\ feme life tit ittlftitt* [ GRATIS.] SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1363. [ GRATIS.] Trained by Won Lost THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL RACE AT PARIS, 1863. The GRAND PEIX DE PARIS, an object of art, the gift of His Ma- jesty the Emperor, and 4,000 sovs, added to an entry of 40 soV3 each, 24 ft, and 20 only if declared, for three year olds of all countries. Names and Owners of Horses. Mr Alexander's b f Edgeworth Bess, by Vandermeulln out of Bess Lyon M P. Aumont's ch c Damier, by Fitz- Gla- diator out of Maid of Mona t M P. Aumont's ch c Victor Pontful, by Fitz- Gladiator out of Eusebia Mr Barber's b c Doctor Syntax, by New- minster out of Miss Lavinia * Count Batthyany's ch c Tambour Major, by Rataplan out of Ferina * Count Satthyany's bk c Turkos, byVoiti- HORSES IN TRAINING. Mr E. Bowan's ch c Cairncastle, by Tower * Mr J. Bowe's br c Early Purl, by Chanti- Mr J. Bowe's b f The West Wind, by West Australian out of Forget Me Not * Mr Bruce's b c Trojanus, by Fandango out M G. Buisson's bk c Black Capuoin, by Lanercost out of Katinka * Sir R. Bulkeley's b c Singapore, by West Australian out of Tasmania's dam * Mr E. Carter's ( the King of Italy's) bk c M Nardonie, by Determination— Benita * Mr E. Carter's ( the King of Italy's) b c Conquest, by Cobnut out of Carida...... * Mr E. Carter's ( the King of Italy's) br c Benvenuto, by V index out of Eupatoria * Mr E. Carter's ( the King of Italy's) b c Election, by Vindex out of Fear t Mr T. Carter's ch f Grand Dame, by The Baron out of Annette T. Carter, sen,. Mr T. Carter's ch f Nobility, by The Baron outof Effie Deans Baron Daru's br f Creole, by Womersley out of Belle Poule * Mr W. Day's ch c Muezzin, by Newrnin- ster out of Infidelity 0 .. 3 Spreoty 1 . 3 Spreoty 0 . 0 W. Day 2 John Dawson . . 0 . 0 John Dawson . . 0 . S 9 J. Scott ....... 3 J. Scott 0 T. Wadlow .... 2 . 0 W. Butler .... . 0 E. Carter . 0 . 0 E. Carter .. o . 0 E. Carter . 0 E. Carter . 0 T. Carter, sen.... 0 H. Gibson 0 W. Day 1 AT STANTON SHIFFNAL. BY T. WADLOW. Peignoir, 4 yrs Flexmore, 4 yrs Pot Pourri, 4 yrs G by Dear Me, 4 yrs Antares, 4 yrs Trojanus, 3 yrs C by S weetmeatout of Blackcock's dam, 3 yrs Shirley, 3 yrs Gipsy Girl, - 3 yrs DamsanCheese, 3 yrs Mar- Miss Julia, aged Xanthus, aged The Dane, aged Mytton, 6 yrs Spicebox, 6 yrs Lady Clifden, 5 yrs Shropshire, 5 yrs West Eud, 5 yrs Col Crocket, 5 yrs Matilda, 5 yrs MissLivingston, 4yrs My Partner, 4 yrs F by Rataplan out of chioness, 3' yrs Gr c by King Tom out of Wood Nymph, 2 yrs C by Grosvenor out of Ather- stone's dam, 2 yrs C by Astrologer out of Necro- mancer's dam, 2 yrs Corydon, 3 yrs Golden Drop, 3 yrs Novara, 3 yrs Oh f by Alonzo, 3 yrs Gordian Knot, 2 yrs Lord Zetland, 2 yrs Drumhead, 2 yrs Wild Rake, 2 yrs Hyperion, 2 yrs Essex Belle, 2 yrs Fair Sophia, 2 yrs , Coimbria, 2 yrs F by Gemma di Vergy out of Eugenia, 2 yrs F by Hurworth, 2 yrs F by Mountain Deer out of Area ( Egyptian's dam), 2 yrs F by Stockwell out of Lady Evelyn, 2 yrs AT ROSE COTTAGE, WESTBURY, WILTS. BY H. SOPP. Abernethy, 3 yrs Mily, 4 yrs Rantipole, 4 yrs Lord Oswald, aged H by Meteor, aged Milverton, 5 yrs Rubini, 3 yrs AT CHILDRY. BY C. THORPE. Tom Bayers, 4 yrs Mulberry, by Beads- man out of Straw- berry, 2 yrs ! Little Nelly, 3 yrs AT WANTAGE. BY E. KELLOW. Fontenoy, 3 yrs FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1865. The PRINCE OF WALES'S STAKES of 150 sovs each, h ft, and 25 if declared before July 1,1863, for four year olds; colts 8st 91b, fillies 8st 41b ; the winner of the Derby or St Leger 71b, of the Oaks, Two Thousand Guineas, Port, or Claret Stakes 31b, of any two of the above stakes 91b extra ; maidens which have never re- ceived 100 sovs for running second allowed 71b; Cesarewitch Course. Echo I Bonus I Skeffington Paris Gazza Ladra Jupon Idler Idle Girl I Event, 3 yrs AT NEWTON, WARRINGTON. BY JAMES CLARKE. Br c by Sweetmeat out of Maid of Lyme, 4 yrs AT LEWES. BY THOMAS BROWN. Lord Stanley, 4 yrs Miss Hawthorn, 4yrs Certificate, 4 yrs Emma Blake, 3 yrs Twilight, aged Eheu, 6 yrs Little Dick, 6 yrs Walloon, S yrs Diploma ( Bro to Certificate), 2 yrs Bristles, by Vedette out of Pig- skin, 2 yrs Ben Nevis, by Ben y Ghlo out of Rio, 2 yrs C by Daniel O'Rourke out of Juggler's dam, 2 yrs Stonewall Jackson, by Grecian out of Excitement, 2 yrs BY R. DREWITT. Paul Clifford, 5 yrs F by Dear Me out of Syren, 3 yrs Pretty Polly, 3 yrs * Mr W. Day's b c Cockerton, by Tadmor oat ofCrosslanes W. Day 0 . Mr W. Day's b f Voluptas, by JStockwell outofExtacy W. Day 0. t M Delamarre's br c Bilboquet, by The Baron out of Bilberry T. Carter, jun .. 0 . Mr Dunbar's b c Ernest, by Stockwell out of Countess of Albemarle J. Godding ...... 0 , * Lord Durham's b B Michael Scott, by West Australian, dam by The Cure— Elphine.. J. Scott 0 * Mr Elphinstone's ch c Dunkeld, by Dru- mour out of Barbarina W. Brewtey .... 0, * Mr Gilby's ch c Count Cavour, by Longbow out of Mystery ( Sister to Satirist) J. Watson 1 Mr Gilby's br c Donnybrook, by Sprig of Shillelagh out of Fly, by lago J. Watson 0 * Lord Glasgow's b c by De Clare— Clarissa.. T. Dawson 0 * Lord Glasgow's br c by Voltigeur, dam by Orlando... T. Dawson 1 Mr C. Greville's b c Anfield, by The Con- fessor out of a Barbarian mare Goater 0 , * Mr Hargreave's ch c Cheerful, by Tedding- ton out of Placid T. S. Dawson.... 0 * Count Heuckel, sen's, b c Giles the First, by St Giles outof Lady Shrewsbury J. Scott 0 Count Henckel, jun's, b c Dragoman, by Champagne out of Jumna G. Mann 1 , * Capt Lane's b c Blue Mantle, by Kingston out of Paradigm W. Harlock .... 4 * tCount de Lagrange's br c Jarnicoton, by Faugh a Ballagh out of Belle de Nuit .. T. Jennings .... 0, * fCount de Lagrange's b c Hospodar, by Monarque out of Sunrise T. Jennings .... 2 | ' Count de Lagrange's ( Lord Stamford's) br c Brick, by The Flying Dutchman out of Baroness J. Dawson 2 t Count de Lagrange's ( Lord Stamford's) ch c Armagnac, by Faugh a Ballagh— Bathilde J. Dawson 2 t M Lupin's b c Stenton, by De Clare out of Songstress J. Hayhoe 0 t M Lupin's b c Roques, by The FlyingDutch- man out of Allumette J. Hayhoe 0 Mr H. Melville's b c The Plover, by Grey Plover out of Alice Private 0 Mr Merry's br c by Lord of the Isles out of Wasp M. Dawson 2 x Mr Merry's br c The Royal Stag, by Fallow Buck out of Amazon M. Dawson 8 t Mr Montgomery's ch f La Toucques," by The Baron out of Tapestry Fobert 0 , f Duke de Morny's br c Demon, by The Baron out of Diane W. Smith 0 t Duke de Morny's b c Distinguo, by The Flying Dutchman out of Quiz W. Smith 0 t Duke de Morny's ch f Joliette, by Surplice out of Jessamine W. Smith 0 Duke de Morny's br f Gloria, by Pelion out of Geelong W. Smith 0 Mr R. Naylor's b c Carnival, by Sweetmeat out of Volatile J. Godding 1 Mr R. Naylor's br f Touch and Go, by Touchstone out of The Darter J. Godding 0 * Mr Norris's ch c Gelert, by Windhound out of Durandanl J. Day Mr C. Perry's ch c De Mowbray, by DeClare out of Lady Mowbray S R, Boyce... * Lord Kenard's ch c Grimston, by Stockwell out of Fille du Regiment W. Day Baron M. de Rothschild's b f Canace, by King Tom out of Deiopeia Hayhoe, sen t Mr J. Robin's b c Marjolet, by Womersley out of Emilia C. Bains ... * Mr Sale's br c Safeguard, by Touchstone out of Prevention * Mr I. Sadler's b c by Tadmor— Glenochty.. W. Day 1 ,. 1 Mr H. Saville's ch c Lightening, by Stock' well out of Cordelia * Mr H. Savillg's br c by Voltigeur out of Skirmisher's dam, by Ga^ dham W. Goater . * Lord St Vincent's b c Lord Clifden, by New- minster out of The Slave E. Parr Lord St Vincent's b f The Orphan, by Frog- more out of Ethel E. Parr t M Schickler's b c Loup de Mer, by The Fly- ing Dutchman out of Veiure J. Bains .... * fM Schickler's bk c Charles Martel, by The Nabob out of Gabble J. Bains ... M Schickler's ch f Grand Mademoiselle, by The Nabob out of Error J. Bai aes.... * Lord Stamford'sb c Automaton, by Am- brose out of Pocahontas J. Dawson . Lord Stamford's ch c Ace of Hearts, by Daniel O'Rourke— Sister to Leconfield .. J. Dawson . * Lord Stamford's br c Arcaran, by Ambrose outof Ava ..-. J. Dawson . Lord Stamford's b c Somerled, by Lord of the Isles out of Shot J. Dawson , * Lord Strathmore's br c Saccharometer, by Sweetmeat out of Defamation W. Channel. * Lord Strathmore's ch c The Tartar, by Volvode out of Lady Ralph W. Channel. * Mr F. Swindell's br c Vindicator, by Vin- dex out of Miss Eva J. Godding , t Mr Teisseire's b c Prlncet, by Firstborn out of Eoline J. Boldrick. Mr Ten Broeck's b f Tonardo, by Wild Day- rell out of Midia Prior T. Oliver W. Goater 0 0 0 0 .. 0 Mr Ten Broeck's b f Summerside, by Lex- ington, dam by Glencoe Prior * Lord Uxbridge's br c Muffler, by Fazzoletto out of Caricature J. Godding t M Verry's b c Glaucus, by Trajan out of Glaucopis J. Francis ...... t M Verry's b c Corybante, by Pedagogue out of Figurante J. Francis ...... M Verry's b c Action, by Pedagogue out of Miss Harkaway J. Francis * Mr F. Watt's b c National Guard, by Rifle- man out of Lady Elizabeth J. Watson * Lord Zetland's b c Skipjack, by Fandango outof Julia J. Coates * In the English Derby. t In the French Derby. THE DILLON AND CADEROUSSE DUEL. The Fi rst Chamber of the Civil Tribunal gave judgment on Friday, Jan 16, in the extraordinary case of " De Noe de v Ville- messant," It will be remembered that at the trial at Versailles of the Duke de Gramont Caderousse and others, for the duel in which Mr Dillon lost his life, a very painful scene occurred. Colonel de No6, Mr Dillon's second, and M de Villemessant, the editor of the Figaro, publicly gave each other the lie. It had been stated in several newspapers, and the opinion was adopted by the presiding judge and the Procureur Imperial, that the very foolish quarrel would have been arranged but for an irritating paragraph in the Figaro, which represented that the Duke de G- ramont Caderousse had hesitated to meet Mr Dillon on account of his being a plebeian. M de Villemessant being severely re- proved by the president ( M Flandrin) for publishing this para- graph, said that he had done it on information furnished by Colonel de No< § , and at his request. Thereupon the latter rose, and in the clearest terms, and with » vehement indignation, declared that, so far from having asked M de Villemessant to publish the news of the duel being on the tapis, he had begged him to say nothing about it; and in particular Colonel de Noe denied that he had ever told M de Villemessant that the Duke de Cade- rousse scrupled to give satisfaction to Mr Dillon on account of his inferior rank. The impression at Versailles was alto- gether favourable to Colonel de Noe. Everybody took part with the grey- haired colonel of the noble family against the scur- rilous journalist. But two days later the Figaro published the as- tounding statement that Colonel de Noe had not only furnished the matter of the paragraph, but had actually gone into the print- ing- office and corrected tbe proof in his own handwriting. That he did so was attested by the Viscount de Bragelonne, M de Ville- messant's secretary, and several other persons, printers, readers, or compositors of the Figaro. Colonel de Noe thereupon wrote a letter to the papers, protesting that the story of M de Villemes- sant and his witnesses was a pure fabrication, and he brought an action for libel, laying his damages at 100,000f. The case has been argued on three successive Fridays by M Jules Favre for Colonel de Noe, and by M Lachaud for M de Villemessant. The Procureur Imperial pronounced in favour of M Villemessant. No report of these speeches has yet been published. But on Fri- day, Jan 23, the Paris Court, in a judgment, terrible indeed for Colonel de Noe, dismissed his action with costs, declaring. that the statement of the Figaro was in all respects true; that Colonel de No6 did not only suggest the paragraph, but corrected the proof in his own handwriting; and that, " After having with de- plorable heedlessness sought a dangerous publicity for facts which the most ordinary prudence commanded to be kept secret, he, Colonel Viscount de Noe, attempted by a false affirmation to shift a part of the responsibility upon the defendant, De Villemeesant.'' DEATH OF SIE HENRY LUSHINGTON.— Sir Henry Lushington, Bart, whose death took place in Montagu- square, on Sunday, Jan 25, was brother of the Eight Hon Stephen Lushington, D. C. L., judge of the Court of Arches, and ef Mr Charles Lushington, late M. P- for Westminster. Sir Henry was born October 27, 1775, and was the eldest son of Mr Stephen Liifehington, M. P. for Ashburton, a director and more than once chairman of the East India Com- pany ( who was created a baronet April 26, 1791), by Hester, daughter of Mr John Boldero, of Aspeden Hall, Hertfordshire. He succeeded his father Jan 12, 1807; was M. P. for Ashburton from 1812 to 1820, and was appointed consul- general for Naples in 1815. Sir Henry married April 8, 1799, Fanny Maria, eldest daughter of Mr M. Lewis, of the War Office, and has had issue four daughters and six sons. He is succeeded by his eldest son Henry, ef the Indian Civil Service, born April 10,1802, who has issue, C by Vedette— Miss Pipes, 2 yrs C by Leamington out of Syren, 2 yrs C by Young Tomchstone out of Penkhull Pill, 2 yrs F by Acrobat— Jenny Wren, 2 ys C by Ratan— Rather High, 2 yrs C by Vedette out of Miss Fan- shawe, 2 yrs Caractacus, 4 yrs Gazelle, 4 yrs Linus, 4 yrs Watford, 3 yrs AT HARPENDEN. BY R. SMITH. Dark Lily, 3 yrs Lina, 3 yrs Barter, 3 yrs Vanquisher, 2 yrs Gazehound, 2 yrs Slaughterer, 2 yrs C by Arsenal out of Industry, 2 yrs LittleNell ( h b), aged Etoile du Nord, 6 yrs Eidolon, 6 yrs Cremorne, 6 yrs AT GULLANE, DREM, N. B. BY J. WAUGH. Wallachia, 4 yrs G by Lord Faucon- berg, dam by Che- viot ( h b), 3 yrs Reviver, 3 yrs Mountain Buck, 3ys Lothians King, 5 yrs HORSES IN TRAINING IN IRELAND. AT THE CURRAGH, CONYNGHAM LODGE. By JAMES MURPHY. Squire Percy, 5 yrs Bally Edmond, 5 yrs Beachy Head, 4 yrs Lord Burleigh, 4 yrs Michelgrove, 4 yrs Miss Vivian, 4 yrs Grisette, 4 yrs Blackdown, 3 yrs Accident, 3 yrs Witch of Endor, 3 yrs Colleen Rhue, 3 yrs Detective, 3 yrs Br c by Jock o' Sot — Meteor, by lago, 3 yrs Sheridan, 2 yrs Diomed, 2 yrs Jack Frost, 2 yrs Blue Bell, 2 yrs Eastminster, 2 yrs Plaything, 2 yrs The Perfumer, 2 yrs Br c by Orlando out of Twitter, 2 yrs The Beaver, 2 yrs Wild Huntress, 2 yrs The Hind of the Fore> t, 2 yrs Lady Superior, 2 yrs Tamburina, 2 yrs Junius, 2 yrs B f by Teddington— Ribaldry, 2 yrs Beautiful Star, 2 yrs Br f by Tadmor— Englemere's dam, 2 yrs Buckstone, 4 ym Costa, 4 yrs The Knave, 4 yrs Investment, 4 yrs Lioness, 4 yrs Gladstone, 3 yrs C by Lord of the Isles out of Miss Ann, 2 yrs F by Lord Fauconberg out of Cossack Maid, 2 yrs F by Voltigeur out of Amazon, by Touchstone, 2 yrs C by Teddington out of Revival, 2 yrs F by Wild Dayrell— Phemy, 2 yrs F by Wild Dayrell out of Lady Lurewell, 2 yrs F by Saunterer out of Catastro- phe, 2 yrs Rob Roy, 2 yrs AT RUSSLEY. BY M. DAWSON. Escape, 3 yrs C by Chanticleer out The Royal Stag, 3 yrs of Calliope, 3 yrs Queen of the Gipsies, F by Lord of the Isles 3 yrs — Makeless, 3 yrs Wasp gelding, 3 yrs Sis to Melsonby, 3 ys Cairncastle, 3 yrs ' C by Saunterer out of Calliope, 2 yrs C by Saunterer out of Morgan La Faye, 2 yrs C by Saunterer out of Rambling Katie, 2 yrs F by Saunterer out of Mcestis- sima, 2 yrs C by Saunterer out of Roger- thorpe's dam, 2 yrs C by Chanticleer out of Clotilde, 2 yrs F by Lambourne out of Bur- lesque, 2 yrs AT Anatis, aged Fitz- Avon, 6 yrs Avongrove, 4 yrs Warminster, 4 yrs Bright Cloud, 3 yrs Declaration, 3 yrs Avondale, 3 yrs Teddy, by Tedding ton out of Black Bess, 2 yrs CODFORD ST MARY. BY H. E. MAY. The Sea Boy, by Mildew — Merry Sunshine, 2 yrs Ch c by Rataplan out of Gertrude, 2 yrs Hangle Eye, by Joe Lovell out of Lady Helen, 2 yrs Madame Tagliafico, by Cotherstone out of the Countess, 2 yrs Sensation, by The Great Unknown, 2 yrs Ch f by Lord of the Isles out of Lady Wild, 2 yrs AT LITTLETON, NEAR WINCHESTER. BY H. GOATER. Ashford, 5 yrs Lady of thelsles, 3ys F by Rataplan out of Caliban, 5 yrs Sevington g, 3 yrs Bistre, 2 yrs Spencer, 5 yrs Pillion, 3 yrs Curative, 2 yrs Spite, 4 yrs Creole, 3 yrs Rosemary, 2 yrs Baldwin, 3 yrs School Mistress, 3 ys Stiletto, 2 yrs Antipodes, 3 yrs Batleur, 3 yrs Farnham, 2 yrs Monitor, 3 yrs Hartley, 2 yrs The Doctor, 2 yrs Poland, 3 yrs Belgium, 2 yrs F by The Cure, 2 yrs AT HURSTBOURNE PARK, WHITCHURCH. BY ROBERT MILTON. Vinegar Hill, 5 yrs Ch h by King Tom- Cruiser's dam, 4ys Cachuca, 3 yrs Mrs Trimmtr, £ yrs Corroborator, 3 yrs Becky Sharp, 2 yrs Niobe, 2 yrs Typhoon, 2 yrs The Knout, 2 yrs Hen gist, 2 yrs La Bossue, 2 yrs B c by Wild Dayrell — Bellona, 2 yrs B f by Vengeance outof Queen Chris- tina, 2 yrs Peeping Tom, by Sir Isaac, 7 yrs Lincoln, by Bel- shazzar, aged Golden Drop, by Sugarplum, 3 yrs Memo, by Mountain Deer, 2 yrs AT HEDNESFORD. BY JAMES HOPWOOD. Wynnstay, 5 yrs B c by Assault out of Vivid, 2 yrs Crisis, 3 yrs Lady Bountiful, by Rataplan, 2 yrs East Lancashire, 3 ys Lady de Trafford, by Longbow, 2 yrs SirWatkin, by Ccl- sterdale, 2 yrs Black- eyed Susan, by Turnus, 3 yrs Gilbert, aged Jerusalem, aged Freshman, aged The Gift, aged Sinking Fund, aged Light of Other Days, aged Mutineer, aged Deception, aged AT NORTHLEACH. BY THOMAS ftOLBY. Comet, aged Rifleman, aged Sunflower, aged Irish Emigrant, aged Haphazard, aged Cantab, 5 yrs Church Militant, 4 yrs The General, 4 yrs Marguerite, 4 yrs Stowell, 3 yrs Yanworth, 3 yrs Crown Diamond, 3y Under the Cloud, 2 y Madame Walton, 2 y Knightsbridge, 5 yrs Sycophant, 5 yrs Tonio, 5 yrs The Dictator, 3 yrs Golden Dust, 3 yrs Tom Fool, 3 yrs Surbiton Hill, 4 yrs AT WROUGHTON, SWINDON. BY J. STINTON. Fanatic, 3 yrs Hampton Court, 3yrs Foie de Gras, 3 yrs C by Marsyas out of Pearl, 3 yrs F by Flatcatcher out of Pet Lamb, 3 yrs Neilgherry, 3 yrs Rapple, 2 yrs De Gray, 2 yrs Outlaw, 2 yrs C by Vedette out of Worthless, 2 yrs Tigress, 2 yrs AT THE HILL HOUSE, BOURTON HILL, MORETON- IN- MARSH. BY E. WEEVER. Hypermnestra, 3 yrs C by Colsterdale, Zara, 3 yrs dam by Pyrrhus Sylvanie, 3 yrs the First, 2 yrs Thalestris, 3 yrs Cosette, 2 yrs Datura, 3 yrs Salvinie, 2 yrs Boeotian, 2 yrs Folly, 2 yrs Emblem, 6 yrs Exchequer, 4 yrs Balder, 4 yrs Sappho, 4 yrs Newsmonger, 3 yrs Kemptown, 3 yrs Kinsman, 3 yrs AT Optimist, 6 yrs Umpire, 6 yrs Evenhand, 5 yrs Amy, 5 yrs Maid of Honour, 5 y Rubicon, 5 yrs Myrtle, 5 yrs COMPTON NEWBURY. BY R. B. PRYOR. Bedouin, 4 yrs Santhal, 3 yrs Batsman, 3 yrs Vaulter, 3 yrs Tornado, 3 yrs Dolphin, 3 yrs Curie, 3 yrs Summerside, 3 yrs Idler, 2 yrs Parish, 2 yrs Demon, 2 yrs Contractor, 2 yrs Illusion, 2 yrs Echo, 2 yrs AT CLEEVE HILL LODGE, CHELTENHAM, BY W. HOLMAN, PiffPaff Fosco B f by Bir Peter Sunbeam DeReuter Laurie— Empress, Butterfly Zingari 4 yrs Bantam Wortham, 5 yrs B g by Vortex, 4 yrs Long Odds Jessie Brown, 5 yrs His Excellency, 3 ys Penarth Sedbury, 4 yrs White Hall, 3 yrs AT GODMERSHAM PARK, CANTERBURY. BY E. PARR. Louise Bonne, 3 yrs Clarges, 2 j- rs Lady Stafford, 3 yrs Narbonne, 2 yrs Forager, 2 yrs Pegasus, 2 yrs Roundhead, 2 yrs Telscombe, 2 yrs Necromancer, 5 yrs Zetland, 4 yrs Lord Clifden, 3 yrs The Orphan, 3 yrs Budworth, 3 yrs AT CANNON HEATH, KINGSCLERE. BY GEORGE MANNING. Asteroid, 5 yrs Cowley, 5 yrs Nautilus, 5 yrs Rouge Dragon, 5 yrs Argonaut, 4 yrs AT RICHARDS' St Alexis, 4 yrs Black Pearl, 4 yrs Woldga, 3 yrs Weatherbow, 3 yrs Columba, 3 yrs Beloochee, 2 yrs C by Charleston, 2 y F by Beadsman, 2 y The Miller, aged Weasel, aged Statesman, aged Kington, 6 yrs Everlasting, 5 yrs CASTLE, LUDLOW. BY R. SLY. Ch g by Bucolic, dam by Newminster ( h b), 4 yrs B c by Lambton out of Lateef, 2 yrs Ch f by Sweetmeat, dam by Hereford out of Modesty ( h b), 2 yrs Melsonby, 4 yrs Montebello, 4 yrs Hartington, 4 yrs Darlington, 4 yrs Queen of Spain, 4 yrs AT BECKHAMPTON. BY W. TREEN. Birdlime, 3 yrs Coupon, 3 yrs Presumption, 3 yrs Vision, 3 yrs Melandra, 3 yrs Watchword, 3 yrs Chaft", 3 yrs Longford, 2 yrs Brunette, 