs, if demanded, & c; Ab. M. A SELLING HANDICAP of 10 sovs each, for two year olds; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs, if demanded, & c ; D. M. The CEITEEION STAKES of 30 sors each, 20 ft, for two year olds; colts 8st 71b, fillies 8st 5lb ; the winnerof the July, Chesterfield, Hopeful, the Two Year Old Triennial, Clearwell, or Prender- gast Stakes at Newmarket, the New Stakes at Ascot, the Ham, Lavant, or Moiecomb Stakes at Goodwood, the Prince of Wales's Stakes at York, the Champagne or Ten Sovs Two Year Old Stakes at Doncaster, 6lb, of any two of those stakes 91b extra; the winner of any other sweepstakes value 200 sovs, in- cluding the winner's own stake, and not having less than ten subscribers, 3lb extra; from the Turn of the Lands in ; 42 subs. Lord Ailesbury's b c by Alarm out of Bribary * Lord Ailesbury's c by The Fl.;, ing Dutchman out of Gala " Count Batthyany's The Farmer's Son * Duke of Bedford's br g Leontes * Duke of Bedford's Killigre w ( 81b ex) Mr Bowes's gr c Cook- a- doodla- doo * Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Syllabus * 3ir R. W. Bulkeley's Sillica * Lord Chesterfield's b by Alarm » ut of Drumour's dam Lord Clifden's b or br c by Nutwith out of Latitude Lord Clifdea's ch c by Pyrrhus the First out of Concertina Mr W. S. Crawfurd's b f Amine Mr W, Day's br c The Happy- Land ( 31b extra) Mr M. Dennett's c by The Fallow Buck out of Subterfuge * SIr J. S. Douglas's br c Penseroso Mr E ward's Excelsior * Lord Exeter's Allspice * Lord Exeter's Azalia Lord Glasgow's Brother to Bird on the Wing Mr Gratwicke's Maid of Kent Mr Greville's Grand Duchess * Sir J. Hawley's br f Adeliz Sir J. Hawiey's br f Bavaria * Mr J. Hewitt's ch f The Merry Sunshine Mr H. Hill's Beacon Mr Holland's Harry Stanley Mr Howard's Eclipse ( 61b extra) Mr Howard's Greenfinch Mr J. La Mert's Dumfries * Lord Londesborough's ch c Gourd * 3ir L. Newman's Supple Jack Sir L. Newman's Masaniello Mrs Osbaldeston's The Friar Gen Peel's cfa c Forerunner " Mr T. Parr's York ( 31b extra) Lord Ribblesdale's Esau * Baron Rothschild's f by Melbourne out of Sacrifice * Mr Sutton's b c Tha Flying Duke ( 31b extra) Mr Sutton's f Eurydice ( 31b extra) Mr G, Taylor's b c Spero Lord Wilton's Brother to Pumice stone Mr Worland's Ravenstonedale MATCH 300, h ft; A. F.—* Mr Jackson's Saunterer, Sst 71b, agst Mr F. Robinson's Anton, Sst. MATCH 500, 300 ft; T. Y. C.— Mr F. Robinson's Humming Bird, agst * Lord Glasgow's f by Teddington out of Maid of Masham, 8st 71b each. MATCH 1,000, h ft; T. Y. C.— Duke of Bedford's ch Memorial, by Weatherbit out of Reminiscence, receives forfeit from Lord Glasgow's c by Melbourne out of Clarissa, 8st 71b each. MATCH 200, h ft; T. Y. C.— Lord Clifden's Loyola, 3 yrs. Sst, re- ceives forfeit from Mr G. W. Fitzwilliam's Wentworth, 4 yrs, 8st 71b. TUESDAY.— FIPTY SOVS ; two year olds 4st 71b, three 7st 71b, four Sst 91b, five 9st 2ib, six and aged 9st 41b; the winner, with his engagements, to be sold for 300 guineas, if demanded, & c; last three miles of B. C. OPTIONAL SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for two year olds ; colts Sst 121b, fillies Sst 81b ; the winner to be sold for 250 sovs, with allowances if for less; last half of Ab. M. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each; three year olds 7st 10lb, four 8st 4lb, five and upwards 8st 8lb ; the winner to be sold for 80 sovs, if demanded, & e ; last half of Ab. M. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each ; three year olds 7st 7lb, four Sst 3lb, five and upwards Sst Sib; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs, if demanded, & c; Criterion Course. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, for two year olds; colts 8st 71b, fillies 8st 41b; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs, if demanded, & C; D. M. A SELLING HANDICAP of 15 sevs each, 10 ft, for three year olds and upwards; the winner to ba sold for 200 sovs, if de- manded, & c; D. M. A HANDICAP of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, for two and three year olds ; T. Y. C. The CAMBEIDGESHIEE HANDICAP of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, with 100 added from the town race fund ; the winner of the Doncaster St Leger 121b extra; the second in the St Leger, or the winner of the Doncaster Cup or Great Yorkshire Handicap 6lb, of any handicap value 200 sovs, in- cluding the winner's own stakes, after Sept 4th, 3lb extra; these extra weights not to be accumulative, but the winner of the Cesarewitch 71b over and above any other extra weight to which he may be liable; the second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 30 sovs to the judge ; Cambridgeshire Course; 165 subs, 66 of whom pay 5 sovs each. age st lb Fisherman.... 4.. 9 3 Neville 6.. S 13 • Saunterer ( inc 31b extra).... 3.. 8 12 Warlock ( in 61b extra) i.. 8 in Mary 5.. 8 9 Ellington ..,. 4.. 8 5 * Theodora .... 4.. 8 4 Commotion ( in 61bextra) .. 3.. 8 1 Imp^ rieuse ( in 121bextra) .. 8 8 0 Artillery 4.. 7 13 St Giles S.. 7 11 * Ronzi ( French) 5.. 7 10 * Kestrel 4.. 7 9 Comquot 3.. 7 8 Mongrel ( lib) 3.. 7 7 Gunboat 3.. 7 7 • Sydney 3.. 7 5 OddTrick .... R.. 7 4 SweetWiUiam H.. 7 4 Moses 6.7 4 Dulcamara.... 3.7 3 Hercules 6.. 7 2 Dame d'Hon- neur 4.7 1 * Turbit 3 .7 0 Simony 5.. 7 0 Liverpool .... 3.. 7 0 • Prioress ( in 71b extra) 4.7 0 • George Brown 4 .6 13 Newington.... 4.. 6 13 Apathy 3.. 6 18 Gleesinger .... 3.. 6 13 Whistling Wil- lie 6.. 6 13 age st lb Rashi Bazouk 3.. 6 13 • Emulator .... 4. 6 12 • Zuyder Zee.... 3.. 6 12 Loyola 3 , G 12 * C by Epirua— Elcot's dam ' in 31b extra) 3.. 6 12 • Fright 3.. 6 11 Mysterious Jack S.. 6 11 Daisy 3.. 6 11 Vision ( Rus- sian) .... 4 .6 11 • Bay Hilton.... 4 .6 10 Bird in Hand 8.. 6 10 • Tester 4.. 6 10 Prestbury .... 4.. 6 10 Fanny Grey ,. 5.. 6 9 • Cerva 4.. 6 9 • Bd. Buccleugh 4 .6 9 El Hakim .... 3 .6 8 • Beechnut ..., 3.. 6 7 M. Dobler 3.. 6 • RosaBonheur 8.. 6 • Dusty Miller,. 3.. 6 • Peeping Tom,, 3,. 6 Mcestissima .. 3.. 6 Relapse 8.. 6 K. of Scotland 4.. 6 • Rhisos 3.. 6 3 • Nereus 3. .6 3 • Mdlle. de Chaa- tilly 3.. 6 3 C by Surplice- Beeswax 3.. 6 2 • Brc by Orlando — Clarissa .. 4.6 2 • Barfleur 4. .6 0 • Babylon 3.. 6 0 age st lb • Eloquence .... 4.. 6 0 Sluggard 5.. 6 6 Lancet 3.. 6 0 Whanghae.... a.. 5 12 • Bannockburn 3.. 5 12 • Cruzida 3.. 5 12 The Zouave .. 3.. 5 11 Pyrrhus the Second 3. .5 10 Worcester .... 3.. 5 10 • Dunboyne .... 3.. 5 10 Leo 3.. 5 10 • Brc by Alarm- Plush ...... 8.. 5 10 Alice 5.. 5 18 Queen Bess ( in 31b ex) 3., 5 10 Saccharissa .. 3.. 5 8 • Cave Adullam 5.. 5 8 * Y. Hopeful.,.. 3.. 5 8 Tricolor 3.. 5 " • Cyrene 3. .5 7 • Humbug 3.. 5 7 • Gilliver 3.. 5 7 Kenerdy 8.5 5 • MediaNoce ,. 3.. 5 5 Ella 8.. 5 0 Meridian 8.. 4 12 Black Tommy 3.. ( pd) Wentworth ,. 4..( pd) Bandalore .... 4.. ( pd) Tasmania 3..( pd) The Vigil 3..( pd) Lima 3..( pd) Aleppo 4..( pd) Broto Bird on the Wing.... 4 ( pd) Morgan Rattler a.. ( pd) K. of the Forest. 3.. ( pd THURSDAY.— A SUBSCBIPTION HANDICAP PLATE of 50 sovs, for three year olds and upwards; D. I. The OPTIONAL SELLING PLATE of 50 sovs; two year olds 6st, three 8st, four8stl2lb, five and upwards 9st21b; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs, with allowances if for less; R. M. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each; three year olds 7st 41b, four 8st 4lb, five and upwards Sst lllb ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 250 sovs if demanded, & c; A. F. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each; two year olds 7st, three Sst 121b; fillies allowed 21b; the winner to be sold for 80 sovs if demanded, & c; T. Y. C. A HANDICAP of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, for two year olds; D. M. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, for two year olds; colts 8st 71b, fillies 8st 4lb ; the winner to be sold for 40 sovs if demanded, & c; last half of Ab M. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, for two year olds; colts 8st 71b, fillies Sst 4lb; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs if demanded, & c ; T. Y. C. The GLASGOW STAKES of 100 sovs each, h ft, for two year old colts, 8st 71b; last three quarters of R. M.; It subs. Horses marked * are in the Derby, t in the Oaks, J in the Leger' • Duke of Bedford's Memorial Lord Derby's ch c Streamer • Lord Exeter's Frederick • Lord Exeter's Gourd Lord Glasgow's b c by Melbourne out of Clarissa Mr H. Hill's The Beacon Sir J. B. Mill's b c by Bay Middle- ton out of Cvmba • Mr R. H. Nevill's b c by Colling- wood out of Sneer Lord J. Scott's b c Windham Mr W. H. Brook' 3 Sermon ( pd) A SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sovs each, h ft, for two year olds ; colts 8st 71b, fillies Sst 4lb ; Ab M.; 7 subs, • Duke of Bedford's Aneroid • Mr R. Ten Broeck's b f Belle Mr Howard's Massacre Mr T. Parr's Carmel Gen Peel's ca c Forerunner • Baron Rothschild's f by Melbourne out of Sacrifice Mr Worland's ch c Ravenstonedale A SWEEPSTAKES of 20 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added; three year olds 7st, four 8st 71b, five 9st, six and aged 9st 21b; if walked over for the 100 sovs will not be added; B. C.; 13 subs. Pretty Boy, 4 yrs 1 • Fright, 8 yrs I Lecomte, aged ( dead) " Melissa, 4 yrs Fisherman, 4 yrs 1 Pryor ( dead) • Pitapat, 4 yrs I Lance, 4 yrs | Poodle ( pd) Gunboat, 8 yrs I Skirmisher, 8 yrs | Rogerthorpe, 4 yrs | Fandango, 5 yrs I A FEEE HANDICAP of 100 sovs each, h ft, for three year olds; A. F.; 11 subs. st lb 1 st lb I st lb Anton 8 3 Commotion 7 11 Lord of the Hills. 7 5 • Sydney 8 0| Lord Nelson .... 7 10 1 GleeSinger 7 4 • Tasmania 7 12 I Loyola 7 10 • Ro cbvHernandez St Giles 7 12 I Riseber 7 10 I out of Physalis7 FRIDAY— A HANDICAP PLATE of 100 sov3, for three year olds and upwards; D. I. The OPTIONAL SELLING STAKES © f 50 sovs; two year olds 7st 71b, three 9st 4lb; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs, with allowances if for less ; T. Y. C. The ATTDLEY END STAKES of 30 sovs each, for horses of al1 ages ( two year olds excepted); A. B. C. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, for two year olds; colts 8st 71b. fillies Sst 5lb; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs if demanded, & c; first half of Ab. M. A HANDICAP of 20 sovs each, and only 5 ft if declared by ten o'clock the evening before running, to go the second, for three year olds and upwards; T. Y. C. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each; three year olds 7st 9lb, four Sst 31b, five and upwards Sst 81b; the winner to be sold for 400 sovs if demanded, & c; first half of Ab. M. The NURSEEY STAKES of 25 sovs each, for two year olds; D. M. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, for three year olds; colts 8st 71b, fillies Sst 4lb; the winner to be sold for 60 sovs if de- manded, & c; T. Y. C. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each; two year olds 7st, three Sst 71b; the winner to be sold for 300 sovs if demanded, & c; first half of Ab. M. A HANDICAP of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, for three year olds and upwards; D. M. A SWEEPSTAKES of 100 sovs each, h ft, for two year old fillies, Sst 71b each; those by stallions or out of irires that never bred a winner allowed 31b ; only one allowance; T. Y. C.; 7 subs. Duke of Beaufort's f Queenstown • Duke of Bedford's br f Pampa Lord Derby's b f Target Mr Mare's b f by Weatherbit out of Moose Deer • Mr Payne's f by Cotlierstone out of Catalpa ( 31b) • Lord W. Powlett's f Miss Julia Mr F. RobiHson's f Humming Bird A SWEEPSTAKES of 100 sovs each, h ft, for two year old colts, 3st 71b each ; those by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner allowed 3lb; only one allowance; T. Y. C.; 7 subs. Duke of Beaufort's Centaur ( 31b) • Duke of Bedford's c Memorial Mr VV. S. S. Crawfurd's br c Rich- view ( Sib) Lord Derby's b c Toxopholite ( 31b) • Mr Mare's br c Jordan • Mr Payne's e by Alarm out of Glenluce ( 31b) • Baron Rothschild's Brother to Turk ( 31b) SATURDAY.— The HOUGHTON HANDICAP of 15 sovs each, and only 5 ft if declared by ten o'clock the evening before running, to go to the second; for three year olds and upwards; T. Y. C. A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs each; two year olds 7st, three 8st 71b, four 8st 121b, five and upwards 9st; the winner to be sold for 25 sovs if demanded, & c; last half of Ab M. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each ; two year olds 6st 71b, three 8st 7! b, four 9st, five and upwards 9st 4lb ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs if demanded, & c; T. Y. C. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each; three year olds 7st 91b, four Sst 71b, five Sst 121b, six and aged 9st; the winner to be sold for 120 sovs if demanded. & e; Ab. M. A SELLING HANDICAP of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, if declared by ten o'clock the evening before running; for two year olds and up- wards; the winner to b|. sold for 120 sovs if demanded, & c ; A. E. C. A HANDICAP of 15 sovs each, 10 ft; for two year olds ; R. M. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, for two year olds; colts Sst 71b « fillies Sst 4lb ; the winner to be sold for 40 sovs if demanded' & c; first half of Ab. M. MATCH 200; first half of Ab. M.— Mr Barber's Polly Peachum » 6st 4lb, sgst Mr F. Robinson's Heroine, 6st, both two yr olds- In consequence of the heavy raia which fell during Thursday and Friday morning in the " Eastern Counties" district, a rail- way bridge between Broxbourn and Roydon has given way, con- sequently the line cannot be used except for passenger traffic. All passengers have to alight and cross to a temporary platform" where another train is in readiness to convey them on. At present all horses, carriages, and goods can only be conveyed to Newmarket from London via Colchester and Bury St Edmunds, thus making a tedious journey, which, it is to be feared, in con- sequence of unforeseen circumstances, cannot be avoided for some few days. Miss Clara Seyton has announced a musical entertainment at the Public Hall, Newmarket, on Tuesday evening next. HORSES AT NEWMARKET FOR ENGAGEMENTS DURING THE HOUGHTON MEETING. NEWMARKET, FEIDAY EVENING. Inder Fright Sauuterer Barfleur Skycutter De Gink el As You Like It Anne Develin Nora Creina Kestrel Nougat Admiralty Olympus Flyaway Old Tom Orchehill Geneva Happy Prince Lincoln Tom Sunrise Intercidona Tambourine Duubovne Wild Honey Ceres Woodmite Dramatist Bold Buccleugh C out of Elcot's dam Dusty Miller Spinet Unexpected Hersey Filly Miss Niehtingale Babette Filly Martinet Cerva Pinsticker New Brighton Ida Lady Conyngham Mabel Adeliz Amorous Boy Evelyn Cripple Emulator Nereus Ronzi Helen Ragan Erringham Ladybird Syllabus Sillica Tasmania Slattern Penseroso Prioress Belle Babylon Supple Jack Theodora Oltenitza Orianda King Maker Yaller Gal Banner Bearer Lady Elizabeth Master Bagot Radulphus Cave Adullam The Poacher F. M. the D. of Duty Brazen York Rosa Bonheur Gourd Zig Zag Topsy Fly by Day La Fille du Regi- ment Colt out of Elspeth Nobman Smith Plague Royal Rotterdam Yesa Silvertail Waterer Salmon Little Tom Wrestler Schoolfellow Paula Monta Impatience Little Treasure Tournament Plush colt Rosati Glauca colt, 2 yrs Glenluce colt, 2 yrs Merlin Clarissa colt, 4 yrs Miss Whip f, 3 yrs Physalis f, 2 yrs Maid of Masham f, 2 yrs Physalis colt, 3 yrs Barba colt, 3 yrs Barba colt, 2 yrs Conspiracy f, 2 yrs Brown Bess f, 2 yrs Miss Whip f, 2 yrs Blacksmith Zuyder Zse East Langton Peter Flat Marauder Bay Hilton Nina filly Bracken Peeping Tom Mufti Rhisus Theory Sorceress Cantrip C by Flying Dutch- man out of Gala Mademoiselle de Chantilly, 3 yrs Claire, 3 yrs Plumstone Inspiration Lucca della Robbia Lord Stately F by Cotheratone out of Catalpa WEDNESDAY.— A HANDICAP PLATE of 50 sovs, for three year olds and upwards; A. F. The OPTIONAL SELLING PLATE of 50 sovs; three year olds 8st, four 9st, fiv6 9st 51b, six and aged 93t 71b; the winner to be sold for 300 sovs, with allowances if for less; Cambridge- shire Stakes Course. A SUBSCBIPTION PLATE of 50 sovs; two year olds 6st 71b, three 8st 101b; the winner to be sold for 350 sovs if demanded, & c; T. Y. C. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each; three year olds 71b 71b, four 8st 21b, five and upwards Sst 71b; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs if demanded, & c; T. Y. C. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, for two year olds; colts Sst 71b, fillies 8st 4lb ; the winner to be sold for 70 sovs if demanded, & c; first half Ab. M. The SELLING HANDICAP of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, for three year old* and ifpwards: the winner to be sold for 160 sovs if de- manded, & c; D. M. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each; three year olds 7st 71b, four 8st 4lb, five and upwards 9st lib; the winner to be sold for 40 sovs if demanded, & c; T. Y. C. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each; two year olds 7st, three 8st 71b, four 8st 12lb, five and upwards 9st lib ; the winner to be sold for 250 sovs if demanded, & c; last half of Ab. M. A HANDICAP of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, for two year olds; first half of Ab. M. MATCH. 200; first half o? Ab. M.— Mr F. Robinson's Heroine 9gst Mr Halford's M& isstay, both two year olds, Ost each* WINNERS OF ROYAL PLATES IN ENG- LAND AND SCOTLAND IN 1857. ASCOT, June 12— Mr Simpson's Fright, by Alarm, 3 yrs, 7st 2lb ( Prior). BEDPOED, Oct 9— Mr J. B. St& rkey's Fisherman, by Heron, 4 yrs, 9st ( Wells). CALEDONIAN HUNT, Oct 8— Mr Jackson's Sprig of Shillelagh, by Simoom, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ( Bullock). CANTERBURY, Sept 4— Mr Suewing's Polestar, by Faugh a Bal- lagh, 5 yrs. 9st 9lb ( J. Goater). CAKLISLE, July 1— Mr Hunt's General Williams, by Womersley, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ( Bearpark). CHESTBK, May 6— Mr J. B. Starkey's Fisherman, by Heron, 4 yrs, 9st 21b ( Wells). CHELMSPOKD, July 1— Mr Daley's Renowa, by Collingwood, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ( Plumb). DONCASTEK, Sept 16— Lerd Zetland's Skirmisher, by Yoltigeur, 3 yrs, 7st( Ord). EDINBUEGH, Oct 9- Mr Jackson's Sprig of Shillelagh, by Simoom, 3 yrs, 7st 6lb ( Bullock). EGHAM, Aug 26— Mr J. B, Starkey's Fisherman, by Heron, 4yrs, 9st 51b ( Wells). EPSOM, May 28. ( for mares)— Mr Saxon's Mary, by Idle Boy, 5 yrs, 9st 21b ( J. Osborne). GOODWOOD, July 31— Lord Exeter's Turbit, by Woodpigeon, 3 yrs, 7st 41b ( G. Ford ham). HAMPTON, June 18— Mr J. Barnard's Good Friday, by Bryan O'Linn, 4 yrs, 9st ( Cresswell). IPSWICH, Aug 28.— Mr Snewing's Polestar, by Faugh a Ballagh, 5 yrs, 9st 61b ( J. Goater). LANCASTEE, JULY 9— Mr C. Winteringham's King of the Gipsies, by Annaudale, 4yrs, 9st ( Bates). LEICESTER, Sept 23— Mr Sutton's Black Tommy, by Womersley, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ( carried 7st 9lb) ( Kendall). LEWES, AUK 11— Mr Suewing's Polestar, by Faugh a Ballagh, 5 yrs, 9st 71b ( J. Goater). LINCOLN, Oct 22— Mr Nichol's Warlock, by Birdcatcher, 4 yrs, 9st 41b ( Flatman). LICHIIELD, Sent 8.— Mr J. B. Starkey's Fisherman, by Heron, 4 yrs, 9st 41b ( Wells). LIVERPOOL, July 16— Mr J. B. Starkey's Fisher Jttan, by Heron, 4 yrs, 9st( Welis) walked over. MANCHESTER, June 4— Mr Parr's Sir Colin, by Robert de Gor- ham, 3 yrs, 7st 21b ( G. Fordham). NEWMAEKET. April 17— Mr Hale's Poodle, bv Ion, aged, 19stl2lb ( D. Hughes). NEWMARKET, April 27 ( for mares)— Mr Saxon's Mary, by Idle Boy, 5 yrs, 9st 8lb ( Flatman). NEWMARKET, Oct 1— Mr Simpson's Fright, by Alarm, 3 yrs, 9st 21b ( T. Sherwood). KBWCASTLB- ON- TYNE, June 24— Mr Hunt's General Williams, by Womersley, 3 yrs, 7st ( Challoner). NORTHAMPTON. March 25— Mr Parr's Fisherman, by Heron, 4 yrs, 9st 21b ( Wells). NOTTINGHAM, July 22— Mr Drewitt's Borderer, by Joe o' Sot, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ( G. Fordham). PLYMOUTH, AUK 7— Mr Parr's Odd Trick, by Sleight of Hand, 3 yrs, 8st 4lb ( E. Forster) walked over. RICHMOND, Oct 9 ( for mares)— Mr Wilson's Minnie, by Weather- bit, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ( Little). SALISBURY, March 13— Mr Parr's Fisherman, by Heron, 4 yrs, 9st 21b ( Wells). SHREWSBURY, May 12— Mr Saxon's Mary, by Idle Boy, 5 yrs, 9st 121b ( Kendall). Y^ ARWICK, Sept 2— Mr J. B. Starkey's Fisherman, by Heron, 4 yrs, 9st 41b ( Wells). WEYMOUTH, Sept 10— Mr J. B. Starkey's Fisherman, by Heron, 4 yrs, 9st 4lb ( Wells). WINCHESTER, June 26— Mr J. B. Starkey's Fisherman, by Heron, 4 yrs, 9st ( Wells). YOEK, Aug 19— Mi> Nichol's Warlock, by Birdcatcher, 4 yrs, Sst 121b ( Fiatman). WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON OCTOBER MEETING. Stewards : Sir Lydston Newman, Bart; G. Payne, Esq ; J. Merry, Esq. Judge : Mr Clark, Newmarket. Starter : Mr E. Hibburd. Clerk of the Soales: Mr J, Dunn. Clerk of the Course : Mr S. Merry. When remembered that since the commencement of the season no less than three meetings had previously engaged attention at this locality, the success of a fourth " invitation card" may well astonish the doubting division exclaiming, " By gar, here's Warwick again!" Each returning visit, however, confirms the belief that, but for the migratory sporting fraternity, racing would long ere this have gene to grief beneath the towers of old Guy, as, barring the class referred to, nothing could be more contemptible than the entire absence of carriage company and the otherwise deserted appearance of the Stand and course on Tuesday last. Not even the dense fog which enshrouded the midland district during the early forenoon could be urged as an excuse, seeing that the misty gentleman mizzled in good time before the suu's rays, and kept at a respectful distance in the first part of the afternoon. It will therefore be inferred that an audience was alone wanting to ensure the success the unremitting catering of Mr Merry for the public deserved. More horses were sent to the town than ou the two former autumn gatherings, so that the dozen events originally adver- tised brought competitors to the post in every instance ; nor do we remember a season latterly in which there were more satis- factory entries for and greater interest attached to the cross- country appointments, the bringing forward of the hurdle race to the first day being a decided convenience in the jumping department. The " annual benefit," therefore, whilst affording on the whole capital sport and ( for short days) plenty of it, was also not a little remarkable for in- cidents, both novel and " eccentric," as our narrative will presently show. The Two Year Old Selling Stake opened the ball: Broadlands, as anticipated, came in first, and was duly knocked down for 73 guineas. Meanwhile an objection had been preferred against the snpposed winnerontheground that he ought to have carried 3lb extra for wianing at Newton; this was not disputed, and the only leg left to stand upon was that the protest ought to have been made prior to starting. The matter being at once referred to Lord Clifden, he held the objection to be valid, and the race was given to King James, who in turn was brought to the hammer, and returned to his © Id quarters at a " cool hundred" over his selling price. Of the pair selected for the Welte>- Cup Codrington had slightly the call of Lymington in the Ring, but the latter, waiting to the distance, discovered his only actual opponent in old Lough Bawn, whom, however, at the last, he disposed of easily. A Selling Stake succeeded, but, owing to the mist which had again rolled up to nearly the half distance, the race ( in which a " pot " on The Redan Hero was upset by Amorous Boy) wa3 fairly ended before anybody was aware that it had begun. Between sun and fog it was also impossible to make out at extremities of the ground the positions of seven runners next sporting silk for the Great Warwick Handicap ; in fact, during the latter portion of the race, the Ring more resembled a Quakers' conventicle by the dead silence in which specu- lators to a man awaited the " chances of war." At length Laverna, with Miss Harkaway closely laid up, first emerged from the mist, and " The favourite wins" resounded on all sides, the shouts, per contra, being equally vocife- rous, when Sister to Jesuit came out at the Stand, and as much to the surprise as gain of her noble ewner, who intrusted her with a trifle only, won cleverly by a neck. Sneeze went for a rattling stake, and as one or two others also carried the money, the result proved a rare " turn up" for the fielders, whose turn was further served by Lord Clifden throw- ing in a " second main" for the Castle Nursery with his racing looking colt by Nutwith out of Rose of Cashmere, who had a host of admirers, though Polly Johnson was the pet of the Ring. The loss of twenty minutes in gettiag the youngsters to the post for the last- named event was visited upon the trainers in a fine of a sovereign each, anent which there was grumbling and retalia- tion that the delay was as much o wing to the rule of not hoisting the numbers untii five minutes before the starting time. The success of Lough Bawn, none the worse for his previous journey, and the dibut of Miss Harkaway as a timber jumper, were the chief features in the hurdle race, for which, though Bellman was coloured on the card, his owner requests us to men- tion that immediately on the publication of the weights he scratched him to the clerk, who has since admitted to us that the " crier" was left in by mistake. Wednesday was dull and cloudy, but fortunately very favourable for obser- vation, and there was a slight improvement in the com- pany, but not to a tenth part the number we have seen assisting at the " Grand Annual" here. The sport was renewed with a Fifty Sovs ( three furlongs) Handicap? and nine out of the ten entered going to the post; the finest struggle of the meeting was in favour of Madame Cliquot. Next came a small " selling" business, which occasioned a most provoking delay by the discovery, after the horses were on their way to the post, that the weights of each were wrongly calculated. This, in two cases, also led to a change of jockeys, so that more than half an hour was cut to waste over an affair which, when brought to issue, drew down such disapprobation, that, on returning to the paddock, the rider of Amorous Boy was severely reprimanded by Mr Payne. Four gentlemen and a brace of professionals next appeared in the pigskin for the Scurry Handicap, but the latter, one on Agra, the winner, and the other on Magnolia, had it all to themselves at the finish, and made so even a thing that it was for the judge alone to say it was not a dead heat. This con- cluding the legitimate performance, eight runners were speedily telegraphed for the steeple chase. Forest Queen received the lion's share of attention, whilst The Minor, also, had plenty of friends. As sport of this kind always best speaks for itself in general detail, we may be spared further allusion thereto than in remarking that the contest was tolerably prolific, for a small field, in tumbles and the usual moving incident*; excitement, too, being admirably sustained to the close by an outsider in Knia ht of the Shire ( most patiently ridden by George Stevens) bowling over the favourite, amidst the deafening cheers of the fielders, some of whom in their ecstasy maintained, after all, that Warwick was the place to make money! In the victor on this occasion will be recognised the winner of the Cambridgeshire in 1852, having previously run third for the Cesarewitch iu the same year. Not long since he was purchased at a low figure by his present owner, and placed under the tuition of Mr Goldby, and to- day contributed ansther illustration of the clever preparation steeple chasers invariably met with at his hands. The party had the fullest confidence in their nag, and, besides other nibblings, are reported to have taken 700 to 100 in one bet. Brigadier was all the rage for the Hunt Chase, but, through refusals, lost more than half amile soon after starting, and though fetching up at every stride afterwards, he just missed the mark by a head only from Whaley, to whom an objection was raised that the 31b overweight carried by his owner ought to have been declared, wkich it was not, half an hour before the starting time. This was overruled, it beiug considered that laws on the flat did not apply to this species of racing. With the handi- cap chase, won by Comet, also from Goldby's stables, and piloted by G. Stevens, the meeting terminated, under all the cir- cumstances, in time for the exit of all parties. Mr J. Dunn superintended the weighing in his usual satisfactory way, and as regards attention to the press, the movements of Janitor Banks sufficiently indicated how he should like to catch an intruder upon their privacy. TUESDAY, OCT 20.— A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs each, with 20 added, for two year olds; colts Sst 71b, fillies 8st 21b : winners 3lb extra ; the winner to be sold for 100,* sovs, with allowances, & c ; 5 furlongs ; 5 subs. Mr C. Formby's King Jarnes, by Young Lochinvar, 2 yrs, 7st 71b ( 50 sovs) French 1 Mr Southby's ch f Ocean Queen, 2 yrs, 7st 21b ( 50) Prior 2 t Mr Merry's f by Karkaway out ot First Fruit's dam. 7st 21b ( 50) ! Ducker 3 Mr Smith's br 1 Babble, 2 yrs, 7st 21b ( 50) T. White & Mr Jackson's be Broadlands, 2 yrs, 7st 71b ( 50) Challoner dis Betting: Even on Brcadlands, and 2 to 1 agst King James. The flag fell to a pretty start at the second attempt, the Hark- away filly showing in advance for about one hundred and fifty yards, when Babble rushed to the front, aud made play with a commanding lead into the straight, entering which she ran out; Broadlands then took up the running, was never headed after- wards, and won easily by a length; half a length each dividing second, third, and fourth, Babble cantering in a dozen lengths behind the latter. Broadlands, as will be seen from our introduc- tory remarks, was subseauently disqualified for not carrying his proper weight, and the race awarded to Kiug James, who at the hammer was bought in for 150gs. The LEAMINGTON WELTER CUP, value 100 sovs, the rest in specie, by subscription of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if de- clared ; winners of any handicap of the value of 100 sovs after the declaration of the weights 51b extra; gentlemen riders ; professionals 61b extra ; the winner to pay 5 sovs to the judge; once round ; 15 subs, 7 of whom declared. Captain Price'sbr g Lymington, by Bay Middleten, 5 yrs, 9st ISib ( Including 61b extra) D. Hughes 1 Mr Buchanan's ch h Lough Bawn, ased, lQst Mr Lindow 2 Mr G. S. Thompson's b c Codrington, 3 yrs, 9st 91b Owner 3 Mr Jackson's br g Ghika, 4 yrs, 9st 101b Mr Edwards 4 Betting: 5 to 4 agst Codringtou, 5 to 2 aast Lyminjrton, 3 to 1 agst Ghika, and 4 to 1 agst Lough Bawn. Ghika laid iu front to the Star Close meadow, where the favourite, pulling double, went up to her, and the pair thence travelled side by sida to the straight. In the next few strides the four year old dropped away beaten, and Codrington following suit at the distance left the others to finish the race, Lymingtou who made the rest of the running, being landed an easy winner by half a length; shocking bad third. A HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 15 added, for all ages; the winner to be sold for 60 sovs'; three quarters of a mile ; 6 subs. Mr X. Cliff's b c The Amorous Bov, by Alarm, 3 yrs, Sst D. Hughes 1 Mr Byrn's br f Persia, 4 yrs, 7st 121b L. Snowdea 2 Mr Barber's ch c The Redan. Hiro, 2 yrs, 5st 71b Challoner 3 Mr Fox's b f Magnolia, 2 yrs, Sst 71b Kendall 4 Mr Stevens's ch h Hercules, 6 yrs, 9st Yates 5 Betting: Even on The Redan Hero, 3 to 1 agst Amorous Boy, and 5 to 1 agst Persia. The running was made by Magnolia to the last turn, where the lot took close order, and Persia showed in advance to the half distance, where Amorous Boy deprived her of the lead with scarcely an effort, and won in a canter by a length; the third, beaten a head from the second, finishing three lengths before the fourth; Htrcules tailed off. There were no bidders for the winner. The GEEAT WARWICK HANDICAP of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for three year olds and upwards; winners of any han- dicap value 100 sovs after the declaration of the weights 5lb, of 209 101b extra ; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 20 sovs towards expenses; two miles ; 16 subs. Lord Clifden's br f Sister to Jesuit, by Surplice, 3 yrs, 5st 101b Bray 1 Mr Jackson's brf Sneeze, 3yrs, Sst lllb Challoner 2 Mr Barber's b f Miss Harkaway, 4 yrs, 6st 41b Dales 2 Mr J. B. Starky's ch f Laverna, 4 yrs, 5st 91b Ducker 4 Mr La Mert's d e Mysterious Jack, 8 yrs, 6st 91b French 5 Mr Evans's b f Blue Bell, 4 yrs, 6st 2lb Salt 6 Mr W. Cowper's br c Optimum, 3 yrs, 5st 21b Edwards 7 Betting : 2 to 1 agst Miss Harkaway, 5 to 2 agst Sneeze, 4 to 1 agst Laverna, and 100 to 12 agst Sister to Jesuit. Blue Bell was very restive at the post, and broke away twice, but got off on pretty even terms with the others when the signal was given at the third asking. Starting at the entrance to the straight, it was impos- sible, owing to the mist, to make out which was leading until nearing the Stand, when the favourite was slightly in advance, with Sister to Jesuit, Mysterious Jack, Sneeze, and Laverna laid up at her quarters, Blue Bell next, rather wide of them, and Opti- mus whipping in. In this order they breasted the lands on the right, half- way up which Lord Clifden's mare bore litr colours to the front, and with a clear lead showed the way to the back of the hill, emergingfrom behind which her immediate followers were Mist". Harkaway and Laverna, succeeded by Sneeze and Mysteri- ous Jack, Blue Bell seven or eight lengths in their rear, Optimus now at least two hundred yards astern of the lot. There was no further change until about half a mile from home, when Sister to Jesuit was pulled back into third place, and Miss Harkaway, with Laverna at her girths, took up the running. A clear in- terval separated this pair from the others as they made the turn for the straight, but at the distance they were directly waited on by Sister to Jesuit and Sneeze. In the next dozen yards Laverna, on the inside, took the command, which she held to | the lower end of the Stand, and then shut up instanter, where- j upon Bray on the outside again took his mare to the fore, and : won very cleverly by a neck ; Sneeze giving the favourite the ! go- by in the last dozen strides and saving her stake by three lengths, the same distance dividing the third and fourth; Mysterious Jack was a bad fifth, and the others trotted in. The CASTLE PARK NUESERY HANDICAP of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for two year olds ; winners of any stakes of the value of 100 sovs after the declaration of Jhe weights 5lb extra; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 20 sovs towards expenses; three quarters of a mile; 19 sub3. * Lord Clifden's br c by Nutwith out of Rose of Cash- mere, 6st 181b Bray * Mr Jackson's b c Night Ranger, 7st ilb Challoner Mr Joseph Dawson'sb f Polly Johnson, 6st 101b Freneh Mr Barber's br c King William, 6at lib Dales t i Mr Jackson's b f Terrific, 7st 61b L. Sniwdeu * Mr Greenwood's b c Abron, 7st D, Huehes * J Mr Whitehouse's b c Repute, fist Ducker Betting : 2 to 1 agst Polly Johnson, 4 to 1 agst the Rose of Cashmere colt, 5 to 1 agst King William, 6 to 1 agst Abron, 7 to 1 agst Terrific ( with whom Mr Jackson declared to win), 8 to 1 agst Night Ranger, and 100 to 6 agst Repute. Inde- pendently of the youngsters reaching the post twenty minutes after the set time, for which the trainers were fined one sov each, the start was further delayed by a couple of failures. Abron at length jumped off with the lead, followed by King William, the Rose of Cashmere colt, Night Ranger, and the favourite for about a quarter of a mile, when his Majesty closed with the leader, who, however, was in difficulties, as the pair raced together into the straight, from whence the King, waited on by Polly, Night Hanger, and Lord Clifden'g colt, oarried on the running to the half distance, where the latter" came on the outside, cleared his horses in a few strides, and won cleverly by a length; Night Ranger secured his stake by a head over the favourite, two lengths from whom was King William • Abron and Terrific finishing five lengths behind him, Repute being last all the way. The HURDLE RACE HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, to go to the fund, with 30 added; winners of any hurdle race after the de « claration of the weights 5lb extra; the winner to pay 5 sovs to the fund; two miles, over five hurdles; 23 subs. Mr Buchanan's ch h Lough Bawn, by Magpie, aged, 9st lllb T... NightincaH 1 Mr Hylton's Teddesley, aged. 9st lllb W. Holman, jun 2 Mr Barber's b f Miss Haruaway, 4 jrs, Ost 101b C. Green 3 Mr Tombs'a Knight of the Shire, aged, 9st 71b .... G. Stevens 4 Mr Dart's b m Evington La. « s, age4,9st 61b Absolom 5 Mr Phillips's b f Heads or Tails, 3 yrs, 8st 101b .... W, White 6 Mr Land's br g Theodine, aged, 9st Sib Mr Edwards 7 Mr Cope'e br m Mary Lovell, 5 yrs, 9st Knott 8 Betting : 5 to 2 agst Lough Bawii, 4 to 1 agst Theodine, 5 to 1 each agst Miss Harkaway and Heads or Tails, and 6 to 1 each ags< t Knight of the Shire and Taddesley. When fairly in their strides, Theodine and Heads or Tails showed in the van, cleared the first hurdles at the Stand simultaneously, and cut out the work at a slapping pace to tha meadows on the right, the ruck at their heels being composed of Knight of the Shire, Lough Bawn, Miss Harkaway, aud Evinetoa Lass, Mary Lovell next Teddesley in the rear. No change of importance occurred until reaching the back of the hill, where Lough Bawn went in front, and reappeared with a clear lead, succeeded by Theodine and Heads or Tails, both of whom thence gradually crept up to the old- UH, and raced at his girths along the Star close, a wide gap here separating this trio from the next division, at the head of which were Miss Harkaway and Teddesley. Approaching the last timber at the distance Theodine cut it " all of a sudden," and Heads or Tails being also fairly run to a standstill before coming to the jump, Teddesley next came with a rush and dashed over the obstacle almost at the same moment as Lough Bawn. All doubt as to the issue was, however, immediately dispelled when Holman took up his whip, aud tha horse answered the call by swerving across the course, whilst the other going on gamely to the end won in a canter by a length ; at a wide interval Miss Harkaway next deprived Knight of the Shire of third place close upon the post by a head ; and the others were so widely scat- tered that Mr Clarke had no difficulty in plaeing the lot. WEDNESDAY.— A HANDICAP PLATE of 50 sovs; three furlongs. Sir L. Newman's Madame Clicquot, by Burgundy, 3 yrs, 7st 61b French 1 Mr Jackson's Broadlands, 2 yrs, 5st 121b Challoner 2 * Mr Gulliver's Magnus Troil, 2 yrs, 6st4ib Bray S Mr H. Edwards's Affghan, 5 yrs, Sst 71b Kendall 0 Mr Leache's Prince's Mixture, 4 yrs, 7s191b Dales 0 Mr Bate'sbf Jane, 3 yrs, 7st 4ib D. Hughes 0 Mr B. Land's Englemere ( late Lady Ribble- sdale), 8 yrs, 7st 21b J. Land 0 * t Mr Whitehouse's b c Repute, 8 yrs, 6st. Dueker 0 Mr Henry's Bluebe- ry. 2 yrs, 5st 101b J. Dav 0 Betting: Even on Madame Clicquot, 3 to 1 agst Broadlands, aud 8 to 1 agst any other. The favourite took a slight lead at starting, but directly resigned it to Repute, with whom Jane, Magnus Troil, and Broadlauds closed at the distances and ran home a very exciting race, the favourite again getting her head in front half way up, and winning by a neck, with half a length between second and third ; Jane was fourth, close up, Repute fifth, Prince's Mixture sixth, Englemere nexts and Affghan last. The SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 20 added, for two year olds and upwards ; weight for age, with selling allow- ances; one mile; 3 subs. Mr B. Land's Englemere, by Tadmor, 8 yrs, 6st 81b ( 50 sovs) s^ t i Mr T. Cliff's Amorous Boy, 8 yrs, Gst 81b ( 50) Dueker 2 Mr Starky's Maid of Cadiz, 5 yrs, Sst 41b ( 100) Cowley 3 Betting : The betting opened at 6 to 4 on Amorous Boy. but closed at even on Englemere, and 7 to 4 agst Cliff's horse, who laid in front to the distance, where Englemere took up the running, won by a length, and was bought in for 70 guineas. The SCURRY HANDICAP of 10 sovs each, h ft; gentlemen riders, professionals 61b extra ; T. Y. C.; 8 subs. Mr J. Dawson's Agra, by Birdcatcher, 4 yrs, lOst 131b ( including 61b extra) French 1 Mr Byrn's b f Magnolia, 3 yrs, 9st 101b( inc 61b extra).. Kendall 2 Capt Price's br g Lymington, 5 yrs, 12st Owner 3 Mr Jackson's br g Ghika, 4 vrs, lOst 31b Mr Edwards 4 Mr H. Edwards's Border Chief, 5 yrs, list 101b Owner 5 Mr Evans's Blue Bell, 4 yrs, lOsc 121b Mr Lindow 6 Betting: 7 to 4 asrst Agra. 3 to 1 agst Magnolia, and 5 to 1 each agst Ghika and Border Chief. After three failures, chiefly owinjc to the fractiousness of Lymington, Magnolia jumped off with a clear lead, but after the first two hundred yards was pulled back, and Agra took up the running, Border Chief going on second, Magnolia third, followed by Ghika and Lymington. Turning iuto the straight the light- weight rejoined Agra, ran level with her all the way up, but the latter getting a little the best of it in the last stride, won a mag- nificent race by a short head ; three lengths divided second and the third, and the rest were widely scattered. The GRAND OPEN STEEPLE CHASE HANDICAP of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added ; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 sovs towards expenses : winners once 71b, twice 10lb extra ; gentlemea riders, & c, allowed 5ib ; about four miles ; 19 subs. Mr Tombs's Knight of the Shire, by Sir Hercules, aged, Ost71b G. Stevens 1 Mr Pringle's ch m The Forest Queen, lOst 71b.... Waddington 2 Mr J. Brown's br g The Minor, aged, 10st « lb G. Smith 0 Mr Anson's b g Johnny Raw, aged, lOst 51b Griffiths 0 Mr Reynolds's b g Old Dog Tray ( late Janus), aged, lOst41b C. Green 0 Mr Buchanan's ch h Lough Bawn, aged, lOst 21b,. Nightingale 0 Mr Edwards lis b g Hindley, aged, 9st 91b W. White 0 Mr B. Land's br g TheodUne, aged, 9st 61b Mr Edwards 0 Betting : 2 to 1 agst Forest Queen, 7 to 2 agst Minor, 7 to 1 each agst Knight of the Shire and Theodine, and 8 to 1 each agst Old Dog Tray and Hindley. The latter went to the fore soon after the signal was given, and sailed on with a long lead to the hurdles, entering the outer line of the course, Johnny Raw lying second, with Lough Bawn and Forest Queen immediately behind him. As they neared the made fence facing the Stand the two latter took their places right and left of Hindley, who being pulled back close upon the leap, lost the lead to the Queen, Johnny and Knight of the Shire following this trio, Theodine and Minor separated half a dozen lengths from them, with Old Dog Tray in the rear. In this way they jumped into the Lam « mas lands, which Dog Tray, taking a line to himself, entered wide on the left. Half- way up the meadows Hindley resumed the command, and with the favourite in attendance both landed safely over the next obstacle, showing the way to the back of the hill. Not so, however, with Lough Bawn, who whipped round and threw out Knight of the Shire, Old Dog Tray, and two others, all of whom took it at the second asking, whilst the, cause of the blunder took a good deal more persuasion, and was left a long way astern. Hindley was ia advance when the horses next came in sight, Johnny Raw now going on second, the Queen third, Minor, Knight of the Shire, and Theodine following in the order named. There was no change until reaching the Swan Meadow, when Johnny Raw was indulged with a slight lead a second time te the outer line first referred to, where Hindley again went in front, Minor took third place, the favourite and Forest Queen, side by side, next, succeeded by the Knight— this lot drawing together and rising at the Stand jump in quite a com- pact body. Old Dog Tray, evidently unfit for the journey, be- sides being anything but leniently treated in the handicap," was next seen struggling on,[ with Lough Bawn still further astern; the latter, repeating his trick at the old spot, being there stopped, and the other giving up the ghost a short distance on- wards, neither had more to do with the race. The field was next further reduced by Theodine coming down at the leap, where Lough Bawii subsequently declined. The next casualty occurred at the drop fence on the far side of the hill ( where Walter White encountered the ugly purler last year on Black Swan), and at which Hindley now came down on his side, with- out, however, dislodging the rider, and, though quickly on his legs again, the chance of the animal was fairly extinguished. After Hindley's fall Minor took up the running, closely waited on by Johnny Raw, Forest Quean, and Knight of the Shire, and thus the quartette travelled on without mistake to the last natural fence, with a ditch on the taking- off side leaving the Swan Meadow. Without rising at the leap Minor dashed through it, fell, and rolled over ; Johnny Raw, coming at it next blundered and got his hind legs into the ditch, from which as he did not move, it was at first opined that his back was broken, but happilytheanimal, upto this time goinif well, was not severely injured. Knight of , the Shire and Forest Queen were now alone left to finish the race, the sequel of which is soon told. The pair came on together to the distance hurdles, which they dashed at abreast, and knocked away, but when clear of the timber, the weight visibly told upon the mare, and the other quitting her at every stride won in a canter by six lengths. The disap- pointed ones were remounted and walked in at wide intervals, Hindley and Johnny Raw being the next two past the post, and after them came Theodine, but the judge did not place a third : Minor and the others returned to the paddock by a short cut. The HUNT CUP STEEPLE CHASE STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 20 added, for hunters; list 71b each ; certain penalties and allowances; gentlemea riders; professionals 71b extra; three miles; 4 subs. Mr Audinwood's br g Wlialey, by Whaley, 5 yrs, 12st ( carried 12st 31b). Owner 1 Mr Hopkins's br g Brigadier, list 71b Mr W. Beville 2 Mr Corinthian's Tease ( late Peacock), aged, list . Mr Edwards 3 Mr Lindow's br g Bellman, aged, 12st 71b ( including 71b extra) S. Darling i Betting: 2 to 1 on Brigadier, who twice refused at the fence entering the Star close, and was left a long way behind, Whaley thence going on with a strong lead to the course, where Tease and Bellman drew upon him, and the latter pulling across his horses immediately showed in advance, Tease going on second, Whaley next. The last- mentioned pair changed places as they breasted the lands on the right; and when again in sight Tease had disappeared altogether, and Brigadier fetching up an immense distance of ground, occupied his slace. Along the far enclosure Whaley was again leading, with the pair directly in his wake to the bottom of the Swan meadows, where B" 11 man was let out, and was first over the leap, but the others landing right and left at his sides a cannon ensueds Darling losing a stirrup thereby, and likewise further expectation of winning the race, which thence was confined to Whaley and Brigadier, the latter, recovering more lost ground at every stride, but unable to get quite up to Whaley, was defeated by a head ; the others walked in. An objection to the winner, as already stated, was overruled. A STEEPLE CHASE HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 30 added; the winner to be sold for 60 sovs, & c, and to pay 5 sovs te the fund; three . miles; 15 subs. Mr Gardner's ch g The Comet, by Meteor, 5 yrs. JOst G. Stevens 1 Mr Marsden's b g Althorp, 6 yrs. lOst 91b Mr W. Beville 2 Mr Golby's br g Hussar, aged, lOst 71b Abselem 3 Mr Storey's br g The Cripple, 4 yrs. lOst Gutteridge 4 Mr Evans's b h Cock Sparrow, 5 yrs, lOst 81b . W. Holman. juu 5 Betting : 6 to 4 agst Comet, and 3 to 1 agst Althorpe. This was a very hollow affair, and requires no description further than that the winner was never approached, won in a common canter by six lengths, and was bought in for 150gs. LINCOLN AUTUMN MEETING. Stewards: Lord Worsley, M. P.; the Hon. W. J. Monson; and Captain Elwes. { Judge and fiandicapper: Mr R. Johnson. Clerk of the Course: Mr W. Ford. Starter: Mr W. Elliott. THURSDAY, OCT 22.— This meeting has at length been reduced to a single day, iu consequence of the great diffi- culty which has been experienced for the last three or four years in supporting two meetings here. In future the autumn one will be done away with, and the Queen's Plate run for at the spring gathering, which, it is to be hoped, will be imDroved now that the committee will be enabled to give all their support to one meeting, It was not decided until about three weeks ago to hold an autumn meeting this year; but in order to save the Queen's Plato, a programme was put out in a hurry; consequently any short- comings must be excused. The committee state that they haye determined that in future everything shall be " fair and above board," without " cooking" of handicaps, or any mal- praetices of that sort, for which Lincoln, a few years ago. was so famous, having only one object in view, viz, tho prosperity of Lincoln races. The card contained six races, the Lincolnshire Handi- cap being the principal event; and as the Queen's Plate entry contained the names of Warlock and Fisherman, it was fully expected that the latter would meet Warlock again, as it was rumoured in the City that he had arrived from Kelso, but such was net the case ; however, it turned out the finest race of the day, between Wardermarske and Warlock, resulting in the latter's favour by a head only; the pace, however, was only good for the last mile. Liverpool was a great " pot" for the handicap, opening the first favourite, but after he took his can- ter symptoms of a " leg" were apparent, and he broke down in the race. Tbe attendance of cospauy was very moderate. The course was in good order, and the weather favourable but cold. The meeting was ably conducted. The EROCKLESBY STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 40 added, for two year olds; colts Sst 71b, fillies and geldings 8st 31b; winners of 50 sovs ence 3ib, twice 51b, thrice 71b extra; starters twice BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, OCTOBER 18, 1857. and not winners allowed 3lb, thrice 5lb; the winner to pay 10 soys towards expenses, and the second to save his stake; three quarters of a mile; 6 subs. o „ . # tt Sir L. Newman's Botany, by Melbourne. Sat ( car8st21b). Kendall 1 Mr John Osborne's gr f fcllen the Pair, 8st Sib ...... ChaUoner 2 Mr Cooking's br c Sobieaki, ty Mickey Free out of Hospodar's dam, 8st 71b Y'VWi iir - D • Betting: Stolon Botany, and 10 to 1 agst Ellen the lair. Botany jumped off with the lead, and won very easily by a length j the second beating the third a head, The SCUERY HANDICAP of 8 sovs each, with 20 added, for al< aires ; three quarters of a mile ; 8 subs. Air Grundon's b f Polly, by Pompey. 