MF! ( SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1857.) AND SPORTING CHRONICLE. TOWK EDITION.); The early publication commences at Five o'Clock oa Saturday Mornings,- - Agents for Ireland, Messrs SMITH and Sen, Eden- quay, Dublin, Foreign Agent, Mr Cowie, St Ann's- lano, General Post Office.-—— STAMPED EDITION, SIXPENCEJ UNSTAMPED, FIVEPEITCB, — Omce, 170, Strand, JJIPSOM and BRIGHTON, 1858, 1859, 1860.— M ANCHESTER MEETING will take place on " The ten following races, with 1,250 sovs added, close and name to Messrs Weatherby, 6, Old Burlington- street, London, or to tne Cierk 01 the Course, on the first Tuesday in January ( the 5th;. FRIDAY, staked; the winne? of any handle^ of 200 sovsvalue the weights to carry 51b, of any two such races or more, 101b extra, ureat Metropolitan Stakes Course ( two miles and a quarter), to start at tne WTHIN( FI ™ iSUBURBAN Hurnci* of 15sovseach 10. ft. lfdeclared, with 100 sovs added; the winner of iandtop of 200 sovs value after publication of the weights to . carry 51b, of any two wen races or more, 101b extra; the second to receive 25 sovs out of thestakes to be run before the Metropolitan Stakes; the tart : mile. and a quarter. The weights to be published in due tune, and the 5 sovs forfeit tor com races to be declared on the first Tuesday in February. EPSOM SUMMER MEETING, 1858. TUESDAY MAT 18 — The Rous STAKES, a Free Handicap oi. 20 sovs J^ fulcase^ npwards ; the winner of any race after publication of the weights patches excepted) to carry 51b, or of two or more races, 10ib < extra, one mile ; entrance 2 sovs, which must be paid for each horse at the tome or nomination, to go to the fund ; the wefghts to be PuWishadmdue time, when notice will be given of the proper time tor acceptances to De ^ WEDNESDAY.— The EPSOM CTTP of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes Of W sove each, h ft; thrfe year olds 7st, four 8st 71b, five and upwards 9st; mares allowed 51b, and geldings 31b; to be run after the Derby and any horse having run in that race without being placed, allowed alb, ^ THURSDAY.— The Two YEAB OLD STAKES of 10 sovs each, withL 50 added ; colts Sst 71b. fillies 8st 41b ; any winner before starting to cany 51b extra; half a mile. ^^ FRIDAY.— The seventh GBEAT SUBBEY FOATSLAKBSOF 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for foals of1857 ; colts,_ 8st 71b, fillies Sst 41b;. the • winner of the Derby to carry 121b, the second in that race, or the winner of; the Oaks or Two Thousand'Gumeas Stakes, 6ib extra; ^ be raa after the Oaks, and filiies having started in that race without being placed aUowed 81b; the last mile of the Derby Couree. Iacase of a walk over for any race at Epsom, only hall the public money will be given. ^ wt^ im. FIRST DAY,— The BRIGHTON STAKBS, a Free Handicap of 20 sovs each, k ft in case of acceptance, with 200 added; for three year olds ana upwards; the winner of any race after publication ofthe weights ( matches excepted) to ca- ry 51b, or of two or more races, 101b extra; the Old Course ( about two miles); entrance 2 sovs, which must be paid tor each horse at the time of nomination, to go to the fund, the weights to De published in due time, when notice will De given of the proper time tor acceptances to be declared. . . ,, SECOND DAY.— The BRIGHTON CCP of 100 sovs, in specie; three year olds 7st 21b, four8st 71b. five 9* t, fix and aged 9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the Old Course ( about two miles); entrance 2 sovs, to go t o the fund, which must be sent with each nomination, and tor each horse that runs 5 sovs extra is to be paid, to go to the second. The conditions of the above two races have been altered from tormer y The CHAMPAGNE STAKES of 100 SOTS, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 each; three year olds 7st 61b, four 8st 71b, five and upwards 8st 121b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winBer to give six dozen ot cham- pagne to the race fund; one mile. 1859, 1860. , _ The eighth BRIGHTON BIENNIAL STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 100 added in each year, for foals of 1857; colts 8st 71b, fillies Sat 41b ; the winner of a stake value 200 sovs to carry 31b extra for every such win- ning ; no horse to carry more than 91b extra; if 20 subscribers, the owner ofthe second horse to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes ; to run at two years old, T. Y. C.; to run at three years old, Bristol Mile. In case of a walk over, or only two horses starting for any race at Brighton, only half the money will be added. HENRY DORLING, Clerk rf the Course, Epsom. MEETING, 1858.— The following stakes close and name on the first Tuesday in J TOESDAY, MARCH 9.— The TRIAL STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 30 added; for three year olds 6st 161b. four 8st 7lb, five 9st, six and aged 9st 31b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; and maiden three year olds at the time of starting allowed 31b, four 51b, five and upwards 71b; winners of 260 sovs at any one time to carry 71b, twice 10lb, and thrice 14lb extra; the winner to pay 5 sovs towards expenses; T. Y. C. The DoifCASTER SPRING HANDICAP ef 15 sovs each, 10 ft and only 5 if declared by a time to be fixed when the handicap is published, with 100 sovs added; the winner of any handicap of the value of 100 sovs after the weights are published to carry 71b, of two or one of 200 sovs value 101b extra; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 25 sovs towards the race fund; St Lester Course; if the highest weight accepting be under Sst 121b it will be raised to that weight, and the others in proportion. WEDNESDAY.— The GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP Of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added; a winner of 100 sovs clear after the weights are published, once 71b, twice or a winner of 300 sovs clear 101b extra; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 25 sovs to the expenses ; about three miles and three quarters, over the usual steeple ohase course. . The BETTING ROOM STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 50 added by the pro- prietors ofthe Subscription Betting Rooms ; for two year olds 7st, three 3st; fillies and geldings allowed 31b ; a winner of 50 sovs once in 1857 or 1858 to carry 31b, twice or 100 sovs 51b extra ; horses that have started • twice in 1857 ana never wen in that year or 1858 allowed 51b ; the se ond to save his stake, and the winner to pay 5 sovs to the race fund; Red House in. Nominations for the above stakes, which are subjeet to the usual con- ditions of this meeting, will be received by Messrs C. and J. Weatherby, 6, Old Burlington- street, London, and by Mr Richard Johnson, of York, Clerk of the Course and Handicapper. JJJL Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, May 26th, 28th, and 29th. 1859:- FIRST DAY.— The UNION CUP of 200 sovs, in specie, given by the Race Committee, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for three year olds and upwards; the winner of any race subsequent to the publication of the weights of the value of 200 aovs, to carry 51b, of two er more 71b extra, andif of the value ot 500, to carry 191b extra, and the second horse 51b extra; DO horse to carry more than lulb extra; the owner of the second horse to receive 20 sovs out of ; the stakes, and . the winner to pay 20 sovs towards expenses; about one mile and a quarter. To close and name on Tuesday, Jan 5th. to Messrs Weatherby, Lon- don; Mr R. Johnson, York ; or Mr Bake, 4, Brown- 3treet, Manchester. Present Subscribers: Lord Ribblesdale | SirH. de Trafford, Bt | Mr Saxon SECOND DAY.— The MANCHESTER TRADESMEN'S CUP of 150 sovs in specie, given by the Race Committee, added to a Handicap Sweep- stakes of 20 sovs each, 10 tt, and 5 if declared by the time prescribed; the winner of any race subsequent to the publication of the weights of the value of 200 sovs, to carry 51b, of two or more 71b extra; and if of the value of 500 sovs to carry 101b, and the second horse Sib extra; BO horse to carry more than 101b extra; the owner of the second horse to receive 30 sovs out ofthe stakes, and the winner to pay 20 sovs towards two miles. To close and name as for the Union Cup, Present Subscribers: Mr E. Mills Mr Wilkinson Mr E. W. Topham Mr W. fopharn TATTERSALL' S. — Notice. — The SALE of the horses RIFLEMAN, CAVAN, and MISS ARCHY ( eight- stall stable), advertised to be sold on the 28th inst. is POSTPONED till the 4th Jsnaaiy. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs. TERS ALL, at Hyde Park- corner, on Monday, the 4th of TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, on Monday, January 4th, without reserve, the following weight- carrying HUNTERS, well known with the Duke of Rutland's Hounds, the property of a gentleman de- clining hunting this season: 1. FRONT DE BCEUF, I 3. GREY MOMUS, 2. MONKEY. I 4. DISCOUNT. Also saddles and bridles, clothing, & e. Mr Saxon Mr T. Cliff Mr Lister Mr Osborne JQONCASTER SPRING J^ OTTINGHAM SPRING MEETING will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 16tli and 17tli, 1858. FIRST DAY.— The TRIAL STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 30 added; three year olds 6st 71b, four Sst 51b, five 9st, six and aged 9at Sib; mares and geldings allowed 31b; ' and maiden three year oids at the time of starting allowed 31b, four 61b, five and upwards 91b; winners of 200 sovs at any one time to carry 51b, twice 101b, thrice 141b extra; the winner to pay 5 sovs towards expenses; one mile. To close the first Tuesday in January, and name the night preceding the race, at 8 o'clock; 5 sub- scribers or no race. The NOTTINGHAM SPRING HANDICAP of 5 30vs each, with £ 0 added; the owner ofthe second horse to save his stake; a winner once after the weights are declared to carry 41b, twice, or a winner of any handicap of 100 sovs clear, 71b extra; the winner to pay 5 sovs to the race fund; one mile and a half. To close the first Tuesday in January. The LITTLE JOHN STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for two year olds; celts Sst 71b, fillies Sst 41b; a winner of any two year old race to carry 51b extra; the second horse to save his stake, and the winner to pay 5 sovs towards expenses; about half a mile, straight. To close the first Tuesday in January. SECOND DAY.— The GREAT ANNUAL HURDLE RACE of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; the second horse to save his stake; if 30 subscribers, the second horse to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes, and the third to save his stake; a winner of any handicap, steeple chase, or hurdle race after the declaration ofthe weights to carry 51b, twice 101b extra; the winner to pay 10 sovs towards expenses; about two miles and a half, over eight flights of hurdles. To close the first Tuesday in January. The FOREST PLATE HANDICAP of 50 sovs, for all ages ; a winner of any handicap after the publication of the weights 51b extra; any number of horses the property of the same owner or his confederate may run for this plate; entrance 2 sovs, to go to the race fund; T. Y. C. To close the first Tuesday in January. The other stakes and plates will be ad vertised in due time. NOTTINGHAM JULY MEETING, 1858. FIRST DAY, JULY 20.— The ROBIN HOOD STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for two year olds; colts 8st 71b, fillies 8st 31b; the second horse to save his stake; a winner of any two year old stakes value 100 sovs ( including the winner's own stake) to carry 41b, 200 sovs 71b extra; the winner to pay 5 sovs to the race fund; T. Y. C.. To close the first Tuesday in January. Nominations for the above stakes will be received by Messrs Weatherby, London; Mr Richard Johnson, Herald Office, York; and J. Bradfield, Clerk of the Course. Nottingham. JAMES BRADFIELD, Clerk ofthe Course. Lord Ribblesdale SirH. deTrafford. Bt Mr G. Forster Mr J. Lees Mr Bake . . The Two YEARS OLD STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft with 50 added, for two year old colts 8st 71b, fillies 8< st 41b ; the owner of the second horse to receive back his stake; the winner of any race before starting value 200 sovs to carry 31b, of 50071b extra; T. Y. C. To close and name as for the Union Cup. . Present Subscriber: Mr Saxon. THIRD DAY.— The SALFORD BOROUGH CUP of 100 sovs, in specie, given by the Race Committee, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared by the time prescribed; the win- ner of any race subsequent to the publication of the weights value 200 sovs to carry 51b, of two or more 7lb extra, and if of the value of 500 sovs to carry 101b, and the second horse 51b extra; no horse to carry more than 101b extra; the owner of the second horse to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 10 sovs towards expenses; on* mile and a half. To close and name as for the Union Cup. Present Subscriber: Sir H, D. Traitord, Bart | Mr Saxon 1861. The ELEVENTH MANCHESTER PRODUCE STAKES, of 10 sovs each, h it, with with 100 added, for the produce of mares served in 1857, to run at three years old, colts Sst. 71b, fillies Sst 41b; the winner of any race value500 sovs, before starting, to carry 51b, of 1,000 101b extra; the second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 10 sovs towards expenses; those by horses or out of mares whose produce liave never won allowed 31b, if both 51b; ten produces to be declared, or no race; produce or failure to be declared by August 1st; no produce no forfeit; one mile and three quarters. To close on January 5th. 1859 The SAPLING STAKES of 10 sovs, h ft, with 100 added, for foals of 1857, to run at two years old; colts 8st 71b, and fillies Sst 41b; the owner of the second horse to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes; the winner of any race before starting of the value of 200 sovs to carry 31b, of 500 71b extra, the winner to pay 10 sovs expenses; T. Y. C. To close and name oa January 5th, Duke of BEAUFORT, A Lord W. POWLETT, Utewards Sir H. de TRAFFORD, Bt, fotewaras. Sir J. POTTER. Kt, M. P., J Mr J. BAKE, Clerk of the Course. NORTHAMPTON, 1858.— The FOLLOWING stakes close on Tuesday, January 5th, either to Messrs Weatherby, 6, Old Burlington- street, London ; Mr R. Johnson, St Mary's, York; or to the Clerk ofthe Course, Leicester- terrace, Northampton :— FIRST DAY.— The GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES " of 100 sovs, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes ef 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the first Tuesday in February, 1858; the weights to be out by the 20th of January; the second horse to receive 25 SOTS out of the stakes; the winner of any handicap after the publication ofthe weights to carry 51b, or any two handicaps, 71b extra; the winner to subscribe to the stakes in 1859, and to pay 49 sovs towards expenses ; two miles. SECOND DAY.— Renewal of the RACING STAKES of 20 sovs each, hft, with 50 added; three year old colts Sst 10lb, and fillies 8st 61b ; a winner twice in 1857 to carry 31b, thrice or more in that year 51b, and a winner in 1858 to carry 71b extra; weights not accumulative; horses hav- ing started in 1857 or 1858 without having won up to the day of running, allowed, if once, 3' b, twice 51b; one mile. The ALTHORP PARK STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 50 added ; two year old colts 8st 71b, and fillies Sst 31b; any winner before Btarti- ag to carry 51b extra; T. Y. C., straight run in; half a mile. THOMAS MARSHALL. Clerk of the Course. BATH and SOMERSET COUNTY MEETING — The following stake CLOSES on Tuesday, January 5,1858. SECOND DAY.— The WESTON STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for two year olds, colts Sst 101b, fillies and geldings 8st7ib; the produce of untried horses or mares allowed 31b, if both 51b; the winner of any one stake of 260 sovs value before starting to carry Sib extra; and the winner to pay 5 sovs t ® wards expenses; T. Y. C. ( straight half mile). To close and name to Messrs Weatherby, 6, Old Burlington- street, Lon- don, or to Mr Reynolds, 15, Seymour- street, Bath, on or before Tuesday, the 5th of January, 1858. Mr REYNOLDS, Secretary. BEYERLEY, HULL, and EAST RIDING RACES. 1858. FIRST DAY.— The BISHOP BURTON STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 100 added, for two year olds; colts Sst 71b, and fillies 8st 31b; a winner of any stake amounting to 50 sovs to carry Sib, twice 50, or 100 sovs 51b, or any stake of 200 sovs 71b extra; horses having started twice, and not won, allowed 31b; the second to receive 10 sovs out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 20 sovs to the race fund; T. Y. C. To close and name on the 5th January, 1858. 1860 The LONDESEOROTJGH PRODUCE STAKES of 10 aovs each, h ft, with 100 added, for the produce of mares seivad in 1857, to run at two years old; colts 8st 71b, and fillies 8st 31b, those got by stallions or out efmares that never produced a winner allowed 31b, if claimed at the time] of naming; a winner before starting to carry 31b, twice or 100 sovs 61b extra, or of the Bishop Burton Stakes 91b extra, no horse to carry more than 91b extra; the second horse to save his stake, and the winner to pay 2ft sovs to the race fund; produce to live a week; no produce, no forfeit; T. Y. C. Lerd Londesborough Lord Londesborough Lord Londasborough Lord Loudesborough Lord Londesborough liord Londesborough Lord Londesborough Lord Londesborough Lord Londesborough Lord Londesborough Lord Londesborough Lord Londesborough To close and name on the 5th of January, 1858; produce, or failure of produce, to be declared on the 1st of August, 1858. RICHARD JOHNSON, of York, Clerk of the Course, THE NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEETING will take place on Monday the 15th of February next, at the Rutland Arms, Newmarket, when entries will be made for a stake of £ 6 each for 16 puppies; also a stake of £ 5 each for 16 all- aged dogs and bitches. For entries apply to Mr Gillett, 1, Tavistock- street, Bedford- square. The drawing will take place at the Rutland Arms, 6 o'clock Monday evening, Feb 15. Other stakes will be made after the first day's coursing. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING will take place on Tuesdav and Wednesday, the 2d and 3d of March, 1868. FIRST DAY.— The TRIAL STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 80 added by the Earl of Sefton ; three year olds 6st 61b, four 8st 41b, five 9st, six and aged 9st 31b; mares and geldings allowed 41b; mile and a quarter; 5 subs or no race. To close on the 1st of January, and name the night preceding at 7 o'clock. The LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP ( Handicap) of 100 sovs ( in specie), by subs of 10 sovs each, li ft, with 60 added; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 sovs towards expenses; a Winner of any Han- dicap after publication of the weights 51b extra; mile and a half; 10 subs or no race. To close and name on the 1st of January, and the weights to be published in due time. The TYRO STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 40 added, for two year olds; colts 8st 71b, fillies and geldings 8st 31b; winners 41b extra ; the second to save his stake, and winner to pay 7 sovs towards expenses; 6 subs, or no race ; T. Y. C. To close and name as for the Spring Cup. The AINTREE PLATE of 50 sovs; entrance 2 sovs; weights to be pub- lished the same time as the Spring Cup ; winner of any Handicap after the publication of the weights 51b extra; any number of horses the pro- perty ofthe same owner or his confederate may start for this race ; one mile ; 10 sabs or no race. Entrance money to be remitted with each nomination. To close and name on the 1st of January. A HANDICAP PLATE of 30 sovs; entrance 1 sov; weights to be pub- lished at the same time as the Spring Cup ; winner of any Handicap after publication of the weights 51b extra; any number of horses the property of the same owner or his confederate may start for this race; T. Y. C; 10 subs or no race. Entrance money to be remitted with each nomination. To close and name on the 1st of January. Tne OPTIONAL SELLING STAKES of 5 BOVS each, with 30 added; three year old 8st, four 9st 71b, five lOst 21b, six amd aged 10st 5lb; mares and geldings allowed 31U; maidens having started twice 41b, thrice 61b, and four or more allowed 101b; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs. in the usual way, and if entered to be sold for 130 sovs, allowed 31b, 100 71b, 80121b, 50 181b, 30 211b, and 20 241b; the winner to be sold by auction, and any surplus over the selling piice to go to the race fund; one mile. To close and name at 7 o'clock the night preceding. SECOND DAY.— The JUNIOR SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 20added, for two year olds; colts 8st 71b, fillies and geldings 8st 21b; the winner to be sold for 120 sovs, in the usual way; if entered to be sold for 100 sovs allowed 51b, 80 81b, 60121b. 40151b, 30 181b, and 20211b; the winner to be sold by auction immediately after the racc, and any surplus over the selling price to go to the fund; if 10 subscribers the second to save his stake; five subscribers, or no race; T. Y. C. To close and name the night preceding at 8 o'clock. The SEFTON HANDICAP of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 3 forfeit; second to save his stake, and winner to pay 7 sovs to- wards expenses ofthe course ; mile and a quarter; 8 subscribers, or no • ace. To close and name as for the Spring Cup. Present Subscribers: Lord Sefton. | Mr Barber, 1 Mr Tempest. The GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASB HANDICAP of 20 sovs each, half forfeit, and 5 only if declared on or before the 2d of February, to the Clerk of the Course at Chester, with 100 sovs added; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 30 sovs towards expenses of the course; winners of any steeple chase from the time of declaring the weights, once 61b, and twice or more 101b extra; over the usual Steeple Cltase Course ( about four miles). CONDITIONS.— In consequence of a decision given in 1855 respecting the Steeple'Chase, the lessee requires that every person subscribing to this race shall be bound to adhere to such rules as the Stewards or him- self deem requisite with regard to weather; and therefore should the weather prevent the steeple chase taking place on the day appointed, the Stewaids, or in their absence the Lessee, shall have power from day to day, and from week to week, to postpone such race as they or he may deeia fit, notwithstanding any rule to the contrary. All persons taking nominations in this race must remit to the Clerk of the Course, or pay to Messrs W? atherby, 5 sovs, the amount of forfeit, otherwise on no account will the nomination be received, the lessee having been a con- siderable loser by not strictly carrying out this condition. To close and name on the 1st of January, and weights to be published in due time. Present Subscribers: Lord Sefton. 1 Mr Hodgman. I Mr Land. Capt White. I I The ALL- AGED SELLING STAKES of 3 sovs each, with 25 added; two year olds 6st 12ib, three 9st, four lOst 81b, five lOst 101b, six and aged 10s1121b : mares and geldings allowed 31b; maidens having started twice allowed 31b, thrice 61b, and four or more 91b; winner to be sold for 10b sovs in the usual way ; if entered to be sold for 80 sovs allowed 41b, 60 91b, 40141b, 30181b, and 20 241b ; the winner to be sold by auetion, and any surplus over the selling price to go to the fund; T. Y. C. To • lose and name the evening preceding at 8 o'clock. A HANDICAP PLATE of 50 sovs, lor all ages ; a winner of any handi- cap after the publication of the weights 51b, or of any handicap at this meeting 71b extra, but not to be accumulative ; 12 subs, or no race ; T. Y. C,; 2 sovs entrance, to be remitted at the time of entry. To close and name as for the Spring Cup. A SELLING STAKES of 5 aovs each, with 30 added ; three year olds 8st 121b, four lOst 51b, five lOst 131b, six and aged list 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; maiden three year olds having started four times allowed 71b, four year olds and upwards, whether having started or not, 121b; the winner to be sold for 120 sovs in the usual way, and if entered to be sold for 100 sovs allowed olb, 80 91b, 60 141b, 40 181b, 30 211b, and 20 241b; the winner to be sold by auction immediately after the race, and any surplus over to go to the fund; one mile. To close the night preceding at 8 o'clock. Sums under 5 sovs to be remitted by Post Office order, payable to Edward William Topham, Chester. Conditions in a future list. All the above to close and name on Friday, the 1st of January, 1858. Nomi- nations received by Messrs Weatherby, London; Mr R, Johnson, Herald Office, York; and Mr E. W. Topham, Chester. ' Right Hon Lord SEFTON, 1 St(,, v„ r, 1fl Captain WHITE. J stewards. Mr EDWARD W. TOPHAM. Lessee and Clerk ef the Course. SOUTHPORT OPEN COURSING MEETING, 1858.— By permission of the Lords of the Manors.— The SOUTH- PORT OPEN COURSING MEETING wiil take place ( weather per mitting), on Wednesday, January 6, and following days. The SCARISBRICK CUP, for 32 all- aged dogs, at £ 510s each.— £ 176. The winner to receive £ 90 0 0 The second dog 25 0 0 Two winners of three ceurees each, £ 10 each.. 20 0 0 Four winners of two courses each, £ 5 20 0 0 Expenses 21 0 0 £ 176 0 0 The SOUTHPOM STAKES, for 32 all- aged degs. at £ 410s each.—£ 144. The winner to receive £ 78 0 0 The second dog Two winners of three courses each, £ 9 each.. Four winners of two eourses each, £ 4 each.. Expenses 20 0 18 0 16 0 20 0 £ 144 0 0 The CHURCHTOWN STAKES, tor 10 puppies, at £ 310s each,—£ 56. The winner to receive £ 30 0 0 The second dog 10 0 0 Two winners of two courses each, £ S each .... 6 0 0 Expenses 10 0 B £ 56 0 0 The CROSSENS STAKES, for 16 puppies, at £ 210s each.—£ 40. The winner to receive £ 22 0 0 The second dog 8 0 0 Two winners of two courses each, £ 2 each .... 4 0 0 Expenses 6 0 0 TAT- J anuary, PORTO RICO, own brother to Orinoco, by Orlando, dam by Bay Middletou. From his blood and performances, he is likely to make a valuable stallion. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs TAT- TERSALL, at Hyde Park- corner, on the 1st of Feb, 1858, the fol- owing well bred BROOD MARES, & c: WHITE LEG, a chesnut mare, by Womersley out of Hamptonia BLOT, a black or brown mare, by Womersley, dam by Comus, granddam by Y. Phantom. & c. WANONA, a chesnut mare, by Womersley, dam by Hampton, granddam by Cervantes— Camillus, & e. FIST, a bay mare, by Womersley ( dam by Gladiator out of Chateau Margaux) Grey Moinus's dam. SMUT, a black or brown mare, by Womersley, dam by Hampton- Co us, & e. CRIPPLE, a bay mare, by Womersley, dam by Slight of Hand out of Grey Momus's dam. The above six mares are all 3 years old, and have been served by Joe Lovell. Also, ST. GILES, 3 years old; in training, and IRISH DIAMOND, 3 years old; has served one season, and jq a sure foal- getter. MIDLAND COUNTIES REPOSITORY.— Messrs BRETHESTON 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, Dec 31,1857. Noblemen 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 instructions. Sales by auction every Thursday, and by private treaty daily. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs BRE- THERTON and HARRISON, at their Repository, on Thursday, December 31,1857, without reserve, the following HORSES, well known in the Atherstone country, the property of Mr Arthur DaWs : 1. BAY GELDING, 16 hands high; a fast and clever hunter, equal to 15 stone. 2. BROWN MARE. 6 years old, 15 hands 3 inches high, by Or- lando ; a superior huntress. S. BROWN COLT, rising 3 years old, 15 hands 1 inch high, by Faugh a Ballagli out of Bossacliia; is very handsome, and has been carrying a boy to hounds this season. 4. BAY FILLY rising 2 years old, by Drayton, dam by Gabbler out of Emigrant's dam. 5. BAY FILLY, rising 4 years old, by Stultz, dam by Comus. 6. CHESNUT COLT, rising 3 years old, by Harkaway; promises to make a hunter up to great weight. ALDRIDGE'S, St Martin's- iane; 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 on each of the above days, by Mr MATTAM, the auctioneer. On Wednesday next, Dec 30, active and powerful horses, from the stocks of jobmasters, suitable for broughams, clarences, double and single har- ness ; carriage horses, hunters, and hacks, from the studs of noblemen and gentlemen; ladies" horses, cobs, and ponies for riding and driving. On Saturdays, in addition to the horses, a variety of carriages and harness. On view two days before either sale day. B RYANT'S REPOSITORY and LIYERY BRYANT begs to inform breeders of thorough bred stock, and all jersons having Sires, Brood Mares, and Young Stock to dispose of, that he will hoid an important SALE by AUCTION of BLOOD STOCK, at his Re- pository, No 94, Stephen's Green South, Dublin, on Thursday, 7th January, 1858. There are already some first classSthorougli bred sires entered lor sale, and all persons intending horses for this auction will please send full particulars immediately to the Repository in order to ensure due publicity thereof. N. B. There is also open at the above Repository a Register for Sale by Private Contract of thorough bred horses either in England or Ireland, and there is a great demand for thoroughbred sires in the latter country. Proprietor, AUGUSTUS BRYANT, late of Dycer's. rpo be SOLD by AUCTION.— Bryant's.— Im- JL portant Sale © f Weight- carrying Hunters.— Mr BRYANT has received instructions from Peil Hoysted, Esq, Punehestown, Nais, to SELL by AUCTION, at his Repository, Stephen's Green South, Dublin, on Saturday, January 2, 1858, the following first class HORSES, viz:- Lot 1. RATTLER, bay horse, 6 years old, about 16 hands high, by Tearaway; a clever hunter, up to 16 stone. 2. CLARET, chesnut horse, 5 years old, about 35 hands 2 inches high, by Burgundy out of The Clib's dam, winner of many steeple chases: vide Irish Racing Calendar, well « p to 12 stone. 3. MISS BESSY, brown mare, 6 years old, about 15 hands 2 inches high, by Ion out of Weebit, winner of the Corinthians, at the Curragh Meeting, 1857 ( beating Simpleton, Tattler, The Hawk, & c), and several other races, both in England and Ireland- vide Racing Calendar. 4. BUNNEY BOY, black horse, 5 years old, about Is hands 1 inch high, by Conjuror, by Camel, dam by Slug, up to 13 stone. These horses were advertised to be sold at Dycer's, tne 24th of October last, but inconsequence of business being suspended there the sale was postponed to the present date. They are all horses of character, are well known, have been regularly hunted with the Kildare Hounds this season, aod are in first- rate hunting condition. They will be on view at the Repository, on Thursday, December 31, and may be examined by any V. S. previous to the auction. Proprietor, AUGUSTUS BRYANT, late of Dycsr's. STALLIONS— At WILLESDSN PADDOCKS, four miles on the roai to Edgw,' « ' 3 .— a nn . PYRRHUS THE FIRST, winner ofthe Derby, 30 Siare3, at 30 guineas each. He was got by Epirus out of Fortress, by Dsfence; her dam Jewess, by Moses, & c. He is the sire of Yirago, Mcestissima, Laodaxuia, Aster, and other winners. „. , ELLINGTON, winner of the Derby and the Champ^ ne Stakes at Doncaster, will serve at 15 guineas a mare, the dams of winners asd winners at 10 guineas. He was g » t by Th^ Flying Dutchman out of Eller- dale, by Lanercost, granddam b. y Tomboy out of Tesantf, by Whisker, & c. Ellington is the best performer of The Flying Dutchman's stock, having beaten Cannobie, Fazzoletto, Yellow Jack, Flybynight, Pretty Boy, Ar- tillery, Rogerthorpe, Leamington, & e, in a field of twenty - four runners for the Derby, 1856, and, added to his size, colour, substance, and action, he has extraordinary good legs and feet, both for form and soundness. His dam Ellerdale was a first- rate winner, and has only bred . four foals, viz, Ellernaire, Ellington, Waroermarske, and Gildermere, the last the best two vear old in the kingdom. SAUCY BOY, of Irish blood, by Arthur dam by Mameluke. Bfi won the Caen Steeple Chase ( in France) of 300 sovs. He is a pewerful snort legged horse, and gets capital stock. At 5 guineas, halt bred mares at 3 guineas. N. B. The horses here advertised are sound in wind, and free from any known defects, such as curbs, spavins, ringbones, & c, and in their cha- racters and breeding ptssess such first- rate variety as to suit almost any eress. For further particulars apply to Mr Phillips, Willesden Paddocks, Kilbum, London. iOR SALE.— ST GILES, 3 years old, with his engagement. He is perfectly sound and well. For price & c, apply to Messrs Weathorby, 6, Old Burlington- street, London. F( TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs BRE- THERTON and HARRISON, at their Repository, on Thursday, December 31, 1857, the following superior weight- carrying HUNTERS, the propsrtv of the late Captain Thompson ( without reserve}: 1. ANTELOPE, brown gelding, 6 years old, 15 hands 3 inches high, by Crozier. dam by Diamond de Lacy; has been hunted the last two seasons, and is up to 15 stone. 2. LUMINARY, chesnut gelding, 5 years old, 15 hands 3 inches high, by Tearaway, dam by Roller; up to great weight. 8. RETRIEVER, chesnut gelding, 6 years old, 15 hands 2J inches high; a clever hunter, winner of steeple chases ( own brother to No. 2). TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs BRE- THERTONand HARRISON, at their Repository, on Thursday, December 31,1857, the property of \ Y. H. Chetwynd, Esq: SKYLARK, bay gelding; a superior weight- carrying hunter, is fast, and quiet in harness. rro be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs BRE- JL THERTON and HARRISON, at their Repository, on Thursday, December 31,1857, the T WO following superior weight- carrying HORSES, well known in Cheshire the property of a gentleman; 1, LADYBIRD, bay mare, 6 years old. 2. PRESIDENT, chesnut gelding, 6 years o- d. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs BRE- THERTON and HARRISON, at their Repository, on Thursday, December 31,1857, the property of a gentleman: 1. BROWN GELDING, 5 years old, 16 hands high, by Accident; a good fencer. 2. BAY MARE, 6 years old, 15 hands high; would make a good lady's pad. TO by SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs BRE- THERTON and HARRISON, at their Repository, on Thursday, December 31, 1857, the TWO following HORSES, the property of a gentleman : 1. BAY GELDING, 15 hands 3 inches high; a superior hunter, equal to great weight. 2. A clever thorough bred HACK; carries a lady, and has been broken to harness. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs BRE- THERTON and HARRISON, at their Repository, on Thursday, December 31,1857, the property of a gentleman: THREE well bred HORSES, which have been regularly hunted, and are well known in Scotland. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs BRE- THERTON and HARRISON, at their Repository, on Thursday, December 31,1857, the following HORSES, the property of a gentleman who may be referred to: . GREY HORSE, 16 haBds high; a good hunter, well known in Leicestershire, with plenty of bone and substance, and likely to make a first- rate country stallion. 2. BLACK GELDING, 5 years old, 15 hands S inches high; a clever hunter, and has been driven in double and single harness. 3. BAY MARE ; a clever hack. 4. CHESNUT GELDING. 6 years old, 15 hands 8 inches high; has been regularly driven in harness. Alse, THIRTY other HORSES, particulars of which will appear in catalogues to be had on application, or posted free, on and after Monday next" AJ MERICAN and ENGLISH TROTTERS. 31st December Select Sale, at Lucas's Repository, Liverpool.— To be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs LUCAS and Co., on Thursday next, December 31, at 12 o'clock, at their Repository, Liverpool :— AMERICAN TROTTERS. 1. JACOB, roan horse ; never was beaten, considered fastest five mile or hour horse in the United States. 2. LITTLE MARY, chesnut mare ; tretted 18 miles within the hour in America. ENGLISH TROTTERS. . THE ARAB, a chesnut gelding; can trot a mile in 2min 40sect 2. A BAY FILLY, 3 years old, out of the celebrated American mare Little Mary. 3. CHESNUT FILLY, 4 years old, wit of the celebrated trotting mare Little Pet, tne best England ever produced. 4. RATTLER, a chesnut cob; an extraordinary fast trotter in either saddle or harness. IRISH TROTTERS. 1. BELPAST LASS, a bay mare. 2. BELFAST MAID, a chesnut mare. 8. DONNYBROOK, a bay horse. Well known extraordinary fast ones. Also, MATCH CART, built for the late Edward Dycer, Esq, of Dublin. PONY MATCH CART. AMERICAN WAGGON and HARNESS. HUNTERS, the property of gentlemen in the surrounding district : 1. LADY BIRD, chesnut mare. 1 4. ROVER, a brown gelding. 2. MISS DOBLER, chesnut mare. 5. IN AND OUT, bay gelding. 8. MISS WEBB, chesnut mare. i 6. OLD ENGLAND, first- rate hack. Also Brougham, Carriage, and Phaeton Horses, Hacks, & c. The whole on view on Tuesday and Wednesday, and on the morning of sale. . £ 40 0 0 Applications for nominations to be addressed to Mr James Hunt, Zet- land Lodge, Southport. The drawing to take place at the Scarisbrick Arms, Southport, the evening before the first day's running. Dinner on the table at 6 o'clock. Each member to take a dinner ticket, at 5s 6d. Certificates of age, pedigree, and colour will be required to be sent with all the puppies not later than December 26th. Mr ASHHETON BENNETT, Judge. Mr RAPER. Slipper. BALDOCK OPEN COURSING MEETING.— This meeting is appointed to be held ( weather permitting, the Stewards having the power to postpone the meeting in case of frost, & c) on the 30tli December and two following days, when the undermen- tioned stakes will be run tor: The BALDOCK STAKES for puppies ( dogs and bitches), limited to 16 entries, at £ 5 5s each. The BXGRAVE STAKES ( for dogs and puppies of any age), limited to 16 entries, at £ 5 5s each. Parties wishing to take nomination in the above stakes are requested to apply as soon as possible to the Secretary, specifying the name, colour, and pedigree of each dog. The entry to close on Tuesday, De- cember the 29th, at 8 o'clock, p. m., and the drawing for the order of running to take place immediately after. Gentlemen applying for n o- minations must enclose a Post Ofhce order or check for one half the en- trance money at the time of application, or the nomination will not be granted, and the other half at the time of entry, or will not be drawn. Baldock. Herts, Nov 25.1857. J^ LITTLE, jun, Hon Sec. place on Thursday and Friday, the 21st and 22d January, 1858. The FERREXS STAKES, for 16 dogs, all- aged, at £ 4 10s each, The TAMWORTH STAKES for 8 puppies, £ 3 10s each, The COUNTESS FERRERS STAKES, for 8 dogs, all- aged, £ 3 10s each. For particulars and nominations, inclosing Post Office order, apply to Mr Flint, Uttoxeter. Mr WARWICK, Judge. QCORTON COURSING MEETING will place on the 5th and 6th of January, 1858. The KIPLIN CUP of £ 3 16s each. The SCORTON CUP of £ 2 10s each. Entries to be made with Mr Headley, Secretary, Scortoii> Catterick. take ROBERT PETTIT, jun, begs most respectfully to inform noblemen and gentlemen connected with the Turf that he is now open to accept an ENGAGEMENT either as TRAINER er JOCKEY; and residing in the part of " The Palace" for many years occupied by Mr W. Edwards, he has the advantage ot excellent stabling and every convenience for race horses. All communications will meet with immediate attention.— The Palace Stables, Newmarket, December 9th, 1857. X> OBERT BARKER begs to inform noblemen - I- V and gentlemen connected with the Turf, that he has taken first- rate STABLING on the Terrace, Newmarket, where he will be happy to take in HORSES to TRAIN. After his long experience, and the excellent testimonial he has from the Marquis of Conyngham, he trusts that this announcement wiil meet with the consideration of his friends. — Newmarket, Dec 26.1857. ANNUAL SALE.— TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Mr ROBT. JOHNSON, on Tuesday, the 5th of January, in the Windmill Inn Yard, without Micklegate Bar, York, the following BLOOD STOCK, & c: ( Ages on the 1st of January.) ThatJustly celebrated sire ST BENNETT, by Catton." LIVERPOOL, by Springy Jack out of Anne Page, by Touchstone; he is a beautiful bay ( entire), with four black legs, clear of white, and one of the best looking animals in the kingdom. SIR CHARLES, by Hetman Platoff out of Minx ( own sister to Melbourne), dark brown, and standing 15 hands 3 inches high; he would either make a capital charger or first- class country stallion, having very great substance. In his racing career he was considered one of the fastest horses of his day— winning the Royal Hunt Cup at Epsom in 1851, beating Strongbow, Uriel, and others; sound in every way, and free from all natural blemishes. CONFIDENCE, by The Saddler out of Minerva ( own sister to Morpeth), dark brown, and standing 15 hands 3 inches high. Was a winner of four Queen's Guineas, the Wiltshire Stakes, Plates, & c, at three years old. His stock are now yearlings, and very promising. He would make a first- rate charger or a good country stallion, and perfectly sound. HARK FORWARD, by Chanticleer out of Parthenope, by Mu- latto— Partlienessa, by Cervantes— Marianne, by Sorcerer, 4 years old; he is a good bay, with immense power, 16 hands high; likely to make a first- rate steeple chase liorse or country stallion. CHESNUT COLT by Augur, dam by Hetman Platoff out of Mac- remma, by Sultan, 2 years old; good size, and promising racing colt. By order ofthe executors of the late Mr H. Stebbing, who are reducing the stud, in consequence ofthe lease ofthe stud farm expiring. CALIFORNIA ^ served by Turnus. CARRY, by Tearaway: served by Turnus. CRYSTAL ( late Red Rose); served by Hermit. HEEDLESS, by Harkaway ; served bv Flateatcher. LIONESS ( own Sister to Hacol; served by Flatcatcher. MAID OF THE WOLDS ; served bv Hermit. MEXICO, by Muley Moloch; served by Turnus. UGLY DOE ( sister to Ugly Buck); served by Turnus and Flat- catcher. VIOLET, by John o' Gaunt; served by Flatcatcher. ZEST, by Barrier; served by Vatican and Turnus. LADY MOWBRAY; served by Hermit. MISS MILTON, by The Bard; served by Turnus. The above mares are supposed all to be in foal; some of them very good- looking and blood unexceptionable. CORDELIA, by Red Deer; in foal to De Clare. BAY MARE, by Lanercost out of Tke Nun, by Catton; in foal to Stoekwell. BAY' FILLY, 2 years old, by Flatcatcher, dam by Lanercost out of The Nun, by Catton. BAY FILLY, 2 years old, by Merry Andrew out of Cordelia, TEMMA, by Camel Junior; in foal to Earl Ribblesdale. Likewise several other lots of blood- stock, weight- carrying hunters, chargers, hacks, & c, which will be given in the catSogues. Noblemen and gentlemen having blood- stook, hunters, hacks, & c, to dispose of, and who intend to favour R. J. with their patronage, will be pleased to send the particulars as early as convenient, in ord « r that pub- licity may be given.— 47. Coney- street, York. FOR SALE.— KING OF SCOTLAND, perfectly sound, an i in good condition. Price 120 guineas. For further particulars, applv to Robert Harrison, Lindrick, Ripon. rilHOROUGH BRED STALLION. To be JL SOLD, LET, or EXCHANGED for a cart or hunting horse, FALSTAFF ( late Grotesque), by Touchstone out of Decoy, own Drother to Fiatcatcher, & c, & c, & c, For particulars apply to Wm. Greaves, Jut- land Arms Hotel, Bake well, where the horse may be seen. TO be SOLD or LET for the ensuing season, SPEED THE PLOUGH, the only horse that ever beat West Australian. He is by Cotherstone out of Farmer's Daughter, by Muley Moloeh, Also to be SOLD, FLYAWAY, 4 years old; OLD TOM, 8 years old; NOUGAT, 3 years old. Particulars to be obtained at Mr Cliff's, Hedaesford, where the above may be seen. TO be SOLD by PRIVATE CONTRACT, the property of a gentleman, the two following HUNTERS, well- known in Cheshire :— ALMA, grey mare, 7 years old, by Faug- a- ballagh. LILLY, chesnut mare, aged, thorough bred. For particulars, and to be seen, apply to Mr Robert Martin, Delamere Forest, near Tarporley, Cheshire. TO be SOLD, a DARK BROWN COLT, 3 years old, got by that game race horse Dough, his dam half- sister to the famous Lance, by Launcelot out of that speedy mare. The Cook, by Irish Birdcatcher. Also, a DARK BAY YEARLING FILLY, by that noted sire Windfall out ofthe above mare. To be seen at William O'Neill's job, coach, and funeral establishment, 88 and 89, Camden- street, Dublin. qpO be SOLD, CLARET, 5 years old ( own brother JL to the Mountain Deer), he is a dark brown horse, without any white, 16 hands high, with great muscular power and bone, and an excellent temper. For performances, see the " Racing Calendar." Apply for fur- ther particulars, price, & c, to Messrs Weatherby, No. 6, Old Burlingtoa- street, Bond- street, Londoa; or Mr T. Williams, No. 7, Park- road, Regent's Park, London. T( « 0 HORSE PROPRIETORS. — For SALE, HORSE WORKS. DRIVING SHAFTS and GEAR WOBK, at- tached to a powerful cliaff- cutting machine, with connecting shafts, universal joints, & c; it will be sold a bargain, as steam power is now used.— Apply at Withers and Co's, job masters, 242, Oxford- street, W„ who have on sale sound Belgian carrots, at forty shillings per ton, delivered to any part of London. TUESDAY'S SALE by AUCTION, Dec 29. About ONE HUNDRED HORSES, with a great variety of car- riages, harness, & c. Several lots are without reserve. The horses consist of carnage, phaeton, brougham horses, hunters, hacks, cobs, and ponies, from the studs of noblemen and gentlemen; also, strong cart and van horses, adapted for town or farming purposes. On view, till morning of sale, at REA'S REPOSITORY. Newington. HORSES on SALE.— An assortment of RIDING and DRIVING HORSES and COBS, the property of noblemen, gentlemen, farmers, and others, is now on view for SALE, and may be tried 011 the premises, which are the most central in London, within one mile of the bridges.— N. B. Owners mav be referred to.— At REA'S CENTRAL HORSE and CARRIAGE REPOSITORY, Newington. GREYHOUND DOG.— TO be SOLD, A BLACK DOG PUPPY, pupped tho 5th June, 1856, own brother to and of the same litter as, Mr Jebb's Omega, the winner of the late Hordley and the Altcar Bitch Puppy Stakes : vide Bell of Sunday last. He is by Lord Sefton's Sackcloth out of JebD's Cowrie, by War Eagle out of his very excellent bitch Lapwing. This puppy has never run in public, and only a few courses in private, and offers extremely well; and his blood combines the best and most winning ofthe present day, viz, the Em- peror, the Bugle, the Foremost, the Dressmaker, andgoing down to Mr Best's, & c, & c. He is the only greyhound his owner has. Price and Particulars may be obtained from Dr Bellyse, Dorfold Cottage, near antwicb, Cheshire. FOR SALE, a remarkably fine HOUND, 13 months old, supposed to be the largest dog in London ( excepting Prince). Has enormous strength, extraordinary speed and jumping powers, very docile, but excellent watch at night.— Inquire at Mr New- man's, butcher, No. 2, King- street, City. HARRIERS.— To be SOLD, © ne of the cleverest PACKS in England, consisting of fifteen couples of hunting hounds, and five and a half unentered. Application to be made to N. B. Post office. Diss, Norfolk. TO be SOLD, FOURTEEN COUPLES of BEAGLES, equally sized ( about 18 inches in height). Have been regularly hunted; late the property of Mr Hedge, Ipswich ; only parted with because the owner is unable to hunt. Price £ 45.— Reference to be made to Lord W. Powlett, Downliam Hall, Brandon, Suffolk, DOGS.— For SALE, a remarkably handsome, fine upstanding and very highly- bred LIVER and WHITE POINTER DOG, 2 J years old, and shot over two seasons. Likewise a very hand- some jet- black, curly- coated retrieving water spaniel dog, aged 2 years; will retreive either by land or water. Also a brace of very clever and exceedingly handsome lurchers, dog and bitch, aged 2 years, to be sold, together or separately. All warranted thoroughly broken, price moderate! Apply to W, S., 43, Lower Sloane- street, Chelsea. GROOM and VALET to a SINGLE GENTLE- MAN.— A gentleman can RECOMMEND a young man for the above SITUATION; two years and a half good character, single, light weight, good rider. Understands perfectly the care of hunters. Address J. B.. Bickington. Newton Abbott, Devonshire. JAMES ZACHARY, begs most respectfully to inform noblemen and gentlemen of the Turf that be is now disen- gaged. and would be glad of an ENGAGEMENT as PRIVATE TRAINER or STUD GROOM. Address, Aintree, near Liverpool, 17th Dec, 1857. STOCKTON MEETING, 1858. The CLEVELAND STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 100 added by the gentlemen of Cleveland, for two year olds; colts 8st 71b, and fillies 8st 31b; a winner once to carry 31b, twice 51b, thrice 71b extra; horses hav- ing started twice witli ® ut winning allowed 31b; the winner to pay 20 sovs towarflsi- ejjpenses, the second to receive 15 sovs, and the third to aave his stake ; Utree quarters of a mile, nearly straight. ULLANE STEEPLE CHASES and RACES,— V* . These races are fixed fc* Saturday, the 13th March, 1858. Parti' eulars m future advertisements. 1,1857. GKORGE H' 5T ™ ' ^ k of the Course. GAMEKEEPER WANTED.— WANTED, A determined man— a first- rate TRAPPER indispensable— to take charge of a range of grouse mountain in the county of Wicklow ; he will not be required to shoot. A married man, with one or two sons able to assist him, preferred. Liberal wages, with a house, & c, on the moun- tain, will be given. Apply, by post, enclosing copy of testimonials, and wages expected, to George Borth, Esq, Lara, Newtown Mountkennedy, Ireland. HARNESS, SADDLES, and HORSE CLOTH- ING.- DEANE, DRAY, and Co, wholesale and retail saddlers and shippers, 2, Arthur. street East, London Bridge, beg to apprise gen- tlemen that they manufacture every description of the above goods on the premises, a due regard being paid to strength, style, and fit. A large assortment of brushes, whips, spurs, sponges, lamps, and stable re- quisites. Portmanteaus, travelling bags, leather cases, & c. WILKINSON and KIDD, 257, Oxford- street ( corner of Park- street), London, SADDLERS and HARNESS MANUFACTURERS to her Majesty. Ten doors from the Marble Arch. Established 1786. CAROUSE and PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.— To n Sportsmen.— POCOCK'S PATENT PORTABLE KITE and HAWK effectually tames the birds, ana enables the sportsman to come within shot. The apparatus is very simple. Forwarded in deal packing- VALUABLE THOROUGH BRED BROOD MARES and FOALS for SALE,— Mr JOHNSON will SELL by AUCTION, at his annual sale, at York, on Tuesday, the 5th day of Ja- nuary. 1858, the following BROOD MARES and FOALS : 1. CAMPHINE, by the Provost ( the dam of Amy, Perfection, and Precious Stone, which last was sold as a yearling for 500 guineas, in 1857); served by the Cure. 2. CIRCE, by Annandale out of Calypso; served by the Cure. 3. CACIQUE, by Launcelot out of Yarico; served by the Knight of Avenel, 4. THEANO, by Waverley ( the dam of M. D.); served by the Cure. 5. MISS BETSEY, by Muley Moloch out of Bavarian, by Tramp ; served by the Knight of Avenel. 6. DOUBLE MIXTURE, by Raby or Malcolm out of Mary ( the Little Cob's dam), by Poynton ; served by Weatherbit. 7. DEIOPEIA, by Defence, Romiake, by Rounton; not served. 8. REMEDY, bv the Cure out of Young Madcap, by Passenger ; served by Voltigeur. 9. A BAY FILLY FOAL ( sister to Precious Stone), by Touch- stone out of Camphine. 10. A BAY COLT FOAL bv Touchstone out of Deiopeia. Didcot Junction Station.— Unreserved Sale of Extra Stock, MESSRS HUMPHREY and SLADE have received instructions from Mr R. Belcher, of Blewbury Farm, to SELL by AUCTION, on Tuesday, January 12th, 1858, at 12 o'clock pre- cisely, the following valuable HORSES, & c: TWO entire DRAY HORSES, 3 years old. ONE entire DRAY HORSE, 2 years old. FIVE YEARLING FILLIES, all blue or red roans; bred by Mr R. Belcher. About FIFTEEN improved BERKSHIRE BOARS, HILTS, SOWS in farrow, & c, & c. Also, a PAIR of BLACK COBS, four years old. The auctioneers beg particularly to recommend to agriculturists and others the above animals. The horses are of great size and symmetry, standing 17 hands in height, about 7i feet in girth, and models of the heavy dray horse. Full particulars in catalogues may be had on applica- tion to the auctioneers, Upton and Aston Upthorpe. Wallingford, Berks. REPOSITORY, Barbican.— Friday's Sale usual.— Mr J. GOWER will SELL by AUCTION, on Friday next, January 1,1858, at 12 o'clock, about ONE HUNDRED superior riding UTlUCl^ tf . .. 1 .. - vif\ T> rn\ r ^'.. i DOGS.— The CANINE REPOSITORY is well supplied with every kind of DOG, fine mastiffs, newfound lands, bloodhounds, deerhounds ; two bloodhound pups, dog and bitch, nine months old; and five bloodhound pups, four months old; bull mastiffs, fit for watch or keepers' dogs; several good retrievers, and some first- rate pointers and setters. A large collection of vermin ter- riers, rough and smooth; also one of the handsomest toy black and tan terrier dogs, 3Jlb weight. They are to be seen at Bill George's Kennels, Kensall New Town, Paddington, London. TWO BROWN NOSED PUG PUPS, one bitch and one dog, to be SOLD; the sire very handsome, the handsomest in England, cream coloured, 6 weeks old, will throw black nosed pups, price 4 guineas. Apply at the stables or side entrance, any day before 1 o'clock, or after 5 o'clock, at 31. Lower Phillimore- place, Kensington. ™ STALLIONS K_ 7 Pad for the season 1858, at Owmby Paddocks, near Brigg, Lincolnshire. THE CURE, by subscription of 45 mares at 20 guineas each, besides those beloBging to his owner. From the small number of mares he has had he has proved himself to be a first- class sire, being the sire of M. D., Mongrel, El Hakim, Underhand, Martinet, Remedy, Homceopathrst, Lambton. and other winners, VINDEX.— Thorough bred mares 10 guineas, half bred mares 4 guineas each. He is by Touchstone out of Garland, by Langar, & c. It will be seen by reference to the Racing Calendars that Yindex was a first- class race- horse, running on till six years old, at all distances and top weights, beating Kingston and several other first- class horses. He will be limited to 40 mares. FERNHILL. — Thorough bred mares 7 guineas, half bred marea 3 guineas each. He is by Ascot out of Arethusa, by Elis, & c. He proved himself on the turf to be a stout and game race- horse. The above three horses are perfectly sound in their wind, and free from all blemishes. There is excellent accommodation for mares and foals, with good roomy boxes and a long range of geod dry grass land, well sheltered. Hay and grass at 10s per week; corn, if ordered, at market price. Every attention will be paid to the mares and foals. All demands to be paid before the mares are taken away. Owmby Paddocks is five miles from the Brigg station on the Manches- Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, three miles from Barnetby Junc- tion, and one mile from the Howsham station on the Lincoln branch. All applications t « be made to Mr J. Ashton, Owmby House, Brigg. HARRIERS.— WANTED to PURCHASE, about TEN or TWELVE COUPLE of strong HARRIERS. I should prefer them all hunted together.— Apply to T. Wilton, Notting- dale, Netting- hill, London. WANTED to PURCHASE, a THOROUGH- BRED LIVER- COLOURED IRISH WATER SPANIEL ; he must have very long ears, and be under nine months old. Address to S. A., care of Dawson and Son. 74. Cannon- street, City, London, WANTED, a SMALL SCOTCH TERRIER, about four or five pounds ; colour, yellow preferred, and must be well bred. Apply by letter, on Monday, to E. D„ Post Office, High- street, Camden Town. ANY gentleman desirous of KEEPING FIVE COUPLE'of half- bred HARRIERS and BEAGLES, can have them for some small TOKEN in remembrance, on application to William Foster, solicitor, SSettle, Yorkshire.— N. B. Five of them are dogs of three or four seasons, and the remainder, young ones, are just entered. YACHT for SALE, 10 tons, o. m., sloop rigg She is very fast, a food sea boat, and has excellent accommoda- tion. Draught of water 3 feet 6 inches aft. Address Wavell, Chemist, Union- street, Ryde. B, M„ care of Mr FOR SALE, a new EIGHT TON YACHT; length from stem to stern- nost, 81 feet; breadth, 8 feet; ready for launching. Also, a TEN TON YACHT to be sold cheap. Enquire of Mr Benjamin Wallis, yacht builder, Orehard- place. Blackwall. YACHTS by PRIVATE CONTRACT ON SALE ( London and Outports); also, WANTED to PURCHASE.— CEELY'S YACHTING PROSPECTUS, revised, post free to all parts of the United Kingdom— to a numerous and influential private connection — to every yacht owner, intending purchaser, and vendor, and their soli- citors, on application to John T. Ceely, yacht and estate agent. Poplar, London, E. ( established 1840), member of the Estate Exchange, City, for- merly and for several years with the late Mr George Robins. IVTOW in course of BUILDING, and may be Xl ready in April or May next, a CUTTER YACHT of the following dimensions :— 42 teet keel and fore rake, 14 feet beam, and about 9 feet deep, about 36 tons, builders* measurement, best English oak frame and planking, copper- fastened, with a neat elliptic stern. Can be fitted with large accommodations, will sail very fast, and will be a first- rate sea boat. Early application, to know the plan of cabins.— ROBERT BROWN, yacht builder, Ufracombe, Devon.— P. S. the builder of the little schooner yacht Achelous, now the Goliah, the property of the Marquis of Bath. * YACHT.— WANTED to PURCHASE, from 20 to 30 tons, must be well found, and in first- rate order, good ac- commodation. Price and particulars to J. H., 22, Denbigh- street, Pimlico. WILDFOWL SHOOTING.— To be SOLD, the celebrated DOUBLE STANCHION GUN of the late Colonel P. Hawker.— W. Moore and Grey. 43, Old Bond- street, W. ALDERNEY, JERSEY, and GUERNSEY COWS and HEIFERS.— EDWARD PARSONS FOWLER, of Jersey, will have, on Monday next, 28th inst,' and two succeeding d2ys. on PRIVATE SALE, at Mr GOWER'S REPOSITORY, Barbican, London, a choiee herd of CALVED and CALVING CATTLE. E. P. F. sells the last Monday in every month, and is the sole exporter reliable for the cattle direct from the islands. BELGIAN AND GERMAN CANARIES; AN im- mense number, just arrived. Belgians, first quality, 15s per pair; second ditto, i0s6d. Germans, with the celebrated notes, in full song, 6s each, including cages; German hens, Is6d, 2s, and2s6deach. Piping bullfinches, £ 1 each: and a great variety of other foreign birds. The largest stock of fancy cages in England; prices 20 per cent under any other faouse.- ROriERT GREEN, 154. Kingsland- road. ORCHIDS.— For SALE, the property of a gen- tleman, lately deceased, a valuable COLLECTION of ORCHIDS. Also a few stove and greenhouse plants. Apply to the gardener, No. 16, Highbury Park, Islington, N. TO SPORTSMEN.— The elite of the first flight over any country.- BARTLEY'S FAST BROWN, for brown tops, 1 klliu JL. liv ai/ jjftiaiiuo W OA UiUiO « A VI « illllVVi 111 vvvtn vwnwiug UV>-' J AA1V1V 1* 1 ® tmvwjo JLIUU1 UUU VJ L\ J case. Carriage free on receipt of Post Office order for 1 guinea.— Address sixty harness and cart horses on view and for private salt at this Keposi- JOHN GILBERT, 36, Batlibone- place, Oxford- street, London, I tory, and harness HORSES of every description; also FORTY powerful active English and Belgiaa CART HORSES, suitable for either town or farming purposes, and a large assortment of carriages and harness. Property intended for sale must be sent two days prior, to ensure stalls PERSUADERS, with the improved rowels; boot top powders, of all awl insertion m the catalogues.— N. B, There are always from thirty to colours; Bartley's Nulli Secundus Blacking; all the above to De had ^—"""" -! ™ "" J f - 1- —-' ' from Alexander Bartley, boot- maker, 251, Oxford- street, London. Post Office orders to be made payable at Post Office, 210, Oxford- street, of all tints, tor those who are nice to a shade; the celebrated hunting polish, wot will cut a shine in or over any country, IOT dress or patent leather hunting boots of every description. BARTLEY'S HUNTING T> I? T> CTT A ;— T + T. STALLIONS.— For the Season, 1858, at Croft Stud Farm, near Darling ton, CHANTICLEER, at 29 guineas a mare, and one guinea to the groom. Chanticleer is the sire of Ven- eance, who won the Cesarewitch in 1856, and ran second for the Cam- iridgeshire in the same year, carrying 8st 21b, 31 horses starting. Also sire of Lord Alfred, Eilermire, Riseber, Bonnie Morn, and several other well- known race horses. The two year olds by Chanticleer, in 1857, liave won upwards of 30 two year olds stakes, proving him to have got more two year old winners than any other sire in the kingdom, amongst which are Sunbeam, Lady Alice, Intercidona, Physician, ( Sc. LORD OF THE ISLES, at 12 guineas a mare, and one guinea to the groom. Lord ef the Isles is by Touchstone, dam Fair Helen, by Panta- loon, granddam Rebecca ( Alice Hawthorn's dam). Lord of the Isles was a first- class race horse, winning the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, and other large races, beating large fields, at two and three years old. From his superior breeding an define symmetry he cannot fail ta become a first- class sire. Hay and grass at 10s per week. Corn, if ordered, at the market price. All expenses to be paid before the mares are taken aw3y. There is every accommodation for mares and foals, and the land is of first- rate quality, with plenty of roomy loose boxes. Every attention will be paid to mares sent to the above horses, by T. Winteringham. proprietor of the Stud Farm. Any communication addressed to T. Winteringham, Croft, near Darlington, will receive immediate attention.— N. B. The Crott station on the York and Newcastle Railway, is within 800 yards ef the Stud Farm, where mares can be taken off. QTALLION GREYHOUND. - BARTLEMAN fawn and white dog is at the service of the public, ^ e, 13 by Lon£ s Lablache out of Bowles's Blenheim rwIM Ji? blache., by Figaro out of Lady Mary, sister to Mi « -„* hJBlUygo- byr'em, by Isle of Wight, Stumptailoutof Missing hl v .',,?/ r sou of Lord Rivei.'* Blue Rector- Blenheim Orange. Iry < ™ t of Randall's Rapid, by Chieftain out of Rab?' l n J brothtr to Lord Eglinton's Waterloo. It is im- „ i^ E theJ, e be a. finer cross of Wood than the above, com- hwS pi'^ 0eithG 1, s5\ ro- S'nmptail, Chieftain. Jason, and Waterloo K, the granddam of Bartleman, is full sister in blood to the v Lawrence's Landgravine, the dam of Lurlei, Leonora, Leoline. and Bnigo the one being by Chieftain out of Ruby,' the other bv Chief- tain out of Ruby s sister. Bartleman was one of the best Puppies of his sixteen dog stakes, for dog puppies, and one eight. A11 Hla sisters, Bittersweet and lemonade ( afterwards J M- e)' WF! als,° lal' » e winnei s. Bartleisan can be shown against da>;: tor si* e, symmetry, and beauty. Applications fl ™ Denton, Milton- hill, Abingdon, Berks, four miles Sailway r'' aHdone mile lrom Steventon Station, GreatWestera CJTALLION GREYHOUND, JACOBITE, by KJ Bedlamite out f Flounce, showing a rare combination of the fastest and stoutest ruiming blood; he is considered by good judges to be the fastest dog in England, and although at the service of the public only for a short time end of last season, the following celebrated bitches were put to bim:- Jj'oi) eytaker, Lueinda, Sybil, Blooming Heather, Forest Queen, Queen ot Hearts, Scotland Yet, and Sister to Jardine's Ladylike; all had produce, and the puppies are most promising. He will serve a linnted number of bitches at £ 7 7s each. Apply to Mr Gib- son, Woolmet, Dalkeith, N. B. CTALLION GREYHOUND, CALEDONIAN, KJ colour, red and white, by Sam out of Cleopatra, at » guineas. He combines the ifing Cob blood of England with the Waterloo and Sport blood ot bsotland. See account of him in vol 14 of " Thackeris Annual," page 3S5 j also " Stonehenge's" account of him, in vol 15, page £ 22. His stock are most promising Apply, same as Jacobite. STALLION GREYHOUNDS.- MAYDUKE, red dog, by Liddlesdale out of Satisiaction, at £ 3- 38. He is a very- handsome and powerful dog, the winner of several stakes, and without exoeption the fastest greyhound of his day. His produce, now saplings, are remarkably well grown and exceedingly promising, and can be seen on application to John Vesey, Commercial Ian, Lancaster, by whom all communications respecting the dog will be attended to. SHERIFF, a black dog, by Bedlamite, weighing over 741b, and a most determined fencer, can accomodate a few bitches at £ 2 2s each. STALLION GREYHOUNDS.—— GEOLOGIST, white and fawn dog, will serve bitches this season at 5 guineas each. He is by Mr Sharpe's Baron's Heir © at of Mr Gordon's Gavotte. For performances see " Thacker," vols 15 and 16. Also, GLENVARLOCH, fawn dog, and GUY MANNERING, brindled dog, will serve bitches, at 3 guineas each. They are brothers, and are by Mr bliarpe's John o' Badenyon out of Mr Gordon's Gaylasa. Apply to Alex. Brown, Aikenhead Kennels, by Glasgow. STALLION GREYHOUND.— BRIGHT STEEL, by Bluelightout of Scotia ( late the property of MrBorron), will serve a limited number of bitches this season ; winners ot a sixteen dog stake 7i guineas, all others 10 guineas. Those gentlemen wishing to secure the services of this valuable dog should make early application, there being no less than seven taken this week. Bright Steel's perform- ances andpedigree being so well known, require no further oomment Apply to William Marshall, Markliam Arms, King's road, Chelsea. STALLIONS.— For the season, 1858.— At the STUD FARM, Theobald's Park, Enfield, Middlesex, twelve miles from London, three from the Waltham Station on the Eastern Counties line, and three from the Potter'sBar station on the Great Northei « li ne: THE TRAPPER, by Ion out of Prairie Bird, by Gladiator, her dam by Voltaire, War Eagle's dam, at 10 guineas each mare. He is 16 hands high, with great length and power. THE CONFESSOR, 16 hands high, by Cowl, out of Foiest Fly, by Musquito, by Master Henry, at 10 guineas each mare. Also ( if not sold or let): VANDERDECKEN, own brother to the Flying Dutchman, QUINCE, by Slane out of Persevere. SULTAN, by Crescent out of Madame Vestris. VENGEANCE, . by Chanticleer out of the Saddler mare, her dam Stays, by Whalebone. A. GRAY begs to inform noblemen and gentlemen that he now has a very large range of good pasture land, with upwards of 150 roomy boxes, paddocks, an abundant supply of excellent water, and every other necessary for blood stock only. Brood mares at 10s per week; corn extra. All other stock at 16s per week, including keep, and hand- ling by careful competent men. Applications to be made to Mr A. Gray, on the premises, to whom all expenses of mares, & c, must be paid prior to their removal. . QTALLION.— At Stanton, IO Shropshire: where there is a i one mile from Shiffnal, station on the Great Western Railway. SWEETMEAT, the winner of twenty- three races out of twenty- four starts. His sire is Gladiator, by Partisan, sire of Venison and Glauc is. His dam, Lollipop, by Starch or Voltaire, sire of Voltigeur and Barnton ( Blink Bonny is out of a Gladiator mare). Sweetmeat never served or averaged more than ten mares a year, until the three last. The last three seasons his subscription has been fall, and all his mares in- foal, with the exceptios of three in each season. Being re- markably fresh, he will serve thirty mares ( besides the owner's), at 10 guineas each. He is sire of Mincemeat, winner of the Oaks in 1854; Nettle, who was winning the Oaks ( but for the accident too well known) in 1855; Mincepie, winner ofthe Oaks in 1856( three years in succession); Sedbury, a favourite for the Derby for 1858; Citron, the beat three mile mare of her year; Comquot, and a host of other first- rate horses. His yearlings at Doncaster average more than any other stallion, from £ 300 to £ 609 each, where any have been offered. Two of his fillies have been sold for £ 3,000, and a filiy foal for £ 800; and other large con- tingencies. Lord Howth and Mr Eyke have two of the finest yearlings in the world, by Sweetmeat. The best accommodation, with 200 acres of sound old turf, and 100 acres of young clover ( as good as usual) in pastures from six to forty acres each, and plenty of housed Swede turnips. Season concludes 1st July, 1858; all mares not paid for by that time will, be sold to defray expenses.— Apply to Mr E. vke. N. B.— Longrange is out of a Sweetmeat mare; Mainstay and Honey stick by Sweetmeat horses. STALLION.— At Woodmancote Farm, Defford, near Pershore, ALONZO at 8 guineas and 10s, and a limited number of half bred mares at 5 guineas and 5s. He is by Alphaeus out of Zarina, by Monico out of a Smolensko mare; Zarina is also the dam of The Prime Warden and The Cur. He won 21 times at all weights and distances, and after an unusually long career left off sound and fresh, and is free from any hereditary infirmities of any kind. He is a large powerful horse, with fine temper and constitution, and for symmetrical form and beauty is without a rival in the world. Application to be made to Walter Hadley, stud groom. To be SOLD or LET, very cheap, PEPPERMINT, by Sweetmeat out o fThe Prime Minister's dam, Pantalonade, by Pantaloon. He is the sire of Mainstay and Sweet Briar. STALLIONS.— At Cawston Lodge, Rugby, IRISH BIRDCATCHER, 35 mares ( besides those of his owner and lessee), at 25 sovs each mare ( groom's fee included). CANNOBIE, a limited number of thorough bred mares at 10 guineas, and a few half bred mares at 5 guineas. Cannobie is a fine muscular horse, standing 16 hands high, and is one of the best actioned horses in England. OULSTON, a limited number of mares, at 10 guineas each mare, and a few half bred mares at half price ( groom's fee included). Hay and grass at 10s per week; corn ( if ordered) at market rates. All expenses to be paid before the mares are taken away. For further particulars apply to William Hemming, stud groom, Caw ston Lodge, Rugby. STALLIONS. — Rawcliffe Paddocks, near York.— The FLYING DUTCHMAN will serve a limited number of mares by subscription, at 30 guineas each, SLANE, at 20 guineas each. NEWMINSTER, at 15 guineas each. CRUISER and ARTHUR WELLESLEY, at 5 guineas each. Dams of winners and half bred mares, sent to this horse, at 2 guineas each. Mares kept at 10s per week such, corn at the market price. Yearlings kept at these paddocks at 14s per week each, including all charges. For further particulars apply to Thomas Baitson. stud groom. STALLIONS for SEASON 1858. — HOBBIE NOBLE, at the Curragli, Ireland, at 10 guineas each mare. THE KNIGHT of GWYNNK, at Clonmulsh, nearC arlow, at 5 guineas. Also, at Plompton Hall, near Knaresbro', Yorkshire; ORESTES, at 10 guineas; ROLAND, at 7 guineas. THE FLYING BUCK, ROYAL CONQUEROR, and YORKSHIRE HERO. These horses are first- rate of their classes, four having taken The Royal Prize of England. By applying to Thos. Groves, Plompton, catalogues will be sent containing full particulars. STALLIONS.— At Denham- place, Bucks, two miles from the Uxbridge Station, Great Western Railway. BROCKET, by Melbourne, at 10 guineas each mare. Also, ACROBAT, by Ithuriel, at 10 guineas thorough bred mares, and a few half bred mares at half price. There is excellent accommodation for mares and foals, where every attention will be paid them. Hay and grass 10s per week. Corn, if ordered, at the market price. Apply to Mr Richard Wheeler, stud groom, as above. The season ends July 1st. All expenses to be paid before removing the mares. STALLION.— MUSCOVITE, by Hetman Platoff, dam by Camel, will serve thorough bred mares 10 guineas each, groom's fee included; half bred mares 3 guineas each, and 5s the groom, at Euxton Hall, Chorley, Lancashire. Muscovite is a bay horse, and standsl 6 hands high. He Avon the Cesarewitch at Newmarket, beating Rataplan, Hungerford, Cobnut, and other horses, and was only beaten by a length by Virago for the Great Metropolitan Handicap. Hay and grass 10s per week, and corn, if ordered, at market price. Apply to Robert Harris, stud groom. STALLIONS.— At Middle Park, Eltham, Kent, KINGSTON will serve 35 mares at 25 guineas each. Besides those belonging to his owner. NEASHAM ( sire of Heroine) will ierve mares at 8 guineas, half bred mares half price. ' MARSYAS, by Orlando, will serve mares at 6 guineas, half bred mares half price. Subscriptions to be taken at Messrs Weatherby's or the above address. STALLION.— At Harwood Lee, near Bolton- le- Moors, stallion DEAR ME, by Melbourne out of Saunterer's dam, will serve mares at 5 guineas each; half bred mares at half price. Hay and grass at 10s per week; corn at market price. Good accommodation for mares and foals. All expenses ts be paid before the mares are taken away. For further particulars apply to T. W. Redhead, Bolton le- Moors. N. B. Dear Me is a sure foal- getter, and his stock promising. STALLION. WILD DAXRELL will serve mares the season of 1858, by subscription of 39 guineas each, in- cluding their keep; the season to commence on the 10th of February, and close on the 10th of July. Apply to Mr Rickaby, Chilton Folliet, Hungerford. STALLION GREYHOUND.— JUDGE, at 10 guineas.— Apply to Joseph Irwin. 26. Lowther- street, Whitehaven. STALLION GREYHOUND.— BRITISH TAR ( sire of Richmond), at G guineas. Apply to Thos. Denby, Fox and Hounds, Carshalton. STALLION GREYHOUND.— HERMIT, at £ 5 5s each. Apply to Mr Thornton, wine merchant, Whitechapel, Liver- pool. STALLION GREYHOUND.— LEGION is at the service of the public, at 5 guineas each bitch. He is a very fine black and white dog. For pedigree and performances see " Thacker," vols 15,16, and 17, Apply to Mr A. Garrard, Colchester, Essex. STALLION GREYHOUND, WEAPON, by Fi- garo out of Randle's Ruby, at £ 5 5s. Weapon is the sire of Au- rora, Protest, Mini6 Rifle, Mangonelle, and Mr Peacock's pups of this season. Apply to Mr R. Logan, Lowwood, Windermere. STALLION GREYHOUND.— CONQUEROR will serve bitches at 5 guineas each ( sire of Lady Anne, winner of the Coquetdale Puppy Stake). Apply to Mr John Morrow, White Swan Inn Newcastle- on- Tyne. STALLION GREYHOUND.— KING LEAR, winner of the Waterloo Cup, 1857. For full pedigree and perform- Snces, see " Thacker," vol 17. page 418. Apply to Mr Wm. Wilson, soda water manufactory, Dumfries. STALLION GREYHOUND.— BARRATOR will receive a few bitches ( until further notice), at 10 guineas each. He will be at Bishop's Lydeard about 4J miles from the Taunton Station, on the Bristol and Exeter line. Inquire for Edward West, at the Leth- bridge Arms Inn. STALLION GREYHOUND. The black dog SIBTHORPE, by Figaro out of Shuttle, is at the service of the public, at 5 guineas each bitch. For pedigree in detail, and perform- ances, see " Thacker" of 1855 and 1856. Apply to James Jolly, Ship Inn, Kirkham, Lancashire. STALLION GREYHOUND.— At £ 5 5B, MER- RYMAN, sire of Mr Miller's Mildew. This dog beat, amongst others, the following:— Hudibras, Lopez, California, Guadabout, Imp, : and Lobster, To be seen on application to Mr Cox, at Farnborough i place, Farnborough, Hants, one hour & nd a half from London, Stakes, 107 entries, at Market Weigliton, 1857) will serve bitches at 7 guineas each. Music Master is one of the best sons of Figaro, his dam. Countess, by Hutchinson's Grasper, granddam Ellen Tree, by Brother to Kenwiggs. For performance, viae " Thacker," 1852 3. He is a very powerful, good- sized dog, with excellent legs and feet. For further par- ticulars. apply to George Barnes, Register- s auare, Beverley, Yorkshire. STALLION GREYHOUNDS.— BRIGHTON ( late kl? the property of W. G. Borron, Esq), at £ 7 7s each bitch, for a limited number. He is by The Curler out of Lucy, winner of 63 public courses and 14 public stakes, in five successive seasons. See " Thacker." RABBIT ( late Jerry), own brother to Mr W. Long's David, at £ 3 Ss. He is by Motley out of Wanton, a beautiful runner and killer, although in his third season. Apply to F. Smith, trainer, Brigmerston Kennels, three miles above Amesbury, Wiltshire. STALLION GREYHOUNDS.— BEDLAMITE, limited to 20,10 guineas each; list nearly full. BEDLAM TOM, white and black, the sire of Dangerous Dick, De- fiance, The Clipper, & c, at 6 guineas. ( On sale, pi ice 25 guineas.) BLUSTER, red, a younger brother to Bedlamite ( same litter as Boreas, Boisterous, and Breeze), will serve 6 bitches, at 7 guineas each, in conse- quence of a severe injury, which has incapacited him frsm running for the present season. Apply to the owner, Mr J. Brown, Old Moot Hall, Nottingham, STALLION GREYHOUND.— RICHMOND is at the service of the coursing public at £ 5. He is by British Tar ( for whose pedigree see " Coursing Calendar," page 50), out of Hethering- ton's Fly, by Deacon out of Quiz, by King Cob; Deacon, by Earwig, out of a bitch by Bali's Bugle. He therefore combines on both sides the two best strains of blood ot any dog living, viz, King Cob and Bugle. For performances and further particulars apply to H. L. Dunsford, Swindon, Wilts, within ten minutes' walk of the railway station. STALLION GREYHOUND.— BARON, by Kentish Fire out of Linnet, is at the service of the public at 5 guineas. He is the sire of many first- class greyhounds, and by " Stone- lienge's Calendar" has got most winners according to the number of bitches served. He is now 6 years old, and combines the fastest, stoutest, and most winning blood running. Apply to Mr Jardine, Ar- kleton, Langholm, by Carlisle. STALLION GREYHOUND.— BEACON ( brother to Black Cloud and Bright Idea), by Bluelight out of Lord Eglin- ton's Frolic, by Waterloo; a winner ol four public prizes is England, Ireland, and Scotland; weighs about 701b, possesses great bone ana excellent constitution, with the colour ( blue) and characteristics of the old Bugle family. He will serve a limited number of bitches at £ 7 7s each. Apply to Mr C. E. Marfleet, Boothby House, near Lincoln. STALLION GREYHOUND.— SWEETBRIAR, black and white dog, pupped June, 1854, by Jardine's Baron out of Jardine's Tollwife, is at the service ofthe public at 5 guineas each biteh. He won the Lytham Cup in November,!. 855 ; the Douglas Cup in Sep- tember, 1856; and ran second for the Biggar Club Plate in December, 1856.— Apply to James Walsh, Edwardatown, Ballyneety, five miles from Limerick. STALLION GREYHOUNDS.— WILFUL, at £ 4 4s ( own brother to British Tar), by British Lion out of Jebb's Ringdove. He was a good public performer, and winner of several stakes see " Thacker" sire of Myrtle, Fly, Wild Rose, Daphne, and Ghoorkali ( see Wolverhampton, AshdownPark, and Aston Somerville Meetings this season).— Apply to JosephThoBaas. CrownHotel, Worcester. STALLION GREYHOUNDS, at £ 5 5s each:— WIGAN, sire of King Lear. Sootland Yet, Blooming Heather, and many others. BOUNCE, sire of Maggie Duggin and Bumptious. Apply to Charles Ridge, Dunchurch, near Rugby. For further par ticulars, see Bell's Life, Nov 22 and 29. STALLION GREYHOUNDS.— At £ 7 7s each, RANTER, brother to Riot, and sire of Radiant, Archibald, Syd- enham, and other winners. BLACK CLOUD, by Bluelight out of Frolic, sire of Blue Sky, first of bis stofk — Apply to John Weaver, Chadbury, near Evesham, ^ T A h h 10 N GRE Y HOUND. — LEADING > 0 STRINGS, by Figaro out of Letty Lloyd, sister to Baron ( same litter) will serve bitches at £ 6 6s. Applications to be made to Mr Robert Ashley, West End, near Nantwich, Cheshire, two miles from Crewe station. STALLION GREYHOUND.— MOTLEY, by Mr Gibson's Sam out of Mr Jardine's Tollwife, at £ 5 5s each bitch. His produce that have appeared in public stand as hiah for speed and courage as any in England. Apply to Mr G. Gardner, Cleveland Lodge, near Dorking, onamile from the Dorking and Boxhill Station. By order ofthe executors ofthe late Mr Gilbert Fulton. Unusual oppor- tunity to Veterinary Surgeons, Shoeing Smiths, and others. IVIR WRIGHT will SELL by AUCTION on JjA Monday, the itil df$ pf Jatiuary nexj, at 12 o'clock, upon the premises situated No. 3, Back Bold- street, Liverpool, in 0116 lot, the valuable BUSINESS of a VETERINARY SURGEON, established upwards of twenty years, together with the working implements, fixtures, & e, of the forge, office furniture, and fittings of surgery con- nected with the above most centrally situated aad old established business premises. This genuine concern comprises large forge, lofty stables, surgery, office, small house, and enclosed yard. The rent is exceedingly moderate, and, on account of the death of the late pro- prietor, the purchaser will have the full benefit of immediately entering on the whole of his large established connection. The premises may be viewed up to the day of sale, and further particulars known at the auctioneer's offices, 9, Basnett street, Liverpool, SNIPE SHOOTING and TROUT FISHING.— To be LET or SOLD, a comfortable RESIDENCE, with necessary buildings suitable to a gentleman of small family, with a quantity oi pasture land belonging. In the best situation for enjoying the above sports in the south of England. Situation very retired, but exceedingly healthy; town, with post office within two miles. Hounds within reach. Immediate possession can be had. Price or rent very moderate. The above is admirably adapted to two friends, or a gentleman of small income. Apply by letter only ( prepaid) in the first instance to M. F„ care of Mr Stearn, 15, St Thomas- street East, Southwark, London. ARTIFICAL SALMONandTROUT BREEDING. — To be SOLD, the PLANT of a PISCICULTUBAL ESTA- BLISHMENT, for the breeding of salmon, trout, or other fresh water fish, which has been in full operation for the last four years, and is in perfect condition. The materials consist of 48 red pine boxes, 6 feet by 1 foot 6 inches, tubs, cans, nets, and all the necessary appparatus. The plant is complete in all its details, and well worthy the notice ef any gentleman wishing to adopt the system on his rivers or estate. For par- ticulars apply to the hon secretary of the River Dee Fishery, Courant Office, Chester. TO VETERINARY SURGEONS.— To be SOLD, on very moderate terms, a VETERINARY PRACTICE in the City of Manchester, established upwards of 20 years, the present con- ductor wishing to leave town on acceunt of ill health. The stock, uten- sils, and fixtures may be taken at a valuation at the option of the pur- chaser. Address, prepaid, A. L., Psst Office, Manchester. T O SADDLERS and HARNESS MAKERS.— JL To be DISPOSED OF,! immediately, in the west of England, a first- rate old established SADDLER'S and HARNESS MAKER'S BU- SINESS. For particulars, apply ( if by letter, i> ost paid), to Messrs John Eldred and Co, 21, Fore- street, Cripplegate, London. T> OYAL PANOPTICON, Leicester- square.— The X\) whole of the REFRESHMENT and CLOAK DEPARTMENTS to be LET. Address, with tenders, to Mr E. T. Smith, ROYAL PANOPTICON. The TWO capitally finished HOUSES to be LET, on either side ofthe building, unfurnished or in chambers. The TWO LECTURE ROOMS in the building to be LET, The PHOTOGRAPHIC ROOMS to be LET. The TWO TOWERS to be LET. A large BILLIARD and CIGAR BOOM to be LET. The extensive CELLARS to be LET. Inquire of Mr E. T, Smith, Panopticon, Leicester- square; or Theatre RoyaJ, Drury- lane. WANTED, APARTMENTS in a Farm House, where RABBIT, and other winter SHOOTING, may be had for the remainder of the season. Surrey or Berkshire pre- ferred. Birect to W. H. J., care of Messrs Dunn and Duncan, 9, Fleet- street. E. C. SHOOTING,— WANTED ( for a term of years from February next), from oue thousand to two thousand acres of good PARTRIDGE and COVER SHOOTING, without a keeper, near a railway station, on one of the London lines, with a cottage. Address, with full particulars, to " Alfred," care of MessrB Spon, 16, Bucklersbury, London. —' SJ ALMON and TROUT FISHING.— CHARLES . _ FARLOW, manufacturer. 