2 yrs Spectre, 2 yrs Rapture, 5 yrs Brava, 4 yrs Ellangowan, 4 yrs Merry Bird, 3 yrs AT SMITHAM BOTTOM. CROYDON. BY G. SIMPSON. Bulley, 3 yrs B f by Teddington, KnightTemplar, 3yrs 3 yrs Spitfire Kitty, 3 yrs Maubrequet, 3 yrs Equator, 4 yrs Grimston, 4 yrs Judex, 3 yrs ' Isoline, 3 yrs AT WANTAGE. BY J. KINGSLAND. Wyon, 3 yrs Aslauga, 3 yrs Langholm, 2 yrs Glenhusk, 2 yrs Hopper, 2 yrs C by Lascelles out of Toxana, 2 yrs AT PRESTBURY, NEAR CHELTENHAM. BY H. HADLEY. Pineapple, aged Tyrone, aged Old Woman, aged Man at Arms, 6 yrs Nottingham, 4 yrs Attaman, 4 yrs Chmby Cranebrook, 6 yrs Broadway, 3 yrs Jesuista, 3 yrs Ignatius, by Loyola out of Sherborne's dam, 2 yrs AT EAST ILSLEY. BV JAMES DOVER. Fugleman, 4 yrs Glenorchie, 3 yrs Skeffington, 2 yrs Triton, 2 yrs Vacuna, 2 yrs AT HOLYWELL LODGE, EASTBOURNE. BY W. CLAY. Knight of theGarter, Selection, 3 yrs 4 yrs Weiromekengi, by C by Flatcatcher out , Kingston out of of Columbine, 4 yrs Boomerang, 3 yrs B c by Marsyas out of Whirl, 4 yrs Ding Dong, by Acro- bat out of Vesper Bell, 4 yrs Thomastown, aged Youth, aged . Bonnie Scotland, a Bhang, 6 yrs Ch m by Tally Ho, 6 yrs Bull's Run, 3 yrs Duke of Cambridge, 3 yrs Agility, 3 yrs Young May Moon, 3 yrs Cartouche, 3 yrs B f by Artillery out of MollyBawn, 3ys B f by Arbutha, 3 ys B c by M. D., dam by Freney, 3 yrs B c by Bashful, dam by Freney, 2 yrs Earl Douglas, 2 yrs B c by Artillery out of Lizzy, 2 yrs B c by M. D. out of Midge, 2 yrs B c by Due an Dhur- ras, 2 yrs B c by Claret out of ForestHawk'sdam, 2 yrs B c by Artillery outof StandHouseLass, 2y B f by M. D., dam Freney, 2 yrs Br f by Claret out of Fylgia's dam, ' 2 ys B c by Arbutha, 2 ys AT THE CURRAGH, ROSSMORE LODGE. C by M. D., 2 yrs Bar One, 2 yrs Lucky Star, 2 yrs Newcastle, aged Grisi, 6 yrs Leonidas, 5 yrs Molly Asthore, 5 yrs C by Due an Dliur- rhas, 2 yrs Farewell, 2 yrs Bacchus, 2 yrs AT BY P. Grandmaster, 6 yrs Bellman, 5 yrs Castle Hacket, 4 yrs Dhu Regan, 3 yrs Ch f by Dr O'Toole — Daphne, 3 yrs Honey Bee, 2 yrs CURRAGH VIEW. T. CONNOLLY, JUN. B f by Artillery— Bis to Warhawk, 2ys B c by Chicken out of Chatelaine, 2 yrs Ch c by Chit- chat— Cathleen, O'Toole's dam, 2 yrs Shooting Star, 2 yrs C by Newton- le- Wil- lows— Daphne, 2 ys Fan- a- Cool, 3 yrs Jackal, 5 yrs B f by Artillery out of Indiscretion AT CURRAGH LODGE, BALLYSAX. BY THOMPSON HARRISON. Laura, by Bandy, 2ys Good for Nothing ( latePersigny), 3ys Carlo Maratti, 3 yrs Waterloo, by New- ton- le- Willows, 2ys Causton Rose, 3 yrs Tony Lumpkin, 6yrs Longstop, by Loup Garou, 2 yrs Rhanee of Jhansi Toggery, 6 yrs Lotti, 4 yrs AT AT MSUNTJOY LODGE. BY WILLIAM CONLAN. I Amine, 4 yrs j Sailor, 6 yrs Duke of Magenta, 5ys W illiam the Con- queror, 5 yrs C by Gemma di Vergy — Mother Birch, 3 yrs AT FRENCH FRENCH HOUSE STABLES. BY J. DAVIS. C by Dr O'Toole out of Harmony, 3 yrs Emily, by Prize- fighter, 3 yrs F by Artillery out of All's Well 2 yrs C by Artillery out of Princess, 2 yrs Stumcarty, by Rataplan, 5 yrs The Little Lord, by The Marquis — Killoughy's dam, 4 yrs First Love, by The Marquis out of Elfe, 4 yrs Maria, by Prizefighter, 3 yrs Pancake, by Coningsby, 3 yrs B c by Dr O'Toole out of Stum- carty's dam, 3 yrs FURZE STABLES. BY MESSRS KEEGAN. The Champion's Daughter, by Prizefighter out of Emily'" dam, 2 yrs The Marquis of Kildare, by Prizefighter out of Hibernia's dam, 2 yrs The Lancer, by Artillery out of Prizefighter's dam, 2 yrs COURSING. LINCOLN SPRING MEETING, 1863. FEB 25.— The LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP of 5 sevs each, 3 ft, with 80 added ; winners of any handicap after the weights were out 71b, twice or a handicap amounting to 100 sovs lOltyextra; one mile; 57 subs. a ge st lb] age st lb age st lb Suburban 6. 8 12 Gleam .5. .7 2 Alcibiade 3. .6 5 Joey Jones ... 5. .8 7 Prologue .... .4. 7 2 Oakapple 3. .6 3 Libellous 6. .8 5 Hubert .4. .7 0 Revolver 3. .6 2 Monk G. .8 2 Weatherwise .7 0 Souveraine .... 3. .6 2 Maggiore 6. .8 0 Squire Percy .. 5. .7 0 Sea Nymph .... 3. ,6 0 Lord Stanley . 4. .7 12 Misfortune .. .. 4. .7 0 Safeguard 3. .5 13 Michel Grove. 4. .7 11 The Norman .7 0 Fontenoy 3. .5 13 Charles Fox... 4. .7 11 Tithonius .. 4. .7 0 Antar 3. .5 12 Knight of the Court Martial .. 4. .6 13 Invasion 3 .5 12 Adventurer .. 4. .6 13 Dualla 3 .5 12 Miss Livifig- 5 6 13 Refuge 3 .5 12 stone 4. .7 10 Remunerator .. a .6 12 Mrs Somerville 3 .5 10 Lopcatcher ... 5 .7 8 Manrico .. 4 .6 12 Lady Maria.. .. 3 .5 10 Churchman... 4. .7 6 Drumstick .. .. 4 .6 10 F by Kingston Henham Lass. 5. .7 6 Parasseuse .. .. 4 .6 8 out of Dinah 3 .5 10 Engineer, by Jenny Wren .. 3 .5 9 , Flash in thePan a .7 5 Voltiseur out True Heart... .3 .5 7 Ethel .4 .7 5 of Rosebud .. 6 .6 8 Douche 3 .5 7 M Philippe ... . a .7 4 Golden Drop .. 3 .6 8 Westminster .. 3 .5 7 Everlasting ... .5 .7 3 Honest Tom .. 3 .6 6 Hypermnestra 3 .5 7 Conundrum... .5 .7 3 Comet .. 3 .6 5 AQUATICS. B m by Windfall out of Sea- weed, aged Woodman, by Red Hart, 4 yrs Sister to Cairncastle, 4 yrs AT WATERFORD LODGE. BY L. KEEGAN, JUN. Br f by M. D. out of Ulster- man's dam, 2 yrs Ch f by Claretout of Woodman s dam, 2 yrs AT SLANE CASTLE, CO MEATH. BY JOHN NOLAN. Armstrong's Gun, by | Ch f Sister to Mince- Artillery, - 3 yrs Spring Daisy, 3 yrs B c out of Bellman's dam, 3 yrs pie, 3 yrs Ch c by DeRuyter— Surf, byStorm, 2yrs The General, 5 yrs Ch c by Sultan- Sister to Croagh Patrick, 2 yrs Ro f by Sultan out of Cecilia, 2 yrs AT BEECHWOOD ( CO ROSCOMMON). PRIVATE. Sarsaparilla, by M. D., 3 yrs Fidget, by Sobersides, 3 yrs Brown Bess, by Newton- le- Wil- lows, 2 yrs Sting, by Newton- le- Willows out of Clare, by Crozier, 2 yrs AT CARROW& OE, CO ROSCOMMON. PRIVATE. Madge Wildfire, 4 yrs ] Physic, by M. D. out of Nectar, Rudiments, 3 yrs j 2 yrs AT THE MAZE, LISBURN, CO DOWN. BY P FLOOD. May Queen C by Brockley Moonlight Jack Botheration Maze, by Mountain C by Tower out of Emotion, by Rata- Deer Sister to Lance plan BY J. MONAGHAN. F by Artillery OHt of Bister to I Escape, 2 yrs The Chicken, 2 yrs j INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING 1863. The NEWMAP. KET HANDICAP of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before Tuesday, Feb 3, with 150 added; win- ners after Jan 28 of a handicap amounting to 200 sovs 71b extra ; winners of all other handicaps 51b, of any two handicaps 101b extra; from the starting post of the R. M. to the end of B. C.; 74 subs. age st lb age St lb Carbineer 5 .9 5 Noelie ..... .7 4 Lawyer ( hb) .. 5. .8 13 Solferino ... .. 4. .7 4 Fairwater 5. .8 10 Amy .. 5. .7 3 Cape Flyaway. .6 .8 10 Sappho .. 4. .7 2 Stampedo 6. .8 9 Blackcock . .. 4. .7 2 Zetland 4. .8 8 Harlequin . .. 4. .7 0 BrownDuchess. 5 .8 7 Polynesia... .. 4. .6 13 Paste 5. .8 5 Rubens .. 4. .6 13 Carisbrook .... 4. .8 5 C by Stockwell Dulcibella .... 6. .8 3 — LadyEvelyn4. .6 12 Bally Edmond.. 5. .8 3 Watchman . ,. 4. .6 10 Croagh Patrick. 5. .8 0 Valentine... .. 3. .6 9 Victrix .. 4. .6 9 Black Prince .. a. .7 13 Villette .6 8 Squire Percy .. 5. .6 8 Gabrielle Barbadoes . .. 4. .6 8 d'Estrees ..., S. .7 13 7 Hartington ..,. 4. .7 12 Physician, by Man at Arms .. 6. .7 12 Chanticleer .. a. .0 7 Welcome 4. .7 12 Magnum Earl of Surrey.. 4. .7 11 Bonum ... .. 4. .6 7 Guiding Star .. 5. .7 10 Barchettina. .. 3. .6 6 Rouge Dragon.. 5. .7 10 Fee .. 5. 6 6 Partisan 4. .7 9 Attaman ... .6 5 Dunkeld ... .. 3. 6 5 M Philippe ..,. a. .7 7 Lapidist .. 4. 6 5 Myrtle ........ 5. .7 7 Canace .. 3. 6 4 Ernest .. 3. 6 3 age st lb Cistercian 3. .6 2 Amelia 3 .6 0 Amazonian ..., 3. .6 0 Equinox ...... 3 .5 13 Battery 3 .5 10 Perseverance .. 3 .5 10 Monitor 3 .5 9 Fantail 3 .5 8 Scamander .... 3. .5 7 Che by Marsyas outof Glance, 3. .5 7 7 Jack o' New- bury 3. .5 7 Brother to Springbok.... 3. .5 7 Chaff s. .5 7 Eleanor ,3. .5 7 Curacoa .3. .5 7 Falcon 3. .5 7 Colleen Rliue .. 3. .5 7 Sylvanie 3. .5 7 King of Italy .. 3. .5 7 7 Br c by Y. Mel- bourne, dam by Gameboy. .3. .5 7 CRAVEN MEETING, 1864. A SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three year old fillies 8st 101b each; T. Y. C. Duke of St Albans's br f by Lea- Mr Naylor's Audacieuse mington— Lady Touchstone Baron Rothschild's f by New Mr Payne's f by Teddington out of minster out of Lady Hawthorn Olitipa Lord Stamford's Monacella The CLARET STAKES, a subscription of 200 sovs each, h ft; colts 8st 101b, fillies 8st 51b, then four years old ; D. I. Sealed up nominations not to be opened till after the running for the Oaks Stakes. Lord Glasgow's Rapid Rhone Sir J. Hawley's ( sealed up) Capt D. Lane's b c Blue Mantle Mr Naylor's ( sealed up) Baron Rothschild's Canace Lord St Vincent's b c Lord Clifden Lord Stamford's Armagnac FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1864. The COFFEE ROOM STAKES of 50 sovs each ; colts 8st 101b, fillies 8st 71b, the produce of mares which never produced a winner, then three years old; A. F. Count Batthyany's Midnight Mass I Mr Savile's c by Skirmisher out of Mr Bowes's Hark Forward Cincinnati Lord Coventry's c by Colsterdale, | Lord Stamford's Barcarola * dam by Pyrrhus the First— | Lord Uxbridge's Durham Hampton— Cervantes A SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sovs each; colts 8st 191b, fillies 8st 51b, then three years old, and not engaged in the Two Thousand or One Thousand Guineas Stakes; those by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner allowed 41b ; only one allowance; A. F. Count Batthyany's Midnight Mass ] Mr J. H. C. Wyndham's Victoria Mr J. Bowes's Baragah Cross ( 41b) Lord Stamford's Barcarola ( 41b) | FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1864. The GRAND DUKE MICHAEL STAKES of 50 sovs each; colts 8st 101b, fillies 8st 61b, then three years old ; the winner of the Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, or St Leger 71b extra; maidens allowed 51b ; A. F. ; 16 subs. Duke of Beaufort's Promenade Duke of Beaufort's Esperance Mr Bowes's Baragah Mr W. S. Cartwright's Ely Sir H. Des Voeux's b c by Musco- vite out of Bridle Sir J. Hawley's Caryophylus Capt D. Lane's Bonus Baron Rothschild's f by Newmin- I Lord Uxbridge's Jupon ster out of Lady Hawthorn Baron Niviere's Antinous Lord St Vincent's Forager Mr Saxon's b f Langford Mr Saxou's ch f Idle Girl Lord Stamford's Gownsman Mr R. Sutton's Skeffington Col Towneley's ch cby Orlando out of Ayacanora HOUGHTON MEETING, 1864. The GLASGOW STAKES of 100 sovs each, h ft, for then two year old colts; 8st 101b ; last three- quarters of R. M. Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Don Basilio Mr J. Merry's c by Wild Dayrell out of Phemy Mr Naylor's ch c by Stockwell out of Rosalinda Mr Watt's Olmar Mr Bowes's Farewell Mr R. Ten Broeck's Thor Sir II. Des Vosux's b c by Skir- misher out of Agra Lord, Glasgow's b c byY Melbourne out of Maid of Masham CRAVEN MEETING, 1865. A SWEEPSTAKES of 100 sovs each, h ft, for then three year old colts ; 8st 101b each; those by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner allowed 41b ; only one allowance ; D. M. Mr R. Ten Broeck's Thor I Lord Portsmouth's br c by Ven- Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Don Ba- geance out of Midia ( 41b) silio ( 41b) j Mr WTatt's br c Olmar ( 41b) Lord Coventry's ch c by Ethelbert out of Feellan ( 41 bj The weights for the CITY HANDICAP and HURDLE RACE will be published on the 3d of February. EPSOM SPRING MEETING, 1863. APRIL 16.— The CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared on or befote Tuesday, Feb 3, with 100 added; winners of any handicap of 200 sovs value after Jan 28 51b, of any two such races or more I01b extra; the last mile and a quarter; 155 subs. age st lb age st lb Asteroid 5.. 9 5 Lawyer 5. .8 13 Sawcutter 5.. 8 12 Fairwater 5.. 8 11 Cape Fly away.. 6.. 8 9 Brown Duchess 5.. 8 7 Crater 6.. 8 5 Croagh Patrick 5.. 8 5 Feu de Joie.... 4.. 8 4 Stradella ...... 4.. General Hess .. 6.. 8 PrincePlausible5.. 8 Investment.... 4.. 8 Bathilde ...... 5.. 8 Umpire 6.. 8 Wingrave ... A.. .8 4 Laura 3.. MissArmstrong3. .6 0 Odine 3.. 6 0 Escape 3.. 6 0 Melandra 3.. 6 0 Physician, by Chanticleer .. a.. 5 13 Adventurer.... 4.. 5 12 Beneventum .. 4.. 5 12 His Excellency. 3.. 5 12 Comet 3.. 5 12 Oberon 4.. 5 12 age st lb Overton... 5.. 7 4 Lord Stanley .. 4.. 7 3 M Philippe .„. a.. 7 3 Blackcock .... 4.. 7 2 Provacateur .. 4.. 7 2 Polynesia 4.. 7 2 Rubens 4.. 7 0 Sappho 4.. 7 0 Hubert 4,. 7 0 A la Rescousse ( bdinFrance) 4.. 7 0 Agag 4.. 7 0 Harlequin .... 4.. 6 13 Liston 3.. 5 12 Queen of Spain. 4. .6 13 Erin go Bragh.. 3. .5 12 MissLIvingston4.. 6 12 Tresham 4.. 5 12 0 Cairncastle .... 3.. 6 12 TheRoyal Stag. 3.. 5 12 Argonaut 4.. 7 13 Charles Fox.. .. 4.. 6 12 Victor 4.. 5 12 Alvediston .... 4.. 7 13 I » nellan 4.. 6 12 Newchurch .. .. 3.. 5 12 Waterwitch.... 5.. 7 12 C bv Stockwell j Oasian 3.. 5 12 Balham 5.. 7 12 — LadyEvelyn4.. 6 12 Summerside .. 3.. 5 12 Johnny Arm- j Manrico 4.. 6 12 Dualla 3.. 5 11 strong 4.. 7 11 Teterrima 4.. 6 11 Coupon 3.. 5 11 Welcome 4.. 7 11 Alchymist .... 4.. 6 10 Sea King 3.. 5 11 Earl of Surrey.. 4.. 7 11: Catch'emAlive.. 4.. 6 10 i Newfoundland. 3., 5 11 Partisan ( bred in I Canary 5.. 6 lo 1 Merry Maid .. 4.. 5 10 France) 4.. 7 10 Bosh 4.. 6 10 Gemma 4.. 7 10 Valentine 3.. 6 8 Welland 4.. 7 10 Attaman 4.. 6 7 Exchequer — 4.. 7 10 Interduca 4.. 6 7 Beachy Head .. 4.. 7 10 Barbadoes 4.. 6 7 Costa 4.. 7 10 Golden Dust .. 3.. 6 6 Henham Lass.. 5.. 7 9 C by Tadmor- Gl'enochty . Black Deer ,... 3.. 6 Lapidist ...... 4.. 6 Gunner 3.. 6 Lady Emma .. 3.. 6 Bryn Gwyn.... 4. .6 Barchettina 3.. 6 Soapstone .... 3.. 6 Dunkeld 3.. 6 Dr Syntax ,... 3.. 6 Rapture 5.. 6 Bohemia 3.. 6 Newmarket... .3.. 6 Portland 6.. 6 Donnybrook .. 3.. 6 Debden 3.. fi Ernest 3.. 6 Amazonian 3.. 6 C by Stockwell — Jacqueline 4.. 6 Weatherspy 3.. 6 0 Tease me Not .. 3.. 5 7 Honest Tom .. 3.. 6 0 Svlvanie 3.. 5 7 Souveraine 3.. 6 0 Birdlime 3.. 5 7 Fitz- Avon .... 6.. 7 Eastn Princess .5. .7 Benjamin 4.. 7 7 Attica ( bred in France) a.. 7 7 Flirtation 5.. 7 7 Humphrey .. .. 4.. 7 7 ChereAmie.... 6.. 7 7 Spence 5.. 7 6 Noelie ( bred in France) 4.. 7 6 Solferino ( bred inFrance 4.. 7 6 Choisy leRoi .. 4.. 7 6 Joev Jones .... S.. 7 6 Brighton 4.. 7 6 Myrtle 5.. 7 6 Buckenham.... 4.. 7 S Canwell 4.. 7 5 Berkeley 4.. 7 5 Michel Grove. .. 4.. 7 4 Turn of Luck .. 4.. 7 4 Fig- 4.. 7 4 Gardener 5.. 7 4 .3.. 6 6 Columbine .. .. 3.. 5 10 Misfortune .... 4.. S 10 Conical 3..,' i 10 Perseverance .. 3.. 5 10 Cheerful 3.. 5 10 Sevington 3,. 5 10 Battery S.. 5 Father O'Leary. 3.. 5 Stampede 3.. 5 Colleen Rhue .. 3.. 5 Pillion .. 3.. 5 Mrs Somerville3... 5 Ch cby Marsyas — Glance ,... 3.. 5 Sandford 3.. 5 Jacko'Newbury 3.. 5 Jack o' Hearts.. 3.. 5 Lady of thelsles3.. 5 Middlewatch .. 3.. 5 Voluptas 3.. 5 Tademus 3.. 5 Gelert 3.. 5 Sister to Sage .. 3. .5 King of Italy .. 3. .5 Jenny Wren .. 3.. 5 Luscinia 3.. 5 Reserve 3.. 5 Not.. 5 APRIL 17.— The GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES ( Handicap) of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before Tuesday, Feb 3, with 100 added; winners of any handicap of 200 sovs value after Jian 28 51b, of any two such races or more 101b extra; Great Metropolitan Stakes Course ( two miles and a quarter) ; 91 subs. age st lb Weatherbow .. 3.. 5 13 St Lawrence .. 4.. 5 13 Citadel 4.. 5 12 His Excellency. 3.. 5 12 Double X 3.. 5 11 Battery 3.. 5 10 Colombine .... 3.. 5 10 Odine 3.. 5 10 The Royal Stag. 3.. 5 10 Chaff 3.. 5 7 Falcon 3.. 5 Bullet 3.. 5 Hampton Court3. .5 Scamander .... 3.. 5 Ch c by Marsyas out of Glance. 3.. 5 Sandford 3.. 5 Jack o' Hearts., 3. .5 Bro to Spring- bok 3.. 5 Canzonette .... 3.. 5 C by Acrobat, dambyTouch- stone- Event. 3.. 5 Voluptas 3.. 5 Conical 3.. 5 Netherby 3.. 5 Sister to Sage. .3.. 5 Ly. Fauconberg3.. 5 King of Italy .. 3.. 5 Luscinia 3.. 5 Lady Superior.. 3.. 5 ge st lb " 1 isre st lb Asteroid .5. .9 5 Somebody'sLug- Ivanhoff ..... .5. .9 0 gage . a. .7 0 Lawyer .5. .8 12 Sappho .4. .6 13 Fairwater .5. .8 11 Gorse .4. .6 13 Zetland 4. .8 7 Harlequin .. .4. .6 13 Compiegne ... 5. .8 7 Polynesia .4, .6 13 Stradella 4. .8 4 Bonnycast'e .4. .6 11 Bally Edmond 5. .8 4 Physician, by Carisbrook ... 4. .8 4 Chanticleer. . a. .6 7 Dulclbella ... 6. .8 2 Real Jam .4. .6 7 Croagh Patrick 5. .8 0 Barbadoes .. .4. .6 7 Investment... .4. .8 0 Canary .5. .6 7 Rouge Dragon 5. .8 0 Charles Fox.. .4. .6 7 Hartington... .4. .7 12 Magnm. Boium4. .6 6 Umpire .6. .7 11 Catch-' emAlive 4. .6 6 Welcome .4. .7 11 Attaman .4. .6 6 Guiding Star . .5. .7 11 Villette .4. .6 6 Earl of Surrey 4. .7 9 Bedouin .4. .6 5 Costa .4. .7 9 4 Beachy Head . .4. .7 9 C by Tadmor- Dusk .4. .7 9 Glenochty . .3. .6 4 Partisan .4. .7 9 Black Deer .. .3. .6 4 Gardener .5. .7 8 Valentine .3. .6 4 Joey Jones ... .5. .7 7 Watford .3. .6 3 Brighton .4. .7 7 Golden Pledge .3. .6 3 Alerte .4. .7 7 Bryn Gwyn.. .4. .6 S Buckenham... .4 .7 5 Adventurer.. .4. .6 2 Myrtle .5. .7 4 Donnybrook .3. .6 2 Berkeley .4 .7 4 Dunkeld .... .3. .6 2 Flirtation ... .5 .7 4 Debden .3. .6 2 Solferino .4 .7 4 Fanscombe .. .6. .6 1 Noelie .4 .7 4 Kill or Cure .4. .6 0 Haddington.., .4 .7 1 Dr Syntax .. .3. .6 0 CHESTER, 1863. MAY 5.— Acceptances for the TRADESMEN'S PLATE of 200 sovs, in specie, added to a Handicap of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared; the winner of either the Northamptonshire Stakes, Metropolitan, and City and Suburban Stakes at Epsom, the Great Northern at York, the Newmarket Nandicap, or the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, in the present year, 101b, the second in either 51b, and the winner of any other handicap kafter the publication of the weights of the value of 200 sovs, including the winner's own stake, 51b extra, but not to be accumulative for being second in any of the above specified handicaps, as well as a quarter); a 172 subs, 83 of whom pay 5 sovs each. go st lb a ge st lb age st lb Asteroid 5. .9 4 Kill or Cure . 4. .6 10 Double X 3. .5 12 Caller Ou 5. .8 6 Catch ' emAlive. 4. .6 10 Che by Marsyas Buckstone ... 4. .8 6 Roman Bee... 3. .6 10 out of Glance. 3. .5 10 Knutsford ... 5. .8 2 Ly. FauconbergS. .5 10 Carisbrook ... .4 .8 0 Jealousy a .6 * 8 Monitor 3. .5 10 Zetland .4 .8 0 Dalesman 4. .6 8 Black Deer .... 3. .5 10 Bellman ..,.. .5 .8 0 Bernice 5 .6 7 Dr Syntax .... 3. .5 10 Ben Webster . .6 .8 0 Freeholder ... 4 .6 5 Count Cavour 3. .5 10 Cowley 5. .8 0 The Brewer... a .6 4 Lady Superior 3. .5 8 Bally Edmond., 5 .7 12 Killigrew a .6 4 Anfield 3. .5 8 Dulcibella ... .6 .7 12 The Plover ... 3 .6 3 Alcestis 3. .5 8 Avalanche ... .6 .7 12 Canace 3 .6 2 Conical... 3. .5 8 King of Kent. .5 .7 10 Port Royal ... .3 .6 2 Dualla ........ 3. .5 8 Hartington... .4 .7 9 Valentine 3 .6 2 Lufra 3. .5 8 Flexmore .4 .7 9 Le Marechal . 3 .6 2 Ernest 3. .5 8 Camerino .5 .7 8 Liston ( paid) . 3 .6 2 Serf 3 .5 7 The Knave ... .4 .7 6 Mainstay 3 .6 0 Fantail ........ 3 .5 7 Gardener .5 .7 6 BrothertoScent 3 .6 0 Amelia 3 .5 7 Henham Lass. .5 .7 5 M Philippe ... a .6 0 Middle Watch.. 3 .5 7 Chere Amie... .6 .7 5 Physician a .6 0 Jack of Hearts .3 .5 7 Pizarro .4 .7 5 Real Jam 4 .6 0 Luscinia 3 .5 7 Fitz- Avon ... .6 .7 4 Erin go Bragh 3. .6 0 Contralto 3 .5 7 Stradella .4 .7 4 Forester 4. .6 0 Venison 3. .5 7 Dusk .4 .7 4 Bohemia .3 .5 13 King of Italy.. 3. .5 7 Haddington . .4 .7 2 Emily di Lona .4 .5 12 7 Earl of Surrey. 4 .7 2 Barchettina... 3 .5 12 Lady of the Gorse .4 .7 2 Dunkeld .3 .5 12 Isles 3. .5 7 Queen of Spain 4 .7 0 Chaff 3 .5 7 Viscount Brig C by Tadmor- Canzonette .... 3 .5 7 nail 5. .7 0 Glenochty . 3 .5 12 Muffler 3 .5 7 Barbadoes ... .4 .6 12 Donne Canne . 