3 yrs, 7st 71b.. J. Snowden 1 Mr T. Cliff's b g Amorous Boy, 8 yrs, fest 71b . T. CliH * t Mr Ellis's b f Ambrosia, 2 yrs, 7st 61b J . Ryan 3 Mr Condron's b g The Nailer, 4 yrs, 7 » t 121b ........ Cresswell i Mr H. Robinson's br c Attorney General, 3 yrs, 8stlib J. Noble 0 M. J. Osborne's br'f EUen the Fair, 2 yrs, 7st 41b... ChaUoner 0 Mr Hesseltine's b f by The Cure out of Lady of the Grove, 2 yrs, 7st 4lb .. iPierc? X Mr J. W. bay's b f Why Net, 2 yrs, 6st lllb J. Frost 0 Betting: 3 to 1 each agst Ambrosia and Amorous Boy, 4 to 1 agst The Attorney General, 8 to 1 agst Polly, and 10 to 1 agst The Nailer. After a little delay at the post, caused by the restive- ness of Amorous Boy, they got well away, Amorous Boy leading, with Ambrosia, Nailer, and Attorney General well laid up. Inside the distance, Polly, who had been lying off, went up to Amorous Boy, and, after a good race home, won by half a length; second beating the third a length. Nailer was a bad fourth, and Attorney Generai fifth. The rest beaten off. The LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP of 10 sovs each, h ft, and only 8 if declared, & c, with 100 added ; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 20 sovs towards expenses; two miles; 29 subs, 14 of whom declared. Sir C. Monck's br h Vandal, by Van Tromp, 5 yrs, Sst 121b tresswell l Mr C. Ashton's Fairy, 3 yrs, 6st 71b i Mr Allison's Evelyn, 3 yrs, 7st lib J. Wood 3 Mr B. Land's b g Weatherglass, 3 yrs, 7st . J. Land 1 Mr J. Osborne's Tiff, 4 yrs, 7st Ulb Challoner 5 Mr Cunningham's Liverpool, 3 yrs, 8st lib Flatraan 8 Betting : 5 to 4 agst Weatherglass, 5 to 2 agst Liverpool, 6 to 1 agst Vandal, 6 to 1 agst Evelyn, 12 to 1 each agst Fairy and Tift. Fairy and Weatherglass ran abreast for nearly half a mile, when Fairy took up the running, with Weatherglass second, Vandal third, Evelyn fourth, Tiff fifth, and Liverpool last. Fairy held her lead to the mile post, where Weatherglass headed her, and remained in advance to the three quarters post, when Fairy again resumed the lead, Weatherglass second. Weatherglass was beaten at the last turn, and Vandal taking second place, caught Fairy within the distance, and after a good race home, won by a length; second beating the third by the same. Wea- therglass was a bad fourth. Liverpool broke down very badly at the last turn, and Flatman was compelled to dismount. The NUESERT PLATE of 60 sovs, for two year olds; winners after Oct 11 71b extra; three- quarters of a mile. * i Mr Wentworth's br c The Cheery Chap, by Chanti- cleer, 7st 111b " Flatman 1 Mr J. Osborne's b e by Honeywsod out of Incense, 7st 101b Challoner 2 Mr Cocking's Sobieski, 7st 41b Cresswell A ± Mr J. W. Day's Wootton, 6st 111b . J. Ryan 4 Mr Green's b f C r in oline, 7st 21b J. Snowden 5 Mr Lambert's br f Bracelet ( h b), 6st 41b J. Wood 6 Mr Heseltine's b 1 by The Cure out of Lady of the Grove, J. Noble 7 Betting: 5 to 2 on Cheery Chap, and 7 to 1 agst Bracelet. Sobieski and Wootton raced together to the last turn, when the latter dropped off and left Sobieski with the lead, followed by Cheery Chap and the Incense colt third. At the distance the favourite challenged, aud won very easily by a length; two lengths between the second and third, bad fourth. The INNKEEPERS' SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; the second to save his stake; one mile; 4 subs. Mr T. Cliff's b g Amorous Boy, by Alarm, 3 yrs, 5st Ulb ( 20 sovs) ChaUoner 1 + Mr Ellis's b f Ambrosia, 2 yrs, Sat 81b ( 60) J. Wood 2 Mr W. H. Brook'a br f Gazelle, 2 yrs, 4st 41b ( 20) .. Grimshaw 8 _ Betting: 5 to 2 on Amorous Boy. Ambrosia jumped off with the lead for about two hundred yards, when the favourite took up the running, and won in a canter by two lengths; Gazelle was beaten off a long way. The winner was bought in for 30gs. HEB MAJESTY'S PLATE of 100gs; three year olds 8st 2lb, four 9st 41b, five 9st 91b, six and aged 9st 111b; two miles. Mr A. Nichol's ro c Warlock, by Birdcatcher, 4 yrs, 9st 41b Flatman 1 Admiral O. V, Harcourt's b c Wardermarske, 3 yrs, 7st 21b Aldcroffc 2 Mr Shelley's b c Gunboat, 3 yrs, 8st 21b Thomas 3 Betting: 5 to 2 on Warlock. They cantered for the first half mile, when Warlock took up the running, and slightly improved the pace; Gunboat lying second, and Wardermarske last. They remained thu3 to the distance, where Gunboat was beaten, and Wardermarske took the second place; where he waited until opposite the distance, when he made his rush, and, never fairly getting up, was beaten after a fine race by a head; Gunboat finished a length and a half behind Wardermarske. The pace was good for the last mile only. SUNDERLAND RACES. These races were held on Monday and Tuesday last, at the Bed House Farm, near South wick. The weather was miserably wet, and several horses fell, owing to the slippery state of the course, There was a numerous assemblage of people, but much dissatisfaction was expressed by several sporting men at the peculiar manner in which the races were coaducted. MONDAY, OCT 19.— The TRIAL STAKES of 3 sovs each, with 15 added, for all ages ; one mile. Mr Ellis's Ambrosia, by Sweetmeat, 2 yrs, 6st Gray 1 Mr Wither's Miss Allen, 5 yrs, 9st 71b 2 Mr Day's Why Not, 2 yrs, 5st 111b 3 Won in a canter. The LICENSED VICTTILLERS' HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; one mile aRd a half; 8 subs. Mr Ashton's Fairy, by Fernhill, 3 yrs, 5st 71b Gray 1 Mr Leggett's Ss Clair, 6 yrs, 8st 2 Mr Wells's Caliph, 8 yrs. 7st 51b 3 Won in a canter. The SOUTHWICK SELLING STAKES of 3 sovs each, with 15 added; one mile and a half. Mr Graham's Phoenix, by Phlegon, 6 yrs, 9st Coxon 1 Mr Withers's Miss Allan, 6 yrs, 9st 111b 2 Mr Brown's Angelo, aged, Sst 101b 3 Mr Wells's Caliph, 6 yrs, 9st 71b 0 Phoenix won in a canter, but was objected to. TUESDAY.— The SUNDERLAND HANDICAP of 3 sovs each, 2 ft, with 20 added; one mile; 10 subs. Mr C. Ashton's b f Fairy, 3 yrs, 6st 21b ( inc 71b ex).. walked over The MEMBERS' PLA^ E of 20 sovs, added to a Handicap of 1 sov each, to go to the fund; one mile and a quarter. Mr C. Ashton's b f Fairy, 3 yrs 1 « r Wanlass's b m Lady Durham, 5 yrs 2 Won easily. KINGrSBRIDGE AND DODBROOKE RACES. THURSDAY, OCT 15.— The BREWERS' PLATE, value 15 sovs; 12st each ; heats, one mile and a half; over hurdles. Mr W. Trist's b g Blink Bonay J. Trist 1 1 Mr Walter's b g Grateful Owner 2 2 Mr R. Fairweather's b g Greenmantle Owner 3 dr Mr Edwards's b m Flycatcher Owner 0 dr Mr Elliott's ch m Primrose C. Elliott 0 dr Mr Parnell's b g Forester Owner 0 dr First heat: Won by a length.— Second heat: Won easy. A STEEPLE CHASE, over three miles of fair hunting country; gentlemen riders. Mr W. Tucker's b h Foxhunter, by Young Scheik .. G. Elliott 1 Mr B. Fairweather's bm Greenmantle P, Randall 2 Mr Edwards's b m Flycatcher Owner 0 Mr Parnell's b g Forester Owner 0 Flycatcher and Forester refused the second fence, and both Foxhunter and Greenmantle fell at the last one. The former soon got up,' but Greenmantle was so seriously injured that she was instantly killed. The LADIES' PLATE of 12 sovs; heats, one mile and a half. Mr Page's b g Crack Horsman 2 11 Mr Trist's b g Blink Bonny J. Trist 12 2 Mr Luscombe's b g Charlie Carlisle 3 0 dr First heat won by a length, second and third Crack won easily. The GALLOWAY RACE for 4 sovs was won by Mr Townsend's Go- by-' em, beating nine others. KELSO RACES. Stewards: David Robertson, Esq, David W. Brown, Esq. Judge : Mr J. Steventon. Clerk of the Course and Starter: John Usher. The above meeting took place on Tuesday and Wednesday last, and, it will be seen, attracted several horses from England. The Trial Stakes not having filled, the proceedings commenced with the Roxburghe Handicap, to which his Grace the Duke of Roxburghe gives the handsome sum; of 200 sovs. This brought out a field of nine competitors, among whom were Fisherman and Queen Bess, and caused more than ordinary interest. The race, which is described in its proper place, terminated, after one of the finest struggles ever witnessed, in favour of Queen Bess by a head, and she followed up her success on Wednesday by winning the Border Handicap, in which she again beat Fisherman, who in the mean time had won the Stewards' Cup. The racing generally was remarkable for the closeness of the contests. The weather on the first day was rather gloomy, but there was a goodly attendance of spectators, albeit, the Grand Stand was not so numerously attended as we have seen it on previous occasions. Wednesday was a beautiful day, and there wa% a far greater muster. The 50 sovs, given by Lord John Scort for two year olds not having filled, it was added to a Free Handicap. The meeting was a very satisfactory one, and Mr John Usher is entitled to every praise for the business- like manner in which he conducted it. Mr J. Steventon filled the office of judge with his usual ability. TUESDAY, OCT 20.— The ROXBURGHE HANDICAP of 15 sovs each, 10ft, and 5 only if declared, with 200 added by the Duke of Roxburghe; winners of any handicap value 100 sovs after Sept 27 6lb, two 9lb, three 14lb extra; the winner to pay 15 sovs to the fund, and the second to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes; one mile and a half; 40 subs, 19 of whom declared. Mr Saxon's Queen Bess, by Alarm, 3 yrs, 5st Grimshaw 1 Mr J. B. Starkey's Fisherman. 4 yrs, 8st 121b Wells 2 Mr Gill's Bourgeois, aged, 7st 81b J. Gill 3 Mr J. G. Henderson's Assayer, 6 yrs, 7st 131b J. Forster 0 Mr W, Sharpe's Gathercole, 4 yrs, 6st 101b ( carried 6st 121b) Withington 0 Mr Wilson's Minnie, 3 yrs, 6st 81b Little 0 Mr Harrison's King of Scotland, 4 yrs, 6st 41b Bullock 0 Mr T. Dawson's Assailant, 4 yrs, 5st 91b ( carried 6stlllb) Hardcastle 0 Mr G. Gregson's Hegira, S yrs, 5st 41b Barker 0 Maid of Derwent was scratched on 18th October. Betting : 7 to 4 agst Fisherman, 2 to 1 agst Queen Bess, 4 to 1 agst Hegira, 6 to 1 agst any other. Queen Bess made the run- ning, Hegira lying second, Minnie third, Assayer fourth, Gather- cole next, and Fisherman bringing up the rear. They ran nearly in this order to the wood ; at the Farm House Turn Gathercole began to drop off, and Fisherman took his place. At the dis- tance Bourgeois emerged from the ruck, and became third. About a hundred yards from home a most exciting set- to ensued, which resulted in Queen Bess winning by a head, and Bour- geois having a similar advantage over Minnie and Hegira, but so closely were they locked together the two latter were not placed. The TOWN PLATE of 50 soys, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, the second to receive half the sweepstakes ; one mile and three quarters; 3 subs. Mr T. Dawson's br g Assailant, by Melbourne, 4 yrs, 7st lib ( 50 sovs) Bullock 1 Mr Brown's b g Qain, 6 yrs. 7st 111b ( 50) Austin 2 Betting: S to 1 on Assailant, who won in a canter by two lengths. The STEWARDS' CUP of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each ; the second to receive 10 sovs out of the stakes ; certain penalties and allowances, & c ; once round and a dis- tance ; 4 subs. Mr J. B. Starkey's Fisherman, by Heron, 4 yrs, 9st 41b ( including 101b extra) Wells 1 Mr West's b m Breeze, 4 yrs, 8st 81b ( inc 31b extra) .. Aldcroft 2 Betting : 5 to 1 on Fisherman, who won very easily by two lengths. The KELSO PLATE ( Handicap) of 50 sovs; winners of any han- dicap of 100 sovs value after Oct 11,71b extra; one mile. Mr Gill's Bourgeois, by A British Yeoman, aged, 8st 71b. Wells I Mr J. G. Henderson's Lsgie o'Buchan, 8 yrs, 6st 101b ( carried 6st 121b) Forster 2 Mr Nelson's Cora Linn, S yrs, 6st Hardeastle S Mr DawsoH's Red White and Blue, 3 yrs, 6st 111b ( carried 6st 131b) Withington 4 Mr R. Henderson ns b g Don Pasquale, aged, 7st 41b., Garnett 0 Mr Grainger's The Bounding Elk, 6yrs, 7st Austin 0 Mr W. Scott ns Galloper, 4 yrs, fist 121b Barker 0 Mr Pringle ns Ganstone, 4 yrs, 6st 81b Little 0 Mr T. Dawson's Assailant, 4 yrs, 6st 61b Bullock 0 Betting : 5 to 4 agst Bourgeois, 3 to 1 agst Logie o'Buchan, 4 to 1 agst Red White and Blue. Cora Linn made play, followed by Logie o'Buchan and Bourgeois, theothers well up. Ascending the hill Bourgeois came to the front, and Logie o'Buchan took second place ; and thus they finished, Bourgeois winning by a length and a half, a length between second and third, and the same between third and fourth. WEDNESDAY.— The BORDERHANDICAP of 10 sovs each, h ft, and 3 only if declared, with70 added by the Border RacingClub; winners of any handicap value 100 sovs, after Sept 27 5lb, twice, or of a handicap value 200 sovs 91b extra ; the winner to pay 10 sovs to the fund, and the second to receive 15 sovs out of the stakes; two miles; 24 subs, 9 of whom declared. Mr Saxon's Queen Bess, 3 yrs, 5st 71b ( inc 91b extra ). Grimshaw 1 Mr J. B. Starkey's Fisherman, 4 yrs, 8st 121b Wells 2 Mr G. Gregson's Hegira, 3 yrs, 5st Sib .. Barker S Mr Wood ns Little Nell, 4 yrs, 6st 81b Bullock 4 Betting: 2 to 1 on Fisherman, 5 to 2 agst Queen Bess, S to 1 agst Hegira, aud 6 to 1 agst Little Nell. Queen Bess made play at a good pace, Hegira lying second, Fisherman third, and Little Nell fourth, which fcorder was maintained until near the two- mile post, where Hegira showed in front, and remained in pos- session of the lead until passing the Berry Moss Farm, when Queen Bess resumed it, and won, after a very fine race with the favourite, by a neck ; a length between second and third, two lengths between third and fourth. The INNKEEPERS' PLATE of 40 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 8 sovs each ; the seoond to revive half the sweepstakes; 7 subs. Mr T. Dawson's Red White and Blue, by Malcolm, 3 yrs, 5st lSlb ( 2a S OTS) Gnmshaw 1 Mr R. Nelson's b m Cora Linn, 3 yrs, 5st 131b ( carried 6st lib) ( 25) Hardcastle 2 Mr T. Dawson's b g Assailant, 4 yrs, 6st 91b ( 25) Bullock 3 Mr Grainger's b g The Bounding Elk, 6 yrs, 8st 21b ( 50). Foster 0 Betting : Even on Red White and Blue, 2 to 1 agst Assailant, 3 tol agst Cora Linn. Bounding Elk took the lead, but almost immediately bolted, and Red White and Blue went to the front, followed by Cora Linn and Assailant close together to the Wood turn, after rounding which Cora Linn took up the running, but was headed by the favourite half way up the distance, aud beaten after a pretty race by a neck, same between second and third. The winner was sold for 38 guineas. The WELTER CUP of 50 sovs, given by the Duke of Buccleuch< added to a Handicap of 5 sovs each, h ft; winners of any handicap of 100 sovs value after Oct 11 5lb extra ; the second to receive 10 sovs out of the stakes ; gentlemen riders; pro- fessionals 71b extra ; one mile and three quarters ; 14 subs. 31r J. G. Henderson's Logie o'Buchan, by Uriel, 3 yrs, list Sib Mr R. I'Anson 1 Mr X. Dawson's Janet, 31rs, list 71b ( inc 71b extra).. Aldcroft 2 Mr Steel ns Galloper. 4 yrs, list 91b Mr Calder 3 Mr Harrison's King of Scotland, 4 yrs, list 91b .... Mr Usher 4 Mr Smart's Honesty, 4 yrs, list, 131b Mr Fraser 0 Mr Brown's Quin, 6 yrs, list 101b Mr Cowan 0 Mr G. Stenhouse's Potboy, 3 yrs, lOst 111b Capt Barclay 0 Mr Binnie's Mary Rose, 3 yrs, lOst Mr Thomson 0 Betting : 5 to 4 agst Logie o'Buchan, 6 to 4 agst Janet, and 4 to 1 agst any other. Won very easily by a length and a half.; a length between second and third ; and three lengths between third and fourth. A PLATE of SO sovs, given by the Carham Crow Club, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each ; once round a distance; 6 subs. Mr West's b m Breeze, by Storm, 4 yrs, 7st 81b Austin 1 Mr W. I'Anson's br m Culcavy. 5 yrs, 8st 41b .... Withington 2 Mr T. Dawson's b c The Little Cob, 3 yrs, 7st Bullock S Betting : 5 to 4 on Breeze, 6 to 4 agst Culcavy, and 3 to 1 agst Little Cob. Culcavy jumped off with the lead at a good pace, but ascending the hill Breeze bore her colours in the front, and won a fast run race by a neck; a length between second and third. A FREE HANDICAP of 3 sovs each, with 50 added by Lerd John Scott; once round a distance; 5 subs. Mr Gill's Bourgeois, a? ed, 9st 71b Wells 1 Mr W. Sharpe's Gathercole, 4 yrs, 8st 51b Aldcreft 2 Mr West's Breeze. 4 yrs, 8st 121b Bates 3 Mr J. G. Henderson's Afsayer. 6 yrs, 9st 31b Foster 4 Mr T. Dawson's Red White and Blue, 7st 61b Bullock 5 Betting: 5 to 4 on Bourgeois, 3 to 1 agst Breeze, 4 to 1 agst Assayer. Won easily by a length; same between second and third. Almost immediately after passing the chair Breeze slipped and threw Bates heavily, but we are happy to say that after prompt attention he had nearly recovered by the evening, CURRAGH- OCTOBER MEETING-( CONCLUDED.) THURSDAY, OCT 15.— The MARBLE HILL STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for two year olds; colts 8st 5lb, fillies 8st; 31b allowed to untried stallions or mares; 5lb to both; the winner of the Angleseys 71b, or of the Nationals 5lb, if of both 10lb extra; winners of any other two year old stakes 2lb extra for each stake won ; Anglesey Post; 19 subs. Mr St George's b f Darling, by Annandale, Sst lib.. J. Wynne 1 Mr Courtenay's b f Volatile, 8st Harrison 2 Lord Howth's ch c Rafatie, 8st Forster 3 Lord Waterford's ch c Killoughy, 8st 21b Doyle 0 Mr Watts's b f Odessa, 7st 91b Bullock 0 Betting: 3 to 1 on Darling, 4 to 1 agst Odessa, and 6 to 1 each agst Volatile and Rafatie. Rafatie was first off, and held a slight lead to half way up the rails, when Darling and Volatile joined him, the three running abreast to opposite the Stand, where Rafatie was beaten, Volatile finishing so close a race with Darling that it was the general opinion she won. The judge's fiat was however in favour of Darling by a neck, and Rafatie beaten three lengths from Volatile, finished as many before Killoughy, Odessa cantering in last. The SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each, p. p., and 25 added, for two year olds ; colts 8st 71b, fillies 8st 31b ; Anglesey Post; 6 subs. Mr Irwin's br c The Tailor, by The Dean, 6st 41b ( 25 sovs) Lynch 1 Mr W. Kennedy's b c Brother to Altro, 7st 41b ( 50),... Murphy 2 Mr Nugent's b c Geor. ic, 7st 91b ( 75) Keegan 0 Mr James Hills's brc Farrathee, 7st 41b ( 50) M'Nerny 0# Mi Maxwell's ch f by Warhawk out of Old Malt's dim, 6st ( carried 6st 31b) ( 25) Archer 0 Lord Waterford's b c Magician, 7st ( 30) D. Doyle 0 Betting: 3 to 2 agst Georgic, 3 to 1 agst Brother to Altro, and 6 to 1 agst The Tailor. Won by a length, after a slashing race with the two placed. FRIDAY.— The PAGET STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 50 added" for two year olds; colts 8st 41b, fillies 8st; untried stallions or mares allowed 3lb, both 5lb; the winner of the Angleseys 3lb, of any other race ( matches and handicaps excepted) 21b extra for each race won; any other winner of 50 sovs or upwards 2lb extra for each race won; Anglesey Post; 25 subs. Mr Keegan's( ch f Sweetcake, by Dough, 7stl llb( 51b) Jos. Keegan 1 Mr Disaey's b c Knight of Malta, 8st 101b J. Doyle 2 Lord Waterford's b f Hebe, 7st lllb D. Doyie 3 Mr Smith's be byDouehoutofPetticoat, 7stl81b( 51b). Conway 4 Mr Quin's b or br f ZaidiSe, Sst 21b ( 31b) Mahon 5 Betting: 5 to 4 agst Knight of Malta, and 3 to 1 each agst Zaid^ e and Sweetcake. Sweetcake jumped off with the lead, was never approached, and wou in a canter by six lengths, The POST WATERFORD STAKES of 50 sovs each, for two year olds; colts 8st 51b, fillies and gildings 8st; untried stallions or mares allowed 31b, both 5lb ; the winner of the Slane, Stewards', Nursery, Anglesey, or Railway Stakes 71b, of two of them 10lb, and of three 121b, of any other two year old stakes 31b, of two or more 71b extra; each subscriber to name two year- lings, and bring one to the post; Anglesey Post; 5 subs. Sir T. Burke's ch c Eyrecourt, by Horn of Chase. Sst 21b ( 31b) E. Harrison 1 Mr J. S. Forbe'sbr f Mary O'Toole, Sst J. Wynne 2 Lord Waterford's b c Champion, 8at 21b ( 31b) Doyle 3 Betting : 5 to 2 oil Eyrecourt, who indulged Mary O'Toole with the lead till opposite the Stand, where he went in front, and won easily by a length, Champion a bad third. Won by two lengths. The ROYAL WHIP, presented by his late Majesty to the Turf Club, with lOOgs added annually by her Majesty ; three year olds lOst, four list 41b, five list 12lb, six and aged 12st; mares and geldings allowed 3lb ; four miles. Mr Burke's b c Tattler, by Magpie, 3 yrs James Wynne 1 Mr Maxwell's br c Fireblast, 4 yrs. J. Doyle 2 Mr Keegan's ch c Prizefighter, 3 yrs Jos. Keegan 3 Mr Doyle's Is g Veteran, aged D. Wynne 0 Mr J. Dixon's b c Huntsman, 4 yrs Owner 0 Betting: 5 to 4 agst Fireblast, 7 to 4 agst Prizefighter, and 5 to 2 agst The Tattler. The Huntsman held the lead for the first mile, when Veteran took it from him and made the running, with The Tattler in attendance to the Red Post, where the latter assumed the lead, making the pace across the flat pretty good, Fireblast and Prizefighter lying second and third to the half- mile post, where both reached the leader, the three running abreast to inside the chains, where The Tattler, from sheer dis- tress, hung to the left, and Prizefighter, held from the same cause, went tilt against Fireblast, knocking him out of his stride. This contretemps, together with the masterly riding of James Wynne, enabled The Tattler to again get into the race, and, after a close and exciting struggle, he was landed the winner by three parts of a length, Prizefighter being beaten about three from Fireblast. A SWEEPSTAKES of 100 sovs each, h ft, for two year old fillies; Sst 3lb each; untried stallions or mares allowed 31b, both 5lb; Anglesey Post; 4 subs. Mr Courtenay's ro or gr f Frailty, by Knight of the Whistle, 8$ t 31b Harrison walked over MATCH, 25 sovs, 8at 71b each; two miles. Mr Quin's ch c Araguthsheese, by Vulcan, 3 yrs .... L. Mabon 1 Capt D. W. P. Beresford's b c Companion, 3 yrs .. J. Forster 2 Betting: 5 to 4 on Araguthsheese. Won in a canter by four lengths. The FLYING STAKE J of 3 sovs each, with 25 added; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs, & c; half a mile; 9 subs. Mr J. Keatings's b f Remedy, by The Cure, 3 yrs, 8st 41b E. Harrison 1 Mr St George's ch g Sans Culotte, 3 yrs, 8st 71b J. Wynne 2 Mr Courtenay's ch f Restless ( late Canary), 2 yrs, 6st 51b Murphy 3 Mr Quin's b f Agitation, 5 yrs, Sst 41b L. Mahon 0 Lord Waterford's ch c Hawk, 3 yrs, 8st D. Doyle 0 Mr Connor's b f Stear de Charite, 3 yrs, 7st 101b Archer 0 Mr Taylor's b f Zillah, 3 yrs, 7st 51b Midgeley 0 Betting: 2 to 1 agst Restless, 5 to 2 agst Sans Culotte, 4 to 1 agst The Hawk, and 10 to 1 agst Remedy. The Hawk was first off, but was immediately headed by Restless, who with Remedy and Sans Culotte close laid up, made the running to the end of the Stand, where she was beaten, a severe struggle theuce to the winning chair, between Sans Culotte and Remedy, ending in favour of the latter by a short hall- length, Restless beaten two from Sans Culotte; the others nowhere. The CORINTHIAN STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 25 added, for hunters, & c; gentlemen riders; heats, one mile and a half, on the Peel Course ; 5 subs. Mr Dixon's b h Walterstown, by King Dan, 5 yrs, 12st Capt Townley 0 11 Mr Atkinson's ch g TheBaker, 3 yrs, 10st| 71bMrKennedy 10 2 Mr St John's br c Schneider, 3 yrs, 10st .... Mr St John 220 SirT. Burke's beStHelens, 3yrs, Ust41b. CaptWilliams 3 3 0 Mr Bryan's b c Five and Twenty, 3 yrs, list llb. MrKing 0/ 0 0 First heat: Betting— 5 to 2 agst The Baker, 3 to 1 each agst Five and Twenty and Walterstown, aud 5 to 1 agst Schneider. Walterstown showed the way for about a quarter of a mile, when The Baker took up the running, holding a lead of two or three lengths to the end of the Stand,. when Schneider reached him, and St Helens coming with a tremendous rush a second or two after, a slashing run to the chair ensued, the judge award- ing the heat to The Baker by ahead, though many fancied St Helens was first and Schneider second.— Second heat; 2 to 1 agst St Helens, and 3 to 1 each agst The Baker and Walterstown. The latter made nearly all the running, and won, after a good race with Schneider, by a length.— Third heat: 5 to 2 on Wal- terstown. The Baker, who was merely looked on in the pre- vious heat, made strong play throughout, but tiring at the finish, was caught by Walterstown, who won, after a splendid set- to, by nearly a length; LIMERICK RACES. TUESDAY, OCT 20.— The NEWCASTLE HANDICAP of 4 sovs each, with 60 added; two miles. Mr Neweomen's b h Gamekeeper, by Birdcatcher, 9st 21b J. Wynne 1 Mr Nowlan's ch c by Harlcaway, 4 yrs, 8st21b.. Joseph Wynne 2 Mr Taylor's b c Schneider, 6st 121b Medgley 0 Mr Irwin's ch f Duchess of Alba, 6st 31b Lynch 0 Mr Foley's br h Trapper, Sst 91b Doyle 0 Mr Curtayne's b f Iareca, Cat 41b Moon 0 Betting: Even on Gamekeeper, 2 tol agst the Trapper, and 3 to 1 agst the Harkaway colt, lareca made play at a strong pace to the turn at the Scotsman's fields, where the Harkaway colt joined her, and both ran together round the dirty turn, Gamekeeper taking the third place, and, waiting to the dis- tance, there joined them, and won easily at last by a length. SELLING STAKES of 3 sovs each, h ft, with 25 added; heats, on ® mile and a half. Mr Keatinge's Remedy, by The Cure, 6st 61b Archer 1 1 Mr Taylor's Schneider, 7st 81b Medgley 2 2 Mr Burke's Zellah, 6st lllb Murphy 0 0 Mr Grove's Belmont, 7st 81b Archer 0 0 Mr Irwin's Easter Monday, 6st 61b Lynch 0 dr Mr Manning's Arab Chief, 7st 81b J. Wynne fell First heat: Betting— Even on Remedy.— Second heat: 7 to4 and 2 to l on her. Both heats won cleverly. The COUNTY LIMERICK CHALLENGE CUP, with 25 sovs added. Mr Manning's Arab Chief, by Young Ishmael, list lllb Fanning 1 1 Mr Harty's Fanny, lOst lllb M'Auliffe 0 dr Won in a canter. WEDNESDAY.— The GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE HAN* DICAP of 4 sovs each, with 60 added; three miles. Mr Robinson's ch m Blue Belle, by Vulcan, lOst 71b. E. Noonan 1 Mr Murphy's Blind Harper, lOst 71b J. Wynne 2 Marquis of Waterford's Archimedes. lOst 121b D. Meany 3 Capt Burke's Old Rake. lOst 121b Debeau 0 Mr Seery's ch f by Warlike, 9st 121b Geary fell Mr Peacocke's b m Kathleen, 9st 121b Callaghan fell Betting: 5 to 4 agst the Harper, 5 to 2 agst Old Rake, 4 to 1 agst the winner, 5 to 1 agst Archimedes. The running was made by Kathleen till after passing the Stand the first time round, when Old Rake was first, Kathleen second, Blue Belle third, and the Harper fourth. After going about two- tliirds of the distance the Warlike filly took the lead, which she maintained to the last fence, where she fell. Noonan on Blue Belle, who was very handy at the time, put on the steam, and won cleverly by a length and a half, Blind Harper making his effort a little too late, the weight on so small an animal telling greatly against him. The WELTER STAKES of 4 sovs each, with 30 added; 13st 4lb each ; l sov entrance; three miles, Steeple Chase Course. Capt Burke's Tom Tinker, by Doncaster ( 71b extra).... Noble 1 Mr Connell's May Morning. Owner 2 Mr M'Mahon's Confidence Owner 3 Mr Seymour's ( 17th Regt) The Turk ( 71b extra) .,.. D. Meany fell MrO'Ryan'sTerryalt .. Owner killed Betting: 6 to 4 agst May Morning, 3 to 1 agst The Turk, 4 to 1 agst The Turk and Confidence. The Tinker and May Morning led alternately to the last fence, where the former came out and wen easily. Terryalt and The Turk both fell at the first fence, and we regret to say the former broke his back. The SELLING CORINTHIAN STAKES of 3 sovs each, h ft, and 30 added ; heats, three quarters of a mile. MrKeating's b f Remedy, by the Cure, 9st 6lb ( 100 sovs) * Mr Fanner 1 1 Mr Rose nsbh Walterstown, list 41b ( 100) Capt Shaw 0 2 Mr Nolan's c by Harkaway, lOst Sib ( 50) Mr W. Long 3 3 Mr Brereton's b c Surorise, 10st41b( 30) Owner 2 0 Mr Hunt's Zillah, Sst 21b ( 50) Owner 0 dr First heat: Betting— 6 to 4 agst Remedy, 5 to 2 agst Hark- away colt, 3 to 1 agst Walterstown, 5 to 1 agst Surprise.— Second heat: 2 to 1 on Remedy. Both heats won in a canter. * Mr Hunt rode Remedy in the second heat, DOWN ROYAL CORPORATION OCTOBER MEETING. Governor: The Marquis of Downshire. Registrar: J. F. Knaresboro', Esq. WEDNESDAY, OCT 21.— Unfairly interfered with, by the Limerick stewards fixing their races for the same date, this meeting was not so successful as it has heretofore been, the prin- cipal handicap falling to the ground for the want of horses, and the other races filling badly. The attendance was nevertheless good, and the racing, though extending to only two events, affording ample amusement. The Fley Stakes was contested by live horses, and ended in a " dead heat " between Yeutick and the filly by Simoom out of Teresa, by Langar, who will see a better day. Some compromise afterwards took place, and the filly walked over. The Hurdle Race was contested with great severity, and ended in the success of the non- favourite, Luey Neale, the race being protracted to three heats. The Marquis of Dowusbire was unavoidably absent, his regiment, the South D JWIIS, being on the march for the camp at the Curragh. The following is a return :— The FLEY HANDICAP of 2 sovs each, with 20 added; Kilwarlow Course ( three quarters of a mile); 5 subs. Mr M'Kenna's b f by Simoom out of Teresa, 3 yrs, Sst 101b Conclly t 1 Mr Maley'e b g Yeutick, 5 yrs, lOst 71b Maley t dr Mr Henderson's br f Baroness, 4 yrs, Sst D. Doyle 3 Mr Murland's b m Hawthorn, by Sheraton out of Re- tort, 5 yrs, 8st Gray 0 Mr Flood's ch c The Pilgrim, by Crozier out of Myr- tilla, 2 yrs, 6st 121b J. Dunne 0 Betting: 2 to 1 agst the Simoom filly, and 5 to 2 agst Yeutick. The Pilgrim led to the gravel bill, where he was beaten, The Baroness, Yeutick, and the Simoom filly going on together to the distance, where the two latter singled out— a tremendous race between them to the winning chair, ending in a dead heat, Yeutick having the best of it until within a stride of the chair. The Baroness was a bad third, and the others beaten off. The Simoom filly walked over for the deciding keat. The HURDLE SWEEPSTAKES of 3 sovs each, with 20 added; weight lor age, with Selling allowances, & c; heats, two miles; 4 subs. Mr M'Uwain's b m Lucy Neale, by Discord, aged, 9st lllb( 20 sovs) Maley 3 11 Mr P. Hoysted's br m Miss Bessy, aged, 16st 71b ( 30) W. Cusack J 3 3 MrGrames's b g Louth, aged, list lib ( 50)— J. Haalon 2 2 2 Mr M'Kinna's b g Artful Dodger, 9st lllb ( 20) .... Kelly 4 dr First Heat: Betting— Even on Miss Bessy. Louth led over the three first hurdles, when The Dodger went in front and car- ried on the running to the distance, where Louth and Miss Bessy both passed him, the latter winning a fine race by a short neck ; Lucy Neale a bad third, and The Artful Dodger, who pulled up lame, beaten off.— Second heat: Lucy Neale made strong play throughout, and won a close race by a length.— Third heat: Lucy again led from start t © finish, and won in a canter. THURSDAY.— HER MAJESTY'S PLATE of lOOgs, for horses, & c; weight for age; two miles. y r Newcomen's b h Gamekeeper, 6 yrs J. Wynne t 1 Air Roe's be The Tattler, 3 yrs Conolly t 2 Mr Maxwell's b c Fireblast. 4 yrs J. Doyle S 0 A dead heat between Gamekeeper and Tattler, Fireblast beaten a length.— Deciding heat: Gamekeeper won easy. The SELLING STAKES of 3 sovs each, with 20 added ; weight for age, with selling allowances, & c; heats, Kilwarlin Course; 4j gliljg^ Mr Maley's b g Yeutick, 5 yrs, Qst 131b ( 40sovs).. Maley 2 11 Mr Henderson's br f The Baroness, 4 yrs, Sst 81b ( 20) .. 12 2 Mr Maxwell's ch f by Warhawk out of Old Moll's dam, 2 yrs, 5st 91b ( 40) 3 3 dr Each heat won easy. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING, 1857. The GREAT AUTUMN CUP, value 200 sovs, with 100 in specie, added to a Handicap of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, aud 3 only if de- clared on or before Tuesday, Oct 27, the forfeits to go to the fund ; winners of any handicap after Oct 20 value 100 sovs 5lb, two or 200 sovs 81b, the winner of the Cambridgeshige Stakes 121b, the second 5lb extra, but 121b to be the extreme penalty; one mile and three quarters ; 74 subs. If the highest weight accepting be under Sst 12lb, it will be raised to that, and the others in proportion. age stlb St Giles 3.. 6 10 Underhand .... 8 .6 10 Apathy 8.. 6 10 El Hakim 3.. 6 10 Prestbury 4.. 6 10 * Sir Colin 3 .6 10 Bashi Bazouk.. 3.. 6 10 Cotswold 4. Wardermarske 3.. 6 The Martlet.... 4.. 6 Liverpool 3.6 Zigzag a.. f George Brown.. 4.. 6 4 Bubble 4.. 6 ' Moestiesima,... 8.. 6 Gunboat 8.. 6 Borderer 3.. 6 Laverna 4.. 6 Dunboyne .... 3.. 6 * M. Do bier .,.. 3.. 6 Ruth 3.. 6 The Dnp « 8.. 6 0 Dulcamara .... 3 .6 0 Mysterious Jacks.. 5 12 The Sluggard.. 5.. 5 10 age stlb Fisherman .... 4.. 8 12 Neville 6.. 8 4 Polestar 5.. 8 4 Mary 5.. 8 4 Poodle a . 8 2 Ellington 4.. 8 2 Pantomime.... a.. 7 6 The Assayer .. 6.7 6 Vandal 5.. 7 4 Tournament .. S.. 7 4 Aleppo 4.. 7 2 Artillery 4.. 7 2 Polmoodie .... 4.. 7 2 Prioress 4.. 7 2 Commotion.... 8.. 7 2 Black Swan.... a . 7 0 Victoria 4.. 7 0 Good Friday ,, 4. .7 0 • Gemma di Vergy S.. 7 0 Vandermulin .. 4 .6 12 Md. of Derwent 4. .6 12 K. of tlieGipsies 4.. 6 12 Strath naver 8.. 6 12 Bounding Elk.. 6.. 6 10 Riseber 3.. 6 10 Those marked * having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out by the time prescribed, unless specially or- dered to remain in. Weights published Oct 20, at oae p. m. The AINTREE PLATE HANDICAP of 50 sovs, for all ages; one mile. De Ginkel, 4 yrs Bourgeois, aged Admiral Lyons, 3 yrs Flyaway, 8 yrs B f by Burgundy out of Prioress, S yrs The Martlet, 4 yrs Sans Culotte, 8 yrs Uzella, 4 yrs Sir Humphrey, 8 yrs age st lb TheDustyMilIer3.. 5 10 Gleesinger .... S.. 5 10 Busy Bee 3.. 5 10 The Zouave.... S.. E 10 Alice 5. .5 7 Homoeopathist S.. 5 Special Licence 3.. 5 Sneeze ........ 3.. 5 Hamlet 3.. 5 December 5.. 5 Tattler 8.. 5 * C by Alarm- Plush 3.. 5 * Attorney- Gen. S.. 5 GeneralBosquetS.. 5 Sacharissa .... 3.. 5 Relapse S.. 5 Queen Bess .... 3., 4 12 Gilliver 3.. 4 10 Chester 8.. 1 0 Sir Humphrey 3.. 4 0 Claret 5..( pd; Pryor 5.,( pd Babylon 3..( pd; Lima 3. ,( pd Cumberland, 3 yrs Echo, 3 yrs Bird in Hand, 4 yrs King of Scotland, 4 yrs Little Cob, 3 yrs Red White snd Blue, 3 yrs Assailant, 4 yrs Mauchline, 2 yrs Leukothea, 2 yrs F by Chanticleer out of Baroness, 2 yrs Queen Bess, 8 yrs Miss Harkaway, 4 yrs Jessie. 3 yrs Kathorine Logie, 4 yrs Bel Esperanza, 3 yrs Apathy, 8 yrs Master Bagot, 8 yrs Amorous Boy, 8 yrs Peto, 3 yrs The CROXTETH WELTER CUP of 30 sovs, added to a Handicap of 5 sovs each; a mile and a half; 11 subs. The Sluggard, 5 yrs Gamekeeper, 6 yrs I King of Scotland, 4 yrs Liverpool, 3 yrs Octavia, aged I Little Cob, 3 yrs Little Tom, aged Cotswold, 4 yrs | Walterstown, 5 yrs Reveille, 6 yrs Earthstopper, 5 yrs 1 The KNOWSLEY NURSERY HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 80 added, for two year olds; T. Y. C.; 31 subs, Mr J. Merry's Sunbeam Mr J. Merry's f by Chanticleer out of Baroness Mr J. Merry's Lady Elizabeth Mr Saxon's Mi9ty Morn Mr Saxon's T. P. Cooke Mr Barber's King William Mr Barber's Polly Peachum Mr S. Williams's Lucca della Robbia Mr J. Barnard's Wrestler Sir J. Boswell's b c Swale Mr Warrener ns ch f Greenwich Fair Mr J. Gray's br f Meta ( h b) Sir L. Newman's br f Botany Mr T. Temperley's f Sally Mr St George's b f Darling The JUVENILE STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 25 added; for two year olds j colts 8st 71b, fillies and geldings 8st 4lb; maidens allowed 71b; winners once 5lb, twice or more 10lb extra; T. Y. C.; 8 subs. Mr J. Merry's b f Lady Ann Mr Jaques's b c Old Times Mr T. Dawson's bk c Dred Mr T. Dawson's b c Snuff Mr Jackson's b c Trabuco Mr Jacksos's b c Broadlands Mr Jackson's b f Tunstall Maid Mr R. Wilson's b c Captain Wed- derburn Mr Fraser's b f Nelly Mr Read's br c Satinstone Mr T. Hunt's b f Wild Honey Mr Henry's b c Convict Mr Wilkinson's ch c Physician Mr J. Osborne's gr f Ellen the Fair Mr Byrn's br f Anne Devfelin Mr E. Gill's bk c Adventurer Mr T. Dawson's bk c Dred Mr T. Dawson's b f British Flag Mr Fraser's b f Nelly Mr J. Osborne's b c by Honywood out of Incense Mr Barber's King William Mr S. Williams's Lucca della Rob- bia Mr J. Parker's ch f by Orlando out of Martha Lynn Mr Jaques's b c Old Times The HURDLE RACE HANDICAP of 3 sovs each, with 30 added;-, two miles, over six hurdles; 11 subs. Miss Harkaway, 4 yrs Theodine, aged Smithmoor, 5 yrs Perseverance ( h b), 5 ys Conrad, aged Moire Antique, 5 yra Knight of the Shire, Peacock, seed Earthstopper, 5 yrs aged Reveiilee, 6 yrs Chester, 3 yrs The SCURRY CORINTHIAN HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 25 added; one mile; 12 subs. The Dusty Miller, 3 yrs Bourgeois, aged Octavia, aged Perseverance ( h b), 5 ys Conrad, aged Assailant, 4 yrs Walters town, 5 yrs Little Tom, aged Red White & Blue, 8 ys Zigzag, aged Re\- eiil6e, 0 yrs Chester, 3 yrs The SBPTON HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 60 added; one mile and a quarter; 25 subs. The Dusty Miller, 3 yrs Queen Bess, 8 yrs Miss Harkaway, 4 yrs C by Epirus out of El- cot's dam, 8 yrs Bel Esperanza, 8 yrs Katherine Logie, 4 yrs Apathy, 8 yrs Master Bagot, 8 yrs 1 Admiral Lyons, 3 yrs Weatherglass, 3 yrs Englemere ( late Lady Ribblesdale), S yrs Tiff, 4 yrs Bourgeois, aged Polmoodie, 4 yrs Wild Huntsman, 6 yrs Special Licence, 3 yrs Breeze, 4 yrs Gamekeeper, 6 yrs Bird in Hand, 4 yrs Hospitality, 4 yrs King of Scotland, 4 yrs Sir Humphrey, 8 yrs The Martlet, 4 yrs King of the Gipsies, 4 yrs Bf by Burgundy, out of Pnoresg, 8 yrs WORCESTER AUTUMN MEETING, 1857. The WORCESTER AUTUMN HANDICAP of 10 sovs each, h ft, and 3 only if declared on or before Tuesday, Oct 27, with 100 added; a winner of 100 sovs clear after Oct 20 5lb, of 200 81b extra ; two miles; 30 sub3. If the highest weight accepting be under 8st 121b. it will be raised to that weight, and all the others in proportion age st lb Little Davie.... a.. 6 12 The DuDe 8.. 6 11 Barbarity 8.. 6 11 Leo 3.. 6 11 Curious 4.. 6 10 age st lb Stork 4.. 8 12 Romeo a.. 8 2 Elirida 4.. 8 0 MaidofDerwent4.. 7 8 Apathy 8.. 7 6 Borderer 3.. 7 0 Morgan Rattler 6.. 7 0 Miss Harkaway4. .6 12 Little Nell .... 4.. 6 12 Hobgoblin .... 3,. 6 12 Laverna ... 4.6 10 age st lb Bluebell........ 4 .6 6 Omar Pasha a. .6 6 Zouave 3. .6 5 Indian Queen,. 4.. 6 2 BelEsperanza.. 8 .6 0 Queen Bess 8.. 5 10 Ly. RibblesdaleS.. 5 9 Laodamia 8.. 5 9 Kenerdy ...... 3 .5 6 Weatherglass .. 3.5 6 Amelia 8.. 6 10 Shirah 3.. 6 8 Ruth 3.. 6 8 Dusty Miller .. 3.. 6 6 The HURDLE RACE HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, with 30 added; winners of 50 sovs cloar after October 20 5lb extra; two miles ; 13 subs. age st lb I age st lb I age st lb Knight of the I Earthstopper.. 5.. 10 2 Brompton .... 6.9 7 Shire a.. 11 7 I Evington Lass a.. 10 0 I The Farmer .. a.. 9 4 Teddesley .... a,. 10 10 The Cripple .. a .. 9 10 | Heads or Tails 3.. 9 4 Conrad a. .10 7 Smithmoor .. 5,. 9 10 Helen Raglan 3.. 9 4 The Scamp.... a.. 10 4 I Perseverance.... 9 7 I The AUTUMN FLYING HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, with 40 added, for all ages ; rather more than half a mile ; 27 subs. If the highest weight accepting be under . Sst 121b, it will be raised to that weight, and all the others in proportion. age st lb Tournament .. 3,, 8 9 New Brighton, . a.. 8 7 Olympus 4.. 8 4 Maid ofDerwenU.. 8 2 Agra 4 .7 8 Peto 3.. 7 8 Prestbury 4 .7 8 Lord Nelson .. 8.. 7 4 Mdme. ClicquotS.. 7 4 Little Gerard.. 6 .6 13 age stlb Bluebell 4.. 6 13 Prince'sMixt... 4.. 6 13 Ella 8.. 6 11 Raven 8. .6 9 Admiral of the White 3.. 6 9 Zouave S.. 6 9 Sorceress 8. .6 8 Rohallion 6 8 Mainstay 2.. 6 8 The WORCESTERSHIRE GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLE CHASE HANDICAP of 20 sovs each, h ft, and 5 only if declared on or before Tuesday, October 27, with 100 added; winners of 100 sovs after October 22 5lb, of two or more 71b extra; 17 subs. age st lb Polly Johnson.. 2,. 6 8 Darling 2.. 5 13 Satinstene .... 2.. 5 9 Captain Wed. derburn 2.. 5 3 Magnus Troil.. 2,. 5 3 Nelly 2.. 4 12 Lass of Rich- mond Hill..., 2.. 4 10 Joe the Quack,. 2,. 4 10 age st lb Emigrant a.. 11 10 Little Charley a.. 11 2 Odiham a.. 11 2 Knight of the Shire a.. 11 2 The Minor.... a,. 10 8 age st lb Forest Queen., a.. 10 8 Brigadier 10 0 Old Dog Tray.. a.. 9 10 Evington Lass a.. 9 10 Omar Pasha.. a.. 9 7 Hindley a.. 9 7 Aldershot . Bellman.,. Peacock ... .. a,. Theodine ., .. a,. Innkeeper. .. a,. age st lb " " 7 7 4 i RACING FIXTURES FOR 1857. OCTOBER. Newmarket H 26 I Aberystwith 26 NOVEMBER. Worcester Autunsn,, S I Wtnloek 6 | Shrewsbury A ...... 17 Great Grimsby 41 Liverpool Autumn,. 10 I Ludtew Autumn,,, INDEX TO THE CLOSING OF STAKES. Liverpool Oct 27 Worcester 27 Ascot Nov 3 Doncaster Spring.. 3 Doncaster 3 Epsom Spring,,,,,, 8 Epsom Nov 3 Goodwood 8 Newmarket 3 Northampton 3 Pontefract 8 IRELAND. NOVEMBER. Arma; h ,,.,,,.,,,, 5 | Swinford. Richmond ,, Salisbury... Stockbridge, Stockton ... Thirsk .. Nov 8 COURSING. COURSING FIXTURES FOR 1857. OCTOBER. » U OH. COUNTY. JUDGE. XXBTIXQ Belsay Northumberland. Mr A. Bennett ,, 26 Limerick Club ( Derry Castle). Mr Ovens 26.27 Combermere Cheshire Mr Warwick .... 26,27 Bendriggi Westmoreland .. Mr Dalzell 27,28 MarketWeighton( OpenJYorkshire Mr R. Boulton .. 27& fol dayf Southminster | Essex Mr A. Bennett .. 28 & 29 Ait- car Club Lancashire Mr M'George.... 28.28, ,40 Diamor Club Meath 29 Kyle Club Ayrshire Mr J. Dunlop.... 29,80 MSddleton Westmoreland .. Mr A. Dalzell.... 80,31 Andoversford Club .... Gloucestershire.. 80,31 „ ^ , NOVEMBER. Baschurch Salop Mr Warwick .... 2 Newcastle, Northum- berland, and Durham Union Mr A. Bennett.. 2 & fol days Whitehaven . Cumberland.... MrH. Braithwaite 3,4 bpeltnorne Club Wiltshire Mr M'George .... 8,4,5 Baldock Club Herts Mr Warwick .... 4. 5 Malton( Open) Yorkshire Mr R. Boulton .. 4,5 Ridgway Club( Lytham) Lancashire Mr A. Bennett .. 5,6 Brampton Cumberland .... Mr A. Dalzell..., 5& foldays Sudbury ( Open) Derbyshire .... Mr M'George.... 6,7 Longhorsley Northumberland. Mr A. Bennett .. 9,10 Ashdown Park Chain- Pion Berkshire Mr M'George.... 9 & fol. days Brougham & Whinfell.. Westmoreland .. Mr Hudson 10,11 Audlem Cheshire Mr Warwick .... 11,12 Tadcaster Yorkshire Mr R. Boulton .. 11,12 S> wddall Co. Meath Mr Owens ll& fol. days Nithsdale and Galloway Mr A. Bennett .. 12, 18 Baron Hill Anglesey Mr Warwick .... 13,14 Burt © n- on- Trent Club.. Staffordshire .... Mr M'George.... 15& fol. days Betterfield Flintshire Mr Warwick .... 16 Caledonian ( St Leger j,. Edinburgh Mr R. Boulton .. 17& fel. day* Bndekirk Mr A. Dalzell.... 17 & 18 Cardington Club Bedfordshire .... Mr Warwick .... 17.18. It LimerickClub( Clorane) Mr Owens 18,19 Chatsworth ( Open) Derbyshire 19,20 Barton- upon- Humber. . Lincolnshire .... Mr Warwick.... 29,21 Burlton Salop Mr Warwick .... 28 Cequetdale Club( Open). Northumberland. Mr R. Boulton . .24,25 Thirsk Yorkshire 24, 25 Hordley Salop Mr Warwick .... 25 Ardrossan ( St Leger).. Ayrshire Mr Patrick 2S Wolvernampton Open ( Patshull Park) Staffordshire .... Mr Warwick .... 26,27 Everley Club Wiltshire Mr M'George.... 26,27,28 Newmarket ChamoioE. Cainbridgeshire.. Mr M'George.... 88 * fol toys „ , „ DECEMBER. Cork Southern Clab ( Killady Hill) Cork Mr Hawkes 1 & fol days Appleby Westmoreland.. Mr R. Boulton .. 2,3 Ridgway Club ( South- port) Lancashire S, 4 Mountainstown Meath Mr Owens 9,18 Ardrosean Club. Ayrshire 10 Mid Annandale Dumfries 10,11 Burton- on- Trent Club. . Staffordshire .... Mr M'George.... 14& fol. days Spelthorne Club Middlesex Mr M'George .... 15,16 Cardington Club ( Open). Bedtordshire.... Mr Warwick .... 15,16.17, Altcar Club Lancashire 16,17 Limerick Club Open) ( Knockrue) Mr Owens 16.17 Cork Southern Club ( Warner's House) .. Cork Mr Hawkes 22 Kenil worth Warwickshire .. Mr M'George .... 29, & c. JANUARY, 1858. Scorton Op. ( Catterick). Yorkshire Mr M'George.... 5,6 Altcar Club Lancashire. .... 20, al Limerick Club ( Glen- stall C& stle) Mr Owens 20,21 FEBRUARY. Whitehaven Cumberland .... MrH. Braithwaite 4,5 KidgwayClub( Lytham) Lancashire 4,5 Ardrossan Club Ayrshire 11 Limerick Club ( Derry Castle) Mr Owens IS, 17 Spelthorne Club Wiltshire Mr M'George.... 16.17.18 Waterloo 23,24,25 MARCH Limerick Club ( 0>: en) ( Olorane) Mr Owens 17,18 APRIL. Limerick Club ( Open) ( Knockrue) Mr Owens........ 