[ GRATIS.] SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1883. [ GRATIS.; HORSES IN TRAINING IN FRANCE. * In the French Derby, 1863,1864; t in the Grand Prix de Paris; J are public trainers. AT CHANTILLY. M P. AUMONT'S— TRAINER, J. SPREOTY. Mon Etoile, ch m, 6 yrs I Vapeur, ch f, 4 yrs Clemenoe, ch in, 5 yrs | Orphelin, ch c. 4 yrs * t Victor Pont- fol, ch c, by Fitz- Gladiator out of Eusebia, 3 yrs Damier, ch c, by Fitz- Gladiator out of Maid of Mona, 3 yrs * Magny, b c, by The Baron out of Yelva, 3 yrs * Fleur de Mai, ch f, by Fitz- Gladiator— Maid of Halt, 3 yrs * t Scaevola, bk c, by Sting out of Medina, 2 yrs * Meilleur, b c, by Sting out of Beziade, 2 yrs Vfironesse, ch f, by The Cossack out of Yelva, 2 yrs Kegente, b f, by Royal Quand- meme out of Dahlia, 2 yrs M DE LA MOTTE'S— TRAINER, H. LAMPLUGH. Catspaw, b g, aged Croton Oil, brg, aged Br g by Fantome out of Topaze, 5 yrs The Colonel, b g, aged Cass- cou, ch g, aged Page, br h, aged Mauchline, b g, aged Moor, b g, aged BARON N. DE ROTHSCHILD'S— TRAINER, T. CARTER, SEN. Volga, ch f, by The Cossack out of Illustration, 3 yrs * t Moscou, ch c, by The Cossack out of Illustration, 2 yrs » t Baronello, ch c, by The Baron out of Annette, 2. yrs M LALLEMANOrS. Archiduchesse, b m, 6 yrs MR T. CARTER'S. Eclair, b m, 5 yrs | Passiflore, 5 yrs Bt Clair, br c, by Father Thames out of Junction, 3 yrs Banker, b c, by Nuncio out of Caladenia, 3 yrs t Nobility, ch f, by The Baron out of Effie Deans, 3 yrs " t Grande Dame, ch f, by The Baron out of Annette, 3 yrs * f Chief Baron, br c, by " The Baron out of Caladenia, 2 yrs s f Civility, b f, by The Flying Dutchman out of Honesty, 2 yrs Tartar Chief, ch c, by The Cossack out of Example, 2 yrs Kalmuck, b c, by The Cossack out of Security, 2 yrs Obligation, ch f, by The Baron out of Effie Deans, 2 yrs Circassia, ch f, by The Cossack— Flower of the Forest, 2 yrs Quinquina, ch f, by The Cossack out of Quinine, 2 yrs Eva, br f, by Allez- y- Gaiment out of Junction, 2 yrs M DELAMARRE'S— TRAINER, T. CARTER, JUN. Angus, b h, 5 yrs I Tamberlick, ch c, 4 yrs Egmont, b h, 5 yrs | Telegraphe, b c, 4 yrs Frontignan, br c, by Nuncio out of Favorita, 3 yrs * t Bilboquet, bk c, by The Baron out of Bilberry, 3 yrs Conquete, b f, by Faugh a Ballagb out of Victoria, 3 yrs * Cantonnade, b f, by Allez- y- Gaiment out of Agar, 3 yrs * Tartalane, b f, by The Flying Dutchman out of The Greeek Slave, 3 yrs Majeste, b f, by Monarque, dam by Charley Boy, 3 yrs * Courtisan, b c, by Monarque out of Magicienne, 2 yrs * Mirliton, br c, by The Flying Dutchman— Millwood, 2 yrs t Vermouth, b c, by The Nabob out of Verir. eille, 2 yrs * t Boi Roussel, b c, by The Nabob out of Agar, 2 yrs Garcon Fabius, b c, by Allez- y- Gaiment out of Mira, 2 yrs t B c by Fitz- Gladiator out of Pharmacopea, 2 yrs Fidelite, eh f, by Monarque out of Constance, 2 yrs Didon, b f, by Monarque out of Duchess, 2 yrs B f by Loadstone out of Wallflower, 2 yrs Br f by Faugh a Baliagh out of The Greek Slave, 2 yrs TRAINED BY H. GIB30N- I BARON E. DARU'S. \ Audacieuse, bk m, 5 yrs | Mazeppa, b c, 4 yrs Astrolabe, ch f, by Allez- y- Gaiment out of Aganisia, 3 yrs Cassiope, br f, by The Nabob out of Fraca, 3 yrs * f Gteereux, ch c,* by The Nabob out of Georgette. 2 yrs Pronostic, b c, by The Flying Dutchman out of Fringe, 2 yrs * Pretantine, b f, by The Nabob out of Alice, 2 yrs La Fille de Diable, br f, by The Nabob out of Fraca, 2 yrs M H. LUNEL'S. Lilas, ch m, 5 yrs I \ rolta, b c, 4 yrs Loyal, ch c, 4 yrs | Ephemere, b f, 4 yrs Ginievre, br c, by Strongbow out of Willow, 3 yrs Trouville, b c, by Fitz- Gladiator out of Clementine, 3 yrs Milton, b c, by Collingwood out of Fugitive, 3 yrs Caroulet, b c, by Sting out of Empress, 3 yrs Goliath, br c, by Strongbow out of Phrygia, 3 yrs Fornarina, ch f, by Monarque out of Fraudulent, 3 yrs L'Aventurier, b f, by Monarque out of Constance, 3 yrs Chelsea, cli f, by Pyrrhus the First, dam by Faugh a Baliagh, 3 yrs Ernos, br f, by Collingwood out of Branch, 3 yrs * Habeas Corpus, b c, by Fitz- Gladiator out of Maid of Mona, 2 yrs Coroner, br c, by Tbe Nabob, dam by Theon, 2 yrs * Affidavit, ch c, by Javelot out of Dahlia, 2 yrs Bonnelle, br f, by The Nabob out of Bataglia, 2 yrs Miss Cecilia, br f, by Faugh a Baliagh out of Miss Cath, 2 yrs * Fantasie, r f, by The Nabob out of Fraudulent, 2 yrs Conversion, b f, by Allez- y- Gaiment out of Aganisia, 2 yrs Firme Contre Prime, br f, byAllez- y- Gaimentout of Eugenia, 2 yrs Sentence, ch f, by Javelot out of Topaze, 2 yrs Instruction, ch f, by Allez- y- Gaiment out of Wilisiska, 2 yrs MR H. GIBSON'S, Souvenir, b g, aged AT COURTEUIL, NEAR CHANTILLY. M FASQUEL'S— TRAINER, W. PLANNER. Anatolie, b m, aged | Belle Dupre, br f, 4 yrs Beau Sejour, b g, 5 yrs I Flute, br f, 4 yrs . » Emmanuel, br c, by The Flying Dutchman out of Pulcheri, * Baron de Courteuil, b c, by The Baron out of Suprema, 3 yrs Bouteille a l'Encre, bk f, by Faugh a Baliagh — Minuit, 3 yrs Bonne d'Enfant, b f, by The Flying Dutchman out of Ne M'Oubliez pas, & yrs Caliban, bk c, by The Baron out of Pulcheri, 2 yrs Astaroth, ch c, by The Baron out of Tenebreuse, 2 yrs * Barb Bousse, ch c, by The Cossack out of Flamiche, 2 yrs * Bon Soir, br c, by The Flying Dutchman out of Minuit, 2 yrs St Jean, b c, by The Baron out of Error Alesia ch f, by The Cossack out of Ne M'Oubliez pas, 2 yrs Garcia, b f, by The Cossack out of Tomate, 2 yrs TRAINED BY T. HURST, JUN. I VISCOUNT VALANGLARD'S. Little Duck, br f, by The Flying Dutchman out of Nightcap BARON DARU'S. Pekin, br c, by Womersley out of Vervenne, 3 yrs Creole', bk f, by Womersley out of Belle Poule, 3 yrs * Rasoir, br c, by Ion out of Tomate, 3 yrs B f, by Allez- y- Gaiment out of Demonstration, 2 yrs MR T. HURST, JUN'S. Braehi, b c, by Allez- y- Gaiment out of Camilla, 3 yrs Lancier ch c, by The Cossack out of a Lancelot mare,' 3 yrs TRAINED BY J. JACOBS. I MR JACOBS'S. Hadji Stavros, br c, 4 yrs Valerien, ch c, by Collingwood out of Valerie, 3 yrs AT LAMORLAYE, NEAR CHANTILLY. COUNT DE LAGRANGE'S— TRAINEE, C. PRATT. Cosmopolite, br g, aged I Genealogie, b f, 4 yrs Gisors, br g, 6 yrs | M LUPIN'S— TRAINER, J. HAYHOE, JUN. Tambour Battant, ch c, by Faugh a Baliagh out of a Laner- cost mare, 3 yrs Muse, b f, by Allez- y- Gaiment out of Etoile du Nord, 3 yrs Infante, br f, by Monarque out of Lesbie, 3 yrs * Sportsman, b c, by Father Thames out of Alliance, 2 yrs Rainette, ch f, by The Baron out of Regretta, 2 yrs Bruyere, b f, by Monarque or Ventre St Gris out of Chevrette, 2 yrs Ninon, br f, by Faugh a Ballagh out of Emile, 2 yrs MARQUIS DE ST CLOU'S. Roquille, b f, 4 yrs * Boucicant, b c, by Faugh a Ballagh out of Perronelle, 2 yrs Rurick, b c, by The Flying Dutchman out of Boulogne, 2 yrs M T. LECLERC'S. Mr Dubourg, b c, by Lanercost or Faugh a Ballagh out of Clara Fontaine, 3 yrs HORSES IN TRAINING IN IRELAND. AT THE CURRAGH. BY P. DODCIE, RATHBRIDE_ COTTAGE. Socrates, 4 yrs Minerva, 4 yrs Br c, Solon, by West Australian out of Darling's dam, 2 yrs Brown Bess, 2 yrs BY MR RICHARD BELL. Bayonet, by Rifleman, 5 yrs IF by Chicken out of Araguth- I sheese's dam, 3 yrs PRIVATE, LARK LODGE. Sister to Thady Foley, by West Australian 2 yrs C by Artillery out of the Quack's dam, 2 yrs Bombardier, 5 yrs Troublesome, by Hobbie Noble out of Testy, 4 yrs Bird of Passage, by Artillery out of Swallow, 2 yrs AT BAGGOTSTOWN, CO LIMERICK. BY JOHN BOUCHIER. The Orphan, by Froth, 6 yrs I Gr g, by Zouave out of Eosalba, The Cock, by Cockcrow, 5 yrs | 3 yrs INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. CROXTON PARK, 1863. MARCH 27.— Nominations for the GKANBY HANDICAP. Luna, 3 yrs Muffler, 3 yrs Sinking Fund, aged " Hubert, 4 yrs Judex, 3 yrs " Merry Maid, 4 yrs Equator, 4 yrs " Loiterer, 6 yrs Grimston, 4 yrs " Exchequer, 4 yrs Deception, by Cyclops, " Citadel, 4 yrs aged ' Bridegroom, ageu Rapparee, 5 yrs " Brighton, 4 yrs l'icco, 3 yrs " Attam& n, 4 yrs Interduca, 4 vrs " Oberon, 4 yrs West End, 5 yrs " Nosegay, aged Pot Pourri, 4 yrs " Devotee, 3 yrs Eidolon, 6 yrs " Prologue, 4 yrs C by Stockwell out of " Flirtation, 5 yrB Lady Evelyn, 4 yrs " Lapidlst, 4 yrs General Hess, 6 yrs * Tonio, 5 yrs OaKapple, 3 yrs " Remunerator, aged " Baron Munchausen, Croagh Patrick, 5 yrs 6 yrs Those marked thus * having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out by the time prescribed, unless specially ordered to remain in. Nominations for the BELTOIB CASTLE STAKES. Conundrum, 5 yrs Brilliant, 5 yrs Gleam, 5 yrs Suburban, 6 yrs Ace of Clubs, 4 yrs Nautilus, 5 yrs Balham, 5 yrs Alvediston, 4 yrs Paul Clifford, 5 yrs Can well, 4 yrs Jack of Hearts, 3 yrs Master Bagot, aged Manchester, 3 yrs Fairy King, 4 yrs Ethel, 4 yrs Shepherdess, 5 yrs Jack o'Newbury, 3 yrs Millionaire, 6 yrs Weiland, 4 yrs F bv Stockwell out of Miranda ( 71b) Dunkeld ( 71b) Glenorchy ( 71b) Turcos ( 71b) Stamtiede ( 71b) The Beau ( 31b) Weatherbow Ilarleston Middlewatch ( 71b) Muffler ( 5lb) Meriden ( 71b) Ireton( 71b) Comet Herdsman ( 71b) Sibyl Warhorse( 71b) Primitive, by Barnton, Conical ( 51b) ( 31b) Nominations for the Cup of 50 sovs. Merlin, br h, 6 yrs Rosiere, br m, 6 yrs La Diva, br m, 5 yrs Claudius, b g, 5 yrs Perlino, b c, 4 yrs Buzet. ch c, 4 yrs Confidence, ch f, 4 yrs _ Amasie, ch f, 4 yrs Berguin.' b by ' Nuncio out of Simplette, 3 yrs Leonidas, ch c, by The Cossack out of Queen of the May, 3 yrs * t Stenton b c, by De Clare out of Songstress, 3 yrs * t Roques b c, by The Flying Dutchman out of Allumette, 3 yrs * Dollar,' b c, by The Flying Dutchman out of Payment, 3 yrs * Boutef'eu, b c, by The Flying Dutchman out of Lanterne, 3 yrs * Vaucresson, ch c, by Warlock out of Imperieuse, 3 yrs Pergola ch f, by The Baron out of Officious, 3 yrs Sarcelle' b f, by The Flying Dutchman out of Cuckoo, 3 yrs Lucida b f, by The Flying Dutchman— Lola Montes, 3 yrs Estenos, br c, by The Flying Dutchman out of La Maladetta, Andromaque, br f, by The Flying Dutchman out of The Queen of the May, 2 yrs . Drusilla b f, by The Cossack out of Lysisca, 2 yrs Cascarilla, b f, by The Cossack out of Cassica, 2 yrs Nieuda oh f, by Florin out of Nereida, 2 yrs Bartare'lle, ch f, by Florin out of Cuckoo, 2 yrs * Guinee br f, bv The Flying Dutchman out of Payment, 2 yrs Majrique b f, by The Flying Dutchman out of Lanterne, 2 yrs Arrogante b f, by The Cossack out of Imperieuse, 2 yrs Lesczinska, b f, by The Flying Dutchman or Florin out of Myska' 2 yrs M SCHICKLER'S— TRAINER, J. BAINS. Parratonnere, b c, 4 yrs Grande Puissance, bk f, 4 yrs Eureka, ch f, 4 yrs Jonathas, b h, 6 yrs A- la- Rescousse, b c, 4 yrs Provocateur, ch c, 4 yrs Choisyleltoy, chc, 4yrs „ v. . ir, v. i -> * T Charles Martel, bk c, by The Nabob out of Gabble, 3 yrs * t LoupdeMer, be, by The Flying Dutchman out of Velure, * Jean- sans- Peur, ch c, by Fitz- Gladiator out of Annetta, 3 yrs Guillaumele Taciturne, b c, by The Flying Dutchman out of Strawberry Hill, 3 yrs . Son Altesse Royal, b c, by Monarque out of Caloric, 3 yrs Le Chatte- Botte, b c, by Marsyas out of Whirl, 3 yrs Pie du Midi b c, own brother to Jonathas, 3 yrs • t Grande Mademoiselle, ch f, by The Nabob out of Error, 3 yrs Nova b f bv Kingston, dam by Melbourne, 3 yrs * t Gard'a Vous ch c, by Father Thames out of Miss Finch, 2 yrs Euuateur b c, by Womersley out of Clematite, 2 yrs Saint Jean d'Arc, ch c, by Buckthorn out of Bochet's dam * t Echec* b c by Buckthorn out of Ravieres, 2 yrs * t Arcturus, b c, by The Nabob out of Glauca, 2 yrs Perimide, br c, by The Nabob out of North Lincoln's dam, Ro c2bvrCollingwood out of Jonathas's dam, 2 yrs * t Poudriere, b f, by The Nabob out of Gabble, 2 yrs t Leuctres b f, by The Nabob out of Epaminondas's dam, 2 yrs Bomo- Sierra, ch f, by Fitz- Gladiator out of Seville, 2 yrs M REISET' 3- TRAINER, J. BARTHOLOMEW. Panique, b in, 5 yrs i Don J uan, br c, 4 yrs Oberon II., br h, 5 yrs Chamboran, b c, 4 yrs Bravoure, ch f, 4 yrs Luna. 3 yrs Millionaire, 6 yrs Urlmston, 4 yrs Equator, 4 yrs Deception, aged Rapparee, 5 yrs Picco. 3 yrs West End, 5 yrs Pot Pourri, 4 yra, Eidolon, 6 yrs having been entered without the knowledge of Rubicon, 5 yrs Loiterer, 6 yrs Bally Edmond, 5 yrs Paul Clifford, o yrs Jack of Hearts, 3 yrs Loiterer, G yrs Master Bagot, aged Ethel, 4 yrs Shepherdess, 5 yrs Jack o'Newbury, 3 yrs Those marked thus " their owners, will be struck out by the time prescribed, unless specially ordered to remain in. Nominations for the CROXTON PARK PLATE. C by Stockwell out of Lady Evelyn, 4 yrs Muffler, 3 yrs Oakapple. 3 yrs " Brighton, 4 yrs " Bridegroom, aged " Flirtation, 5 yrs " Knutsford, 5 yrs " Prologue, 4 yrs Incitatus, 4 yra Primitive, 3 yrs Key of the ( late, by Idas, dam by Crony ( h b), 6 yrs Village Lad, 3 yrs Lava, 5 yrs Henham Lass, 5 yrs Interduca, 4 yrs Comet, 3 yrs j Independence, aged j Draff, 3 yrs j Oakapple. 3 yrs C by Stockwell out of | Lady Evelyn, 4 yrs Nominations for the WALTHAM PLATE. Incitatus, 4 yrs Primitive, 3 yrs Sugarstick, 4 yrs Lava, 5 yrs WcMand, 4 yrs Netherdale, 2 yrs C by Stockwell out of Lady Evelyn, 4 yrs Independence, aged Speedy, 4 yrs Merry Hart. 3 yrs Herdsman, 3 yrs DONCASTER SPRING MEETING, 1863. The TRIAL STAKES. F by Stoekwell out of Miranda, 3 yrs Killarney, 3 yrs Sugarstick, 4 yrs Honest Tom, 3 yrs Lord of Llnne, 4 yrs Semiramis, 3 yrs The DONCASTER SPRING HANDICAP. Wetsail, 4 yrs Comet, 3 yrs Judex, 3 yrs Bohemia, 3 yrs Rubicon, 5 yrs Amy, 5 yrs Lawyer ( h b), 5 yrs S& a Nymph, 3 yrs Revolver, 3 yrs Fontenoy, 3 yrs Honest Tom, 3 yrs Westminster, 3 yrs Picco, 3 yrs Lad v Fauconberg, 3 yrs Hubert, 4 yrs Sledmere, 3 yrs Harlequin, 4 yrs The Monk, 6 yrs Truant, 3 yrs Stanton, 5 yrs Soothsayer, aged Joey Jones, 5 yra Jenny Wren, 3 yrs Devotee, 3 yrs Equator, 3 yrs Flytrap, 4 yrs Judex, 3 yrs CFpperhand, 6 yr Fairy King, 4 yrs Retento, 4 yrs Charles Fox, 4 yrs Welcome, 4 yrs Little Dick, 6 yrs T aura, 3 yrs Semiramis, 3 yrs Cape Flyaway, 6 yrs Dirt Cheap, 3 yrs Luna, 3 yrs Columbine, 3 yrs Bernice, A yrs St Maximin, 5 yrs Adventurer, 4 yrs The LONDESBOROUGH PLATE. IAdventurer, 4 yrs I Ripley, 3 yrs Churchman, 4 yrs Jenny Wren, 3 yrs Wetsail, 4 vrs ] Jackal, 4 yrs | Stockman," 3 yrs I F by Stockwell out Of Bernice, 5 yrs Miranda, 3 yra The UNITED HUNT STAKES. Rook the Gardener, 5 y Miss Rose ( h b), aged YorkMinster ( li b), 5 ys Hetman, by Cossack, Redwing ( h b), a yrs D'OrseyClarke ( h b), 5y 6 vrs Yellow Dwarf ( h b), 6 y Gamecock, by Selim Br g by Cariboo out of Armament, 4 yrs ( h b), 5 yrs Misfortune ( h b), 5 y Miranda ( h b), 5 yrs Quarantine, 5 yrs Multum in Parvo( h b), Jingling Johnny ( h b), Ballinasloe, by Mar- aged aged text, dam by Resolu- Foo ball, by Joe o' Sot Miss Taft ( h b), 6 yrs tion ( h b), 5 yrs ( h b), aged The DON STEEPLE CHASE. Rook the Gardener, 5 y I Multum in Parvo ( hb), I Jack in the Green, aged Glautias. aged aged Resolute ( late Sam Lincoln Lad ( hb), aged | Florence ( h b), 6 yrs I Slick) ( h b), aged Miss Rose ( h b), aged I Br g by Tarquln ( h b), I Shropshire ( h b), 5 yrs Deceptive, 4 yrs | 6 yrs I NOTTINGHAM SPRING MEETING, 1863. Nominations for the STAND PLATE. Peignoir, 4 yrs Spicebox, 0 yrs Antar, 3 yrs Cheerful, 3 yrs Libellsus, 6 yrs Charles Fox, 4 yrs Little Ladv, 5 yrs Ellerton, 5 yrs Peignoir, 4 yrs Sybil, 3 yrs Miss Julia, aged Rosabella, 4 yrs Antar, 3 yrs Estrelda, 4 yrs . Antidote, 3 yrs Honest Tom, 3 yrs Westminster, 3 yrs Hubert, 4 yrs Estella, 3 yrs East Sheen, 5 yrs Vigil, 4 yrs Strawberry Hill, 3 yrs Churchman, 4 yrs Pinkepoe, 4 yrs Astrologer, 3 yrs Don't Come Lite, 3 yrs C bv Ellerton out of Maid of Cadiz, 3 yrs Mrs Somerville, 3 yrs Abron, aged Bonnv Lad, 3 yrs Fidelity, 3 yrs Pupil, 4 yrs Nominations for the INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Corydon, 3 yrs Satanella, 4 yrs Antar, 3 yrs Ferdinand, 3 yrs Bandage, 4 yrs Invasion, 3 yrs F bv Kingston oat of Mountain Maid, 3 ys Sweet William, 3 yrs Declaration, 3 yrs LibellouB, 6 yrs Mrs Somerville, 3 yrs Early Morn, 4 yrs Jack's Alive. 3 yrs Henham Lass, 5 yrs Summersault, 5 yrs Bedford ( late Peneus), 4 yrs Deception, by Cycleps, aged Everlasting, 5 yrs Black- eyed Susan, 3 y Golden Drop, 3 yrs Jesuista, 3 yrs RACING IN INDIA. 3D ( PRINCE OF WALES'S) DRAGOON GUARDS REGIMENTAL RACE MEETING, AHMEDNUGGUR. Stewards: Lieut- Col Barron, Capt Miller, Capt Swinburne, and R. M. Allen, Esq. Judge: Capt Cockrill. Starter: Capt Edge- worth. Hon Sec : J. L. Egginton, Esq. MY DEAR BELL: We are doomed to exile, and cannot take any part in the Grand Military, but we have had a very pleasant little regimental meeting, and as those at home might like to read an account of our proceedings, I have sent you one, as short as I could cut it, in the hopes that you might find a small space for its insertion— Yours, & c, J. L. EGGINTON, Ct. 3d D. G. Ahmednuggur, Bombay, Jan, 18' i3. MONDAY, DEC 22.— The CHARGER STAKES, a Sweepstakes of 1 gold moliur each, with 100 rupees added; list each; one mile; 3 subs. Mr Egginton's ch A h Red Rover ••• Owner 1 Mr Roche's b A h Roulette Mr ISicholas 2 TheTATTO RACE, a Sweepstakes of 10 rupees each, with 25 added, for all tattoos; 12£ hands lOst; weight for inches; heats, half a " Mr Roche's Buffoon, lOst 21b Capt Swinburne 1 1 Mr Child's Quasimodo, lost ylb . Owner 2 2 Capt Miller's Devilskin, lost 01b Mr Robertson 3 3 Capt Bawiinsou's Verdant Green, lOst Mr Egginton 4 dr The GIVE AND TAKE, a Sweepstakes of 1 gold mohur each, with 130 rupees added, for all horses; 14 hands lOst; weight for inches; three- quarters of a mile; 5 subs. Mr Fitzgerald's ch A h Instructor, list Owner 1 Mr Egginton's b A h Perfect Cure, lost 101b Owner 2 Capt Rawlinson's b A h Stornoway ( late Detri- mental), l « st 51b Mr Robertson 3 Mr Dawson's ch A h Royalist, list Mr Costobadle 4 WEDNESDAY, DEC 24.— The WELTER, a Sweepstakes of 1 gold mohur each, with 100 rupees added, for all horses; 12st each ; one mile; 4 subs. Mr Fitzgerald's ch A h Instructor Owner 1 Mr Egginton's b A h PerfectCure - Owner 2 Mr Robertson's b A h Mackintosh Mr Nicholas 3 The PRINCE OF WALES CUP, added to a Sweepstakes of 50 rupees each, for all horses; weight for age, 1 stone in excess of the Bvculla standard; one mile and a half; 5 subs. Mr Dawson's eh A h Royalist, lOst Mr Costobadle 1 Mr Egginton's b A h Perfect Cure, 10stv Owner Capt Edgeworth's b A h Ebrahim sahib, : 81b.... " raust, o c, uy numus'v; • - ----- —— o--—. Heroine, b f, by Pretty Boy out of Zer me, 3 yrs Bravade, ch f, by Iago out of Lady Bird, J yrs * Nanterre ch c, by The Cossack out of Noemi, 2 yrs M TEISSEIRE'S— TRAINER, J. BOLDRICK Mafc^ c. Vy Elthiron or Souvenir out of Loisa, 3 yra Cari'ne, b f, by Elthiron out of Trust, 3 yrs * Princet, b c, by Firstborn out of Eolme, 3 yrs Nepto, c, by Festival out of Place Vert, 2 yrs Rondiiiella, f, by Festival out of Miss Elthiron, 2 yrs Pholoe b f. by Festival out of Eoline, 2 yrs TRAINED BY H. JENNINGS.! PRINCE DE BEAUVAU6. Adonis be bv Nuncio out of Jean d'Arc, 3 yrs * Good Hope, br c, by Fantome out of Topaze, 3 vrs Le Dernier Baron, b c, by The Baron out of Princess Belle Etoile, 2 yrs _ „. ,, * Courlys, b c, by Javelot out of Nightcap. 2 yrs COUNT D'HEDOUVILLE S. * Intervention, br c, by Nuncio out of Prioress, 3 yrg COUNT KOMAR'S. Attica, ch m, aged MR H. JENNINGS'S. Serious, b h, aged j tongue Haleine, b c, 4 yrs Falendre, br e, 4 yrs | * Don John, b c, by The Baron out of Pomare, 3> TS Cossi- janVTuti, by Allez- y- Gaiment out of Miss Neddy, 2 yrs Nicer bk c, by Collingwood out of Candida, 2 yrs Mdlle Duchesnois, by The Nabob of Semiseria 2 yrs t Mikaela, b f, by The Cossack or Serious out of Mathilda, 2 yrs ' TRAINED BY F. KENT. J BARON D'AURIOL'S. Irishboy, b g, aged | Bonne Aventure, ch f, 4 yrs Charlemigne, b c, by The Baron or Ion out of MissCatb, 3yrs 9gr 81D Capt Swinburne 0 SATURDAY DEC 27.— A HURDLE RACE, a BweepstaKes of 10 rupees each, with 80 added; catch weights au^ ve lOst; one mile, over three hurdles ; 4 subs. Mr Egginton's ch A h Red Rover Owner 1 Mr Roche's gr A li CockflgHter Mr Costobadle 2 Mr Fitzgerald's b A h Revolver.... Owner o The TATTOO HURDLE RACE, a Sweepstakes of 5 rupees each, with 50 added, for non- c unmissioned officers, privates, and all comers belonging to the regiment; half amile, over two hurdles. Troop Sergeant- Majar Smith's liasp 1 Private Ahran's I'eter Grey - Troop Sergeant- Major GUI's Bijou " Private Burn's tlotspur u A HURDLE RACE MATCH, for 100 rupees; one mile, over three hurdles, Mr Roche's gr A h Cockflghter Mr Davies's gr A h Skedaddle The CONSOLATION BTAKES, a Sweepstakes of 1 gold mohur each, with 100 rupees added, for all beaten horses during the meet- ing' 14 hands lOst.; weight for inches; three- quarters of a mile. Mr Dawson's Royalist MrCostobadie 1 Mr Egginton's Perfect Cure •-••••••• .