4 .5 12 7 The rest pay 5 sov each. YORK AUGUST MEETING, 1864. The JUVENILE STAKES of 100 sovs each, 30 ft, for foals of 1862; colts 8st 101b, fillies 8st 81b ; three- quarters of a mile; 6 subs. Mr J. Saxon's br c Brother to The Monk Mr Watt's Olmar Lord Zetland's b c St Magnus Mr W. I'Anson's ch c Breadalbane Mr Merry's ch c by Lambourn out of Burlesque Mr Merry's b c by Saunterer out of Phryne 1865. The BBAMHAM PARK STAKES of 100 sovs each, 30 ft, for foals of 1862, the produce of mares which never produced a winner; colts 8st 101b, fillies 8st 61b; winners in 1865 31b, of the Derby or the Oaks 71b extra; one mile and a half; 4 subs. Mr Cartwright's f by Gemma di I Count F. de Lagrange's Zouave Vergy out of Kilmeny Junior ( bred in France) Baron Niviere's Gontran | Lord Zetland's br c Weathercock The SWEEPSTAKES of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 1865, and the OLD THREE YEAR OLD PRODUCE STAKES, did not fill. WORCESTER, 1864. The GREAT WORCESTER STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for foals of 1862 ; colts 8st I01b, fillies 8st 71b, winners 71b, twice 101b extra; those by untried horses or out of untried mares allowed 31b, if both 51b; T. Y. C.; 20 subs. Duke of Beaufort's br c Todleben Mr Thos. Cook's Eugenie ( 31b) Lord Coventry's ch f by Ethelbert or Petruchio out of Flitch ( 31b) Mr A. Hayne's br c Henry the Eighth ( h b) ( 51b) Mr H. Jones's f Quietude ( 51b) Sir L. Newman's Keepsake ( 31b) Sir L. Newman's The Swift Mr _ J. Osborne's b c by The Cure out of Miss Agnes Mr E. Phillips's br f Pride of the Ocean ( 51b) Sir C. Rushout's ch c by Ethelbert out of Lady Barbara Duke of Beaufort's f Helice Mr W. S. Cartwright's ch f by Stockwell out of The Bloomer Mr W. S. Cartwright's br f by Gemma di Vergy— Kilmeny ( 31b) Lord Coventry's ch c by Ethelbert out of Fenella ( 31b) Lord Coventry's br c by Ethelbert out of Maud ( h b) ( 31b) Lord Coventry's b f by Petruchio out of Marquise ( 51b) Lord Coventry's b f by Ethelbert out of Clara Webster ( 31b) Lord Coventry's br e by Ethelbert Gen Shirley's b f Drool; side Fairy out of Smut ( 31b) Lord Uxbridge's Arkansas ( 31b) BRIGHTON, 1864- 65. The TENTH BEIGHTON BIENNIAL STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 100 added in each year, for foals of 1862; colts 8st 101b, fillies 8st 71b; winners of a stake value 20 sovs 31b extra; for every such winning up to 91b to run at two years old, three quarters of a mile; at three years, one mile; 11 subs. Mr Hodgman's b c by Adamas out of Maid of Corinth Mr Hodgman's brf by Adamas out of Nourmahal Count F. de Lagrange's Le Man- darin Mr Merry's Liddington Mr Merry's b c by Oulston— Vest Baron Niviere's b c Gabion Mr Payne's c by Wild Dayrell, dam by Orlando Mr Spencer's b c. by Rattle out of Subtility Mr T. Valentine's Alexandra Mr T. Valentine's Reginella Mr Wyatt's Rosalind A PENAL SETTLEMENT IN WEST AFEICA.— Captain Burton, before departing for his " adopted home— Africa," raises his voice in favour of the establishment of a penal settlement on the Camaroon Mountains, in the Bight of Biafra, Gulf of Guinea, West Africa. After dwelling on the advantages to be looked for from such labour as can only be enforced from convicts, he adds: —" As a sanitarium, I would recommend the Camaroon Moun- tains to your notice. It is, indeed, hard that the white man should die in the ' pest- houses' of the coast, within cannon- shot of a healthy region; that he should be parched with fever within sight of frost and snow." We learn that the intrepid African sportsman, Mr Baldwin, has met with a serious accident, while hunting, a few days since, in Leicestershire. In leaping a gate a thorn pierced the pupil of one of his eyes, and it is feared he may lose his sight, THE LATE ALTCAR CLUB MEETING. FRIDAY.— We met at Hill House, and proceeded to the Cars, which, as I was informed by Will Warner, within a week ago was under water. Hares consequently were scarce, and we there- fore returned to the h'igher ground, and finally to the fallows near Gore Houses, which we had already beat the day previous, when we had indifferent sport, and such was also the case on this occasion, some of the trials being anything but good, more par- ticularly that between Corporal and Sweetbriar. It is to be hoped that, when the time arrives to run for the Waterloo Cup, the hares will have returned to the Cars and Altcar Meadows, and that we shall not have to fall back upon this ground, after leaving which we had some fine trials for the deciding courses, particu- larly those between Bribery and Sea Foam, Backety Girl and Heiress, Sweetbriar and Sea Flower, Honeymoon and Wallasey, and Windermere and Walnut. The morning was delightfully fine, and the sport of the day began with the Molyneux Stakes for beaten dogs. Just Exploded and Stockings : The latter shewed pace and led for some distance until JustExploded changed sides, which placed him in a favourable position, getting the first turn and kill. Brightness very decisively beat Wallasey, and Honey- moon as easily disposed of General Bragg. Chloe and Black Silk ran a neck and neck race to the first ditch, which both jumped together. Chloe then drew away three lengths, gained first turn, and afterwards won very handsomely.— The West Derby Stakes, for beaten dogs— Bunker's Hill and Windermere: The latter led and scored five points in succession ; they then exchanged a couple, when the hare soughed, but again immediately appearing the other side she led them a fine dance, ultimately going home to cover; Windermere running throughout a very game animal. Cresswell and Mermaid ran an undecided. Afterwards Cresswell led and turned; Mermaid then scored the two following points, after which Cresswell showed superiority, Mermaid killing from his turn. Aquarius, three lengths fastest, scored first turn from Walnut; they then both in jumping fell into the ditch. Aquarius, first out, again took a strong lead, but again, in a sheet of water, made another mistake. Walnut then got to work, and finally won the course by accident. After a short undecided, in which Jerrybaldi injured one of his eyes, Shining Light went off with a lead of three lengths, turning from which Jerrybaldi attempted to kill; not succeeding, Shining Light again took the hare, wrenched twice, and killed, winning very decisively.— The Mem- bers' Cup ( third ties)— Bribery and Sea Foam: Considerable speculation took place on this course, Sea Foam being backed at 5 to 2 against Lord Binning's bitch. Bribery got first from slips, and was leading two lengths, until Sea Foam got into his stride, when he drew past quickly, making a wide opening between them, and ran into his game beautifully, twelve or fifteen lengths in advance. Immediately after being slipped it was evident Bribery was not going in her usual form, the severe running she had had causing her to run stale. During the two days previous she ran eight courses to win three, having had five undecided ones, which was handicapping her a little too heavily to meet such an antagonist as Sea Foam. Bergamot ran a bye, Babs being drawn, having severely injured herself when striking at the hare, and coming in contact with the brickwork of the sough in her course with Blackthorn the day previous.— The Croxteth Stakes ( third ties)— Rackety Girl and Imperatrice : These two clever daughters of David and Java, one of which I fully expected to win the stake, unfortunately met, Imperatrise taking a lead of a length to the first ditch. Rackety Girl, getting best over, got first possession, of which she would not be deprived until the hare escaped, both running close and clever. Heiress and Broadside ( late Burning Fire) ran two undecideds; afterwards the latter was drawn by arrangement.— The Sefton Stakes ( second ties)— Sea Storm and Justice: The former fastest from slips gained the two first turns, when Justice got in, and, running beau- tifully in the line of the hare, won unmistakably. Joe o'Sot was entitled toa bye, and Justice, being also the property of Mr B. H. Jones, tlieydivided the stakes.— The Veteran Stakes— Corporal and Sweetbriar, 2 to 1 on the former: After leaving slips it was manifest Corporal was much the fastest, but the hare running in a semicircle ( to gain the sough), in favour of Sweetbriar, Corporal had to go on the extreme outer circle, and after the first turn the hare again went in favour of Sweetbriar, who was very busy, when he gained the fiat, the hare escaping in the sough. The position in which the field were placed, although close up, it quite appeared Corporal was always first; but others, amongst them Lord Sefton and several good coursers, who were in a line with the judge, quite coincided in the accuracy of the decision. Although in an unfavourab! epositionmyself, I saw that it wasquite feasible that by the circuitous running of the hare the majority of points might have been made by Sweetbriar. Sampler was faster than Sea Flower to the first ditch, where she,, jumped across her opponent, throwing herself out. Sea Flower'then went on with the lead, bringing the hare round to Sampler, who got well to work, and appeared to be winning easily, but Sea Flower gave a fine go- by, and afterwards won throughout, the hare soughing. The Molyneux Stakes ( first ties) : Just Exploded scored the three first points, when Brightness got in, wrenched, and killed. Honeymoon and Chloe, 2 to 1 on the latter: Honeymoon, first up, scored the first six points, when Chloe resolutely went to work, and was fast rubbing off the score, when she brought the hare round to Honeymoon, who succeeded in killing, thus win- ning with a little to spare.— The West Derby Btakes ( first ties)— Windermere and Cresswell, 2 to I on the Utter: Windermere got fir3t to the hare, and quickly run up three or four points in succession; Cresswell then warming up, went resolutely to work, and balanced the score; a number of exchanges followed, it being for some time either's course, but Windermere's staying abilities again told, he finishing best, with three or four points to spare, by which he won a long and severe trial. Shining Light was six lengths faster than Walnut to the hare, and turned twice before the latter got in, who, when placed, wrenched the hare to the bank of the drain, along which they ran for some distance, Walnut leading, until Shining Light gave him a racing go- by; they then went over the bark out of sight, and the course almost immediately afterwards ending, it appeared to be, from where we stood, principally in favour of Shining Light.— The Members' Cup ( deciding course)— Sea Foam and . Bergamot, 5 to 2 on the former: A slashing good hare was started for this exciting spin, to which Sea Foam led five lengths, turned, and went round Bergamot for the next turn; Bergamot then served, and led for a short distance, when she brought Pussy round to Sea Foam, the hare breaking away, Mr Spinks's crack following at a terrific pace, until he again got command of his game, which he resolutely and strongly wrenched, and finally suc- ceeded in making a very meritorious kill.— The Croxteth Stakes ( deciding course)— Rackety Girl and Heiress: The latter, after leaving slips, got well placed, and quickly gained several good points, until nearing some fallows, when Rackety Girl got in, but failed to do much before the hare escaped.— The Sefton Stakes were divided between Justice and Joe o' Sot.— The Veteran Stakes ( deciding course)— Sea Flower and Sweetbriar : The former led? two to three lengths, and gained first turn, Sweetbriar then, taking"' a good position, strongly wrenched her game for some time. Sea Flower, in attempting to kill, fell upon hei\ head, but, nothing daunted, again went resolutely to work, keeping command of the hare for a considerable distance, and ultimately winning very cleverly ; S weetbriar running a very close second..— The Moly- neux Stakes ( deciding course): Just Exploded was much faster than Honeymoon, and scored eight or ten points in succession, When almost pumped out Honeymoon got in, but was unable to rub off the early points made by her opponent.— West Derby Stakes ( deciding course)— Windermere and Walnut: After leaving slips it could be easily discerned that the pre- vious severe running was telling upon this brace, but when well on his legs Windermere gamely went on with a strong lead, gaining first turn. Walnutthen served ; and they afterwards exchanged a couple of points. Windermere then, with his usual gameness, took the hare to cover. This closed the second meet- ing this season of this popular club. I cannot say I noticed many greyhounds which have run during the meeting that have any pretensions of distinguishing themselves in the Waterloo Cup. Notwithstanding the very superior form exhibited by Sea Foam, and the style he cut down his opponents, Band of Hope, Sap- phire, Laverock ( late Danny Man), Bribery, and Bergamot, I much question whether he will be selected by Mr Spinks to represent the Knotty Ash kennel. At the Autumn Altcar Club Meeting Sea Foam was beaten in his second course by Lord Bec- tive's Bavin ( since dead); he afterwards divided the Bidgway with his brother, Mr Gibson's Corrooran, and won, winning the Members' Plate of 32 dogs, and I question not he will again this season be found a dangerous competitor in the coursing field. His running weight is 621b, he possesses great speed, and is ex- ceedingly clever with his teeth. Bergamot, who ran up to Sea Foam, won twelve courses out of thirteen this season, previous to meeting him. She won a 16- dog stakes at Coquetdale, and won the All- aged 18- dog Stakes at Newmarket, and was only beaten once by Spider at the Caledonian and Dirleton Meeting. She possesses good speed, and is a resolute worker, and may probably represent Lord Binning's nomination in the great event. I was rather surprised to see Rackety Girl suc- cumb to Heiress ; although the latter is a very clever grey- hound, I did not think she could equal the speed which the daughter of David and Java has exhibited, The latter, however, I may add, was lame from the commencement of the meeting. Williams, the trainer of Heiress, Honeymoon, & c, was unfortunate in several greyhounds out of his kennel having to contend against each other; however, he was recompensed by carrying off the Croxteth Stakes for Mr Hornby. Justice ( late Pilot), recently purchased by Mr B. H. Jones, is not over fast to his hare, being led in each course, but when once in possession, he cavers his game well, running close, and without rushing, and never afterwards throws a chance away; he is also a capital stayer, and well suited for the downs, and should he put in an appearanee at the forth- coming Ashdown Park Meeting( which I think ills not improbable) he will be found to be a dangerous competitor. Amongst the veterans, I think Sea Flower and Sampler went best, The latter is possessed of great speed, and Sea Flower may be classed with a Prizeflower. Windermere, the winner of the West Derby Stakes, although not a flier, is possessed of great endurance; he went through all his courses, which were severe, with much determina- tion and gameness. The Altcar ground is very deceptive, position frequently causing differences of opinion as to the decisions, and it is unfair to question a single one, unless in the same position as the judge. In almost every instance where difference of opinion existed, Mr Warwick gave a very satisfactory explanation when called upon. Raper displayed his usual ability in slipping. ASHDOWN. GREYHOUND PRODUCE. On the 16th ult, Mr M'Cory's white and black bitch Flip, five pups to Mr Anderson's white and black dog Heart of Oak, namely, one white and black dog, one white and fawn bitch, and three white and black bitches; all kept. On the 10th ult, Jacobite was visited by Mr Jahnstone's Wild Wave, by Mr D. W. Brown's Grizette on the 13th inst, and by Cazarina on the 16th inst. On the 19th ult, Mr Berry's red bitch Marchioness visited Bos- phorus; and on the 22d, Mr C. E. Marfleet's black bitch Mauso- leum, by Beacon out of Manganese, visited The Brewer, On the 13th ult, at Lark Hill, Liverpool, Mr Jones's Jenny Caxon, six pups to Shooting Star, namely, four dogs and two bitches, all black. On the 17th ult, at Stamford, Mr Higgins's Bedlam Bess, by Bedlamite out of Annie Laurie; and on the 20th, Capt W. Dod's fawn and white bitch Fly visited Bugle ( brother to Canaradzo). On the 2d ult, Mr Butler's red bitch Liz, nine pups to Tim Whiffler, namely, eight black, and one black and white; six saved. On the 16th ult, Mr Tyford's Berkshire Lass, seven pups by The Brewer, namely, two blue dogs, two fawn bitches, and three fawn dogs; all living, and all kept. On the 18th ult, Mr Scales's red bitch Whitefoet, by Judge out of Fairy Queen, eight pups to Sirius, six saved, all red. On the lst ult, at Windermere, Mr Cloudsdale's Camden Villas, four dog pups to Seagull. On the 16th ult, Mr Armstrong's lady, five pups to Mr Pal- lister's Low Moor Lad. On the 11th ult, at Derby, Mr Newham's black bitch by Bed- lamite visited his Kettledrum. On the 13th ult, Mr Clarke Hales's brindled bitch Fan, by Ruler out of Duchess, visited his white and black dog Tiptree. On the 20th ult, at Lake House, Wanstead, Mr T. Speakman's black and white bitch Duchess visited Sirius. On the 7th Sept, Mr Irving's black bitch Fanny Jervis, seven pups te Seventy Pounder; three kept. On the 21st ult, Garnet visited Mr Marfleet's Beacon, at Boothby House. On the 7th ult, Mr Procter's Polly, ten pups to Mr Watton'e Woodman. On the 19th ult, Mr D odd's red bitch Isabella visited Mr Holmes's* fawn dog St Albans. Mr Greening's Grace and Mr Page's Beatrice ( sister to Lola Montes) have paid a visit to Rhadamanthus. On the 16th ult, Mr Jones's red bitch Jollity, five pups to Sea- gull, namely, two fawn dogs and three black bitches. On the 11th ult, Mr Houlton's red bitch Beatrice visited Rhada- manthus, at Lane Green, near Codsall, Wolverhampton. On the 23d ult, Mv Hammond's Bright Eye yisited Mr Wood- ward's Wild Buck. 1849 1850 185 L 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 18G0 1301 1862 VANDERDECKENS LOG, 1862.~ No. I. Ah 1 what pleasant visions haunt me As I gaze upon the sea ; All the old romantic legends, All my dreams, come back to me. Sails of silk and robes of sendal, Such as gleam in ancient lore; And the singing of the sailors, And the answer from the shore. LONGFELLOW. MR EDITOR: NOW that we have disposed of the American- J clippers Merrimac and Monitor— not, however, without a heart- felt pang of regret at the fate of those brave fellows that met their untimely end in the latter, we may turn to the doings of our own little peaceful fleet, that, notwithstanding the top- hamper with which many of them are overpressed, manage to keep the seas bravely without any thoughts of shields or plating, save those that are fashioned by such cunning workers in metal a Messrs Garrard or Hancock. ' Tis pleasant to turn from the perusal of those stern realities in nautical strife that are being enacted on the other side of the At- lantic, and fight our own mimic battles on the wave over again, surrounded, as we are, by the blessings of peace, whilst calmly prepared for any eventuality that may be forced upon us, enjoy- ing the pastimes of a great and free country— pastimes which, whilst tliey relieve us occasionally from the cares of property or the busy " life of commerce, tend to promote the freedom of thought and action that distinguishes Englishmen, and fosters the physical superiority that has placed us foremost amongst the nations. Of all the national sports of England none claim higher atten- tion than that of yachting ; essentially a maritime people, cur predilection for its enjoyment tends largely to secure the superi-' ority we have acquired upon the sea, and it is with just pride w ® can contemplate the annual increase of a pleasure navy that plays so important a part as a nursery to the bulwarks of cur land. Season after season now numbered with the past, we have had the pleasurable duty of recording the steady increase of the yacht navy of Great Britain, the flags of which are to be found in everjr sea that an adventurous keel has ploughed, and in that just concluded we find a continual progression in tonnage and in men. Agreeably to the plan proposed, of each year giving a carefully- compiled table of the number of yachts, their tonnage, and the number of seamen employed in them, I here introduce it, and, from the prospects of the year 1863, have but little doubt it will present similar results at the close of the coming season :— YEAR. NUMBER 01' YACHTS. TONNAGE. NUMBER OF MEN,* 474 21,049 2,104 506 21,5^ 8 2,153 516 22,518 2,251 587 25,007 2,5M) 710 29,452 2,945 762 .,.,, SI. 484 3,148 752 SO, 781 3,078 742 31,326 3,132 776 32,620 3,262 728 32,654 3,265 656 34,472 3,447 756 33,873 3,387 784 36,865 3,686 789 38,422 3,842 According to the above table, it will be seen that up to the year 1854 there was a steady increase under all heads; in 1855 and 1856 there was a slight fluctmation, but in 1857 the numbers again came up steadily; in 1858 we decreased in the number of ves- sels, but the tonnage and number of men kept up to the standard; 1859 exhibited the least number of vessels for the previous six years, but the amounts of tonnage and men were greatly supe- rior.' During the last'three years the increase has again been re- markable, particularly as regards tonnage and men. Of the new vessels that immediately succeeded the America's year, some were overdone in the anxiety to revolutionise and keep pace with the rage for improvement in speed. We were profiting perhaps rather hastily from the lesson she gave us, and, consequently, overlooking the seagoing properties, so necessary for producing a perfeet vessel fit to contend with our seas, and at the same time afford sufficient accommodation as a cruiser; for until high speed and seagoing power are judiciously combined, we cannot be said to have arrived at the perfection * we aim at. An Englishman's yacht, like his house, is his castle; comfort John Bull must and will have. Unlike brother Jonathan, he will not be content with having a skimming- dish under him; 8 good, solid ship he must have, and his mandate is— " Build me straight, O worthy master! Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel, That shall laugh at all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind wrestle 1" More of this principle seems to have prevailed in the construc- tion of our latest vessels, and that, too, in perfect keeping with the requirements of speed ; and any one who has witnessed the per- formances of oufc clippers in the ocean raoes must have been satis- fied on this point. It redounds much to the credit of our yacht builders Umt they have succeeded in thus effecting successive triumphsTior the modes of measurement and the different scales of time allowance, are vexatiously embarrassing. To construct a fine cruising vessel is, to them, a matter of comparatively easy at- tainment, but, as every yachtsman now- a- days will have speed, and although he only builds for cruising, yet he may race, and even if he does not the idea of being the owner of a slow new tub it anything but pleasing. The " may race," however, is the builder's stumbling block ; he must select a tonnage that will give good ac- commodation, and still keep within the class of what may be called paying racers, that is those that generally contend in our re- gatta or ocean matches, whether the vessel be a schooner or a cutter; and as the aim of every yacht builder is to increase his fame by his latest production, he has at once three difficulties presented to him, viz, No. 1, the requirements of the owner; No. 2, the con- flicting regulations of the yacht clubs and regatta committeea as to admeasurement for tonnage and allowance of time; and No. 3, the proportioning of canvas so as to qualify the vessel for the double duty of cruiser and racer. As Judge Haliburton says, " When I can't drive a nail with one blow . I hammer away till I do git it in !'' So, at the risk of blame for what may perhaps be considered injudicious perseve- rance, I will again go over oft trodden ground. It is with the yacht owners themselves that the solution of the present difficulties in the arrangement of yachting affairs lies. A combined movement is requisite to effect this, and it is to be hoped that this year it may take place. Last season several dis- tinguished members of the Royal Thames Yacht Club took a pro- minent part in organising it; adhesions to it, and the warmest approves, were tendered on behalf of nearly all the royal clubs, and the officers and committee of the Thames Club made an offer o! their house wherein to hold a preliminary meeting. Everything looked promising; the time seemed most propitious, when nearly all the flag officers of the royals might be expected to put in an appearance at the International Exhibition, but whether it was that the attractions at Kensington or around the coast proved to © strong to forsake for the dry details of such a subject, the matter has as yet gone no further; let us, therefore, hope it is but in tem- porary abeyance, and will arrive at maturity during the ap- proaching spring, when the return of our roving cruisers from the Mediterranean and other cruising quarters may probably gi ve it a powerful impetus. The great want now existing, and se- verely felt, is that of a universally recognised code of rules and regulations for sailing and regatta purposes that every royal yacrtt club might adopt, and yacht owners be guided by. Materials exist in plenty to frame this code, all they require is to be put into such form and shape as quiet consideration and practical sagacity would suggest, and a very few * f our leading yachtsineK could speedily effect this if they were brought together. The ad- measurement for tonnage, the division into classes of both schooners and cutters, the allowance of time for difference of tonnage, the rules for sailing matches, the regulation of the wages and conditions of employment of the men, the payments to extra hands, and pilots in sailing matches, the nature of, and conditions under which prizes should be sailed for, the definition of the privileges granted to yachtsmen by home and foreign powers, might fairly occupy the attention and require the legis- lation of such a conference, and if to these be added the formation of a fund for the reward of long service, provision for accidents, and pensions to the superannuated or disabled, or the widows and orphans of nearly 4,000 seamen now annually employed, a great good would be accomplished, and the fine pastime of our country would be created into a permanent institution worthy of the position it has now assumed. One of the principal subjects for such a conference of yachts- men to devote a considerable amount of attention to would be that of the vexata quastio of shifting ballast. This at present is the moot subject which much distracts and perplexes those who have the management of our regattas, and what is, if possible, more important, tends to be a perpetual source of annoyance and contention amongst yachtsmen themselves. How often do we hear men say, " Oh ! I will go in for a couple of seasons' racing, and then get a good, comfortable cruiser!" The question may be asked, " You have a noble vessel now, why seek a better?' 5 —" Very true ; but I must cut her spars, reduce her canvas, and get rid of my shot bags, and if I do I shall cripple her, and after all she will not make me a comfortable cruiser!" Such are the opinions engendered by shot bags, they are the great draw- back to the attainment of that perfection we labour for nowt, and are the fruitful source of numberless evils, that tend to embarrass the noble sport that England peculiarly claims^ s her own. A fine, racing clipper is turned off the stocks now- a- days, everything that money and skill can do is done to render her perfect; sho is turned out, generally, like a floating palace of comfort, or, perhaps, rather more plainly, for the express purpose of racing. She is fitted with a leaden keel, lead ballast is cast to fit her bottom, and all that can conduce to her comfort, stability, and speed. All this is perfectly legitimate, and did it go no further we should arrive at the cruiser and racer combined; but then we think she may carry a foot or two of addi- tional mast and boom, and a few extra yards of racing canvas, and to enable her to stand up to this last straw that breaks the camel's back, artificial stability is brought to bear, and from three to seven or eight tons of shot bags are intro- duced. The moment this occurs, farewell to the comfort of a cruiser in that vessel; the moveable fittings of her saloons and cabins have to be removed for every match she is engaged in ; the fixtures stand a fair chance of being knocked into mortal smash by the stray shot- bags sent flying over to windward in the heat of a race, and at the end of a season the owner may at leisure, though not perhaps with satisfaction, contemplate on the one hand the wreck of his elegantly fitted saloons, and on the other, unless he has been signally successful, a not too well filled plate locker, which might have been more agreeably won without having to pay for the services of extra men to assist in demolishing the essentials for comfort he had taken so much pains at the outset to perfect. Besides the drawbacks I have endeavoured to enu- merate, there are others that tend not less effectually to disgust a yachtsman with the present system. His yacht should be, is understood to be, his home whilst afloat; but let a vessel once commence the racing season now and she must be handed over to the tender mercies of her crew : his sleeping berth is uncom- fortable, his cabin is uncomfortable, his meals uncertain; no table can be allowed in the main saloon : the glass and crockery ave knocked about, and smashed; his clothes in disorder, and he be- comes a lodger in his home, at a moment's notice to quit. Th€ hotel is the natural resource, and thus additional expense is en- tailed that a better system might obviate. To view it in another light, and an equally important one to the interests of yachting, we know there are many enthusiastic yachtsmen wh ® cannot afford to build, or do not care to incur the expense of other vessels after a couple of seasons'racing; they build and fit out a vessel, and she becomes naturally a favourite, for every good yachtsman regards his little ship with a liking j akin to affection, and they very properly are averse to such indis- criminate smashing and knocking about that those who go in en- | tirely for racing are prepared to submit to. A very large class of our yachting men, ardent supporters of the cause, come under j this head, and were rules and regulations framed that would em- : brace the many, and permit the enjoyment of an exciting day's ' race with a fair prospect of success, and without creating expense that no prize at present given can ever repay, we should have | many more entries, and far greater sport, besides giving a more wholesome and general encouragement to yacht building and sailing. The rules at present in force at some yachting stations with re- gard to the prohibition of the use of shifting ballast, although consi- dered to be effectual in their observance, are, it is to be feared, much more honoured in the breacli; it is not for a moment pretended that the owners of racing vessels arecognisant of this breach, far from it, but their crews are not bound by the same jealous sense of honour. They know that Jack, Tom, and Bill, who man the vessel that is ahead or alongside of them, will rattle a few shot bags about if they can by any means get a chance, and if the temptation is on board and can be come at, do it they will, and have their qui6t chuckle over it afterwards. Sealing dow, n platforms and lockers may be considered a most effectual preventive, but the ingenuity of sailors is proverbial, and racing sailors would puzzle the gentleman in black himself. There are lockers and places of concealment that no philosophy ever dreamed of, and were wax and tape as treacherous as Judas Iseariot, they could never tell the tale of flying Jack's contrivances. I ask any yachtsman who £& g sailed matches since the introduction of wax, tape,' and sealed SUPPLEMENT TO BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, FEBRUARY 1, 1863. platforms, if tie has never remarked, when beating to windward up to a marlj, how it is that certain vessels, when hove in stays, come upright in a moment; and even sometimes, when not keenly bandied, exhibit a list to Windward; or how it is that vessels • which start under an amount of canvas that threatens to capsize them at the outset, and which actually do careen over at a fearful angle to behold, suddenly become stiff and upright as they settle to their speed; in fact, it lias been a standing enigma to some few of us durlag recent matches how vessels that we knew were any- thing but true under extra pressure, set more canvas, and appeared Stiffer, the harder it blew. . You have had some excellent letters upon the subject of shifting ballast, general rules, and admeasurement for tonnage, Mr Editor, during the past season. " Bed and White Cross," whom I can at once recognise as one of the best racing yachtsmen we have, admits w- hat I have stated, that the wax and tape system is in- effectual. He quotes the appearance of Mirth, that was distin- guishable amongst those who knew the qualities of yachts on board of which and against which they were sailing; and although better officers, or a more efficient sailing committee could not be found, yet, when their seals were returned to them unbroken, and the, tape undisturbed, what could they do or say? As to ex- changing a hand in each yacht, or putting a member of a yacht club on board, to see that no billast was shifted; m fact, mot to disguise the title by which he would be received on board, namely, a spy, I should not envy the seaman that would under- take such an office. I do not think a member of any yacht club could bejound that would undertake it; and, to sum up the ob- jection t€ this mode of prevention, I do not think any yacht owner would submit to it. " Bed and White Cross" suggests the limitation of hands on board to be the only method of prevention, as without plenty of help shot bags are useless. Very true, but a powerful purehase and a shifting chest, that would fit where sofas had been, would compensate for a weakened crew; at the very ( station he quotes the hands were limited, so that, perhaps, a fair inference may be deduced that the limitation of hands is in- effectual. Besides, for the smart and effectual handling of a vessel during a race, unless a yacht was very scantily manned indeed, which, for many reasons, is inadvisable, the limiting of hands is a bad, and, as it has been proved, inefficient remedy. " Cambridge Blue,'' whom I can also recognise as one of our coloured, yachtsmen, and a good practical one, too, follows suit with " jRed and White Cross," and suggests that " three inspectors should be chosen by lot on the morning of the race from the com- petent members of the club giving the regatta, and if one bag of said ballast ( by which, I presume, he means shot) be found on board a yacht which has been entered for the race, she shall for- feit the entrance money and all right to the prize!" Very good, but should the owner of that yacht be of a shooting turn of mind, he would have to send his sporting ammunition out of the way, • which might not at all times prove convenient, or, through forget- fulness, might lead to unpleasantness; besides this, good friend, *<• Cambridge Blue," I think I could place you on board a certain clipper that shall be nameless, with any three inspectors you might choose out of the whole yacht fleet, and I do not think you or they would discover her shot lockers. I am certain her owner does not know of them ; it is doubtful to me whether her skipper may, but there is a party who contrived them, and is rather jealous of his secret. Whether they are ever used or not I do not pretend to say. Were a general rule of the nature I shall just now mention in force, I know they could not. " Marlinspike" writes in support of " Cambridge Blue's " sug- gestion of the three inspectors, and he makes generally some ex- cellent observations, which quite bear out the arguments for the suppression of shifting ballast; I do not think, however, he might have mueh. fear of the rule being contravened where Corinthian crews were engaged. " An Old Yachtsman'' went into the whole question that affects our yachting interests, and pointed out what I believe to be the only true means to arrive at the desired end, and that is by a •'. conference of experienced yachtsmen.'' " Q. E. O." stated that he was sailing in a match, not many months previously to his letter, and that the sailing master in- formed him that he could get at every bag clear of the seals— that he knew many racers where the same could be done— and that every sty corner was full of ballast, ready to be hauled out when the committee had gone. He suggested that the sealing committee should be accompanied by the masters of the other comi> eting yachts, who, being up to all the dodges themselves, would take care that all really was secure, and the backs of all the lockers especially were sealed. This is a good suggestion of " Q. E. D.' s," but it would not be in all cases practicable. Take, for instance, the weather we had the year before last at many regattas, when it • was nothing but continuous gales of wind, and the skippers of the yachts had their hands full to keep the vessels in their berths and get them ready for the struggle; in fact, generally a good racing skipper has as much as he can attend to now in getting his vessel into proper order for the sailing matches, oftentimes, as they do, having long runs to make to the station, and perhaps getting in but the day or evening before; besides, should all the skippers agree upon a certain point, what then ? Taking every part of this subject— and one of the most im- portant it is to yachting— into consideration, and bearing in mind what has been done to prevent the use of shifting ballast, with the failure of such measures in effecting it, and having reference to the excellent suggestions that have from time to time appeared in the columns of this paper, I think it will be found, Mr Editor, ' that the conference of yachtsmen will alone be found capable of successfully dealing with it, and that amongst the general code of rules compiled by them one may be found prohibiting any vessel from sailing at the matches held by clubs that adopt these general rules that has on board shot- bags, or any other con- trivanpe for shifting ballast; and that should any evasion of such rule be reported to the General Racing Committee, as appointed by such conference to settle all disputes on yachting matters, that they be authorised to prohibit the offending parties from sailing such vessels or any vessels at the meetings that shall have adopted the general code. VANDERDECKEN. MELBOURNE REGATTA. Many combining influences tended to make the regatta of ' 62 a great success. In the first place, Monday, Nov 9, being the anniversary of the birth of the Prince of Wales, and a general holiday, a large assemblage was thereby insured, and, in the second, a most attractive bill of fare was put forth. The weather also was propitious, for, although a slight shower took place, it • was not sufficient to damp the ardour of the seemingly invete- rate pleasure seekers. To another source also may be attributed the success of this regatta, namely, the love of ' aquatic sports • which is inherent in the descendants of the greatest maritime tiation of the world. Owing to the energy of the committee, a stage was erected for the easy and safe transit of boats over the rails, and by them also a tent was erected on the banks of the Saltwater Eiver, where boats could be protected from the heat. " In addition to the numbers that swarmed by the railway to Foots Cray, a great many reached the course by water, which, though not so speedy, was a much more agreeable mode of transit than the rail. The crowding and crushing which took place at the stations ( unexpectedly by the majority of the railway officials) • was obviated by those who went by the silent highway of the Xower Yarra. Precisely at the time mentioned on the card the flrst race was started, namely, for The GRAND CHALLENGE CUP, for all boats pulling four oars, by amateurs, with coxswains; prize, the Grand Challenge Cup, and four presentation cups. ELSWICK ( Elswick Club)— S. Smith, G. Coates, H. Woolnough, J. W. M'Cutcheon, It. M'Night ( cox) 1 MERCURY ( Ariel Club)— E. Wilkinson, J. M'Byrne, T. W. Mason, J. Ainslie, J. Williams ( cox) 2 Although the Ariels had the worst of the start, it was a closely- contested race for a mile, both crews rowing desperately. When, however, nearing the junction, the Elswick took the lead, and won by two boats' lengths. The MAIDEN PLATE for all amateurs pulling a pair of sculls, Who have never won an advertised sculling race. PETREL ( A. Nfcholsf II SWALLOW ( R. Green) 0 EATTLESNAXE ( F. Coster) .. 