21,22 *** Secretaries and others are requested to take notice tha owing to the demands upon our space at this season of the year we are compelled to omit notice of all meetings " not fixed." Arrow beat Lilly Dawson Sydenham beat Rock Pigeon Sydenham beat Daylight .10 Bessie of the Vale beat Rabbit H. Andy ran a bye ( Velinda dr) Jailbird beat Melody Letitia Hardy beat Jailbird Hopmarket beat Cantab Hopmarket beat Handy Andy WILTSHIRE ( AMESBURY) CHAMPION MEETING— OCT 20, 21, 22, & 23. Stewards: Messrs Jones, Rendall, and Dean. Hon Sec : Mr H, Miller Judge: Mr M'George. The GBBAT WESTERN STAKES, for puppise Mr Jones's bk b Jenny Dennison, by Junta out of Jenny Wren, beat Mr Long's r b Loodiana, by Scipio out of Ladylike Mr Saxton's bk d Sydenham, by Ranter out of Whiff, beat Mr Rendall's r b Rash, by Red Republican out of Bright Eye Mr Blick's be w d Perceptible, by Piper out of Fan, beat Mr Jones's r d Joshua, by Junta out of Jael Mr Allison's bk b Arrow, by Ranter out of The Widow, beat Mr Hole's be b Lava, by Gambler out of Dexterous Mr Gardner's bk b Buckram, by Ranter out of a Foremost bitch, beat Mr Hole's bk b Libra, sister te Lava Mr Daintree's bk w b Daylight, by Stukely out of Rushalong, beat Mr Rush ton's f b Madame Schaplin, by Pluto out of Gertrude Mr Raxworthy's bk w b Rock Pigeon, by Dunkeld cut of Pussy, beat Mi- Miller's bk d The Marquis, by Gipsy Prince out of Lizzie Lindsay Mr Long's bk b Lily Dawson, by Doren out of Lydia Languish, beat Mr Gardner's bk b Baluna, by Neville out of Brunette Daylight beat Jenny Dennison I Perceptible beat Buckram III. Perceptible beat Arrow I IV. Mr Saxton's Sydenham beat Mr Blick's Perceptible, and won the stakes. The DETJID SIAKBS, for all ages. Mr Jones's w b Japonica, by Junta out of Blue Bell, beat Mr Gardner's bk w b Bulbul, by Beyrout out of Jenny Lind Mr Begbie's w bk d Bandit, by Sam out ot Sybil, beat Mr Rendall's f d Remembrance, by Lablache out of Sincerity ( 1) Mr Jenes's bk b Jailbird, by Junta out of Hummingbird, beat Mr Miller's bk b Mincemeat, by Sefton out of Marchioness Mr Saxton's bk w d Cantab, by Stanley out of Moneytaker, beat Mr Bates's r b Daphne, by Driver out of Myrtle Mr Long's be b Letitia Hardy, by Gipsy Prince out of Lydia Languish, beat Mr Gardner's bk w b Begum, sister to Bulbul ( 1) Mr Bowles's br b p Bessie of the Vale, by Lopez out of Lynx, beat Mr Rushton's w b p Rose o'Donnell, by Barwine out sf Esclairmonte Mr Rushton's f b Handy Andy, by Motley out of Black Diamond, beat Mr Allison's w bk b All Dazzling ( late Bedazzling), by Japhet out of Vivid ( 1) Mr Vipan's bk b Valinda, by Pathfinder out of Verity, beat Mr Miller's bk b Maraschino, by Mansoor out of Bess Mr Long's f b Lissette, by Gipsy Prince out of Lucy Lovelace, beat Mr Daintree's f w b Debonnaire, by Locomotive ( Son of King Cob) out of Magic Mr Miller's bk w b Melody, by Barabbas out of Medora, beat Mr Jack- son's bk d Istamboul, by Bedlamite out of Aminta Mr Rendall's r d Rabbit ( late Jerry), by Motley out of Wanton, beat Mr Thomas's bd w b Glue, by Mangonel out of Bird on the Wing Mr Blick's bk b Hopmarket, by Bedlamite out of Cerito, beat Mr Jones's bk w b Jugjug, sister to Jailbml ( 1) Letitia Hardy beat Japonica I Hopmarket beat Lisette I Cantab beat Bandit I III. Handy Andy beat Bessie ® f the I Vale( l- dr) I IV. Letitia Hardy ran a bye I Mr Long* sLetitia Hardy beat Mr Blick's Hopmarket, and won the stakes, The AMESBUKX STAKES, for puppies. Mr Miller's bk t d Mountaineer, by s'lipper out of Cobra, beat Mr Gard- ner's bk be b Butteifly, by Neville out of Brunette Mr Daintree's bk b Justice, by Lopez out of Lady, beat Mr Long's bk d Lord Harrv, by Gipsy Prince out of Mary Stewart Mr Dean's r b Sprite, by Steam Engine out of Fleet, beat Mr Rendall's bk t d Rob Roy, brother to Mountaineer ( 1) Mr Saxton's bk b Gallantry, by Ranter out of Whiff, beat Mr Dean's r b Faery Queen, sister to Sprite ^ Sprite beat Mountaineer ^ f Justice beat Gallantry ( 1) Mr Dean's Sprite beat Mr Daintree's Justice, and won the stakes. The SXONEHENGE STAKES, for dog puppies. Mr Bowles's bd w Bingo, by Lopez out of Landgravine, beat Mr Jack- son's r Jove, by Backgammon out of Blameless Mr Long's f Lerd of Lorn, by Gipsy Prince eut of Mary Stuart, beat Mr Saxton's bk Sanderstead, by Ranter out of Lotti Mr ReiidaH's bk Repentence, by Sackcloth out of Bellona, beat Mr Mo- rant's bk The Mummy, by Mansoor out of Madam Mr Miller's bk The Marquis beat Mr Alison's bk Artist, by Ranter out of The Widow ( 1) t Mr Blick's f Bobby B. by Driver out of Bandah, beat Mr Begbie's bk Bondsman, by Lopez out of Mocking Bird Mr Jones's r Joshua beat Mr Begbie's bk Banter, by Ranter out of Barbelle Mr Etwall's w y Endurance, by Lablache out of Ebb, beat Mr Gardner's bk Borderer, by Neville out of Brunette | Joshua beat Lord of Lorn The Marquis beat Repentance Bingo beat Joshua IV. Mr Blick's Bobby B. beat Mr Bowles's Bingo, and won the stakes. The ELSTONE STAKES, for bitch puppies. Mr Daintree's r w Delusion, by Lopez out of Lady, beat Mr Gardner's bk Beluna. by Neville out of Brunette Mr Saxton's bk Streatham, by Lemon out of Britannia, beat Mr Long's r Lady Fly, by Scipio out of Ladylike Mr Allison's Ariel, by Ranter out of The Widow, beat Mr Berry's be Zeta, by Meteor out of Madrigal Mr Miller's bk t Mistletoe, by Slipper out of Cobra, beat Mr Rushton's br Helen, by Woodman out of Bird on the Wing Mr Bowles's br Beauty of the Night, by Lablache out of Lurlei, beat Mr Etwall's f Evergreen, by Lablache out of Ebb Mr Saxton's bk Grace Darling, by Ranter out of Whiff, beat MrMorant's bk Minuet, by Mansoor out of Madam Mr Vipan's bkwVilette. by Reveller out of Vanilla, beat Mr Rendall's bk Relent, by Sackcloth out of Bellona II. Streatham beat Ariel Beauty of the Night beat Vilette I III. Streatham a bye— Beauty ofl the Night ( dr) IV. Mr Saxton's Streatham beat Mr Miller's Mistletoe, and won the stakes. The BULFOBD STAKES, for all ages. Mr Hole's be b Lava beat Mr Ludlow's r w b Lady Frances, by a son of Lablache out of a north country bitch Mr Dean's bk b Alpha, by Trafalgar out of Curiosity, beat Mr Allison's bk d Jemmy Nicoll, by Ranter out of The Widow Mr Gardner's bk w b Begum fee at Mr Miller's r w d Sir Hugh, by Brother to Mildew out of Merrylass Mr Miller's bk d p Greeuway, by Lopez out of Lynx, bsat Mr Daintree's bk d Done Brown, by Bedlamite^ out of Miss Hannah Alpha beat Greenway |' Begum beat Lava III. Mr Gardner's Begum beat Mr Dean's Alpha, and won the stakes. The BEACON HILL STAKES, for all- aged dogs. Mr Daintree's bk Done Brown beat Mr Miller's bk Meteor, by Juggler out of a Tom Thumb bitch ' J ^ Mr Long's bk Lockesley, by Gipsy Prince out of Lucy Lovelace, beat Mr Bowles's br p Buxton, by Lablache out of Lurlei ( 1 dr) Mr Blick's bk Hermas, by Friar Tuck out of Free and Easy, beat Mr Begbie's bk t Mussahib, by Mahout out of Mceris Done Brown ran a bye ^ Lockesley beat Hermas Mr Long's Lockesley beat Mr Daiatree's Done Brown, and won the stakes. The EVEBLEIGH STAKES, for all- aged bitches. Mr Ludlow's br Leonora beat Mr Rushton's r Entre Nous by Figaro out of Eaglet ( 1) Mr Jones's bkw Jug- jug beat Mr Saxton's bk Skyrocket, by Bluelight out of Nettle Mr Long's r Sophia, by Neville out of Black Fly, beat Mr Begbie's fw Bayleaf, by Stanley out of Agnes Mr Poole's r Hecla, by War Eagle out of Petulant, beat Mr Allison's bk Atalanta, by Ranter eut of The Widow II. Sophia beat Leonora I Hecla beat Jug- jug Mr Long's Sophia and Mr Poole's Hecla divided the stakes. The BKIGMERSTON STAKES, for puppie3. Mr Morant's bk d Messmate, by Mansoor out of Madam, beat Mr Gard- ner's bk d Buckram Mr Morgan's r b Mischief beat Mr Miller's bk t b Minna, by Slipper out of Cobra II. Mr Morgan's Mischief beat Mr Morant's Messmate, and won the stakes. The WINTEBBOBNE STAKES, for puppies. Mr Pyle's bd d Swift, by Edgell out of End, beat Mr Miller's bk b Mar « chionese, by Slipper out of Cobra Mr Beebie's | w bk d Bounder, by Sam out of Sybil, teat Mr Etwall's black dog, II. Mr Pyle's Swift beat Mr Begbie's Bounder, and won the stakes. The NOBMAJTTON STAKES, for puppies. MrMorgan's bd b MockingBird beat Mr Rushton's f b Madame Schaplin Mr Bern's bkb Zeta .. { MJuBte0efbg^ eBounty'by ^^ II. Mr Morgan's Mocking Bird beat Mr Berry's Zeta, and won the stakes. Bobby B beat Endurance Bingo ran a bye Bobby B. beat The Marquis Mistletoe beat Grace Darliug Delusion ran a bye Mistletoe beat; Deiusion The WILSFOBD STAKES, for all ages, Mr Ludlow's be b Larkspur beat Mr Long's r b China Aster ( r Mr Miller's bk b Moselle .. Mr Rushton's w b Rose O'Donnell Mr Ludlow's Larkspur beat Mr Miller's Moselle, and won the stakes. MATCH. Mr Miller's bk w b Miss Malpas i Mr Miller's rw bp Miss Phillips 2 ( JEOM OUB SPECIAL EEPORTER.) This old- established meeting commenced on Tuesday under auspices if not quite so favourable as we have occasionally known them, still by no means nnpropitious to the time- honoured sport of coursing. After the dinner on Monday, which was held at the George Ins, and attended by about twenty gentlemen, lovers of the leash, the entries and drawing took place. The chair was occupied by H. Miller, Esq, who, in his official capacity, wrote and read as skilful secretaries only can read. At the closing of this part of the business there ap- peared sixteen entries for the Great Western Stakes, tweuty- four for the Druid, and eight for the Amesbury, so that twenty- four courses were in waiting for the morrow, and naught was want" iug to ensure good sport but fine weather and strong hares. The lamented death of Mr Lawrence, recorded by us last week, was spoken of with sorrow by all. His loss will long be felt. Tuesday morning broke in all the glory of a lovely " brown October;" the sun smiled on the coursers at their breakfast, and gave token of brilliant weather— in fact, bright Phoebus was backed at any odds against Jupiter Pluvius. The meet was fixed for Stonehenge at ten o'clock, the first brace of greyhounds to be iu the slips at half past. Punctuality being a word held in high esteem in Wiltshire, a large muster had assembled at the Druids' Stones ( which nobody ever put up and nobody can take down), before the slipper was prepared to commence his pre- ambulatory performances. An alteration was made in the list of the Druid Cup by the substitution, with consent, of Rose O'Donnell for Piooolomini, the latter of which, in the absence of their owner, Mr Bartlett, had been entered by mistake overnight. The late rains had rendered good service to the lauds, which had previously been too hard for the best of greyhounds not to have the worst of the run with a stout hare. The open weather and the earliness of the season would, it was thought, be prejudicial to the hopes of long courses ; yet the hares proved, by their speed and stoutness, that they had taken no note of it, but had prepared themselves especially for this meeting by travelling for their food totally irrespective of distance. The first brace put into the slips were Loodiana and Jenny Dennison, when after a rather unsatisfactory slip, in which Jenny had the advantage of inside grouud and led to the hare, the course was won cleverly by her. For the next course a middling hare was found, and a short trial was the result, in which Sydenham, a very good- looking dog, was the winner, killing his hare in good style with a go- bye. Perceptible, a nice close runner, won the third cleverly, after a very pretty course, which was seen by everybody, whether on foot or horseback, as the dogs ran across the down to the Virgo Plantation. In the next Arrow went to her hare as though" shot from a bow," made every point until they were near the covert, when Lava came in, but a loose dog joined the fray and spoiled the rest of the course, which Arrow won. The next was a short course, won by Buckram, who had it all his own way. Two very clever bitches were then put into the slips, Daylight and Madame Schaplin ; the former won the first turn and served herself, Madame not appearing quite up to the mark, and running uncomfortably; the course was spoilt by the same dog breaking loose again and killing. In the next event the bitch was unsighted, and the Marquis led to the hare, which took to the open, and never turned her head towards covert; Rock Pigeon showed a deal of stoutness in this course, which was ratner a long one. The Marquis was cleverly, but not signally, defeated, and the hare killed; it was decided iu favour of the bitch. The last course of the Great Western was won by Lilly Dawson, who was beaten for speed from the slips, but after a point or two had been made by Beluna, she got in, did the remainder of the work, and linished a pretty course by a kill. The first brace put into the slips for the DEUID CUP were Ja- ponica and Bulbul; the former gained the first turn, and had the best of the course throughout. When near home, however, Bulbul came in for a turn or two, but had her pipe put out by a fall, which did not prevent her winning her course, for she was not in time to do so even if she made every point afterwards. This course was run " around around" the barrows so COR spicuons on that pan of The Plain. Bandit and Remembrance then ran an undecided course, which, when afterwards run off, proved a very fine one, pussy crossing the fallows and making for the Seven Barrows Plantation— the " deciding heat" won by Bandit. Jailbird, a beautiful daughter of Junta and Humming- bird, had to contest the next event with Mincemeat, and mince- meat she made of her, for she ran clear away from her to the hare, made point after point, and settled the business by a slashing go- bye and a kill. Cantab won the next, which was a short course, wherein the hare was killed. A short run- ning hare was then whipped out of the furze in the hol- low for Letitia Hardy and Begum to flirt with; they soon killed her, and the course was undecided. When run off, Begum appeared to hang a little— perhaps the grouud did not suit her so well as Letitia, who won cleverly. Bessie of the Vale and Rose O'Donnell then ran a shortish course, in which the hare was killed, Bessie winning in a very decisive manner. Handy Andy ran an undecided course with Alldazzling; but afterwards took the shine out of her in a long and beautiful course. Va- linda beat Maraschino easily ( with a kill), and broke her toe very badly. A very fine trial of merit took plaee between Lisette and Ddbonnair, the latter of whom did a deal of work at the com- mencement, but Lisette afterwards cut her out at every point, and won cleverly. The next was between Melody and Istam- boul; the bitch lost the " first run," by hanging in the slips, but eventually won a pretty course very cleverly, the Maho- metan's speed not showing so well towards the finish. The course which followed between Rabbit and Glue was the pret- tiest of the day. Glue worked her hare well at first, but did not stick to it, for she tired to Rabbit, who had the rest of the course to himself. A splendid race up to the hare, resulting in a " no- go" between Hopmarket and Jug- jug, was eventually de- cided in favour of the former, who led to the hare and won a good average course rather cleverly. In the AMBSBUEY STAKES Mountaineer was the first winner; Butterfly, a promising puppy of a curious colour, ran as if re- cently recovered from lameness, and slow at starting. Justice beat Lord Harry without difficulty. Sprite and Rob Roy had an undecided bout with a bad bare, killed by the outlaw. The course which followed, between Gallantry and Fairy Queen, was short, and won by the former. The sport was wound up by Sprite and Rob Roy running off their dead heat; the bowman led over the road to his hare, when the elfin came in, and never again gave him a chance afterwards. Thus ended a nice day's amusement, under a blue sky and a brilliant sun; everybody appeared satisfied with the number of courses, which, including double events, like February's days were twenty- and- nine. WEDNESDAY.—' The morning was inclined to be foggy ; the meet at Tanner's Down. By half past ten a large concourse of people had assembled under the clumps; the ladies well wrapped up ( they should be taken care of) and the gentlemen not without great coat or mackintosh. A great day's sport was expected, and a great day's sport there was; the only complaints being against the abominable number of threatening clouds that floated in the horizon. The company increased and the rain held off until after luncheon, when the inward man was ren- dered keen by the crudeness of the atmosphere and required re- cruiting. The neighbouring gentlemen's carriages had brought a good supply, which was hospitably handed round, and mine host of the Amesbury George had his " cart and boughs" in readiness for others with sandwiches and sherry. This came at a famous time, for hares were just at that time a wee bit slack. At two o'clock a terrible haziness came over the hills, and a storm was expected— it turned out to be a shower, but one which continued during the remainder of the day. However, we managed in spite of it to run off all the thirty courses on the card ; some of them were very long and beautiful, more particu- larly as we approached Porton Gorse, well- beloved by fox- hunters. The worst hares were those with which the ties were run off, whilst seme of the puppies had to encounter straight- backed ones, which gave them a deal of trouble and a deal of puazling. The turf is so beautiful that cut feet were unheard of to- day. The first four courses, thosefor the Great Western, were not marked by any particular feature, if we except the ease with which Daylight and Sydenham won, both killing their hares in good style. In the ties for the Druid Cup, Letitia Hardy was lucky enough to have a short course, and both Hopmarket and Cantab won theirs cleverly. Bessie of the Vale and Rabbit ran an undecided course ; afterwards won by Bessie, who showed a " fire" that indicates future greatness. That between Jailbird and Melody was a remarkably pretty course on the hillside, in front of the spectators. Melody at first appeared unsighted, but Jailbird always commanded her hare, and finished her course with a go- by and kill. Handy Andy ran a bye, Valinda turning out in the morning to be so fearfully lame that it would have been madness to run her. Mr Vipan had great hopes of her winning this stake until her accident yesterday placed her Jwrs de combat. In the Amesbury Stakes, Sprite won a very long course cleverly, Mountaineer appearing unable to stay. Justice and Gallantry ran a hare a piece, rendering their first essay abortive; they afterwards had a long struggle, running round the Barrows on the side of the Down next to Porton Firs, and going straight over the top of one of them. Then came the Stonehenge Dog Puppy Stake. A fine match took place over nearly the same ground as the last be- tween Bingo and Jove, which was eventually won by the former. He goes a great pace, and killed his hare in good style. Lord of Lorn, winner of a stake at Overton the other day, next met Sanderstead. They had a tremendous course, in the beginning of which the black dog showed great speed, but the close- running and staying powers of his lordship proved too much for his oppouent, and when he once got in he gained every point after- wards. The next two courses were not looked upon with so much interest as that between Bobby B and Bondsman. The former was backed to win this stake, and thought to be a clip- per; the latter is a son of the celebrated Mocking Bird, and was purchased at Mr Jardine's sale. They met with a good hare, and Bobby never for one minute shook the confidence re- posed in him by his party. These pupils of the Rugby school have hitherto displayed a deal of talent. Joshua defeated Banter, and Endurance beat Borderer. This last is a good brace of grey- hounds. Endurance acted up to her name, though Borderer did some work in the middle of the course, which was a very long and severe one. The Elstone Stakes brought out some good puppies, and they were indulged with immense courses, particularly the first two, won respectively by Delusion and Streatham. Ariel polished off Zeta aud killed his hare, after which Misletoe and Helen ran a very pretty course amongst the horsemen and carriages, which the former won cleverly. Beauty of the Night put up Mr Bowles's colours for the third time to- day. Grace Darling beat Minuet for both speed and bottom. Vilette and Relent ran a large ring with a hare driven out of the turnips ( as all the rest were for the day), and lost her at Porton Gorse. The Bulford Stakes for All Ages produced four courses. The first was run amongst tUe Barrows, and across Tanner's Down to the Clumps, where the meet had taken place in the morning, and was won by Lava. In the second Alpha went alone to her hare, Jemmy Nicholl having been unsighted and wanting his paletot in the rain, Alpha turned her hare several times before he came up, and afterwards did the same very cle- verly, never giving Jemmy a chance of winning. Begum beat Sir Hugh, and Greenway did Done Brown brown, and thus ended Wednesday's proceedings with four remarkably long and trying courses. A finer day's sport could not have been - wished for, the only drawback being the haziness of the weather. Al; five o'clock the candidates for champion honours had reached Amesbury and prepared for dinner, under which we know the tables groaned, for we heard them! THURSDAY.— A bitterly cold morning, with unmistakable signs of rain. The meet was Beacon Hill, at the top of which, the point made for in every course before luncheon, the wind, blew keen and chill. There was a large muster of visitors, but not quite so many as yesterday, when they had a sufficit of rain to frighten them away from a cloudy sky. At half- past ten the secretary, who was absent yesterday from indisposition, gave the word to march on, when Perceptible and Arrow were imme- diately perceived in the slips. A pretty course on the side and over the hill was won by the Rugby dog. The next was a no- go between Sydenham and Daylight, neither of them having caught sight of the hare on being slipped. In the second Syden- ham won easily. A dispute then arose as to Bessie of the Vale's qualification. She had won a stake at Croome, under the name of Leopardess, of which Mr Bowles ( to whom the late Mr Lawrence gave the whole of his kennel) was ignorant. Letitia Hardy and Jailbird were put into the slips pending the discus- sion Jailbird ran " flashy," but soon gave in, ana was beaten cleverly. Bessie then started under protest, and won with an indifferent hare. Hopmarket next beat Cantab in a magnificent course; the dog did his work well at first, but fell, and lost all chance afterwards. The Amesbury Stakes was decided by Sprite's winning another very fine course, killing her hare on the top of the hill. Bobby B, with a cut foot, then met Endurance, and they ran away from the Beacon to the plantation in the valley, Bobby winning cleverly. Bingo ran a bye with Delusion ( engaged in the Elstone Stakes), and Joshua beat Lord of Lorn easily. The Lord seemed to know how to cut off a corner. In this course, when the hare had nearly reached the summit of the wtSL A she suddenly turned round and went to the bottom at agntmng speed, followed by both greyhounds on reascenamg, Lord of Lorn tired and lost. The ISs beat Repentance ma short course on the flat. A pretty struggle be- tween Streatham and Ariel was won cleverly by thefWrlhe turnips m the valley were then beaten, when a Lar^ iumpel over the wattled fence on to the Down, knd afforded bS of an opportunity to beat Vilette cleverly, but not S ? evem. DKJt was subsequently stated that the Beauty was m the same difficulty as Bessie of the Vale! and had run at Croome as Lady le Gros, but no formal objection } Ii8leH! at-; d Grace Darling were next slipped ; the former did not see the hare, which was quickly killed by Grace single handed ; the next hare carried too many guns for them . afte- rauvery ser3re course, she shot up Beacon Hill with Misletoe i; i her wake, Grace disgracefully giving up the chase at the rise of the ascent. Alpha won by a km, after a closely- contested race with Greeuway. Begum' then defeated thYy'killed * C° UrSe t0 nC'ar the summit of th « steep, where The Beacon Hill Stakes produced a long course, in which Meteor showed speed but a want of staying power, for he was Bone Brown before they reached the Beacon heights, over which they went. Loeksley and Buxton had an undecided touch, when the latter, owing to Croos. eian liabilities, was withdrawn' Before quitting the edge of the turnips, from which some hslf- dozen courses had been run, the host on the greensward were regaled from the house of Antrobus. Sir Edmund had sent a waggon- load of these good things which gladden the heart of man. I- hey arrived at tne exact moment when most required for the ram, which had been promising us a visit all the forenoon, now began to arrive. The healths of the Queen ( with signs of leng to ram over us ") and Sir E. Autrobus having been pro- posed and received with cordiality, the order was given to march through Long s Belt to the fallows on the nesv ground where the remaining nine courses were run off. A pretty course, with a not very prime hare, was won cleverly by Hernias, a good greyhound of a good family. Then came an undecided bout be- tween Leonora and Entre Nous, the finale of which was " be- tween ourselves," all one way; it was the finest course of the meeting, aud Leonora never gave Entre Nous a chan ce. Jug- jug beat Skyrocket, who had led to the hare, but fell twice, and soon extinguisned her fire. A very close contest bet ween Sophia and Bay leaf was decided in favour of the goddess of wisdom, though some of Bay leaf's friends thought the bays ousht to have been on her brow. Hecla won a pretty course with Atalanta with a slashing kill. In the Puppy Stakes Messmate won his course, but the tables might have been turned had not Buckram shown too much .. talent; he evidently would not try. Mischief, a mischievous little foundling from the west, polished off Miuua, to the astonishment of those who do not admire unknown animals. Swift beat Marchioness in similar style ; and Bounder, with a weak, dodemg hare, wound up the business by beating a black dog in Mr Etwall's nomination without a name. The hares were stronger to- day than during the other three, and but for the ram, which poured in torrents all the evening, a more delightful six hours in the coursing field have seldom fallen to the lot of man. Two new stakes filled in tha evening, when Arthur O Bradley drove dull care awav. The worthy se- cretary closed his books, aud the coursers of Wilts went to their Beds in hopes of a finer day to- morrow. FRIDAY.— Not quite so cold, but a cloudy sky. Met at the Stones, to which a crowd was drawn by the attractiveness of deciding courses, and the close of a merry meeting. The ball was opened by Latitia Hardy running a conveniently curtailed bye with Done Brown; then Handy Andy and Hop Market were slipped at a moderrte hare, but a loose dog rendered the course " undecided." Masters of greyhounds should be fined ten guineas instead of one, if merely to make them tighter with dog- loosening servants. Bobby B. and The Marquis had a long walk for a lind, when at last a good course was won by Bobby, but not without a strong opposition on the part, of The Marquis. Bingo darkened Joshua's light in a short course, and next fol- lowed the unsettled pair, Hop Market and Handy Andy. The lady with the Irish gentleman's name was at a discount in the Hop Market, who won. a pretty course with a kill. Streatham ran a bye, Beauty of the Night having been drawn. Mistletoe boughed out Delusion, after a famous course to Norraauton Gorse. Locksley beat Hermas in a close encounter. Sophia met Leonora in the Everleigh Stakes, when yesterday's tremen- dous course told on the latter, and she was defeated. Hecla froze the hopes of Jug Jug in a good course, which she won very cleverly. Overtraining appears to have been the lot of the two beautiful sisters from Lancashire, their running in their last courses being a sad falling off from the brilliancy they exhibited on Tuesday. Sydenham's luck did not desert him in the Great Western; be again had a short course, was first to his hare, did almost every inch of his work, killed, and won. The deciding course of the Druid was then run off, when Letitia Hardy won after a short trial, in which Hopmarket showed the effect of having previously had two journevs instead of one. In the Normanton Stakes, the entry for which was made on the previous evening, the puppy without a pedi- gree, but with the unpretending uame of Mocking Bird, de- feated the damsel of the circus after an interesting trial of speed and courage; and Zeta beat Bounty without turning the hare. The same thing occurred in the Wilsford, when Larkspur followed a hare to Stoke Firs with China Aster ( undecided.) Mo- selle had a long course with Rose O'Donnell, which sbe won very cleverly. Now followed nine " deciding courses," tiiefirstof which was for the Stonehenge, won by Bobby B., after a smart trial with a good hare. Larkspur ran off her dead heat with China Aster, which she won. The deciding course for the Eistone was a very long one, won easily by Streatham. About this time the heavens grew kinder, and ceased their dripping. The Bulford was won by Begum, Alpha having been unsighted, and lest a deal of fround at starting. Locksley beat Done Brown cleverly for the leacon Hill, and two undecided courses were run for the Ever- leigh and Brigmerston respectively. In the Winterborne Bounder bounded swiftly before his opponent, but fell with a somersault at the road, which seemed to stupify him for he never made a point afterwards. Mockingbird maintained the prestige of her name by winning the Normanton. Messmate, too mangy for the salle a manger, could do no mischief to his opponent, and was beaten easily for the Brigmerston. Sophia and Hecla divided the Everleigh. Larkspur won the Wilsford, and a match bet ween one Miss Phillips and a Miss Malpas in which thelast- named young lady was victorious, was the last, and not the least pretty course of the meeting. Everybody seemed satisfied. The decisions of the j udge were universally approved, the dinners at the ordinary fully maintained Smallbone's reputation, and the weather on the afternoon of the finishing day so fine and au- tumnal, that regret was dcpicted on the countenances of all, who, after witnessing more than a hundred fine courses, turned their backs on Amesbury.— Yours, & c, BEACON. SOUTH LANCASHIRE OPEN ( SOUTHPORT) MEETING — OCT 21 & 22. Stewards: Messrs Dixon, Booth, Croft, Lillie, Worrall, Hunt, and Stocker. Flag Steward: Mr Greenwood. Judge: Mr Assheton Ben- nett, Slipper: MrRaper. ( BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The SCABISBBICK CUP STAKES of £ 510s each, for all ages; 32 subs. Mr Twisaday's f d Triton beat Mr Flint's f*, d Columbus Mr Dixon's r w d Dalton Mr Borron's be d Banner Blue ., Mr Croft's r d Courier Mr Kaye's bk d Hermit MrBailey'srhfdPhysician( abye).. Mr Taylor's f b Mischief Mr Morrali's f b Malibran Mr Bankart's bk ' o Termagant .. Mr Hayes ns bd d Danee away .. Mr Bailey's r w d Countryman 1 ( late Sam Steel) J • • Mt Borron ns f d Etoile du Nord., Mr Steele's f d Stepkano Mr Marshall's f w d Cornet > Graham J • • Mr Sagar's r d Stockwell Mr Kaye'a be w b Maid ofl Formby /•' Dalton beat Triton Courier beat Banner Blue Hermit beat Physician ( I) Malibran beat Mischief ( 1) Danceaway beat Termagant Dalton beat Courier ( 1) Malibran beat Hermit Malibran beat Dalton Mr Sagar'a-^ Hlerry Red Jacket Mr Airey's f b Aurora ( 2) Mr Marshall's w d Lord Mayor Mr Tyrer's r t d Emperor Mr Foster's r w d Sam Steel ( absent) Mr Rekanil's r d John Scott MrMontgomery'swbkdDusty Miller Mr Barker's bd d Fly by Night Mr Greening's bk d Black Doctor ( lj Mr Taylor's be b Vixen( l) Mr Cloudsdale's bk d Wans Fell( l Mr Lomax's bk b Let her go Mr Croft ns bk d Marc Anthony Mr Lupton's bk d Sambo Mr Twisaday'a f d Tipton II. Countryman beat Etoile du Nord ( I) Cernet Graham bt Stephano ( 1) Stockwell beat Maii of Forrnby I. IV. Countryman beat Danceaway Cornet Graham beat Stockwell Countryman beat Cor. Graham Mr Morrali's Malibran beat MrBayley's Countryman, and won the cup. The SOTJTHPOBT STAKBS of £ 110s each, for all ages; 32 subs. beat Mr Dixon's r d Drift Mr Hughes's w f d Prospect Mr Holt's bd b Mendicant Mr Morrall's bk t d Ajax .. Mr Hardy ns bk b Haricot Mr Borron's f d Bright Ensign .. Mr Croft ns bk d Barrator Mr Kirkby's bk djlandom Mr Taylor's r w b Smut Mr Borron's r w d Bloodshot Mr Sagar" s bk w d Young Trout.. Mr Rekanil's bk b Louisa Mr Dixon ns f d Surprise Mr Dixon's r d Deacon .. Mr Holt's r w d British Flag MrLapeter'sbkdLeadingStrings.. Mr Morrali's r d Malakoff Mendicant beat Prospect Ajax beat Haricot ( 1) Barrator beat Bright Ensign Random beat Smut ( 1) Ajax beat Mendicant Barrator beat Random ( 1) Mr Croft ns f d Fairlawn Mr Blundell's f d Flimsey ( 1) Mr Tyrer's w t b LittleCricket ( 1) Mr Kaye's r d Clear the Kitchen Mr Montgomery's f b Merry Eng- Mr Sagar's r b Alma [ land ( 1) Mr Greening's bk w d Lord Raglan Mr Heathcote's be w d Gib Mr Hughes's bk t d Hawk Mr Tyrer's f w d Young Barwine ( 1) Mr Croft's bk w d Croxteth ( « ) Mr Johnson's f w b Friendly Mr Bankart's bk d Knight of Kars( 23 Mr Steel's f d Sluggard r Bailey's bd d North Star II. Barrator beat Ajax III. xt. V. Bloodshot beat Young Trout ( 1 Surprise beat Louisa Deacon beat British Flag ( 1) Malakoff bt Leading Strings Surprise beat Bloodshot Deacon beat Malakoff ( 1) Deacon beat Surprise Mr Dixon's Deacon beat Mr Croft's Barrator, and won the stakes. The CHPKCHTOWN STAKES of £ 3 10s each, for puppies; 16 subs. Mr Tyrer's be w d Hawk- eye, by Hermit out of Fly, beat Mr dough's w d Fisherman, by Spanker out of Fly Mr Cloudsdale's f d Charing Cross, by Weapon out of Vanish, beat Mr Johnson ns be b Clarissa, by Barwine out of Cuddle Mr Holt's bk w d Paganini, by Music Master out of Mendicant, beat Ml Flint's bk d Dart, by Cardinal out of a Perseverance bitch Mr Croft's be d Chieftain, by Weapon out of Shuttle, beat Mr Smith's f d Claude Duval, by Cromwell out of Vol au Vent Mr Tyrer's bk d Topper, by Sackcloth out of Crucifix, beat Mr Lillie'e bd d Duke, by Duke out of Eugenie Mr Cort's bk w d Ajax, by Pilot out ef Lady of the Lake, beat Mr John- son ns w f d Con Amore, by Barwine out of Cuddle Mr Holt's bd d Gaberlunzie, by Music Master out of Mendicant, beat Mr Dixon's r d Dazzler, by Douglas out of Fly Mr Kaye's be w d Thornton, by Hermit out of Fly, beat Mr Knowles's f d Dangerous, by Physician out of Florence Hawkeye beat Charing Cross | Ajax beat Topper ( 1) Paganini beat Chieftain ^ Thornton beat Gaberlunzie Hawkeye beat Paganini Thornton beat Ajax Mr Tyrer's Hawkeye and Mr Kay's Thornton divided the stakes. The CBOSSENS STAKBS of £ 2^ l0s each, for puppies; 16 subs. Mr Holt's bk b Madame Grisi, by Music Master out of Mendicant, beat Mr Blundell's bk d The Dupe, by Ranter out of Bonny Kan Mr Smith's r d Toanerre, by Cromwell out of Vol au Vent, beat Mr Tyrer's fw d Charlie, by Hermit out of Fly Mr Flint's bk d Leader, by Cardinal out of a Perseverance bitch , beat Mr Knowles's f b Dauntless, by Physician out of Florence Mr Rekanil's w bk b Pippin ( pedigree unknown), beat Mr Johnson us w fd Cloudy, by Barwine out of Cuddle ( 1) Mr Holt's bd d Sam, by Music Master out of Mendicant, beat Mr Clougli's f w d Fleet, by Spanker out of Fly Mr Jones's r d Jersey, by Sackcloth out of Humming Bird, beat Mr Dunster's w r d Frank, by Spanker out of Fletcher's bitch Mr Kaye's f b Polly Coomes, by Hermit out of Brandy, beat Mr Dixon's bk w d Duke, by Dispatch out of Violet Mr Croft's bk w d Captain Cook, by Sibthorp out of Skipper, beat Mr Lupton's r d Spring, by Miller out of Venus Tonnerre beat Madame Grisi I Jersey beat Sam Pippin beat Leader ^ Polly Coomes beat Capt Cook ( 1) Tonnerre beat Pippin ^ Polly Coomes beat Jersey Mr Smith's Tonnerre beat Mr Kaye's Polly Coomes, aud won the stakes The MABSHBIDB STAKES, for beaten dogs. Montgomery's^ wbdDustyl ^ ' Mr Flint> s bkd ^ - • — Mr Lillie's bd d Duke Mr Sagar's r b Alma ( 2) ^ Mr Blundell's bk d The Dupe ^ r Clear the Kitchen bt Flyby night Mr Kaye's Clear the Kitchen beat Mr* Montgomeryss Dusty Miller, and won the stakes. The BIOWICK STAKES. I. Mr Stanley's be d Select _ beat Mr Greening's bk_ w_ b Lucy Long Mr Tyrer's r t d Emperor Mr Barker's bd d Fiybynight Mr Kaye's r d Clear the Kitchen. Dusty Miller beat Emperor Mr Kaye's bk w b Mischief Mr Hughes's bk t d Hawk Mr Marshall ns be w dBallane- \ moon j Mischief beat Select Mr Blundell's bk d Hormbiow Mr Greening's bd d Grafton Mr Twisaday's f d Tipton II. I III. Ballanemoon beat Hawk Mr Marshall ns Ballanemeon beat Mr Kaye's Mischief, and won the stake* MATCH, 10 sovs. Mr Elliott's bed Wallace.... 1 1 Mr Brownlow's r d Spanker 2 2 FOR REMAINDER OF COURSING SEElEIGHTH PAGE. 6 BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, OCTOBER 25, 1857. RACING IN FRANCE. PARIS RACES. ( FKOM OUB OWN COBBESPONDENT.) The third aud concluding day of the autumn meeting did not present a particularly inviting programme, and the Grand Prix Imperial moreover being reduced to a certainly, the great in- terest usually attached to this prize no longer existed. The performances commenced with a " heat" abomination, and F6ret du Lys upheld her private reputation by coming out in public, and beating Last Bora and Nat in the cleverest possible Btyle, Monsieur Henri having nothing whatever to do with the race. The Prix du Connetable was a very close affair, and had notGareune waited se long the result would probably have been in her favour ; as it was she was only a head from Acajou, who was a head from Bletia, the winner, who was reclaimed by her Bwner Trajan was in a lamentable state of " screw " all over, and we should imagine will now retire from the Turf. Monar- chist, the recently fortunate claim of Mr H. Jennings, was the only opponent to Monarque for the 14,000 francs, and was thought possibly to possess more endurance than his rival, The appearances of the two animals when stripped, however, settled all doubts ; and whether the race had been for four or forty railes, we doubt very much that admirers could have been found for the ugly brute Monarchist, in the presence of the splendid and unconquerable— on this side the Manche— Mo- narque. This race used to be two miles and a half, heats, but this season has been changed to a three miles and three quar- ters " one fly," half round the little course, once round the big course and once more round the little course— not a bad tester of the soundness of the " bellows," considering the heavy state of the ground. All kinds of " fancy odds" were laid on Monarque, notwithstanding the " dressing" it was rumoured he had received but very recently from Mademoiselle de Chantuly, and notwithstanding the alleged superiority of Monarchist over everything in the Lamorlaye stable— to wit, Duchess and Foret du Lys. The non- favourite made running for two miles and a half at his best pace, but could never get out of the wav of the " crack," who took up the running at the Stands the second time round, and came in first by twenty lengths, which might have been made a distance. The Prix de Saint Cloud Handicap brought the day's sport to an end, and although not visible for about half the distance, on accouut of the fog was a very interesting race, won at last by M Fasquel's summer purchase, Flamm6che, who stalled off Paladin by a length and a half, who had about half a length advantage over Serious, ten composing the field. The course was very heavy in parts, and again hard here and there, but the amount of " cover" everywhere visible is very gratifying, and it is now quite evident that this course may be made as near per- fection as possible. A dull showery morning was a great draw- back to the anticipated company, and the stands were, conse- quently, but poorly embellished. The interior of the course, however, contained a goodly show of carriage company, and, upon the whole, the meeting may be said to have been pretty successful, considering the fineness of the autumn, which natu- rally detains the fashionable world still away from Paris. SUNDAY, OCT 18.— PBIX SPECIAL of 3,500f, for three year olds and upwards never having won a first, second, or third class prize; entrance, 100f, half to the second; weights for age, penalties ; 2,000 metres ( lm 2fur); heats. Prince de Beauvau's b f Foret du Lys, by Pyrrhua the First out of Fraudulent, 3 yrs, 1041b Ellatn 1 1 M C. Leclerq's br c Nat, 4 yrs, 1281b Flatman 3 2 Madame Lataclie de Fay's bf Last Born, 3 yrs, 1041b . G. Abray 2 S M Mosselman's b c Mons Henri, 4 yrs, 1201b.... J. Watkins 0 0 Betting : Even on Last Born, 3 to 1 agst Nat, 5 to 1 agst Foret du Lys. Last Born, Nat, aud Foret du Lys led alternately to the straight, whore the two three year olds drew away from Nat and ran a severe race home, Foret du Lys winning by a head, Nat came again at the Stands with a rush, but, stumbling on the post, was beaten a neck for the second place; Monsieur Henri did not go for the heat.— Second heat: Even on Foret du Lys, 6 to 4 agst Last Born, 3 to 1 each agst Nat and Monsieur Henri. Last Born made running for the first quarter of a mile, and was then joined by Monsieur Henri, Nat third, aud Foret duLys lying off; in the straight Monsieur Henri fell into the rear, and Last Born was joined by Nat, who took up the ruaning at the distance, but was immediately afterwards challenged by Foret du Lys, who ran in an easy winner by a length and a half, the same distance between second and third, Monsieur Henri beaten off. PBIX EXTEAOBDINAIBE of 2,000f, given by the Administration des Haras; for three year olds and upwards •; entrance 60f; weight for age; the winner to be claimed for 5,000f, with al- lowances if for less; 2,400 metres ( lm 4fur); 5 subs. M Fasquel's cli f Bletia, by The Baron, 8 yrs, 951b ( l, 500f) G. Pratt 1 Prince Max de Croy's ch c Acajou, 3 yrs, 981b ( 1,560).. Hullock 2 Count A. des Cars's ch f Garenne, 3 yrs, 1101b ( 5,000), D. Ellam 8 Mr T. Carter's bk f Neg'rine, 3 yrs, 951b ( 1,500) Dean 0 M Lupin's ch h Trajan, 5 yre, 1141b ( 1,500) Kitehener 0 Betting : 2 to 1 agst Acajon, 3 to 1 each agst Trajan and Ga- renne. Acajou, Bletia, andNegrine ran in the order named for the first half mile, when Trajan was « ' set agoing" and went on with the lead for a quarter of a mile, but suddenly becoming half paralysed, he was passed in succession by all the others. At the distance Garenne, who had been lying off, crept up to the front and joined; Acajou, and Bletia, when between the three a smart race ensued, Bletia obtaining the judge's de- cision by a head, and Garenne a head from Acajou, who was second; Negrine was a moderate fourth, and Trajan brought up the rear. The winner was reclaimed by her owner for 2,350f. GBAND PBIX IMPERIAL of 14,000f, for four year olds and up- wards, never having won this prize; entrance 400f, half to the second; weight for age; 6,000 metres ( 3m 6fur); 6 subs. Count F. de Lagrange's b h Monarque, by Sting, The Baron, or The Emperor, a yrs, 1161b Spreoty 1 Mr H. Jenning's b h Monarchist, 5 yrs, 1161b C. Pratt 2 Betting: 10 to 1 on Monarque, who waited for about two miles and a half, when he took up the runniag, and, drawing away every stride, passed the post twenty lengths in advance of Monarchist. PBIX DE SAINT CLOUD HANDICAP of 3,000f, given by the Ad- ministration des Haras, for three year olds and upwards; entrance 150f, lOOjft, and 50 only if declared, & e ; 3,000 metres ( 1m 7 fur); 23 subs. M Fasquol's b f FlammGche, by The Baron, 3 yrs, 911b P. Durand M Lupin's ch c Paladin, 3 yrs, 1021b Kitchener Prince de Beauvau'a b c Serious, 3 yrs, 1001b C. Pratt Prince de Beauvau's ch f Miss Cath, 4 yrs, 1251b .... D. Ellam Count F. de Lagrange's cli c Trouvere, 4 yrs, 1121b . . Morrison M Shickler's ch f Seville, 4 yrs. 104lb G. Mann M H. Delamarre's ch c Vert Galant, 3 yrs, 1011b Flatman Mdme Latache de Fay's b c Marquemont, 8 yrs, 981b.. G. Pratt Count F. de Lagrange's br f Claire, 3 yrs, 941b Spreoty Count de Moray's b f Odessa, 3 yrs, 901b H. Hurst Betting : 3 to 1 agst Seville, 4 to 1 agst Paladin, 5 to 1 agst Miss Cath, 7 to 1 each agst Vert Galant and Flammeche, 8 to 1 each agst Serious and Marquemont, 10 to 1 agst Claire, and 12 to 1 agst Odessa. Migs Cath, Paladin, Odessa, and Seville lay up in front until roiuAthe second turn, when Paladin took up the running, and ledclear of the field up the hill, followed by Flammeche, Miss Cath, Marquemont, and Sevile, the next lot being composed of Vert Galant, Claire, and Odessa ; Serious and Trouvere in the rear. Descending the hill Miss Cath was beat, and Seville, Marquemont, and Odessa fell back, whilst Yert Galant and Claire approached the leaders ( Paladin and Flammeche); at the distance Serious joined in with a rush, and a good race home eiided in favour of Flammeche by a length and a half, Paladin half a length before Serious; Yert Galant was fourth, Claire fifth, and Miss Cath sixth; the rest beaten off. RACING IN AUSTRIA. TO THE EDITOB OF BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, SIB : From the year 1857 a new era in the annals of the Turf throughout the Austrian dominions may be said to be dated. With the view to improve and increase the breed of horses, the Emperor has munificently granted au annual donation of 5,000 sovs, as prize and premium money to be shared propor- tionally amongst five of the principal provinces of the Austrian empire, viz, Vienna, Pest, Prague ( Pardubitz), Lemberg, and Ciausenburg. The support to the Turf, thus liberally tendered by the Austrian Government, cannot fail to produce the most wholesome results, and since tfce issue of the imperial edic*' ( February, 1857) we can count seventeen horses which have been imported to this country from England, to compete for the impe- rial stakes given for horses and mares of all countries, the stipu- Wd conditions of which will be found at length below. It will be seen in the programme, by referring to the weights and distances, that the principle laid down by the Jockey Club in this country differs materially from the system adopted in later years on the British Turf; hence arises the great difficulty in obtaining thorough bred horses from England, accredited to im- prove our stock, on the principle enacted for breeding in Austria. As, however, considerable interest is likely to be manifested amongst the sporting world in England respecting the debuts of the English horses annually brought into this country and Prussia, and as your numerous readers may naturally wish to be made acquainted with the doings of race horses bred on the Continent, it will be my agreeable task, as special correspon- dent to Bell's Life in London, to furnish them with full and impartial accounts of the races which come off in the Austrian dominions aud in Prussia throughout the year,— I re- main, sir, yours, & c, F. C. Pardubitz, 12th Oct, 1857. PARDUBITZ ( BOHEMIA) EACES. Stewards: Count Harrach and Count J. Sternberg. Judge: Baron Bethmann. WEDNESDAY, OCT 7.— GOVEBNMENT PBIZE ( First Class) of 500 sovs for all horses and mares four years old and upwards; 25 sovs each, h ft; 7 sovs ft if declared by 7th Sept; second horse to receive half the entrance money and forfeits; four year olds 105lb ( 9st 4lb), five 1111b, aged horses 1141b, mares 3lb allowed; horses foaled in the Austrian dominions 4lb less; the winner of one Government prize 41b, of two 61b, and of three 81b extra; stake to close lst August; four miles; 17 subs. Mr H. Droop's br m Coal Black Rose, by Robert de Gorham out of Pergularia, 4 yrs O'Connor 1 Count Sternberg's gr h Yorkshire Grey, by Chanticleer, 5 yrs Perkis 2 Count O'Kinsky's br m Zeta, by Melbourne, aged John S Mr T. Bethmann- Hollweg'sbrh Whalebone, by Heron, aged Birbeck 4 Count S. Batthyany's br h Pan, by Alarm— Dromedary mare, aged Bloes 5 Count Mniewsky's br h Flatterer, by Hetman Platoff, 5 yrs Newman 6 Prince Sulkowsky's ch m by Irish Birdcatcher out of Partisan mare, 5 yrs Sharpe 7 The following paid forfeit:— Elastic, Midhope, Firmament, D'Artagnan, Carabas, Scotchman, Vanity, Ugly Doe. Seahorse, Sirocco. The horses in most force were Yorkshire Grey and Flatterer. The running was made at a killing pace by Coal Black Rose, who took a commanding lead of nearly sixty yards, Yorkshire Grey going on second, Zeta and Whalebone next, side by side, and a length or two behind came Pan, Flatterer, and the Birdcatcher mare last. With the exception of Coal Black Rose dropping back to her horses, and considerably reducing the gap between her and the grey, no material alteration took place in their po- sitions till reaching the third mile, where Zeta made a fruit- less effort to reach the leader opponent, who was never headed, and won by a couple of lengths; about the same dis- tance between second and third; a good fourth, the others beaten off. Run in 8min. The TEIAL STAKES of 10 sovs each ; four year olds 9st 9lb ( 1101b Austrian), five lOst 71b, aged list 5lb; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; gentlemen riders; one mile and a half; 7 subs. Count S. Batthyany's br c Brother to King of Troy, by Young Priam, 6 yrs Owner 1 Count Mniewsky's br c Uncle Tom, by The Doctor Lieut Baloghy 2 Baron Jeszenak's br g Cameleon, by Cameleon out of Bantam Lieut Wagner 8 The favourite won easy by a length. Run in 3min 7sec. The TBIENNIAL STAKES, for the produce of mares served iu 1852, to run in 1855,1856, and 1857 ; 10 sovs yearly each ; colts 5st 71b ; fillies and geldings allowed 3lb ; second horse to re- ceive each year 10 per cent of the entrance money, and to save his stake ; produce to be named lst August, 1853 ; stake to close 31st December, 1852; half a mile in 1855, one mile in 1856, two miles in 1857 ; 10 subs. Count Harrack's br m Frolic, by Wolfdog out of Sally. Metcalf 1 Count Gaschin's br e Surplice, by Whitenose out of Velocipede mare Perkis 2 Won after a most exciting struggle from the distance by about half a length. Run in 4min lOsec. The NOBDDEUTSCHEB PEIZE of 250 sovs, given by Prince Sul- kowski, Kruse, Esq, Count Hahn, and Baron Maltrahn, added to a Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, h ft, for three year olds, bred on the Continent, and as foals brought from England at the foot of their respective dams; oolts 9st; fillies allowed 31b ; sccond to receive 50 sovs; the winner to pay 50 sovs towards same prize for 1858 ; one mile ; 25 subs. Count Willamowitz'a dk br c Verzug, by Blackdrop out oi Freude Perkis 1 Count Hunyady's ch m Red Rose, by Sauter la Coupe out of Namne, by IS road worth Birbeck 2 Prince Auerspug's ch g Bedlamite, by The Provost out of Nymph Metcalf 3 BaronBethmann'schmCaroUne. byScamander— Cona. Thrall 4 Prince Sulkowsky's dk b g Orient War, by Bloomsbury out of Good for Nothing Sharp 5 The favourite, Verzug, waited upon at a very respectful dis- tance by Caroline, Bedlamite, and Red Rose, cut out the work, and at a quarter of a mile from home it was evident he had got all his horses safe. Between this spot and the distance post the second place was contested for, which fell to the lot of Red Rose, who at the finish had caused the leader's lead ( who had been taking it too easy) to be reduced to half a length; three lengths between second and third, a good fourth; Orient War a bad fifth. Run in 2min 2sec. The GOVEENMENT PBIZE of 25 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 1 sov eaGh, for half breds ; three year olds 1201b, four 1301b, five 1351b, aged 1401b; colts 3lb extra ; one mile and a half; 6 subs. Count J. Kinsky* s ch m Themby, aged Wenzel 1 Prince L. Rohan's br g Fergus, aged Hans 2 Baron Zedwitz's ch g Kiese, aged Slip 3 _ Won easy ; three lengths between second and third. Run in 4min lOsec. THURSDAY.