191, Strand, invites anglers to inspect his large and varied stock of superior seasoned SALMON, TROUT, and SPINNING RODS, salmon, lake, and trout flies, improved reels and lines. Artificial baits in every variety. Superior stout salmon and extra fine silkworm gut. Flies dressed to pattern, and sent by post. Rods re- paired and made to order. Catalogues gratis. Sole agent in London for Philips's Dublin hooksand Brown's x hantom minnows. MISS BLOSS begs to thank her friends and the public for the kind patronage and support received during the residence of herself and family at THE CROWN INN, and to inform them that the business has been DISPOSED OF to Mr JAMES BAR- THOLOMEW, who has taken possession, and will carry it on as hereto- fore, and for whom she begs to solicit a continuance of their favours. Newmarket, Dec. 26. LION HOTEL, Farningham, Kent.— Gentlemen hunting with the Kent Hounds are respectfully informed that they can have every ACCOMMODATION and eomtort at the above establishment. Excellent stabling and loose boxes. J. P. DAVIS, Proprietor. BEST IN LONDON.— ALE SPICE, IOS 6D PER gallon. Cheapest in London.— Ale spice, 6s 6d gallon. Dantzic spruce, 12s 6d per keg; double, 15s 6d.— ADAM High Holborn. i, 258. PONDER'S FRAGANCIA - CIGARS, l? g P « pound ( 108), mild, medium, or ftdl flavour. '' sent, carriage free, on receiet f ISs in penny stamps. ™ ™ « { m cigars, 22s: government Manilla cheroots, No. S, in nER aml Co for 42s. Cheapest House in London for the trade.- *• PvNDJiK ana CO, 48, Strand, nearly opposite Lowther Arcade, BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, DECEMBER 27, 1857. PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. GYMNASTICS, Fencing, Sword Exercise, Glove, dub, and Stick Practice, Military Drilling, fe, at Mr HARRISON'S ROYAL GYMNASIUM and SCHOOL of ARMS, 8, James- street, Haymarket. OPEN DAILY from 9 a. m. to6p. m. An evening class every Tuesday and Friday from 8 to 10. For terms, apply as above. • The CRYSTAL PALACE. — Christmas Revels Kj Directors have the pleasure to announce a series of JUVENILE LUCKfrOW and DELHI, GREAT GLOBE, Leicester- square.— DIORAMA of LUCKNOW and theJ SIEGE and GlTY of DELHI: its streets, palaces, and fortifications,^^ and 7 p. i Benares. The RUSSIAN Admission to the whole building. Is. Mr ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, NAPLES, POMPEII, and VESUVIUS.— Special arrangements for Christmas. The new entertainment will be given on o'Clock, 1 o'clock. [ Wednesday evening, Dec 30.... 8 I Thursday afternoon, „ 81.... S Thursday evening, „ 31.... 8 Friday afternoon, Jan 1.... 3 _ J Friday evening. „ 1.... 8 Saturday, afternoon, Jan 2,8 e'clock. After this date the entertainment will take place EVERY NIGHT ( except Saturday), at 8 o'clock, and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday afternoons at 3.— EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, Monday afternoon, Monday evening, Tuesday afternoon, Tuesday evening, Dec 28. „ 28.... 8 „ 29.... 3 Dec 29.... 8 Wednesday afternoon, „ 80.... 8 ^ PROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL, Physicien to their Maiesties the Emperor and Empress of Russia.— St James's Theatre — PHYSICAL and NATURAL MAGIC, without the aid of any juroaratus. TVo Hours of IUusiong.- WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY SrTERNOONS, at 3, and EVERY EVENING at 8. Stalls, 5s ; bal- cony stails, 4?; boxes, 3s; pit. 2s; gallery, Is. Private boxes, two euineas, one guinea and a half, and one guinea. Places to be secured at Mr Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond- street. ~ T) r KAHN'S MUSEUM and GALLERif of SCIENCE. 8. Ticliborne- street. faciog the Haymarket.— Programme for tte Christmas HolidaysGUENAL'S APPAR15IL URANOGRA- PHIQUE constantly in motion; living objects in the large oxy. hydrogen micro- cope; hundreds of new anatomical models of a most, teresting character." Lectures by Dr Kahn, at 3 o'clock on the Pljjsio HOLIDAY FETES, on Monday, the 28th inst, and during the iestive season, which v.- ill be carried on under experienced management, pre- senting, from 12 till 4 o'clock, one continued round of pleasing variety, reminding us of those days " when the young blood ran riot in out Veins and boyhood made us sanguine." At 12 o'clock : The Royal Punch and Judy, followed by a performance by the Crystal Palace Band. At 1 o'clock: Christmas Masque and Ballet Divertissement on the opera stage, arranged by Mr Framptcn, Princess's Concert Room. At half- past 1: Shooting for prizes from the Christmas Tree. At 2 o'clock: Professor Logrenia, the Royal Magician, on the opera stage. At half- past 2 ( on Monday): Performances on the great Handel Festival Organ. At 3 o'clock : Ths Holly Danct, followed by Sir Roger de Coverley, introducing one thousand cou\ jtes, in the large st ball room in the world. Master of the Ceremonies, Mr Frampton: arranger of Ciiristmas Tree, Mr Trebeck, toy merchant, Sun- street, Bishopsgate; the whole written and arranged by Nelson Lee, author of 201 Christmas pantomime?, and eatercr for public amusements. RENT- LEY'S MISCELLANY, price Half- a- crown far January, contains:— Oar Annual Dissertation— Faint Ho.; rt never won Fair Lady. By Dudley Costello- The Bheel Tribes of ^ andeis'n— German Almanacks for 1858- The Causes of the Indian Mutiny— Saint Evremond. By Monkshood— An Autumn in Wales— A Literary Dinner. and ELECTRO- SILVER _____ . BROTHERS, manufacturers by spe- cial appointment to the Queen, are the only Sheffield makers who supply the consumer direct in London, consequently admitiing of no interven- ing profit betweea the manufacturer and the buyer. Their London Show Rooms, 67 arid 68, King William- street. London Bridge, contain by far the largest stock of CUTLERY and ELECTRO- SILVER PLATE in the werld, which is transmitted direct from their manufactory . Queen's Cutlery Work?., Sheffield. Electro- silven- Spoons and Forks, Fiddle Pattern, full size. Per doz Table spoons 36s Od Table fo rks 36s Od Dessert spoons 27s Od Dessert forks 27s Od Tea spoons 16s Od Saft „ f Gilt bowls 63") bustard „-{ per dozen > 14s 6d ' Egg „ t extra .... J Ivory Table Knives, full size, balance handles, which cannot possibly come loose. per doz Table knives 25 0< 1 Desert knives 18s Od Carvers ( per pair) 9s Od As above, with Sterling Silver Ferrules. Table knives 34s Od Dessert knives 21s Od Carvers ( per pair) lis Od SOI the lectures illustrated by brilliant experiments. Dissolving views of an entirely new character, & c. Open for gentlemen only from 10 till 10, Blustrated hand- book, 6d. Programme gratis. Dr Kaim's Nine Lec- tures and a programme sent post free on the receipt of t welve stamps. PORTLAND ROOMS, Foley- street, Portland- nlace.— Mr H. C. FRERE begs to announce to the nobility, gentry, Ms subscribers and pupils, that his GRAND ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BALL will take place TO- MORROW ( Monday) evening, IX'c 28. Tickets 2e 6d'.* each. Dancing to commence at half- past 10 o'clock precisely.— N. B. The usual soiree on Wednesday next, and every Monday, Wednes- day, and Friday during the season. PRINCESS'S CONCERT ROOMS, Castle- street, Oxfofd- street- FRAMPTON'S ECOLE de DANSE, OPEN EVERY EVENING. Is per lesson. Dancing taught from 8 to 9 o'clock by Mr Frampton, assisted by professional pupils. Practice from 9 to lialf- past 11 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.— The ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS in the Regent's Park are OPEN from Christmas Eve to January 6th, at a charge of Sixpence only for each person, Sundays excepted. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— II Trovatore.— All the boxes and stalls havinar been disposed of for the representation • f Tuesday, 29tli December, the TROVATORE will be repeated on TUESDAY, the 5th January. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE.— Lessee, Mr E. T. Smith; acting manager, Mr C. Mathews; stage manager, Mr R. Roxby.— Re- opened, superbly decorated, and re- painted throughout by Mr B. Hurwitz. The best pantomime in London every evening. Transcendently beautiful! Gorgeous beyond description! The artistic transformation and ballet scenes beyond competition! A grand Morning Performance, every Wednesday, at 2 o'clock; doors open at half- past 1.— TO- MORROW ( Monday), and during the week, to commence at 7 o'clock with a COMIC DRAMA, in which her Majesty's servants, the membeis of the dramatic company, will appear. After which, the new grand Christmas pantomime of LITTLE JACK HORNER; or. Harlequin ABC, and the Elfin Land of Nursery Rhymes. The scenery, entirely mew, painted by, and under the superintendence of, Mr William Bever- ley, assisted by Messrs Wilson, Thompson, Gompertz, Muir, and W. Brew. The machinery by Mr Tucker and assistants. The tricks, pro- perties, changes, and transformations, by Mr Needham, assisted by Messrs Glindon, & e. The entire effects of gas appointments by Mr Hinckley. The masks, models, and personal appointments designed and executed by the celebrated Lvkwynkyn, artist in pantomimic phy- siognomy. The costumes by Mr Palmer and Mrs Dickinson. Trie comic scenes by Messrs Boleno arid Flexmor- j, with valuable eyedears by J. Vandenberg, Esq. The overture and music composed and arranged by Mr J. H. Tally. Tiie, choregraphic arrangements, under the personal supervision of M Petit. The burlesque grotesque openiiig invented and written by E. L. Blanchard. TWO HARLEQUINS .... Messrs MILANO and ST MAINE. TWO SPRITES The BROTHERS ELLIOTT. TWO PANTALOONS .... Mr NASH and W. A. BARNES. TWO CLOWNS HARRY BOLENO and FLEXMORE, FASHION ( a Dandy Lover) M DEULIN. HARLEQUINA Mdlle AGNES. TWO COLUMBINES .... Mdme BOLENO and Mdlle CHRISTINE. All at reduced prices of admission.— Galleries, 6d and Is; second circle cf bexes, 2s; pit, 2s; first circle of boxes, 2s 6d; dress circle, 4s; stalls, 5s; private boxes, 10s 6d, £ 1 Is, £ 1 lis 6d, and £ 2 2s. The box office open daily from 10 till 6, under the direction of Mr E. Cliatterton. Boxes and stalls may also be obtained at all the principal libraries and Hwsicsellers'. Messrs Mappin Brothers respeetfully invite buyers to inspect their uii' precedented display, which, for beauty of design, exquisite workman- ship, and novelty, stands unrivalled. Their Illustrated Catalogue, which is continually receiving additions of new designs, free, on application. Mappin Brothers. 67 and 68, King William- 3treet, London Bridge; manufactory, Queen's Cutlery Works. Sheffield. D5 ISH COVERS and HOT WATER DISHES in every material, in great variety, and of the newest aud most recherche patterns. Tin dish covers, 7s 6d the set of six; block tin, 12s Sd to 27s the set of six; elegant modern patterns, 35s 6d to 02s 6d the set; Britannia metal, with or without silver plated handles, £ 3 lis to £ 6 8s the set; Sheffield plated, £ 10 to £ 16 10s the set; block tin hot water dishes, with wells for gravy, 12s to SOs; Britannia metal, 22s to 77s electro- plated OH nickel, full size, £ 11113. WILLIAM S. BURTON'S FURNISHING IRONMONGERY CATA- LOGUE may be had gratis and free by post. It contains upwards ot 400 illustrations of his illimited stock of Electro and Sheffield Plate, nickel silver, ai: d Britannia metal goods, stoves, fenders, marble mante'pieces, kitchen ranges, lamps, gaseliers, tea urns and kettles, clocks, table cut- lery, baths and toilet ware, turnery, iron and brass bedsteads, bedding, bed hangings, & c, & e, with list of prices, and plans ef the sixteen large show rooms at S9, Oxford- street, W.; 1,1A, 2, aud 3, Newman- street; and 4,5, and 6, Perry's- place, Londea. Established 1820. . COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. — The January Number will be published on the 81st. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Ju « t published, price in cloth. 2s 6a, post, free 4s; as a pocket- book, with metallic paper and pencil, 4s 6d, post, free. RUFF'S GUIDE to the TURF ; or, POCKET RACING COMPANION for 1858. CONTENTS : The Nominations for Great Britain aud Ireland for 1858, and the Great Stakes for 1859; a complete Calendar of the Races in Great Britain and Ireland in 1857; the Horses indexed, with their Pedigrees; Laws of Racing; Length of Courses; revised and enlarged Lists of Trainers; Winners of the Great Races from their commence- ment ; Raccs to Come; Derby Lots; & c, & c, & c. London: Piper, Stephenson, and Spenoe, 28, Paternoster- row; and may be ordered of all booksellers and at the railway stations. TN MEMORIAM GLORIOSAM LUDORUM A Etoniensium, Harrovieusiam, Wykeliamicorumquc nuper inter mis- sorum. This little pamphlet, privately published for the benefit of the Indian Fund, can be had only by sending seven postage stamps, to " Phi," care of Mr A. Prewett, bookseller, 44, Upper Ebury- street, Pim- lico, S. W. NEW STORY BY SHIRLEY BROOKS. With the Magazines, price Is., No. I. ( to be completed in Twelve Monthly Numbers), of THE GORDIAN KNOT. By SHIRLEY BROOKS, author of " Aspen Court." With illustrations by Tenniei, London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington- street. CHESS STUDIES. By GEORGE WALKER. Comprising One Thousand Games actually played over the board, by the first chess players of all time; including those of Philidor, Mac- donnell, and La Bomdonnais. 10s. Longman and Co. London. w Now readv price 2s 6d, H O ' S WHO, London : Baily Brothers. 1 8 5 8. NEW TALE BY MR LEVER. i^ ERALD FITZGERALD, " the Chevalier," by xJT HARRY LOfiREQUER, will commence in the January number of the DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. Hodges, Smith, and Co, Dublin; Hurst and Blackett, London.; HORSES.— Lieut JAMES'S BLISTER, used m her Majesty's Cavalry Regiments, patronised by Major- General Sir Charles Daibkc, Inspector- General, of the Cavalry Forces, a& d highly eulogised by Proressor Coleman in his report to the Adjutant- General. Its great efficacy, in all cases where blistering is usually applied, is well known; and its celebrity has extended to all the great studs throughov t the world. No hor? e will gnaw it.— Sold by Messrs Barclay and Sons 95, Farringdon- atreet, London; and by all respectable medicine veudois, In pots Is 6d. 2s 9d, and 5s each. ORSES.— TAYLOR'S CONDITION BALLS, invaluable for swelled legs, grease, coughs, worms, impaired appetite, & c. Re& d the opiniens of the following trainers:—" For getting horses into condition they are unequalled." John Osborne.— " In my opinion they are invaluable." John Scotr.—" 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- oil- Trent. Wholesale of Sanger, Oxford- street; Sutton, Bow- church yard, and all druggists, in paeketa. six balls. 8s: three balls, is 9d. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.— Under the management of Mr Buckstone.— TO- MORROW ( Monday), and during the week, Morton's comedy of SPEED THE PLOUGH; Mr Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr W. Farren, Mr Rogers, Mrs Poyntcr, Mrs £. Fitzwilliam, Mrs Griffith, Miss E. Ternan. After which, the new fraud comic Christmas pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY N THE WOOD; or, Harlequin and the Spiteful Fairy: the scenery of the fairy story painted by Mr William Calcott, the harlequinade by Messrs Harris and O'Connor, the music of the entire pantomime ar- ranged and composed by Mr D. Spillane. Venoma, the spiteful fairy, Mr Clark; Brighteyes, Miss Fanny Wright; the King of Spindledom, Mr Goe; the Princess Royal, Miss Louisa Leclereq ; the Young Prince Tulip, Miss Fitz Inman; Harlequin, Mr Arthur Leclercq; Columbine, Miss Fauny Wright; Pantaloon, Mr Mackay; Clown, Mr Charles Leclercq; the Princess on her Travels, Miss Louisa Leclercq. The first Morning Performance of the Pantomime will take place on Thursday next, Dec 81, and every Thursday till further notice, commencing pre cisely at 2, and concluding at 4. New Arrangement of Prices.— Orchestra stalls ( which may be retained the whole of the evening, and for which there will be no charge for booking), 6s each. FIBST PEICB. | SECOND PBICE. Dress boxes 5I Od Dress boxes 3s Od Bfpper boxes 8s Od | Upper boxes 2s Od Pit 2s OdjPit ...*. is Od Gallery........... Is Od I Gallery 0s 6d Box office open daily from 10 till 5. The public are respectfully informed that the upper gallery is abo- lished, and that there will be but one gallery open, capable of containing 800 persons. ROtfAL LYCEUM THEATRE.— Sole Lessee and manager . Mr Charles Dillon.— First appearance this season of Mr Charles Dillon.— TO- MORROW ( Monday), Tuesday, and Wednesc / JOSTLING'S CONDITION BALLS for HORSES are highly beneficial after severe exertion or change of food; they are also most efficacious in cases of indigestion, loss of appe- tite, swelled legs, cracked heels, grease, worms, and the general disor- ueis of horses and cattle. They gently purge the bowels, promote a free flow of urine, purity the blood, cleanse the skin from humours, and im- part new vigour to the constitution. Price 2s 6a 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 Is 6d per packet ( six balls).— Sold wholesale by Barclay and Sons. Farringdon- street, London ; Raimes and Co, York and Edinburgh ; M'Masters and Co, Dublin : T. P. Goatling, Diss, Norfolk; and retail by all druggists. BY HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. ' S REMEDIES for the HORSE, the best and most effectual ever discovered, superseding the burning iron and the torture of the tautery. MAJOR'S BRITISH REMEDY for the cure of ringbone, spavins, splints, and all cssific deposit ® in the horse. Price 85a, MAJOR'S SYNOVITIC LOTION ( the Remedy No. 2), for grogginoss, weak joints, sprains of the back si- uews, ruptures ef the sheaths of tendons, suspensory ligaments, Vshoulder lameness, and inflammation; also for the cure and prevention of breaking down, ex. In bottles, large size, £ 1 Is; small, 10e 6d eaeh. MAJOR'S INFLUENZA DRINK, 10s 6d and 17s 6d. MAJOR'S RESTORATIVE DRAUGHTS, 10s 6d and 17s 6d. To be had of all respectable medicine vendors, and of Mr ? TaJor, vete- rinary surgeon; together with the pamphlet and testimonials, price Is. JOSEPH MAJOR, 26. Cockspur- street. Charing- cross. LEEMING'S ESSENCE for LAMENESS in HORSES.— This essence cures claps or strains of the back sinews, also slips and strains in the shoulders, stifle, hough, whirlbone, knee, fet- lock, pastern, and coffin joints. It makes the quickest and surest cures of any article yet kuown; and horses may be worked during the time of cure. Price 2s6d per bottle.— To AVOID PURCHASING A SPURIOUS ARTI- CLE, please see that the names of " BARCLAY and SONS, Farriugdon- streer, London," are affixed, they having purchased the original recipe from the executors of George Bor, t, of Nottingham. ROARING and BROKEN WIND effectually relieved ( without injury to the horse or taking him from work), so as to defy detection by the most experienced veterinary surgeon or horse dealer during the time the animal is under the influence of the medicine. Dealers are particularly recommended to give these balls a trial. Sent free by post, with directions, on receipt of P. O. O. One ball 3s 6d, four balls 12s, tea balls £ 1, Address R. B. W., Post Office, Colchester. HORSES SINGED by GAS.— ATTWOOD'S original SINGEING APPARATUS surpasses all others offered to the public. A large assortment is always ready for sale at the agent's, W. HEATHER, saddler, 63, London- wall. Genuine ones are marked " Attwood." TO GENTLEMEN, HUNTSMEN, and Others.— COBBE'S DISTEMPER POWDERS for DOGS have been used many yearB with great success. Given as soon as possible after the disease appears, they never fail to effect a cure. Testimonials from masters of hounds may be seen with the proprietor DAVID GOODGER, Wednesday. Sir E. L. > pharmaceutical chemist, 31, Regent- street, Loudon. Sold h » boxes at Bulwer's play of RICHELIEC; Richelieu, Mr Charles' Dillon; Bar- 13S 6d, lis, and 21s. Large boxes sent free by post. nadas, Mr Stuart; DeMauprat, Mr J. G. Shore; Joseph, Mr Barrett; Julie, Mrs Charles Dillon; Francois, Miss Woolgar, To conclude with, even? evenin?, the burlesque and pantomime of LALLA ROOKH AND THE PRINCESS, THE PERI, AND THE TROUBADOUR ;, or Halequin and the Ghsbers of the Desert; supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Esther Jacobs, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternau, and Woolgar; Messrs Barrett, Calhaem, Poyhter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs T. Mathews and R. Stilt; Harlequin, Mr J. Ricketts; Panta- loon, Mr A. Stilt; Sprites, Herr Zeleski and Sons; Columbines, Misses A. Malcolm and Lees. Grand morning performance on Saturday next, on which occasion the boys of the Licensed Victuallers' School will be pre- sent. Box Office open from 11 to 5 daily. GREAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE. — Two more day performances of the Pantomime.— Monday, Dec 28, aud Tuesday, Dec 29, at half- past 12.— The Pantomime played first every evening!— TO- MORROW ( Monday) and during the week, at half- pa « it6, • will be presented the new gorgeous comic Christsias pantomime, called GEORGEY PORGEY PUDDING AND PIE, KISSED THE GIRLS TILL HE MADE THEM CRY; or, Harlequin Old Daddy Long Legs. Harlequin, Mr A. Smith ( the first harlequin of. ths day); Columbine, Mdlle Cuslime; Pantaloon, Mr H. Bird; Sprites, Juan and Felix Carlo, and two Clowns, Harry Endersonand Litile Driver; to conclude with THE MINUTE GUN AT SEA. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— Lessee and Managsr, MrWra. Cooke. Extraordinary attraction for the holidays,— TO- MORROW ( Monday), and during the week, the new military spec- tacle THE STORMING AND CAPTURE OF DELHI, succeeded by novel and varied SCENES in the ARENA. Concluding with Mr Wm. Cooke's new grand equestrian comic pantomime, entitled DON QUIXOTE AND HIS STEED R0S1NANTE; or, Harlequin Sancho Pauza: introducing Mr Wm. Cooke's monstre expanding car, drawn by twelve milk white horses abreast. Harlequin, Mr H. Hemmings; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston ; Pantaloon, Signor Lupino; Sprites by the Fillis Family ; Clown, M Crouste.— The first mid- day performance will take place on Saturday, Jan 2d, commencing at 2 o'clock.— Commence at 7. Dress boxes, 4s; upper boxes. 8s ; private boxes, from one guinea ( no charge for booking seats); pit, 2s; gallery, Is : upper gallery, 6d; half price at halt- past 8. Box office open from it till 4. THE QUESTION at the GLUBS.— Have you been to the JUDGE and JURY SOCIETY to hear Handsome Jemmy's trial P Probably some may reply, " No, my dear fellow, I have been in Scotland for the last two months. 5' To such the Lord CHIEF BARON N4G HOLSON presents Ilia best compliments, and invites their presence at the COAL HOLE TAVERN, Fountain- court, Strand, EVERY NIGHT this week, at half- 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 department, namely, the Poses Plastiques, Mr Nicholson has the honour to announce a new and exquisite model, termed " The White Lady." The embodi- ments of this beautifully- formed artiste will be after the classical masters of antiquity, including popular Grecian Statues, as well as new 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. PATRONISED by her MAJESTY the QUEEN, and Superior to all Others.- CLARK'S ROYAL LEAMING- IONIAN 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 oi 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 ths United Queendom, CLARK'S Incomparable WATERPROOF HARNESS BLACKING. It neither requires oil, dye, ner 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 infinit# ly superior to any now in use.— Manufactory, 127, Crawford- street. Portman- square. London, W rjio the HUNT.— WT CLARK again solicits the A attention of hunting noblemen and gentlemen to his incomparable BOOT- TOP FLUID, for cleansing and preservingbrown boot- tops, totally eradicating all stains, restoring and keeping them to their original colour. White tops may be made brown to any shade required. Also, a LIQUID for polishing and making any top equal to patent, with half the usual labour. Premier boot- top powders oi all colours.— Manufactory, 127, Crawford- street, Portman- square. London, W. SHOOTING and FISHING.— W. CLARK most respectfully invites the attention of noblemen, gentlemen, and 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 leatner, also to soften and preserve all kinds of hunting, shooting, and Ashing b « ots. Likewise his unequalled elastic waterproof varnish and blacking, which will also render the soles of new or previously used boots impervious to wet. Manufactory, 127, Crawford- street, London, W. CASINO de YENISE, High Holborn.— This maenificent establishment, now the leading feature in the metropolis, is OPEN EVERY EVENING. The musical department, under the direc- tion of Mr W. M. Packer, assisted by many of the leading artistes of the day, is complete in every particular. The Lancers will be danced at half- past 10. Doors open at half- past 8, and close at 12 precisely. Ad- iion Is. TO HOTEL and TAVERN KEEPERS.— SLACK'S NICKEL SILVER is the hardest and most perfect white metal ever invented, and in use retains its silverlike appearance. Fiddle pattern. Thread. King's, Table spoons or forks, per doz 12s, 15s, and 19s .. 28s .. SOs Dessert ditto.. 10s, 18s, and 16s .. 21s .. 25s Teaspoons 5s, 6s, and 8s .. lis .. 12s Orders above £ i, carriage free. R. and J. SLACK, 386, Strand. PUBLICANS' GLASS and TABLE A The largest stock at wholesale prices. D. JACOBS, 88 market. No connection with any other house of the same name. GLASS.— Hay- " VTOVELTY as a CHRISTMAS PRESENT.— The Guinea Parcel of Glass.— This great novelty of the age is now READY for DELIVERY, and contains, ar usual, two quart cut de- canters, two pint ditto, 12 cut tumblers, and 12 cut wines, all to mateh, for ONE GUINEA ( basket included). Sent to any part of England on receipt of Post Office order, payable to DAVID JACOBS, glass manufac- furer, S3, Haymarket, London. Established 1838. FOUR FIRES for ONE PENNY. The PATENT FIREWOOD, sold by every oilman or grocer, in or near London, at 2s per 100. Packed for the country, 500 for| l0s. Lights instantly. No paper required. Works. 18, Wharf- road, City- road, N. ACARD.— Dr GULVERWELL has REMOVED fiom Argyll- place to 8, Great Marlborough- street, Regent street, London, where all letters are to be addressed, Dr Culverwell may be consulted daily from 11 till 5, evening 7 till 9, Sundays till 1. 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 efficacy and safety of this medicine is so fullv demonstrated by unsolicited testimonials from persons in every rank of life, that public opinion proclaims this as one « f ths most im- portant. discoveries of the present age. Sold bv all medicine vendors. SD< J by Proul and Harsant. 2' 20. Strand. London. Price Is. lid. and •>'.•.'. id. DEAFNESS, NOISES in the HEAD.— Turkish Treatment, by a Retired Surgeon from the Crimea ( who was him- self perfectly cured).— Just published, a book, SELF- CURE, free by E> st tor 6 stamps, surgeon COLSTON, M. R. C. S., 8, Leicester- place, eicester- square, London. At home from 11 to i, to receive visits from patients. BEC BET SORROW! CERTAIN HELP !— Dr DE ROOS, from twenty years' practical experience, is enabled to treat with the utmost eertainty qf cure all ( Ugease » « rtekig from excesses or infection, as spermatorrhea, stricture, syphilis, & c, without the use of thpse dangerous medicines, mercury, eoeaiba, & c. Countrv ratients corresponded with till cured. Advice ana medicine, £ 1. Sub rosa. Address, Walter De Roos, M. D., 10, Bernevs- sireet, Oxford- street, Lon- don. Consultations daily from 11 till 4. Sundavsexceptea. CONSULT Surgeon SCOTT, in confidential cases, at 17, Adam- street, Adelphi, Strsnd, London. Want of manhood, for medicine. Midwifery and ailments too delicate for detail attended to the issue. Female obstruction pills is a box. Established since 18S0, At home litforo S, and after 6. daily. PRIVATE HINTS ior the Cure of Secret Disease, Seminal Weakness, & c. Price Is. By Dr. WALTON ( venereal reteree siree 1826), 5, Red Lion- square, Holborn, W. C., the most success- ' practitioner in urethral disorders for the last 80 years. Dr Walton 8trf&& consulted daily, personally or by letter ( fee £ 1 Is), with the ' rosa. ^ gecresy.. Medicine, with advice, forwarded to any address, sub testimonies? oure'; l ln a ' ew fla » Si seminai weakness in a month. See P^^ S^ es and Remedies ior the Self Cure & c & c DiKftasfi , Mirp< l%-, r: enlinal Weakness, NervouEnBca, Tremblings, Pest free i hsmWJ pt, veim^ days, seminal weakness in six weeks. <• • lree » 111 aeaiesl enve! opv f r three stamp*, by E. J. ROBERTS , Gateshead. Dttrbaua. ^ LARK'S PATENT MATCHLESS PASTE for \ J LEATHER BREECHES, GLOVES. CORDS, KERSEYS, & c.- This matchless composition will be found far superior to any that has ever been offered to the public; it will cleanse and beautify, renders them soft and pliable, does, not require rubbing, and will not rub off. Warranted psrf'ectly 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.— Manufactory, I27. Crawford- st. reet, Portman- square, W. 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 for 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. UNT1NG, PROPERT'S PASTE is now prepared for cleansing leather breeches, gloves, hunting kerseys, cords, drills, & c, with directions fer use on each jar, and it used ac- cordingly, will 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 t wo sponges, for cleaning leather and cloth breeches, always kept in readiness, price £ 1. Manufacturers also of the much approved white and brown boot- top powder; magic cloth- balls for diy- cleamng all kinds of tartans, silks, velvets, & c. Importers of Fjench cirage varnish, sole agent for Count D'Orsay's tfaterprtof 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. andpoHshine cream for ditto. KNOW THYSELF.— MARIE COUPELLE continues to give her graphic and interesting delineations ol 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 Coupella, 69, Castle- atreet, Oxford- street London, and they will receive a detail of the talents, tastes, virtues, aud ailings of the writer, with many thinjrs hitherto unsuspected. DO Y YOU WANT LUXURIANT HAIR, WHISKERS, & c ?— COUPELLE'S CRINUTRIAR is guaran- teed to produce whiskers, mustachios, eyebrows, & c, in two or three weeks, strengthen weak hair, prevent its falling off, cheelj greyness in all its stages, and reproduce the hair in baldness, from whatever cause. Price 2s. Sold by all chemists, or will bo sent post free on receipt ol 24 penny stamps, by^ Miss Coupelle, 69, Castle- street, Oxford- street, Lon- don. A complete toilette guide sent post free for four penny stamps. FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH.— Patro- nised by her Majesty and H. R. H. the Prince Consort— Mr HOW- ARD'S PATENT WHITE SUCCEDANEUM, for filling decayed teeth, however large the cavity. It is used in a soft state without any pressure or pain, and in a short time becomes as hard as ihe enamel, lasting for many years, rendering extraction unnecessary, and arresting ail further decay. Sold by all medicine vendors. Price 2s 6d. RUPTURE.—" COLES'S Trass is best."— This is the invention patronised by Sir Astley Coeper and the most eminent surgeons— worn and recommended by William Cobbett, and which has commanded, for thirty years, a constantly increasing reputa- tion; it is what a TRUSS should be— perfectly efficacious, yet agreeable to the wearer. Read " Cobbett's Legacy to Ruptured Persons," gratis.— None genuine unless marked with the address. ' 3, Charing- cross." O UPTURES.— WHITE'S MOC- MAIN PATENT JLl/ LEVER TRUSS is allowed by upwards of 200 professional gen- tlemen to oe the best for hernia. It consists of a smau and elastic pad, to which a lever is attached, and ( instead of the usual steel spring) a soft bandage, fitting so closely as to avoid detection. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss forwarded by post., on the circumferehee ol the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr John White, 228, Piccadilly.— Riding belts, suspendors, & c. fil U P T U R E S.— The PATENT SELF- ADJUSTING GERMAN TRUSS, acting effectually without any complications, is recommended by the faculty for the CURE and RELIEF of HERNIA. The most eminent members of the profession are of opinion that the necessary quality of a good truss is an efficient resisting power, without uiuiecessary pressure oil the part affected, which desirable object is alone obtained in a truss unencumbered with straps, spiral spring, or pad behind.— J, EGG and Co., engage to secure any reducible rupture, if eft to their management.— Manufactory, No. 1, Piccadilly. A NEW and IMPORTANT DISCOVERY in the SCIENCE of MEDICINE.— Seal of Great Britain.- Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie, Paris.— Imperial Colleae © f Medicine, Vienna.— TRIESEMAR, Nos. 1,2, and 8, a lozense devoid of taste or smell, saa be carried in the waistcoat pocket, as administered oy Laliemand. Roux, Ricord, adapted for both sexes.— Triesemar, No. 1, for relaxation, sperma- torrhcea, indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence in hotclimates. It kas restored thousands of debEitated individuals, who are now enjoying health and vigour. Triesemar, No. 2. effectually, in the short spaceor three days, eradicates all traces of gonorrhoea, strictures, irritation of the blad- der, non- retention ot urine, and those disorders where copaivi and cubebs have so Ions 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 £ 112s. Sold by Daniel Church, 76, Graceehurch- street, City; Bartlett Hooper, 43, King William street; Kannay, 68, Oxford- st.: Prout. 229, Strand; Butler. « . Cheapside. 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 lor the " self- cure" of spermatorrhcea, nervous debility, lassitude, timidity, selt- 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 gis stamps, by Mr Hill. 27, Alford- place, Store- etreet, Lwdou, W. C, THE REVIEW; the COUNTRY GENTLE- MAN'S JOURNAL.— On Saturday next, Jan 2, will be published the first number of a firet- clsss weekly newspaper, entitled THE REVIEW; the Country Gentleman's Journal. This paper will be edited by Mr Henry Marshall, and will be devoted to Hunting, Shooting, Coursing, Angling, Cricket, Archery, Yachting, the Turf, and the landed interest. , That far- famed author and sportsman " Harry Hieover," will officiate as sub- editor ; and amongst the contributors will be found the names of Lord William Lennox, author of " Merrie Eng- land ; its Sports and Pastimes," & c, & o; Major Cliamhre, author of " Sketches of the West Indies," aud " Recollections cf West End Life during Forty Years ;" Colonel J. Whyte; J. P. DelmS Radcliffe, Esq, author of" The Noble Science of Fox- hunting;" John Wiiliam Clayton, Esq ( late Captain 18th Light DragooEs), author of ' Letters from the Nile," " Ubique," " English Quarters and Eastern Bivouac;" Harry Hieover; Thomas Tod Stoddart, Esq, author of various works on Angling; Umbra,'; Horace A, Ford, Esq( Archer Champion ofEngland); H. A. L. ( the Old Shekarry), & c, 4c. Portraits and Biogi apnies of Masters of Hounds, and of other leading soortsmen, will appear from time to time. This series will commence with the Maiquis of Waterford and Sir Tatton Sykes. Illustrations of general sporting events will also occasionally be given. It is almost unnecessary to state that the movements in connection with^ fouse shooting, salmon fishing, and fox hunting, under Mr Mar- shall's editorship, will be faithfully recorded; indeed, sportsmen have to thank that gentleman for having kept them correctly informed on these sports during the last three seasons. A series of valuable hints irom the pen of an experienced sportsman on breaking pointers, setters, retrievers, and wood spaniels will be given. These papers should be read by every man who takes out a gaaio certificate, The naval and military intelligence will be edited by a distinguished officer, whose name cannot be revealed owing to his peculiar position with the Government; suffice it to say, that he will be found to be a great authority on the leading topics ot the day. The farm and the garden departments will also be edited by thoroughly practical and experienced writers. The first article will coutaiu some valuable hints to purchasers of incumbered estates, and on the general management of land in Ireland, In addition to the current events of the week, the Review will contain a series of papers, entitled " Sctnes from the Deep Jungle," from the pen of an Indian officer, " The Old Shekarry," which will be descriptive of large game shooting and hunting adventures in different parts of the werld. The lu st series will commence with " The Man- Eater." A special engagement has been made with a great sportsman, to send to the Review a full and faithful account of the approaching expedition to Algeria. This correspondent will describe the joarney thereto, the nature of the country, ana the quantity of game ( both large and small) which may be killed by the assembled sportsmen. The foreign, parliamentary, and general news of the week will be fully given, thereby rendering the Review so complete in itself, that its readers wil not have occasion to take an additional newspaper. The price will be fivepence ( unstamped), and sixpence ( stamped), or six shillings and sixpence per quarter, post free. A copy will be sent on receipt of six postage stamps by Mr Charles Task or, Review Office, 299, Strand, London, or through any London news agent. OFFICERS PROCEEDING to INDIA, also Civilians, can effeet ASSURANCES on their Lives with the COLONIAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY on the usual terms, the Directors having resolved aot to increase their rates at this 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 Loans on good security for temporary periods. 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 Saekville- street. Glasgow 58, St. Vincent- street. MONEY ADVANCED.— For Merry Christmas. — CASH ADVANCED to noblemen and gentlemen of property on their notes of ltand. from £ 100 to £ 5,000, on moderate terms. £ 100,000 ready to advance on reversions, gentlemen having the money without paying principal or interest until they are in possession of their pro- perty. Money advanced to nafal and military officers.— Apply at once ( in strict confidence) to Mr Graham, by letter only, No. 5 Chambers, 8, Duke- street, St James's, London. j^ f ONEY.— Noblemen, gentlemen ol property, - LTJL heirs to entailed estates, officers on full pay, and other respon- 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 oi time upon freehold and leasehold security, reversiens, life interests, and legacies. Apply by letter only to F. Y.. 15. Pall- mall, London.: / CHRISTMAS SONG, " THE GOOD RHEIN WINE," by Y. GRAY, the professional and amateur's most power- ful and telling song. Sung by Mr George Tedder, with great applause. Published with vocal chorus, piano, and band parts, for an orchestra, and illustrated by Ramage and L'Enfant, in colours. Price, 2s 6d.— Chappell, 50, New Bond- street. COATES'S HERD BOOK.— Important to Breeders of Short Horns.— Ml- STRAFFORD begs to inform the breeders of short- horned cattle that he is now preparing for publication the 12th Volume of COATES'S HERD BOOK, which will contain the pedigrees of buils, cows, and heifers, with their produce, to the 81st of December, 1857; returns of such to be made early in January, 1858. The entrance fee is 2s 6d for each pedigree to subscribers. Price of the volume 21^ Non- subscribers are charged double entry. Lists of pedigrees and sub- scribers* names to be sent to Mr Strafford, 13, Euston- square, London, of whom may be had any of the previous volumes, or perfect sets of the work.— London, 18, Euston- square, Dee 24.1857. THE SPORTSMAN in the FIELD is most liable to be distressed by inconvenience of attire. The SYDENHAM TOP COAT, price 42s, and SYDENHAM TROWSERS, price 17s 6d, are adapted to all weather, warm, waterproof, comfortable, and comely, and perfectly easy on the body. They are particularly suitable for riding in. Made by SAMUEL BROTHERS, merchant tailors, 29, Ludgate- hill. INDIA, AUSTRALIA, & e.— 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. 63 and 67, Conihill, and 3 and 4, Bishops gate street ( opposite the London Tavern), where their waterproof fabrics and Indiarubber manufactures may be had in every variety. INDIAN OUTFIT S.— THRESHER and GLENNY ( next door to Somerset House, Strand) manufacture the following ARTICLES expressly for INDIA :— Thresher's Kashmir Flannel Shirts, Thresher's military shirts. Thresher's India gauze waist- coats, 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. DO YOU WANT a WELL- BUILT PAIR of KICKSEYS ? First rate stuff to stand the saddle, and no mis- take, well up in fork, easy stride, no drag when worn without straps, neat leg, and well shrunk, 28s ; tough riding tweeds, & c, any pattern, from 20s; hunting and racing leather ditto at very young prices.— C. BELLERBY, S, Diivies- street, Berkeley- square ( many yearn with HammondsX— N. B, Odd legs made to look like pairs, BARENTS and INSPECT Messrs NICOLE'S GUARDIANS are invited to establishment, Warwick House, 144, Regent- street, London, devoted expressly for the man u- facture of YOUNG GENTEMAN'S CLOTHING of the best qualities, and at the most moderate prices. MESSRS. NICOLL'S ESTABLISHMENTS ARE thus divided:— No. lit, REGENT- STREET, is their depot for paletots, uniforms, gentlemen's evening and morning dress; No. 116, for the manufacture of the guinea trowsers; No. 118, for bait- guinea waist- coats ; No. 120, for waterproof guinea capes, servants* liveries; No. 142, is their new establishment for lady's riding habits and mantles in fur and cloth; and No. 144 contains their other new department for clothing young gentlemen with the taste, excellence, and economy whereby Messrs. Nicoll have secured wide- spread confidence. The wholesale warerooms are at the rear of the Regent- street premises, viz., 29, 80,81, and 41, Warwick- street. The City Depot is at 21 and 22, Cornhill, and the addresses of the various agents are duly advertised in the journals ol the United Kingdom and the Colonies. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.— Long- established custom has rendered Christmas a time of holidays and festivities. Relaxation from the duties of the school, and return of young gentlemen to their friends for cheerful Christmas vacations, are always attended with demands for novel and fashionable ATTIRE. At the Establishment and Branches of E. MOSES and SON, the most extensive and appropriate stock of dress, in all varieties, has been prepared for Christmas holidays. DRESS SUITS, unparalleled for elegance and fashion, the most supe- rior materials, cut and made in the most artistic styles, VESTS of every fashionable fabric, plain or embroidered, in the highest possible style of art, the productions of every celebrated manufactory in Europe. These vests are suitable for balls and festive occasions. The largest and most varied stock of OVERCOATS in the world. HOSIERY for ladies, gentlemen, and children, in variety, elegance, and usefulness unequalled. The most fashionable and highly finished HATS and CAPS. The most superior BOOTS and SHOES ever offered, substantial home manufactured goods, and every style of French productions. The best articles, the choicest fashions, and the most reasonable prices are observed in every department of E. Moses and Son's. Establishment and West End Branch. N. B. Until further notice, E. Moses and Son's establishments will be closed every evening at 8 o'eloek, except Saturday, when they will be closed at 11" o'clock. CAUTION.— E. Moses and Son beg to state that they have no con- nexion with any other house except their establishment and branches as follow:— London: Aldgate and Minoriee, 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 and self- measurement. HUNTING| 300TS.— TOP BOOTS or enamelled leather NAPOLEON BOOTS; the best quality two guineas, cash on delivery.— STUNT, 117, Regent- street. London. LEFT- OFF CLOTHES WANTED.— Gentlemen having LEFT- OFF WEARING APPAREL, in any quantity and of every description, including regimentals, lace, boots, books, jewellery, & c, to dispose of, are respectfully informed that they may obtain the full value tor the same to any amount on 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 Vfihi" immediately remitted by Post Office orders. Established 1840. WANTED, LEFT- OFF CLOTHES for EX- PORTATION.— Gentlemen will be waited on at any time or distance, and have the lushest price given in cash for LEFI- 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„ orparcels being sent from the country, the utmost value in cash immediately re- mitted. Established 88 years. CI LENFIELD PATENT STARCH, used in the T 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 wlieaten, rice, and other powder starches, she lias 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. WOT H ERSPOON and Co. Giassow and London. 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 sut;- cessM mode of curing those fearful diseases, nervous debility, loss of memory, dimness of sight, lassitude, indigestion, & c., resulting from the errors of vouth 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 eaah ease. Address, Dr Smith, Carlioi- street. Newcastle- upon- Tyne. NEW WORK ON STRICTURE. Now ready. Fourth Edition, price 2s. 6d., free by post 2s. 8d. « STRICTURE of the URETHRA, & e.; Practically Considered, with a Decription of the Treatment appropriate to every kind of case. By THOS. BARTLETT, M. I). " We recommend all afflicted persons, to peruse this work for them- selves, as we feel assured that they will thereby derive much valuable information."— Sun. _ , _ H. Balliere, 219, Regent- street, London. frice Is., by post Is. 6a., DR. CULVERWELL 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— ItfarriflKe and its Uoiisideiations— Happv and Fruitful Alliances— Mode of securing them— Infelicitous and Interfile ones— Their Obviations and Removal. Sherwood : 28, Paternoster- row, and all booksellers; or from the author's residence, 10, Argyll- place, Resentestreet, where consultation may be had daiiy from 16 till 5; evening, 7 till 9. CURTIS ON MANHOOD— SHILLING EDITION. A MEDICAL ESSAY OK NERVOUS DISEASES. Just published, the 77,000, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelops, price Is., or sent, post- paid, by the author, for 14 stamps. m, f ANHOOD: the Cause and Cure of Premature Jj. Sl Decline, with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour; being a medical review of the various forms and modern treat- seent of nervous debility, loss of mental and physical capacity, whether resulting from youthful abuse, the follies of maturity, the effects of climate, infection, & e. •, with observations on a new and successful mode of detecting spermatorrhcea, by microscopic examination; to which are added, curious and interesting cases, vith the author's recipe of a preventive lotion. By J, L. 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Questions submitted for answers must have some distinctive feature—" Constant Readers" and " Constant Subscribers" are so numerous that such signatures only produce confusion. Questions ij not sent early on Friday morning cannot be answered till the following week. Questions not answered must be repeated. Articles sent for insertion, if rejected, are not preserved. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.— The exuberance of the feelings, amid scenes of gaiety, induces the fair and youthful to shine to advantage under the gaze of many friends, and therefore to devote especial attention to the duties of the toilet. It is at this festive season that ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, for creating aud sustain- ing a luxuriant head of hair; ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, for rendering the skin soft, fair, and blooming; and ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentrifrice, for imparting a pearl- like whiteness to the teeth, are called into increased requisition to promote and sustain the personal advantages so universally sought for and admired. Beware of spurious imitations. The only genuine of each bears the name of " Rowland's" preceding that of the article on the wrapper or label. Sold by A. ROW- LAND and SONS, 20, Hatton- garden, London; and by chemists and perfumers. TURF. A B, Portugal- street— Marchioness. Cobourg— Yes. Antiochus— Palmer was hanged at 8 a. m. C L, Poplar— Your opponent mu6t pay. T. H. Birch- Bay, J. Sharpe— Yes, at York. Henry Wray, Toronto— Never. Blabster— 1: Yes. 2: Yes, onac. John Taylor— Bay. Gabriel— Bay filly Chalice, by Or- lando. G W H— Is Whalebone. 2: Pan- taloon. W G C— Yes. C A M'K M— 1: Two guineas. 2: Yes. 8: No. . J B, Nottingham— We are obliged for your communication, but the Warwickshire and Notting- ham career of the sharper is well known to us. G W— Balrownie and Comfort were sent to America some time since for Mr Shaw, of Boston, in the United States. Flying Dutchman— No bet. STEEPLE CHASING. Blabster— No. T N, Hereford— Yes, Chandler, at Leamington. TROTTING. Blackfriars— Never. HUNTING. Fox- killing in East Kent— If " Live and Let Live" will communicate with us privately on the subject of his letter, as a guar antee of its genuineness, the communication shall appear next week. D J, Liverpool— You may exclaim with Dogberry " write me down an ass." Bellman— Anything else ? COURSING. E R S— If a constant subscriber you cannot be a very constant reader, seeing that the report of the Ridgway Meeting, at South- port, appeared on the 6th of December. R. W. Dobson— Yes. Longtail— The bet stands, M. A. Selby— Certainly. BCT— 1: No. 2: Yes. We are at all times willing to afford coursers an opportunity of stating their grievances, but cannot open our columns to every owner of a greyhound to explain the causes of his dog's defeit, more es- pecially after a report of the meeting, whereat the same may have occurred, has appeared from our special correspondent.. Upon these grounds, therefore, we must decline to publish the lengthy communication of the owner of Master Mocking Bird, with re- ference to his courses with Bingo at the late Cardington Meeting, and several letters bearing upon decisions at other meetings. AQUATICS. Outrigger From the bridge to Searle's is about .400 yards; to the Crab Tree something over a mile; the other distances will be fouud in the " Oarsman's Guide to the Thames," sold by Messrs Searle. If some Newcastle friend will send us the distances of the " points" between the High Level Bridge and Scoiswood, we will give them. We have not yet heard from " The Rushes." B S, Dartmouth— We never heard of any book on the subject. Nemo—" Y'achts and Yacht- build- ing." published by Hunt, New Church- street, Edgeware- road. CARDS. WHIST.- Vortex— The bet is off. T W C- No. W. Jaekson— No. W. J. Johnson— He cannot score honours at nine, Henry Ling— Any time before you Play. W H C- Yes. CRIBBAGE.— Farmer— He cannot take his adversary's pegs. LOO.— Sandford— He is looed, VINGT- ET- UN.— Camp Colchester — The rule in this country is that the dealer receives, if he and a player turn up naturals. SHOOTING. first and tecond ANSWERS. PIGEON C— They take prizes. ARCHERY. V/ M, Rugby— With three. Your second question is inexplicable. BILLIARDS. F T D, Bradford— It is a foul stroke. X— You must declare immediately. W L- Yes. Jonathan— The ball played at has the option of the star. FOOTBALL. R H A— You had better advertise for the papers required, stating the dates. Rugby— The last mateh shall be in- serted on tho receipt of 5s rail- way carriage, porterage, & c. TOSSING. W. Cross— The man who wins, RAFFLE. J. Witter— The twenty- eights are excluded. H P, Dover— The two thirty- sixes throw for first and second prizes. A Novice— No, Henry Gold Unless you made special rules, the two who threw 86 take the two highest prizes, and those who threw 29 throw off for the third. J. Ellis— The person who bought the chance. PEDESTRIANISM. A Subscriber— He was born in May, 1830. Werneth Metcalf ran one mile, down hill, at Kendal, in 4min 5see. T. Williamson— We cannot say. Butcher's Inn— No; in 8£ seconds. E R O— There is not, RING. T M— Bets are off. G S P— Alec Keene received £ 15 to postpone the fight with Hayes for a fortnight. Bilstonian— Bendigo's name is AY. % Thompson. Moulder's Arms— Bets are off. C. Man— They never fought, J C— Twice. W S- Tom Sayers. Enoch— We do not know the age of Arthur Matthewson. M V— About 5ft Siin. O T and B F- Each won a battle. MISCELLANEOUS. Legal questions are not answered by HS under any circumstances, but are at once consigned to the waste paper basket. J, Sedgwick— Defacing the coin is fully killed ; no one doubts that. Is death the penalty of attempted seduction ? It is not. If it ought to be, make it ^ so ; but even then do not let the parties interested take tha law into their own hands, for that is the worst kind of pro- ceeding that society can knosy; indeed, if admitted as a rule, society would be at an end. The two conditions of things could not exist together. Assuming it to be quite true that Guillot was endeavour, ing to seduce the daughter when he pretended to be en. deavouring to seduce the governess ( the latter object seems to have been a matter of perfect indifference to this " sensi- tive and honourable" family), still, lying in wait for him with a loaded gun, and doing so with the premeditated design of killing him, are things which the interests of society cannot tolerate, and what even honourable feeling would not have allowed. The moment suspicion attached to him he should have been warned— warnea in a grave and serious manner, and not in the language and spirit of a mountebank. The sort of warning that was sent was known never to have reached its destination. The killing, there- fore, became inexcusable towards the man, and was murder according to the laws of society. The French law is well prepared for such a case- as this, and a verdict of " Homi* cide with extenuating circumstances" would have enabled the judges to do all that was required to satisfy private feeling in union with public justice. At present the latter has been wantonly and grossly offended. KISS- ME- QUICK.— PIESSE AND LUBIJS'S NEW perfume for this festive season, distilled from fragrant tulips, 2s 6d a bottle, or three bottles in a pretty case, 7s. Entered at Stationers' Hall. Laboratory of Flowers, 2, New Bond- street. THE 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 hi bottles, 2s 6d each, or three in a box, 7s, at the Grand Stand of Per- fumes. 157B, New Bond- street, near Limmer'S, ITtRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH is the most _ I? 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 excelleat, removing all obstructioas, the distressing headache so very prevalent with the sex, depression of spirits, dulness of sight, nervous affections, blotches, pimples, and saUowness of the skin, and give a healthy, juvenile bloom to the complexion. Sold by all medi- cine vendors. Observe," Thomas Prout," 220, Strand, London, OH the Government stamp. TO the NERYOUS and DEBILITATED.— CHARLES WATSON, M. D. ( Physician to the Bedford Dispen- sary), 27, Alfred- place, Bedford- square, London, continues to issue, on receipt of six stamps, The Guide to Self Cure. Medical corre spondence conducted. " The first man of the day in these complaints." — Medical Review, July, 1856.—" The true guide to those > tho desire a speedy and private cure."— University Magazine. Just published, price 2s in cloth, 2s 2d post free, FEIST'S RACING RECORD for 1857, with an Appendix, Containing the Nominations for the Great Races in Great Britain ana Ireland for 1858 and 1859, forming the most complete book of references tor racing results, & c, ever published. The Racing Record may be had separately, price Is 6d in cloth, post free Is 8d, and contains a complete Calendar of all the Flat Races and Steeplechases in Great Britain and Ireland for 1857, the Horses Indexed, with their Pedigrees and Trainers'Names; tabular lists of winners of the great races from their commencement, with the first and second horses, for the Derby, Oaks, and St Leger. The APPENDIX may be also had, separately, price 6d in cloth, post free 7d, containing the Nominations for 1858 and 1859, Laws of Racing, Lengths of Courses, Corrected List of Trainers, Races to Come, Derby Lots, Racing Fixtures, & c. No. 10 of The Racing Record, published as usual, price 2d, with the completion of the Racing Returns for 1857, and a corrected and complete Index, List of Winners of Great Races from their commencement, & o. WRIGHT'S BOOK OF STEEPLE CHASING, for the season 1856- 57, iust published, price Is. The vols for the seven previous years may also be had, price 4s 6d the set. Published by Wa, Wright, Fulwood- rents, Holborn, London, sporting printer and publisher, electric telegraph agent, & c. THE GOLDEN SECRET GRATIS.— JOHN STAMFORD, Ipswich, replies to all inquiries received by letter that have a directed envelope enclosed. J. S. would obseyvc 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 Derby and Spring Handicaps. \ 17INNING 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 to all races of importance. N. B. The winner of the Derby at a. capital price. Address, with directed envelope enclosed, John Fairplay, Ipswich. JOHN GIDEON executes COMMISSIONS to any amount ( by letter only), at the original address. No. 17, Grreat Newport- street, Leicester- square, London. N. B. No personal interview granted. All letters requiring answers must contain an addressed stamped envelope, without which no reply can be returned. M R THOMAS SENN can be seen in Arthur- street as usual. COLIIERY EXPLOSION AT BARTTSIBT— TWO MEN KILLED.— On Saturday weetoan explosion of fire- damp, by which two men were killed, took place at the Strafford Main Colliery of Messrs Smith, Carr, and Smith, at Stainbrough, two miles from Barns- ley, Two men were driving a drift, with a view to reach a shaft where some others were at work sinking, the object being to cause a free current of air from one pit to the other, and thus making sure of good ventilation. From some unknown cause, the strap which drives the ventilating fan broke, . the conse- quence of which was the complete stoppage of the ventilation. The two men in the drift, before the occurrence was scarcely known, gave the usual signal for being drawn up, which the engineman immediately responded to, and drew up the rope, but, to his great surprise, he found that neither the men nor the cove were attached thereto. Almost immediately after an ex- plosion took place, which caused considerable alarm, blowing out the windows of tha engine houses, as well as the air boxes, rendering it both difficult and dangerous to descend. Still the men set to work with the greatest eagerness and with almost superhuman exertions, but with all their efforts nearly five hours elapsed before they reached the drift where the men had been working, and where they found both quite dead, Mr Smith, the managing partner, was early on the spot, and, by his judicious and well- iimed instructions, rendered efficient aid in getting to the drift and reaching the bodies. Death was. in all probability, instantaneous. Their names are, Turner and Chappell, the for- mer leaving a widow and eight children, and the latter a widow and three children. A llcFMANLY POLICEMAN PUNISHED.— At Middlesex Ses- sions, on Wednesday, Hugh Brady, the police- constable con- victed on Friday week of an assault upon Diedrich Ralhgen, a German, was brought up for judgment.— Mr Creasy said the prisoner had been convicted of one of the gravest offences it had ever been his lot to try— a graver seldom came before a court of justice. It was proved, upon what he must say was evidence of the clearest character, that he had grossly insulted a married woman of respectability while he was performing the duty of a police- constable, and when he found that the husband of the fe- male he had so insulted had taken his number for the purpose of reporting him to the police authorities for his misconduct, he attacked him with his truncheon, and committed the brutal and cowardly assault of which he had been convicted. Not only did he do tb'at, but he took his victim into custody on a charge of his having assaulted him with a poker— a charge which he supported by perjurv before the magistrate, and also at this court, when lie was disbelieved by the jury, who acquitted Mr Bathgeu. For- tunately for the ends of justice, the prisoner had been convicted, and from inquiry which had been made as to his antecedents, it appeared that ho was not entitled to the good character he had received with respect to his conduct while iu the Crimea, in the Land Transport Service, for he had been reduced for csmmitting a serious assault. Looking at all the circumstances, especially to the fact that at the time the prisoner was a police constable, whose duty was to protect the public, he felt it to be his duty to pass upon him the full sentence the law allowed, and regretted he could not give even more.— The sentence was, that the pri- soner be kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for the period of two years. SUICIDE,— On Tuesday Mr Payne held an inquest at the Vestry Hall, Horsleydown, respecting the death of Mr Frederick Kilby, who committed suicide by cutting his throat. The de- ceased had been charged with having attempted to rob Mr Stevens, stockbroker, of several hundred pounds, but the Lord Mayor, after hearing the case, told him that he left the court without the slightest taint upon his character. The deceased, however, who resided with his brother in Thornton- street, Horseljdown, was very much depressed on his return home, and on Sunday morning was found in bed with his throat cut. The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased destroyed himself while in a fit of temporary insanity brought on by the transac- tion with the broker." J. B. Matthews— There are two, York and London. Anceps— We do not know of such a work. Lockerbie— Apply to the captain of a ship bound for the Cape. M H— We find that we were in error with respect to H. M. S. Duke of Wellington; she was built at Pembroke, and originally called the Windsor Castle. M B— Explain yourself. R. Earl— rhe horse. Butter— A game certificate cannot be transferred. Rupert— You have no claim. W R W— A Citizen ef the States. F L— We do not answer legal ques- tions. Malt Shovel— There are Knights of the Shire for Kent. J T V— Do you think you are minu3 £ 5or flu? Mumbles— A legal question. Burrows Lodge— He cannot claim the bet. Blink Bonny— A county. J. White— Emeu. S B— He can please himself. J W B— You must consult " Black- stone's Commentaries," we have not space to give all the qualifica- tions ; we may state, however, that property alone will not con- stitute an esquire by right. Saracen's Head— Peeping Tom, we believe, was the origin of Lady Godiva. The ladies who rode were Lady Godiva and Madame Warton. Comscliffe.— No. Why Not— 5ft 9Sin. Leamington— 184 miles from Lon- don Bridge Station. To ADVERTISERS.— Advertisements not exceeding eight lines are charged 5s each, and Is for every extra line. They cannot be taken, at the latest, after five o'clock on Friday afternoon, and must be pre- paid. Post Office orders to be made payable at the Strand Post Office, to William Clement. Postage stamps refused. Sell's % ik fa LONDON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. There are three topics of immediate interest to England in the President's Message; one is that of the currency, ano- ther that of our differences with the United States on the subject of the Bulwer- CIayton treaty and Central America, and the third is slavery. As to the first, we have the distinct declaration of the President that the recent money crisis, which, as he says' has occurred notwithstanding the blessing of a most abundant harvest, is entirely owing to that desperate habit of gambling overtrading occasioned by an unrestricted paper currency. His proofs of the correctness of this statement are strong, and they are likewise startling. What reasonable man could suppose that, in a matter which directly affects all the United States, and their general commerce with the whole world, each individual state possessed the uncontrolled power of creating the most extensive disturbance. Yet so it is. There are, as a consequence, 1,400 banks, which are described as possessing the right to issue notes, and to do so without being called on to have a proportionate reserve of metallic currency to meet those notes. In fact, the " blessings of paper money" exists to the greatest extent in the United States, and they have this year been amply sufficient to neutralise the blessings of God— for the abun- dant harvest and the good health of the people, both of which the President acknowledges with humble thanksgiving, have, he says, been unable to save the United States from a fearful extent of misery. That misery is the result of unlimited paper credit, and before its baleful in- fluence even the blessings of HeaveH lose the power which ought to belong to them, and the happiness which eught to be their result. We, too, have felt the consequences of this sad state of things; and of the monetary evils which now afflict the commercial world of England and Europe, the credit of the United States is the first, the most direct, and the greatest cause. We have large matter for reflection in dealing with our own Bank Charter Act. The second topic touched on by the President, which is interesting to us, is that of the relations between the two countries. The Bulwer Clayton treaty is differently inter- preted on the two different sides of the Atlantic. Here we say that a promise that neither party " will occupy, & c, & c," territory in Central America ( we being known to possess territories at the time we made the promise, and not one word being said about those territories) means that from that time forward we undertook not to obtain new territory. The United States say that it meant we were to give up what we already possessed. The words would not mean that in an ordinary agreement between man and man, and, seeing that there was no reference to the ter- ritories then in our possession, nor any stipulation as to the time at which, or as to the persons or Governments to whom we were to give them up, the United States construction does seem at best a little fanciful. But Mr Buchanan ( who, however, abstains from quoting the words of the treaty) is very positive about it. Still that is no reason why there should be the least ill- will between the two nations, the more especially as Mr Buchanan himself admits that we are actuated by the fairest spirit. He is positive as he says for " a principle," which is that the United States will not allow European states to hold territories in Central America. Without saying whether this " principle" is wise or practicable, there can be no doubt that in this instance it is sought to be injuriously applied. However, let Mr Buchanan accept the offer which our Government has more than once made— let the question of the construction of the treaty be made matter of reference. His predecessor suggested that he could not trust crowned heads as the referees. So be it. Then let a select body of the ablest judges of one nation or more be requested to accept the reference. England would honourably perform their award. As to the third question we regret to see that the bias of Mr Buchanan's mind is in favour of slavery. The existence of slavery is practically, indeed, as a con- iemporary says, " a question of economy and profit;" but its practical tearing ought to be subordinated to principle. That, however, is not, and perhaps will not be, the case till some new events shall arise to confound the calculations of those who would reduce everything to a ques- tion of pounds, shillings, and pence, and maintain a system which is at once a disgrace and a curse to humanity, that they may enjoy the advantage of having a money profit larger than another and a better system would afford them. With the United States favouring slavery and the French Government suffering itself to be betrayed into renewing the slave trade, the efforts of England will go tor very little. Unless the French Government retraces its steps and cor- rects its error, putting an end to the premium which it has offered for the renewal of the slave trade, the world will again witness, spite of the honest and Christian efforts of England, the complete revival of that horrible traffic. It is a matter of the deepest pain to see the United States bent on assisting in this godless scheme; and it is no consolation to know that the evil will ultimately be visited on themselves. RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. The Malta papers bring us tha following tale of horror :— " Letters from Trebizond, of November 18, announce the death, on the 2d of the same month, of Prince Gagarine, Civil Governor of Mingrelia and Imeretia. On the day above- men- tioned he received orders to arrest the reigning Prince of the 8mall principality of Souanete, on the border of the State Of Prince Dadiau, and to send him at ones to St Petersburg. This prince was at Koutais. He was sent to the Governor, who made known to him the despatch which he had received, anil enjoined him to depart without loss of time. The Prince ot Souanete refused to obey. An altercation ensued betweenhim and Prince Gagarine, who ordered his people to disarm him. The Georgian Princes generally carry poinards and pistols in their belts. On hearing the order, the Prince of Souanete threw himself on the Governor, and ripped him open with his poniard. The prince died in a few minutes. It is asserted that two aides- de- camp of the prince were fatally wounded in attempting to assist him, and that several domestics wore likewise wounded. After this murderous scene the Georgian Prince fled, and took refuge in a house, which was soon surrounded by 400 Cossacks, and, after desperate fighticg, he was taken prisoner." Every one must pity Prince Gagarine and the Prince of Souanete. But what is the- feeling that all ought to have for the Russian Government r The Prince Souanete is one of thosa nobles of the Caucasus who are styled " Independent Princes,! J but who have submitted to a nominal sovereignty in the Czar. They are, however, in respect of any lawfully established right, much less his subjects than the chiefs of Moldavia. Wallachia, or even Servia itself, are the subjects of the Porte. The Court of St Petersburg, however, acknowledges no legal limits to its tyranny. It violates treaties, as it did with regard to the boundary line at the mouths of the Danube, and as it is doing now with regard to the navigation of the Black Sea, as long as possible, and if the great powers of Europe will submit to be cheated and abused by the Czar, it may well be supposed that his delerence for the rights of a Caucasian prince will be very small. This sudden summons to St Petersburg every one knew to be a summons to surrender to imprisonment for life perhaps a summons to death. The Princess Dadian, in like manner summoned to St Petersburg, has vanished from life very mysteriously within a recent period, and the Prince Souanete probably expected to incur the same fate. He refused, and rightly refused, to obey the order which the Crar had no right to issue. But disobedience to the Czar's orders, however illegal and wrongful they are, is attended with the greatest danger. After the true Russian fashion, perhaps be- cause delay in executing the orders would have been deemed as great a crime in Prince Gagarine, as disobedience to them would be in Prince Souanete, the former threatened to arrest the latter, and the latter finding that his liberty and life were aimed at, turned in the fury of his despair upon the first of the pack of slaves by whom his destruction was threatened. Prince Gagarine is to be pitied for being in such a position; but Prince Sonanate is not to be condemned as a murderer. Resistance to authority earried into effect by violent means, is absolute guilfe where that authority proceeds according to law, and is re- strained withiu the limits of law. Where justice is assured to all, submission to authority is absolutely a duty. But where neither law nor justice exists, where the rule of a government is of the hyaena kind, the excuse of self- preservation assumes the character of a justification, the sufferers on both sides become objects of compassion; but the government which tyrannises ever one, and makes the other the unsparing instrument of its tyranny, is justly chargeable with the guilt of both, and is utterly hateful. The Prince Souanete has since been tried by a court martial ( thouhg he was not a Russian soldier), and shot. THE SLAVE TRADE RENEWED. A French paper, in seeking ground for censure against tha English Press and the English Government for having exposed the true nature of the attempt recently made in France to renew the Slave Trade, has furnished ample proof of the truth of the charge. A Mr Saint Amant has written a long letter, published in the Courrier clu Havre, for the purpose of showing that the French Government was not betrayed by the French speculators, and that the free and voluntary immigration of negroes was all that was intended, and all that would be attempted. His letter contradicts his purpose, and not only disproves his case, but proves the very opposite to it. That such would be its result might well have been anticipated from its opening. French writers are very fond of " laying down the principle" on which their compositions are to be framed, and M Saint Amant, fol- lowing the ordinary custom, thus announces the principles on which his writings are framed. He says, " Because an infamous traffic had once existed on the African coasts, was it to give for ever to the negro an exemption from the interference and re- quirements of Europeans?" This is M Saint Amant's principle — it is the principle on which the Slave Trade was founded. " European requirements" demanded that negroes should be forced to do what the Europeans could not conveniently do in very hot climates, and the " requirements" were satisfied by buying from any chieftains on the coa3? s captives made in open warfare or in organised man stealing. That was the slave trade. M Saint Amant says that the French system is one of free immigration only. Is it? Let us take his own statement of fact in answer to his own expression of opinion:—" In place of 80 piastres paid by the French immigration agents, the Yankee slave dealers paid 140 niastres in doubloons. Self- interest always prevails in the dealings of an African, and the King of Dahomey, who is the least dishonourable of them all, could not prevent his subjects from profiting by such gains." To whom was this paid, and for what ? Let M Saint Amant's statement of the French contract answer these aues- tions. " M Regis is authorised to re- purchase captives, either in remitting to their masters, or in advancing to the captives themselves, the sums necessary for their liberation." What does all this mean but slavery. Ei Re- purchase"— then they must have been sold. " Captives "— then they were not volunteers in the state from which they were to be re- purchased, but had been stolen after the old fashion of the slave trade, and treated as property by their captors. " Masters " is an innocent looking word, but taken here with the rest, it means " owners," and these " masters" are to receive the " re- purchase" money either directly from the French agents, or indirectly from them through the " captives," who buy themselves off from one set of masters by money given by another set, to whom, therefore, they become by that very act mortgaged, if not sold. If this is not the slave trade from beginning to end, no one can say what it is. The French are only higgling for a cheaper market than the Yankees will allow; but the object of both is the same- trafficking in slaves. France has revived the slave trade, and of course Brazil, Cuba, and the Southern United States will take advantage of it. What it was 50 years ago it will speedily become, and Africa, which was beginning to enjoy peace, and to enter into agricultural and mercantile industry, will be thrown back into piratical barbarism. THE JEUF0SSE TRIAL. This trial has had a result not unexpected, but very regret- table. We have here another instance of the wav in which • — » . ... , , , . .. , . blood, occasioned by incised wounds m their throats, but under unreasoning feeling defeats justice and imperils all that thewhat circumstances inflicted there was not sufficient evidence rules of justice were intended to protect. Guillot was wil- 1 to show, I SUICIDE FKOM A WINDOW.— On Moaday an inquest was held at 5, Hardwick- place, Harrington- square, on the body ef Mrs Charlotte Macdouald, aged 34, wife © f Mr F. Macdonald, of the same place, who, after having inflicted serious injuries upon him and her servants, flung herself out of the second floor window. Elizabeth Anson, servant to the deceased, said, during the last three nights prior to Saturday morning she had slept on the sofa in the front room on the second floor, on account of the restless conduct of her mistress, who said she could not sleep, as her mother was dying. Mrs Macdonald's mother died on Thursday night, and she was acquainted with it ou Friday morn- ing. and became much excited. About half- past seven o'clock on Saturday morning she was awoke by the cries of her master, who cried out, " My God! my wife is getting out of the window." He jumped out of bed, and, with witness, rushed towards the window. Deceased was partly out on the window- sill, and she exclaimed, " If you come near me, I will kill you, I have this razor." He seized her, and told witness to take the razor from her, but, in trying to do so, she was cut in the hand and arm. Mr Macdonald was still holding her while she had only one foot on the inside of the window- sill, and all the rest of her body out, when, there being no sash- line, the window fell down upon his back. He called to her to lift it up while he pulled her mistress in. For a minute or so she was unable to move the sash, and her master cried out, " Police," and witness ran to the baby, who was screaming. She saw her master's hand streaming with blood, and afterwards saw the deceased lying in the front area on her back. Witness had been but three weeks in the deceased's service, and saw nothing strange in her conduct. Dr Frazer and Mr Collins were called in, but the deceased died in about half an hour. Mr Julius Collins, surgeon, of Mornington- place, said he had attended Mrs Macdonald and her family for four or five years past up to about six weeks back, when, under his ad- vice, she was removed to a private lunatic asylum, at Bow. He certified for her to go there. The jury immediately returned a verdict " That the deceased committed the shocking act which led to her death whilst in a state of insanity." THE MUEDEE AND SUICIDE IN DEUMMOND- STBEET.— On Monday the. J inquest on the bodies of the man and woman who were found dead in a bedroom at a coffee- house in Dram* mond- street, Euston- square, as described in our last, was con- cluded before Mr Wakley at the Crown and Anchor, George- street.— The surgeon who examined the bodies expressed a belief that the woman had been murdered by the man, who had subsequently cut his own throat.— A waiter at the Panton Hotel identified the bodies as those of persons who had stayed at that house.— Mr Superintendent Loxton, of the S division of police, said that Mr Street, the proprietor of the Providence Hotel, ia Dover, whose card was found in the man's pocket, had been written to, and in reply he said he believed they were the same parties who had arrived at his house from Belgium by the boat Topaz. The man was a Belgian and the woman Dutoh, The man told him so. They had plenty of money when they were with him, and he was surprised to see by the paper that they had none. He entertained the belief that the captain of the boat Topaz could give the names. He was then written to, and in reply stated the deceased persons gave the name of Claesson, and both passed for Dutch people. Another letter was received by the Dutch consul in London, who had forwarded a translation to Sir Richard Mayne, from the firm of Rosseu and Co, Rotterdam 5 it stated that, seeing in the newspapers an account of the murder in Drummond- street, it struck them that the man was a clerk in their firm, who had run away. He was about forty years of age, and the woman thirty. They thought he hsd an old passport, in which the name J. Ockler occurs, and as his linen was marked " J. O.." there could- be no doubt but that it was the same man, — The Coroner believed these were the parties referred to, al- though there was no hint as to who the woman was. There vte.' o some most extraordinary features in the case, but there was nothing tending to show distinctly that this wretched man first cut the woman's throat, and then his own. It was not impossible that, in the first instance, the woman, seeing the game was up, might have destroyed herself, and then that the man followed. It was quite certain that a bloody instrument had been wiped on the towel. If the jury thought any advan- tage would result from a further adjournment, he ( the coroner) would have no objection. If they believed the man murdered the woman, and then himself, in a sane state of mind, then their verdict would be one which would deny his body the rites of Christian burial; but for his own part he thought the safer course would be to return a verdict that the parties died from loss of blood from the wounds in their tflroats, but how they were inflicted there was no evidence to show.— The jury ulti- mately, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict " That the deceased persons were found dead from exhaustion by loss of BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, DECEMBER 27, 1857. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. While any slight freedom in expression of opinion by a non- Government; journal is visited by suspension, a foul libel in a Government journal upon an Opposition candidate is followed by indemnity, even though the law itself should, by a judicial punishment, have decreed a punishment. The Memorial de Zitte, a Bonapartistjournal, which was lately suppressed in the ordinary course of Imperial law ( on a second conviction in a court of justice), for a libel upon M Brame, the successful Op- position candidate for Lille, has been relieved from its sentence Ly a special exercise of the Emperor's prerogative. As a com- panion picture we have the following:—" Madame Georges Sand addressed a letter through one of the Imperial family to the Empress, describing in the most affecting terms the deplorable condition to which the suspension of the journal La Presse has reduced the families of the workmen to whom it gave employ- ment. The letter gave a most touching description of the state of these unfortunate persons, in whose favour the Empress was asked to intercede. If that intercession was ventured, it does not appear to have as yet succeeded. The offence of the Presse was most heinous; it presumed to talk about freedom of speech, liberty, and such other old world fancies, and will very likely be compelled to pay the penalty to the utmost, SPAIN. ~ The new Prince of the Asturias receives the name of Alfonso, that name having been found, after mature examination, to be the most flattering prognostioator of future greatness. The report that Marshal O'Donneil was likely to take the command of the halberdiers at the palace is stated to be un- founded; but it is alleged that he and his friends, though main- taining a certain degree of independence, intend to support the Government,, The Espana denounces with some rahensence the supposed project of the United States against Cuba, and accuses President Buchanan of personally encouraging them. With regard to the proposition for purchasing the island, which it says the new Minister of the United States, who is about to arrive in Madrid, is expected to make, the Espana declares that Spain cannot entertain it without dishonour. That the United States will seize the firsi dpportunity, either by " piratical expeditions, or exciting insurrections, or any other mode whatever," of pos- sessing themselves of the island, the Espana does not doubt, and it complains that under such circumstances the Govern- ment displays a " great want of caution and an inexplicable security." NAPLES. The Univers states that new efforts are being made to induce the Cabinet of Naples to enter on the path of complete subordi- nation to the Pontifical authority in ecclesiastical matters. Cardinal Riario Sforza, Archbishop of Naples, has been sum- moned to Rome by the Pope to delibrate on the matter, and it is added that the question of several internal reforms in the King- dom of the two Sicilies connected with the Church is also to be discussed during the cardinal's visit to Rome, There has been a terrible earthquake in a portion of the King- dom of Naples. Property to an immense amount, and lives to the number of thousands, are said to have been destroyed. The earthquake occurred on Thursday night, the 17th, and it devas- tated the districts of Salerno, Potenza, Nola, and other places. 