2 | ROSE ( T. King) O Only two were seen in this race, viz, A. Nichols and F. Coster. The others, through some misconception, failed to be at the start- ing place at the time appointed. Nichols took the lead from the start, and rowed right away from his opponent. Though so much ahead as to leave no doubt as to the result, he kept on from end to end to see how much he could win by— nearly a quarter of a mile. It was a most hollow affair, and the unnecessary exertion might have jeopardised the winner's chance in the next race. The VICTORIAN CHALLENGE OARS, for ail boats pulling a pair of oars, without coxswains; prize, Victorian Challenge Oars, and two presentation cups. MONITOR ( Ariel Club)— A. Nichols and J. Mitchell 1 THETIS ( Els wick Club)— S. Smith and J. W. M'Cutcheon 2 This race, being for the best boats, was thought to be a certainty for the Elswick, who rowed in an English- built outrigger, only 18in wide. The Monitor, a single streak batswing, the only one built in the colony, was entered with the off chance, and being excellently rowed by A. Nichols and J. Mitchell, won hand over hand all the. way. The Thetis, from having a twist in her, caused the steerage to appear very wild, and assisted in the victory of the Monitor. A FOUR- OARED GIG RACE, for all bona fide gigs, as defined by the committee, pulling four oars, by amateurs, with coxswains; prize, four cups. BRUNETTE ( Combination crew)— N. Collins, J. Mitchell, W. Cowper, J. Ainslie, J. Williams ( cox) l METEOR ( Melbourne Club)— A. W. Chomley, P. Hay ward, P. J. Hickling, R. W. Wardill, Wragg ( cox) 2 YocNa » AusTRALiAN ( Geelong Club)— S. Reed, F. Haywortli, C. Morgan, G. B. Robins, W. Bunden ( cox) 3 DIXIE ( Elswick Club)— T. W. Palmer, E. James, F. Walsh, J.' Chapman 4 A very fair start was effected for this race, but the Combination crew soon showed slightly ahead of the Meteor, the Young Aus- tralian and the Dixie being neck and neck. In this order they continued till near the steam dredge, all the crews rowing re- markably well, and obstinately disputing every inch of water, until the Geelong crew just got ahead of the Dixie. A capital race'home, with some of the most plucky rowing ever witnessed, resulted in the Combination crew coming in first, scarcely a Pengh ahead of the Sydney- built boat. The style in which the first two boats were rowed was the admiration of all judges, and the finish was most exciting. The winning boat was built by Dick Fuller, and was only commenced about a week since with a desire of competing with the Sydney- built gig, and was not finished even on the day of the race. It is only fair to the Melbourne Club crew to state that within a few days of the race a substitute had to be found for J. Bennett, who, though he had been some time in training, for domestic reasons not necessary to mention was • unable to row. Under all circumstances, the debut of the Mel bourne Club was most praiseworthy. The CHALLENGE SCULLS, for all amateurs, resulted in a row over by M'Cutcheon, of the Elswick Club, who will receive a pre- sentation cup. This prize has been held for two years by Profes- sor M. H. Irving, and will have to be hdd for three annual re- gattas against all comers by the present winner before the chal- lenge sculls become his property. The MAIDEN FOUR- OARED RACE, for all boats, excluding out- riggers, rowed only by those who have never won an advertised prize in a senior race; prize, four silver cups. PETREL ( Leander Club)— F. Massey, J. Cullin, W. Cowper, N. Cullin, J. O'ltegan ( cox) 1 ARIEL ( Ariel Club)— A. Newell, M. Byrne, T. W. Mason* R. Wilkinson, J. Williams ( cox) 2 METEOR ( MtJbourne Club)- W. Moore, T. A'Beckett, F. Hickling, M. A'Beckett 3 DIXIE ( Geeloug Club)— S. Reed, T. Hayworth, C. Morgan, G. B. Robins, W. Dunden ( cox) o In addition to the above a second crew of the Elswick Club had entered; owing, however, to an accident to one of them the latter four did not start, and the new boat, the Dixie, was lent to the Geelong Club. At the signal for starting the Leander and the Ariels dashed off with a strong lead, making a magnificent race, and leaving the others behind at every stroke. When passing the steam dredge the Ariels were slightly ahead of the Leander, and the Melbourne four racing with and ultimately beating the Dixie. A good race between the two leading boats resulted in the Leander winning by half a length a head of the Ariel, the Melbourne being a bad third, and the Dixie beaten off. The WATERMEN'S SCULLERS RACE, open to all, for a Purse of £ 10, rowed in licensed boats. Fred Ralph...... 11 W. Riley ........ 2[ Geo. Nickels.... 0 This race was rowed by three of our best watermen, and was re- garded with some interest, inasmuch as it was the first appear- ance of FredtRalph of Wandsworth, who has beaten Mackinney and Pocock, and rowed a good third to Chambers, the present champion, at a Thames Regatta. George Nickels, it will be re- membered, was defeated after a severe race by Tom M'Grath of Sydney, and the result of this race, though only for a small stake, was regarded as likely to solve the question as to who was the best sculler in Port Phillip. After a series of attempts on the part of his opponents to foul Ralph, he at length rowed round them, and won by ten lengths, Riley being the only other who rowed the distance. The JUNIOR FOUR OARS, for all boats pulling four oars ( ex- cluding outriggers), pulled by parties under the age of 18. YOUNG AUSTRAL lAUlXGeelongf crew)— P. Graham, W. Pride, R. Roche, H. C. Higgott, D. Dunden ( cox) 1 ARIEL— J. Williams, H. Mitchell, R. Mitchell, John Waghorne 2 MINESVA ( Leander Club)— H. Hall, H. Cameron, H. Hem- meston, H. Hughes, C. Von Gever ( cox) 3 If there should be any proof required that the Anglo- Saxon race is not physically degenerating in Australia, a sight of the winning crew ( all under eighteen !) would convince the most sceptical. Some doubt, however, seemed to be entertained as to the age of the winners, and the Ariel boys entered a protest to that effect. All three crews rowed well, though the steering was rather faulty. ALL BOATS' RACE, for all boats ( excluding outriggers) pulling four oars, by amateurs with coxswains; prize, four silver cups. METEOR ( Melbourne Club)— A. W. Chomley, F, Hayward, F. J. Hickling. R. W. Wardill. 1 VICTORIA ( Ariel Club)- F. Holllck, J. Mitchell, II. A. Wil- liams, A. Nichols, J. Williams ( cox) 2 PETREL ( Leander Club)- F. Masgey, J. Cullin, W. Cowper, N. Cuilen, J. O'Regan( cox)..,.....,,..,,.................... 3 DIXIE ( Elswick Club)— S. Smith, G. Coates, H. Woolnough, J. W, M'Cutdjeon,,.., ,,,,,,,, 0 The Geelong crew also entered, but though prepared at the scratch, did not get away. The crew of the Meteor were the first to get the signal from the starter, and dashed off with a slight lead, followed by Dixie, Leander, and Victoria in the order named. The last- named crew, seeing the Geelong boat at the scratch, stopping, under the impression that it was no start, but directly after settling to their work. Before reaching the steam dredge Victoria had overhauled Dixie, and caught the Leanders just before reaching the junction of the Yarra and Saltwater Rivers, and a desperate race ensued between the Ariel and the Melbourne Clubs. The former, however, had shot their bolt, and the Meteor came in flrst by a length. The FOOTSCKAY CUP, vaiue £ 15, for all watermen pulling a pair of oars. Fred Ralph and Tom Dewardt * Ben Oxlade and G. Nickels — • " A good race for three- quarters of a mile ; Ralph and mate then went ahead, and ultimately won easily. This was the last event in the programme, but in consequence of the punctuality with which the races had been brought off there was plenty of time for another raoe. A purse of eight sovs was collected to be rowed for by the umpires' crews, and was won by the Upper Yarra men, namely, I. Ward, jun, H. Hopkinson, J. Nicholson, J. Ward, and T. Ward ( stroke). In concluding our report we may remark that there is every credit due to the working members of the committee— the hon sec in particular— for the arrangements made by them on the occasion of a regatta held for the first time on the Saltwater River. — Bell's Life in Victoria. MARGATE REGATTA. MR EDITOR: My attention has been called to a report of the Margate Regatta, 1862, in your Supplement of the 4th Jan, which is so far from correct that I have thought it advisable to send you a copy of the official return upon which the prizes were awarded. Race 1. Spritsail boats, prizes £ 5 5s, £ 3 3s, £ 110s, and £ 1: Express ( Margate) 1, Champion ( Margate) 2, Alma ( Mai- gate) 3, Cygnet ( Margate) 4.— Race 2. Four- oared service galleys, prizes £ 8, £ 4, and £ 2: Northern Belle ( E. Emplage) 1, Jenny Lind ( G. Puxty) 2, Alma ( J. Haimon) 3 — Race 3. Four- oared Race for amateurs, for two tankards: Deerfoot ( W. Porter and F. Thomas) 1, Colleen Bawn ( Tucker and White) 2, Himalaya ( Linton and Foat) 3; two others started.— Race 4. Third class luggers; £ 5, £ 3, and £ 1 10s: Providence ( J. Malpas) 1, Dart ( H. Fox) 2, Eagle ( W. Martin) 3.— Race 5: First class four- oared galleys; £ 12, £ 5, £ 3: Ariel ( J. Philpot), Dover, 1; Four Brothers ( A. Hutchinson), Hastings 2; Lily ( F. Humphrey), Dover. 3; four others started.— Race 6. Pair- oared Race for boys; prizes £ 1, 15s, 10s, and 5s: Eliza ( Parker and Gibbs) 1, Red Jacket ( Brock- man and Brock man) 2, Bluejacket ( Fuller and Whitnell) 3, Annie ( Robins and Walker), 4.— Race 7. Pair- oared elm- built row- boats; prizes £ 3, £ 2, £ 1, and 10s: Harriet ( G. Sand well) 1, Blue Jacket ( T. Fuller) 2, Red Jacket ( W. Brockman) 3, Pink ( S. Sandwell, jun) 4.— Race 8. First class four- oared galleys, for amateurs; prizes £ 6, 4, and £ 2: Ariel ( J. Philpott), Dover, 1; Four Brothers ( A. Hutchinson), Hastings, 2; Centipede ( T. Humphrey), Dover, three others started.— Yours, & c, Margate, 1863. THOS. U. REEVE, Hon Sec. SHIFTING BALLAST. MR EDITOR : As the yachting season is again fast approaching. I think it a good time, to address the various yacht clubs of the United Kingdom upon a subject which has often before been noticed in your columns, viz, the necessity of some united action on their part with regard to the rules under which regattas are conducted, and more especially those which regulate the method of ascertaining the tonnage ; the time to be allowed for difference of tonnage; the number of hands on board; and, above all, the prohibition or non prohibition of ballast trimming. And as I look upon the last subject as the most important, I shall confine my remarks in this letter to it, and would particularly urge that this should be considered by their sailing csmmittees at once, in order that owners of racing yachts may know before fitting out what is to be the general rule and practice of the season, and be able to prepare their vessels accord- ingly. I think, from the remarks I heard at the various regattas which I attended last season, that the feeling is general amongst both owners and regatta committees in favour of stop- ping the practice, now almost universal, of shifting three or four tons of shot- bags up to windward every time the ves sel goes about, not only on account of the expense and wear and tear which it involves, but also from the danger which a vessel so loaded incurs, if struck by a sudden squall, of being thrown on her beam ends and going down bodily; and that their only objec- tion is the difficulty which has hitherto been met with of making the rule against trimming ballast so stringent that every vessel must obey it, and not, as has so often been the case, a trap to catch the honest or skilful yacht owner, who will not shut his eyes to what is going on below, while his ignorant or careless rival lets his skipper and crew have their own way. With this view, I believe the only safe and sure course is to universally prohibit the carry- ing of ballast fit for such trimming, which is only practised to enable yacht j of one class to race under the spars and sails of a much larger one. I think it will be conceded that practically nothing can be used for trimming to windward with advantage except bags filled with shot or iron punchings, or small pigs of lead or iroft, which can be easily and quickly handed from one side to another, while in stays ; and I would therefore propose that the Royal Thames and Royal London Yacht Clubs, whose re- gattas will be the first this season, should at once come to resolu- tions " That no yachts having on board any shot bags, bags of rivet heads, punchings, or any other kind of ballast for the pur- pose of trimming, will be allowed to sail in any ef their matches, and that every owner and skipper at the time of entry shall sign a declaration that nonesuch are, or shall be, on board when| racing," This is a fact of which it is impossible that either of them can be ignorant, and which they cannot evade ; and while the rule leaves them free to trim their vessel by the head or stern, which is often necessary and proper in racing, by the aid of her anchors, chains, or other gear, will effectually prevent their trimming her to windward. I would also propose that if these clubs adopt this suggestion they should send copies of the same to the committees of the Royal Mersey, Royal Northern, Royal Irish, Royal Cork, and Royal Western Yacht Clubs, whose regattas fol- low theirs in succession, and request them also at once to adopt and announce the same rule, which will then be nearly general; and that it shall be an understood thing amongst these clubs that, should any vessel be discovered transgressing, her owner and skipper will be prevented from entering or sailing a yacht at any subsequent regatta ef these clubs. By adopting and publishing such a rule now owners would be saved much ex- pense and annoyance, and would, probably, reduce those prepos- terous spars and sails which are carried, or rather bragged, under the present system, and a nucleus be formed for what is greatly wanted, a good, well- considered, and fair code of rules, under which all regattas on the coast could be conducted. Apologising for the length to which this letter has run, I remain, yours, & e, Dublin, Jan 28. RED WITH WHITE MALTESE CROSS. CRICKET. CRICKET IN SOUTH AFRICA. MOTHER COUNTRY V COLONIAL BORN. The first of the annual matches came oft on Saturday, Nov 22, on the Rondebosch Ground. Score: MOTHER COUNTRY. 1st inn 2d inn Pepper, c Collard, b Van der Byl 0 b Van der Byl. 3 Chllman, b Collard 0 c Cloete, b Munmk 3 Bourdillon, b Collard 1 b Munnlk 5 Cotterill, b Munnik 23 b Munnik......... 24 Byron, c Van lteenen, b Van der Byl.. 12 c Collard, b Van Reenen. 18 Vincent, run out 0 b Van Reenen 8 Phillipson, run out 2 b \ an Reenen 4 Ogllvle, c Elliot, b Van der Byl 5 not out .................. 13 Thomas, b Van der Byl 0 c Van der Byl, b Collard. 7 Curtis, runout 2 cCollard, b Van Reenen. 5 Stack, notout •••••" J b Munnik . 0 B 8, leg b 4, w b 14 26 B7,1 b 1, w b 12. 20 Total — 71 Total — 110 COLONIAL BORN. 1st inn 2d inn Overbeek, hit w 5 b Vincent 5 Cloete. bVincent 0 c Byron, b Vincent . ... 0 Van lleenen, b Cotterill <> st Chllman, b Cottenll .. 14 Bowler, b Vincent 2 b Vincent 18 Collard, c and b Cotterill 3 b Cotterill 0 Munnik, b Vincent 1 b\ incent 3 Elliott, not out S c Byron, b Vincent 8 Barry, b Vincent 0 b) incent 7 Van der Byl, c and b Cotterill 1 c Byron b Cotterlll 7 Sherman, b Vincent 1 b Cotterill 13 Pritchard, c and b Cotterill 2 not out 1 Byes 4, w b 1 5 Byes 3, wb2 Total — 31 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Total - 81 11TH REGT v DIOCESAN COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. This match was played at Rondebosch, near Cape Town, on Nov 29, and was won by the College, with eight wickets to go down. Messrs Barry, Bourdillion, Byron, and Private Chilman severally made good scores for their respective sides. Score: 11TH REGT. 1st inn 2d inn Ens Cumberlege, b Ogilvie 0 c Bourdillion, b Stack.. Corp Gillian, c Barry, b Munnik 2 Private Smith, c andb Munnik 2 Private Lee, b Munnik 0 Lieut W. G. Byron, c Ogilvie, b Munnik 1 not out Private Wharton, c Munnik, b Stack .. 10 c Richard, b Maunik Private ( Ihilman, c Bourdillion, b Stack 4 Private Chapman, not out 2 Corp Fruen, b Stack 2 Private Pearson, c Munnik, b Stack .. 1 Private Waterworth, c Bourdillion, 1 , lt b Ogilvie ..... J r"" 01" B2. wb7 9 Total - 34 DIOCESAN COLLEGE. b Stack 0 b Barry 2 b Barry 0 - ' ... 24 ... 0 runout ...... 19 b Barry. c Munnik, b Stack b Stack B12, w b 10 Total ANGLING. THE TRANSPORTING OF SALMON OVA TO AUSTRALIA.— On Saturday, the 17th ult, J. A. Jone, Esq, Mr Robert Ramsbottom, and Mr Thos. Johnson were engaged during the greater portion of the day in arranging the beginning of several experiments of a somewhat novel character. Our readers are aware of the failure of the last attempt to transport salmon ova to Australia, showing that many difficulties have yet to be overcome. It would appear from the journal of Mr W. Ramsbottom that some salmon ova which Mr Jone had placed in a deal box amongst moss and em- bedded in the ice- house on board the Beautiful Star ( the vessel chartered) lived from March 4 to May 17. In order to test the theory, backed by the apparent fact mentioned in the journal of Mr Ramsbottom, Mr Jone obtained leave from the Wenham Lake Ice Company to carry out under inspection a series of experi- ments. With this view one of the company's ice- houses was selected, and eight small deal boxes, containing moss, charcoal, ice, and the salmon ova, were buried amongst ice. Some other preparations were then made with other boxes, and taken to the premises of the company in the Strand. The first was the em- bedding of a box containing the ova amongst ice which the company keep on the premises in the Strand. The second experiment, a second box buried amongst ice in the ice chamber of one of the refrigerators, the ice chamber to be filled daily. The third, a third box, having keen previously damped, placed in the dry chamber of the refrigerator. The fourth, a dish containing ova, moss, and a small quantity of water, placed in the other dry chamber of the refrigerator. It is proposed to examine the first of the boxes which have been placed in the ice house 50 days hence, and if the ova be, apparently, living, to place it in a running stream of water with the view of completing the hatching. The remainder to be taken at 60, 70, and 100 days from the date of burying the ova. The boxes and dish placed in the refrigerators will be looked to in the meantime. It is to be hoped some good will result from these experiments. The ova was taken from the parent fish on the 12th ult, and was brought from Clitheroe by Mr Ramsbottom. Some other experiments are being carried out by Mr Thomas Johnson at his residence, Commercial- road, E. THE IRISH SALMON FISHERIES.