to [ GRATIS.] SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1863. [ GRATIS,] AQUATICS. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON. V COWES.— The generalmeeting of the members of the Royal Yacht y<>'- drori has been appointed to take place on Saturday, May 9, at ofte / clock precisely, at Willis's Rooms, King- street, St James's, 1 London, for the purpose of general business and the ballot of i candidates. It is generally at such annual meeting of the mem- j bers that the regatta appointments are fixed for the forthcoming season, and the financial statements produced. On Monday, April 13, the launch of the new schooner yacht Tyne, built by the Messrs Hanson for G. B. Stephenson, of the R. Y. S., will take place. This gentleman has, through his agent, Mr Moore, sig- nified. his intention to give a dinner to all the deserving poor in the town of Cowes, about 400 in number, on that day, and the local board of health has granted the use of the Town Hall for the pur- pose. The chairman, after apologising for the absence of the Commo- dore and Vice- Commodore, read the notice of the meeting and the report of the committee as follows:—" The committee have much pleasure in reporting that the pecuniarj- affairsof the club were in a very satisfactory state. They regretted the retirement of their late secretary, Capt Helby, R. N., owing to ill health, and had re- solved to present him with £ 100, in appreciation of his services to the club for a period of 11 years. The committee have also re- solved to place the sum of £ 200 at the disposal of the Commo- dore, Vice- Commodore, and sailing committee for the ensuing regatta. Three members of the committee retire by rotation, viz, Admiral 8irT. Cochrane, G. C. B.; Major Tattnall, and E. Ad- derley." The report was adopted unanimously. The notice to alter one of the rules ( 12) was withdrawn, in consequence of the non- attendance of several of the members who had signed the notice.— The Chairman stated that at the request of the club the Commodore had written to General Knollys to request that H. R. H. the Prince of Wales would become patron of the club, and the following letter was received in reply :—" Sandringham, April 2. Lieut- General Knollys presents his compliments to Mr Tbellusson, and is commanded to express the regret of the Prince of Wales that he was unable to accede to his request to become a patron of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. His royal highness has been obliged to decline so many applications of a similar descrip- tion that he is sorry not to feel himself at liberty to make an ex- ception in favour of Ryde."— After a conversation relating to the mode of conducting the ballot of members, a cordial vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUB. RYDE.— The annual general meeting of this club took place on April 8, at the clubhouse, Ryde, instead © f in London, as hereto- fore. The alteration, we learn, was made for the convenience of those members residing in the neighbourhood; as also it having been found that confirmatory meetings had almost always after- wards to be held at Ryde. Nevertheless there was neither Com- modore nor Vice- Commodore present, and the Hon Lucius Carey acted as chairman on the occasion. There were also present— Capt Le Marchant Thomas, Capt Sterling, R. N.; Col Hill, Major- Gen J. Simmons Smith, Major- Gen Keily, Major Tattnall, Major Vernon, Major Gordon, Capt Locke, Capt Fellowes, Capt Egan, Major Agnew, Dr Kent, Sir J. R. Carnac, Bart; Capt Fullar on, Capt De la Condamine, A. Moore, D. Scott, W. Lucas, Thos. Broadwood, W. B. P. Brigstocb, C. Adderley, P. Roberts, H. Goode, J. Bicknell, E. C. Bowlby, C. Featon, B. Gyll, and the Rev Vernon Tipping. The accounts and committee's report thereon were read and passed, and the sum of £ 100 voted as a presentation to the late secretary, Capt Helly, R. N., on his retirement. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB, ME EDITOR : All the yachting members of this large club feel the want of a branch club- house at some station by the sea, to which when the matches en the river are over they may resort. At Southampton there is a capital house, facing the water, and built expressly for a club, until lately occupied by the Royal South- ern Yacht Club, now extinct. At Brooksea Island there is a noble castle, unoccupied since Waugh's disappearance from the world of fashion, and admirably suited for a club; and at Torquay and many other pretty places suitable buildings might be found. At any of these the City and non- yacbting members of the club • would find an agreeable and invigorating change from the murky atmosphere which they are continually breathing, and to the yachters and their friends this additional club accommodation • would be most acceptable. It is hoped, therefore, that the com- mittee will not allow another season to pass without supplying a want felt by all the members, and that they will bring forward a proposition to this end at the meeting on the 4th prox, when a flourishing report of the funds will doubtless be read, and meeds of praise awarded to the committee and officers, and especially to the indefatigable secretary, to whose zeal and exertions for more than nine years past the enormous increase in the number of members and great popularity of the club are mainly owing.— Yours, & c, NAUTICUS. PRINCE OF WALES YACHT CLUB. The April meeting of the above club was held on Friday evening, April lo, at the Freemasons' Tavern. The Commodore, Mr R. Bewett, was in the chair, and after the transaction of some routine business, including the election of the members proposed, the chairman called the attention of the meeting to the open race for all yachts not exceeding 15 tons, in honour of the Prince of Wales's marriage, and the recommendation of the sailing committee that it should take place on Tuesday, June 9, was unanimously adopted. The sailing committee were then elected for the year, the following being chosen:— Messrs J. S. Adams, J. Ash, H. Ayckbourne, R. B. Brown, F. Dolman, E. Guest, E. G. Knibbs, T. Heaviside, J. D. Hewitt, G. Legge, W. D. Logie, C. Long, W. Massingham, and R. Sadlier. It was then put from the chair, and carried unanimously, that a congratulatory address be forthwith drawn up and forwarded to H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, on his recent marriage. The cup for the international race, in honour of the same event, is to be of the value of £ 5 ), and raised by a sub- scription amongst the members. Mr Webster, of Gracechurch- street, the cup bearer, has taken the office of treasurer of the fund, and has issued a circular, inviting the co- operation of members with him. CLYDE MODEL YACHT CLUB. The following gentlemen have been appointed office bearers for the current year, viz :— Commodore, the Hon G. F. Boyle, Gar- rison, Millport; Vice- Commodore, J. E. Reid, Strahoun Lodge, Millport; Rear Commodore, D. M'lver, Liverpool; members of committee: Messrs J. Ure, T. Falconer, J. Miller, R. Ferguson, R. Mackintosh, A. Teacher, and J. Munn ; hon secretary, J. M. Forrester, 138, Hope- street, Glasgow. The following meetings have been arranged to take place during the season, viz :— Open- ing cruise at Gourock, on Saturday, June 6 ; regatta at Largs, on Saturday, July 4 ; closing cruise and Challenge Cup, at Dunoon, on Saturday, Aug 29. From the present prosperous state of the club funds the prizes to be competed for will be very handsome, the Challenge Cup, at present held by the Brenda, D. M'lver, Liverpool, being valued at £ 40. During the past year several fine yachts have been added to the fleet, which now numbers 53 vessels of all classes, from 4 to 80 tens ; and among the additions fer 1863 may be mentioned the celebrated cutter yacht Onda, A. Morri- son, and the Seal, Capt Baring, Loch Fyne. ARIEL ROWING CLUB. The members ef this club were the first to open the metropolitan season with a race among their senior scullers, on Saturday, April 11. The contest was for the handsome silver cup presented by Sir Cusack P. Roney, the president, and entitled the " President's Challenge Prize.'' We gave the conditions for this cup a short time ago, it will only therefore be necessary to recapitulate that it must be held twelve months before it becomes the permanent property of the winner, who is liable to row within six weeks if challenged in the summer months, viz, April to September in- clusive, and within three months should the challenge be issued within the months of October and March inclusive. The distance was Putney to Hammersmith, and the following were the com- petitors, stations counting from the Surrey side :— 4. T. W. Hopton 11 2. F. Fisher 0 1. C. W. Koney 0 | 3. J. Westell o Mr Belfour, vice president of the London Rowing Club, kindly consented to accompany the race as umpire in the London twelve. After a slight delay they got away pretty well together, Hopton at once taking the lead, Fisher rowing well for the first one hundred yards next to Hopton, when he fell off. Roney and Westell were meanwhile together, having a severe race, and all kept in the above order to the Point, where Roney began to over- haul Westell and pressed closely upon Fisher, who having slipped his scull slightly off the Dung Wharf, fell an easy victim to Roney soon afterwards, the latter going into second place; after this there were no further changes. Hopton increasing his lead won easily, Roney being second. Fisher next, Westell well up. In the evening the members of the club repaired to Kelly's, Mr Roney, the hon sec, in the chair. Mr Roney then, in the name of his father, who was unavoidably absent, handed the cup to the winner, whom he congratulated on his success, as also the club in their being able, although so few in numbers, to give so handsome a prize. He had no doubt the smallness of the entry was owing to the known abilities of their captain ( Mr Hopton), but he did not think that fact should deter the members from competing. They should rather strive to emulate and, if possible, to defeat their captain, as his father's desire in giving this cup had been to bring forward the rising scullers in the club as well as the more matured hands. They had not only good scullers, but the founda- tion for good scullers in the club, and the younger members had only to pay every attention to their sculling, and lose no opportu- nities of being upon the river, to become as good as those who had risen to eminence in the club.