1 ntire villages have been destroyed. In the city of Naples there were several violent shocks, and the whole population was en- camped outside the city during the whole day, but no fatal acci dent occurred in the city. PRUSSIA. A letter in the Nord, dated Dec 15, says:—" The state of affairs at the Prussian Court is watched here with great interest, It is known that the provisional position is surrounded with re- strictions which a certain party would wish to prolong. These restrictions are displeasing to the Prince of Prussia. At a moment when grave questions await a solution the independent action of the supreme power is a necessity. It is thought certain that the King will not resume power at the expiration of the time for which the direction of affairs has been confided to his brother, on the 23d of January. There remains no other means of assuring the service of the State but by a regency or co- regency." The corresoondent of the Horning Advertizer says that the reason why'" it is thought certain" that the King cannot resume the exercise of his office, is that the attack which has disabled him is delirium tremens, otf a sort fro give no hopes of his recovery. A letter from Dusseldorf, of the 16th, says :—" Yesterday, at the Palace of Jaegerhof, in presence of a brilliant assemblage, the formal demand for the hand of the Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern, in the name of the King of Portugal, was made by Count Lavradio, Envoy Extraordinary of his Majesty Don Pedro. The King of Prussia,' as head of the house of Hohenzollern, having given his consent to the marriage, the young Princess, with the authority of her parents, declared that she accepted the King, Don Pedro, for her husband." TURKEY. A circular note has been issued by the Porte, in which the Porte states that up to the present time the Divans ad hoc have only occupied themselves with political matters, and not at all with the administrative affairs of the Principalities, thereby manifesting their desire that the conferences of Paris shall first decide on the question of the union, in order that they, the Divans, shall only afterwards have to express themselves on ad- ministrative reforms based on the new rigime. In a postscript the Porte adds as follows:—" It must be well understood that we do'not by any means wish to bring about a dissolution of the Divan% till they have completed their labours, conformably to the stipulations of the treaty of the 30th March. The only thing we desire is that they shall not remain sitting when the Con- ference shall be assembled to decide on the wishes expressed; that is to say, that the alternative cannot be allowed them of existing until the points relative to the political organisation shall have been settled by the conference, and afterwards going on with the completion of their work. To sum up, we mean to say that with the delivery of a final report of the European com- mission the assemblies wilrcease, whether they shall have accom plished the task imposed on them, or whether they shall have per sisted in their demand to wait for the solution of the first part of their labours, in order to afterwards undertake the doing of the second part." As the Divans have refused positively to pro- ceed to the examination of any internal matters until their poli- tical organisation has been settled, it may be considered now as virtually at an end. The affair about the Russian ports in the Black Sea, which was on the point of being settled, is somewhat complicated by the fact of the Russian Government having re- established military servitude on the coast of the Crimea, rased the town of Kamiesch, and forbidden the entrance of that port to merchant ships, as before the war. UNITED STATES. The President sent in his Message on tha 8th. It is a very lengthy document, and was generally very favourably received. The financial crisis is the opening and principal topic of the Message, which it charges exclusively to the existing extravagant and vicious system of paper currency and bank credits, owing to there being 1,400 State Banks not subjected to the control of the United States ; all the mischief has been done by the enormous issue of paper money without any specie basis, and thus stimu- lating stock gambling, heavy importations, and miscellaneous speculation. The President leaves the remedy to the several States, and hints that they ought to prohibit the issue of bills of less denomination than 20 or § 0 dollars ; that Congress should pass a bankrupt law which will have the effect of ending the ex- istence of any bank which shall suspend specie payments. He states that although Government can do nothing to prevent the recurrence of similar disasters, it ought to do something to alleviate the sufferings inflicted by the crisis which has already occurred. The President has directed a suspension of all public works not already commenced, but trusts that the Government will have no difficulty in making small loans, which its necessi- ties may require. Foreign relations are said to be, on the whole, in a satisfactory condition, the negotiations with England on Central American affairs proceeding in a friendly spirit, but with less rapidity than could be wished. Regret is expressed that so much time is wasted in misunderstannings upon the Clayton- Bulwer treaty. With Russia and Prance relations are altogether amicable, but exception is taken to the extremely oppressive nature of restric- tions which are still imposed upon commerce with Prance. The Kansas question is discussed at length, and the legality of the proceedings of the recent Constitutional Convention at Lecompton is recognised. The President argues that while his instructions to Governor Walker coveted the submission of the constitution to the people, the Lecompton programme will still answer the purpose, as it does refer to the people the only really important party issue— the slavery question. A decisive course of action against the Mormons is recom- mended, and to that end the President asks for the formation of four new regiments. The President recommends the formation of a territorial fovernment for Arizona, the district recently purchased from lexica, and pleads the duty and full power of Congress to con- struct a military railroad through the federal territory to the Pacific. The revenue of the year was 68,631,000 dollars, and the expen- diture 70,822,000 dollars, including nearly 6,000,000 dollars for redemption of national debt, which is now only little over 25,000,000 dollars. The estimated receipts'for the ensuing year are a little over, and the estimated expenditure a little under, 75,000,000 dollars. The President refers to voluminous statis- tical reports from the various deportments which accompany his Message, and concludes by declaring his purpose to be very eco- nomical in the administration of government, and by requesting Congress at the close of the session to give him two days at least for the examination of bills sent for his approval. The currency question was int roduced in the house by a notice of a bill for the suppression of bank- notes as currency, and of bank- notes of less denomination than 100 dollars, and a circula- ting medium in the district of Columbia. In the Senate debate began upon the Kansas question by Mr. Douglas giving his concurence to all the President said, except his approval of the Kansas Constitutional Convention, which he took exception to. Other democrats sided with Mr Douglas, so that the administration party is evidently divided. The object of Sir W. Gore Ouseley's mission had been formally communicated to General Cass. Ir is said that Ouseley would remain in Washington until further advices in regard to Walker's movements and the disposition of the recently nego- ciated treaty between the United States and Nicaragua. The Mormons were giving more trouble to the Utah military expedition. During a skirmish with troops some Mormons were taken prisoners. The fugitive slave case at Indianopolis had been decided by the judge sending the slave back to his master. This caused very great excitement, but there was no attempt at rescue. The long- pending slave case between the states of New York and Virginia has been decided by the supreme court of the ' orkier state declaring the slaves in question entitled to their freedom. Relations with Spain are not very harmonious, no progress having been made towards a settlement of any of the numerous claims of citizens against Spain, nor redress or acknowledgment for sundry insults to America. A new Minister is shortly going to Madrid with special instructions to seek a speedy and ami- cable adjustment. The President says the general tone and temper of the Spanish Government towards the United States is much to be regretted. Iu reference to the Isthmus of Panama, an act of Congress is asked, authorising, in case of necessity, the employment of naval and military forces to carry into effect the guarantee of neutrality and protection. The President is earnestly opposed to filibustering, and calls for measures to suppress such outrages. He substantially charges the late escape of Walker on the judicial authorities of New Orleans and insufficiency of bail. Allusion is made to some treuble with Paraguay, and autho- rity is asked to bring about an adjustment. The new Minister to China has been instructed to avoid all occasions of unnecessary Collision, but to co- operate with England and France iu se- curing those " just concessions which the nations of the world have a right to expect, aud which China cannot long be per- mitted to withhold. It is stated that the President has peremptorily dismissed Robert J. Walker and Frederick P. Stanton from the Governor- ship and Secretaryship of Kansas. Colonel Richardson, of Illi- nois, who piloted the Kansas Nebraska Bill through the last House of Representatives, had been appointed to succeed Governor Walker, and General Denver, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, would supersede Mr Stanton. General Denver was in Kansas, and would enter upon the duties of his new office as SOOH as the special . messenger, despatched from Washington, reached the territory. The cause of the dismissal of Mr Stanton was the fact of his having issued a proclamation calling a special session of the Lecompton Legislature to meet on the 7th inst. It is stated that various Indian tribes had offered their services to the* Federal Government in the suppression of the Mormon rebellion. The Secretary for the Treasury has proposed to supply an issue of treasury notes not to exceed 20,000,000 dollars. He also pro- poses the passage of a compulsory Bankrupt Act, by which insolvent banks and railway companies may be wound up, whether they like it or not. The amount in the Treasury is 6,000,000 dollars. The receipts for the week, ending the 7th inst, were about half a million of dollars. A number of bank officers at New York had met, and resolved to resume specie payments in full OH all their liabilities. This resolution was prompted by $ he announcement that the Bank of America, the Bauk of Com- merce, the Manhattan and National Banks had resolvfd to re sume payment on the 13th instant. There has been a skirmish between Colonel Alexander a force and the Mormons. A large force is sent against the latter, and a protracted war is considered inevitable. The Government had received accounts of the capture or a slaver by one of her Majesty's ships; out of 600 slaves 200 were drowned. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS.— The reinforcements for the 18th Royal Irish, 5lst Light Infantry, 72d Highlanders, 83d, 86th, and 98th Regiments, upwards of 200 men of all ranks, were to leave Chatham garrison on Saturday, and embark at Gravesend on board the Salamanca for India.— The steam- ship Australasia, Capt Sceales, from Portsmouth, with the head- quarters of the 68th Regiment for India, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Thurs- day morning.— The 8th company of Royal Engineers, under the command of Capt W. F. Lambert, left Brompton Barracks, Chatham, before daylight on Saturday morning week for South- ampton, to embark for China. A large quantity of Sappers and Miners' tools, for siege operations in China, have been ior warded from head quarters, Chatham, with portable India- rubber boats, photographic apparatus, and every requisite used by the corps of Royal Engineers in mining operations.— The European and American Steam Navigation Company's ship Argo, Captain Benson, left Spithead on Saturday week for India with detach- ments of troops to the number of nearly 900. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS.— Lieutenants C. C. Mitchell, to the Blenheim; H. F, Nicholson and G. Price to the Excellent: M. E. Porter, to the Vesuvius, for disposal; J. M. Stewart, to the Ganges, for disposal. Masters: Valentine G. Roberts, to the Illustrious; and John J. Brown, to the Renown; B. Hooper, to the Corn- wallis; J. H. Croke, mate, to the Lyra; H. M. Carre, mate, to the Sharpshooter; Richard J. Saunders, master in command, to the Buffalo; C. B. Ryall, second master, to the Sharpshooter; Henry Lamton, acting second master, to the Curapoa; and Vernon Jones, master's assistant, to the Rhadamanthus. PEOMOTIONS,— The undermentioned mates were on Saturday promoted to be Lieutenants:— C. B. Dobbin ( acting), J. Rozie, H. Kerr, M. E. Porter, H. F. Nicholson, F. W. Inglefield, A. O. M'Farlane ( acting), E. Denny, W. N. Wise, F. de V. Sanders, C. P. Boger, C. J. Brownrigg, James Darling, James Murdeck Stewart, T. H. Royse, C. R. Gayer, R. H. Napier ( acting), R. P. Fitzgerald, P. W. Pellew, and S. G. Price. The following as- sistant- pay masters were on Saturday promoted to paymasters:— J. Hearnden, T. R. Dinnis, W. H. Hills, J. J. Hayward, H. Sewell, J. Shepherd, J, Burke, W. Rogers, and G. Barnes. VESSELS IN PROGRESS.— The following vessels, now being built at Chatham Dockyard, are in a forward state, and will be ready for launching during the ensuing year, viz, Hero, 91; Hood, 90; Irresistible, 80; Mersey, 40; and Charybdis, 21; giving an aggregate of about 15,000 tons. Each vessel is to be fitted as a screw steamer. The Mersey and Charybdis will be launched in March next. GUN- BOATS FOE INDIA.— Messrs Rennie and Sons have com- pleted three of a number of small high- pressure iron gun- boats, ordered by the East Iudia Company for river service in India. The principle on which these boats is constructed having been proved to answer the expectations anticipated with regard to speed, draught of water, & c, ten others are ordered to be built forthwith. They are fitted with two screw propellers, having one under each quarter, each engine being distinct and capable of being worked alone, which will enable the vessel to turn and slew round speedily in a very narrow compass. One boiler works the pair of engines. They were last week despatched on a trial trip down the river, having an engineer officer from Woolwich Dockyard to verify the proceedings. Their rate of speed amounted to 9 knots per hoar, and draught of water only 24 inches. For the purpose of transporting these vessels to their destination they are prepared so as to disconnect the entire hull, and enable their being stowed in a ship's hold. One 12- pounder gun is mounted amidships. The total length from stem to stern is about 75 feet, and width 12 feet. WESTMINSTER PLAY. The third performance of the " Adelphi" having taken place on Monday night, we are now at liberty to publish the prologue and epilogue, which are as follows: PROLOGUS. En! rursum ludos funebres! rursum duces Bello peremptos luget Anglia! cum viris Pueros, puellas, cu ^ que matre infantium Discerpta atroci membra deplorat manu. Sed justa tandem perfidis venit hostibus Viudicta; fusi, moenibus exuti suis Quoties Britanni norunt Martis fulmina ! Nos quoque seorsum proprius tangit dolor ( 1) Ducemque morbo Delhiana ad mcenia, ( 2) Juvenemque raptum flemus, hisce ex aedibus Emissum prima nuper ad stipendia; ( 3) Binosque, quorum sanguine ( heu nefas!) sui Imbutse stillavere militis manus! Quin et recentis decoris in partem quoque * Venisse gloriamur; noster est, et hos Superare pugnis doctus ad Lares prius, Omnes viarum vincens impiger moras, ( 4) ^ nm- repulsis qui tutavit hostibus. Sed heec quidem hactenus; ne vos expectatio Detineat aequo longius quid hsec tegant Aulsea:— Factum nempe quod premisimus Factum quid valeat, vestra est sestimatio. Ars longa, vita brevis est:— Quemque de suo Augere summam condecet peculio. ( 5) Illi sua laus est, quo jubente primulum, In hanc alumnis commigrantibus domum, Scena apparatu nitidior fulsit novo; ( 6) Iilisque rursus, arte quorum et sumptibus, Quas tantum amabat, redditse Terentio Erant Allienae; quique dernum vestibus ( 7) Contaminari prohibuit diutius Nostratibus lepores Attici salis; Ejusdem laudis aliquid nos ipsos quoque Videtis affectare; si uon omnia, Noanulla certe hie absoluta credimus. Idem si vobis arbifcris videbitur, ( 8) Palmam qui meruit artifex noster ferat; Hie acfse quondam qui memor puertiae, Accepta reddit sic libeus beneficia; Cui— non pro fecto pro meritis illas suis,— Grates nos quantum possumus rependimus! Aperite aliquis! Quidistuc? An vobis placet? EPILOGUS. Enter CEsohinus, in costume of the " Pre- Raphaelite" period; he carries in his hand the " Seven Lamps of Architecture," and is busied in examining the new scenes critically. ( Esc— Hsec platea, audivi, est renovata—[ after a pause, and [ shrugs of dissatisfaction. — quousque vetustam Nostra ade& admittent ssecula barbariem? Grsecum iterum exemplar! qu& m plana ac putida fiunt Omnia! ut est crassa et pi< ra superficies! Nil gracile aut subilme sapit! vse ! pectora coeca Nostratuaa! Exoritur Sol; nihil ilia notaut. Tu tamen offusas, auctor divine, tenebras [ holding up his [ book, Discuties! [ Enter CTESIPHO.] CT— Salve! quid specularis ? ohe! Suspicor hicpulchram Cynosuram habitare: caveto, ( Eschiue, rescierit ne nova nupta. (( Esc.) Tace! Non me vulgares ascendunt pectoris sestus ; Sector ego in terris solum ideale K A L 0 N. CT— Umbris couientus ? (( Esc.)— NimirUm oestheticus artes Nunc exquisitas, eetheriasque colo. Nosse quid mrebus consistat ubique veuusti; Quse quibus aptentur, forma, figura, color, Id vere sapere est; unurn hoc mortalibus segris Lenimen curse, subsidiumque venit: iEsthesis divina! ( Ct)— Ego mallem aesthesin aselli, Cui fseni in pratis copia dulcis adest: Csenam haud tu curas ? (( Esc)— O vita indigne Tu nunquam fies Doctor Esotericus: Terrenam gestas animum: tu forte, tabellam Zeuxidos inspiciens, nil nisi picta vides. Cx— Quid porro vidisse licet ? (( Esc)— Mysteria rerum Sensibus excultis interiora patent: Artem ibi celatam penitus sequor aeriosque Effectus, spatium, vim, pathos, atque bathos ? Tempora dignosco cautus, queis rite fuisset - Pne- latus Raphael, postpositusve, sibi. I, pete Mancuniam, thesauros curre per omaes! Hi stimulis plebem mollibus erudiunt. Longfe erras—" cur me picture pascis inani? " Da mihi mercedem;" Mancuniensis ait. ( Esc— Gossypium mentes hebetat; sed mitte tabellas; Artibus ars cunctis exstitit una parens— Archi- est- Tectonice. ( Cx)— Collando. (( Esc)— Ego totus in hie sum. CT— Conjurati unus num Lapicidagregis! ( Esc— Quippe Intellectual, ac Sensus, vitaeque teaorem Humanse totum muta magistra regit. [ Enter Micio and Demea, who remain behind listening to the discussion. J ( Esc— continues— Hoc modulo fas nos ex pendere— quale habitaclum, Talis homo est. ( CT)— Quid si vivitur absque domo? ( Esc— Felices hodie nosmet qui viviams! usus Quando tevi medii purior obtinuit! Scis, antiquatse sordent nunc prorsus Athense : Mos is Ionicus ac Doricus est odio. CT— Grsccia in hftc H U L E palmam fert semper. (( Esc)— Ineptis; Est cumulus nudse simplicitatis iners: Ars contra mediseva, haud lege aut limite iniquo Contenta, hue illuc pullulat ad libitum. Turn, quicquid struimus, varios diffusus in artus Symbolic& exprimitur spiritus interior. Pertinet ad mores istud, populique salutem CT— An Rectum atque Fidem saxa, laterque, docent ? ( Esc— Graia ac Romana nil immoralius usquam . | Archi- est- tectura— pagina sexta tene! [ pointing to page in his author. Sic ipsus dixit. ( CT) Vix haec comprendere possim! ( Esc— Scilicet sesthesi tu, miserande, cares. CT— Saltern haud culp » bis quas Burlingtonius sedes ( Sti'pe comes pariter clarus et ingenio) Has struxit tam dilectas ! (( Esc)— Bona verba; precor te; Interdum os sapiens claudit. ( CT)— At ede pal& m. ( Esc—[ Hesitating, and looking around, surveying the walls of [ the dormitory. Sordidior domus est, aliquantiim et barbara! CT— Falsum id! Omnino. (( Esc)— Quid si denique diruimus! CT— Oh monstrum ! (( Esc)— Et normam ad Gothicam [ pro- ducing a plan of the college facade Gothicised.] ( CT)— An ! ( CEsc)— Mediseva memento, Ludi fundatrix hujus Eliza fuit: Barrius hoc velit, et magno mercentur. ( CT)— At aures Obdo jam— [ Micio and Demea now advance.] ( Esc— Ah! nostros lector adesse senes: Salvetote ambo! opportuni maxima adestis; Vobis judicibus lis resoluta cadet: Qurestio enim—( MICIO)— audivi totum ac scio— pace magistri, Illustris fateor grandiloquiquetui—[ pointing to his book.] Sic statuo— neque tu culpaveris, ( Eschine, fratris Judicium ex oEtni parte, nec ille tuuia Nemo etenim existit nostrum tam incuKas, Athenas Dum veteres lepide scena novata refert, Cui non Graeete artis casta ac concinna Venustas Pertentent tacita pectora laetitift ! Num vetat id tamen, ut perculsis sensibus idem Vicinam adsoleat molem inhiare Petri, Quee sanctos apices, spectantum et corda, sua vi Sursiim una tractus tollit in setherios ? Invida certantum abfuerint discrimina; utrisque Graiis, atque Gothis, par tribuatur honos. ( Esc ( advancing):— En! verse sesthesisnostri hoc oraculum Adelphi Miserunt; plausu vos facitote ratum! INDIA. THE RELIEF OF LUCKN0W. The following telegrams have been received :— " ALEXANDRIA, DEC 19. " The telegraph announces the arrival at Suez of the Pekin, with dates from Bombay to the 4th inst. " Sir Colin Campbell joined the force at the Alumbagh on the 11th. " On the 19th ult, after a series of severe struggles, the garrison of Lucknow was relieved. " On the following day the sick, wounded, women, and children, were sent under escort to Cawnpore. " The Malwa field force, under Brigadier Stuart, has re- lieved Nusseerabad and dispersed the Mehidpore rebels, and is clearing Malwa of insurgents. " The flying columns under Brigadier. Showera and Colonel Cotton are scouring Rohilcuad. " Reinforcements are pouring into India, and all alarm for the garrisons and outposts has ceased. " Business in the import market has been to a moderate extent. The money market is extremely tight. " Very little had been done in Government securities, quotations for which are unaltered. " Freights had declined. " Exchange on London, 2s 2| d for credits. " D. C. KAY." This intelligence was received at Malta by the Coquette. ( 1) General Sir H. W. Barnard, K. C. B. ( 2) Lieutenant G. Hallam. ( 3) Major W. R. Prout, and Capt VV. T. Phillimore. ( 4; Colonel E. H. Greathed. ( 5) IH 1722. See the Prologue of 1809. ( 6) Arehbishop Markham, and " Athenian" Stewart, in 1759. ( 7) llev Dr Williamson, Head Master, in 1889. ( 8) C. R. Cockerill, Esq, R. A. THE LEVIATHAN.— The launching of the Leviathan will not be resumed until the next springs, which happen at the close of the present and commencement of the ensuing year. In the course of Saturday and Monday morning gangs of labourers were em- ployed in driving piles for the erection of fresh buttresses near the cradles. The hydraulic power which will be applied on the resumption of the operation will be more than double that to which the ship has already been subjected. There are to be twelve additional hydraulic rams. She continues to sit even and fair on the cradles and ways. On Saturday, at high water, alio had five feet sis inches of water under her bottom, " From another source we hear that the relief of Luck- now was achieved with a loss of only four officers killed and 40 wounded, and that Sir Colin Campbell's force amounts to 12,000. " The Abeona, with the 94th Regiment, arrived at Malta from Plymouth on the 20th, and left for Alexandria on the same day. " The mails for Australia arrived on the 21st, and left for Alexandria on the 22d. " The Desperate is under orders to relieve the Centaur at Naples." The following telegram was received at the Foreign Office on the 23d of December, at 11: 15 a. m., through Lord Lyons, at Malta:— " ALEXANDRIA, DEC 19. " The Pekin reached Suez this morning, bringing Bom- bay dates to the 4jth of December, 1857. " Sir Colin Campbell, having reached Cawnpore on the 2d of November, joined the force at Alumbagh on the 21st [ 11th?] " On the 23d [ 13th ?] active operations commenced, and for the next six days there was a constant series of severe and bloody struggles with the enemy. " On the 19th, their principal strongholds having been captured, the beleagured garrison was relieved. " On the 20th the sick and wounded, ladies, and children, were sent back under an escort to Cawnpore. $ s>" The army under the Commander- in- Chief now amounts to about 22,000 men, amply sufficient to reduce Oude to entire subjection, a task which will occupy them for some months to come. " Malwa field force, under Brigadier Stuart, has relieved Nusseerabad, dispersed the Efriahibpore and Mundesore rebels, and is now clearing Malwa of the insurgents. " The flying colums under Brigadier Showers, Colonel Cotton, and Colonel Tiddel, are scour^ p Rohilcund, com- plete success attending their operations everywhere. " Large masses of European troops are reaching India weekly, and we are [ relieved ?] from all alarm for our garri- sons and outposts, lately in fiauch imminent peril. " The Governor- General and the Governors of Madras and Bombay at the [ seats] of Government. " The above message reached Malta by her Majesty's ship Coquette; next mail on the 23d of December. " Lord LYONS." PARTICULARS OF THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW. The following telegram was received by the India Board at a late hour on Friday morning :— " Lucknow was taken on the 17th of November. " Sir Colin Campbell arrived at the Alumbagh on the 12th. The fighting commenced on the 13th. Two guns were captured from the enemy, and the fort of Jellabad destroyed. " On the 15th, after a contest of two hours, Sir C. Camp- bell succeeded in occupying Delkhosah and Martiniere. The enemy attempted to recover their position a few hours sub- sequently, but were repulsed with heavy loss. " On the 16th the Commander- in- Chief advanced across the canal and took Secunderbagh, after an obstinate struggle. The heavy artillery then opened on the Samuch for three hours, and the position was carried at dusk, after a despe- rate fight. " Early on the 17th communications were opened with the barracks; a long cannonade was commenced, and the Mess- house was carried by assault at three o'clock, p. m. " The troops pushed on and occupied the Motee Mohal be- fore dark. Sir J. Outram and Sir H. Havelock then met Sir Colin Campbell. " The following officers were killed and wounded on the 16th and 17th; former losses and losses of men on the last two days have not yet been stated :— " KILLED.— Midshipman Damienn, Naval Brigade; Capt Hardy, Royal Artillery; Capt Dalzell, 93d Highlanders; Capt Lumsden, 30th Native Infantry; Lieut Frantfkland, 2d Punjab Infantry. " WOUNDED.— Sir Colin Campbell, slightly ( does not in- terfere with his duty); Major Alison, military secretary; Capt Alison, aide- de- camp; Capt Anstten, aide- de- camp ; Lieut Seillod, Naval Brigade; Midshipman Kington, ditto; Capt Travers, Royal Artillery; Major Pennycuick, ditto; Lieut Ford, ditto; Lieut Milman, Royal Artillery; Assist- ant- Surgeon Veale, ditto; Capt Hood, Bengal Artillery; C'apt Hammond, ditto; Capt Ralton, her Majesty's 53d; Lieut Munroe, ditto ; Major Baruhson, her Majesty's 99th; Lieut Widne, ditto; Lieut Rowell, ditto; Lieut- Col Tweart, 93d Highlanders; Capt Burroughes, ditto; Lieut Cosper, ditto; Lieut Werli, ditto; Lieut Moldfid, ditto; Lieut Wood, ditto; Ensign Macnamara, ditto; Lieut Dobbs, 1st Madras Fusiliers; Lieut Ratson, 2d Punjab Infantry; Lieut Paul, 4th Punjab Infantry; Lieut Maequeen, ditto; Lieut Oldfield, ditto; Lieut Hackee, Hodson's Horse. " CAWNPORE. " The Gwalior rebels had advanced to within fifteen miles of Cawnpore, but had again retired to Calpee. General Windham is stated to have marched to attack them. " DELHI. " Twenty- four inferior members of the royal family were executed by sentence of a military commission on November the 20th. " Zukeen Abdoolah, an influential rebel chief, was exe- cuted on the next day. ' A force under Colonel Gerard proceeded to intercept the Jodhpore Legion, which with other rebels had appeared in Shekawattee. The force met the enemy on the 25th of November near Kurnaul, and defeated them with great slaughter, and the loss of all their guns. Our loss was 15 killed and 45 wounded, but Colonel Gerard wa8 among the killed. " AGRA. ' The detachments under Colonel Riddell and Major Old are employed in clearing the Ull- your districts; Major Old, on the 19th of November, fell in with and dispersed a body of the Rohilcund insurgents. 1 All was quiet in the Punjab. The Gogaria rising has been entirely put down. Neemuch has been besieged by the Mundisore insurgents for nearly a fortnight. On the 21st of November an attempt was made to take the fort by escalade, but the enemy were repulsed with great loss, and the siege was raised on the 22d. ' The Mhow column, under Brigadier Stuart, was attacked near Mundisore by the insurgents on the 21st of November. The insurgents were repulsed. On the 23d the column advanced to the north of Mundisore, on the Neemuch road, and found the rebels in a strong position, with five guns. The position was immediately attacked, and the rebels de- feated with the loss of all their guns. While this battle was in progress the Mundisore garrison came out and attacked our rear, but they got well beaten also. The rebels in the fights of the 21st and 23d lost 1,500 men, while our loss was inconsiderable. Lieutenant Gedmayne, of her Majesty's 24th Dragoons (?) was killed, and Major Robinson, 25th Native Infantry, wounded. The column afterwards took Mundisore on the 25th, the rebels having evacuated it on the night of the 24th. " The fort and town of Saugor remain untouched, but large parties of rebels are in the surrounding district. A part of the Madras column defeated a body of the insurgents near Sconce, on the Jubbulpore road, on the 10th of November, and took two guns. Captain Fomenham, of the 4th Madras Cavalry, was killed, and Lieutenant Clarke, the Deputy Commissioner of Jubbulpore, severely wounded. The Bheel disturbances in Khandeish continue, but the Bheels are con fined to the hills, and will be attacked in their strongholds when the jungle is cleared. The Minister of the Kolapore State was stabbed in his office on the 23d of November by an Arab soldier. The wounds are slight, and the Arab was actuated by private motives only. " SOUTHERN MURATHA COUNTRY. " Intelligence has just been received of & rising of some Beruds near Moodhole. A force was advanced from Belgaum to restore order. The state of things in that part of the country is not satisfactory. " The remaining part of the Bombay Presidency is quiet. " Reinforcements have arrived in the Warrior Queen and the Italian, but more are urgently required. " All is quiet in Madras and the Nizam's country. " H. ANDERSON, Secretary to the Government. " Bombay Castle, December 4, 1857." " MALTA, Dec. 23. " The steamer Euxine arrived here at eight o'clock this evening." LAURA KEENE'S.— The admirers of scenic effect and melo- dramatic acting have lately had a rare treat at Laura Keene's, in " The Sea of Ice," which has had so successful a run at this theatre as to revive the drooping fortunes of the house and recall the throngs that were wont to congregate within its elegant and ornate walls. The breaking up of the sea of ice, the aurora borealis, and other striking and beautiful panoramic scenery are exciting in the highest degree. It is replete with other startling effects, with mutinies, miraculous escapes, awful deaths, touch- ing passages, inhuman plots, imposing tableaux, stirring denoue- ments; but above all, more delightful than all the pictorial, mechanical, and musical display; art can devise, the enchanting impersonation of Ogarita, the Wild Plower of Mexico, in all the loveliness and abandon of innocence, and the beauty of paradi- saical nature— such a form as our novelists and poets rave about, but never portrayed half so well as dees Laura Keene— this is the most attractive feature of the performance, superior as it is in other respects, and werth more to see than we care to men- tion in these hard and rebellious times.— American paper. BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN LONDON.— The deaths registered in London, which ' were 1,428 in the first week of the current month, and fell to 1,240 in the second, were in the week that LAW INTELLIGENCE. SIN& ULAR TRIAL TOR PERJURY.— In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Monday, the trial of Robert Ansley Robinson, for per- jury, was commenced, and did not conclude until Wednesday afternoon, Mr Sergeant tiyles, Mr Huddleston, Q. O., Mr Haw- kius, and Mr Harrison appeared for tha prosecution; Sir P. Thesiger, Mr Edwin James, Q. O., and Mr Kodgson for the defendant. The defendant was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury, assigned upon a deposition made by him in the Arches' Court of Canterbury. It appeared that a Mr Omwell Lloyd Ewans had instituted a suit in that court against his wife, Maria Sophia Evans, for a divorce a mensa ct thoro, upon the ground of adultery committed with the defendant; and that the depo- sition on which the perjury was now assigned was made by the defendant | in opposition to that suit.— Mr Sergeant Byles, in opening the case for the prosecution, stated that the averment of the assignments of perjury contained in the indictment was, that the defendant had had improper intercourse with the prose- cutor's wife ( Mrs Evans), both before and after her marriage, and that after her marriage he had committed adultery with her. Mrs Evans, who was previously a Miss Carrington, was the dauzhter of a gentleman, who lived in Lansdowne4errace, Cheltenham. The defendant also was a gentleman in a respectable position, who resided in Cheltenham, and wai a magistrate of that borough. The defendant had been living for many years separate from his wife, in consequence of incompatibility of temper. While residing at Cheltenham he had become extremely intimate with the family of Mr and Mrs Carrington, aud with the lady who afterwards became the wife of the prosecutor. It would be shown that, though he was many years older than the lady, he used to put his arms round her and kiss her. The first allegation on which the perjury was as- signed was his denial of what took place when it was alleged he had taken Miss Carrington in a fly out for a drive. He had ordered a man to drive out towards Charlton Park, a rural and sequestered drive, and to take up a lady on the road, That lady was Miss Carrisgton, who was about 23 or 24 years or age. The man took up Miss Carrington and the defendant, and on his way back to Cheltenham the man looked into the fly, and there saw the defendant and Miss Carriugton in such a position as could leave no doubt of his guilt. The evidence of the driver would be corroborated by two other witnesses, who had taade memoranda of what had occurred; so that this part of the case would be proved by three witnesses. Mr Evans in the year 1850 made proposals of marriage, and was accepted. Mr Evans was a gentleman of grsat fortune. He had been educated at Eton and Oxford. The marriage took place in the month of Novem ber, 1850, but it was not a happy one; and in the month of March, 1851, a separation took place. Mr Evans had behaved liberally to his wife on her marriage; asd on their separation he had placed her in a position to be independent of her family. It would appear that after the separation the intimacy with the defendant was resumed. In the year 1853 Mrs Evans came to London, and the defendant took lodgings for her in the vicinity of Great Cumberland- street, where defendant's mother resided. The defendant, who was a handsome man, there visited Mrs Evans. This was at No. 15, Edgware- road, at a house kept by a Mr and Mrs Phillips. Mr Phillips was a tailor of respectability, who let lodgings. The lodgings were taken by the defendant for a fortnight, and he there visited her as often as two or three times a day. No ladies visited Mrs Evans while she was there, but the defendant's visits were constant. Indeed, the defendant himself, in his deposition, admitted that he visited her there twice a day. It would be shown tha; he was in the habit of taking her out, and that in two or three days a latch- key was furnished to him, which he used continually for a fortnight at all times of the day. It would not be proved that he was ever in the bedroom; but it would be shown that he was constantly alone with Mrs Evans in the drawing- room, and that on one occasion he went up and knocked at her bedroom door. It would also be proved that in the month of August, 1S53, a man named Munn, who was a gardener, saw the defendant with Mrs Evans walking from the town of Cheltenham in the evening; that he followed them, andactually saw the act of adul- tery committed under the wall of a garden. It would bo shown that in the month of June, 1854, the defendant took lodgings for Mrs Evans at No. 2, Bryanston street, it being also arranged that her father and family should come up to London. Mrs Evans had been there a fortnight, when the application was made to the landlady, Mrs King, by Field, a detective officer. Mrs King, however, naturally objected, and was afraid she should lose let- ting her house, and in consequence a sum of £ 25 was paid her as a guarantee against loss, and Field was allowed to put a servant into the house to watch. The servant's name was Grocott, and she was the cook. The drawing- room occupied by Mrs Evans was separated from the adjoining room by folding aoors, against which a chest of drawers was placed, so that the doors could not be opened, but a hole was bored through the panel so as to afford a view of a portion of the drawing- room. Soon after Mrs King, the landlady, Mrs Price, and Mrs Grocott, looking through the hole, saw the act of adultery committed. In consequence of the discovery thus made of the defendant's guilt an action was brought against him for criminal conversation, and on the first trial, which took place at Liverpool, the de- fendant obtained a verdict; subsequently, however, a new trial was granted by the Court of Exchequer, and on the second trial Mr Evans obtained a verdict, with £ 500 damages. Mr Evans instituted proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court to obtain a diverse a mensa et thoro, with a view ultimately to ob- taining a divorce a vinculo matrimonii. In those proceedings the defendant was a competent witness, he not being a party, and he had sworn the deposition on which perjury was nsw assigned. In that deposition the defendant had denied all the material allegations made against him; but when he came to the main fact he used these peculiar words of denial, to which the learned sergeant said he wished to call the attention of the jury. The words were these:—" I am now prepared solemnlf to swear that I never did on any occasion, either before or after her marriage, take indecent liberties with the producent, and that I nev « r did commit adultery with her." Evidence also was given to show that the defendant could not have been in the house at that time; and, in fact, a distiuct alibi was set up. The learned sergeant then described the mode ia which wit- nesses were examined in the Ec& esiastial Court. He said they were first taken into a little dark room, where they made a state- ment, and thence they were removed into another room, where they were sworn; but they were not subjected to any public ordeal of cross examination before the tribunal which was to say whether they were to be believed. The judge had no opportu' nity of seeing the demeanour of the witnesses in the witness- box, and under these circumstances it was that Sir John Dod& on, the judge, thought that the evidence was not sufficient to prove the case in opposition to the defendant's* oath. There remained but one mode, therefore, of having that oath tested, for Mr Evans could not e/ eti appeal to the Privy Council unless he could bring with him a conviction of the defendant for penury. It was apprehended also that the decision of Sir John Dodsoa would be found a difficult estoppel in the new court which was about to be established, and therefore it could not be denied that Mr Evans had a very great interest in the result of this case. As to the early intimacy of the defendant with Mrs Evans, there would be no difficulty, for that would be proved by the defendant's own statement. As to the affair in the fly there would be three witnesses. With respect to the adultery at No. 15 in the Edgware- road, the latch- key would be a most material point; and there was also a distinct assignment of perjury upon the fact of his having the latch- key. The defendant swore that he had sio latch- key, but that would be proved by Mr and Mrs Phillips and by the servant; so that, if it was not true, all three witnesses would be guilty of perjury. As to the transactions at No 2, Bryanston- street, all three witnesses would be guilty of perjury and conspiracy if what they stated was not true. So that if the charge against the defendant was not true, as many as nine persons in all would be guilty of perjury. With respect to those witnesses no imputation could be cast upon any one of them, except a Mrs King, who kept the house No 2, Bryanston- street. She would admit that her early conduct was not dis- tinguished by the rules of chastity, and that she had lived under the protection of a gentleman named Walsh; but whatever might have been her conduct in that particular, it was not cre- dible that she could be sunk in such a depth of wickedness as to conspire to injure a woman for no motive whatever. She had already received the sum of £ 25, whether any- thing occurred or not. It would be said, perhaps, that by a comparison of minutes, aud fractions of time, such as quarters of an hour, it was impossible the defendant could have been there at the time. The jury, however, would care- fully examine into these points, and in giving their verdict would decide according to the character of the witnesses.— A number of witnesses were examined, who bore out the opening statement.— Sir P. Thesiger then rose to address the jury for the defendant. The learned counsel contended that, considering the nature of the evidence and the character of the witnesses, the jury could not, with any degree of justice, find the defendant guilty. He intimated that it was his intention to call evidence, and that Mrs Evans, whose character and position in society were at stake in this trial, had volunteered to come forward to deny in the most distinct and positive manner that any indecent liberties had taken place between her and Mr Eobinson, or that she had committecf adultery with him. Mrs Evans would there- fore be put in the box and subjected, no doubt, to the rigid examination of his learned friend who conducted the prosecution. In the course of his remarks the learned counsel referred to one of the agencies by which a certain part of the evidence on the other side had been procured. He said within the last few years there had grown up a system, unusual before in this country, of persons who had been employed in the police settiug up a sort of private office, in v/ hich they held themselves out to the world as parties ready to give their services in detecting any matter which it might be necessary to know. That system was likely to prove most mischievous. If these persons confined themselves to following and apprehending fugitive felons, perhaps good more than harm would result from these proceedings; but if they were to be employed as spies to watch individuals from month to month, and, as in this case, from year to year, for the purposa of discovering something, it was important their em- ployers should know such a practice might lead to very con- siderable danger in all the walks of life. Those persons could Hot work without instruments, and they must necessarily engage as their instruments the basest and most worthless of society. The character of a spy was so odious, so contrary to the na- tural and national feeling of Englishmen, that people rejected with scorn the very notion of being employed in such a capacity, and he hoped the odium which attached to it would always be felt in this country. Persons of that depraved class were re- warded for their services, aud probably according to their suc- cess ; and when they failed to discover might be disposed to fabricate. And when once they received the reward of their iniquity, they would not scruple to go forward in the same course, and support publicly and in a court of justice the pre- tended discoveries which they had made, Having severely ani- madverted on the character of the witnesses employed by H. Field, the detective, and shown how little reliance could be placed on their testimony, Sir Frederick warned the jury of the dangerous consequences to society of giving encouragement to that system of espionage by the verdict they pronounced. It was only by being assured of success that these parties ventured upon so dangerous a scheme. He earnestly implored them to guard not only the interests of the defendant, but of society, in this matter. They were not called upon to pronounce an opi- nion on the guilt of parties who had been called as witnesses for the prosecution. It was the defendant alone that was inte- rested in the result of the inquiry. He was deprived of his best witnesses by an act of Providence, and was encompassed with other difficulties in eliciting the truth. He stood before them iu this terrible ordeal, but yet he was prepared to go through the fiery trial with only such evidence as God had left him, and the circumstances of the case permitted him to adduce. — The counsel was greeted with loud applause by the large body of spectators in the court at the conclusion ef his eloquent and powerful address, of which the above is a mere outline.— Mr3 Mary Sophia Evans was then called and examined by Mr James, and said that Mr Robinson, the defendant, had been an intimate friend of her father, and had been acquainted with his family eight years before she married Mr Evans. Mr Robinson had no hand in her engagement to marry Mr Evans. Her father died on the W) th of this present month, and her mother on the same day. Her father gave evidence in the Arches' Court, and was to have appeared on this trial. Mrs Evans was examined, and cross- examined at great length, and with reference to a large number of minute circumstances of time and place. She steadfastly denied that there had been at any time improper relations between herself and the defendant, and gave a positive contradiction to many of the allegations of the witnesses on the other side, which were relied on as presumptive proof of the defendant's criminality.— A number of other witnesses were also examined, and at half- past six, when the case for the de- fendant had closed, the court adjourned until Wednesday.— On Wednesday Mr Sergeant Byles replied, and Lord Campbell summed up at great length, and said the jury had to decide a variety of questions, upon conflicting testimony, which oould in no way be reconciled ; and they were to say whether there was perjury on one side or the other. The defendant was indicted for that he committed wilful and corrupt perjury when ex- amined as a witness in the Ecclesiastical Court in a divorce suit brought by Mr Evans against his wife. There were various assignments of perjury, separate and independent, which would require their special attention, and he would ask their opinion severally on the main questions on which their verdict would ultimately depend. Those ques- tions, which he had reduced to writing, were these:— First, did an illicit intercourse take place between the defendant and Miss Carrington, in a fly, on the road to Charlton, in February, 1849 ; second, did the defendant speak in the club at Chelten- ham, in 1850, the words which were imputed to him respecting the marriage of Mr Evans with Miss Carrington; third, had the VCek th° I dtfeSra'l^ ch- key'ThifctMrsEv^ w^ tered in LondonT children, were regis- j ware- road, in July, 1853; fourth, did the illicit intercourse take August, 1853; fifth, did illicit intercourse take place between the defendant and Mrs Evans, on the 4th and 5th of July, 1854, while she) was lodging in Bryanston- street. Lastly, did the defendant attempt to tamper with Mrs King, as a witness, in August, 1854, before the first trial, as stated by her ? It would be for the jury to answer these questions of fact. The jury re- tired, aad after many hours' consideration, carae into court and said: My Lord, we cannot agree in the affirmative on any one of the six questions submitted to us. On the general question, whether the verdict shall be for the Crown or the de- fendant, we are about equally divided, and there is little or no probability of our agreeing."— Lord Campbell: Under these circumstances I, ef my own authority discharge the jury.— Demonstrations of applause followed this announcement.— Lord Campbell observed that the case would be tried by another jury, who, he hoped, would bs unanimous one way or the other. SINGULAR ACTION.— In the Court of Exchequer, on Tuesday, an action was brought by the Hon Mary Jones, sister of Lord Ranelagh, against the Count W. Waszkowski, who represented himself to be a Polish prince, but who is stated by Captsin Szuloweski, of the Polish Association, not to be a Pole at all. The action was to recover the sum of £ 100 for money lent. The Hon Miss Mary Jones, a lady 42 years of age, occupied apart- ments at 74, Ebury- street, Pimlico. In the same house there resided the Count de Waszkowski, who gave himself out as the son of Prince Wittgenstein. He was 28 years old. This Polish nobleman calls himself a professor of science and languages, but in reality he lives by " taking on with ladies ( according to his own admission). When he has done with one lady he takes on with another." The count is the most terrible epouseur cf the day. Ha was engaged to be married to the plaintiff in " Swynfen v Swynfen ;"— that was broken off. Then he was engaged for four years to a Miss Chad wick, but that engagement also was brought to a premature conclusion by the father upon the occasion of the count's wishing to borrow £ 50. Then he proposed for Miss Romsey, then for her sister, and it would appear for many ladies besides. In fact, the count got his living by this sort of thiiig. The manner in which he iopened the trenches upon Miss Jones was as follows :— He attacked her maid with bouquets and letters, which were to be delivered to her mistress. Miss Jones resolved, if possible, to put an end to the annoyance by seeing the de- fendant, and remonstrating with him upoii his conduct. This was just what Waszkowski wanted; once admitted, he was sure of victory; he had only to come on in the old style, to rave about his misfortunes, his exile, his noble father, his succession to £ 40,000 a year when that noble father was gathered to his an- cestors. The result of the interview was, that the lady, who had sought the interview to ohide, remained to console the defendant, and, after a time, they were engaged. As soon as the engagement was entered into, or shortly after — it was very strange— the Count's remittances ceased to arrive with their fore- accustomed regularity. His watch and chain disappeared, and in point of fact he was under the neces- sity of borrowing £ 100 from Miss Jones. In return for this he gave her his note of hand; but, ignorant as he was of eur laws and customs, he drew it upon a penny stamp. When the ques- tion of settlements came to he discussed, the lady insisted that all her money should be settled upon herself, to wilich the de- fendant objected, and so the marriage was broken off. When the rupture was final and complete the lady wished that the sum of money which she had lent to the plaintiff should be returned to her ; but this he was unable or unwilling to do, and so the action arose. The defendant pleaded a set- off, the particulars of which ineluded some curious items. In the first place, we find that the Count de Waszkowski was not attired in such a manner as gave satisfaction to the lady. Above all things, on that day which was to be the happiest of their lives, she wished him to look well. Accordingly, by her direction, and at her request, he" proceeded to Messrs Nicoll's establishment and pro- vided himself with a nuptial equipment at the cost of £ 10. Again, and before the transaction connected with the wedding suit, the Count had— equally at the plaintiff's request— provided himself with clothes from Messrs. Davies to the value of £ 27. Again, there was a charge of £ 1510s for a guitar bought by the Count for Miss Jones, at her request. This guitar, as he him- self stated, he had bought in Clerkenwell. " I did away with the guitar. I refuse to say what I have done with it, and I don't moan to tell." This was not enough. A little lower down in the particulars of set- off there is a charge which is somewhat remarkable. '* To amount paid to pawnbroker by defendant at request of plaintiff to redeem a watch and chaiii, the property of the defendant, £ 21." The defendant, in fact, up to this point takes the charges for money disbursed upon himself and his pleasures or necessities, and coolly carries them to the plain- tiff's account. Then an item of a diamond ring for himself, £ 15 15s, follows, arid then items of another character. This noble Pole, the son of Prince Wittgenstein, this heir to £ 40,000 a year, for example, csolly charges Miss Jones with the cost of a wedding ring bought " at her request," 14s; with a wedding cake at £ 2 2s, with a photograph of his ow n noble features at five shillings. Such were the particulars of the set- off pleaded by this dear chivalrous creature in answer to Miss Jones's de- mand for a return of her £ 100. When he was | put into the witness- box and examined, it appeared by his own confession that he made a trade of thi3 kind of pursuit. His own state- ment was, that in the Swynfen matter he got £ 300 for the return of the lady's letters. " I have got money from many people; I have had money from a great many ladies," said Waszkowski to the Chief Baron on Monday last. " When I have done with one lady I take OH with another."— The result of the case was a verdict for the plaintiff for the whole amount. Will people ever take warning by exposures of this description ? Is it possible that ladies of a certain position in the world, and who may therefore be supposed to have seen something of its ways, should suffer themselves to become the laughing- stocks and dupes of men who were probably cooks or couriers— if anything so honest— in their own countries? It might have been hoped that the increasing habit of foreign travel would have done something in amendment of this form of folly. A very short run upon the Continent, or a mere smatter- ing sort of acquaintance with Continental life, might teach our English ladies that foreign titles— even when genuine— are a very insufficient proof of respectability. The best advice we can give our fair countrywomen for the future, when they come across one of these interesting refugees, is to keep him at arm's length until they have ascertained from one of his own country- men of acknowledged respectability the history of their new friend and his character.— Tlw Times. A HORSE CAUSE.— In the Bail Court, on Wednesday, the case of Richmond v Symonds was tried. Mr Edwin James and Mr J. A. Russell were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr Huddleston and Mr Watkin Williams appeared for the defendant. This was an siction to recover the price of a horse. The defendant paid £ 55 into court. The plaintiff, Mr T. Richmond, is a gentleman of fortune, residing at Guilsborough Hall, Northamptonshire, and is also agent to Lord Stamford and Warrington. The defendant is a horsedealer at Oxford. The horso, the subject of the diS' pute, was a fine black horse, about seven years old, which the plaintiff had purchased for 180 guineas about two years ago. He busted him for two seasons with the Pytchley Hunt, but finding that he pulled too much he determined to sell him. This came to the defendant's ears, and he went over to Guils- borough on the 2d of August to see the plaintiff; he was not at home, but his groom showed tha horse, and rode him about, The defendant remarked he thought he heard a little noise. The groom said he must be mistaken, and advised him to gallop up the hill. He galloped the horse for about a quarter of an hour, aud after that test appeared quite satisfied. On the 3d he wrote to the plaintiff:—" I like the horse very well, but his pulling is certaioly out of the common way. I could not do with a hunter pulliiig so much; at the same time he is a " selling horse." On the 5th the plaintiff wrote to defendant, stating that another dealer was about the horse, and adding, " He is the fastest horse for his size and make I ever saw, he is up to 18 stone, can jump anything, and after the hardest day trots back with me on his back 12 or 13 miles au hour. I sell him only because he pulls more than I like." Aftjer mentioning some offers he had had, plaintiff continued, " Can you give in a word £ 95 ; I don't want you tp lose, and would rather you get £ 150, which he is worth to any man wanting to go." The next day the defendant sent a telegram—" I consider I have the refusal of your horse, and shall have him— send him to- day." The horse was sent to Oxford the next day. On the 9th the defendant wrote:—" I am sorry to say my first impres- sion with regard to the black horse's wind is tootrue. I" shown him to- day, and have ridden him myself. There is no doubt he makes too much noige ; in fact, he is a roarer, or soon will be. He will not lose one farthing, but he must go to the hammer." Some further correspondence took place ; the de- fendant finally refused to pay for the horse, alleging that he fead been warranted sound; the action was then brought, and he paid £ 55 into court, alleging that was the full value of the horse. The plaintiff was examined to prove these facts. He stated that the horse was fully up to 18 stone. He never warranted a horse.— On cross- examination the plaintiff said he had some conversation with the defendant at Warwick or Ascot, and mentioned the horse to him, bnt did not think he said that he was souad in every respect. He never heard any noise in the horse's throat, and did not know that he was a " whistler" or a " roarer." He had not galloped him since April.— Chas. Kirk, the plaintiff's head groom, stated that when the defendant came to look at the horse he told him he was a puller. He galloped the horse. Defendant said he thought there was a noise. He said he did not know there was. Defendant then mounted, took the horse to the bottom of the park, and galloped him up the hill. He then said he did not hear aay noise. He had been in Mr Richmond's service three mosths, and knew of no defect in the horse except his pulling. He gave no warranty. Mr Riehmond told him never to do so. Defendant had every opportunity of trying the horse, and at last said he would take him.— Cross- examined : Mr Richmond kept eight horses and thrae grooms. He usually exercised the horses. He did not tell the defendant, " I have just fed him and watered him, but he is sold to you as a sound one if you buy him; we have had him about two years." He did FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OP TUESDAY, DEC 22. WAE OFFICE, DEC 22.— Corps of Royal Engineers: Brev Col W. B. Mariow to, tw col. v Portlock, ret onf-_ p; Capt C. M'Causland'to be lisut- col, v Marlow ; Sec Capt J. G. Jervoistobe capt, vM'Causland; Lieut vf. O. Lennox to be sec capt, v Jervois. The undermentioned Cadets f* be Liems. viz : J A. Millar, E. P. Hardinge, J. R. Hogg, N. a. Stat, 15, P. White, C J. O N. Fergusson, G. H. Boiland, R. W. Stewart. W. SaU raond.- 91st Ft: Ens A. Armstrong to be lient, v Dobie, who ret; W. H. Baillie, gent, to oe ens, v Armstrong. BSEVET,— Col J. E. Portlocfc! on the ret f- pof the Royal Engineers, to be maj- gen, the rank being hoa only; Lieut- Col G. Sandham, ret f- p Royal Artillery, to be col, incoa- sequence of the prom of Col Coekburn, who stood below him on the ehoctivelistoftheregtatthe time of his retirement. The undermen- tioned officers of the Royal Artillery, having completed three yearl* service in the rauk of Lieut- Cols, to bs Cols in the Army St J. T. Browne, H, Aylmer, A. Irving, C. B.. C. Bingham. BANKRUPTS. JOHN BRITTEN, Noble- street, Falcon- square, and Park- road, Dal « ston, dealer in braid?, CHARLES HUBBARD, Queen's- road, Haverstoek Hill, builder. JOHN COLLINSON, Pittman- bniMings, ironmonger- row, Old- street licensed victualler. SAMUEL HARRIS and ISAAC GABRIEL COSTA, Commercial street. Wlntechapel, wholesale clothiers. SAMUEL El) WARD STEANE, Oxford, soap manufacturer. ROBERT CAVE, Windsor, fishmonger. MARJORY MOON, Green- street, Grosvenor- square, child- bed linen manufacturer. JOHN STARKEY and JOHN FREDERICK ADCOCK, Birmmg. ham, pereussion cap makers, THOMAS BARKS, Sedgley, Staffordshire, maltster. HENRY JOHNSON, V/ estbromwich, licensed victualler, JOHN JAMIESON M'RAE, Newark- upon- Trent, tailor. THOMAS GULLICK, Bristol, victualler. EDWARD SMYTH, Swansea, draper. ALEXANDER BRYSON, RedcarJYorkshire, brewer. JOHN STEAD, Dewsbnry, Yorkshire, joiner. WM. and GEO. CROSSLEY, Elland, Yorkshire, cottonspimiers. JOHN BUCKLEY SHARP, Bingley and Bradford, Yorkshire, wor « sted sninner. DAVID ROBERTS and WILLIAM JAMES HANSON, Halifax worsted spinners. WILLIAM GOUNDRILL, Eastrington, Yorkshire, farmer. SAMUEL BARLOW, Sheffield, grocer. WILLIAM WAINMAN, Sheffield, joiner. JAMES RAYNES, Liverpool and Cork, shipowner. JOHN HAMPSON. Wrexham, Dsnbighshire, grocer. WILLIAM SKIRVINQ WALKER, Liverpool, sliipbroker. EDWIN SPENCE ROBERTS, Liverpool, shipowner. GEORGE WORSDELL, Warrington, Lancashire, iron manufacturer. ANDREW VEITCH, Newcastle- upon- Tyne, music seller. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. W. W. MOFFATT, Edinburgh, bookseller. J. M. ANDERSON, Glasgow, ironmonger, P. M'LAREN, Glasgow, ship carpenter, W. DAVIDSON, Edinburgh, cofiee merchant. E. KERR, Kilmarnock, tmsmith. W. CAMERON, Glasgow, commission merchant. G. MURRAY, Glasgow, flesher. J. WATT, Ellon, hotelkeeper. J. RAMSDALE, Dundee, baker. W. IRONSIDE, Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, merchant. PROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OP FRIDAY, DEC 25, ADMIRALTY, DEO 14.— Royal Marines: Gent Cadet T. P. Norton to fee second lieut. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. JOHN OTTO WILLIAM FA BERT, Liverpool, ship chandler. SAVAS CARACAZZANI, Manchester, merchant. BANKRUPTS. JAME-* EDDY, Deptford, smith and iron manufacturer. HENRY JOHN LOE, Guildford, stonemason. WILLIAM HILLS, Milton- next- Gravesend, grocer. GEORGE SCOTT, Uxbridge, wharfinger and coal merchant. WILLIAM JENNINGS, Paul- street, Finsbury, haberdasher. JOHN DYNE and SYDNEY DYNE, Croydon, builders. WILLIAM HOPPERTON, Oxford- street, laceiMan. ELI GIBSON. Wilby, Northamptonshire, builder. THOMAS TAYLOR, Hastings, tailor. JOHN YOUNG, Pentonville- road, King's Cross, draper. WILLIAM BILLINGS, Redcross- street, bonnet shape maker. SYB E IANS SEVENSTER, Mark- lane, merchant. JOSEPH HELDMANN, Gutter- lane, Cheapside, lace manufacturer. WILLIAM LLOYD, Gospel Oak, Tipton, Irying pan manufacturer. THOMAS ROE. Nottingham, machine builder. JOHN PORTER. Old Radford, lace manufacturer, JAMES HASELL, Bristol, soap and candle manufacturer. THOMAS TAYLOR and JOHN SEAGER, Seundwell, near Kings- wood, indigo and Prussian blue jmanufacturers. WILLIAM HORSFALL, Langfield, Halifax, cotton spinner. ROBERT HENRY ANDERSON, York, money scrivener. ROBERT EASTBURN, Halifax, dyer and stover. CHRISTOPHER TOPHAM and TIMOTHY TOPHAM, Wakefield, dyers. EDWARD REASTON, Filey, Yorkshire, lodging- house keeper. EDWARD LINDSEY BAKER, Liverpool, ship broker and com « mission agent. JOSEPH ECCLES, EDWARD ECCLES, and ALEXANDER ECCLES, Liverpool, cotton brokers. JAMES HOYVARD and CHARLES HOWARD, Macclesfield, silk manufacturers. JAMES BROWN, Wlnley Bridge and Buxton, Derby, innkeeper. WILLIAM DEAN and JAMES DEAN, Habergham Eaves, near Burnley, Lancaster, stone masons and contractors. GEORGE HAMILTON, Bacnp, Lancaster, cotton spinner, WILLIAM ROBINSON URWIN, Newcastle- upon- Tyne, chain and iron merchant. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. DONALD MACCALLUM, East Richmond- strett Edinburgh, grocer. JOHN DUNN, Glasgow, house factor. JOHN TRAlNOR, Airdrie, late grocer, spirit dealer, and general merchant. THOMAS MITCHELL, Edinburgh, County of Midlothian, flesher. not remember defendant saying, " If he has not a cold I fear he is not sound in his wind." He did not answer, " Do not be afraid ; he is perfectly sound, and I am to sell him as sound." He took the horse to Oxford. Defendant said something about the horse's wind. He replied that he had never known any- thing wrong about the horse, and never saw him unsound. He never heard the horse make a noise. He did breathe a little hard. When he went slow he puffed a little in fighting with his bridle.— Mr Stephenson Martin, horsedealer, of Leamington, knew the horse very well, and had offered plaintiff 100 guineas for him. He never made any noise.— The defence was, that the horse had been warranted sound, that he had turned out unsound, and the £ 55 . paid into court was his full value.— Mr C. Symonds, the defendant, stated he had seen Mr Richmond at Warwick Spring Meeting, and at Ascot. He asked him to go and look at the black horse, which he represented as an extraordinary weight- carrying hunter, which he had given £ 160 guineas for, free from all blemish, and per- fectly sound in every respect. He went to Guilsborough in August to look at the horse. Before that Mr Richmond had several times mentioned the horse to him, He saw the groom. The horse was in a box. The groom said he could show the horse, and ali but sell him, but not complete the bargain, as he did not know the price. He said the horse was all right. The horse was brought out, andr the groom trotted him about. He heard a slight noise when the horse stopped, and remarked it to the groom. His answer was that the horse was not in a fit state to ride, he had just been fed and watered. He then mounted and rode a little; he got off with the impression that there was a little noise. The groom again said he was perfectly sound and an excel- lent winded horse. The groom brought the horse to Oxford on the 7tb, and again repeated that the horse was all right; that he was perfectly sound, and he should leave him as a sound horse. He took the precaution to have his servant present. The next day he showed the horse to Mr Henry Greaves, the master of the Cottesmore, who refused tr> buy him on account of the noise. The horse was examined a day or two after by a veterinary sur- geon, who pronounced him unsound. He had had the horse since; he was a confirmed roarer, and not worth more than £ 40. — The defendant's groom confirmed his master's account of what passed when the horse was brought to the stable at Oxford.— A veterinary surgeon stated the horse was now unsound.— Mr Henry Greaves said that the horse was shown to him the day after the purchase by the defendant, and he refused him on ac- count of the noise he made.— Mr Richmond was recalled, and denied having told the defendant at Warwick that the horse was perfectly sound.— Mr Justice Erie, in summing up, said that the question for the jury was whether or not a warranty had been given. According to the defendant's account the whole dealing had been a continuous transaction from the first conversation at Warwick, and a warranty had been givenJby Mr Richmond; but it was clear the groom had no authority to warrant.— The jury retired, and after a short absence found a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages—£ 40, in addition to the sum paid into court. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK- LANE— WEDOTSDAX. The ariivals of English Corn, Grain, Flour, and Malt to this market are more liberal this week than last. A few Scotch Oats, but no Irish. Fo « reign Wheal a fair supply. Barley and Oats very short, wifti a few sacks of French, and a few barrels of American Flour. The imports of Ameiv can Wheat and Flour into Liverpool still continue very large. The Wheat trade dull to- day, and not much on show, but the value the same as on Monday last, with a very small attendance of buyers as is usual about this period of the year. Barley very inactive without change in prices. Malt a slow trade at Monday's rates. Oats, iu consequence of an unusually short supply, are fully supported lor prime corn. Peas fully as dear as on Monday last. Beans rather cheaper. Flour— French commands little attention : Norfolk dull, at Menday's value, say 33a per sack. Indian firm. Friday being Christmas- dav, market closed. The current prices, per qr.— British;— Wheat, Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, vrhite. 4Hs to 50s; ditto, Sua selected runs, 51a to 53s 5 ditto red, 39s to47s; ditto, Talavera, 50s to 58s; Norfolk, Lincolnshirewand Yorkshire 33s to 45s. Barley— Malting, 35s to 41= s; grinding and distilling, 28s to 34s; Chevalier, — s to — e. Malt— Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk, S8a to 71s j Kingston, Ware, and town- made, & 9 » to 71s. Oats—. Essex and Suffolk, 13s to ' 24s; Scotch ; frH? Lincolnshire potato, to 27s; feed, 21s to 24s { Irish potato, 21s to 26s. Rye, 81s to 34s. Beans— Masagan, 348 to 38i ; tick and harrow, 87s to 40s j pigeon, 40s to 42J ; long sod, 38s to 40s, Peas — Nonboilers, 38s to 40s ; whit « , Essexaad Kunt boilers, 41s to 4is; ditto fine Suffolk, 43s ts its; maple, s8s to 42s; grey, 86a to 40s. Flour— Best marks, delivered, per sack, 45s to 47s: secondary and coufltry ditto, 34a to S9s, FosBxair.— Wheat— Eantzic and Konigsbsrg, 5i53 to 59a { ditto, ditto, extra, 60s to 68s; Rostock and Watgast* 49/, to 61s: Belgian and ~ * * " " ' ' Italian and Ma « 498 to ... . . Oata — Poland T) iew, 22s to 27s 5 feed, 19j to 25s. Beans— asaall, S5s to 38s ; Egyptian, Sis to 38s, Peas— white boilers, 40s to 42s; yellow ditto, — s to — 3; non boilers, S3s te 40s. Flour— Spanish, per sack, — s to — s ; Canadian and American sour, 25s to 27s; sweet, 23s to 32s. BREAD.— The price of Bread in the City and at the West End ia still maintained at 7d to 8d the 41V lb loat; but in other places bakers- are seilinsc the best bread at ($ d the 41b loaf j while in the cheap neighbour- hoods they profess to sell at 6d. 41b loaf. SEED MARKET,— Crushing Linseei has been offered more freely and at less money than last week. English Cloverseed is now coming forward, but held generally too high for the seedsmen; there is, how- ever, more inquiry from them for all good qualities, and business will soon commence for the season. Trefoil is offering 011 low terms, English as well as Foreign. Canaryseed was in short supply, with a steady de- mand ; prices were unaltered. Friday being Christmas- day, 110 market. Turnips, white, 15s to 16s per bushel; red and green, 15s to ids; Musters! brown, 8s to 14s; whito, 16s to 22s; Tares, winter, 5a Od to 5s « d ; Canary, 82s to SHs per qr.; Rye Grass, 22s to 80s; Clover, re a, Enelish, 56s to 70s per cwt.; ditto, white, 60 » to 74s; ditto, Foreign, red, 52K to 64s; ditto, white, 74s; Trefoil, new, 20s to 24s ; Carrawwy, new, 4„ 3 to 463 per cwt; Coriander, 26s to 30s: Hempaeed, 33 s to per qr. Enxiish Linseed— Sowing, 72s to 74s per qr; crushing, — s to — s. Fonsign Ida. seed— Baltic, 54a to 56s per qr; Odessa, 51s to52s0d. Linseed Cah33, English, £ 10 0s to £ 11 0s per toa; Foreign, £ 10 0s to £ 11 15s j Bapa Cakes, £ G Os to £ 8 5s : Rapeseed, new, £ 68 to £ 70per qr. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, THUKSDJLY.—- Tc- mo) yow being Christmas- day, the usual Friday's market was very properly held to- day, but there was scarcely anything sent up tor sale, and it was diffU cult to find a buyer. A mere perfect holyday market has never been knowh, and for all practical purposes the market might have been closed Beef— Inferior coarse Beasts. 3s 4d to 3s 6d ; second quality. 8s od to 4s Od; prime large Oxen, 4s 2d to 4s 4d s prime Scets, 4s 6d to 4s 8a, Sheep— Inier coarse Sheep, Se id to 3s 8a; second quality, 3s 10dto4s0d, prime coarse woolled, 4s 2d to 4s lOd; prime Soath Down 5s 0d to 5s lei. Calves— Large coarse Calves, 8s 10s to 4s 6il; prisie small 4s 8d to 5 s Od, Pork— Large Hogs, 4s Od to 4s 6d, Beat small porkers 4s 8d to 5s 2d, Suckling Calves & 2s to 27s each; quarter- old storePies 21s to 28s0d£ itto. Lambs OB Od to 0s 0d.— Head of Cattle on sale— Beasts 50, Cows —, Sheep and Lambs 240, Calves 11, Pigs —, Foreign— Beasts were 10, Sheep 15, Calves 10. NEWGATE & LEADENHALL MARKETS, THUBSD. or.- The sup. ply was good, trade was heavy. Prices as follow :— Inferior Beef 3s 0d to 3s 4d, middling Ss 6d to 3s 8fS, prime large ditto Ss lOd to 4B 2d, prime email ditto 4s 4d to 4s 6-:. Inferior Mutton 8F Od to Ss id, middling ditto Ss 6d to 4s Od, prime ditto 4s 2d to 4s Sd, Veal 8s lOd to 4s lOd. Laige Perk 3s 6d to 4s 4c'. small ditto 4s Od to 5s 4d.— Lamb 6s OdtoOs Od. HOP MARKET, BOBOUGH, WEDNESDAY.— The Hop trade has beea A MONSTEE CAUSE,— The Dublin Freeman says that the long expected affidavits in the case of " Kingston and Sadleir" have been filed 011 both sides, and that they exceed in extent any that have ever been filed in Ireland in any one case. The affidavits, it is computed, cover 7,000 folios. FEARFUL FIEE IN BKYANSTON- STREET.— TWO LIVES LOST.— On Saturday week, between seven and eight o'clock, a fire oc- curred in Upper Bryanstou- street, Portman- square, by wheh the lives of two poor children were sacrificed. They occupied a poor tenement in the street, and had been left alone sleeping by their mother, who had gone to market. By some accident the li-. m. S- i R. i. oidc candle, which was left burning set fire tothe apartment, and ^ ^ VTFNT We^ Harllty ^ © S FFFMRO^^ F^ FJ^ • v.. fl " >-- v-'-' 1 poo! West Hartley 14s 6d HasweU Gas 14s Od, Holywell 15s ^ r- J/ Wo W.. t TTovt W 1 Ao « /! W/ » v » . h Perpv ITart. lpv. lSn fid. T firm, at fully the previous quotations. HAY MARKET, THUBSDAT.— These markets were fairly supplied to- day, at the following quotations:— Smithlield Market.— Meadow Hay 50s to 80s, new — s to — s, Clover Hay 72s to l(* 5s, new — s to — s— Straw 26s to 30s. Cumberland— Meadow Hay 50s to 84s, new — s to - s, Clever Hay 70s to 100s, new — s to — b— Straw 26s to 80s, White- chapel— Meadow Hay 50sto 88s. new — s to — s, Clover Hay 7 « e to 10Ss, new — s to — s— Straw 26s to 80s. LEATHER MARKET, THUKSDAT.— There kas been only ashsrt sup- ply of fresh Leather at Leaden hall this week; and the inquiry for most descriptions rather limited, without any alteration to notice in prices :— Crop: Hides, 281b to 401b each, 17d to 20jd per lb; 401b to 541b, 20Jd to 22} d 5 541b to 801V,— d to 22id; Bull Hides lSd to 15d ; Vitrol Butts, 0d to Od; English Butts, 21d to SOd ; Foreign Butts 20d to 29d; Foreign Hides, 164d to 19d; Dressing Hides 16Jd to 20d; ditto Shaved, 18d to 23d; best Saddlers' Hides, 194to 21d ; English Horse Hides, 14d to 19d; German Hides, 14d to 19d; Spanish horse Hides lad to 21 d: Call Skins ( if rounded, 2d to 4d per lb more), S21b to 401b per dozen, 19d to24d; 421b to 501b, 19d to 24d; 521b to 601b, 19d to 23d; 621b to 1001b, 19d toild; Seal Skins large, — d to — d s small,— d to— d; Kips, 14d to 25d ; Basils. 8d to I6d ; BeDies. lOd te 12J< i 5 Shoulders. 17d to 20d. WOOL MARKET, THURSDAY.— The English Wool market has been dull since Monday last, and we have now no buyers unless on lower terms. Over 8,000 bales, shipped to the United States in the early part of the year, have returned for realisation during the last four weeks. The imports have amounted to 992 bales from Algoa Bay, 816 from Sydney, 515 from Port Philip, 390 from Adelaide, 61 from Alexandria, 257 from Tanganrog, 198 from Odessa, and 19 from Smyrna.— At per pack of 2401b. — Fleeces— Southdown " nogs £ 1710s to £ 18 0s, dicto hall- bred hogs £ 17 to£ 17 10s, ditto Kent £ 17 to£ I80s, ditto Southdown ewes and wether £ 16s to £ 16s 10s, ditto Leicester ditto £ 15 0s to £ 16 Os. Sorts— Cloth- ing, picklock £ 19 to £ 20s, ditto prime and picklock £ 16 0s to £ 17 0s. ditto choice £ 15 0s to £ 16 Od, ditto super £ 14 Od to £ 15 0s, ditto Comb- ing— wether matching £ 18 10s to £ 1910s, ditto picklock £ 16 to £ 16 10s, common £ 13 0s to £ 14 0s, ditto hog matching £ 21 0s to £ 22, ditto picklock matching £ 17 0s to £ 18 0s, ditto superfine ditto £ 14 10e to 615 10s. PROVISION MARKET.— The arrivals last week from Ireland were 5,145 firkins Butter, and 2,294 . bales Bacon, and from Foreign porta 7.325 casks Butter and 115 bales Bacon. In the market for Irish Butter the quotations continue much as last given, viz— Bfest Carlowa 108s to to 112s, and Clonmel 112s free on board. Limericks tresh 96s to 88B, stale orlatemade90sto94s, EnnisandKiliush84sto86s, Corks thirds 84s to 88s, Tralee Corks 88s to 90, Jersey 80s to llOs? English Butter main- tains its advance without variation— fine Dorset 126s to 128s. No Devon 1* the market. Fresh Butter maintains the advance last noticed, but the demand is not of a very urgent character; the supply is moderate, and quality not first- rate. We quote first 16s, seconds and west coun- try at 15s, thirds at 14s, and inferior at Us to 14s, Ostend lis to 14s per dozen. Foreign Butter is very little inquired for, and prices are nomi- nally the same as last week. Lard is in steady, though limited demand. Bsst Waterford bladdered 74s to 76s, best kegs 64s to 66s, best town- rendered bladdered Lard 70s, barrelled American 54s to 55s per cwt. - In the Bacon market the favourite brands of Waterford brings 56s, the general runs 50s to 5is, Of Hamburg there is none. Bale Bacon 603. 3ale middles 54s, barrelled middles 50s per cwt, New Irish Hams sell from 70s to 86s per cwt. The shipping provision market continues dull, but in the absence of new Atneiican, the stocks of old are working off gradually. The market will be nearly cleared of old Beef before new ar- rives— 2,200 casks are, however, to be offered by auction by Government on the 22d inst. Thereis no Pork at present in the catalogue. The de- mand for Cheese is moderate. Lower rates accepted for inferior kinds. Prices as follow :— Cheddar, new, 62s to 78s, ditto middling- s to— s, ditto loaf, 60s to 66s: Wilts loaf. 60s to 68s; ditto double, 53s to 66s ditto thin, 54s to 60s; ditto pines, 70s to 74s; ditto skim, 28s to 34s; Cheshire, 72s to 76s; doable Gloucester, 58s to 64s per cwt. OIL MARKET, THURSDAY.— Linseed aud Rape are held with firm- ness. Palm has found a more ready sale; but Cocoa- nut is freely offered at our quotations. The trade iu Olive is still depressed, there being still a desire to realise. The transactions in Fish Oils have been larger, but in prices we quote no improvement.— Florence 0il6 ( haif- chs), 18s to 2Is, S Lucca, half- chests, £ 6 5s to £ 7 0s; Gallipoli, 252 gallons, £ 53 Os to £— 0s ; Spanish. 252 gallons, £ 47 0s to £ 48; Linseed, £ 1 8s Od to £ 0 0s Od ; Rape, pale, £ 2 4s 6d to £ 0 0s 0d; brown, £ 2 Is Od to £ 2 Is 6d per cwt; Cod, £ 2910s to £ 80 per tun'; Seal, pale, £ 36 0s to £ 39 0s per tun; Seal, yellow, brown, & e, £ 86 Os; to £ 39; Sperm. £ 67 j £ 69 Os per tun; Headmatter, £ 74 to £— per tun; Southern. £ 41 to £ i3 0d p « i- ton ; Cocoa nut, £ 2 0s Od to £ 2 5s; Palm, 86s to 40s 0d per cwt; Greenland, full size, £— 0s to £— per tur ; South Sea, £ 400 per tun; Whale, Greenland, £ 410 to £ 425. Pitch— British 6s 6< J per owl. Archangel — sOd per cwt, Stockholm, 10s per cwt. ' iar— American — a to — s, 0d per barrel, Archangel 15s 6d per barrel, Stockholm 14s 6d to — B. Turpentine.— Spirits £ 112s 6d to £— 0s 0d, iB puncheons £ 1 lis 9d, Rough 9s Od to 0s Od. per cwt. Resin— Yellow 5s 6d per cwt, transpa- rent 6s Od per cwt. TALLOW MARKET. THURSDAY.— 1The market has been quiet since Monday, and prices on the spot are 52s9d, 58s for January and March, and 6Ss for March alone. Town Tallow was quoted at 53s per cwt net cash. Rough fat 2s lid per 81b. COAL MARKET, WnpNESDAY.-{ Prices 01 Coals ^ ton atthe clos^ place between defendant pad Mrs Evans, as stated by Muuri, ia career of popularity. the flames burned the poor children to death. NEW MUSIC.— INDIA.— A POLKA.— This polka, which will be played in the new pantomime at Drury- lane, must greatly add to the already well- acquired fame of Miss Glascock as a musical artiste of the highest class, and both from its own intrinsic merits, and the fact of Miss G-.' s generously giving the profits to the Indian Relief Fund, we predict for it an unusually extended ridge's West Hartley 14s 6d, North Percy HartlealSs 6d, T;-' ™ 1 Butes 13s Od, Walker's Primrose 18s Od, West Hartl^ ^;' „ . - Walls- end- Gibson 16s 6d, Gosforth 16s 3d, Harton M., ^ den ana 18s, Braddyll's Hetton 18s 6d, Howell 19s 9d, H- « on l9s 6c Ru8Ee 8 Hetton 18s 6< 1- South Hetton 19s fid. Stewp ™ A. 1? 8 M, bouth lvelloe 18s 6d, Tees Hartley 15s, ket 119- Spld 108- Unsold 16, BELL'S LIFE IN DECEMBER 27, 1857. m [ TOWN EDITION.] TEE TUIF, SETTDfS AT TATTIESAIl'S. MONDAY, DEC 21.