— GOVEBNMENT PBIZE ( Second Class) of 300 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs eaeh, h ft, 3 ft if declared by Sept 7, for horses bred in the Austrian dominions ; second to divide the entrance money and forfeits with the winner; three year olds 901b, four 1051b, five 1101b ( 9st 9lb), aged 1121b; mares allowed Sib; the produce of mares served without the Austrian dominions and foaled within her territories 3lb extra; the winner of one Government prize ( first or second class) 4lb, of two 6lb, of three or more such prizes 81b additional weight; 3 miles; 10 subs. Count O'Kinsky's br m Irene, by Sheet Anchor out of Chaldeau Princess, aged J ackson 1 Count R. Wenckheim's 1 Cigarette by Storm out of Nicotina, 3 yrs Spright 2 Count Harrack's brf by Wolfdog out of Sally, 4 yrs .. Metcalf 3 Prince Auersperg's br c Silkworm, by Satirist out of Miss Heller, 4 yrs Perkis 4 Count J. Nostitz's bk c The Saddler, by The Provost out of Paradox, 8 yrs " Birbeck 5 Baron Bethmann'a ch f by Scamander out of Conah, 3 yrs Thrall^ 6 They started in close order at a very moderate pace, the Storm filly with a trifling lead, followed by the Scamander and Wolf- dog fillies, Irene lying fourth, and the others close up. At the two mile post the pace was mended, and lasted good without any material change in the positions till within a quarter of a mile of the chair, where Irene challenged the leading horses, who very shortly succumbed to her tearing stride, the Storm filly running in very game a good second, a length and a half behind whom followed the Wolfdog filly; Silkworm a good third, the others beaten off. Run in 6min 30sec. The TOWN PLATE, given by the citizens of Pardubitz, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for horses of all countries ; three year olds 8st 6lb, four 9st lllb, five lOst 61b, aged lOst 121b ; mares and geldings allowed 3lb ; winners on first day ex- cluded, and to pay 2 sovs ft; one mile and a half ; 7 subs. Count Mniewsky's br h Flatterer, by Hetman Platoff, 5 yrs Metcalf 1 Count O'Kinsky's ch e Harlequin, by Prince Djalma out of Hampton Mare, 3 yrs Jackson 8 Count Sternberg's gr h Yorkshire Grey, 5 yrs Perkis 3 Prince Kinsky's br g Erb Prince, by Coronation out of Gamefowl John 4 Baron Zedwitz's ch h Horimir, by Scamander, 5 yrs.... A lad 5 Flatterer went off with the lead, was never headed, and won by a couple of lengths ; second and third almost abreast; the others tailed off. Run in 3min 20sec. The LADIES' CUP, added to a Sweepstakes ef 8 sovs each, 4 ft, for all horses ; 12st 4lb; gentlemen riders ; two miles ; 6 subs. Prince L. Rohan's br c Gamester, by Gameboy out of Galaor's dam, 4 yrs Owner 1 Count O'Kinsky's br c Prinz Emil, by Flatcatcher out of Hampton Mare Owner 2 Cpunt Mniewsky's br c Uncle Tom, by The Doctor out of Ukraine Lieut Wagner 3 Count S. Batthyany's br h Pan, aged Owner 4 Count Nostitz's bk g by The Provost Owner 5 Uncle Tom jumped off with the lead, which he maintained till the second turn, where he was challenged by Prince Emil, their immediate followers to the last turn being Pan, Young Provost, and Gamester. The latter, patiently steered, came through his horses at the distance post, and won cleverly by a length; a very moderate third; the others pulled up. Run in 6min 40sec. DIBECTOBIAL PBIZE of 66 SOYS, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, 1 sov forfeit if declare*" Dec 31,1854, for the produce of mares foaled on the Continent in 1854; three year olds 8st 6lb, four 9st 9lb, five lOst, aged lOst 31b; mares and geldings allowed Sib* the winner of 100 sovs 31b, two such stakes 5lb additional weight; horses having started the pre- vious year hi this race, or in case of their non- appearance, the same horses are qualified to run each ensuing year for this stake, by their respective owners paying 5 sovs to the fund; second to receive a third part of the entrance and forfeit money; third to save his stake; one mile and a half; 31 subs. Baron Maltzahn's br m A Good Joke, by No Joke out ef Blackdraught Perkis 1 Count Willamowitz's br c Verzug O'Connor 2 Prince Auersperg's ch g Bedlamite, by The Provost out of Nymph Metcalf 8 Baron Bethmann's ch m Caroline, by Scamander out ofCona Thrall 4 Fifty- seven others paid forfeit. Verzug went to the front the instant the flag fell, and making play at his best pace, was at least fifty lengths in advance before they had gone three- quarters of a mile; he was, however, finally overtaken at the distance by the filly, who challenged, and, after an exciting set- to, won by half a length; the others " nowhere." Run in 3min 15sec. APPEAL ON BEHALF OF THE GROUSE. TO THE EDITOB OF BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON. SIB : I read with pleasure in your last week's Bell a letter on the above subject. I am one of those who fear that un- less something is done soon the sport which our fathers and grandfathers have in bygone years enjoyed will soon become as things that have been. It would be very difficult for many of the young sportsmen to abandon the sport for a full season, so that I would suggest that those whose moors are thin of grouse should shoot to the end of August ( when the fire rage will have passed away), and then leave parties on whom they can rely to see that the birds are not destroyed in any other way. Not one half of the grouse exposed for sale are shot, the greatest number by far being destroyed in that most unsportsmanlike manner, " the wire or snare;" aad when I inform you that I well know a party who enjoys the privilege of destroying game over about two or three hundred acres sends to the market somewhere about thirty brace per week, or something over 1,000 head of grouse in the season, you will net be surprised at the great com- plaints now made. Could this mode of destroying grouse be put a stop to, we should soon have plenty for the g » n I am one of a party who two seasons ago found, from distemper, our moors nearly without grouse. We adopted the above scheme at the end of August, and had plenty the following season. Still, so long as these day and night destroyers are on the grounds ( fer they are set in the feeding grounds), it is really of no use trying any plan, as I know the parties who destroy grouse in that way entice them with grain or beans, for they have been shot five or six miles away from the feeding places with their crops full of that description of food. Another reason, as a previous corre- spondent writes you, is the high rents of the Scotch shootings without an adequate amount of sport in return. Sportsmen will have something for their money. Who can blame them? If you think this worth insertion in your valuable journal, it may, as I sincerely hope it will, open the eyes of my farther north country sportsmen.— Yours respectfully, Settle, Oct 19,1857; FAIBPLAY. AQUATIC REGISTER. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. SCRJR » I. R, OCT 25 ,, MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THUESDAY FBI » AY SAIUBDAY MOBNijrs, Bnirars. 47 min past 5 .... 12 ain past 6 , 39 min past 6 .... 14 sain past 7 , 57 min past 7 .... 43 min past 8 , 28 miii past 9 .... 7 min past 10 , 45 min past 10 .... 10 min past 11 , 42 min pa3t 11 ..., 54 min past 11 , 6 mia oast 12 .... 26 min paat 12 REGATTAS AND MATCHES TO COME. OCTOBER. " 29.— Day and Drewitt— to row from Putney to Barnes, for £ 50 a side. "" Higham and Lovett— to row from Mortlake to Putney, £ 20 a side. 80. 31.— Triton Rowing Club Pair- oared Race, from Putney to Battersea. ~ NOVEMBER. 5.— Brown, Campbell, and Carroll— to row on Loch Lomond, for £ 50 a side; first man £ 130, second man £ 20. 5.— Fmnis and Wade— to row from Putney to Mortlake. for £ 30 a side. f7.— Cannon and Ralph— to row from Putney to Mortlake, £ 30 a side. ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUB. RYDE, OCT 22.— Yachts at and off the Station : Shadow, Sir Gilbert East, Bart; Cissy, J. Dunn, Esq ; Suake, Captain Brig- stocke ; Eclipse, H. S. Fearon, Esq. ANGLING. A FOBTUNATE ACCIDENT.— Mr Editor:" Nil . I have recently returned from a shooting and fishing trip to Hebrides, made so famous by the celebrated lexicographer, Dr Johnson, and I think the following anecdote may amuse some of your piscatorial readers as much as it surprised me. Tired with shooting and the heat of the weather, I was strolling on the banks of the celebrated Blackwater River, in the Isle of Lewis, watching a little Eton boy zealously and scientifically flogging the water, as he would the Thames. He had caught several fine sea trout, and I had not been looking on long before he hooked one about 4lb weight, which in landing broke his casting line, and went away with a considerable length. He had two flies on the broken line, and, unhappily , no fresh tackle. He got another fly, and making the best of matters, tried again. He hooked another fish, and on landing him at the end of the pool was startled at hearing a splashing in the water. At first he thought it must be an otter, but on looking more particularly, he saw, to his surprise two sea trout, one at either end of the broken casting- line he had lost, and each pulling different ways, like Whig and Tory, drowning each other— the fact being that another trout had taken the second fly after the line had broken away, and was rushing along the stream. The conse- quence was, that shoes and • stockings being taken off, and un- mentionables tucked up, the broken casting- line was recovered, with two fine sea trout, one at each end, aud there soon lay glittering in the grass ( most beautiful to look at) three sea trout, proving to be 41b weight each, in addition to a great many more that had been previously taken, viz, the two that could not agree to swim away together, and the one hooked and fairly landed with the patched- up line. Verily, I exclaimed, Nil desperandum ! Well done, little Etonian !— Yours, & c, R. ILLEGAL NETTING IN THB THAMES.— William Benn and William Milburn, both of Hrmpton, Middlesex, fishermen, were charged before the bench at Kingston, Surrey, on the 22d inst, on the information of Water Bailiff Howard, with laying a buck net on the 8th inst in the Hampton Court ( otherwise East Moulsey Weir, in the parish of East Moulsey), contrary to the Act of Parliament regulating the fishery of the Thames. The case was proved by Water Bailiff Rosewell and his son. The de- fendants were fined 50s, and the net condemned. RABBIT COURSING— B. Walmsley will match his bitch Darky to course any dog or bitch in Yorkshire, at 171b or 1741b weight, or 16$ in high, the best of 21 courses, or if Frank Ford of Lockwood is not satisfied with his late defeat, he will run his bitch Muss on the same terms as before, and if Cock Winn means running he will make a match according to his challenge. If this does not suit him he will accommodate him with a match, Darky to catch 14 to his bitch's 11 in 25. A match can be made at the Queen's Inn, New Wortley, near Leeds, for from £ 5 to £ 25 a side. Mr Jas. Woolfoot to be stakeholder and referee, Joseph Holdsworth of Armley will match his terrier dog Dick, late of Woodhouse Carr, 15lb weight, against any other terrier dog or bitch in Yorkshire, the best of 21 courses, for from £ 5 to £ 25 a side. A match can be made at the Queen's Inn, New Wortley, near Leeds. Mr Jas. Woolfoot to be stakeholder and referee. POSEY AND MISCHIEF.— Mr Holden has received another de- posit, making £ 3 each now down, for the match between J. Woodcock's Posey of Kersley and J. Beesley's Mischief of Stret- ford, eight out of 15 courses. The event is to be decided at the Waggon and Horses, Stretford, near Manchester, to- morrow ( Monday), the first rabbit to be turned out at two o'clock. Mr Toping of Haddock, near St Helen's, has matched his dog Dusty to run Mr Lawrinson's red and white bitch from Shotto Heath, near St Helen's, for £ 5 a side, 60 yards law, 15 courses ; to be run at Aintree Race Course, to- morrow ( Monday); the first rabbit to be turned out at ten o'clock. Mr Wm. Green of Plat Bridge, near Wigan, has matched his barred bitch agst Mr Wm. Layland's dog Dusty, of St Helen's, for £ 5 a side, 60 yards law, the best of 21 courses ; to be run for at Aintree Race Course, to- morrow ( Monday). Mr George Harrinson of St Helens has matched his bitch Fan against Mr Sanders's barred bitch of Shotto Heath, near St Helen's, for £ 10 a side, the best of 21 courses, 60 yards law ; to be run for at Aintree Race Course, to- morrow ( Monday). Francis Smith, of Rathbone- street, Tunstall, will match his terrier bitch Topsey, ll| b weight, against anything for £ 10, the best of 15 courses. The bitch has never run before for £ 10 a side. An answer in Bells Life will be attended to. CHANGE RINGING— DBOITWICH.- OII the 18th inst, at St Andrew's Church, a friendly band of Worcester, Bromsgrove, and Droitwich ringers rang a true and complete peal of grandsire triples, comprising 5,040 changes, in 2h 57min. The following were the band, viz, Jas. Hunt ( Droitwich) treble, Jas. Green ( Worcester) 2, Wm. Duffill ( Bromsgrove) 3, Samuel Crowther ( Droitwich) 4, Jas. Burford( Worcester) 5, Edwin Spragg ( ditto) 6, Isaac Overton ( Bromsgrove) 7, John Brain ( ditto) tenor. Con- ducted by Edwin Spragg. On the 16th inst the members of the Collexe youths and Cum- berland Societies rang a muffled peal on the bells of St Giles, CriDplegate, as a last tribute of respect to the late JohnWhiting, a member of the Cumberland Society, succeeded by a plain course of Kent treble bob maximus by both societies. And on Monday last the St James's Society of Change Ringers rang also to the memory ef the above named departed friend, a peal of grandsire triples ( with the bells deeply muffled), consisting of 5,040 changes, in three hours and five minutes. The performers were : Wm. Chrisfield treble, Robert Rose 2, George Stockham 3, John Rogers 4, Wm. Antill5, Wm. Green 6, John Nelms 7, Jesse Horton tenor. Conducted by Wm, Gre8n. Weight of tenor 29cwt, in key of D. ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB. The usual monthly meeting of this great metropolitan club took place on Monday evening last at the Caledonian Hotel, Adelphi. Mr Eagle, the treasurer, in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, the important subject of the evening, the resignation of the Commo- dore, James Goodson, Esq, was entered into, Mr Eagle opening the proceedings by saying that, as the club were aware, a com- mittee had been appointed by them at the last meeting to con sider the above resignation, consisting of the following gentle- men, viz:— Messrs Appleton, Alexander Crosley, Edwin Crosley, Eagle, Keene, 8. F. Oriel, C. Oriel, G. Powell, G. Ruhl, Captain Robertson, Messrs A. Skeene, J. S. Tulke, and R. Tress. That committee had met several times, and had at length issued the following report, which the secretary would read to them. Mr Gregory thea read the following:—" 19th October, 1857.— Re- port of the special committee appointed at the last monthly meeting.— Your committee beg to report that for the purpose of carrying out the views of the club they held a meeting ou the 5th instant with the view of considering what steps ought to be taken with reference to the Commodore's letter of resignation, and it was determined that a deputation of the oommittee should wait on that gentleman for the purpose of ascer- taining if anything could be done by the club to induce him to resume office, and the secretary was requested to commu- nicate with him to obtain an interview, which took place on Tuesday last at Mr Tress's chambers, when everything that occurred to the committee was urged on the Commodore with the view of inducing him, if possible, to resume office, but the Commodore stated that nothing whatever would induce him to do so, and that his previously expressed de- termination must be considered final. Under these circum- stances the committee further reluctantly report that having taken into their consideration the various circumstances relative to the resignation, they are clearly of opinion that it must be ac- cepted ; at the same time the committee cannot fail to recognise the great services Mr Goodson has afforded to the club, and they did not come to the foregoing conclusion without sincere regret. In conclusion your committee recommend that the club take the necessary steps for the election of a Commodore."— The chairman then put it to the club as to whether the above report should be received or not, stating that all discussion must follow its adop- tion.— Adopted unanimously.— The whole of the gentlemen on the list were then elected members, when Mr Tress rose, and with much feeling said, " Mr Chairman and gentlemen : I much regret to have had to lay such a report before you, aud I am sure that you have not accepted it without the greatest reluctance. We must all admit that in parting with Mr Goodson we have lost a most valuable officer, a gentleman just fitted for the post he occupied, and who has made the club what it was. Some of you, I have no doubt, can remember the time, altheugh far dis- tant, when Mr Goodson first came among us. We were then without a leader, and having asked aid of Mr Goodson he gave it, and became our Commodore, aud" I trust that you will not forget what is due to him for his past services. What I have especially to lay before you is the following proposition, viz •.—" That this club, in accepting the resignation of their late Commodore, James Goodson, Esq, do so with the deepest regret; and in recognition of the great services that gentleman has for so many years afforded to the club, desire to record this feeling by a special vote of thanks to him." The above having been received with loud cheers, and Mr Oriel having seconded it, Mr Tress continued; " When Mr Goodson came amongst u » we were in our infancy. He has since that time used his utmost efforts to enhance our prosperity, and the result is evident. Our lists gradually filled with mem- bers, till at length we number 500, and we are strong enough to weather any storm [ cries of hear, hear]. He has now left the ship, and we are at anchor. While Commodore, I repeat, no one could have performed the duties of the office more assidu- ously than he did; and I trust that you will not be wanting in your acknowledgment of his services, and will accord to him a vote of thanks in a kindly manner" [ great cheering], Mr Hop- wood thought that the conduct of the Sailing Ccommittee in this transaction had been most upright and honourable.— Mr Ruhl, one of the deputation who waited upon the Commodore, said that that gentleman parted from them in a most friendly manner and said he should ever have the interests of the club at heart, Messrs Liddle, Cooper, James, and others having spoken upon the subject, the chairman put it to the vote, when a vote of thanks was returned to the Commodore by a majority of 30 to 3.— Mr Deputy Lott proposed, Mr Skeene seconded, and it was carried unanimously, " That avote of thanks should be forwarded by the secretary to the late Commodore." Thissubject havingbeen disposed of, a long discussion took place with respect to who should be the trustees of the money belonging to the club invested in the Three per Cents, it having been entered in the names of the Commodore and treasurer. Some of the members were of opinion that there had better be three trustees, to be chosen immediately; others, that the Vice- Commodore should be written to, to know whether he would stand in conjunction with the treasurer ,• and others, that it should stand over till a new Commodore was chosen; and it was moved by the chair- man, and seconded by Mr Cooper, that the latter course be adopted. Mr Eagle thought that it would be advisable that the committee who had been appointed to consider the resignation of the late Commodore should remain in office, and endeavour to find a gentleman competent to fill the vacant post, as at present they not only had no man at the helm, but no helm at all.— Mr Lott having adopted the suggestion of the worthy chairman, and Mr Olivier seconding it, the Vice- Commodore Rear- Commodore, and Messrs Geach and Stanbridge, were added to the committee, although there was some dissent with regard to the flag officers, on the ground of Mr Kirby ( the V. C.) having been absent from the club meetings for two or three months aud Mr Arcedeckne ( the R. C.) being in America ; but this was overruled by the chairman stating that Mr Kirby probably had not liked the aspect of affairs of late, and preferred remaining neutral, while Mr Arcedeckne was on his return from the United States, where he had been most hospitably entertained by the New York Yacht Club, and had probably done more good for the club there than if he had never left them.— A mem- ber thought that the special committee should rescind the sail- ing regulation, which had given rise to the Commodore's re- tirement, but it having been stated that no alteration could be made till March, and that it lay in the hands of the Sailing Com- mittee alone, the matter fell to the ground for the present,— Several gentlemen having been placed on the list for ballot at the November meeting, the proceedings terminated.— The annual dinner will take place on the 26th November, at Willis's Rooms, St James's, and the following gentlemen have con- sented to act as stewards:— The Vice- Commodore, the Rear- Commodore, Messrs E. S. Bulmer, A. Crosley, G. C. Eagle, James Glegg, Geach, Capt Heseltine, Messrs Hoffman, S. F. Oriel, G. Osgood, Capt Robertson, Messrs W. Roe, G. Ruhl, A, Skeene, and R. Tress. NEW YORK YACHT CLUB. The summer regatta of the New York Club took place iu August last, at New Bedford. Owing to accidental circum- stances the yachts of the second and third classes were not all in position to compete for the prizes, and a protest was entered by the gentlemen sailing these classes of yachts against the re- sult of the race so far as they were concerned. After the return of the yachts from their summer cruises the whole subject was reviewed at a general meeting of the club, and it was resolved that the race should be sailed over again, for the second and third classes, on Wednesday, Sept 30, and the Sailing Committee, Messrs C. H. Has well, J. H, Waiuwright, and R. O. Colt, issued the following order for the race:—" By order of the owners of yachts of the second and third classes which were in position to start in the late Regatta at New Bedford, the deferred contest will come off to- day, at eleven o'clock, under the direction of the Regat ta Committee. The courses of sailing are assigned as follows:— A flag- boat will be moored abreast of the club house, at Hoboken, on the east side of which the yachts will anchor, head to wind, in the following order of position, commencing from the stake boat with the yachts of the least areas of sails. The third class abreast of said stake boat, 80 yards apart, on a line due east; the secosd class, 90 yards apart, on a line parallel with the same, 200 yards to the north. They may have their mainsails, or foresails and mainsails, according to their rig, hoisted, and gaff topsail set; the committee reserving the dis- cretionary power, however, of ordering all sails to be lowered before starting, or of adopting any other preparation for starting they may deem proper, should the weather or circumstances render a change necessary. The yachts will pass around the buoy of the South- west Spit, passing it from the north and east. Returning, they will pass abreastjof the stake boat off the club house, Hoboken, passing it to the westward. In going and re- turning all the buoys on the West Bank are to be passed to the eastward. The South- west Spit bears from the centre of the Narrows due south; distance from Robin's Reef Light, 10J miles, and the buoys of the West Bank are numbered 11, 13 and 15." The following is the official list of the yachts en- titled to run on this occasion :— SECOND CLASS ; containing yachts carrying less than 3,300 square feet of sail; allowance of time, one and a quarter second per square foot. YACHTS. BIG, OWNBB, « PRAY Schr... J. M. Pendleton ROWENA .. Sloop.. M. W. Bacon MYSTSBY .. Schr... W. H. M'Vicker VOLAITTE .. Schr... G. G. Hamond PETBEL Sloop.. B. K. Collins, jr. UNDINE .... Sloop.. L. W. Jerome SCUD Sloop.. W. Stevenson THIED CLASS ; containing yachts carrying less than 2,800 square feet of sail; allowance of time, one and a half second per square foot. YACHTS. BIG. OWNEB. I YACHTS. BIG. OWNEB. BOITITA .. Schr... Geo. H. Brown RICHMOND . Sloop.. C. H. Mallory! ISL'DFAWN Sloop.. C. T. Cromwell I AZALEA .... Schr... J. M. Forbes 9 Yachts not in position to start before 9 a. m. will be ruled out of the regatta. This race did not attract so much general interest as some of those which have preceded it. Nevertheless it brought out all the yachting men. The view as the yachts came into posi- tion was charming. There is HO more delicious landscape in the world than that from the water front of Hoboken, and on the morning of the race there was that soft autumnal haze which heightens the tone of the picture. The yachts came into line off the club house at the Elysian Fields, their position being in a right line from the flag staff whereon floated the burgee of the club. Of the yachts mentioned in the above list the following named started:— The Una, Minnie, Madgie, Island Fawn, Re- becca, Scud, Petrel, Undine, Sea Drift, and Bonita. The wind was light, and from W. S. W. At ten o'clock there was no great hope that there would be breeze enough for the large yachts, and the prospect was not very brilliant. The third class yachts, the Bonita and Island Fawn, got under way at 10: 46, and at 11: 13 the flag of the steam- boat Osceola, chartered by the Regatta Committee, was dropped, at which signal the y achts of the 2d class got under way; the Petrel a little in advance. The start was au excellent one, and directly after coming abreast of the Battery the breeze freshened. The Madgie then walked away from the squadron, closely followed by the Una, the Min- nie, and the Rebecca. It was a dead beat to windward, and had there been a little more wind, the opportunity for display- ing the admirable qualities of these yachts could not have been improved. As it was the larger yachts had hardly breeze enough. The fleet came down very well together to Staten Island, but when beyond the Narrows the Una began to overhaul the Madgie, and the Minnie was close upen the Una. Directly after this the wind came up much stronger, and the Rebecca felt it to her advantage. The race was here quite interesting. The Madgie was the first to turn the Jbuoy at the south- west Spit, at 2: 3: 55, followed by the Una at 2: 4: 55, the Minnie at 2: 21. Directly after the yachts rounded the buoy and came before the wind, and when they needed it most the breeze slackened perceptibly, and the return home presented no par- ticular feature of interest. All things considered, the time is quite good, and will compare favourably with previous races. The yachts passed the stake boat at Hoboken in the following order and time the steamer Osceola, which accompanied the yachts. Asaong the guests was Andrew Arcedeckne, Esq, Rear- Commadore of the Royal London Yacht Club. Mr John Van Buren was one of the crew of the Una. JUNIOB UNITED ROWING CLUB.— Mr Editor: Allow me to correct an error in the list of oarsmen for 1857. In the Metro- politan Club's four oared match you have the following names as lost:— F. W, Bryant, W. G. Cox, W. Freeman, and T. Danks, whereas they were the acknowledged winners, as letters you will receive from the Thamesis aud Westminster Aquatic ( opponent clubs) Clubs will testify. The West London ( whose names you have given as winners) were disqualified and were giveu to un- derstand before starting they would not be acknowledged as being in the race, in fact they did not draw for a place. You have omitted my name ( H. T. Heath) as having won the first two matches ( scullers) of E. G. Hartley, whose name you give as havins; lost, and you have also omitted noticing the Junior United Rowing Club four oared race, August 11th; the following are the uames:— H. Johnson, F. Fletcher, E. Nash, E. H. Gaunt- lett, Selby de Vere Spaucer ( cox), won. A. D. Houseman, W. Barrett, H. Tenniel, H. Searle, H. Howard ( cox), lost. J. Thompson, H. Miuchin, J. H. Coxon, J. B. Howard, T. Nash ( cox), lost.— Yours, & c, HENBY THOMAS HEATH, Hon Sec. BBOWN, CAMPBELL, AND CABEOLL.— For this sweepstakes sculling race we have received the whole of the stakes, viz, £ 50 on the part of each man. The race is to come off November 5, on Loch Lomond, starting from Auchintilly, and rowing four miles in the direction of Balloch, the first man to receive £ 130, and the second £ 20, In case of a foul, the man who fouls to be distanced, and the other two to start afresh. The umpires and referee, viz, R. Chambers, J. B. M'Neil, and Harry Clasper, are to determine if the weather will permit the race to be rowed on the day above- named. To start at one o'clock p. m. At the last deposit betting was petty brisk at evens, aud 6 to 4 against Brown winning. DAY AND DEEWITT.— For this scullers race we have received a further sum of £ 10 a side, aud the final deposit is to be made at Mr Gardiner's, Ship, Wandsworth, on Monday ( to- morrow) evening. The race is to come off on Thursday next from Putney to Mortlake, or vice versa, according as the referee ( who is to be appointed by the Editor of Bell's Life) shall think most fit and fair. The cutters of the competitors are to keep astern of the sternmost man. The Citizen X, Captain Hawkins, has been chartered to accompany the race, and will leave London Bridge at half- past ten o'clock, a. m. ALBEET ROWING CLUB.— The annual dinner of this club will be held on Thursday, Nov 5, at the Hare aud Hounds, Albert- street, Manchester. H. Lang of the above club will row G. Pimm, or will give Mark Addy two boats' lengths start, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side ; or is open to row any youth in Manchester under twenty years of age, for the same amount; or Lang and Pell will row any two of the Pomona crew. A match can be made at the Hare and Hounds on Monday ( to- morrow) evening. ROBEBT CHAMBEBS will row Messenger of Teddingtou or his pet a home and home match, for £ 100 a side. Messenger would be preferred, as Chambers understands he claims the Champion- ship of the Tyne. Should this offer not be accepted, Chambers will row Stephen Wright or Buttle of Norwich, for £ 100 a side. Articles sent to J. Leathered, and a deposit to Bell's Life, will be attended to. J. LEATHEBED of St Anthony's, Newcastle- on- Tyne, has two men open to row any other two men in the world, for £ 100 or £ 200 a side; and also two little ones, 16st weight the pair, who will give or take 4lb weight and row any other two their own weight, for £ 100 a side. By sending articles to J. Leathered, St Authonv's, Newcastle, and a deposit to. Bell's Life, a match can be made. JOHN WEIGHT of Carrow hearing that J. Lancaster is not satisfied at his late defeat, will make another match with him to row one or two miles on the river Yare in boats uot exceeding 21 nor less than 12 feet in length, for any sum up to £ 20 a side. Wright can be heard of at Mr H. Williams's, Norwich- a- Port Tavern, King- street Gates, Norwich. CANNON AND RALPH.— A match has been made between Alfred Ralph of Wandsworth and Thomas Cannon of Wapping to row in old fashion wager boats from Putney to Mort'ake for £ 30 a side ( open for £ 50); they meet at the Feathers, Wands- worth, on Tuesday next, to draw up articles ; £ 1 a side is down, which has to be made into £ 5 on Tuesday. BOATS FOB SALE.— By an advertisement iu another column we observe that an opportunity is presented of purchasing some outriggers, the property of a well known- amateur. Good second- hand boats are usually difficult to procure, and we therefore advise our aquatic readers to embrace the opportunity. TBITON ROWING CLUB.— On Saturday, the 31st inst, a pair- oared race will be rowed between Messrs Pavey and Gosling and Messrs Cowley and Matthews, from Putney to Battersea Bridge, to start at four p. m. CHARLES CHILDS of Limehouse will row Thomas Cannon of Wapping for £ 30 a side over the usual below bridge course. A match can be made at Mr Jameson's any night next week. FINNIS AND WADE.— For this scullers race we have received a further sum of £ 5 a side, and the next deposit of the same amount will be due on Tuesday next. SKIFF RACE ON THE CLYDE.— A match has been made be- tween Charles Leek and Alexander M'Farlane to row a skiff race on the Clyde for £ 5 a side, on Wednesday, Nov 4, PEDESTRIANISM. MATCHES TO COME „ , „ OCTOBER. 24 and 26.— A Running Match of 130 yards, for £ 10 and other money prizes, at the Grapes Running Grounds, Newca » tle- on- Tyne. 24 and 26.— Handicap of 440 yards, for £ 20 and other money prizes, at the Salford Borough Gardens. 26.— Brown and Jenns— to walk seven miles, for £ 15 a Bide, at Garratt- lane, Wandsworth. To start at half- past three precisely. 26.— Brunton and Straker- to run 100 yards, for £ 25 a side, at the Grapes Gardens, Westgate, Newcastle- on- Tyne. 26.— Jones and Maddox— to run 125 yards, for £ 10 a side, on the Shrews- bury and Wellington road. £ 6 aud 27.— All England Handicap Race of 120 yards, for £ 15 and other money prizes, at Hyde Park, Sheffield. 27.— Moore and Read— to walk six miles and a half, Read giving Moore a start of 15 yards, and staking £ 30 to £' 35, near London. 31.— Alien and Syddall— to run 440 yards, for £ 5 a side, at the Copen- hagen Grounds, near Manchester. 31 and Nov 2.— Handicap of 190 yards, for £ 50, Salford Borough Gardens. NOVEMBER. 2.— Hill and Manks— to run a mile, for £ 23 a side, at Aston Cross, Birmingham. 2.— Hall and Jackson— te run 100 yards, for £ 5 a side, at Lordship- lane. 1 2.— Wakefield and Warner— to run 120 yards, for £ 5 a> ide, at Garratt lane, Wandsworth. 2.— Dickens and Evans— to run 200 yards, for £ 10 a side, at Beggar's Bush, near Sutton Coldfield. 2.— Tibbets and Winkley— to run two miles, for £ 20 a side, within seven miles of Birmingham. 3.— Fuller and Rogers— to walk 20 miles, for £ 20 a side ( open for £ 25), over one mile of ground, at Boxmoor. 7.— Sanderson and Smith— to run two miles, for £ 50 a side, at the Copenhagen Grounds, near Manchester. 7.— Brown and Hancock— to run 140 yards, for £ 15 a side, at Salford Borougn Gardens. 7.— Blamire and Hayes— to run 120 yards, for £ 5 a side, at Parkside, Hunslet, near Leeds. 7 and 9.— A Handicap Race of 150 yards, for £ 12and other money prizes, at the Victoria Grounds, Newcastle- on Tyne. 9.— Hartley and Hughes— to run 120 yards, for £ 10 a side, at Aston Cross, Birmingham. 9.— Andrews and Cummings— to run six miles, for £ 20 a side ( open for £ 80), at Garratt- lane, Wandsworth, to start at half- past three pre- cisely. 9.— Darley and Hancock— to run 150 yards, for £ 25 each and the Champion's Belt, at the Salford Borough Gardens; the suc- cessful man to get the £ 50, the belt, and the gate money. 9.— Causer and Hill— to run a quarter of a mile, for £ 10 a side, at Min- worth, near Birmingham. • 9 and 10.— Handicap Race of 110 yards, for £ 10 and other money prizes, at Parkside, Hunslet, near Leeds. 9 and 10.— All England Handicap Race, once round the grounds, at Hyde Park, Sheffield, for £ 10 and other money prizes. 10.— Lewis and Warren— to run 120 yards, for £ 15 a side, at the Water- fall Gardens, Endon. 14.— A Novice Handicap of 120 yards, for several money prizes, at the Copenhagen Grounds, near Manchester, 14.— Booth aad Hartley— to run a mile, for £ 15 a side, at Salford Borough Gardens. 14.— Hardman and Horrocks— to run 440 yards, for £ 25 a side, at the Copenhagen Grounds, near Manchester; Hardman to have eight yards start. 14 anu 16.— All England Handicap oi 120 yards, for £ 10 and other money prizes, at the Siiipe Inn, Manchester- road, Audenshaw. 14 and 21.— A Handicap Race of 440 yards, for £ 12 and other money prizes, at Higginshaw Grounds, Hare and Hounds, Oldham. 16.— Elmsley and Forster— to run 120 yards, for £ 50 a side, at Salford Borough Gardens. 16.— Goodall and Lee— to run 140 yards, for £ 15 a side, at the Salford Bo- rough Gardens. 18.— Causer and Wheeler— to run 160 yards, for £ 15 a side, near the Plough at Miaworth. 16.— Pudney and Trainor— to run two miles, for £ 50 a side, at Garratt- lane, Wandsworth. 21 and 23.— Handicap Race of400 yards, for £ 12 and other money prizes, at the Victoria Grounds, Newcastle- on- Tyue. 23.— Ensor and Rowley— to run 120 yards, for £ 5 a side, at Aston Cross, Birmingham. 23,— Lee and Smith— to run 120 yards, for £ 10 aside, at Aston Cross, Birmingham. 28— Hart and Redpath- to run 2C0 yards, for £ 10 a side, at the Victoria Running Grounds, Newcastle- upon- Tyne. 28 and 30— All England Handicap of 150 yards, for £ 10 and other money prizes, at the Copenhagen Grounds, near Manchester. 30.- Brown and Lewis— to run 300 yards ( Brown receiving two yards start, for £ 10 a side, on Wanstead Flats. DECEMBER. 7.— Fisher and Wheeler— to run half a mile, for £ 20 a side, at Aston Cross, Birmingham. „. 25.— A Ten- mile Handicap, for £ 15 and other money prizes, at the V IC- toria Grounds, Newcastle- on- Tyne. 24 and 26.- A11 England Handicap of 700 yards, for £ 20 and other money prizes, at the Copenhagen Grounds, near Manchester. 31 and Jan l.— Handicapof 410 yards, for £ 20 and other money prizes, at Hyde Park, Sheffield. JANUARY. 1 and 2.— New Year's Handicap of 400 yards, for prizes amounting to upwards ol £ 50, at the Salford Borough Gardens. 1 and 2.— A Handicap Race of 120 yards, for £ 35 and other money prizes, at the Victoria Grounds, Newcastle- on- Tyne. 2 and 4.— All England Handicap of 1,200 yards, for £ 20 and other money prizes, at the Copenhagen Grounds, near Manchester. YACHTS, BIO. OWNEB. AMEBICA .. Schr.,, D. O. Kingsland UWA Sloop.. W. B. Duncan SBA DBIFT. . Schr... J. S. Holbrook MADGIE Sloop.. R. F. Loper RBBBCCA .. Sloop.. J. G. Bennett MINNIE .... Sloop.. W. H. Thomas H. M. s. I H. M. S. UNA .4 21 551 REBECCA. 4 36 26 MINNIE 4 25 40 | Scrn> 4 36 41 MADGIE 4 26 4 PEXBEL .. 4 50 9 ISLAND FAWN.. 4 24 19) Altogether the race was much enjoyed ._„ and the weather could not have been more agreeable to the spectators. The coaamittee chartered for the guests of the club H. M. S. UNDINE 4 54 38 SEA DBOT .... 5 10 0 BONITA 5 10 17 ) y the yachting men, FOOTBALL. FOOTBALL AT ETON. On Saturday, Oct 10, the officers of the R. H. G. and S. F. G. now quartered at Windsor brought down an eleven to play the Etonians in the Field. In spite of the more advanced years of the officers and want of " wind," a good game was kept up. In the end, however, those constitutions accustomed to regular weeks, whole school days, and lock up at five, proved their superiority over those whom late hours and neglect of training had rendered unfit for the exertions of a bully or rouge, and the match ended in favour of the Etonians by three goals and one rouge to nothing. The elevens were— OFFICEBS.— Capt Fletcher, Capt Mure, Capt Rous, Capt Payn- ter, C. P. Pemberton, Esq, H. G. Bowden, Esq ( S. F. G.), Capt Leslie, O. L. C. Williams, Esq, W. P. Carew, Esq, M. B. B. Ad- derley, Esq ( R. H. G.), and Van de We. ver ( emergency). ETON ELEVEN.— Sutherland and Patten ( keepers), Turner Wormald, Gladstone, Hiucks, Lord Rendlesham, Ducane, Mr Lawless, Leny, Lubbock max. A college match was played at the Wall on Wednesday, Oct 14, between the two sides of college, in which the South side were victorious by three shies to nothing. The elevens were— NOBTH SIDE,— Gibbs, Faukes, Bannister, Wright, Pickering, Carter ma, Routledge, A. Leigh ma, Stone, Dyne, Hitham. SOUTH SIDE.— Balls, Ainger, Hollingworth mi, Wilson mi, Mozley ma, Young ma, James, Carter mi, Willis, Dawson, Talbot. Briager for the North side and Hollingworth ma and Wilson ma for South side were unable to play. On Thursday, Oct 15, a match was played at the Wall between Mr Baring's and Mr Pepys' eleven. The elevens were chosen by the keepers ( Willis K S and Turner), but were put under the able generalship of Mr Baring and Mr Pepys. The latter were victorious, having obtained three shies to Mr Baring's two. The elevens were— MB BAEING'S — Lawless, Bridger, Collings, Hincks, Leny, Turner, T. Baring, Esq, Lubbock max, Stone, Ainsworth, Dyne. ME PEPTS'.— Willis, Balls, Johnstone, Wilson, Lord Rendles- ham, Young, Vau de Weyer, A. Leigh ma, J. A. Pepys, Esq, Wormald, Churton. On Friday, Oct 16, a match was played in the College Field between the Sixth and Fifth Form, in which the Sixth Form were victorious by three goals and three rouges to nothing. The elevens were— SIXTH FOEM.— Routledge, Wilson ma, Willis, Stone, Bates, Dyne, A. Leigh ma, Young ma, Wilson mi, Mozley ma, Vidal. FIFTH FOEM.— Dawson, Carter mi, Bridger, Ainger, Pickering, Carter ma, James, Wright, Churton ma, Luxmoore, Gibbs. On Friday, Oct 16, a match was played in the Field between the Eleven and Twenty- two. Although the latter were assisted by J. A. Pepys, Esq, T. Baring, Esq, and F. Kelly, Esq, of foot- ball notoriety of former years, they failed in defeating the Eleven, who obtained four rouges to their opponents' notning. The fol- lowing composed the respective sides :— THE ELEVEN.— Sutherland, Patten, Turner, Wormald, Glad- stone, Hincks, Lord Rendlesham, Ducaue, Leny, Lubbeck max. THE TWENTY- TWO,— J. A, Pepys, Esq, T. Baring, Esq, F. Kelly, Esq, Collings ( capt), Halsey. Van de Weyer, Ainsworth, Bircham, Mr Cadogan, Davies, Gooch, Hussey, Sir F. Johnstone, Mr Legge, Luxmoore, Mr Lyttelton, Smyth, and Wynne. On Saturday, Oct 17, a match was played in the Field, between Mr Day's and Mr Yonge's houses, in which that of the former was victorious, obtaining two goals to three rouges. The elevens were— MB DAY'S.— Davies, Hall- Dare, Wauchope, Fitzherbert, Kelly, Wykeham, May, Hayward, Bowman, Mortimer, Morton. Mr YONGE'S.— Pedder, Short, Hudson, Charrington, Lambert, Dent, Tayleur, Spencer, Campbell, Royds, Bayley. On Monday, Oct 19, a match was played at the Wall between those with R in their names and the School, which ended in favour of the former by two shies. The ball was in the School calx for a long time, but only two shies were obtained. The elevens were— THOSE WITH R.— Turner, Wormald, Lord Rendlesham, Ains- worth, Bircham, Lord Hinchingbrook, Luxmoore, Puller, Rush- out, Mr Trench, Van de Weyer. THE SCHOOL.— Gladstone, Hincks, Halsey, Ducane, Mr Cado- gan, Collings, Gooch, Mr Lawless, Lubbock, Patten, Middleton. The School was deprived of the services of Leny and Mr Lyttelton. On Tuesday, Oct 20, a match was played at the Wall between the Sixth and Fifth Form, which unsatisfactorily ended in a tie, neither side having obtained anything. The elevens were— SIXTH FOEM.— Willis, Balls, Puller, Wilson ma, Legge, Young, Routledge, A. Leigh ma, Stone, Gladstone, Wormald. FIFTH FOEM.— Turner, Lawless, Bridger, Hincks, Lord Ren- dlesham, Rushout, Ducaue, Patten, Gibbs, Dawson, Cadogan. For the satisfaction of Old Etonians we may state that the elevens are arranged in the order in which they play, viz, the " walls" come first, then " seconds," then the " outsides," and last, though not least, the " behinds." On Wednesday, Oct 21, a college match was played at the Wall between those who had been Oppidans v Rest of College, which ended in a tie, both sides having obtained one shy. The elevens were as follows :— COLLEGEES.— Bridger, Ainger, Huddleston, Wright, Mozley ma, Carter mi, Luxmoore mi, A. Leigh ma, Stone, Gibbs, Law. FOBMEB OPPIDANS.— Pickering, Faukes, Goodrich, Wilson mi, Churton ma, Carter ma, James, Wilson ma, Willis, Dawson, Young mi. Dyne and Young were unable to play for Old Oppidans, and Routledge and Balls for the Collegers. On Thursday, Oct 22, a match was played in the Field between the houses of the Rev J. L. Joynes and Mrs De Rosens, in which the former were victorious by six goals and five rouges to one rouge. The elevens were— JOYNES.— Hincks, Lubbock max, Harle, Kekewich, Rhodes, Hankey, Brodrick, Maxwell, E. M. Smith, Hope Johnstone, S. C. Smith. DE ROSENS.— Chute, Follet, Brewer, Wilmer, Brown ma, Brown mi, Rawlings, Jemmett, Maberly, Judd, Barton. FOOTBALL AT HARROW. The match between G. F. Harris, Esq's, v Rev. B. H. Drury's houses ( the first house match of the season) was played on Tuesday, Oct 20, and resulted in the victory of Mr Harris's eleven by one base to none. It was all along a very one- sided match, but Mr Drury's eleven seem to have made some slight improvement since last year. They were unfortunate in being ' deprived of the services of Messrs Daniel and Garfit, and during Eart of the time of Mr Le Messurier. The base for Mr Harris's ouse was well thrown by Mr Hodgson. The elevens were— ME HAEBIS'S.— Thompson, Barnett, Hodgson, Mr Strutt, Craig, Wheeler, Master, Mr Craven, Wilson, Iunes, Price. REV B. H. DBDEY'S.— Weekes, Mirehouse, Lock, Sneety, Alcock, Sparks, Ashton, Benj on, Le Messurier, Brymer, Earle. On Thursday, Oct 22, a match was played between the Home Boarders and Small Houses, and ended in the victory of the former by four bases to one. The bases for the Home Boarders were obtained by Clayton ( 2), Lang ( 1), and Brooke ( 1). For the Small Houses Hincks ( 1). Mr Trotter played capitally through- out. The elevens were— HOME BOABDEES.— Clayton ma, Prichard, sen, Lang ma, Legh, Brooke, Craigie, sen, Hensley, Prichard mi, Trotter, Williams, Gribble,. SMALL HOUSES.— Walker, Hincks, Jones, Dunn, Mackenzie, Huyshe, Edmeades, Murray, Henry, sen, Henry, jun, Dodd. FOOTBALL AT WESTMINSTER. On Wednesday last a match was played at " Fields" between the First Seven and the next Sixteen. The sides were— THE SEVEN.— T. Waters, R. A. Eden, W. Henty, F. Comyn, W. V. Williams, H. L. Thompson, A. Walker. THE SIXTEEN.— W. Dowdfeswell, H. Pratt, A. Onslow, T. K. Gaskell, E. Whitaker, S. French, A. Hamersley, C. Henderson. C. Poole, C. Stanhope. W. Wright, H. Salway, W. Bovill, C. Upperton, A. Pope, H. Marshall. The match, the event of which seemed for some time very doubtful, ended in favour of the Seven by two games to nothing. POST OFFICE OBDXBS for Deposits, in which the EDITOB OF BELL'- LIFE IN LONDON is made stakeholder, must be made payable to " WILLIAM CLEMENT," at the Post Offioe, StraniS, and addressed to this office. Country notes cannot ba taken; they will in all in- stances be sent back DOINGS AT HYDE PARK GROUND, SHEFFIELD, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. GBEAT ALL ENGLAND HANDICAP OF 410 YABDS.- Mrs Han- nah Heatheote, the proprietress of Hyde Park, Sheffield, will give the following prizes to be run for on the two fair- days in November :—£ 35 for the first man, £ 5 for the second, and £ 2 for the third; entries 2s, and 5s to accept. All entries to be paid as above, or to James Darley, Crown Inn, Holly- street, Sheffield, on or before Nov 3. JHE JOHN SANDEBSON'S 440 YAEDS GEEAT ALL ENGLAND HANDICAP RACE.— Mr J. Sanderson, the landlord of the Butchers' Arms, Bath- street, Sheffield, will give the following prizes to be run for on the 31st December and January 1:— First prize £ 20, second £ 3, third £ 1. Entrance Is 6d, and 2s to accept. The entrance will close on Wednesday, Nov 25. Any one entering falsely will be disqualified. ENTEIES FOE MB JAMES PHOENIX'S ONCE ROUND HANDI- CAP, at Hjde Park, on Monday and Tuesday, Nov 9 and 10,1857. First prize £ 10, second £ 3, third £ 1.— T. Hospool ( Baseford) scratch, J. Horrocks ( Bury) 10 yards start, B. Badger 28, W. Concum ( Maltby) 33, T. Hayes ( Intake) 34, E. Bentley ( Stafford) 35, H. Hurt ( Doncaster) 35, D. Lynch ( Tipton) 37, J. Brook ( Holmfirth) 38, G. Green ( Carlton) 38, W. Carr ( Doncaster) 39, J. Beaumont ( Penietone) 39, T. Fordham 40, J. Sanderson ( Crookes) 42, R. Barraclough ( Jump) 42, J. Wilson ( London) 43, H. Eyre ( Worksop) 46, P. Carr 46, R. Inwood ( Tooting) 47, A. Bake 48, J. Gaunt ( Skigby) 48, C. Pashley ( Wadsworth) 49, J. Millinson ( Manchester) 50, T. Tyler ( Manchester) 51, J. Wilson ( Richmond) 52, R. Grimes ( Barnes Green) 53, J. Tallerton ( Lin- coln) 53, W. Swaby ( Doncaster) 53, P. Hooton ( Liverpool) 54, H. Wharburton 54, A. Milner 55, J. Usher ( Lincoln) 55, G. Bailey ( Millsands) 56, G. Wilson ( tall) 56, J. Hinchlift'e ( Barnsley) 56, T. Fawley ( Manchester) 56, S. Taylor 56, H. Wild 57, J. Hill ( Doncaster) 57, J. Shearstone 57, J. Holden ( Heeley) 57, J. Mot- tram 57, W. Westerman 57, M. Hill ( Kirkhealon) 58, H. Lee 58, J. Skelton 58, A. M'Nally 58, J. Hague 58, W. Greaves 58, H. Maw 59, J. Fowler 59, S. Keats ( Bloxwich) 59, J. Curley 59, H. Murfin 59, J. Nichols ( Warrington) 59, W. Boulden ( Crookes) 60, H. Bagshaw ( Owlerton) 60, H. Royds ( Wharncliffe Side) 60, W. Housley ( Grenoside) 60, R. Ward ( Gawber) 60, W. Knowles 60, C. Dyson ( 61), J. Hodgson ( Norton) 61, J. Hawley 61, T. Ellwood ( Doncaster) 61, G. Jenkinson ( Sowder Green) 62, G. Woodward ( Doncaster) 62, G. Duckenfield 62, G. Daniels 62, W. H. Guyon 62, W. Waring ( Church Anston) 63, J. Wall 63, E. Youle 63, J. Blackburn ( Doncaster) 63, A. Youle 63, E. Taylor ( Wicker) 63, C. Walker ( Wharncliffe Side) 63, J. Tingle 63, Tnos. Bennett 63, R. Cooke ( Wath) 63, Chas. Green 63, Henry Wharton 64, H. Swann ( Doncaster) 61, C. Sheppard 64, J. 01dfieldT( Intake) 64, H. Gill ( Anston) 61, H. Longdeu ( Crookes) 64, J. Mercer 64, F. Moorhouse 64, G. Redfern 64, W. Pearson 65, T. Oliver ( Hill- foot) 65, R. Hesketh ( Barnsley) 65. G. Mellor 65, W. Myers 65, H. Maxfield 65, G. Bentley 65, J. Kelsey 65, R. Glover 65, F. Mappin 65, G. Westerman 66, W. Rotherham 66,1. Bunting 66, W. Warp ( Doncaster) 66, R. Woodhead ( Catcliffe) 66,1. Harrison ( Ecclesall) 66, E. Thorpe 66, H. Roper 66, J. Barnes 66, J. Rod- fers 67, T. Langworth 67, W. Eyre 67, G. Machen ( Wadsley Iridge) 67, T. Moody ( Heeley) 67, T. Reaney ( Heeley) 67, H. Wild ( Harvest- lane) 67, G. Moseley ( Cricket) 67, G. Gibbons 67, C. Ross 67, T. Cowen 67,1. Bingham 67, D. Coward 68, J. Beal 68, W. Sykes 68, R. Hague ( Grenoside) 68, J. Wright 68, C. Walker ( Park) 68, T, Golden 68, C. Walker 68, J. Turton 68, A. Dyson 68, J. Wragg 69, T. Oxley 69, J. Foulds 69, C. Chapman ( Stanning- ton) 69, J. Swinscoe ( Heeley) 69, W. Smedley 70, J. Helliwell 70, J. Farr 70, T. Roebuck 70, J. Haythorne 70, W. Mappin 70, B. Hodgson ( Doncaster) 71, C. Booth 71, J. Parkin 71, G. Lewis 72, C. Crossland 72, J. Martin 72, W. Cooper 72, S. Somersett 72, L. Smith 73, G. Harrington 73, W. Dawson 73, H. Walker 73, W. R. Taylor 73, J. Thorpe 73, W. Bramhall 74, J. Clarke 74, J. Green 74, G. Morton 74, S. Crookes 75, J. Flint 75, S. Wilson 75, H. Wellfoot 75, H. Nadin 76, W. Carrier 77, G. H. Reaney 77, H. Fox 78. The acceptances will close on Wednesday next, Oct 28. RABBIT COURSING AT HYDE PABK, SHEFFIELD.— Mr W. Smith, of the Old Cock Inn, Broad- street, Park, Sheffield, will give £ 5 to be run for here on Monday, November 2, for dogs of all sizes; entrance 5s each. On Tuesday next, October 27, a Leger, for dogs not exceeding 17! inches in height, will take place; entrance, 5s each, to be made at the above house before one o'clock each day of running. PIGEON SHOOTING.— On Tuesday the usual 10s sweepstakes was shot for by Messrs W. Middleton, J. Kaye, F. Beckers, L. Higgins, W. Froggett, J. Vickers, R. Brown, J. Gregory, Jas. Gregory, G. Fosdick, J. Stewart, T. Birks, and G. Hackett, at 4 birds each, the usual conditions. Messrs Middleton, Beckers, Higgins, Freggett, and J, Gregory killed all and divided. The same afternoon seven subscribers shot at 3 birds each, when Mr L. Higgins won the sweepstakes to himself, killing all his birds. DAENALL.— CANINE.— On Monday Mr W. Morton, mine host of the English Sampson, Broad- street, Park, Sheffield, gave £ 5 to be run for at Mrs J. Dearman's, the Old Cricket Ground at Darnall, open to all dogs not exceeding 15iin in height, the entrance being 5s each. Twenty- four crack dogs of this and the surrounding districts entered. The weather was very unpro- Eitious for out- door amusements; the rain commenced descending eavily about ten o'clock in the forenoon, and continued without intermission the whole of the day, consequently there was only a very poor muster of spectators present. First ties: Binney's Tip beat Cartwright's Jenny, Potts's Dan beat Cartwright's Luce, Clarke's Nancy beat C. Somersett's Pigeon, Thompson's Bess beat Bennett's Spot, Barker's Wasp beat Robinson's Rose, Lee's Catch beat Barker's Benn, Bott's Gip beat Cox's Vic, Ashmoore's Nance beat Peacock's Fly, Smith's Topper beat Clarke's Rose, Cooke's Vic beat Shipley's Wasp, Thompson's Empress beat Marsbe's Princess, Marshe's Sweep beat Thompson's Posey.