— Mr Hopton, in his reply, thanked both Mr Roney and his father, and said he should do his utmost to keep the cup, which was a prize which any club might be proud of. He then gave " The Health of Sir Cusack Roney, the President, and Mr Cusack Willis Roney, the Hon Secretary,'' con- gratulating the club on their having secured so kind and liberal a gentleman for their president, and so able an assistant in the person of his son, to whom the success of the club during the past year had been mainly due, as he had not only been most indefatigable in his exertions to promote the club's prosperity, but had intro- duced a large number of new members to it.— Mr Roney, in re- turning thanks, proposed " The Health of the Captain," who, in his turn, gave " The London Rowing Club," who had ever treated the Ariel Rowing Club in a most courteous manner.— Mr Far- ley responded, and several other healths were drunk. NORTH LONDON ROWING CLUB. The first race of the season of this club has been fixed to take place « > n the 25th April, and at a meeting held on the 10th the following crews were drawn to contend, viz:— FIBST HEAT— Putney to Hammersmith— to start at 4:" 1— RED. I). Freeland H. K. Stinton C. Speyer( cox) 2.— DARK BLUE. D. Amsinck W. Woodrow J. Amsinck ( cox) .- ORANGE. B. R. Stafford W. Newell Jas. Smith ( cox) SECOND HEAT— Putney to Hammersmith— to start at 5: 30. L— GREEN. 2.— LIGHT BLUE. 3.- PINK. H. C. Hill J. K. Smith J. R. Goodwin R. Wilson J. G. Paul W. W. Boucher J. A. Taylor ( cox) J. Brown ( cox) G. Rae ( cox) FINAL HEAT— at 6: 30— Hammersmith to BarnesRailwayBridge. The two first boats in the trial heats to contend in this heat. The numbers denote the stations, commencing from the Surrey shore, and the race, which is for silver cups given by the club, will be accompanied by Mr Newman, the hon sec, as umpire, in the club eight. THE NEW CODE. MB EDITOE : One of the new rules says that yachts " may set what canvas they like, when and how they please." Now, though I consider the new rules most excellent in nearly every particular, I should like to say a word or two as regards the foregoing. No doubt yachts hitherto have been far too much restricted as regards their sails, which restriction has been the chief cause of the over sparring now so generally adopted in racing cutters, as also of the unwieldy balloon canvas they set, because, when a boat comes to " run," she must set more canvas than when she is close hauled. As she is not allowed to set a square sail, she must - only increase the size of her mainsail, which mainsail comes sadly against her when she is caught out in heavy weather ; indeed, I think it is the aforesaid big mainsail that has given rise to the axiom that you can'teombine a comfortable cruiser with a successful racer. But then I think everything should have its limit, and all such excrescences as ring- tails, & c, should be prohibited. I would not allow either square topsails or flying jibs, as a good square- sail ought to be quite sufficient for a cutter to set when running, and would give the men plenty to do without anything extra. I am glad to see that » ne of the new rules confines the entrance fee to 6d per ton, which is a great advantage, as some of the regatta committees used to impose too much on the competitors. The R. W. Y. C. I., for instance, charged £ 5 last season for a £ 100 cup. I should have no objection to a large entrance— indeed, I should be glad to see it— if committees were to use it in the shape of a sweep- stakes to be given to the second boat, provided four started, and if not to go to the winner of the race. Apologising for the length of - this, I am, yours, & c, EMBLEM. CHAMBERS AND EVERSON. In support of a great, and as we think a necessary principle, it will h ave been observed that all along we have refused the desig- nation to this match which, but for the circumstances, it would have had an undoubted right to. The place, the quality of the combatants, the amount rowed for were all worthy of the Cham- pionship of the Thames; but there was, in our opinion, one slight flaw which undermined the whole fabric, and that was the refusal of Chambers to row, except for the consideration of a certain sum. for his expenses. The money demanded was not preposterous in itself. £ 20 was the modest request, but then we say that a cham- pion is not in a position to attach any, even the slightest and most trivial condition at his own pleasure. Such a thing was never before heard of, at least as being inserted as a special stipulation in the articles. Of course it is impossible to prevent any private arrangement which men or their backers may find it con- venient or profitable to make, and indeed every require- ment is satisfied so long as it remains a private ar- rangement. In a former match some such understanding was known to exist, and it was then that we first called upon the rowing world to come forward and arrange exactly on what terms the Championship of the Thames should be rowed. Already we imagined that among other evils attending it the sum expected was usually too great, as likely to shut out many whs would otherwise be competitors, and, in short, that too much was left to the dictation of the holder of the title. However, time and the race went by, and nothing was done, and it was not till the first challenge of Everson to row on even terms had been refused, that we again appealed to the public. The matter was then taken up by the Thames Subscription Club, and if the saying is true that a thing begun is half done, we presume that we may shortly hear something more of it; but when present excitement has passed away these things generally drop very strangely to the ground. Chambers, if we remember rightly, put forth two chief reasons for refusing Everson to row at evens on the Thames; one was, that having beaten everybody he was Champion of the world, and had, therefore, a right to maintain that title on any waters he pleased, and the other was that the Newcastle men had won such oceans of money by coming all the way to London for it that surely it was right they should be allowed to make their next little haul without that trouble. Well, the latter reason tells of course rather for the other side of the argument, and the former Everson himself answered very conclu- sively by stating that it was the Championship of the Thames which had been wrested from Harry Kelly, and it was that only to which he was aspiring. Should the Australian Green now go on with the match to row Chambers, and by any miracle win it, he might as justly demand that the next race should come off some- where in New South Wales, or the alternative of some hundreds for expenses be paid to row it upon the Thames. No; the princi- ple is that a Champion contention must be on equal terms, and we must have our London Championship here— on our own course, from Putney to Mortlake. To this principle we have en- deavoured to call attention by the course we have pursued, and we trust that those in whose power alone it lies may give effect to our remonstrances. ROBERT CHAMBERS, St Anthony's, Newcastle- upon- Tyne, is 31 years of age, stands nearly 5 feet 10 inches high, and his rowing weight is list 61b. He first commenced rowing when a puddier, or mixer of metals, in an iron foundry, twelve years ago, and has since that time been engaged in nearly every important four- oared, pair- oared, and scullers race in the kingdom. Want of space, however, compels us to give only his scullers races, and for his other performances we must refer our readers to a full report of them given in our account of his race with Tom White in our impression of the 23d of Sept, 1860. Chambers then commenced his sculling career in July, 1853, when in ballast keel boats he defeated Shaftoe— a man of considerable repute on the Tyne— easily, and accommodated his opponent in the same manner on his challenging him again two months afterwards. In November he suffered defeat at the hands of Joseph Hicks. His