- Owner 2 Capt Rawlinson's Stornoway Capt Swinburne u This race was run through once, but it was discovered that toe horses had been started from a wrong post, Perfect Cure winning by half a length, but he declined to respond to a second asking The WINNERS' HANDICAP, forced, for all winners. Mr Fitzgerald's cli A h Instructor, Capt Swinburne walked over Mr Egginton 1 Mr Auberv bolt ANGLING-. ANTICIPATIONS OF SPRING FISHING. " Muttering, the winds at eve with blunted point Blew hollow, blustering from the South. Subdued, The frost resolves into a trickling thaw. Spotted the mountains shine ; 1-- MJSC sleet descend And flood the country round. The rivers swell, Of boads impatient. Sudden from the hills, O'er rocks and woods, in broad brown cataracts, A thousand snow- fed torrents shoot at once • And where they rush, the wide- resounding plain Is left one slimy waste." Aquarius and Pisces rule the present month. We may ex- pect heavy floods, and so far as angling is concerned— parti- cularly salmon and trout fishing— I think these floods, if not too powerful, are the very best assistants we can find to the preservation and cultivation of our fish. The great majority of salmon have now spawned, and are waiting in the still deeps, weak and exhausted, a prey to the poacher and otter; thelatter, by the bye, isfar more delicate in his feeding than our highly- cultivated neigh- bours on the opposite side of the Channel, who devour thousands of tons of these poor, emaciated fish. An otter seldom eats more than a small piece out of tfie shoulder of a spent salmon; and I haveoften seen unclean fish, which have been brought up on the bank by otters, without a mark, save where the teeth of the otter cut the skin when he had hold of the fish. Nothing but hunger will drive him to devour the stinking flesh; he is too good a judge, he leaves the filthy mass to the refined taste of the Paris gourmands. It is wonderful what power an otter has in water. Some time ago a salmon of near 401b was found on the bank of a salmon river, which had been killed by an otter. Should we have strong floods in the early part of February, it will save thousands of fish— I may say tons— of spent fish, which are on their way to the sea; they will run down with the floods, and escape all the dangers of the various descriptions of nets set to take them, and they will come up in two or three months magnificent fresh fish. But should the rivers be low, the greater part of these spent salmon will be taken before they reach the sea. I think February too early to open the late rivers. Many fish spawn in late rivers in February, and some even in March. Last year I saw a salmon which was taken in March which had not spawned, and from the condition of the ova it would not have spawned for a week or two. Not only do the salmon spawn during February in late rivers, but the great majority of the fish which have spawned run down about that time, and as the rivers are open, the net men go to work and kill the kelts by tons. It is very seldom fresh salmon are taken earlier than the end of March in the late rivers. Nine out of ten fish taken before that time are fish going down to the sea out ef condition. There is certainly a clause in the new act which makes it unlawful to take " unclean or un- seasonable salmon,'' but I fear the law on this point is seldom enforced. For the angler, save in very early rivers, February is not, in general, a favourable month, though in very early rivers spring fish run up as early sometimes as January. As I have said, during February floods may be ex- pected, and then, of course, the salmon fisher must wait patiently the clearing of the waters, which somehow do not clear so quickly as in summer. There is also that bete noir of spring- fishing, the snow water. It is well known to salmon anglers that fish will not rise well at the fly, or, in fact, take any bait well, so long as the waters are impregnated with the snow water, which runs down from the mountains during the early part of the year. I say salmon will not take any bait well, because many assert they will never rise at a fly when the snow- brew ( as it is termed in the north) is running. Such is not the case, as I have many times proved. Salmon will not, as I have said, take well, but they will sometimes rise at a fly or take a minnow in snow water. When the snow water is running the water has a milky white- ness, something like the colour which we call " blue ruin" in London when our milk jugs appear on the breakfast table. Neither trout nor salmon like to feed in this water, or, in fact, any other fish, and I do not know how to account for this fact, it cannot be on account of the coldness of the water, as I have often in early and on late rivers killed salmon when ice was making fast on the still parts of the river, and the water froze on my line, and the rings became nearly choked with ice ; in fact, so far from salmon disliking snow and severe cold, some of the best days' fishing I have ever had have been during snow storms. If, at any time, you happen to hear of a good trout stream about the month of April, and a heavy snow storm happens to fall, I should advise you, should you be in want of a fine basket of fisli, not to lose the opportunity of going to the river at once. However, it is certain that, when the rivers become saturated with snow water, fish do not feed well, and this said snow water is the bete noir of all early rivers. What can be more disgusting than having paid something like £ 50 for the right of fishing, you start off from a comfortable home during one of the most bitter months of the winter season, travel some hundreds of miles, and, arrived at your destination, find the river running a sort of milky way? Your quarters may be snug enough, but you have left far better at home, and you are boxed up in an out- of- the- way place, without a soul to grumble with; nothing on earth to do but look overyour tackle, and consult the state of the water hour by hour 1 You know that lots of fine spring fish have been seen to run up. but the snow water has so sickened them they will not look at even your most costly productions of brilliants! I know of no case in a sportsman's list of miseries which is more distressing. Why yes, perhaps the hunting man, with a dozen good feeders in his stable, and a strong frost, lasting some four or six weeks. I have known frightful events happen from such a state of things. One of the best fellows I ever knew was actually driven into matri- mony during a six weeks' frost. Well, let us not look on the dark side of nature— pray don't suppose I allude to the fact of my friend's marriage— it is not always that the rivers are running a flood in February, or that the snow water is driving you half mad, and if we have not more snow than we have had there is no rea- son to expect much snow water. There are times when the waters are all you can desire, and when such is the case there is no season of the year you get such fish as the salmon which run up the early rivers. They are generally large, and always in the most magnificent condition ; in fact, better than at any other time of the year. I never like to recommend what are termed general flies for either salmon, trout, or greyling; in fact, it is almost impossible to give a very just idea of the best flies, unless I know the water to be fished. I will, however, for the benefit of the tyro, give a description of a few spring salmon flies. I say the tyro, because I do not presume to dictate to the professed salmon fisher— the old hand. Few such, I should suppose, would venture to get through one of my " notes;" but there are hundreds of the rising generation, ardent and hard- working jolly anglers, and it is these I wish to help with practical experience— experience bought by many years of observation— at home and abroad. Most people suppose that you must vary your flies in every country you visit; that the Irish fly will not kill in Scotland, the 8cotch in Ireland, and Welshmen will tell you neither the Irish ner Scotch will kill in Wales. Now I have proved this to be all " bosh." The Scotch flies, or those of the old school, were in general dark and sombre in colour, and the Irish brilliant as birds of paradise. I have killed Scotch salmon with Irish flies, and Irish salmon with Scotch flies. Take it as a rule, and the bright fly will kill better than the dark in almost all waters. Old fishermen have almost always told me that dark flies are the best; and I will bet a trifle ( the true Briton's test of right or wrong) that if you show any ancient salmon fisher your book, in any country ( save, perhaps, on some Irish waters), and ask him to pick you out the fly he would recommend, he will choose a dark or sombre fly; a brilliant " goldfinch" he would abhor. Now, I never slight the opinion of local fishermen; I always get the best advice I can out of some deadly old poacher, or, rather, itinerant angler, I can find ; ard, by- the- bye, there is a vast difference between the regular poacher and the poor river wanderer. There are always some such on salmon rivers— awful disturbers of the keeper's peace of mind, but still, in a degree, not very destructive. These poor old fellows, for they are always old, have most of them lived in the days when the rivers were open. In their youth they fished as they pleased; but the angling mania has taken from them their living, and the joy of their life. Like the native Indian of North Ame- rica they are driven from their hunting grounds, and the joy of their existence has fled. They will wander, day by day, by the happy waters they were wont to fish. Perchance, if you examine their capacious pockets you may find the joints of an old rod, and inside the thing which, with them, represents the hat proper, you may find a horsehair cast and some bunches of feathers wrapped round an ancient hook. Now, should the keeper be away from home, ortakinga warm pot of purl at the village public; should the old man see a bright salmon raise, could you blame him if he slipped quietly aside, put the old rod together, run out the line, looped on the bunch of feathers ( asombre lot, besure), looks round, up and down. The coast is clear; he moves to the spot, he marked the raise, casts, hooks, and kills his fish, pockets it, and saunters quietly home. Now, this man's whole joy is the river; his happiness consists in fishing. He can no more keep from the water than the needle from the pole; and this man is a poacher for the love of sport— that is to say, he will not take a fish in an unsportsmanlike way ; he will not net, or spear, or fish out of season ; he fishes for sport, and sells his fish because he is poor. This is the sort of man to get hold of. His experience is worth knowing. He may be a bigot as to certain flies, but lie will tell you, if you get the right side of him, what willVxW. Money will not always bring him out; he is a character, and a gentleman in his way. A few bits of dubbing, tinsle, feathers, an old cast, or a few hooks, are to his eyes what glass beads are to the poor squaw. Hew these old chaps turn up their noses at the brilliant Irishman ! all yellow, scarlet, and gold ! He turns from them as a Quaker would from a red coat, and even though he sees you kill with the bright Shannon, he will still use the sombre old style fly. The reason, I expect, is, that in times of old the communication between the remote districts and the great cities was difficult, and it was seldom that the people residing on salmon rivers had any opportunity of see- ing any rare feathers, or feathers from foreign birds, such as the golden pheasant, the macaw, bustard, woodduck, or, in fact, any rare and brilliant feathers. They, therefore, used such as they had ; the turkey, grouse, and sometimes the peacock, mallard, and teal, but the mottled and white and black tipped or red turkey was the great standard feather. I will now give a de- scription of a few well known flies; first, the butcher; wing, mixed mostly golden pheasant; rest, slips of turkey, bustard, macaw, brown mallard, woodduck, golden pheasant tail feather, body blue and red, floss silk, silver twist, shoulder black hackle; tail, golden pheasant crest feather; below, black harl. This is a good fly on many Scotch rivers, and very great favourite; a salmon fisherman should never be without it in his book if he, visits Scotland, for, even if he does not use it himself, he may gain the heart of some brother angler, whose good graces it is worth an object to gain, and whose in- terest is worth a dozen " butchers." I've known a fly, properly put out to interest, make a small angling fortune; but don't part with the butcher heedlessly, he's worth a front rank in your fly- book. Next, the well known " doctor;'' he has also a mixed wing, golden pheasant, brown mallard, bustard, wood duck, caper- cailzie, and slips of macaw. Body, blue floss silk, with silver twist; shoulders, blue jay, used as hackle; tail, golden pheasant crest feather, behind ostrich harl. This fly is also a very great favourite; give him also a prominent place in your book. Then comes the parson." Wings, golden pheasant crest feathers, with slips of the blue and buff macaw; body, yellow floss silk, gold twist; tail, golden pheasant crest feather, behind black harl. This fly is often made on a hook painted yellow. Why it is called the parson I know not, save that it is as unlike one of our parsons as a crow is to a canary; but he is a good killer is this said parson, and one that will, like his namesake, take his tithes out of most waters— perhaps that's why he is called the parson. Here is a fly which I have killed with when the river is running snow water:— Wings, mostly of peacock harl slips, a small portion of brown mallard, and turkey ( though I prefer all peacock harl slips); body, dark brown or black mohair, three turns of broad silver tinsel over body, black hackle, full at shoulder, yellow and orange tail. This is also a capital fly on dark water, but not so good, I think, as the " toppy:"— Wing, featherfrom the rump or tail of turkey, which is black below, and strongly marked with a white tip, to be set on weed fashion ( that is to say, the wings parted and made to lay open like a butterfly's wings) ; body, black mohair, three turns of broad silver tinsel round body, blue or blue- black heron's neck feather at shoulder ( if heron's feather cannot be procured, a good- sized blackcock's hackle), orange or yellow wool for tail. This is one of the best fiies for dark water I ever used, and, made large or small, it is a useful fly, let the water be in any state, dark or bright, high or low. I am r,£>, roi. mm thru if- o « « t. nnnv'' when salmon- fishinc. and m silk, tag black silk, tipped with gold tinsel; gold tinsel and' ginger hackle over body, blue jay at shoulder, and kingfisher at butts of wings; wings, golden pheasant's toppings. This is a brilliant fly, and made small is a good spring fly, particularly in mode- rately low water. This is also a good spring fly— Wings, fibres of golden pheasant's breast feather, mottled brown turkey mal- lard, blue macaw, red and green parrot, and bronze peacock's harl; body, red squirrel and hedgehog's fur mixed, broad silver tinsel and blood red and green hackles at shoulder, yellow hackle down body ; tag, gold- coloured floss silk ; tail, golden pheasant'B topping, and blue macaw and red parrot's, fibres of each. Also— Wings, golden pheasant neck feathers, fibres of ibis, bustard, mal- lard, argus pheasant, peacock wing, mottled light and dark, yellow macaw; body, yellow floss silk ribbed with gold, black ostrich tag, yellow hackle from tail to shoulder, blue jay at shoul- der, put on hackle- wise ; tail, golden pheasant topping ; hook, No. 6 to 7 if high water, 5 to 4 if low. One more— Wings, four toppings, mallard and blue and yellow macaw, jungle cock's feather at shoulder, at each side of the wings blue macaw feelers ; body, light blue and yellow mohair, gold tinsel, yellow and orange hackle down the body, blue jay at shoulder; tail, topping; hook, 6 or 7. I can recommend these flies from practical experience. They will kill on almost any water in Scotland and Ireland, and I have never found them fail if fish were to be taken with anything. Here are two flies which I am seldom without:— Wings, mixed, brown turkey mallard, golden pheasant neck feather, fibres of silver pheasant tail feather, blue and yellow macaw feelers, and long topping over all; body, claret, mohair at shoulder, blue mohair centre, and yellow at end ; black silk tag and gold tip, gold twist, and claret liackle over all; blue jay at shoulder, put on hackle fashion; tail, topping. If you raise him at this, find he will not come again, put up the following, and it's odds in your favour you are fast to him in a cast or two:— Wings, the same as above ; body, gold- coloured floss silk, silver tinsel, black hackle over all, scarlet silk tag, and topping for tail. I am never without this pair, made large or small, according to the water. I have killed with them on every river I ever fished, and it is my belief that they will kill at all times if anything will. I fished one whole season on a river where the fish were more shy than any I ever saw, and never used any other, save " toppy.'' I was told by the locals that the flies would not kill on their water, but I killed quite my share of fish. A good spring fly for Wales is— Wings, bittern neck feathers ( a pair taken off the right and left side of the neck) dyed yellow, and set on Tweed style, as I have before explained; body, pale yellow worsted, ribbed with blue worsted, made rather full; blue cock's hackle, set on from tag to shoulder very full; tail, yellow or red worsted. The fly may be varied by making the wings of brown turkey, and the hackle green. These are good spring flies, made large or small, ac- cording to the water. On some rivers the yellow hackle is used instead of the blue or green; and, again, on others the Irish flies will kill better than the local. I have now given you flies which I know will kill, or with which I have killed, and I must reserve for my next some observations I wished to make with respect to the use of them. I have little to say respecting greyling, pike, perch, roach, & c, in the present number. If the reader should require any information with respect to these fish, he may refer to my last; there is not any alteration yet. The same baits will still kill. If you are a pike or a perch fisher, look sharp, and make the best of the short time which is for this season left you ; the fish are now in fine order ; soon they will be pairing off to the happy spawning beds. In a few weeks greyling, pike, perch, & c, will be " going down, and salmon and trout on the raise.''— Yours, & c, FIN. FISHING QUARTERS ABROAD.— No. v. If no other opportunity offers of visiting Salzburg, it ought to be done from Berchtesgaden. Its wonderful situation is too well known to need description here. I will only mention the name of Mr Jung in order to recommend his hotel, the Ship, with this further recommendation, that he will put you in the way of pro- curing trout- fishing in some of the neighbouring brooks, with which the whole land swarms. Leaving, then, Berch- tesgaden, which you will remember equally for its exceedingly pretty productions in carved wood work, with its scenery, you turn westward up the Ramsau Thai. About three miles off is Ilsang, where powerful hydraulic machinery pumps up the brine won in the salt mines of Berchtesgaden to the top of a hill 1,220 feet high, in order to convey it by its own gravity in pipes of wood to Reichenhall, and then on to Traunstein, some sixty miles. You see these salt conduits winding along the hill- face, sometimes high above your carriage all the way; it is called the Soolenleitung, and its purpose is to carry away the strong salt solution to places where forest wood is still plentiful, that it may there be boiled into solid salt. For centuries they went on in these Alps, as they do still in other parts of them, cutting down and using prodigally nature's bountiful supply, but without ever replanting. So, in process of time, the enormous drain caused by the consumption at the boilers did its work, and left the hill- sides denuded. Forestry is now taken upas a science in Germany, affecting as it does the people's nearest welfare in providing them with an adequate amount of firewood. There is no coal whatever in the Alpine limestone, which is neither carboniferous nor metal- liferous, while our hill lime formation is rich in both qualities. Thus, wood- cutting becomes the great trade of the mountaineers, and all through the country the marks of its importance meet us, especially in their contrivances for bringing the ar- ticle down to its destination. The trees desingned for tim- ber are sent down on slides composed of troughs of pines • usually moistened with runners of water introduced into them. These slides stretch for miles through the hills, preserving a suffi- cient slope, and often engineered by viaducts and round curves, just as a railroad is. Immense velocity is gained in these shoots which sometimes terminate in lakes, and must yield a grand spectacle when the supply is plentiful enough to afford a con- tinual discharge of full- grown trees. Six miles have been thus traversed in eight minutes, which gives the rate of 45 miles an hour. The firewood is cut into regular lengths in the hills, and ANOTHER ACCIDENT TO A BALLET DANCER.— Just before the close of the pontomime on Monday night at Sadler's Wells Theatre Miss Fenton, one of the corps de ballet, while standing near a fire- pan placed at the side of the stage, entangled her gauze skirt in the machinery, and in an instant was enveloped in flames. The poor girl rushed screaming for help across the stage, and was received by one of the scene- shifters, who, after some difficulty, ex- tinguished the fire, but not before she was much burnt. am never without a " toppy'' when salmon- fishing, and make trout size. I have killed very large trout with it, both on lakes and rivers. I was led to make the experiment of using it as a trout fly by being sadly bothered by trout raising at " toppy'' when salmon- fishing. I advise some of my angling friends to make up a few " toppies" trout size, and try them in rough weather or in the evening, particularly on heavy water during spring, or late in the year. Spring flies should be made full- sized; if Phillips's hooks are used ( and there are no better; I have used them many years, and have only had two hooks break with me in salmon during the last five years), Nos. 4 to 6; or, if the water should be low, from 5 to 7. The flies I have given are Scotch patterns. Here are ( some Irish:—" The Shannon:" Body, gold- coloured then being rolled down into a stream's bed, the water is dammed up till full of wood and full to the bans. The discharge of one of these sluices or klausen is usually a sight for the traveller. I was once nearly caught in a channel used for the " klausing,'' as the Germans call it. Preparing to bathe in an inviting pool, we were told that at nine o'clock that evening the lake above us would be let off. However, we had just'descended the bank in puris for the expected header when a dull sound caught my ear Luckily I interpreted this rightly, and we fled unwashed up the slope. In a moment more appeared a head of thick, muddy water, feet high, and laden with huge blocks, which flew crashing down into the pool where we intended to disport ourselves. A little farther on than Ilsang comes in from the south the pic- turesque Wimbach Thai, a valley closed in by rock walls, rising straight as plummet lines. The beautiful dark- blue water comes dancing down in a succession of cascades. Such a spot is called here a klamm. At Ramsau is a tidy inn, much visited by painters and naturalists. Here the road divides; right, to Reichenhall, through a narrow valley and fine scenery; left, through woods to a very good fishing quarter, the Hintersee. The timber all about here is fine. I measured a lime- tree near Berchtesgaden, about 24 feet round, and there is some patriarch of the same kind near Ramsau, honoured by all visitors. The little Hintersee lies cradled among the splendid crags of limestone; on the west the Reuter Alp, 6,000. South of him the Miihlsturz- Horner, due south the Hocheis, and the Hachstein about. 