— The only noticeable feature this after- noon was the advance of Clydesdale, who both for the Derby and Two Thousand Guineas has been in great force at the clubs for some time past. The following price current will sufficiently explain the limited character of speculation in general:— Two Thousand Guineas: 9 to 2 agst Mr Howard's Clydesdale ( take 6 to 1), 7 to X agst Mr Hawko's Brother to Marchioness ( tk), 10 to 1 agst Mr J. Merry's Lord of Lorn ( tk). Derby: 20tOl agst Mr B. Jones's Ditto ( off), 25 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's The Happy Land ( tk), h to i agst Mr W. H. Brooks's Sermon ( tk), 50 to 1 agst Mr GuIly'sThe Grand Secret ( tk). " TURF B. EF0EM. TO THE EBITOS 03? BEH S LIES IK 10KD0H. SiE: Mr F. Higgins is mistaken in supposing that I have fixed any date for the consideration of my objection to the horses that started for the Selling Races at Shrewsbury and Ludlow being handicapped by the Stewards of the Jockey Club, There is nothing to consider; the rule is imperative, and the Stewards have no option in the matter. These horses, haviag run for selling races in which the beaten horses were not liable to be claimed, are disqualified and cannot be handicapped It is sot for me to say whose duty it was to enforce this rule on former occasions, but, seeing that that duty has been neglected, I have now performed it. So far from having acted Unfairly towards the owners, I caused my objection to be published in time to prevent their entering their horses for stakes which they are not qualified to run for, and have thus saved them from in- curring the forfeits.— Tours, & c, J. PiSEl. Dee 22* 1857. ' ABOLITION 01 WXIEXHAM SACES. ME EDITOR: The races at Wrexham are to be abolished— and why ? Because a mushroom town council, which has not been in existence more than a month, has thought fit to memorialise Sir Watkin Wynn to withdraw his support, and he has inglo- riously com olied with the request of such memorial; therefore the races are defunct except in name. I am surprised that Sir Watkin, who has hitherto borne the respect of all true sporting men, should listen to the canting memorial of a few Mawworms, who have crept into the juveuile local senate solely on the pro- mise and pledge to vote against the races ; and which promise has been exacted by a few white chokered gentlemen who make it their business and nothing else to cry down all sports to which the people generally can have access. 1 append the memorial sent by the town council of Wrexham to Sir Watkin, and his reply, and I leave your readers to judge for themselves.— lours, & c, E. G. P. S.— I may state that six of she town council were against the memorial being seat to Sir Watkin, and the inhabitants gene- rally are for the continuance of the races; but the course being the property of the baronet, the withdra wal of his support is tantamount to a total suppression of the sport in this town. Wrexham, Deo21. 1 1 • MEMOHIAL TO BIR WATKIN W. WYTTN, OF WYKKSTAY, BART. The memorial of the council of the borough of Wrexham, in the county of Denbigh, showeth that the mayor having reported your offer to withdraw your support and countenance from the races in case we should request you to do so, we beg to tender to you our thanks for your communication, and having taken the same into consideration, we do hereby respectfully memo- rialise you to discountenance, and so far as you can, to prevent, the future recurrence of the races at Wrexham. And your me- morialists will ever pray, & c.— Signed on behalf of the council, T. EBGWORTH, Mayor. 8IR W. W. WT3TS'S REFIT. SIR : I beg to acknowledge the receipt of a memorial from the mayor aBd corporation of Wrexham, praying that I will with- draw my support from Wrexham races. So many of my earliest recollections are associated with Wrexham races, that I cannot but regret such a measure; as, however, you think it will be for the benefit of the town, I consent to withdraw my subscrip- tion and support.— Sir, I have the honour to be jour obedient servant, W. WM. WYNS. Wynnstay, Dec 10, 1857. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK, & c, AT TATTERS ALL'S OH MONDAY LAST. « s. 61 J § . CTJBIOUS, i yrs, by Cannock out of Moose Deer .,...,,.. MEBBIMHKT ( iealedin 1818', by Venison— Diversion, by Defence.... BAT QxLvxxait yrs, by Foxberry out of Yellow Rose,. BAT COM FOAL, by P. vrr'nus the First out of Merriment .. BABBI/ E, 2yre, by Backbiter out oi Zuleika .. iv..... BAT YEABLING COLT, by Joe Lov^ li sut of Merriment PEMBDW, by Stofm outof Heather Bell ........ r, v.. i .. NOMENCLATURE. The following names have bees given Mr Evans's. Bay yearling filly by Annandale out of Rage.. Barmaid. Bay vearling colt, by Windischgratz out of The Hind... Brawn yearling filly, by Gameboy— Bassishaw. Chesnut colt, 2 yrs, by The Grand Duke Michael out of Miss Tennyson .., Mr S. Jacob's. Bay colt foal, by Surplice out of Nell Gwyrme, bylago Mr Barnard's yearlings Colt by Grecian out of Celeste Burnham. Clara Webster. Constantine. .. Luclcnow. Filly by Pyrrhus the First out of Vauity Filly by We Homer. Conceit. featkerbit out of Antonia.. Weatherwise. Coif by Stock well out of Little Fairy Clapham. Colt by Midas out of Elegance. Pan. Colt by Nut with out of Clelia Nutfield. WINNING HORSES, & c.— ERRATA.— By some extraordinary oversight the Western Meeting at Ayr escaped the notice of the compiler of this list, const quently the following additions have to be made :— Trip theDaisy, 3 yrs, the Western Meeting Stakes of and Handicap of £ 37; Gathercole, 4 yrs, the Gold Cup of £ 120; Cora Liune, a Free Handicap of £ 60, and a Handicap of £ 26; Mary Rose, 3 yrs, Corinthian Stakes of £ 4J: Honesty, 4 yrs, a Plate of £ 50 i Red White and Blue, 3 yrs, the Ayrshire Handicap of £ 77 ; Rosabel ( late Bessie Lee), 6 yrs, aPJate of £ 50 ; Janet, 3 yrs, a Plate of £ 50 ; and Lady Albert, 3 yrs, the Corinthian. Stakes of £ 18. The absurdity of naming two animals alike caused the prizes won by the three year old and aged Sweetbriars ( the latter of whom is better known as The Ferret), to be placed to the credit of one animal only. In a corrected form, therefore, the winnings will stand as follows:— Sweet- briar, 3 yrs, by Peppermint, 23 at Radditch, 26 and 35 at Here- ford, and 34 at Weston Zoyland ; total 4. Sweetbriar ( late The Ferret), aged, the Glamorganshire Handicap of 72 and 23, at Swansea; 39 and 30, with a Purse, at Aberystwith, and Hurdle Race of 31 at Ludlow Autumn ; total 5. We shall be thankful for any corrections in the Derby and Oaks lists. MANCHESTER ' RACES.—^ The closing of the principal stakes will be seen on reference to our advertising columns. Mr W. Stebbing has sold the following brood mares -.-^ Mare by Sir Hercules out of Lucy Banks, Clarkia, Restoration, and Desperate. He has also let for the season, John o' Gaunt, the sire of Hungerford, Bolingbroke, & c, and he will be located at Brownslade, Pembroke. He won upwards of twenty races, at all distances, and we have no doubt he will become a valuable stallion. Capt Price has sold Lymington, and he has gone into W. Hoi* man's stable at Cheltenham. Winkfield, who has been added to the list of geldings, is now in Sherwood's stables at Epsom. In the Bankruptcy Court, on Tuesday last, Mr J. 0. Johns, well- known in sporting circles, especially across " bits of stiff country," appeared for his examination, but the commissioner, after terming It " a scandalous ease," adjourned the further hearing sine die. Mr Chichester, whose name was introduced into the affair, requests us to give an unqualified denial to the statements made by the bankrupt concerning Mm on that occa- sion, and stateslthat he intends to take the earliest opportunity of contradicting them publicly. 1858. Lincoln... Liverpool Spring.... 2 Ludlow Spring .... 4 Do; ica& ter Spring .. 9 BACING FIXTURES FOR FEBRUARY. ...... 111 Nottingham Spring., 16 j Derby Spring .18 MARCH. Warwick Spring.... 16 Beverley Spring.... 17 Kipling Coates 18 Northampton Coventry Croxton Park Riehmond Spring.. 1 NewmarketCraven.. 5 Durham, 5 Ascot 1 Hampton 9 Newton , 9 Beverley Summer ,. 16 Epsom Spring 16 Newmarket F S .... 19 Newcastle- on- Tyne. Carlisle Shrewsbury . .29 APRIL. Catterick Bridge..., 7 York Spring 18 Maiion 151 Salisbury . MAY. Chester ........... 41 Harpendsn ... 14 | Manchester Bath. . 111 Epsom 18 J JUNE. Bibury Club 10 Stockbridge 17 Winchester ,.....,. 18 Chelr& sford 22 . . . . .,, JULY. Ipswich 1 j Worcester Summer.. 8 J Nottingham 26 Fontefract llLiverpool ,14 j Goodwood 27 Newmarket July... . 6| | AUGUST, Bipon 2 1 Wolverhampton .... 9 1 Egham 24 North Staffordshire. 31 Reading „.„ 11 Hereford 26 Brighton 4 York 181 Stockton 26 Brigh ton Club...... 6 Radeliffe 28 Lichfleld 30 Lewes 91 I SEPTEMBER. Derby 11 Doncaster .......... 14 | Manchester Autumn 24 Cardiff. 31 Leicester. 22 j Newmarket F O .... 28 Warwick 7 I Monmouth 231 Northallerton 30 OCTOBER. Chester Autumn.... 51 Wrexham 71 Warwick Autumn.. 19 Richmond 71 Newmarket S O .... 111 Newmarket H.,.,., 25 NOVEMBER. Worcester Autumn,. 2 I Liverpool Autumn.. 9 ! Shrewsbury Autumnl6 INDEX TO Chester Spring.. Jan 1 Liverpool Spring,. ,. 1 Liverpool July 1 Ascot 5 Bath 5 Bedford 5 Beverley 5 Bibury Club 5 Brighton 5 Catterick Bridge.... 5 Chelmsford 5 Doncaster Spring .. 5 Doncaster Sept 5 THE CLOSING Egham.......... Jan 5 Epsom Spring 5 Epsom.... 5 Goodwood 5 Lincoln 5 Ludlow 5 Manchester 5 Newcastle 5 Newmarket ,...,,,, 5 Northampton ...... 5 Nottingham Spring. 5 Nottingham July..,. 5 OF STAKES. Pontefract...... J an 5 Salisbury 5 Stamford S Stockbridge 5 Stockton 5 Tliirsk 5 Warwick Spring..., 5 Warwick Sept 5 Winchester 5 Yarmouth 5 York Spring 5 York August 5 STEEPLE CHASES TO COME. DECEMBER. 29,— Reading ( 4)— Berkshire Open Steeple Chase ( Handicap) closed; the Calcot Plate ( Handicap) closed ; The Selling and Berkshire Hunt Steeple Chases to close and name by six p. m. the evening before the race. FEBRUARY, 1858, 9,11,— Carmarthenshire ( 43— The Open Steeple Chase, to close and name January 5, 1858, and weights to appear January 17, forfeits to be declared January 26 j the U. H. C, Stakes to close February " the Carmarthenshire Handicap and the Selling Stakes to close 22,— Birmingham. 25,— Coventry. 1.— Richmond, MARCH. APRIL. READING STEEPLE CHASES.— A capital day's sport is expected on Tuesday next, the 29th inst. The course is ail grass, within an . easy walk of the town, and the first race will take place at a quarter to one. _________ TB0TTING. match, for £ 10 a side, between a Glasgow horse named ™ ^ Stealer and a mare from Wishaw, was fixed to take place wS nriles of a* turnpike road in the Hamilton district, on 16th inst; but owing to the Wishaw mare taking ib;. owner declining to run her, the Glasgow horse 2ZzLJ^ nl J^/ r- Qund and claimed the stakes. Afterwards Mr homerville of Wishw challenged Mr Addie of the same place to Kk Wishaw, for £ 10 a side, at catch weight, on the animals"^ had come to witness the trotting match upon. The distance w^ ftyg miles, and after a hard con- 1- th Somervme s ( o^ rup) won by about three REVIEW OF THE RACING SEASON OF 1857. TO THE SDITOB OF BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON. SiE : Wolverhampton's reduction to two days, so constantly advocated in your columns, was not only- attended with the most beneficial results to the meeting itself, but released a number of men and horses for Reading. Mr Parr for many years has carried off the principal stakes here, and Fisherman now was his successor to Weathergage and others in the Wol- verhampton Stakes, and as he gave 3st 12lb to Queen Bess, one of the Cesarewitch " dead heaters," only a few days after his severe dressing at Goodwood, the victory must ba reckoned one of his best performances this season. The Patshull Handicap } ooked upon paper a " good thing" for Schiedam, but stale from his Sussex work, he was " nowhere," and Elfrida, who has good speed for a mile, won cleverly. The Chiliington Stakes was very nearly affording two dead heats between Mainstay and Orchehill, and the deciding " ran" was only won by the mare by the shortest of heads, Kelpie, who was the favourite, being a good third. Claret, " fresh drawn," almost cantered over for the Holyoake Stakes, the unlucky Queen Bess being again second; and Fisherman made short work of it for the Cleveland Cup, and although objected to for not carrying the proper weight he subsequently received the prisse. Beading has within the last two or three years been " coming" fast, and now the brothers Hibburd produced the best meeting, with the exception of Epsom and Ascot, ever seen in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, its clashing— so much eom- plained of hitherto— with Lewes and Wolverhampton having fortunately been avoided by the advancement of the former and the reduction of the latter meeting to two days. The East Hampstead Handicap, won by ahead by The Flying Bnglishmaa, was only the forerunner of many other excellent races. For the Nursery, Wrestler was in great force, but he ran out at the turn" and two outsiders, viz, the ( Woolwich) Yaller Gal and Apollo finished first and second. The Berkshire Handicap had eleven runners, of which Hobgoblin and Hartley Buck were made the favourites. The latter broke down when apparently he had got all his opponents safe, and the exile of Danebury beat the Cam- bridgeshire winner, after a slashing race, by a neck, a result only to be attributed to a contretemps which happened to Odd Trick at the distance, whereby he was nearly thrown down; Mr Brinkald, more formidable here than anywhere else, being a bad third with Grey Pyrrhus, whose future exhibitions will be in Prussia. In the Abbey Stakes, odds were laid and won that Lord of Lorn would give 81b to The Ancient Briton, and Jack Sheppard emerged from along retirement just in time to astonish his owner, and every one else, by upsetting a great " pot" on Oltenitza for the Borough Plate. On Thursday, the sport im- proved as it went on, no fewer than four of the events on the card being won by a head. Mr Mellish " threw in " twice with Rotterdam and Yes&, and Chanoiu6sse and Polly Peachum made a tremendous race of it for the Reading Stakes, the Surplice filly only just getting her number up, the Lambourn confederacy thus losing both the two year old races by a head! The Stand Plate was quite a second edition of the Stewards' Plate at Goodwood, and Messrs Greville and Payne ran first and second with Grand Duchess and Mab3l. The Whitley Handicap, in which Theodora beat Madame Rachel and a host of others, was equally successful. And next year, when we are promised a new Stand, and improved accommodation, which is much wanted, I hope the return list will equal the " form " of the above. Great Yarmouth was divided between Lord William Powlett and Mr Mellish. York, as I have maintained before, is the only meeting where you cannot really enjoy the sport, from the rapid succession in which the " good things" are served. In these columns a fourth day has been constantly advocated, and so successful have been the arguments employed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer's supplies were willingly voted, but a certain party, strange to say, interfered, and although the motion was carried in de- bate the majority of a single vote was— very absurdly I think- not deemed sufficient to stand in the way of those who publicly declared for the maintenance of the old regime. The feeling, however, at York on the subject, I am happy to say, is not yet subdued, and by a little wholesome agitation the measure, it is to be hoped, may yet be carried. Throughout the week the great Malton stable, always so formidable upon Knavesmire' was now peculiarly unfortunate, its great two year old favourites, Star of the East and Cock- a- Doodle- doo, being summarily bowled over, to the consternation of their backers and the profit of the Ring, whilst the defeat of Warlock for the Ebor caused further losses amongst the ranks of the " gentlemen." The York- shire Oaks could produce only five runners, but the small- ness of the field wss recompensed by the closeness of the contest between Tasmania, Rosa Bonheur, and Augury, the former of whom, though not up to the mark, just managed to pull through by a neck. The Black Duck Stakes disclosed the fact, which few people believe it is possible for Lord Glasgow to accomplish— to win a race; his oppo- nent, however, being such a rank roarer, besides infirm, that he was instantly put out of training. The Convivial Stakes, worth nearly a thousand to the winner, was appreciated by owners, as will be seen by the number of starters. " The Star," of course, shone brighter than any other in the betting, but he weuld not " act," and Aldcroft, slipping away with Gildermire with a capital lead, made the best of his way home, and stalled off Wil. ton's rush by half a length. For the Queen's Guineas, War- lock, with his handicap preparation, aqd much to the annoy- ance of those who had backed him for thSlyace, was started to beat Fisherman, upon whom many were bold enough to lay to 1. This Plate, however, was almost the only one that escaped the latter's net during the year, for, either from being stale, or having nothing to assist him, he was cleverly beaten by the roan Leger winner. Skirmisher galloped off with the North Biennial, beating Strathnaver considerably easier than the latter did the Richmond horse in the Derby, For the Ches- terfield Handicap Ellermire's weight frightened all but a trio from the post. She could not, however, quite get through, Mr Merry's Diphthong colt— since named Honour Bright— finishing in front of her by half a length. On Thursday, in the Juvenile, Target was found to be a little better than either Massacre or Bridecake, and in the Prince of Wales Stakes, Cock- a- doodle- doo's wings were again dipped as soon as they were started, to the great relief of those who had betted a short price against him for the Derby previously. The winner, Proud Preston Peg, better than at Liverpool, but who, unfortunately for her owner, went amiss subsequent to this meeting, Won very cleverly, and Princess Royal being so close up must leave a favourable im- pression in our minds of the winner and Amsterdam. Various reasons were assigned for the " crack" being placed hors de combat; the valid one, I believe, being that he had not re- covered sufficiently from his Newmarket illness. The race was followed by an objection to Proud Preston Peg by the rider of Amsterdam, on the ground of a cross, and I am quite sure that if he did not believe at the time that he had good grounds for doing so Goater would not have complained against so popular and fair a jockey as John Osborne. The stewards decided in the latter's favour, and one of them, as stated in your report of the meeting, " volunteered a remark of uncalled- for severity to the complaining jockey," for which, in his cooler moments' hear, he subsequently very properly expressed his regret to the injured party. In the Great Ebor Handicap more animals were " milked" than in any race of the year ; and the public suffered so severely that not a Cesarewitch or Cambridgeshire horse was touched for some time afterwards. As I maintained at the time, and as since has been acquiesced in by the highest authorities, the difference between robbing with loaded dice and milked horses is so slight that it is hardly perceptible. As it was, not a single animal of the class to which I allude, and whose names are unnecessary to mention now, has won a race since— a circumstance that may console those who were duped of their money by them here. In accordance with annual custom Malton furnished the favourites Warlock and Tasmania, whilst another division of Yorkshiremen stuck with confidence to Merlin, being ignorant of their having the winner in the stable with him. The issue was about as surprising as that for the Goodwood Stakes, for Warlock could not move after his previous day's drossing with Fisherman, whilst Merlin shut up, " according to custom," and El Hakim, started only to make running for him, going on, found his Northumberland Plate form good enough to beat Sir Richard Bulkeley's slashing mare by a length. The Ebor St Leger was won easily by Vedette, who came out apparently free from the infirmity which placed him hors de combat in the spring. The Great Northern Biennial brought a great many good two year olds to the post, and after one of the best races of the week Amsterdam, very finely handled by Goater, just won by the shortest of heads; but the victory was not so profitable to his owner as it would have been had he " pegged out" John Osborne's mare in the earlier part of the afternoon. The Rawoliffe Produce found only half a dozen candidates for it, and being won very easily by Gildermire— like Amsterdam, a Flying Dutchman— the partisans of that celebrated sire began, to recover from the depression caused by the saie of his young ones at the beginning of the week. In the Eglinton Stakes, Comquot and Imp6rieuse were the favourites and in about equal demand. The first- named fell when looking all over a winner, and the subsequent St Leger heroine showed that out of condition the weight was too much to give the young ones, of which another progeny of the Ellerdale family, since named Tunstall Maid, to the surprise of her stable, proved victorious. Oh Friday the quality of the sport was not in the least deterio- rated, although we have seen more exciting Great Yorkshires- more interesting it could not have been, if Saunterer had been inform and Skirmisher " ridden out." The Consolation Scramble, with which we began, was worthy of its name. Imp^ rieuse was selected as the favourite, but her head being turned round when the flag fell, she never got off in time to take any part in the race, which was won by Beatrice, a mare who, as a two year old, had always shown speed. Drumour beat Kent easily enough for the Knavesmire, but it did not re- store confidence in him for the St Leger. TheGimcrack was one of the best and finest races of the week, and nothing would go down for it but Lord of Lorn, who, however, not liking the distance, left Princess Royal and Gildermire to fight it out; and to Flatmaa, more than his mare, must Mr Saxon consider himself indebted for his Princess Royal's success, albeit the result to- day confirmed their previous running at Manchester. The Great Yorkshire, won in a canter by Vedette, led to much discussion whether, as Lord Zetland had the management of both V6dette and Skirmisher, though only th ® real owner of the former, he should not have allowed Captain Saville to give his own orders, and thus more satisfactorily test the vexata questio of their merits than was ascertained here; and with a good Nursery, won by John Osborne, the interesting items in the York cards werecoBcluded. That the meeting was successful it is impossible to deny, but I have witnessed more enthusiasm, more bettiug, and a better show of company at previous anni- versaries. The faults in the programme, viz, the great prepon- derance of two. year old rules over any other, and the want of a great weight for age cup on the principle of Ascot and Doncaster will I hope engage the attention of the authorities prior to the issue of the next August gazette.— Yours. & c, OBSERVES. REVIEW OF THE IRISH RACING AND STEEPLE CHASE SEASON, 1857. The late rapid social improvement in Ireland in ex- tended agriculture and spreading commerce, though apparent enough when the wasted state of the country some tea years since is remembered, has yet no more than restored the farmer and th& tradesman to comparative comfort, the labourer baing the great gainer by the vast changes in the land tenure brought about by the famine. Such being the state of things, there has been only a very slight increase in the sports of the country, and that chiefly in the way of steeple chasing, occasioned, no doubt, by the great number of horses bred being more suited for it than the flat. Unlike, however, the majority of the English spring meetings, at which an admixture of the " twin sports has of late been found to best suit the public taste, in Ireland all the early meetings are exclusively devoted to cross- country events— a partiality that certainly may well be excused in the land in which originated that all- exciting- species of amusement. Occupying, then, so much of the attention of the sportsman, and being the chief amusement of the people, steeple ' racing has, as it were, become so " indigenous of the soil" that without assigning to it the position its importance demands any resum. 6 of Irish sport would be manifestly incomplete. The opening meeting of the year took place on the 14th of January, in Seuth Tipperary, at Bansha Castle, the seat of Wil- liam O'Ryan, Esq ( a name of no unfrequent occurrence in old Irish sporting annals), and though only got up at short notice was a successful" feeler" for the future, eight horses starting for the principal event, and four for the second, both faliinj? to the share of the " Lord of the Soil " with The Wild Irish Girl and Enchantress, the former ridden in his accustomed style of excellence by D. Meany, who thus drew " first blood"— a fore- shadowing of the good fortune that attended him during the rest of the year. Oil the 26th of the same month was held the annual meeting of Taliaght, which derives its chief support from the southern division of car owners and a section of the Dublin vintners. There was, as usual, an immense though un- aristocratic gathering of the peasantry and " Liberty boys," forming the major portion of the assemblage. Several new claimants for cross- country honours, and no mean ones either, made their debut on the occasion, iuclttdtog Morgan Rattler, The Arab Maid, The Huntsman, Ringleader, Dunmurry, and Vine. The former, for the time he had been at " the business," ran well for the Handi- cap, but the stable having " two strings to their bow" on his bungling, Chance was brought to the fore, and won easily, Ring- leader and The Arab Maid refiising several times, The Car Owners'Challenge Cup was won cleverly by Vine, a daughter of Old Port, and only four years old, whose superior style of fencing reflected no - little credit on Mr Hleating's training. Dunmurry who was brought out in rather alder manic form, found the three miles more than he liked, and The Huntsman being much in the same plight," came to grief " at the third last fence, when run- ning m a forward position. The month of February was com- pletely barren of sport, though in England prolific in several first- class meetings; viz, Oundie, Carmarthen, Lincoln, Notting- ham, Berwick, and Derby, at all of which steeple chasing and hurdle racing formed an interesting feature. At Oandle three Irish- bred animals teak part in the proceedings, The Maid of the Glen, Curragh, and Ganymede; the two former were put hors de combat by falls, but Ganymede, with the assistance of Mr Gordon, won his two matches. At Carmarthen, the Irish division was represented by The Old Screw, Maid of the Glen, Rosalia Tom Tinker, and The Disowned, all of which with the exoeption of The Old Screw, who ran two good s'econds suffered an inglorious defeat. At Lincoln, the perform- ance of King Dan, a sorry prototype of the great original, said little for Irish breeding. Nothing Irish ran at Nottingham or Berwickshire, but at Derby The First of Wav showed for the Steeple Chase, and Royalty for the Hurdle Race without either distinguishing themselves. After Derby imme- diately followed Liverpool in the first week of March, For the Grand National a field of twenty- eight started, of which nine were Irish— Garryowen, Albatross, Casse Cou ( formerly Need- wood), Jeandu Quesne ( formerly Augustine), Sting, The Midtce King Dan, Lady Arthur, and The First of May— the worst lot that ever represented the " green isle" ior that great event if we except Albatross and Garryowen, both of which, strange to sav were the only animals doomed to die upon this " mimic field of fight." Though not fancied by the public, and from his immense size— 174 hands— and rather underbred appearance, " pooh- poohed" by the cognoscenti, the latter had been well enough tried to prove the victor had the Pates been propitious. To most observers, however, he appeared beaten at the artificial water juipp opposite the Stand; but his slovenly style of jumpinir it was occasioned by Ryan'slosing both stirrups, through beingrun against, whereby the horse was nearly knocked over at the bush fence immediately preceding, and it was not until after rounding the stable turn his stirrups were regained, when he gradually drew to the front, running into the second place, immediately in the wake of Emigrant, approaching the second fence after starting in the final round, which, from its insignificance, the horse rather strode over than jumped, but the low bank catching his hind legs, he rolled over and broke his back. The fate that befel Albatross— the true stamp of a steeple chaser— could not have been wholly unexpected by her owner, subject as she had been to the occasional rupture of some of the smaller blood- vessels of the head. Doncaster followed oa the 11th of March and the revival of the steeplechase there, if not attended witi ail the brilliancy of a Liverpool, brought out a respectable field. Jean du Quesne was the only Irish animal that started and the elastic turf of Yorkshire being more suitable to his ac- tion than the rather heavy loam of Lancashire, he in some measure compensated Baron La Motto and his friends for the loss of the Grand National— the " blue riband" of steeple racing In Ireland, the first of the March meetings took place at Bruff in the county of Limerick, on the 16th. Andy won the princinai race, ridden by Mr D. Canning, a bold and accomplished horse- man, though, unhappily, subject to the misfortune of being deaf and dumb. On the day following— Patrick's Day— the regular racing season- had its commence .' Bent at Howth and Baldovle under the designation of " Metropolitan." The sport was not' however, wholly confined to the flat, One of the five items in the day's amusement being a steeple chase, which received the mag- niiioent entry of twenty- seven; but the handicap being en- trusted to no very competent hands— partial, indeed, might better express it— eleven only accepted, and the race resulted in the success of one of the favoured ones— Vine— the other Dun- murry, falling about midway in the race. The Maiden Plate was contested by five very indifferent animals, of which Sirocco proved the best. Gamekeeper, purchased bv Mr Newcomen after his return from Hambleton for 150 guineas, placed the Trial Stakes to his owner's credit, after a good race with Alfred his six remaining competitors being of the most wretched class' a brace of which— The Surgeon- General and The Nore— Mr Taylor was giad to get rid of for a " half century." At Newtown ( county Cort), on the 19th, Chanticleer, owing to May Morning Prince Patrick, and Grey Jane falling, won the principal steeple chase. A revival of the Ballymore ( county Westmeath) Meeting took place on the following Monday, March 23d, Dun- murry, after a punishing race with Chance, winning the principal event, Louth the Handicap, and Littlelegs the Selling Chase Kilmailock followed on the 26th. Six ran for the Abbey Stakes' which Mary Adelaide, the filly by Oxonian out of Mouse, won' after a splendid race with The Dandy, the others, who all re- did specimen of the weight- carrying hunter, the Welter Stakes ( 14st 71b each), afteraolose contest with three others of an almost equally good stamp. The Drogheda folk were " behind time" in issuing their programme ( a fault far too general in Ireland) consequently their handicap fell to the ground. The race for the Cup, however, made some amends for the shortcoming The Fairy Queen, a small, but thick and useful daughter or King Dan, winning it, after a spirited contest, in three heats. On the 1st of April the Tullamore Meeting was held over the magnifi- cent country at Ballykilmurry. The Rover, by Blackfoot out of The Slipper, by Alcaston, an animal that, under different ma- nagement, might have done a " good thing," notwithstanding some symptoms of lameness, won the Ballymoony Cup in hollow style; nor did the contest for the Handicap show any better sport, Penelope, owing to Mary Adelaide falling and dislocating her shoulder, passing the winning chair alone, King Pepin— the veritable Cesarewitch performer— then won the Selling Stakes, exhibiting that perfection of training Mr Colgan so well knows how to impart. Meanwhile, on the English side of the Channel, Ganymede, for a Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each at Windsor; Sting, for the Grand Annual at Birmingham; and The Maid of the Glen, for the Grand Open at Abergavenny gained fresh laurels for the Irish breeder. The Irish Metropolitan meeting was held on the 13th of April beiug sojourned from the week previous, owing to bad weather! Like most postponements, the meeting was a failure as regarded both the number and quality of the company present, and nearly as much so in respect of the sport, for which, however, the Associated Vintners, whose meeting this virtually is, were not to blame. The race for the splendid Gold Cup, with the handsome addition of 100sovs, was won cleverly by Escape, whose success showedthere was that in him whicheven his clever owner and trainer had little idea of, as he never backed him for a six- pence, and could not be persuaded, until subsequent running proved its truth, that it was not one of those lucky chances that not unfrequently occur in horse racing. The KUdare Hunt Meeting, holding now the foremost place in the United Kingdom as a steeple chase reunion, took place on the 16th of April and following day. The amount run for in the aggregate exceeded £ 750, and for which 71 different horses con- tended. Lobster, an animal of the old and best style of steeple- chaser ( parted withayeaa- or two since by theMarquisofWaterford on account of being subject to the malady called the " staggers"), ridden byCapt R. Bernard, opened the proceedings by winning the Hunt Cup from a field of six, Sir Wm. Gordon on Baliver obtaining second honours, Ten then contested the Farmers' Plate, which Annie Laurie, a daughter of Shaun Buidhe, won without much trouble. A field of like number ran for the Corinthian Cup, the race at the finish lying between Capt Severne on Ringleader, Capt Townley on The Pox, and Mr D. Canning on Andy, resulting, after a splendid display of horse- manship between all three, in favour of Ringleader by a neck. Fourteen horses contested the Kildare Hunt Plate of 200 sovs, and it ended in the success of Black Bess, the only Seahorse that ever exhibited the least game, and it was only by the most tender handling on the part of D. Wynne, her accomplished steersman, that she was " squeezed" first past the post by a short neck from Cusack on The Hunts- man, who, having the worst of the ground from the last fence, was held there by his wily antagonist; but though an objection was immediately raised the evidence was so conflicting that the stewards declined to alter the judge's fiat. The second day's sport was completely spoiled by the state of the weather, a strong north- wester, acoompanied by a deluge of rain, continuing until late in the afternoon. The Naas Plate was won very easily by The Arab Maid, beating a field of ten, Louth obtaining second honours, Lobster being third. Nine first- class weight carriers ran for the Welter Plate ( I3st 71b each), of which Hollymount, steered by Capt Bernard, proved the best, beating Promise by a length, Andy, as in the Corinthian Cup, being only able to secure an indifferent third place. The minor events were all closely contested, and the meeting, marred only by the constant rain on the second day, must be pronounced the best that has ever taken place in Ireland, and we doubt its being ever equalled in England by any meeting exclusively devoted to steeple- chasing. After the Kildare Hunt Meeting the venue changed to the Curragh April Meeting, which commenced on the 21st of that month, and continued until the evening of the 24th. In the four days eighteen races wrre decided, the most interesting on the first being the Madrid Stakes, for which the field at last dwindled to six animals of very moderate pretensions, the best of which proved to be Agitation, a daughter of Coranna, out of the high- bred Attraction, whose superb condition was the theme of general observation, enabling her to get through the race with little trouble, and subsequently the Second Class and Challenge. Dunboyne won the Kildare Handicap very cleverly, as he well might, seeing that he received 281b from the used- up Simon Pure; still, with The Trapper and Citron behind him at many pounds under weight for age the performance was any- thing but bad at such at an early period of the year. Lance made his dei^ here for Her Majesty'sPlate, which he had not the slightest difficulty in winning, and on Thursday he again laid successful claim to a further order onHer Majesty's Privy Purse, Heavy rain on Tuesday night, and which continued up to the time of starting on Wednesday, left the course fetlock deep, which being just to Fireblast's taste he defeated Gamekeeper by three quarters of a length, and seven others, the race ending in a match between the pair. Then followed an equally great surprise, Ribbonman, own brother to The Peep o' Day Boy, in the absence of his owner, who went home thoroughly disgusted after his performance in the Madrids, came floundering through the mud, and won the Wellington Stakes, beating Arbutha, Simon Pure, and three others. On the last day equal astonish- ment was occasioned by the success of Lanky Bet for the Mares' Plate. Picked up for a twenty pound note in a selling race at the Liverpool Spring Meeting, she arrived at the Curragh as " seedy" a looking animal as ever man clapped eye on, yet in some six weeks she's found good enough to floor all the Irish mares— such is racing! During the week devoted to the Curragh races three steeple chase meetings were held, Templamore in North Tipperary, Thomastown in Galway, and Newcastle West in the county Limerick. At the latter ( the revival of a once celebrated meet- ing) the stakes and money added were sufficient to attract large entries. Mr Canny won both races On the first day with Andy and Prince Patrick, but on the second he sustained a heavy loss in the death of the latter, who after winning the first heat of the handicap fell in the second and broke his back. The Westmeath meeting took place on the 28th and 29th of April, but owing to some political split in the county the attendance was few and far between, and the principal handicap not giving satisfaction, the fields were meagre and the contests uninteresting. Escape won the handicap en the first day with- out an effort, and Blind Harper that on the second, after a close race with Mr Coffey's Windfall gelding. The revival of the Grand Military proved quite as attractive to the metropolitans as before the war, when the Dublin Garri- son could turn out something like an imnosing military array, and the favourite course of Ashbourne being the one selected to run over added still more to the public gratification. " Shorn of its fair proportions," compared with former times, however, was the Grand Military, six only out of the nine enteredreaching the starting post; Ringleader, with Capt Severne in the pig- skin, was " all the go," but Archimedes, carrying the daring leader of the party that first forced their way within the walls of Sebastopol, would not be denied at the finish, and bore his gallant master first to the goal amidst the hearty greetings of the assembled thousands. The Whiskey Bowl, with the " where- with" to fill it, in the shape of a purse of 30 sovs, brought out ten competitors, and resulted in the easy success of Alice Grav, who found a new owner in Colonel Mills for 50 sovs. Lobster, steered by Captain Bernard, then placed the Handicap to the credit of Lord S- 6 Lawrence, giving lots of weight to everything in the race, and winning in a canter. The Limerick Hunt held their meeting also on May 2, overthe Banogue Course, where The Old Screw, quite at home over the banks, threw in for the principal race, defeating a large field, and amongst them Andy, who, bursting a blood- vessel when close to home, fell, and died on the spot, being the second horse belonging to Mr Canny placed hors de combat within less than a month, Oa the 4th of May the Dublin Citizens' Club held their usual meeting at Rathoole, as a wind- up of the hunting season. Eight, a much smaller field than usual, ran for the Handicap, which Mr Donnelly's Daisy Plucker won cleverly, Bobbin Around winning the Welter Stakes. The County Kerry Meeting took place on the 7th and 8th of May, the sport being equally divided between flat and leap races, Little Arthur and Fie winning the former, Old Screw and May Morning throwing in for the latter. Skerries followed on the 11th, where Maid of the Glen, ridden by Burrows, made a sorry example of all her competitors for the Handicap, nor did either of the other races afford much amusement, Annie Laurie winning the Farmers' Plate in a canter, and The Wild Moor the » Selling Stakes equally easy. At Elphin, same week, the veteran Pox won the Tradesmen's Stakes ; and to Waxy Pope and Miss Kate fell the three remaining races. The Kilkenny Hunt and the Galway Hunt held their meetiEgs in the succeeding week. At the former, a fatal accident occurred ta Flaherty, who was thrown under Nelly Bly in the race for the Farmers' Plate, and the injury he received resulting in his death, threw a gloom over the whole proceedings. Belphegor won the Hunt Plate, well ridden by Sir Wm. Gordon, so cleverly that the Marquis of Waterford became his purchaser immediately afterwards at a high figure. Falls and refusals were the order of the day for the Visitors' Plate, and Lobster, alone keeping his legs, won as he pleaded. The sport at the Galway Hunt Meeting was unusually good. Seven ran for the Cup, which Star of the West at last won cleverly ; and the Town Plate fell to Mr Lambert's White- thorn, beating Blue Bell and three others. On the second day Hope won the Foxhunters' Stakes, and Drumstick, a son of Gunter, the Handicap, beating a field of five. The Meath Steeple Chases took place en Monday, the 18th, but were wholly devoid of interest, Escape, as usual, getting into the Handicap at a weight that left nothing else with a chance. The Howth aud Baldoyle Summer Meeting commenced on the lOth, and continued the two succeeding days, attracting an attendance only to be seen in the vicinity of a great and popu- lous city. The sport Was of varied character, and extended to fifteen items, five for each day. On the first, the Trial Handicap brought afield of seven to the post; but St Helen's, the colt by Milde w out of Lady Caroline, getting well away, nothing ever reached him, and he won in acauter. TheConyngham Stakes brought out a moderate lot of youngsters in such backward pre- paration that Knockburn knocked them all over in the running of a few hundred yards, and won in a canter. For the Howth Stakes The Indian Warrior came out in the most; blooming form, and found no difficulty in placing it to his owner's credit, the only horses of merit opposed to him being The Chicken and Gamekeeper. On tl^ g| econd day the chief interest centered in the Curraghmore Cup, the liberal gift of the Marquis of Water- ford, and the contest was worthyof the donor, James Wynne, on The Trapper, by the very finest riding, snatching the race from The Chicken just on the post, when " Denny" having disposed of The Warrior, ceased to ride his horse, who, when again called on, threw up his head and refused to make an effort. The third day's proceedings were equally interesting. Belphegor, a recent purchase of Lord Waterford's, with three others, ran for the Hurdle Stakes, and the position he held in the race until he Unfortunately hit his leg and fell lame, showed that his lordship formed no bad estimate of his capabilities, when, after winning the Kilkenny Hunt Plate, he added him to his stud. On his de- clining, a close and exciting contest continued te the end be- tween The Arab Maid and Disowned, which the former] ust won by a short neck. Mr W. Kennedy, who won the Hunters' Handicap with Lord Waterford's Bonnivard on the first < 3ay, followed up his good luck on the last by winning theCorinthiaus on The Baker, and the Ladies' Lottery Plate with The Hawk. Diverting again to the steeple chase field, we find a series of events decided as late as the 25th of May, over the Barronstou Course, in the immediate vicinity of the Tipperary junction on the Great Southern and Western Railway, which, if only in the hands of a Topham, and'receiving its proper share of support from the lines diverging from it, racing and steeple chasing might be there carried on to any extent. Retaining the old style of article the principal event was a weight for age with penalties on winners, and which brought to the post a field of eight, including Lobster and Bandy Bet, the former, as usual, ridden by Captain Bernard, and the latter by Graney, both finished artisUs; and never was a finer race seen, the old horse, who was perhaps ridden a littla too tenderly, being beaten a neck. The Huntsman's Horn, a mere three year old, strange to say," staid" the course throughout and got placed, his extraor- dinary fine fencing showing how much can be accomplished by early training. The race for the Tipperary Hunt Cup cre- ated immense excitement, the stalwart peasantry running in groups from fence to fence, each cheering his particular favourite as the race proceeded, and the mantle of victory falling on Terry Alt ( a myth of former times, rather troublesome to rack- renting landlords), the property of the worthy treasurer to the races ; his return to scale was attended by a perfect ovation. Still later— on the 1st of June— followed; the Weitmeath Club steeple races, the getting up of which was occasioned by a split amongst the Liberal electors of the county. Nine ran for the Handicap, which, towards the termination of the race, appeared to lie between Chance and the Windfall geldings but both jockeys riding " jealous" they got so near the flag on the third last fence that Chance swerved, and taking Windfall with him, both jumped it on the wrong side, and were distanced, Crystal win- ning both heats in a canter. Six contested the chief race on the second day, and a contest it was indeed between three of them— Chance, Crystal, aud Blind Harder— ending in the order written, each heat, of which— there were three, the second a " dead" one— being contested with unexampled closeness and severity, and with this meeting for a time terminated the st/ 66plG chasing. On the 23d of June, the Curragh meeting commenced, and con- tinued throughout the week prolific of first- rate sport, the lead- ing features of which we will briefly recapitulate. The steeple chaser, Arab Maid, opened the proceedings by winning the Scurry Handicap iu a canter, two or three in the rear taking it very leisurely— waiting another day ! Lance, about whom there had been many sinister reports, ran for aad. won Her Ma- jesty's Guineas, but pulled up dreadfully leg weary, and walking away lame from the enclosure it was evident that this very superior horse had made his final bow to the Turf. Six ran for the Kirwans, Agitation being made the favourite, but she took little part in the race, which ended in a hollow victory for New- ton- ie- Willows, his owner thereby " skinning the lamb." Grey- ling was made a rattling favourite for the Stewards' Plate, but the real Simon Pure of the stable turned out to be Dunboyne, who at the pleasant price ( for those in the secret) of 8 to l, just nicked it on the post, and won by a head, thus confirming his running in April. On the seoond day the retirement of Lance left a clear stage for Prizefighter, who had no difficulty in winning the Red Post Plate, and on the Thursday he also secured for his owner another of the Royal gifts. Much interest centered in the Nursery Stakes, which introduced to the public The Knight of Malta ( own brother to The Knight of St George), who had been occa- sionally nibbled at for the Derby. Recently put in work, to try andsaveaome heavy bets his owner laid against Sam Spode, his ap- pearance only betokened the defeat certain to await any half- pre- pared animal, and it befel him, though for half the distance he showed all the speed of his family. Sam Spode won as he pleased, a performance, however, of no great note, seeing that the wretched little Bundle proved the next best. On Thursday, Newton- le- Willows again proved successful, winning the Kildare Handicap easily, receiving only 161b for two years from The Chicken, and 7lb for Gamekeeper, for three— a performance stamping him a first- class horse, although from being shockingly mismanaged he was afterwards denied an opportunity of showing it, for though he started for the Liverpool Cup he failed to run up to his form, owing to his having on the morning of the race, when his owner was in the act of showing him to some friends in the stable, knocked his shin against the manger so violently that, though thought little of at the time, it eventually proved a most serious injury, and his owner, contrary to all advice, in- sisting on running him the week following for one of Her Ma- jesty's Plates at the Down Royal Corporation Meeting, he won it, but lost Ms horse. Zaidee's success for the Coffee Room Stakes scarcely betokened the victory she was afterwards to achieve in the September meeting. To her superb condition, how- ever, we may remark, en passant, were in a great measure both to be attributed. On the last day, Lanky Bet showed the staying powers imparted to her by her sire Cossack by winning the Four Mile Pla, te; the prize, however, ought to have been Harry's, had not so much use been made of him, he and Companion run- ning at on6 another till the latter fairly stood still, and the other being in little better plight, Lanky Bet just got through by half a length. Of the remaining events we need only notice that The Knight of Malta in part retrieved his lost laurels by winning the Stewards' Stakes, beating Sweetcake, to whom he gave 101b, and three others, Tramore, the beautiful and fashionable watering- place of the urbs intacta, and of which its citizens are so justly proud, afforded, thanks to the excellent catering of Alderman Dela- hunty, two days' capital sport, but although the events decided numbered ten, the only striking feature in the racing was the double victory of The Disowned, who won both the handicaps, much to the public gratification, and his success, from being most unjustly dealt with by the handicapper, must have been all the more gratifying to his gallant owner. To the particular nature of the ground— a sandy loam— must, however, be attri- buted his success, for he afterwards failed to run up to anything like the form he then displayed. Bellewstown, slowly regaining the proud position it once held, took place early in July, and was remarkable for the severity of its contests for every race run during the meeting, five out of the seven events decided in the two days being only brought; to an issue after three heats, and, singular enough, one with only three starters extended to four, which Belmont ( late Piccaninny), thought the least capable of " staying," won; t last handily from The Surgeon- General and The Duchess of Alba. The contest for Her Majesty's Guineas lay entirely between The Chicken and The Tattler, aud in awarding it to The Tattler the fiat of the judge was not in accordance with the opinion of any one present save an interested few, who were very improperly permitted standing room in the immediate vicinity of t& e chair. The Down Royal Corporation of Horse- breeders held their meeting on the 21st of July and two succeeding days, but, fallen from its high estate, it presented few features of interest, the added money to the different races being quite inadequate to attract full entries. For the Trial Stakes, The Tattler, from his previous running at Bellewsfcown, was freely backed against the field, but he refused to make an effort in any part of the race, dropping his owner and friends in the hole to a considerable tune, Surprise, trained on the spot, and purchased by Mr Taylor just previous to starting, winning in a canter. Newton- Je- Willows, as before alluded to, won the " Old Hundred," as it is called, from being paid in the late Irish currency— and pulling up on three legs, has, we fear, bid adieu to the Turf. Barbary, arriving from Tupgill only in the morning, and never having laid down siuce her departure from Middleham, won the North of Ireland Produce Stakes almost without an effort, Bundle securing the second money and Sweetcake the third. On the second day, Greencastle turned the tables on Surprise for the Ulster Handicap, after a remarkably fine race; but iu a succeed- ing essay the same day, the length being more to his taste, he defeated The Disowned, Vesta, and Remedy, for the Kilwarlin Handicap ; and Uncle Tom having a successful " cut iu" for the Selling Stakes, the day's sport terminated. The concluding day's sport was equally indifferent, Prizefighter winning the Guineas, Duneany the Downshire Stakes, and Yeutick the Lur- gan Handicap, without the semblance of a struggle. Wickiow, as usual, attracted an immense assemblage of holi- day folk, special trains being despatched from both the Harcourt- road and Westland- row stations, at fares within the reach of the humblest citizen, affording a quick and easy transit to the once- famed Morrough. The sport was, however, far below par, the only event of any value falling to The Nore, the remainder of the racing being mere leather- plating; and better cannot be hoped for until the course is altered and improved. The favourite meeting over the Great Heath of Maryboro' took place in the first week of August, and, under the energetic management of Thomas Turpin, Esq, the popular treasurer and hon secretary, went off with more than usual eclat. The open- ing event, the County Plate, very appropriately fell to the share of Michael Dunne, Esq, M. P. for the county, and the oldest i the Lord Lieutenant's Plate whirh hn ,, T supporter of the aeetm*, with Zillah, who defeated Simpleton, i Barbary, his quondam stabte compaSon carfteri 1 S MastoTom and two others very cleverly, indicating that his ; second, an honour she would l^^ small but well- managed stable was in force. The Ballymanus : Gamekeeper cared to deprive her ^ f it Asnlenli, i « « f^ Stakes, for two year olds, brought a field of four to the post, in-! between Darling, Yolatile. and Rafatie fbr the Ma^ l HiH eluding Rafahe and Eyrecourt, both of which were in such Stakes, whioh, though awarded to the forme? » backward form that they took little part in the race, which was eauivooal sn ™ r.! llIor. mer? wa? a. rather a severe one between Bundle and The Daisy King, the latter being just done on the post, the " wee one" landing the " pot" her stable entrasted her with by a short neck— rather too close to be pleasant with the betting only evens against her. Gamekeeper, turned loose, had no difficulty in winning the Queen's County Stakes. The Frodsham Squire then meeting three worse than himself won the Scurry Corinthians, jocked by MrW. Long, a " Corinthian ef the first order;" and Easter Monday, also meeting a " trio" equally indifferent, won the Selling Stakes, without finding a new owner even at the low price of a " pony." Oa the second day, Mr Dunne's good fortune was in the ascen- dant, Zanah winning the Nursery Stakes easily, and Zillah the Emo Park Cup, after four of the severest heats on record ; The Chicken and Alcyone, after each winning a heat, getting their quietus for good. Miss Tom, from the same stable, then won the Heath Stakes in a canter, and Simpleton getting his ex- penses by throwing in for the Ladies' Purse, this pleasant meet- ing wa » brought to a close. Roscommon, with every capability of being made a first- class meeting, has, from the supineness of its inhabitants, and the want of a properly qualified person to manage its details, been reduced to a mere leather- flapping meeting as far as flat racing is concerned; but the " wall- jumpers" still stick to their favou- rite amusement with a tenacity quite surprising, considering the awful risk to life or limb encountered in charging these solid obstructions at racing speed. Drumstick, a grandson of Bay Middleton— a name now, alas! lost to the Turf— threw in far the principal leap race, beating a field of seven very cleverly, and when we state that Theodora won the Tradesmen s Plate on the flat equally cleverly, all has been said worthy of recording. At Inch Strand, in the county of Kerry, a single day's racing took place on' the 17th of August, remarkable only as showing that even in that remote district the best blood in England has ramified, Fie, by Alarm out of Frantic's dam, being one of the successful performers. The September Meeting at the Curragh took place in the first week of that month, and well maintained the high prestige it has long attained to in public estimation. Sans Culotte, whose training since the June meeting had been entrusted to W. H. Scott, at Holywell, opened the proceedings by win- ning the Scurry Trial Handicap very cleverly from Dancing Master, who carried the money of his stable ( Conyngham Lodge) to some amount, at level weights, Ribbonman with a like im- post being a bad third, and five others, including Surprise and St Helen, " nowhere." Better success attended the latter for the succeeding event, the Stewards' Plate, which he won very handily, Zillah, with the* contest for the Emo Park Cup still bones, running a bad second, and Spinster third; Gamekeeper and Yeutick merely looking on. The Anglesey field was the largest of the year, . numbering fourteen, and the contest one of the closest imaginable, The Knight of Malta, who started at the short price of 2 to 1, suffering a most inglorious defeat, the race at the finish being confined to Zaid6e, Odessa, The Master of the Rolls, and Encore, the former winning by a bare head, Odessa never quite reaching her, The Master of the Rolls beaten four lengths from the second, finishing a length in advance of Encore. The result of the race in a speculative point of view was harm- less, the backers of the favourite alone getting their fingers burned; but the result would have been very different had Odessa pulled through. Five horses contested the Scurry Co- rinthians, which the ever fortunate Mr Kennedy placed to Lo* d Waterford's credit with The Hawk, the most perfectly shaped little animal nature ever moulded. The day's sport concluded with the Kildare Handicap, for which six ran. Fireblast car- ried equal weight with Alcyone, but, fallen to pieces since the Heath of Maryboro', she could make no effort, and he won easily, the mare beating Araguthsheese as easily for the second money. Wednesday's racing was remarkable for the defeat of Prize- fighter by Fireblast for the Guineas— running that was subse- quently confirmed later in the year. The contest for the Water- ford Stakes— 500 to the winner— though four ran, lay entirely between The Knight of Malta and Buckstone, the colt by Cother- stone out of Lady Betty, whom his tiny jockey handled as well, as any lad of his size or weight pessibly could, but still he was inadequate to rouse a lazy lumbering animal of his kind to the exertion necessary to compete with a quick horse like The Knight of Malta, who lying off to opposite the Stand, came with a rush, and won by half a length, not entirely with good will, as he laid back his ears in the last few strides, intent no doubt on cutting it had there been occasion to press him further. The Daisy King, purchased of Mr Dunne by Lord Waterford a few minutes before starting for the Conyngham Stakes, won that event very easily, his lordship declaring to win with him in preference to Killoughy; but the public would have nothing but the latter, fancying no doubt that Mr Dunne's other animal, Zanah, would divide the pair, and that thus Killoughy would be forced to win. Poor Newton le Willows, with a " dicky" leg, aud 7st 31b on his back, was with Citron 8st 71b, Agitation 7st 121b, Dunboyne7st 121b, and Walterstown 7st 71b, brought out to run for the Wellingtons, which Dunboyne had not the slight- est trouble in placing to his owner's credit, Citron having the best of Agitation by three parts of a length for the second money. The fields for all the races on Thursday showed a marked im- provement on those of the previous day. After Katty Flanagan placed a small Two Year Old Selling Stake to the credit of her owner, the Royal Plate, for two and three year olds, attracted to the post a field of eleven, which kept close company to the turn into the straight, where Prizefighter aud Spero, drawing to the front, were soon leading several lengths, lying close together to the chains, where Prizefighter, pressing upon his opponent and refusing to give way, Snowden struck his rider, who returning the blow, a regular slashing match ensued between them, which continued to the finish, Prizefighter getting first past the post by two lengths, The Prophet, though unfortunately not placed by the judge, finishing scarce more from Spero, the others straggling in at wide intervals. Of course such a scene caused the greatest excitement, and the Ranger, with whom, in virtue of his office, rests the chief super- vision of the Royal Plates, had the matter at once inquired into before the stewards, who disqualified both horses, and there being no third placed, the race became void. A baker's dozen ran for the Stewards' Plate, which Sunbeam— sold for a song out of the Conyngham Lodge Stable, after the June Meet- ings— won in a canter, with 20 to 1 agst her! A field of like number started for the Railway Stakes, which was won so easily by Darling— the filly by Annandale, dam by Hetman Platoff out of Chanticleer's dam— that her owner must have re- gretted not starting her for the Angleseys. Trained like Sans Culotte, at Holywell, her condition was superb, and to it- coupled with the abuse most of the animals opposed to her re- ceived the day but one previous— may, in some measure, be at- tributed her easy success. The Knight of Malta's forward position, ( seoond in the race), proved that he never tried for the Angleseys, and his subsequent running being equally variable his be- coming a confirmed rogue is far from improbable. The racing on Friday was inferior to any of the previous days. Five ran for the All- aged Selling Stakes, which Five and Twenty won in a canter, and was bought in for £ 70. A strong run race for the Mares Plate over the course, caused by Agitation breaking away with her jockey, soon settled the pretensions of everything in the race except Citron, who at last reaching the leader, a feat that at one time seemed next to an impossibility, she at once shut up, and the gallant little animal, who was most patiently ridden by the elder Foley, won easily, but broke dawn the next stride after passing the post. Merry May defeated St Patrick very easily for the Coffee Room Stakes, the race being reduced to a match between them, and so little was thought of the filly's chance, that 3 and 4 to 1 on the loser went begging. Restless was a great " pot" for the Waterford Produce Stakes, but she ran jady, and Sweetcake won by a neck from Champion, Clare being last throughout. Immediately after the decision of the above race a thunder- storm broke over the Currajth, which con- tinuedto rage forupwards of an hour, accompaniedby tremendous rain, which soon dotted the plain with innumerable patches of water. On its partially clearing off, the Corinthian Stakes were decided, and resulted in favour of Billy ( late Cossy), who gave Ribbonman and The Tattler each 281b, and beat them in a canter, thus exposing the wretched form of all the Irish three year olds. Jenkinstown! Park, with its fine turf and liberal management, met the support so well deserved by its munificent proprietor, George Bryan, Esq. On the first day thesport extended rather further than was intended by the programme, the Trial Stakes and Jenkinstown Park Handicap, owing to the bungling man- ner the start was effected, having to be twice run for. In the Trials the first essay was in favour of Sans Culotte, but Remedy running longer the second time of asking, beat him cleverly by a neck, upsetting the " pot" with which the breechless gentleman was entrusted, the Tambourine gelding and Bundle being, on both occasions, beaten off. A like unfortunate contretemps occurred in the grand race, the jockeys becomiag so wholly un- manageable that they started themselves ( with the exception of The Baker, Tattler, and Greyling), and The Zouave was the first to reach the winning chair, two lengths iu advance of Gamekeeper. Immediately on another start being decreed, The Baker became the leading favourite, but he took no part in the race, which was entirely confined to The Tattler, The Zouave, and Gamekeeper, the former alone loosing from being made too much use of, and the latter winning, owing to the extreme fine and patient handling of James Wynne. On the second day Capt Townley threw in for both the gentlemen races, winning the Hunter's Challenge on the Harkaway colt out of Mickey Free's dam and the Corinthians on Five and Twenty. The Hawk placed the Citizens' Hundred to Lord Waterford's credit, and Lord Howth's Alfred — a hot ' un in the ring— won the Visitors' Plate, beating a field of nine; the meeting, which gave unalloyed satisfaction to the " boys of Kilkenny," concluding with the Helter Skelters, which Yeutick, with 6 to 4 on him, won by a head from Meladore and three others. Kilkee afforded two good days' sport to the numerous visitors attracted to that beautiful and romantic wateriug- place. The Tattler won the only flat race run for by a head from The Nore, Sunshine, Kimburn, Little Arthur, and The Arab Chief, com- prising the remainder of the field. The leap races afforded much amusement from the ups and downs of two or three new beginners, Bandy Bet winning the principal event, and May Morning, ridden by his owner in very superior style, the Welter Cashel occupied the two last days of September, and was re- markable for the defeat of The Tattler, by Sunshine, who was unable to live the pace with him at Kilkee. The Rock Stakes, the principal steeple chase, brought to the post a field of seven, of which The Old Screw proved the best of a bad lot. On the second day Flaghopper, who, in the Rock Stakes, ran in a very forward position until he fell, won the Hunt Stakes, and found a new owner in Mr St George Mansergh, for 85gs. Veteran had no difficulty in disposing of The Nore, Fie, Heber, and Little John, for the Handicap, and with a good race for the Members' Plate, between May Morning and The Old Screw, which the former won, the meeting was brought to a conclusion, showing a marked decline in the proud position it held only a few yearssince. The programme issued for the October Meeting at " head quarters " showed that the wind up of the season was likely to eclipsei its commencement, the value of the different stakes, plates, & c, to be run for, amounting in the aggregate to upwards of £ 2,800, Twelve, a somewhat larger field than usual, ran for the Scurry Trial Handicap, for which The Dancing Master bore the Marquis of Conyugham's colours to the fore, giving indication of the good fortune in store for Mr Murphy's stable. The idea entertained by his owner that Companion could give his year away to Fire- blast in a contest for the Gold Whip over the course, proved very fallacious, the latter winning in the commonest of canters. By the gracious permission of Her Majesty, the Royal Plate, for which the unfortunate contretemps took place in September, was agaiu permitted to be run tor, under the original conditions, but with a change from theOldCourse to the Peel, a move long desired by the frequenters of the Curragh, but against which a few of the " old school" had too long set their face. Prizefighter and Spero " fought their battle o'er again," but the arrival of a new claimant for her Majesty's bounty in the shape of The Sprig of Shiilelagh put both their noses out of joint, Prizefighter getting the second place, beating Spero just as easily as before. The " dead" heat between three at Newmarket, was on the 6ame day here, very near having a parallel, the race for the National Produce Stakes being so close the judge could no more than select the winner in Barbary by the shortest of heads from Odessa and Eyrecourt, who shared between them the honours of the second place. The winner gave 121b to Odessa, and 81b to Eyrecourt, a perform- ance that, were it not for Bullock's fine riding she csuld have hardly accomplished. The two succeeding events showed in what force was the Conyngham Lodge stable, Altro winning the Kirwans, and The Tattler the Kildare Handicap, thus following up the success foreshadowed by The Dancing Master's perform- ance in the opening event. Wednesday's racing was noticeable for two severe contests, th'e first between The Tattler and Altro for the Trainers' Stakes, ^ ortl^^ f b" i^ recorded^ 6 0nly otll0r * t8IB * * he « ay's sport, rlavefnyr, naiv,^ ^ T^ ^ <* e course on Fri- ^ good racing plight, The Knight of Malta, unable to give away a stone in the dirt, had the tables turned en him by Sweetcake for her defeat in June « fh£ » 0m* kmgSK0D8 from end to end, won the Paget a ifT. hfc adding race, the Post Water- ford Stakes, afforded j ust as poor a contest, Eyrecourt having not the slightest difficulty in beating the once highly though! of Mary O'Toole and Champion. Th! Royal Whip, Ifter astronj run race, resulted m favour of The Tattler, who, as in several of his previous races, attempted to cut it below the chains, but by James Wynne s fine tact and coolness he was brought to his work again without a blow, and won by half a length, this being the last event claiming special notice at a meeting the most sue- cessful that has been heldat the Curragh for many years. and the Own Royal Corporation October Meeting Si ifTfweek| a clashing of interests that was injurious th » £ Tfher' gamekeeper, meeting a wretched lot for won with such little trouble that he was forthwith despatched to the north, and there, after a " dead" heat with I he lattler, he recompensed his owner by winning the Guineas very easily the second time of asking. The only other noticeable feature at either meeting was the success of Blue Bell ( a very clever mare by Vuicau) for the " Grand National" at Limerick, the easy style she won m betokening the likelihood of her attaining to a distiaguished career. Armagh, entirely devoted to steeple chasing, took place on the 5th of . November- and followiug Say. The Grand Chase, en trusted to hands that from constant practice ought to have been competent to construct a good handicap, was a failure, being from first to last a series of blunders, the weights commencing at the ridiculously low impost of lost 71b on Escape, and descending to Sst 9lb on Heber. It was, from the instant of publication, a " foregone conclusion" for Escape, and the result, though six were found foolish enough to stake their 15 sovs each m the vain hope of beatiug him, was in accordance, it is almost needless to add, with the opinion so generally enter- tained. ' Swaited, in the county Mayo, and Carrickmacross, iu Monaghaki, held their meetings respectively on the 10th and 16th of November, but though the sport ( steeple chasing) was both good and ample at both, in the absence of any exciting event or startling incident, we will at once draw our rather too extended narrative to a conclusion, trusting that both branches of the national pastime may share in the increasing pros- perity of a land I n which it is so genuinely appreciated. IRISH TURF STATISTICS, 1857. owiraas. MrQuin Mr St George Mr Disney Mr Keegan Mr Bradshaw MrNewoornen Mr Taylor Capt Furke. Mr Maxwell Lord Waterford Mr J. Dixon Sir T. Burke Mr T. Foley Mr Keatinge Mr T. Verner Mr Jackson MrP. Hoystfad Mr Dunne Capt Gray Mr Hughes Mr P. Davies Mr W. Kennedy Mr Roe Major Wells Mr W. Orford Mr Courtenay Capt D. vv. P. Beresford Mr Bryan Mr T. Atkinson. Mr J. S. Forbes No. of Races Value winners. won. won. .. 3 .... .. 8 ... ,. £ 1,303 .. 3 ,.,. .. 5 ... .... 1,285 .. 2 .... .. 4 ... .... 995 .. 2 .... ., 6 .., .... 88( 5 ..' 1 .... .. 2 ... ,... 78* .. 1 .... ., 6 ... ,.,. 680 .. 3 .... .. 7 .. .... 670 .. 10 .. .. 2 .... .. 6 ... .... 525 .. 2 .... .. 4 ... .... 450 .. 3 .... .. 5 ... .... 445 .. 1 .... .. 1 .. ..,. 395 ... 2 .... .. 7 .. .... 850 .. 1 .... .. 3 ... .... 815 .. 1 .... .. 3 ... ..,. 815 .... 281 .. 2 ... ,... 255 .. 2 .. .. 2 4 .... lai .. 2 .., .. 1 ... .. 1 .... 1 .. .... 158 .. 2 .... .. 2 ... ,... 145 .. 1 .... =< 1 ... .... 140 . . 123 WINNING HOESES. Races ™ v , , , ASe « won. Darling, by Annandale 2 ,... S Knight of Malta, by Birdcateher 2 ,,,. 8 Barbery, by Simoom 2 .... 2 Gamekeeper, by Birdcatcher 6 .... 6 •.. Zaidee, by Bandy 2 .... 2 ,! Newton- le- Willovrs, by Melbourne. s .... i Agitation, by Corranna ,,...., 3 .... 4 Sweetcake, by Dough 2 .... 2 Prizefighter, b Tearaway a .... i Fireblast, by Simoom 4 ,,,, s ,. Dunboyne, by Robert de Gorhatn 8 .... 3 Trapper, by Birdcatcher 4 ,,., i Sprig of Shillelagh, by Simoom 3 .... S Lance, by Launoelot 4 .... 3 Remedy, by The Cure 8 .... 6 Tattler, by Maepie 3 .... 8 Arab Maid, by Bretby 5 .... 8 Knockburn, by Turnus 2 .... 2 Simpleton, by Tearaway S .... 5 The Ha- vk, by The Bird 8 .... 4 ,, Altro. by Shawn Buidhe 8 ,.,. 2 ,, St Helens, by Mildew s .... 3 ., Indian Warrior, by Napier a .... 1 Saur de Charite. by Cowl 2 .... 2 Duneany, by The Flying Dutchman ,. 2 .... 1 Yeutick, by Tory Boy 5 .... 5 ., Zillah, by Dough.. 8 .... X .. Sam Spode, by King Dan 2 ,,,. l Lanky Bet, by Cossack 8 .... 2 .. The Nore, by Don John 8 3 Eyrecourt, by Horn of Chase S .... 2 Frailty, by Knight of the Whistle 3 .... 1 .. Disowned, by Burgundy 5 .... 2 .. Uncle Tom, by Dough 8 .... 4 Ribbonman, by Harkaway. 8 .... 1 .. Sirocco, by Simoom 4 .... 2 Sunshine, by Tearaway 4 .... 2 .. Sunbeam, bjr lago 8 .... 2 Alfred, by Birdcatcher 4 .... 2 Meigh Dair, by Harkaway 4 ,... 1 ., Citron, by SweetKeat 4 ,,,, 1 ,, The Chicken, by Magpie 5 .... 1 ,, Alcyone, by Robert de Qorham 5 .... 2 Races Amount lost. 0 4 2 7 3 2 5 4 7 8 3 6 0 0 STALLIONS. No. of winners, Birdcatcher, by Sir Hereules ,,,,.,,....... 4 ... Simoom, by Camel 6 ,,,, Annandale, by Touchstone 1 Dough, by Tearaway 8 ... Tearaway, by Voltaire 3 ... Melbourne, by H. Clinker 8 Bandy, by Birdcatcher 1 Corranna, by Hymen 1 ... Robert de Gorham, by Sir Hercules 2 Magpie, by Young Blacklock 2 ... Launcelot, by Camel 1 ... The Cure, by Physiciaa 1 ... Bretby, by Priam 1 ... Horn of Chase, by Harkaway 3 ... Turnus, by Taurus 1 The Bird, by Birdcateher 1 ... Shawn Buidhe, by Verulam 1 Mildew, by Slane 1 ... Napier, by Gladiator 1 ... Cowl, by B. Middleton 1* ... Burgundy, by Ishmael 2 ... Flj ing Dutchman, by Bay Middleton. 1 ... Trueboy, by Tomboy 1 ... Den John, by Tramp or Waveley, 1 ... KiugDan. by Phillip the First .............. 2 ... Cossack, by Hetman Platoff 1 ... Kuight of the Whistle, by Velocipede 1 Sweetmeat, by Gladiator 1 ... Races won, . U .. . 12 .. won. £ 1,195 . 810 . 780 . 680 . 660 . 557 . 520 . 460 . < 120 . !! 95 . 895 . 393 . 315 . 315 . 300 . 287 . 281 . 255 . 222 . 209 . 192 . 190 . 185 . 186 . 175 , 16S . 160 . 155 . 155 . 155 . 150 . IMS . 147 . 141 . 140 . 130 . 123 . 117 . 114 . 110 . 105 . 105 . 105 Value won. £ 2,000 . 1,783 . 1,105 . 860 . 765 . 667 . 666 . 520 . 495 ,.. 382 ,. 315 , 300 272 255 210 192 190 185 180 177 175 162 159 159 155 150 105 REVIEW OF THE RACING SEASON IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, 1857. " Nor would I flatter Apollo— not for his lyre." The racing season of 1857 must be noted as one of advance decidedly, not on account of any remarkable appearance significant of improvement, but in the prospects held out by the various changes visible upon the Turf— the great feature of the opening of the new race coisrso at Paris, with its ac company ing grant to the Jockey Club— the question of the Haras— and the more business- like invasion by the French this year of the English Turf, to say nothing of the apparition of the three English horses in the van for the Emperor's prize at Chantilly. Leaving these points to be discussed a little later in our review, we " hark back" to La Marche, where the first" meet" was held as usual, inaugurating, by its " jumping" and other exhibitions, the coming season of surprise and dis- appointment. The success of The Dean at the first meeting in some way prepared us for his defeat of Jean du Quesne in the second, where, making strong running from end to end, he won in a canter. Sting, Lady Arthur, and Kilkenny Boy fell, and had nothing to do with the race. The defeat, however, of the little horse was a sore disappointment to the De la Motte confederacy, who backed him for all they could get on, and thought it so great a certainty that they scratched Franc Picard, who was on the ground. Kail way, a promising five year old of M Fasquel's, also beat Casse Cou easily, which sent the " great stable" home to Chaatilly again to ponder over the old fable of the chickens which were counted before even hatched. Bordeaux, in the Midi, opened the flat race season, comprising four days' racing, and extending over eleven days, anything but an advantageous manner of accommodating the public, and we should think by no means beneficial to the place itself, inasmuch as these races, which are thus made to elash with Paris and La Marche, would probably be patronised by the whole sporting world were the fixture made convenient, and the races got over, including the steeple chase day, in the space of a week. The two fine specimens of Malton as a sire— WergissJJein Nicht, and Sylvain— here gave a first insight to their merits; and although Sylvain got defeated by a neck in the first instance by Wergiss Jlein Nicht, he " turned the tables" upon him over the longer course of the Derby du Midi, which he won very cleverly by a leDgth; but why they should have laid odds on the loser, and 7 to 1 against the winner, after the " near thing" of the first days is oneof those " unreasonablenesses" only to be witnessed among racing * aen. Accroche Coeur and Don Paez also did honour to their sire Malton at this meeting, and Cond6 and M de St Jean showed in good form. Sylvain could not quite " pull off" the Handicap, being no doubt a little stale from his previous ef- forts ; added to which, the shortness of the distance was clearly not to his liking. On the 26th of April the new race course in the Bois de Boulogne was brought into use to replace the Champ de Mars, for so many years the apology of a course on which Paris races were held. We have so often described the excel- lencies of the new arena that we have no need to refer further to the matter, but may simply remark that the long- looked- for change was more than could be antici. pated, and that the sports were commenced with an iclat which was in no way diminished throughout the meeting. The racing was commenced by M Lupin's Eclaireur beating the three year old representatives of the four other great stables of Chantilly very cleverly— the first " sweetener" in store for that stable. Miss Bird cantered in three lengths from a field of ten for the Prix de 1' Administration des Haras, giving rise to hopes by no rseans realised. The great four year old race, the Prix du Cadran, was won most cleverly by Nat, to the great credit of his trainer, who received the horse the year previously as a " dead for which the former had at last to succumb to the light weight •, and the second between Darling and Buckstene, the latter causing the layers of 4 to 1 on the filly to feel anything but com- 1 ,""" 7~ v, upl'i roWl- ert amanf the lot, rairciia^ ii from M fortahle until the numbers went up. " The Sprig " had a mere IhavmSbeen rejected among the lou purcDaaed irom m exercise canter for Her Majestv's Plat e, aud The Kni* ht of, Aumont by the Count de Lagrange, and whose horse Trouvere Malta, only meeting Champion for the Sligo Stakes, won equally I was. vexatiously enough, second iu thisrace; MissCath, Diamant, eaSy. I Seville, and Vermeille, composed the rest of the field, coming in On Thursday, Buckstone beat a field of nine for the Trainers' | in the order named. Monarque could not give the three year Stakes verv cleverly, Kiik. uchby, carrying < qual weight with the i olds, Potocki and Marville, the weight required m the Prix de la winner, being second, and Greorgic, to whom both accorded 91b, Ville de Paris, and finished but a moderate third, although he a good third. " The Sprig," bought for 1,000 guineas in the morn- might have been nearer if necessary. Potocki won by a head ing ( the bargaiu . being made per telegraph), appeared in his only, but the victory was a clever one, still anything but what new owner's ( Mr Bryan's) colours, and following up his miuht have been expected from a Derby candidate— which, by previous successes, reduced his price by the amount of' t he" bye, he was not at that moment; nevertheless, his success BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, DECEMBER 27, 1857. . ,, . nH^ a fnr thp Derbv. The following i in the Midi, at Mont- de- Marsan, both Sylvain and Wergiss broughtFkiria to veij fihort Mda ror tne iJ^ Dy. ° . M( jiaNi ht f d t0 saccumb to Gentille Annette and ifflS& Sfc d'E^ in a CMiter from Mdlle de Chan- i Miss Anna, first and second for the Prix de l'Empereur- a very ha Vo, lle d bssal in a Clutef iruui — bad start causing the two colts to lose so much ground that they never got fairly up. Pa Di6ze beat these two fillies the fol- lowing day, giving away a deal of weight, and the fillies reversed thnr positions, although the winner of the previous day was running at 111b better terms with the loser. The result, how- ever, would indicate the three year olds to be bad, although tne later running of Sylvain with the Chaatilly horses proves his defeat by the fillies to be anything but right. Biberon," turned loose," won the Handicap in a canter, but got defeated very cleverly by Cond6 the following day. Wergiss Heia Nicht again showed his superiority over Sylvain for a short distance on the third day, and Biberon added an Imperial prize to his ether successes ; on the fourth day to which the meeting was most needlessly spun out, as much against the interests or the racing community as it is annoying to the visitors. W e hope the commissaires will see their error next year, and not extend the intervals between the race- days to such a prepos- terous length of time— ten days to run off ten races! A two year old race was the chief interest of the last day, and was won in a canter by Baron Nexon's Day Spring by Aaaaadale, beating six others. . The Count de Moray's stable was m great force at Amiens, carrying off all three races by the aid of Diamaat, Flammeche, and Suresnes, and a most sporting steeple chase was won by the " miler" Cordone, beating Torrent and seven others, the days racing being quite a contrast to the ridiculous exhibition at Mont de Marsan. We are tired of alluding to the wretched annual apology for a race meeting held at Boulogne- sur- Mer, which might be made the best of. the northern meetings; time, how- — ill I. - V. l.. —:.] il, A 4- nnTn flin .