next victory with the sculls was in 1856 at the Thames Regatta, where, in the final heat of the Scullers Race in old- fashioned boats, he defeated Richard Piner of Whitehall, James Finnis of the Tower, and George Robins of Battle Bridge, all good men. i In the Tyne Championship Regatta the same year Harry Clasper succeeded in beating him, but Chambers maintained his repu- j tation by rowing a good second ahead of some capital scullers, j 1857 was, however, his most brilliant year, for commencing in i June at Howden Regatta on the Tyne, he added another sculling j victory to his list, and followed this up by rowing and defeating Galley on the Tyne, July 20. He also beat John Mackinney of Richmond, Alfred lialph of Wandsworth, and Richard Piner in the Scullers Race at the Thames Regatta. In this race Ralph ; had pulled so pluckily and so well, that his partisans soon found i " the ready," and matched him against Chambers. The race came off on the 21st of September, 1857, and our readers will probably remember that the Wandsworth lad stood no chance after a few hundred yards, Chambers going in a very easy winner in 24 minutes 30 seconds, the distance being Putney to Mortlake. This year also he won the Scullers Prize at the Durham Regatta. His success over Ralph induced his backers to find him some employment more congenial to his tastes, and better calculated to develope his rising powers as a sculler. Employment on his native river necessarily gave him better opportunities to practise sculling, and we soon find the good effect of this change. In June, 1858, he won the Cuthbert Plate, for scullers, at the Durham Regatta, beating John H. Clasper. At the Thames National Regatta, the same year, he again carried off the scullers prize, beating George Drewitt ( Chel- sea), Richard Piner ( Whitehall), Fred. Lett, and Woodland ( of Lambeth). At the Manchester and Salford Regatta, the same year, he carried off the Victoria Scullers Prize, beating John Clasper and James Taylor ; and at the Talkin Tarn Regatta, also the same year, rowed'second to John Clasper for the Belted Will Plate, beating William Taylor. He was next matched against Tom White, and the race came off at Newcastle, on the lyth of April, 1859, from the High Level to the Scotswood Suspension Bridge; when, despite two fouls, which gave White many lengths the advantage, Chambers, to the surprise of all, came in an easy winner, only occupying 21min in doing the distance of threemiles and a half. His friends thought him now competent to aim at the Championship, held by Harry Kelly, and the match was accord- ingly made. Meanwhile Chambers repeated his visits to Dur- ham and Manchester, again winning at the former the Cuthbert Plate, beating John Clasper, and at the latter the Victoria Prize, beating John Clasper, E. Moorliouse, and F. G. Barratt. On the 29th of Sept, 1859, his race came off against Harry Kelly, from Putney to Mortlake, for the Championship of the Thames and the usual stake. Kelly obtained a slight lead ere they had rowed 100 yards, but Chambers had closed up the gap in a few strokes, and a fine race followed between them to the Point. Here, however, Chambers had begun to take a lead ; but Kelly held him well till they reached Craven Cottage, where Cham- bers, putting on a spurt, went clear of his opponent, and increasing his lead, was three lengths in advance at Hammersmith Bridge. Kelly rowed with great pluck through- out, but was evidently no match for the North countryman, who increasing his lead ad libitum, won the title he coveted by nearly 200 yards, doing the distance on a bad tide in 25min 25sec. This was his last performance that year, but in 1860 we find him as usual at Talkin Tarn, and Manchester and Salford Regattas. In the former, besides other exploits, he won the Netherby Plate for scullers, and in the latter the Eckersly Stakes for scullers, beating F. G. Barratt. He was not, however, to hold his newly- acquired honours long without being called upon to defend them. Tom White's friends thought their man good enough to row him, and accordingly a match was made for the 18th of September for £ 200a side and the championship— distance Putney to Mortlake. White won the toss, and they rowed a des- perate level race to the Star and Garter. The interest however was soon over, and White was destined to become even an easier conquest than Kelly. Chambers, with that stroke so magnificent to behold, so difficult to describe, had drawn himself all but clear at 8immons's, led by a length at the Point, four lengths at the Crab Tree, and six lengths at Hammersmith. From here, despite the fact that Tom rowed well, although hemmed in with steam- boats, Chambers went still further ahead, and won easily by 100 yards; time 23min 15sec. If there had ever been any doubts existing in the minds of rowing men as to what Chambers's powers were they were now effectually set at rest, for every one agreed that the ' man who could beat the two best London water- men of the day, and so easily withal, was an opponent against whom no one would be found to enter the lists for many years to come, and to a certain extent this prediction has been verified. Meanwhile Chambers has not been idle, for we find him winning the Handicap Scullers Race at Newcastle and Gateshead Re- gatta a few weeks after his defeat of Tom White, beat- ing Robert Cooper ( one length) and W. Lumley ( two) easily; at the Manchester and Salford Regatta, 1861, he also was engaged in the handicap scullers race there, but was beaten, owing to his opponent in the final heat, M. Scott, having so long a start, viz, 16 lengths. Last year we do not find him engaged with the sculls. In closing this summary of his sculling con- tests we may mention that Chambers has altogether been engaged in nearly 100 races, defeat being scarcely known to him ; and amongst his great performances has won the Champion Four- oared Race at the Thames Regatta five times, the Pair- oared Race at the same regatta three times, and the Scullers Race three times. GEORGE WILLIAM EVERSON of Greenwich next claims our attention. He is two years his opponent's junior, and is some- what smaller, only weighing lOst 81b, and standing 5ft 9in. His races maybe contained in a very small space, but those he has rowed have been against good men, and the results have shown him to be a man possessed of no ordinary strength. As an ap- prentice, at 20 years of age, we first hear of him winning with Blackmore a pair of silver sculls, but nothing important comes to light till 1856 when he astonished the natives by winning Doggett's Coat and Badge with marvellous ease, beating Tom Coombes ( Millbank), C. J. Rose ( Horselydown), F. J. Hovey ( Deptford), J. T. Porkneall ( Pickle Herring Stairs), and W. Mansey ( Isleworth). Here, from some reason, comes a gap of three years, till the 5th of September, 1859, when he rowed Henry Corby of Gravesend from CliffCreek to Northfleet Creek, a distance of five miles and a half. For half a mile they rowed a fine race, Corby leading, and then Everson caught him, and after some disgraceful fouling on Corby's part, which lasted nearly a mile, Everson turned him round and won as he pleased, doing the dis- tance in the fastest time in which it has been done, viz, 33min 45sec. This race established his reputation as a most powerful and lasting sculler, for Corby had ever been reckoned a man of no ordinary pretensions, 3 to 1 having been freely laid on his win- ning this match shortly after the start. The time, too, in which, notwithstanding the fouling, Everson rowed the race showed him to have considerable speed, and backers began to crowd around him. In the Thames Regatta, 1860, he won his heat in the Scullers Race, but succumbed to Hammerton in the final. He was next matched with Jem Finnis of the Tower, the best below bridge man next to Tom White, and the race came off on the 4th of October, 1860, from Putney to Mortlake. The race was ostensibly in old- fashioned boats; both had tried to evade the law as much as possible, and Everson's boat was much the nearest approach to the outrigger; but this, after all, could not have made the vast difference there was between them, Ever- son going right away and winning anyhow. He now openly styled himself below bridge champion, and finding no one would row him from below his friends matched him against George Hammerton of Teddington, for £ 100 a side, this being the first time Everson had rowed in a real outrigger. That Ham- merton was a rattling good little man no one can dispute, for he was reckoned as good as Harry Kelly, but Everson defeated him nearly as easily as he had done his other opponents. The race came off on the 19th September, 1861, from Putney to Mortlake, Hammerton being made the favourite at 2 to 1. At starting Everson caught a crab, which gave Hammerton a lead of half a length. This he only held for a few strokes, and then Everson was with him again, and they rowed neck and neck to Simmons's. Here Hammerton led again, and a splendid neck and neck race followed to beyond Craven, Hammerton throughout having a lead varying from a few yards to three parts of his boat. He had all along tried to cut his oppo- nent down, but the brave little fellow found he had