— A meeting of gentlemen interested in the tidal salmon fisheries of Ireland was held on Monday, Jan 26, in Dublin, to consider what preliminary steps should be taken to resist the measure about to be introduced into the House of Commons to abolish the use of fixed engines in the tideways « and on the coasts, and to transact business in relation to the protection of the rights of property in those fisheries. The meeting was largely attended by gentlemen owning fisheries, and was presided over by Lord Huntingdon. The principal object of the meeting was to protest against an act of Parliament which has for its object the abolition of fixed engines for catching salmon, on the ground that such engines tend to exterminate the fish, by preventing them ascending the river for spawning pur- poses. The bill was declared to be got up for the purpose of in- creasing the value of the property of a few interested parties. Re- solutions were passed condemnatory of the proposition to abolish fixed engines without giving compensation, and an association was formed to carry the resolutions into effect. An important meeting was also held on Monday, Jan 26, at New Ross, of noblemen and gentlemen interested in the salmon fisheries of the district. There was a large attendance. The chair was occupied by Mr E. A. Byrne. Resolutions were proposed by Mr J. A. Blake, M. P., Mr Peter Strange, Dr Howlett, Mr A. Lambert, Mr William Lysaght, and others, complaining of the injury occa- sioned to the fisheries of the district by stake- weirs being placed in Waterford harbour, and having close weirs on the river; and pledging the meeting to co- operate with the Association for the Amendment of the Irish Fishery Laws in carrying out its objects. THE BALLYNAHINCH SALMON FISHERY, CONNEMARA.— The following is extracted from the Galway VindicatorThe dis- ciples of Isaac Walton will be glad to hear that there never was a more encouraging prospect at this celebrated fishery than that afforded by the approaching season. For the last twenty- five years so many salmon have not been observed on the spawning beds in the Ballynahinch river as in the season just terminated. The weather during the season of spawning was all that eould be desired, and the fish were better protected from the depredations of poachers than on former occasions. Mr Cusack, the present proprietor, does not intend to make use of either the weirs or net during the ensuing spring and summer, but will devote both lakes and rivers to rod fishing alone. The angler, therefore, who resorts to Connemara this year may confidently expect most suc- cessful sport, and he will have the additional pleasure of pur- suing his amusement amidst some of the wildest and most beauti- ful scenery of Ireland. The lakes comprised in the Ballynahinch fishery extend over nearly twenty miles, commencing at Bally- nahinch, from which a river about three miles in length flows to the sea, and ending at the head of Lough Inagh. The letter, which is the largest of the lakes, is studded, as also Derryclare, with several well- wooded islands, and surrounded by some of the loftiest and most picturesque mountains of this romantic district. Its beauties, however, are but little known to the general public; for, as a recent writer truly observes, ' At present the scene is sacred to the sportsman and the contemplative tourist, who may still enjoy in it the most accessible realisation of solitude and grandeur afforded anywhere by the scenery of the British islands.'" THE SPAWNING SEASON IN THE ETTRICK.— In the end of last week the Ettrick was in high flood, and a new " run" of salmon made their way upwards. The large proportion of melted snow forming the flood had an injurious effect on the fish, and many were taken from the sides in a sickly and dying state. The cauld erected across the river at Selkirk is perhaps the most serious ob- stacle the fish have to contend with in their upward progress, on account of the length of the ascent, which is from 30 to 50 feet, at an angle of 20deg. Of the numbers which have been seen attempt- ing to scale it since Saturday, only one now and again of the smaller- sized fish have been able to manage it. The consequence is that the heavier fish, after many unsuccessful attempts, fall back to the streams below, and from the cauld for about two miles downwards they are occupying the spawning- ground in immense numbers. In former years few persons, except such as had an eye to business, cared to be seen on the banks of the river, but the extraordinary number of fish on some of the favourite streams this season has afforded an interesting sight to many who had no hostile intentions; and, notwithstanding the vigilance of the watchers, the ease with which they could be captured has of late been a temptation too strong for some to resist.— Scotsman. ISLE OF WIGHT RAILWAYS.— The formation of the Ryde and Ventnor Railway has commenced. A bill is also in Parliament for the formation of a railway between Sandown and Newport. This will connect the back of the island by railway with Cowes. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE RAILWAY^ S.— The day before the Cam- brian left the Cape, Governor Wodehouse was employed with the Council in determining the course to be adopted regarding the construction of new railroads. The Cape Town and Wellington Railroad was to have been completed for £ 500,000; the capital was exhausted and £ 100,000 borrowed, and the road is opened only as far as Bennetsville. The Crown agents in England had informed the Government that bond fide contractors declined to go to the expense of making preliminary surveys on the mere chance of obt aining the contracts. The Government had struck out the clauses' . from bills allowing these expenses, and hence the difficulty. ... 28 ... 0 ... 0 ... 1 B 4, " 1 b 1," w b 14 19 II. Barry, not out H. Pritchard, b Byron .. O. Pritchard, b Wharton C. Stack, b Byron Total 101 D. Barry, b Byron . P. Moskel, b Byron 1 H. Beyers, leg b w, b Byron .... 0 G. Elliott, c Lee, bCumberlege.. 7 A. Munnik, c Fruen, b Byron .. 8 Rev J. Ogilvie, c and b Byron .. 14 C. Bourdilllon, cChapman, bByron23 In the second innings of Diocesan College, Elliott scored ( not out) 10, Ogilvie ( c Wharton, b Byron) 8, Bourdlllion ( not out) 3, Barry ( b Byron) 0; 1 b 1, w b 2— total 16. THE ELEVEN OF H. M.' s 11TH REGT V NEXT TWENTY- TWO. This match was played at Green Point, near Cape Town, on 6th Dec last, and was won ijy the Eleven in one innings, with three runs to spare. Mr Byron, Sergeant Lee, and Privates Smith and Lee made large scores for the Eleven; while Capt Crompton, by some steady play, and Mr Gibbons, and Privates Nolan, Wain- wright, and Jeffcoek, by vigorous hitting, added materially to the score of the Twenty- two before they could be disposed of. Score: THE TWENTY- TWO. 1st inn 2d inn Private Leedham, b Lee 1 b Lee 0 Private Olive, b Byron 8 b Byron 9 Private Henry, b Lee 1 b Byron 0 Private J eflcock, b Lee 0 b Byron 10 PrivateWalnwrlght, st Chllman, b Lee 1 run out 11 Private Bennett, b Byron 1 st ^ hllnian, b Lee 4 Private Marsh, run out 0 not out 1 Private Scott, c Gillam, b Lee b Byron 0 Private Nolan, not out i 13 run out 5 Lieut Edge, b Lee.......... 0 Sergt Pawson, c Gillian, b Lee ........ 4 Capt Crompton, c and b Lee 2 Private Piatt, c J. Lee, b Lee 0 Ensign Kemble, c Gillian, b Lee 1 Private Blackborough, c Pearson, b Lee 1 Ensign Gibbons, b Lee 7 Private Ellis, b Lee 1 Capt Dixon, run out 3 Private Westropp, b Lee 0 Private Chinery, b Lee 0 Private Peterson, c Chilman, b Byron. 0 Privati Ralphs, run out 0 B5, lbl, wb 5 11 Total Ensign Cumberlege, b Henry Serg Lee, c Scott, b Crompton .. 29 Lieut VV. G. Byron, b Pawson .. 50 Priv Chilman, c Jeffcock bHenry 3 Private Gillian, c Wainwright, b Henry 14 Private Smith, b Piatt .31 Lieut Eliot, c Jeffcock, b Pawson 0 — 57 THE ELEVEN. b Lee st Chilman, b Byron — 5 bLee ...... 19 c Fruen, b Lee 3 b Byron 3 c Chilman, b Byron 3 b Lee 13 st Chilman, b Lee 1 c Chilman, b Lee 9 b Lee 1 not out 9 b Lee 2 c Waterworth, b Lee .... 9 B 15,1 bl, w b 3 .... 19 Total — 130 Private Lee, not out .28 Corp Fruen, c Pawson, b Henry. 3 Private Pearson, b Pawson 6 Private Waterworth, leg b w, b Pawson 0 Byes, & c 23 Total .190 OFFICER8 OF THE GARRISON V NON- COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 11TH REGIMENT. This match was played at Green Point, 12th December last, and, after a very exciting game, was won by the Officers, with two wickets to go down. Privates Chilman, Lee, and Jeffcock made good scores for the Men, as also did Mr Byron and Captain Dixon for the Officers, the former carrying out his bat in each innings. Score: NON- COMM OFFICERS & MEN. 1st inn 2d inn Private Smith, c andb Shipley ...;.... 1 c Byron, b Wilson 3 Corp Fruen, b Shipley 0 b Shipley 7 Private Lee, b Byron 7 Private Chllman, b Wilson 15 Serg Lee, b Byron 0 Private Jeffcock, b Wilson 20 Prl vate Scott, c and b Wilson .. Corp Gillian, b Shipley 2 Private Pearson, runout 7 Private Waterworth, not out 0 Private Olive, b Wilson 3 B 18,1 b 3, jv b 8 29 Total.? - 84 OFFICERS. lst inn Capt W. H. Crompton, b Gillian 9 Ens A. C. Cumberlege, b Fruen 6 Capt Shipley, b Fruen 6 Lieut W. G. Byron, not out 41 Lieut Wilson, b Gillian 7 b Wilson 15 b Shipley 30 c Dixon, b Wilson 4 c Shipley, b Wilson 0 run out 0 Ens F. Gibbons, b Gillian c Gibbons, b Shipley b Wilson 0 b Wilson 2 not out 2 B 6,1 b 2 8 Total — 73 2d inn b Fruen 7 b Lee 7 b Fruen 5 notout 22 c Lee, b Fruen 0 Ens H. H. Skill, b Fruen 0 Capt A. D. Dixon, run out 31 Ens R. Kemble, c Fruen, b Lee 1 Lieut G. A. Eliot, c Waterworth, b Lee 0 Lieut G. Edge, run out 1 Bye 1,1 b 1, w b 1 3 Total — 105 0 c Chllman, b Fruen 0 bLee 1 b Fruen 0 notout 2 c Waterworth, bLee .... 3 notout 0 Byes 4,1 b 1, n bl.... 6 Total — 53 CHESS. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Chess: Mr Paul Morphy is in Paris with his mother and sister; but has not yet visited the chess circle. It is assumed he is on a diplomatic mission from the Southern States. G. D.: We have been favoured with a number of original problems by Herr Con- rad Beyer, of Olinutz. Clubs: Steinitz won his match of Blackburn in London Club in first- rate style; carrying off six games to one. Mr Ken: The drawn game between London and Amsterdam is hardly worth printing over again. The celebrated game won of the Dutch by London, on the contrary, is one of the finest chess specimens extant. No. 387. By S. Loyd; the first American problem maker. BLACK. CHESS PROBLEM. § § J m • • mm i • J H^ H H J § m His jjj M. i ! lli mm m • f i& vlli H# flP wm £ Mi * § § f m jj § Hp § • WHITE. White to play, and mate in five moves. SOLUTIONS OF PROBLEMS. SOLUTION OF No. 384. 1. QXP K K 5 2. K K 2 K K 4 3. Q Q 7, and mates next move. SOLUTION OF No. 385. 1. RKB K Kt P1 ( A)( B)( C) 2. R K B 4 BXR 3. B K B, and mates next. ( A) PKB5 2. You play B Q 3, then check with Q B P, & c. ( B) P K 7 K K 5 K K 6 A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.— The Admiralty have at length determined on employing a chief constructor for the Royal Navy, and have appointed Mr E. J. Reed to the important post. It has been very well understood for a long time past that an in- fusion of " young blood" into the construction office was in the highest degree desirable, and that without it neither Boards of Admiralty nor Controllers of the Navy— no matter how well- intentioned and energetic— could possibly succeed in maintaining our naval pre- eminence in face of the activity and skill of our Imperial rival. Mr Reed possesses many unusual qualifications ifor the post. He was trained originally as a ship- builder in Her Majesty's dockyard at Sheerness, where he was for four years employed on the actual building of war- ships. In 1849 he was specially selected by the Rev Canon Moseley for removal to the School of Mathematics and Naval Construction at Portsmouth. There he enjoyed the advantage of studying the highest branches of the theory of naval architecture under the Rev Joseph Woolley, LL. D., a distinguished mathematician. While at Portsmouth Mr Reed also studied the practice of shipbuilding under the teaching of the late Mr John Fincham, the most distinguished shipbuilder of the last generation. After leaving the School of Naval Construction he returned to Sheerness Dockyard as a super- numerary, and, before receiving a permanent appointment, ap- plied for permission to leave the service, owing, we believe, to causes connected with the military service imposed in that day upon officers in the dockyard battalions. In 1853, on leaving Sheerness, Mr Reed accepted the editorship of a scientific perio- dical, closely connected at that time with shipbuilding affairs, and in the execution of his duties he was, of course, thrown into in- timate acquaintance with the system of shipbuilding pursued in the private as well as the public dockyards of the country, and especially with the practice of iroa shipbuilding. In De- cember, 1858, he read a paper " On the modifications which the ships of the Royal Navy have undergone during the present century in respect of dimensions, form, means of propulsion, and powers of attack and defence," at the Bociety of Arts, for which he received the Prince Consort's silver medal. This paper at once established the author's reputation as a high authority on naval architecture. It is worthy of remark that in this paper, written more than four years ago, the author anticipated many of the ctevices which has since been adopted in iron- cased ships, and especially the method of employing armour of increased thickness in the region of the water- line, which has been so largely employed in the French navy, and to which so many persons now lay claim, from time to time, as a new suggestion. In 1859 the shipbuilders, marine engineers, and naval officers combined to establish a professional institution for the purpose of fostering their science, and they not only fixed upon Mr Reed as the most desirable person to act as their organising secretary, but made the whole project hang upon his co- operation in that capacity. Under this pressure Mr Reed agreed to act, and the success of the Institution of Naval Architects has been signal and complete. Since that time, as the public already know, Mr Reed has applied himself more particularly to the iron- cased ship problem, not so much as an inventor as a naval architect; and the result has been that whereas in the early part of the year we had no prospect before us of applying armour to any other than monster war- ships, we have now in progress iron- cased vessels of 1,000 and 2,000 tons completely armour- cased. It cannot be doubted that, by means similar to those by which this result has been obtained, the principle of armour- plating may be greatly improved in vessels of all sizes and classes. We have no doubt that the appointment of Mr Reed, who has had the ability and energy to win the office to himself solely by his own exertions, will be succeeded by a more vigorous administration of our royal dockyards than has hitherto been possible. COOKING FOR THE NAVY.— While everything connected with the construction, rig, and ornament of our ships of war is in a state of revision it is but just to the crews of those ships that the system of victualling should also be revised, old rules swept away, and the whole system based on principles in accordance with modern ideas. We are much pleased to find that a step in this direction is about to be taken by the Admiralty with reference to the victualling the seamen and marines of our fleets, and to which we are about to refer. Before doing so we must call attention to the present system, so far as relates to meat and vegetables, and contrast it with that carried out with regard to prisoners under- going penal servitude. In drawing this contrast there is not the slightest intention to throw blame on the present or late Boards of Admiralty ; on the contrary, great praise is due to the present board for the steps they have already taken to do away with this reproach, and still greater praise will be accorded them if they carry out the proposed scheme. Our seamen and marines are now fed exclusively upon beef and pork— that is, they can have boiled salt beef, boiled fresh beef, and boiled salt pork, but all must be boiled in the ship's coppers. From the date of a ship's commission to her paying off there is therefore nothing but " boil." There is a chance, certainly, of a mess obtaining a baked dinner of fresh meat when in harbour about once a fort- night, but from the small amount of oven accommodation in the cooking galleys fitted on board our ships this treat cannot be ob- tained oftener than the time stated, as the use of the existing ovens is chiefly monopolised for the messes of the ship's officers. Taking the average of ships in commission, it will be found that nine out of twelve months of the year are passed in harbour, and during this harbour period fresh beef is served out to the crews five days outof seven. The meat is weighed out and cut up into junks under proper supervision, and handed over to the ship's cook, who bundles it, according to old usage, into the ship's copper, with a small quantity of vegetables, and boils the whole until re- duced to a kind of soup that would be uneatable were it not for the few vegetables in it. The meat is at the time transformed in- to a pulpy, stringy substance which is no longer nutritious. Fresh beef soup, with a few shreds of vegetables, is a capital thing in its way, but if people on shore were compelled to live on it, with nothing for a change but boiled salt beef or boiled salt pork, the chances are that they would soon pray heartily for a change of diet. The allowance by Admiralty regulation of vegetables on fresh beef days to seamen and marines is half a pound of mixed vege- tables per man. In taking up these vegetables potatoes are generally refused, for two reasons— first that a good sized potato would weigh the half pound; and, secondly, that a handkerchief full of biscuit can always be exchanged for a net of potatoes in some boat alongside. Now, prisoners undergoing penal servitude, say for six years, in one of our outport prisons, for the first four years of their servitude are fed on boiled meats and soups. As their constitutions, however, might be possibly injured if such a course of treatment were long persisted in, they, during the last two years, get baked beef or mutton two days in the week. They are allowed the same quantity of vegetables for soup that seamen and marines receive— viz, half a pound per day, but, in addition to this, and, therefore, in excess of what is allowed to the crews of Her Majesty's ships, a convict also receives daily lib of pota- toes, weighed after they have been boiled. Such are contrasted parts of the existing systems of victualling the men trained and trusted to fight their country's battles and the convicted felon. To remedy this state of things, and give a greater variety to the seaman's dinner, a plan has been submitted for the con- sideration of the Lords of the Admiralty by an officer of considerable standing in the Victualling Department, which has been most favourably entertained by their lordships, who have, we believe, issued orders for its immediate trial on board one of the ships in the home ports; and most probably the Hannibal, screw liner at Portsmouth, selected as a depot ship for the reception of seamen returning to the port from leave, will be fitted on the proposed plan, in order that it may be fully tested and reported upon by the Staff of the Port Admiral. The cost of the existing cooking galleys on board a first- class ship is to the Admiralty about £ 1,000 each. It is, therefore, evident that an immense plant of such material is on hand, which can only at enormous expense be superseded by any other form of galley. If the present galley can have its oven ac- commodation increased, it being efficient in all other respects, this supplementary aid is all that is required with regard to the cooking arrangements. The way in which this is proposed to be accomplished is to erect an oven about four feet forward of the ship's coppers, the oven to be, for a crew of 300 men, five feet high and wide, and two feet in depth. This