— Second ties: Dan beat Tip, Clarke's Nancy beat Bess, Catch beat Wasp, Gip beat Nance, Vic beat Topper, Empress beat Sweep.— Third ties: Dan beat Nancy, Gip beat Catch, Empress beat Vic.— Fourth ties : Dan beat Gip, Empress ran a bye.— Deciding course: Empress beat Dan for the first prize, the latter getting the second money, and Gip the third. On Tuesday Mr Morton gave au excellent copper kettle to be run for by the beaten dogs of Monday ; entrance 5s each, which was added. Ten ran. The first prize ( the kettle and £ 1 16s) was won by Mr Thompson's Posey, the second ( 15s) was won by Mr Clarke's NanGy, and the third ( 5s) was won by Mr Marshe's Princess. PIGEON FLYING.— On Monday a sweepstakes of 2s 6d each came off from Mr J. Thorpe's, the Chequers Inn, Park, Sheffield, from the village of Handsworth, about three miles and a half from Sheffield, by 18 subscribers. The first prize ( 28s) was won by Mr C. Simonite's young bird Pig in 4min 46sec ; the second money ( lis) was won by Mr J. Simonite's blue rough bird in 4min 53sec; and the third prize ( 9s) was won by Mr S. Marsden's old bird Pig in 5min 5secs. DOINGS AT COPENHAGEN GROUNDS, NEAR MANCHESTER. SATURDAY, OCT 17.— In respect to the weather, this after- noon was very favourable, but the sport not being of the usually attractive character the attendance of company was by no means large. The following events came off :— POMFEBT AND HOLDEN.— This was a spin of 440 yards, for a fiver each; the competitors were J. Pomfretof Blackburn and J. Holden of Over Darwen. The betting on the result fluctuated for some time, but, at start, the odds were 2 to 1 on Pomfret, and Mr J. Holden, jun, filled the office of referee. The pedes- trians got off after a short delay, Pomfret taking the lead, which he kept throughout, and won easily by five yards. BIPED V QUADEUPED.— This contest lay between a gentle- man amateur pedestrian and T. Cook's well- known bitch Fan of Oldham, the distance being 200 yards, the amateur having 80 yards start, and the race was for a spread for a dozen persons and a sovereign a side. Mr Hayes was appointed referee, and the betting was 2 to 1 on the dog. It was soon evident that Fan, though opposed on this occasion by one of the " lords of the creation," would prove triumphant, and she eventually ran in a winner by 15 yards! MAN v DOG.— A few days ago Roger Fenton matched himself against R, Booth's bitch Bess ( five months old), for £ 10 a side, the dog to run 200 yards, whilst he ran 140, and this afternoon was fixed for the contest. There were few present who believed Fenton possessed any chance of success, and hence 2 to 1 was freely offered on the quadruped. On the pistol being fired, both darted off at the top of their speed, and Feuton managed to keep in advance until arriving within 20 paces of the goal, where little Bessjumped past him, and won by three yards. With respect in sporting lore is deeper than ours if they can discover any ia « terest which appertains to contests of this nature. HOBBOCKS AND HABDMAN.— A match has been agreed upon between Joseph Horrocks of Bury and Joseph ( alias Cock) Hard- man of Radcliffe, to run 440 sards, for £ 25 a side, at the Copen- hagen Grounds, near Manchester, on Saturday, November 14, Hardman to have eight yards start. On account of the match, Mr Holden has received £ 5 each, and a similar sum is to be de- posited on Wednesday next; £ 5 a side more is to be put down on the 4th of November, aud the remaining £ 10 each, on the day of the race ; Mr Holden is also to be referee, and the men are to be on the scratch at three o'clock, but should they not get off in 20 minutes, they are to go by report of a pistol. ALLEN AND SYDDALL.— A match has been made between S. Allen of Radcliffe and R. Syddall of the same place to ruu 440 « yards, for £ 5 a side, at the Copenhagen Grouuds, near Maa « Chester, on the 31st inst. Mr Davenport is stakeholder, and ( ac- cording to the articles) he holds £ 2 10s each. MUNDAY AND TUENEB.— James Muuday of Staleybridge and G. Turner of Hyde are matched to ruii half a mile, for £ 10 aside, at the Copenhageu Grouuds, near Manchester, but the document forwarded to Mr Hayes does not say when. The first deposit has been paid. A GEEAT ALL ENGLAND HANDICAP, distance 150 yards, will take place at the Copenhagen Grounds, Newton Heath, uear Manchester, on Saturday and Monday, Nov 28 and 30. First prize £ 10, second £ 2, third £ 1; entrance Is each, and 2s each acceptance. The entry list to close on Tuesday, Nov 10, and the handicap to appear in Bell's Life the week following. All entries to be made at the grounds, or at James Holdeu's, White Lion, Long Millgate, Manchester. Stamps as cash. Any ous entering falsely to be disqualified. A NOVICE HANDICAP will take place at the Copenhagen Grounds, Newtou Heath, on Saturday, Nov 14, distauoe 120 yards. First prize £ 2, second £ 1, third 10s. The entry list to close on Tuesday, Nov 10, entrance Is each, and no acceptance. All entries to be made at the Copenhagen Grounds, Newton Heath, or at James Holden's, White Lion, Long Miilgate, Manchester. CANINE.— FAN AND FAN.— T. Cook of Oldham has matched his bitch Fan agaiust a bitch of the same name belonging to Booth, for £ 20 a side, the lightest dog to run 200 yards, and the heavier to give 16 yards to the pound. The race is fixed for the 21st of November, at the Copenhagen Grounds, near Manches- ter, and Mr Hayes holds 10s each. DOINGS AT SALFORD BOROUGH GARDENS. HANCOCK, AND DAELEY.— Mr Holden has received another deposit— making £ 20 each now in his hands— on account of the race of 150 yards, for £ 25 a side, the champion's belt, aud both shares of the gate money, between J. Hancock and G. Darley, both of Salford. The contest is fixed for the 9th of November,- at the Salford Borough Gardens. BOOTH AND HAETLEY.— Thomas Booth and Thomas Hartley, each from the neighbourhood of Blackburn, are matched to ruu one mile for £ 15 a side, at the Salford Borough Gardens, on the 14th of November. For this match Mr Holden holds £ 2 each, and he is selected referee. The next deposit of £ 3 a side is to be forwarded to- morrow ( Monday); to ba increased to £ 10 each on the 3rd of November, and the remainder to be staked on the day of the race. BEOWN AND HANCOCK,— W. Brown of Stone and J. Hancock of Longport have now deposited £ 8 each in Mr Holden's hauds, for their race of 140 yards for £ 15 a side, which is to come off at the Salford Borough Gardens on the 7 th of November. FOSTEE AND EMSLEY.— Wm. Foster of Leeds aud Joshua Emsiey of Pudsey have signed articles to run 120 yards for £ 50 a side, at the Salford Borough Gardens, on the 16th of Novem- ber. For this contest Mr Holden has received £ 15 each, and he is to be referee. £ 10 a side more is to be put down on the lst of November, and the remaining £ 25 each on the day of the race. A GEEAT ALL ENGLAND SPBINT HANDICAP will take place at the Salford Borough Gardens on Saturday, Oct 3 L, and Mon- day, November 2, distance 190 yards ; first prize £ 40, second £ 7, third £ 3. The following men have entered, and have been han- dicapped as follows:— G. Darley ( Salford) scratch, J. Booth ( Newton Heath) 5 yards start, H. A. Reed ( Loudon) 5, T, Col- linge ( Jumbo) 6, G. Kent ( Woodenbox) 6i, E. Greenwood ( Ard- wick) R. H, Knutton ( Sutton) G. Barber ( Glossop) 9, W. Willcock ( Manchester) 9, T. Hospool ( Basford) 10. J. Buckley ( Tonge- lane) 10, F, Littlewood ( Attercliffe) 11, C. Halliwell ( Mid- dleton) 11, W. Constable ( Willeuhall) 11, W. Coucam ( Malton) 12, R. Wheatley ( Leeds) 12, J. Seville ( Oldham) 12, W. Boyd ( Ilkley) 12, J. Newton ( Hollinwood) 12, J, Taylor ( Rhodes) 12, J. Mbison ( Bowlee) 13, J. Nolan ( Manchester) 13, J. Beaumont ( Penistone) 13, S. Peckett ( Sheffield) 13, J. Ingham ( Rochdale) 13, H. Bowler ( Low Moor) 14, J. Richmond ( Aberford) 14, T. Thorpe ( Harpurhey) 14, J. Lyons ( Salford) 14, T. Barlow ( Stockport) 14, J. Clark ( Sheffield) 14, T. Hayes ( Intake) 14, W. Saxon ( Sheffield) 14, J. Gibson ( Chidswell) 14, G. Seward ( Man- chester) 14, W. Browii ( Liverpool) 14, J. Nowell ( Mytholmroyd) 15, G. Martin ( London) 15, J. Fitton ( Royton) 15, C. Hall ( Glos- sop) 15, S. Howard ( Bradford) 15, J. Taylor ( Cowhill) 15, J, Pearson ( Gomersall) 15, G. Pearce ( London) 15, J. Wilson ( Rich- mond, Yorkshire) 15, T. Leary ( Manchester) 15$, J. Ashworth ( Rochdale) 16, J. Richards ( St Helen's) 16, G. Wildboar ( Sun- derland) 16, T. Clay ( Derby)_ 16, E. Clegg ( Batley Carr) J. 6v B. Crawshawf " " ' ( Hulme): ton ( Collyhurst) . _ Chester) 17, W. Walmsley ( Manchester) 17, P. Hooton ( Liver- pool) 17, G. Richardson ( Manchester) 17, A. Butterworth ( Man- chester) 17, W. Hawkes ( Wetherby) 17, J. Worthington ( Red- dish) 17, T. Pemberton ( Westleigh) 17, W. Halliwell ( Manches- ter) 17, J. Robinson ( Nottingham) 18, G. Bailey ( Millsands) 18, J. Fairess ( Prestwich) 18, J. Matthews ( Salford) 18, J, ( Httlme) 18, and J. Houlding ( Mancuester) 20. Acceptances 53 each, to be declared by Wednesday next, at Mrs Atteubury'SS Borough Inn, Regent- road, Salford; or at Mr J. Holdea's, White Lion, Long Millgate, Manchester. Stamps as cash. A GBEAT NEW YEAE'S HANDICAP, distance 400 yards, will take place at the Salford Borough Gardens on the lst and 2d of January, 1858, when upwards of £ 50 will be given in prizes. The entries to close on the 15th of December. PEDESTRIANISM AT BIRMINGHAM AND DISTRICTS. Birmingham, this week, has turned up a blank in respect to matches in pedestrianism, none having come off with the excep- tion of a minorone between G. Rawsonof Aston and G. Martin of Saltley. who met near the Half- way House on the Sutton road, on Monday, to ruu a six score yards match, for £ 3 aside. Both men are novices, yet came to scratch in pretty good condition, and for men who had never toed the scratch before, exhibited a good deal of confidence. The betting was in favour of Martin, who was the tallest by two iuchls. After a number of false starts they got away, Martin. with a yard start; he rattled away at a rapid pace, closely followed by Aston, who at five score f ards caught his opponent, A severe struggle ensued; Aston, however, ran in a winner by a quarter of a yard, to the surprise of Mar- tin's friends, who had booked it for a certainty. ENSOB AND ROWLEY.— These Birmingham men are matched to run six score yards, for £ 5 a side, at Aston Cross Grounds, ou Monday, Nov 23 ; to start by mutual consent; if no start in fifteen minutes to go by first pull of kaud kerchief. A further deposit for the samo to be made to- morrow evening at Fisher's, White Swan, New Town- row. LEE AND S. SMITH.— These Birmingham men are matched to run six score yards, for £ 10 a side, at Aston Cross Grounds, on Monday, Nov 23 ; to be at scratch at one o'clock, the man not there to lose the money; to start by mutual consent; if no start in fifteen minutes to go by first pull of handkerchief. S. Coates stakeholder. HILL AND CAUSEB.— The eight score yards match, for £ 15 a side, between these well- known men is going on. A further deposit must be made at Summer's, Cross Guns, Blew- street, Birmingham, to- morrow evening, between eight and ten. Mr G. Heeley stakeholder aud referee. EVANS AND DICKENS.— £ 5 a side is in the hands of the stake- holder, Mr Watson, for the ten score yards match, for £ 10 a side, between these men, and the final deposit, of £ 5 a side, must be made on the morniug of runniug, Nov 2. MANKS AND HILL.— The one mile match, for £ 20, between these well- known men excites a good deal of interest in Birming- ham, and also in the district of Stourbridge, where Hill is located. Both men are in active training for the event under competent trainers, Manks in the neighbourhood of Solihull, and Hill within a short distance of his home. A further deposit for the match must be made te the stakeholder, Mr Watson of Birmingham, between eight and ten o'clock to- morrow evening. JOSEPH FISHEB AND YOUNG WHEELEE.— A further deposit for this half- mile match must be made to- morrow evening, at Fisher's, White Swan, New Town- row, from eight to ten. ABTHUB AKEBS of Birmingham will run Beu Garriugton five or six score yards level, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side, within a month, at Aston Cross Grounds, or any place he chooses to name. An answer through Bell's Life will be attended to. DANGEBFIELD of Darlaston is surprised that Moon should ask for three yards start in six score. If Moon really wants a match Dangerfield will run him that distance level, at Aston Cross Grounds, for £ 10 a side. Money ready any time, at the Blue Bell, Wednesbury. BOULTON PHILLIPS and the AMATEUB'S match of 200 yards is off; money drawn. HAETLEY AND HUGHES.— A further deposit for this six score yards match must be made to Mr Tailby, the stakeholder, to- morrow ( Monday) evening. VICTOEIA RUNNING GBOUND, NEWCASTLE.— Entries for the 150 Yards Handicap, which takes place on Saturday and Mon. day, November 7th and 9th; first man £ 12, second £ 3, third £ 1; 5s for every man winning two heats and not getting a prize: J. Foster stratch, W. Foster 2 yards start, Kuutton Horrocks 3, Green 4, Hardman 5, Wheelbore 7, Hall 7, Wilson 9, Coulson 9, Bolton 9, Eshelby 11, Barber 11, Richardson 11, Jackson 11, Morris 12, Ferguson 12, Charlton 13, C. Elliott 13, Smith 14, Don- kin 14, Taylor 15, R. Scott 15, Rowan 15, Railton 15, Gilroy 16, Cole 17, Brown 18, Kelly 19, Sewell 19, Jewett 19, Morris 19, Bell 19 ( novice), Blackie 19, Cook 16, Dodds ( novice) 20, J. Scott 20, Liddle 20, J. Elliott ( novice) 22, Lightfoot 22, Reay 22, Brooks 22, Dawson 22, Harrington 22, Henderson 23, G. Scott ( novice) 24, W. Elliott 25, Nevison 25, Wood 22, Scott ( a lad) 30. Acceptance 2s, te be made to Mr J. Scott, Cumberland and Hexham House, Cattle Market, on or be- fore Tuesday, October 27th. Notice to Pedestrians: Certain parties having circulated reports that pedestrians running on the Victoria Grounds would not get the prizes advertised, Mr Scott begs to state that these parties are well known to have a personal feeling in trying to do the new Grounds an injury, and informs pedestrians that all prizes will be paid at his house at 8 o'clock after the final heat. JAMES SCOTT, Cumberland and Hexham House, Cattle Market, Newcastle, Oct 21st. A handicap, distance 120 yards, for a watch and money prizes, will take place on Saturday and Monday, Oct 31st asd Nov 2d. HOBSON AND BBOOKES.— The foot race of 150 yards between these men— Hobson giving his opponent a start of four yards, for £ 7 10s a side— came off on Monday last at Sadler's Running Grounds, Garratt- lane, Wandsworth. The match was originally to have been a handicap between Hobson, Brookes, and little Frederick Barb, but the latter having forfeited the former pair were left to contend with each other on the present occasion. The weather was exceedingly unpropitious, and the uumber of spectators very inconsiderable. Hobson was the decided fa- vourite at 6 to 4. A referee having been chosen, the men toed the scratch, each appearing in capital fettle. Brookes had the advantage over his antagonist by several inches in height and length of limb. They were to start by mutual consent, and, after several false attempts, got away together. From the time of quitting the scratch Hobson gradually gained upon his man, and, by the time about fifty yards had been traversed, had caught and passed him, increasing his advantage during the re- mainder of the spin, and running in a winner with the greatest imaginable ease. Hobson can have the stakes by ealling at our office on Thursday next, at twelve o'clock. GEEAT PEDESTBIAN MATCH AT NOBWICH.— A correspondent informs us that Thomas ( the Salopian) completed his task of walking 1,000 half miles in 1,000 consecutive half hours at twelve o'clock on Saturday, the 17th inst. He then commenced at a quarter- past twelve o'clock walking 200 quarter miles in 172 quarter hours, starting every 15 minutes, and walking half a mile every quarter of an hour in the last seven hours. This feat he accomplished on Monday night at eight o'clock. It is stated that ten thousand persons visited the Hop Pole Gardens, for the purpose of witnessing the progress of the matches from day to day. AMA'TEUE RACE.— A100 yards foot race, for £ 10 a side, came off on Wimbledon Common, last Monday, between Mr Elger and Mr Skinner, both well known on the river and in sporting circles. Near 300 persons and friends were present, and ap- peared to take a lively interest in the result. They got away well together and the spin was gamely contested throughout. Mr E., however, eventually proved the winner by half a yard. The following have entered for the 140 yards Handicap Foot Race to take place at Parkside Grounds, Hunslet, near Leeds, on November 9 and 10 :— G. Darley scratch, W. Dean 13 yards start; T. Stephenson 16, W. Tuck 9, T. Shutt 18, P. Binner 13, S. Peck 16, G. Blood 11, T. Anmell 14, J. Dawson 13, Ralph Wheatley 8, C. Gardner 16, H. Hoyle 16, W. Rainfortli 16, J. Miller 14, J. Thompson 18, J. White 16, E. M'Asey 12, J. Athay 11, T. Ray 13, R. Harrison 13, J. Tempest 14, R. Bailey 14, J. Hemingway 12, J. Peason 9, S. Howard 9, W. Hawks 12, A. Synear 18, B. Taylor 5, C. Gilpin 16, F. Makinson 11, J. Worm eld 12, J. Jinks 14, J. Richmond 9, A. Grindrod 3, B„ Wates 14, T. Brook 12, J. Gregory 16, J. Hatton 14, J. Mitchell 14, J. Rush 20, H. Bold ( a cripple) 28, J. Snell 38, J. Cant 12, QUOITS.— John Briggs of Armley ( in his 65th year) will ac- Jr ,„_ , .. . cept the challenge of Thos, Berry of Osset, near Wakefield, 18 j to events of this description, we are far from believing that they J. Star 11, W. Wilcock 7, R. Nutton 16, J. Harrinson 12, W. yards, hard and soft ends, 31 each game. Briggs will allow 10s will ever gain in public favour, if it were only owing to the diffi- Fairbrother 9, W. Cawthorn 11, W. Beffett 16. Acceptances, to play at Parkside Pleasure Ground, Hunslet, near Leeds, and culty of so apportioning the relative distances as to produce any- Is 6d each, to close Nov 4. will be at Jas. Woolfoot's, Market Tavern, Leeds, any day next; thing like a good race between a human being and a dog. Some HIGGINSHAW PEDESTEIAN GBOUND, OLDHAM.— Entries for week prepared to make the match, I men are " fast," but have yet much to learn, and their research the 440 yards handicap, to be ruu ou Saturday. Nov 14, aud Sa 84 BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, OCTOBER 25, 1857. turday, Nov 21; first prize £ 12, second £ 2, third £ 1. Hancock ( scratch), Shaw 53 yards start, Schofleld56, Holden 58, Marsh - fiO, Wards 59, Whithead 53, Butterworth 48, Turner 48, Cave 51, Litton 33, Conuor 48, Thorp 50, Foley 53, Cudworth 63, Midgley tyS, Witworth 48, Ingham 39, Brieley 58, Howarth 63, Barlow 47, Howarth 51, Lee 51, Taylor 48, Fulham 58, Inwood 48, Whit- head 47, Whittaker 53, Taylor 28, Waddingson 45, Jarvis 50, Par- kinton 53, Marsden 58, Sutcliff 43, Tetlow 59, Seviil 13, Hoyle t> 3, Johnson 42, Wilson 48, Canderson 40, Bramall 58, Wilkinson 55, Brieley 55, Holdroy 33. Stott 51, Emerson 51, Taylor 63, Beau- mont 43, Horrocks 43, Caunt 48, Shaw 49, Horrocks 13, Buckley 63, Buckley 51, Salter 58. Acceptances, Is 6d each, to be made before Nov 4, at the above ground, or at the following places:— J. Fitton's, the Old Unicorn Inn, Royton; Seville's, Pedestrian Tavern, Oldham; or J. Hitcock's, the Spinners' Arms, Oldham. FuLLEiHtNB& eeERS.— For this walking match of 20 miles we have received tile whgle of the money, £ 20 a side. The ground selected is in the ne^ hb « mhood of the railway station at Boxmoor, and the men are tostarfc- Jjgtween one and two o'clock. The day originally fixed has beenSxuiged by mutual consent, on account of the races at Newmarket, to Tuesday, Nov 3. Umpires and referees to be chosen on the ground. The stakeholder is to name another time and place in the case of interference. Rogers wishes to thank Mr Dark for his kind offer Of Lord's Cricket Ground for this match. BRO WN AND JENNS.— For this walking match of seven miles we have received the whole of the money, £ 15 a side. It is to take place to- morrow ( Monday), at Garratt- lane, the men to be at scratch at half past- three. Umpires and referee to be chosen on the ground. Jenns will be at Mr Banks's, Triumph, Skin- ner- street, Somers Town, this evening ( Oct 25), and will be glad to see all friends. OLD SMITH of Ipswieh ( now over 41 years of age) having been on the shelf for a very long time, will be at Newmarket on the forthcoming Cambridgeshire morning ( 27th inst), to start at ten p'clock, to do the same feat, viz, 20 miles iu three hours, on the Bame course that Spooner did last year. After that he hopes to accommodate Thomas the Salopian with a walk of 50 miles. BROWN AND LEWIS.— A match has been made bet ween Brown of Bethnal Green and Lewis of Stratford to run 300 yards ( Brown receiving two yards start), for £ 10 a side, on Wan stead Flats, Nov 30th. We have received articles, with £ 2 a side, and the next deposit of the same amount is to be made at Mr Pud- ney's, Backchurch- lane, Oct 27. . PETEB HAET and JOHN REDPATH ( both of South Shields) are matched to run 200 yards, for £ 10 a side, at the Victoria Running Ground, Newcastle- upon- Tyne, on the 28th of Novem- ber ; both men to be at the mark at two o'clock. £ 1 each is now in the hands of Henry Myers, the final stakeholder. SNIPE INN RACE GROUND, MANCHESTER- ROAD, AUDENSHAW. — A 120 yards handicap willtakeplace here on Saturday aud Mon- day, Nov 14th and 16th; first prize £ 10, second £ 2, third £ 1; entrance Is 6d each, to be paid by Tuesday next, Oct 27th, aud acceptances Is 6d each, to be paid by'Tuesday, Nov 3. WARNER AND WAKEFIELD.— For this match we have re- ceived a further sum of £ 1 5s a side, and the next deposit of £ 1 a side is to be made at Mr Richardson's, Blue Anchor, Church- Btreet, Bethnal Green, Oct 24. HALL AND JACKSON.— For this race of 100 yards we have re- ceived the whole of the money, £ 5 a side. It is to come off on Monday, Nov 2, at Lordship- lane; to start by mutual consent. " Umpires and referee to be chosen on the ground. PUDNET AND TRAINER.— On account of this race we have re- ceived a further £ 5 a side, and the next deposit of the same amount is to be sent on Friday next. ANDREWS AND CUMMINGS.— On account of this race we have received a further sum of £ 5 a side, and the final deposit of the Bame amount is to be made on Friday next. TODDY RAY of Limehouse informs Howse of Stepney that he cannot give any start, unless he will run two miles, when he can have 40 yards, or he will run him three quarters of a mile level, or take 20 yards in half a mile. Goldiug of Stepney can be accom- modated one or two miles, and if Mahouey, who ran at Haekney Wick, will give the 200 yards he offered there, in four miles, Ray will run him for £ 10 a side, in a month. One or all of these matches can be made at Mr Walker's, Salisbury Arms, Lime- house- fields ( to- morrow) Monday evening, between eight and ten o'clock, for from £ 5 to £ 20 a side. SAMMY OWEN of Salford has a novice he will match to run against Edwin Bradley's novice of Cheetwood, 100 yards, for £ 16 or £ 15 a side; or if that does not suit hiai, Owen will give Brad- ley one more chance to regain his lost laurels, and ruu his old horse Roger once more on the same terms as before, 150 yards, for £ 10 or £ 15 a side. Either match to come off at Bellevue in a month after the first deposit. To start by report of pistol, Mr James Holden to be stakeholder and referee. Osven will be at Mr Holden's, to- morrow ( Monday) night, to make one or both matches. WILLIAM JACKSON can be backed to jump Henry Bates of Hurst Knowell, one standing jump, for £ 50 a side, according to Bates's challenge, and if Robert Kaye of Blackburn is willing to throw £ 50 in, the winner out of the three to take the £ 150 and the whole of the gate money ; to jump half way between horns and home, and the stakeholder to name the referee. If not accepted Jackson will jump any man in the world for the above sum, An answer through Bell's Life, or a letter addressed to Jackson's own house, the Effingham Arms, 73, Great Guildford- street, Borough, London, will be attended to. CHARLES LAWRENCE of Pimlico will walk Charles Greatorex on his own terms, to take 50 yards start in four miles, for from £ 5 to £ 15 a side, on a level turupike- road, to come off in four weeks from first deposit; or he will walk Greatorex and David Broad of Fulham in a sweepstakes, with the above start, for £ 20 each, the winner to take the £ 60. The Editor of Bell's Life to be final stakeholder. Money ready at the George, Great St Andrew- Street, Bloomsbury, on Tuesday evening. THOMAS BARTRAM of Sacristan will run John Stout of Mosley 100 yards, fer from £ 10 to £ 20 a side; or he will run Thomas Harrison of Colliery- row 100 yards, or William Linsley of Wittou Gilbert 120 yards and give him two yards start, or Thomas Wheatley of Chester- le- Street 80 yards level, for the same sum. Any of these matches can be made at Mr Edward Henderson's, George and Dragon Inn, Sacriston. PETER HART of South Shields is surprised at Thomas Bright of St Peter's offering to run him 100 yards level, but he will take two yards in that distance at the in- coming end, or will run Todd of Byker level, or Sewell of Newcastle on the same terms. Any of these matches can be made for £ 10 a side, at Henry Myers's, Railway Tavern, East Holborn, South Shields, any night next W. JACKSON ( the American Deer), now in his 37fch year, having retired; from pedestrianism for the last 12 months, partly by illness, begs to state he will run any man, his own age, any distance from two up to 10 miles, for £ 10 or £ 25 a side; he also can be matched against time to run 20J miles in two hours, or 10t miles in one hour, for £ 25 or £ 50 a side, on any turnpike- road. YOUNG DUDDIN of Trimdon Grange can be backed to run Matthew Peel or Samuel Brown of Cassop 100 yards, John Scott, Thos. Peel, or Thos. Dixon of Trimdon 120 yards level, and he will give Simon Dixon of South Wingate two yards at the finish, t" r from £ 10 to £ 15 a side. An answer through Bell's Life will "•- he attended to. GEORGE DEARDEN of Birmingham cannot think of giving Lovell of London any start in 120 yards, but will run him level his own distance, or Joseph Landon of Milford can be accom- modated on the same terms. Any communication addressed to George Dearden, at Mr Ball's, Justice Inn, Lombard- street, Birmingham, will be attended to. GEORGE SIMPSON of Blaydou will run Brown of Marley Hill, or Brown ( the Bl& ckhill Novice), or Grunoell or Atkinson of Wallsend 100 yards, for £ 5 a side • or will take two yards in 100 of John Scott of Howden, fer the same, and will run within three weeks from the first deposit, A letter addressed to Bell's Life will be attended to. YOUNG SUTTON of Kennington is surprised that H. Ings of Walworth should challenge him to run a mile and give him 20 yards start, for £ 5 a side, well knowing that he is only a quarter of a mile runner; but a match can be made at the Windmill, Kennington- lane, on Tuesday next, for a quarter of a mile, and give five yards start, for £ 5. A LAD who never ran for a shilling will be at Mr Sowden's, the Peacock Tavern, Addle- bill, Doctors'- commons, to- morrow ( Monday) evening, prepared to run Critcher of Newgate Market or Butler of the same place from 200 yards upwards, for £ 10 a side. I ROBT. TATE of Newcastle will take two yards start in 100 of T. Todd of Byker Hill, or will take five yards in 440 of Thos. Armstrong. A match can be made, for their own sum, to- morrow ( Monday), at Ben Bamborough's, The Battery, Forth- street, Newcastle- on- Tyne. If THUEMAN of Sheepshead is not satisfied with his late de- feat by Samuel Dakin, he can be accommodated with a spin of 150 yards, for £ 25 a side. If a deposit is sent to Bell's Life, aud articles to the Three Horse Shoes, Loughborough, a match can be made. JAMES BELL of Bell's Villa will ruu J. Atkinson or J. Pinker- ton of Jobs Hill, Gilesgate Moor, Durham, their own distance, for £ 10 or £ 15 a side. Money ready at Mr giwpSQa'Sj QUgsgate Moor, any night next week. WM, HOLLILY ( the Limekiln Stag) will run Joseph Roberts of Union Dock, Poplar, 100 yards, for from £ 1 to £ 20 a side. Money ready at the Dreadnought, Lower- road, Rotherhithe. YOUNG WARD of Birmingham will run Young Lee of the same place 100 yards, for his own sum. Money ready at Mr Poiner's, Queen's Tavern, Wrentham- street, Birmingham. W. VEST of Durham, having offered J. Hedley of the same place three yards in 150, Hedley will take four in that distance, or three in 100 for £ 10, £ 15, or £ 20 a side. CANINE FANCY. A show of dogs will take plaoe this evening ( the 25th), at Mr Bradshaw's, the Crimean Arms, Glo'ster- street, Oakley- street, Waterloo- road. Chair, Mr Atherfcon ; vice, Teddy Whyman, as- sisted by Dick Duckombe and others, who will show their studs. Sparring every Monday and Saturday evening, under the super- intendence of Fred Dickeson, supported by first- rate talent. Mr B.' s potboy takes a benefit next Wednesday evening, when he will be prepared to make a match, for £ 5 a side, with any novice, at 8st 4lb. A show and general lead of fancy spaniels, terriers, greyhounds, Isle of Skyes, and bulldogs takes place at Mr Coomber's, the Kentish Waggoners, Kent- street, Borough, this evening the 25th inst. Chair taken by W. Short, who will show his black and tan bitch, six months old, against anything in the world, for £ 2, faced by Mr A. Byford, who will show his choice stock of terriers and spaniels, assisted by Mr Bladon and the leading members of the South London Canine Association. . A show of spaniels, toy terriers, Isle of Skyes, & c, will take place this evening ( the 25th), at T. Friswell's, Nottingham Arms, 77, Ossulston- street, Somer's Town. Chair, Mr G. Isaacs, faced by Mr C. Stringwell. E. Wbyman will accept Mr East- rup's challenge for his dog Terror to destroy 50 rats against his dog, for £ 5 a side. Ratting every Monday and Saturday ; use of the pit gratis. A show of fancy spaniels, terriers, Isle of Skyes, and bulldogs, will take place at Mr Faultless's, the John Barleycorn, 15£, Drury- lane, this evening, 25th inst. Chair taken by MrHinchliff, fttced by Mr Bladen, and supported by all the members of the South London Canine Association. Mr Sweety will show on this occasion his stock of white toy terriers ; also, several gentlemen will attend with their half- bred dogs, some of the handsomest in London. A 8hovy and general lead of all kinds of dogs takes place at E. Smart's, the Peacock, Vauxhall- walk, this evening, Oct 25. Chair taken by Mr Jasper, who will show one of the handsomest white bull terriers living. Several old friends have '" omised to attend. Chair taken at seven o'clock. The 141b - " bitch can be matched at 30 rats against all comers, bar none. Plenty of rats always on hand. Use of pit gratis. Jemmy Shaw will exhibit bis beautiful stud of canine pets of all breeds against all comers, and back them at ratting, & c, for any reasonable sum. To be seen at the Princess Royal, St John- street, Clerkenwell, corner of Corporation- row, where Jemmy will be glad to meet all friends during the extensive alterations at the Old Queen's Head. A show of fancy spaniels and terriers will take place this evening, Oct 25, at E. Hitchcox's, Red Lien, Warwick- street, Blackfriars road. Chair taken by Mr Beauven, faced by Mr Wilmington. Some of the best dogs will be shown. At Thomas Lees, Star Iun, Saddleworth, the next entry for . the two great sweepstakes trail hunts will be on the 31st inst, the third on the 14th of November, the fourth on the 28th of November, the fifth and last on the 12th of December. The trails to start at Henry Gill's, Swan Inn, Meltom, near Hud- dersfield, and to end at Thomas Lees's, Star Inn, Saddleworth. The £ 5 sweepstakes will be run on the lst of January, to which the lanelord will add £ 4. The 10s sweepstakes will be run on the2d of January, to which the landlord will add £ 2. A ratting match will come off on Tuesday next, at the Erin- gobragh, King- street, Rotherhithe Wall, for £ 2 a side, between Mr J. Thornton's bitch and Mr Turner's dog of Greenwich, to i estroy 12 rats each against time. Ratting every Tuesday. Pit always ready for trials. At T. Saint's, jun, Jolly Brickmakers, Notting Dale, next Wednesday evening, at eight o'clock precisely, Jemmy Shaw's dog is backed to destroy 100 rats iu seven minutes, for £ 5. NURR AND SPELL.— Edwin Pearson will play any of the following, 30 rises, hazel heads aud wooden nurrs, for £ 10 or £ 20 a side, viz, W. Slater of Crosshills, near Keightley, R. Greenwood of Illingworth, E. Firth of Ovenden, J. Farrar of Batley, or J. Nay lor of Wortley, or will take 10 score in 30 rises of C. Rastrick of Stone- street or D. Jackson of Dewsbury Moor, or five score of J. Hunt of Horsforth, near Leeds, Money ready at the Trun- cliff's Gate Inn, Wibsey Bank Foot, and a match can be made any night next week. DOMINOES.— Geo. Riley will play John Leary of Wigan, for from £ 5 to £ 10 a side, the best of nine games, each man to draw his own domiaoss. A match cab be made any time at C. Rudd's. THE RING. FIGHTS TO COME. OCT 27.— Lynch and Finighty— £ 15 a side, London. Nov 8.— Bick and Davis— £ 10 a side, Cheltenham. 3.— Halsv and Viekery— £ 10 a side, London. DEC 15.— Tweddle and Northumberland Bill— £ 90, London. 15.— Robinson and Ingram— £ 25 a side, London. JAN 5,1858.— Tom Sayers and Broome's Novice—£ 200 a side and the Champion's Belt. 26.— Bob Brettle and Bob Trarers— £ 100 a side, London. 27.— Bodger Crutehiey and Sam Millard— £ 50 a side, London. FISTIANA; OE, THE OKACLE OF THE RING.— Just published, the NINETEENTH EDITION, with an Appendix, containing the results of all the Prize Battles from 1700 to February, 1857; the Names of the Men, alphabetically arranged; the NEW RULES OP THE RING, as altered by the Pugilistic Association ; DUTIES OF UMPIRES AND REFEREES; HINTS ON SPABBING; of HEALTH IN GENEBAL ; TRAINING ; and other matters interesting to those who desire athletic vigour. To be had of Mr William Clement, at the office of Bell's Life, 170, Strand, and of all booksellers in town and country. Price 2s 6d, or by post 2s 8d. THE MATCH BETWEEN MIKE MADDEN AND JEM MACE OF NORWICH, FOR £ 100. This fight was to have come off on Tuesday last; but, as will be seen from the sequel, has ended in disappointment. Whether a fresh match will be made remains to be proved. It may doubtless be in the recollection of our readers that, except on very special occasions, we have declined to act as refer. es in any prize battles, and it has followed from this that in many modern matches, to put an end to the delays and disappointments which were wont to arise from the difficulty of appointing such an official on the ground, the practice has arisen of deputing to the stakeholder, by special clause in the articles, the task of nominating that functionary. In the articles for the match now under notice will be found this power of appointment given to the stakeholder under the signatures of both men. On Friday week Mr Lockwood, as the representative of Mike Madden's backers, and Nat Langham on behalf of Mace, attended at our office, and on learning that, for reasons to which it is needless to allude, we did not intend to be present, they called upon the stakeholder to put into force the power given to him by the articles. The stakeholder, after hinting at the delicacy of the task, and the difficulty of pleasing both parties, suggested that, probably, as Dan Dismore was well- known to both men, and was moreover a friend of Nat's and Mr Lockwood's, he would be an eligible person to act. Both at once said they could not have a better man, and were quite willing he should act. Nat Langham states that he said, in ad- dition, that he could not consent absolutely to Dan's appoint- ment without consulting Mace or his backers ; but of this the stakeholder has no recollection, and we cannot help thinking that Nat must be mistaken, as, had he made such a statement, the stakeholder would hardly have taken the steps he ciid. But, whether or no, it is clear to us Nat must have had a considerable voice in the matter, as he stood £ 20 iu the battle money. Whatever remarks were made, how- ever, matter not. The stakeholder proposed Dan Dis- more, a proposition accepted without a moment's hesitation, by both Langham and Lockwood, and the stakeholder then intimated that as they were willing, he would write at once to Dau, who he was sure would do justice, and appoint him to the office, and we may add he did so within a few hours. Lang- ham and Lockwood then retired, and it was considered by us that everything had been amicably arranged. On Monday the mea went to scale at Mr Lockwood's, White Lion, Drury- lane, and of this ceremony we have controversial accounts. On the one hand the friends of Mace declare that Madden was over weight, and merely jumped ou the scale a ad off again before they could ascertain whether his balance was just, aud that on his refusal to weigh again they gave up the point. On the other hand Madden and Uo aver that Mike was fairly weighed, but that Mace did not intend fighting, for as soon as the scaling was over he went outside the house in his shirt sleeve?, and there stood, doing all in his power to attract the attention ot the police. To this they add an allegation that in the evening he went to Gr& vesend, where he made a great disturbance, and was loud in his proclamation as to the where- abouts for the forthcoming mill. Other statements of a similar character we were compelled to listen to ; but as they have nothing to do with the matter at issue , we must take our leave of this branch of the subject, aud proceed at onco to the busi- ness of Tuesday. On reaching the battle field the ring was pitched in the presence of a large number of Corinthians and others, all of whom came prepared for a grand treat. To their great disap- pointment and surprise, however, as soon as preliminaries were arranged Mace aud his friends objected to Dan Dismore as referee, on the ground that he had mouey on the fight. Dan instantly replied that he had not a shilling on it, and would not have been present had he net been appointed referee. He added, that if he acted he would undoubtedly have the battle fairly fought out on its merits. The Mace men still objected, how- ever, and various propositions were made, among ot'iers, one by Mike Madden himself, that they should fight without a referee ; but to this Mace cri6d no, and Mr Lockwood, as Mike's mentor, said he certainly should not allow it, aud would only agree to abide by the articles. Several gentlemen present were proposed aud objected to, aud, after much wrangling aud bandying of words, the ring was cleared of all except the principals and their seconds, who declined to retire, and the second fight took place between Clamp and Gibbs, of which an account is given below. After this the men and their friends returned to London. Ou Wednesday of course our office was besieged by the contending parties, all of whom talked at once, each having his owu story to tell, and each refusing to listeu to his neighbour or to us. On silence being with difficulty obtained, Mace said he had one question to asK, which was, " Had the stakeholder the power, according to articles, to appoint a referee?" The document in question, with his mark attached, and containing the power, was showa to him, and he seemed a good deal non- plussed at the discovery. We then had a statement from Dan Dismore as to what had taken place, and a similar statement from our reporter, to the effect that Mace positively refused to obey Dan's injunctions as referee and fight. This was followed by a long history from Mace's party of some alleged defalcations on the part of Bill . Hayes on some former occasion, when Mace was backed from Dismore's house ; but what this had to do with the matter in hand we could not perceive. At length, alter hearing both sides, we got rid of our deputations with a promise that we would take the matter into consideration, and endeavour to do justice. We have since carefully gone into the affair, and after sepa- rating the chaff from the grain, have come to the conclusion that the questioa is simply one of articles or no articles. If articles are drawn up, and it is intended to abide by the only material parts of them, where can the doubt be when they are deliberately infringed, after due warning, by one of the very persons who, as principals, have fixed their names to them f Mace here knew that the stakeholder had the power of appointing a referee, and by that appointmeut, whatever it was, he was bound to abide. It mattered not one farthing whether Dismore or any of his friends backed Madden; the appointment was made, aud without mutual consent could not be cancelled. Mace deliberately refused to fight under Dan's judgeship, and thereby clearly committed a breach of articles, for which there is but one penalty, viz, a forfeit of the money down. It may be a hard case for his friends, but the act was committed with his eyes open, aud if articles are not enforced, there will soon be au end to all confidence in match- making. We hope this will be a caution to Mace aud his friends in future. They will do well to remember that, when articles are signed, they must be abided by, and that no favour or affection on the part of a stakeholder would justify him in refusing to carry out the law. There are many acts which, being slight offences aud immaterial to the issue, are occasionally looked over; but where, as we have before said, a deliberate breach of articles, which entails a stoppage of the fight, is wilfully committed, the case is different, and the law must take its course. We would ask what is the use of conferring a power of appointment on a stake- holder, if, at the last moment, that power is to be set aside by one party without the consent of the other ? And, in conclusion, we must request that, in all future articles, if men expect us to act as stakeholders, they will not insert clauses by which they do not intend to be bound. We have heard whispers of a legal uotice not to part with the money; but we know sufficient of Nat Langham to feel certain that he at least will not lend himself to such a proceeding, We have received several letters from persons calling them- selves backer ® of Mace— hut none of wLoiu 8ign_ apjMmes^ asking what our intentions were. One letter, dated Friday, says, " Having heard it hinted about last evening that it was your intention to give the stakes up to Madden, & c." ( How he could have heard this we know not, seeing that we never men- tioned the subject to any one until long after the receipt of the letter. It looks to us very much as. if the writer knew what the justice of the case was.) It then goes on to say that Maoe ob- jected to Dismore because they were not friends, and because he was not sure that the stakeholder had appointed Dan, as tlae letter containing the appointment was dated the 17th of October, and his friends were not made acquainted with the fact until they entered the ring. This part of the statement is manifestly untrue. The appointment was made as above stated with the full cousent of Langham, on the 16th, and we cannot believe that it was kept a secret from Mace. And, as to his not know- ing in the ring that the stakeholder had appointed the referee, we have plenty of proof that the letter of that gentleman was showed to him and admitted to be genuine. These matters, how- ever, have nothing whatever to do with the case, and cannot alter our decision. It was for the stakeholder aione to judge whether the person appointed was a proper person to act, and if he was satisfied HO one else had a voice in the matter. FIGHT BETWEEN CLAMP AND W. GIBBS, FOR TEN POUNDS A SIDE. While the unsportsmanlike cavilling was going on at the ring, side about the selection of referee for the big event," a second ring had been formed by Fred Oliver, in which it was in- tended these men should fight. When, however, they were about to get ready, it became apparent that there would be no big mill, and it was arranged that these belligerents should settle their difference in the ring belonging to the Pugilistic Asso- ciation. On the combatants entering the arena neither Madden nor Mace attempted to leave, and they remained in the ring during the whole time the men were fighting. Neither Gibbs nor Clamp is known to pugilistic fame, this being the first time they had ever figured within the ropes, and to their credit be it said, that two gamer or more resolute men never pulled a shirt off. The combatants fought at catch weight, aud in this respect Clamp had an immense superiority, being, we should think, nearly a stone the heavier, and in addition to this, he was also much taller and longer in the reach. Gibbs, it will be seen, had to content against many important advantages, but notwithstanding this, he fought in that game and resolute man- ner that was the admiration of all, and had the ring been well kept, it would have enhanced the excitement and pleasure at- tending the contest considerably. But we are sorry to say that the conduct of two or three of those appointed to maintain order was disgraceful in the extreme, and we shall for the future be careful how we entrust men to perform a duty who render them- selves, by their drunkenness and abuse, a disgrace to the asso- ciation to which they belong. Mr Adams, Jack Grant, and Bill Barry, particularly distinguished themselves by their miscon- duct. Gibbs had for his seconds Bos Tyler and Woody, while Jemmy Welsh and Crockett did the needful for Clamp. From the opening round it was nothing but downright hard fighting, Clamp, with the left, delivering some severe hits on the head, while his antagonist returned on the body. It soon became ap- parent that Cramp was the best fighter, and having com- bined with this the command of reach, had a most formid- able advantage in every respect. Still, on the part of Gibbs, there was no flinching or drawing back, no contemptible trickery, or resorting to the dropping to avoid punishment. Foot toj foot, front to front, he fought, displaying all the indomitable pluck of a game and resolute man. Clamp, in almost every round got home the left in terrific style on the head, but although Gibbs repeatedly reeled from the severity of the hitting, still he scorned to fall. Clamp early in the fight gained thefirst of the threeevents, and also as the contest progressed gave his man as clean a knock- down blow as we have ever witnessed. Each succeeding round was but ; a repetition of hard two- handed fighting. Clamp throughout maintained the lead, and long before the contest was concluded it was evident that Gibbs had not the remotest chance of winning. His seconds would willingly have taken him away, but Gibbs would not allow it. At length, in the 40th round, Cramp got home a heavy hit with the right on the head, when Gibbs immediately went down " all of a heap " in the centre of the ring. The sponge was then thrown up by Tyler in token of defeat, this game and heroic battle having lasted one hour and thirty minutes. Scarcely had the victory been awarded to Clamp than Gibbs was once more on his " pins," and wished to renew the battle, and was much chagrined to think his seconds would not let him. The punishment he had received was of a very heavy description, particularly about the head; and so much admira- tion was felt by the patrons of the Ring at his gameness that during the homeward passage they subscribed liberally for him, so that he was not without some of the golden ointment tor his wounds. Clamp will sot, we are informed, again appear in the Ring, having ether " fish to fry," but if he did we are sure that he would not lack backers. The money is to be given to Clamp at the Turk's Head, Turnmill- street, Clerkenwell, on Wednesday evening. FIGHT BETWEEN GEORGE KING AND JAMES CLARK OF LIVERPOOL. These men met at Dunford Bridge on Tuesday last, to contend for a stakes of £ 55, King staking £ 30 to Clark's £ 25. King> who is a fine athletic young fellow, made his first appearance in a roped ring. He was waited on by Jack Bath and J. Hicks. Clark had taken his breathings uuder the eye of Ned Graves, and was attended by Joe Douglas and Nobby Clark. THE FIGHT. Round 1. On assuming position Clark's style was evidently more studied than that of the novice. After some cautious sparring the novice succeeded in planting his left on Jem's right peeper. Clark returned heavily with his right, but was well stopped, and King administered a round- hander with his right on the ribs of his antagonist, which sent him to grass. First knock down blow to King. 2. Clark led off the right, and reached King's ribs. One or two slight exchauges followed, when they closed, and after some hard fibbing King succeeded in throwing his man, but not be- fore Clark had drawn his claret in the close. First blood to Clark. 3. After some cautious sparring King visited heavily the potato trap of Jem, who returned heavily on the snuff- box, drawing more claret, when King again sent Clark to grass with a heavy right- hander on the ribs= 4. After two or three slight exchanges, Clark succeeded in again planting his right on the potato trap of King, who re- turned with the left on the chest; they closed, and King threw Clark heavily. 5. Clark was first at the scratch; King coming up looking rather worse for the recent visits on his speaking trumpet. After a little sparring, and one or two slight exchanges, Clark got down to avoid. 6. Clark struck out heavily with his right, King dodged, and Clark overbalanced himself and fell without a blow. An appeal was made to the referee, who, however, overruled the objection, but cautioned Clark against the repetition pf such conduct. 