caught a Tartar, and at the Crab Tree Everson had got away, led by a length and a half at Hammersmith, and despite the Teddington hero's extremely plucky rowing increased his lead all the way, and won with perfect ease in 24min 40sec. His friends were now thoroughly convinced that it would take a good man to beat him, and challenged Kelly to row him for £ 200 a side. Nothing, how- ever, came of this, and finding no other work to hand, Everson's party determined to throw down the gauntlet to Chambers, whom, at the end of last year, they called upon to defend his title. We have stated above the difficulties raised by Cham- bers, and have here merely to say that early in January the present match was made. The due importance of the event seems to have been present t'o the minds of the friends of both men, for both at Newcastle and Greenwich they were soon at work, Chambers being under the able care of his' old mentor, Harry Clasper. He was at once made the favourite, although it was known that since his race with White he had made flesh very fast, but this pro- mised, by dint of sufficient exercise, to disappear, and no serious misgivings were entertained in the North as to the result, while takers were not yet found in any large numbers. Meanwhile Everson was actively employed and carefully watched down below, and in the beginning of March came to town, and took up his quarters at Mr Pankhurst's, the Bull's Head, Barnes, where for some short time he has been nnder the direction of George Drewitt. Reports, be they true or false, will travel, and report this time said that neither was Everson taking sufficient care of himself, nor was he working hard enough, although we are not prepared to substantiate all we say in this respect, and there can be no doubt that he was not wanting in comfort and attention at his training quarters. His backers also spared no trouble or expense with him, and went to the length of having no less than three boats constrncted for him by Biffen, of Hammersmith. All these he tried in turn, and at length fixed upon the first one built, the " Victoria,'' her principal dimensions being 33 feet long, 11J inches wide on the seat, and 251b weight without the irons. Chambers left Newcastle with two boats, constructed for him by Harry Clasper, and accompanied by him and Edwin Winship, took up his quarters, on the 30th March, at Mr Salter's, the Feathers Tavern, Wandsworth, where we need hardly say he received the utmost care and attention. On his arrival in London he was no doubt unusually big, but he rapidly lost flesh under the super- vision of his trainers, to whom too much credit cannot be given for the splendid condition in which he was brought to the post. Betting when the North Countryman left home was 6 and 7 to 4 on him, but as the day approached it became known that Everson was in fine condition, and as he was also said to have rowed a splen- did trial, the odds decreased till it was no more than guineas to pounds. The last few days, however, Chambers had exhibited such an improvement, and was rowing so splendidly, that he was again made the favourite at 5 to 4, which odds gradually increased up to the morning of the race. He, like his opponent, gave each boat built for him a fair trial, and at length decided to row in the " Princess Alexandra," which is 34ft 3in long, 10} on the seat, and weighs 24lb without the outriggers. The sculls he used were made by J ohn Ralph, of Wandsworth. There have never probably in the memory of man been so many people drawn together to " witness a boat race as we saw on Tues- day. We thought the number large at the University Race, but the assemblage on this occasion exceeded the gathering on that by many hundreds. The race being arranged to start three hours later, and not at so unearthly an hour, had much to do with this no doubt, and the rivalry of North and South completed the at- traction. No less than 16 steamers began to leave London as early as half- past nine; these were all tolerably loaded, some of them very much so, and there were besides three tugs. These, however, were as nothing compared with the myriads of small fry afloat; these, always numerous on Champion- ship days, were uncommonly so on this occasion, and the river at times was completely covered with them. The towing paths next claim our attention, and both those and the bridges, and every house top and available space from which a view could be obtained, were one mass of human beings, surging and swaying about as at a procession ; while vehicles of all kinds were had in requisition for the event, and the usual number of equestrians were in attendance ; in fact, as was remarked by an old aquatic, there were never so many people at Putney before. Half- past eleven was the time named in the articles for the start, and as the hour approached betting became very brisk. After the usual time spent at Putney in finding the various steamboats, and the usual frantic shouts as K or L, the Warrior, Venus, & c, were seen in the distance, all settled calmly down awaiting the start, and the steamers arranged themselves in a manner which looked as though it meant mischief, right along the shore, some being as far up as Craven Cottage. At half- past eleven the umpires' boat, Citizen G, took up her position at the Bridge— Mr Clifford had been unanimously appointed referee at the meeting at Laidler' s, New Inn, Old Bailey, the day before— and the umpires were Harry Clasper and Mr Wall of Greenwich. At the same time Chambers rowed up from the Feathers, and Everson joined him in a few minutes; Courts of Green- wich showed in the head of Everson's cutter, while Stephen Salter of Oxford had been expressly sent for to pilot the Champion. The toss for choice of station had now but to take place, and it was in another instant known that Everson had won the choice of sides, which, however, could not be any possible advantage, as when they started the tide was only just draining up. The appearance of Chambers was such when alongside of his opponent that the result could scarcely be doubted. He looked a winner all over, and the splendid fall of his ponderous back as he rowed to his post 25 yards to the seuthward of his opponent was certainly calculated to strike terror into the heart of any one who had come there to beat him. Everson, on the other hand, was fine, but very thin, and his digging, ungainly stroke was but little altered, a cir- cumstance which, considering the time he has been in training, surprised many who witnessed it. The difference in the styles was so marked, and the north countrymen became consequently so confident, that they laid 2 to 1 on their man ; while Everson's party seemed equally sanguine, and jumped at such long odds till wearied out with the number of offers. THE START took place at precisely nineteen minutes to twelve, on the top of the water, which was as smooth as glass, without one breath of wind to disturb its serenity. At the first stroke Cham- bers, cooler than his antagonist, showed a lead, but in the next Everson was ahead, and continued to lead till opposite the Star and Garter, where, in the quietest manner, without any attempt at a spurt, and apparently without any exertion, Chambers closed up thegap, which had been nearly half a length. The difference be- tween the men was already so marked that there were offers to lay 3 to 1, for while Chambers's rowing was one easy, undeviating stroke, in which back, muscles, arms, and legs all took part, keep- ing time as it were with each other by machinery, Evers& n's pull- ing was imperfect, short, and unfinished, and he was timed to be pulling 20 strokes to his opponent's 18— in short, peculiarly below- bridge sculling: and, although he was pulling his utmost, and from here held his opponent some distance with great game- ness, it was evident that Chambers would prove too much for him. From the Star and Garter to near the half- mile post there was a splendid ding- dong race, Everson throughout pulling very pluckily— so much so, indeed, that heat lengthrevived the hopes of his friends by again obtaining a lead, which he held to beyond the Point. For some time before this Chambers had been now and then looking over his shoulder at his opponent, as much as to say, " I know exactly what you can do, and when I have tired you out shall row ahead at my leisure,'' and was at the same time gradually edging him over on to the Middlesex shore. Everson gave way, lest by any possibility there should be a foul— although they were never near enough for that— till at length he was left dead in the " slack,'' and then Chambers in ever the same easy manner went clear ahead, leaving his opponent as though he were standing still. The north country division were now in ecstasies, and offers of 4 to 1 were in vain held out, for Ever- son's party no doubt thought that all was over, the Greenwich man exhibiting considerable fatigue, want of style in so severe a race having necessarily told upon his constitution. At Craven there was half a clear length betwen them, and immediately afterwards Chambers began to shoot over to the Surrey shore; Everson followed him immediately and seemed to have regained his wind, for be put on a fine spurt, which took him