8,060 feet. Acco- modation here is again of the primitive kind, and the house is usually beset with flocks of artists, who prefer studying the pic- teresque hereabouts to any part of the neighbourhood; and it must be allowed their choice is justified. Formerly an English- man and a fisherman was always welcome to the genius loci, a wealthy Hungarian, who was an enthusiastic lover of sport, and gave a cordial greeting to all like- minded. But when I was last here the melancholy answer was, " He is just dead." While pre- siding over the lake he had done all that was possible for making it a first- rate fishing water, He and the Herr Pfarrer, or vicar of the place, himself also a " famoser angler," conjointly laboured for its interests, by putting down all unfair and improper handling of the water game, strictly observing the Leichenzeit or spawning season, and stocking it with large numbers of the young, both of trout and charr. Consequently the little lake is as perfectly managed as possible, and there is probably little or no poaching, the same care being extended to the neighbouring brooks, up which the spawners run. All this would be a matter of course with us on any water worth preserving; but it is sueli a rarity in Germany to find an enlightened system of peservation carried out, that it deserves special honourable mention. The vicar still holds the water, but is less prodigal of his favours than poor Czapody, who is a real loss to this little remote valley. His favourite idea was to elevate the inn, so as to be comfortable enough to attract English visitors for a sojourn here. Certainly a few days might be delightfully spent here, and with equal certainty a little of our gold would greatly help to set the landlord and this valley in general upon their financial legs. Where trout and charr are found in the same water, as here, the former are found all round the sides of the lake, the latter in the middle only. Probably they are not so much averse to each other's company as dependent on different kinds of food. You will have observed by this time, as a rule, that there is a regular gradation ef heights at which the three principal salmonida; are found— the charr in- habiting the highest and coldest waters only, the trout sometimes sharing their waters, but usually below them; the grayling found partly with the trout, but always in the warmer zones of water. So that the charr could not live with the grayling, while the trout may live with either, but liking neither the very cold dwelling of the charr nor the much milder haunt of the grayling. The Stein- forelle, or common trout, attains here the respectable weight of between three and four pounds. Out of the Hintersee Valley there is an exit by a pass called the Hirsc'h- buchl, if you are bound either towards Innsbruck or for the grand scenery of the Pinzgau, or upper valley of the Salzach. Tne Austrian Custom House is at the very top of the pass, and a tidy country inn also. A tremendous descent of at least 2,000 feet leads down to Ober Weissbach, in the Pinzgau- road. Before reaching it, a guide- post is passed, pointing to the Seissenberger Klamm on the right hand, one of the lions of the country. It is a picturesque gorge, washed out round by the Weisbach; above, the blue sky gleams down through the narrow opening, making a fine effect. If bound for the great central range of granitic Alps south of the Pinzgau, you turn left into the road here, and make for Saalfelden, up the vale of the Saalach. I do not think the Saalach is trouty, but its tributaries are— one, a very fishable stream, comes in at Saalfelden, where there is a respectable inn, the Auerwirth. The scenery here is very noble, including the lofty range of limestone Alps to the north, which we have now completely circumvented, and wliichfrom here rise like a mighty escarped barrier in the finest form, some to between 9,000 and 10,000 feet. The next place beyond is Zell, on a lovely little lake, but no trout. Here we are in the Pinzgau, out of which every valley on the south side affords an artery up into the snow- clad range behind. I may specially mention the Fuscher Thai, which leads up from Bruck, past the little bathing place Fusch, famed for its convalescent achievements, into the glacier scenery of the Wiesbaehhorn and the Gross Glockner, of surpassing interest. It is about 12 hours' walk from Bruck over the pass toHeiligenblut, and will well repay the labour. Turning in the other direction at Ober Wreissbach, we come to Lofer, whence is a road direct to Innsbruck. I purpose, however, to go on north from here, first trying the bright water which comes into the Saalach at Lofer. When I fished it in the middle of hot summer weather. I saw nothing, nor was it likely I should; but such a water ought to be fishy. In case the traveller should wish to go straight on to Innsbruck, I will mention two small lakes which may be ap- proached en route, where sport is to be had. The first is the PillerSee; the place on it is called St Ulrich, and is reached by leaving the main road at Waidring by a cross track going south into tbe mountains. Farther on is a pretty village, Boll, with a tidy country inn, once HO doubt a seignorial abode, of which the marble floors and tables are monuments. Three miles to the north of Soli is another small lake, the Hinterstein See, the fishing of which belongs to the landlord of the inn at Barnstatt, the village upon it. Passing through very fine peaks, some of which are called the Loferer Alpen ; also the Breithorn, and Flachhorn, all from 7,000 to 8,000 feet, we go to Unken and the Stein Pass, a fortified position, but not near so strong as the Lueg, which is armed at every corner, and might hold the world in check. We encounter again an old friend, the Soolenleitung, and propose turning off in his company down the road on the left, instead of going on to Reichenhall, theugh that is a pleasant place enough, and much visited. Here the scenery becomes truly grand— in fact, I remember no pass which made a greater impression on me. Down at the bottom of the deep rift the Rothe Traun river roars, out of sight, and accompanies us all the way past Inzell, to Siegsdorf. At Inzell a good and moderate inn. As soon as the river is clear from the gorge fishing begins, and excellent fishing it is in this Bavarian Traun. At Siegsdorf another branch comes in, called the See Traun, from flewing through a chain of four little lakes, the largest of which is the Weit See. These all, I have no doubt, are good trout waters. After the junction the united traun becomes a fine stream, bright, but not too bright, and always cool and fresh ; temperature 54 deg in July. As a trout and grayling stream it stands very high. Traunstein, about eleven miles from Inzell, is capital head- quarters. The Hirsch ( Stag) Inn is equally excellent and reasonable— in fact, I knew no place where living is at once so good and moderate. There are two rural baths or cure places in the neighbourhood, which is exceedingly lovely. The water for four or five miles is owned by Mr Schodtl, the landlord of an inn opposite the Hirsch, but whose inn is by no means so good ; but he is a good fellow himself, and glad to show you sport. Really fish are so abundant here that you soon get a surfeit of success. And when you think that two days from London brings you to the bank of the Traun, for the high road of rail communi- cation now runs through Traunstein, here is a temptation to set off and try what you can do in these unsophisticated streams, the very sight of which is enough to make your tongue water, and your towel to jump out of the knapsack if you are onfc one half so fond of the element as I am. How delicious is the sight which you gain from here of those fine- crested fellows, streaked with snow, looking down the rich \ ffirdant valley, to one baked with Strand heat and incandescent with park dust. Leaving Traunstein, a short fling on the rail deposits you on the Chiem See, Bavaria's largest and not least beautiful lake. If the voyage down the Danube is not taken, I should recommend sending the beat, in the first instance, straight from London to the Chiem See, and, when there, if you do not enjoy yourself you must be in bad luck. Such a piece of water you have seldom, if ever, seen; some twelve miles across in one direction, and ten in the other, not shut in by any- thing, but perfectly open, with a splendid background of Tyrolese giants keeping guard in the rear. For sailing it is matchless. Here also you troll again for our friends the big lachs, which are in per- fection, and you will excite the wonder of the natives by fairly catching them with rod and line in the height of the season, a feat they never aspire to. An acquaint- ance of mine, who, as a rule, travels about with his fishing boat, left an imperishable memory behind him here by his strange capture of weighty l& chs. " Der Major O !" is looked upon as a piscatory wizard who had an unfailing charm for the finny tenants of the lake. It seems likely to be long be- fore the inhabitants take to fishing as a national amusement, and the trout in consequence become that highly- educated all- suspicious race which they are already upon English and Scot- tish lochs. When the shopkeepers and clerks at Munich and Vienna take to rural holiday seeking, and the persecution of charr and grayling, as by way of out- door excitement, we shall see a terrible change; but that day is probably far distant. With us it is a national passion, stronger perhaps than any other, or at least more widely spread ; it is not the countiy folk merely who rejoice in all manner of fishing, fair or foul, but the city people, inno- cent of pure water from their childhood, hail the prospect of a bit of angling, by fly or float, with an enthusiasm whieh no absence of sport can quench ; hopeless or possible, it is alike attractive to tbem, and fills up the dreams of enjoyment which in the midst of dull routine of work and the darkness of town atmosphere gild their horizon. Few places are now beyond access to persons with a short spell ® f holiday ; as regards time, the Highlands are close to London, and you must penetrate into very remote provinces indeed to find waters which are not annually so thoroughly well whipped as to render success with fair play an impossibility. Long may these Alpine or sub- Alpine haunts be defended from the locust- like flights of citizens which descend periodically upon our own waters, to frighten all fish worth catching into a total refusal to come near rod and line. On the Chiem See, at least, we are se- cure. And what a spot for sailing is " das bayerische Meer!'' Perhaps the best head quarters will be on the island called Frauen- worth, at which the steamer calls. The Munich artists often stay at this house, and, in grateful recollection of its hospitality, they have painted for it a sign : on one side a lean painter going in " So komm herein," on the other a stout one with well- filled waistcoat coming out " So geh hinaus." As the railroad from Munich to Vienna now runs to the lake— indeed, nearly runs round it— probably new places of entertainment will spring up; at present the best accommodation on the mainland is at Prien, a little way off the lake. The steamers run from near Prien to Arlaching, not well situated, but at Seebruck, in the middle of the north shore, is a small inn where I evoked a tidy breakfast, and which would serve you for quarters while you fish the Alz, a charming stream, which gently wells out of the noble lake at this point. It lias grayling and huchen, and has sufficient water to allow of navigation by floats or rafts a little lower down. It falls into the Inn near the spot where that river receives the Salzach, and attains its full dimensions. Supposing, now, we have duly enjoyed the Chiem See— that is, in one's own boat, which as premised at the outset is indispensable— the boat can be carried to Rosenheim, a few miles, and be there launched upon a new water, the Inn, in order to descend to the Danube. This would, perhaps, be as pleasant a voyage as upon the Danube itself, and as good a way of approaching the Austrian fishing grounds, through which we have wandered. The Inn is daily navigated by steamboats between Passau and Rosenheim, which take one day to descend and two to ascend. There is not the slightest difficulty in the navigation; indeed, the Inn is, in my judgment, a far finer river than tbe Danube at the point where they join, and draining as it does an immense glacier tract, it keeps up a more constant volume of water all the summer, when the former fails. Rapid as the Danube is, the Inn is still more so. I have seen the floating wood upon it keep up by our carriage with three horses trotting, and at Innsbruck, where it is perfectly navigable, I calculated its pace at eight miles an hour. It is pleasant work swinging along on the bosom of such a flood as this, where there is no obstacle, and no further exertion is needed than to keep steerage way. The many arched bridges at first seem formidable; you are down upon them in no time when sighted, and you soon learn thet you must fairly shape your course for the intended arch while yet at a very respectful distance. The channels are somewhat numerous and intricate between Rosen- heim and Wasserburg ( halting place). At Braunau the ascending steamer stops the night, and this would nicely divide the boat's run into two days. It is a splendid scene where the two great rivers join under the frowning citadel of Passau. If going on to Munich, the rail takes you in two hours through the Mangfall Valley, in many points a lovely one. Certainly the summer ap pearance of the Mangfall is inviting, but I never fished it, and it has the reputation of a bad trout stream, owing, it is said, to the devastating floods poured into it from the northernmost slopes of the Alps. It drains two lovely lakes, the Tegernsee and the Schliersee, and after running N. W. makes a sudden turn S. E., to reach the Inn. Quitting Rosenheim in the other direction, the rail branches off for Kufstein, up the Inn Thai, and Tyrol is entered. With all its fame it is not near so picturesque a land as that we have quitted, but the features are on a grand scale, and the views sometimes of a most extended kind. The best opens out at Strass, on the river's right bank, where the famous Ziller Thai comes in, mother of the finest race among the Tyrolese, who are all, the men at least, goodly specimens of mountaineers. Peering down the vale are seen the white peaks, which at its upper end join on to the central backbone of the Alpine chain, the Ahorn, 10,250 feet; Tristen Spitze, 9,300 feet: the Loll Spitze, 11,350 feet. Up this route lies the best access on foot to the magni- ficent scenery of the great chain which runs in a line of unbroken glacier from the borders of Carinthia to the banks of the Eisack in the heart of Tyrol, at least 100 miles. Yet this most attractive region is scarcely visited beyond a few points most easy of access. Just beyond Strass the turnpike road crosses the Inn over to Jenbach; follow it, and a short step up hill brings you up a side valley to an exquisite lake, the Achen See, 1,000 feet above the Inn. The water is of the deepest blue, and abounding in fish, the right- over which belongs to the Benedictines, at Fiecht, as does also the landintheneighbourhood. Generally these clerical bodiesarecour- teous, and willingly afford the stranger his harmless amusement, under proper conditions, one of which, remember, is that the fish are not to be killed and wasted, as we perversely do at home. Achen, the head village of this vale of charcoal- burners, is a couple of miles from the water, but the stream from the lake flows past it, and such a stream ! a more beautiful one I do not remem- ber. There is an isn called Seehaus on the roadside of the lake, and another on the opposite or western shore ( called thePertisau)! the property of the good fathers. These inns are much resorted to in summer; indeed, a more perfect retreat for the citizens of disagreeable Munich cannot be imagined. The cliffs jam in the water upon the western shore with the grandest precipices, so as to leave hardly room for a single carriage to pass, and they tower up into peaks behind 7,500 feet. From Munich the road hither leads past the Tegernsee, already mentioned, and up a rather fine pass, plunging deeper and deeper into the mountains. From Achen again the brook may be followed down to the River Isar, which receives it, and which in the higher parts is a model trout stream. We shall return to it again. Rejoining the rail in the Inn Thai we reach Innsbruck, the capital of Tyrol, and put up at the solid, old- fashioned inn, the Goldene Sonne. From the bridge there is a noble mountain view; the names of the peaks as you look south are, exactly opposite you the Series Berg, called also Waldraster Berg, from the Waldrast, a holy spot, still visited by pilgrims, 9,100 feet. No outline can be finer than his. On the S. W. the Baile Spitze, 8.200 feet; on the B. E. the Patscherkofel, 7,600 feet; next, E. the Glungeser Spitze, 8,850. On the northern side of the broad and fertile vale rise the 8olstein, 9,670 feet, and the Kreuz Spitze, 8,800 feet, overlooking the infant Isar; but these are not seen from the bridge. A near peak is called the Frau Hiitt, 7,000 feet, resembling a woman in a sitting posture. There is no fishing to my knowledge in the immediate neighbourhood of Innsbruck, on the south side none nearer than the top of the Brenner Pass, 2,500' feet higher than the town, in a lake of the same name, a charr and trout water. On the other hand an interesting range of glaciers is very near at hand, those of the Btubay Thai, which begins at Schonberg, nine miles from the capital. A gentle walk takes you up to Neus- tift, where is an inn; hence on foot to the ice ; the impending peaks are on the right or west side the Lisens Ferner ( ferner is Tyrolese for glacier), 9,600; due south the Hochgrindl, 10,350; on the left, or east, as you enter the pass, the Habichts Spitze, 10,500 feet. A valley winds between these three masses, and at its head, turning east, a path leads into the Guschiitz Thai, by which the main Brenner road is again reached, some 18 miles from Inns- bruck. This is a very easy and interesting excursion. A little above Steinach, the point where the road is thus entered, comes in a valley on the left hand as you ascend, down which another glacier has pushed forward almost to the carriage way. Another little glacier excursion can be made in the same direction at thfs point, passing by the villages of Stafflach and Schmirn into the Duxer Thai, the western arm of the Ziller Thai ; it is a steep pull, but will remunerate. All this part of Tyrol deserves to be more visited and known than it is, especially as it is so easily accessible from the rail, and according to my experience the surest step to enjoyment in the Alps is to find how the main routes may be ju- diciously avoided, and what unknown parts are best worth explor- ing, though unacknowledged by Murray, or at least not familiar with English gold, that great corrupter of mountain honesty. Where things are to be found still going on the native footing there you can really find yourself at home, and feel that you can trust the people. Without that there i3 perpetual annoyance in travelling. AQUATICS. OLD OFFENDERS PUNISHED.— At Middlesex Sessions, on Tues- day, William Johnson, 33, was indicted for stealing ten fowls, value 25s, the property of Rhoda Lee.— It appeared from the evidence that, on the evening of the 24th of January, as Police Constable Birch, 267 K, was passing the rear of the Excavator beershop, in Devon's- lane, Bromley, he saw nine dead fowls lying on the ground, and one dead fowl in the pocket of a jacket which was lying on the ground close by. The prisoner was found in a public- house without a jacket, and a short time before the fowls were found he had been seen near the place where the fowls were kept. The owner of the fowls spoke to him and asked him what he was doing there, and he replied that he was looking for an old sweetheart. The jacket was identified as belonging to the pri- soner, and a young man named Robert Pearman, a blacksmith, proved that the prisoner had offered to sell the jacket to his uncle for 2s.— The jurv found the prisoner Guilty.— Alfred Hugham, 440 K, said he had the prisoner in custody on the 19th December, 1857, for stealing sheet lead. He was committed to the OldBailey sessions, convicted, and sentenced to eighteen months' imprison- ment. A previous conviction for burglary and several other con- victions were proved against him.— Mr Payne sentenced him to be kept in penal servitude for ten years.