oven will con- tain four shelves of wire trays, so as to equalize the heat from top to bottom, which would receive the men's mess- dishes containing their fresh meat and potatoes. A jacket, or flue, encircles the oven from a small fire underneath, the smoke being carried off by a funnel communicating with the larger funnel of the galley. This oven would bake dinners for the whole crew of 300 men. Again, take the instance of a ship on a foreign station, say the Pacific, in which the biscuit runs short. Barrels of American flour, the best bread- making flour in the world, can always be obtained in any quantity and at moderate cost. The supplementary oven would, therefore, under such circumstances, affords a means of giving a ship's company good, wholesome, fresh bread every day, in lieu of the unwholesome biscuit to be allowed on the spot, on which they must be otherwise fed. The exact difference between soft, fresh bread and rotten or flinty bis- cuit on a distant station like the Pacific can only be realised by those who have served in such latitudes. In addition, however, to providing our ships" crews with the means of baking as well as boiling their fresh beef, and with fresh, soft bread, when neces- sary, on a foreign station, the proposed scheme goes still further. It is proposed that the men shall be allowed not the lib of potatoes of the convict, weighed after boiling, but half a pound of potatoes with his fresh meat, in addition to his half pound of shreds of vegetables for soup, and that mutton should be supplied on certain days in harbour in lieu of beef. It is estimated that the cost of this additional allowance of potatoes, and the occa- sional substitution of mutton for beef, would increase the cost of victualling our seamen and marines about 8s per head per annum — a mere bagatelle, if we even put the question of the men's com- fort and enjoyment aside, and look upon it from a merely sanitary point of view. The cost of a supplementary oven which would bake sufficient bread and the dinners daily for 300 men w ® uld not exceed £ 3- 5. If, however, the present board carries out the pro- posed plan for improving the supply and cooking of provisions for the crews of Her Majesty's ships, they will do more to render the Royal Navy service popular with seamen tljan has been done by any previous measure. July II to Sept 8,1813, passage of the Bidassoa, the Nive, and the Adour, battle of Orthes, investment of Bayonne, and various minor actions. He led the reserve to the support ef the assaulting party of Fort La Picurina during the last siege of Badajoz, and the commandant surrendered to him personally. His commis- sions bear date as brevet- major Sept 21, 1813; brevet lieut- colonel June 21, 1817; regimental lieut colonel June 12, 1835; brevet colonel Jan 10, 1837; regimental colonel May 4, 1846; major- gen Nov 9, 1846; lieut- general June 20, 1854; and general Feb 4,1857. He was for many years commanding officer of the 3d battalion of Artillery at Ceylon, and was appointed colonel- commandant of the 10th battalion Dec 16, 1856. General Power, who was wounded at Ciudad Rodrigo and at the siege of Burgos, was made a C. B. in 1831; a Knight ef the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order in 1834; and a K. C. B. on the coming of age of the Prince of Wales, Nov 9, 1862. He had also received the silver war medal with nine clasps. DEATH OF LIEUT- GENERAL BURKE.— This gallant officer, who was Colonel of the 10th Foot, died a few days back at his seat in Ireland. He served in Jamaica and St Domingo in 1796 and 1797, and in Holland in 1809. He next served in the Peninsula during the campaigns of 1810, 1811, and 1812, with the Fifth Division of the army. He volunteered the " forlorn hope'' of Sir John Leith's division at the taking of Badajos, where he received several severe wounds, which prevented his pursuing his profes- sional career. 2. RXK B P+ 3. B Q 3+ 4. B mates. ( C) 2. B Q 3+, & c. Game between Herr Steinitz and Herr L Steinitz. 1. K P2 2. K B P 2 3. K Kt P 1 4. PXP 5. Q Kt B 3 6. K Kt B 3 7. Q P2 8. K B Q B 4 9. PK5 10. Castles 11. PXKt 12. Q Q 3 ( a) 13. Kt Kt 5 ( b) 14. PXPeftpas 15. KtXKB P 16. QXB L- K P 2 QKR5+ Q K 2 QXP K Kt B 3 QKR4 K B Kt- 5 Castles Kt K5 KtXKt BXP BXR QP2 PXP BXP+ QKtQg •, in Vienna Club. L-—. Kt K B 3 ( c) KKR RXR QQB4+ QQB3+ QQ B4+ QQB3+ QQB4+ Q Q Kt 5+ B K Kt 5+ R K Kt QP1 Q KB QQ 31. QXQ Kt P, and wins, Greco gives nothing finer than this dashing game. ( a) Steinitz always chooses a brilliant game; no matter at what risk. We wish we had a few more players of his mark. No bush shooting in him, no King's Pawn one sneak. ( b) Now « bserve the slashing attack Steinitz opens on his foe. ( c) Better play Q Q B 4. Game between Herr De Heer and Anderssen, recently, in Ams- terdam Club. THE OPERATIONS IN CHINA. The following despatch has been received by Earl Russell from the British Yice- Consul at Shangai:— British Consulate, Shangai, Nov 19, 1862. MY LORD : I have the honour to enclose for your lordship's in- formation a copy of my despatch, No. 201, addressed to the Hon F. W. A. Bruce.— I have, & c, JOHN MARKHAM, Vice- Consul in Charge. The Right Hon Earl Russell, Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, & c, & c. VICTORY GAINED BY COMBINED FORCES OP IMPERIALISTS AND BURGOVINE'S FORCES. British Consulate, Shangai, Nov 19, 1862. SIR : I have the honour to inform you that a large force of rebels left Soochow, Hangchow, and Hoochow, headed by Ting Wang, Mu Wang, and Ha Wang, for the purpose of attempting the recapture of Kahding and Tsingpo, and take if possible Swng Keong, Shangai, and Paushun. They were to have assembled at Na- ziang, and thence march in three separate divisions on the above- named enterprise. Information being received that a large portion of this force had already reached Wangdo, between Tsingpo and Kahding, the Governor of the Province marched against them from this city in person, and Colonel Burgovine, with a force of some 1,500 disciplined Chinese, simultaneausly left Snng Keong for Tsingpo. Both parties fell in with the rebel force on the 16tli inst, and after a hard fight of some hours the main body of the rebels were dislodged from their position in a strong stockade by Colonel Burgovine's artillery, and the whole force was utterly routed with immense loss. The Ting Wang was drowned, and Mu Wang badly wounded, and an extraordinary number of chiefs killed and taken prisoners, the rebels having in- cautiously trusted to a floating bridge, which gave way at the first rush for escape. What with killed, prisoners, and deserters ( chiefly the last), ten thousand only are said to have got away, and the Chinese authorities express their confidence that this vic- tory will have the effect of keeping the 30 miles round Shangai free from rebels for some time to come. Colonel Burgovine's men are said to have behaved extremely well, and to have shown great confidence in their officers. Their loss was trifling.— I have, & c, ( Signed) JOHN MARKHAM, Her Majesty's Vice- Consul in Charge. The Hon F. W. A. Bruce, C. B., & c. THE HORRIBLE MURDER AT WIGAN. The inquest on the body of James Barton, a fireman, employed by the Earl of Crawford at Haigh Colliery, near Wigan, who was found burnt to death in the fire of the engine he was tending, was completed on Wednesday. James Watnough, a pony tenter at the pit, said James Barton and his son John were the engineers at the pit, the one working at night, and the other during the day. He last saw the deceased about six o'clock, as he was leaving work on Friday evening, the 2d inst. The following morning he reached the pit about half- past three o'clock. He found the pumping engine stopped, the cabin fire nearly out, and lumps of coal lying on the floor. Not finding Barton, he went into the boiler- house, and shouted, but received no reply. He returned to the cabin and put coal on the fire, and in doing so noticed Barton's muffler lying in the grate half burnt. Then the fireman, Matthew Rhoden, came. They won- dered where Barton had gone. He went down to the boiler fires for a spadeful of tire. In the middle he found it was quite white, the white looking like burnt wood. Matthew Rhoden confirmed this evidence. John Barton, of Haigh, son of the deceased, said on Friday night he met his father. He was going to work. He seemed quite well, was dressed as usual, and had a muffler on. The following morning Watnough knocked at the door to call him, and said that the deceased was missing. He went to the pit. The first traces of his father he saw were some marks in the fire- hole. They were the impression of fingers on the dirty wall opposite the fire- hole. The crowbar, with blood on it, was the next thing he saw, and at daylight he noticed spots of blood near the cabin. His father wore a belt round his body, to which was a little buckle. The strap would be about an inch broad. The door- plate of the furnace is about 16 inches wide, and it runs back about 4ft. The doors are folding ones, and they meet in the middle. From the state in which the witness found the fires he should think they had been left from three to four hours. Men, both friends and strangers, were in the habit of calling at the cabin to smoke a pipe. They first thought his father was in the furnace from the discovery by Armstrong of blood upon the fur- nace door- shuts. He did not know of any person against whom his father had any grudge, nor who had any grudge against him. He could not think of any reason why his life should be taken except for the sake of his watch, which was missing. He was in good circumstances for a working man, but he never took any money to his work. He never heard his father say he knew any- thing about the man who attacked the watchman at the Standish Paper Mills. His father was not on duty that night. Mr King said he was not sorry of the opportunity to set this matter right, as he said there was a strong opinion that the per- sons who committed the offence at Standish had committed this murder. This showed that the old man was not on duty the night of the attack at Standish. Thomas Barton, son of the deceased, and living at Haigh, said, about five o'clock in the morning he heard his father was mis- sing. He fired up at all the three fires, and saw white ashes in all. It was suggested that his father might have* been put in one of the furnaces, and it was said that if he had been placed there fat would have dropped through into the ash- hole. He had exa- mined all the grids and found a hard cake of fat. George Armstrong and a young woman were with him at the time. He said, when he found the cake. " Why, they'll have put him under here." George Armstrong, of Blackrod, fireman in the pit, said he reached the pit about half- past four. Thomas Barton said, when he came up, that he could smell something about the fire- hole. He said he was sure they had put his father there. Witness then looked about, and saw what he thought was blood on the door of the furnace. Thomas went under the fire- liole, and found a cake of what looked like blood. The men in the cabin said this cake was " ochrey" coal. He saw blood in the cabin on a form after- wards. William Whalley, of Haigli, labourer, said : I was in company with the deceased' about eight o'clock, with William Wetherby. Barton then seemed as well as ever I saw him in my life. He was dressed as usual. Barton took out his watch while we were there, as Wetherby's watch had stopped. John Baker Edwards, of Liverpool, lecturer on medical juris- prudence at the Royal Infirmary School of Medicine, Liverpool, said : On the 5th inst, I received from the police some pieces of bone, some fragments of clinkers, a piece of wood, and an iron crowbar. I selected from the bones the portions new produced, which I believe to be human, from the following parts :— No 1, portions of occipital bone of the skull; No 2, base of skull and two fangs of teeth, a fang of incisor and a fang of molar ; No 3, portions of arch of dorsal vertebra ; No 4, portions of lumbar vertebra; No 5, portions of head, shank, and joint of humerus ; No 6, portions of the head and joint of femur. These bones have been submitted to a very high temperature, which has destroyed the internal structure, but the external form has been well pre- served, There can be no doubt these are human bones. I made a chemical and microscopical examination of the mass of clinker, and found it caked together by blood, and under the microscope I identified the corpuscules as human blood. The blood on some pieces of coal and on a portion of the cabin bench is also human. I found no blsod on the crowbar. ( The pieces of bone mentioned above were produced and handed round for the inspection of the jury.) Charles Edward Dunbar Shepherd, of Wigan, surgeon, gave evidence to the same effect. The verdict of the jury was " Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown." MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. De Heer. 1. QBP2 2. Q Kt B 3 3. Q P 2 4. KP1 5. KB P1 6. PXB ' 7. K B Q 3 8. K KtK 2 10. B Q R § 11. Q Q B 2 12. Q It K 13. Kt K B 4 Anderssen. KBP2 KKtBS KP2 K B Kt 5 B X Kt.- f- QBP2 Q Kt B 3 QKtPl Same Q K 2 ( a) B Q Kt 2 QRQB Kt Q R 4 ( a) Better Q Q B 2. De Heer. 14. PK4 15. PXKBP 16. K BXP 17. BQB 18. KtXKP 19. KtXQ P 20. RXQ 21. KKB2 22. Q B Kt 5 23. BXKRP+ Anderssen. K KtP 1 Kt PXP Q KtXP PXP KR K QXR RXR- f- QRK KtK 6 K KB 24. B K R 6+, wins. Well done Dutchman! Game between A. De Lelie and Anderssen, recently, on a visit to Amsterdam Club. De Lelie. 1. K P 2 2. K Kt B 3 3. K B Kt 5 4. B Q R 4 5. QP 2 6. Castles 7. P K 5 8. KtXP 9. QXKt 10. K B P 2 11. Q Kt B 3 12. B Q Kt S 13. Q R PXKt 14. Kt K 4 Anderssen. KP2 Q Kt B 3 QBP1 K Kt B 3 PXP KBK2 KtK 5 KtXKt Kt Q B 4 Castles Q Kt P 2 KtXB B Q Kt 2 KBP1 De Lelie. 15. B K 3 16. P Q Kt 4 17. PXP 18. Kt K Kt 3 19. Q Q 2 20. PQB3 21. Kt K B 5 22. R K B 3 23. KtXKKtP 24. RKt3+ 25. Q R K B 26. B K R 6 27. K K R 28. PXR Anderssen. OK PXP QKKtS Q Q B 3 BXQKtP BK2 K R K QK3 KXKt KKR R K Kt BQB 4+ RXR Q mates. A pretty game; but Andersae)! could have given his adversary the Knight we presume. DEFENCES OF CHATHAM.— NO steps have yet been taken by the Government for the construction of any of the defences of Chatham and Rochester. It is probable, however, that the next few months will see a commencement made of a portion, if not of the whole, of the works, the various tenants to whom the land acquired by the Government has been let having received an in timation that possession will be required in a short time. The cost of the land at present taken and hereafter required is stated in a Parliamentary paper recently published to be £ 150,000, of which amount a considerable portion has already been paid to the owners and occupiers. The cast of the buildings and works pro- posed to be erected in the neighbourhood of Chatham is given in the same return at £ 500,000, exclusive of the value of the land. In the meantime, the works at the entrance to Chatham harbour, as well as those which will command the approaches to the Med- way, together with the batteries placed at Folly Point, Bishop's Marsh, Garnet Ness, Garrison Point, Grain Spit, and other points, so as to render Chatham dockyard and arsenal secure from the sea, are being pushed forward as rapidly as the numerous ob- stacles to be encountered will permit. In addition to the works • already in progress, a full description of which has already ap- peared in The Times, it is the intention of the Government to construct a large fosse of considerable breadth and depth, which will add still further to the security of the channel approaches to Chatham. The entrance to this fosse will be at Cheyney Rock, situate about a mile to the south- east of the salient angle of No. 1 bastion, thence taking a westerly circuitous direction through a portion of the Isle of Sheppy. and terminating on the Lap well Bank, a short distance south- west of Sheerness dockyard. The fosse will be upwards of two miles in extent, and from its position will prove a formidable obstacle to the advance of an invading force against the numerous batteries and bastions which will guard the approaches to Chatham on that side. At each end of the entrench- ment will be constructed a powerful casemated fort, constructed of sufficient strength to mount guns of the heaviest description. On Cheyney Rock will be placed a fort of much larger dimensions than either of those at the entrance to the Med way, and of a size sufficient to allow of its being garrisoned by several hundred men- The position of Cheyney Rock is admirably adapted by natural formation as a site for the erection of formidable works. Its proximity to the main channel of communication, through which all vessels of any considerable amount of tonnage have to navigate, will enable its guns to play upon any hostile flotilla attempting to enter the river, either under sail or steam. The armament will be mounted on platforms traversing three- fourths of a circle, placed on Colonel Colquhoun's invention of raised racers and hollow- soled trucks. The sister fort, which will be placed at the other extremity of the fosse, will be situated some distance above the entrance to the river, its position enabling it to deliver a telling fire an any vessel which may have succeeded in escaping the fort at Garrison Point. This fort will at the same time bar the entrance to the Med way from the other side of the Island of Sheppy, by way of the Swale, which is always navigable to gunboats and other light craft. Taking into consideration the magni- tude of the work, some time will necessarily elapse before its completion. The land through which the fosse will pass has nearly all passed into the hands of the Government, and there is every probability of a speedy commencement of the undertaking being made. DEATH OF GENERAL SIR WILLIAM GREENSHIELDS POWER, K. C. B., K. H.— We have to record the death of the above gallant and distinguished Peninsular general, which occurred at Shank- lin, Isle of Wight, of bronchitis, on the 23d ult, in the 82d year of his age. The deceased officer entered the Royal Regiment of Artillery as second lieutenant, May 31, 1800; became first lieu- tenant Feb 11, 1802; and captain June 13, 1807. He served in Spain, Portugal, and France from Oct 14, 1808, until June 4,* 1814, including the battle of Talavera, sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Ba- dajoz, capture of French works at Almaraz, reduction of forts at, and of Salamanca, siege of Burgos, siege of San Sebastian from MURDER IN IRELAND.— A murder has been committed within a short distance of Castlepollard, on the estate of the Right Hon the Earl of Longford. A man named M'Cord, gamekeeper to his lordship, went to the police barrack, and gave information that his wife had been murdered. The police immediately went to his dwelling- house, and found the body of the unfortunate woman lying on the bed, in a bedroom on the second floor, bathed in her own blood, and quite dead, one of her breasts having been literally shot off. On searching the house a double- barreled gun, belong- ing to M'Cord, was found below stairs, bearing evidence of having been recently discharged. M'Cord denies all knowledge of the deed, but states that, while absent from the house, he heard the report of fire- arms. An inquest has been held, and the jury have returned the following verdict:—" We find that the said Cathe- rine M'Cord came by her death in her own house at Pakenham Hall, on the night of the 22d of January, 1863, from a gun- shot wound in the breast and left side of the head." The evidence of the husband and two of his companions went to show that the parties had been drinking until after eleven o'clock in the house ef the deceased ; that having only drunk one pint of whiskey they were not drunk; that the deceased was prevented singing by her husband ; that some angry words ensued ; that Mrs Sher- wood went home, and deceased went up stairs to her room ; that M'Cord and Sherwood, while standing at the fire below stairs, heard a shot above stairs ; that they never looked to see what had caused it, but went ajvay to Sherwood's house; that M'Cord stopped there some time, and then went home; and that he shortly after returned to Sherwood's, and said his wife had shot herself; that the Sherwoods went with him to his house, and there found the dead body of his wife; that they then went and informed the police. The inquest was attended by the Earl of Longford and other of the local magistracy of the neighbourhood. ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A CONVICT WARDER AT PORTS- MOUTH.— A convict of the most revolting appearance, named Lewis Francis, was brought up before the Portsmouth magis- trates on Saturday, Jan 24, charged with attempting to murder George Dearie, a warder doing duty at the Portsmouth Convict Prison. The murderous assault was committed so far back as the 19th of December last, but owing to the serious nature of the in- juries inflicted upon Deane, he had not been able to be brought to the court sooner. He now wore a white bandage round hfc head, was still very weak and ill, and it is very improbable that he will ever again be fit for duty. The career of the prisoner had been of the worst possible character. It seems that in 1854 he, after several previous convictions, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude for felony. He was sent to Dartmoor, and while there committed a murderous assault on one of the war- ders, for which offence he was tried at the Exeter Assizes in March, 1857, and sentenced to seven years' penal servitude. He was then sent to Bermuda, and again made a brutal attack on one of the warders there, nearly killing him, Having for that offence been sentenced to 15 years' penal servitude, he was sent back to this country, and afterwards removed to the Portsmouth Convict Prison. On the 15th of December last prisoner formed one of a gang of fifteen convicts, who were employed in the junk store of the dockyard cutting up old rope. Prisoner was reproved by Mr Deane, who had charge of the gang, for idling away his time and talking with the other convicts, and thus obstructing the work. Prisoner assailed the warder with a volley of abuse, and struck him a violent blow with his fist on the left eye, felling him to the ground, and rendering him partially insensible. The scoundrel then commenced a most brutal attack upon him, and the officer appealed to him to desist, saying, " Spare me, spare me!" Prisoner replied, '• I'll knock your brains out, you POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ROBBING A FATHER.— A HOPEFUL SON.— At theThames court, on Monday, Bartholomew M'Cabe, 26, a morose, dirty, and dissi- pated person, was charged with burglary and robbery in his own father's house, No 5, Devonport- street, Commercial- road, Rat- cliff.— The prisoner has been frequently charged at this court with robbing and assaulting his father, a respectable tradesman, carrying on business as a carman and coal merchant. While at home with his father he frequently plundered him of money and property, was almost constantly intoxicated, and annoyed all the family by his late hours, irregularities, abuse and destruction of property. At last he was sentenced to a month's imprisonment and hard labour, and on the day he came out of prison his father, who appears to be an industrious and kind- hearted man, provided him with a coat and some money to pay for a lodging. On the same night he broke into his father's house and robbed it. For five nights in succession he visited his father's premises, and when he did not effect an entrance he destroyed some property. At last he was again given into custody of a policeman, and brought before Mr Cooke, at this court, on Thursday, the loth ult. Mr Cook said the prisoner would be committed for trial for burglary and robbery, and remanded him for a week for the completion of the depositions. His father, with mistaken, but kind- hearted lenity, did not appear on Thursday, and his prodigal son was discharged. On the same night he again committed a burglary in his fathei's house. He effected an entrance by breaking down the shutter of the kitchen window and opening the window. He succeeded in cjrrying off two coats belonging to his father, and a coat, hat, cap, and other articles belonging to James M'Cabe, a young man, his brother. On Sunday night the prisoner had the audacity to again attempt to enter his father's premises. He was detected by a police- constable, named William Hall, No 425 K, who found upon him one of the coats he had stolen on Thursday night. He admitted that he had plundered his father, and said he had as much right to take things as his brother. It was proved that the brother was an industrious, sober man. He ap- peared as the prosecutor in this case, and said his father had en- deavoured in vain to reclaim the prisoner, but without effect, and that whenever he was entrusted with money he continued spend- ing every farthing until it was exhausted, and when he was en- trusted with goods for sale he appropriated the money to his own use. The prisoner had robbed his father 100 times.— The pri- soner, who was labouring under delirium tremens, said he had nothing to urge in his defence, and did not care.— The magistrate, after observing that the prisoner wa3 the most incorrigible villain he had ever met with, committed him for trial. WIFE MURDER IN LAMBETH.— James Hogan, a labourer, was on Tuesday charged at Lambeth with the murder of his wife by strangulation.— The first witness called was Ellen Wallis, who, upon being sworn, said : I am a widow. I live at 1, St Alban's- buildings, China- walk, Lambeth. I have lived with the prisoner and his wife for the last nine months, and slept in the same room with them and their five children. On Monday afternoon his wife and I and Mrs Boniface went to the " Mothers' Tea Meeting,'' at Lambeth Chapel; we reached there at ten minutes past six, and returned home at half- past eight. At eleven o'clock the prisoner had not come home, and his wife and I went out to look after him. We went to the house of a friend where he said he had been on Sunday, but we did not find him there, but we did find him in a public- house in Lambeth- walk. I waited out- side and his wife went in, and what she said I did not hear, but she came out first, and he followed htr, apparently in a great passion. He was the worse for drink, but not very much, and called her a foul name. She went in doors, shut the door after her, and told her husband she should not let him in all night, be- cause she did not know where he had been. She said so to me, and her husband could not hear it, because he was too far off at the time. I told her he was drunk, and advised her not to talk to him that night, but to do so the next morning. In about ten minutes after the prisoner came down the court, singing like a drunken man, and I ran and opened the door and let him in. Oi) my doing so Mrs Hogan jumped up from her seat and said to the prisoner, " Where have you been all night?" and he replied, " With a strong girl.'' A quarrel ensued and then a fight, which ended in the prisoner throwing her en the bed and falling on the top of her. He then grasped her by the throat with his right hand, and said, " You , I'll choke you." I suppose he was on her half a minute, lying flat on her and holding her throat.— Mr Henry : And wliat were you doing all this time?— Witness: I got behind him, and endeavoured to get him off, and ultimately succeeded in doing so. I looked at her. Her eyes seemed fixed on me, and I at first thought she was in a fit, but then said to the prisoner, " Oh, Jem, she is dying," and he said, " Let her die and be ." I then sent a child for a basin of water, which I put to her lips, when a small drop of blood fell in the basin, but she did not drink the water. She was dead.— Other evidence having been produced, the prisoner was remanded till after the inquest. CURIOUS IMPOSITIONS ON A RAILWAY COMPANY.— At South- wark, on Wednesday, Jan 28, six of the occupants of house" in Belvedere- place, Borough- road, were summoned before Mr Combe, under the Lands Clauses Act, 8th and 9th Vic, cap 18, to show cause why they refused to give up possession of those tene- ments to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, after due notices having been served upon them in the usual way, such premises being required for the extension of the railway to Farringdon- street.— Mr White, in opening the proceedings, said that the company would not have troubled his worship but for the gross imposition attempted to be practised by the defendants on them. The company had amicably settled with the landlords of those premises, which they let out weekly, and at the last moment, when the premises were required, the company wa's surprised at the defendants coming forward to claim compensa- tion as yearly tenants. Those persons had acted in collusion with the collector of the rents, with the view to impose upon the company; consequently, on public grounds, they felt bound to take the present proceedings. One case would, no doubt, be suf- ficient to trouble his worship with, as the decision in that would govern the remainder. The first summons was against Mr Wm. Wood, boot and shoemaker, No. 6, Belvedere- place.— Mr Edward Prowett, examined by Mr White, said he was until lately the owner of defendant's house and several others adjoining. Mr Wood had been his tenant for about fourteen years at a weekly rent of eleven shillings, commencing from Monday to Monday. Mr Pegg, a house- agent, collected his rents from Mr Wood and the other tenants, and accounted to him fortnightly. About two or three months ago witness heard that Mr Pegg had given some of his tenants quarterly receipts. Witness begged of him not to do so again, as he had disposed of his houses to the railway company. The defendant was a weekly tenant, and he never gave Mr Pegg authority to make him a quarterly tenant. The receipt produced for a quarter's rent, dated the 29tn of March, and another dated the 30th of June, were never autho- rised by him, as his rent had been paid to him every fortnight by Pegg.— The defendant, William Wood, was then sworn, and said he had been a weekly tenant of No. 6, Belvedere- place, for four- teen years, and paid lis a week to Mr Pegg, the agent of the land- lord. About two years ago he asked Mr Pegg in the first instance to make him a quarterly tenant. He refused at that time, tint in March and June he consented, and gave him the quarterly re- ceipts produced.— Mr Combe, at this stage of the proceedings, said that it was quite clear that Wood was nothing more than a weekly tenant, and there had been a kind of ruse between him and the agent of the landlord, to impose on the railway company* Had he not better settle with the latter before the case went any farther?— A consultation here took place between the solicitors on each side, and in a few minutes aiterwards Mr Simpson said his client very properly consented to accept the company's liberal offer of £ 25.— Mr Combe told him that was considerably more than he should have allowed him under the circumstances.— Mr White informed his worship that Wood's original claim on the company was for £ 375. - Mr Combe said that was preposterous. He was lucky in getting £ 25.— Mr White observed that the re- maining five cases were precisely similar, and as the parties had agreed to the company's terms they would be withdrawn. ATTEMPTED MUBDER.— A young fellow, named James Smith ( alias Donovan), has been committed for trial from Marlborough- street for cutting and wounding Catharine Hawkins, with intent to murder her.— The prosecutrix, whose head was enveloped in bandages, said she was the prisoner's sister, and a married woman, living at 24, Tower- street. She was staying with her mother on Tuesday morning, Jan 27, when the prisoner came home about eight o clock, and began beating her mother, because she would not give him a shilling. The prisoner knocked the old woman down, and then jumped on her. She ( complainant) told the pri- soner he should not ill- use their mother in that way, and seeing that her mother was bleeding from the mouth, she ran down stairs and called " Police." Before assistance came the prisoner made his escape, but he returned in about two hours, and seeing her in bed at the time, said, " You , I'll do for you, for trying to give me in charge this morning." The prisoner then seized a knife from the table, and stabbed her on the temple. She screamed " Murder," and " Police," upon which the prisoner ran away. When the police came she was covered with blood, and she was immediately taken to the hospital in a cab. A leader in the arm had burst in consequence of the wound on the temple. The prisoner returned to the house in the evening, and was then given into custody. He had stabbed her once before, about a year ago. She only asked for protection. OBTAINING MONEY BY THREATS.— A carpenter, named James Dale, of 28, Edward- street, Hampstead- road, has been charged at Marylebone with obtaining £ 30 by threatening to publish certain matters or things concerning Jane Katherine Grace Dickinson, and by proposing to abstain from publishing the said matters or things on the further sum of £ 20 being paid to him.— A good deal of evidence was adduced in support of the charge, but the defen- dant denied that he had attempted to extort money, declaring, on the contrary, that he merely wished to enforce payment of a bill of exchange.— The mother of the complainant not being able to appear, on account of delicate health, and her testimony being considered important, defendant was remanded for a week, bail in £ 100 and two sureties in £ 50 being accepted. - I will;" at the same time he took up a large piece of tim- ber, twice the size of a policeman's truncheon, and struck the prostrate man over the head with it several times, and if some of the other warders had not come to his assistance, be would un- doubtedly have been murdered before the eyes of the other four- teen villains, who made no attempt to render him any assistance, but, on the other hand, made threats as to what they would do if any aid was afforded him. The poor fellow was literally covered with blood, and he had sustained such injuries on the head and various parts of the body that he was not considered out of danger for several days afterwards. The prisoner, who through- out the proceedings exhibited a most sullen demeanour, said he should reserve his defence, and was committed for trial on the charge of attempted murder at the next Winchester Assizes. A man threw himself, on Saturday, Jan 24, from the top of one of the towers of Notre Dame. In his fall he dashed against the point of the niche surmounting one of the arched buttresses. The shock was so violent that the body, which struck cross ways on the angular part of the mason- work, was literally broken in two. The legs fell to the ground, while the trunk remained on the buttress. The mutilated remains were gathered up and taken to the Morgue to be identified. It was ascertained that he had been a house porter in the Rue Faubourg de Temple, but the cause of the self- murder is not yet known. CRINOLINE AND Loss OF LIFE.— Last week we recorded the deaths of two ladies, named Gordon, wife and daughter of Captain Gordon, who had been burned to death, the latter from her dress being set on fire owing to her distended crinoline, and the former from burns received in trying to aid her daughter. We have now to relate the death of Miss Janet Burchell, aged 26, daughter of Mr Burchell, parliamentary agent, of 42, Upper Harley- street. On Thursday evening, Jan 22, shortly before ten o'clock, deceased had gone up to her bedroom, with the intention of retiring to rest, and not being well, was preparing for bed. She removed the guard from the front of the grate for the pur- pose of poking the fire, and, whilst doing so, a lighted coal flew out and ignited her thin muslin evening dress. Thereupon she rushed out of the room screaming, and her cries attracted the attention of some of the servants, who ran up and met her on tjie landing with her clothes in flames. One of the females had the presence of mind to envelope the deceased in a rug, by which the flames were extinguished; but it was subsequently discovered that some of her underclothing was smouldering, and had reached her flesh, though, in consequence of her exhausted and insensible position, she was unable to give any intima- tion to that effect. Dr Garrard, who was called in, stated that he found the deceased in a comatose state on his arrival, from the shock to the system. She was very dreadfully burned in various parts of the body, but he considered the immediate cause of death was closing of the larynx by suffocation from the smoke and heated atmosphere by which she was surrounded. A jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony, ad- ding that, in their opinion, the ignition of the deceased's clothing was the result of accident — On Saturday, Jan 24, during the transformation scene at the Princess's, an accident occurred which placed the lives of two ballet girls in great jeopardy. The girls in question, named Hunt and Smith, were at the wing when the clothes of Hunt caught fire. Miss Smith, seeing the peril of Miss Hunt, immediately ran to her and tried to get the flames extin- guished. Several other persons, including Mr Roxby, who was also severely burnt, also rendered their assistance, and the fire was put out. The accident occurred on the stage, and produced great excitement among the audience. Both Miss Hunt and Miss Smith were at once taken to the Middlesex Hospital. On the medical examination being made, it was found that, al- though the injuries Miss Hunt had sustained were very painful, they were not dangerous. The injuries which Miss Smith had received were discovered to be much more serious. She was burnt all over the body, and, we are sorry to hear, died on Wednesday night. Hunt, who it appears is a married woman, is more seriously injured than was at first supposed, but at present it is believed she will recover. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.— About four o'clock on Sunday morning, Jan 25, two young women, named Rosina Nicolson and Christina Wood, both employed as mill . workers, were found dead in bed together in their lodgings in High- street, Musselburgh, On Saturday night the two young women went to bed about the usual time, and at four o'clock on Sunday morning the other in- mates of the house were awakened by a strong smell of gas pro- ceeding from the apartment which the young women occupied. The alarm was given to the night policeman, who forced open the door of the room, which he found full of gas. The policeman hastened to the window, out of which he knocked some panes of glass for the purpose of allowing the gas to escape. On lights being procured, the two girls were found lying in bed quite dead. Dr Scott, of Musselburgh, was soon after in attendance, and stated as his opinion that the two women had been dead for three or four hours. The young women, although they had gas in their room, preferred to use candle, and it was customary with them to hang part of their clothing on the gas bracket, and as the bracket was found broken when the room was inspected, it is supposed that the weight of the clothes. had broken the bracket and thereby caused the escape. HEALTH OF LONDON.— The deaths registered in the week ending Jan 24 were 1,426, being 57 below the average. There were 17 deaths from smallpox, 53 from measles, 63 scarlatina, 12 diphtheria, 71 typhus, 181 bronchitis, & c. The births were 1,079 boys and 1,007 girls— t ® tal 2,086. Printed and Published by WILLIAM CHARLES CLEMENT, at the Office, 170, Strand, in the Parish of St. Clement Danes, in the City and Liberty of Westminster.- SUNDAY, FEB 1, 1863,