a little nearer, but half way over there was all a clear length between them, Chambers not forgetting the great pull a leading man has by giving his opponent all the wash he can. He now rapidly" increased his lead, was four lengths ahead opposite the Crab Tree, five on passing the Soap Works, and seven or eight under Hammersmith Bridge, which he reached in lOmin 29sec from the start. But after the match had passed the Crab Tree, even had Everson stood a chance against the fine rowing of his opponent, the steamers would, as on all previous occasions, have completely deprived him of it. All we can say is that they never behaved worse than on this occasion ; as we said in describing the match between Chambers and White, one would have thoughtthey would have shown a little more kindness to their own countryman, but no, there was no attempt to ease; one steamboat was bound to follow another or be shut out, and consequently off the Soap Works certainly more than half the boats in com- pany were abreast or ahead of Everson, and he was completely hemmed in. This disgraceful nuisance lasted to opposite Sawyer's Hammersmith, and then when he got clear his rowing was ex- ceedingly plucky. Of course it is not for a moment to be sup- posed that under any circumstances the result would have been different, but considering these disadvantages his pluck calls for much praise. At Chiswick E3- ott there was a gap— as plainly as could be seen between the funnels of the various steamboats — of ten or a dozen lengths between the men, Chambers easing up every now and then, and looking round in order to thread his way with safety through the hundreds of small boats ahead of him. He passed under Barnes Bridge in 22min 2sec from starting ( Everson taking 22min 37sec), and arrived at the Ship at Mortlake thrice winner of the championship in 25min 27sec, Everson being 35sec, or something like 200 yards, behind. In con- clusion, we must say that the Greenwich man was beaten by a man possessing, as he has frequently shown, extraordinary powers as a sculler— a man, indeed, who seems destined to hold the cham- pionship as long as, if not longer than, his great predecessor, the renowned Robert Coombes. COLLECTION FOR THE LOSING MAN.— We are glad to learn that £ 7 was collected for the losing man on board the umpire's boat, and have since heard that Tom White very kindly col- lected £ 8 9s on Citizen M on the day, which will be handed over to Everson on his calling at Tom White's house, the Grapes, New Gravel- lane, Shadwell, on Monday evening, April 20. We sincerely hope that these examples may be followed by others who witnessed Everson's plucky efforts to overhaul his opponent. THE BORE OF THE SEVERN. We have received the following from a well- known aquatic excursionist:— " MR EDITOR : In your last number there is a paragraph about the ' bore' in the Severn, which implies that this remarkable tidal wave occurs only occasionally. We hear from fishermen on the river and others that it accompanies the turn of every tide from ebb to flood ; but at certain periods of the year it appears with unusual power and violence. On the Saturday ( 4th inst) alluded to by you we were rowing down the Severn from Tewkesbury on the ebb, expecting to reach Gloucester before low water, but a little above the railway bridge, while rowing with a stream of one and a half or two miles an hour in our favour, on turning a bend our coxswain saw ' the bore' close upon us, rushing up the river at a speed of from five to six miles an hour. The banks were steep, and the rapidity of the advancing water left us no choice but to face it, so steering for the centre of the wave we weathered it fairly, the boat ( a small out- rigged gig) shipping but little water. We can fully confirm the account of the instantaneous change in the course of the current of the water. The turmoil at the point of contact is much increased by a high and adverse wind. The surf on the banks is very great, and rushes along with noise and violence ; the rise of waterjis abrupt, and curls over like a sea wave dashing on a shore, while in the centre the bore resembles a long swelling wave, broken by a fresh breeze. Having sur- mounted this, instead of descending again we found ourselves still rising till the new level of the flood tide was reached, when we only had the strong, steady adverse stream to contend with. The bore is common to the Severn, the Avon, the Wye, the Parret, and, we believe, to the Seine, and some of the great rivers of India. " B. J. AND R.'' CRICKET. EXPLOSION AT EWELL POWDER MILLS.— About six o'clock on Wednesday morning a fearful explosion of gunpowder, by which three lives were lost, took place at the mills belonging to Messrs Sharp and Adams, of Birchin- lane, London. The manufacture is carried on in five detached buildings, distant from 150 to 400 yards from each other. The noise was fearful, and alarmed the whole neighbourhood. Within a quarter of a mile of the spot windows were broken in every house. In the High- street of Sutton, three miles off, the shock was severely felt, and the noise caused alarm at a distance of from six to seven miles. One of the workmen en- gaged at the time in the press- house, about 400 yards off, on hearing the explosion, said to his companion, " There's a blow," and made his way into the open air. On looking up he saw a cloud of smoke and black spots, which he knew to be charred timbers tossed high into the air by the explosion. The workmen, on repairing to the place after the accident, found the whole space within 100 yards of the mill covered with charred timbers from a few inches to many feet in length. The mill itself was levelled with the ground, a beam not less than twelve feet long and fifteen inches square standing almost upright in the ground at a distance of thirty yards from the place where it had been. It had evidently been blown over the tops of the young elms and ash trees intervening without touching them. Two large ash and elm trees were torn up by the roots, and the old press which stood outside the building was also pulled from its socket. Three men are usually employed in the rooms, and at six o'clock they had just gone to work. They were all three in the building, and were blown up with it. Their bodies ( or portions of them) were picked up in the adjoining field, belonging to Mr Gardener, Ruxley Farm. Mr Sharp's private residence, at some distance from the scene of the accident, is much damaged. Scarcely a pane of glass remains whole, and the woodwork is much torn. The walls are shaken to the foundation. Two of the deceased men left families— James Baker, a wife and six children, the eldest only eleven years of age; and Henry Hookham, two daughters, one a widow with children dependent on him. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.— On Sunday evening, April 12, a boat containing five youths was upset on the Thames near Hungerford Pier by coming into collision with a steamboat, and two of the youths, named Abrahams and Smith, were drowned; the rest being only saved with difficulty. MARYLEB0NE CLUB. MAT 11, Cambridge— M. C. C. and Ground v University of Cambridge. MAT 14, Oxford— M. C. C. and Ground v University of Oxford. MAT 25, Lord's— All England ElevenvUnited( Cricketers'Fund benefit), MAT 28, Lord's— I Zingari v Household Brigade. JUNE 1, Lord's— M. C. C aud Ground v Colts of England. JUNE 8, Lord's— M. C. C. and Ground v Sussex. JUNE 18, Lord's— M. C. C, and Ground v Oxford University. JUNE 22, Lord's- Oxford v Cambridge. JUNE 25, Lord's— Cambridge Quidnuncs v Oxford Harlequins. JUNE 29, Lord's—( Jentlemen v Players. JULT 1, Lord's— M. C. C. and Ground v Rugby. JULT 2, Lord's— Rugby V Marlbereugh. JULT 6, Lord's— Thirteen of Kent v England. JULT 9, Lord's— I Zlngari v 22 of the Houses of Parliament. JULT 10, Lord's— Eton v Harrow. JULY 13, Lord's- M. C. C. and Ground ( with Parr and Willsher) R County of Cambridge). JULT 20, Lord's— North v South. JULT 27, Lord's— M. C. C. and Ground v Middlesex. AUG 10, Canterbury— Thirteen of Kent v England— return. AUG 12, Canterbury— M. C. C. V Gentlemen of Rent. AUG 17, Brighton— M. C. C. and Ground v Sussex— return. COUNTY OF SURREY. MAT 11, Oval— 11 Colts v 12 Gentlemen of Surrey Club. MAT 18, Oval— Surrey Colts V Sussex Colts. MAT 25, Oval— Gentlemen of Surrey Club v Gentlemen of Manchester. MAT 28, Oval— Surrey Colts v Kent Colts. 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 Lniversity. JUNE 22, Oval— Surrey V 11 from Cheltenham, Rugby, and Marlborough. JUNE 22, Canterbury— Surrey v Kent. JUNE 25, Oval— Surrey v 14 Oxford University. JULT 2, Oval— Gentlemen v Players. JULT 9, Oval— Surrey v 14 Free Foresters. JULT 13, Brighton— Surrey V Sussex. JULT 16, Oval— Surrey v Kent. JULT 20, Oval— Surrey Club v South Wales. JULT 23, Oval— Surrey v Cambridgeshire. JULY 27, Sheffield— Surrey v Yorkshire. JULT 30, Oval— Surrey v Middlesex. AUG 3, Oval— Surrey v North England. AUG 10, Oval— Surrey Club v Southgate. AUG 13, Manchester— Gentlemen of Surrey Club R Gentlemen of Man- chester. AUG 17, Oval— Surrey v England. AUG 20, Broughton, Manchester— Surrey v North England. AUG 27, Southgate— Surrey Club v Southgate. The annual dinner of the Surrey Club will take place at the Bridge House Hotel, on Wednesday, May 13. COUNTY OF SUSSEX. JUNE 1, Brighton— Secretary's Eleven Y Young Players of the County. JUKE 8, Lord's— 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. JULT 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. COUNTY OF KENT. MAT 28, Oval— Kent Colts v Surrey Colts ( under 25). JUNE 11, Nottingham— Kent v Notts. JUNE 22, Tonbridge Wells— Kent V Surrey. JUNE 25, Brighton— Kent V Sussex. JULY 16, Oval— Kent v Surrey— return. JULY 23, Cranbrook— Kent v Notts— return. ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN. MAT 4, Pudsey— v 22 of Pudsey and district. MAY ll, Sheffield— v 18 of Sheffield ( W. Siinn's benefit). MAY 14, Glasgow— V 22 of Clydesdale Club. MAY 18, Berkenshaw, near Leeds— v 22. MAY 21, Manchester, OldTrafford— North vSouth. MAT 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 Traflord— y is of Manchester ( with two professionals). JUNE 8, Southampton— v 22 of Union Club. JUNK 15, Dewsbury— V 22. JUNE 18, Broughton— v 20. JUNE 25, Redditch— v 22. JULY 2, Money— V 22. JULY 16, Hack wood Park— V 22 of Basingstoke. JULY 27, Walsall— v 22. JULY 30, Longslght— V 20. AUG 3, Bo= ton Spa— V 22 of Boston Spa. AUG 6, Asliton- under- Lyne— V 22. AUG 17, Lawton Hall- v 22 of Cheshire. Avg 20, Harrogate— v 22. AUG 24, Scarborough— V 22 of the district. AUG 27, Liverpool— North v South. AUG 31, Bristol— V 22. SEPT 7, Hull— v 22 of Yorkshire. SEPT 14, York— v 22 of Yorkshire. UNITED ALL ENGLAND. MAY 11, Rosemary Braucli, Peckham— v 22. MAY 14, Gomersal, near Leeds— v 22. MAY 18, Southsea— v 22 of Hast Hants. MAY 25, Lord's— v A. E. E. ( Cricketers' Fund). MAY 2S, Oxford— v 20 01 Christ Church College. JUNE 1, Ealing- v 20 ( with two bowlers). JUNE 8, Seaforth, near Liverpool— V 20 of the Northern Club ( with two bowlers). AUG 6, Soutiigate- v J. Walker s 16. AUG 10 Otley, Yorkshire— v 22 ( for the benefit of Robinson aud Swain). AUG 13^ Southampton— V 22 Gentlemen of Hampshire. AUG 84, Hastings— v 22. AUG 31, . Newport, Isle of Wight— v 22 of the island. SEPT 7, Godalming— v number not fixed. SEPT 14, Newcastle- on- Tyne— v 22. OTHER MATCHES TO COME. APRIL 25, Trafford— Manchester v Huime Adelaide. APRIL 25, Stratford— Eastern Counties— opening match. MAY i Stratford— Middlesex Amateurs v Eastern Counties. MAY 2, Trafford— Manchester V Ancoats Collegians. MAY 2, Longsight First Eleven v Twenty- two. MAY 6, Trafford— Manchester v Sale ( with I'. eynold and Slinn). MAT 6, Oxford— Bullingdon v Christchurch. MAY 9, Seaforth— Manchester v Northern ( with Arnold). MAY9, Tratford— Manchester v Pendleton. MAT 9, Rusholme— Longsight v Rusholme. MAY 9, Stratford— Aldersgatev Eastern Counties. _ MAY 9, Cassiobury Park— Household Brigade v Cassiobury. MAY 16, Stratford- London Press v Eastern Counties. MAT 16, Trafford— Manchester v Colts of Lancashire ( with Reynolds). MAY 16, Longsight— Bowden v Longsight. MAY 20, Trafford— Manchester v Longsight. MAY 21, Trafford— North of England v South. MAY 21, Oxford— Bullingdon v Harlequins. MAY 23, Pendleton— Longsight v 14 of Pendleton. MAY 23, Stratford— Bedford Amateur 2d v Eastern Counties 2d. MAY 25 Woolwich— Eastern Counties v Non- commissioned Officers R. A. MAY 27, Cambridge— Eastern Counties v Cambridge Victoria. MAY 27, Liverpool— Longsight v Bootle. MAY 27, Oxford— Bui lingdon v Cheshire. MAY 28, Rusholme— Longsight v Kusholme Second Elevens. MAY 29, Broughton— 14 of Longsight v Broughton. MAY 30 Islington— Eastern Counties v Bedf ord Amateurs. MAY 30, Stratford— Amicable v Eastern Counties 2d. JUNE 1, Oxford— Bullingdon v Free Foresters. JUNE 6, Stratford- General Post Office v Eastern Counties. JUNE 6 Longsight— Cheetham Windsor First Eleven v Longsight Second. JUNE 6 Cheetham Hill— Longsight 3d Eleven v Cheetham Windsor 2d. JUNE 10, Trafford— Manchester V Ashton- under- Lyne ( with Slinn), JUNE 12, Trafford— Manchester v Players in Lancashire. JUNE 13, Stratford— London Yard v Eastern Counties. JUNE 13, Longsight— Pendleton v Longsight Second Elevens. JUNE 13, Birch— Longsight Third Eleven v Birch Second Eleven. JUNE 15, Oxford— Bullingdon v Quidnuncs. JUNE 20 Stratford- General Post Office 2d v Eastern Counties 2d. JUNE 28, Old Trafford— Longsight Second Eleven v Clifford 16( 11 Barr'd). JUNE 22, Traffor< i— Manchester V Huyton. JUNE 24, Trafford— Manchester v Rochdale ( with twe Players). JUNE 24, Blackheath— West Kent Amateurs v Eastern Counties. JUNE 27, Stratford— Honorary Members V Eastern Counties. JUNE 27, Stockport— Manchester v Stockport. JUNE 27, Longsight— 16 of Clifford v Longsight. JUNE 29, Trattord— Manchester v Accrington ( with J. Berry). JULY 1, Trafford— Manchester v Broughton. JULY 3, Preston— Manchester V North Lancashire. JULY 4, Stratford— Middlesex Amateurs V Eastern Counties— return. JULT 4, Longsight- Longsight v 14 of Pendleton. JULY 8, Longsight- Manchester v Longsight- return. JULY 11, Stratford— Non com Officers LI. A. v Eastern Counties— return. JULY 11,' Longsight— Rusholme v Longsight. JULY 11, Birch— Longsight Second Eleven v Birch First Eleven. JULT 18, Longsight— Bootle v Longsight. JULT 18, Tottenham— Eastern Counties v Tottenham. JULT 18, Stratford— Amicable v Eastern Counties 2d— return. JULT 25, Tuffnel Pars— Eastern Counties v General Post Office— return. JULT 26, Old Traflord— Longsight v 16 of Clifford. JDLT 25, Trafford— Manchester v Cheetham Hill. JULT 29, Lockwood— Manchester v Lockwood ( with two players). Aue 1 Stratford— Bedford Amateur v Eastern Counties— return. AUG 1 Islington— Bedford Amateur 2d v Eastern Counties 2d— return. AUG 8 Stratford— West Kent Amateur v Eastern Counties— return. AUG 8, Old Trafford— Longsight v Manchester ( Junior Elevens). AUG 8, Trafford— Manchester Second Eleven v Longsight Second Eleven. AUG 12, Irafford— Stockport v Manchester. AUG 15, Stratford— London Press v Eastern Counties— return. AUG IS! Bowden— Longsight v Bowden. AUG 15, Longsight— Rusholme v Longsight Second Elevens. AUG 19 Rochdale— Manchester V Rochdale ( with two players). AUG 21, Trafford— Preston ( with two players) v Manchester. AUG 22 Longsight— 16 of Clifford v Longsight Second Eleven ( 11 Barr'd). Aug 22, Stratford— Honorary Members v Eastern Counties— return. AUG 28, Longsight— Broughton v 14 of Longsight. AUG 29 Stratford— Tottenham v Eastern Counties— return. AUG 29 Cheetham Hill— Manchester V Cheetham Hill. SEPT 4 Ashton- under- Lyne— Manchester v Ashton ( with Slinn). SEPT 5, Poplar— London Y'ard v Eastern Counties— return. SEPT 5, Pendleton— Longsight v Pendleton Second Elevens. SEPT 5, Longsight— Birch Second Eleven v Longsight Third Eleven. SEPT 11, Trafford— North Lancashire v Manchester, SEPT 12, Longsight— Cheetham Windsor Second v Longsight Third. SEPT 12, Tuffnel Park— General Post Office 2d v Eastern Counties 2d. SEPT 12 Cheetham Hill— Longsight Second v Cheetham Windsor First. SEPT 16, Trafford— Lockwood ( with two players) v Manchester. . SEPT 19, Hackney— Aldersgate v Eastern Counties. SEPT 19, Longsight— Birch First Eleven v Longsight Second Eleven. SEPT 26. Longsight— First Eleven v Twenty- two. SEPT 26, Trafford— Didsbury v Manchester. " DEVON COUNTY CLUB. The first annual meeting was held at head- quarters, Torquay, on the 28th March, when the hon see's report and the treasurer's account were received and adopted. The members present con- gratulated themselves on the successful results of their first sea- son. The committee for the season was elected, and Mr W. H. Kitson re- elected hon sec and treasurer. The committee contem- plate the appointment of a bowler, under one of the rules, to visit the smaller clubs in Devon. The list of matches for 1862 shows the following result :— Devon v Gloucester, at Clifton: Gloucester won in one innings and 77 runs. Gentlemen of North Devon v Gentlemen of South Devon, at Instow : The North won by 11 runs. Devon v Dorset, at Sidmouth : Dorset won by four wickets. Devon v Cornwall, ait Plymouth: Devon won in one innings and 199 runs. t) evon v Somerset, at Exeter : Devon won by 9 runs. Devon v Gloucester ( return), at Teignbridge: Devon won by 33 runs. Gentlemen of Devon v Flayers of Devon, at Torquay: Players won by nine wickets. Result of the five matches with other counties: Three were won and two lost. Some matches have already been provisionally arranged, but the committee will consider if arrangements cannot be made for the full strength of the county to play in London, or some other great cricketing place, during the ensuing season, as it would be the means of making the county more prominent, and add to the prosperity of the club. ROYAL HOTEL, CHELTENHAM.— We call attention to an adver- tisement elsewhere, from which cricketers and others visiting Cheltenham will learn that Mr Fenner, the well known player, and lately proprietor of the celebrated ground at Cambridge, has become landlord of the above hotel. We are sure he will not be forgotten. BEAUMONT CLUB.— The annual meeting of the members of this club took place on the 31st March, at the Eton Hotel, Haver- stock Hill. Messrs J. W. Blake, J. L. Bongard, and S. M. Plank were elected the committee, and Messrs C. and G. W. Stevens were re- elected treasurer and secretary respectively for the ensuing year. In the course of the evening the captain of the club, Mr S. M. Plank, presented the secretary with a handsome meerschaum pipe, mounted in silver, with initials and crest engraved, and to the treasurer a tankard, with initials and crest also engraved, as a slight acknowledgment of the services rendered to the club by hese gentlemen. GODOLPHIN SCHOOL.