— At the same sessions, on the same day, William Jackson and George Jones were con- victed of stealing a looking- glass, the property of Joseph Thomas. — George Lockyer, the prison officer, put in the following con- victions against Jones:— Three months in 1844. three months in 1847, two months in 1848, nine months in 1850. two months in 1854, three months in 1855, 21 days in 1860, six months in 1861, and six months in 1862. making nine convictions against him. Theother prisoner was unknown to him as having been previously convicted. Three of the above convictions were in this court, and the others under the Summary Jurisdictien Act at the police courts.— Mr Payne commented on the character of Jones, and sen- tenced him to be kept in penal servitude for ten years, and Jack- son to be imprisoned for twelve months. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OF FOUR PRISONERS AT DERBY.— On Saturdayafternoon.' Feb 7, between two and three o'clock, four prisoners under remand made a very clever escape from the lock- up recently erected at the rear of the New Market, Derby. It appears that the prisoners, who are allowed to walk in an en- closed yard within the building, and secured by a strong gate from the adjoining passage, were successful in their attempt to pick the lock of the latier, and the outer door of the passage being open, they walked into the market, and started off. They have not yet been retaken. The prison has only lately been built at a large expense on an improved (?) plan. VANDERDECKEN'S LOG* 1862,~ No. IT, * Oh ! while along the stream of time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale." POPE. MR EDITOR : Although all yachtsmen are not racers, yet still, when opportunity offers to achieve a little triumph in the way of speed, and that a shining memento of the stirring moment stand* as permanent evidence on the table of the state saloon, it is al- most contagious to note the glistening eye, the excited manner, and the graphic phraseology with which even the most staid of our comfortable jog along cruisers will recount the incidents thai accompanied the " Win." Were she the veriest tub that ever floated, yet will a man feel affection for, and pride in, the little ship that bears him gallantly at sea, and very often, too, this pride is justified, for these so- called tubs do wake up occasionally most amazingly, and give their more smart sisters of the wave a lesson that teaches them to let antiquated eccentricities alone. The great American humourist evidences a participation in the feelings that animate our yachtsmen when he says, " Then if she is an atry- silly ( Atricilla, the laughing sea- gull) like this, and she is doing her prettiest, and actilly laughs again, she is so pleased, why you are satisfied. Your attention is kept alive, too, watchin' the wind, and trimmin' sail to it accordingly. You feel as if you were at peace with all the world in general, and yourself in partikeler; and that it is very polite of folks to stay at home ashore, and let you and your friends enjoy themselves without treadin' on your toes, and wakin' of you up if asleep, or a jostlin' of yon in your turn on the quarter deck, or overhearin' of your conversation. The appetite, like a sharp knife, makes the meat seem tender, and the sea air is a great friend of digestion, and always keeps company with it! Oh, nothing ever tastes so good as it does at sea. Then you don't care to sit after dinner as you do on shore ol an idle day, for you want to go on deck, light your cigar, take a sweep round the horizon with your glass to see if there is any sail in sight, glance at tbe sky to see if the breeze is likely to hold, and then bring yourself to an anchor on a seat, and have a dish of chat for a dessert with the captain if he is a man of books, or with the pilot if he is a maniof reefs, rocks, and sand- bars; fish, cordwood, and smugglin or collisions, wracks, and salvage." And then how he describes to the life one of our clippers, and a specimen of such a yachtsman as I am happy to say there are many of amongst us:—" Well, give me a craft like this, that spreads its wings like a bird, and looks as if it was born, not made; then a wholesale breeze, and a seaman every inch of him on the deck, who looks you in the face, in a way as if he'd like to say, only braggin' ain't genteel, « Ain't she a clipper now, and ain't I the man to handle her? " A gallant English admiral thus describes one of our best yachtsmen and his craft:—" I had made many inquiries about B , and was always told he was a capital fellow, e'eat un brave garfon. He was a tall, robust, sailor- looking man, with a very good countenance; he was kind and unceremonious in his manner and very intelligent; the D is, as I have already said, a beautiful reality, and B handles her as if he had been brought up in a Peter- boat." Such are the men we are prond of in our yachtsmen ranks, and the spirit of emulation, kept alive amongst us by racing, adds to them every year; the prizes offered annually are worthy of being gallantly won, and nothing makes a man a more thorough yachtsman than a few seasons' experience amongst the silken banners of our racing fleet; he acquires a practical knowledge of seamanship, a clear insight into the best methods of working his vessel, from the different opportunities for comparison afforded by the evolutions of his antagonists ; and a self- confidence in hia resources, and a reliance on the abilities of his craft, is engendered from the experience acquired during hard matches in bad weather, for it is perfectly astonishing the weight of wind and sea that yachts will go through harmless during the excitement of a race; and the posit'ons they have been placed in, and passed scatheless through, are subject's of wonderment upon cool re- flection. Such incidents closely resemble those of the hunting field, where, in the heat of the moment, feats are accomplished that never would be thought of in cold blood ; and as hunting developes all those characteristics that distinguish a brilliant cavalry officer, so our aquatic struggles develop the essentials to naval command. The following will be found a pretty accurate list of the prizes offered for competition during the season of 1862, both by our royal yacht clubs and at the outport stations round the coast:— The Royal Thames Yacht Club, which in the value of their prizes, and from the excellence of their arragements, may be said to stand at the head of yacht clubs, gave 13 prizes, consisting of a Tea Service by Hancock, value £ 100, with a second prize of ai Claret Jug and Pair of Goblets by Garrard, value £ 40, for first- class cutters over 35 tons. A Cup, value £ 100, to the Marina. Mr J. C. Morice. A Silver Tankard, value £ 40, for first prize, and a Silver Basket, value £ 20, second prize, for third- class cutters of from 12 to 20 tons. A Silver Claret Jug and Stand by Smith and Nicholson, value 50gs, first prize, and a Silver Claret Jug and Stand by Garrard, value 20gs, to the second yacht, for second- class cutters of from 20 to 35 tons. A Silver Claret Jug and Stand by Smith and Nicholson, value 30gs, to the first yacht, and a 8ilver Butter Cooler by the same makers, value £ 10, to the second yacht, for fourth- class cutters of from 7 to 12 tons. A Silver Vase, value £ 40, to thefirstvessel, and a Silver Cup, value £ 10, to the second, for an extra match for vessels that had never won a prize, 20 tons and upwards. For the schooner match on Monday, June 23, for vessels of from 75 to 200 tons, a Silver- gilt Shield by Garrard, value £ 100, to the first Yacht, and for the second a Pair of Silver Claret Goblets, value £ 40, by Hancock of Bruton- street. Total value of prizes, £ 605. The Royal London Yacht Club gave a Silver- gilt Decanter value £ 30 to the first yacht, and a Purse of £ 10 to the second, for second- class yachts of from 10 to 20 tons. A Silver Vase, value ££ 5, to the first vessel, and a purse of £ 5 to the second, for third- class yachts up to 10 tons, A Piece of Pla'K-, value £ 15, to the first yacht, and a Purse of £ 5 to the second, for an extra match between ves- sels not exceeding 6 tons, C. M. A Piece of Plate, value £ 50, to the first yacht, and Plate, value £ 10, to the second, for'first- class vessels above 20 tons ; and an extra match for yachts that had never won a prize or been launched within a year previously, first prize a Sil- ver Vase and Salver ( presented by Commodore Arcedeckne), value £ 40, and the second prize a Silver Teapot, value £ 10, ( presented by Vice- Commodore H. F. Smith). Value ef prizes— Plate £ 180, Money £ 20. Total value. £ 200. The NorfoVk and Suffolk Yacht Club gave three first- class prizes of £ 12 each for cutters, and three second prizes of £ 8 each for the second yacht ® ; also three prizes for latteeners of £ 12 each, and a private match for £ 15 15s. Total value, £ 111 15s. The Prince ot Wales Yacht. Club gave a Silver Cup and Cover value 20gs ( presented by Mr H. Dodd) for the first yacht, and a Silver Cup, value £ 5, for'the second yacht, for vessels of from 10 to 15 tons. A Piece of Plate, value £ 20, to the first vessel, and a Silver Gup, value 5gs, to the second vessel, for yachts not over 12 tons ; and, for the last match of the season, a Piece of Plate, value 10g. « , to whieh was added a Sweepstakes of £ 10 each, and for the second prize a Telescope and Compasses ( presented by Mr Burton). To- tal value of prizes stated. £ 61 15s. The Temple Yacht Club gave prizes value £ 7, and a private match JOT £ 18. Total value, £ 25. The Royal Northern Yacht Club gave a Purse of £ 100, for yachts of 30 tons and upwards. A Purse of £ 30, for yachts of from 10 to 30 tons. A Purse of £ 8, for vessels under 10 tons. A Purse of £ 50, for vessels of 30 tons and upwards. A Purse of £ 50, for schooners of 30 tons and upwards, with a second prize of a Saloon Compass ( presented by Mr R. Park, of Greenock), value £ 6. A Purse ot £ 20, for yachts of from 8 to 30 tons ; and a Purse of £ 5, for yachts under 5 tons. Total value of prizes, £ 271 8s. The Ranelagh Yacht Club gave a Silver Cup and Cover, value 15gs, for the first yacht, and a Silver Goblet, value 5gs, for the second yacht; both prizes presented by Mr C. J. Hampton. A Piece of Plate, value 12gs, presented by the Commodora Colonel Evelyn; and a second Prize of Plate presented by the treasurer, Mr Lent. hall, value 6gs. Total value of prizes, £ 39 18s. The Royal Western Yacht Club of Ireland gave a Silver Vase, value £ 100, for yachts of 10 tons and upwards. The Lord Lieu tenant's Cut), value £ 25. A Silver Vase, value £ 50, for an Ocean Race from Kingston to Queenstown, with the entrance fees, value £ 13 18s 6d for the second vessel. Value— Plate, £ 175; Money, £ 13 18s 6d. Total value, £ 188 18s 6d. The Royal St George's Yacht Club gave a Purse of £ 100 for yachts of 30 tons and upwards. A Purse of £ 30 for yachts under 30 tons. A Purse of £ 20 for yachts of 15 tons and under. A Piece of Plate presented by theRoyal Irish YachtClub, open to all yachts, value 60gs. A Piece of Plate for schooners and luggers, value 75gs, and a Purse of £ 20 for yachts of 20 tons and under. Value of prizes— Plate, £ 141 15s; Purses, £ 170. Total value of prizes. £ 311 15s. The Royal Mersey YachtClub gave a Piece of Plate, value £ 100, for first and second class cutters. A Piece of Plate, value £ 100, for schooners and yawls. The Ladies' Cup, value lOOgs, for yachts of 15 tons and upwards, presented by the ladies of Liverpool. The Worshipful the Mayor's Cup. presented by Mr Hutchinson, value 50gs, for vessels of 12 tons and upwards, that had not won a prize for the three years previously: and the Club Prize of a Cup, value 25gs, for yachts of the third class. Total value of prizes, £ 383 15s. The Royal Cork Yacht Club gave a Purse of £ 50 for yachts of 50 tons and upwards. A Purse of £ 4Q for yachts of from 25 to 50 tons. A Purse of £ 20 for yachts of from 15 to 25 tons A Purse of £ 100 open to all classes of yachts. A Purse of £ 50 for schooners. The Carroll Challenge Cup, presented by Mr J. Carroll, value £ 50, for vessels belonging to the Royal'Cork Yacht Club, with a Purse of £ 10 added by the club. And a Purse of £ 15 for vachts not exceeding 15 tons. Value of prizes— Plate, £ 50 ; Purses, £ 285. Total value, £ 335. The Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club gave a piece of Plate, value 60gs, to the first vessel, with a Purse of £ 10 to the second, open to all yachts. A Silver Cup, value 20gs. A Silver Cup, value 20gs, to the first boat, and a Purse of lOgs to the second boat, for local sailing vessels. And Lord Londesborough presented £ 50 for local sailing matches. Value of prizes— Plate, £ 115; Purses, £ 60. Total, £ 175. The Royal Harwich Yacht Club gave a Piece of Plate, value 50gs. presented by Commodore Lord Rendlesham, for vessels of 15 tons and upwards. A Gold Cup, value 70gs, presented by the Borough Members, Capt Jervis and the Hon Col Rowley, for vessels of 20 tons and upwards. A Piece of Plate, value 30gs, for yachts belonging to the R. H. Y. C. APiece of Plate, value lOgs, and a Purse of £ 10, the latter presented by Capt 8ir George Broke Middleton. Value of prizes— Plate, £ 168 ; Purse, £ 10. Total, £ 178. The Clyde Model Yacht Club gave Pieces of Plate of the value of 15, 12. 10, and 8gs respectively, and the Club Challenge Cup, value £ 40, with a Purse of £ 5 added. Value of prizes- Plate. £ 87 5s: Purse. £ 5. Total, £ 92 5s. The Royal Welsh Yacht Club gave the Prince of Wales Cup, value 40gs". The Royal Welsh Cup, value 20gs, and a Purse for sailing local boats, £ 9. Value of prizes— Plate, £ 63; Purse, £ 9. Total, £ 72. The Royal Victoria Yacht Club did not hold any regatta, but the ascertained values of private matches were £ 70, and the Ocean Match from Ryde to Plymouth, for a Sweepstakes of £ 5 each, j 7 vessels starting, with a Sweep of £ 20 added. Total value, £ 125. | The Roy al Western Yacht Club of England gave a Purse of £ 50 j to thefirst vessel, and a Purse of £ 10 to the second vessel, for cutters ! over 20 tons. A Purse of £ 30. A Cup, value £ 25, presented by Com- j modore the Earl Vane, for schooners manned by amateurs. A Purse of £ 25. A Cup of the value of lOgs, presented by Mr J. R. Newcombe, for yachts under 10 tons. A Purse of £ 5, for local sailing boats. A Purse of £ 60 to the first vessel, and one of £ 20 i to the second vessel, for schooners over 20 tons. A Cup, value ; £ 25, for cutters manned by amateurs, presented by Captain P. C. ! Lovett. The Ladies' Plate, value £ 15, for yachts tinder 10 tons. A Purse of £ 3, given by the Tradesmen of the Royal Western Yacht Club. A Purse of £ 15, for local boats, and a Cup, value £ 10, presented by Mr Parse, for yachts of eight tons and under. Value of prizes— Plate. £ 85 10s; Purses, £ 223. Total, £ 308 10s. The above list gives tis the amount of prizes offered by the various clubs in plate—£ 2,164 16s, and in money £ 1,320 13s 6d, with a total value in both of £ 3,485 9s 6d for the season of 1862, as against £ 3,774 3s given in 1861. It must be remembered, however, that neither the Royal Yacht Squadron, nor the Royal Victoria Yacht Clubs gave any regattas during the past season, nor does the Wel- lington Yacht Club appear, so that thus the falling off above visible may be accounted for. The discrepancy of £ 288 13s 6d would be more than made up had these clubs given their usual annual prizes. The Irish Model Yacht Cltib sailed their usual matches throughout the season. Mr W. J. Doherty, of the Banba cutter, gave a handsome silver cup, to be sailed under the usual con- ditions, namely, that the yachts should be manned and steered by members of the club. Mr E. T. Bolton, captain of the fleet, pre- sented a handsome binnacle and fluid compass, to be sailed for by the second, third, and fourth- class yachts. Two money prizes were given by the club, and the Perpetual Challenge Cup, the possession of which for the year confers the title of captain of the fleet. As the value of none of these prizes has been stated, I liava been unable to include them in the above list. Tbe Boston Yacht Club also gave a regatta, at which a Bub' SUPPLEMENT TO BELL'S LIFE IN < LONDON, FEBRUARY 15, 1863. Icription Cup was sailed for, the value of which was not stated, Mid its prizes have also had to be omitted. Besides these unavoidable omissions, there has been several pri- Tttte matches sailed during the season, namely, between the Enid and jEolus cutters, Royal Bt George's Yacht Ciub; the Albertine and Sultana schooners, and the Lotus and Resolution schooners, Eoyal Yacht Squadron; the Crosshouse iron yacht and the Frolic, at Southampton; and the Galatea and Red Gauntlet, Royal Vic- toria Yacht Club, the amount of the stakes for which I have been unable to ascertain. _ . At the various outport stations the following prizes have been offered:— At Southend Regatta there was a silver cup, value £ 50, for the first vessel, and a silver cup, value £ 30, to the second, pre- sented by Sir Morton Peto; a purse of £ 30 for the first vessel, and a purse of £ 15 for the second, presented by Mr Luard, for sea- going cruisers; value of prizes: plate £ 80, purses £ 45; total value, £ 125. At Swansea Regatta there were purses of £ 30, £ 15, and £ 5, for the first, second, and third yachts respectively; total value, £ 50. At Southampton West Quay there were prizes to the amount of £ 37. At Great Yarmouth there was a purse £ 50, open to all yachts; a purse of £ 30, for yawls; a purse of £ 40, for local cutters; and a purse of £ 20; total value, £ 140. At Lowestoft there was a purse of £ 25, for local cutters; a purse of £ 2 » , for yachts under 20 tons; a purse of £ 35; a purse of £ 18; and a purse • of £ 7; total value, £ 105. At Devonport there was a silver cup, value £ 6, and money prizes to local sailing vessels of £ 4 6s; total value, £ 10 6s. Wells- next- the- Sea gave a piece of plate, value £ 7 7s, for the first boat, and a purse of £ 3 3s to the second, with a purse of £ 3 to local sailing boats; value of prizes: plate£ 7 7s, purses £ 6 3s; total value, £ 13 l> 0s. At Kinsale Regatta there was the Members' Cup, value £ 50, with a purse of £ 15 added, and a purse of £ 15 for yachts of 15 tons and under; value of prizes: plate £ 50, purses £ 30; total value, £ 80. At Itchen Ferry Regatta, Southampton, there was a silver cup, value £ 15, a purse of £ 14, and a purse of £ 11, for small yachts; value of prizes: plate £ 15, purses £ 25; total value, £ 40. At Shoreham, a purse of £ 8 was given for local boats. At Dartmouth Royal Regatta, a purse of £ 20 was given for yachts up to 35 tons, and two purses of £ 11 and £ 10 respectively, for local boats; total value, £ 41. At Lough Key Regatta there was a challenge cup, the value of which was not stated, and two purses of the value of £ 25 and £ 10 respectively; total value stated, £ 35. At Northumberland Re- gatta, Tynemoutli, there was a silver cup for yachts, value £ 30. At Great Yarmouth Water Frolic there was a piece of plate value 10 guineas for small cutter yachts, and one value 10 guineas for latteen- rigged yachts; total value, £ 21. At Hastings and St Leo- nard's there was a purse of £ 10 for local sailing- boats. At Torbay there was a purse of £ 50 for schooners, a purse of £ 60 for first- class cutter yachts, and a purse of £ 20 for second class yachts; total value, £ 130. At Weymouth Regatta there was a purse of £ 50 presented by the borough members for vessels up to 80 tons, a purse of £ 25 for vessels up to 35 tons, a purse of £ 10 foryachts not exceeding 15 tons, and a purse of £ 5 for small vessels; total value, £ 90. At Dover there was a purse of £ 25 to the first vessel, - and of £ 5 to the second, for yachts of 20 tons and upwards; a purse of £ 10 for vessels under 20 tons, with a sweepstakes added; and a purse of £ 20 for luggers: total value, £ 60. At Folkestone Regatta there w* sa purse of £ 20 for yachts of 20 tons and under, a purse of £ 20 for luggers, and a purse of £ 10 for local sailing- boats : total value, £ 50. At Deal and Walmer there was a purse of £ 17 for luggers. At Bute and Cowal Regatta, Rothesay Bay, there was a silver cup, value £ 15, presented by Mr J. R. Kirby, of the Violet schooner, with a purse of 10 guineas added, for yachts under 20 tons; a silver cup, value £ 20, pre- sented by MrL. Campbell, of South Hall, for yachts under 10 tons, and a purse of £ 7 for yachts under 5 tons. Value of prizes: Plate £ 35, purses £ 17 10s— total £ 52 10s. At Lynn Regatta, prizes for small yachts and local sailing boats amounted to £ 10 10s; and at Hythe Regatta there were purses of £ 15, £ 14, £ 10, £ 6, and £ 8 respectively, for sailing yachts: total value £ 53. The above list will give the value of the list of prizes for the out- ports in 1862, in plate £ 244 7s, and in purses £ 964 9s, and a total value of £ 1,208 16s. This, as against the amount, given in 1861, viz, £ 1,606 8s, also exhibits a falling off to the amount of £ 397 12s, It will, however, be taken in consideration, that many of the moving spirits that organise these coast regattas took their holi- day at Kensington instead of by the sea, and the roving yachts- man has had to put up with a slight deficiency of sport in conse- quence. The amounts given in prizes to be sailed for during the season of 1862, by the various clubs and at the outport stations, was in plate £ 2,409 3s, and in purses of sovereigns ± 2,285 2s 6d, making a total of £ 4,694 5s 6d. The amount given in 1861 was £ 5,380 lis, consequently 1862 shows a deficiency of £ 686 5s 6d. The foregoing lists and calculations are compiled from such in- formation as may be relied on, and will, I think, be found tolerably accurate ; entire accuracy can never be assumed where the opera- tions are so very diffuse. I have no doubt that some regattas may have been held, and prizes given, respecting which no informa- tion has been given, but