- rif 1' nriaoft/ trpA WhO him he won the Poule d'Essai in a „, tffly second, and Miss Bird third. The great impostor Fireaway had been blown upon" before starting, and from being nearly second favourite for the Derby had retrograded to " any odds which position the result of this race proved to be correct ; Serious another " cracked up" favourite, also proving his K^ itv to go any pace whatever, although his stout- neW unquestionable. Monarqueonce more proved his su- oerioritv over Ronzi, giving her the three pounds only, but El beat her verv easily, although the latter's party laid Slds Sinst the borse. The Prix du Priatemps iatroduced us to Mlfange, another of M Lupin's " cracks," who cantered awav from Marville by four or five lengths at the finish, which Xht have been made a dozen, whereupon the public was ouietly informed that there was another yet to make SSand that with either of three in the stable the. Derby could be won! Diamant won the last race, beatrng Trouyere, Seville, and Miss Cath, over two miles and a half of ground, which performance would seem too good, excepting that Miss Cath was probably out of form, and the fact of Trouvere being befwe^ her would intimate that such was the case. The ttrird day's racing at Paris fell on a Thursday- the only week- day ofthemeeting- which extends over three Sundays. Diamant beat Ronzi and Cordone in a " cutting down" race, the httie black mare showing her objection to being " shoved aloag, and only getting second place, and that on sufferance. Moaarque beat two " incapables," and Plorin and Potocki both won their races, the cognoscenti not quite admiring the slovenly manner in which Plorin disposed of so moderate a horse as Marquemont. On the last day, Serious beat a very bad lot for the Prix de Tro- cadero, the position of Enchanteresse ( second) clearly showing that the favourite, Marville, was amiss. Miss Oath, Seville, and Avroa made a good race for the Handicap, which fell to the lot ot the first named, when M Lupin's fourth " crack,' Paladin, was paraded in the saddling ground. A glimpse was enough to condemn him, but the prestige of the stable was such that, notwithstanding the declaration of the admirers of Made- moiselle de Chaatilly that she had been lame for some time previous to her race with Florin, and her present perfect con- valescence, no one dared back her, and 2 and S to 1 was laid on Paladin. The horse is a runaway flashy animal, and an awkward bit had been put upon him, so that Mdlle de Chaatilly Jump- ing off at score " never was caught, and won m a canter by half a dozen lengths. The result of this race gave some little hope to the backers of the field for the Derby, who began once more to look forward to the " chapter of accidents," to rid them of the difficulties of their position. The bridle, however, was made the excuse for the defeat of Paladin, and it is very probable that it interfered very much with his chance, inasmuch as he never would facei t, and went with his head " anywhere," but under any circumitances he was too great a jade ever to have beaten Mademoiselle upon that occasion, as the mare was then in most eXBeetween° rthe Sundays, La Marche held another " cross country" exhibition, and Casse- Cou, " turned loose in the Handicap, won easily from Grisette and Black Dwarf, iStmg again falling, and Goodlad having nothing to do with the race. ™ At Angouleme we see Sylvain, over a longer course, beating Derviche and eight others for the Saint Leger du Midi et de l'Ouest giving them all weight— 71b to the second— and again he is beaten by a moderate five year old like Debureau from Chantilly for the Prix de l'Empereur, at little more than weight for age, to be accounted for to the effects produced by his other severe races. Parker, on the contrary, beat his Chantilly oppo- nents Jaqu& r, Quverture, and Agricole easily enough, and Made- moiselle Marco, beaten by Sylvain on the first day, won the Derby de l'Ouest, beating Alma and five others cleverly. Pau and Poi- tiers races were run about this period.. At the latter place . Der- viche and Mademoiselle Marco each won a race. The Chantilly festival commenced on the 17th of May, and here Mademoiselle de Chantilly came out in great form, and won the Prix de Diane ( the Oaks) in the commonest of canters. Tho furore, however, for M Lupin's stable was such that 6 to 4 was laid on his fillv MGsaage, who, strange to say, could hardly raise a gallop, and finished three or four lengths from Duchess, who was a good two lengths behind the winner. Nat won au abomination of a heat race after four attempts, the penalty for which performance he had to pay a little later in the season; and Brassia getting a good start whilst one half of her oppo- nents were asleep at the post, and the other half dreaming of future haudicaps, was declared the winner of the " T. Y. C.," beating a field of nine, which led her owner and others into the belief that the mare could gallop— hence her visit to Good- wood afterwards. The meeting of Monarque and Lion, the five year and four year old Derby winners, was the event of the day, and produced a fine race— won cleverly at last by Monarque, who only gave his opponent 21b for the year, over one mile and a quarter of ground. The middle day was rich in the strength of its fields of horses, no less than seventeen two year olds strip ping for the Prix du Premier Pas, and eighteen of all ages for the spring handicap-;- the Prix des Ecuries. The two year old running in this race has been confirmed to the letter ever since, although, strange to say, the winner was not mentioned in the betting, and the favourite, Etoile du Nord, in the same stable, was but a bad fourth, Che- vrette won easily from Balagny second, but the winner got clear away at start, and the latter met with two considerable disap- pointments. Potocki's success in the Handicap over the Derby course, receiving only 3lb from Mr Henry, and 8lb from Miss Cath for the year, was a good performance, although, consider- ing the want of " form" evident in the whole field, it was no great performance after all, as we all know a Derby horse on or about the dav must do " wonders" to have any chance of win- ning such a race. Nevertheless the effect of the race was simply to reduce the Derby to a certainty for Florin, who carried all the stable money, and could not be made gallop by Potocki at any difference of weight! M Lupin again " threw in" with Chatelaine, which brought the second day to a close. The Derby day was commenced by a renewal of the contest between Mo- narque and Lion, which resulted in the dislocation of the fetlock of the unfortunate Lion when victory seemed assured to him ; which accident, or rather gross neglect, eventually caused his death, after lingering for a length of time in the most frightful torture. A fine race for the Emperor's Handicap fell to the stable of Madame Latache de Fay by the aid of the afterwards notorious Valna beating Theodora, Miss Cath, and fifteen others, when all attention - was immediately turned towards the sad- dling enclosure, where eleven of the " first flight" were preparing to decide the great event. Florin, the great favourite, fell, it will be remembered, at the start, but the prize went to the same stable by the aid of Potocki, whose natural stoutness of character brought him through after a very fast run race. The fact, however, of Brutus and Serious being second and third in the race— both being de- clared by their respective stables to be far inferior to their other representatives, who were far behind them, simply proves what we have so often repeated, that everything is faulty in the system of training horses in France, and fully accounts for the position of the three English horses in the autumn. The best horses after the fall of Florin, according to their partisans' own declara- tions, backed up by their money, were Paladin, Mademoiselle de Chautilly, and Duchess, and these three were run to a " stand still," and finished actually fourth, fifth, and sixth, behind their stable companions, who were first, second, and third! That Florin was a good horse there can be little doubt, considering the " tackle" they had to try him with, and the declaration also made at Goodwood with respect to the horse ; nevertheless if he turns out a " sticker" he will be the first of the Surplice breed possessing that desirable qualification. The Derby of 1857 was a mystery, we expect, never to be unravelled, and must be set down as a singular coincidence with regard to the misfor- tunes annually attending M Lupin's " cracks/' who, for three years in succession, have met with accidents— when declared to be absolutely certain to win by any distance. Uonzi performed her trick of the previous year— cutting down the two year olds for the Prix de l'Oise in the commonest of canters, which brought to a close the Epsom meeting of France. Bordeaux revived its Steeple Chase Meeting under the auspices of the new club lately formed in that town; but the success of the meeting was not such as might be anticipated were the date of the reunion made to coincide with those at La Marche and the Bordeaux flat race meetings, as we be- fore suggested; moreover, were the date of these steeple chases thus altered it would be an inducement to owners of steeple eiiiia nuides to come from England to La Marche, on to Bordeaux, and revisit La Marche on their way back to Eng- land. We feel assured our good sportsmen of the south will see the force of our observations, which can only have one object— the success of their race meetings. The Steeple Chase produced a good struggle between Casse- Cou, Lady Arthur, and The Dean, who came in in the order named; but had not Lady Arthur bolted as usual at one of the fences, the victory would have been secured to her. Sting again fell, and had nothing to do with the race, and Kib worth Lass, a recent purchase from Eng- land, beat old Good Lad, and two others, for the Selling Steeple Chase, and was claimed. La Marche came out most brilliantly with its Grand Military Steeplechase, for which eight gentle- men jockeys of " cross country" reputation, both in England and " France, " put in appearance." The race was the most interesting of the season, independent of the novelty of see- ing the French and English brought into rivalry of sport instead of conflict, as of old; and it is to be hoped that the success of this meeting will determine the administration of La Marche to continue this prize for future years to come. Cigarette won, mounted by Capt George, beating The Dean ( Vis- count Lauriston), and Horniblow, ( Lieut Blundell), second aud third; the others through falls and a bad start being scattered all over the course. Versailles Races are rapidly improving under the determined action of the Soci6t6 d'Eucouragement, the wretched race course even giving some hopes of being eventually tolerable. The Derby horses were once more brought together — barring the winner and a few others— and Florin most unac- countably again all the rage, although suffering evidently from his fall, and absolutely declared to have had but one slight gallop since the Derby day; however, as at Chantilly, he met with a disappointment at start, and lost a great deal of ground, and the pace beingaclipper," he was " chopped" at starting, and never coftld get up. Paladin and Mademoiselle de Chantilly went away, and when the former was beaten, up came the stable companion of " Miss," and at it the two went, three lengths clear of the field to the distance, where the whip being freely administered to Last Born in the run in, she cleared tne post a nose (!) in advance of Brutus, who was a neck before Mademoiselle de Chantilly, carrying 51b extra; Serious was a bad fourth, and Florin and Paladin " nowhere"— a result by no means in accordance with the previous running at Chan- tilly, and only to be accounted for by the materiel and " tactics" at present in use. Mr Henry won the Handicap in gallant style, beating a field of eight, when an unpleasant noto- riety was obtained for Valna— put in at a low claim in a selling race— on account of the sums of money got out of lier, and from the animal's evident disinclination to " come anigh" the winning post. There was an animal in the Han- dicap also who had a similar disinclination to the company of the leading horses, who was later in the year well paid for her modest and retiring demeanour; but her ladyship's court manners did not bring her vulgarly before the public eyes, as did the other culprit's, whose accomplices most unblu9hingly on " settling - sUsy"- demanded straight, those gilded effigies which proved alike, the price as payment, of their guilt. Dia- maot, receiving 6lb of Mr Henry, beat him easily on the seeond day, the latter showing the " form " of the platers, by giving Fidelity 301b and beating her for second place. Five two year olds also ran, but the distance was too long for them, and they were running at least a stone on bad terms— as weight for age— Chevrette, however, headed the ruck. Brutus won his maiden victory by stalling off a couple of " incapables" in the Prix de Satory, and Mdlle de Chantilly was brought out again to try and give away a lot of weight, iu which, however, she failed, finishing only second best to Vert Galant— seventeen pounds the difference. Valna had another try with a lot of " platers," and to please the ungrateful and dissatisfied public had the whip applied to her pretty smartly, without however winning, or convincing the stewards, who expressed their indignation eventually on lier rider only, and suspended him for twelve months. Two hurdle races and a match made up the meeting; the " jumping" races producing most excellent fields, and since hurdle races must be run near Paris, we hope no more will be run on the courses of Paris and Chantilly, but that the entire patronage be bestowed on Ver- sailles. One thing seems to have escaped the notice of the stewards— namely, that all the races are short distances; this is clearly an error, and the Prix de 1' Empereur should be at least two miles, and the two year olds indulged with a race to them- selves, which might be made most interesting and useful at the same time. These races close the Paris season, when " all the world" betakes itself aux eaux, or where most the whim may at the moment suggest, at times only making appearance on the country race courses as the accidents of vicinity procure the opportunity. At Limoges, some few days previous to Versailles, we find Wergiss Mein Nicht and Derviche still winning their way ; and at Angers— so cleverly made to clash with Versailles- Nat again is running for a little heat- race, beating with diffi- culty a " selling- plater," who, by some extraordinary good luck the second day, comes to the assistance of his stable companion Duchess, who with 4 to 1 on her is beaten by the most moderate animals for the Emperor's Prize! At Strasburg, Ronzi was busy collecting the " good things"— but was run rather close by Miss Oath for the Prix de la Ville, in heats! At Toulouse, Wergiss Mein Nicht continued winning, and Coad6 adding to his other victories ; whilst Saint Omer— one of the rising meetings of the sporting north— held its little fete, remarkable for the defeat of Trembleur and Eulogist for the hurdle race and Franc Picard for the steeple chase— Miss Gladiator the winner of the first race and Railway of the second. Belgium held her continental Derby as usual at Ghent— Mdlle Chantilly and Serious alone disputing the prize, which was but an exercise gallop for the filly. Ronzi had but a similar gallop to perform in the Prix Municipal; the rest of the races but poor little plates, and quite unworthy of notice. ever, will probably rid the town of the present " wiseacres persist in the " selling race" programme, and Boulogne- sur- Mer will once more be proud of its excellent race course. Good horses, as usual, graced— by way of redemption— the proceedings, Diamant adding a brace of victories to his list, and Ronzi having to succumb iu attempting to give him lllb. Th6a was just running into form, and Monarque walked over for the Prix Imperial, on his way to Goodwood, his party being wise enough to " scratch" him on the first day, in preference to meeting Diamant, and thereby in- juring, as later in the year, the excellent chance of their filly at Newmarket, by " knocking him out of time" before de- parture. Abbeville held its interesting and truly sporting little meeting the 2d of August, the " home stable," as usual, getting beat for the Steeple Chase with their high- priced purchase Eulogist, who " gave up" when " collared" by Railway in a most cowardly manner. Mr Baron's (?) Valna won the Prix des Haras, and Count de Blangy carried off the Haudicap by the aid of Fleur de Loges. Th<; a, at Caen, continued to show us the merit of her spring patience, and beat a good field of seven for the Handicap, and afterwards beat Miss Elthiron for the Prix Special in a canter. Dame d'Honneur also manifested symptoms of great forward- ness of manner, not being too bashful now of showing her tail to an adversary in the Prix Principal, the Emperor's Prize, nevertheless, being a little above her pretensions. Braconmer came in first, and Marville second, but the fraudulent breaker of the game- laws was disqualified on account of not fulfilling the Turf- laws, and carrying the weight required, whereby the race was given to the filly of Madame Latache de Fay. Eclaireur had his revenge upon Theodora, and Monarchist, in a Selling Race, passed from the hands of the " Righteous" into those of tfiio'i Philistine /" At the once notorious Haras du Pin, M Basly had been in great success with Braconnier and others of his breeding, and it was on account of his winning the Normand Derby— disputed only by another of his own horses— and not carrying weight for the same, that he lost his race at Caen afterwards. The folly of restricting the principal races to horses bred and reared in the five departments of ancient Normandy was evidenced by the absence of any real adversary against M Basly for . the Derby, who appears to have succeeded inbreeding several very good horses. Franc Picard won the Spa ( Belgium) Steeple Chase cleverly enough, The Painter beating Casse Cou for the second place. Sting. The Dean, and Laudanum got severe falls, and the latter was killed on the spot. The success at the first attempt of the commissaries of Valenciennes proves what may be done with money, and the " right men in the right places." The meeting, which was but a trial one, we are happy to say, is likely to be permanent, next year's subscription— amounting to £ 1,000— being already secured. Thea and Dame d'Honneur now came out in their true form, and carried all before them; and Eulogist and Franc Picard won the Hurdle Race and Steeple Chase in gallant style, the whole affair going off with the greatest eclat, a grand banquet following the first day's races, and a ball the second, to the delight of the whole town of Valenciennes, and the neighbouring towns and villages. The Chantilly horses generally meet again at Moulins for the first time after their Paris, Chantilly, and Versailles trials, and the Great St Leger of France, with its penalties and allowances, becomes of great interest. Again Florin was made favourite, notwithstanding his failure in England, and the reminiscence of his spring misfortunes in France; but the race was never in doubt, and Mademoiselle de Chautilly won in a canter by four lengths, giving lllb to Duchess, who was second; Fleriu, who was giving his 31b to the winner, gave 141b to Duchess, and was only beaten a head for the second place, but having himself only a head the advantage of Elizabeth, giving her 10lb ; Brutus, out of all form, tailed off. For the Handicap on the second day the weights were still more against Mademoiselle de Chantilly over a course one mile and three quarters in length. The race ended in a dead heat between Duchess, Mademoiselle de Chantilly, and Seville— four year olds— Mademoiselle giving 18lb to Duchess and lllb to Seville. In the deciding heat Mademoiselle made all the running, but was caught by Duchess at the last turn and beaten easily by two lengths, Seville as far again behind the se- cond. The Criterion, for two year olds, produced a fine race be- tween Kiss me Not and Goelette, and to the last moment it was a very doubtful thing, but M Schickler's lucky star was in the ascendant, and Birdcatoher's handsome daughter, Kiss me Not, got her face clear of Goelette in the final struggle, Rennes, Nantes, Blois, and a whole host of country meetings follow one another ia succession throughout the months of August and Sep- tember, but their " doings " are not necessary to be recorded here. Dieppe, however, invites the sportsman, foy its steeple chase day is a real enjoyment, and being held in the height of the season is well worthy of a visit from all " idlers " in England who may chance to find themselves on the Sussex coast at the latter end of August. The Steeple Chase Grand Handicap fell once more to the invincible Franc Picard, who is as much the terror of all competitors as he is the idol of the inhabitants of Dieppe, whose grief will be great when the day of defeat shall dawn at last upon the good old horse. Mr Land, as usual, was present, with " two strings to his bow," and was in some way, no doubt, consoled by his success ia the Selling Race with Penelope after his defeat with Theodine for the great event. Belgium made another attempt at Spa, but it was a sad affair, and proves the necessity for the measures, which, we believe, will shortly be re- sorted to, before which no'chance is there for the revival of these races under a worthy aspect. Sylvain appeared to have recovered his spring form at Perigaux, where, over a long course, he contrived to beat Derviche and give him 6lb, and again gave him the same weight over a short course, run— too close to be pleasant, however— by Gentille Annette, whom he only stalled off by a questionable neck. Wergiss Meiu Nicht was out of form apparently in his race with Miss Anna, who at times has shown herself to be anything but despicable, and was pulled up, Gentille Annette finishing only a bad second. Monarchist picked up an Imperial prize, Cond6 won the Grand Prix du Perigord, and Theodora carried her owner to victory in the race for gentlemen riders. At Craon, Valna added two more races to the list of her win- nings, and Franc Picard once more was proclaimed the victor of the Steeple Chase. The Count d'Hedouville's stable seemed coming into a little luck at Pompadour, but after winning the Grand St Leger du Midi with Commelles, to the inexpressible disgust of everybody, they disqualified the filly at the end by a charge of a " cross' 5 brought by the jockey of the third horse ( Sans Souci) against the second ( Wergis Mein Nicht), which the latter declared he could not help on account of the winner, so that absolutely they awarded the race to the horse charged with the crossing ! The Grand Prix du Midi was won, after four heats, by M de St Jean. Monarchist again won a Prix Imperial, and Cond6 was allowed to walk over for the Prix Principal. A few more country " little goes" are still sur le tapis, when Chantilly Autumn Meeting brings back the racing world to " head quarters," from thence to Paris, then back again to the " hay and corn" meeting, which winds up the year's account at a reasonable period— La Marche appearing just " one time more," as if to find excuse for friends to meet and say their last adieu upon the ground they trod so hopefully in the early days of spring. We have so recently witnessed and described the autumn proceedings, which this year in particular have borne much nearer affinity to the meetings in England on account of the dates of the particular races in which the English have been engaged in France, and the French in England, that we shall content ourselves, and our readers too, no doubt, with the most cursory of glances at the remainder of the year's sport. The Emperor's Prize fell to the lot of the English, by the aid of Fisherman, most honourably backed up by Saunterer and Commotion— the after running of all engaged in this race leading us to the conclusion that it was the good pace made by Mademoi- selle de Chantilly which robbed Saunterer of the prize, and added another honourable testimony to the skill of Mr T. Parr. The strong lead kept by Mademoiselle de Chantilly for a con- siderable distance held out hopes to her stable of success in England, and led many of the English also to fall into the same idea. The two year old items were of the greatest interest, the winners of the various races all finding admirers for next year's Derby at different prices. The Omnium, which used to be the attraction next to theEmperor's Prize, if not above it, was removed this year to Paris, where " all the world " found itself " assist- ing" on the 4th of October. The running of the spring was here all upset, and we saw Duchess performing according to the reports so long abroad concerning her, whilst Mademoiselle de Chantilly was going off, and the Derby winner, Potocki, seemed to be the bad horse his stable always declared him. Paladin, on the contrary, was stated to be, andfevidently seemed, in perfect " fettle," but Last Born " stalled him off" easily in the Omnium, for which she was suddenly called to " do battle" upon the " screwing" of her stable companion, Miss Elthiron. Sylvain here showed himself about the best horse ever produced in the Midi, and had the distance been another half mile further, he might have carried off the great autumn Handicap of 1857. The two year old running was confirmed to the letter, and Tonnerre des Indes has fairly claimed for him- self the position of first favourite for next year's Derby. Monarque won the Prix Imperial of 6,000f, and beat Potocki in the cleverest manner by several lengths; and a oncer avourite for the Derby, who was " cracked" before the day— For6t du Lys— came out, to the astonishment of none more than the owner, and proved herself little inferior to anything of the year, making " nothing" of a lot of " platers" the first day, and " stall- ing off" in the easiest of mannei s Laat Born, Nat, and Mr Henry for the Prix Special— heats! The Grand Prix Imperial of 11,000f produced only a match between two representatives of the Emperor— Monarque and Monarchist. The race was no race, the latter saving his distance on sufferance only. Paladin got second place only to M Fasquel's fortunate claim, Flam- meche, for the Prix de St Cloud, and Serious, as in the Derby, struggled up at the finish into third place— the race one of the prettiest of the year, and run over the outer circle, as so many more should be. Again, at Chantilly for the last time, the un « fortunate Paladin was doomed to disgrace— once more placed second— for the Prix de Consolation, won iu a canter by Garenne, who showed herself to be a real good filly, but allowed to slip out of M Fasquel's stable for a " song." The Handicap includes all ages, and we saw the " extremes" in the first and second places— represented by the two year old Trovature, and the four year old Nat, at a difference of 571b for the two years— over ra- ther more than a mileJand a quarter, which task the " old ' un" found beyond his powers, and was vanquished easily; the rest of a field of twelve scattered all over the course. The 1st of November " caught us racing" still, and at La Marche Franc Picard and Penelope repeated the Dieppe " re- turn." The scarcity of English competitors has long been a source of complaint at this place of sport; but we have reason to belive that a suggestion formerly thrown out by us will be acted upon next year, and that the services of a public handicapper in England will be secured in future. This is a step in the right direction, and will effectually remove the disinclination mani- fested of late by English owners to pay a visit to the capital of la Belle France. In reflecting over the season past— as is our habit— we are forcibly struck with the changes which have taken place with regard to several stables. Thus the spring of this year, if not, indeed, the autumn of last, brought out M Aumont's notorious stud in the colours of Count F. de Lagrange, whilst at the end of this season the great stud of the society running under the name of the Prince de Beauvau is made over by private contract to Baron de Nivifcre. M Schickler makes his dibut with a stud comprising selections from the first blood inEngland, and M de Sevin, ia the Midi, astonishes all at " head quarters" by appearing on the Turf with a " string " carrying all before them, and bidding fair hereafter to become a formidable rival even to the " homo division." Several other new men in the Midi, north and west, have " put in a first appearance," whilst coalitions have been formed, and separa- tions effected here and there, all apparently likely to benefit not only the principals but the subordinates, setting aside the advantage to the Turf in general. New life has been the long looked for desideratum, and the prospect of the future, with the additions of the above few names, is brightening already, and negatives quite the fears which might have been awakened by the lull, monotony, and indifference so apparent at the end of the season of 1856. The desertion of the Champ de Mars, and the construction of the beautiful hippodrome on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the wonders of the Bois de Boulogne, must rank as th? freatest feature of the year, and is an era in the history of the i rench Turf. The grandeur of the whole conception, the drives, j the lakes, the hippodrome, aud the hundred other minor bean- j ties of the spot, must be seen to be appreciated, which indeed appeared to be the opinion in general upon the opening in the i spring for the Paris races, when " all the world" was there, and the town, in a manner of speaking, was deserted by its j nhabitants, | answering somewhat to the description of Ancient Rome upon | simi. ar occasions— a sign of the times to come. " Totamhodie Roman circus capit;—" applied then as a satire upon the games of the circus, is not far from correct if levelled at the more debasing amusements of Paris in the present time, which these out- door sports of the race course, au contraire, may tend much eventually to lessen ; for between Rome of that date and Paris of the present, in other respects, there is more analogy than most may think; and without going so far as believing that the withering " pattern et circenses" is quite applicable to the times, there exist similari- ties, however, between the two capitals greater far than at the first glance may meet the view. The crowds, however, assembled at the opening of the Longchamps new race course demon- strated to an extraordinary degree the delight which the popu- lace are beginning to take in all that appertains to the sport; and it only remains for the authorities - in the " perfectioning " of the other branches— not to neglect the opportunity, wherever in their power, of affordiDg as clear au insight as possible into the racing, and the means of procuring as good a view as can be given of all the " paraphernalia," as in truth the orderly behaviour of the public ( for the first time under the control of the police, in- stead of the military) fully entitles them to, if on no other grounds. The race course and the stands we have described already to be as excellent as beautiful, and when saddling boxes, stalls, and general stabling shall be added to the other advantages of the spot, the whole may be pronounced as near perfection as need be and a lasting monument— we do not fear to predict— of the change iu the manners and sports of this people under the reign of the third Napoleon, whose encouragement and patronage cf this sport in particular— although under a feeling of imitation of ourselves— forms so striking a contrast to the patronage (?) of Royalty at home. The French Government has made over to the Jockey Club the race course and stands for a period of fifty years, at a nominal and trifling rent, fixing the price of entry the public shall be required to pay, and requiring that the whole of the receipts— over the expenditure- bd given away in prizes. At the same time the Autumn Races at Paris, which were formerly under the management of the Government Haras, have also very properly, as we recommended several years back, been made over to the Jockev Club for the same period, so that the club comes into the receipt of the whole profits of the year— this year, to begin with, having amassed, par exemple, three times the amount ever before taken in one year. The Government Haras will soon become the question of the day," and, as we remarked last year, it becomes a matter of opinion entirely whether they are now of any benefit to the country— indeed, whether they are not an injury. To the Haras all honour is due, for the benefits up to this moment derived from their administration, aud the perfection to which they have brought the blood horse throughout the country in so short a space of time; but, all patron institutions are formed with an object, that object assistance, and when that assistance has pro- duced the desired effect, namely success, it is no longer requisite to continue the assistance; indeed, it is quite illogical, as all must see, to continue to offer aid where none is required— and this is the position at this moment of the Government Haras of this country. As the Turf now stands, it requires no such aid as the Haras have heretofore given it, and the Government should now be relieved of what is becoming a questionable advantage to the receivers, and a deeided burthen to the givers, whose mission of improvement should be transported to another sphere, of which more some other day. It would not be advisable in the Haras to give up too suddenly the purchase of English thoroughbred stal- lions, but they might gradually retire, and leave to private specu- lation the formation of haras, orstud farms— a commerce ofitself in England. At present no man can be so bold as to form a haras and oppose the Government, with such horses as The Baron, Ion, and Cossaek serving at 200f (£ 8), and the other " crack" horses of the country at nothing at all, in a manner of speaking— but were the Government to decide that the pa- tronage of the Haras ( as far as the blood stallions are concerned) should cease at a certain date, say 1860, and were it to commence by doubling the subscriptions to the most fashionable horses of the day, beginning next season, it would be seen immediately that in all directions the present breeders and runners of horses would be engaged in preparing their private establishments in expectation of the moment when the great Government monopoly should cease, and a free trade in " blood stock" become the " order of the day." We have used the term monopoly, which does not sound a cor- rect expression when applied to so valuable and philanthropical an establishment as the Government Haras; but they have really become a monopoly unintentionally, or more properly, through their great success, and are now, perhaps, injuring the institutions their object was to foster— killing by kindness, as it were, and ruiaing by an excess of wealth. By raising the price of the subscription to the best stallions for the next few years, they perhaps would be less " called upon" ( a great advantage), and other auimals of most valuable blood throughout the country— at present used only for getting half bred stock— would be brought into use, and most likely produce as creditable per- formers as their present more favoured brethren. Indeed, there is a " glut" of good horses all over the country, which are scarcely ever acquainted with a thoroughbred mare, and even when so acquainted have no chance of distinguishing themselves in their produce, which is, perhaps, but half reared, and never see the trainer's hands at ail. Again, the Government Haras, re- fusing to take such and such a person's horse after retiremant from the Turf, he becomes a nuisance to his owner, who does not like to have him " cut" and sold for a hack ; neither can he let him, or afford to keep him as a stallion, in face of the Govern- ment monopoly. Last year several most excellent horses were refused, or at laat sold at ruinous prices, which, had there been no Government Haras, would have com- manded good sums. The same may be said of Monarque, who, having won all the Government prizes, is no longer entitled to run but for a few odd prizes and handicaps, and whose racing career would nearly seem to be at an end in this country. This horse, as a public stallion, would command a great price in open competition, but if offered to the Government will not be sold for one- half his value— unless his owner be the most fortunate person in the world, and the Haras inspectors select an animal opposed to all thsir hitherto conceived rules and prejudices. But, again, to return to the Haras question, could the Go- vernment only let the " blood stock" department fall iuto the hands of the Societe d'Encouragement, and into private speculation about the year 1860, what a fund there would be disposable to push the more scientific branch of their institution— namely, the selection of the various breeds to suit the various departments of the country. Be it un derstood, by no means do we wish to suggest that the Govern- ment Haras reject the " blood horse ;" but, on the contrary, let them buy up all the " thick- set" specimens, and distribute them all over the country— where the Haras may still be wanted — and cross them with, and thus improve, the various indigbne breeds which are good, leaving to the racing world of Paris and Chautilly, and, still later, to the great racing and breeding localities of the Midi and the West, full liberty to purchase and otherwise speculate according to their fancies, encouraging them by a few additional and valuable prizes to be run for in in the different localities at very long distances aad high weights. The Government Haras should decidedly increase tne length of their courses to 8,000 metres ( five miles) for some of the greatest prizes, and let them be contested for by four or five year olds and upwards, when one might expect to see once more horses running on to seven years or " aged," as they are termed; and for these races there should be no exclusions for having won the other great Goverament prizes, but on the contrary, as it cannot be other than the wish of the Government to see horses continue their powers of speed and eudurance unto as grdat an age as possible. Breeders must run their horses at two years old, and it is our repeated opinion that it is an advantage to the horses if not " overdone," and were a prospect held out of valuable races at weights for age for four year olds and up- wards, and five year olds and upwards, at very long distances, additional care would h - taken not to abuse the young horses in their first trials aud public races— the trials, by the bye, in this country at present being unquestionably more injurious to the animals than their public performances. The Government Haras may well be proud of their fine half- bred stock now visible in so msny parts of France, although it is very trying to see the Parisians persist iu putting their beautiful hacks and rakish- looking '' topthorns' '— every inch hunters— into their brough ams and dog- carts, whilst themselves bestride such " nondescripts"— between" hearsehorses." aad" Franooniprancers," Thereisamove, however, in sporting circles, and from the right quarter itis meet- ing with sympathy, and the time maynot be very distant when fox hunting will rank among the innovations under the Empire. This sport would quite change the dormant spirit of the horsemen of the present day, whose idea of horse- exercise ( with the excep- tion of the hunting and racing men,) seems centred in obtaining a power of preventiag horses from running away wheu the ani- mals have not the slightest incliaation for doing anything of the kiad, until, vexed beyond measure with the " gag" in their mouths and the " spikes" for ever in their sides, they sometimes make an effort to escape the torture, and theu the science is put into practice, when the animals are pulled up or not. as the case mavbe. Were foxhunting introduced in proper English style, with an English master, the immense value of the Government Haras would be brought into view, and as the sport took root in the country, as it surely would, the still further improvement in the breeds of horses would follow of necessity, at the same time that the demand on all sides for clever hunters would be an enor- mous stimulaut to the exertions of the breeders. Stag hunting in this country is no sport, being but the reminiscence of an era passed away, the keeping up of which remembrance savours more of cruelty than of sport or taste, the " Hallali" and " Curde" depicting scenes we blush to think of— dare not pen. Fox- hunting would perfect the horse, and would do the great- est honour to the Haras, by exhibiting to the world the really good horses of the country at present degraded in harness or galloped in " Indian file" along the rides and avenues in the straight cut woods, " afore" or " abaft" a " go- cart" or a " crock" let out for a " dollar" to some would- be disciple of the Saiut Hubert, the patron of this ancient sport— la clume au cerfl Quitting the breeding question, we fall back once more to our more immediate review— the racing, another great feature of the year being the amicable visits of the French to England and the English to France, the results of which are so recent that a bare reference will be sufficient to show the many advantages to be gained on both sides of the Channel by these " meetings," as nothing can be more conducive to improvement than the emula- tion engendered thereby, attainting of necessity all concerned, be they owners, trainers, or jockeys. We are inclined to think that the whole system © f training and riding requires to be re- considered thoroughly, and then the " hand canter" in which theEmperor's prize at Chantilly was won by Fisherman— sup- ported by his compatriots— will be understood, perhaps. The training we have but lately felt convinced about; but the abomi- nable riding we have from the first condemned, conceiving nothing to be so thoroughly opposed to recognised rules as the exhibitions of our jockeys after a year or two of residence in the country. The exhibition invariably recalls us to the games in the circus of ancient Rome, when— " metaque fervidis Evitata rotis palmaque nobilis Terrarum dominos evehit ad Deos." Surely there must have been living some indigbne jockey school- master dans le bonvieux temps when racing was first introduced in France— some " oldest inhabitant," who, no doubt" well up" in the classic historians, took compassion on the English youth upon arrival in the country; or perhaps some rules like coursing were in rogue, and applied to horse racing in its earliest introduction, when the run up to the first turn, taking the cords nolens miens, and jostling for the " turning flag" for " home," all counted as points— the actual " pass the post first," as in " the kill," not of ne- cessity constituting the winner. Some such rules—" our sailor king's," or the more satauical " Devil | ake the hindmost"— alone can account for the recklessness, want of head, and hurry for the last turn, witnessed every day on the race courses in France, which so astonish all new comers, and render a jockey from England to be considered next to necessary now for the races of greatest value. Notwithstanding the many improvements now appearing fast upon the Turf, and the gradual correction of crying abuses, we cannot but again regret the non- appearauce of a good Spring Handicap, which would give such spirit to the winter's betting, and, as we have so frequently remarked, such general satisfac- tion. We are in hopes, however, of seeing the programme of such a race announced before long ; and whether it be run over the fine scope of ground to be obtained at Paris, or whether at a first spring meeting at Chantilly before Paris, it matters little. So that there be a Spring Handicap, to represent a Chester Cup or a Metropolitan, is all that the racing interest requires, with the nominations made and weights published as early in the year as possible. The more racing near " head- quarters" too, the better, is the general opinion; but the want of interest in the spring races of Paris and Chantilly, on account of all the " book- money" being taken about the different Derby horses aud favourites for other races long before the time, prevents the formation of a " Ring," A Spriiig Handicap, iu which there would be engaged probably fifty horses, would keep up the in- terest at the starting post, and bring about what is so much re- quired, a recognised " Ring," wherein might be obtained some- thing like the " " market odds" about a horse. " Play or pay" betting, too, if only recognised in certain great races, would be a great improvement, and cause some interest at the start for every race, the bets at present for nearly all races being made over night, and odds consequently not to be obtained on the course. However, 1857 and its season's racing indicates an ad- vance in the right direction, which no doubt will be fully appre- ciated in 1858. Racing in Belgium— like politics— is under a cloud, which must pass before we get any insight into the real position of affairs in that country. WINNING HORSES IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM IN 1857. N. B. The amount of winnings is estimated after deducting the winner's stake aad the second money; second money is not calculated as a prize unless amounting to lOOOf and up- wards ; the amounts specified are in francs. ABBREVIATIONS.— G p i for Grand Prix Imperial, p i Prix Im- perial, p p Prix Principal, p s Prix Special, s p Second Prize, s Steeple Chase, Ji Hurdle Race. • Age. Number of Prizes. 3 ACAJOU, by Gladiator; Prince de Beauvau's— 8,000 at An- gers ( Prix de l'Empereur), and 2,305 at Paris 2 3 ACCEOCHE COEUB, by Maltoti; M de Vanteaux's— 8,600 at Bordeax ( Prix de l'Empereur), and 2,000 ( p p) at Limoges 2 3 AGEICOLB, by Archy; M de Behague's— 2,075 at Saint Omer, 2 600 at Saint Maixent, 1,500 ( p s) at Moulius, and 1,500 ( p s) at Pompadour 4 3 ALBBTB, by Sting; M Lavigne's— 1,006 at Tarbes 1 3 AIMA, by The Prime Warden ; Mr C. de Terves's— 780 at Angers, 1,980 at Vaanes, 1,500 ( p s) at Saint Brieuc, 1,500 ( p s) and 1,480 at Renties, and 2,150 at Nantes 6 3 ANJOU, by Pyrrhus the First; Duke de Fitzjames's— 1,300 at Paris 1 6 ABLBXTB, by Eremos; Count A. de Mont's— 8,000 ( p s) and 1,500 ( p s) at Bordeaux, 1,500 ( p s) and 1,500 ( p s) at Pau.. 4 2 ATIICA, b Pyrrhus the First; Count d'Hedouville's— 1,250 ( m) at Chantilly 1 4 AVBON, by Nuncio ; Madame Latache de Fay's— 3,000 at Paris i 2 BALAGNY, by Eithiron ; Baron Rothschild's— 2,500 ( First Criterion) at Chantilly -. 1 2 BALLON, by Glory or Strongbow; Mr Cassidy's— 950 at Le Mans l 3 BAEOIJ GEORGES, by Liverpool; Prince MaxdeCroy's— 1,300 at Gand, and 1,300 at Laon 2 2 BELLE LISETTE, LA, by Assault; M Thierot's— 500 at Laon 1 5 BIBKEON, by The Emperor; Count de Bouy's— 2,325 and 4,000 ( p i) at Mont de Marsan, 4,000 ( p i) at Tarbes, and 800 at Mezieres- en- Brenne 4 6 BLACK DWARF ; M Duchemm's— 550 ( s) at Nantes 1 3 BLETIA, by Slane ; M Fasquel's— 1,775 at Versailles, 2,200 at Paris, and 1,740 at Chantilly 3 2 BOVINE, by St Germain ; M Lupin's— 4,000 at Chantilly .. L 2 Bois ROBERT, by Elthiron; Madame Latache de Fay's— 1,900 at Chaatilly l 3 BOMAESUND, by Ballinkeele ; M Basly's— 2,200 at St Lo.... 1 3 BSACONNIER, by Balthazar ; M Basly's— 1,500 ( p s) and 3,000 at Le Pin, and 1,590 ( p s) at Caen 3 3 BRASSIA, by Caravan ; Baron E. Daru's— 2,200 at Chantilly, and 550 at Boulogne- sur- Mer 2 3 BRULOT, by The Baron; M Lupin's— 1,500 at Moulins .... L 3 BRUTUS, by Sting ; Count F. de Lagrange's— 2,000 ( sp) at Chantilly, and 2,875 at Versailles 2 5 CAMBREMER, by Nuncio; Viscount Lauriston's— 2,000 ( H) at Versailles ( a match) 1 6 CAMMAS, by Nuncio ; Madame Latache de Fay's— 1,100 ( H) at Ghent l 3 CAPUCHIN, by Tragedian; M de L'Houssert's— 1,000 ( p s) atAutun... l 3 CAEIGNAN, by Ionian or Worthless; Baron de Nexon's— 1,500 at Bordeaux l a CASSE- COU, by The Dean; Baron de Monaecove's— 5,400 ( s) at La Marche, aad 7,100 ( s) at Bordeaux 2 3 CENDRILLON, by Sting; M Subercasaux's— 709 at Bordeaux 1 3 CHATELAINE, by The Baron ; M Lupin's— 2,550 at Chau- tilly, 1,000 at Vannes, 500 at Autun 3 2 CHEVRBTTE, by Lanercost; Count F. de Lagrange's— 3,000 at Chautilly ( Prix du Premier Pas) l a CIGARETTE ; Mr W Craven's— 8,875 ( s) at La Marche L 3 CLAIRE, by Brocardo ; Count F. de Lagrange's— 1,500 at Moulins i 3 COMMELLES, by Mr Waggs; Count d'Hedouville's— 1,500 ( p s) at Pompadour i 4 CONDE, by The Libel; MT. de Sevin's— 3,000 ( p p) at Bor- deaux, 2,500 ( pp) at Pau, 2,150, 3,000, and 4,300 at Tou- louse, 2,000 ( p p) at Mont de Marsau, 3,800 at Perigueux, and 2,500 { p p) at Pompadour 8 3 CORADIN, by Garry Owen; M A. Fould's— 1,000 at Aurillac, and 1,000 at Montauban 2 4 COEDONE, by Sting; Count de Perregaux's— 2,380 ( S) at Amiens i 3 CRINOLINE, by Brocardo; Count P. Rcederer's— 1,000 ( p s) at Angers i 4 DAME D'HONNEUR, by The Baron; Count F. de Lagrange's — 3,000 ( p p) at Caen, and 7,600 and 4,950 at Valenciennes 3 4 D'ARTAGNAN, by Schamyl; M Capdevielle's— 450 ( ft) at Montauban, and 220 at Rodez 2 2 DAY SPRING, by Annandale; Baron de Nexon's— 2,375 ( Prix d'Essai) at Mont de Marsau l a DEAN, THE ; Mr J. L. Manby's— 1,500 ( s) and 7,300 ( s) at La Marche ; 2 5 DEBUREAU, by Brocardo; Baron E. Daru's— 2,800 at An- gouleme i 3 DERBY, by Gladiator; M Fasquel's— 2,300 at Valenciennes 1 3 DERVICHE, by Sting; M Fould's- 3,175 ( ft) at Bordeaux, 1,000 ( s p) at Angouleme, 960 at Poitiers, 1,500 ( p s) at Li- moges, and 500 at Mont de Marsan 5 3 DESDEMONE, by Liverpool; M de Barace's— 980 at Quimper 1 4 DIAMANT, by Caravan or La Cl& ture; Count de Moray's— 2,350 and 1,500 at Paris, 1,928 at Versailles, 1,650 at Amiens, 2,050 and 1,850 at Boulogne- sur- Mer, and 3,150 at Blois 7 4 DON PAEZ, by Malton; MT. de Sevin'S; 2,000 and 2,500 at Bordeaux, 1,560 and 1,275 at Limoges 4 a DOZULE, by Mr Waggs; M H. Cartier's— A work of art at Mantes i 3 DtJCHKSS, by Caravan; Prince de Beauvau's— 1,000 UJJ) at Chautilly, 4,350 at Moulins, 1,700 and 1,500 ( p s) at Nantes, 3,700 at Spa, and 5,500 ( p p) and 4,800 ( p p) at Paris 7 4 ECLAIREUR, by Mr Waggs ; M Lupin's— 1,600 at Paris, 3,000 ( p p) at St Brieuc, and 4,000 ( p i) at Caen 3 5 ELPINICE, by Gladiator; M A. Leclerc's— 780 at St Malo, aad780atCaen .. 2 3 EMELiA. by Stoker; M Forcural's— 1,500 at Avranches 1 3 ENCHANTBRESSE, by Nunnykirk; Count F. de Lagrange's 2,0Q0at Chantilly 1 3 ERNANI, by Liverpool; M de Barace's— 780 at Vannes 1 a EULOGIST, by Birdcatcher; Count de Namur's— 1,300 ( h) at Versailles, 2,500 ( ft) at Valenciennes 2 6 FADETTE, by Ratapolis; Baron Finet's— 460 at Mezieres- en- Brenne l 6 FA DIEZE, by Commodore Napier; M T. D. Sevin's— 1,400 at Mont de Marsan 1 3 FIDELITY, by Elthiron; Prince de Beauvau's— 1,3 « 0 at Chantilly; ( M de Silveira's) 1,550 at Versailles 2 4 FINERY, by Malton ; Baron de Nexon's— 1,025 at Limoges, and 3,000 ( p p) at Tarbes 2 4 FISHERMAN, by Heron; Mr T. Parr's— 1' 5,250 ( the Em- peror's Prize) at Chantilly i 3 FLAMMECHE, by The Baron ; Count de Moray's— 1,000 at Amiens, 1,150 at Boulogne- sur- Mer, 2,200 at Le Mans, aud 1,200 at Blois ; ( M Fasquel's) 1,225 at Blois, 5,150 at Paris 6 3 FLEUR DES LOGES, by St Germain; Count deBlaagy's— 2,500 at Abbeville l 4 FLBUR DE MAI, by Commodore Napier ; M C. de Terves's — 550 ( A) at Toulouse, and 1,500 ( p s) at Tarbes 2 3 FLORIN, by Surplice ; M Lapin's— 22,000 ( La' Poule d'Essai) and 10,300 ( La Poule des Produits) at Paris 2 3 FORET DU LYS, by Pyrrhus the First; Prince de Beau- vau's— 2,450 and 3,700 ( p s) at Paris 2 a FRANC PICARD, by Nautilus or Royal Oak ; Baron de la Motte's— 9,250 ( s) at Spa, 7.600 ( s) at Valenciennes, 8,200 ( « ) at Dieppe, 2,200 ( s) at Craon, and 3,400 ( s) at La Marche 5 4 FULGUR, by Young Emilius ; M Fould's— 1,050 at Poitiers, aad 2,000 ( p s) at Tarbes 2 6 GAGNE PETIT, by Romeo; Count d'Hedouville's— 1,150 ( Welter Stakes) at La Marche 1 3 GAMIN DE PARIS, by Malton; M De Boyat's— 1,100 aad 780 at Rochefort and 1,500 at Nantes 3 3 GARENNE, by Gladiator, Elthirsn, or Freystrop; M Fas- quel's— 1,000 at Caen, 1,600 at Chantilly ; ( Count A. des Cars's) 1,600 at Paris, and 2,300 at Chantilly 4 3 GENTILLE ANNETTE, by Commodore Napier ; M du Gar- reau'g— 6,600 ( Prix de l'Empereur) at Mont de Marsan .. 1 3 GILLE DB BRETAGNE, by Prince Caradoc; M de Boyat's — 640atAngoulGme ..... l 3 GLEDE HAWK, by Birdcatcher; Mr J. Abdale's— 1,600 at Baulogne- sur- Mer and 1,000 at Valenciennes 2 2 GOELETTE, by Ion; Prince de Beauvau's— 2,500 ( Second Cri- terion) at Chantilly 1 6 GOLCONDE, by Lioubliou ; Count A. de Komar's— 2,720 at Paris and 2,500 ( p p) at Le Pin 2 a GOODLAD ; Mr J. L. Manby's— 2,875 ( s) at La Marche 1 a GRISETTE, by Mickey Free; Mr J. Kelley's— 1,050 ( s) at La Marche 1 3 HAMS, by Sting ; M E. Dubois's— 1,025 at Toulouse L 3 JAGUAR, by Caravan ; M Lupin's— 1,480 at AagoulOme.... 1 a KIBWORTH LASS ; Couat de Laire's— 2,525 ( s) at Bordeaux. 1 5 KILKENNY BOY, by Bretby ; Viscount A. Talon's— 1,300 ( H) atLaMarche l a KING CHARLES, by Beggarman ; Count de la Palme's- 650 ( 7t) at Bordeaux, 900 at Montauban, 540 ( ft) at Toulouse, and 500 ( ft) at Mont de Marsaa 4 2 Kiss ME NOT, by Birdcatcher; Mr Sohickler's— 3,200 ( Cri- terion) at Moulins l 4 LADY TARTUPFE, by Ion; MC. de Terves's— 1,500 at Saintes, 780 at Le Mans, 780 at Nantes, and 1,980 at Saumur 4 3 LARGUENON, by William; M. de Margeot's— 180 at Saint Brieuc.... 1 3 LAST BORN, by Elthiron or Freystrop; Madame Latache de Fay's— 6,800 at Versailles and 131800 ( Omnium) at Paris 2 a LAURA, by Arundel; Couat de Laire's— 1,800 ( s) at La Marche 1 3 LEGACY, by Nunnykirk; M. de la Poer's— 1,625 at Stras- bourg, 1,100 at Ghent, and 1,250 at Boulogne- sur- Mer.... 3 3 LILLA, by Sting; Count de Moat's— 1,000( sp) at Bordeaux and 1,200 at Pau 2 3 MADEMOISELLE DE CHANTILLY, by Gladiator ; Count F. de la Grange's— 2,000 ( s p) and 23,200 ( Prix de l'Empereur) at Paris, 7,000 ( Oaks) at Chantilly, 6,000( DerbyContinental) at Ghent, 11,250 ( Great St Leger) at Moulias, and 3,100 ( p s) at Paris 6 3 MADEMOISELLE DESIREE, by Caravan ; M F. Laplaad's— 1,500 at Saintes and 3,650 ( ft) at Pompadour 2 3 MADEMOISELLE MARCO, by Ion ; Count de Coislin's— 9,800 ( Derby de 1' Ouest) at Angoul& me, 2,600 ( Poule d'Essai) at Poictiers, and 1,000 at Vanaes 3 4 MARIE SHAH, by The Baron; Mr H. Cutler's— 980 at Perigueux 1 4 MARION, by Napier; M Dartigaux's— 575 ( ft) and 200 ( s) at Pau 2 3 MARQUEMONT, by Gladiator ; Madame Latache de Fay's— 1,000 ( s p) at Paris and 2,530 at Le Mans 2 3 MARYILLE, by Gladiator ; MadameiLatachede Fay's— 1,600 ( sp) at Paris, 2,225 at Caea, and 2,050 at Montier- en- Der. 3 3 MESANGE, by Red Hart; M Lupin's— 6,400 ( Prix du Prin- temps) at Paris : l 3 MIRA, by Ion; M Delamarre'S— 1,060 ( s p) at Ameers 1 3 Miss ANNA, by Sting ; M Fould's— 1,000 ( p s) and 1,700 at Pau, 1,000 and 2,025 at Aurillac, 2,150 at Montauban, 1,570 and 1,500 ( p s) at Tarbes, and 1,500 ( p s) at Perigueux.... 8 4 Miss BIRD, by Birdcatcher; Baron E. Daru's— 3,280 at Paris 1 4 MISS CATH, by Gladiator; Prince de Beauvau's— 4,100 at Paris, 1,656 at Augers, 1,000 at Strasbourg, 4,000 ( p i) at Autun, and 2,175 at Paris 5 3 Miss ELTHIRON, by Elthiron; Madame Latache de Fay's 1,000 ( s p) at Caen 1 5 Miss GLADIATOR, by Gladiator; M Fasquel's— 1,500 ( ft) at Versailles. 1,400 ( h) at Saint Omer, 1,400 ( h) at Rennes, and 1,875 ( ft) at Caen 4 5 MONARCHIST, by The Emperor; Mr T. Carter's— 2,900 at Oaen; ( Mr H. Jennings's) 1.150 at Nantes, 4,000 ( p i) at Nantes, 1,600 at Blois, 4,000 ( p i) at P6rigueux, 4,000 ( p i) at Pompadour, and 1.200 ( s p) at Paris 7 5 MONARQUE, by Sting, The Baron, or The Emperor ; Count F. de Lagrange's— 4,700 ( Prix des Pavilions) and 4,200 at Paris, 3,500 and 4,900 at Chantilly, 4,000 ( f> i) at Boulogae- sur- Mer, 4,000 ( p i) at Moulins, 6,600 ( p i) at Paris, and 14,800 ( Grand Prix Imperial) ait Paris 8 4 MR HENRY, by Ion; M Mosselman's— 2.875 at Versailles .. l 5 M DE SAINT JEAN, bv Commodore Napier; M de Van- teaux's— 2,700 and 4.000 ( p i) at Bordeaux, 1,900 aad 1,575 at Limoges, and 4,900 ( Grand Prix du Midi) at Pompadour 5 3 MUSEUM, by Brocardo; Count P. Roederer's— 1,450 at Paris and 2,000 ( p s) at Saint Brienc 2 4 NAT, by Mr Waggs—^ Count de Perregaux's— 6,000 ( Prix du Cadran) at Paris, 2,700 at Chantilly, and 1,500 at Angers 3 5 NINETTE, by Stroagbow; M Beaoist's— 2,000 at Nantes .. 1 3 NOBLESSE, by Gladiator; Mr T. Carter's— 1,415( sp) at Amiens 1 3 ODESSA, by The Baron or Assault; Count de Moray's— 4,900 ( ft) at Laon 1 6 ODETTE, by Commodore Napier; M F. Lapland's— 1,500 at Autun, 705 at Pompadeur, and 1,200 at Mezteres- en- Brenne 3 a OEKOUSTA, by Faut? h a Ballagh; Viscount A. Talon's— A Work of Art at Valenciennes and a Sweepstakes ( ft) at La Marche 2 5 OUYERTURE, by Tipple Cider; Count P. Roederer's— 1,250 at Saintes, 1,700 ( ft) Blois, 500 at Mondoubleau, and COOatlllisrs 4 3 PCEAN, by The Hero; Mr Stanley Lowe's— 1,250 ( m) at Boulogne- sur- Mer j 3 PALADIN, by The Baron or Caravan; M LuDin's— 2,000 ( sp) at Paris 1 5 PARKER, by Commodore Napier; M T. de Sevin's— 3,000 at AngoulSme, 2,500 ( p p) at Limoges, 1,150 at Moatauban, and 1,500 aad 1,515 at Toulouse 5 3 PATIENCE, by Ioa or The Prime Warden ; M C, de Terves's — 780 at Guingamp, 780 at Saint- Brieuc, 980 at Rennes, and 1,475 at Quimper 4 6 PENELOPE ; Mr B. Lund's— 3,425 ( s) at Dieppe. ( Mr J. L. Manby's) 1,700 ( s) at La Marche 2 5 PHARAON, by Gladiator or Nautilus; M de Barac6' s— 1,980 at Angers, 1,980 and 1,980 at Vaunes, 1,150 a. Saumur, and 1,000 at Cholet .5 POLYGONS, by Caravan; MrBoultonLeveque's— 980 aiid 1,980 at Angouieme; ( Mde Nieuil's) 400 ( ft) at Saumur, 700 ( « ) at Saint Malo, 500 and 200 ( ft) at Cholet 6 POTOCKI, by Nunnykirk or The Baron; M Lupin's— 5,800 ( Prix de la Vilie de Paris) and 3,400 at Paris, 6,825 ( Prix des Ecuries) aud 50,900 ( the Derby) at Chantilly, and 900 ( s p) at Paris 5 Railway, by Nelson; M Fasquel's— 1,800 ( s) at La Marche'; ( M J. Moyse's) 2,900 ( s) at St Omer, aad 2,350 ( s) at Abbeville 3 REGATE, by Nautilus; M de Moatreail's— 200 ( ft) at Aage'rs and 480 ( h) at St Maixeat .... . 2 REPARTITEUR, , by Tipple Cider; M Basly's- 775 ( ft) at Le Pin 1 ROCKA, by Nuncio; M deBaucarel's— 1,000 aad 600 at Rodez ; 2 RONZI, by Sir Tatton Sykes; Madame Latache de Fav's— 1.350 ( s p) at Paris, 2,600 at Chantilly, 2,040 and 3,200 at Strasbourg, aud 2,700 at Gheat 5 SANS FAQON, by Jeaa Bart; M de Fleuriot's— 500 ( s) at Nantes and 800 ( « ) at Lncon 2 SANS SOUCI, by Sting; Baron Nixon's— 1,000 at Mont de Marsaa 1 SAUNTERER, by Birdcatcher; Mr Jacksoa's— 2,000 ( s p) at Chaatilly .. 1 SERIOUS, by Tory; Prince de Beauvau's— 2,500 at Paris, 1,000 ( s p) at Ghent, and 1,000 ( p s) at Caen 3 SEVILLE, by The Baron: M Schickler's— 5,1C0 at Chantilly l SOT L'Y LAISSE, by Caravan ; Count P. Roederer's— 1,300 at Paris 1 SOUP TICKET, by Napier; M Dartigaux's— 1,050 at Pau .. 1 SPARTACUS, by Gladiator; M de Barace's— 780 at Saumur.. 1 SURESNES, by Nunnykirk or Brocardo; Count Moray's— 3,0S0 ( ft) at Amiens 1 SUEPEISE, by the Prime Warden ; M Jules Boutton's— 980 at Saint Maixent and 780 at Lucon 2 SYLYAIN, by Malton; M T. de Sevin's— 10,600 ( the Derby du Midi) at Bordeaux, 8,600 ( the St Leger de l'Ouest and du Midi) at Angoulfitae, 1,000 ( p s) aad 2,500 ( p p) at Tarbes, aad 2,500 ( p p) and 2,550 at Perigueux 6 THE A, by Electrique; Count F. de Laeraage's— 1,200 at Gheat, 6,100 ( ft) at Boulogne- sur- Mer, 10,600 ( h) and 2,000 ( p s) at Caen, and 2,250 at Valenciennes ... 5 THEODOEA, by The Emperor; Baron Finot's— 800 at Chan- tilly, 1,600 at Versailles, 2,500 ( p p) and 500 at Angers, 2,500 at Rochefort, 4,000 ( p i) at Renaes, 2.150 at Saumur, 1,650 at Perigueux, and 1,000 at Mezieres- eu- Brenne .... 9 TONNERRE DES INDES, by The Baron; M Mosselman's— 4,000 at Chantilly, and 8,000 ( the Grand Criterium) at Paris ..,,.,,, 2 TORRENT, by Tearaway; Mr Kelley's— 960 ( s p) at Amiens.. 1 TREMBLEUR, by Young Emilius; M FasqueFs— 1,700 ( ft) at Paris; ( Baron de la Motte's) 1,500 ( ft) at Spa 1 TEOVATORE, by Iago; M Delamarre's— 3,800 at Chantilly .. 1 VALNA, by Gladiator; Madame Latache de Fay's— 3,600 at Chantilly; ( M Baron's) 1,090 at Abbeville, 1,500 ( p s) at Le Pin, 2,500 ( p p) at Nantes, and 2,500 ( p p) and 1,075 at Craon 6 4 VERDELET, by Gladiator; M de Margest's— 1,025 at Quimper ........ 1 3 VERT GALANT, by The Baron; M Delamarre's— 3,595 at Versailles, 4,450 ( h) at Blois, and 1,415 at Saumur 3 VOLTIGEUR, by Liverpool; M Magoa's— 200 at Avraages and 980 at St Malo 2 VOLTIGEUSE, by Ion or Gladiator; Count de Coislia's— 980 at Poitiers 1 5 WELCOME, by Worthless ; M C. de Terves's— 1,000 at Rodez 1 3 WEBGISS MEIN NICHT, by Malton; M de Vanteaux's— 1,000 ( s p) and 1,000 ( p s) at Bordeaux, 2,600 and 1,500 ( p s) at Limoges, 1,625 and 1,000 at Toulouse, 1,000 ( p s) at Mont de Marsan, and 5,960 ( the Grand St Leger du Midi) at Pompadour 8 XANTIPPE, by Glory; Mr Cassidy's— 780 at Le Mans 1 XENOMANE, by Glory; Count deLoze's— 2,100 ( « ) at Rennes andJ., 500 ( s) at Nantes 2 YATAGAN, by Cataract; M Potin's— A Presentation Whip ( ft) and 450 ( ft) at Angouleme, aad 500 ( ft) at Poitiers 3 4 YORK, by Young Emilius; M Fleche's— 1,000 at Tarbes 1 4 YOUNG BRANDYFACE, by Brandyface; M Loisseau's— 880 at Lucon l 5 YUCCA, by Trim; Count de Breon's— 700 ( s) at Renaes, 1,000 ( s) at Le Mans, 1,100 ( s), at Avranches, 700 ( s) at St Malo, and 780 ( s) at Craon 5 PRINCIPAL WINNERS OF THE YEAR. No. of No. of Amount Owners. Trainers. Winners, Priiea, in francs Count F. de Lagrange— T. Jennings. Chantilly 8 27 M8, S2o » M A. Lupin— R, Cunnington, Chantilly 9 18 128,155 M T. de SSevin— H. Cutler, llont de Marsan .. 5 24 69,400 Prince de Beauvau— H. Jennings, Lamorlaye,. 7 21 60,280 Mdme Lataehe de Fay— J, Boldrick, ChantUly 9 17 52,195t Baron de la Motte- H. Lamplugh Chantilly .. 4 10 48,450i M de Yanteaux— M Desmaisons, Saint- Jean Ligourre S. v. i.. 15 « , 300 Count de Morny— T. Hurst, Chantilly 4 13 28,000 M Fasquel— F. Kent, Courteuil, near Chantilly 7 14 26,665 M A. Fould— W. 1J. Smith, Mont de Marean.. 4 17 24,630 M. C. de Terves— W. Bains, Angers 5 ...... 17 21,495 Baron Finot— R. Carter, Chantllly 2 10 17,100 iZTIm ™ 0"} Carter. ChantiHy .... 4 6 16.260 Mr H. Jennings— H. Jennings, Lamorlaye.... 1 >,.... 6 15,950 Mr T. Parr- F. Kellow, England 1 1 15,250 M Mo8selman— T. Carter, jan, Compi6gne.... 2 ...... S ...... 14,875 Count de Coislin— T. Harst, jun, Angers 2 4 14,880 Mr J. L. Mauby— Enoch, St Germain en Laye 8 4 13,875 Count de Perregaux— W. Stinger and A. Briggs, Chantilly" 2 ...... 4 12,589 M deBehatueViUe} T- Smilh- C1' antiUy 4 1 W Count de Bony- W. P. Smith, Mont de Marsas 1 ...... 4 11,125 M de Barace— Joseph, Angers 4 ...... 8 10,630 Count P. Rcederer— J. Bains, Chantilly 4 8 9,800 M Basly— J. Marguerin, Caen 3 5 8,975 Baron de Nexon— Chifney, Bordeaux 4 5 8,900 Mr W. Craven- C. Balehin, England 1 1 8,875 BaronDaru— H. Gibson, Chantilly 8...... 4 8,750 CouatA. de Mont's— H. Cutler. MentdeMarsan 2 6 8,700 M A. Scbiekler— W. Balchin, Chantiliy 2 2 8,300 * Exclusive of the Goodwood Cup and 14,250 francs (£ 570) in specie, and a Handicap Sweepstakes, for two year olds, at Newmarket, of 3,62a francs (£ 145). t Exclusive of a Handicap Plate of 1,250 francs (£ 50) at Newmarket, t Exclusive of 11,000 francs( £ 440), for steeple chasing and hurdle racing in England. PRINCIPAL WINNING HORSES. Age. No. of Amount Prizes, in francs. M. A. Lupin's Potocki, by The Baron or Nunnykirk S ..,. 5 .... 67,825 Count F. de Lagrange's Mdlle de Chantilly, by j 3> t>> qi<( i 52,559 8 .... 46,700* 2 .... 82,800 5 .... 30,650 6 .... 27.750 8 .... 23,250 7 .... 22,550 6 .... 22,159 Gladiator m Count F. de Lagrange's Monarque, by Sting, The 1 Baron, or The Emperor S ~ M A. Lupin's Florin, by Surplice S ,. Baron de la Motte's Frane Picard, by Nautilus orl Royal Oak J » • • M T. de Sevin's Sylvain, by Malton 3... MT. de Sevin's Conde, by The Libel 4 .. Prince de Beauvau's Duchess, by Caravan 3 ., Count F. de Lagrange's Thea, by Electrique —,, 3 .. Madame Latache de Fay's Last Born, by Elthiron 13 or Freystrop J Mr H. Jenning's and T. Carter's Monarchist, by ? - TheEmperer j Baron Finot's Theodora, by The Emperor 5 .. M de Vanteaux's Wergiss MeinNieht, by Malten.. S .. Count F. de Lagrange's Dame d'Honneur, by The \ , Baron i * Mr T. Parr's Fisherman, by Heron 4 , j M ile Vauteaux's MdeSt Jean, by Frospero or\ 5 Commodore Napier y " Count de Morny's Diamant, by La Cloture orl4 Cararan J " Count de Coialin's Mdlie Marco, by Ion 3 i. Prince de Beauvau's Miss Cath, by Gladiator...... 4 .... 5 Baron de Monnecove's Casse Cou, by The Dean.... a .... 2 M A. Fould's Miss Anna, by Sting 8 8 M Mosselman's Tonnerre des Indes, by The Baron 2 .... 2 * Exclusive of the Goodwood Cup and £ 570 in specie ( 14,250f) won in England. 5 ... 7 ... S ... 20,800 18,850 16,700 15,559 15,250 15,075 14,470 18,400 12,925 12,580 12,445 12,080 country. About 985,000f (£ 3&, 400) have been woa during the year 1a 367 prizes, of which about I2i, 000f (£ 4,810) have been won in 57 steeple chases and hurdle races, in the proportion of 95,000f( £ 3,800) to 33 steeple chases, and 26,000f (£ 1,040) to 24 hurdle races, the remainder, amounting to 864,000f (£ 34,560), being divided into 310 different prizes on the flat. The various sums of money have been won by 159 horses, of which 31 are '• jumpers," who have also carried off about 10 of the flat races, amounting to ll. ooof, So that as aear as possible these have woa m all 132,000f( £ 5,280), leaving 853,000f( £ 34,120) to the regular flat race horses, divided between 128 winners io 3 « 0 prizes. It will be seen that the great Aumont stud, although changed into the hands of Count F. de Lagrange, stills holds the highest Snf^^ H61^ 6' notwithstanding the Derby this season is va ™ °> ts of P « zes won, and there can belittle doubt that this stable was formed and conducted by its late owner so infinitely more scientifically than any other iu this country that for a length of time we may expeci to see its prestige alone sufficient to awe many would- be " turfites" from making their debuts, under the impression that the secret oj success has been purchased with the stud of horses so maay years the terror of all its rivals. M Lupin hoRis a high positioa on account of his extraordinary good luck m warning the Derby with his fourth best (?) horse. Potocki, after the fall of his " crack," Floriu, who also had the good fortune to meet Mdlle de Chautilly lame at Paris- otherwise the stable has not shown to advantage. The most striking advance is that of the Midi stable of M T. de Sevin, which, being his first year, augurs well for a future day. The society running under the name of the Prince de Beauvau holds a respectable position on the list, although but a poor return for the great expenses incurred by the establishment, whose valuable purchases and fine specimens in training most unaccountably perform anyhowbutin chajacter withtheexpecta- turns formed of them. Madame Latache de Fay is aot quite so successful as last year- the stable having missed several little certainties through want of management, or the management of too maay would- oe admirers of the stud, whom it would best suit the traiaer s interest to introduce to the door of his stable as qaietly as need be. The De la Motte confederacy of course hold their own, no one at present attempting to make head agaiast them- report, however, speaks of a rival aext seasoa, who will stop at no expense in the purchase of a " thorn- topper" to show the way to Franc Picard. M. de Vanteaux's. is the next fortunate stable from the Midi, and M Fould's holds a forward position, although wanting the success of last seasoa— the three quite putting into the shade the stables from the West, whose most fortunate representative is M C. de Terves, after whom follow Count de Coislin and M de Baratu. Count Morny and MM Fasquel de Courteuil show in some little " form" at last, and perhaps the day is dawning when the perseveraace of the latter gentleman will be rewarded. Baron Finot, MM Delamarre, de Lauristoa, and Mosselman, show some success, the latter owing entirely to his, " crack" two year old Toanerre des aides, first favourite for next year's Derby, aad considered by judges the finest horse ever produced iu Fraace. The Uuat de Perngaux's stable gave great promise ia the spriag, but weat off towards the end of the year, and passed into the hands of M C. Leclercq— holding position on our list just ahead of the society running under the mame of Count d'Hedouville, whose bad luck is mostprovokiugly coasisteat! Mr Manby's steeple chase stable is the only one holding a semblance of opposition to the owners of Frane Picard, aad is advaacing gradually. MM. de Moats aad Boay have re- trograded considerably, whilst Baron de Nexon is almost sta- tionary. M Basly, at Caen, has produced a wiauer or so, aad J. Bains, at Chaatilly, has contrived to win with each of the moderate auimals in his charge belonging to Count P. Roederer, whilst Baron Daru's stable is just worthy of mention as being or some promise fornext year. Mr Schickler's success does not appear very great at present, but for a first aapearance is not to be despised, and the stable must eventually come to the front for good blood will never be denied. The successful^ visifcs of the Eng- lish are testified to by the appearance of Mr T. Parr and Mr W. Craven on the list; and finally Mr H. Jennings, of Lamlorlaye, appears a good winner through a fortunate " claim" from Mr T. Carter, whose great stable can count but three small prizes throughout the year. The principal wianiag horse in Fraace of the year is the Derby victor, Potocki, who cleared his four spring engagements, and aever won a race afterwards. Mdlle de Chantilly is the next successful, and outstrips her stable com- panion Monarque oa the list ia the order named; but, taking into coasideration the value of the Goodwood Cup, the old horse is most deservedly and absolutely the greatest winner of the year. Fiona, Sylvaui, Dachess, Thea, Last Born, aad Wergiss- meia- Nicht, represeat the remaiader of the successfal three year olds, and are very good specimens; but, ia conjunction with Potocki and Mdlle de Chaatilly tVieir ruaaing has beea too " ia aad oat" to admit of auy comparison as to their relative merits— stoaes," not pounds, being the t ifiing difference upon various occasions. Conde, Theodora, Dame d'Hoaaeur, Diamaat, M de Saiat Jeaa, and Miss Cath have rua oa well from their three year old form, aad Monarchist also appears in a high place; bat the success of this horse is more to be attri- buted to the politeness of those who did aot choose to oppose him than to his real merits. Old Franc Picard is agaia worthy of hoaourable mention," and his stable companion, Casse- cou, has also the honour of a place. Fisherman's single race speaks for itself. Mdlle Marco and Miss Anna are both good fillies, and he who has a better than the two year old who has scored his two raas aad figares at the bottom of the list, may well expect to see his animal figure at the " head of the poll" in 1858. The confasioa la the table of the stallioas is most disreputable, aad, were we aot assured that the improper practice of allowing the brood- mares to be pat to different horsts for one and the same price ( to please the lazy aad blockhead grooms who have charge or them,) woald be put an ead to aext season, we should despair for the future of the French Stud Book. By referring to the horses of doubtful pedigree, it will be seen that they are most of them good oaes, aud will eventually be brought into use; and if by chance Monarq& e should have the honoar of beiag presented to Gareaae, why such a produce would upset the whole object of the Stud Book aad the theory of breeding, It will be seea that Gladiator— who was destroyed during the past summer through having become worn out— holds the highest position as a stock- getter, and the horse may be said to have been invaluable from the number of good runners b< L. « a8„ Produced, and the stoutaess, as well as speed, which all have showa. The Emperor, it will be remembered, aiter one year's residence ia this country, and his French stock, which are of that year only, have shown themselves to be possessed of all the attributes desirable in the race horse ; he stands but fourth in the list of saccessful stallions, but were the winnings of Moaarque ( who is declared to be unquestionably his produce,) addedjto those of his other stock he would just about rival Gladiator. The Baron appears to have recovered from the qaestioaable state iato which he had fallen a few years back, aad his present position looks very favourable, iadepeadeat of the prospect held oat by the spleadid specimeas of his youag stock aow ia the paddocks or ia the traiaer's haads. Malton has jumped most saddealy into a high reputatioa from the perrormaaces of his three year olds— Sylvaia and Wergiss- mein- Nicht, bred ia the Midi. This horse should be brought to Paris Bext seasoa, if possible, as also should Caravan, whose stock appear to possess great speed, aad are aot deficieat ia stout- ness. bting is still iu favour, but has aot produced auythiag very good of late. Ioa, Commodore Napier, and Mr Waggs are all deserving of the breeder's attention, as also are The Prime Warden, aad perhaps Saiat Germaia. Elthiroa gets very fine stock ; but Nuacio, siace he left the Haras of Fay, is no longer heard of; and Brocardo, who also gets fiae prodace, caaaot pro- duce a race horse. Electrique aad Eremos by Young Emilius, are not to be slighted, and had they a chance given them by beiag put to good mares, might probably well repay the at- tempt, as also might Balthazar, who has a distant cross of the Arab in his blood, but whose solitary representative is anything but a bad oae when required. Slane is now ia Englaad, aad Nautilus holds a positioa only from claiming Franc Picard as his son. Nunnykirk is at the bottom of our list, but is uuqaes- tioaably the sire of Potocki. The aamerical force of the stallioas coveriag ia Eaglaad is quite disproportioaate, aud speaks much for the advantages, to a certain exteat, of purchasing mares in foal to good horses in Eagland. Upon the whole the positions of the animals can in no wisebe takeu as criterioasof their success, a glance at the winnings of the doubtfully gotten animals show- ing that, could their wiaaings be added to any particalar horse's other produce, the table would be altogether differeat frem the " jumble" produced by the before meatioBed objectionable prac- tice, renderiag discerameat iu breeding from such horses just so much nonsense. SUCCESSFUL STALLIONS. No. of Prizes. No. of Winning Stallions. Produce. * Qladiator( a) ( 6) ( e), by Partisan .. 11 Malton ( a), by Sheet Anchor The Baron ( d) ( « ) Ji) ( i), by Bird- catcher 8 * The Emperor (<!), by Defence 8 Caravan ( h) [ I), by Camel. Sting 0), by Slane 9 1 5 1 5 . . I Mr Waggs! hy Langar ............ 4 tHeron, by Bustard fSurplice, by Touchstone Ion ( b)( ff), Dy Cain tThe Libel, by Pantaloon Commodore Napier ( j), byRoyalOak Electrique, by Young Emilius .... Amount in francs. 31 104,830 25 68,665 1> 8 tBTrdeatC'her. by Sir Hercules.,.... 5 7 tThe Dean, by Voltaire 1 2 + Sir Tatton Sykes, by Melbourne .. 1 5 The Prime Warden ( ff), by Cadland 2 8 Saint Germain, by Attila 2 S BrocadoCf), by Touchstone 4 5 tPyrrhus the First, by Epirus...... 8 ........., 4 Elthiron ( e) ( it), by Pantaloon 4 ......... 5 Nuncio, by Plenipotentiary 4 5 tArchy, by Camel 1 4 • Nelson, by Dangerous 1 .......... 8 " . - •-- 1 4 1 I 1 8 1 8 4 6 20 46,675 19 ' 87,990 21 ...... 82,760 2 32,800 10 24,815 8 23,250 12 28,120 22,150 20,800 15,250 14,800 12,500 11,890 11,150 8,825 8,750 8,700 8,250 7,760 7,675 7,050 6,500 6,400 6,000 5,715 5,540 5,425 Eremos, by Young Emilius tRed Hart, by Venison Balthazzar, by Royal Oak Slane, by Royal Oak Liverpool, by Liverpool Nunnykirk ( « )(/), by Touchstone. Nautilus ( « )( » » ), by Cadland The following horses, who are considerable winners, are of doubtful pedigree, but claim the above- named horses for their sires, as indicated by the small letters attached to each :— ( a) Phara » n, hy Gladiator or Nautilus, Voltigeur, by Gladiator or Ion. ( c) Garenne, by Gladiator, Eithiron, or Freystrop. [ d) Monarque, by Stiag, The Baron, or The Emperor. \ e) Potocki, by The Baron or Nunnykirk. ( f) Suresnes, by Brocardo or Nunnykirk. \ g) Patience, by Ion or The Prime Warden. ( A) Paladin, by The Baron or Caravan. (?) Odessa, by The Baron or Assault. ( j) M de Saint Jean, by Commodore Napier or Prospero. ( k) Last Born, by Eltliiron or Freystrop. ( I) Diamant, by La Cloture or Caravan. ( m) Franc Picard, by Royal Oak or Nautilus. * Dead. t Serving in England. ——— WINNING JOCKEYS. G. Abdale, Chantilly 4 * G. Abray, Chantilly i T. AshmaH, England 1 tR. Agates, in the West 1 J. Boldrick, Chantilly 8 Bartholemew, Chantilly 2 * W. Bunn, Belgium 5 J. Bains, Chantilly 4 * W. Boldrick. ChantiUy.......... 2 C. Baines, Chantilly 2 T. Clay, Angers 10 Chifney, Compi& gne 9 * J. Cassidy, Sourches .. 10 * G. Cunnington, Chantilly ...... 2 Crouch, Courteuil, HearChantilly 3 BABBIT COURSINGV- HEHRY ASTE^ EY r HE KEY DEA. IT. — The plaintiff, a potter, living at Wolstanton, was represeated by Mr Litchfield, and the defendant, an engine- driver at Tunstall, kj y Mr Teaaat, aad the aotioa was brought to recover £ 5 for wilful damage to a dog during a rabbit coursing. The plaiatiff's evidence ameuBted to this. Oa the 9th Nov, a match for a rab- bitr ace betweeB the two dogs was fixed to come off ia the Stubba Field, Newcastle, for £ 5 a side. The plaiatiff backed his own dog, aad the defeadaat oae belongiag to Joha Catoa. Ten rabbits had beea killed, the plaiatiff's dog haviag woa six aad the defeadaat's dog four. Whea ruBaing the Bext race the plaiatiff's dog was withia about a yard of the rabbit, aad was just spriaging at it, whea the defeadaat deliberately kicked the dog ia the chest aad turued it over, aad thas it lost the rabbit, aad had Bot rua siace, and probably aever would be able again. The plaiatiff described his dog as a " whippet," or a bull aad greyhoaud, aad said that he had beea offered £ 3 for it. It seems that the stakes were afterwards drawa. Several witaesses cor- roborated the plaiatiff's statemeat, oae of whom expressed aa opinion | that but fori he kick the plaiatiff's dog would have won the stakes, whilst aaother estimated the valae of the dog before it was kicked at £ 5.— The defeadaBt, oa beiag placed in the witaess- box, deaied that he had kicked the dog, but said that the dog ran against his leg and almost knocked him down as he was ruaaiag, aad that three races were rua after Astbury's dog was said to be injured. Witaesses were called to corrobo- rate the defeadaat's statemeat, which, as will be observed, was diametrically opposed to the case for the plaintiff.— His honour said he had ao doabt that the defeadaat wilfully kicked the dog to prevent it from winning the race; that the dog was perma- nently iajured; aad that the aaimal, for anything which had beea showa to the coBtrary, was of the value sought to be re. covered.— Judgment for £ 5, to be pftid forthwith.- H. Cutler, Mont de Blarson .... 4 F. Carter, Chantilly ... 1 W. Carter, Chatitilly 2 tCaillotin, Chantilly 2 tCouchman, in the Midi 2 TP. Duraud. Chantilly 5 fj. Durand, in the West ........ 2 W. Esling. Chantilly 2 D. Edwards, Angers 3 * Enoch, St Germain en- Laye.... 4 D. Ellain, Lamorlaye, near Chan- tilly 18 Flatman, Chantilly 9 Hullock, Chanlilly 2 E. Hardy, in the West 2 H. Hurst, Chantilly 4 RH. Jordan, in the Midi 1 f Joseph, Angers 7 tF. L'Huillier, Caen 6 * H. Lamplugh. Chantilly 10 W. Ludlam, Chantilly. 5 * Lambert, Chantilly 2 tLouis, in the West 2 fMarbouty, in the West 1 Morrison, Chantilly 1 C. Moss. Chantilly 2 Middleditch, Bordeaux 8 J. Maxstead, Richelieu 6 J. Mitchell. Richelieu 12 Nightingall, England .......... 1 J. Osborne, ChantiUy 7 fPhilibert, in the West 1 A. Pantal, ChantUly 1 t H. Prunet, in the Midi 2 * W. Planner, Chantilly 4 G. Pratt, Chantilly 5 C. Pratt, Lamorlaye, near Chan- tilly 12 tP. Prunet, Mont de Margan .... 16 fRibourre, in the Midi 1 Rickards, Chantilly 8 Staples, Mont de Marsan 25 Spreoty, Chantilly 19 A. Steele, Reims 5 tTrevidy, in the West 2 * S. Trudgett, iu the West 1 tVignon, Chantilly 1 J. Watkins. Compiggne 6 WeUs, England 2 * F. Wakefield, ChantiUy 2 W. Yates, Angers 8 Kitchener, Chantilly 12 . , " Walks- over" not counted as winning " mounts." * Jockeys who ride steeple chases aud hurdle races besides races on the flat. French jockeys. Baron Finot Count de la Palme Viscount A. Talon Viscount Lauriston..., MPotin M Cartier Viscount de St Roman GENTLEMEN JOCKEYS. ...... 5 3 Count Perregaux 1 Duke de Caderousse 1 Captain George 1 Mr Kelley 1 M J. de StVallier 1 M de Nieuil 1 MG. Fould 1 Our tables of Turf statistics for 1857 exhibit a steady im- provement upon last year in the number of prizes given, both to the " legitimate interest" and the performers over the I EMFHROB AND FIY.— John Gimbert of Tanstall has matched his white dog Emperor agaiast Joha Beech's Fly of Kidsgrove, 11 out of 21 courses, 60 yards law, for £ 20 a side. Fly is aot to exceed 201b, aad Emperor to rua at catch weight. The match is to be decided at Bellevue, Maachester, OB the 25th of January* and Mr Holden has received the first deposit of £ 5 each. Mr J. Trow of Salford is selected as referee. POSET AND NELSON.— Mr John Trow of Salford has matched his dog Nelsoa against James Wroe's Posey of Clifton, for £ 5 a side, eight out of 15 courses, 60 yards law, each to raa catch weight. The match is fixed for the 4th of January, at Mr Beesley's, Waggou aad Hors 8, St etford, Bear Maachester aad the first deposit of £ 1 a side has been paid to Mr Holden. A Sweepstakes will take place on New Year's Day, at the Copenhagea Grounds, Newtoa Heath, aear Maachester, for dogs aot exceediag 23lb, 4oz allowed. First prize £ 3, secoad £ 1, third 10s; alleatries to be made at the Copenhagen Grouads before eleven o'clock oa the day of runniag. NURR AND SPELL— Simoa Wood of Castle Edea Colliery will play Edward Caia of Trimdoa Colliery, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side, woodea aurrs, aad play at Caia's owa place, or Wood will take oae rise iB 20 of Matthew Headersoa of Old Trimdon, or John Wetherell of Trimdoa Grange caa have oae rise ia 20, for the like sam. Moaey ready at Mr Joha Oliver's any Bight aext week. DOMINOES.— Edward Dawsoa of SeatoB Colliery will play any maB within 12 miles, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side, double sixes, seven out each. Apply or direct to E. Dawson, Vane Arms, Seaham Harbour. PIGEON ELYING.— Samael Mills of Tipton will fly his pigeoa agaiast aay maB's ia Tiptoa, from Birmiagham or Wol- verhamptoa, for £ 5 a side. Money ready at Mr John Seed- house's, Summerhill, TiptoB, any time next week. SHIPWRECK OIT THE ISLE OE MAN AND Loss OE LIES.— Iatelligeace has beea received of the total loss of the screw steamship Earl of Carrick, bouad from Ayr to Liverpool, off the Isle of Man. The uafortaaate catastrophe took place OB Sun- day last, wheB she stru « k upou a reef of rocks off Marby Point, aear Douglas, Isle of Man, aad SOOB after bec& me a total wreck. She had, ia additioa to the crew, oae pas3eager on board, but with the exception of two of the former, all met with a watery grave. The two survivors were washed on shore, and taken to Doaglas. Those are the oaly particalars yet known. The Earl of Carrick was a fiae screw steamer, iroa, of 590 tons, aad com- maaded by Captain John Allenhy. MUEDEE NEAK DARLINGTON.— An adjourned inquest was held on Friday week at Crook ( a colliery village on the Stockton aad Darlingtoa Railway) on the body of Michael Turner. ^ j, was killed in one of those violeat rows which now an£ ^^ take place among the pitmea." He was struck ea the « « j am a coal- rake, which broke ia his skull. He fell, anc^'^ after. done," aad asked for a driak of water, and Bgjjwasdesoribea wards. The fight took place in a public- hous § ti » After hearing by one witaess as a " fight with haads and^ a ver< iict of WUM a good deal of evidence, the juryre^ absconded from the Murder against John Murphy, ^ hension was placed in. the place, and a warrant for his , * hands of the police. MEETING. COURSING. COURSING FIXTURES FOR 1857. DECEMBER. PLACE. COUNTS'. JROAII. Holt. * Worcestershire.. Mr A. Bennett .. Tradesmen's ( Home Park, Hampton) .... Middlesex ... Kehilworth .. Warwickshire Brought on ( Open), Yorkshire ... Caledonian Lanarkshire . Baldoek ( Open) Herts, Mr M'George .... 