— CLASSICAL V MODEBN.— This match was played on Saturday, March 11, and terminated in favour of the Classical by 35 runs on the first innings. Bcore: Classical 58 and 55 ( with two wickets down), Modern 22. CAMBERWELL CLUB.— A meeting will be held at the Rosemary Branch Tavern, Southampton- street, on Wednesday evening, April 22, for the purpose of establishing a club, to be entitled as above. Chair to be taken at eight o'clock precisely. MARYLEBONE CLUB. GENERAL MEETING AT LORD'S GROUND.— A large and in- fluential meeting of the committee of the M. C. C. was held on Wednesday afternoon, April 15, in the Pavilion, at Lord's, for the purpose of considering the proposed alterations in laws X. and XXIV. Lord Sefton was in the chair, and amongst others present we neticed Lord Garlies, Hon R. Stuart, Col F. Marshall, Hon Spencer Ponsonby, Col Bathurst, and Messrs W. H. Ben- thall, R. Marsham, C. D. Marsham, Roger Kynaston ( hon sec), R. Broughton, John Walker, V. E. Walker, H. W. Fellowes, Rev — Randolph, W. Traill, W. Baldwin, E. Tredcroft, & c. Mr Kynaston having read the business to be brought before the meet- ing, the noble chairman hoped the questions would be discussed calmly and temperately, and that the members would confine themselves to the subjects before them. Mr KYNASTON then rose and said that as the first person on the list, he begged to open this important discussion by rising to ad- vocate the new law he proposed to substitute for Law X. ( which had been slightly altered by omitting the word " raise"), and which would read as follows:—" The ball must be bowled. If thrown or jerked, or if on his arrival at the crease during the last action of the delivery, the bowler's hand or arm shall be above his head, the umpire must call ' no ball.' " He submitted this motion under a deep sense of the importance of the question they were met to consider, knowing how essential it was that they should come to a satisfactory decision. Having been for thirty- four years a member ef the M. C. C., and for more than twenty years in an official capacity, it had occurred to him that he might not be an unfit person to take the initiative, and he was fully persuaded that in the few observations he should have to make in support of his views he should experience the same kind indul- gence he had always met with from every member of the M. C. C. After studying the answers which were sent to the circular issued in November last, seven being for the removal of all restrictions as to the height of the hand, and three in favour of maintaining the present law, he had given the subject of bowling his most anxious attention, and the result was that it appeared to him utterly hopeless to attempt to maintain the present law, which he thought had received its death blow at the Oval last August. The committee of the M. C. C. had at various periods since 1835— when the round- arm bowlers having become general, it was necessary to substitute the shoulder for the elbow— tried various experiments to maintain the law, and urge umpires to a stricter performance of their duties. He would not trouble them with the details which he had taken chronologically from the minute- book In 1858, however, they would remember that the wording of the law was altered, but in the same year a sub- committee was appointed to consider whether the wording was not still capable of further improvement. In the following year, in the month of February, the committee met, but not being agreed had come to no decision. Since that period matters had been getting worse and worse, and the example of the Marylebone Club was quoted when certain bowlers were ob- jected to in the country. Assuming therefore that the present law could not be maintained, the question arose, would they do away with restriction altogether, or substitute the head for the shoulder? There were some members, he was told, who were for maintain- ing the present law, but he should be curious to know how they intended to enforce it, and to deal with the umpires. Others, he knew, were in favour of free trade in bowling, because Law X. could no longer be successfully upheld. For himself he could not but think that a law which permitted any style of bowling, except throwing and jerking must lead to the most injurious results, and occasion many serious accidents. As long as the arm was extended horizontally in the last swing he did not imagine that height could be of much consequence, but once adopt the perpendicular style ( which the speaker practically explained), the arm going round over the head, like the sails of a windmill, or what had been termed the " pounding delivery," and in his opinion the game would be utterly destroyed [ hear, hear]. He would now read two letters he had received from Col Bathurst and Mr Hartopp, who were both in favour of the com- promise he was advocating:— " 34A, Charles- street, Berkeley- square. " MY DEAR KYNASTON : I think it is possible I shall be pre- vented attending the meeting of the M. C. C. committee to- mor- row, and, as I am requested in Mr Dark's letter to write you my opinion upon the subject to be discussed, I will do so, lest I should not be present. I am strongly in favour of Law X. being strictly adhered to, but, if it must be altered to suit the public wish, some rule must be laid down to keep bowlers within some limit, or cricket will become a dangerous farce, and we shall have to guard our heads instead of our stumps. The law winch I understand you are going to propose to- morrow will, I think— if bowlers must have a little more elevation given to their delivery— answer as well as any that can be proposed. The word arm might be left out, as it is not possible to get the arm or any part of it above your head, during the delivery of the ball, without having your hand there at the same time. But let us, if possible, adhere to the law as it now stands, and let umpires be made to do their duty. All the harm I wish the gentlemen who want to have bowlers allowed to bowl as high as they like, is that they may have to play Willsher and Griffiths on very bumpy ground.— Yours very truly, " FREDERICK HENRY BATHUKST." " Clipsom Hall, Oakham, Feb 22, 1863. " MY DEAB KYNASTON : I received yours of the 20th yester- day, and in answer to question first, I consider that the present law No. X. should be enforced if possible, but as I agree with you that it is impossible now- a- days to adhere to it, or rather to find umpires to de so, the sooner it is altered the better, as nothing is so bad as a rule which is never kept. To the second question, I approve of your idea, or any other plan that will tend to prevent the pounding or windmill de- livery. I conclude that if your alteration be adopted, umpires will' no ball' bowlers who raise their hands above their heads during the final swing of their arms before delivering the ball; if they will not, why then, I suppose that restriction will also have to be taken away, but it is quite worthy a practical trial. Of course, if the majority of cricketers say that there should be no restriction at all as to the height of the bowler's hand, we cannot go against the tide, but can only mourn the degeneracy of mo- dern tastes for wild cricket. I think your plan a capital interme- diate stage.— I am, very truly yours, " E. S. E. HARTOPP.'' Mr Kynaston continued that, in order to save time, he would not offer any further remarks then, but should reserve him- self until he had heard the speeches of those members who might oppose his plan. He might state that he appeared there in his individual capacity, and not in any way as the organ of the committee, and he wished also to observe in conclusion that he had seen in one of the papers that the reason - why the circular was sent out in November had been entirely misunder- stood. The M. C. C. were supposed to shirk the responsibility of dealing with this important question, and the fact of their having wished to ascertain the views of cricketers in the principal districts before proceeding to legislate had furnished the strongest argument that the M. C. C. was unable to grapple with so many difficulties. A cricket parliament had indeed been suggested, but he hoped that the Mar3' lebone club, having been the fountain head of legislation since 1787, would continue to frame the laws for the noble game. Like the Jockey Club, the noblemen and gentlemen composing the club were not confined to any particular county, but came from all parts of the kingdom, and though cricket had become so general, he thought the M. C. C. were far more likely to give satisfaction than if deputies were to meet in London as proposed, for the purpose of considering what should or should not be the laws of cricket. Lord GARLIES having briefly seconded the motion, Mr BALDWIN said he had received a letter from the Hon Frederick Ponsonby, who was in Ireland, and which, without any comment, he would read to the