of those known the above will be found averagely correct. In our colonies yachting is as ardently pursued and spiritedly supported as in the " old country;" and many of the " ould country sarpints'' have adventured for new laurels in the distant waters of the Australian bays. The formation of an Australian yacht squadron in the waters of Port Jackson has been accom- plished, with Sidney for the head quarters of the club. The ad- venturous voyage of the celebrated schooner Chance, to Sidney, has been fully recorded in these pages ; she now bears the broad pendant of the squadron there, her spirited owner, Mr W. Walker, being commodore, with Mr J. Wilson, jun, Era yacht, as vice- commodore, and Mr H. C. Dangar, of the Peri cutter, 18| tons, treasurer. This promises to become an important yacht club ; it has already received a large accession of members, and • will, doubtless, be liberally supported in such a prosperous co- lony. The anniversary day of the foundation of the colony, in 1788, is held as a grand jubilee by the people of Sydney; and, as indicative of the thoroughly English feeling that pervades the annual regatta of'the club, constitutes the great event of the day; henceforward we may look to the 26th of January for the doings of our aquatic brethren at the antipodes. They commenced their season of 1862 with a race for a piece Of plate, value 75 guineas, and a second prize of plate, value 25 guineas; five yachts con- tended, four being of 10 tons each, and the winner, the Peri, 18| tons, built for the treasurer, by Mr Cuthbert of Sydney. Amongst the ten- tonners was our old friend, the Why Not, of Itchen Ferry, built by Hatcher. This is the fifth yacht from England that the spirited enterprise of Australian yachtsmen has intro- duced into the colony. Our old friends, the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, have had an excellent season, and several stirring matches, the great feature in which has been the struggle for the Prince of " Wales's beautiful Challenge Cup, which confers upon its holder a silver commemorative medal, and the title for the year of Champion of the Lakes. The members of this club, acting upon the principle which has organised such a splendid defensive force at home, have formed themselves into a naval brigade of volun- teers, and, under the able command of Capt Stupart, R. N., with the hon sec, Mr W. Armstrong, as lieutenant, compose a gallant little band of well- drilled effectives, perfect in the rifle, and no mean proficients in the great gun exercise, their club yacht, armed with " Long Toms,'' affording them practical means of acquiring a military knowledge in naval warfare and discipline that would, without doubt, enable them to play a distinguished part, should a bold invader attempt to force the passage of Lake Ontario. At Bermuda, the Royal Bermudian Yacht Club had their usual annual meeting, when Prince Alfred's Cup produced a fine match between the far- famed " Mudians." Our aquatic neighbours across the Straits evince a determination to na- tionalise our great English sport. The prizes at the annual meet- ing at Boulogne, on Monday, July 14, were— for the first yacht, a gold medal, accompanied by a purse of l, 000f, and for the se- cond vessel a gold anchor. A French yacht, the Corsair, distin- guished herself by carrying off the golden mud hook; our old friend the Emmet adorning herself with the medal and pocketing the francs. Verily, if the French clippers turn out with such ground tackle we Britishers must look out. We have heard of the Mediterranean being changed into a French lake, but from the fact of nearly some forty English clipper schooners and cutters making it their cruising ground this past autumn, the contemplated change appears more remote than ever; never has the British element been more rife in the Mid Earth Sea, and our Gallic friends have given us a courteous challenge for a " passage at canvas," during the spring, at Cannes, in the department of the Var, for which, we are informed, several French yachts are actually building, and a veritable Yankee crack expected (?). Marseilles, Toulon, and Cannes, against New York, and nous verrons, open to yachts of all nations, of from 40 to 200 tons, the Solent, St George, Clyde, and the Thames in particular. VANDERDECKEN. MATCH SAILING, MR EDITOR : Your kindness in inserting my letter of the lst inst encourages me to trouble you with a second upon the subject of match sailing, and to point out that it is almost the only sport which has no recognised or general code of rules for its guidance, nor any central authority to whom disputes can be referred. There are, no doubt, plenty of royal yacht clubs, but there is no unity of action amongst them, nor do their members generally care much about yacht racing, the tasterfor which is confined to comparatively a few, even amongst yaclitmen. If a club could be formed amongst the owners of racing yachts and the admirers of the sport similar in its constitution to the Jockey Club amongst the patrons of horse racing, and the National Club of the coursing fraternity, it would, in my humble judgment, prove a great assist ance to yacht racing, and protection to tne owners and the public. The number of members should be limited, say to some forty or fifty, and taken chiefly from owners of racing vessels, with as many of the flag officers and committee of the royal yacht clubs as -< can be induced to join it. The subscription very small, merely sufficient to make up a fund for expenses and to pay the salary of a secretary, and the rent of an office in London to which letters could be addressed, and where meetings could be held three or four times a year for the purpose, in the first instance, of framing, and afterwards of altering and amending, from time to time, a national code of sailing regulations, as changes in the con- struction of yachts and circumstances might require ; of hearing and determining questions sent to them by the committees of the various regattas ; of appointing stewards f » r the year, similar to the stewards of the Jockey Club; and such matters. Books should be kept at the office, in which the names of owners and sailing masters who had been convicted Of wilfully sailing their vessels in a foul and improper manner, or of breaking the code of sailing regulations, should be registered, and from which notice should be sent to regattas held under those rules, in order to prevent such persons entering or sailing yachts until all damages caused by their conduct and fines inflicted had been paid. A club of this land, well managed, and joined by a sufficient number of yacht owners, would be found of great use, and need not rouse the jea- lousy of or clash with any of the royal yachtclubs, many of whom would be glad to see a good and universal set of sailing regula- tions drawn up, which could be easily done if such a club was in • existence, but is now very difficult, for want of such a central authority to carry out its provisions and enforce its penalties ; and therefore each club goes on under its own sys- tem, often in many points differing from its neighbour. Owners are puzzled, and the unscrupulous sail their craft as they like, sure that even if they are found out at one regatta breaking rules or sailing improperly and disqualified, no notice will betaken of it at the next port. I am sure the establishment of such a club would be advantageous as a permanent tribunal, even if we have the congress of commodores and delegates from the different yacht clubs, which " Vanderdecken" recommends, and which I have heard talked of for many years. No doubt, if such a body did meet, the rales they would put forward would have great au- thority; but unless they7 had some practical racing men amongst them who know where the shoe pinches, and a set of rules ready cut and dry, I fear little could be done in the time such men would give to it, and unless there was some means of enforcing rules, they are of little use, although I should be glad at least to see uniformity in the mode of starting, measurement, time, al- lowance, & c. I may add, with respect to my former letter, that its suggestions have been most favourably taken up and approved by the majority of the clubs mentioned in it, and by all the yachtsmen I have since, consulted. Some of the sailing com- mittees have passed resolutions in accordance with them, and others have promised to do so, if the Royal Thames Yacht Club will do so. The decision therefore virtually rests with it, and I am all impatience to see through your columns what will be done in the matter.— Yours, & c. Dublin. RED, WITH WHITE MALTESE CROSS. bags! Against the shifting of the shot bags, sealing down the boards is no security; nor is there, indeed, any other safeguard than actually to search every vessel before she starts as rigidly as Custom House officers looking for spirits and tobacco. No honest match- saiiing owner would object to such a search, because we all know that we cannot answer for our men, though we may answer for ourselves, in the fair sailing of our vessels. If it be urged that it is hard on those who have equipped their yachts ( as part of their stores) with a large value of shot- bags, to be interdicted from the future use of them in their matches, let it be remembered that lead always fetches its price, and that, in the end, a consider- able expense will be saved. We refuse to allow centre- board boats in our matches, because they are called " sailing machines;" now, really, a vessel, the speed of which depends on shifting ballast, far better deserves that epithet, for she becomes not only a machine, but a machine which the least negligence is likely to upset, and which relies for success rather on the labours of the crew in pitching shot- bags to windward, than on their skill and judgment in the handling of their vessel. A fixed rule of search, with a signed declaration, as suggested by " Red with White Cross,'' would at once put a stop to a practice generally blamed, and would give satisfaction to every one who desires a sailing match to be a real and honest trial of a yacht's qualities. Feb 2,1863. RED CROSS. MR EDITOR ; Heartily agreeing with your correspondents on the immediate expediency of making general rules as to shifting ballast, measurement, and classification of racing yachts, that shall obviate the present confusion on these subjects in future, and leading to disputes, and actually ending in many of our best yacht owners refusing to hoist a racing flag, may I request space to mention the following facts, which occurred last year, proving the necessity of some general rule being adopted 1 In the Dublin and Kingstown Regatta the Circe and Galatea ( inter alia) sailed by- Thames measurement ( which measurement I hope to see adopted everywhere this year), and were respectively— Circe, 135 tons ; Galatea, 131 tons. The Circe thus gave time. At Plymouth these identical vessels sailed— Circe as 128 tons, Galatea as 143 tons ; that is, the latter vessel gave 7£ minutes to the former, instead of receiving time. Better have no time at all than such absurdity as this. By the regulations of the Plymouth managers the Galatea had to allow the Violet, in the same race 55j minutes, the course being three times round ; but as the day was light ( all against the large vessels), the race was stopped at twice round, and the Violet took second and third prizes ( as she was sailing two races at once) by time, the Galatea having only beaten her forty- nine minutes on two- thirds of the course, and having to allow the full time, as if it had been all the distance. May I add that sailing by register is the worst mode of all, as by the regulations a vessel, lengthened to improve her, will be taken as by rule No. 2, instead of rule No. 1, which is very disadvantageous to the lengthened vessel. I hope this subject will not be allowed to sleep, but that the flag officers of our large sporting clubs, such as the Thames, Mersey, Victoria, & c, & c, will meet or correspond, and adopt some general rules on these vexed points; not forgetting, as they appear to have done at Liverpool, some rules against the new water ballast shift- ing, raising, and depressing dodge, as well as the comparatively harmless old shot bags; and I feel sure that " Our Commodores" will have the hearty thanks of all yacht owners who wish to see all fair and above board, and the best vessel win.— Yours, & e, R. Y. Y. C., Ryde, Feb 9, 1863. A WITCH ON A BROOM. MR EDITOR : Having read in your paper of last Saturday two excellent articles on " shifting ballast," I beg to say that I agree with the writers of them in everything except the possibility of stopping it, and, as " Vanderdecken" truly remarks, " there is no being up to flying Jack's contrivances." It strikes me that attempt- ing to put a stop to a practice, the use of which is of such immense advantage to a vessel, and, above all, one thatthere is no possibility of proving whether any of the contending yachts employed it or not ( though you may have the strongest possible presumptive evidence), is merely putting a premium on dishonesty, which vir- tue is plentiful enough in the world without receiving any extra en- couragement. I am, therefore, of opinion that it is better to allow vessels to shift as much as they like. Now one of the arguments against shifting ballast is, that it reduces the number of con- tending vessels at regattas, in consequence of owners not liking to knock about their cabins. Granted; but will it not still more re- duce them if the rules at present in force against shifting ballast are still persevered with ( in the face of ocular demonstration that it cannot be put a stop to), for where shifting is allowed it is only people who are a little particular about their comfert who are ex- cluded, whereas under the present system men that will not infringe the rules will, in a very short time, find that it is per- fectly useless starting their boats against less scrupulous indivi- duals, the result of which will be that yacht racing will shortly arrive at a very low ebb, in place of being an aristocratic sport, the honours of which the highest in the land may covet, and of which England may justly feel proud. I see by your publication of to- day that the Royal Mersey Yacht Club have taken up the matter in a somewhat proper form, but, if I might be allowed to suggest a slight improvement, I would recommend having the • winning yacht searched by a competent person appointed by the committee, and there would be no offence to any one, as it would be a matter of course, and it would be far more satisfactory to the beaten yacht. I would certainly make them all sign their declaration before the start, as the committee purpose doing, and if the club rigorously enforce their rules, I think that it is a fair step towards the suppression of that greatest of nuisances, shifting ballast.— Yours, & c, BLUE, Saturday, Feb 7, 1863. MR EDITOR : As the important question of shifting ballast during yacht races has thus early been brought forward in your pages, it would be well to impress upon the sailing committees of our leading yacht clubs the necessity that exists for some com- bined plan of action amongst them, and that whatever they de- termine upon should be notified at as early a period as possible through the medium of your columns, so that yachtsmen may know in what way to prepare their vessels for the approaching season. The Royal Mersey Yacht Club with praiseworthy promp- titude has grappled with the question, and their decision is now before yachtsmen, who know what they may expect in the Mer- sey. I shall repeat their rule, as it will save trouble in referring to your last file, and I trust this letter may attract the attention of some of the active members of committees towards bringing the subject under immediate consideration:— " ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.— Rule respecting ballast for their matches of 1863 :— " That during the match no trimming or shifting of ballast be allowed ; all ballast to be under platforms or in lockers, and that no prize be awarded to any yacht which shall have on board when sailing in the match bags of shot, rivets, punchings, or any other kind of ballast, for the purpose of trimming or shifting; and that before starting the owner, or his representative, and sailing master shall sign a declaration that no such ballast is on board ; and the owner, or his representative, and sailing master of the winning vessel shall also sign a second declaration that no ballast has been shitted on board his vessel during the match !" If the Royal Thames, Royal Western, Royal Cork, Royal St George, Royal Northern, Royal Victoria, and Royal Western of England wiil now follow suit, and declare that the same rule shall be followed at their meetings, the object will be accom- plished, and the principle involved in the rule receive a fair trial; but if these clubs now hold back, the question will remain in quite as much doubt and perplexity as it is at present. Yachtsmen, if they were made aware at once of the stringent, and general adoption of this rule, would be enabled to have their spars and canvas reduced, and their ballast properly arranged ; get rid of their shot bags or other shifting ballast, and so be ready to come to the starting buoys fully prepared for this new order of things. If such is not done, the result will be that vessels at- tending the Mersey Regatta will have to land their shifting bal- last to comply with the rule, and take in other and additional solid ballast to enable them to stand up to their present enormous racing canvas; and then when leaving for other regattas where a loop- hole of evasion may still be permitted to exist in the rules, back must come the shot bags again, and out with the solid metal, and the evils'complained of will be as rampant as ever. As it wiil take some little time at fitting out to make the necessary altera- tions in spars and sails, and to obtain the trim of a vessel under a different arrangement of the ballast, it is almost needless to point out the necessity for immediate action upon the part of the committees of the leading clubs. I am aware at present of one committee that are completely puzzled as to what to do, and wait to see what determination the other clubs will come to. As the shifting of ballast has been an evil long and loudly complained of, there can scarcely be a doubt that instant co- operation will set the matter at rest. Compliance with the general feeling that seems to exist upon the subject cannot be visited by blame from any quarter, but by keeping yacht owners in suspense much irijury may be done in leaving them to the last moment unaware as to what rule they may be required to sail under at the principal regattas. Several new vessels are now in course of construction for the matches of 1863, and much expense might be saved to their owners at the outset.