29. & a. Mr A. Dal? ell.... 29,30 Mr R. Boulton .. 29& tol. daya Mr Warwick .... se& foLdays JANUARY, 1858. Limerick R. Westrop, Esq. 5,0 Mr M'George.... 5,6 Mr Warwick .... 6 Mr B. Slater .... 6 Mr A. Bennett .. 6& fol, days _ _ Mr Warwick .... 7,8 Deptiord Inn Club V."', Wiltshire,....... Mr M'George,... 7.3,9 Bredwardine Herefordshire .. Mr Warwick .... 12 ^ atWoigh ....:. r... Yorkshire ...... Mr Cundall....... 12,18 Newcastle, West Scorton Op.( Catterick). yorkshire Hewell Park Worcestershire.. Highlander Northumberland. Soulliport Lancashire Allocable C.( Hampton) Middlesex Mr A. Dalzell.... 12,13 UriSerley( Oi) en) Westmoreland SpelthorneClubj Hamp- ton Court Park Middlesex .... NottinghamOpea .... Nottingham .. S... '. '.. . Lancashire ,.., Lanarkshire .. DUraior Meath Burton- on- Trent Club Mr M'Georg* .... 19 Limerick Club ( Glen- n t) 1 Rtsii OaRtlel Mr Owens 20.21 Ato club .......... Lancashire Mr M'George .... 20,21 oKey( Open) ...... Staffordshire .... Mr Warwick .... 21,22 Brough ( Catterick).... Yorkshire | 6, 27 Wexford Wexford Mr 0 wens .. 83 FEBRUARY. Mr M'George.... 12, IS Mr M'George.... H& fol. days Mr A.' balzeli!.'.'! 14,15 ...... 15,18 Ashdown Champion .. Berks.......... Whitehaven Cumberland .. Bidgw& y Ciub( Lytham) Lancashir » ..., Ardrossan Club Ayrshire Newmarket Open Champion Limerick Club ( Derry CaStle) i... Spelthorne Clab Wiltshire • Waterloo Lancashire.... MARCH Altcar Club. . Lancashire 17 limerick Club ( Open) ( Clorane) .......... MrOwens 17.18 APRIL. Limerick Club ( Open) ( Khookrue) MrOwens........ 81.22 Belleek Fermanagh 27.28 Mr M'George.... 1 MrH. Braithwaite 4,5 Mr A. Dalzell,... 4,5 11 Mr M'George.... 15 Mol. days Mr Owens IS, 17 Mr M'George.... 13.17,18 23,24,25 SPELTHORNE CLUB ( HOME PARK, HAMPTON) MEETING— DEC 18 & 19-( CONCLUDED). Stewards: Mr Batt, Mr Begbie, Mr Dean, Mr C. Farnell, and Mr R. C, Long. Judge: Mr M'George. Slipper: John Strattford. The PALACE STAKES, for all ages. I. Mr Jas. Farnell'sbkdFireaway beat Mr Allison's bk bAtalanta Mr Batt's r b Bijou .. ^ Mr Bird's be b p Blue Spirit Mr Batt's Bijou beat Mr J. Farnell's Fireaway, and won the stakes. The VTCXOEIA STAKES, for puppies. Mr Dean's r b Fairy Queen beat Mr Brigg's f b Blink Bonny MrBegbie's bkb British Queen .. Mr C. Farnell's r b Furious ( 1) Mr Bait's r d Bentley .. Mr J. Farnell's r b Fairness Mr W. Long's f b Lorcha .. ^ Mr Dean's bd b Rosati British Queen bt Fairy Queen £ Lorcha beat Bentley Mf W, Long's Lorcha bt Mr Begbie's BritislvQueen, and won the stakes. The SPBLTHOBKE STAKES, for puppies. Mr W, Long's bk d Lord Harry beat Mr Batf s bk w b Belfleur r b P Life let} •. Mr Begbie's r b Beechnut ( I) MrTas. Farnell's bk d Forest .. Mr Bsgbie's w bk d Bounder Mr Saxton's bk w b Susan ,. Mr Cain's f d Claymore II. Life let us Cherish beat Lord | Forest beat Susan Harry 1 . III. Mr R. C. Long's Life let us Cherish beat Mr J. Farnell's Forest, and won the stakes. The PITPPZ CUP and GOBLEI. I. Mr'Bird's bk b Lady Chelsea, by Mansoor outof Lady, beat Mr East's bk d Elastic, by Momentum out of Lass o' Gowrie Mr Jackson's r d Jove, by Baekgammon out of Blameless, beat Mr Begbie's bk w b Bernou, by British Tar out of Regina Mr Brigg's bk b Flyquiek, by Froth out of Flyer, beat Mr C. Farnell's bk d Fellmoiiger, by Froth or Filer out of Furnish Mr W. Long's r b Loodiana, by Scipio out of Ladylike, beat Mr Allison's bk b Arrow, by Ranter out of Ihe Widow Mr Batt's w bk b Belvedera, by Mansoor out of Bona- fide, beat Mr R, C. Long's r b Lady fly, by Scipio out of Ladylike ( 2) Mr Saxton's bkd Sydenham, by Ranter out of Whiff, beat Mr Tweed's • w bk d Tournament, by Froth out of Flyer Mr Dean's r b Sprite, by Steam Engine out of Fleet, beat Mr Langton's bk d Beaux, by Mansofer out of Bona- fide ( 1) Mr J. Farnell's bk b Flounce, by Froth or Filer outof Furnish, beat Mr R. C. Long's be b Lucy Elmore.^ by Doron out of Lydia Languish Jove beat Lady_ Chelsea Loodiana beat Flyquick Sydenham beat Belvedera Sprite beat Flounce Loodiana beat Jove I Sprite best Sydenham IV. Belmont beat Donald Flyaway beat Ariel Belmont beat Flyaway Mr Dean's Sprite beat Mr W. Long's Loodiana, and won the stakes. The TBEASUBEB'S CUP. I. MrBegbie's bkw bBounceaway beat Mr Batt's bk b Belle MrR. C. Long's bebLetltiaHardy,. Mr Watson's r b Mother Shipton( l) Mr Saxon's » k dp Sanderstead .. Mr C. Farnell's bk <•? Friend Mr Jackson's bk w d Cantab .. Mr Begbie's bkw d Baudit Mr Batt's bk w d Belmont .. Mr Jackson's bk d Istamboul , Mr East's bk b Miss Donald ,. Mr Cain's w r d Chandos Mr Allison's bkb Ariel .. Mr Jas. Farnell's fb Flyby Mr C. Farnell's r b Flyaway .. Mr R. C. Long's bk w d Lifeboat Letitia Hardy beat Bounceaway | * Cantab beat Sanderstead | • Cantab beat Letitia Hardy | ' IV- Mr Jackson's Cautab won the cup, Mr Batt's Belmont drawn, Saturday brought forth another delightful day, the weather being more like May than December. There were not many courses to run, but that shortcoming was amply compensated for by the beautiful trials we had, which, added to the know- ledge that many of the animals engaged bore first- class cer- tificates, created an unusual interest. PAI. ACB STAKES.— Deciding course— Bijou and Fireaway: A fair trial; the latter, who could but would not go, was beaten easily. VICTORIA STAKES.— Fairy Queen and British Queen: A very long course, and very well contested^ but the latter always went a little the faster. Bentley and Lorcha: This was also a long course; the former went the faster, but the latter was the better worker, which gave her the course; in the next run between her and British Queen, which was a very fair trial, Lorcha succeeded in placing the stake to her owner's credit. SPELTHOEBE STAKES.— Lord Harry and Life let us Cherish: The latter decidedly the better greyhound, although the former tried hard. Forest and Susan: A long race to the hare, which Forest easily obtained, turning the hare to Susan, who in turning her again came in collision with the judge's horse, and was so ./ injured that she was immediately destroyed. In the deciding course between Forest and Life let us Cherish, the former led to the hare, which was nearly the only point he made, the latter winning easily. PUPPY CXTP AND GOBLET.— Jove and Loodiana: The former, who ran on the reside, got to hie hare first and made some points, which the latter was able to upset before the course ended. Sydenham and Sprite : From the high character of these dogs great interest was excited, but the former, who ran in any- thing but his usual style, was very easily beaten. In the de- ciding course between Sprite and Loodiana, which, although short, was very interesting, Sprite cleverly won. TREASUREB'S CUP.— Cantab and Letitia Hardy: Prettily con- tested, but very much in favour of the former. Belmont and Flyaway: A very long course, with plenty of work on both sides, but in every trial of speed Belmont showed himself a little the fastest. The deciding course between Cantab and Belmont was aotrun, the latter being drawn. This course finished the meeting, which everything has con- tributed to render a thorough enjoyable one. I have, never seen hares in the Home Park run 90 well; and Mr Bainbridge, the keeper, was justly complimented on their number and quality, Mr M'George, after an absence of fifteen years, again ap- peared in the park in the capacity of judge, and got through his duties in a very satisfactory manuer; and John Stratford and Talbot, who came from Swindon together, both deserve praise, the former as slipper, and the latter as the trainer of the two Cup winners.— Yours, & c, JUDEX, LIMERICK CLUB ( KNOCKRUE) MEETING- DEC 16 & 17. Stewards: W. H. Barrington, Thomas Fosbery, John Bayley, jun, James Spaight, and George A. Pollock, Esqs. Judge; Mr William Owens. Slipper : Mr Considine. The KITOCKBUB ( Open) STAKES. Mr Westropp's r b Tseha beat Sir Fitzmaurice's bk w b Marionette Mr Fosberrv's bk d Fireblast .. Mr Spaighfs bkb Nelly Bly( l) Mr Spaight'sfb Blanche .. Mr Dunbar's bk b Forfeit ( 1) Mr Dunbar's bk d Big Lunatic .. Mr Wallis's r b Gipsy Mr Wallis's bk w b Magic ran a bye^ Tscha ran abye Big Lunatic beat Magic - Fireblast beat Blanche HL Fireblast beat Tscha I Big Lunatic ran a bye IV. MrFosberry's FireblasPbeat Mr Dunbar's Big Lunatic ( 2), and won the stakes. The TJTEO STAKES. I. MDe^ ShteiTy nS ' b Heart'S} beat Mr Westropp's r d pInspector d Sprig ofl / Mr Barrington's bd b Weasel J " 1 ( lateDinls) { Mr Russell's bk d p Richmond II. ( dr) Take- em- in ran a bye BLEWBURY AND CHILTON MEETING- DEC 22 & 23. Stewards : Geo. Morant and J. Alison, Esqs. Honorary Secretary • John S. Bowles, Esq. Judge: Mr M'George. Slipper: Thos. Raper. The BLEWEtrax CUP, I. MRodtPi4rony'S ^ W b} beat Mr Morant'sbkd The Mummy Mr Allison's wbkd Asia Minor 1 / Mr Lewis's bk d Lightin Darkness ( late Daylight) /•• I ( late Black Shadow) , """ Mr Smith's bk d Shylock Mr Prince's bk w d The Provost Mr Blick's w bk d Perceptible Mr Berry ns bk b Daisy Mr Berry's bk b Zeta MrBowles's r b Beauty of the Day., Mr Ingham's w bk d Balcamoor.. Mr Bursell's r b Bed Bess Asia Minor beat Rock Pigeon Perceptible beat Daisy Mr Long's r b Lady Fiy Mr Pant « r* s r b Cuckoo Elr Etwali's f b Evergreen ( 1 dr) Capt Bathurst's bk d Bearskin II. III. Beauty oLthe Day beat Zeta Red Bess beat Balnamoor Perceptible beat Red Bess Asia Minor bt Beauty of the Day . IV. Mr Blick's Perceptible beat Mr Allison's Asia Minor, and won the cup. The CHILTON CUP. Mr Smith's bk d Le Julf beat Mr Allison's fd Antelope Mr Curtis's bk d Clipper Mr Blick's bk b Hopmarket Mr Beisley's bk w d Sambo Mr Marshall's w f d Cornet! Graham , J" Mr Allison's w bk d Alton! Towers ( late Jehu) )'' Mr Long's fb Trick Mr Lowe ns t d Chesterfield Mr Reed's f d Fawn Mr Saunders's bk b Swallow Mr Morant's bk 4 Mainmast Mr Prince's f b Breeza Mr Long's f bLisette / Mr Hatchett's bd b Hasty ( late 1 Skipper) Mr Jennet's f d Improvement II. I AltonTowersbt Cornet Graham I Trick beat Chesterfield III. I Hopmarket beat Alton Towers iv. mat- —— Mr Long's Trick beat Mr Blick's Hopmarket, and won the cup. The DIDCOI ST& KE3. MLmPa°^( lateV « nsbS} beat^ Mr Ferrand's f dFungus Clipper beat Le Juif Hopmarket beat Sambo Triek beat Clipper Mr Oollins's bk d Sailor Capt Bathurst's bk w d Be Quick.. Mr Etwall's w f d Endurance Mr Lewis's bk b Lynx .. Mr Jenner's f w b Hannah Mr M. Dawson's r b Pretty Lass,. Mr Morant's bk b Merkin Abraham Parker beat Sailor Endurance beat Be Quick Abraham Parker beat Hannah Mr Baggs's bk b Blink Bonny Mr Theyers's bd b Stella Mr Blick's t d Bobby B Mr Allison's rlw b Ant- eater Mr Bowles's bd b Beauty of the Mr Reed's bk d Midnight [ Night Mr Raxworthy's bk w d Rubens II. III. i I IV. Hannah beat Lynx Pretty Lass beat Merkin Pretty Lass beat Endurance Mr M. Dawson's Pretty Lass beat Mr Allison's Abraham Parker, and won the stakes. The WABEEK STAKES. I. Mr Blick's f b Columbine beat Mr Collins's bk d Captain Mr Morant's bk b Marchioness Mr Allison's w f d Belphegor .. Mr Ferrand's bk b Fatality Mr Lewis's r b Light Heart \ ( late Bright Spirit) }" Mr Lowe's bk b Lady Evelyn .. Mr Long's r b Brunette Mr Theyers's bk b Topsy Columbine beat Marchioness Belphegor beat Fatality Belphegor beat Brunette Mr Saunders's r b Daphne Capt Bathurst's r b Bracelet Mr Betteridge's bk d Ben Mr Dalzell's bkb Bella Mr Long's r b Rip Mr Dawson's bkd Stockton Mr Jenner's bk t b Jeanette II. Lady Evelyn beat Light Heart Brunette beat Topsy Lady Evelyn beat Columbine J, I IV. Mr Lowe's Lady Evelyn beat Mr Allison's Belphegor, and won the stakes. The ILSLEY STAKES. 1. Mr Etwall's f d Ebberston beat Mr Morant's bk b Merkin Mr Banter's f w b Princess .. Capt Bathurst's bk d Bearskin II. Mr ranter's Princess beat Mr Etwall's Ebberseon, and won the stakes. The COMPTOIT STAKES. Mr Morant's bk d Mainmast beat * Mr Litchfield's bk b Lady [ Night Mr Long's f b Lisette .. Mr Bowles's bd b Beauty of the II. Mr Morant's Mainmast and Mr Long's Lisette divided the stakes. The FABKEOBOTJGH STAKES. I. Mr Reed's r b Rip beat Mr Tagg's bk b Bess Mr Etwall's f b Evergreen .. ^ Mr Long's bk d Locksley Mr Spaight's Shillelagh Mr Barrington's f b Take- em- \ ( late Bee) i Sprig of Shillelagh beat Heart'; Delight III. Mr Barrington's Take- em- in, by Forward out of Gold Dust, beat I Mr Spaight's Sprig of Shillelagh, by Forward out of Puss, and won the stakes. ———> The Knockrue Stakes: Tscha outpaced and outworked Ma- rionette at all points, in a severe course. After an undecided course, Nelly Bly led Fireblast from slips, turned, and served herself, when the dog went by, and turned, Nelly making the, next point. Fireblast, putting on tremendous steam, shot by again, and made a dashing kill. Blanche, after an undecided course with Forfeit, had the heels throughout a long course. Gipsy led the Big Lunatic for fifty yards, when the madman passed her on the outside circle, bucketed his hare about for some time, when the " vagrant" got in, did some work, but defeated her - chance by killing. Magic then ran her bye, and we commenced the Tyro Stakes. Heart's Delight and Inspec- tor : The former had the beginning, and the latter the end of a long course. Sprig of Shillelagh led Weasel, and turned, wrenched, and killed. Take- em- in and Richmond: When slipped, Richmond ran against a cow, knocked her down, the cow falling partly on the dog, this slice of ill luck being a re- gular " talce- in" to his owner, who had to draw his dog from injuries received. The day having, after this course, turned out so wet, the meeting was adjourned until next day.— The Knock- rue Stakes.— Second day: Tscha opened the ball by running her bye. Fireblast and Blanche's course was ditto of the one the dog ran with Nelly Bly on the previous day. Big Lunatic went too fast for Magic, and made a goodly score in the first part of a course, Magic having the finish ; the hare, luckily for the big- un ( as the judge informed me), blinking the bitch in a hedge- row.— The Tyro Stakes : Sprig's course with Heart's De- light I did not see. Take- em- in ran a bye. For the last course for the Tyro Take- em- ia did so to fashion, beating Sprig of Shil- lelagh at all points, and " took" unto herself the stakes. Third Ties for the Knockrue— Fireblast and Tscha: The bitch led from slips, Puss running for a gap over a drain. Tscha flew the drain close to the gap, which brought her to a momentary check; the dog going through the gap, by this means being on his stride, he rushed in and picked UD his hare. Big Lunatic ran a bye. Fourth Ties for the Kuockrue: After two undecided courses, in one of which Lunatic led, and made two turns, Fire- blast, who was lying on his quarters, rushed past the mad- un, and picked up poor puss. In the other Fireblast led, and did some work, Big Lunatic seemingly unsighted for a moment, when he came in and killed in somewhat a similar manner to Fireblast's in the first course. At last the brace were slipped for the " final tie." Away they went together, when in a few strides the mad chap threw up his head aud got unsighted ; but seeing Eireblast going at a wall he cut in, and the animals came nearly on equal terms. Fireblast then made four peints, t the work, " after this," became pretty even, and a long i ensued. Fireblast then got unsighted in his turn, by the to pu& J"" D8 right through a lot of cows* the madman sticking turned,"^ making two points ; when Fireblast again joined, enough to \ vki^ ec1, S0111 ® gentlemen were " big lunatics" in bothtuo un& Lan( i teil judge that Fireblast was beaten nions, the decisioi& d courses ; but in ours, and in many opi- outthe meeting coufif ™ 1? in this, but in every case through- been impugned We ha$^ or should not for a moment have state but the simple therefore - ad won the course byfive of the bhnk, Fireblast Mr Reed's Rip beat Mr Etwall's Evergreen, and won the stokes. [ FROM AN OLD A3TD. ESTEEMED CORRESPONDENT.] This sporting affair came off on Tuesday and Wednesday last, and was a " decided hit." This new meeting originated with- the honorary secretary, and was carried out by him in a manner highly satisfactory to all present. In fact it was the most suc- cessful riunion of coursers that we have this season had to record in the south. A large party dined together on Monday ( J. S. Bowles, Esq, presiding) at the Didoot Station Hotel. The dinner was of the best description, quite worthy of a first- rate cuisine, and the wines really good. This is no mere compliment to the landlady, Mrs Giles, but the truth j all her arrange- ments during the two days were much approved of, and her reasonable charges will ensure her the future patron- age, not only of this meeting, but of the public at large. Four stakes, of 16 dogs each, were quickly filled, and more nomi- nations were wanted. The coursing on Wednesday was on the property of John Phil" hps, Esq, who was present, taking much interest in the sport' and no oue was more delighted at the number of hares than the worthy fox hunting squire. Twenty- four courses were run by £ Cc, lock'. 1aud, fifty- one; tweuty- eight hares being killed. The j udge declared, at the end of the day, " that he had never, on the downs, decided so many courses of an average leogth," the two exceptions being the courses between Endu- rance and Be Quick, and Topsy and Janette. The decisions were satisfactory and admitted of no cavilling. The running was on light arable free from stones, young wheat, or seeds, and some of the most racing courses were on a tract of turf. This formed a part of the four mile gallop. of Eclipse, ending at Unhill Wood so that we find that the turf of the Ilsley Downs was duly appre^ ciated in those early days of racing. The features of the coursing was that Mr Blick's kennel was in great force, that Mr Alison's dogs ran extremely well, and another Beauty of the Lopez fa- mily made her debut— a brilliant one it was— and firmly esta- blished her as a public favourite. She is a tall lengthy bitch and larger than Bessie of the Vale. ' The newly- imported Scotch dogs, purchased at the sale at Aldridge's, did not act up to their reputation. The same occurred last week at Hampton uourt, aud it possibly may arise from so recent a change of kennel; not that this brace ran in a winning style. Ben, an antique of much local celebrity, having been victor in many a provincial contest, showed great speed, aud had he met with a better hare might! have more exerted himself. This day's sport, long to be cherished in the recollectiou of an immense field, terminated at an early hour, and the coursers from a distance went home charmed with the Blewbury hares and the ground, and too happy will they be to accept Mr Phil- lips's invitation for a renewal of their sport another year. WEDNESDAY.— OHILION.— The beat commenced on arable, the dogs being kept on the turf; finer racing ground could not be desired— a fiat of half a mile, when the hares ascended the steep hill, tested, up aud down the slopes, the best qualities and turning capabilities of their pursuers. Asia Minor ( late Daylight) and Beauty of the Day: A brace of bitches aot easily to be matched either in muscular perfection or in speed and style of running. The Beauty led from the slips, but was passed before the hare was reached; then ensued a most exciting interchange of work, sometimes one had the best of it, then the other, and until the judge shouted " White," the field were in doubtful suspense. The Beauty did not appear to run with the fire she had shown yesterday— not but the other may be the best greyhound. Perceptible ran straight into his hare; he is very = handy in the killing art— a quality most valuable for a fast greyhound. Turk and Clipper: A deal of wrenching with a weak hare, but cleverly won. The same remarks will apply to Abraham Parker and Hannah. Two hares— straight- backed to the very letter, flyers of the first class, and craftily scientific, » f that caste that so well know their own powers as not to allow their pursuers to approach withiu " billable" distance— gave awfully severe trials to Pretty Lass and Eadurance, to Hopmarket and Alton Towers. In both these courses the judge appeared to give more credit to the short close work than he did to the displays of slashing speed and splendid efforts. Alton Towers raced off and gained a first turn of great merit, and throughout, when the hare stretched away, he had the superiority of speed. It certainly was a nice point, but Alton Towers, generally it was thought, ought to have hoisted the flag of triumph. As to the next course, Endurance, in a run up, long enough for some courses, first neared and turned his hare; the, bitch then scored some telling points. In ascend- ing the hill, " the dog put on the steam, and gave some striking go- byes, at times leaving the bitch, driving at and turning her hare in a masterly way, the bitch doing also good work, but not running steady; but enough of the descriptive. Probably the Judge had a • penchant for a " Pretty Lass," which blinded his general scientific discrimination and prejudiced his usual impar- tiality of judgment. The field saw the whole course, and the universal verdict was dissent from . the decision. The ties of the Warren Stakes were cleverly won. Theu followed six satis- factory trials, in one of which Mainmast, showing great speed and stoutness, ran a circuit of the country. The sole and only drawback to the meeting was the deciding courses, the hares, all, not one exception, being weak, and the courses short, but still clear, and beyond a doubt relative to the winners. Perceptible ran very fast, and made some clever points on the arable. As soon as the hare was on the turf, Asia Minor bounded away, and seemed to haye the best of it, but the dog quickly made a splendid kill. The land coursed on to- day is the property of George Bowes Moreland, Esq, but strictly preserved by Mr Bowles for coursing; and, in addition, he rents a gorse cover on the hill belonging to the adjoining manor, which is the key, as to hare, of all the wide range of these beautiful downs. BARTON- UPON- HUMBER OPEN MEETING- DEC 22. ( By kind permission of Rowland Winn, Esq.) Stewards: Messrs C. E. Marfleet, P. Richardson, and H. Nicholson. Judge: Mr G. Warwick. Secretary: Mr J. Davy. The SI LEGEB STAKES, for puppies. Mr Cooper's bk w d Black Jack, by Foster's Flying Dutchman out of Gorlick's Nancy ( March i), beat Mr Marfleet's bk t d Muscovite, by Ranter out of Efiie Deans ( May 4) Mr Cooper's r d Yellow Jack, by Foster's Flying Dutchman out of Gor- lick's Nancy ( March 1), beat Mr Marfleet's f d Malcolm, by Mathe- matics out of Music ( April 22) Mr Brocton's bk d Grasper, by Bendigo out of Music ( May 23), beat Mr W. P. Hammond ns w bd b Piccolomini, by Wolverhampton out of Lizzie ( May 26) Mr W. P. Hammond's r d Hold Hard, by Goldfinder out of No Hurry ( May 22). beat Mr Bartholomew's bk t d Master of Arts, by Dunk el out of Motacilla ( April 14) ' Mr Sayer's bd d First Fly ( late Jenny Jumps), by Augur out of Fly ( May 1), beat Mr Locke's ror fbLady Wishfort, by Neville out of Joust ( Feb 20) Mr Reid ns bk w b Naptha. by Colonel out of Rushlight ( Aug 5), beat Mr Smith's r w d General Wyndhain Mr Davy ns r b Mountain Ash ( late Bit of Heather), by Ptarmigan out of Brilliance ( Feb 10), beat Mr Clark's bk t d Jack Banks, by Foster's Flying Dutchman out ol Marionette ( Feb 2) Mr Bartholomew's bk w b Muscatel, by Music Master out of Fly ( April 14), beat Mr Clark ns bk d Barrister, by Barrator out of RoBe ( July 1) ( S) n Yellow Jack beat Black Jack Grasper beat Hold Hard Grasper beat Yellow Jack L iV. First Fly beat Naptha Muscatel beat Mountain Ash First Fly beat Muscatel reblast is by Blue Light out lei> v Mr Sayer's First Fly beat Mr Broctori's Grasper, and won the stokes. The ROWLAND CUP. I. Mr Clark's w f d Byron beat Mr Hammond's f d Hero ( 3) Mthe IslIden'S bk b Pride ° f}'' Mr Bartkolomew's bk t d Bendigo _ .. , f Mr Bartholomew's bk w p Ba- Mr Davy ns bkb Blue- eyed Lass.. | gateUe [ You Can Mr Clark's bk d Old Goole .. Mr Snowdon's bk d Catch Me if Mr Coates's r w d Artillery .. Mr Reed's bk w b Relay ( 1) Mr Reed's bk t d Mechanic .. Mr Marfleet's bk t b Manganese Byron beat Pride of the Isle _ I' Artillery beat Mechanic III, Blue- eyed Lass beat Old Goole _ Byron beat Blue- eyed Lass Artillery ran a bye Mr Clark's Byron beat Mr Coates's Artillery, and won the cup. The APPLEBY CABB STAKES. I. Mr Marfleet's bk t d Muscovite beat Mr Smith's r w d GeneralWyndham MrBartholomew'sbktd Bendigo.. ^ Mr Marfleet's f d Malcolm Mr Marfleet's Muscovite beat Mr Bartholomew's Bendigo, and won the stakes. We have this week had an opportunity of seeing some of the finest trials, over the Appleby Carr, that could be wished, through the kiud permission of Rowland Winn, Esq, for the ground and hares could not be surpassed. The courses were nearly all run on grass land, as flat as a table, and as smooth as a carpet, the fields being from 20 to 80 acres each, and the hares as stout as steel; and it is only to be regretted that such an oppor- tunity for ft vm trying tlig real qualification ef bjg dog? ghouia have let the opportunity escape, and by so doing leave so small a number to compete for these stakes, and pay so bad a compliment to the worthv and efficient secretary, Mr J. Davy, who gave us every proof of his fitness for the office entrusted to him, and it is to be hoped that he will continue to hold his present position as seoretary to that meeting in future, and be aided by the stewards in keeping order m the field. Mr Warwick officiated as judge, aud we are happy to say he gave the greatest satis- faction, insomuch that there was not heard a murmur, although thni- p were some close contests ; but as he evinced a desire to let the best dog win, those who questioned auy decision, like honest soortsmen, gave him the benefit of the doubt. Mr Presdee's slipping gave equal satisfaction, and although there was some very long slips, which were unavoidable, as he determined to get in the line with his game, letting each dog have tly>, same chance for the run up. The weather being beautifully fine on both days there was nothing to mar the sport. Having stated the preliminaries, we will revert to the dogs. The St Leger Slake for Puppies, at £ 310seach, closed with 16 entries, and comprised the names of some noted puppies ( so that the result of each course was looked forward to with anxiety), including winners of great stakes this year— the greatest favourites being Grasper, Muscovite, Master of Arts, Mountain Ash ( late Bor- ron's Bit of Heather), aud Muscatel. The first to disappoint the public was Muscovite, who got two bad falls in his course by being puzzled at the drains, and was ultimately cleverly de- feated by Black Jack. Grasper justified the support he met with until meeting with First Fly in the last course, wherein he was beaten, not being able to work with his clever opponent; he has great pace, and will always be a dangerous antagonist. Master of Arts was disappointed at a fence OH the river bank, up to which he had won ; but here he lost so much ground that he could not make it up, although the hare was very little used afterwards. Mountain Ash won her first course cleverly, and strengthened the confidence of her backers. Muscatel had three undecided courses with Barrister ( the pro- mising incestuous son of Barrator) wherein, in their third unde- cided course, they divided after two different hares, each having a very severe course; in their next, Muscatel defeated her oppo- nent cleverly by her gameness, but not until it had extinguished her chance for the Stake; and as she had to meet Mountain Ash on the morrow, it was thought a certainty for the latter, but to the great surprise of all, Muscatel was far too fast and clever for her opponent, and beat her, from beginning to end, in a fair average course, thus reviving the hopes of her chance for the Stake; but in her uext she met a wiry clever bitch, First Fly ( late Jenny Jumps), the winner of the stake, who had previously had short courses. They were slipped at a hare, stealing away on the bank side, which was going round a curve; both were un- sighted, but luckily got on equal terms, and had a sharp contest for the run up, which was obtained by the black and white by about three lengths, who took the hare to herself across two fields, wheu her previous severe courses began to tell on her, and in going under some rails, her tiny opponent got on good terms with her game, and being a driving animal, and close worker, did not give a chance away, until just before the kill, when the black and white got iu for two or three points, when the hare was killed, the brindled just winning. The Rowland Oup, for all aged dogs, at £ 310s each, had only 12 entries, contested by good greyhounds. Those that called for the public's confidence most, were Byroa ( the winner of the stake, after three undecided courses, in the first tie with Hero, who ran very fast and gamely throughout); Bendigo ( who was unsighted soon after being slipped, whereby his opponent got such a command of thehare, that she did too much before the pugilist came iu) ; Blue Lass, a very clever bitch, but we thought lacked pace ; Mechanic, who, after defeating Manganese, was backed freely for the stake, but it proved it was misplaced confidence, as he was beaten after a no- go, by the old knowing stager, Artillery. The Appleby Carr Stakes had four nominations, which was won by Muscovite, after a close set to with Bendigo. Thus ter- minated this meeting, which reflects discredit on the coursing men within its range, iu not giving it better support, which can ' only be accounted for by the Selby meeting being last week, and the tightuess of the money market. I hope that the coursing community will not let such beautiful ground be lost through want of support for the future. PENHOLDER. SELBY MEETING— DEC 15, 16, & 17. ( By the kind permission of Lord Londesborough and the Rev R. Brooke.-' Stewards : Messrs E. Chadwick, J. Richardson, T. M. Weddall, G. Greg- son, R. J. Parker, and G. Blanshard. Field Stewards: MessrsRheeder, Armstrong, Smith, and W. Armstrong. Judge: Mr Boulton, Slipper: R. Noblett. Hon Sec : Mr Burton. The BBAYTON STAKES. I. Mr Blanshard's f b Baffle, by Hughie Graham out of Wild Duck ( April 80), beat MrT. Burtoa's bku Barrator Junior, by Barrator out of Which ( Sept 2) Mr Christie's bk w b Meg Merrilies. by Black Cap out of Maria Stella | June SI), beat Mr Elliott's bk b Reckless, by Bedlamite out of Rest- Mr HoochjUljak d Barrister, by Barrator out of Rose ( July 1), beat Mr Blanshard's bk b Close the Poll, by Barrator out of Fatima ( May 14) Mr Blanshard's f w d Bob Acres, by Hugbie Graham out of Wild Duck ( April 80), beat Mr Oates's bk d Black Jack, by Flying Dutchman out of Nancy ( March 4) Mr Smith's bk w b Crinoline, by Wellington out of Meg Merrihes ( May 27), beat Mr Johnson's be w d Brittain Lad Junior, by Brittain Lad out of Nancy ( May) . Mr Bartholomew's bk w d Muscatel, by Music Master out of Fly ( April 14), beat Mr Elliott's be d Blue Beard, by David out of Gipsy Girl Mr Christie'sPr b Isabella Acomb, by Sherry out of Fly, beat Mr Cass's bk b Restless Junior, by Bedlamite out of Restless ( July 1) Mr Cass ns w f b Bonny Kate, by Ben out of Busy Bee ( March 26). beat Mr Greaves's r d Norfolk Mr Moore's bk w t b Minie Rifle, by Weapon out of Medora ( July 8), beat Mr Christie's r w d Ellington, by Slender out of Lucy ( April 29) Mr Bateman's w f d Spy. by Sirius out of Fly ( March 11), beat Mr Ten nant's bd w d King Cob. by Patch out of Princess Mr Moore's bk w t b Mangonel, by W eapon out of Medora ( July 8), beat Mr J. S. Lee's bk d Pioneer, by Bedlamite out of Bonny Meggy Mr liateman' 3 w f b Mischief, by Sirius out of Fly ( March 11), beat Mr J. S. Lee's bk b Mind your Eye, by Bedlamite out of Bonny Meg Mr Walker's f d Smasher, by Smash or Saville out of Charming ( April 14), beat Mr Ciss's bd w d Skirmisher, by Unknown to Fame out of Queen ( July 11) Mr Oates's f d St Aubert, by Ola Negro out of Black Agnes ( Julyi9), beat Mr Smith's r w d General Wyndham, by Black Letter out of Fly ( April 8) Mr Webster's bk w d Comet, by Macaroon out of Alice ( March 16), beat Mr Bateman ns bk b Go- a- head, by Tout oat of Scandal Mr Ibbetson's r d Aggravator, by Flying Dutchman out of Lucy ( March 8), beat Mr Pickering's bk w d Mark), by Mulatto out of Fly ( June 22) Baffle beat Meg Merrilies | Minie Rifle beat Spy Bob Acres beat Barrister I Mischief beat Mangonel Crinoline beat Muscatel I St Aubert beat Smasher Isabella Acomb bt Bonny Kate I Comet beat Aggravator m. Baffle beat Crinoline | Minie Rifle beat Mischief Bob Acres beat Isabella Acomb I Comet beat St Hubert IV. Minie Rifle beat Raffle ^ Bob Acres beat Comet Mr Blanshard's Bob Acres beat Mr Moore's Minie Rifle, and won the The GATEEOBTH STAKES. I. MLadyetS° n' 8 W bk bTouchy} ljeat Mr J. S. Lee's bk d Bristol Birdseye ^ TomUusoa'a r or f b Secret j ^ Mr s> Lee, g bk b Nutwith Lass Mr'Morrell's bk t dAjax .. Mr Ibbetson's w bk b Plucky Girl Mr Ibbetson's bk t d Selby .. { MK^ ulman's f or r d Dangerous MrWeWs bk w d Billy j _ Mr Bankart's r d ToxophiUte Mr Richardson's w bk b Brief .. Mr Bankart's bk d Red Lancer Mr Bankart's bk b Termagant .. Mr Tomlinson's w bk d Patch T,. , , . „ f Mr Richardson's wbdb Tickle Me Mr Ibbetson s r b Queen .. Quickly Mr Coulman's bk d Defiance .. Mr Cass's bk t b Shepherdess „ „ , ,, , , fMr Atkinson ns bk d Happy Go Mr Moore's bk t d Medora .. | Lucky Mr Bankart's bkdKt. of Kars .. Mr Cass's r d Chance Mr Ibbetson's f w d Byron .. Mr Bartholomew's bk t d Bendigo Mr Webster's r d Alsatian .. Mr Hood's bk b Rose Mr Foster's be w d Albert .. Mr Wright's w bk b Black Bonnet Mr Bankart's r d Sleight of Hand.. Mr Fletcher's bk w t b Black Bess Mr Morrell's r b Blooming Bessy.. Mr Bankart's w f b Scut Secret Treaty beat Touchy Lady I * Defiance beat Medora Ajax beat Selby I Byron beat Knight of Kars Brief beat Billy Whitton I Albert beat Alsatian Termagant beat Queen | Sleight of Hand beat B. Bessy Ajax beat Secret Treaty I ' Defiance beat Byron Brief . beat Termagant 1 Sleight of Hand beat Albert IV. Ajax beat Brief ^ Defiance beat Sleight of Hand Mr Coulman's Defiance, by Bedlam Tom, beat Mr Morrell's Ajax, by Bedlamite, and won the stakes. The SEX- BY STAKES. I. Mr Lee's bk d Bristol Birdseye beat Mr Cass's bk w t b Shepherdess Mr Ibbetson's w bk b Plucky Girl.. Mr Bankart's w f b Scut Mr Christie's r w d Ellington .. Mr J. S. Lee's bk b Nutwith Lass Mr Coulman's f or r d Dan- 1 _ Mr Bankart. s bk d Red ^^ gerous Dick _ J Mr Blanshard's bk b Close thel Mr Christk. s bk a Sweep poii i n. Bristol Birdseye bt Plucky Girl i Close the Poll ran a bye Ellington beat Dangerous Dick^ Ellington beat Close the Poll ^ Bristol Birdseye ran a bye Mr Lee's Bristol Birdseye beat Mr Christie's Ellington, and won the stakes. The attendance was large, the weather fine during the three days, and the sport was excellent. HAWKSTONE MEETING- DEC 21. ( By the kind permission of the Viscount Hill.) Stewards: Mr T. M. Griffiths, Mr Lucas, and Mr S. Heatley. Judge: Mr Warwick. The HAWKSTONE STAKES. I. Mr Armstrong's bk w d Andy beat Mr Whittaker* s be b Welsh Heiress MrG. Wilkinson'srbRose( abye).. Mr Parker's bk b Rook ( absent) Mr Lucas's r d Havelock ,. Mr Tudman's w be d Bendigo Mr Jones's bk d Jerry Lee .. ^ Mr Joinson's bk d Leading Strings Andy beat Rose Jerry Lee beat Havelock Mr Jones's Jerry Lee, by Jerry out of Lady Lee, beat Mr Armstrong's Andy, by Bloomer out of Emma, and won the stakes. The CITADEII STAKES. I. Mr Lucas's bk b Handy beat Mr Roberts's bd b Minnie Grey ( 2) Mr S. Heatley's bk d Harry .. Mr Key's f d Wonder Mr Armstrong's bk b Ada ( a bye).. Mr Jenning's bk w d Nego ( absent) Mr Barker's r b Lady .. ^ Mr Wilson's bk d Gamester Harry beat Handy ^ Lady beat Ada Mr S. Heatley's Harry, by Pilch out of Sister to Negus, beat Mr Barker's Lady, by Woodman out of Minniken, and won the stakes. The TBIAL STAKES. I. Mr Franklin's bk d Billy beat Mr Barker's r b Fly Mr Parker's f d Mr Ellis .. Mr Jones's w f b Gertrude Mr Joinson's bk b Amy .. Mr Jones's r b Sarah Bell Mr Heatley's bk b Harriet " jjMr Jelming's w bk b Lucy Mr Ellis beat Billy Amy beat Harriet Mr Joinson's Amy, by Tout out of Gazelle, beat Mr Parker's Mr Ellis' by Bonnie Scotland, and won the stakes. By kind permission of General Monteath Douglass, this friendly little meeting came off on the 18th inst, over the grounds of Rosehall. The ground coursed over comprised five large en- closures with thorn fences, and owing to the soaking rain of the previous day, and the high wind which followed, the hares were not on their regular forms, and being found for the most Dart on arable land, the running was heavy. There was a large at- tendance of spectators, who conducted and seemed to enjoy themselves well, and the whole arrangements of the meeting were very creditable to the promoters, and especially Mr Watson ( the eaergetic Clerk of the Course), on whom the chief part of the trouble devolved. The Judge, an amateur, gave his deci- sions promptly, rode admirably to his dogs, and gave satisfaction to all present. The meet was at Old Monkland Church, and might have been a little earlier than it was, had any difficulty been anticipated in getting run through, Colorado and Doubtful commenced with a rare hare which, in a long course, would scarcely be turned, the former getting little or no assistance. Serjeant Beid and Starlight Bess had a nice struggle in the run up, the hare bend- ing to the former, wh © served Starlight Bess; in the next stretch the bitch succeeded in fetching her hare back, the veteran trooper taking nearly all to himself throughout a terrific charge. Dangerous was too fast for Tollwife ; and Unknown defeated Pelissier very clererly in a nice trial. Uncle Toby outpaced Holy Moses in a short trial, killing his hare with great fire. The Dootor, after being served with a couple of points easily, dis- posed of Desperation ; when Kiggend, in the absence of Hide and Tallow, ran his bye with a capital hare much too fast for hirp. Dauntless and Lady Anes had a nice stretch in favour of the former, who killed.— Second ties : Colorado led Sergeant Eeid three or four lengths, and fell at the hedge in trying to kill. Nothing daunted he raced on, turned twice on lea, and in a second attempt to kill, again fell, when the Sergeant got in for a point or two, made a good go- bye, and had the rest of a long course. Unknown led Dangerous out of my sight. Uncle Toby got no assistance from the Doctor; neither did Dauntless from liiggend, each making a dashing kill.— Third ties— Sergeant Beid aud Unknown: The latter slightly led on the inside, made first two points very cleverly, the hare making a gate which the Ser- geant flew, but fell, afterwards; winning unmistakeably, and show- ing a determination to rest no longer " unknown" on level plain, while bearing the recommendation, by which he is well known, from " Ola Hill." Darkness now coming on, Dauntless aud Unele Toby had to be taken out of slips and the stake divided, thus terminating a most satisfactory day's sport.— Tours, & c, • MONKLANDEB. The Hawkestone Meeting has now attained some celebrity, and came off on Monday last iu accordance with its annual cus- tom. It was run over the estate of the Hon the Viscount Hill, through whose condescending liberality the neighbouring public had an opportunity of participating in, and enjoying a most de- lightful day's sport. Thanks to his noble lordship for the boon accorded them, it brought together a tolerably good sample of greyhounds from the neighbouring districts. The sport was good, and many sufficiently long as well as interesting trials were obtained. The only disappointment that appeared to exist was through the absence of Rook, whose owner had not arrived when she was called to the slips, and the little favourite had no- thing to do but to look on, These things sometimes occur in the best regulated kennels, and the owaer of her was too good a sportsmau to do other than pleasantly submit to his fate. Nego was another absentee; the cause was not ascertained. The day was fine, the ground in good order, and suffice it to say the meeting, taking it all in all, weut off evea better than its predecessors. The judge did his part to the satisfaction of all parties. The Stewards were most indefatigable in their exer- tions to keep order, and for the satisfactory performance of the onerous duties of the hon sec, Mr Franklin, the thanks of all interested are due. The wind- up was at the Hawkestone Hotel, where the day's amusement aud incidents, were " pleasantly discussed," and all returned to their respective homes well satis- fied with their day's enjoyment. Annexed is a return of the running. AIRDRIE MEETING- DEC 18. Judge : Mr Boston. Slipper : Mr T. Gray. Hon Sec ; Mr J. Watson. The AIBDEIE Cro, for all ages. Mr Forbes's f w d Colorado beat ' Dr Nash's w bd rh b Doubtful Mr Dean's bd w d Sergeant Reid.. Mr Baiilie's r w b Starlight Bess Mr Dean's bd w b Dangerous .. Mr Pettigrew's bd b Toilwife Mr Jack's bk d Unknown .. Mr Whitelaw's bk w d Pelissier Mr Grieves's bd d Uncle Toby .. Mr Baillie'sr d Holy Moses Mr Shank's r d The Doctor .. Mr Mitchell ns f w b Desperation Mr Aitken's r d Riggend ( a bye) { M( raS) omson's Hide and TaUow Mr Watson's w r d Dauntless beat Mr Whitelaw's r b Lady Agnes II. Sergt Reid beat Colorado j Uncle Toby beat The Doctor Unknown beat Dangerous ^ Dauntless beat Riggend Sergeant Reid beat Unknown I ' Uncle Toby agst Dauntless IV. Mr Dean's Sergeant Reid, Mr Grieves's Uncle Toby, and Mr Watson's Dauntless divided the stake?. THE NEWMAEKET EULES. ME EDITOR : Having no other object in raisingthe discussion as to the Newmarket management and so- called rules, except the improvement of coursing and furtherance of sport, I cannot allow the observation of " An Old Courser" to pass without comment, as in that case the bungling aad non- acquiesceuce in the requirement of the coursing public, so much complained of, may continue to prevail. One advantage has already resulted from my first letter, viz, the bringing to light the fossil remains of a set of rules adopted at Newmarket in 1805, and transplanted from Swaffham, where, it seems, they took root in 1776, and which ( being of such old growth) it must have required all the efforts of an ancient courser to excavate. Having carefully examined these rules, I am not a little amused to find that three only out of 25 are applicable in any shape to public meetings, and that my coursing friends who have been so bold as to send dogs to run at Newmarket, have most unconsciously incurred the penalty of having their favourites claimed under the hammer' of an auctioneer, just as though they were running for a Selling Plate over the Abingdou Mile; for Rule 9 says, " Any person may put up to auction the dog of another, such person being present at the sale, and being at liberty to have one bidding." Not one syllable of any kind is said about the course being given to the dog that follows the slipped hare, or that a course shall not be deemed to end upon a third dog joining in it; both which points were raised at the late Newmarket Meeting, and upon both of which a different practice prevails there to that adopted everywhere else. But it is| needless to go on with an analysis of this curious and antique formula. Scarcely any of these rules are applicable to public meetings, and such as can be so adapted are valuable only in the eyes of two or three old habitues of Newmarket, and had long ago been condemned by the coursing public. One word more, aud I have done: let me warn the " Old Courser" aud the " Young Courser" alike against the mistake which the former has fallen into when he says " that the Newmarket rules are therefore good because they are as fair for one as the other." It may be as well to be drowned as to be hanged, but we would rather be preserved from both ; and one " Public Courser" will not more willingly endorse an absurd, unreasonable rule for the satisfac- tion of seeing it press with equal severity upon another.— Yours, & c, A SPECTATOR. ME EDITOE : The observations of your " old correspondent' on the late Newmarket meeting has, at last, called forth a reply from " An Old Courser"— as champion for the old Newmarket Club— I cannot express the pleasure the letter gavfrjne— his long silence to my repeated private letters having made me fear he had, like Actaejus, fallen a sacrifice to the sport he adores. That one so experienced should uphold the rule " that the dog ( where dogs divide) which follows the slipped hare shall win the course"— does astonish me— though I suspect its being one of the old Newmarket Club to be the sole reason. Nothing, I know, is like Newmarket, with him— even the ground is the best, though the Wiltshire dogs must find the dead, heavy sand some- thing like what my old friend ( who, by the way, is very fond of dancing) would find waltzing on bricks instead of boards. He seems to forget that to win a stake you must have good luck, as well as good dogs, and I believe the former has the greater share in your success. I will, like him, take a case— a brace of dogs are slipped; one dog, by his superior speed, knocks the hare about, and reduces her speed to that of his adversary— puss dodges for wind, and in one of these short turns, the dog that has been doing all the work is thrown, and before he cau recover his legs to turn short upon the slipped hare, another jumps up under his nose, which he follows, as is nearly always the case when the dogs divide, and the other dog, who has never done anything, fellows, as he would, the hare that has been turned to him, and, therefore, must be declared the winner. I ask my old friend, is tha. t " just aud right?" As it is impossible to place dogs on au equal footing after the first course, owing to the difference in the hares, the best thing to do is to make rules that will meet fairly the two cases in dispute. I think, if in both instances it were made undecided, instead of no course, parties, by beingenabled to draw either dog, might avoid the " injustice of running it over again." Iu his observations on the secretary, I, with every one who knows him, must fully agree, and I have not a doubt but that the next Newmarket Champion will be all my old friend can desire, minus the said old rules.— Yours, & c, Dec 21,1857. As OLD COUBSEE— NO. 2. ME EDITOR : In your last impression of Bell,'' An Old Courser" states that the rules under which the Newmarket Club had been governed were to be found in the first vol of the Courser's Manual, by Goodlake. On referring to this work I find from the author's prefatory address, in the part published iu 1841, that it was never intended for sale, further than to the subscribers for it; therefore, the copies must consequently be but in few hands. I have, for the information of those interested, sent you a copy of the rules alluded to therein, if it will not occupy too much of your valuable space. Iu the first part, published in 1828, and called the Courser's Manual and Stud Book, the Swaffham Society's Coursing Rules are introduced, together with some remarks upoa the Newmarket Society, which was governed by the above- named rules. Iu the third part, published in 1836, it is stated that the Newmarket Club, meationed in the former pub- lication, had been discontinued, aad a new club formed, but no reference is made as to what rules it was to be governed by; neither did one of the names in the list of the original society's members appear amongst those in the new club. A correct copy of the rules alluded to are appended below; and I have merely written them to point out the absurdity of adopting such obtuse customs in these days of ealighteameat, aud trust that if the persons most concerned do not feel inclined to reform the management of the Newmarket meeting altogether, they will excuse the freedom of yours, & c, SAIOPIA. THE SWAFFHAM COURSING RULES. " I. That the number of members shall be regulated by the letters of the alphabet, the junior members taking the letters X and Z; in all twenty- six members. " II. That all members be elected by ballot; that seven mem- bers constitute a ballot; and that two black balls shall exclude. " III. That the name of every person proposed to be balloted for as a member shall be put up over the chimney- piece the day before the ballot can take place. " IV. That no proposition can be balloted for, unless put up over the chimney- piece with the name of the proposer and the per- son who seconds it, at or before the dinner preceding the ballot, and read to the members at such dinner. " V. The meeting to be held the second Monday in November. " VI. That a committee be named, which shall appoint a per soa to judge all matches run iu this society. " VII. That if any member running a greyhound make an ob- servation to the judge respecting any course during the time of ruuaing, or before he has delivered his judgment, he shall be deemed to have lost the course. Aud if any member aot run- aiag a greyhound make an observation to the judge respecting any course, during the time of runaing, or before he has deli- vered his judgmeat, he shall pay oae guiaea to the fund. " VIII. The dogs shall be put in the slips at eleven o'clock the first day, and at half- past tea o'clock the followiag days; and, if the first dogs standing oa the list of matches for the day are aot with the slipper, aad ready at the time appoiated, they shall lose their places, aad be put at the bottom of the list for the day; or, if only oae be ready, the abseat greyhound shall pay forfeit, " IX. Any member may put up to auction the dog of another member, such member being present at the sale, and being at liberty to have one bidding. " X. Two stewards to be chosen by the members at dinner each day, to act on the following day. The stewards are to regulate the coursiag and to preside at diaaer as well as in the field, and every member is expected to assist the stewards to the utmost of his power in preserviag order ia the field, and all the members are to wear a white ribaad for distiaction, under the penalty of a sovereign. " XI. No stranger to be admitted into the society's room ualess introduced by a member, who is to put dowu the straager's aame oa a paper, which is every day to be put up over the chimaey- piece of the dining- room. No member to latroduce more thau oue friend. " XII. If aay member absent himself for two meetings with- out sending what shall be judged a sufficient excuse, he shall be deemed out of the society, and another chosen in his place. " XIII. That every member present at this society shall pro- duce and match at each meeting a bona fide greyhound of his own, or forfeit one guiaea. " XIV. No rough- haired dog to be deemed a greyhound. " XV. That all matches rua ia this society must be run in slips. " XVI. All matches shall be determined from the eutry in the list, and aay persoa having engaged a puppy and producing an aged greyhound instead of a puppy shall lose his match; and in the match book and list there shall be " P." prefixed to the name of each puppy. " XVII. That ao greyhouad be allowed to start if any arrears be due to the society from the owner. " XVIII. That aay member leudiag another a greyhound for the purpose of saving his forfeit, shall forfeit five guineas. All strangers' dogs caa only be matched and entered ia the second class, and that aay member permittiag his name to be used by auy stranger for the purpose of running in the first class shall forfeit five guineas. " XIX. That any member matching a dog to run in a different aame from that by which he has before beea matched, ualess he have changed his letter in the society, shall forfeit five guiaeas. " XX. That any momber of this society, or any other person running a greyhound at aay of the meetiags of this society whose greyhouad may be at large during a course, shall forfeit one guinea; and if the greyhound at large shall belong to either of the persons engaged in the match then running, the match shall be decided against him. " XXI. That ia future none but members shall run a grey- hound for the Cup at Newmarket, unless it shall happen that less than sixteen members have offered nominations; in that case hoaorary members will have a prefereace, aad that hono- rary members shall have the privilege of matchiag their grey- hounds with the members of this society in the first class. " XXII. That the members of the Ashdowa aad Wiltshire Societv shall be hoaorary members of this society. " XXIII. Aay member running the dog of a stranger, shall cause the name of the stranger to be inserted after his own name in the list, under the penalty of one guinea. " XXIV. Iu consequence of the very increased . number of greyhounds belonging to members, in future no member shall be allowed to match more thaa two greyhouads oa aay day ia the first class, under the peaalty of five guineas, ualess such members are drawa out for the Cup ; ia that case they will be allowed to match three in the first class. " The annual subscription is five pounds, " THE CUP RULES. " I. The Cup will be run for anaually ia November by grey- houads which are the property of the members, under the fol- lowing restrictions :— " II. That the greyhouuds which start for the same shall be ntered with the secretary pa Monday, fh © first flay ia the November Meeting, between the hours of seven and eight ia tK i evening, | " III. That there shall not be more than sixteen greyhounds I for the Cup. That if more be entered, the name of each grey- ! houud shall be put into the cup oa a slip of paper, and drawa out singly till the number be reduced to sixteea. That if there be more thaa eight, aad not sixteen, they shall be made up t(' sixteea by ballot, but no member cau run more than a brace ot greyhounds for the cup. The seoretary shall cause the tickets to be drawn singly oat of the cup; the first and second drawn to run the first course, and so in rotation until the wh ole six- teea are drawa out of the cup. " IV. That if aay of these greyhounds thus drawa to run together be so disabled between the time of drawing the tickets and running the matches as to pay forfeit, the greyhouad re- ceiving the forfeit shall be deemed the winner of his match, aad the persoa paying the forfeit shall produce another greyhound to run agaiast the reputed wiaaer for oae guiaea; but the sub- stituted greyhouad is to have ao chancc for the Cup though he wias his match. " V. That every greyhound produced for the Cup shall be bond fide the property of the gentleman who runs him, and who must not enter more than two greyhounds. " VI. That every owaer of the greyhound entitled to ruu for the Cup shall be obliged to bet one guinea with his antagoaist. " VII. That all matches for the Cup shall be run the first time On Tuesday aad following days, till decided. " VIII. The Cup courses to take precedence on each day. " IX. The Cup matches on the first three days must be decided the first time the dogs are slipped, but in the course for the main of the Cup the umpires shall have the power of puttiag the dogs into the slips agaia, if they judge that the course has aot beea sufficient to decide upoa. " X, That aay member drawn out for the Cup shall aot be drawa a second time uatil all the members have experieaced the same fate," THE NEWMARKET COURSING SOCIETY. The rules, & c, are the same as those of the Swaffham Club, save that the November Meetiug is held the fourth Mouday ia November; that Mr Redhead and Mr Wilkinsoa are a committee to appoiat a person to judge the course; aad- that every member absenting himself from the dinner during his stay at auy meet- ing forfeits a sovereign each day. Then follows a list of members, : aud wiuaers of the cups at Newmarket from 1818 to 1828. SALE OF THE EAEL OP BECTIYE'S GREYHOUNDS. The sale of the following greyhounds, the property of the Earl of Bective, took place on the 17ch ult, at Sewell's, Lower Mouut- street, Dublia:— BROOD BITCH. BUST, bk b, by Telegraph out of Lady £ 117 6 THIRD SEASON DOGS. BILLET, bk b, by Larrlston out of Becafica 25 4 0 Bosto, bk D, by Forward out of Maid of Orleans 6 5 0 PUPPIES. BIBDCATCHEB, r d, own brother te Barley Thorpe 15 0 0 BLOOM, f b, by Grecian out of the Maid of Orleans 14 10 0 BABLBT THORPE, rd, by Glenastle out of Birdseye ( own sister to Bedlamite) 18 10 8 BLITSH, f b, own sister to Bloom 5 5 0 BELLE DAME, r b, own sister to Birdcatcher ,.,.. 5 0 0 PUPPIES— TWELVE WEEKS OLD. RED Doct, by Eden out of Birdseye 10 0 0 RED BITCH, by Eden out of Birdseye 10 0 0 RED BITCH, by Eden out of Birdseye 10 0 0 RED Doa, by Eden out of Birdseye 9 10 0 RED BITCH, by Eden out of Birdseye 2 10 0 RED Do&, by Eden out of Birdseye 1 10 o Total £ 133 1 6 It was believed that Billet, Barley Thorpe, Birdcatcher, aad Blooiu were bought in. GREYHOUND PRODUCE. & c. Oa the 9th inst, Lord Bective's fawa bitch Maid of Orleans was put to Mr Logau's black dog Weapon. On the 23d inst, Lord Bective's black bitch Billet was put to Mr Pollock's black dog Forward. Ou the 19th inst, Mr Spiuks's red bitch Southport ( own sister to Sunbeam), was put to 31 r Randell's Black Cloud. MAXTON.— A match, for £ 5 a side, came off at Maltoaon Moaday last, betweea Mr Walkiugtoa's red dog Longrange, by Joe Ramsey out of Cook's Songstress, and Mr Jackson's white and black dog V6dette, by Orestes out of Brandy Bet, the best of three courses, which terminated in favour of the red. First course: A wretched slip to a bad hare, in which the red showed speed, aud just did sufficieat to be called a course. The white could aot get near. Second: A nice slip to a good hare— the red led by several lengths, aad kaocked his hare about ia every style, aever allowiag the other a poiat of merit. Mr Boultoa officiated as judge. PILLING OPBH MEETING,— This meeting is fixed for Thursday and Friday, January 14 and 15, oa laads the property of E. G. Horaby aud Henry Gardner, Esqs, Hares, a correspondent informs us, are numerous^ and they and the ground being very good, and the stakes worth going forva good meeting is con- fidently anticipated. Mr Dalzell's services as judge have beea secured. There will be a day's coursing ia the Home Park, Hamptoa Court, ou Tuesday aext. The entry takes place oa the eveaing previous at the Greyhound Hotel. It will be seen amongst our advertisements that the services of Barrator are open to the public; he has lately been purchased by his present owner, Mr Hole, at a high price. Mr M'George is elected judge of the Ashdown Park Champioa Meeting iu February next. ANGLING. SALMON SPAWNING. ME EDITOE: Theauld salmon fishers always judged the fol lowing salmon fishing from the previous spawning season. If " the breeders were numerous, aud the work early over, the cleaa salmoa during the following spring were aumerous, aad early ia preparation. In that they were right, for fish that spawn early leave the river before they are overtakea by the frosts of winter, and are purified, fat, aad ready to retura to the rivers ia early spring. But, now- a- days, with the exception of part of the rivers ia the northern couaties of Scotland, there is ao early spawaing; aad indeed, literally speaking, there is scarcely a spawning Season at all, for fishers continue killing to far too late a period of the season; and, by the time they close the fishing season, there are very few to kill, and the breeding time of these few must take place duriag the storms of wiater; and after their work is over they find it impossible to force their way dowa through the barriers of ice that at that time have formed oa all the shallows. The effect of that oa these rivers is aow visible— it's past a prophecy, for it's aow a reality; for the fine cleaa winter fish, the produce of early breeding, have completely dis- appeared, and aothing iu their place but a few kelts aad foul fish. The few uorthera rivers that we alluded to above are quite aaother thing; the proprietors of these rivers never took advan- tage of the late Fishing Act, and have thereby preserved their rivers from destruction. And this season, on these rivers, the throng of the spawning was over in November, and a very suc- cessful breeding time has about closed; fish were very numerous, and the rivers continued in excellent size, neither too high nor too low, and a great number of the' kelts have already left the rivers, and gone to the sea, which, if the weather be favourable, will return to the rivers early in spring. These rivers, in the meaatime, are oaly exceptions, but ia a short time we expect to see a very different case, for scanty numbers of fish, aad reduced reats of fisheries, are opening the eyes of many who have beea asleep for the last twenty years, aad a complete overhaul of the fishery laws are widely talked of; nothing is more necessary. Aud, hopiDg the whole fishery proprietors of the kingdom will unite in a general measure for the preservation of rivers in general, I am yours, & c, Y. CRICKET, CRICKET AT THE CAMP, SHGLAP0EE, BOMBAY. This match was played on the 5th of October. On the side of Mr Blunt the batting of Mr Newport and Mr Strutt was nrst- rate. Mr Gough aud Sergeant Forrestell were also successful, but not sufficiently so to turn the tide of fortune in their favour. MR BLUNT'S SIDE. 1st inn 2d inn Lieut Blunt ( Art), b Gough 5 b Twiss i Priv Marshall, b Twiss 6 c Handcock, b Twiss .... 2 Ens Newport ( Sd European Regt), b" l09 b _ . Handcock / ~ o iwiss « t Priv Kennard, not out 28 not out 5 Priv Callaghaii, b Gough 8 b Forrestell 0 Priv Pye, b Forrestell 12 b Twiss 0 Lieut Strutt ( 3d N. I.), b Gough 13 run out 30 Priv Dickinson, c Eagan, b Handcock 0 b Gough 6 Priv Carroll, b Handcock. 5 b Twiss 0 Priv Baker, c and b Gough 2 leg b w, b Gough 9 B 25, w b 5 30 B 12, w b 3 15 Total - 131 Total — 120 LIEUT GOUGH'S SIDE. 1st inn 2d inn Lieut Gough ( 2d M. L. C.), c Marshall, 115 b B1 t b Kennard J Priv Eagan, b Kennard 1 c and b Kennard 6 Lieut Bancomann ( 3d N. I.), b Blunt .. 0 b Kennard 0 Priv Handcock, b Kennard 21 c Kennard, b Blunt 9 Priv Booth, b Blunt 2 b Blunt 6 Lieut Twiss ( H. A.), c and b Blunt .... 0 b Strutt 3 Capt Jones ( 2d M. L. C.), run out 0 b Blunt 2 Priv Murphy, not out 2 b Blunt 11 Scrgt Forrestell, c Strutt, b Blunt .. 8 c and b Kennard 25 Priv Hennessey, b Kennard 0 not out S Byes 4 Byes 16 Total - 53 Total — 137 A match of great interest was played at the Ghymkhana, S. ho- lapore, on the 15th Oct, between 3d Europeans and 3d B. N. I., against the whole Station. The Statioa went to the wickets; the first wickets were sooa disposed of, until, owing to the heat, the bowlers becoming fatigued, Privates Lane, Eagan, and Kea aard, made a slight stand, but they could in neither inaiags staad up to the bowling with much success, as the following score will show. Oa the 3d Europeaas aad 3d B. N. I„ the bat- ting was tolerably good, no great score being obtained. The match wasp asily won by 8 wickets. Score: THE STATION. 1st inn 2d inn Lieut Gough ( 2d M. L. C.), c Banner- 1 Q man, b Oliver J Lieut Blunt( Art), b Wright 0 m . Lieut Twiss ( Art), b Oliver 0 c Gill, b Wnght 0 Capt Jones ( 2dM. L. C.), b Oliver 0 runout 11 Priv Rowley, b Oliver 0 leg b w, b Wright 0 Priv Marshall, b Oliver... 6 liitw. b Wright 1 Priv Handcock, b Oliver 0 b Wright S Priv CaUaghan, not out 2 b Oliver 0 Priv Lane, b Oliver 22 b Wright 6 Priv Eagan, b Wright 11 b Oliver Priv Kennard, b Oliver 18 b Oliver 6 B 16,1b l, wb9 26 Byes 8 total! — 85 Total - 43 SD EUROPEANS AND 3D N. I. Priv Bourke, run out 4 Priv Harper, not out... ...... 7 not out 5 b Wright. Priv Keogh. c Handcock, b Rowley. 1 Priv Gill, b Rowley 7 Bll, lbl, wb8 20 Total LieutBannerman( 3dN. I.) irunout. 5 Lieut Mason ( 8d N. I.), b Blunt .. 6 Lieut Strutt ( 3d N. I.), b Blunt .. 13 Ens Newport ( SdEurop), bBlunt. 19 Ens Wright ( 3d Europ), b Blunt.. 8 Lieut Sandwith ( 3d N. I.), b Blunt. 10 Mr Oliver ( B. M. 3d N. I. j, c Row- ley, b Blunt 9 In the second innings of the 3d Europeans and 3d N. I, Newport scored ( not out} 2, Wright ( b Blunt) 2, Sandwith ( run out) 9; byes 8— total 21, RETURN MATCH. The return match was played on the Ghymkaana, oa the 20th October. The Statioa went first to the wickets, and were even sooaer disposed of thaa before. Lieuteaaat Bluat made a good score ia the secoad inaiags ; nevertheless the two regimeats were agaia victorious by eight wickets. Score: THE STATION, 1st inn 2d inn Lieut Blunt ( Art), c and b Wright .... 7 b Woods 52 Lieut Twiss ( H. A.), b Strutt 1 not out 0 Private Rowley, b Wright 0 b Rourke 6 Private Callaghan, b Wright 3 b Woods ................ 0 Sergt Forrestell, b Strutt 0 c Sandwith, b Rourke .. 16 Lieut Gough ( 2dM. L. C.), c Sandwith, 1 2 b Wright 4 b Strutt i Private Eagan, leg b w, b Wright 0 cSandwith, b Strutt .... 7 Private Handcock, b Strutt 3 runout 0 Private Booth, b Strutt 3 b Woods 0 Private Marshall, b Strutt 4 leg b w, b Strutt 8 Private Roberts, not out 1 b Woods ................ 0 B 5. w b 2 7 B9, lbl, wbll, nb22S ' Total - 33 Total - 116 3D EUROPEANS AND 3D N. I Private Harper, c and b'Marshalll4 Lieut Mason ( 3d N. I.), b Blunt.. 8 Private Reiley, not out 0 Private Gill, b Rowley 5 B 15, w b 7, n b 1 SS Total. Lieut Strutt ( 3d N. I.), b Blunt .. 13 Lieut Sandwith ( 3d N. I.), b Gough 6 Ens Wright ( Sd Europ), b Gough 0 Ens Newport ( 3d Europeans), c Booth, b Blunt 1 Private Rourke, run out 23 Private Keogh, b Rowley 5 In the second innings of the 3d Europeans and 3d N. L, Strutt scored ( b Rowley) 4, Wright ( not out) 2, Newport ( not out) 28, Rourke ( b Row- ley) 5; b 11, w b 1, n b 2— total 5S. PUBLIC SCHOOL MATCHES^ We are able to state, ou the best authority, that aext summer will see at least one of these national matches restored to the genial atmosphere of Lord's. It has defiaitively beea arraaged that Etoa and Harrow shall take its place again among the matches of the season. ". not in vain Should such example be • AEMITAGE'S WIDOW.— We have this week received £ 1 10s subscribed by a few of the members of the Sleaford Club for the jrWow pf the tote Georgs Armitage, BELL'S LIFE AQUATIC REGISTER. IN B2GH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, „. ^ ItOEKIKS, BVBSriNS, Svmis, DEC 27... 8 mm past 9 .... 34 Kill past 10 MONDAY 8 miR past 11 .„. 41 mia past 11 TCBSDAT 55 min past 11 .. . 12 rain past it VVBDSBSDAT 42 min past 12 .... 10 min past 1 THUBSDAT. 37 min past 1 .... 4 mS past 2 Fail) AT, JAK 1 26 min past 2 .... 47 min Sast 2 SATUBDAI 2 EttiH past S .... 22 mia past 8 REGATTAS AND MATCHES TO COME. JANUARY. and Dyer— to row Wilkie and Wilson, from Westminster to Chelsea Bridge, lor £ 5 a side, FEBRUARY. 16,— Clasper and Mackinney— to row from Dumbarton to Bowline oa the Clyde, for £ 50 a side. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. Lord Colville has purchased the cutter Lavrock of Rear- Admi* ral Charles Harnlyn Williams, and has sold the Sultana to Sip Henry Tayler, who purposes fitting out the same forthwith for the Mediterranean. The cutter Lark, G. Tomlin, Esq and yawl " Mynx are still cruising about the station. The Titaaia schooaer, Robert Stepheasoa, Esq, is ia the harbour polishiae up. The schooner Camilla, which has been lengthened on Messrs White's slip at East Cowes, is to be ready by the 1st January, and will also proceed to the Mediterranean. The Miranda, John Gray, Esq, sailed on the 11th inst for the West Indies. ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB. The monthly meeting of this club was held last Moaday even, iag, at the Caledonian Hotel, Mr A. Arcedechne, Rear- Commo « dere, in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and coafirmed, aad sevea new members haviniy been made, the Secretary, agreeably with the notice contained in the circular, read the report of the committee for general purposes, " Caledoaiaa Hotel, Dec 21, 1857.— Report of the Geaeral Pur- poses Committee, appoiujed at the club meeting, Oct 19, 1857.— Your committee beg to report they have beea attended at their meetings by your Secretary, and that a vast amount of time, exteading over two moaths, has beea givea to the coasideration of the important question submitted to your committee, aad they now beg to report, in reference to the matter of the ap- pointment of a Commodore, that they applied to the Yice- Com modora, who stated his inability to accept the office, that your committee then communicated with the Rear- Commodore, aad they are raost happy to say the result of such commuui- cation is that he will accept the office, if such be the desire of the club. Your committee feel that this appoint meat will be a most fortuaate oae for the club, as the Rear- Com- modore will now be able to devote the whole of his leisure time to its iaterests [ much applause]. Your committee therefore beg to propose that A. Arcedeckae be elected Commodore of the Royal London Yacht Club at the next meeting, and that your committee be appointed to coafer with him, aad to make the aecessary arrangements for filliag up the various appoiat- inents, and for carrying on the business of the club for the ensuing season, and that your committee report at the annual meeting the arrangement they have made. Your committee have further to report that they have taken into their considera- tioa the questioa of allowing cards to be played ia the daily club room, aud they recommend the fourth regulatioa be ameaded, by placing ia the following :— That ia cards the games of whist aad cribbage only be permitted to be played, aad the stakes shall aot, ia either case, exceed Is poiats or game. No other games, except chess or draughts be allowed, and those to be uader the same restrictioas as la the foregoiag rules [ applause]. — MrFearon ia moving the receptioa of the report, aad its adoption said : I am very much pleased at that portion of the report respecting the appointment of the Commodore, I sincerely feel that the club could not do a better thing. I feel no hesita- tion in saying that the nomination of any other gentlemaa would aot give the club so much pleasure.— Mr Carnworth said, I rise with much pleasure to congratulate the club upon Mr Arce- deckae's acceptaace of office. I am sure he will devote every attention to it; he will keep it in the position it has so long aad well sustaiaed [ much applause].— Mr Arcedeckae said, allowme to express my most grateful thanks for the way in which the committee have proposed and you have received mynomina* tioB. I am aow ia the position of a candidate. You have a whole month to think of the matter, during which the proposal willjgo forth to the club. A11I can say is, that if elected, I shall strive to do all I can for the club [ much applause]. I have nothing now to do with any other club, and shall be happy to devote my energies to this. I shall always be happy to assist and be with such a good aad jolly set of mea as this club can boast. My ap- pointment is to be considered at the next meeetiag, and at the present allow me to thauk you for your kindness [ great ap- plause]. At a subsequent part of the eveniag, upoa the motion of Mr Eagle, secoaded by Mr Powell, that Mr. Greaelle, of New York, be requested te accept the office of ageat to the club at that place, it was carried without a disseatieat voice. The matter had originated with. Mr Arcedeckne, who thought that maay members of the club might pay a visit to New York in tbe- ap- proaching summer to contend for the Silver Cup there. Upon the application of some gentlemen who wish to form a yachting community upon the same regulations as this club at Nova Scotia aad Halifax, conseat was givea to the secretary to send the club rules there. OUR EIGHT- OAR. [ From JBentley's Miscellany.] Yes, I can call it confidently " Our Eight- oar," inasmuch as I was formerly oae of its crew, and, as I ( aad some others also for I am aot ambitious of playing a trumpet solo) imagined, net the least worthy ; and although I am aow no longer a member, at leasts rowing member, of the Lazy Barquelette Boat Club, yet I feel that I may well be excused— by all those readers cer- tainly who have grown old at the end of an oar as I have— if I describe some of my feelings oa being agaia brought accideatally iato contact with some of those who were still the living orna- ments of that successful department of the great public school of rowing. This was how it happened. Sittiag one morning at breakfast ia my little curate's parlour at Z , I received a letter solicitiag a small subscription to defray the expenses of an eight- oar of the Lazy Barquelette Boat Club, to go to the great regatta at Thamesley, " as it devolved," said the secretary, " upon her to extend her triumphs over a wider extent of water than that which was bounded by the reedy banks of her own classic stream." Well, I had almost forgotten that there existed such a place as Thamosley, aad yet I bad ao business to forget,; I had been efteu to Tbamesley, as an envious spectator, as a pa- troaising admirer, as a successful aad as a disappoiated compe- titor ; I knew that lovely reach which was bouuaed at oae eadby the stoae bridge of the little towa, aad at the other by a wooded eyot, crowaed with a ghastly white weddiag- cake ornament sort of structure, which always seemed to follow you as you rowed away from it, as if you were towing it after you, and which was inhabited by one lonely female ( a » a punishment for what breach of criminal law I know not), whose existence was spent iu feuding chickeas ( mayhap in eating them also), and in counting bottles of giHger- beer, which she always had on sale, but only sold, to my knowledge, oa oae occasion, when R. and I tried how many of them two little boys could empty. Again, how could I ever forget the wooded hills which surrounded the prospect from the windows of the Cherub Inn? Ay, and that one particular hill, up which the highroad went so boldly aad directly— aoae of your compromising zigzags— that it makes my legs ache evea now to thiak of how we used to rua up it before breakfast. All these sceaes, as well as others more ia the back- grouad of the picture, were brought vividly before my miad by the receipt of that letter, aad I determined to comply with its modestly proffered request. Was it not still" Our Eight- Oar ?" Could I not speak of it as such to my cousin parsons, thechildrea of the sister university ? and if fortune favoured it, triumph over them as if they and I were still, as of yore, competing with one another in establishing the superiority of our respective aquatic reputations, and say," Our eight- oar has beaten yours at Th » mesley?" And did I not, moreover, feel a pride in thinking that I was still recsci^ tsred there? that any wearisome days or weeks I might have spent in training with an inferior crew, any discourage- ment given by men who would not go to bed, by men who would not get out of bed, men who would drink a clandestine pint of beer after rowing, men who felt themselves physically quali- fied for more indulgences than the rest, who tried to overthrow the old coaveational systems founded on long years of experieace, by their owa abnormal ^ lotions— that all these trials were remembered by those who were left, aad who were BOW uadergoing the same ordeal of bearing office ia the dear old club that I had undergone, and had thus appealed to me to contribute once again to the probability of their success ? So I did coatribute ; aad I received ia return a letter of warm thanks, accompanied by an offer of a dinner on the evening of the regatta, if my duties would permit me the liberty of comiag to see it. " Well," thought I, " why should I aotgo?" And the end of it was that I did go, aad foaad every thiag exactly the same as it used to be- in my time; the whole place wearingakind of imitation, or ( if I may be allowed the expression) dilated, Derby- day aspect— the same obstructioa at the end of the bridge of crowds practising at kaock-' em- dowas— the same concourse of ragged, shoeless men and boys, begging one with their hoarse voices to " Take a caarrrd, my noble sportsman— captain, take a caarrrd !"— tije same rich picturesque colours of gipsies' shawls aad baadkerchiefs dotted about the bright greea fields, giviag a warmth aad toae to the colder summer muslias of the ladies aad the grey dust- coats of the geutlemea, amoug whom they were threading their way— the same fresh breeze which I always remembered at Thamesley, stirring the bright flags, and breakiag up their reflected hues upoa the sparkliag ripple of the river, aad whisperiag ia the tall poplars, whose leaves quivered ia the sunlight— the same bustle and hum of active life along the bank, where sisters aad mothers were eagerly waitiag, with feeliags of pride, to see the race ia which brothers or SOBS were to distinguish themselves, with their uew boaaecs trimmed with the red or blue that would flutter in the bows of the boat they came to see— the same groups of carriages on the bridge, with their fair occupants adjustiug their race- glasses, or making preparations for the coasumptioa of the lobster salad ahd champagae which was to support them through the heat aud fatigue of the day— with the bells pealing from the old church tower, and the military band playing the last new set of quadrilles. Everything was glowing with life, animation, ex- citement. Thamesley was as it always has been on those occa- sions, and as I hope it may ever be. I am roused from my coatemplatioa of the beautiful sceae by the banging of a gun, which gives notice for the boats eagagea ia the first race to drop down and take up their stations. I buy a card, aBd see that my old friends are competitors ia this race with Keep- it- Loag College, Oxbridge, for the Grand Challenge Cup • aad my heart throbs with excitement as I see what to me is the prettiest sight of all, the object of my visit. Yes, there they go1 amidst the confused Babel of sounds; the gipsies, minstrels, wandering Jews and Ethiopians, turr- Mers, jugglers, card- sharpers, flute- players, harp- players, sackbut- players, all- kind- of- music- players, all turn to have oae look at them. There they go! there is the swiag of those eight red jerseys, aad the sweep of those eight black OJJS, as steady and regular as if ac- complished by a machiae that had ao sease of heariag, aad could aot be distracted from its uniformity of motion by any ex- ternal object. Whilst they get to their statioas I look ia the card to see who are the competitors ia the other races. Perhaps some of'' Our Eight- oar'' are engaged ia one or more contest. For the Emerald Sculls there is the aame of Cashranger, I remember, aad Littlerite is entered agaiust him— the latter is oae of the Lazy Barquelette B. C. I inquire about him from a red- rosette wearer staadiag by me, who says he is rowing stroke of " Our Eight- Oar"—" a tall man, without whiskers— won the Cockatoo Sculls last autumn— but," says my informant, " Cashraager always wins • he is sure to nobble it somehow." I feel sorry for this, althoagh aot qaite certaia of the meaniag of the word " nobble," aad coatiaue my iaspectioB of the card. The Hugueaot8, of Loadoa, seem to be still ia great force; the names of Playton and Ditford are familiar to me. Bat the increased bustle oa the baak warns me that I am losiag sight of the race. They are coming. " Our Eight- Oar" is taking the Keepit- Loag's water rouad the poiat. Hark to the shouts of the red- rosette wearers! Look at the eagerness with which the umpire, steering his crew of picked watermen, watches for the chance of his decision being called for, as one boat dashes across the bows of the other; and how all his crew look round to see the exciting struggle! Surely I kaow the umpire's face! Yes, I thought so. It is Tom Selgaa, ia the same old pea- jacket aad glazed hat, his constaat aad unvaried costume. What a host of recollections the sight of his face calls up within me, when 1 remember how many differeat opiaions there used to be about him, and about that peculiar sharp look be would put oa wheu he said aay- thiag which he did not mean his hearers to know whether to believe or not, or when he attered any of those peculiar senteaces which he ased to call jokes! There were maay who believed implicitly ia all that he said; who woald value BO oae' 8 opiaiou, aot evea their own conviotioas, so highly as his " Doa't you thiuk so- aad- so would be better?" If he pointed out a fault which he descried iu a boat, the builder of that boat was forthwith denounced in the eyes of the Selgaaists as a scouadrel aad a cheat. If he said such aad such oars were too long or too short ia- board or out- board, or too thick or too thin ia the loom, or too Barrow or two broad iB the blade, firewood was too good a fate for them, aad so the secoad crew were per- mitted to have the ase of them. But what a differexit opinion was that of the anti- Selganists! They declared that his repu- tation for correctness of judgment and general infallibility had only been established by a false interpretation of the air of mystery with which he seemed avoid delivering a decided LONDON, DECEMBER 27, 1857. I BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, DECEMBER 27, 1857. 7 opinion; and that this mysterious behaviour was notasumed on account of the pleasure he took in holding his derofees in suspense by assimilating himself to the enigmatic trades of antiquity, but merely as a plausible cloak beneath wmh his real ignorance might remain unobserved. Both partes how- ever, agreed in one thing— that if a crew chose to gve them- selves up entirely and unconditionally to him, he did tke great pains with, and make the most of, them. And surelj tils was what was required to further their ultimate object, Well, l have been led to say somewhat too much about Tot Selgan. But I was carried away by the recollections of yathful ar- guments, and was thinking of all these uuinterestig matters some time after " Our Bight- Oar" had glided, .. lie a swal- low, under the bridge, the crew waving their red- ribone,< a hats, and cheering their vanquished opponents. I wet round to the garden where I knew the boats were kept, an made my- self known to the crew, and congratulated them on t? ir success. How glad they were to see me! They pointed tothe Grand Stand across the river to show me the cup that thy had won, 4,1 . t!. pi„ v, will raw J Dver and Georee Cove of the Temple i for £ 15 a side. £ 1 a side is down, and the men are to draw up Matic C! ub'a pair- oared rice for any a^ ount they like. The articles to- morrow ( Monday) at the George and Dragon, Weaman SSSSnSS^ S > trotc? 1HxmxmAgNbrT^ K.