7. King led off with his left, and succeeded in reaching the ribs of his opponent with such force as sent him to the ground. 8. Both seemed eager to begin, and, after some sharp sparring, King repeated the dose on the ribs with his left, which knocked Clark down. 9. Some very sharp hitting on both sides. King tried to close, but Clark evaded the unfriendly embrace by getting down. 10. King led off with his left, which reached the knowledge box of his opponent, and he went down. 11. After some little sparring King managed to close on his opponent, and administer rather unpleasantly, but Clark broke lose and got down. 12. King went in, made a feint with his right, and delivered his left heavily on the ribs of his opponent, which sent him again to grass. 14. Clark seemed eager to begin, and reached the frontispiece of King with his right, they closed, aud Clark succeeded in throwing his man this time. 14. Clark agaiu took the lead, aimed with his right at the frontispiece of the Novice,' who retreated, and, as Clark came in, got home heavily on the ribs with his right, and agaiu on the potato- trap with his left, which sent Clark to grass. 15. Jem was again eager to begin, and made several attempts to reach the frontispiece of King, but on each occasion he was beautifully stopped, and eventually received a knock- down blow on the ribs from the Novice's left. 16. Some little sparring, when King tried again to put on the hug, but Clark succeeded in getting down. From this time, according to the report we have received, there was some heavy determined fighting, each man being severely punished. Clark, who is the lighter man, is repre- sented as having got down repeatedly without a blow, but more from weakness than inclination. It seems to have been a gallant affair from first to last, occupying two hours aud fifty minutes, during which 122 rounds were fought. Our reporter says, in the 122d round King again took the lead, backed his antagonist up to the ropes, and planted one, two on his potato- trap. Clark returned slightly ou the chest, but, iu getting away, he slipped and fell ou the ropes, when the referee, contrary to all expecta- tion, and without being appealed to, threw up his cap and de- clared ths fight in favour of King. If this is a correct report, as we have reason to believe it is, the referee acted in a most unjustifiable way. He should have withheld his opinion until appealed to, aud then, whatever it might have been, it would have been final, As it is it goes for nothing, and the men must fight again. REMABKS.— Our space compels us to be limited in our re- marks. Kiug is a fine athletic young fellow aud the very picture of a " boxer." All through the encounter he manifested a desire for fair play, and to win or lose on his own merits. Clark's tactics in the first part of the fight were highly censurable, but he iu a great measure went to redeem himself in the latter part. The dropping system we have ever reprehended as unbecoming, and shall always denounce it in the strongest terms. Our reporter informs us that there is little doubt the referee was bribed to give the decision he did by the friends of Kiug. He adds, that he is certain no appeal was made by the umpires, and that the employers of the referee who were present, declared he should never more work for them. FIGHT FOR TUESDAY NEXT. LYNCH AND FINIGHTY.— These lads have made good the whole of their money, £ 15 a side. They go to scale on Monday at Mr Jones's, Duke's Head, Vine- street, Hatton- garden, when neither is to exceed 8st. Finighty will be at Mr Jones's, in company with Morris Roberts, this evening. The whereabouts can be learned at Mr Jones's, Nat Langham's, Dismore's, Orme's, the Spider's, and other sporting houses. The ring wili be kept by Young Harrington, Tom Paddock, Wychwood Forester, and Horrigan. THE CHAMPIONSHIP. SAYEBS AND BENJAMIN.— Another deposit of £ 20 a side for this match was made on Thursday night, at Nat Langham's, Cambrian, Castle- street, in the presence of a strong muster of sportsmen. The novice has to name the time and place for the next deposit. TOM SAYEES TO BEN CAUNT.— Tom Sayers is extremely anxious to know how he is to account lor Ben Caunt's silence, after his vaunting challenge some time back. Ben may, per- haps, remember that he staked £ 10 some time back to make a match, and on Tom covering it, Caunt took no further notice. Tom hopes Gaunt will let him know what he really means. He says Ben may hug him on the ropes, fall on him, or squeeze him as he likes, and he promises not to go down or take any unfair advantage. If Caunt does not go on, Tom says he means to claim forfeit. TOM PADDOCK AND TOM SAYERS.— Tom Paddock called on us on Friday, to know whether Sayers had yet covered his £ 10. At that time we had not seen the Champion, who, however, fol- lowed close upon the heels of Paddock, and said he did not see the use of covering the £ 10 for two reasons:— First, he did not know whether he should have to fight Caunt; and secondly, he could not say whether he should lick the Novice; and he thought if he covered the £ 10, Benjamin should do the same. To end the difficulty, and to l° ave no doubt as to his intention of fighting Paddock, if he won, however, he said he would au- thorise us to stop £ 10, £ 20, or £ 25 out of the stakes to cover Paddock's £ 10, and as much more as he chose to stake. The fight to coma off within the time stipulated by the conditions on which he holds the belt. This we guarantee to Paddock we will do, aud it is to some extent equivalent to cevering his money. BROOME'S NOVICE AND CAUNT.— Mr Editor: Natural sur- prise and thorough contempt for the personality of the two letters which appeared in your paper of last week are the only feelings I experience at the flagrant breach of good faith on the part of Bill Benjamin, and the gratuitous insult on that of Harry Broome. It is due, however, to my public position that the public should be made acquainted with the full truth af this affair. Bill Benjamin having expressed a desire to stay with me for a short time, I thought that I should be doing him a service, as a comparatively unknown man, by inserting his name in my advertisement. This is the extent of that " hoax " which has called forth the virtuous indignation of Harry Broome, and which has induced that paragon of " principle and interest" to issue such a saucy " caution" to the sporting world. It is certainly laughable to observe Harry's jealousy, but I do assure him I never bad any intention of ruuning off with his novice. Let Harry Broome Keep him all to himself— in a'glass case if he likes. His prize will never excite the envy of yours, obediently, BENJAMIN CAUNT.— Coach aud Horsae, St Martin's- laue, Get "£ 4 JOHN CONNELEY AND J. COTTEE.— These Birmingham men met, according to articles, on Mouday, at the Worcester Valley, near Northfield, at catch weight, for £ 10 a side. They were in excellent trim. Conneley was attended by his brother Toby and Joe Wareham, and Cotter by Jim Hodgkiss and a friend. Bet- ting was 5 and 6 to 4 on Conneley. The men got at once to work, give and take being the order, and after a well- contested fight of 26 unflinching rounds, in 30 minutes, Conneley was compelled to give in, being completely beaten to a standstill. BEETTLE AND TRAVEES.— Another deposit of £ 10 a side for this match was made at Solid Coates's, Old Grown, Tower- street, Birmingham, on Wednesday last. The next, of £ 10 a side, is to be made at Jemmy Massey's, Crown, Cranbourne- passage, on Wednesday week. The men have agreed to postpone the fight until the 26th of January, in order that they may have an oppor- tunity of eating their Christmas prog at their own domiciles. MILLABD AND OBUTCHLEY,— These men made a further de- posit at Sam Millard's, Globe, Brick- lane, St Luke's, on Tues- day. The next of £ 5 a side is to be made at the Spider's, Old King John, Holywell- lane, on the 3d of November. They, like Brettle aud Travers, have agreed to postpone their mill, and will fight on the 27 th of January. INGEAM AND ROBINSON.— We have received £ 5 from Ingram this week for this match, making £ 10 a side. Harry Orme, on the part of Robinson, wishes to meet Massey on behalf of Ingram, at our office on Friday next, between two aud three, to toss for the weighing, and last deposit. BICK AND DAVIES.— The ninth deposit of £ 1 a side for this match was made on Tuesday,! at, Mr Smart's, Gloucester, and the last of £ 1 a side is to be made at George Holden's, Wellington Inn, Cheltenham. NOETHUMBERLAND BILL AND TWEDDLE..— We have received a further deposit of £ 10 for this affair from Bill this week. The remainder of the money on his behalf must be sent on the lit of December. DEHANY AND TYSON.— We have received another deposit of £ 1 a side for this match. The next is to be made at the Duke of Sussex, Kensington, on the 26th inst. Philip Harrison of Dudley Port will fight Joseph Davis on his own terms, for £ 25 a side, to fight half way between Dudley Port aud Barnsley; or he will fight Samuel Sawyer of Lane End, or Henry Caton of Golden Hill, to fight half way between their own home. The first man going down without a blow to avoid punishment to lose the whole of the stakes. If they will send £ 5 to us as deposit money, and the articles to Philip Harrison at Thomas Draycott's, Mitre Inn, Hauley, Staffordshire, they will be attended to. Isaac Baker of Westbromwich is prepared to make a match to fight Nobby Clark's novice, Joseph Davis, at his own weight, viz, lOst 121b, for £ 50 or £ 100 a side ; or he will fight Flesh of Dudley, at lOst 101b or lOst 12lb, or Pagett of Wolverhampton at the same weight, or any man in Staffordshire at lOst 4lb each, for £ 50 or £ 100 a side. Man and money always ready, at the Robin Hood Iun, Swau Village, Westbromwich. In answer to Samuel Mace's letter ( of Chester- le- street) Young Rutherford of Cramlingtou says he will fight him at lOst 21b or lOst 4lb, for £ 25 or £ 50 a side, or will give John Simm of Bed- lington half a stone, for the same sum. First come first served. Man and money ready any aight next week at the Foxhounds, Cramlingtou. Dooney Harris, of the London- road, will fight Plantagenet Green, or any other mau in the world, at 9st 71b, for £ 25 or £ 50 a side. Mouey ready, any night in the week, at Mr Bunyan's, the Hand in Hand, London- road, Southwark. Bill Biges of Westminster will fight Charley Taylor of Somers Town, for~£ 15 or £ 20 a side, at catch weight. Money ready on Wednesday evening next at Jemmy Welsh's, the Griffin, Church- street, Borough, from eight to ten o'clock. A gentleman wili be at G. Brown's, Bell, Red Lion Market, White Cross- street, on Tuesday evening next, prepared to match Alec Andrews against any 8st 6lb or 8st71b man, bar two, for £ 25 or £ 50 aside. First come first served. John Cotter will fight H. Alkins at 8st 61b or 81b, or any other 8st 41b man, within 50 miles of Birmingham, for from £ 10 to £ 25 a side; money ready at J. Welch's, Glasscutters' Arms, Hill- street, Birmingham. Flatcatcher will light Bowers, for frem £ 5 to £ 20 a side, or Henty, at 8st 6lb, on the same terms. Money ready at G. Brown's, on Thursday night. Young Silver will fight S. Cotter, at catch weight, for from £ 10 to £ 15 a side; man and money ready at J. Jones's, Old Crown, Great Barr- street, any night next week. Tom Smith of Camperdowfi will fight any man in the north of England for from £ 15 to £ 25 a side, at 8st 4lb, and he will be at Young Tweddel's benefit. At Alfred Walker's, George the Fourth, New- street, Cloth- fair, Smithfield, the sparring soiries every Saturday evening continue first- rate, under the able management of Jack Haley and Alf himself. Ratting sports every Monday evening. On Monday ( to- morrow) evening a match will will come off . between A. Walker's bitch and a gentleman's bitch, for £ 2 a side. Plenty of rats always on hand; use of the pit gratis. Lessons in the noble art given to gentlemen at any hour of the day by A. Walker. A select class for tuition every Tuesday evening; every requisite provided for gentlemen, Fistiana and Fights for the Championship to be seen at the bar. Good skittle- ground, bagatelle- room, Nat Langham, of the Cambrian Stores, Castle- street, Leices- ter- square, begs to inform all his frieuds, far and near, that the comforts aud luxuries of his hostelry are unsurpassed in and out of the metropolis. Independently of the usual attrac- tions always prevalent at this noted establishment, the re- nowned Frank Widdowes ( the Norwich Nondescript) appears in full shooting costume, to make his own game. The splen- did displays of British boxing continue every Monday, Wed- nesday, and Saturday night, director, Alec Reed. Nat's por- trait always on sale, and sent by post on receipt of a remit- tance. Nat himself always at home. BEN CAUNT'S SANCTUM; SANCTOEUM MIBABILIS.— This com- fortable snuggery is now ready for the patronage of gentlemen who appreciate the good things of life in connexion with the study of our noble sports. No expense has been spared is order to render everything complete and appropriate ; and Ben Caunt's reputation as a worthy and accomplished host, and the well- known character of the contents of his bins and butts, are sufficient to ensure a " capital entertainment." Sparring each Tuesday, Thursday, and Fridav night. Singing, of a first- class order, on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening. Ben himself assists pugilistically and vocally on these occasions. Conductor of public sparring, and private teacher, his Sable Highness Young Sambo. Jemmy Welsh of the Griffin, Church- street, St George's, Borough, begs to inform his numerous friends that he has opened his large picture gallery for public and private sparring. Portraits of some of the oldest and best men in days of yore, likewise some of the present day. Sparring on Saturday even- ings, conducted by Young Harrington. A select cla- s on Tues- day evenings, conducted by Jemmy Welsh and Young Harring- ton. Jemmy's skittle ground has undergone a thorough repair, where he wishes to see some of his old pals have a friendly game. Boxiana and Fistiana and Fights for the Championship kept at the bar. Professor Harrison's Harmonic Meetings are numerously and respectably attended every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, on which occasions the Professor obliges with some of his grace- ful Indian club exercises; also the Sir Charles Napier feat of cutting a lemon in half with a sharp sword on the naked hand; the Professor being the first man who performed the feat in this country. Gentlemen wishing to improve the strength of then- ar ms, chest, and body in general can do so by joiuiug the gym- nastic class ; winter quarter just commencing. Clubs, dumb- bells ( any weight), and boxing gloves, supplied, at the Old Cheshire Cheese Tavern, back of Drury- laue Theatre. Young Reed, professor of the noble art, at Jem Burn's, the Rising Sun, Air- street, Piccadilly, gives private lessons daily, from the hour of 12 till 4, and from 8 till 10 in the evening, Gloves and every requisite provided. Gentlemen attended at their own residences. Gloves, dumb- bells, and all gymnastic implements forwarded to any part of the United Kingdom on receipt of a remittance. Young Reed can also be heard of at Owen Swift's, Tichborne- street, H& ymarket. Jemmy Shaw respectfully solicits his friends and the public generally to rally round him this evening, also to- morrow ( Monday), for harmony, & c, and to discuss the Fancy generally, at the Princess Royal, St John- street, Clerkenwell, corner of Corporation- row, On this occasion Jemmy will be faced aud assisted by several talented frieuds. For canine exhibitions and ratting sports see Jemmy Shaw during the extensive altera- tions at the Old Queen's Head. BOB WEBB'S PUGILISTIC ACADEMY.— This celebrated de- monstrator of the noble art, has recently opened a most commo- dious sparring apartment at Mr Duffy's, the Paviour's Arms, Gray s Inn- lane, where every Monday and Saturday evening, under the direction of the accomplished Bob, the nobs of the profession regularly exhibit their talent and prowess. Assistant M. C. Jack Haley. Private lessons at all times. Everything provided. Morris Roberts, of the George and Dragon, Wharf- street Bir- mingham, informs all those who wish to see life in Birmingham that they would do well to drop in at his hostelry, and as Morris is always at home, a first rate tap and a hearty welcome may be relied upon. Public sparring nights Saturdays and Mondays, admission free, Simon Finighty conductor. A sing song every Tuesday evening, beginning at seven o'clock. Mr Richard Clark, of the Saint Martin, Duke- street, Adelphi, thankful for past favours, wishes to inform his friends and the public generally, that the harmonic meetings are held every Wednesday, at the above hostelrie. On Weduesday evening next Mr T. Fogg will occupy the chair, which will be taken at nine o'clock precisely. Lovers of song will find a hearty welcome. Peter Crawley's sing- song, Queen's Head, Duke- street, West Smithfield, on every Saturday evening, is well attended. This evening Mr Ware presides, faced by Mr Harrison. There is really a diversity of talent flocks round old Peter. Due notice will be given about the rules and regulations ef the Pigeon Club held at this house. Patsey Daley of the Watermen's Arms, Brick- lane, St Luke's, opposite the gas factory, continues his harmonic meetings every Wednesday evening, as usual. This evening ( Sunday) there will be a grand dog show. Mr W. Riley, chairman, faced by Mr Mears, assisted by Mike Wilmot, Harry Orme, Mr Darling, and George Brown. At Jem Cross's, the Dukeof York, Lewisham- road, Greenwich, harmouic meetings take place every Monday evening. Chair taken at eight o'clock, when Cross will be happy to meet any of his London or country friends. Ben Caunt will take the chair : on Monday evening, faced by Jem Cross. Topper Brown of Leicester, who fought Bos Tyler for £ 100, begs leave to inform his frieuds and the public in general that 1 he intends taking a sparring benefit at George Brown's, the Bell, Red Lion Market, Whitecross- street, St Luke's, on Monday, October 26,1857. Jem Ward, the late Champion of England, the most accom- plished boxer of the age, has recommenced his private teaching in the noble art of self defence at his house, the King's Arms, Whitechapel. Harmonic meetings every Friday evening. At Mr Abraham's, Barley Mow, Cromer- street, Brunswick- square, sparring and wrestling every Saturday and Wednesday night. A glove encounter this ( Saturday) night between two big ones will take place in a large roped arena. Young Harrington takes a benefit at Jemmy Welsh's, the Griffin, Church- street, Borough, on Monday ( to- morrow) even- ing, when the wind- up will be between Alec Andrews and Young Harrington, Come early. Young Tweddel take his benefit at Mr Greanner's, Cock Inu, Head of the Side, Newcastle- upon- Tyne, previous to going into training to fight Northumberland Bill for £ 90. J. Grant takes a sparring benefit at Jemmy Welsh's, the Griffin, Church- street, Borough, on Monday evening, Nov 2. A LAST WOED TO MB BUTLEB.— Mr Editor: The letter in- serted in your last week's paper, bearing as its signature the name of Benjamin Butler, and dated from the Coach and Horses, St Martin's- lane, speaks for itself, and tells the charac- ter of the man far better than I have either time or inclination to do. In it he cannot even abstain from that intemperate lan- guage which, coming from one whose advanced age protects him from personal chastisement, renders his conduct so offensive. With every power and energy ( excepting that of his tongue) weakened and impaired by age, he should the more carefully endeavour to keep that one unruly member in subjection. I am no admirer of wrestling, and know not the meaning " in a sporting sense," of the term collar and heel. The manner in which / treat those who indulge in impertinence is to take them by the collar aud apply not my heel but my toe, and Mr Butler may congratulate himself on those grey hairs which ha makes mention of in his letter, " but which have certainly in his case failed to bring with them that wisdom which should be their companion," having prevented my so acting on a recent occa- sion.— Yours, & c, THE GENTLEMAN ON THE LEFT.— P. S. HOW did uncle like his bets as to first blood P DEATH OF JACK HANNAN.— We regret to record the death of this once eminent pugilist, which took place ore- Sunday morn- ing last, after a lingering illness. Poor Jack was born Sept 29, 1817, and had therefore just turned 40 years of age. His disease was consumption, brought on by his too great fondness for late hours and gay society, As a pugilist and teacher of his art Jack Hannan stood in the very first rank, and had he combined knowledge of business with his other acquirements, he might long ago have been in a position of independence. With the ex- ception of a few pounds from the P. B. A., the poor fellow, during the last few months of his life, was indebted to the benevolence of Jem Burn and Alec Kesne, two of his old pals, for such com- forts as he required. He was buried on Friday, at Brompton Cemetery, being followed to the grave by Jem Burn, Alec Keene, Owen Swift, and Downey. The expenses of his funeral were de- frayed with characteristic kindness by Ould Jem and Alec. We have received through the Bishop of B6nd- streei Jl, towards tlifi expenses, which Alec and Jem Burn can have on application to us. THE P. B. ASSOCIATION.— At the request of Charley Mallett we have to request that the Gentleman's Committee of the asso- ciation and any of the members of the association who choose to be present will assemble on Thursday week, at twelve o'clock, at our office. Charley Mallett, indignant at only receiving 10s for keeping the ring on Tuesday, has handed 5s of it to us for the Indian fund, and has promises to give us the remaining 5s next week. He was offered the same as other men who were sober. elsewhere, or will meet half- way between home and home, Arrangements can be made at any time by communicating with Mr Samuel Brown, Harewood, Leeds. AT LEWIS'S, the Red Cow Inn, Smethwick, on Monday last, the fat pig weighing upwards of 18 stone was shot by 20 mem- bers at 10s each, 3 birds each. Some of the crack shots of the districts attended, and, after some close shooting, 12 of the 20 members killed all their birds, and agreed to have oue more shot each, when Messrs Hadly of Oldbury, Brown of Walsall, Nurse of Tipton, Cottis ( the Sporting Barber of Westbromwich), Walthew and Porter of Birmingham, killed all, aud agreed to divide. Upwards of 30 afterwards sat down to an excellent dinner. AT C. SIDGWICK'S, Green Dragon Inn, Stockton- on- Tees, on Monday and Tuesday, Nov 2 and 3, a sweepstakes of £ 1 each, with £ 5 added, will be shot for, single guns lfoz of shot, 21 yards rise, double guns lioz of shot, 19 yards rise, 60 fall, the gun to be held below the elbow till the bird takes wing, 7 birds each. Also a sweepstakes of 5s each, with £ 1 added, for novices, 3 birds each, conditions as above. To commence the first day at twelve o'clock, second at ten. AT E. SIMKINS'S, Jenny Lind Inn, Hateley Heath, on Wake Monday, Nov 2, a splendid double barrel gun, value £ 10, will be shot for by 20 me: nbers, at 10s each. The winner to have £ 9 10s or the gun at his option. Conditions : 3 birds each, guns f- bore 2oz of shot, 21 yards rise, double guns 19 yards rise, l£ oz of shot, 60 yards boundary. Best blue rocks provided. Shooting at one o'clock. Nearest station Swan Village, on Great Western line. AT MB W. DEAEN'S, the Plough Inn, Brestnal Fields, near Oldbury, on Monday, the 2d Nov, a fat pig, weighing upwards of 20 score, will be shot for, by 20 members, at 10s each, three birds each, 21 yards rise, guns not exceeding f- bore 2oz of shot, double guns 1$ of shot, and allowed 2 yards. The winner to take the pie; or £ 10. The gun to be held below the elbow till the bird is on the wing. Shooting to commence at twelve o'clock. The best bine rocks will be provided. WOOLSTENCBOFT AND TBOILLETT.— Benjamin Woolstencroft of Blackley and Mr Troillett of Rooden Lane are matched to shoot at 21 birds each, for £ 10 a side, on Tuesday, November 3d, at the Lamb aud Lion, Blackley. Mr Holden is appointed stake- holder and referee, and he has received the whole of the stakes. WM. WILKINSON of Sowerby will shoot a match with Elijah Sottonstall of the same place, for £ 10, £ 15, or £ 20 a side, at 11 or 15 birds each, lioz of shot, usual rise and fall. A match can be made at Mr J. Jackson's, White Bear Inn, Triangle, to- mor- row ( Monday) evening or Saturday next, from seven to ten. ROBINSON BRABEN of Washington will shoot a match with Wm. Gilbro and Hamilton Young of Houghton- le- Spring, or John Gilbro of Easington- lane, at 10 birds each, for £ 10 a side, 2oz of shot, 21 yards rise, 80 fall. Money ready at Jas. Davison's, Railway Tavern, Washington Station. ROWLAND BILEY of Heage will shoot a match with John Bandcroft, 21 yards rise, 80 boundary, foz of shot, for £ 25 a side, aud give a dead bird out of 15. Money ready at Geo. Bowler's, Green Maa, Heage. Bell's Life to be stakeholder. PIGEON FLYING— Mr Thos. Seedhouse of Summerhill, Tipton, will fly a pigeon from the Nelson, Birmingham, agatinst Wm. Whitehead's of Prince's End, for £ 5 a side. Money ready at Mr John Seedhouse's, Horse and Jockey Inn, Summerhill. At Darlaston, on Monday last, a match came of, for £ 5 a side, from the Nelson at Birmingham, between William Wilkes's old cock Darkey and William Morpas's old chequered cock, in the early part of the day. Betting commenced at 5 to 4 on the chequered, but before the time arrived for the birds to be loosed it was at evens. Darkey was the first bird in sight, and as he was pitching down to the pen some vagabond fired a gun at him, which nearly severed the poor bird's wing, notwithstanding which he struggled gamely to the pen, and won the match, with two minutes to spare, amidst the loud cheers of his supporters. John Davis of Congleton is still open to fly his pigeons against any other fancier iu England, to fly the longest on the wing, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side. Money ready at the Gas Tavern, Con- gleton. Mr Lacey will fly a pigeon against Mr Henderson of Bermond- sey a home and home match, for £ 5 a side. Money ready next Tuesday night at Mr Boskea's, White Swan, Rotherhithe. SKITTLES.— Benj. Sexton and Reuben Cann of Norwich will play any two men in the three counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Lincolnshire, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side; to play at Mr Jas. White- head's, Somerleyton Tavern; or B. Sexton will play any one in the said counties single- handed, for the same amount. Money always ready at Mr Whitehead's, as above. A skittle match was played on Monday last, at Blandford's, New Inn, Ealing- lane, Old Brentford, by two amateurs. Bland- ford ( late of the lst Life Guards), the landlord of this inn, is the person who, on the 13th of March, 1850, walked from Hyde Park- corner to Windsor in five hours and eighteen minutes. The winner of the above match is open to play Pope, of the 2d Life Guards. BOILER EXPLOSION AT LIVERPOOL,— On Tuesday evening, at half- past six o'clock, one of the boilers in connection with the Regent Steam Corn Mill, corner of Regent- street, Great Howard- street, burst with a fearful explosion, scattering the brickwork and materials with which it was surrounded in endless con- fusion, and killing the engineer, James Dowling, a single man, and badly scalding Thomas Teirney. Three people passing at the time were knocked down by the shock, but sustained no serious injury. THE ALLEGED WATERLOO BRIDGE TEAGEDY.— Nothing has as yet been discovered as to this affair. Mr Paterson, of Mel- bourne, has turned up alive and well in Ireland, so he is not the victim ; and the only discovery made during the past week has been one by the purveyors of horrors at per line— that the lungs of the unfortunate deceased bad been wrapped in paper and left with the waitress in the refreshment saloon at the Strand Theatre on the night the bag was left at Waterloo Bridge, and that they had been disposed of by the proprietors in feeding the dogs which frequent the Strand. The feeling appears to gain ground that, after all, the affair is a digusting hoax. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS,— These remedies constitute a materia medica in themselves, for there is no internal nor external dis- orders controllable by medicine for which the one or the other of them is not a positive remedy. Eruptions, tumours, scrofula, scurvy, cancer, asthma, rheumatism, gout, and dropsy disappear under the action of these medicines ; and in cases of indigestion, sick headache, bile, liver complaints, and other disorders the pills produce the most astonishing results. Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Pro- fessor Holloway's establishments, 241, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden- lane. New York; by A. Stampa, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, ana vomitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Ara- bica Food, after all medicines had failed.— Maria' Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. 3,906—" Tkirteen years' cough, indiges- tion, and general debility, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food.— James Porter, Athol- Btreet, Perth." In canisters, lib., 2s. 9d.; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b, lis.; 121b., 22s. The 121b. car- riage free, on receipt of a Post Office order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent- street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly. FROM TEE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY, OCT 20. WAR OFFICE, OCT 20.— Royal Artillery: Sec Capt H. J. T. Tomkin- son, from h- p, to be sec capt, v M. Anketell, ret upon h- p; Sec Capt O'B. B. Woolsey to be capt, v H. J. W. Jervis, placed on the supernumerary list; Lieut J. M. C, Vibart. to be sec capt, v Woolsey ; Probationary Vet Surg J. Ball to be vetsurg. v J. D. Harrison, res — 83d Regt of Ft: The app of Ens Anderson, from the 31st Ft, bears date Oct 16,1857, and not Oct 16,1867, as erroneously stated on the 16th inst.— CHAPLAIN'S DE- PABTMENT.— Ass- Cnaplain to the Forces the Rev L. J. Parsons to be a commissioned chaplain to the forces, v the Rev J. W. Hayward, M. A., res. BBEVET.— Lieut- Col C. V. Cockburn, of the Royal Artillery, having completed three years' service in that rank, to be col in the army. ADMIBALTY, OCT 17.— Corps of Royal Marines : First Lieut R. K. Will- son to be capt. v Leonard, placed on h- p ; Sec Lieut V. W. Sims to be first lieut, v Willson, prom. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM BUDDLE, Delamere- teriace, Paddington, builder. CHARLES and JOHN MARLOW MOSLEY, Catherine- street, Strand, newsvenders. FREDERICK COLLINS, Drury- lane, pawnbroker. MELDRUM CHRISTIE, Oxford- street, baker. WILLIAM OXFORD, Great Yarmouth, grocer. WILLIAM CARR, Bishopsgate- street- Without, and Walworth, ChWILLI AMrSJOHN BODDA, Albion Villas, Tottenham- road, Kings- land, builder. WILLIAM GIBBS, Worcester, sodawater manufacturer. JOHN SLADE and JAMES TALBY VINING, Yeovil, attorneys. ALFRED EARNSHAW, Sheffield, hosier. THOS. and JOHN MATTHEWS, Sheffield, turn- screw makers. PHILIP JONES, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, flannel manufacturer. JOHN ROWLANDS, St Asaph, joiner. ELLIS WILLIAMS, Holyhead, lronfounder. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. CRAIG, iun, Moffatt Mills, near Airdrie, paper maker. W. M'MILLAN, Barrhead, boot dealer. R. NEILL, Edinburgh, coach proprietor. J. R. HOFFMAN, Edinburgh, plane manufacturer. PIGEON SHOOTING. HOBNSEY Wo0D.— On Saturday, Oct 17, a rifle match was shot between Messrs Sylvester and Stonor and Messrs Carruthers and Boyd, for a gold chronometer, 24 rounds, 12 at 250 and 12 at 300 yards range. The latter won, marking 37, including nine bullseyes, to 29 and six bullseyes. On Monday aud Tuesday last several pigeon and rifle matches were shot. Messrs Helling, Bright, Monson, aud Burgess shot a rifle match for a silver cup, 12 shots each, at 200 yards range. Mr Monson won, marking 11, including one bullseye. A match also took place, for a pair of rifle pistols, 24 shots each, with pistols, 12 at 50 and 12 at 100 yards. Seven members contended. Mr Forbes won, marking 19, including five bullseyes. A match, for £ 10 a side, between Messrs Cameron and Bruce, 21 yards rise, three traps, to pull for each other, will take place en Wednesday next, at two o'clock. A silver cup and a lady's toilet case will be shot for after the QB& tcbc AT THE SUN AND SANDS, Blackheath, Kent, on Wednesday next, a first rate double barrelled gun will be shot for, also a good double cased silver hunting watch, at 3s. each, 7 sparrows each, 21 yards rise, and 40 boundary, l^ oz of shot. To commence at one o'clock. Barber supplies the birds. AT THE LILLIE ARMS, Old Brompton, shooting every Tuesday and Saturday. Barber's pigeons kept on the premises for the supply of private parties. No previous notice required. There is also a plate to test guns with. COPENHAGEN CHALLENGE CUP.— Mr Thos. Hayes informs his friends and the public that he intends to give a silver chal- lenge cup, value £ 10, open to all England, to be shot for by an unlimited number of members, at 10s each, on Wednesday, Nov 4th, at the Copenhagen Grounds, Newton Heath, near Manchester, at 7 birds each, 21 yards rise, 2oz of shot for single guns, 19 yards rise, l$ oz shot for double guns, 80 yards boundary. The sweepstakes to be divided into three prizes, the winher to take the first prize and the cup. The gun to be held below the elbow till the birds take wing. The entry list to close OH Tues- day, Oct 27. All entries to be made with Mr Hayes as above. Stamps as cash. Mr Hayes guarantees that none but the best Yorkshire blue rocks will be provided for this sweepstakes. The winner of the cup to hold it against all comers for the space of six months, and to shoot in a fortnight from the date of being challenged through the columns of this paper, for any sum not less than £ 10 a side and the cup, Should it be again won the second winner to hold it for the same length of time, and to shoot ( if challenged) under similar conditions. A VEBY GOOD MUSTEE of the friends of the trigger met ou Mouday last at Mr Kenyon's, the Ostrich Inn, Rooden Lane, to witness the shooting for a 10s sweepstakes, with £ 3 added by the landlord. 23 gentlemen entered, out of which the five following tied, having killed all their birds, and divided the stakes, which amounted to £ 14:— Mr Holland ( alias Sloper), Mr Troillett, Mr Butterworth, Mr Hibbert, and Mr Jackson. The day's sport concluded with a match between Mr Ridings, auctioneer, of Besses 0' th' Barn, and Mr Woolstencroft, of Blackley, at 5 birds each, and a " banker" was pending the result, Mr Barlow of Manchester was referee. The auctioneer seemed to he used to " knock them down," as he killed 3 out of 5, whilst Mr Woolstencroft only killed 1. AT J. SHELDON'S, Vine Inn, Aston, Birmingham, to be shot for, on Monday, Oct 26, a fat pig, value £ 10, by ten members at £ 1 each, 5 birds each, 21 yards rise, for three- quarter guns, double guns with l$ oz shot allowed 2 yards, the green the bona dary, the winner to have the pig or £ 10. A sweepstakes of 5s each, with 2gs added by the proprietor, 3 birds ea% h, other con ditious same as the pig, to be divided as the members decide A handsome pig, value £ 7 10s, by fifteen members at £ 10s each conditions same as the foregoing. Shooting to commence at ont o'clock. The best blue rocks provided. Admission Is each. Mr S. BEOWN of Harewood will match a gentleman residing in Leeds against any man in the world for from £ 100 to £ 500 a side, to shoot at penny- pieces, halfpence, or farthings with single ball out of a rifle ; the coins to be thrown up in the air by the shooter, and each throw to count a shot. The match to come off within a month from the time of acceptance, and the first deposit to be not less than £ 50. Will give or take reasonable expenses for the match to come off at Leeds, Harewood, or 26th ; Capt W. M'Donald, from h- p unat, to be eapt ( paying the dii ference), v Hambley, who exchanges, receiving the difference.— 60th; Ens J. M. Sewell to be lieut, v Williamson, prom.— 68th : Ens J. Craia, from the Military Train, to be ens, v Hardy, who ex.— 71st: Lieut F. W. Lambton ta be capt, v Prince, ; who ret.— 75th: Ensign Henry Hurford to be lieut, without purchase, v Crozier, killed in action; Kas George H. Row ts be lieutenant, without pur, v Rivers, deceased.— 78th : Lieut H. D. Campbell to be cupt, without pur, v Hunt, dec; Ens R. P. Butler to be lieut. without pur, v Campbell; Ens E. Clay, from the 62d Ft, to be ens, v Thomson, prom ; Ens T. Mackenzie, from the 42d Ft, to be ens, v Butler— 98th : Ens T. F. Swinford, from the 14th Ft, to be ens, v Nevinson, app to the 6 « th Ft— Riite Brigad » : Ens H. C. G. Dugdale to be lieut, v Lord E. Clinton, prom ; C. G. A. Drummond, gent, to be ens, v Dugdale ; R. Egerton, gent, to be ens, without pur— lst West India Regt: Ens J. A. Smith to be lieut, without pur, v Kenrick, dec; A. Temple, gent, to be ens, without pur, v Smith— 3d West India Regt: R. Wilson, gent, to be ens, v Sulivan, who ret— Ceylon Eifle Regt: G. W. F. L'Estrange, gent, to be ens, v Ross, who ret— Gold Csast Artillery Corps: Lieutenant James Taylor to be captain, without purchase; Ensign J. Halpen Thompson to be lieutenant, without pur, v Taylor— Royel Malta Fencible Regt: Lieut W. Gatt to be capt ( with local and temporary rank), v Mattei, prom; Ens S. de Piro to be lieut ( with local and temporary rank), v Gatt.— Depot Batt: Lieut. Col R, Sanders, C. B., from h- p 19th Ft, to be lieut- col, v Elmhirst, app to the 9th Ft; Maj G. Mein, from h- p unatt, to be maj, vHawley. app to the 60th Ft; Capt J, H. Grant, frem h- p 38th Ft, to be adj, v Gilley, prom, without pur, in the 7th Ft.— STAFF.— Maj aud Brev- Lieut- Col E. H. Greathed, 8th Ft, to be deputy aaj- genjat Bombay, v Lugard, app adj- gen in the East Indies. UNATTACHED.— The undermentioned officers to have their brevet con- verted into substantive rank, under the Royal Warrant ef 6th Oct, 1851:— Capt and Brev- Maj W. G. Cameron, 49th Ft; Capt and Brev- MaJ H. R. Hibbert, 7th Ft. HOSPITAL STAFF.— Surg P. H. Roe, from the Gold Coast Art Corps, to be staff- surg of the first class.— To be Ass- Surgs to the Forces : W. A. Mackinnon, late ass- surg, 42d Ft; O. H. Bell. M. D., v Read, app to the Royal Artillery; G. Whitla, gent, v M'Gill, app to the 7th Drag Gds; R. Heard, M. D., v Rudd, app to the 8th Lt Drags.— A. Neill, gent, v Gibb, app to the lst Drags.— 15. M'Shane, gent, v Clery, app to the 17th Lt Drags.— J. M. Taylor, gent, v Porteous. app to the 18th Ft.— J. R. Kehoe, gent, v Ffolliott. app to the 18th Ft.— H. C. Herbert, gent, v J. Ffolliott, app to the 51st Ft.— E. L'Estrange, M. D., v Burnside, app to the 51st Ft.— R. O. Hay- den, gent, v Leask, app to the 91th Ft.— A. O. Applin, gent, v Collis, app to the 93tn Ft.— J. Good, gent, v Hyde, app to the 18th Ft.— J. H. Whittaker, gent, v Robertson, prom on the Staff.— T. Liddard, gent. v Hardie. prom 011 the Staff. BBBVET.— Lieut and Capt W. A. M. Barnard, of the Gren Gds, to be prom to the brev rank ot maj in the army.— Capt AUDonald, 26th Ft, to be maj in the army.— The following promotions which appeared in the Gazette of the 18th ult. and which were stated to be in succession to Col H. D. Townshend, promoted to be Maj- Gen, and dated 5th Sept, 1857, will be in succession to Col Bell, of the Royal Artillery, promoted to be Maj- Gen, and wiA bear date 20tli Aug, 1857:— Brev Lieut- Col W. Fraser, h- p a3 maj, unatt, to be col; Maj G. Durnford, 70th Ft, to be lieut- col j Capt C. E. P. Gor- don, 75th Ft, to be maj.— The following promotions, which appeared in the Gazette of the 18th ult, and which were stated to be in succession to Col Wright, prom to be maj- gen, and dated 8th Sept, 1857, will be in succession to Col H. D, Townshend, prom to be maj- gen, to bear date 5th Sept, 1857: Lieut- Col J. Algeo, unatt, to be col; Maj C. C. M'Intyre, 78th Ft, to be lieut- col; Capt G. Petit, Royal Malta Fencibles, to have the local and temporary rank of maj or; Capt R. F. Middlemore, h- p unatt staff officer of Pensioners, to be maj.— Toe following promotiens to take place in succession to Col Thos. Wright, C. B., prom to be maj- gen on the 8th Seat, 1857: Brev Lieut- Col W. Graham, h- p as cact usatt, to be col; Maj the Hon Jas Colborne. h- p unatt. Military Secretary in Ire- land, to be lieutenant- colonel; Capt J. Pratt, 36th Foot, to ba major. The following promotions to take jilace consequent upon the deatn of Lieut- Gen G. A. Henderson, Sept 7, 1867:— Maj- Gen Henry Duke ef ClevelandjJt. G., upon h- p as lieut- col unatt, to be lieut- gen; Mai- Gen Sir G. A. Wethereli, K. C. B., Col of 84th Ft, and Adj- Gen to the Forces, to be lieut- gen.— The undermentioned promotions, to take place conse- quent upon the death of the following officers:— Gen Sir J. MacdonnelL K. C. B., died May 15,1857; Gen Sir C. Edgerton, G. C. M. G., died July 8, 1857; Gen Sir G. H. F. Berkeley, K. C. B., died Sept 25, 1867: Lieut- Gen H. J. Riddeli, Col of 6th Ft, : to be gen; Maj- Gen Sir J. F. Love, K. C. B., Col 57th Ft, and Inspector- Geo of Infantry, to to be lieut- gen ; Maj- Gen H. Havelock. C. B., the Senior Supernumerary of his rank, to be placed upon ? ke fixed establishment of maj. gens: Brev Lieut- Col H. S, Stephens, h- p as capt, anatt, to be col; Maj Sir F. L. Arthur, Bart, h- p unattached, to be lieut- colonel; Captain Hon E. Weld Forester, 833 Ft, to be major.— The undermentioned promotions to take place in the East India Company's Army consequent on the death of Gen Sir J. Doveton, K. C. B., Madras Cavalry, on 23d Sept, 1857; and of Maj- Gens SirH. M. Wheeler, K. C. B., Bengallnf, on 27th June, 1857; A. T. Reid, C. B., Bombay Inf, 011 22dAug, 1857; ad R. W. Wilson, C. B., Bengal In- fantry, 15th Sept, 1857 : Lieut- Gen H. G. A. Taylor, C. B., Madras la- fantry, to be gen; Maj- Gen J. Anderson, Madras Infantry, to be lieut- fen.— To be Major- Generals: Col G. C. VVliitlook, Madras Infantry; Col '. G. Lister, Bengal Infantry; Col D. Downing, Bengal Infantry; Col P. Thompson, Madras Infantry,— The undermentioned officers of the East India Company's Service, ret upon full pay, to have a step of honerary rank as follows:— To be Colonels: Lieut- Col J. T. Smith, Madras Efl- B'neers; Lieut- Col J. C. Haslock, Bengal Infantry; Lieut- Col J. S. avies, Bengal Infantry: Lieut- Col C. Yates, Madras Infantry; Lieut- Colonel John Rawson Oldfield, Bengal Engineers.— To be Lieutenant Colonels: Major Edward VerePeregrine Holloway. Madras Infantry;* Maj G. Forster, Madras Inf; Maj T. H. Sissmore, Bengal Art; Maj A. Price, Bombay Inf.— The undermentioned officer upon h- p of the Royal Marines to have the honorory rank of capt, under her Majesty's order iu Council of the 25th June, 1857:— Quartermaster T. Coope. MEMO- BANDUM.— Capt the Hon G. M. Fortescue, on h- p of the late 25th Drags, has been permitted to res his commission.— BBEVET.— MEMORANDA*. — In pursuance of a Memorandum dated iu October, 1851, the Queen has been pleased to confer upon Lieut- Col G. P. Evelyn, of the Turkish army, and of the lst Royal Surrey Militia, the equivalent honorary rank of Lieut- Col, such honorary rank, however, to confer no privileges as a British Lieut- Col on that officer. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS SIDDEN, Rochester, coal and timber merchant. THOMAS CHANDLER, Rotherhithe, surgeon. EDWARD BREARY SISSONS, Leeds, grocer. FREDERICK W. PCOL, Bristoi, licensed victualler. THOMAS WYCH, Macclesfield, innkeeper. DAVID DAVIS, Pontlottyn, Glamorgan, grocer. WILLIAM SWIRE and JAMES BLAIR, Barden, Yorkshire, builders. WILLIAM DOBSON and JOHN THOMAS ROBSON, Derby, silk throwsters. EDWARD SHAW, Kingston- upon- Hull, draper. RICHARD R. BEALEY and DAVID BEALEY, Manchester, shirt manufacturers. JOHN SLADE and JAMES TALLY VINING, Somerset, attorneys. JOSEPH LEE, Wolverhampton, engine manufacturer. TOM WILLIAM HARDWICK and WILLIAM WILSON, Hunslet, Leeds, drapers. JOHN BOWBEER, Bristol, oil and colourman. SAMUEL TALBOT HASSELL, Kingston- upon- Hull, merchant. HENRY SIBLEY, Birchin- lane, mining agent. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. LEANDER, MILLAR, and CO, Glasgow, lace and sewed muslin merchants. JOHN EDWARD STEVENS, Edinburg, banker, WILLIAM GUTHRIE, Ballendriek, Perthshire, wright. ROBERT LAIRD and CO, Glasgow and Paisley, merchant*. JAMES 8HIRRA, Stirling, draper. WILLIAM SMITH and CO, Glasgow, calico printers. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK- LANE- FBIDAY. The total supply of English Wheat at Mark- lane this week has been less than last; that fresh up this morning being very short. Traie was quite as depressed as early in the week, and it is impossible to say what further concession would have been necessary to induce buyers to extend their operations; but prices were at least Is to 2s lower on the little that changed hands. Foreign arrivals are not large, and that branch of the trade was quite nominal. The inquiry for Barley and Malt was slow, and easier to purchase. The imports ot Oats have been pretty fair, and the demand sluggish, at barely Monday's prices. Country Flour easier. The current prices, per qr.— British:— Wheat, Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, white, 45s to 5Ss; ditte, fine selected runs, 513 to 58sj ditto red, lis to 55s; ditto, Talavera, 56s to 62s; Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire 41s to 58s. Barley— Malting, 42s to 47s; grinding and distilluur, 30a to 38s; Chevalier, — b to — s. Malt— Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk, 6Ss to 78e; Kingston, Ware, and town- made, SSs to 76s. Oats— Essex and Suffolk, 20s to 25s; Scotch and Lincolnshire potato, 23s to 28s; feed, 22s to 25r; Irish potato, 22s to 27s. Rye, 38s to 40a. Beans— Mazagan, 87s to 40s ; tick and harrow, 40s to 43s; pigeon, 42s to 43s; long pod, 41s to 43a. Peas - Non boilers, 42s to 44s; white, Essex and Kent boilers, 48s to 52E ; ditto fine Suffolk, 51 « to 52s; maple, 40s to 44s; grey, 38s to 42s, Flour— Best marks, delivered, per sack, 49s to 50s: secondary and couatry ditto, 40s to45s. FOBBISIT.— Wheat— Dantzic and Konisaoerg, 61s to64s; ditto, ditto, extra, 65s to 68a; Rostock and Welgast, 54s to 56s; Belgian and Pomeranian, 50ste62s; Danish and Silesian, 46s to 54s; Italian an a Ma > rianqple, — s to — 85 Odessa, — s So — s; American and Canadian. 56s to 64a. Barley— Malting,— B to — s; grin cling and distilling, 23s to 30s„ Oate — Poland Drew, 24s to 29a; feed, 21a to 27s. Beans— small, 87s to 40s; Egyptian, S6s to 40s. Peas— white boilers, 18s to 46s; yellow ditto, — s to — sj non boilers, 88e to 42s. Flour— Spanish, per sack, — a to — s ; Canadian and Aiaerican sour, 27s to 29s; sweet, 81s to 84s. BREAD.— The price of Bread in the City and at the West End is still maintained at 7Jd to 8Jd the lite lb loaf; but in other places bakers are selling the best bread at 7d the 4ib loaf: while in the cheap neighbour- hoods they profess to sellat 6Jd. 41b loaf, SEED MARKET.— Linseed was dull, and in limited request, the stringency ot the Money Market checking trade in this heavy article; prices of all sorts were the turn iowe-. Rapeseed for crushing was dull, and rather cheaper. Canaryseed in short supply, and prices were rather lower. Fine Cloverseed was held high, with no pressing sellers of such, but inferior pale samples of French were offered lower, and these do not attract the attention of the seedsmen. Winter Tares sold at late rates.— Turnips, white, 15sto 16s per bushel; red and green, 15B to 166} Mustard brown, 10s to 18s; white, 18a to 22s; Tares, winter, 5B Od to 6s Od ; Canary, 92s to lOOi per qr.; Rye Grass, 28s. to 29s; Clover, red, English, 64s to 76s per cwt. j ditto, white, 62s to 78s ; ditto. Foreign, red, 62a te n A c^ . nrhjj- a O/ lc . Ti » afAi! now *> Q « fit I'urroiifov nam » FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, FRIDAY, OCT 33. WAB- OFFICE, OCT 28.— ist Eegt Drag Gds: J. W. Baiilie, gent, to be oor, without pur; Bn3 F. Sedley, serving with the local and temporary rank of ensign in the Royal Malta Fencible Regt, to be cor, without pur, v Stewart, app to the 7th Lt Drags; R. Elliott, gent, to be cor, without pur.— 8d Drag Gds: H. H. F. Gifford, gent, to be cor, without pur, v Corballis, whose transfer from the 16th Lt Drags has been cancelled.— 7th Drag Gds: Sergt- Maj E. F. Weaver, from lst Drags, to be cor, with out pur; the prom of Cor Chaine to a lieutenancy, v Dowdeswell, was by pur, and not without pur, as stated in the Gazette of the 9th inst.— lst Drags: Capt M. Stokes to be maj. v W. de Cardonnel Elmsall, who ret; Lieut J. G. Sandeman to be capt v Stocks; Cor D. Finucane to be lieut, v Sandeman; G. P. R. Crozier, gent, to be cor, v Finucane.— 6th Drags: Lieut W. S. Rawlinson to be capt, v A, Hunt, who ret; Cor and Adj W. Mnule to have the rank ot lieut; cor R. A. G. Cosby to be lieut, v Rawlinson; F. B. Chapman, gent, to be cor, v Cosby.— 10th Lt Dgs : The Christian name of Lieut Wirgman, prom to a troop without pur, 9th Oct, 1857, is Theodore, and not Theophilus, as previously stated.— 18th Lt Dgs : A. A. Lethbridge, gent, to be cor, without pur, v Bingham, app to 11th Lt Dgs.— 17th Lt Dgs : Ens J. I. Fraser, from lst Ft, to be cor, without pur.— Military Train : Ens R. C. Hardy, from 68th, to be ens, • Craig, who ex.— The Christian names of Lieut Sewell, restored to full pay 18th Sept, 1857, are John Augustus George Frederick.