— Yours, & c, SINBAD. twenty- two lives from different wrecks on our coast. In- teresting reports were read from the inspector and as- sistant inspector of lifeboats of the institution on their recent visits to its lifeboat establishments on various parts of the English coast. During the past month the institution had stationed two new lifeboats on the coast— one at New Brighton, near Liverpool, and the other at Newhaven, in lieu of a smaller boat which had been previously stationed at the latter place. A grand demon- stration had taken place at Liverpool on the occasion of the launch of the New Brighton lifeboat, and it was supposed that between 50,000 and 60,000 persons had turned out to witness the interesting proceedings. During the late fearful gale on the Lancashire coast the lifeboat house of the institution at Fleetwood had been com- pletely carried away, owing to the force of the wind and the ex- traordinary high tide. The lifeboat house at Southport was also seriously damaged during the same violent gale. A lifeboat on the plan of the institution had just been forwarded by the lifeboat builders, Messrs Forrestt, to New Zealand. The following lega- cies to the institution were reported at the meeting:—£ 210 from the late Mr Thomas Robinson, commercial traveller, of Manches- ter ; £ 210 from Mr J. Jolly, farmer, of Enstone; and £ 500 from Mr T. A. Venables, of Worcester. Payments amounting to £ 1,240 having been made on various lifeboat stations, the proceedings terminated. SHIFTING BALLAST. MR EDITOR : In reference to the admirable letter signed " Red • with White Cross," on the subject of shifting ballast, which has really become a serious grievance to those who desire, fair trial of their vessels, I beg to offer a few remarks for the chance of your thinking them worth insertion in your paper. By the original rules of the Thames Club, no boat was allowed to carry more than three sails. What was the result ? The mainsails and spars became so < lisptoportioned that every one was obliged to have two sets, and if a strong breeze of wind came on during a match the boats were so smothered and crippled that it was almost matter of luck who could stagger through and win. This evil cured itself by the ad- mission, some twenty years ago, of gaff topsails; so that, large as the mainsails still are, there is no longer the absurd disproportion of former times, and match sails are in truth but little larger than a summer sail may generally be found. By this change much ex- pense is prevented, and there < is more exercise for skill and judgment, as regards setting and lowering topsails according to the weather, than when only three sails were allowed. Now the " shot bag system'' is quite as absurd and as injurious to the fair trial of a vessel in a match as ever was the preposterous mainsail alluded to; indeed, it is even worse, because, at least, there was no trick or concealment in carrying monster mainsails, but the " shot- bag system" is trick and underhand work altogether, 60 much so, that many an owner - who would despise to take an unfair advantage himself, is de- ceived by his men, who will get at the bags and shift them, un- jMsrceived by him, while he is thinking only of his sails andfcelm Will it be believed that an offer made last year to purchase op. e of the fastast ten- ton boats on the Thames drew out the fact that Above £ 60 was to be added or allowed for her equipments shst EOYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. A meeting of this institution was held on Thursday, Feb 5, at its house, John- street, Adelphi; Thomas Chapman, Esq., F. R. S., V. P., in the chair. There were also present Lord Henry Choi- mondeley; Captain Sir Edward Perrott, Bart; Admiral M'Hardy • Admiral Sir G. Sartorius; Colonel Palmer, High Sheriff Elect of Essex ; Admiral Washington, F. R. S., Hydrographer of the Admiralty; Alexander Boetefeur, Esq; Admiral Bullock; Captain J. B, Ward, R. A., Inspector of Lifeboats to the Institution; and Richard Lewis, Esq, the Secretary. A letter was read from the Archbishop of Canterbury, expressing the pleasure he experienced in becoming a Vice- President of the institution. £ 12 were voted to the crew of the lifeboat stationed at Braunton North Devon, for putting off on the lst ult, and rescuing, during a gale ef wind, the master, his wife, and eighteen of the crew of the ship Louisa of Bristol. The vessel was being towed over Bideford bar by two steam tugs in a very heavy sea, when the towing ropes parted, and the ship drifted headlong amongst the breakers, and afterwards became a total wreck. The lifeboat was said to have behaved admirably on the occasion. £ 7 10s were also granted to the crew of the lifeboat of the society at Broughty Ferry, near Dundee, for putting off and saving the crew of three men from the ketch Neuha, of Berwick- on- Tweed, which was totally wrecked during foggy weather on the Abertay Sand- bank, River Tay, on the 4th ult. This valuable lifeboat is called the Mary Hartley, after a lady of that name resident in Exeter who had zealously collected from her friends and others the cost of the boat. £ 8 15s were also voted to the crew of the insti- tution's lifeboat stationed at Lytham for going off in reply to signals of distress from the bark Rubin of Liverpool, which during a fearful gale of wind, was totally wrecked on the Salthouse Sand- bank on the 21st ult. The lifeboat had to be con- veyed, on her transporting carriage, a distance of five miles to windward of the wreck, when she was at once launehed and succeeded, amidst heavy seas, in rescuing the shipwrecked men and in bringing them ashore amidst the cheers of a large con- course of spectators. This valuable lifeboat has been the means during the past few months, of rescuing the lives of thirty- nine shipwrecked persons. Voted also £ 13 10s to the crew of the Pake- field lifeboat, which is in connection with the institution, for put- ting off and rescuing the crew of thirteen men from the bark Bonnie Dundee, of Dundee, which, during a gale of wind was totally wrecked on the Newcome Sand on the Suffolk coasto'n the 25th ult. Also £ 25 to the crew of the Caister large lifeboat of the institution, for putting oft and saving from a boat the crew of five men of the schooner Kezia, of Sunderland, which, in a very heavy sea, had struck on the Barber Sand on the Norfolk Coast on the 15th ult. A reward of £ 25 was likewise granted to the crew of the Caister lifeboat for putting oft on the 21st ult., in reply to signals of distress from the schooner Emily, of London, which had stranded on the Scroby Sands during stormy weather and heavy seas. The lifeboat crew succeeded, with the assistance of a steam- tug, in taking her and her crew of three men safelv into Yarmouth harbour. Also £ 4 10s to the crew of the Moelfe ( Anglesey) lifeboat of the institution for putting off and saving the crew of three men from the smack St Patrick, of Bangor, which, during a gale of wind, was observed in a perilous position in Red Wharf Bay, near the scene of the fearful wreck of the Royal Charter. Fortunately, the smack held by her anchor through the night, and the next merning the lifeboat again put the men on boardjtheir vessel, which afterwards proceeded on her voyage. Also £ 6 10s to the crew of the Holyhead lifeboat, for put- ting off and rendering important services to the bark Medea of Liverpool, which was observed to be dragging her anchors during a heavy gale of wind near Penrhyn Point, on the Anglesey coast on the 20th ult. The lifeboat fortunately arrived alongside in time to slip the vessel's chains, and run her on to the sands, instead of the rocks upon which she was fast driving. £ 710s were also voted to pay the expenses of the society's lifeboat at North Berwick in putting off on the 29th ult, and rescuing from inevitable destruction the fishing boat Elizabeth of that place, and her crew of three men She was observed to carry away her mast during a heavy squall and to be in imminent danger of drifting upon the rocks and being dashed to pieces. £ 13119s 6d were ordered to be paid as expenses on the institution's lifeboats at Yarmouth, Caister, Porthcawl Pake- field, Southport, Selsey, and Blakeney, in putting off in replies to signals of distress from vessels which did not, however ultimately require the services of the lifeboats. The lifeboats of the institution had behaved admirably throughout the late fearful gales: not a single accident having happened either to the boatsor their gallant crews. It is nardly possible to conceive what some of these noble fellows endure in this humane service. At the signal of distress from a disabled ship, they often turn out from their beds at mid- night do do battle with storms, whose force, combined with ter- rific seas, were enough to appal and alarm any man. The Silver Medal of the institution was presented to Mr William John far- mer, in acknowledgment of his gallant conduct, in rushing'into the surf and assisting to rescue, at great risk of life, the crew of twelve men from the Russian bark Henri Sorensin, which, during a gale of wind, was wrecked on Breakwater Point, Glamorgan on the night of the 19th ult. The Society also voted £ 3 to three other men who had laudably assisted Mr John on this occasion. Rewards amounting to £ 19, were granted to the crews of various shore hosts for their valuable services during the late stormy weather, " CRICKET. SURREY COUNTY CLUB. A special meeting of the committee, fully attended, was held at Garraway's, on Feb 3. H. Marshall, Esq, president, in the chair. The secretary submitted the correspondence which had passed between the Surrey and Nottingham Clubs, and the committee then expressed their unanimous opinion that a fair and friendly offer had been made to the Nottingham committee to play the Surrey v Notts matches as usual, but they, at the same time, re- cognise the perfect right of the Nottingham Club to decline it. It was also unanimously resolved that in respect to the other matches the Surrey programme as advertised ( below) for the last two months shall be strictly adhered to, except as regards the Two Elevens, the arrangements of which shall be left to the players themselves. WM. BURRUP, Hon Sec. MAY 11, Oval— 11 Colts ( with captain) v 12 Gentlemen of Surrey Club ( Colts 25 vears limited). MAY 18, Oval— Surrey Colts v Sussex Colts ( 25 years limited). MAY 25, Oval— Gentlemen of Surrey Club v Gentlemen of the Manches- ter Club. MAY 28, Oval— Surrey Colts v Kent Colts ( 25 years limited). JUNE 4, Oval— Surrey v Yorkshire. JUNE 11, Oval— Surrey v Sussex. JUNE 15, Cambridge— Surrey v Cambridgeshire. JUNE 18, Oval— Surrey v 14 Cambridge University. JUNE 22, Canterbury— Surrey v Kent. JUNE 25, Oval— Surrey v 14 Oxford University. JULY 2^ 0val— Gentlemen v Players. JULY 9, Oval— Surrey v 14 Free Foresters. JULY 13, Brighton— Surrey v Sussex. JULY 16, Oval— Surrey v Kent. JULY 20, Oval— Surrey Club v South Wales. JULY 23, Oval— Surrey v Cambridgeshire. ' JULY 27, Sheffield— Surrey v Yorkshire. JULY 30, Oval— Surrey v Middlesex. AUGUST 3, Oval— Surrey v North England. AUGUST 10, Oval— Surrey Club v Southgate. AUGUST 13, Manchester— Gentlemen of Surrey Club v Gentlemen of Manchester. AUGUST 17, Oval— Surrey v England. AUGUST 20, Broughton, Manchester— Surrey v North England. AUGUST 24, Oval— All England v United, for Tom Sewell's benefit, AUGUST 27, Southgate— Surrey Club v Southgate. In having the above resolutions before us, we think it time that the position of professional players was accurately defined. We know what their status ought to be ; they ought to be ready and willing to play for their county whenever required, to do all in their power to promote cricket, sport and goodfellowship, by good play and good humour, to pocket their money contentedly with- out servility or cringing ; as the price paid and the price received is a fair bargain on both sides, which does not confer on the man who pays any right to assume an air of patronage or arro- gance, and whieh does not detract from the independence of the receiver. Two things have been brought under our notice lately, which certainly seem in our eyes very detrimental to the welfare of cricket; one is an alleged determination on the part of a clique in the Nottingham districts to upset the arrangement of a southern club, and the other is an open challenge which has ap- peared in a contemporary from a great betting man to back " his three men," Carpenter, Hayward, and Tarrant, against any other three men, for a thousand a side. If there is a solid foundation for the charge against the Nottingham party, we can only say that the players implicated in the conspiracy, or acting under the guid- ance of any player, are mistaking their position. It does not become players to make gate matches in the season, which they know must Interfere with important metropolitan matches, considering that any of those who are advertised to play would never have had more than a local reputation had it, not beenfor the introduction given to them by the London clubs. Of course we do not know anything of the merits of the case beyond what we glean from the letters which have been published. We cannot imagine that the Surrey Club would have made the grave accusations which they have done without some reason, nor do we believe poverty to be the sole rea- son for a county like Nottingham refusing to meet an old rival. At any rate we regret the position of affairs. Reverting to the other topic we trust that neither Mr Jackson " nor his three men" will imagine that we are making the slightest insinuation on their honour or good intentions, but we warn them that the very soul and existence of cricket is its popularity amongst all classes on account of its not being a game connected with gambling. We know the fact that matches were bought and sold when they were played for large stakes, and innings were bought and sold when the runs of players were backed against one another, and no amount of fair play on the part of Mr Jackson and his party will ever persuade the public that all is right. We complain of the new fashion, not of the performers. In- stead of Mr Jackson and his well- known team we may have some blackleg with a team of scoundrels next year, and if once an open robbery is perpetrated on the cricket field, the country gentleman and the country parson, who by their support of the village clubs maintain our cricket nurseries, will turn a cold shoulder on the game, and we shall feel a want which we cannot remedy or replace. We think also that players do not raise the dignity of their calling by allowing their names to be announced as " the three men" of any individual. We make these remarks in all good nature, feeling certain that the challenge was an error in judgment, and that Air Jackson and all lovers of cricket will think better of these matches for wagers, and leave the players to earn their bread honestly and independently, without mixing them up with gambling transactions. The players already earn an income which hundreds of military men and gentlemen in professions would jump at, and we advise them to be content with their present good pay, and not be tempted by golden baits to go out of their regular calling, as we believe that the time is not far off when some of the county clubs will exclude from their grounds men who play " wager matches," as well as men who import ill- feeling into our great national sport. ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN MATCHES. MAY 11, Sheffield— V 18 of Sheffield ( W. Slinn's benefit). MAY 14, Glasgow— V 22 of Clydesdale CIU'D. MAY 18, Berkenshaw, near Leeds— V 22. MAY 21, Manchester, Old Trafford— North v South. MAY 25, Lord's— V United ( benefit of Cricketers' Fund). MAY 28, Bath— V 22. JUNE 1, Halifax— v 22 of the district. JUNE 4, Old Trafford— V 16 of Manchester ( with two professionals). JUNE 8, Southampton- v 22 of Union Club. 7 JUNE 15, Dewsbury—• V 22. JUNE 18, Broughton— V 20. JUNE 25, Redditch— V 22. JULY 2, Morley— V 22. JULY 16, Hackwood Park— v 22 of Basingstoke. JULY 27, Walsall— V 22. JULY 30, Longsight— V 20. AUG 3, Boston Spa— v 22 of Boston Spa. AUG 6, Ashton- under- Lyne— V 22. AUG 17, Lawton Hall— V 22 of Cheshire. AVG 20, Harrogate— V 22. Auo 24, Scarborough— v 22 of the district. AUG 27, Liverpool— North v South. SUSSEX COUNTY CLUB ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the subscribers to the Sussex County Club was held at the York Hotel, last week. There were fourteen gentlemen present. The Hon R. Denman was voted to the chair. Mr B. STENT, the hon sec, commenced by reading the accounts of the past year, which had been examined and found correct. These showed a balance at the bankers' amounting to £ 51 Is 2d. Mr Stent said he was happy to say that last year they spent a larger sum of money than they usually did; but still, by the liberality of the gentlemen of the county, they had a trifling ba- lance to begin the season with this year. If any gentleman wished for information regarding any particular item, he should be pleased to give it.— No further remarks were made, and the accounts were then passed.— Mr Btent then proceeded to read the report, which was as follows:—" In presenting their report for the year 1862, the committee have much pleasure in adverting to the improved position of the Sussex County Club. Although they expended the sum of £ 290 last year, they now hold a balance of £ 50 in the hands of their bankers, while the general support given to the club has increased. As regards success in cricket, their prospects are brighter than they have been for some time. Out of four county matches played last year, Sussex gained three, and the colts who were tried have exhibited such fair promise that it may reasonably be expected that the county will soon regain somewhat of its ancient prestige. As to the other matches, their results were not quite so satisfactory; the colts won one match and lost the other, while the gentlemen lost three out of four. But the most gratifying point which the committee have to notice is that they have now got the management of the ground into their own hands. This object they have long desired to effect, and now that they have attained it they feel satisfied that the interests of cricket will be promoted in a way that was not before practicable. The very handsome way in which the gentle- men of the county have come forward by donations in the early part of last season and by the support latterly given to those who took the ground, is a convincing proof that they are most anxious to see cricket flourish; and, aided and supported by such power- ful assistance and sympathy, the committee feel every confidence that a brighter and more prosperous future awaits them. On the motion of Mr H. DEBING, it was resolved that the re- port be adopted, printed and circulated. The various officers were then reappointed, the only alteration made being in the committee, where the name of Lord Tumour was substituted for that of Major Parry, who has left the county. Mr STENT said he would now read the list of matches which he bad arranged for the year— of course, subject to the approval of the meeting, and any of them could, of course, be scratched. They had gone rather beyond their usual mark this year; but he hoped the necessary funds would be forthcoming. Mr Stent then read the following:— MATCHES FOR 1863. JUNEI, Brighton— the Secretary's Eleven ( gentlemen players) Y the Young Players of the County. JUNE 8. Lord's— the County of Sussex v Marylebone Club and Ground. JUNE 11, Oval— Sussex v Surrey. JUNE 15, Brighton— Nine Gentlemen of Sussex and Two Players v Nine Gentlemen of Wilts and Two Players. JUNE 25, Brighton— Sussex v Kent. JULY 6, Brighton— Gentlemen of Sussex v Gentlemen of Hants. JULY 13, Brighton— Sussex v Surrey ( return). JULY 20, Salisbury— Sussex v Wilts ( return). JULY 30, Kent— Sussex v Kent ( return). AUG 10, Southampton— Sussex v Hants ( return). AUG 17, Brighton— Sussex V Marylebone ( return). AUG 20, Brighton— Gentlemen of Sussex v Quidnuncs. Mr STENT then said he wished to call the attention of the meet- ing to another subject. They would no doubt recollect that in 1860 a disagreement took place between them and one of their professional players, who was ultimately turned outof the eleven and that for very good reasons. Without any further remarks on this case, he would now simply place before the meeting certain letters which he had received from the gentlemen of Hampshire where the player in question, Southerton, had been engaged as a professional for two years. ( A letter signed by several of the gentlemen of Hampshire was then read. This stated that Southerton deeply feels his position, and bitterly regrets the steps which he was advised to take. They also gave him a good character, and supported his application. Enclosed was an apology from Southerton himself, and a request that he might be reinstated in his former position.) Mr Stent continued: As he was himself involved in this matter, he might give his opinion that Southerton had behaved extremely ill; but after an apology of this kind, and as the man seemed willing to advertise his apology, he ( Mr Stent) did not think they ought to show an\ malice, and he would propose that the man be forgiven He was a thorough cricketer, and had been a great loss to the county Mr KING said that undoubtedly Southerton was a great acqui- sition to the county, and, after such an apology, and the recom- mendation of the gentlemen of Hampshire, with whom they had always been on the best of terms, he must say he was in favour of admitting him again to play in the county eleven. At the same time he thought with Mr Stent that they ought to put themselves right with the public, and, therefore, the apology ought to be advertised. With this view, he would move that this apology be accepted, and that 8outherton be again allowed to play in the county eleven, sifbject to his publishing the apology. This was seconded by Mr STOCKEN. and carried unanimously and, after votes of thanks to the chairman, the treasurer ( Mr Scott Stonehewer), and the secretary ( Mr B. Stent), the meeting broke up. ° push forward a club, the seeds of which were sown last season, and which, among the metropolitan clubs, would have no equal either in point of skill or iunds. The difficulty which seems to present itself to the eyes of the committee is the getting a suitable ground; and this would cease to be a difficulty if an efficient committee were formed ( say, one member in each of the smaller departments, and two in the larger) to canvass for hono- rary subscribers and effective members, ascertain the strength and capital, and then, as money will effect almost anything, they might choose any ground they might think fit. I am aware a committee has already been formed, but what has it done beyond getting up a few matches last year, and holding useless meetings. What ought to be done is this :— Form a committee of sensible men and good cricketers, ascertain the length of the purse strings, and procure a ground, from Government if needs be, even if it is necessary to lay out money in making it good; and, this done, many who hang back from joining an unformed club will be eager to show that though the want of practice has rendered them somewhat awkward, yet now that an opportunity has offered itself, they will soon regain their former skill. To effect all this no time must be lost, and the sooner the present embryo promoter steps forward, and takes active measures, the more promising will be the success of the Civil Service Club.— Yours, & E, CIVIL SERVICE. GEORGE PARR AND THE S. C. C. MR EDITOR : In your last impression I see a letter from " Point," in which he bears very hard upon G. Parr in respect to the 8. C. C., not but that I fancy his remarks are only too true, but I wish to know— Could Geo. Parr carry out " his game" if he was not backed up by some of the other professionals ? It must be so, as one man could not be the dictator of England's cricketers with- out strong help from his own mates, in which event the struggle must be Gentlemen v Players.— Yours, & c, COVER POINT. CRICKET AT ASCENSION. This match was played at Ascension on Nov 8,1862, between the Officers of the Squadron and the Ascension Club, and termi- nated in favour of the Squadron by 22 russ. The ground was in very bad condition, and, consequently, no long scores were made. Cipt Wrattislaw and Mr Bourchier played well for their re- spective scores. Several ladies were on the ground to witness the noble and scientific game, and the band of H. M.' s ship Rattlesnake was in attendance. Score : SQUADRON. lst inn 2d inn Capt De Wahl, t> Rokeby 4 c Andrews, b Rokeby.... 0 Capt Wrattislaw, b Rokeby 1 bPa^ e 19 W. A. Ewbank, b Page 1 b Rokeby 2 H. S. Bourchier, c Saunders, b Rokeby 0 b Rokeby .. 