- The fifth deposit of £ 5 a side for B ocktehmst ( or ke'^ third in a skiff racf•) for £ 75 worth of this affair must bs staked at Mr Short's, Leaping Bar Old- street, Sfver niato and dipper for 30, on the river Jenny, between Bt Luke's on Wednesday next The fourth was made at Jem SMS Ifc, with or against the tide. ^ gS^ SS& SSSA fiRtS side for B0me years ago carried home in triumph. Butboy much brighter it was now than when I last saw it, on tt; table at col- lege, surrounded with broken glasses and pipes. ind admired with maudlin enthusiasm by the latest guestsat the Lazy Barquelette boat supper. Happy souls! They lid me about the race; and what a slashing stroke Littlerite did ml And how well young Blackman picked it up behind him. nd how well the freshman in the bows had answered the expecitions formed of him. And what a bull at the end of an oar sung Phillips was! All, it seemed from their account, had due more than their duty, from Carsteyrn the bow to Corphimill tie coxswain; and though Judas ap Hughes had used his eyes mre out of the beat than was either necessary or desirable, yet bhad made it up by using his legs more in the boat at his stretcer. And tne next subject of their pleasure was how jolly it ws to be out of training. How nice a pipe would be. And as to her, the very idea of that was too much for them, as the realjy also proved before night. I went back next morning to my prish, and I by no means regretted my visit to Thamesley. Aart from the actual pleasure it afforded me, as it affords every My, to see so manv people enjoying the loveliness of the wether aud the beauties of the place, I was glad to find that the sc* e had roused within me many serious reflections. It struck ine, who had only looked on rowing before in the light of* i recreation, that it must be a noble thing for young sen to inure themselves to such a manly exercise— an sercise, too, which requires self- denial in no ordinary degee from lads of that class and age. And their only notoriey is amongst themselves. No one, who is not an oarsman, ca know what are the hardships, what the trials of mind a well as of body— trials, the cause and bearing of which woiid be unintel- ligible and even incredible to any one else. Mostpeople would think that the casual meeting together of sixteen ien, and their consenting to embark on two boats to try their skll, was quite sufficient to constitute a boat- race. They would mow nothing of the discouragement or the frantic joy arising from rowing the practising distance in a few seconds over r under the average time; they would only suppose that it nast be " very fatiguing" to row so hard; and the endurance of that eight or nine minutes' fatigue would probably be the only iredit gained by men who had given their whole physical and mntal energies to the result of that race for three weeks or mete previously. Then, in a still more serious train of thought, I » egan to com pare my former with my present life— to look uon myself as still the captain of a crew who had to fit themselveiby hardships and by self- denial for the race in which they, andl, and all of us have to contend against the great adversary— a ace in which, though the course thereof be but a span long, ma if and hardly surmountable are the obstacles which that adwsary, whose skill is eminent, whose resources are inexhaustibl, and whose energies are uuflaggi^ % will put in our way to lake us turn aside. If I had formerly held myself responsiblefor victory or THE RING. FIGHTS TO COME. JAX 5,1858.— Tom Sayers and Broome's Noviee— £ 200 a side the Champion's Belt. 19.— Keefe and Hartley— £ 22, London. 26.— Bob Brettla and Bob Travers—£ 100 a side, London. 26.— Jaaues and Smith—£ 25 a side, Manchester. 27.— Bodger Crutchley and Sam Millard- £ 50 a side, London. FsB 2.— Andrews and Haw lias— £ 25 a side, London. 9.— Young Broome and Tyson— £ 25 a side, London, 23,- g* wkew ft « 4 « 50 a tide, LoiiSoa. MAS » .— Bavliss and Ifeyte—£ 25 a side, London. Max 26.— Bob Travers and Johnny Walker—£ 100 a side, London. FIGHTS FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND OTHEB CELEBBATBD PRIZE BATTLES.— Just published, at Bell's Life Office, 170, Strand, and to be had of all booksellers, " The Fights for the Championship, and other Prize Battles," being full accounts of all the fights for the championship from the days of Figg and Broughton to the present time, and also of many other celebrated prize battles, including the performances of Jem Bum, Jack Randall, White- headed Bob, Scroggins,- Dick Curtis, Young Dutch Sam, Ned Neal, Owen Swift, Johnny Broome, Barney Aaron, Ned Adams, Dick Cain, Hammer Lane, Nat Langham, Hayes, Keene, Grant, Massey, Jemmy Welsh, & c. Compiled and arranged by one of the Editors of Bell's Life in London. Price 5s; or sent free by post on receipt of a Post Office order for 5s 6d. To be had also at all the railway stations, and of Mr Fenner at Cambridge, & c. A CHRISTMAS " BOX" BETWEEN PLAN- TAGENET GREEN ( ALIAS SNOWBALL) AND JESSE HATTQN, FOR £ 15 A SIDE. The fistic tourney between the above men came off on Tuesday. The match was by no means important as regards the amount to be contended for, but it proved to be of a highly amusing character, being, in fact, what Charley Mallett, the poet laureate of the P. R., very aptly termed the pugilistic pantomime of 1857. The present battle was the fourth time Plantagenet Green had figured in the P. R., he having contended with Fred Dickenson, Shy lock, and Jerry Noon, only once proving victorious with the English Shylock. Snowball never had the reputation of being anything extraordinary as a boxer, although since his last ap- pearance in the ring with the renowned Jerry Noon he was con- sidered, and this proved to be the case, to have much improved in his knowledge of the polite art. He is a strong, powerful young fellow, but has hitherto been considered to be anything but a man of pluck at bottom. It is now three years since he last figured in public. Hatton's milling career has been one continued series of ups and downs, Fortune having at times given this gaiae fellow some hard rubs. Jesse never possessed the skill nor judgment to enable him to take a high degree in bis profession ; but still, as a game, resolute fellow, he has always „ . _ shown himself worthy of patronage. His battles will be found defeat, for how much more was I responsible novan the case of : dul_ rec0rded in the pages of Fistiana, therefore, without this antitype of " Our Eight- Oar,' in the race whre the reward I upoa his antecedents, we may at once say that in of victory was an incorruptible crown of glory, ; prize which matching him against the Black, his friends looked upon it was to be held for ever ? ! ^ being one of the very best things that they had ever had. , - r ™ . I The belligerents were not confined to weight, but they were in LIFE- BOATS ON THE NORFOLK © AST. jtip. top condition. Jesse had the advantage of his antagonist, It is satisfactory to find that the Royal NationalLife- Boat In- * u u; — stitution are still prepared to treat with the Norfok Association for Saving the Lives of Shipwrecked Mariners, wth regard to the management of the life- boats on the Norfok coast. On becoming acquainted with the proceedings of the last meeting of the Norfolk society ( reported in Bell's Life of 1st week), Mr Chapman, the deputy chairman of the Life- Boa Institution, addressed another letter to the secretary, at Nrwich, in tke course of which he observes :—" I shall feel obligei by your as- suring the association that this institution has onli one object in view, viz, to heartily co- operate with the associaton in placing its life- boat establishments in a state of thorough fficiency. To accomplish that desirable work, it might be of iitte importance whether the Norfolk Association will transfer its finded capital to this institution, to enable us to pay for the sam, or whether the association will defray locally the cost of the vork from its funded capital. You will, therefore, have the gocluess to state to the members of the Norfolk Shipwreck Associaton that this institution is prepared to take into connection with it, as a branch, that association, on the following termi:— That this society will proceed at once to place the whole of the life- boat being'much the bigger and heavier man. A well- known spot was selected, aed no time was lost by the commissary in getting the ring arrangements completed. The Black was the first to shy his castor into the ring, and this act of defiance was instantly responded to by Hatton, who, on stepping within the ropes, had behind him, for seconds, George Brown and Harry Webb. Charley Mallett acted as leading counsel for the Black, and on entering the ring wore a complete hunting suit, which had been made a present to him expressly for the occasion. He was assisted by Langham. Mr Green's costume was certainly novel; his fighting boots were spotless white, drawers black and white, stockings all black, while Ms ebony- looking " phiz" was encased in a white nightcap with a pro- digious tassle, brought down expressly by Jack Macdonald for him to fight in. Although it was considered such a certainty for Hatton, yet not more than even money was laid, and this only to a very small amount. By twelve o'clock the combatants had received the finishing touch, and were conducted to the scratch. THE FIGHT.— Round 1.— Hatton looked serious, while the „„ r Black was grinning in a good- humoured manner, and appeared establishments on the Norfolk coast in a state of wmplete effi- \ to be on the best of terms with himself. After some little ma- cieney, according to the improved standard of tin institution, and that the expense of the same be defrayed b; the Norfolk Shipwreck Association from its funded capital, t& interest on the remainder of the capital, as well as the annual sibscriptions, being paid to this institution, to aid it in enablii? it to main- tain in a state of efficiency the S3veral life- boats so tansferred." Another meeting of the Norfolk Society was to be hid yesterday ( Saturday), at Norwich, to consider these propositions. It must be acknowledged by all parties, that the conoict of the managers of the Life- Boat Institution has been moS handsome, and, we may add, forbearing; their only object is, evidently, as they observe, to place the life- boat establishments oi the coast in a state of thorough efficiency. An adjourned meeting of the Norfolk Association for Saving the Lives of Shipwreoked Mariners, was held at the Shire Hall, Norwich, on Saturday, Sir John Boileau in the chair, to consider an amended proposition from the Royal National Lfe- boat In- stitution, to the effect that that society " will proceed at once to place the whole of the life- boat establishment on tie Norfolk Coast in a state of complete efficiency, according to the improved standard of the institution; and that the expense of tae same be defrayed by the Norfolk Shipwreck Association from. its funded capital. The interest on the remainder of the capital as well as the annnal subscriptions being paid to the Life- boat iistitution, to aid in enabling it to maintain, in a state of eflfciency, the several life- boats so transferred." After some discussion, in the course of which it was mentioned that £ 1,000 would be required to repair the life- boats, the offer of the Life- boat Insttution was noeuvring they went to work, Jesse leading with the left hand tried to deliver a stinger, but, being short, only caught Ned on the chest. They instantly closed, when, after some half- arm ex- changes, they struggled for the fall, and went to grass together. 2. Both came readily up, and went at it with more determi- nation than judgment. Hatton, in a lunging style, made an attempt to plant a rattler on the head with the left, but was not sufficiently within distance. Iu a wild rally they fought to a close, when they both went to earth. 3. Plantagenet, in leading, got well on with the left, and then retreated. Hatton, as he broke ground, followed with an impetuous rush, and, after some wild and apparently harmless changes, they closed and went down near the ropss. 4, II at ton came up with the determination to force the fighting, but the Black standing on the defensive, manoeuvred, and kept out of distance At length Jesse delivered the left on the nob, and followed up with the right, but did no execution. In the exchange the Black got heavily on his opponent's nose, and in the fall Jesse was under. First blood on the termination of this bout was claimed by Mallett for Ned, and there was just a slight show of the ruby from Jesse's nasal prominence. 5. Jesse delivered one on the nob with the left, but without severity. Snowball, with grotesque action, broke ground, as his antagonist rushed at him, and in the exchanges got well on the dial. In the close they fibbed away merrily, and went over. 6. Ned was the first up, and on being faced by Hatton, he ; took the initiative, and planted well on Jesse's cranium. Hatton, on the instant countered heavily, when the Dark- un, thinking accepted " with the understanding that the expression ' transfer it too warm to be pleasant, retreated; Hatton followed him up, of boats' is intended only to mean the transfer of tie control of and tried to deliver a swinging hit from the right, but the blow the management of the same, so long as the society remain in i fell harmless on Ned's shoulders. In a close they fibbed away connection, and no longer." Another resolution wasafter wards merrily and fell, the Black being under. - 7. Jesse dashed at agreed to, to the effect that the Norfolk Association lie regarded j his antagonist left and right but did not get home. In as merged for all practical purposes in the Royal Natonal Life- a scrambling rally, they closed and fell near the ropes. boat Institution, aud its duties, responsibilities, an} property transferred to it, with the exception of the residue of the funded capital, and that the Life- boat Institution be at liberty to com- mence the inspection and repair of the life- boats of tie associa- tion immediately. Finally a committee was appoiited to ar- range the necessary details with the Life- boat Instititien. The negotiations, which have been some time pending^ may now, therefore, be regarded as satisfactorily concluded, CLIFFORD'S PLAN FOR LOWERING B04TS. [ From th ^ Journal of the National Life- Boat Institution for January.] It is now two years since, in conjunction with otherplans, we reviewed this novel and ingenious mode of lowering mats, and we then emphatically declared our opinion as to its vtlue, and expressed our hope that it might meet with that encouragement from ship owners, steam companies, and the Government autho- rities, to which it appeared to us to be entitled. During the above- named period, we are happy to say that it has msde rapid progress, and is now extensively in use, whilst the high enco- niums passed on it in all quarters fully justify the favourable opinion we entertained of it when but yet in its infancy. We now again draw attention to it, hoping that our doing s » may be instrumental to making its merits more universally known, and thus lead to its still more general adoption. We also feel it due to Mr Clifford that we should thus publicly acknowledge the extraordinary zeal, energy, and public spirit which he has ex- hibited amidst difficulties and discouragements of no ordinary kind; and without the exertion of which we believe that no step would yet have been taken to render the process of lowering boats at sea more safe and expeditious than of yore, and without which the public would have been thus deprived of a highly useful and most important invention. We are happy to say that the Emigration Commissioners now require all ships chartered by them to have their boats fitted with Mr Clifford's apparatus — that the Board of Admiralty, after receiving the highest testi- monials of its value from the captains of several men- of- war in which it had been experimentally fitted, have ordered its general adaption, both in the vessels of the Royal Navy and in the Transport Service— that the East India Company have directed that it shall be fitted to all their vessels of war— and that the example has been followed by several of our large steam com- panies. Even during the short time that it has been in use, and that to a very limited extent, it has been the means in several cases of saving lives. From H. M. S. Shannon, twice on her pas- sage to the Cape— from the emigrant ships Commodore Perry, Blundell, Washington Irving, Hooghley, Black Eagle, aud Ebba Brahe, and from the Transatlantic, belonging to Messrs Thomp- son, of Aberdeen— have lives been saved by the ready and almost instantaneous means for lowering a boat neady manned, which Mr Clifford's plan affords; and in each of these cases have the officers in command given their written testimony to the value of the invention, in two instances admittingthat such would have been the danger of lowering the boats by the ordinary tackles, in consequence of the heavy sea running, that they would not have feltjustified in risking thelives of their crews in attempting the ope- ration. Now, it must be remembered that all the above cases have occurred within the past twelve months, attended by the draw- backs naturally attendant on a new invention, which, although simple, is perfectly novel in its mechanical action and mode of application. What a vast number of lives may not then in prospective be saved through its instrumentality, when all ships that carry outside boats have them so fitted! In illustration of the entire trustworthiness aud perfect safety of the plan, as also of Mr Clifford's confidence in it, and of his own energetic cha- racter, we may state that, during the last two years, he has him- self not only personally superintended the fitting of the appa- ratus in nearly every instance of its first adaptation, but that he has been lowered literally hundreds of times in boats so fitted on their first experimental trials, frequently when proceeding in steamers rapidly through the water, in order to show its prac- tical efficiency and to give confidence to those about to use it for the first time. We are of opinion that Mr Clifford is entitled to the greatest credit for thus perseverin. ely carrying out his in- valuable plan, constantly in the face of the prejudices and diffi- culties of no ordinary kind, such as so often beset the way of the inventor. We think him the more entitled to credit in that he is not by profession a sailor, and that nearly his whole time and labour, for the space of three years, to the detriment of his worldly and pecuniary interests in his proper calling, have been consumed by this work. Very great additional loss has been ako entailed on him by experimental and travelling expenses in effecting his determination to bring, if possible, into general use, an invention which experience has shown he was justified in considering to be one of great, and even national importance. From what we have ourselves seen of Mr Clifford, we feel sure that his chief reward will be the kne wledge that he has rendered an important service to suffering humanity; but nevertheless we trust that the Gov 3rnment, the commercial and shipping com- munity, and indeed all those who are direotly or indirectly bene- fited by the invention, will together aid, i? not in a substantial remuneration to Mr Clifford, in acknowledgment of his public service, at least to remove the stigma that he has been suffered to accomplish it only at great pecuniary loss. PIKE v ALECOCK,— Owing to the number of causes in the Queen's Bench, and to the great length of some of them, this case has been again postponed till next term, when it will cer- tainly come on for hearing, as it stands fourth upon the paper. Of course the law's delay is attended with increased expenses, and it is to be hoped that those who wish to support sporting in the person of MrAlecock, will be busy in organising subscrip- tions to be brought publicly forward whenever the matter is set at rest. We have to acknowledge 5s, subscribed by two gentle- men, at Mr Barrett's, Commercial Dock. JAMES B. M'NEILL of Glasgow, in answer to the challenge from the Brothers Geddes, wishes us to state that such chal- lenge would never have been made did they not well know that M'Neill was prevented from rowing any more matches ; but he will back an apprentice of his from Ayrshire to row Robert Geddes for from £ 50 to £ 200 a side. The match can be made by applying to Mr M'Neill or to Mr James Johnstone, Barend Yilla, Burnt Island, Fifeshire. CLASPEB AND MACKINNEY.— For this scullers race we have received a further sum of £ 15 a side, aud the final deposit of £ 20 a side is to be made at Mr M'Laren's, Garrick Hotel, on Friday, Jan 15. The race has been fixed for Tuesday, Feb 16. Harry Clamper will be trained by his son John, and Mackinney will be under the guidance of Robert Campbell. ROBERT GEDDES, of the Humane Society House, Glasgow green, being anxious to row a skiff race, a young lad from Ayr- shire will row him for £ 50 a side. Mr Geddes can be made ac- quainted with the time and place by applying to Mr James Johnstone, Barkhill Villa, Burnt Island, or to J. B. M'Neil, Clutha Boat House, Glasgow. GEOBGB EPMONDS and HABBY BUEXOK, of the Prince Alber 8. After a little sparring, Hatton opened with the left, getting well on the top part of the brain canister. He then dashed to in- fighting, but in the exchauges the Black delivered well on the nob, and then fell on one knee. On the instant, however, he regained his pins, and as Jesse was nothing loth, renewed the round. In the counters they both got on the nob, and in a close fell, Jesse being under. 9. Jesse, after putting out a feeler with the left, followed with his right, but although he landed on the side of Ned's woolly nut, there was no steam in it. Ia a rally the men closed and went down. 10. The Ebony hero opened the ball with a hit from the left, and then got out of distance. Hatton followed, and after some wild exchanges they closed and went down.— 11. Jesse had no sooner been met by his opponent, than he went to work in a resolute style, get- ting well on to the head. In an indescribable rally they got to the ropes, when Jesse wanted to get his man on them. It was, however, no go, for the Black got down. 12. Hatton let fly with the left, and got well on the side of the nob, but, in trying to repeat the dose with the right, he did not get home with any force. As Ned retreated, Jesse bored in for the close, and in doing so slipped and fell. Any further description of this contest would be quite super- fluous, and we shall sum up the result in a few brief comments. In thewhole, seventy- eight rounds, occupying one hour and fifty eight minutes, were fought, Hatton, in the last of these, being knocked completely out of time. Taken all in all a worse fight has, we are confident, never been witnessed, not even by the oldest ring- goer. Beyond being a game fellow, and one of indomitable resolution, Hatton has never stood high on the steps of fistic fame, and certainly what little popu larity he had acquired will now be lest in the defeat he has had the misfortune to sustain in the present instance. Although he often planted on to his opponent his hitting did not appear to be effective, for on the termination of this one- sided affair the Black left the ring without having the least visible punishment. That Hatton did his utmost cannot be disputed, but his being defeated in such an easy manner by the Black proves him to be only an outsider. Of Mr Edward Plantagenet Green we have only this to say, that although he has proved victorious, he will never by any chance obtain any very great position among the leading stars: for, in addition to his want of skill, he has yet to be tried to see whether the ring of the " metal" is or is not genuine, as on this point many per- sons are sceptical. He is a strong, sturdy- made fellow, and as there is no doubt of his having improved a little in the science of the noble art since his last appearance, he ought to be a match for any commoner who might fancy him. The money is to be handed to Mr Green at Nat Langham's, Cambrian, Castle- street, Leicester- square, to- morrow ( Monday) night, when he will ex- plain to his friends the course he intends to pursue with respect to his future milling career, which he states will be most brilliant. THE CHAMPIONSHIP. TOM SATEBS AND BILL BENJAMIN.— Another deposit of £ 20 a side between these heroes was duly posted at Jemmy Massey's, Crown, Cranbourne- passage, Leicester- square, on Wednesday, in the presence of an immense number of Jemmy's friends of the old school. Peter Crawley was present and took the chair, After the business was over an harmonious evening was spent. It was to be regretted that none of the backers of the gallant champion were present to meet Fred Broome, who represented Benjamin, and was anxious to make arrangements as tothe trystiwg place. As no meeting has taken place for this, we have appointed Tuesday next, at our office, between ten ana twelve, to name a place for the sreat event, when we trust the backers of both men will attend. The final deposit of £ 30 a side is to be made at Harry Brunton's, Green Dragon, Beech- street, Barbican, on Tuesday evening next. The Belt, we have been assured, will be left in our hands according to the stipulations made on its being completed, on Wednesday next. The colours of both men are now out— Benjamin, blue and white spot, and Tom Sayers, a plain neat French grey. Benjamin complains that many friends who urgeel him on to fight Sayers have not come forward with the money they promised to stand. He requests they will send it forthwith to Jemmy Massey's. THE MATCH BETWEEN PADDOCK AND TOM SATEBS.— In reference to this match there is a hitch, the friends of Tom Paddock saying they only challenged Sayers for £ 100 a side, while Sayers says he, as Champion, is not bound to fight for less than £ 200 a side. Paddock's friends, we hear, wish to claim forfeit, saying Sayers covered their tenner to make the match for £ 100 a side. The backers of the Champion, however, have referred us to our paper of October 4, in which appears Tom Paddock's challenge to fight the winner between Sayers and Benjamin for £ 200 a side in four months. This challenge, it will be recollected, was answered by Sayers, who authorised us to stop £ 10 or £ 25 out of the stakes should he be the winner, to make the match, and subsequently he sent us £ 10 to cover the £ 10 of Paddock. The Sayers party are still willing to go on for £ 200 a side, and will meet Paddock at our office on Friday next, between eleven snd twelve, to stake £ 15 or £ 20 a side. They say that if any one is entitled to forfeit, it is Sayers, and not Paddock. TWKDDLE AND GLEGHOBN.— We have paid over the money for this match to Tweddlo. in accordance with the announce- ment in our last, and in defiance of a legal notice served by a Mr Winter, who calls himself Gleghorn's backer, but whom we, of course, cannot recognise in the matter, our plan being only to deal with principals. Of Mr Winter's and Gleghorn's impertinent letters, containing so many statements at variance with the truth, we take no more notice than to state that they are utterly beneath contempt. We must for the future decline to hold stakes for Gleehorn or any man barked by Mr Winter. Geo. Wood of • Northampton and T. Price of Bilston are matched to fight at catch weight, for £ 10 a side; to come off within 50 miles of Birmingham, on Dec 29. The whole of the money has been made good to the stakeholder, S. Coates, of whom the whereabouts may be known, also of Bill Cotterill, at the King's Arms, Deritend, and all other sporting houses in Birmingham. COCKS AND SPEIGHT.— We have received £ 1 a side for a match between John Cocks and John Speight of Leeds, who fight for £ 5 a side, on the 4th of January. The next deposit, of £ 2 a side, is to be made at the Star, Mill- street, Leeds, this ( Saturday) evening. JAQUKS AND SMITH.— We have received £ 4 a side for this match, made goo'd at Mr Millan's, Bee- hive, Pine- street, Man- chester. The next, of £ 4 a side, is to be made at Mr Miller's, Pop- goes- the- Weasel, Springfield, Deansgate, Manchester, on Monday. Bowey Taylor and S. Feredey are matched to fight at 7st lllb PEDESTRIANISM. this match must be made at Mr Hanshard's, Prince Albert, St George's- square, Hoxton, on Thursday next. HAWKES AND ANDBEWS.— These lads must make a further deposit of £ 5 a side at Mr Cornish's, Ship, River- terrace, Isling ton, on Dec 29. ., , BBETTLE AND TBAVEBS.— The final deposit of £ 20 a side for this affair is to be made at Nat Langham's, Cambrian, Castle- street, on Wednesday, Jan 22. WALKEB AND. TBAVEBS.— The second deposit of £ 15 a side for this affair is to be made at Nat Langham's, Cambrian, Castle- street, on Thursday, Jan 7- lOUfio BKQOME ANB second deposit 01 £ 8> a nide between these men is to be staked at Jemmy Shaw s, the Princess Royal, St John's- street, Clerkenwell, next Wednesday. MILXABD AND CBUTCHIIET.— The final deposit of £ 10 a side for this match is to be made on the 7th of January. LOCKTEB AND HENDEEMAN.— This match is off, Lockyer having forfeited. „ ^ BAYLIS AND KBYTE,— We have received £ 2 10s from Dan Keyte* as a deposit for this match. Jem Mace will back a novice to fight the winner between Jesse Hatton and the Black, at 93t 121b, or catch weight, for £ 10 or £ 15 a side, and give or take £ 5 to fight in the London or Nor- wich district, or he will back him to fight any man in Norfolk, big or little, for from £ 10 to any amount. Man and money al- ways ready at Mace's, S wan Inn, Swan- lane, Norwich. Peter Morris of Birmingham will fight John Fielden, Blakey, Young Hawkes, or Young Crutchley, at catch weight, for £ 5 a tide; also Philip Yardley of Birmingham will fight Win, Daniels, Pullen, or Chippey, at catch weight, for £ 5 a side. Either of these matches can be made at J. Lonsdale's, Bird in Hand, Rae- street, Birmingham. Young Henley has found friends to back him for £ 10 or £ 15 a side, to fight John Haley on his own terms, and his own time ; to meet at Jemmy Welsh's, or at our office, any evening next week. If this does not suit Haley, Bull will fight him for from £ 5 to £ 25. Money ready as above. _ _ , Bill Elisor of Birmingham will fight Alex Meek of Wolver- hampton, at 9st 31b, for £ 25 a side, or if that does not suit him at 9st 61b, provided he will fight £ 5 odds. Man and money ready at Ben Terry's, Old Plough, Suffolk- street, Birmingham. CHBISTMAS REVELS AT HABBY BBTJNTON'S, THE GEOBGE AND DBAGON, BEECH- STKEET, BABBICAN.— All that delight in fun and frolic, combined with that which is rich and racy, must not fail to assemble this evening ( Saturday) round Harry's festive board, when they will have an opportunity ef assisting at the grand Christmas revels, provided for their amusement and gratification by mine host. On this occasion, in addition to the numerous other attractions of the establishment, Brunton intends opening his new grand music room, the preparations for which event have been goine; forward for some time past, and as he has engaged a host of talent, who west, east, north and south shine as cekbrities in the musical world, there can be no doubt about the whole of the proceedings passing off with 6clat. Come, then, ye old familiar faces, backed by a troupe of happy and mirth- loving new ones assemble on this auspicious night, and take part in the jolly Christmas revels, at the George and Dragon, when Harry, up to the " nines," looking like old Christmas himself, with his merry, good- tempered, mirth provoking mug, enshrined in a bower of evergreens, will give to one and all the good right hand of fellowship, and with spirits proof against adulteration, wish them a happy new year. Song and sentiment will lead, but fun aud frolic throughout the evening prevail, and among the notables who will appear in many parts is that scream- creating laughter, that energetic, eccentric, and versatile son of Momus, Joey Jones. It will be a night never to be for- gotten for old time to keep pace with. Fast men aud young " bloods" will, to keep the lead, have to put on the high- pressure movement, screw down the safety valve, and go in a regular burster"— That's the " Hammer." Jemmy Welsh, the Griffin Tavern, Church- street, Borough, near St George's Church, iu acknowledging the patronage aud support he has received since his return to his " old house at home," invites his friends to visit this hostelrie, where every in- formation can be obtained on all sporting events. Public sparring on Saturday evenings, conducted by Young Harrington, and a private class ou Friday evenings for gentlemen amateurs. This evening ( the 27th) there will be the grandest show of the canine fancy ever witnessed in the south. Boxiana, Fistiana, and The Sporting Chronology to be seen at the bar. Gloves, dumb- bells, & c, & c, sent'to any part of the kingdom. Nat Langham, of the Cambrian Stores, Castle- street, Leicester- square, presents bis compliments to the sporting world, and hopes to have the pleasure of their company this and following days during the Christmas week. Mr Plantagenet Green also begs to be remembered, as well as his splendid Ethiopian cos- tume, which is at Nat's open to the inspection of visitors. First- rate boxing, conducted by Alec Reed, on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday nights. Capital chauuting on Friday evenings, including specimens of the Mosaic Melodies, by Phil Benjamin, the Hebrew harmonist. At Alfred Walker's, George the Fourth, New- street, Cloth- fair, Smithfield, the sparring soirees, every Saturday evening, continue with great spirit, conducted by Jack Haley and Alf himself. This evening ( Boxing- night) some good bouts will take place. Ratting sports every Monday evening. Next Monday Walker's ferret destroys half a dozen rats against time. 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; private class every Tuesday evening. Fistiana and Fights for the Championship to be seen at the bar. The eccentric Joey Jones, in conjunction with Sergeant Bat- son, assisted by Mr Alfred Ladd, the great tenor singer and counsel, will hold a mimic court at Mr Smith's, King's Head, Digbeth, Birmingham, to- morrow ( Monday); after which, a concert, embracing the funniments of the immortal Joey; ' like- wise sentimental and comic singing by a talented company ex- pressly engaged for the occasion.— N. B. This being Joey's first appearance, it is hoped that the sporting Brums of the good old town will give him a good reception. At Jemmy Shaw's new hostelrie, the Princess Royal, St John's- street, Clerkenwell, corner of Corporation- row, this ( Saturday) evening, Mr Pottor, faced by Mr W. Craber, has promised to preside, assisted by several talented friends; also to- morrow ( Monday), Tuesday, and Wednesday, there will be a galaxy of sports. Jemmy Shaw is about establishing a select sparring academy for publicjand private tuition, every Monday, Wednesday, and Fridav evening. Public ratting sports every Tuesday eveniug. Canine exhibition nights every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday evening. The grand show is fixed for this evening week. GBEAT ATTBACTION BOB THE CHBISTMAS HOLIDAYS.— Jem Mace of the Swan Inn, Swan lane, Norwich, invites country and town visitors to call at his domicile, where they will find Jem Mace behind his new bar, prepared to gratify their palates with the choicest vintages. Grand sparring night ou Monday; a glove flght between two big ones. Mace's Novice will wind up the sports of the evening by a glove fight with a good big one. Lessons given at any hour. Gloves and dumb- bells sent to any part of the country. At George Brown's, Bell, Red Lion Market, Whitecross- street, harmonic meetings still flourish under the patronage of the Jolly Trumps. Next Tuesday the chair will be taken by Mr P., faced by H. Hicks. The Jolly Trumps Provident Society is held every Wednesday evening at the Bell. Ou next Wednesday evening will be a special meeting of old members to appoint committeemen, and enrol new members, & c. Sparring as usual, conducted by G. Brown. Professor Harrison's harmonic meetings are every Tuesday and Saturday, on which occasions the Professor obliges with some of his graceful Indian club exercises; also the Sir Charles Napier feat of cutting a lemon in half with a sword on th e nsked havsd. Gentlemen wishing to improve the strength of their arms, chest, and body in general, can do so by joining the gymnastic class, MATCHES TO COME. DECEMBEB. 26 and 28.— Walking and Bunning Matches, for a silver cup and money prizes, at the White Lion, Hackney Wick. 26 ana 28.— All England Handicap race of 606 yards, for £ 85, and other money prizes, at Hyde Bark Sheffield. 128.— Handicap Race of 153 yards, for £ 12 and other money prizes, at Parkside. Hunslet, near Leeds. 26 and28.— A 410 Yards' Handicap Kace, at Aston Cross, Birmingham, for several money prizes. 26 and Jan 4.— Handicap Race of 1,000 yards, for £ 20 and other money prizes, at the Copenhagea Grounds, Manchester. 28.— Jones and Maddox— to run 125 yards, for £ 10 a side, on the Shrews- bury and Wellington road. ,— Causer and Craddock— to run 90 yards, for £ 10 a side, at Aston Cross, Birmingham. 28,— Beckett and Peers— to walk one mile, for a jjHle, OU Sir* mingliam and Walsall road. Birmingham. Beaumont and Flight— to run 100 yards, for £ 5 a side, near the Manor House, Hornsey. 28.— Bisseli and Thompson— to run 200 yards, for £ 5 a side, at Beggar's Bush, Sutton Coldfleld, between 12 and 2 o'clock. 28.— Ensor and Littlehalos— to run 120 yards, for £ 10 a side, at Aston Cross, Birmingham. 28.— Hancock and Seville— te run half a mile, for £ 50 a side, at the Copenhagen Grounds, near Manchester. 29.— Jackson and Manks— to run seven miles, for £ 18 a side ( open for £ 15), at Aston Cross. 29 and 30.— All England Handicap race, for £ 20, and other money prises, at Hyde Park, Sheffield. SI and Jan 1.— Handicap of 410 yards, for £ 20 and other money prizes, at Hyde Park, Sheffield. JANUARY. 1.— Woods and Wood— to run 150 yards, for £ 5 a side, at the Grapes, Newcastle- upon- Tyne. l and 2.— A Handicap Race of 130 yards, at the Grapes, Newcastle- on- Tyne, for £ 15 and other money prizes. 1 and 2.— A Sprint Race of 120 yards, for several money prizes, at the Victoria Gardens, Pendleton, near Manehes'er. land2.— A Handicap Race of 120 yards, for £ 10 and other money puzes, at the Victoria Running Ground, Newcastle- on- Tyne. land2.— A Handicap Race of two miles, for £ 5, and other money nriz"~ 2- " " 1 " " — 1 am auaounting to 2.— HaWorth and Jacques— to run 120 yariK! for"£ 5a side, at the Vic- toria Race GroHnds, Bury. 4,— Olcot and Tinsley— to run 140 yards, for £ 5 a side, at the Waterfall Gardens, Endon. 4.— SpoonerandWesthall— to walk 20 miles, for £ 25 a side ( open for £ 50), at Garratt- lane, Wandsworth, Westhall to have two minutes start. 9.— Barton and Wadsworth— to run 150 yards,". for £ 10 a side, at the Copenhagen Grounds, Manchester. 11.— Fitton and Pomfret— to run 140 yards, for £ 25 a> ida, at the Copen- hagen Grounds, near Manchester. 11,— Cummings and Smith— to run six miles, for^£ 30 a side, at Garratt- lane, Wandsworih. 18.— Garrington and Rowley— to run 120 yards, for. £ 10 a side, at Aston Cross, Birmingham. 18.— Hellewell and Hilton— to run 120 yards, for £ 25 aside, at the Copen- hagen Grounds, near Manchester; Hilton to have two yards start inside. 18.— Barratt and Crudgington— to run 100 yards, for £ 5; ja side," at Gar ratt- lane, Wandsworth. 23 and 25.— All England Handicap of 130 yards, for £ 25 and other money prizes, at Salford Borough Gardens. Brown and Lewis— to run 300 yards, for £ 10 a side, Brown receiving two yards start, at Garratt- lane, Wandsworth. - Dearaen and Lovell- Clubs, dumb- bells, and gloves supplied, at the Old Cheshire Cheese Tavern, back of Drury- laneTheatre. Ycung 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 5, and from 8 till 10 in the evening. Gloves and every requisite provided. Gentlemen attended at their own residences. Gloves, dumb- bells, aud 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, Haymarket. Bill Blyth is fully installed as landlord of the Foresters' Arms, Bee- street, Norwich, where he hopes, by strict attention to busi- ness, to merit a continuance of support. Sparring every night, with the use of gloves and dumb bells. Young Blyth gives lessons in the noble art, every requisite being supplied. Gentle- men attended at their own residences. Sparring gala on Boxing Night; admission free. Blytk himself will Wind- up on that night with Young Lynch the American. Jemmy Welsh, of the Glasscutters' Arms, Hill- street, Bir- mingham, close to the railway station, hopes during the Christ- mas holidays to see his friends. He has provided the best of cheer for them, aud bis singing saloon will be open every even- ing. On Thursday the chair will be taken by Mr Lovet, faced by Mr Wallace. His sparring academy is daily open, attended by Jemmy, and assisted by some of the firs t talent in Birmingham. JOE PHELPS'S BENEEIT.—' The time for this affair is now ap- proaching. It takes place on Monday week, Jan 4, at the Cabinet Theatre, King's Cross, opposite the Great Northern Railway, and being the night before the fight for the Champion- ship will doubtless be very fully attended, and Joe will meet with such patronage that will enable him to re- establish himself in business. HABBY TYSON.— The friends of this brave fellow intend his benefit to come off next Wednesday week at the Yorkshire Grey, Chelsea, instead of on the 21st, as stated in cur last, previous to his going into training to fight Young Broome, for £ 50. At Peter Crawley's, Queen's Head, Duke- street, Smithfield, a sing- song every Saturday evening. Mr Belnaves presides, faced by Mr Glover, The members of the Pigeon Club meet to- morrow ( Monday) evening, at eight o'clock, to settle the place to be flown from, & o. John Hibbert, late of the Mason's Arms, Glasshouse- street, Nottingham, has entered into that old established house known by the sign of the King George on Horseback, Woolpack- lane, where by strict attention to business he hopes to meet that pa- tronage whieh he has hitherto done. At Jem Cross's, Duke of York, Lewisham- road, Greenwich, harmonic meetings take place every Monday evening, when Cross will be happy to see his friends during the Christmas holidays. Jem Ward, the late Champion of England, the most accom- plished boxer of the age, has recommenced his private teaching m the noble art of self- defence at his house, the King's Arms, Whitechapel. Harmonic meetings every Friday evening. A benefit will take place at the Old Swan, for David Dehauey on Tuesday next, when some first- rate men have promised to set to. Dehaney and Youug Broome wind up. CHANGE RINGING— On Tuesday evening last the follow- ing members of the London Cumberland Society rang upon the bells of St Giles's, Cripplegate, a peal of cators, on Stedman's principle, consisting 5,001 changes, in 3h 20min, viz, John Cox treble, Robt. Rose 2, Wrn. Chrisfield 3, J. Miller 4, John Rogers 5, Peter Coote 6, John Nelms 7, Henry Booth 8, Wm. Antill 9, John Beirten tenor. The above peal is in five parts, and has the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth bells regularly behind the ninth. It was composed and conducted by John Cox. On Friday, the 11th instant, eight members of the Ancient Society of College Youths rang on the bells of Holy Trinity, Newington, a true and excellent peal of Kent treble bob- major ( with the fifth and sixth 24 times right and wrong), containing 5,056 changes, in three hours and ten minutes. W. Cooter, treble ; R. Jameson, second; G. Day, third; W. Green, fourth; G. Stookhatn, fifth; G. E. Ferris, sixth ; W. Dogworthy, seventh; G. A. Gunn, tenor. Weight of tenor, 20 cwfc, in the key of E. Conducted by G. Day. On Saturday, the 19th inst, the Society of Change Ringers of St Paul's Church, Oidham, celebrated the birth- day of that veteran ringer, Mr Thos. Chadderton ( he having attained his 66th year, and has been a practical ringe r upwards of 50 years), by ringing a true and complete peal of Mr Holt's 10- course grandsire trebles, consisting of 5,040 changes, in 2h 58min. The following were the ringers, viz, Joseph Parker treble. Joseph Wilkinson 2, John Whittaker 3, Peter Coop ( Manchester) 4, Jonathan Stafford 5, Thos. Chadderton 6, Samuel Howard ( conductor) 7, John Foden tenor. On the 20th inst, the Society of Change Ringers ascended the tower of Kendal parish church, and rang Mr J. Holt's intricate peal of 5,040 grandsirc tripels, in one continued course, in lh 20min. Wm. Halhead 1, Th © s. Jennings 2, James Baxter 3, George Jennings, jun, 4. Jas. Robinson 5, John Baxter 6, Geo- Jennings, sen ( conductor), 7, Henrv Tyson 8. Weight of the tenor 25owt 3qrg, The first, second, third, fourth, and eighth were all rang by youths. On Friday, the 18th inst, seven of the Applet on Society, with Mr Estcourt, from Painswick, ascerded the tower and rang a true and complete peal of grandsira trebles, containing 5,040 changes, in 2h 32min. The ringers were— Henry Woodward treble, Alfred White 2, Jas. Newman 3, Henry White 4, Richard Pitman 5, Albert Estcourt 6, Frederick White 7, Wm. Woodwards tenor. Conducted by H. White. On the 19th inst the Society of Ringers of Hyde ascended the tower of St George's Church and rang a true peal of graudsire majors, consisting of 6,320 changes, in 3h 49min, viz, Henry Rostron treble, Richard Ainsworth 2, Geo. Taylor 3, Edmund Hovle 4, Thos. Sale 5, Wm. Beeley 6, Reuben Crawshaw 7, Jas. Wilde tenor, Composed and conducted by R, Ainsworth. to run 128 yards— for £ 25 a side, at Rugby. FEBRUARY, 8.— Cooke and Holliman— to run 150 yards, for £ 7 a side, at the Welsh Harp, Ediware- road. 15.— Barber and Buckley— to run 200 yards, for £ 50 a side, at the Copen- hagen Grounds, near Manchester. MARCH. 12.— Booth and Collinge— to run 150 yards, for £ 50 a side, at the Copen- hagen Grounds, near Manchester. Poss OFFICB OBBKBS for Deposits, in which the EDITOB OT> BBLL'S LIFE IN LONDON is made stakeholder, must be made payable to " WILLIAM CLBMENT," at the Post Office, Strand, and addressed te this office. Country notes cannot be taken; they will in all in- stances be sent back. DOINGS AT COPENHAGEN GROUNDS, NEAR MANCHESTER. SATURDAY, DEC 19.— Notwithstanding that the weather wore a very uninviting aspect, the canine admirers of the north mustered in tolerably good force to- day, and the following events were decided here this afternoon;:— SPOT AND SPBING.— This race was for £ 25 a side, distance 200 yards, between J. Crossley's Spot of Huddersfield and L, Holden's Spring of Barnoldswick, Spring having five yards start. The betting was 5 to 4 on Spring, and MrHoldengave his decision in his favour by three yards. BONNY AND VENUS.— The dog first named is the property of George Shaw, and Robert Thorburn is the owner of Venus. The race was for £ 10 a side, distance 200 yards, and, owing to dis- parity in weight, Bonny received a yard and 20 inches start. The race was an excellent one, and Mr Hayes ( the referee) decided that it had resulted in a dead heat. The stakes were divided. FANNY AND TBIM.— John Lees's Fanny and John Long worth's Trim ran 200 yards, for £ 5 a side, Mr Hayes being stakeholder and referee. The betting was 5 and 6 to 4 on Trim, but Fannv defeated him by a yard and a half. MONDAY.— Those unfortunate wights who arrived at the Copenhagen Grounds this afternoon bore unmistakeable evi- dence that the watery element had abundantly poured upon them; but their admiration of sport predominated over their love of comfort, and all were eager to see the contest between NEWTON AND HALLIWELJ,.— James Newton ( alias Jam Lad) is a resident of Hollinwoofl, and Charles HalUwell lives at Middleton, Lancashire. The distance fixed was 120 yards, and the sum at issue £ 25 a side.' John Booth of Newton Heath had trained Newton, and Halliwell had been prepared by Etches of Failsworth. When twenty. five minutes' badinage had taken place, Newton jumped off with a lead of two yards, was never overtaken, and won by two yards and a half. The betting was 6 to 4 and 2 to 1 on Halliwell, and 1,000 spectators were present BABBEB AND BUCKLEY.— George Barber of Glossop, Derby- shire, and John Buckley of Tonge- lane, Lancashire, have signed articles to run 200 yards, for £ 50 a side, at the Copenhagen Grounds, near Manchester, on the 15th of February next. Mr Hayes, of the Copenhagen, is stakeholder, and £ 1 each has been placed in his hands. This was to be made into £ 5 a side yester- day ( Saturday), to be increased to £ 10 each on the 2d January into £ 15 each on the 9th of that month, into £ 20 on the 16th' into £ 25 each on the 23d, and the remainder to be staked on the 8th February. HANCOCK AND SAVIXLE.- rThe whole of the stakes, £ 50 a side have been placed in the hanjds of Mr Holden, for the race of half a mile between James Hancock of Salford and John Saville of Oldham, which is fixed for to- morrow ( Monday), at the Copen- hagen Grounds, near Manchester. The men are to start by mutual consent, but if they « do not get off in a quarter of an hour they are to go by report of pistol. Mr Holdtn is to be referee and the pedestrians are to be on the mark at half- past two o'clock. When we saw the tnen on Monday last both appeared in capital trim, and a slashing race may be expected. FITTON AND POMEBET.— J. Fitton of Royton and J. Pomfret of Blackburn have paid another deposit to Mr Holden, making £ 10 each now down, for their race of 440 yards, for £ 25 a side which is to come off at the Copenhagen Grounds, near Manches^ ter, on the 11th of January. HELIEWEM AND HILTON.— Charles Hellewell of Middleton has again matched himself against James Hilton of Chadderton to run 120 yards, for £ 25 a Side, at the Copenhagen Grounds on the 18th of January, Hilton to have two yards start inside. ' Mr John Seville, of the Pedestrian Tavern, Oldham, has received £ 5 each; this sum is to be made into £ 15 a side on the 2d of January, at Mr J. Potts's, Weavers'Arms, Failsworth, and the remainder of the money to fee staked on the day of running We are given to understand that Mr John Seville ' is also to be 1* 6^ 61" 68 • WADSWOBTH AND BARTON,— William Wads worth and George Barton are matched to run 150 yards, for £ 10 a side, at the Copenhagen Grounds, Newton Heath, near Manchester, on Saturday, the 9th of January. Mr Hayes has received £ 5 each and the remander of the money is to be put down on the day of running, and Mr Hayeses to be referee. BOOTH AND COLLINGE.— John Booth of Newton Heath and Thomas Collinge of Jumbo have signed articles to run 150 yards for £ 50 a side, ou the 12th of March next, at the Copenhagen Grounds, near Manchester. Mr Hayes has received £ 1 each- this was to be increased to £ 5 a side yesterdav ( Saturday) to be made into £ 10 a side ou the 2d of January, into £ 15 each on the 9th, into £ 20 a side on the 16fch, to £ 25 each on the 23d and the remainder of the stake is to be deposited on the 8th of March Mr T. Hayes is to be referee. HANDICAP OE ONE THOUSAND YARDS.— The following men have accepted for the above Handicap, which commenced yesterday ( Saturday), and is to be concluded on the 4th of January, at the Copenhagen Grounds, near Manchester First prize £ 20, second £ 3 10s, third £ 1 10s. Thomas DOINGS AT SALFORD BOROUGH GARDENS. SATURDAY, DEC 19.— In our last impression we noticed the result of the first heat for the handicap of 100 yards at the above grounds, and the men ran off this afternoon in the presence of a tidy muster of spectators. The first prize was £ 20, second £ 4, third £ 1. Mr A. Attenbury again officiated as referee, and Mr James Holden, jun, as starter. We have not space to recapitulate the names of the various men engaged, and none of the heats call for especial remark, except the third, in which Ralph Wheatley ( alias the Oyster Lad) of Leeds, with seven yards start, defeated George Darley, the champion sprint runner, who started at scratch. The deciding heat lay between Wheatley, Kearney, and Seymour, the first- named being the favourite at 2 to 1. The contest wasian excellent one throughout, Wheatley eventually winning by a foot, Kearney ( 10 yards start) 2, and Seymour ( 13 yards) 3. MONDAY.— Every one is prepared to believe that nothing tChus further to promote out- door sport than favourable weather, and, notwithstanding that the elements to- day con- spired against it, the rain falling in torrents, nearly 900 wore present to witness the conteit between REED AND GBSENWOOD.— The long and successful pedestrian career of the once- renowned Henry Allen Reed of London, is well- known to many of our readers ; and his opponent on this occasion was Elias Greenwood ( alias the German Lad) of Man- chester. The betting commenced at 5 to 4 on Greenwood, but, prior to starting, 2 to 1 was laid on Reed, and, certainly, neither lacked confidence as to the result. Reed won the toss for sides, and placed Greenwood on his right- hand side. Mr Holden filled the office of referee, and, after a quarter of an hour's delay, they got off on excellent terms, Greenwood being about six inches in advance of his competitor. The race, from first to last, was a brilliant ono, and ended in Mr Holden declaring Greenwood to have won by half a yard, much to the astonishment of Harry Reed, the latter believing he had won. There was no question, however, bat that Mr Holden's decision was a just one, and this Reed in a moment afterwards admitted. Many ef those pre- sent then proceeded in cabs and other vehicles to the Copen- hagen Grounds to witness the contest between Newton and Hal- liwell, a notice of which will be found elsewhere. ACCEPTANCES BOB THE 400 YAEDS HANDICAP, at the Borough Gardens, Regent- road, Salford, on New Year'sDay; first prize £ 40, second £ 4, third £ 1. aud £ 5 te be run for by the second men in each heat.— Heat 1, at half- past one: J. Holden ( Lees) 44 yards start, W. Greaves ( Sheffield) 43, J. Brierley ( Whitefield) 55, R. Hendrie ( Hulme) 60.— Heat 2, at a quarter to two: J. Robinson ( Nottingham) 58 yards start, G. Whitehead ( Irlams) 55, J. Brook ( Holmfirth) 40, J. Simpson ( Manchester) 50.— Heat 3, at two: J. Knight ( Little Moss) 48 yards start, J. Horrocks ( Middleton) 44, W. Walmsley ( Manchester) 55, H, A. Reed ( London) 16.— Heat 4, at a quarter past two: J. Partington ( Middleton) 50 yards start, I Marsden ( Manchester) 45, J. Lyons ( Salford) 38, T. Leary ( Manchester) 45.— Heat 5, at half- past two: G. Bailey ( Millsands) 50 yards start, W. Wood ( Pendleton) 37, E. Evans ( Sheffield) 60, J. Smith ( Hulme) 45.— Heat 6, at quarter to three: I. Howarth ( Sheffield) 45 yards start, H. Seymour ( Eccles) 55, G. Bailey ( Harvest Lane) 55, R. Inwood ( Sheffield) 45.— Heat 7, at three: George Barber ( Glossop) 25 yards start, J. Emsley ( Pudsey) 40, G. Dearden ( Birmingham) 32, G. Martin ( London) 50.— Heat 8, at a quarter past three: W. Eccles ( Glos- sop) 45 yards start, S. Allen ( Radcliffe) 55, G. Green ( Hutton) 36, W. Price ( London) 50.— Heat 9, at half- past three: R. Grimes ( Barnes Green) 44 yards start, J. Whittaker ( Butter Green) 44, J. Skinner ( Sheffield) 40, J. Seddon ( Bainber Bridge) $ 7.— Heat 10, at a quarter to four: W. King ( Hulme) 50 yards start, A. Bowler ( Low Moor) 40, J. Tetlow ( Manchester) 60, J. Benns ( Gorton) 50. — Heat 11, at four: T. Syddall ( Radcliffe) 60 yards start, R. Sut- cliffe ( Comes) 50, R. Wheatley ( Leeds) 40, R. Eaton ( Choles) 50. A. Attenbury, referee. The deciding heats will be run off on Saturday, January 2d. A GBEAT ALL ENGLAND HANDICAP, distance 130 yards, will take place at the Salford Borough Gardens, on Saturday, Jan 23, aud Monday, Jan 25 ; first prize £ 25, second £ 4, third £ 1. Entrance Is each, and 4s acceptance. The entry to close on Tuesday, Jan 5th, and the handicap to appear in Bell's Life of ; the 10th, and the acceptances the week following. All entries to be made at Mrs Attenbury's, Borough Inn, Regent- road, Sal- ford'; or at Mr J. Holden's, White Lion, Long Millgate, Man- chester. Any one entering falsely will be disqualified. Stamps as cash. CANINE,— A handicap dog race, distance 200 yards, will take place at the Salford Borough Gardens, on the 1st and 2d of January, when £ 5 will be given in prizes. The heavier dogs to give 24 yards to the pound outside, and all celebrated animals to be handicapped according to performances, and to weigh to the ounce. The entries Is each, to be made on or before Wednesday, the 29th instant, at Mr Holden's, White Lion, Long Mill- gate ; or at Mr Jas. Shaw's, Circus Tavern, Great Bridgewater- street, Manchester. PEDESTRIANISM AT BIRMINGHAM & DISTRICTS. HILL AND SMITH— These men met on Monday, at Aston Cross Grounds, Birmingham, to ruu their six score yards match, for £ 5 aside. The men were well matched for age, height, and size. Betting was at evens. After several attempts they got away, Hill with a good lead, which he maintained throughout, and ran in a winner by a yard. ROWLEY AND JONES.— These Birmingham men met on Mon day between Aston and Peny Bar, on the turnpike- road, to run their six score yards match, for £ 5 a side. A good muster was present, and the friends of eaeh were confident that their man would win. Rowley, however, was the favourite, and was backed at 6 to 4 freely, which was as freely taken. Both men came to scratch in good trim, and after dodging some time for the start they got away level. Rowley, however, soon took the lead, and gradually stole away from Jones, and ran in an easy winner by four yards. ASTON CBOSS GBOUNDS.— Owing to the 440 yards handicap race on Saturday ( this day) and Monday, the following races must came off on both days, as undermentioned, the whole of the moneys having been made good to the different stakeholders. This day ( Saturday), Bowers and Hughes, 100 yards, for £ 5, Bowers having three yards start, at eleven o'clock ; Jackson and Leonard, 110 yards, lor £ 5, at twelve; Bickers and Coley, 100 yards, for £ 5, Bickers given one yard start, atone ; Newton and West, 120 yards, for £ 5, at half- past one ; Walcot and Cain, 120 yards, for £ 5, at two. On Monday, also, the following will run: — Ensor and Littlehales, 120 yards, for £ 10 a side, at eleven ; Causer aad Craddock, 90 yards, for £ 10 a side, at twelve; Beckett and Peers, one mile walking match, for £ 10 a side, at one; Roberts and Denny, one mile running match, fer £ 5 a side, at half- past one. The time above stated for each race will be punctually kept, on account of the handicap being rua off. THE 4 to YABDS HANDICAP RACE, at Aston Cross Grounds, Birmingham, first prize £ 5, second £ 1, third 10s, and 5s to any man getting a heat and not winning a prize, will be run this day ( Saturday), and the deciding heats run off on Monday, at half- past two o'clock ; any man leaving his mark before the pistol is fired will be put back five yards ; any man acting un- fairly towards his opponent will be immediately stopped and disqualified. A bell will ring ten minutes before the time of starting each heat, and any man not ready at the time appointed will be disqualified. G. SMITH, not being satisfied with his late defeat, will make a fresh match with G. Hill to run 10 score yards if he will give two yards start; or will run Young Moon six score with a yard start, or Ensor the like distance with the same start, for £ 5 or £ 10 aside. Money ready at Mr Knight's, the Old Star, Lich- field- street. J. KEBSHAW will ruu F. Silvester of Westbromwich six score yards, for £ 10 a side, in six weeks from first deposit. Money ready at Mr Matthews's, Bell Inn, Dale End, Birmingham.^ BISSELL AND THOMPSON.— Mr Tailby ( the stakeholder) has received the whole of the money, £ 10 a side, for the 200 yards match between these men, which comes off to- morrow ( Monday) at the Beggars' Bush, near Sutton Coldfield; the men to be at scratch between twelve and two o'clock. Both men have been in active training, and from their well known merits, a clipping race is anticipated. ABTHUB AKEBS of Birmingham will run any of the foUowing men, for £ 10 a side:— Bissell of Hill ' Top, or Thompson of West- bromwich 200 yards; Moon or Bailey of Birmingham, or Hartley of Handsworthfrom 100 to440yards; or . Edwards of Longton, or Cartlidge of Hanley the like distance; or take two yards start in 100 of Bullock of Stoke; or will run E. Ash of Longton 440 yards. Any of the matches can be made by sending a deposit to bell's Life, and articles to Akers at Hateley's, Bull's Head, Staniforth- street. GABBINGTON of Birmingham is still open to make a match with F. Silvester of Westbromwich to run him 440 yards, for £ 15 a side. Money ready at Panott's, the Tree, Hockley. VICTORIA RUNNING GROUNDS, NEWCASTLE- ON- TYNE. ENTBIES BOB THE ALL ENGLAND HANDICAP, distance 120 yards, on the 1st and 2d of January, 1858 ; first man £ 10, second £ 2, third £ 1, and § s every man winning two heats and not getting a prize j— W. Foster ( Leeds) scratch, J. Foster OH Monday last at Garratt- lane; at four o'clock both appeared * at scratch, Smith the favourite at 6 to 4. Smith got the best of ft the start, and won with ease by about three yards. BABBETT AND CBUDGINGTON.— For this race we have received i a further £ 1 a side, and the next deposit of the same amount is to be made at Mr Sadler's, John Bull's Cabin, Turk- street, on Tuesday next. SPOONEB AND WESTHALL.— On account of this match we have received a further £ 5 a side, and the final deposit . of the same amount is to be made at Mr Smith's, Vale Arms, Hammersmith- gate, on Thursday, Dec 31. T. BEAUMONT and F. FLIGHT are matched to run 100 yards on Monday next, Bee 28, for £ 5 a side, near the Manor Houses Hornsey, HENBY TINSLEY of Tnnstall and SAMUEL OLCOT of Burslsa are matched to run 140 yards, for £ 5 a side, on the 4th of January, at the Waterfall Gardens, Endon, YOUNG LAYCOCK of Bradford, who is only 18 years of age, will walk five miles and run five miles at one start, against any man within 25 miles of Bradford; or he will walk any man ia Yorkshire 25 miles level. The match to come off at Bennett « Grounds, Hanningley, near Leeds. Either match for not lesr tfean £ 20 a side. Bell's Life to be stakeholder. If a deposit ba sent to Bell's Life, and articles to Laycock, at the Olive Branch* Bradford, a match will bo made. T PBTEB HABTof South Shields will run Lynn of Jarrow 100 yards level, or Blench or Gilroy of the Felling the same distance,' or Douglas of Newoastle- upon- Tyne on the same terms, or will take three yards start iu 120 of Middleton of Chester- ie- street, olf- two yards in 100 of J. Riohardson of Shields, or he will run any other man iu South Shields 150 yards level. Any of the matches can be made, for £ 10 or £ 15 a side, any night next week, at Henry Myers's, Railway Tavern, Bast Holborn, South Shields. J. HOBROCKS of Bury informs J. Forster of Newcastle that he can be accommodated with a spin of 400 or 500 yards, or his brother, W. Forster, 300 or 400 yards, or W. Pearson of Eceles 400 yards, or he will run H. MargeMs of London 300, 400, or 50& yards. Any of the matches can be made for £ 25 a side, tcgrun in four weeks from signing articles, by sending a deposit to Bell's Life, or to Mr J. Holden, White Lion, Manchester, and articles to Mr T. Heward, One Horse Shoe, Bury. v W. NEWMAN will walk and run any man in England at one start if he is allowed choice of distance, or he will walk seven and run five miles all in one start with Diamond if he will give one minute start, or will take £ 30 to £ 20 that he walks twenty, miles and a quarter in three successive hours. A match can be made at the Triumph, Skinner- street, Somers Town, to- morrow ( Monday) night. ' ^ J. JENNS will walk Brown four miles level, for from £ 10 to £ 25 a side, or he will walk any man four miles that has not won more than £ 10, or will take one minute start in four miles of Ooxford, Durham, or Hotine. A match can be made at the Triumph, Skinner- street, Somers Town, to- morrow, ( Monday) night. W. HEATH, of the Victoria Arms, Green- street, Bethual Green will run Richard George or William Carlisle, of Bethnal Green, 100 yards, for £ 5 a side; money ready at the above house on Tuesday next. • , J. WYNNofPrestwick will jump R. Ray of Blackburn, one back jump if he will give eight inches, for £ 10 or £ 15 a side. A match can be made any night next week, at the Crown Inn, Roodeu- lane, Prestwich, near Manchester. ton ( Hollinwood) 60, Joel Berisford ( Manchester) 115, Jas San- derson ( Whitworth) 50, Thos. Miller ( Denton) 75, Pearce Hoi- royd ( Mirfield) 57, James Boothman ( Haslingden) 75, Henry Geagan ( Liverpool) 82, Thos. Entwistle ( Little Bolton) 95, Jas Boothroyd ( Salford) 85, f J. Benns ( Gorton) 75, J. Nichol ( War- rington 70, S. Grimshaw ( Stockport) 85, B. Dawson ( Staleybridge) 82, R. Shaw ( Saddleworth) 90, H. Levesey ( Accrington) 80 P Burns ( Preston) 70, R. Syddall ( Radcliffe) 90, James Horrocks' ( Middleton) 85, W\ Dean ( Barnsley) 82, J. Midgley ( Rochdale) 65, Geo. Lane ( Whitworth) 80, Geo. Frost ( the Suffolk Stag) 65 J. Booth ( Newton Heath) 50, and J. Taylor ( Failsworth) 90. ' DOINGS AT HYDE PARK GROUND, SHEFFIELD, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. MONDAY, DEC 21.— BIBKS AND SMITH'S PIGEON MATCH BOB £ 50.— There was only a moderate attendance of spectators present to- day to witness the exciting shooting match, for £ 25 a side, between Mr Thohias Birks of Sheffield and Mr William Smith of Hemmingfield, near Wentworth, at 25 pigeons each 21 yards rise, lfoz of shot; Hyde Park rules. Scout shooting was strictly prohibited; but we are sorry to say that a person named Dawson, well known in the pigeon shooting circles in this locality, after haviiig been cautioned that scout shooting would not be allowed^ promised he would not shoot at any bird that came over the fence; but, strange to say when Mr Birks shot at and killed his 22d bird, in our opinion, as well as that of the referee ftnd spectators, the above- named indivi- dual deliberately shot? at the bird, which was then ten yards within the limits. The referee ( Mr W. Bailey of Sheffield) was appealed to, and he gate his decision that Mr Birks killed the bird, but his backer at once stated that, to prevent any dispute he would shoot at another bird, which he killed, " We subjoin the score: Mr Birks finally won the match, killing the 1st 2d 3d, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9tb, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th' 18th, 19th, $, 0th, 21st, 22d, and 23d birds; total, 20 out of 23 Mr Smith killed his 2< j, 3d, 5th. 7th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th 14th' 15th, 17th, 18tb, 19th, 20th, 21st, 23d, 24th, and 25th birds ' total, 18 out of 25. ' TUESDAY.— The usual 10s sweepstakes was shot for this afternoon by Mr L. Duugworth, Mr T. Birks, and Mr J Deighton. Messrs Duagworth and Birks killed 3 each, and divided. HYDE PABK, SHEFFIELD,— A swe « T> stakes of £ 1 each will take place here to- naorrow ( Monday). Conditions: £ l each single guns 21 yards- rise, and lfoz of shot; double guBS 10 yards, with lioz of shot, 5 birds each. The rails boundary. Shooting to commence at one o'clock. No scout shooting will be allowed. LOCAL FIELDS TAVERN.- OII the 29th inst a sweepstakes of 10s each will be shot fcr at Mr John Duffin's, at 4 birds each, on the usual conditions. After the above the usual 5s novice leger will take place. Shooting to commence at one o'clock. OUGHTIBBIDGE.—< On Thursday, Dec 31, & sweepstakes of 10s each will be shot, at 4 birds each, 21 yards rise, lfoz of shot double guns 19 yards, lioz of shot, at Mr W. Howe's, the Cock Inn ; birds 7d each. BLUE BALL, WHABNCLIEFE SIDE.— On New Year's Day a 10s leger will be shot for at Mr John Booth's, on the usual condi- tions. Shooting to commence at one o'clock. The best blue rocks are provided at; 9d each; other shooting will take place JOHN DEIGHTON of Parkgate will shoot' a match for £ 25 a side, at 25 pigeons each, 21 yards rise, Ifoz of shot, with Mr Bottomley. Money ready at the George Inn, Parkgate, near Rotherham. RABBIT COUBSING AT DABNALL,— Mr William Morton, the landlord of the Old English Sampson. Broad- street, Park Sheffield, will give £ 6 to be run for by dogs of all sizes ( not £ 10 as previously stat- edK at Mrs Jas. Dearman's. the Old Cricket Ground, Darnall, on the 28th inst. On the following day ( Tues- day) Mr Morton will give £ 6 to be run for, open to all dogs not exceeding 174 inches high. Entrance 5s each leger. All entries to be made at Mr Morton's as above, up to twelve o'clock. Rab- bits to be paid for the first time round. NOTICE.— Mr Thomas Lenthall begs resp^ etfullv to inform his friends and the public generally that he has taken that well- known and old- established inn, the Vine Tavern, Hartshead, Sheffield ( late in the occupation of Mr George Naylor, deceased), where he will be most happy to see his friends. The wines spirits, & c, which are of first quality, are direct out of bond. T. L. hopes, by keeping, a first- rate article and strict atten- tion to business, to merit a continuance of tke favours so very liberally bestowed on the late proprietor. Bell's Life, the Sheffield Independent, and the Sheffield Daily Telegraph newspapers • tEK8na JAMES RICHMOND and his trainer, Joseph Foster, will be at William Thompson's, Wheat Sheaf Inn, York- ioad, Leeds, this day, the 27th, previous to his race to- morrow ( Monday) with Alien Bowler, where he will be happy to meet his friends. ley ( Leed^) 6. G. Wild bore ( Sunutrland) 1, T. Coulson ( Gateshead) 8, T. Bolton ( Newton Heath) 8, W. Deans ( Leeds) 9, R. Bur- dis ( Gateshead) 9, E, Elliott ( Newcastle) 9, C. Wilson ( Teams) 9, J. Athey ( Manningham) 9, L. Morris ( Oaseburn) 10, W. Fergu- son ( Newcastle) 10i, J. Barber ( Sunderland) 101, F. Jackson ( Winlaton) 9, T. Eshelby ( Middlesbro') 10, T. Richardson ( Black- hill) 11, R. Railton ( Newcastle) 11, J. Richardson ( Kibblesworth) 11, G. Robson ( Newcastle) 11, C. Grey ( Gateshead) 11, G. Douglas ( Newcastle) 114, R, Hall ( Stockton) 12, T. Bright ( Ouseburn) 12, J. Charlton ( Redmires) 12, R. Taylor ( Newcastle) 13, T. Cook ( Gateshead) 13, J. Rowan ( Gateshead) 13, J. Gilroy ( Felling- shore) 13, J. Tewett ( Thornley) 14, J. Brown ( Benwell) 14. W. Taylor ( Newcastle) 14, R. Scott ( Newcastle) 13, J. Eshelby ( Mid- dlesbro') 14, J. Stevenson ( Middlesbro') 14, W. Donkin ( Gates- head) 13, P. Blakey ( Ouseburn) 15, W. Atkinson ( Newcastle) 16, G. Hutcheson ( Newcastle) 16, A. Kelly ( Gateshead) 14, T. Win- ship ( Newcastle) 16, A. Henderson ( Ouseburn) 16, G. Morris ( Ouseburn) 16, E. Farcas ( Newcastle) 16, T. Lister ( Sunderland) 16, T. Marsh ( Winlaton) 16, R. Rutter ( Winlaton) 16, J. Fife ( Gateshead) 16, Lightfoot ( veteran) ( Durham) 16, J. Sewell New- castle) 17, T. Bell ( Ouseburn) 18, J. Elliott ( Newcastle) 18, W. Dodds ( Newcastle) 17, G. Scott ( Newcastle) 19, W. Cole ( Gates- head) 18, M. Liddle ( Felling Shore) 18, C. Brooks ( Gateshead) 19, B. Henderson ( Gateshead) 19, W. Ray ( Gateshead>- 20, W. Elliott ( Newcastle) 20, T. Nevison ( Newcastle) 20, J. Bolam ( Newcastle) .20, J. Wood ( Gateshead) 19, J. T. Bawson ( Gateshead) 20, T. Scott ( a lad) ( Gateshead) 25, J. Scott ( Newcastle) 20. Accept- ances close to morrow ( Monday), December 25,1857, to Mr J. Scott, Cumberland House, Cattle Market, Newcastle- on- Tyne. Hyde Park rules strictly enforced. ENTBIE3 FOB THB Two MILE HANDICAP on January lst and 2d, 1858; first man £ 5, second £ 1, third 10s:— J. Rowan ( Gateshead) scratch, W. Boddy ( Gateshead) 50 yards start, J. Dinning ( Gateshead) 65, J. White ( Gateshead) 65, R. Robson ( Newcastle) 90, R. Smith ( Gateshead) 95, H. Armstrong ( New- castle) 115, F. Atkinson ( FerryhiU) 140, T. Fowler ( Newcastle) 150, W. Wintrip ( Gateshead) 160, J. Potts ( Newcastle) 160, T. Melvin ( Newcastle) 180, A. Kelly ( Gateshead) 200, J. Clasper ( Newcastle) 200, R. Cook ( a boy) ( Newcastle) 360, J. Barras ( a boy) ( Gateshead) 360. Acceptances close as above. BOWLER AND RICHMOND.— A race of 130 yardg came off on Monday last, at the Parkside Grounds, Hunslet, near Leeds, between Allen Bowler of Low Moor, near Bradford, and James Richmond of Aberford, for £ 25 a side. Mr George Piers of Manchester filled the office of referee, and the betting, which opened at 6 to 4 on Bowler, concluded at 3 to 1 on him. All being in readiness, the men went away at the fifth attempt, the favou- rite obtaining the best of the start, and won by two yards. There were about 1,000 persons present. BEDDOW AND GIBSON.— The spin of 170 yards, for £ 5 aside, between these men— both sergeants in the Grenadier Guards- came off on Monday last at Garratt- lane, Wandsworth ; after cutting a good deal of time to waste they got away with a pretty level start, and ran well together for the first eighty yards, when Beddow gradually stole away from his man, and ran in a winner by about four yards. The odds at starting were 3 to 1 on Gibson. There was a tidy assemblage of red jackets on the ground. JACKSON AND MANKS.— The deposits have been made good between these men this week; £ 2 a side at Mr Price's, Turk's Head, Worcester- street; £ 2 a side at Mr Hornblower's, the Globe, Park- street, Birmingham. The last deposit, of £ 5 a side, is to be staked in the hands of Mr Clulee, the stakeholder, before two o'clock on Tuesday next, the morning of the race, and the men to start at half- past two o'clock precisely. Jackson will match himself on the Ground, on Tuesday, at Aston Cross, to run any man within 20 miles of Birmingham from three up to 10 miles, for £ 15 or £ 20 a side. COOK AND HOLLIMAN.— A match has been made between W. Cook and J. Holliman to | ua 150 yards, for £ 7 a side ( open for £ 10), at the Welsh Harp, Edgware- road, Feb 8. We have received articles, with £ 1 a side, and the next deposit of the same amount is to be made at the Thistle and Crown, Thomas- street, Oxford- street, Dec 28. CUMMINGS AND SMITH.— A match has been made between Job Smith of Manchester and Thomas Cummings of London to run six miles, for £ 30 a side, at Garratt- lane, Wandsworth, on Monday, Jan 11. We have received articles, with £ 10 a side, and the next deposit of £ 10 a side is to be made Dec 31. GODEBEY AND PBICE.— For this race of 120 yards we have received the whole of the money, £ 5 a side; it takes place at Garratt- lane, Dec 26, between one and three o'clock. To start by mutual consent, and if not off in fifteen minutes to go by pistol. The ground to be roped'and staked. LEWIS AND WABDEN. For this match we have received the final £ 210s. a side. The race ( 120 yards) takes place at Garratt- lane, Dec 26th, between one and three o'clock, to start by mutual consent, and if not off in fifteen minutes to go by pistol. FBANKS AND SMITH,— These men ran their 100 yards match PIGEON SHOOTING. AT THE OLD THATCHED HOUSE, Cann Hall Gate, Stratford, Essex, on Wednesday last, Messrs Dad, Brown, Birch, Botham, Wilson Engleton, and seven others shot for the pig. Mr Brown won killing all his birds in first- rate style. Some excellent shooting took place. On Friday next ( New Year's Day), a silver snuff- box will be given free to be shot for, for novices, at 9 spa » j rows each, 21 yards rise, 40 fall, Hoz of shot-, H and T traps, all to load from ene bowl. Also a £ 1 sweepstakes, at 9 birds eaeh, usual conditions. Sweepstakes as usual. To commence at twelve o'clock A good supply of ammunition. Barber supplies birds. AT THE LILLIE ABMS, Old Brompton, shooting every Tuesday and Saturday. Pigeons kept for the supply of private parties at any time. There is also a plate to test guns. Shooting com- mences at twelve o'clock precisely on each day. On Tuesday last there was a large attendance, ana a great many sweepstakes shot for at sparrows, the principal winners being Messrs Baker, Hook, A. A., Wilson, and Boxhall. AT THE ELGIN ABMS, Ladbrooke- road, Notting- hill, near Ladbrooke- square, to- morrow ( Monday), a handsome silver tea service and two fat pigs will be shot for. at 9 birds each, 21 yards rise lioz of shot, H aud T traps, all to load from one bowl. TO commence at twelve o'clock. Offor supplies birds. JEVONS AND BUTT ( ALIAS SMITH).— Our correspondents having last week sent us a very erroneous account of this match, we give the following particulars from a source which may be relied on — The match was for £ 50 a side, 25 birds each, l^ oz of shot, fin bore, a 60 yards boundary, with a 21 yards rise, Mr Butt having won the toss, commenced the match, but lost his bird Mr Jevons killed his first three birds cleverly. The next few shots fluctuated in favour of first one and then the other. Mr Butt after his sixth shot, killed 7 birds in succession, and at his eighteenth shot he had two scores in his favour, The betting at this point was 3 to 1 on him. The match was not, however, to terminate in the way every one expected it would, the favourite killing only 2 birds out of his last 7, which left his opponent the winner by two, Mr Jevons killing 17 birds and Mr Smith 15. The announcement of the winner by the referee ( Mr Wiggan) was hailed with acclamation. A word of praise is due to those who " kept" the ground, for the perfeot order, which prevailed throughout the match. ON THE RECREATION GROUNDS, Cheetham Hul- road, Dukio- field, on Friday and Saturday, Jan 1 and 2, a sweepstakes of 108 each will be shot, 9 birds each, 21 yards rise, double guns, to use one barrel, lfoz of shot, 19 yards, single guns 2oz of shot, the gun to be held in a sportsmanlike manner till the bird is on the wing. The landlord will give £ 5 to be added to tbe sweepstakes. Any party entering may either shoot for the sweepstakes or the money given. To commence at eleven o'clock. Birds provided by G. Hardins of Ashton. The enclosure to be the boundary. OPEN TOAT. T. ENGLAND.— At Mr Parry's, Vine Inn, Aston, near Birmingham, on Monday, Dec 28, a sweepstakes will be shot for by 20 members, at £ 110s each, 7 birds each, 21 yards, l} oz of shot, no guns barred, H and T traps. The first best shot to take £ 20, the second best £ 7, the third best £ 3. Entries to be made on or before the 20th inst, to the proprietor, as above. The best blue rocks will be provided by Crossbee. Shooting to commence at eleven o'clock. Birds aud ammunition always on hand. A SWEEPSTAKES was shot on Monday last, by 22 members, at Mr Tweddle's, the Hack Inn, Walker, at 5s each, 5 birds. The prize was divided between J. Brown, Wm. Emmett, and John Shields, each killing 5. They afterwards sat down to an excel- lent supper provided by Mr Tweddle, which reflected muoh credit, and after doing justice to the good things provided the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were responded to, and the evening was spent very pleasantly. „ „ , AT CHARLES EMMETT'S, Blue Bell Inn, Byker, near New- castle- upon- Tyne, the annual pigeon sweepstakes, of 10s each, will be shot for on New Year's Day, single guns 2oz shot, 21 yards rise, double guns l£ oz shot, 18 yards rise, 80 yards boundary; shooting to oommence at 12 o'clock. A good supply of the best blue rocks on hand. AT J. NOBBIS'S, Bell Inn, Tring, Herts, on Thursday, Jan 14. a fat ox, value £ 30, will be shot for, by 30 members, at £ 1 each, 5 birds each, guns finch bore, Ifoz of shot, 21 yards rise, 86 boundary, the gun to be held in a sportsmanlike manner till the bird is on the wing. The second to receive £ 3 out of the stakes, and the third to save his entrance money, To commence if el6V6n o'clock. < AT THE ST THOMAS'S GBOUND, Stanningley, near Leeds to- morrow ( Monday), a £ 1 sweepstakes, with £ 5 added by the ' pro- prietor, will be shot for, 9 birds each, 21 yards rise for single guns, 2oz of shot, double guns 19 yards rise, ljoz of shot, the use of one barrel, ground the boundary. All entries to be made to Mr Bennett on or before twelve o'clock on the day of shootina Birds are already provided. 9' AT MB SAMUEL ASQUITH'S, Ivy House, Barton Tower Cros- ] and Moor, near Huddersfield, on Saturday next, a heifer' value £ 6, will be shot for, by 12 subscribers, at 10s each, 5 birds each, lfoz of Shot, 21 yards rise, 60 fall. The first bird to be trapped by one o'clock. The winner can have either heifer or money. AT W. HALT'S. Bell and Crown Inn, Castle Donnington on Monday, Dec 23, a fat cow will be shot for, at 7 birds each single guns 21 yards rise, Hoz shot, double guns 19 yards rise, l£ oz shot, boundary 80 yards, entrance £ 1 each member open' to all England. AT J. LOWE S, the Swan, Ilsley, on Tuesday, Jan 5, a fat hog weighing 20 score, will be shot for, by 20 members, at 10s each! 7 birds, 21 yards rise, 100 boundary. Various other prizes wiu be shot. To commence at twelve o'clock. All entries te be made by eleven. MB EDWABD TAYLOB, in answer to a challenge which ap- peared in Bell's Life of Dec 13, from Mr Jas. Boon, will meet him ou Tuesday next at Mr E. Myers's, Grapes, Newchapel, pre- pared to make a match. The Editor of Bell's Life to be stake- holder. CANINE FANCY. A show of fancy spaniels, terriers, Maltese, Isle of Skyes, bull* dogs, & c, will take place this evening, the 27th inst, at Mr Hinchliff's, Pencutters' Arms, James- street, New- cut, Lambeth., Chair to be taken by Mr Jas. Jones, of Vine- street, Hatton- garden, faced by Mr C. Jones, who will show the handsomest Maltese dog in England. Mr Page will produce his black and tan terrier dog, 3Jlb weight, and back it against all England, for £ 5 a side. Messrs Bladon, Guppy, and all the members of the South London Canine Association will positively attend this evening and produce the whole of their studs. The club hold their meetings every Monday night, to enrol fresh members. Ratting sports every Tuesday night. A free concert every Mon- day and Saturday night, conducted by Mr Hoyden. A show of all kinds of dogs will take place at T. Fris- well's, Nottingham Arms, Ossulton- street, Somers Town, this ( Sunday) evening. Chair taken by Mr Woolmington, faced by Mr Blackmore. The great 100 rat match between Mr Atherton s bull bitch and a gentleman's novice comes off to- morrow ( Mon- day). Several handsome prizes will be given for dogs of all weights, to be fairly handicapped. Mr F. will match his puppy Joe, six weeks old, to destroy half a dozen rats against all comers, Dogs, rats, and money always ready. Grand prizes will be given to be ratted for by puppies not exceeding six mouths old oa Boxing- night. The first quarterly supper takes place at the above house on Tuesday next. Ratting every Monday and Saturday evening. A show of all kinds of dogs will take place at Jemmy Welsh's, the Griffin, White street, Borough, this evening, the 27th inst. Chair to be taken by Mr Lloyd, who will produoe his unrivalled- stud of white terriers, faced by Mr Wybrow, who will exhibit- the handsomest pure white Maltese stock dog in England, 61b weight, assisted by Tom Pyles, Alf Daws, and Mr Stubbs, who will show their stud of bulldogs against all comers. Mr Roker will bring his celebrated old bulldog Tumbler, and Mr Poulton his Maltese dog Dick, and Mr Ellis will attend, At Mike Lee s, the Sportsman, Boundary- street, Shoreditch, a show of toy and other dogs will take place this evening, the 27th inst. Chair to be taken by G. Isaacs, faced by J. Mears. M. L. will show one of the handsomest bulldogs, and will sing a mule against another, for £ 5 a side. FLY AND LADY.— Mr B. Piatt of Manchester has matched his bitch Fly against Joseph Barlow's Lady of Clifton to run 200 yards, at Bellevue, on the 4th Jan, for £ 15 a side. The heaviest dog is to give two and a half yards to the lb outside, and on ae^ count of the match Mr Holden has received £ 1 each. Ratting sports at Jemmy Shaw's new house, the Princess Royal, St John- street, Clerkenwell, corner of Corporation- row, next Tuesday evening and during the holidays, for handsome prizes, viz, solid silver stop watch, silver snuff- box, and a slip and collar, highly finished, given free, open to all ; the dogs to be fairly handicapped. A good supply of fresh barn rats for gen- tlemen to try their dogs with at any hour. Use of the jsit gratis, & c. Preparations are being made for the monthly show this evening week. The Treatise on Eats, enclosed with the printed roles of the Canine Club, can be had of Jemmy Shaw only, sent for 12 post- age stamps; also the much- approved of dog soap, for curing all diseases, preserving the ceat, & c, in packets, Is each. Buyers well, corner of Corporation- row. A list of the choicest stock dogs kept. The great rat match comes off next Tuesday evening. Ratting sports at J. Ferriman's, Graham Arms, Graham- street, Macclesfield- street North, City- road, on Boxing Night, when an Indian cat, some small dogs, and mongoose will destroy- rats. To- morrow ( Monday) a show of dogs of all kinds will take place, when J. F. hopes to see a goodly muster of his friends. The chair will be oocupied by Joe Phelps, faced by Mike Wilmott. Many of the Birmingham Fancy will be in attendance. Jemmy Shaw has a fine young Wolf he wishes to back to destroy rats, or will dispose of him reasonably, also some of his dogs. To be heard of at the Old Queen's Head, Crown- court, . Wmdmill- streeti Haymarket. The match between Bevans's bitch Fan and Heath's bitch Topsy, to destroy 20 rats each, for £ 5 a side, comes off to- morrow ( Monday), at Sam Simmonds's, King's Arms, Baggot- street, Bir- mingham. The first dog to be pitted at ona o'clock, Mr Holden, of the Bricklayers' Arms, Pritehett- street, Bir- mingham, has matched his dog Tiny against Lewis's dog Prince, to destroy 12rats each, for £ 5 a side; to come off to- morrow ( Monday). Mr Oakley will- back his black and tan dog Turpin, 14lb weight, to destroy 51 rats against Jemmy Shaw's dog Jacko's 50, for £ 10 a side; to come off in a month from the first deposit. An & nswe~ through Bell's Life will oblige. AO, * Co, 8 BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, DECEMBER 27, 1857. THE CHASE. Matters of founds will greatly oblige v& by causing their fixtures to be posted so as to reach us in the coarse oj Friday. HOTTING APPOINTMENTS. sTAOHOTrans. Her Majesty's— Tuesday Maidenhead Thicket, Fnday fetok « Green. 