— Roy Artil: Ass- Sur N. P. Betts has been permuted to resign his commission.— 4th Ft: Lieut- Col F. Whittingham, from h- p unat, to be lieut- eel; Brev- Lieut- Col G. L. Thomson, from h- p unat, to be maj: Maj W. G. Cameron from h- p unat, to be maj.— To be capts : Capt H. J. Bower, from h- p 4th Ft ; Capt J. S. Howard, from h- p unat; Capt F. C. Trower, from h- p 50thFt; CaptW. H. Grimston, from h- p 13th Ft; Capt D. Farrington, from h- p 19th Ft; Capt J. R. Carr, from h- p 33d Ft; Capt R. C. P. de Roebeck, from h- p 39th Ft; Capt D. Reid. from li- p unat.— To be lieuts : Ens H. A. G. Todd, without pur; Ens D. G. Clery, v Williamson, who ret; Lieut J. C. Cox, from 20th Ft.— To be Ens : Ens E. Chinn, from 49th Ft; Ens C. R. Ham- mond, from 21st Ft; Ens O. R. Middleton, from SOtli Ft; Ens W. J. Holt, from 89th Ft.— To be quartermaster : Quartermaster J. Newey, from a Depot Battalion.— 5th ; Brev- Lieut- Col J. A. V. Kirkland, from h- p uuat, to be major; Major J. C. Bartley, from h- p unat, to be major.— To be capts: Capt E. A. Ross, from h- p unat; Lieut J. W. D. Adair, without pur : Capt J. O'Brien, from 80th Ft ; Capt R. H, Macfarlane, from h- p 92d Ft; Capt N. Macdonald. from h- p 89; h Ft; Capt F. Pocklington, from h- p 88th Ft: Capt J. G. Harkness, from h- p 55th Ft; Capt S. Withington, from h- p Rifle Brigade.— To be Lieuts : Ens E. S. Lewis. without pur, v Adair. prom; Lieut S. Biron, from » 7th Ft; Lieut E. W. B. Villiers, from 84th Ft; Lieut W. Thwaytes, from 81st Ft; Lieut J. W. Kingnley, from 28thFt; Lieut F. Maycock, from 17th Ft; Lieut J. J. Robinson, from 81st Ft; Lieut N. Baron, from 89th Ft; Lieut J. R. Newbolt, from 44th Ft; Lieut J. M. Toppin, from 62d Ft; Lieut H. H. Taylor, from 56th F?— To be Ens and Adj: Cornet C. Sutton, from h- p late Land Transp Corps- 6th Ft: Brev Lieut- Col G. H. S. Wil- lis, from h- p unattt. to be maj ; Brev Lieut- Col J. H. Lowndes, from h- p unatt, to be maj— To be Capts: Lieut E. Lloyd, without pur; Capt C. St John S. Herbert, from h- p 97th Ft; Capt J. A. Fuller, from h- p 13th Ft; Capt H. B. Feilden, from h- p 38th Ft; Capt C. B. Phillips, from h- p 89th Ft; Capt H. L. Battiscombe, from h- p 68th Ft; Capt B. Ramsay, from h- p 62d Ft; Lieut W. M. Mill, from 26th Ft, without pur— To be Lieutenants: Lieut W. B. C. Goodison, from 49tli Ft, v Lloyd ; Lieut J. Gxahame, from 18th Ft; Lieut W. E. Harness, from 28th Ft; Lieut J. A. Staines, from 62d Ft; Lieut T. M. Kelson, from 46th Ft; Lieut D. G. Protheroe, from 48th Ft; Lieut R. O'Connor, from 47th Ft; Lieut W. C. Wolseley, from 68th Ft; Lieut A. A. James, from ist West India Regt; Lieut F. Ball, fromS4th Ft; Lieut H. B. Adcock, from 20th Ft.— 7th : Major H. R. Hibbart, from h- p unat, to be major; Capt aud Brev- Maj T. Gilley, from adjutant of a depot battalion, to be major, without pur.— To be Capts: Capt C. E. Thornton, from h- p 26th Ft; Capt J. M, Clayhills, from h- p 93d Ft; Capt G. F. Herbert, from h- p 31st Ft; Capt J. T. Campbell, from h- p 72d Ft; Capt A. G. Daubeny, from h- p 90th Ft; Capt W. J. Coope, from h- p 57th Ft; Lieut C. S. Dow- son, from 8th Ft, without pur.— To be Lieuts : Lieut H, A. Little, from 17th Ft; Ens T. B. Vandeleur, without pur.— To be Quartermaster: Ensign Timothy Metcalfe, from the 49th Foot.— 8th: Brevet- Colonel T. M. Wilson, from half- pay 96th Foot, to be lieutenan- colonel; Capt J. Hinde, to be maj, without pur; Brcv- Col W. C. E. Napier, from li- n unatt, to be maj .— To be Capts: Lieut T. G. Souter, without jiur, v Hinde; Lieut D. Beere, without pur; Lieut E. N. Sandilands, without pur; Cant R. C. D. Bruce, from h- p 82d Ft; Capt J. A. M'Donald, from n- p 92d Ft; Capt J. W. Dimond. from h- p 50th Ft; Capt R. P. Gould, from h- p 31st Ft; Capt S. H. Dyer, from h- p 17th Ft; Lieut O. W. Gray, from 99th Ft, without pur.— To be Lieutenants: Ens JEneas G. Blair, without pur, v Souter; Ens A. Moynihan, without pur, v Beere; Lieut H. E. Fitzgerald, from 18thFt, v Sandilands; Lieut J. Q. Palmer, from 41st Foot, v Dowson, prom in 7th Ft; Lieutenant F. G. Furlong Moore, from 39tli Foot, vice Aldridge, prom in 60th Foot; Lieutenant J. F. Macpherson, from 62d Ft; Lieut C. B. Brown, frem 68d Foot; Lieut J. O'Hara, from 62dFt; Lieut C. N. Fry, from 18tli Ft.- To be Ens: Ensign R. T. B. Browne, from 83d Foot; Ensign T. S. Mitchell, from 89th Feot: Ens E. Tanner, from 33d Ft; Ensign E. T. Pinniger, from 28th Foot; Ensign R. Y. Stokes, from 48th Foot; Ensign R. Whltting, from 62d Foot; Ensign J. W. Black, from list Foot; Ens A. G. Westby, from 6Sd Ft; Ens J. S. Wheeley, from 97th Ft; Ens R. D. F. Sherreff, from 94th Ft.— 9th : Lieut- Col C. Elmhirsfc from a Depot Battalion, to be lieut col; Capt A. Taylor to be major, without pur ; Brevet- Lieut- Col W. Sankey, from h- p unat to be major. To be captains : Capt W. Daunt, from h- p as Adjutant of a Depot Battallion, v Taylor ; Capt W. Nugent, from h- p 9th Ft; Capt H. F. Marston, from h- p 97th Ft; Capt D. H. M'Barnett, from h- p 79th Ft: Capt Rodney, P. O'Shea, from h- p unat; Capt J. W. M'Farlan, from h- p unat; Capt A. M. Cardew, from h- p 19th Foot; Lieut G. H. Cox, from 53d Ft, with- out pur; Lieut J. Graham, from 67tn Ft, without pur. To be lieutenants: Lieut R. F. Burrowes, from 49th Ft; Lieut E. D'O. Astley, from 19th Ft: Lieut T. A. M. Dickin. from 11th Ft; Lieut A. V. B. Blanchard, from 41st Ft. To be ens: Ens P. F. Clarke, from 57th Ft; Ens S. Lynne, from 95th Ft; Ens C. T. Coote, from95thFt; EnsC. S. Perry, from 17th Foot.— 11th Ft: Lieut A. W. Hall to be capt, v Matthews, who ret; Ens J. T. Cas- son to be lieut, v Blunt, prom; T. F. Swinford, gent, to be ens, v Casson; Francis F. Atkinson, gent, to be ens, without pur, v Swinford, app to the 98th Et.- 22d: Lieut T. Tjacke. to be capt, v Poulett, who ret.— — OUWiiJS, uv ( KO H- , wuomiift, WD w w « o, JL UIt. iti. ' seed— Baltic, 6S0 to 64s per qr; Odessa, 64s to65s0d. Linseed Cakes, English, £ 11 0sto£ ll lOspertoa; Foreign, JBIOIOS to £ 11 10s; Rate Cakes, £ 6 5s to if. 8 10s : Rapeseed, new, £ 72 to £ 76 per qr. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, FBIDAY.— The supply ol Beasts in ta- dav's market good, and the demand ruled heavy, at Monday's decline. Sheep met a slow sale; in prices, however, no change took place. The supply of Calves was limited, and sold at an advance of 4d per 81b. Pigs and Milch Cows were dull, at late rates.— Beef— Inferior coarse Beasts, Ss 2d to 3s 4d ; second quality, 8s 6d to 3s lOd: prime large Oxen, 43 0dts4s4d; prime Scats, Is 6d to 4s lOd, 3heep— Infer ooarse Sheep, 8s 4d to 82 6d; second quality, 8s 8d to Is Od, Srime coarsc woolled, Is 2d to 4s 10a; prime South Down 5s Od to 5r> Id, lalreg— Large coarse Calves, le 03 to Is 6d; prime small 4s 8d to 4- j lOd, Pork— Large Hogs, IsOdtolsed, aeat small porkers ts3d to 5s 01, Suckling Calves21s to29s each; 5aarter- oldstore Pigs 23sto28e0dditto. Lambs OsOd to 0s 0d.— Head of Cattle on Bale— Beasts 901, Cows 120, Sheep & Lambs 5,100. Calves 240, Pigs 810, Foreign— Beasts were 112, Sheep 675, Calves 192, NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS, FBIDAY.— The sup- ply was good, trade was heavy. Prices as follow :— Inferior Beef 2b lOd to 8s 2d, middling 8s 4d to 3s prime large ditto 8s 8d to 4B OQ, prime small ditto 4s 2d to 4s 4a. Inferior Mutton Ss Od to 3s 4d, middling ditto Ss 6d to 4s 2d, prime ditto 4s Id to Is 80. Veal Ss 4d to Is 6d. Large Pork Ss 8d to Is Id, saaall ditto Is 6d to 5s Id.— Lamb 0B 0d to 0B Od. PROVISION MARKET.— The arrivals last week from Ireland were 18,560 firkins Butter and 1,379 bales Bacon, and from Foreign ports 7,761 casks Butter and 801 bales Bacon. We have had a very dull week in Irish Butter, the sales effected were extremely limited, at a decline of about 2s per cwt. In Foreign there is little alteratien in value to notice. In Dorset Butter trade is inactive, and prices are firmly supported, Fresh Butter is plentiful. Prices:— Doiset fine new milk 126s, to 128s, ditto middling ll? s to 120s Od, Devon — s to— s— Fresh 12s to lis per dozen lb. The supply of prime Bacon is still moderate, and scarcely enough for the demand, but prices were 6s per cwt cheaper. In Hams no change. Lard freely saleable at fail prices. The demand for Cheese has been dull the past week for all kinds, aud to effect sales lower prices were taken. The supplies have been large and stocks on the increase; and condition generally is bad owing to the heat of the weather of late, and to make anything like a clearance, serious sacrifices are being made. Prices as follow:- Cheddar, new, 67s. to 78s; ditto middling — s to— B; ditto loaf, 66s to 72s: Wilts loaf. 62s to 72s; ditto double, 58s to 68e; ditto thin, 51s to 61a; ditto pines, 76s to — s; ditto skim, 28s to 38s Cheshire, 62s to 76s; double Gloucester, 58s to 66s per cwt. POTATO MARKETS, FBIDAY.— The arrivals of home- grown Potatoes at the Borough and Spitalfields markets have beeH tolerably good, but in middling condition. From abroad the imports have been large. The demand has been steady, and some fine samples have sold at from £ 7 to £ 8 8s per ton, middling kinds are quoted at £ 8 to £ 610s, and inferior £ 3 to £ 110s per ton. HOP MARKET, BOBOUES.— During the past week there has been a fair demand for all Hops of choice quality and celour, at fully previous rates. Low and Inferior samples continue very dull, and maybe bought on lower terms, Weyhill fair passed off well; about 5,600 pockets were pitched, and the whole cleared off. In yearlings and olds nothing doing. — New Weald of Kent and Sussex pockets, per cwt, 65s to 81s; new Middle Kent pockets, ditto, 9Cs to 115s. WOOL MARKET, FBIDAX.— Previous values are required for English Wool, and supplies moderate. Demand continues without improvement. Fleeces— Southdown hogs £ 2118i to £ 22 Os, ditto hall- brea hogs £ 21 to £ 22, ditto Kent £ 18 10s to £ 19 10s, ditto Southdown ewes and wether £ 1910s to £ 208, ditto Leicester ditto £ 18 Os to £ 1810s. Sorts— Cloth- ing, picklock £ 28 to £ 24s, ditto prime and picklock £ 20 108 to £ 21 0s. ditto choice £ 19 0s to £ 20 Od, ditto super £ 18 Od to £ 19 0s, ditto Comb- ing— wether matching £ 28 0s to £ 24 bs, ditto picklock £ 20 10s to £ 21, ditto common £ 17 0s to £ 18 0s, ditto hog matching £ 24 IDs to £ 25, ditto picklock matching £ 2110s to £ 23 10s. ditto superfine ditto 318 10B to £ 1910s.— At per pack of 2101bs HAY MARKET, FBIDAY.— These markets were moderately supplied to- day, at the following quotations:— Smithlield Market.— Meadow Hay 60s to 80s, new — s to — s, Clever Hay 76s to 100s, new — s to — B— Straw 21s to 29s. Cumberland— Meadow Hay 55B to 84s, new — s to — s, Clever Hay 70s to 100s, new — s to — s— Straw 25s to 80s. White- chapel— Meadow Hay 52sto 80s. new — s to — a. Clover Hay 75s to 100s, new — s to — 8— Straw 24s to 29s. LEATHER MARKET, FBIDAT.— There has been a very short sup- ply of fresh Leather at Leadenhall this week. The business transacted was only moderate, without much prospeot of there being an increase. Prices :- Crop: Hides, 281b to 101b each, 17d to 20id per lb; * 01b to 5Hb, 204d to 224d; 611b to 601V,— d to22* d; Bull Hides 13d to 15d ; Vitrei Butts, 8d to Odj English Butte, 21d to SOd; Foreign Butts 20d to 29d; Foreign Hides, 16Jd to 19d; Dressing Hides 161d to 20d; ditto Shaved, 18d to 23d; best Saddlers' Hides, 19d to 21d ; EngliBh Horse Hides, lid to 18d; German Hides, 14d to 19d; Spanish Horse Hides 15d to 21d; Calf Skins ( If rounded, 2d to Id per lb more), 821b to 401b per dozen, 19d ko21d; 121b to 501b, 19d to 25d; 521b to 601b, 19d to 28d; 621b to 1001b, 19d to'jild; Seal Skins large, — d to — d; small,— d to— d; Kips, lid to 26d; Basils. 8d to Ud s Bellies. 10Jd to 13d; Shoulders, 17d to 20d. TALLOW MARKET, FBIDAY,— The market has improved since Monday, and prices about 6d higher. Rough fat Ss ljd per 81b. OIL MARKET, FBIDAY.— The dealings in Linseed, Rape, and Olive have been dull, and, with the exception of the latter, prices have not been supported. Quotations as follow;— Florence ( half- chest), 18s to 26s ; Lucca, half- chest » , £ 6 17s to £ 7 0s; Gallipoli, 252 gallons, £ 61 0s to £— Os ; Spanish, 252 gallons, £ 58 IDs to £ 59 ; Linseed, £ 1 71s Od to £— 0s Od ; Rape, pale, £ 210s0d to £— 0s Od; brown, £ 2 8s « d to £ 0 Os Od per cwt; Cod, £ 12 0s to £— pei tun; Seal, pale, £ 18 0s to £— os per tun; Seal, yellow, brown. & e, £ 40 9s to £ 12 ; Sperm, £ 92 to £— pertunj Headmatter, £ 96 to £— per tun; Southern. £ 43 to £ 45 Od per tun : Cocoa nut, £ 2 8 « Od to £ 210s; Palm, 42- to 17s ')<' r. » r cwt; ( ireenland, full size, £ 575 10sto £— per tnr ; South Sea, £— per tun; Whale, Greenland, £— to — s. Pitch— British 6s 6d per cwt. Archangel'— sOd per cwt, Stockholm, lOs per cwt. iar— American — 8 to — s Od per barrel. Archangel 15s 6d per barrel, Stockholm 15s 9d to — a. Turpentine.— Spirits £ 2 0s Od to £ s 6d, in puncheons £ 1 19B Od, Rough Us 6d to 12s Od per cwt. Resin— Yellow 5s 6d per cwt. transpa- rent, 6s Od per cwt. COAL MARKET, WBDITESDAY.—( Prices of Coals per ton at the close of the market.)— Hastings Hartley 18s 8d, Ward's West Hartley 16s 9d, Wylam 16s 6d. Walls End— Hebburn 20s, RiddeU 20s 6d, Stewart's 23s, Shindiffe 21s 6d, Tees 28s, Nixon's Duffryn 21s 6d.— Ships at mar- ket 18— Sold 17— Unsold 1, BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, OCTOBER 18, 1857. COURSIKG. [ CONTINUED FBOM THE FIFTH PAGE.] AUMTASSAX CLUB MEETING- OCT IS & IE. Acting Sec : Mr D. Brown. The OPEN STAKES of £ 1 5s each, with 25 added by Mr W. G. B wron for dogs of all ages, tha bona fide property of members of . this club, mem- bers of the Dally Club being also admissible ; the winner to receive £ 40, the second £ 15, and the third £ 10; balance reserved tor ex- I pensea £ 10. ^ Mr Join Lee ns r w b Xutelina, by Cromwell out of MaidSaragoMa, beat Mr James Skeoch's r w b Telse, by Japhet out ot Self Interest MrW. M. Maxfield's w d Captain Slasher, by Wigan out of Kose d'Amour, beat Mr Cochrane's w be b Rlue Eyed Susan, by Terrelgan out of Cuddle My Dearie . ^ „ _, . . „ Mr Ewing's bk d Lancaster, by Bedlamite out of Exile, beat, Mr James Dunlop's w bk d Drumclog, by Glenvarloch out ot The Forest Queen Mr W. Brown ns be w d Bright Stefl, by Bluelwht out of ftcotia, beat Mr Coohrane's w bd b Flora Macdonald. by V, isau out of hweetlms Mr Hyslop's w b Hawthorn Blwsom, by Japhet out of Miss Peel, beat Mr Gordon's f d Gagra, by Glenvarloch out of Giraldine Mr Ewing's 1 d Lookout, by Entry Money out of Jessamine, beat Mr James Dunlop's f d Slapdash, by The Curler out of Bute Mr Gordon's f b Guidette, bv Glenvarloch out of Geraldine, beat Mr John Lee's bk b Outcast, by Reuben out of Maid ot aaragossa ( 1) Mr James Dunlop's bd w d St Patrick, by Wigan out of The Forest Queen, beat Mr Gordon's y or f d Gloukhoi, by Glenvarloch out ot Mr Gairdner's f b Young Winton, by Bluelight out of Sincope. beat Mr James Skeoch's bd w d Broker, by Exhibitor out of Hold. Hard Mr John Dunlop's bd b Creeping Kate, by Exhibitor out of Hold Hard beat Mr E-. ving's bk b Lizzy Ferren, by Dirk Hatteraick out of Lassitude , » r « . Mr Gairdner ns be d Beacon, by B'. ualight out of Frolic, beat Mr Coch- rane's f w b Sleeping Maggie, by Wigan out ot SweatUps Mr Crosbie's bdw< l Forerunner, by Wee Willie out of Galloway Lass, beat Mr Barclay's r or fd Billy go Barely, by Red Eagle cut ot CapSnCrichtoil's rwd Baron Garnock. by Esuben out of Maid of Sarago- sa, beat Mr Dyke's bk w b Blackberry, by Birmingham out Mr Arthur's w bk d Ptarmigan, by Japhet out of Columbine, beat Mr John Speirs's bk d Cartoon, by Iteubeu out of Maid of Saragossa Mr Smith's fd Etoil du Nord, by Larriston out of Blossom, beat Mr Ewiug't bk d Invermay. by Entry Money out of Jessamine Mr Moffat ns r b Bright Spirit, bv Brighton out of Brilliance, beat Mr J. Beacon beat Forerunner ( 1) Baron Garnock beat Ptarmigan Etoil dtrNord bt Bright Spirit Jenny Hooks beat Dundonald Lunette beat Blueness ( 2) Baron Garnock beat Etoile du Nord Lunette beat Jenny Hooks Baron Garnock beat Beacon ( 1) Lunette ran a bye Baron Garnock ran a bye Mr W. Brown ns be b Blueness, Ky Bluelight out of Scotia, beat Mr John Dunlop's r w b Berwine, by Birmingham out of Winton Mr Ewing's r b Lunette, by Epicure out of Ivy Green, beat Provost Campbell's bk w d Bob Koy, by Wigan out of Repentance Tuteiina beat Captain Slasher j Bright Steel beat Lancaster Hawthorn Blossom bt Lookout | Guidette beat St Patrick ( 1) I Creeping Kate bt Young Winton^ Bright Steel beat. Tuteiina 1 * Hawthorn Blossom bt Guidette | Beacon beat Creeping Jane I IV. Bright Steel beat Hawthorn I Blossom I Y. Bright Steel beat Lunette I . VI. MrW. Brown ns Bright Steel ( John Frame) 1 Capt Crichton's Baron Garhock ...( WilliamCrawford) 2 THE BGGSIDE . STAKES of £ 1 each, for puppies bona fide the property of members of the club, with £ 10 added by the club; the winner £ 15, the second £ 8, third and fourth £ 310s each; expenses, £ 7, I. Mr James Dunlop's wdAlabaster, by Ptarmigan out ofTlie Forest Queen, beat Mr R. Smith's r d Tonnerre, by Cromwell oat of Vol au Vent Mr Gordon's w f b Grizeldie, by Glenvarloch out of Geraldine, beat Mr J. Porter's bd b Blink Bonny, by Terrelgan out of Craigielee Mr Anderson nsrd Terror, by Cromwell out of Optima, beat Mr John Dunlop's f w d Dairy ™ an, by Corsoiicon out of Concussion Mr Anderson ns bk w b T6te- a- i£ te, by Cromwell out of Optima, beat Mr Hyslop's ! sk d Hindoo, by The Baron out of Mahaga Dr Hunter's f d Hungarian, by Ptarmigan out of Curliana, beat Mr Cochrane's w d Cannie Venture, by Terrelgan out of Cuddle nay Dearie Capt Crichton ns w f d The Fiddler, by Woobrtaplerout of Kate Dai- ry mple, beat Dr Hunter ns be b Hazard, by Ptarmigan out of Curliana Mr Anderson's r w b Gift, by Japhet outof Surety, beat Mr R. Smith's r w ' o La Vivandiere, by The Curler out of Nettle Capt Crichton ns t w d Absalom, by Woolstap'. er out of Kate Dalrymple, beat Mr Cochrane's be w b Meuse, by Terrelgan out of Cuddle my Dearie Mr John Dunlop's fdDouro, by Terrelgan out of Craigielee, beat Mr C. D. Gairdner's r d Charlie, by Red Eagle out of Sharpie Mr Arthur's bed Capercailzie, by Cromwell out of Columbine, beat Mr R. Smith's f d Claude du Val, by Cromwell out of Volau Vent Mr Arthur's r d Cock of the Rock, by Cromwell out of Pantomime, beat Mr Gordon's r d Grief, by Glenvarloch outof Guitar Mr Gordon's r b Golderidrop, by Tantallan out of Galddust, beat Mr W. M. Maxfield's bk b Post Baste, Vy Mansoor out of Tottie Mr Aiton's bd w d Tickler, by Wigan out of Railway Crash, beat Mr John Dunlop's bd b " Dairymaid, by Viceroy out of Queen of the Forest Mr Gordon's r w b Gravity, fey Glenvarloch out of Guitar, ran a bye II. j Douro beat Capercailzie I Golden Drop beat Cock ot the I Rock Tickler beat Gravity Golden Drop beat Douro Tiek'er ran a bye Golden Drop bsat Tickler ( 1) Alabaster beat Grizeldie Hungarian beat Terror Tete- a- tete beat The Fiddler Absalom beat Gift Hungarian beat Alabaster Absalom beat T6te- a- tete Hungarian beat Absalom III. IV. I V. Mr Gordon's Golden Drop ........... V... ( Alexander Brown) 1 Dr Hunter's Hungarian ( John Goldie) 2 This meeting came off according to fixture, under all the con- comitant advantages of fine weather, good management, and beautiful'running ground, stocked with abundance of fine hares. Having met, on Thursday, at the farm- house contiguous to the Grand Stand on Eglintoii Park Race Course, the first brace were pu<; in the slips" for the OPEN STAKE.— Telse and Tuteiina : The former led from the slips ; the hare bent to the latter, who kept her game, and won a short course decisively. Captain Slasher and Blue Eyed Susan had a long struggle to the hare, which the Captain just won. After an exchange of points between them, the hare made for a wire fence, ere reaching which the Captain fell, but Susan struck th9 wire and gave him no further assistance in a long course. The wires had been let down, but not sufficiently so at this point. Drumclog led Lancaster, wrenched twice and fell; Lan- caster getting the advantage, turned thrice and killed. Bright Steel and Flora Macdonald showed speed alternately, the hare making a circle in favour of Flora, who led out of my sight. Hawthorn? Blossom led Gagra, and made first turn; the two next were obtained by Gagra, in whose favour the hare broke away, and in a nice stretch Blossom passed and put the hare about to Gagra, who led out of my sight. Slapdash was led by Lookout after a nice struggle, and had a long course out of the range of my lookout. Guideite led Outcast, after a no- go, and increasing his speed flew his ftnees magnificently, leaving him an outcast, as decidedly in fawt as in name. Glouklici led Stf Patrick out of my sight. Young Winton was led by Broker, who got first turn, Young Winton quickly taking the two next, when Broker again turned, the other taking the hare to cover, and just winning a nice course. Creeping Kate and Lizzie Farren : The latter led on a bare stubble from which the hare took to plough, which suited Creeping Kate's powers of loco- motion, who led Liazie out of my sight. Sleeping Maggie and Beacon: The latter showed the speed to a good hare, and turned thrice consecutively. Sleeping Maggie then took the hare and knocked her about a considerable time, when Beacon came again, but, as I thought, did not rub out Maggie's score. Fore- runner and Billy go Barely : A close shave; Billy went rarely from the slips, but was outrun by Forerunner, who placed the first turn to his credit. Billy wrenched, and killed. Baron Garnock and Blackberry: The latter led, but the hare bending to the Baron, he shot up and made a meritorious kill. Cartoon led Ptarmigan and turned, Ptarmigan quickly making the next two, Cartoon leading out of my sight. Efoile du Nord and In- vermay : The former showed the speed, but the hare suddenly swerving to Invermay he got first turn; in the contest for the next Etoile got in and slipped on his side ; still keeping to his game he led to the fence, which neither could make. Bright Spirit and Camerino were slipped but immediately unsighted; the latter, however, got the hare, ran a most distressing course single handed, and was drawn. Bright Spirit ran a bye ( a pumper) with Black Belle. This was a beautifully contested course to a hare that would not be killed. For at least half a mile they ran so evenly together that several fancied they were in slips, and were only undeceived when Black Belle, after the third turn, slightly showed the speed from her turns, and finished a clever winner. Dundonald and Gadfly: The latter, in a longish slip, took a good lead, turned, and keepiDg well in with his harej wrenched; Dmsdonald followed up by a wrench, and Gadfly, much faster, then took the hare, and, from what I saw, outpaced Dundonald in a longish course, the latter putting in a few points at the end. Jenny Hooks and Whistle Binkie : The former led and turned, serving Whistle Binkie, who made the next; Jenny then turned twice quickly, tbe other contesting the next, which he got and ti e kill. Barwine and Blueness ran a pretty course, in which, after a long struggle, the former just gained the ad- vantage and turned, Blueness obtainingthe two next; Barwine contested the next successfully, but fell on her side, and Blue- ness, racing away through the fence, turned and killed. Lunette led, and cleverly beat Rob Roy. BOGSIDE STAKE, FIHST CLASS.— Tonnerre and Alabaster: The former showed the pace and fetched his hare to Alabaster, who cleverly beat him in a short course, finishing with a nice kill. Grizeldie led Blink Bonny out of my sight. Terror and Dairyman: The former got the advantage from the slips and raced up his hare. Hindoo and T6te- a- T6te : A good trial; Hindoo was too fast at the offset and obtained first turn. After a nice tete- a- tete of ex- changes the bitch took the hare and made a succession of five or six clever wrenches, driving her hare through the fence ; on again appearing Hindoo had the lead, but pussy reserved herself for another day by making a rabbit hole. Cannie Venture and Hungarian : The venture of the Hungarian shone conspicuously over that of the White, which was miserably " jcannie." Fiddler led Hazard and turned ; Hazard made the next and led out of my sight. Gift and La Vivandtere: A gift from the slips favoured the former, who turned, serving herself for the next two or three fine driving points, La Vivaudiere putting himself out by a fine kill. Meuse was led by Absalom for above a hundred yards, and the hare tripping he picked her up. Douro and Charlie : The slips breaking, this brace ran a short course, the hare squatting in the feuce; in their trial, after a good struggle, Douro led out of my sight. Capercailzie and Claude du Val: A pretty course; the latter showed the speed, turned, and the hare, making a short circle, shot up on the inside, and wrenched ; in trying for the next he was passed by Caper- cailzie, who drove his hare very nicely; Claude du Val again got in and tried to kill, but fell, Capercailzie leading out of sight. Grief outpaced, but owing to his wide- running propensities was put out by Cock- of- the- Rock, and under the green sod by his trainer. Golden Drop and Posthaste : A good trial; the latter was a shade faster, but the hare bending to Golden Drop she obtained first turn. Posthaste made the next, was defeated in the following one, but led out of my sight. Tickler and Dairy- maid : The former, a smart runner but poor killer, out- paced and out- worked Dairymaid in a long course. Gravity ran her bye with Dairyman, a good course, in favour of the dog. OPEN STAKE, SECOND GLASS.— Tuteliua was led by Captain Slasher, but the hare swerving to her, she turned four or five times, and led out of my sight. Bright Steel outpaced Lancaster throughout a shortish course, and killed. Hawthorn Blossom and Look Out: A good course, appearing from my position to be won by the latter. Guidette and St Patrick had a scram- bling no- go, and in their second attempt Guidette won a shortish course very cleverly, and killed. Creeping Kate and Young Winton had a good struggle to the hare, in favour of the latter, who unfortunately fell, Creeping Kate having the rest of a mo- derate course. Beacon and Forerunner had ail undecide; the latter fell a purler at the fence, and became unsighted im- mediately after leaving the slips, Beacon turning once or twice and killing. In, their second slip, Beacon led on the out- side and turned; Forerunner had the hare when I regained view after they had run for a moment out of my sight, and Beacon was unsighted, but soon joined, and in a stretch got the advantage, and led out of my sight. Baron Garnock and Ptar- migan: Two celebrities, the former being the winner of the public courses last season, and loser of only three; while the latter in his fourth season never ran in a lesser stake than 24 dogs, and won thirty public courses, losing seven. Baron Garnock led two lengths and turned, contested and got the second, Ptar- migan making the next in favour of the Baron, who again put his hare about, Ptarmigan making a good kill. Etoile du Nord led Bright Spirit, and turned thrice, Bright Spirit scoring the next, but Etoile much the faster, quickly turned and killed. Dun- donald and Jenny Hooks were momentarily unsighted from the slips, the latter cleverly winning a short trial. Blueness and Lunette had two undecides; in their final trial, a short one, Lunette won cleverly. On Friday morning we met at Sharphill, and were taken by John Faulds, the keeper, to the beautiful level pastures of Dykemains and Knockreivoch stocked with a good show of hares, and affording unusually good running; the day being all a courser could desire, sunshine breaking out at noon and smiling on us till the finish. Punctually to the hour of meeting, 10: 30, the running commenced with the BOGSIDE STAKES, SECOND CLASS,— Alabaster and Grizeldie: A good trial, won by the former very hollow. Hungarian led Terror in gallant style, and turned thrice, Terror killing. Fiddler and T6te- a- T6te: The former led and made two first turns; T& te- a- TiHe took the next, and Fiddler racing up, se- cured the succeeding two; but the hare, one which would never say die, was taken by T6te- a- T6te, who made a long series of quick clever turns and wrenches, and achieved a handsome win. Absalom was led by Gift, after both had lost sight for a mo- ment, and the latter turned; in the next stretch Absalom made- a go- by, turned thrice, and killed. Douro beat Capercailzie throughout a good trial. Cock of the R > ck and Golden Drop : A quick decisive course; the latter, after a good struggle, got first turn, kept well in with her game for several clever wrencht- s, and killed. Tickler and Gravity ran a longish course, at all times in favour of the former, neither being distinguished for good working qualities. OPEN STAKE, THIRD CLASS.— Bright Steel and Tuteiina: The former, after a good struggle, the hare slightly swerving, got first turn; Tutelina darting in on the inside for the next, fell, Bright Steel turning twice by the side of a wall before the bitch got up, when she led out of my sight; on reappearing, Bright Steel bad the hare, and cleverly won a longish course, the hare making cover. Guidette led Hawthorn Blossom, wrenched and turned ; they exchanged the next eight or nine points very equally, but the hare making a thick fence Guidette entangled herself, and Hawthorn Blossom quickly turned thrice, and killed; a very even and beautifully contested c jurse cleverly won at the last. Creeping Kate and Beacon: The latter led and fetched the hare back to Kate, who quickly turned; Beacon racing on again fetched her back, and missing her in a good dash, the hare doubling, gave Kate the advantage, who in a longish run up along a wall side killed. Baron Garuock and Etoile du Nord: The former slightly led, turned, wrenched twice, and killed ; a short, quick course. Lunette led Jenny Hooks to a 101b hare by two lengths, and turued ; in trying for the next she was passed by Jenny, but after she had made one turn, Lunette regained her position by a go- by, led into the next field, and turned twice, Jenny killing. BOGSIDE STAKE.— Third ties— Hungarian the first, and Alabaster tbe latter part of a moderate course. Absalom and T& te- a- T& te : Scarcely on equal terms, the latter having had two stiffish runs; a short clever course, well won by Absalom. Golden Drop and Douro: An unsatisfactory trial partly out of the judge's sight, but easily won. Tickler ran a bye, too long to be pleasant to the owner. OPEN STAKE.— Fourth ties— Bright Steel shot away from Haw- thorn Blossom, turned, and killed. Baron Garnock and Beacon had a good struggle to a high hedge, through which the latter on the outside led, turned, wrenched, and again turned in succes- sion ; Baron killed— undecided; a hollow win, but the judge could not see the whole course. In their next trial Baron Gar- nock led and had all the early part of a loug course, Beacon coming in for a share of the latter part. Lunette ran her bye with Estelle, who gave her little assistance, Lunette running with great lire and speed throughout. BOGSIDE STAKE.— Fourth ti « s— Hungarian led Absalom and turned thrice; Absalom in his endeavour for the next slipped on his shoulder aud was afterwards well beaten in a good course, which Hungarian terminated with a kill of merit. Golden Drop and Tickler had a no go slightly in favour of the former, who, however, in their next attempt won unmistakeably a longish course. OPEN STAKE.— Fifth ties— Bright Steel aud Lunette: An exciting course, won very meritoriously by the former; he slightly led in a good run up, wrenched, and made a dashing kill. Baron Garnock ran a bye, short and sweet. BOGSIDE STAKE.— Deciding course— Golden Drop and Hunga- rian : The former showed tbe pace from the slips, the hare sud- denly swerving to Hungarian, who turned; Golden Drop then made two or three clever wrenches and turned into the fence, which neither could make. They were, in my opinion, decidedly the two best puppies in the stake. OPEN STAKE.— Deciding course— Bright Steel and Baron Garnock: All one way. Bright Steel led three or four lengths and turned, following up by a wrench and another turn, upon which the hare made for a fence, of which he ( sharp blade) de- prived her by a splendid kill. The utmost good feeling prevailed throughout the meeting, and the management and whole conduct of the officials was un- exceptionable. Messrs Brown and Conn show proficiency in their respective duties, the latter, as field secretary, succeeding, by unremitting patience and energy, not only in preserving com- mon order in the crowd, but at preventing all tendency to straggle; whilst it would be hard to find a rival to Richmond as a successful slipper. The judge's decisions, except in one or two instances the first day, and one on the second, which he did not see, were unquestioned and unques- tionable. The club, which is confined to fifty members, now numbers forty- six, aud it must be a source of gratification to all connected with it, and to none more so than the liberal donor of the money prize ( who, it ought to be mentioned, did not run his own dogs, but lent several to members unprovided), that their efforts in encouragement of the sport meet with due apprecia- tion. An unflagging interest was sustained throughout the meet- ing, as evidenced by a very large attendance ou the field, com- prising Provost Campbell, Capt Crichton, Mr, Mrs, and Misses Borron, Messrs C. D. Gairduer, Jas. Dunlop, Moffat, Ewing, Gordon, R. O. Crichton, Cochrane, Barclay, J. Campbell, jun. Hys- lop, and Kay; Dr Blair, Dr Hunter, Maxfield, W. Brown, Crosbie, Arthur, Dyke, Aiton, & c, & c, besides the Right Hon the Earl of Eglintoun aud Winton, and party from the Castle, including Major and Mrs R. Ferguson, Captain aud Mr Hamilton, Miss Cockerell, Ac. This, Lord Eglinton's first appearance on the field since he gave up coursing eleven years ago, in- spired a very strong hope by all parties assembled that he might bs induced to participate more actively in future in the sports of the club, comprising as it does so many gentlemen connected with his estates, and Ayrshire generally. His lord- ship would see in many of tha greyhounds the immediate de- scendants of many of his celebrated dogs, the dam of the winner, Bright Steel, being a granddaughter of Waterloo, and that of Beacon, a daughter ( Frolic) formerly his property. Haviug al- luded to the pedigree of Bright Steel, I am tempted to remark that either his blood must be surpassingly wonderful to carry him through his performances, iu spite of his treatment, or there is little wonderful or valuable in the fashionable highly training and feeding maxims, I am loth to imagine anything super- canine in his nature, aud for the consideration of those who feel inclined to adopt the natural hypothesis, would merely observe, on the authority of the owner, that Bright Steel was in reality untrained, not having been intended for this meeting, but for Altcar, on the 28th inst, that he had been fed only up to the day preceding on common kennel faro, and had run only one course previously this season. So much, he thinks, for the quackery of high training aud costly preparations, horse exercise, beef steaks, calves' foot jelly, & c, weighed in the balance against porridge and milk, or broth and biscuit, with moderate walking exercise, loose for two or three hours every fine day. CALEDONIA. BROUGHAM AND WHINFELL OPEN MEETING— OCT 14, 15, & 16. Stewards: Lord Bective, M. P., Capt Spencer, Messrs A. Graham, W. Sharpe, Henry Brougham, and Jolm Hutchinson. Judge: Mr Dalzell. Slipper: Mr Coates. Hon See: Mr James Clarke. The BEOtiaHAii CUP. I. Mr Jas. Clarke's rb Fancy Girl beat Mr Wood's fw b Emma Mr John Gill's w f or r b Lady .. " ' Lord Bective's bk b Billet Mr Isaac Fisher's f d Money! Catcher S'' Capt Spencer's bk d Sidonia Mr Gregson's bk w b Cam?! Follower J'' Mr Noble's bd d Mountaineer Mr Benn's f d Hughie Graham .... Mr Benn's f d British Lion Mr Ho Jgkin'e bk w d Derwent.... Mr A. Graham's r b Mutiny Mr Cloudesdale'sbd w b Mystery.. Mr Hodgson's r d Skewball Mr Reed's f d Leader Mr Blamire's w bk d Spring Mr Geo. Thompson's f d Tempest.. Fancy Girl beat Lady Billet beat Money Catcher ( 1) Sidonia beat Camp Follower ( 3) Mountainer beat H. Graham Mr Gavin Steel's f d Staunton Mr Robert Logan's bk d Wansfell Capt Spenser' bk wdSpeedthePlough Mr Gibson's bk w d Gunboat Mr Gavin Steel's f b Sourocks MrW. Richardson's bd d JimCrow( l) Mr Moore's bk w b Modesty ( 1) Mr Gregson's w bk b Pretty Pippin Mr John Airey's bk b Amazon ( 1) Mr Daniel Harrison's f d Danger Mr John Jardine's f w d Oscar Mr Reed's fbEskdale Bess ( 8) Mr A. Graham's r vv b Lecture Mr John Gibson's w f dPanmure( l) Mr Beudall's w f d Levennet II. Fancy Girl beat Billet Sidonia beat Mountaineer British Lion beat Mutiny ( 1) Fancy Girl beat Sidonia ( 1) III. British Lion beat Derweut Mutiny beat Mystery ( 1) Skewball beat Leader Tempest beat Spring ( 1) Tempest ran a bye Skewball drawn ( o) IV. y. Tempest beat British Lion Mr Jas. Clarke's Fancy Girl, by Wilkinson's Pioneer out of Clarke's Flirt, beat Mr'G. Thompson's Tempest, aud won the cup. The WHINEEM PUPPI' CUP. I. Mr Irving's bd d Antipas, by Viceroy out of Queen Forrest, beat Mr Mark's bk d Lucknow, by Lasso out of Miss Sleddale Mr Cloudesdale's f w b Cheapside, by Wilson's Weapon out of Holmes's Vanish, beat Mr GeldercPs f w d Glencoin, by Eden out of Old Eve Mr Bell's r w b Honey Bee, by Ocean Child out of Helen Douglas, beat Mr Cloudesdale's f w d Charing Cross, by Wilson's Weapon outof Holmes's Vanish ( 1) Capt Spencer's r t b Selina, by Flying Dutchman out of Lilly, beat Mr Irving's Annandale, Mr Allison's bk d Alexander, by Ranter out of Widow, beat Mr John Gibson's w r b Fairy, by ham out of Sybil Mr Hutton's f w d Clarence, by Lowther out of Bess, beat Mr Benn's f w d Birdcatcher, by Lowther out of Bess Mr George Thompson's r w b Thetis, by Eden out of Marigold, beat Mr Binks's bk d Cumberland Hero, by Ben out of Willing Maid Mr Richardson's w f d Haynau, by Eden out of Doncaster Lass, beat Mr John Graham's f w b Industry, by Wild Dayrell out of Merry Kate Mr Jackson's f b Meg, by Prince Charlie out- of Fanny, beat Lord Bective's r d Barley Thorpe, by Glenastle out of Bird's Eye Mr Birrell's r f b, by Bell out of Lady of the Lake, beat Mr Richardson's f d Hazard, by Eden out of Doncaster Lass Mr M'Adams's f d Foxhunter, by Kingfield out of Nancy Tell, beat Mr Huttou's f w b Nelly Bly, by Lewther out of Bess Mr R. Nicholson's f w b Blink Bonny, by Lowther out of Chambermaid, beat Mr Airey's r b Ada, by Eden out of Bess Mr G. Thompson's bd b Truth, by Mariner out of Titmouse, beat Lord Bective's t b Bloom, by Grecian out of Maid of Orleans Capt Spencer's r t b Sabina, by Flying Dutchman out of Lilly, beat Mr John Gibson's f d Colin, by Stanley out of Moneytaker Mr Birrell's w d Tramp, by Bell out of Lady of the Lake, beat Mr Greg- son's f b Decoy Duck, by Neville out of Tempter Mr Gelderd's bd b Gertrude, by Eden out of Lattice, beat Mr Moore's bk w t b Mangonelle, by Weapon out of Medora ( 1) Antipas beat Cheapside Honey Bee beat Selina Alexander beat Clarence Thetis beat Haynau Antipas beat Honey Bee Alexander beat Thetis Aatipas beat Alexander ( 2) III. IV. I V. Meg beat r f bitch ( 1) Foxhunter beat Blink Bonny Truth beat Sabina Mangonelle beat Tramp ( 1) Meg beat Foxliunter Mangonelle beat Truth Mangonelle beat Meg ( 2 Mr Irving's Antipas beat Mr Moore's Mangonelle, and won the cup. The 0GMBI3D STAKES. I. Mpr? ttyBro? gt0n'S bk W d} beat Mr Blamire's bd w d Dupe Mr Brougham's bk b Sleeping! J Mr A. Thompson's r d Buckhunter ~ ' t _ ( late Tyne) Partner j Mr Tinkler's f d Charley Boy .. Mr Thos. Bailey's r b Idle Girl .. Mr Hetherington's bk w d! Ringleader J *" Mr Jas. Brisco's f b Twilight Mr Moore's bk b Medora .. Mr Benn's fb Barmaid II. Capt Elliot's r b Venus Mr Gregson's f d Mummy Mr Btamire's w bk b Thistledown Mr Gavin Steel's r or f b Circassian Lord Bective's bk b Bosio Mr Richardson's f d Humbug ( I) Ringleader beat Twilight Barmaid beat Medora ( 1) Barmaid beat Ringleader THE SCOETON OPEN MEETING- OCT 15 & 16. ( By the kind permission of the Right Hon. the Countess of Ty rconnel). The KIPLIN CUP STAKES of £ 3 each. I. Mr Dobson's r d Emigrant beat Mr Hutchinson's r d Napier Pretty Boy bt Sleeping Partner Charley Boy beat Idle Girl ( 1) I III. Pretty Boy beat Charley Boy ^ Mr Hetherington's Pretty Boy, by Wilkinson's Pioneer out of Clarke's Flirt, beat Mr Benn's Barmaid, and won the stakes ( I). Ringleader, Fancy Girl, and Pretty Boy, are all of the same litter. The hares were numerous, the weather very fine, and the attend ance ( male and female) on horseback, in carriages, and on foot, very large ( computed at 3,090); altogether the meeting was exceedingly successful, and it is intended to repeat it next year on a still larger scale. Among the spectators were Lady Brougham, Mr and Mrs Brougham, and the members of some of the principal families in the neighbourhood. MIDDLE SALOP MEETING— OCT 19. Stewards: Messrs Price, Hardie, Blantern, and Watson. Judge: Mr Warwick. Slipper: Mr Trotter. The BEOWNLOW STAKES. I. Mr Lloyd's bk b Uncertain beat MrHeatley'swfdSirColinCampbell Mr Watson's bk w d Joe Miller .. Mr Hardie's r d Blackleg Mr Blantern's w be d Bendigo .. Mr Pickering's f d Albert Mr Pickering's w b Lilly .. Mr Duncan's bk d Sambo II. Joe Miller beat Uncertain | Bendigo beat Lilly III. Mr Blantern's Bendigo, by Tout out of Gazelle, beat Mr Watson's Joe Miller, by Halston out of Fly, and won the stakes. The MIDDLE STAKES ( puppies). I. Mr Shaw's bd d Active beat Mr Ward ns f d Wallace Mr J. Jones's r b Nancy ., Mr Jones's f d Melbourne Mr J. Parry ns bd w b Fly .. Mr W. Jones's r b Coroness Mr Hardie ns bk b Hannah .. Mr Jones's f d Joe the Jester II. Nancy beat Active I Hannah beat Fly III. Mr Hardie ns Hannah, by Pilch out of Sister to Negus, beat Mr J, Jones's Nancy, by Spring out of Nimble, and won the stakes. Mr Armstrong's bk d Black! Doctor /' • Mr Harrison's f d Mentor Mr Wardle's Nameless Mr Milbarn's w d Snowdrop Mr Dobson's bk b Bonnie Maggie.. Mr Graves's r d Bob Mr Jordison's r b Merry go Round Mr Armstrong's bk b Gipsy Queen Mr Olive! ' s w bk d Lance Mr Surtee's fb Buck of Territ Burn Mr Hobson'i w r d Lime Kiln Lad { Mr Grimshaw's bk d Speculation ( late Major) Mr Hobson's r d Best of Three .. Mr Watson's be b Flirt Mr Blanshard's bk b Belted Will.. Mr Surtees's f d Umbriel Mr Graves's rwd Artillery ran a bye II. Black Doctor beat Emigrant I Mentor beat Nameless Bonnie Maggie beat Snowdrop Mentor beat Bonnie Maggie I Belted Will beat Bob IV. Mentor beat Black Doctor | V. Mr Blanshard's Belted Will, by Japhet out of Bianca, beat Mr Harrison's Metitor, by Edwin out of Sister to Zurich, and won the stakes. The FOBEST FABM STAKES of £ 2 10s each. I. Mr Taylor's r b Mosby Maid beat Mr Oates's f d St Aubert Bob beat Best of Three Belted Will beat Artillery Black Doctor ran a bye Belted Will ran a bye Mr Hobson's rwd King of the 1 Gipsies J ' * Mr Oliver's bk w d General) Havelock J1 • Mr Hedley's f b Bessy Graham. .. Mr Walker's r d Newton Mr Blanshard's r b Betsy Brabba.. Mr Surtees's be d Shadforth Mr Grimshaw's be d Opposition Mr Ballan's r b Fan Mr Grimsliaw's bk w d Duke Mr Surtees's be d Canada Lad Mr Hobson's f d Neville Mr Oliver's rwd Gen. Wyndham Newton beat Betsy Brabbs Shadforth ran a bye Newton beat S'nadforth Kg. of the Gipsiesbt Mosby Maid j Gen. Havelock beat B. Graham I III. Gen. HavelockbtK. oftheGipsies | IV. Mr Walker's Newton, by Nevins's Inkermann out of his Nancy, beat Mr Oliver's General Hnveloclt, and won the stakes. MATCH. £ 10. ^ T. _ . Mr Alison's w bk d Prince Albert agst Mr Athy's ' ok w b Qaeen Victoria COBK SOUTHERN CLUB MEETING.- OCT 13. MATCHES. Mr Beazley's bk d Polish ' em.. beat Mr Murphy's r d p Comet Mr Wallis's bk d p Smoker Mr Gregory's f b Comfort *• MrWallis'sbk d p Watchful Jack.. Capt Morley's bk d Lysander Mr Beazly's w f b Primrose Girl... Mr Rogers's bk b p Blink Bonny Mr J. Rogers's bk d Bedlam Jack.. Mr Murphy's r d p Pendennis Mr Murphy's bk b Magie Mr Baazly's bd b p Prussian Blue MbkdI^ gacyS ( Ml" HewiU'S) }.. Mr Hewitt's f b Elegance( l) Mr Beazly's bk b Pretty Colleen.. Mr Murphy's r b Polly Peachum Mr Wallis's rdp Wat Tyler Mr Murphy's r b Poliy Peachum Mr Beazly's bk b Pretty Colleen.. Mr J. Rogers's bk d Bedlam Jack( l) Mr Murphy's bk b Magic agst MrHewitt's bkd p Recovery ( undec) PEDIOEIJE ov DALTON ( LATE QUINCE).— Mr Editor: With the recent issue of Thacker and the recurrence of the coursing season, our ancient maggot while at rest begins once more to nibble at us. The animal above named having attracted our attention considerably at the Waterloo Meeting ( last), as a very good specimen of an Altcar greyhound, our curiosity has been excited to learn a little more of his ancestry than Thacker supplies in the simple record that he is by Picture, damTruelove. Among j our legion of correspondents, doubtless some one will favour me with information upon this head.— Yours, & c, GKEY- HOUND BBEEDEE. The Coquetdale Puppy Stakes closed on the 1st August, with 72 entries; and for the Biddleston All- aged Stakes, limited to 32 dogs, 20 nominations have already been secured. The Waterloo Meeting, 1858, is fixed for the 23d, 24th, and 25th February. ASHDOWN PARK MEETING.— We beg to draw the attention of our coursing readers to the advertisement of this meeting, which, by the kind permission of Lord Craven, takes place under the management of Ralph Etwall and J. S. Bowles, Esq, on the 9th of November and following days. We have already published the entries for the Craven and Ashdown Puppy Cups, and par- ticulars of the remaining engagements are elsewhere detailed. A great meeting may be expected,— See advertisement. THE CHASE. Mastere of hounds will greatly oblige us by causing their fixtures to be posted so as to reach us in the course of Friday. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. STAGHOUNDS. Cheltenham ( Mr W. H. White's)- Tuesday the Plough Hotel. Friday Cleeve HU1, at 12. Devon and Somerset— Tuesday Jewry Kennel, Friday Slowly Wood, at 4 past 10. Heathcote's, Mr— Tuesday Caterham Village, Saturday Epsom, 1 past 11 POXHOUNDS. Badswortli— Tuesday Womersley Park. Thursday Fryston Park, Satur- day Ackworth Moor Tap, at J past 19. Bamfylde's, Mr— Tuesday Simonbatli, Friday Bish Mill. ati past 10. Beaufort's, Duke of— Saturday Cross Hands, Monday week Trouble House, at 4 past 10. Berkshire. Old ( Mr Morrell's)— Thursday Tubney, Friday Bourton ( Shrivenham), Saturday Lochinge Brick- kiln, at 4 past 10. Berkshire, South— Tuesday Sulhamp3tead House, Thursday Basildon Park, Friday Woolhampton, at 4 past 10. Blackmoor Vale— Monday Zeal's Green, Thursday Forefoot Inn, Satur- day King's Stag Bridge, at i to 11. Bramliam Moor— Wednesday Becca Hall, Friday Wighill Village, at i past 10. Cleveland— Monday Gribdale Gate ( near Captain Cook's Monument), Thursday Seamer, at 4 past 10. Craven— Monday West Woodhay House, Wednesday Marlborough Race Course, Friday Lamborne Woodlands, Saturday Stype, at 4 past 10. Deaaon's, Mr— Monday Pedland Corner, Thursday Trekelland Bridge, at 4 past 10. Devon, North— Monday Langridee Ford, Friday Glen Cottage, 4 past 10 Durham County— Monday hhincliffe, Wednesday Brancepeth, Friday, Hetton- on- the- Hill, at 4 past 10. Essex, East— Tuesday Crown Inn ( Laindon Hills), at 10 ( to breakfast), Saturday Rainham Bridge, at 11. Essex Union— Wednesday Purleigh Wash, Saturday Stock Ship, at 4 past 10. F. B. ( Mr W. Williams's)— Tuesday Praze, Friday Croft West. 4 past 10. Ingram's. Mr M.— Monday Sudbury Coppice, Thursday Loxley, Satur- day the New Inn, at i to 11. N. P. H.— Tuesday Epley Farm, Thursday the Earldoms, Saturday Ven- niley Ridge Gate, at 4 past 10. Portsmouth's, Earl of— Saturday the Vine, at 11. Seale's, Sir Hy.— Tuesday Berry Castle, Friday Morley Toll- bar, 4 past 10. Selby's, Mr— Tuesday Great Hyle, Friday Uderton, at 4 past 10. Sinnington— Thursday Helnmley, at 10. Southdown— Monday Ditchling Beacon, Wednesday Polegate, Friday Erringham, Monday weak Barley Mow ( Selmeston), at i to 11, Surrey Union— Monday Kennel, Thursday Duns fold, Saturday Leather- head Downs, Monday week Hatchland, Thursday week Evvhurst Village, Saturday week Oakshot Flat, at 4 past 10. Sussex, East— Tuesday Windmill Hill, at 11, Friday St Leonards Green, Tuesday week Battle, Friday week Sidling Green, at 4 past 10. Trelawny's, Mr— Tuesday the Carew Arms, at 11, Saturday Gnaton Hall, at 4 past 10. Tynedale—. Monday Short Flat Tower, Wednesday Matfen Piers, Friday Hesleyside, ati toll, West Kenc( Mr W. Strattord's)— Tuesday Portobello, Friday New Barn, at 4 past 10. Worcest « r> hire— Monday week Bishop's Wood, Thursday week Severn Stoke, at 4 past 10. Wyndham's, Col— Saturday Waltham Park, at 12, HABWBBS. B. V.