12 P. R. Sharpe, run out 4 c Whitaker, b Page 4 H. C. Tremaigne, b Rokeby 8 h n G. Cheney, b Page 5 F. North, b Page 2 F. Wheeler, b Rokeby 2 E. H. Brown, not out 2 B. F. Meyer, b Page 2 B 6, w b 1 7 Total - 38 ASCENSION. lst inn b Rokeby 0 not out 2 b Rokeby 0 b Page 0 leg b w, b Rokeby 0 runout 0 Byes 4 Total — 43 2d inn not out b Sharpe 0 b Sharpe 0 Private Leonard, b Cheney 7 Private Andrews, st Ewbank, b Sharpe 0 Barnard, b Sharpe 2 Lieut Rokeby, c Bourchier, b Sharpe.. 0 b Sharpe . Private Saunders, st Ewbank, b Stiarpe 0 c Meyer, b Cheney .... Private Hunt, b Sharpe 1 Lerwenes, not out 1 Lieut O'Grady, b Cheney 5 2 c and b Cheney 2 c Tremaigne, b Sharpe .. 0 b Cheney 7 P/ ivate Page, st Ewbank, b Sharpe .... 3 c Cheney, b Sharpe 5 Lieut Bullock, c North, b Cheney .... 2 b Sharpe 4 PrivateWhitaker, c Bourchier, b Cheney 0 b Sharpe Bye Tstal , - 22 Total. 3 .— 37 OXFORD V CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE SERVANTS.— At a large meeting held at the Wrestlers' Inn, Cambridge, the challenge of the Oxford College Servants to play a home and home match with the Cambridge College Servants was unanimously accepted. Further arrangements will be made shortly. MYNN MEMORIAL.— We have to announce the following addi- tional subscriptions:— Mr M. Ainslie £ 1 Is, Mr F. Gale £ 1. E. Hinkley 10s, Jas. Lillywhite 10s, F. Lillywhite 10s, Mr W. Burrup 10s, H. Glover 2s 6d, W. Glover 2s 6d, J. Lloyd Jones 2s, T. Williams 2s 6d, W. Alcock 2s, J. W. . Townley Is, S. Dunn 2s 6d, R. Scott Is 6d, D. W. 2s 6d, R. Middleton 2s 6d, W. M'Clure 2s 6d, R. Lipscomb 5s. CHESS. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Sheffield:— Write M. Lewenthal direct about his forthcoming book; his address, St James's Chess Club, St James's Hall. Messrs. Paulsen and Kolisch are both under twenty- five years of age, Mr Blackburn still younger. Clubs: Paul Morphy is cer- tainly in France, but we cannot give the particulars required as to how he ran the blockade. Yankee Doodle: We have before stated that the proprietors of the American Chess Magazine in New York took the money for the year in advance from subscri- bers, shut up after publishing the three or four first parts, and coolly pocketed the cash balance. Game between Hirschfeld and Mayet, recently, in Berlin Club. Hirschfeld. Mayet. Hirschfeld. Mayct. 1. K P2 K P 2 19. BQKt3 QKtQ2 2. KBP2 i PXP 20. Castles BXKt 3. K Kt B 3 < K Kt P 2 PXB IvtXP 4. It R P 2 f P K Kt 5 22. B Q B 5+ K K 5. Kt K 5 K Kt B 3 . 23. KtKB6+ KQ 6. KBQB4 Q P 2 24. QK3 Kt K Kt S 7. PXP KBQ3 25. PQ6 l'QR3 8. QP2 Kt K R 4 26. P Q 7 K Q 152 9. B Kt 5+ K K B • 27. B Q Kt 6+ KQ Kt fa) 10. QKtB3 Kt Kt 6 28. B Q 8 RQR2 11. RKKt QXP 29. QQKt6+ KuR( b) 12. QBXP Kt R 4+ 30. QXl'- h R covers 13. KKtPl QKR7 31. QXP+ K Q Kt 14. BKR6+ Kt Kt 2 32. B B 7+ RXB 15. B K 3 K R P 1 33. PQS+ R takes 16. Q Q 3 > B K B 4 34. RXR+ R covers 17. Kt K 4 Q R PI - 18. BQR4 Q KtP 2 ( a) If he plays K Q Kt 2, you reply B Q R 5, ( b) If he cover with R, you mate directly. 35. Mates in two moves. Game between Anderssen and Dufresne, in J uly past. Anderssen. Dufresne. Anderssen. 1. K P 2 K P 2 17. Q Kt B 3 2. K Kt B 3 Q Kt B 3 18. Q IvtXP 3. KBQB4 K Kt B 3 19. KXKt 4. K Kt Kt 5 Q P 2 20. B Q Kt 2 5. PXP KtQR4 21. QKB 6. P Q 3 K It P 1 22. K Q Kt 7. Kt K B 3 KtXB 23. KtXo B P 8. PXKt P K 5 24. KtXK R 9. Kt K 5 K B Q 3 25. R Q B 10. K B P 2 PXP en pass 26. P Q 6 11. Ktxp Castles 27. Kt K 7+ 12. Castles B Q B 4+ 28. R Q Kt 13. Kt Q 4 Q Kt P 2 29. Kt Q 5 14. QKtF2 BXP 30. RQ 15. Kt Q B G B Q B 4+ 31. QXQ 16. K to R Q K 32. QXR Anderssen surrenders. Rotterdam Club, Dufrcsne. Kt K Kt 5 Kt B7+ BXR Q K 5 QXQ BP K It K BKB4 RXKt QXB BQ2 K KB QKB3 QQ5 QXR+ R K8+ BXR Game between Herr Kannengiesser and Herr Kauffman recently, in Cologne Chess Club, Kannengiesser. 1. K P 2 2. K B P 2 3. K Kt B S 4. Q P 2 5. K B Q B 4 6. BXKBP+ 7. Kt K 5+ 8. Q K R 5 9. Castles 10. QBXP ( a) 11. PXIJ 12. 11XP Kauffmann. KP2 PXP K Kt P 2 KRP1 QBPI ; KXB K K Kt 2 QKB3 QP1 BICB4 PXB PXKt ( a) Dashing style. ( b) May also check with Knight. Kannengiesser. 13. R Kt 4+ 14. R K Kt6 15. Q Kt Q 2 16. Kt K 4 17. Q R K B 18. Q R K B 3 19. P Iv B 6 20. RXB ( b) 21. KtXQ- t- 22. RXKt 23. Q gives mate. Kauffmann, K K R 2 QKB2 PXP B K 2 Q Kt Q2 QKB BXP QXR QKtXKt KtXli Game between Mons Pinedo and Anderssen, Pinedo. 1. K P 2 2. K Kt B3 3. Q P 2 4. K B Q B 4 5. KP1 6. B Q Kt 5 7. K KtXP . 8. KtXKt 9. K K B 10. BXP+ 11. QBP2 Anderssen. KP2 Q Kt B 3 PXP K Kt B 3 Q P 2 Kt K 5 KBQB4 BXKBP+ PXKt KKB QBR3 Tinedo, 12. Q Kt P1 13. B Q R 3- 1- 14. QXQ- t- 15. BXKt 16. Q Kt B 3 17. Kt K 2 IS. K K B 2 19. B IC B 3 20. K to Kt 3 21. BXB 22. PK6 Anderssen wins. in Amsterdam. Anderssen. PXP K to Kt RXQ B Q 5 PXP+ BXR RQ7 B Q S+ BXKt PXP RXB Mavet. 1. KP2 2. K B P 2 3. K Kt B 3 4. K R P 2 5. Kt K 5 6. K B Q B 4 7. PXP 8. Q P2 9. B Kt 5+ 10. Q Kt B 3 11. RK Kt 12. KtXK KtP 13. K Kt B 2 14. Q Kt K 2 15. EKE 16. QXKt 17. PXP 18. BXKt 19. B Q 2 20. QXB 21. KQ KQB Game between Mayet and Hirschfeld, in Germany. Hirschfeld KP2 PXP K KtP2 P K Kt 5 Kt K B 3 QP2 KBQ3 Kt K R 4 KKB Kt Kt 6 v Q K B 3 ( a) QXKRP Q K R 7 KtXKt QXKt P QBPI KtXP PXB BQR3 QRK+ Q K B 6+ QXKt ( a) Queen should rather take Pawn. ( b) Very well played, ( e) Aeain well done. ( d) The advance of this Pawn is dreadful. Mayet. 23. QXQ BP 24. B Q B 3 25. B Q 2 26. Q K B 3 27. B Q rf 3 23. BXB 29. Q B P 1 30. QXQ 31. KQ 32. Q R Q B 33. R Q B 2 34. KK 35. P Q B 4 36. RQB3 37. R Q B 38. PQB5 39. R K B 40. KXQ 41. PQB6 Hlrschfeld. QXQ P QK6+ Q K 2 QKB3 B K 4 QXB Q K « + PXQ K R Kt ( b) R K Kt 7 PK7+ K B P 2 ( c) P K B 5 ( d) RQ PKBS QR K PXRQ QRK7 RKR7 42. K K Kt, but now Hirschfeld mates in two moves. CIVIL SERVICE CLUB. MR EDITOR : I will endeavour, if you would but allow me a small space m your columns, to stir up the languishing embers of the Civil Service Club. It seems strange that so large a bodv of Englishmen should have- existed for so long a period, and not have given their name to a club. At present there are a great many ot the best amateur cricketers who individually belong to . some metropolitan club, or else belong to no club at all. Union swg would be strength were the memhers of thee..&. tClooViesce8nS THE MURDER AT ACTON.— On Tuesday, Feb 10, the inquest on the body of William Davey, the policeman, was concluded before MrJ. Bird. After four adjournments, the evidence being com- plete, Mr Bird summed up, and said there were some peculiari- ties in the case, not as to its having been committed in the dark, because that was a season when murders were generally com- mitted, but it would be sufficient for the jury to consider whether there was sufficient to criminate either or both of those who had been charged with committing the murder. The short facts were that, it appeared that on the evening of the 19th the unfortunate deceased was called out from his house, and immediately he be- came a victim to a murderer's hands. Certain persons were sus- pected, and the police, with a promptitude that was most lau- dable, made search, and upon going to the house of the two per- sons who had been at once suspected, they were both taken into custody, the room of Joseph Brooks being first searched. Upon the police inspector stating the object of their visit they at once asked if there were any fire- arms, and after some short time they found under the bed of Joseph Brooks a gun which had been re- cently discharged. He ( Joseph Brooks) said that he had not been out during the whole of that evening. Isaac denied all knowledge of the transaction, and it was singular that on his being taken into custody he made what must be looked upon as rather an unfortunate statement in connection with the evidence, that he knew Davey very well, because he had been at his house a few nights before. On further examination of the house there was found in the room of Joseph a jacket or coat, which Droved to contain some shot in the pocket, which had been compared with the shot found in the brain of the unfortunate deceased, and making allowance for its having been in contact with some hard substance, it was found to be of the same weight. As to the gun, it appeared that it was pledged on the Saturday preceding the murder, and taken out on the Monday, by whom it was not mentioned, and when found it had been recently discharged. The jury would have to consider, as in all murder cases, whether there was sufficient evidence to justify such a case of suspicion as would induce them to send the case for trial. They would, of course, remember that murders were not committed in broad daylight, but in the present case, favoured by the darkness of the night, the man, whoever it was, shot the deceased, as the evidence showed. It all pointed to a man seen in a dark dress, as all dress would appear at night, unless they were very light clothes the person was wearing. The learned coroner then read through the evidence of various witnesses, and concluded by saying, " that is all the evidence, and it will be for yoH to consider whether there is sufficient evidence before you consider your verdict. If Isaac Brooks was an accessory after the fact, youcan^ it deal with him, but if from the faot of his being on the spot immediately after the commission of the crime, of which you will consider whether you have sufficient evidence— if from the evidence you have of of the words he made use of— if you look at the evidence as to the words spoken by him being recognised as the voice of Isaac Brooks— taking all the circumstances into your careful and anx- ious consideration, it is for you now to say whether you will send the matter to another tribunal.''— The jury then retired, and, after an absence of half an hour, returned the following verdict :— Wilful Murder against Joseph Brooks and Isaac Brooks. GREAT SEIZURE or BAD HAMS AT WAKEFIELD.— On Monday, Feb 9, at the Wakefield Court House, Mr John Pepper, provision dealer, Wakefield, was charged with having in his possession 270 hams and 13 pieces of hams that were unfit for human food. The hams were seized on the 30t, h ult, inspected by the magistrates, condemned, and destroyed, and n^ w came proceedings by the local board of health to recover penalties. The charge was proved on the testimony of Inspector Johnson, Dr Wade, and Mr M'Do- nald. On the part of the defendant it was set up that 200 of the hams were bad, and had been so sent by the merchant, and that he was going to return them; while as for the rest they were good. The bench convicted ( not to be oppressive) in sixpence on each piece, the aggregate penalties beinn £ 7 Is 6d, and £ 5 4s 6d costs additional. „ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY. EDUCATION.— Lord WBOTTESLEY inquired whether the Government proposed to introduce any measure for carrying out the recommendations of the Education Commis- sioners as to charitable endowments P— Lord GRANVILLE did not think it advisable that the functions of the Charity Commis- sioners should be transferred to the Educational Committee of the Privy Council, for he much doubted whether Parliament would agree to the recommendation. Other suggestions of the commis- sioners were still under the consideration of the Government. TUESDAY— TICKETS OF LEAVE.— Earl STANHOPE, in put- ting a question to the noble earl the President of the Council on the subject of tickets of leave, said their lordships were aware of the numerous acts of violence which had been committed since last session not only in London but throughout the country, and they also knew how general was the feeling of alarm caused by those outrages. There was also, he might say, a general convic- tion that the principle of tickets of leave as framed by the Gevern- ment eight or nine years ago, however good in theory, had not worked well in practice. As it had been announced that a Royal Commission had been appointed to inquire into the matter gene- rally, he did not intend on the present occasion to speculate in the slightest degree as to any conclusions at which that commission might arrive ; for, remembering that there were men of great ability and experience named as commissioners, he had every hope that the inquiry would lead to a satisfac- tory result; but he could not conceal his own opinion that it would have been better for the public interests if, instead of a fresh commission, instead of seeking for further information, the Government had decided on independent action of their own. He was informed, however, that, pending the labours of the commis- sion, the Secretary of State bad taken some important steps with the view of mitigating the evil complained of. It was said that a circular had been issued to the chairmen of quarter sessions, and he thought it would be desirable that the noole earl should state the object of that document. He apprehended that it had been issued for the purpose of diminishing the number of convicts set free periodically, and he should like to know whether any calcu- lation had been made, founded on statistics, as to what the dimi- nution was likely to be. He now begged to ask his noble friend for information on those two points.— Earl GRANVILLE thought it would be inconvenient to discuss a subject which had only just been referred to a commission. He should, therefore, confine himself to saying that a circular such as that referred to by his noble friend had been issued by the Home Office in regard to persons who were re- committed, having formerly been con- victed of other offences. In the case of such persons no expectation of a remission of any part of their sentence was to be held out. No other important step had been taken. In answer to the second inquiry of his noble friend, he had only to observe that it would be impossible to say what number of persons were likely to be re- committed.— The Earl of DERBY wished to ask whether a person who, having received a ticket of leave, which was only a conditional exemption from a portion of his sentence, was again recommitted before the time at which that sentence had expired would, in addition to the new sentence received by him after recommittal, have to go through what remained of the previous one. The intention of the law certainly was that tieket- of- leave men found associating with thieves, or even leading a suspicious life, should forfeit their tickets and undergo the original sentence; but, except perhaps in Ireland, he did not believe that principle had been acted on in a single instance.— Earl GRANVILLE said that in the country parts of Ireland a very strict police supervision had been observed in re- spect of ticket- of- leave men; but the fact that such a supervision had not been carried out in Dublin showed the difficulty there was in giving effect to a system of that kind in large towns. His noble friend was, however, mistaken in thinking that there had been no case of the revocation of a ticket of leave in England. Recently ticket- of- leave men had been made amenable for leading disorderly lives, keeping company with thieves, or committing offences of which the general law of the country was not exactly cognisant. In the case of a recommittal, he believed the custom had been to include the entire punishment in the second sentence. After some further conversation the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY— MILITIA.— Sir G. C. LEWIS moved that it is ex pedient to discontinue the practice of appointing a Select Com- mittee to prepare estimates of the charge of the disembodied Militia of Great Britain and Ireland, and that such estimates be in future prepared on the responsibility of Ministers of the Crown. He stated his reasons for proposing a departure from the present practice, which involved more inconvenience and less responsi- bility on the part of Ministers than the course he suggested.— Col DUNNE did not offer any serious opposition to the motion, but thought the house had had very short notice of the proposal. After some observations by Col Gilpin, Sir H. Willoughby, Gen Peel, and Col Dickson, the resolution was agreed to. GREECE.— In answer to Mr H. SEYMOUB, Lord PALMERSTON said that the state of things with regard to the throne of Greece was this:— The Greeks had fixed on Prince Alfred; and it was only yesterday that this nomination had been communicated to Her Majesty's Government by the Greek Minister, and no other candidate had been named. The Duke of Saxe- Coburg had been sounded privately as to whether he would consent to be put in nomination, and he had declined to consent. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN IRE- LAND.— Sir R. PEEL moved for leave to bring in a bill for the Registration of Births and Deaths in Ireland. The measure, he observed, in no way affected political considerations. Great losses were the result of a want of registration of births and deaths in Ireland to poor persons, through their inability to prove their con- nection with persons dying intestate, and it was, therefore, a matter of the first importance to pass a measure that would obviate this evil. In his bill of last year he had proposed that the constabulary should be the agents of the registration ; but the general feeling of the house was not favourable to the employ- ment of the constabulary. In the present bill, therefore, he pro posed to adopt the poor- law machinery ; that the medical officers of the Unions should be the registrars, and the clerks of the union the superintendent registrars; that the registrars should be paid out of the local poor rates, and the fees of the superintendent registrars out of the Consolidated Fund. He proposed that regis tration should be compulsory. — After some slight discussion, leave was given, and the bill read a first time. TUES9AY.— OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS.— Sir J. TRE- LAWNY, in moving for leave to bring in a bill to allow certain persons to make affirmations in all cases where an oath is or shall be required, stated that it was substantially the same as the bill of last session.— Leave was given. ILLEGITIMACY IN IRELAND.— Sir R. PEEL obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law enabling boards of guar- dians to recover costs of maintenance of illegitimate children in certain cases in Ireland. CHURCH- RATES.— Mr ALCOCK obtained leave to bring in a bill for voluntary redemption of church- rates. BENCHERS AND INNS OF COURT.— Sir G. BOWYER moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law regarding the juris- diction and authority exercised by the benchers of the four inns of court in England in certain cases.— After a few remarks by the SOLICITOR- GENERAL and Sir F. KELLY, leave was given to bring in the bill. THE VOLUNTEERS.— Lord HOTHAM asked the Secretary of State for War when he would announce the intentions of the Go- vernment with reference to the recommendations of the royal commission appointed last year to inquire into the state of the volunteer force.— Sir G. C. LEWIS said it was the intention of the Government to adopt in substance the recommendations of that commission. The sum which he, acting on those recommenda- tions, would propose to the house was set down in the army esti mates for this year, and when those estimates were before the house he should enter into the necessary details with respect to it. POLAND.— THE PREROGATIVE OF THE CROWN.— Mr HENNESSY put a question respecting a correspondence said to have taken place during the Crimean war between Austria and the Allies on the subject of Poland.— Mr GRIFFITH inquired how far the interpretation of the prerogative of the Crown is con- sidered by the Government to extend in empowering the Crown to relinquish territories which may have been in the de facto pos- session of the British nation without the knowledge and consent of Parliament.— Mr PEACOCKE adverted to the subject of the Ionian Islands.— Lord PALMEBSTON, in reply to Mr Hennessy, said no proposal was made during the Crimean war by Austria to England and France to combine with her to establish a separate independent kingdom in Poland. On the contrary, the Govern- ment were informed that Austria never would consent to such an arrangement. In answer to Mr Griffith and Mr Peacocke, he ob- served that the former had assumed that the Ionian Islands were a possession of the British Crown; but they formed an inde pendent republic, which was placed under the protection of the British Crown. The British Government had merely offered, on certain conditions, to take steps for the annexation of the islands WEDNESDAY.- SALMON FISHERIES IN IRELAND.— On the order for the second reading of the Salmon Fisheries ( Ireland) Bill, Mr M'MAHON, who had charge of the bill, explained its object, namely, to repeal certain provisions of the act of 1842, which, he said, interfered with public and private rights, and to bring the law upon the subject in Ireland into harmony with that in England. In anticipation of an amendment, of which notice had beea given, he contended that there had been already ample inquiries into the whole question.— Mr BUTT moved, as an amendment, the following resolution:— That any legislation affect- ing the rights of the owners of property secured by the existing laws regulating Irish fisheries ought to be preceded by a full and complete inquiry, either by a royal commission or a committee of this house. He opposed the bill, the real object of which, he said, was, not to assimilate the law of Ireland in the matter to that of England, but to disturb a settlement of property delibe- rately made by Parliament, the act of 1842 having conferred rights which were as valid as if granted by charter. This was no question of preserving fish, but, as he contended, a contest be- tween the upper and lower river proprietors.— The amendment was seconded by Colonel WHITE, merely as a private member, not as expressing the views of the Government, who pointed out parts of the bill that were objectionable, and read reports which stated that the salmon fisheries in Ireland had improved, and that the existing fishery laws worked well.