11. Berkshire, South ( Subscription}- Thursday Fernhill _( Winkfield), i p 11. Cheltenham, Mr W. White's- Tuesday Birdhp, Friday Square Ditch ' Gate, at 12; , _ T ,, . ,, Rothschild's, Baron- Monday Cublington, Thursday North Marsto n, U FOXHOUNDS. , „ „_ Albrighton ( Mr 0. Stubbs's)- Tuesday Apley Park, Thursday Bed Inn ( Tong Norton), Saturday the Black Hill Finger Post, at i. past 10. Atherstone— Monday Newbold Gate, Wednesday Clifton, Friday Ulles- thorpe, Saturday Hopwas Bridge, at 11. _ , , Badsworth— Tuesday Fenwiek, Thursday Frystone, Saturday Hiendley Common, at i past 10. , „.,, . Bamfylde's, Mr— Monday Haldon Race Course, Tnursday Killerton BeautWt'V, aDuke of- Monday Hnllavinston, Tuesday Kellaways Mill, Wednesday Trouble House, Friday Monument, Saturday George Inn ' ( Sandy Lane), at i past 10. , _ , „ Bedale— Monday Nntwiih Common, Wednesday Busby Stoop, Friday Newton House, at i to 11. , _ , _ . Berkeley's, Sir M.— Monday" Hardwiek Court, Tuesday Portworth Green, Thursday Kenne), Saturday Woodford Green, at i to 11. Berkshire, Old ( Mr Mori ell's)- Monday Lamb and F lag Longworth), . Wednesday Southleish, Friday Kadcot Bridge, Saturday LocKinge ' Brick Kiln, at J past 10. , T„ T , „,• Berkshire, South- Monday Cold Ash Common, Thursday Wakefield Park, Friday Yatteiidon, at i to 1L, .. Blackmore Vale- Monday Cheriton Windmill, Thursday \\ allbndge Gate, Saturday Stourion Inn, at i to 11. Bramham Moor- Monday Pool, Wednesday Partington, Friday Wighill Paik, Saturday Hurewood Bridge, at i past 10. . Burton Hunt ( Lord Henry Bentinck's)- Monday Holton, Tuesday_ Lin- • wood- by- Haseii, Wednesday Fiskerton Long Wood, Thursday Little ' Corringham, Friday Blankney, Saturday Aubourn Village, at 11. Cambridgeshire- Monday Harlton Wheatsheat, Friday bandy Warren, & p& si 10 Cheshire- Monday, Weaverham, Wednesday Peover Hall, Thursday Checkwode Arms ( Witley), Saturday Wettenhall Green, at i p 10. Cleveland— Monday Kilten Mill. Thursday Marlon, at 4 past 10. Cottesmore ( Sir John Trollope's)- Monday Kennel, Thursday North Witham, Satuiday Greethamlnn, at 11. T. ,, „ Craven ( Mr G. Cook's,— Monday Cake Wood, 1 riday Heathanger, ba- . turday Hare and Hounds ( Lambourn Woodland, at 11 Ccawley and Horsham- Monday Norfolk Arms ( Worth), Wednesday B « lney Windmill, Saturday Washington Common, Monday week Tilgate Lodge. Wednesday week Rusper, Saturday week the Buck Deacon's, & Mr— Monday Rexon Cross ( Broadwoodwidger). Thursday Grenoen Bridge, at J past 10. T,-„„:,. I, ... Devon, North)- Monday Dodscott Wood, Friday Buckland Filleigh, at DrakMr- Tuesday Byfield Toll Bar, Thursday White Croes Green, Saturday Souldern Gate, at J to 11. „ . . . Durham County- Monday Piawsworth Bar, Wednesday Easmgton, 1 ri- day Brancepeth, at $ past 10. „ , . Eggesford- Monday Calne'a Bridge, Thursday Hasford ( Kmgsnympton), EssexMw ( Mr L. Arkwright's)- Monday Hatfield Heath, Wednesday Great Dunmow, Saturday Fyfield, at i to 11. _ Essex, East ( Mr Marriott's)— Tuesday Witheraeld, Saturday Moor Gar- Essex," south ( Mr Button's)— Tuesday Var. geBarge, Saturday Wenning- ton. at 11. _ . _ Essex and Suffolk- Tuesday Great Oakley Street, Friday Wiston, at 11. Essex Union— Monday Barton Ball, Wednesday Battles Bridge Hawk, Saturday Galley wood Common, at J past 10. Earqiiharson's, Mr— Monday Fifehead Neville. F. B. H. ( Mr W. WiUiams's)- Tuesday Bishop's Wood, Friday Chiver- ton, at J nast 10. _ • , , FitzWilliam's, Mr G.— Monday HammertonGrove, Wednesday Stan- wick Pasture, Thursday Sutton Wood, Saturday Elton Hall Toll Bar, at J past 10. . , „ „ , Garth's, Mr- Monday Warren House, Wednesday Dogmersfield Park, Friday Bramshill, at i past 10. Hambleton ( Mr Bell's)- Tuesday Ingleby Cross. Friday Upsall, at HamWedon— Monday Rowland Castle, Wednesday Fairoak Park, Friday Corharagton Down, Monday week Broadhalfpenny Down, i to 11. Haydon— Wednesday Spring Plantation, Saturday Dalton, at 9. H, H.— Monday Hartley, Tuesday West Tisted, Thursday London Lodge ( Stratt'. n Park), SaturdayLosham Village, ati toll. Herefordshire— Tuesday Foley Arms ( Tarrington), at J past 10. . Heythrop— Monday Boulters Barn, Wednesday North Aston, Friday Farmington Grove, Saturday Dean Cross- roads, at J past 10. Hill's, Mr- Wednesday Wykeliam. Friday Pickering, at 10. Holderness— Monday Beet'ord. Tuesday Arras, Thursday Lrandesbur- ton, Friday Kilnwick Percy, ati to 11. . Hursley ( Mr Tregonwell's)— Monday Bail Down, Friday Compton Vil- lage, Monday week Farley Mount, at i to 11. Hunvorth— Tuesday Entercommoa, Saturday Middleton One Row, at . Ingram's^ Mr'M.— Monday Chartley Park. Thursday Bretby Park, Sa- turday Rangemoor, at i to 11. Kent. Bast— Monday Reinden, Thursday Elnam, Saturday New Inn Green, at J past 10. x . Kent, West ( Mr W. Stratford's)— Tuesday Crown Point ( Ightham), Fri- day New Barn, at 4 past 10. „ „ „ ,, Lawson's, Mr— Monday Kennel, Thursday Htttton Hall, at J past 10. Ledbury ( Mr J. C. Thackwell's)- Monday Bromesberrow Heath, Wed- nesday Kennels. Friday Stanley Hall, at i past 10. Ludlow ( Mr Sitwell's)— Wednesday Stanton, Saturday Stanton Lacey, Middteojf's! Lord- Monday Pluckham, Wednesday Waplington Manor, Friday Scampston House, Saturday Hovingham, at 4 past 10, Monmouthshire— Monday Seventh Milestone on the Abergavenny and Grosmont- road, Friday Beech Hill( Usk), Monday week Dmgestow Wood, Thursday week Pontrilas, at 4 past 10. Morpeth— Tuesday Chevington Moor, Friday Morpeth High House, at New ' forest— Tuesday Cadland, Thursday Sherwell Hatchet, Friday Clmstchurch- road Station, ati toll. , , „ „ Norfolk— Tuesday Brickland ( near Aylsham), Wednesday Bodham( near Holt), Friday Hockering Cock, at 11. Oakley— Monday the Swan ( Bromliam;, Tuesday Milton Mill, Thursday Snelson, Saturday Keysoe Park, at i to 11. , „ , „ _ .. Oxfordshire, South ( Earl of Macclesfield's)- Monday Tetsworth, Friday Stanton, at i to 11. , _ , „. , Pembrokeshire ( Mr Lort Phillips's)— Monday Norehard Gate, Wednes- day Treffgarne Bridge, Friday Cosheston, at 4 past 10. Portsmouth's, Earl of— Monday Hanicgton, \ V ednesday London Lodge ( HighcierePark), Friday North Litchfield, Saturday Wasmg Park, Puckevidge— Monday Barkway, Wednesday Stanstead, Saturday Cum- below, at 4 past 10. „ ,, „., .. ', Pytcliley— Monday Sywell Wood, Wednesday North Kilwortli, Friday Fox Hall, Saturday Badby Toll Gate, at i to 11. ^ t , ^ Raby- Tuesday Wackerfield, Thursday Winster Bridge, Saturday Ga- therley Moor Inn, at 4 past 10. ^ „ 0 Rufford— Monday Walesby, Tuesday Lyndhurst Farm, Thursday bear- thing Moor, Saturday Gleadthorpe, at i toll. Rutland's, Duke of— Monday Piper Hole, Tuesday Lenton Village, Wed- nesday Belvoir, Friday Cold Harbour, at II. .„„..„, Scarborough's, Lord— Monday Blyth Law HiU, Tuesday Sandbeek Park, Thursday Aston Hall. Fridaj Gringley, at 4 past 10. Seale's, Sir Henry— Tuesday Churchstow, Friday Roister Bridge. Selby's, Mr— Tuesday Rugley, at 4 past 10. Shropshire ( Mr C. J. Morris's)— Monday Uayston Hill, Friday Montford Bridge, at 4 past 10. , Sinnington— Tuesday Tylas Bridge, Friday Helmsley, atlO. Smitli'e, Mr A.— Monday Chute Lodge, Tuesday Manmngford, Thursday Redenham House, Saturday Bosington House, at 11. Somerset, West— Tuesday Kennels, Saturday Dunster Park, 4 past 10.. Southampton's, Lord— Monday Preston Capes, Wednesday Wins, Fri- day Tiffield Toll Gate, Saturday Tile House, at 11. Southdown ( Mr A. Donovan's)— Monday Street Green. Wednesday the Links ( Eastbourne), Friday Poynings Crossways, Monday week Laughton Pound, at J toll. „ , „ Southwold— Monday Legburn Village, Tuesday Tumby Swan, Thurs- day Legsby Village, Saturday South Ormsby, at 11. „ Tr „ Staffordshire, North— Monday Alsage r, Wednesday bugnall Hall, Friday Adderley, at4pastl0, Stamford and Warrington's, Earl of- Monday Loseby, Tuesday Beau- manor, Thursday Donnington Hall, Friday Lodge- on- tlie- Wold, 11. Suffolk- Tuesday Walsham Hall, Thursday Dalham Hall, Saturday Elraswell Lion, at 11. , Surrey Union= aionday Gosdeu Common, Thursday Dunsfold Common, Saturday Fair Mile, at4 past 10. Sussex, East— Tuesday Guestling Water Mills, Fnday Peasmarsh Place at 11. Tailby's, Mr— Tuesday Wardley Toll Bar, Thursday Stanton Wyville, Saturday Evington, at 11. „ „ , , Tickham— Tuesday Tonge Mill, Friday Otterden, Monday week King Street, Thursday week Sharsted, Saturday week Belmont, J p 10. Tiverton— Monday Hayne Moor, Thursday Winsford, at 4 past 10. Tredegar— Monday Coedkemew Pound, Wednesday Lanarthon, Friday Penyland Gate, at 4 past 11. „ , „ „ _ . Trelawny's, Mr— Tuesday Black HaU, Saturday Langdon Hall, Tuesday weekFlete, at4pastl0. Tynedale— Monday Wark, Wednesday Walbottle Bridge, Friday Mm- steracres, Mondav week Wliittington, Wednesday week Duke s House( Hexham), Friday weekthe Highlander, at k to 11. U. H. C.( Mr Powell's)— Tuesday the Bronwydd Arms, Friday Cystanog, United ^ Salop) Pack— Tuesday Berry Ditches, Friday Hockleton Bridge, Tuesday week Stanner. at 10. . , _ , V. W. H.( LordGifford's)— Tuesday Williamstnp Park, Thursday Burde- rop, at i to 11, Saturday Kelmscott, at 12. Warwickshire— Monday HamptonLucy, Tuesday Weston House, Thurs- day Shuckburgli, Saturday Swalclifle, at i to 11. , . Warwickshire, North— Tuesday Princethorpe, Wednesday Henley- in- Arden, Friday Clayerdon, atl to 11. „ , ,, Western Subscription ( Penzance)- Tuesday the Coach and Horses ( Helston- road), Friday Long Park Inn ( St Levan), at 4 past 10. Wheatland— Tuesday Buildwas Bridge, at j past 10. Worcestershire— Monday Shrawley, Wednesday Feckenham, Friday Cropthorne, Monday week Hartlebury, Wednesday week Cliffey, Friday week Goose Hill, 4 P10. . ^ „, , • Wyndham's, Colonel— Monday Plaistow Mount, Wednesday Drove Kennels, Thursday Lisgate Common, Saturday Burton Park, at 4 past 11. Wynn's, Sir W. W.— Monday Liglitwood Green, Wednesday Bangor, Thursday Cloverley, Saturday Dudleston Chapel, at 4 past 10. Yarborough's, Lord— Monday Newsliam Lodge, at 4 past 11, Wednesday Irby Dales, Saturday Gr « insby Moor, at 11. York and Ainsty— Monday Aldwark Bridge, Tuesday Kennels, Thurs- day Whixley, at 4 past 10. *** HABBIERS. Aikton— Monday Cockbridge Toil Bar, Friday Aikton, at 1 past 8. B. V. H.— Tuesday Cerne Hill, Friday Toomer Farm, at 12. Brighton— Monday Patcham, Wednesday Thunders Barrow. Saturday Dyke, at i to II. Brooksend ( Thanet)- Monday Sarre Mill, Wednesday Heme Bay, Fri- day North Down, Monday week Monkton, at 4 past 10. Brookside- Monday Newmarket Hill, Thursday Telscombe Tye, at Clajlon ^ Yorkshire)— Tuesday Godley Bridge, Friday Old Allan, at 10. Collins's, Mr E.— Thursday Zealah, Saturday Tresilian Bridge, 4 past 10. Craven ( Yorkshire)— Monday Craven Heifer, Wednesday Banknewton, Friday Ribsten, at 11, Davy's. Capt— Monday Knowstone, at 4 pastlO. Eamont( MrMusgrave's)— MAiday Bull's Head ( Plumpton), at i to 11, Wednesday Stainton, at one, Friday Temple Sowerby, ati to 11. Eastbourae- Monday Duttles, Thursday Horsey, at 4 past 10. H. H. ( Rochester)— Monday Allhallows Street, Thursday Great Her- mitage, Monday week Chinney Corner, Thursday week Chalk Church, at 11. High Peak— Tuesday Robin Heod Bar, Thursday Money Ash, Saturday Tideswell, at 11, _ ., ^ tl. „ t , , ,, Langnort— Monday Cart Gate, Friday Curry Rivell. at i to 11. Lewis's, Capt Hampton— Tuesday Llanbedr Goch, Friday Treyagre Cross, at 4 pastil. Lonsdale's— Lord, Friday Rowsham, at 12. Netton ( Mr H. Flower's)— Monday High Post, Friday Dog Dean Farm, at 11. Newcaste and Gateshead— Monday Bewick Hill, Friday Prudhoe, at 4 past 10. Romney Marsh— Monday Coldcot Farm, Thursday Sandy Land, 4 p 10. St'Ives ( Mr Ferrand's)— Tuesday Haworth, Saturday Gilstead, at 16. Vale of Wylye— Monday Knook Stone, Thursday Bowlesbro' Knoll, 11. Warriner's, Captain— Monday Steanbow Gate ( West Pennard), Thursday Waldegrave Arms ( Chewton Mendip), at 4 past 10. West- street— Tuesday Shepherdswell Mill, Thursday Ripple Mill, at 4 past 10, Williams's, Mr E.— Tuesday Farmers' Arms ( near Northill andTrebar- tha), Friday Rock Hotel ( Roborough Down), Tuesday week Lifton Village, at 4past 10. „ , „ Yarmovth and Lowestoft— Monday Kennel, Thursday Haddiscoe, 11. FOXHOUNDS. . Buccleucl's, Duke of— Monday Ancrum Bridge, Tuesday Stinten, Thursday Hirsel, Saturday Melrose Bridge, at 4 past 10. lanarkshiie and Renfrewshire— Tuesday Castlemilk, Saturday Hawston Kennel, ati toll. , „ Linlithgow and Stirlingshire— Tuesday Dundas Castle, Thursday Wall- house, Saturday Dechmont Toll Bar, i to 11. Lothian- Tuesday Gilmerton, Thursday Oxonford Castle, Saturday Whittinghame West Lodge, Tuesday week Melville Castle, Thurs- day week Elvingstone, Saturday week Newbyth. at 4 past 10. Wemyss's. Earl of— Monday Fowlierry, Wednesday Hatchetuize, Friday Learmoutli, Saturday Polwarrti^ at 4 past 10. STA6H0TJIN> S. Ward Union— Monday Ballintry Gate, Wednesday Sixth Milestone on the Ashbourne- road, at one. FOXHOUNDS. Dennis's, Mr— Monday Kilclooiiy, Thursday Fairfield House ( Creggo), ll Galway ( the Blazers)— Monday Dunsandle, Thursday Cregmore, at 11. Kildare Hunt— Tuesday Enfield, Thursday Bray, Saturdas Morristown Latten, ati toll. „„ Kilkenny Hunt— Monday Sheestoun Gate, Wednesday Ballyneil Wood, Friday Callan, ati to 11. Limerick Hunt— Tuesday Ballynanty, at i to 11. Meath— Monday Kells, Wednesday Somerville, Thursday Tankards- town, Saturday Clifton Lodge, Tuesday week Dunboyne, Thursday week Batterstown, Saturday week Kilskyre, at 11. Westmeath— Tuesday Caetletowndelvin, Saturday Sonna, Tuesday week Newforest, Friday week Lisnabin. at 11. HABBIBBS. Clonardon, Mr C. Dillon's— Tuesday the Grange, Thursday Bellinter ^^ Cross- roads, Monday week The Kennel, Frriday week Shryne Castle, at i to 12. Killultagh— Wednesday Ballypitneave, Saturday Upper Ballinderry, at 4 past 11. Route Hunt— Tuesday Croagh, at U. ,. „ „ „ „ Salt, The( Athy)— Tuesday Courtown ( Kilcock), Fnday Rathcoffey, Wed- nesday week Ladies' Chapel, Friday week Hazel Hatch Railway Station, at 11. HER MAJESTY'S STAGH0UNDS. MR EDITOK: I beg to send you a clipping rua with the Queen's Staghounds on Friday last, on which day I steered my course to the meet, Burnham Beeches, some 16 miles from my stable, where there was a good field. The favourite deer, the Jaratt hind, was uncarted about half- past 11 o'clock, in the presence of a select number of ladies in carriages, all eager for a view of the celebrated " crack" who was about to afford us such a clipper. After the usual law the hounds were laid on by Mr pavis, who, I am happy to say, is all right again, and away they went over heath and briar through the beeches for Littleworth Common, where the pace began to improve. They here bore to the left for Hotspur, then turned farther to the left down the hill for Woburn; but altering her mind, she went on to Old Mother Redcap's, down to the Wycombe stream, and crossed it at Lod- water. Rising the hill, she crossed the railroad for Hackwell Heath, then onto Abbey Barn Farm and Daws Hill Farm ; she then sunk the hill into the beautiful grounds of LordCarraston, where we expected she had taken to the water, but better luck. She doubled round the hill, and went right again by Clay Lane Farm, then on by the Grove and straight to Wheeler End Com- mon, where there was a slight check, and not before it was wanted, although the pace had not been very severe, and two or three slight checks before. The wind being rather rough tne seent was not very good ; the deep ground began to tell, and many a weary horse had his head turned homewards. The season being so mild every field was ploughed up, and there was no easing your horsfe. She then bent her course for the Beech Wood, through which she ran, to Pendley Hollys, to Stokenchurch; crossing the Oxford road there she still kept on over the hills to the top of Crowell Hill, where she ran into a pond, and we who were up all wished it over for our horses' sake, for many at that point were twenty miles from their horse box, but, strange to say, she was sot to be so easily taken, and jumping out of the pond, away she went along the top of Crowell Hill for a mile or so, when she sunk the hill for the vale, and bearing to the right along the Hicknel Way, was taken at some cottages at the foot of Chinnow Hill, in Oxfordshire, a good sixteen miles as the crow flies, and twenty- five the way she went. I never saw so many horses beat, as it was a slow good hunting run, but the hills and the fallows told tales upon many a good horse. That beautiful horsewoman Miss Gilbert, ever m the van, was, with two or three more like myself, looking on from the side of the hill. One gentleman who was " rather behind when he saw the beautiful vale from the hill, asked a countryman, " What town is that I can sse in the distance ? and was answered, " Thame, sir." " Oh !" says he, " what, Thame in Oxfordshire— which is my way to Slough station, then?" " The way you came, sir," " Then my dear wife must sleep by herself for once !"— Yours, & c, NIMROD, P. S.— Mr Davis want through in his old form of twenty years ago, and with two of his whips were at the finish, although Dick's horse, I believe, was the only one that could have lived with the hounds had they gone further into the vale. THE SOUTH ESSEX H0U2TDS. DBAB BELL : Your motto is " Nimquam Dormio," but I am afraid your friends " in these diggings" must have been asleep, or you would have had ere this some account cf the succession of brilliant runs these hounds have had this season. After a most successful cubbing season they have had a series of uaex- ampled sport, but many runs are too long past to be interesting. SATURDAY, DEC 12.— The meet was Bulphan Harrow, a humble public, in the centre of as fine a tract of country, a large proportion grass, as eye could wish to look over. A field of fifty met the hounds, and proceeded to draw a fkldof turnips at Ockendon Hall. Charley was at home, but like your cor- respondents here, I am inclined to think, asleep. His nap was cut short by one of the " field," who rode him up, but he failed to get away, and was caught— an unlucky chop— but nobody was " roasted," as it was purely an accident, and could not be helped. Trotted off two miles to Codham Hall, where, thanks to a change in the atmosphere, we have daylight now. " You will find him here," said our velveteen friend ( Day). He was there sure enough, and away in an instant with such a scent behind him as left him no time to listen. From the start, War- ley Hall or the park appeared hig point; bat he left the one on his right, and merely peeped over the fence into the other at the end of a very quick quarter of an hour. A sudden and plucky thought seemed to seize him here, for he turned short to the right, passed Childerditch Ciiurch, and raced on due south six miles, over the cream of the district. Bulphan on the left, North Ockendon on the right, he still held his gallant course, hounds flying, heads up and sterns down, every mile of ground diminishing awfully the original half- hundred who started with us. Choosing the best of ground, and all the grass, he crossed the Upper Mardyke, midway between Puddle Dock and the fen, some going over, many in, and a few round to a bridge. " What on earth can be his point?" said a knowing one; but that riddle was soon to be solved, three miles further, and at the end of as brilliant a 50 minutes as was ever ridden to, without a semblance of a check or an inch of covert, the field reduced to a select fourteen, including the men, the hounds threw up close to a haulm stack, east of South Ockendon, 10 miles, all in the open, gone over. A glance below betrayed the truth ; he was under the stack with two or three couple of hounds enlivening him by their musie inside. Not liking such a " concert monstre," the hunted fox, or a fresh friendin need ( I believe the latter) bolted; but he was met by a " ne exeat regno," and they rolled him over, the concert in the stack enabling several to see the kill who would otherwise have been in " t'other parish." While breaking our fox up another bolted from the stack, a very plea- sant proof that we have some left. It would be unfair not to say that the metropolis was well represented in this run, for Stock Exchange and " Great" Queen- street went A1 through- out.— Yours, & c, WIDE AWAKE. THREE DAYS WITH THE MORPETH FOXHOUNDS. MREDITOB: Finding myself in the " north countrie," and having lately read in your columns sundry notices of the doings of the above pack, I availed myself of the opportunity to judge for myself how far their performances might have been over- coloured by some local and naturally partial pea, and send you, without comment, the sport of three consecutive hunling days. Possibly I may have miscalled some of the places, but as to time and particulars, and the principal points, the following is a sub- stantially correct account :— SATURDAY, DEC 5.— Met at Nuanykirk, a wild looking country to southern eyes; trotted off to Tomboy Plantation, a covert said to be rarely without a fox. Before we reached it a fox was " tallied" in the open. The hounds ran him hard through Colt Park Wood and along the banks of the stream, past Nunnykirk and Healey, then turning northwards, the fox boldly set his head towards Simonside, a " Land of mountain and of flood, Land of brown heath and shaggy wood." Considering it more likely to conduce to sport to look for a fresh fox, the master directed the hounds to be stopped, which was ac- cordingly done after running 35 minutes. On our way towards Park Woods, Netherwilton, a second fox jumped up out of some whins, and away we went to the large wood, nortft of Nether- wilton Hall. Bound these he ran at a slashing pace, and break- ing to the west ( undiscovered by many of the field), he raced away with the hounds close after him, by Nunnykirk, up the steep hill to the north, then down to the Forest Burn, along its course for about a mile, and then crossing to the north, he suo ceeded in getting to earth in a place called, I believe, the Marl- bush, a strong hold for foxes. Time 57 minutes, pace severe enough to satisfy a King's, or rather Queen's plater. TUESDAY, DEC 8.— Met at Angerton. Drew Bolam Lake Plantation blank. The like fate awaited us at Penny Hill, usually a sure find, and at Molesden Plantations. This might be ac- counted for by the stormy weather of the previous night. Our hopes grew faint, but at Saltwich we found a fox who amply repaid uS for previous disappointment. Breaking to the east, with the hounds at his brush, he ran south to Well House, leav- ing Saltwich Tillage on the left, and, being hard pressed, he passed Furyel Dean, keeping the open at best pace to Kirkley, through the park to Sunnyside, as if pointing for the Highlander, but, being headed, he turned north, crossing the Belsay and Kirkley road, to Porthill. The pace here was particularly severe, the ground deep, and feaces strong. After crossing the Belsay and Ogle road, he continued his course in a north- westerly direction, skirting Ogle Dean towards Hetckester Law ; then making for Riplington, he bore north near Weldon- lane House and Howlett Hall, crossed the river Wansbeck and Angerton Meadows, and turning to the left after passing the river Hart he sought shelter in the Crags, Here he was headed by the earthstopper, who viewed him. Time up to this point, one hour and a quarter, without the semblance of a check. The hounds soon hit him off again, but the scent had changed. We, however, hunted him up through the Thornton Pastures to Longwitton Garden House, where he was again viewed crawling on to Longwitton House. Here he dodged round and round the garden till he eventually beat us, after a run, which required only blood at the finish to have made it perfect. With 10 minutes more daylight he would have been but a " gone coon." THURSDAY, DEC 10.— Met at Acklington. A strong muster of gentlemen, chiefly, as I was told, from the north of the country. Found immediately a brace of foxes, but luckily the hounds were induced to fix their attention on one, and soon suc- ceeded in forcing him out of the strong gorse covert. His first point was to the south, but changing his mind he came back to the covert, and finding it soon made too hot for comfort he went away, with the pack close after him, to Acklington Park Wood, and on in a straight line to the Coquet, opposite Acten Hall. Crossing the river and running north at a still stronger pace he left Guyzance and Hazon on the right, and Low Newton on the left, then turning to the left he crossed the great north road, passed Snipe House, and made a wide circuit round the large grass enclosures, the hounds gaining on him at every stride, with sterns down, bristles up. It would have done your heart food to have seen the bitch pack running frantic for blood, ' rom scent to view they ran him, and after a first- rate run of 65 minutes without a check they pulled him down gallantly in the open. I think this " round unvarnished tale " may be thought not unworthy of a corner in your journal. In bidding farewell ( I hope not for ever) to this small but well- appointed establishment, I may mention that I was very favourably impressed with the respectable demeanour, as well as neatness and efficiency of the servants, a point, I think, always to be attended to by all who really wish well to the noble science.— Yours, & c, VIATOR. SIR W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS. MB EDITOR : I often observe in your paper notices of " bril- liant" and " splendid" rues with various packs, but seldom, if ever, in the course of a season, do I see any of the great events with Sir Watkin William Wynn's chronicled, although I am in- formed they are numerous. The omission, I imagine, is owing to the followers of these hounds being fonder of the sport itself, and giving viva voce descriptions of the capital runs they weekly enjoy to their personal friends, than sitting down to write to you for the edification of the foxhuuting community at large. Having a friend in the neighbourhood, I chanced* to get a mount on Saturday last at Whitchurch Race Course, where I met this first- rate and well- appointed pack; the hounds were in blooming condition, and the horses " as nt as fiddles." We first drew the " Twemlows," a far- famed covert in the days of Sir Bellingham Graham and others, his successors, masters of the Old Shropshire Hounds, where we found lots of foxes; had a smart burst up. to Lightfleld, but our fox was headed, returning to the Twemlews, and was killed in 25 minutes. Then trotted off to anether covert of Lord Hill's, called the " Lighteach." A fine dog fox imme- diately went away at a rattling pace down the meadows to Green's Gorse, through which he passed, continuing his course for Steel, then to the right, by the Old Oak on Prees Heath, crossing which to a plantation on Mr Darlington's farm; through it he went, leaving the Twemlows on the right, continuing his course at a terrific pace to the Kempleys, then to the left as if for Cal- verhall Village, which he did not reach, but en for Cloverley Park, through the Big Wood, out of which he was viewed three fields ahead, making for Cloverley Gorse; here he did not enter, but leaving it to the left, went to Shavington Park, the wall of which he skirted for some distance, then crossing the park, was killed by the side of Shavington Big Wood, where John Walker " whooped" in a style that evinced the delight ef himself and all who were the fortunate participators in this the best run known since the worthy baronet has had the country. Dis- tance, by the line taken from find to finish, about ten miles, over a fair hunting country. Time, 49 minutes.— Yours, & c, Dec 14,1857. , A VISITOB. THE GOGGERDDAN HOUNDS. MB EDITOB : Knowing that you are glad at all times to hear of a good run, whether over the grass land of Leicestershire or the mountains of Wales, I venture to send you an account of a run with the Goggerddan ( Captain Pryse's) Hounds on Thursday, the 10th ult. The fixture was Borth Rock, and after drawing the surrounding coverts blank, much to the surprise of the field, the hounds were trotted off to Tgnygraig. They had scarcely been in the covert a minute when afex was viewed stealing from the cover into the upper wood. No time was lost in getting the hounds on his line, who hunted through the covert, and out by Glangrassn Farm- house, up over Winllan Bank towards Fod- glommen, when he held to the left, along the top of Moelferun and Caeneinoj, the pace being tremendous, and hounds running as if they were in view rather than hunting their fox; then bearing to the right, they raced him through Bryngedwan Wood, back over Winllan, where a check of not more than a minute occurred, after which they ran him from scent to view, and killed him under a large stone opposite the covert in which he was found. Time, 57 minutes. Thus ended as fine a run over as good a country as any one could wish either for hounds or hares. There is but one thing to be regretted— namely, the absence of the gallant master, who was attending to his Parliamentary duties. At the finish we observed Messrs Holmes, G. G. Wil- liams, C. J. Williams, Pell, the huntsman, and whips.— Yours, & c, BUCKTHOBN. THE LANARKSHIRE AND RENFREWSHIRE HUNT. MB EDITOR: On Monday last the members of this hunt en tertained their highly- respected Master, Lieut- Colonel Buchanan at dinner the Queen's Hotel, Glasgow, the Colonel being about to join his regiment in Ireland, the 2d Royal Lanarkshire Militia. Upwards of forty members attended, all anxious to pay their tribute of respect to one whose high merits as a sports- man, and whose uniform attention to the duties of the hunt for the last eight years so much deserve the praise of all those con- of the country you will see that this is by no means slow.' nected with fox huuting in the counties. The chair was ably J Yours, & c, VEHAXOB, filled by that good sportsman George Pollock, Esq, of Rhiud- muir, and was well supported by those whe neither fear the times thev live in, nor any fence that nature's powers can over- come. " Our good Queen," " Our noble Army and Navy," " The worthy Master," " The Patrons of the noble Science at Home and Abroad," " The Science itself," " The Ladies," and every toast which can hold a place with a fox hunter were each given, and finding a response in every heart, were cheered to the echo. In time, like these, when mercantile men's minds are harassed with the cares of business, and convulsion reigns supreme in every clime, worth shall still not pass unrewarded among Britons, and although suffering, dire and hard, may be the lot of this countrv, at all times with one heart and one hand shall we acknowledge the long services of Colonel Bu- chanan, so ably, so affably given ; and when again having per- formed his duties to his country, he assumes the mastership, a true Scottish welcome will await him, and a cheer shall ring loud and clear through the woodland and o'er the wilds of Renfrewshire. The duties in the meantime devolve on a com- mittee, and no doubt all members of the huut will individually lend their aid to the promotion of sport,— Yours, & c. LIGHTWEIGHT . THE PYTCHLEY HOUNDS. MB EDITOR; Although you have not heard from me lately, respecting the doings of these hounds, it is not that they have had no sport worth relating, for indeed the runs from Overstene Park to Cottesbrooke— from Staverton Woods to Shuckburgh— and from Fawsley to Plumpton Wood, are each of them worthy of a place in your columns. On Friday last, the 18th, they met at Altrineworth, the seat of the justly popular master, the Hon C. Cust, whose well known hospitality is on these occasions most liberally extended to all who may choose to partake of it. A large field, including His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ( « vho was staying with Mr Cust), the Earls of Cardigan and Strathmore, and many others, had assembled, and proceeded to draw the far- famed " Waterloo," notwithstanding the disadvantage of the railway ( now being made). Passing through the lower part of the cover, > a fox was found immediately, and after one turn round the gorse, he broke on the Harbro' side. Pointing for that town, he took us over a magnificent country, crossing the turnpike- road ; left Oxenden on the left, a3 if for Marston Wood. Bending to the left, by Farndon Village, the line now lay in the direction of Clipstone, over perhaps the finest of the Pytchley country. Not one ploughed field had been crossed: but the pace and the large bullock fences had had their effect on the field, who were now scattered far and wide. Passing Clipstone on the right, the fox appeared now to be making his point for Naseby Field— formerly celebrated for its bloody battle, now for being the " choak jade " of many a gallant steed. The nature of the country had been changed from grass to heavy plough. Our fox, however, was too good to euter the cover, and held on as if for " Tally- ho" Gorse. The pace up to this point had been very good, no check, and the time something over three quarters of an hour; here, however, in consequence of the nature of the soil, it began to slacken, and fortunate it was that it did so, for most of the nags gave unmistakeable signs of having had nearly enough, and blind fences, with boggy bot- toms, were anything but agreeable. Leaving " Tally- ho" on the left hand, the fox now passed " Haselbeech," and reached Ms goint, " Cottesbrooke." The run may be said to have ended ere ; time one hour and 20 minutes; distance nearly 10 miles. The gorse at " Cottesbrooke" is extremely thick, and full of foxes, and after a short time hounds got away with one, ran some distance along the hills, and then back to cover, the hunted fox probably remaining in it. No one could regret that he saved his life, for a better or a straighter fox never stood be- fore hounds. Another fox was quickly found, and gave a good hunting run, though a ring. All, however, had had nearly enough in the first to require anything particular in the second. The season thus far has been an extraordinary one; falls, in consequence of the blindness of the fences, have been pretty numerous, though happily none of them have been of a serious nature; and, wishing yourself and your numerous readers all the compliments of the season, I remain, yours, & c, VIATOR, A DAY WITH THE CHESHIRE. DEAR BELL, you'll be sorry that I'm in bad humour ( For I went with the Cheshire to- day)! ' Twas silly in me not to credit the rumour " That the master was better away." We were told as to sport, there was none to be got, And truly we found that such was our lot. When we go fifty miles, we expect to be treated As sportsmen at least, and not to be cheated; But eh! how changed from those happier days,] When the Pink and the chivalry met; When a hundred good men on their browns and their bays Seemed so joyous and free from regret. Oh! fancy these men at a favourite meet, Fancy more, at a favourite cover; Fancy again, how each rose in his seat, The exit of pug to discover. " Tally- ho!" he is gone; the lords of the soil Look a welcome, a stranger admires ( And not like a look, a cross from a broil), Better luck to the proud Cheshire squires! But dismal indeed was the contrast to- day, And dismal did Baddiley show, For instead of a hundred, in hunting array, Only five were there ready to go!! Two were in pink, and three were in black : Andjamong them was White, of masters the " crack," On old Alice Grey to Baddiley came, And proved it, but not in companions the same. To sportsmen, a hero; to riders, a pride, How lonely he sat by the cover's side, Like a general of brigade. As hard as nails, and bright as brass, Stopping to see what would come to pass, It grieves me to say, that Baddiley gorse Contained but the hounds and the huntsman's horse. And the M. F. H., the dogs' master, The author of our day's disaster. Whether his oompany did not please him, Or sight of his predecessor tease him, For when he passed he seemed to scorn Every day since we were born; And. foolishly we field of three Thought © urselves his misery, And that when he saw old Master White, His face would wrinkle with delight; And " great commanders in the saddle," They'd have a great and friendly twaddle. But no such thing; not cheek by jowl Did they proceed; but growl by growl; And as this seemed without remorse, Our master led to another gorse. Ah! could we but choose between the pair. ' Tis heads for the boy on the old grey mare! Oh ! tempora, tempora, qua mutantur, The gallop once, is now a canter! Like a frigate made a punt, So seems the present Cheshire Hunt, And like a man his own thoughts wrapt in, Seems the punt's now huuting captain. Well! to Hill Gorse we came at length, Aud fortune added to our strength, And changed our solemn pleasure; For three little boys made a little noise, Aud were to us a treasure: For one was asked— restrain your mirth— With his rump to stop an open earth, Which he politely did! Teaching his seniors the great beauty, How England's sons perform their duty Of doing as they're bid! No fox was found, nor wish to find it, Or if they found, they ne'er did mind it; This is the style that saves the cattle, And saves them fer such other battle, And if we only hunt for lucre, ' Tis like a wife, we rue we took her, And they who follow such a master Must hope to meet with our disaster. At hour of half- past twelve precise, Up trots Tom Ranee, respectful, nice, " We are agoing home," croaks he. To us this seemed a clap of thunder, And caused a useless waste of wonder How such a thing could be! For when ' twas stated go we must, We felt the most extreme disgust, And one of us swore he ne'er would roam Like a fool as he did that day! So we turned our horses' heads for home, Full fifty miles away! Dear Bell, you've published many % run, To some a check was bliss, But you never printed so short a run,| With a check so long as this. To give up hunting at half- past twelve, With many covers near! Dear Bell, don't put this on the shelf, But let the fact appear. " They who now seek the Cheshire Hunt, " Will find a frigate made a punt— " Will find a body, skin and bone, " The flesh and blood and muscle gone."— Yours, & e, Liverpool, Dec 18,1857. No BRUSH. A DAY AT KING'S BROMPTON WITH MR FROUDE BELLEW'S HOUNDS. MB EDITOB: Certain meets, in most foxhunting countries, have, from a succession of stout foxes and good runs, earned the reputation of being " crack," and King's Brompton, thanks to that geod fellow and staunch preserver, W. Corner, Esq, still has the honour of being All among the fixtures of the Tiverton. Many a time in days of yore has your humble servant made one of the many good men who regularly attend whenever Woolcote Brake is to be drawn by foxhounds, and never have I yet been disappointed of a day's sport. Inch by inch have I watched John Beal, as with his favourites he threaded the Woolcote Maze, until the welkin rang again with their sonorous notes. Alas ! their day is past; yet the " wily one" still thriveth at Woolcote, and other heads, if not as sage, are still plotting his destruction by the legitimate fox hunting code.— Thursday, Dec 17, did not look like a hunting morning. " We want more wind," observed the model son of the best gentleman huntsman of the day. " It's all for rain," says a riding banker. " Don't look on the blank side of things^' remarked a juvenile, " there's always ascent over Brendon Hill." " Would that there may be"— chorus the trio, and ere they can commence another stanza, Gameboy has taken his place in the orchestra, and proclaimed the play begun. The Squire's " Twivey, Twivey, Twivey," the chef d'centre of a find, makes assurance doubly sure, and with a couple of wholsome " For'ard lads, for'ard," every hound is away, and going best pace over the Woolcote Enclosures. I had no time to particularise my friends; suffice it to say that well nigh a hundred of us went " pall mall"' over the first field together; the best of us managed to live further, and see this " good thing" over the Vale of Upton to Upton Wood, over Sturt Bridge to Harford Cleave, through Haddon a la swal- lows, and with Bridget at their head the pack " race" over Storridge Hill for Kig's Brompton. Heads and spurs are at work, and many the nag that lacketh breathing time. " Give me an hour decisive," cries the young master, with both rowels in perjury, now quite in his glory— the rider, not the ridden— as his darlings point for Brendon Hill. Holloa on holloa greet our weary fox, but the pack are wisely left alone. The model is in ecstacy, the banker well in on his missus's pony. " Hold hard! Confound the sheep foil!" but the pattern son " Tally's" him, sneaking under yonder hedge. An old- fashioned scream put matters right. Susan gets a view as Charley tops the fence, and it is all over, barring the whooping. Two fields further they tussle and strive, but the pack have the best of the race and make a fair kill, after an hour and twenty minutes perfect. Thus died the veteran of Wooicote Brake, the sire of many an honest sportive litter. Long life to Squire Corner, and may we again meet the same merry faces at King's Brompton.— Yours, & c, THE HEBHIT. |_ If not mistaken, we recognise the " fist" of an old esteemed contributor, who, we hope, may have many more such runs to chronicle in Bell.— ED.] A RUN WITH THE WEST CORNWALL FOXHOUNDS. MB EDITOB : As I rarely see an account of hunting in Corn wall in your valuable columns, I have determined to show you and the rest of the world that this remote corner of England is not altogether without love for the chase. A run which the Western Hounds had on Friday week, the 11th, will serve to il- lustrate this. We met at Badger's Cross at half- past ten, and soon came upon a drag of a fox, not very fresh, which we picked along for some time until we gradually neared him, and then the pace became good. To tell you the sames of the places through which we went would be useless, but you can judge of the run from this statement, that we had a good hour aud a half without check, and then, after an hour's slower hunting, the hounds were whipped off, in consequence of the approach of night. It is supposed that we changed foxes after we had ruu about an hour. The country here is exceedingly close, as there is hardly ever a field of more than four acres, while the generality are much smaller, and the fences are stone walls covered with turf, varying from four to eight feet in height. We ran at least 16 miles in an hour and a half, and when you consider the closeness A GOOD DAY WITH THE RABY HOUNDS. MR EDITOB : On Wednesday, Dec? mberl8th, this crack pack had one of the most magnificent runs upon record. The meet was at Manfield, where a large field of upwards of 150 of the right sort had assembled. At the appointed time his Grace the Duke of Cleveland, the noble owner of the pack, arrived, and gave orders to draw Stapleton Gorse, which proved a blank. We then trotted back to Madfield Gorse, which the hounds had no sooner entered than a voice frorw a frw of the favourites pro- claimed that Reynard was on foot, and alter taking a short ring in cover, and most probably thinking it getting too hot to be pleasant, a loud " Tallyho" was given at the east end, and away we went at a rattling pace for Cleasby, where we had a deal of fal- low land to encounter; but Cox, who was not to be daunted, still pressed forward over the Cleasby roasl. Reynard finding the pack not to be trifled with turned to the left, leaving Manfield to his left, crossing the Piercebridge road, on to Cliffe Hall, where a slight check occurred, but, after a cast to the right, the scent was hit off again, when he turned down towards the river Tees, where the gallant pack took up the running at an awful pace on for Black Reeks, away for Barforth, leaving the gorse cover to his left, on to Egham Wood, the hounds still going at a tremen- dous pace on to the river Tees, which our gallant fox crossed. At this point the field became very select. Crossing the Darling- ton and Barnard Castle road by Winstone to Primrose, aud the Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway on to Alwent, and after- wards the Standrop and Winston roads, bearing to the left for Newsham, on to Cleatlam, he crossed the Barnard Castle- road by Dunn House Gate, leaving Streatlam Park, the seat of John Bowes, Esq, to the left, on for Langly- dale at a terrific pace, leaving the Ezglestone and Staindrop road to his right, on for Kinninvie. Here he turned and crossed the road over into Langly- dale on to Dent Gate ; but it became evident that his fate was sealed, as he was obliged to succumb to his bloodthirsty pursuers, after a run of one hour and 50 minutes— distance from poiut to point 15 miles. The condition of the pack was the admiration of all present, and reflects the highest credit on the much- respected huntsman, Cox.— Yours, & c, A YoRKSHIRBMAir. MR DRAKE'S HOUNDS. MB EDITOR: Thursday, the 24 th, these hounds metatWad- desdon Town, and found their first fox in the Nursery at Eythrope, but he turned out a bad- un, and after running a ring of a mile, the hounds settled his business. Trotted off to Chearsley Furze, a distance of five miles ; found directly, and went away for Upper Winchendon, then through Lower Winchendon by the Priory, the seat of T. T. Barnard, Esq, M. P., fer Ayles- bury, amd back into cover. No sooner in than out again, over exactly the same line to Lower Winchendon, when the hounds being much nearer to him than they were when he was first here, our fox thought it best to keep straight on, over the splendid grass country to Eythrope, swimming the river Thame, luckily within one field of a bridge, which enabled the few who were with the hounds to keep with them; then straight through Eythrope Cover without dwelling an instant, over the large grazing grounds belonging to Dr Lee, of Hartwell Park, and here, the scent improving, we went at a capital pace over three miles of the cream of the far- famed Vale of Aylesbury, and finally pulled him down within a mrle of the town. Our worthy master and his two brothers went as usual, and where shall we find three better goers? one of them ( the noted slow bowler) as conspicuous in a field of Eleven in the summer as in a field of 100 in the winter, keeping straight all day, and being very difficult to catch.— Yours & c, Dinton Aylesbury, Thursday. LIGHT- WEIGHT. HUNTING IN TIPPERARY. MB EDITOB : Friday the 18th instant sporting gents in and about Tipperary were quite on the qui vive, as the sporting master of the Cahir Hounds had given notice of his intention to enlarge two bucks on that day. The weather proved all that could be desired. The meet was to be at Bansha Castle at 12 o'clock sharp. Long before that hour the roads were crowded with horsemen aud footpeeple, making to the place of rendez- vous. At half- past twelve there was a very large field collected before the castle. The hospitable owner standing on the steps, immediately gave a wind of his horn, and most courteously invited every one present to follow him to the dining- room, where everything that could conduce to gratify the appetite or raise the spirits was laid out in the greatest abundance. It being rather early the eatables were almost untouched, but few refused to take a " nip," and in some cases a second, " for a reason they had," I suppose. At one they all again assembled before the hall door. At the sound of the horn, the hounds having been let out, away went the gallant master at a slapping pace for the place where the buck was to be enlarged, followed by the whole party. The buck had been sent off the evening before to Charles Mapy, Esq, of Grunston, who by arrangement was to have him on the hill of Kilfael, and uncart him when the hounds appeared within a certain distance. This was accordingly done; but when the hounds came up the ground was so foiled by footpeople that it was some time before they could hit off the scent; when they did settle on their game, they began to hunt slowly aud steadily, but every field increased the pace until after the first mile, when the hunt becoming hot, it was sterns down and heads up, aud the pace became terrific. The spectators then had their amusement, as the tailing became very rapid, and they were witnessed by some very nice parlour gentlemen who would ride their horses, not having a puff of wind in them at the same time. At the end of two miles the field was confined to the first flight men, aud well they sustained the credit of their county. At the end of five miles— a straight line— the buck was run into outside the town of Tipperary, and saved by the horsemen, and lives, we hope, to give as good sport another day. This run was five miles, straight as the crow flies, without a check, and the last three miles Was extremely fast and severe on the horses, as the ground was heavy and the fencing very big. I am happy to say no serious accident occurred, although the sporting master and St George Man- sergh had a narrow escape in riding out of a booreen over a gap. They were not aware that at the other side there was a large excavation for sinking a pump, which was full of water ana very deep. St George had landed in rather a shallow part, and he escaped with a slight ducking. Not so the worthy mas- ter, who vanished, horse and man, under water. He soon ap- peared again, never being stirred in his saddle, worked his way out, and was in his place as if nothing had happened. I give you the names of the gentlemen who rode the hunt from end to end. First, as he always is, the sporting master, William O'Ryan; Charles Mapy, St George Mansergh, Richard Cooper Chadwick, Mr Green, Samuel Alleyne, Marshal Sadleir, David C. Leman, Esq, and two officers from Cahir whose names I do not know. Where all rode so well it would be invidious to dis- tinguish individuals, but I am sure I shall create no envy by placing the master as number one; and proud he ought to be when he saw himself surrounded after the buck was run into by such a band of gallant sportsmen. The word was now again for Bansha Castle, and huDger adding extra spurs to the horsemen, they were soon assembled. The master ushered them again into the dining- room; where everything was prepared on that extensive scale suitable for a large number of hungry sportsmen. I need not say that justice was done to the good things. For some time it was nothing but the rattle of plates and knives and forks, until a few glasses loosened their tongues, when the conversation became lively about the different episodes in the hunt. Nothing could exceed the kindness aud attention of tho worthy host. His thoughts seemed fixed altogether on making every one around him at home and comfortable. He is the soul of hospitality. After some time another buck was enlarged be- fore the hall- door, but he could not begot to leave the neighbour- hood of the castle, and after being severely cut by the dogs they were drawn off. Night now began to approach, and homeward was the cry. I cannot conclude without mentioning the many wishes I heard then and since expressed for the happiness and prosperity of the hospitable owner of Bansha Castle; and, in- deed, he is the beau ideal of a true and real sportsman. Would that we could look on many like him.— Yours, & c, SPECTATOR. A CURIOUS WHOOP WITH HARRIERS. MB EDITOB: The Dorset Blackmoor Vale Harriers met on Friday, the 11th of December, at Weston Common, and killed number one in a good and well- contested run of one hour and thirty- four minutes, having had a brace of hares at foot. They then drew on to the vale under Twith Wood, and found an elastic old jack, with which they went away at the top of their speed to Cockhill, and on to Plumley Wood, and through that cover of 80 acres like a flock of woodpigeons, and down the gorse Caundle Vale at a tremendous paee to Hanover Wood, and through that large cover, with a cry most tuneable, for Milborne Moor, and through the Pinford Brook direct for Mil- borne Port, where they arrived full half a mile in advance of the most impetuous rider. When the huntsman ( John Travess) came up he was told by a party of foot- people that the B. V. H, had run a fox up to that point, and had been stopped, but the experienced John Travess soon perceived by the quiet and self- satisfied demeanour of his hounds that they had killed their hare, and perceiving one of these fellows in full retreat, he followed him up some steps and into a house, aud there, with the whole pack at his heels, he soon sounded the whoop, aud emerged with the hare held up aloft, and the hounds most me- lodiously begging around him, to theastonishment of the natives and inhabitants of Milborne Port. Having thus concluded this fine outright run, the pack were walked on three miles further to Stalbridge Hill, where they found again a little before four p. m., and had a capital run of fifty minutes down the Stal- bridge and Bagbere Vale, and were stopped, with a fresh hare on foot, as the stars were shining brightly above their heads! The B. V. H. had also a most brilliant run on Tuesday, the 8th of December, from theConeygeah Vale, near Fiddleford, right away through the parishes of Otteford, Shillingston, Hummock, and up the vale under Piddleswood ( of 200 acres), away to Hyle Coppice, and on over Budbury Rings, close up to Sturminster Common, where from cold hunting, under a heavy ^ dripping fog ( working out their languid scent as they did, inch by inoh like weasels), they got upon better terms, and ran into their hare in a racing twenty- five minutes, at the end of two hours and fifty minutes, having driven their hare through three parishes into a fourth, and covered a long ten miles of ground. — Yours, & c, ARGUS. HARRIER VERSUS FOXHOUND. MB EDITOB : " But, above all, take heed, nor mix thy hounds Of different kinds; discordant sounds shall grate Thy ears offended, and a lagging line Of Dabbling eurs disgrace thy broken pack." SOMEBVILLE. The motives of sportsmen for taking the field are manifold, and whether we run to fox, hare, or stag, or meet hounds for the sake of an airing, or for the genuine amor venandi, the end in itself is conducive to'' the good," to which the weekly fixtures in Bell's Life bear ample testimony; and its columns having recorded of late spert with harriers, and mention made of the best description of hound to hunt the hare ( half of the packs of so- called harriers being now descended from pure fox- hound blood), perhaps the following remarks, copied from the New Sporting Magazine of 1837, may prove amusing to some of the junior readers of Bell's Life. The author, " Thistlewhip- per," was well known in the " shires," and was qualified from experience, and as an old master of hounds, to give an opinion to the sporting world;— " The hound I had been accustomed to in early life was a short- legged, bony harrier, kept by a relation with whom I con- stantly hunted, and who was so prejudiced in favour of his own breed, that he refused to cross them, and bred in and in, that they became slacK, and had no press on them. I then saw Lord May- nard's beagles. As a proof of their excellence they were con- sidered worthy of a place in the kennel of George the Fourth. I succeeded in procuring a couple of bitches in whelp, and the pro- duce was everything, as far as their power went, that I had an. ticipated. They would kill their first hare well, but if the country was deep, from their want of bone, they were spun up with a second find. I long had a notion that the disparity in the olfactory organs of dogs of different kinds was not so great as was generally supposed, but that the difference lay in the appli- cation of their powers; and I was confirmed in my opinion, by ob- serving one day, in rabbit shooting, a Dutch pug go away with a hare, which he ran for a quarter of an hour as steadily as any harrier. I next resolved to make the beagles the standard by which I might test the excellence of every kind of hound, and first mixed with them some old southerns, and tried them at a trail on some grass land. My complaint against the beagles was a want of press. At a dirty gateway, or the stain of sheep, they would take ten minutes to do what mieht be done in one, and I lost all patience at seeing them pottering so long inch by inch, when a gentle feel forward would overcome the difficulty. To the southern harrier the objection is still greater. His dull monotonous toll is unpleasing, for after throwing up his head with a roar sufficient to shake the tiles off a house, to announce that the hare has done something which she alone could do for herself, he will go back five minutes after to the same spot, and again make proclamation of the discovery. Now, there is no enduring this on a cold day, unless with a great coat on, and the ears stuffed with cotton. My next trial was with a blood- hound, and I had heard so much of the extraordinary tenderness of their noses, that I watched this experiment with more than common attention. I entered him at a hare, and, after he had been well blooded, a steadier or better hound I never would wish to fol- low, but he could not stand the work, although he had better back, legs, and feet than bloodhounds generally have; the pace told on him, and he betrayed a want of stoutness. I had long been prejudiced in favour of the foxhound; and in order to have a fair trial, I was presented with a couple of large, powerful hounds, which had come in a draught from LordFitzwilliam. They entered very steadily, and I found this great advantage in them, that after they bad satisfied them' selves where the line of scent was, they would feel on ; and in a turnip country, where your hare is constantly running through sheep, thig is of essential service, Perhaps ten times a day this would occur, and while all the other hounds were puzzlinj about on the sheep st^ in, the foxhounds would go forward b;, « - yond it, and recover the spent. I have entered many young t~ i- hounds to hares since, and feel thoroughly satisfied that a tLx- hound will hunt as low a scont as any species of hound, provided you let him alone, and that the only difference lies in the man- ner they are hunted. Take a long pole, and go on foot, and ytj i may teaoh them to hunt a hare from morning till night as wed as a pack of southern harriers. It is true thev will not make r^ o much noise aWjut it; but the feathering of the one will sho> you the line as well as the bellowing of the other. I am nc fond of a' tonguy hound,' and am entirely cf the celebrated Mr Meynell's opinion, that a hound cannot be too silent, particu- larly a youug one, It he is free of his tongue as a puppy, he is almost certain to become a babbler; and of all vices in a pack that is the greatest, and the most contagious. A houad, like man, is, in a great measure, the creature of education; what is called a foxhound, is not naturally more fond of a fox than any other hound is; but from his size and power, he is better adapted for that particular chase, and man has encouraged him in it, and made it his business. The dash that distinguishes foxhounds, if properly regulated, will render them fatal to what- ever they- pursue; but if you mar the ' spit,' aud cap them to views, and halloos, in 15 or 20 minutes puss is in the hare case, if there is a scent— if not, you may hunt it yourself. Young hounds are often condemned for being slack and not entering; but the very best hounds I have ever seen, were slow to enter, which opinion is borne out both by Somerville and Beckford." Iu 1836 " Thistlewhipper" again writes in the New Sporting Magazine:—" Thirty. years ago I saw a hound called Bavager, bred by the late Duke of Bedford, and entered at fox, where he was good ; but being below their size he was draughted, and given to the late Lord Southampton to hunt hare, at which he was also good. His lordship afterwards hunting fox, kept Ra- vager, who was again good at fox. On his disposing of his hounds, Ravager was given to the late Lord Ongley, with whom he was again good at hare." So much for the superiority of the foxhsund. Since the 17th century the fox has had it all his own way, and youth, health, and wealth follow in his train. Hare- hunting, with which we will conclude, was of earlier date, and in the account of King James's journey from Edinburgh to London, in 1605, it states :— " He left Newark, 23d April, for Belvoir Castle, the splendid seat of the Earl of Rutland, hunting all the way. Train scents were prepared, and live hares in baskets were carried and turned down, which made excellent sport for his Majesty be- tween Sir John Harrington's and Stamford." The ancient Britons, however, thought but " small beer" of poor puss, and did not consider her an animal of the chase, neither would they eat the flesh of hares. In these days the " tables are turned," and we think as much of a roasted hare as the game Warwick- shire parson did of his roasted fox, which was eaten by a larire party at dinner, after an extraordsnary day's sport in the old- fashioned style. May hunting in all its branches flourish, and, like the rose- tree of Jericho, live for ever aud for aye!— Yours, & c, CURRANT JELLY. Kent, Dec, 1857. ROEBUCK HUNTING IN THE GIRONDE ( FRANCE) DEAR BELL : At the present moment, I believe, the roebuck, as an atiimal of chase, is quite extinct in merry England. In France it still roams the forest in vast numbers, so that last winter our worthy master, M. T. de Carayon La Tour, expe- rienced no difficulty whatever in procuring from one of his nume- rous friends a score of them, with which to stock the oak spin- nies, which forms our " hunting grounds" in these " diggings." Feeding principally on the tender shoots of the oak, they are obliged to remain in these covers, as they are to be found only in the neighbourhood of our bi- weekly rendezvous, Cabanac, a village some eight miles distant by the bridle road from this beautiful domain, and a more lovely ride, under lofty pines, and across the open Landes, with a sandy path under foot, could nowhere be found. We generally, however, drive tandem to the meet when roebucks are to be attacked, as it is by no means de- sirable to find oneself benighted in these extensive pine forests. Our season commenced this year on the 12th October, and up to Thursday last, Dec 17, a wet jacket has been unknown, such has been theunusually fine weather with which we have been favoured, I have now hunted nearly all the animals which are to be found in this kingdom, and of those which are to be taken by hounds I have no hesitation in affirming that the roe- buck, in the " Cabanac" country particularly, with the deep stream called the " Giremor" for him to fly to when hard pressed, is the most difficult, and his capture is the greatest feather in the cap of a " master" of hounds. When some distance ahead of the pack, on Thursday last, I was witness of a dodge of our roebuck, which, had I not seen it, I should have judged any but a human being incapable of. It is by such tricks, by the running of his foil, by swimming down stream, by lying down and springing up behind the hounds, by flying to morasses impenetrable to man, added to his faint scent and great endurance, that he renders pursuit and capture all but fruitless to any other than the steadiest hounds gifted with the most tender noses. Such, most fortunately, are the fine animals of which M de Carayon is the happy possessor and the intelligent breeder. On Thursday last we met, and breakfasted at our usual hour of nine, having started from " Virelade" four- in- hand at the early hour of seven, the weather raw and foggy. Although our clever huntsman Jacques, than whom no " master" ever possessed a more faithful and expe- rienced servant, had been unsuccessful in harbouring an animal, we were not long, when once in the saddle, in getting on the line of one, and in rousing him to the cheerful " fanfare" of the " Lancer." I must not omit to mention that at our inn at" Cabanac" we had met a gentleman just arrived, per coach, from Bordeaux, whose horse had been sent on from his country seat in the " Basses Pyr6n6es" for his master to assist at one of our chases, the " organisation" of which is open to the investigation of all the world, in this respect ( and many others) unlike those of a pack some forty leagues further south. We were happy also to kt him see that it was an animal vigorous and uninjured, which we hunted from " find" to " finish;" in this again, unlike the sharp 35 minutes' bursts of last winter, in several of which he had taken rather a mystified share. Of the various roebucks hunted by us this season, not one, I may truly affirm, ran a course more calculated to baffle hounds, and in consequence numerous were the checks, although not of long duration, to which we were treated; but, " per contra," we had never on any previous occasion seen so much of the hunting and working of the hounds. Once or twice we were iu hopes that he would break away over the open Landes, and we then felt sure of soou bringing him to hand, but he was destined to succumb in cover, although not out of sight of a favoured few. A forefoot having been presented to each of the two strangers " out" for the first time on this ocoasion, a few " fanfares" were sounded by master and man, and we then re- turned to our inn at " Cabanac" again to take coach to our hos- pitable quarters at Virelade, hoping to be again equally successful on Monday next, " weather permitting."— Yours, & c, ROTER. Chateau de Virelade, Dec 19,1857. [ SEVERAL ACCOUNTS OF RUNS WITH THE CHE SHIRE, LEDBURY, LANARKSHIRE, MR GODFREY BALDWIN'S, AND OTHER HOUNDS, UNAVOIDABLY STAND OVER.] ^ CITY INTELLIGENCE. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS* The disctors of the Bank of England, on Thursday last, rej duced herate of discount from 10 to 8 per cent. Thi$ measure was spneally anticipated, owing to the ease which has prevailed in the Money Market during the last weak. Dis- count Mjcmmodation was obtainable ia Lombard- street a! 8 per cet. for some days previously; and this, together vrith the cQtinued influx0f gold, so improved the position of the Bank s to enable the executive to make the aaxi6uslv awaited relation. The £ 2,000,000 of notes over- issned on the i conditions oposed by the Government letter have therefore i been remove, and the currency is restored to its former basis; j It is though that a further decline in money will soon take I place, as thee is very little inquiry for fresh commercial enter- prise, and te supply is daily becoming larger. The Lombard- street firmsshow more willingness to negoclate paper, and the subsidence f failures has created greater confidence. The arrivals of Aitralian and American supplies have been larger, and it is calclated that upwards of a million sterling has been sent into tb Bank vaults during the week. The joint stock banks have hvered the interest for deposits to 6 per cent. There has been con nued buoyancy in the market for public securi- ties, and the dvance in the Funds continues. Active speculative purchases ai made, and it is thought that when the January dividends an1 paid extensive investments will be resumed; Consols close yesterday at about 98H. The New Three per Cents and theReduced are also firmer. Bank Stock is steady, and Exchequt Bills are 4s dis to Is. premium. The latest pices on Thursday afternoon of the English Funds were :— Bank Stock21Si Reduced Anuities, 931 f New Three Br Cents, 93i 4 Long Aunuies, 2 1- 16 Exchequer His 3sdistolspm The dealing in the Foreign India Bonds ( under £ 1.000) 20s dis India Stock, shut Consols for Account, 98| i THE GAME CHESS PROBLEMS. OF CHESS. No. 213. Study by G. Campbell, Esq. BLACK. Stock Market during the past week have bea numerous, and most of the leading securities have shown ? slight improvement. Turkish Bonds averaged about 1 per cet, the Four per Cents ( Guaranteed) 1, Sardinian 1, Spanish i, and the Deferred i ; Brazilian improved If, Mexican declied i, Russian Dutch Two- and- a- Half per Cents 1, and the For per Cents f. Venezuela, Peruvian, and Belgian Bonds were a hade flatter. The latest pices of the Foreign Funds on Thursday afternoon were :— WHITE. White to move and draw the game. ( Difficult study), SOLUTIONS OF PROBLEMS. SOLUTION OF No. 209. 1. Q K B K K 4 ( A) ( B) 2. B Q 4+ and mates with Queen. ( A). KxP 2, Q Q R 6+ and mates next time. ( B). Kt KB 2 2. Q Q Kt 5 and mates next move. SOLUTION OF No. 210. 1. Q K 5 K moves 2, P becomes second Queen and mates. SOLUTION OF No. 211. You begin with Kt K Kt 4, if he answer K to B 6 you play Queen Q B 2, and on his pushing pawn mate with Q Q 8. If again he answers K K B 8, you play B Q E 8; and the same if he retreated K K Kt 8. If he answer K to corner, you sacrifice Q K R 2, and mate with Knight. Lastly, should he answer K K R 6, you play Kt K R 2, and mate on next move, whether he capture Knight or not. SOLUTION OF No. 212 ( Healey). 1. QK4+ QxQ ( best) 2. Kt Q B 4+ K moves 8. PxQ- t- PxP 4. Kt K 3+ K moves 5. Kt mates. The following game yields a very interesting chess study in its later stage, WHITE. BLACK. llerr Falkbeer. Mr Brien, 1. P K 4 P K 4 2. Q KtQB3 KBQB4 S. PKB4 PQS 4. KKtKBS Q B K Kt5 5. BQB4 BxKt 6. QxB KKtKBS 7. Kt Q R 4 QKtQBS 8. PQB3 Q K 2 9. KtxB PxKt 10. BQKt5 PxP 11. BxKt+( a) PxB 12. PQS PQB5 13. BxP PxP 14. Castles Q R Castles K R 15. BKKt5 QxP 16. BxKt QxQ 17. PxQ PxB 18. QRxP KRQ ( a) Making Black's Pawns very weak. ( b) Perhaps this exchange of Rooks is questionable. ( c) Could White have won by K K B 4 ? Both players were of opinion that he could. ( d) If P Q B 6+ then K Q S best. Game of match, Oct, 1857, between Messrs Campbell and C. Kenny. WHITE. Herr Falkbeer, 19. K R Q 20. RxR 21. R Q 7 22. K Q 2 23. R Q 4 24. RxR+ 25. K Q 3 26. B Q Kt 4 27. P K R 4 28. K K 4 29. K Q 4 ( c) 80. P K B 4 81. PXP+ 82. K Q B 4 33. P Q R 4 Drawn game. WHIIE. C. Kenny, Esq. P to K 4 K Kt to B S PtoQS KtxP BLACK. Campbell, Esq. 1. P to K 4 2. K Kt to B 8 8. KtxP 4. K Kt to B 3 5. K B to Q B 4 P to Q 4 6. K BtoQ Kt3 QBtoKS 7. P to Q 4 8. Q Kt to B 8 9. K Kt to K 5 10. Castles 11. P to K B 4 12. QxP 18. QKtto Kt' 5 14. Q B to K 8 15. Q KtxB+ 16. KtxKt 17. P to Q B 4 18. Q to K 5+ 19. PxQ 20. QBtoQ4 21. K R to Q 22. P to K R 3 23. B to QR 4+ 24. Q BxP 25. P to Q Kt S BLACK. Campbell, Esq. 26. PxP 27. QBtoRS 28. Q R to Q B 29. P to Q B 5 30. K R to K 31. BxB 32. QRtoQ 33. B to Q Kt 3 34. RxR 35. RtoK 36. R to K 7 87. P to K R 4 88. K to B 2 89. K to B S 40. PxP 41. R to K 6X 42. R to K R 1 48. K to K B 4 44. P to Q B 6+ 45. R to K R 7 Ho. KxP 47. RxKt 48. R to Q Kt 7 49. RxQ Kt P Drawn game. WHITE. C. Kenny, Esq. KRtoQ QRtoQB P to Q R 3 B to Q Kt 4 P to K B 8 PxB KtoBS RxR Kt to B 5 RtoQR R to K Kt P to K R 4 P to K B 4 P to K Kt I RxP KtoQ2 Kt to K 4+ Kt to K B 2 KtoQB R to K Kt 4+ RxB Rto Q Kt 7 RxKKtP RxQ RP Belgian, 96 Brazilian, 9'< 98 Buenos Ayr*, 96 Chilian, 100 Equador, 1314 Grenada, 1921 Mexican 3 pr Cents, 19f Peruvian, 7 76 Portuguese, per Cents, 44 45 Russian, 105 107 Sardinian, 84 86 Spanish 3 per Cents, 42 Ditto New Deferred, 26 Ditto Passive Converted, 5J 6$ Turkish 6 per Cents, 95i | Ditto, 4 per Cents, 101 Dutch 24 per Cents, 64* 65 Ditto 4 per Cents, 97 Business inthe Railway Share Market has been active during the past week but prices have, in most instances, declined about 1 to 2 per cen, the unfavourable traffic returns having caused a downward tedency in value. Midland and North British declined f, Qester and Holyhead, Eastern Counties, Great Northern, Noth Eastern ( Berwick) 1, Caledonion, Great Western, Lancashire ad Yorkshire, Brighton, and North- Western If, South Westen and South Eastern If. An active business was transacted inihe Foreign and Colonial lines:— Paris and Lyons improved l. Nrthern of France 4, Lombardo- Venetian declined i, and Great juxembourg i. In the Colonial undertakings East Indian advaicd If, Great Western of Canada but Grand Trunk of Canda declined about 2. Joint- Stock Bank Shares were in moderate request, and in one or twolnsanoes a slight advance was realised, In the Micellaneous Market priees were a shade firmer. Australian Agricultural improved about 4, and Peninsular and Oriental Steal i. &. SSIZE INTELLIGENCE. THE MUBERS AT WORLEY. — OngWednesday Thomas Miller was trid for the murder of a poor man and his wife at Worley, on tb 10th of October. The facts must be fresh in the minds of our eaders. On the evening of the 10th of October two persons wereieard going to the prisoner's cottage, and soon afterwards a scream was heard, and the deceased cried out, " Oh my deaihusband I" The neighbours ran out aud found the deceased ljingm the ground by the prisoner's door. She had been stabbed. He husband was also lying a short way off. He had also been stabed. Both died in a short time. Search was made for the prisoier, and he was found in an adjoining garden lying on the grount in a pool of blood. There was a cut in his throat and in the abiomen. There was no doubt of the insanity of the prisoner, andon that ground he was acquitted. THE LEIGI WOODS MURDER.— AtTaunton, on Tuesday, John Beale, aged 34, was indicted for the wilful murder of Charlotte Pugsley at L « ig Ashton, on the 11th of September.— This case excited the greatest interest. Leigh Woods are situated close to the river Avon, but on the opposite side to the village of Clifton, and or the protection of the game a gamekeeper is kept, whose name s Worth. On the afternoon of the 10 th of September Worth wen his rounds, and noticed a handkerchief on the ground satuated with blood. He then saw a pool of blood on the top of k precipice overlooking Nightingale Valley, partly covered witlmould. He looked over the precipice, and about twelve feet telow, in a kind of natural vault, he saw what ap- peared to Km to be a woman. He descended the hill, and then he fomd it was the body of a woman completely laid out, the cothes being in perfect order; the body had not any aawl or bonnet on. He gave information to the police and after many inquiries it was discovered that the boiy wai that of Charlotte Pugsley, who had lived as cook to a M1 Bythesea, near Bath, and who had left her place on the 9th » f September in company with the prisoner, who had formerly li ed near her, and courted her, but who was then in service at Javentry. The prisoner and deceased were traced tc Bristol, wlere they were seen on the morning of the 10th of September the day on which the murder was committed. In the courseof that day be and a woman were seen going in the direction if Downham Ferry. About five in the afternoon of that Thusday, the 10th of September, the deceased was seen by a person lamed Hancock at the foot of the hill leading to the warren; he could swear to her, because at first he thought it was his siveetheart, and he went and looked particularly at her; she was walking with a man who was unknown to him. On the top of th< hill, near the scene of the murder, the prisoner and the deceaed were seen by a man named Jackson walking together, apparently in a most affectionate manner ; he had his arm rounc her waist, and she had her head upon his shoulder. That was tie last time she was seen alive. On the Saturday evening tha prisoner arrived at Daventry, having three boxes wlth; him, vhich were taken to his master's ( Captain Watkins's). The prisoier told his fellow- servants that he had buried his sister, th& he had maintained her for a long time, and he had brought aray all her clothes, which were in the boxes. On the Monday norning he gave the wife of a shoemaker in the neigh- bourhood a silk dress and other artioles, all of which had been the property of this unfortunate woman. He told the shoe- maker's vife that they had belonged to his sister. In a cupboard in the priioner's room the keys of the boxes were found, as we as two jistols, one of which was loaded and the other was un- loaded. Che bullet found in the head of the deceased fitted these pistols. In one of the boxes were three new dresses, which th » poor woman had bought for her marriage. The case was got ip with great care; there was not a link in the chain wanting.— Mr Saunders addressed the jury for the prisoner. He did not deny that the body was that of Charlotte Pugsley, but he deniei that the prisoner was the murderer. No motives had been shewn, and he contended that the evidence of the prisoner being wth the woman near Leigh Wood was of too doubtful a characttr to justify the jury in finding the prisoner guilty.— The prisoner was convicted and sentenced to death. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.— Another highly inter- esting addition has just been completed and placed in the Hall of Kings in this exhibition. It represents the brave General Havelock The general is dressed in the last regulation uniform of a lieutenant- general, decorated with numerous military orders, of which that of the Bath appears most prominent. The likeness is excellent, and the figure is highly creditable to the artists engaged in its construction. BRUUL MURDER isr NORTH DEVON.— The brutal murder of a young woman, named Maria Blackmore, on Wednesday night week, it Lynton, in North Devon, has already been recorded. On Satirday week an inquest? was held on the body at the Castle Inn, Ljnton, when a young woman named Hannah Mogridge, an acquaintance of the deceased, said that on the evening of Wednesday she met deceased near the Valley of Rocks Hotel. The latter said she heard there had been fine work at the Globe Inn, and that Barwick ( the man in custody charged with the murder) and a man named Lethaby had been fighting. Deceased said she should like to see Barwick ( with whom she kept company), and, on her suggestion, the witness Mogridge went over to his residence, and told him that he must go over to deceased as she wanted to see him. This was a little after nine o'clock, and on Barwick joining the deceased the witness heard her say to him, " You have been drinking to- day ?" Barwick replied that he had not. Deceased said, " Yes you have, for I have been told so.' She also said, " I heard you had been fighting," and he replied that he had. Witness then went for some milk, and on return- ing to where the deceased and Barwick were standing, she said to the former," Are you coming ?" Deceased replied, " Not for a few minutes," and witness passed on, but in a few minutes deceased ran into her lodgings, bleeding at the neck, and wax placed in a chair, but in less than five minutes fell on the floor a corpse. Before she expired the deceased said that Barwick had inflicted on her the fatal wound.— Mr John Clark, surgeon, who was called in to the deceased, said he found her quite dead. On examination, witness discovered a wound in the throat about an inch and a half in length, and the same in depth, in the direction of the internal jugular vein and common carotid artery. The wound appeared to have been made by a knife. Death was caused by the division of the arteries.— Police constable Woodrow. who apprehended Barwick at Lynton on the uight of the murder, said he asked prisoner what he had been doing. He replied, " If you had not come when you did, you would not have found me al< ive," Whilst witness was there, James Sidge and Richard Norman came in, and the latter said. " She is dead." Witness said to Norman, " Who is dead ?" and" he replied " Maria Blackmore." Witness then told Barwick that ha should take him in charge for the murder of Maria Blackmore. On searching Barwick he found in his pocket twe knives and a razor, which he produced. The large knife had a quantity of blood upon it, which was apparently fresh. There were spots of blood on Barwick's hand when he took him into custody. After cautioning Barwick, he said to witness, " She told me that she should break off all correspondence with me that night, and that caused it."— The jury found a verdict of Wilful Murder against John Barwick, who was the same even- ing conveyed by the North Devon Railway to the Devon county gaol, at Exeter. DEEADEUL RAILWAY COLLISION.— A collision of two pas- senger trains happened on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver- hampton Railway, on Friday night week, whereby a number of persons have been maimed. The 5: 15 p. m. down express train from Euaton- sauare arrived is due course at Handborough, the junction with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line, at 7: 20. It runs thence to Moreton, twenty- one miles, without stopping, and is followed, after an interval of five minutes. by an ordinary train, stopping at all the stations to Moreton. The express had got about five miles from Handborough when the engine broke down, and it came to a stop just where a small river flows beneath. Cliffe, the guard, instantly alighted, and. taking his lamp signal, ran as fast as he could along the line, which is single at this part, to stop the ordinary 7: 25 passenger train from Handborough, which was following. A fog pre- vailed at the time, ana Cliffe had not proceeded far before the ordinary traiu came up, passed the guard, and continued onwards until it ran with great violence into the end of th-' express train, creating, as may be imagined, the greatest alarm to the passengers of both trains, who were dashed from their seats with great force. The luggage van and two or three of the express- train carriages were smashed, and Mr Corbett, manager of the Salt Works at Stoke Prior, near Bromsgrove, had one leg broken and the other fearfully shattered j Mr Barnes, wine mer- chant, of Worcester, received an injury to his knee; Mr Red- grave, glover, of Worcester, a wound on the forehead; a lady of Malvern, name unknown, was badly hurt aud shaken; Miss Darke, of Worcester, an abrasion over the right temple by being violently thrown against a passenger sitting in the same com- partment, while other of the passengers were more or less injured. An alarm being immediately forwarded to Charlbury, theneaaesC station, about a mile distant, the railway authorities there made preparations to receive the wounded and to render assistance at the scene of the accident. Mr Corbett was crnveyed to Charl- bury, where a surgeon attended, set the broken leg, and ren- dered the unfortunate man every aid tdat medical snowlcdgt, could suggest. The other passengers were also duly eared for The cause of the accident of course was primarily the breaking down of the engine of the express train. It is stated that on the starting of the engine from Handborough some defect in its working was noticed, and that something was done to it at that station before it left for Moreton. Opinions differ as to the per- sons to whom the blame is to be attached as the cause of the collision subsequently. It was a foggy night, and the driver of the ordinary train may not have seen the lamp of the guard of the express when he ran back to paotect his train. We do not find that any fog signals were placed on the line by the guard as he advanced, which would have given the alarm to the driver of the ordinary train, had he not seen the guard's lamp. It is hoped, for the satisfaction of the public, that these doubtful points will be cleared up. LONDON.— Printed and Published at " BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON" Office, at 170, Strand, in the Parish of St Clement Danes, in the Cii f and Liberty of Westminster, by WILLIAM CLBMENI, of the sams place,— SUNDAY, DEC 27,1857,