— Tuesday Milborne Port, Friday Doles Ash Clump, at 12. Brighton— Monday Patcham, Wednesday Race Course, Saturday Dyke, ati toll. Brompton— Tuesday Walton, Thursday Moorhouse ( Carlatton), Satur- day Gelt Bridge, at 9. Brooksend ( Thanet)— Monday Monkton Sea Mark, Wednesday Swal- cliffe Church, Friday Chapel Bottom, at 4 past 10. Brookside— Monday Newmarket Hill, Thursday Telscombe Tye, at 4 past 10. ColliiiB's, Mr— Monday Killigrew Hill, Thursday Zelah, at 4 past 10. Craven ( Torkshire)— Monday the Craven lleifer, Wednesday Kelbrook, Friday Nappa, at 11. Eastbourne— Monday Clapham, Thursday Birling, at 4 past 10. Eamont ( Mr Musgrave's)— Monday Edenliall, Wednesday Temple Sow- erby, Saturday Pack Horse ( Plumpton), at J to 11. Elstow— Tuesday Moulden Chesnut Trees, Friday Newton, at 4 past 10. Farmers' Subscription ( Worthing)— Tuesday, Chantrey Post. H. H. ( Rochester)— Monday Chalk Church. Friday Lower Stoke, at 11. Lewis's, Captain Hampton— Tuesday Black Horse, Friday Pentreath, at 4 past 11. Netton ( Salisbury)— Monday High Post, Thursday Thorny Down ( near Winterslow BCut). Newcastle and Gateshead— Monday Tanfleld, Friday Chirton Gate, at 4 past 10. Romney Marsh— Monday St Mary's, Wednesday Brookland, Friday Kennel, at 4 past 10. Vale of Wylye— Monday Maddiugton Barn, Thursday Warminster Direc- tion Post, at 4 past 11. SCOTCH. FOXHOUNDS. Buccleuch's, Duke of— Monday Mossburnford, Tuesday Minto, Thurs- day Blakelaw, Saturday Wooplaw, at 4 past 10. Wemyss's, Earl of— Monday Learmouth, Tuesday Ladykirk, Wednesday Ford Common, Friday Printonan, Saturday Pawston, at i past 10. IRISH. STAGHOUNDS. Ward Union— Monday the Ward, Wednesday the Black Bull, Saturday St Margaret's, Monday week Fiathouse, Wednesday week Seventh Milestone on the Ashbourne- road, Saturday week Dunboyne, at one. FOXHOUNDS. Kilkenny— Wednesday Castlecoraer, at 11, Friday the Clubhouse ( Kil- kenny), at 12, Monday week Johnstown, Wednesday week Bally- keefe, Friday week Shankill, at 11. Meath— Monday Summerhill, Thursday Balrath, Friday Somerville, 11. Route— Tuesday Kilraughts, Friday Baardiville Gate, at 11. HABBIEBS. Clonardon ( Mr C. Dillon's)— Tuesday Lismullen Decoy, Saturday Gal- trim, at i to 12. Killultagh— Wednesday Kennel, Saturday Rock Chapel, at 4 past 11. A GOOD THING WITH THE ESKDALE HOUNDS. MB EDITOE : This small but very smart pack, the property of, and most ably commanded by, John Murray, Esq, of Murray House, commenced cub- hunting on the 18th ult, and Border Nimrods will be rejoiced to learn that foxes are more than usually abundant in our covers this season; and that their well- known game qualities are still, in these degenerate times, un- impaired, what follows will amply attest. On the 25th the meet was at Langholm, and, as might have been anticipated, a large field was in attendance, including all the Corinthians, and of course a goodly muster of the tag- rag- and- bobtail. Having drawn the Kirkwynd, Well Close, and Kilngreen Covers blank, a move was made, sine mora, for the woods of Westerhall, which seldom, if ever, fail in holding a first- class prize. No sooner were the hounds thrown in, than the well- known and veracious— we had almost said voracious— voice of sulky Selim, with a finely- intoned response from old Ruby, proclaimed the varmint to be afoot. In another minute " Tally- ho!" from Jonathan, whose eye is ever on the right place, aud away they wont, " beautiful exceedingly, Like a pack from a far countrie." Shaking the morning dewdrops from his white- tipt brush, " sly Reynolds"— as a dear departed bard was wont to style him— bore smoothly and steadily away, and skirting the now browning beeches of Burnfoot with the wind on his starboard quarter, cleared Sorbiehass without a tack, and then kept his course S. S. E. for Arkleton Craigs. The posts there— thanks to our veteran friend Captain Jardine— were strongly blockaded, so the good clipper Red Jacket stood on under all sail, at ten knots an hour, for the gloomy latitudes of Mosspaul. At this juncture of affairs all the cavalry aud a few of the best of the light bobs of the infantry were in a good and forward position. But a stern chase is proverbially a long chase, and it proved one upon this occasion; for long ere the Flying Dutchman's brush had sunk below the weather- gleam of the Wisp, tailing had become the order of the day with his pursuers. Some of the prime ones, however, putting " a stout shoulder to a stey brae," " kept the even tenor of their way." Among these we ob- served the plucky little master on " ma meer"— they are both bits of rare stuff— the two Bricks of Terrona, senior and junior. Comparisons are always odious, and particularly so between father and son ; we therefore say not which had the call. Then, longo'. secl proximus intervallo, came the Laird of Longwood, steering grey Wiganthorpe through bogs and over drains, in his own peculiar but judicious style— a style which might possibly at first sight appear to a stranger to be wanting in graceful ease, but which on closer acquaintance he would find to combine the greatest possible amount of security to the rider, with a like degree of steadiness to the ridden. As to the ruck, it is sufficient to say that a sporting parson, from the English side ( from about Bewcastle, we believe), and late a fellow of Queen's, had the honour of dividing the " wooden spoon" with Wat An- nison, an equally sporting butcher from Langholm. The pace now began to mend, its improvement being such, indeed— we con- fess it with shame— as to compel us to pull up and light our cuttie. But our motto is " nil desperandum," and having a thorough knowledge of the country, acquired long years ago in our youth, when we shouldered the theodolite, and " dragged at each remove a lengthened chain," we retraced our steps " with the slow motion of a summer cloud" to her Majesty's highway, resolving to steal a march upon the enemy. To pass Fiddleton Toll without stopping to enjoy " the pot that cheers but not inebriates," was of course out of the question, so descending from our high horse we had a crack with Sandy. That diver- tissement concluded we reascended, got up our steam ( she is a " screw" we now command), aud bore away through Ewesdoors for Teviot Stone. There we overhauled Johnnie Common, who, forgetting he had to " saddle White Surrey for the kirk to- morrow," was tearing along at no uncommon pace. We twa ha' fuddled in the Buck, And drunk the whisky tine; Then let us stick thegither, John, And keep the proper line. And that we did in close and jolly partnership all the way dawn Courlawhope and through Glenshanna, and past the mines to Glendinning, where, thanks to Diana ( she shall receive a heca- tomb as soon as the price of beef falls) we found the hounds at fault. A few scientific casts by Jonathan, however, imme- diately put all to rights again, and the chase went on with re- newed vigour to Craigmichan Scaurs, where the fox was headed by a posse of herds and their collies. These fellows are a perfect nuisance; many a good run have they spoiled, and the sooner they are all drafted into the Militia the better for their country ; and for us. Forced to turn his nose down Esk, the hounds ; and curs both close at his brush, he now ran beautifully | over the level haughs of Fingland, as far as Nether Cassock, every j one thinking the curtain was about to drop. But no, the play was not yet played out; for the gallant creature, game as a pebble, still carried on, gradually getting more and more ahead of his pursuers, and, on reaching Balliehill, he was full half a mile in advance of them. From this point he struggled bravely forward for a mile or two, when his bottom at last gave way, and he was forced to haul down his colours and close his eyes, in a meadow field close to the manse of Westerkirk, and within sight of his native woods. None of the field were actually up at the death ; but they soon came dropping in by ones and twos, a " heavy" being the first to make his appearance in the person of M. Jameson, Esq, who thus had the honour of tying the brush to his saddle- bow and bearing it in triumph home to *' the wife and bairns." When we consider the distance of country passed over, certainly not under twenty miles, and the time— two hours and twenty minutes— this must be losked upon as the finest run these hounds have ever had, and the day must ever con- tinue a memorable one in tlie annals of the pack. Now let us sing, long live the Queen, And Murray long live he. And when he next a hunting goes, May we be there to see. Langholm, Oct 19th. PETEB WHIP. [ We hope our correspondent will continue to favour us with his racy communications throughout the soasoti.— ED.] THE NORTH WARWICKSHIRE. Ma EDITOB : These hounds ( John Baker, Esq, master) had a splendid day's sport yesterday, and I shall be glad of sufficient space to enable me to attempt, as the only one left in the run, to describe it, my account of which necessarily must be very imperfect, even if I had the ability, owing to the pace being racing from beginning to finish, and without a single cneck of any sort or kind. The meet was Forshaw Park, on the Birmingham side of the country, which was drawn blank. This proved fortunate as it happened, the morniug being foggy until an hour later. We therefore trotted off to Ladbrook, where we found immediately, aud after one canter round, off we went, at tha top side, for the Portway, at a pace that tells its own tale, every man out but three being licked off at the third mile, and never seen afterwards. The three were composed of the hunts- man, first whip, and your humble servant, whose position also was very awkward, never being able to get within two fields of the hounds at any time during the run. On leaving Ladbrook he went straight for the Portway covert, but leaving it a little on the left for Hobbs's Hill, leaving that to the right, and then straight to Lilley's Green, with his head pointing for Broms- grove Lickey, where there is no doubt our fox intended to have gone, Jbut the pace was too severe for even his legs, although au old- un. He therefore turned a little to the left, down the grass fields to Pot End, over Park Farm to Bordersley Park, which he left a little to the right, over the Birmingham turnpike- road, up to Butler's Hill, where we hoped he would stop for us. iJut no! on he went, over Brockhill Farm up to Brockhill Wood, leaving Hewell on the right, over Salter's Lane, up to the Fox Liddiatt covert above Redditch, where he went to some large and deep earths, in one hour and fifteen minutes, and over at least sixteen miles of country, with the whole pack up except one couple, left in the covert at starting, which proves beyond any doubt the quality and the condition of these hounds.— Yours, & c, PULL HABD. Leamington, Oct 15, 1857. CAUTION TO FOX POISONERS AND OTHERS. MB EDITOB : Sydney Smith being annoyed by tribes of use- less dogs in his locality, got up a statement showing the pains and penalties resulting to their owners by the visits of the tax- gatherers. It was a fable only, but had the desired effect. Might not one of a similar nature, such as the enclosed, tend to prevent that wholesale poisoning of foxes which is prevalent in many parts of England ? If inserted in your most valuable paper it would probably be copied by others, aud if it did no good it could not by any possibility do harm.— Yours, & c, FABEXIST. A melancholy instance of the danger of setting poison to kill vermin recently occurred at the village of Duncorn. Several farmers formed a plan for destroying foxes aud other vermin in that locality by placing poison on their lauds ; iu a few days the poultry was found to decrease in number, fewer fowls returning to roost at night than had left for the fields in the morning— those which disappeared were thought to have been destroyed by the foxes. Of the fowls that returned home some were ob- served to stagger, about, while others dropped dowu. The thrifty wife of one farmer killed two or three of the sickly fowls and had them cooked for dinner. Tha family partook of them, and the mother aud three of the children were almost imme- diately taken alarmingly ill. A medical man was promptly called in, who pronounced them to be labouring under the effects of some deadly poison, and instantly administered anti- dotes. Fortunately the quantity of poison they had imbibed had been sufficient only to endanger and not to sacrifice the lives of those who had dined off the poisoned food; not so, however, we regret to say, with an infant at the breast of the mother, who had been more strongly acted upon by the subtle poison than the others. The child died. An inquest was held, and the in- vestigation clearly showed that the poultry had got to thepoi3on intended for the vermin, and thus one life was sacrificed, aud others put in imminent peril. This is not all. One farmer lost several pigs; another two or three sheep; another a brood mare and a foal. Several dogs disappeared, and were afterwards fouud dead in the fields and duches. It is conjectured, and with good reason, that tho foxes and other animals that had partaken of the poison had vomited amongst the herbage, and thus the death of the cattle is accounted for. HUNTING MEN AND THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. On Thursday, the 15th inat, Dr Collins, of Gloucester- road, Re- gent's Park, was summoned before Mr Tyrwhitt, at the Clerken- well police court, for assaulting the police in the execution of their duty. The case excited great interest, and the court was crowded during the investigation. Mr Bowen May, who attended on behalf of defendant, said that before the hearing of the case he had an application to make, on behalf of Dr Collins, for a summons against the police- men in question; and as it was a matter of great importance to the public, he should, if necessary, request that the other case might be adjourned, in order that the whole matter might be fully investigated. He stated that Dr Collins and another gen- tlemen, with himself ( Mr Bowen May), had returned from hunting by the Great Northern Railway on the previous even- ing, and as his client was riding out of the station a police- constable violently seized his horse by the head with such force as to lacerate its mouth, and being an animal of high courage, caused him to rear so much that his ( Dr Collins's) life was en- dangered, the only pretext for such conduct being, tliat the rider had not what was termed a " pass." In order to iuduoe the policeman to comply with the repeated request to release the horse, Dr Collins struck the officer over the knuckles with his whip. Mr Bowen May contended that the rule, if one existed, of having a " pa9s" was a most offensive and useless one, and was neither legal nor usual, and was never adopted on any other line. He had himself constantly taken his horses by every line in London, and could speak most positively that such an improper practice did not exist elsewhere, and he had on the evening in question and on several other occasions taken his horses even by the Great Northern without procuring a " pass," and contended that the payment of the fare and delivery up of the ticket en- titled man and horse to go free without further hindrance. Mr Tyrwhitt said he thought Mr Bowen May wanted to stand in the position of plaintiff instead of defendant. Mr May replied that the present summons would not have been taken out by the railway company had the police not been threatened with a similar proceeding by his client; but he thought that the stratagem of the policemau in taking the first step ought not, under these circumstances, to be allowed. Mr Tyrwhitt then granted the summons applied for by Mr Bowen May, aud it was arranged that both cases should at once come on for hearing. The policeman of the railway company, deposed that the defendant, having refused to deliver a " pass" after being requested to do so three times, he seized the horse's bridle, upon which the rider spurred him, and he reared— that he ( witness) still clung en, upon which defendant struck him most violently over the hand aud arm with the but- end of his hunting whip, and then over the £ ead with the other end. Another policen. an then came up, whom defendant also as- saulted, and he was then taken into custody. Cross- examined : He never saw aay notice, either on the tickets or at the station, that a " pass" was required. No pass was required for a passenger. His orders were to stop all horses without a " pass." Police- constable 132 S confirmed the witness as to the severity of the assault, and also of that upon himself, Other of the company's servants were called in confirmation of the complainant's case. Mr Bowen May then addressed the magistrate and said that he should prove, first, that there was no such invariable rule with this railway company; that no other company in Loudon had such a preposterous law, and it was one that they had no right to enforce. He should call witnesses to prove that they had never been asked for the stupid " pass" even on this line, and that no notice was given to the defendant that it would be required. He contended that the complainant had no locus standi; first, because all that was requisite for a gentleman to do was to pay his money aud give up his ticket; and, secondly, that when the alleged assault was committed, the defendant was in a public highway. He justified the assault, and said that if it had happened to himself in the " gar- roting" days, he should have drawn his revolver and snot any man who stopped him. The course that had been adopted by the complainant was exceedingly dangerous, to say the least of it, and one that ought to be suppressed. He admitted that much good was done in police courts by exposing and putting down practices that were injurious to society, and he called upon the magistrate in this case to express the opinion he must enter- tain of the " pass" system, and the dangerous mode of enforcing it. He contended that a gentleman was justified in striking any man who attacked his horse, and for his own part he would always do so. Mr Tyrwhitt: That point was determined in 1851, in the case of Capt Somerset, when the decision was against bim. Mr Bowen May said that he should be prepared to argue such a case if it arose again, and concluded his address by calling upon the magistrate to dismiss the summons, promising that when his case came on he would prove by a flood of witnesses tbe facts he had opened. He then called MrHaynes Walton, surgeon, of Brook- street, who deposed that he was one of the three gentlemen in question; that he had before taken horses by the Great Northern, and had never been asked for, or given, any " pass ;" that neither witness nor the defendant were told a " pass" was necessary, and when asked for a " pass" on leaving the premises defendant said it was given to the guard, believing the ticket was that required. He had taken his horse by several of the other lines of railway, includ- ing the London and Birmingham, the South Coast, and Great Western, and no such practice existed there. Mr Haslard Harris, of Gower- street, stated that a friend of his kept a pack of hounds down the Great Northern line, and he had frequently taken his horse down, and had never heard of a " pass" being required until this day. He had hunted with Her Majesty's Stag Hounds, and taken his horse by several other lines, and no sueh practice existed on any of them. Mr Bowen May then contended that he had fully made out the case for the defence, and was prepared to go on with his own summons; but if the gentleman who attended on behalf of the Great Northern Railway Company liked to do what appeared to be right, and withdraw his summons, he, on behalf of Dr Col- lins, would abandon his application against the police, and would not bring any action or take any proceedings against the company. This proposition was ultimately carried out, and the case, which, judging from the numerous audience and interest taken in the proceedings, appeared to be considered as involving an important question to hunting gentlemen, then terminated. [ We trust that the directors of this company will benefit by the investigation, and facilitate instead of putting obstacles in the way of hunting men getting their weary horsss off the line ; there is necessarily a disagreeable delay in unloading horses, and to have this increased at the end of a long day is certainly not a step in the right direction.— ED.] STEEPLE CHASING. STEEPLE CHASES TO COME. OCTOBER. 26.— Abcrystwith Hunt ( 3)- The Open Steeple Chase ( closed), and forfeits declared; the Gogerddan Selling Stakes to close and name Oct 26th, between eight and ten p. m.; Consolation to close and name on the day of the race. NOVEMBER. 8.— Worcester Autumn ( 2)— Closed. 6.— Wenlock ( l)- Selling Hurdle Race to close and name to the Clerk of the Course before 10 p. m., Nov 5. 17.— Shrewsbury ( 3)— The Grand Annual Steeple Chase, Hurdle Race, and Selling Hurdle Race closed ; » weishts to be declared Nov 3; forfeits declared by 12 noon Nov 9. c 20.— Ludlow ( 1)— Hurdle Race to close and name to the Clerk oi h » Course, and colours and weights declared before 9 p. m., Nov 19, IRELAND. NOVEMBER, 5,— Armagh— The Ulster Grand National Steeple Chase Handicap ( closed), and forfeits declared. [ From our " Latest Edition " of last week.] THE BETTING CHUSABE— CASE OF MR THORPE. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, SAT., OCT. 17. [ Before Mr BLISS, Q. C., and a Bench of Magistrates.] THE QUEEN V THORPE. This appeal, which for some time past has excited great interest in the sporting world, came on for hearing on the 17th inst, Mr Thorpe, it will be remembered, was convicted before Mr Beadon, at the Marlborough- street police court, and sentenced to two months' hard labour for " using a certain house at 124* Jermyn- street, for the purposes of betting," and it was against that conviction that he now appealed. Mr BODKIN appeared for the Crown to support the convic- tion, and Mr Sergeant BAILAJXINE and Mr F. H. LEWIS, in- structed by Mr Abrahams, for the appellant. Mr Thorpe sat immediately under his counsel by the side of his solicitor. Mr BODKIN, having briefly opened the case, called Inspector Webb, who said he was directed to go into a house situate opposite Mr Thorpe's, iu Jermyn- street, on the 4th of May last. He watched the defendant's house, aud counted two hundred and fifty- eight persons go in and out during five hours, that was from ten to three o'clock.—[ The witness further de- posed to serving the warrant in the evening of the same day, in company with Superintendent Hanuant, and produced several letters to show that MrThorpe had beeniu the habit of receiving commissions from the country to bet on races.] Cross- examined by Mr Sergeant BAHANTINE : There was no one watchiag with me. I was in the third floor room of the house opposite. I saw several persons come to the window with books iu their hands. I do not remember any occurrence of aa assem- blage of persons without Mr Thorpe being present. I cannot say there were not. I would- not swear there were not. These two hundred and fifty- eight persons did not include those who went in, came out, and then returned, because when I recognised one person as having previously entered I did not count him. I do not think I counted many twice. George Draper, police- constable 326 A, said he was directed by the superintendent to go to 124, Jermyn- street, ou the 4th of May. He went iu plain clothes. Mr Thorpe was behind the counter. Three persons went in about the same time as he did, and one asked Mr Thorpe what Leamington's price was ? The defendant replied 5to 1. The man saiu, " Cannot you give me mora than that ?" Thorpe said, " Well, if you want to back him I will give you sixes to one." Mr BLISS : What is that— six to one I suppose you mean ? Mr BODKIN : Sixes is the phrase my lord. Mr Sergeant BALLANTINB : Your lordship may rely on my frisnd's accuracy in these matters. Mr BODKIN : I have been under my friend's tuition, and know more about them than I did last year [ laughter]. Examination continued: The man put a sovereign on the counter and said " Williams." Thorpe took up the moaey, took a book out of his pocket, aud wrote something therein in pencil. I then left the place. The man remained. He was a stranger to me. Cross examined: He gave the name of Williams. Mr Sergeant BALLANTINE : You went in to represent a sport- ing man, I suppose, as oae of the great body of the betting public?— Witness : I went iu plain clothes. Mr Sergeant BALLANIINE : You had on a cut- away coat, I suppose, and tried to look aa much like a sporting man as pos- sible [ laughter]?— Witness ( very innocently): I do not know that I looked like a sporting man. Mr Sergeant BALLANTINE : They do not keep clothes of that kind for you, I suppose?— Witness: Oh, no. I went in for the purpose of seeing what was going on. I have a head on my shoulders [ laughter], and was not ignorant of what took place. I did not take the man Williams's address, because it was no part of my instructions. Mr Sergeant BALLANXINE : Then, that fine head upon your shoulders was not to be used in that way [ laughterj ?— Witness : No, it is not at all likely that a betting- man would give me his address. K, e- examiued : I acted in pursuance of the instructions of my superintendent. Edward George Cox : I was a constable of the E division, No. 191, at the time in question, but have since left the force. By direction of my superintendent, I went to 124, Jermyn- street, ou the 4th of May. 1 went about twelve o'clock at noon, in plain clothes. I saw Mr Thorpe behind the counter. There were two persons in front of it. I asked Thorpe what the odds were against Leamington, Van Dunck, and Zig Zag respectively. They were horses engaged in the Chester Cup. Mr Thorpe said 5 to 1 agst Leamington, 10 to 1 agst Van Duiick, aud 20 to 1 agst Zig Zag. I was then coming away, when he said, " I will make it 30 agst Zig Zag." I said, " No;" aud left the place. Between six and seven o'clock iu the evening of the same day I went again. Thorpe was not there when I entered, but shortly afterwards he came from the back parlour behind the counter. There were four persons iu front of the bar then, but a man shortly afterwards came in by the front door, making the fifth person, and he asked the odds against Turbit. Thorpe said 4 to 1. The man said, " Cannot you make it five?" and he laid a sovereign on the counter. Mr Thorpe took up the sovereign, aud told the man to step inside. The man went in and shut the door. The parlour communicates with the bar, and there is a doer to part the bar from the front, and another door from the bar into the parlour. I came away after I heard the conversation. Mr Hannant, superintendent of the C division, said he went to the house in question on the 4th of May between seven aud eight o'clock in the evening. He saw Mr Thorpe behind the couuter. He knew hini before, having seen him repeat- edly. He said, " Mr Thorpe, I have a warrant to enter your house." Defendant hurried away immediately. Witness jumped over the couuter after him, but he escaped. On enter- ing the house he found there were two ways of exit. Thorpe might have got out at the private door into the street, or he could have escaped over the back wall by a ladder, which was found against it. Any one getting over that wall would go into an adjoining public- house. John Kirby was theu called, and appeared, but, upon enter- ing the box, he resolutely refused to be sworn until either his expenses were paid, or the person answerable for them was made known to him. In vain did Mr Bodkin assure him all reasonable charges would be allowed by the Solicitor to the Treasury, Mr Kirby expressing, amid the laughter of the court, his want of confidence in that official; and it was not till the solicitor had relieved his doubts upon the matter in the shape of a £ 5 note that he consented, as he termed it, " to begin." He stated that he resided at Boston, in Lincolnshire, and iived upon his property. In May last he made a bet with Mr Thorpe, who laid him £ 60 to £ 2 against Blink Bonny winning the Derby and Oaks. Mr Sergeant BALLANIINE: What date is this ?— Witness: The 14th of May. Mr Sergeant BALLANIINE : Then I submit to your lordship that it cannot be received as evidence, because this took place after the day mentioned in the summons. Mr BODKIN: It leads to a conversation pertinent to this issue. Mr Sergeant BALLANTINE : Well, at present I object to the fact being proved, aud perhaps your lordship will consider my objection before my friend proceeds. Mr BLISS : The fact is not relevant, but it may lead to some- thing that is. Examination continued: I made the bet at 124, Jermyn- street, not in the house, but iu the street. Blink Bonny won both events. I have since seen Mr Thorpe repeatedly, and he has never paid me. He said the police had got his books. I then showed him this entry ( producing a memorandum book). Mr Thorpe himself wrote his name against the bet. I have given him altogether £ 23 on different bets I have made at his house. Cross- examined: The property I live on is my wife's. I had the good fortune to marry a wife with some money. I never was an inspector of weights and measures, and never said I was so. That I will swear. I never received some money from a person on the representation that I was inspector, and never suffered eleven days' imprisonment for doing so. I did have eleven days, but that was awaiting the assizes, where I was ac- quitted, and ( continued the witness most maliciously) that too without the aid of either counsel or solicitor [ laughter]. Mr Sergeant BALLANTINE: I do not know whether your lordship will put that down. It is an attack upon the entire profession [ lond laughter]. Cross- examination continued : I never understood the nature of the charge against me. Mr Thorpe keeps the White Bear in Piccadilly. I was there last night. I saw a gentleman there. I believe his name was Abrahams; he is the attorney to Mr Thorpe. I did not say if he would give me £ 201 would get out of the way. What I did say was this, that if Mr Thorpe would pay me what he owed me, I would not be here to give evidence to- day. I have been paid my expenses for coming here now. Mr Sergeant BALLANTINE : And very w ell paid too, considering what evidence you have given [ laughter]. Inspector Webb was recalled, and the memorandum book produced by the last witness being handed to him, he stated that to the best of his belief the name Thorpe was in the hand- writing of the defendant. Mr Sergeant BALLANTINE : I admit that. Mr James Scott, the collector ot rates for the parish of St James's, Westminster, deposed that Mr Thorpe was rated for the house, 124, Jermyn- street, and paid tho rates ; he paid the last about a month ago. Mr BODKIN : That is the case. Mr Sergeant BALLANTINE then rose, and said hehadthehonour to appear on behalf of Mr Thorpe, iu support of the appeal, one which, while undoubtedly presenting features of very consider- able moment to society in general, was in the highest degree important to his client, whose deepest and best interests were involved in the decision to which they might arrive. He should not feel it necessary to offer any very lengthy remarks on the evi- dence which had just been adduced, for he believed matters of this kind had been before the court on former occasions, and although the statute was of comparatively recent date, several appeals had already been made in connection therewith, and the question had been a good deal discussed at various legal tribunals. He should therefore confine himself to the merits of the case, as adduced before the bench in the evidence brought forward by the Crown, insomuch as it bore upon the arguments which he should feel it his duty humbly to address to the court. At the commencement ho wished to remark that his learned friend had sat down with- out attempting to prove a statement which he put forward in his opening, and one which he ( the learned sergeant) considered he was by no means justified in making, namely, that Mr Thorpe had been previously convicted. There was no evidence of any such conviction adduced upon the pre- sent occasion, beyond that against which he now appealed, and he stood before them in a position of very great pain, and of very great peril, that conviction hanging over him, that sentence of hard labour for two months still pending, and in- flicted without any aggravating circumstances having been proved against him, so far as the court could gather from what it had then heard. The sentence, moreover, was one which would be most destructive to Mr Thorpe's health and position in society, and he therefore felt the greatest possible anxiety as to the issue they now had to decide. He apprehended that there could be no doubt whatever but that thecourtwoulddeal with thecaseas one in which the letter of the law, as well as the spirit, must be shown to have been broken, ile should have the sanction, he thought, of every gentleman present for saying that the Govern- ment were bound to produce every fact and circumstance which might in any way bear upon the case, and that unless they did so, Mr Thorpe was entitled to the benefit of the absence of any such proof. He should treat this court in a twofold point of view. It was a court of law, called upon to decide upon matters of law, but it also existed as a jury called upon to decide by facts governed by that law, aud those facts must be conclusive, and bring the charge within the law as laid down and decided by themselves. Under those circumstances his client would be entitled to that which counsel ordinarily termed the " benefit of the doubt," and this beit.; g a statute of a highly penal charact er, and the magistrate having elected to inflict a very severe punishment on the defendant, he had a right— to say the least of it— to resort to every means the law gave him to extricate himself from the perilous position in which he was now placed. Let him call their attention to the evidence that had been given. Here was no case of flagrant impropriety— here was no case in which a man had so miscon- ducted himself as to warrant his being locked up in a cell with common felons [ the defendant was here visibly affected]— here was a case in which a man might be supposed to have violated a law— he ( Mr Sergeant Ballantine) would presently consider whe- ther that was so or not— which in its operation inflicted severe penalties on the humbler classes, while it left persons of very much higher rank and position unscathed, and allowed them to pursue at perfect liberty that for which a magistrate had sen- tenced Mr Thorpe to a punishment of a frightful character. It was not for him to dwell on a subject with which they were all well acquainted, and one which related to places in the metropolis where transactions of this character were carried on to a much greater extent than those for which Mr Thorpe was sought to be pusished. It was not for him to dwell upon the hardship of selecting this individual out of so many others whoso practices were tolerated, but he appealed to their sense of justice whether the defendant had committed any offence deserving the punish- ment inflicted by the magistrate, and he asked them whether Mr Thorpe was not a member of the betting men who always existed, and who, it was a well- known fact, now existed, and who carried on the business to a much greater extent; he asked them whether it was fair, just, or impartial to single out Mr Thorpe from such a crowd of persons, many of whom, if viola, tion of the law there be, had committed far graver offences than Mr Thorpe was proved to have been guilty of. He- would call their attention to the words of the act of Parliament and he apprehended they would be called upon to decidt^ strictissimi juris. They would, therefore— this being a matter of a penal character— not support a conviction unless proved beyond all doubt, and if there should be any absence of fact or circumstance necessary to assist their decision, and if without such fact or circumstance tho proof of the case was in* perfect on the part of the prosecution, the defendant in point of law was entitled to have the conviction quashed. They would bear in mind that this was a Government prosecution— a prosecution by those who had all the means and appliances to present a case perfect to the court, and. be submitted that ( although one of the witnesses seemed to consider it unsafe to trust the Solicitor to the Treasury) that gentleman possessed very great power in matters of this description, and had every means at command. Now, the words of the act were—" Any person who, being the owner or occupier of any house, office, room, or other place." He begged the attention of the court to these words, because he should submit that the prosecution had made a signal blunder, and that their evidence was applied to that which, in reality, it was not com- petent to prove. Instead of charging the defendant with using either an office. or a room for the purposes of betting, & c— for the act gave them their choice of three charges— they prefer one which accused the defendant of being the occupier of a house unlawfully used, and therefore the allegation was that the house was used for the purposes of betting. The evidence was merely that the shop was used for that purpose, and, inasmuch as by the section of the act the election was open to the Government, he apprehended the distinction was meant to be conveyed, so that it might be necessary for those who drew up the conviction to elect tbe place which they allege was used for the pur- poses of betting. Well, the Government had that election open to them, and they elected to say that Mr Thorpe. " used his house for the purposes of betting." He ( the learned sergeant) should contend most confidently that the evidence did not support that allegation, and he had no hesitation whatever in exhorting the bench to adopt a strict view of the subject, because the Government had it at their elec- tion to say that the shop was used for the purpose alleged, and that would have beeu more in accordance with the evidence than the view they chose to take to support a conviction. Again, it must be proved beyond all question that Mr Thorpe was occu- pier of the house. He believed he should have tho sanction of the learned chairman for laying that proposition before them, for the matter was made a necessary ingredient in the act of Parliament, and he therefore started upon the supposition that they would all agree with him as to the necessity of that matter being proved. Now what was the evidence upon that subject ? There appeared to be a house in Jermyn- street rated in the parish of St James' 9, in Mr Thorpe's name, and it further ap- peared that he had beeu in the habit from time to time of paying the rates for that house; but it also appeared that connected with that house there was a shop in which the defendant was seen committing the acts which were alleged to be sufficient to convict him. it was not shown, however— and he earnestly begged the attention of the court to this fact— that the shop was any part whatever of the house for which Mr Thorpe was rated in the parish books. No question, whatever, had been gut to any individual; no inquiry had been made of the constable; and, so far as they knew, there was no connection, and no en- trance out of the shop into the house for which he was rated. He therefore ventured, treating this matter as one strictissimi juris, that it was perfectly reconcileable with the evidence that the shop and back- parlour were independent, and had no con- nection whatever. Mr BODKIN : You forget that some of the books were found in the first floor. Mr Sergeant BALLANTINE Well, what of that ? That does not disturb my argument. Mr BODKIN : OH! I beg your pardon. Mr BLISS : But you have not cross examined on that point. Mr Sergeant BALLANTINE : No, my lord, nor did I mean to do so. I should not cross- examine to raise a point against myself. My notions of cross- examination are, to make a point for my- self ; and if my friend leaves a case imperfect, it is not for me to rectify his omission. I am not dealing with this as a matter ia which there is any great question in poiut of fact, but as one in which the prosecution were bound to lay before you the strictest evidence in point of law, and if there is any omission on that sub- ject, it is an omission sufficiently strong and important to prove fatal to their case. I venture, therefore, to put it to you— subject of course to your correction— whether or not the al- legation is made out to your satisfaction that Mr Thorpe is the occupier of the house tcv which the shop belongs, and which shop is alleged to be part of that house; and I take the liberty of submitting to you that my friend has left the matter imperfect before you, and that, what- ever your impressions may be, that imperfection is one for which my learned friend is answerable, and which applies to the case he has now produced. I am very anxious to press the attention of the court to this matter. I am quite aware that if I were dealing with it before a jury, an argument of this kind would be treated with very little respect; but I am well aware that judges are bound by the law, and I am also aware that they are bound to see the letter of that law carried into effect, as well as the spirit aud substance. Is Mr Thorpe, then, shown to be the occupier of the house of which the shop in which the alleged offence took place was said to be a part ? Is that shop part of the house for which he is shown to be rated ? Those are the questions, sir, I submit to you. Mr BLISS : Do you expect now, without any cross- examina- tion, to convince us that the shop is not a part of the house for which Mr Thorpe is rated? Mr Sergeant BALLANTINE : No, sir, I do not expect to con- vince you. I do not try to convince you. It is not my duty to convince you. I only call upon you as the administrators of the law to give me the advantage of an omission on the part of the prosecution in the case they have presented to you. I will not, however, take up the time of the court by further dwelling thereon; I have done my duty in submitting the matter to you, and you will have to dispose of it as in point of law and fact you consider it right to be done. The next point is whether this house— and it is alleged to be a house— was used for the purposes of betting. I do not know, sir, whether you think there is evidence sufficient to support that allegation. It is perfectly true that evidence has been given of Mr Thorpe being iu the house ; but surely that is not sufficient to support the conviction that he used the house for the purposes of betting. Now we have undoubtedly the evidence of the police as to the transactions of the 4th of May, and I wish to exclude all their evidence which has no direct relevancy to this inquiry. I ap- prehend that the court will concede to me that, supposing this house to be used by the defendant on the 4th of May, that has HO direct bearing on the question of " did he use it for the purposes of betting" on that day ? Unless I am very much mistaken, I shall be entitled ou this subject to ask you to give the defendant the benefit of the imperfect case that has been made out; and I beg to call the attention of the court to the very grave imperfections there ars> in the evidence produced by the Government. I call your at—: tention to that matter particularly, because if this question be allowed to pass, and this conviction be atfirinod, upon such loose and imperfect evidence as 1 humbly submit you have had adduced today, many men may be placed in the position of my client because they happened to fee seen standing at the window of a house with a book in their hands. The suspicious of the police will be immediately aroused; the person so seen has inquiries made respecting him; he is discovered to be an inhabitant of the house wherein he was seen ; the book which he held in his hand is seized under a warrant, and the result is that he is charged " for that he, being the owner and occupier of the house, unlawfully used tho same for the purposes of betting." You will therefore readily see how conclusive and satisfactory the testimony should be upon such a subject. Now, in this case, we have only the evidence of one witness, who was watching from the window opposite; the other ' witness only speaks to the 4th inst., and he alone is confirmed by the inspector who went into the house at the time it is said the defendant escaped. Upon that evidence you are asked to say that the defendant " used the house for the purposes of betting." With respect to Mr Webb ( who is a most intelligent and active officer and the substantial accuracy of whose evidence I do not doubt) I as- sume from his evidence that betting was going on in the house, but whether or not Mr Thorpe was " using that house for the purposes of betting" is left entirely in doubt, unless that doubt can be solved by the other witnesses, who went in for the ex- press purpose of instituting a look- out. These persons, it must be remembered, were merely watching, and of course were na- turally interested in making out as strong a case against the defendant as they could, consistently with what little they might have seen, to produce before you; and although their zeal in this respect appears to have been fully carried out, they yet forgot one important link in the chain of evidence, by omitting to institute inquiry in regard to the person named Williams, who is alleged to have been seen betting on the day in question. Independently of that. I submit to you that it does not clearly make out that Mr Thorpe was the parson using the house ; and it is upon that point that I now call your attention and beg your judgment. With reference to the last witness called before you to- day, I need say nothing. The evidence of a person who would accept money to get out of the way— to say nothing of bis demeanour in court this day, and which you had au opportunity of observing— is worthy of little credit; and people who come here to sell their evidence cannot be worth much, aud in a case of this description must hardly be relied on. I therefore come back to that which is the evideKce of the police alone, entirely unconfirmed by any other testimony— although that testimony could easily have been obtained by them through the medium of the books and papers found at the house, and which have been produced here to- day. The matter, therefore, is left in doubt; and again I submit that upon such evidence the court cannot act as to this most penal statute, and affirm the question which I previously submitted to it— whether Mr Thorpe " used the house for the purposes of betting." I apprehend, sir, that such will not be your decision, but that you will rather confess that the case is not satisfactorily made out, and that consequently I am en- titled to the benefit of the doubt, and my client to an acquittal. I am aware that I have in the course of my address had to deal largely with technicalities; and I am also aware that this form of speech is the most tedious that a counsel can use; but I think, sir, when you consider this case in all its bearings, my remarks have been justified by the facts with which I have had to deal. We all know that a crusade has been made against the humbler classes, who are only guilty of indulging in the vices which persons of a higher grade are permitted to pursue with impunity, and I do not deny but what the Government are right, to a certain extent, with respect to the course they have pursued in relation to the general system of betting ; but we must all feel that the case does not involve anything like great criminality ; and, even supposing it proved, Mr Thorpe haa not violated the law in any way so as to affect public interests. Sir, in a matter of this kind, I am obliged to resort to those arguments which such a case alone presents, and to ask you to look at this matter earnestly, carefully, and strictly; dealing with it according to that judgment which, as lawyers, you ought to apply ; exerting that feeling which, if you were sitting in the position of jurymen, you would impart to the case ; and feeling satisfied that you will show every disposition to consider the arguments I have laid before you, I will now leave the casein your hands, perfectly convinced that it will meet with that careful and earnest judgment which its import- ance to the public generally ( but more especially to my client personally) fully and entirely deserves. The Bench having deliberated for a few minutes, Mr BLISS proceeded to deliver the judgment of the court, acf<.^ follows:— I have no question whatever— and the court is unani- mously of the same opinion— that this conviction should be affirmed. The argument set up on the part of the appellant is, first, that there is no evidence that he occupied the room or used it for the purpose of a room, or that he occupied it for the purposes of betting; and, secondly, that the conviction is wrong, because he is indicted for using the house, and that if he occupies the room the proof must be that he occupies tfce room, and that if he occupies the house, the proof must be that he occupies the house, and even if it be proved to the satisfaction of the court that he occupies the room for the purposes of bet- ting, the proof must extend to the house, and not only to a room of that house. The Act was intended, no doubt, to catch the case in which a person occupied the room of a house as a separate tenant; but, in my opinion, if a person occupies the house, and lets a room in the house, and uses any one room of that house for the purposes of betting, he uses the house for tbat purpose, and would be properly so laid down in a conviction that he is an offender for " using the house." Besides, in this case not only in the down- stairs room are bets made, but the up- stairs room is used for the purpose of betting; I am therefore of opinion that the appellant " used the house" according to the meaning of the statute. That he is the occupier of the house there can be no doubt, and as to using it for the purpose of betting we have heard the evidence of Webb confirmed by that of the other witnesses, thus making a clear case according to the act of Parliament. In our opinion, therefore, the conviction must be affirmed. The defendant, who seemed to feel his position acutely, but who was apparently anxious net to allow his feelings to betray themselves, was then removed in custody by a turnkey to the House of Correction, Coldbath- fields, to undergo the two months' imprisonment, with hard labour, to which he was originally sentenced. LONDON.— Printed and Published at " BELL'S LISB IN LONDOM" Office, at 170, Strand, in the Parish of St. Clement Danes, in the City and Liberty of Westminster, by WILLIAM CLEMBNT of the same place,— SUNDAY, OCT. 25, 1857,