— Mr LONGFIELD, in supporting the bill, argued that legislation upon the subject was urgently required, that further inquiry was superfluous, and that the objections alleged against the bill were untenable. By the act of 1842 the rights of the public had been sacrificed.— Mr HASSARD expressed his regret that a question resolving itself into a struggle between the conflicting interests of different classes had not been taken up in a more public manner. He referred to an opinion recently expressed by Mr J. R. Barry, one of the Com- missioners of Fisheries in Ireland, that the manner in which this question was agitated had led to the increase of acts of poaching. The hon member from a personal acquaintance of 30 years with several of the Irish rivers was enabled to controvert ' several of the facts stated in the course of the discussion, more especially with reference to the destructive effects of stake weirs, which could only be erected at places where the channel at low water was three quarters of a mile in width. He wished to see a fair exercise of the right of fishing both in the upper and lower waters, and he should like also to see those who were benefited contributing a fair proportion © f the expense of conservancy. He trusted that the Government would issue a commission, and then bring in a bill founded on its recommendations.— Mr J. B. SMITH said that the select committee were una- nimous in recommending the abolition of fixed engines. They were accordingly abolished, and those who at first considered themselves aggrieved now admitted their mistake. The French Government, it was said, were about to take the same step, and the owners of fisheries in Ireland might rely upon it that they would gain by the abolition of fixed nets.— Mr HODGSON said that the size and quantity of salmon in English rivers had been already greatly benefited by the legislation that had taken place. The increase in the Tweed and other rivers had been so great within the last two years that he had never before seen one- tenth the present quantity of fish [ hear, hear]. He trusted the house would soon abolish fixed nets in Ireland.— Mr MONSELL wished to remind the hon member that, although the Scotch members must have had the presumed advantage of the English law before their eyes, yet that, by the act of last session, fixed engines were not abolished in Scotland altogether. There was a most vehement agitation in Ireland on this question, and the proprietors of fisheries in the upper and lower waters respec- tively appeared to have taken up the subject in a spirit © f partisan- ship. For fifty miles on the broad waters of the Shannon no fish could be caught except by fixed engines. There had been, how- ever, an outrageous abuse of the act of 1842, which permitted the use of fixed engines [ hear, hear]. He could see no necessity for further inquiry by a commission. The Government, were in pos- session of ample information, and he expressed an earnest hope that the Secretwy for Ireland would frame a bill which would reconcile the coimicting claims and interests of the proprietors of the upper and lower fisheries. The Govern ment were, he thought, bound to step in and endeavour to settle this question by legislation. — Mr MONSELL said there could be no doubt that the act cf 1842 had been outrageously abused, and, as there had been full and ample inquiry, he earnestly pressed the Government to undertake the question, and to prepare a fair measure that would allay the vehement agitation it excited.— Colonel DUNNE advocated the bill, which, he thought, might be taken up by the Government.— Sir R. PEEL said, after the appeal made to him he was ready to undertake the task of legislation on this subject if Mr M'Mahon would consent to withdraw his bill, when he ( Sir Robert) would introduce a measure based upon certain provisions, which he stated; if not, he was prepared to support the second reading of the present bill, which was almost the same as that of last session, which had been read a second time.— After further discussion as to the course of proceeding, Mr M'MAHON declined all com- promise, and refused to withdraw his bill — Mr BUTT withdrew i'te amendment, and the bill was read a second time. PASSING EVENTS. The Great Eastern still lies in the Mersey off Rock Ferry."' She is waiting until a gridiron is completed whereon to float her, with a view to repairing her bottom. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.— Mr Powell, the Conservative candi- date. has been returned for Cambridge by a small majority over Mr Fawcett. " , FALL OF AN AVALANCHE.— We read in Galignani of Tuesday, Feb 10, that an avalanche fell a few days back upon a part of the village of Vedrotto, in the canton of Ticino, destroying five houses inhabited by 12 families, and 12 stables. Thirty- two persons perished, 17 being rescued alive from the mass of snow; two of the number, however, only on the third day after the accident. A number of cattle were also lost. " LIBERTY AS IN ENGLAND."— We learn that the copies of Mr Hooper's Waterloo ; or, the Downfall of the First Napoleon, which have reached Paris, have been seized by the French police; and that not only the February number of the Cornhill Magazine has been seized for its favourable review of Mr Kinglake's Invasion of the Crimea, but the magazine has been interdicted from France for the future. The Emperor of the French borrows his theory of liberty from England, while his Minister, M de Persigny, taking a lesson from Papal Rome, establishes an Index Expurgatorius in Paris. , MELANCHOLY CASE OF SHOOTING.— TWO boys, named Frisby, brothers, aged respectively twelve and nine years, were amusing themselves with an iron tube and powder in a field near the re- sidence of their father, at Eastwood Lodge, Bristol, on Friday night, Feb 6. The tube, which was charged with powder and a few stones, was held by the younger brother. The elder waa standing by him, and, fsr the purpose of igniting the powder, he drew a lucifer match along the surface of the tube. The flame ac- cidentally came in contact with the powder lying on the touch- hole of the tube, and a discharge took place, the contents of the tube lodging in the breast of the elder hrother. Death was almost instantaneous. At the inquest, whieh was held on Satur- day, Feb 7, a verdict of Accidentally Shot was returned. The Brighton Guardian records the death of Thomas Attree, Esq, of the Queen's Park, who may be looked upon as almost the last remnant of the earliest days of Brighton's prosperity. Mr Attree was for many years, commencing in the last century, en- gaged in the active duties of his profession as an attorney and solicitor, in partnership with his father, the late William Attree, Esq, during which he held almost all the public offices of the town. Mr Attree has left no lineal descendant to whom to be- queath the Queen's Park and the large property which he had acquired. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT CLEVEDON.— On Monday Mr Petes Norton, brother- in- law of the Rev A. C. Rowley, incumbent of St Matthew's, Bristol, left Clifton on a visit to Mr Pierce, of Clevedon. In the afternoon he went out for a walk, and met a gentleman of his acquaintance, with whom he conversed in a cheerful manner, and then continued his walk alone in the direc- tion of the precipitous rocks near Lady's Bay. Nothing more was seen of the unfortunate gentleman till Tuesday morning, when a mason, who was at work near the beach, saw a man lying underneath the rocks, evidently insensible or dead. He has- tened to the spot, and discovered it to be the body of Mr Norton. Dr Davis, of Clevedon, was quickly in attendance, but he found that life had been extinct for some hours. The deceased had ap- parently fallen from the rocks just above the spot where he was discovered, and had sustained a frightful scalp wound, the nature of which, in the opinion of Mr Davis, would have precluded all possibility of his living, even though he had received immediate medical attendance. The probability was that, if death were not instantaneous, the deceased must have been insensible from the moment of his fall. Mr Norton was only about thirty years of age, and was universally beloved by his relatives and a largfj circle of friends. A BRUTE AND HIS DESERTS.— At the Middlesex Sessions, on Wednesday, Jeremiah Connell ( 21) was indicted for unlawfully assaulting James Bailey, and he was further indicted for assault- ing Thomas Curzons and William Saint, police- constables of the metropolitan police force, while in the execution of their duty. This was the prisoner who was so violent when under examinatien on the present charge at the Marylebone police court that the magistrate ordered him to be brought up handcuffed in the dock. — James Bailey, a baker, of No. 43, Marylebone- road, said, on the 24th of January he was in the Black Horse public- house in High- street, where he called for a glass of liquor, and was in the act of drinking it when the prisoner knocked it out of his hand. He asked him why he did that, upon which he struck at him, and the glass which was in his hand was broken. He then struck witness again on the eye, knocked him down, got on the top of him, and pulled him by the hair. Witness had given liim no pro- vocation whatever.— Thomas Curzons, police- constable 318 D, said he was sent for to the Black Horse public- house, and saw Bailey on the floor and Connell on the top of him, holding him by tha hair and punching him upon the face. He pulled Connell off", but another man pulled witness away, and the prisoner struck Bailey again. Witness laid hold of " him, and took him to the door, when the prisoner knocked him ( witness) down, and kicked at him while he was falling. He got up and took the prisoner outside, when he said he would go quietly, and did so for four or five yards. He then put his foot behind him, struck him in the mouth, and knocked him down again. Sergeant Neale then came to witness's assistance, but he was soon tripped up. Police- con- stable Saint then came up, upon which the prisoner kicked him in the stomach and put his hand violently between his legs. Other assistance being obtained, the prisoner was, after more kicking and struggling, carried to the station house. Other wit- nesses corroborated this evidence, and Jewell, police- constable, D division, who is ruptured for life in consequence of the violence of the prisoner, proved five convictions for assaults against the prisoner from June 21, 1859, to June 17, 1861. — Mr Hawthorne, counsel for the prosecution, drew the attention of his lordship to the fact that the constable Jewell, who had proved the former convictions against the prisoner for an assault upon himself, for which the prisoner was tried on the 17th of June, 1861, and sentenced to IS months' hard labour, had up to the present time been unable to resume his duties in conse- quence of the great injury he then sustained. At the trial in that case the jury recommended to his lordship ( Mr Payne), who then presided, that he would order the constable to receive some com- pensation for the brutal assault committed upon him.— Mr Payne, while fully concurring in the recommendation of the jury, said he unfortunately had not the power to give effect to it, but he would communicate the desires of the jury to the proper quarter, which was done accordingly. Instead, however, of the constable receiving full pay all the time he was disqualified from performing his duties ( according to the police regulations), he was only allowed that sum for ten weeks, and after that time up to the present he had been put upon greatly reduced pay, although he was permanently injured and unable to perform his duties.— The constable Jewell, in answer to questions from the learned Judge, stated that Mr Yardley, the magistrate at Marylebone police court, when he was first injured presented him with a £ 5 note, and since then had acted with great kindness towards him. — Mr Payne said he had almost forgotten the case, but he would look over his papers concerning it, and if the constable would draw up a memorial he would endorse it with his recommenda- tion.— Mr Payne sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour twelve months on the first indictment, and two years on the second, the sentence in the second case to com- mence at the expiration of the first.. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. WAR OTFICE, FEB 3.— Royal Regt of Artil: Lieut J. B. Richardson to be sec capt, v J. C. F. Ramsden, res. BREVET.— Lieut- Col G. B. Shakespear, Royal Artil, having, under the provisions of the royal warrant of Oct 14, ls< 58, completed a qualifying service of five years in his present rank, to be col In the army. INDIA OFFICE, FEB 2.— Her Majesty has been pleased to approve the undermen proms and alterations of rank among the officers of the Madras army :— MADRAS ARMY.— Promotions— Infantrv : Lieut- Col ( Maj- Gen) W. G. White to be col, v Marrett, dec.— 8th Regt Native Inf: Lieut C. M. Hailes to be capt, in succes to a Heut- col, ret.— 17th Regt Nat Inf: Lieut R. A. W. C. Stuart to be capt, v Nuthall, dec.— Gen List of Inf Officers: Ens E. S. Skinner to be lieut, v Cotton, 4th Nat Inf, dec. Alterations of Rank.— Gen List of Inf Officers: Lieuts R. F. Taylor to take rank from Jan 31, 1862, v Lake, 3d Nat Inf. dec; R. C. Hutchinson from Feb 28,1862, v Iloman, 50th Nat Inf, dec; G. P. Wood from March 15, 1862, v Carthew- Yorstoun, 26th Nat Inf. res: A. C. Wil- liams from April 21,1S62, in succes to M'Viccar, 41st Nat Inf, invalided; W. M'D. Robinson from May 7, 1862, in succes to Clogstoun, 19th Nat Inf, dec; H. H. G. Hands from June 1, 1862, v Underwood, 49th Nat Inf, res; H. J. Nicholls from July 31,1862, in succes to Pinckney, 34th Nat Inf, dec ; J. G. R. D. Macneill from Aug 6, 1862, in succes to Rfgg, 21st Nat Inf, ret; H. A. A. Prior from Aug 15, 1862, in success to Lord, 20th Nat Inf, dec; J. F. Pinhey from Aug sn, 1862, in succes to Nuthall, dec. MEMORANDUM.— The app of Lieut and Brev- C'apt R. Stothert to the Bengal Staff Corps, as announced in the London Gazette of Dec 2 last, has been can. WAR OFFICE, FEB 6.— Royal Regt of Artll: Major- Gen W. Wylde, C. B., to be col- commandant, v Gen W. G. Power, K. C. B., dec. 14th Hussars: Cornet F. S. Russell, from the 18th Hussars, to be cornet, v E. Leigh, trans to the lst Drag. ISth Hussars: F. S. Russell, gent, to be cornet, v T. A. B. Wright, who ret. Royal Artll: Lieut- Col and Brev- Col C. Bingham to be col, v Col H. Pester, prom to be maj- gen; Lieut- Col and Brev- Col H. Sebastian- Rowan, C. B., to be col, v Morris, ret upon f- p; Capt and Brev- Maj J. C. Childs to be lieut- col, v Bing- ham; Capt and Brev- Maj G. V. Johnson to be lieut col, v Rowan; Sec Capt II. Heberden to be capt, v Childs; Sec Capt T. C. Mcyftny, on the supernumerary list, to be capt; Sec CaptII. L. Balfour to be capt, v Johnson; Second Captain G. K. Taylor to be captain, v Brevet- Major C. J. Strange, dec; Lieutenant W. II. Wardell to be second captain, v Heberden; Lieut W. H. Izud to be second capt, v Taylor. The undermentioned gent cadets to be lieuts:— G. W. Hawkins, A. W. Cunningham, W. V. Legge, W. P. Georges, 0. E. Beadnell, M. II. Hayes, F. Roberts, and II. M. J. Flelden, vlzod. Paymaster J. C. Mansergh, from the 2d West India Regt, to be paymaster, v Ratcliff, app to the Mil Train; Ens J. O'Brien, unatlist, to be quartermaster, vWall, who died before his appointment was gazetted. Royal Engineers: Super- numerary Lieut- Col E. Y. W. Henderson to be lieut- col, v Brev- Col Bainbrigge, who ret upon f- p; Lieut R. M. F. Sandford to be sec capt, v H. G. Savage, res. The undermentioned gent cadets to be lients with temporary rank:— T. English, V. F. Rowe, W. G. Ross, T. H. Holdich, F. S. Shepherd, A. B. M'Hardy, F. H. Fawites. T. Gracey, E. . T. Alleyne, D. O'Brien, C. de B. Carey, W. H. Rathbone, W. J. Galwev, W. H. Hay- don, C. C. Muir Mackenzie, J. Grieve Hall, A. A. Wm. Beamish, Henry H. Cole, H. Charles Reynolds, H. Campbell Macdiarmid. Military Train : Paymas ( with the hon rank of maj) T. II. Ratcliff, from Roy Artil, to be payrnas, vG. W. Macquarie, placed upon h- p. 2d Regt of Ft: Capt and Brev- Ma. i R. C. Stewart, from 35th Ft, to be capt, v Grattan, who ex. 4th Ft: J. Macleod, gent, to be ens, v H. M. L. Innes, who ret. 6th Ft: Lieut- Col T. F. Hobbs, from a depot batt, to bo lieut- col, v Brev- Col Fraser, who ex; Lieut C. D'O. Bowers. from 2d W. I. Regt, to be Ueut, v Cotter, who ex. 7th Ft: T. O. Moore, gent, to be ens, v C. J. Coventry, who ret. 10th Ft: Lieut C. A. Denny, from 3d W. I. Regt, to be lieut, v Bluett, who ex. 14th Ft : Lieut H. A. Burton to be capt, v W. F. Blunt, who ret; Ens H. A. Wil- liams to be lieut. v Burton; Ens H. Metcalf to be lieut, v C. Costin, who ret; W. Mills, gent, to be ens, v Williams; W. P. Townley, gent, to be ens, v Metcalfe; Lieut A. Gordon to be adj, v Lieut Burton. 19th Ft: Lieut G. Baldwin to be capt, without pur, v G. L. Knight, dec; Ens C. C. B. Tribe to be lieut, without pur, v Baldwin. 20th: Lieut J. M. Lovekin to be adj, v Lieut Bowlby, who resigns the appointment. 22d: Ens II. P. Massy to be lieut, v II. E. Harrison, who ret; Cecil Treville de la Touche, gent, to be ensign, v Massy. 23d: Lieut J. II. Walwyn to be capt, v W. T. Waldy, who ret; Ens W. H. Benyon to be lieut, v Walwyn; R. M. Biddulph, gent,, to be ens, v Benyon. 24th: Capt II. E. Couper, from h- p late G4rh Ft, to be capt, v T. E. An- derson, who ret upon h- p. 26th: Staff Asslst- Surg J. Johnston, M. D., to be asslst- surg, v J. M'Letcble, whose services have been dispensed with. 35th: Capt II. Grattan, from 2d Ft, to be capt, v Brev- Major Stewart, who ex. 37th: II. Musgrave, gent, to be ens, v W. Lowther Beatti?, transferred to 66th Ft. 65th: T. Chamley, gent, to be ens, v V. Butler, prom; Paymaster, with hon rank of capt, R. H. Simpson, from 2d Ft, to be paymaster, v Paymaster, with lion rank of major, J. W. Marshall, who ret upon h- p.— 66th: I'aDt G. Watson to be major, v W. T. Gordon, who ret; Lieut Alfred Trigge to be capt, v Watson ; Ensign Ambrose Benjamin Humfrey to be lieut, v Trigge; Ensign William Lowthcr Iieattie," from 37th Ft. to be ensign, v Humfrey. 68th: Lieut^ I. Blood to be capt, v J. Caasidy, who ret; Ens G. F. Calde- cott to be lieut, v Bloed; W. F. Woodward, gent, to be ens, vCaldecott. 90th: Capt L. N. I). Hammond to be maj, without pur, vMaj and Brev Lieut- Col W. P. Tinling. dec; Lieut W. Rennie to be capt, without pur, v Hammond. 95th: E. M. Howard, gent, to be ens, v A. C. R. Drewe, who ret. 3d West India Regt: Lieut D. D. D. Cotter, from 6th Ft. to be lieut, v Bowers, who exchanges; Lieut H. P. Bluett, from the 10th Ft, to be lieut, v Denny, who exchanges ; J. Shell, gent, to be ens, v C. A. Denny, prom. CAVALRY DEPOT ( Maidstone).— Capt Thomas E. Anderson, from h- p late 24th Ft. to be adjt, v Capt Emanuel Bradbury, lst Drag Gds, whose app has been cancelled. DEPOT BATTALION.— Lieut- Col and Brev- Col R. W. M. Fraser, from 6th Ft, to be lieut- col, v Ilobbs, who ex; Lieut- Col F,. Newdigate, from h- p, late particular service, to be lieut- col, v Brevet- Col R. N. Phillips, who ret upon h- p. UNATTACHED.— Capt and Brev Lieut- Col F. B. Russell, from h- p 3d Drag Gds, and staff officerof pensioners, to be maj, without pur; Lieut J. Cusack, from 24th Ft, to be capt, without pur. ME- DICAL DEPARTMENT.— Dep Inspector- Gen of Hospitals A. Stewart, who ret upon h- p, to have the hon rank of Inspector- Gen of Hospitals; Staff Surg- Maj H. Franklin, from h- p, to be t^ taif surg- maj, v J. T. Telfer, placed upon h- p; Assist- Surg J. R. Crawford, from the69thFt, to be staff assist- surg, r J. Johnston. M. D., nup to the 26th Ft. The commis- sion of Staff Assist- Surg G. I'aiatiano. M. f >., to lie antedated from Aug 18, 1858, to April 8, 1857, such antedate not to carry back pav. BREVET.— Col H. J. Morris, on the ret f- p list, Rnyal Artillery, to bo mai- gen, the rank being hon only; Brev- Col P J. Bainbrigge, ret upon f- p. Royal Engineers, to be maj- gen, the rank being hon only; Pay- master W. Morrison, 9th Ft, to have the hon rank of capt. The follow- ing promotions to take place, consequent on the death of Gen W. G. Power, K. C. B., Col- Commandant, Royal Artillery, on the 23d Jan, 1863: — Lieut- G^ n G. Turner, K. C. B., Col- Comnianrta'nt, Royal Artillery, to be gen; Maj- Gen H. Alex. Scott, Col- Commandant, Roval Artillery, to bo lieutrgen ; Col H. Pester, from Royal Artillery, to be mai- gen. MEMORANDA.— The retirement upon f- p. and the consequent pro- motion to the honorary rank of col. of Capt and Brev Lieut- Col F. B. Russell, h- p 3d Drag Gds and staff officer o? Pensioners, which appeared in the Gazette of Jan 16, 1863, has been cancelled Maj and Brev Lieut- Col F. B. Russell, h p, late of the 22d Ft and statr officer of Pensioners, has been permitted to retire from the service by ( he sale of his commis- sion, under condition of the Horse Guards' circular memorandum of the 15th Feb, 1861. Lieut T. Barrett, h- p 3d Ft, has been permitted to resign his commission. ADMIRALTY, FEBRUARY 5.— The following promotions, dated the 30th ult, consequent on the death, on the 29th ult, of Rear- AdmiraJ of tjie Red C. Wyvill, have this day taken place:— Rear- Admiral of th* White J. Kingcombeto be Rear- Admiral of the Red; Rear- Admiral ol the Blue T. M. C. Svmonds, C. B., tone Rear- Admiral of the White; Captains A. Drew and J. V. Baker to be " ear- Admirals on the Reserved List; Capt H. R. Yelvertou, C. B., to be Rear- Admiral of the Blue. The undermentioned officers on the retired list to have the rank and title expressed against their names, under the Order in Council of 7th May, 1858:— E. I. Parrey and C. Keele. Printed and Published by WILLIAM CHABLE* CLEMENT, at the Office, 170, Strand, in the Parish of St. Clement Danes, in the City and Liberty of Wcstwinster,- SUNDAY, FEB 15,1863,