meeting; it ran thus:— " Coellattin, Carnew, April 8th, 1863. " MY DEAR BALDWIN : I hope that you will be able to attend at the meeting of the M. C. C. on the 15th, and propose on my behalf the alteration of Law X., of which I gave a formal notice, in order that it might be brought legally before the club. I am obliged to ask this favour of you, as I cannot possibly be in England on that day, and as I know that our views are the same upon this subject. It may seem strange that we, who are not, and never have been, admirers of high bowling, should now propose an alteration by which it may be legalised. But are there not good reasons for a change ? Can a law be defended which is systematically broken, and considered obsolete? It is now clear that, with a majority of the younger cricketers, there is an inclina- tion to abolish any restriction in the height of the hand in bowling, and the opinion of those now actually engaged in the game ought to have due weight with us of older date; but, apart from this, it appears to me that no evils to be apprehended from the proposed change can equal the ill effects of the present state of things, causing, as it does, uncer- tainty amongst umpires, and dissatisfaction and disputes amongst players. For upwards of thirty years there has been a struggle between the legislators on the one side, and the bowlers and um- pires on the other. Changes in the letter as well as in the spirit of the law have been made in the vain hope of enforcing its ob- servance ; and it is my belief that if we now attempt to keep up the present, or introduce some new restriction, we shall again fail as we have failed before. I do not think it by any means cer- tain that the alteration, if adopted, would lead to higher bowling than we see at present. These things usually right themselves; and the knowledge that a restriction of any kind exists has often caused a desire to evade it. My hope is that bowling will find its most effective level, an< 4 that I believe to be below the shoulder. I am sure that the meeting will discuss the whole subject fully and fairly, and I hope it may be able to come to some decision which will be satisfactory to cricketers generally, and promote the good of the game.— Believe me, yours sincerely, FBEDEEICK PONSONBY." Mr Baldwin observed that he cordially agreed with all the arguments put forward by Mr Ponsonby in support of the aboli- tion of all restriction; and no one then present would, be thought, deny, as the honourable gentleman had said Law X was systematically broken and considered obsolete [ dissent]; nor that as the law at present stood, it was constantly giving rise to dis- satisfaction and disputes. He was sorry Mr Grimstone was not among them, as in seconding this motion, as had been intended, he would have given them his valuable ideas upon the subject, but he was unavoidably absent. That the law had gradually got into disfavour could not be denied, and in order to meet the altered state of bowling he would, adopting Mr Ponsonby's views, move for him that " the ball must be bowled, not thrown or jerked; and whenever the bowler shall so closely infringe on this rule, in either of the above particulars, as to make it difficult for the umpire at the bowler's wicket to judge whether the ball has been delivered fairly, and within the true intent and meaning of this law or not, the umpire shall call ' no ball."' Col F. MARSHALL cordially seconded this amendment on Mr Kynaston's motion, as it entirely met his views. He felt con- vinced that if some alteration was not made, they would get no one to stand umpire; and the large scores made every year, and the length of time it now took to play a match out, snowed that bowlers were not on an equal footing with batsmen, and that some extra latitude should be allowed the former. After some conversation, in which the Hon Capt CARNEGIE joined, observing that Mr Kynaston's motion could do no good, as they must either abolish all restrictions or carry out the law as it at present stood, he being in favour of the latter course, Mr BEOUGHTON said he agreed with the honorable gentleman who had last spoken, that Mr Kynaston's motion could not have a beneficial tendency, and he thought the general opinion of the meeting was, that either the bowling must be below the shoulder, or entirely unfettered. He strongly © pposed any alteration of the law, convinced that high bowling was most prejudicial to the game [ hear, hear]. He happened to be playing at Bishop Stortford last year, where there were two men bowling ex- tremely high, much higher than Willsher, who was the cause of all this discussion; Jackson came up and said to him, " If this is allowed, I shall raise my hand as high as I can." He ( Mr Broughton) remarked " You caBnot do that Jackson, you will spoil your bowling," to which Jackson replied " Never mind, I will frighten them out of the field," and that was what it would come to if nothing was done in the matter. In the davs of Lillywhite, Wisden, Cobbett, and other great professors of the art, bowling had been quite fair, but since then it had gradually been getting higher, and there was no saying how high the hand might ultimately be raised. He repeated that high bowling tended to the destruction of good cricket, especially on that ground ; he was very sorry to oppose Mr Kynaston, but must propose as a further amendment " that Law X. be carried out in its integrity." The CHAIRMAN rose to correct the last speaker and assured him that the M. C. C. were able to enforce whatever laws they made. He did not think Mr Broughton was in order in introducing fresh subject for discussion, nor did he think they could consider any other motions but those they had met together to discuss [ hear, hear]. The question before the meeting was simply this : Mr Kynaston had moved, in order to give the bowler more latitude than the old law gave him, that the head instead of the shoulder should be the limit, to which Mr Baldwin, on the part of the Hon F. Ponsonby, had moved as an amendment that all restrictions ex- cept throwing or jerking be abolished. The only proper course for him ( the noble ' chairman) to adopt would be first to put Mr Baldwin's amendment. If that wscs lost, he had then to submit Mr Kynaston's motion, and if that too was in its turn thrown out, then Law X. stood as at that moment, and the committee of the M. C. C. would enforce it. If no one else had anything to say upon the subject, he would at once put the amendment. No one offering any further remarks, the chairman proceeded to put Mr Baldwin's amendment, which was lost, ten voting for it and eighteen against. Mr Kynaston's motion was next put, and was also lost, only three voting for it and about twenty against it, the chairman announcing, amidst considerable applause, thafe Law X. stood as before. Some conversation then followed, in the course of which Mr FELLOWES. who had remained neutral, was understood t& say that some latitude should be given to a few men, who always bowled high, and Mr R. MAKSHAM said he had been about to suggest, when the chairman put the tjuestion to the meeting, a slight alteration in Mr Kynaston's motion, leaving out all reference to " the crease," which he thought had nothing to do with the question. It was a notorious fact, as had been remarked, that the batting was beating the bowling, and consequently the scores were becoming larger and larger, and important matches were not played out. They had good bowlers, it was true, but where there had been one good batsman years ago, there were now six or seven. He still thought some alteration was necessary, and would ask the chairman's leave to move the following substitution for Law X.:—" The ball must be bowled ; if thrown or jerked, or if during the last swing of the arm, previous to the delivery of the ball, the bowler shall raise his arm above his head, the umpire shall call no ball." The speaker having obtained leave to move the above, which was seconded by Mr Kynaston, it was put from the chair, and lost by a large majority. Mr BROUGHTON then proceeded to bring forward his proposed alteration in Law XXIV., which was, " or if with any part of his person he stop the ball, which in the opinion of the umpire at the bowler's end would have hit the striker's wicket.'' The only ob- jection urged against his proposed new law was that it would render the duties of the umpire more difficult to discharge; whereas, he thought on the contrary, it would simplify them. He should like to see a man out if the ball struck his leg at all, whether it came straight or pitched six inches wide of the leg stump arid twisted in. The Hon SPENCER PONSONBY seconded the motion, and, after some discussion, Mr KYNASTON moved an amendment, which he thought would do better, as it substituted the person for the ball, and would give the bowler some advantage, which certainly was requi- site. The amendment was as follows:—" Or if he stop the ball with any part of his person, which in the opinion of the umpire at the bowler's wicket shall have been placed in a straight line from it to the striker's wicket." Several gentlemen spoke on both the motion and amendment, Mr Kynaston, who was willing to make any alteration in the latter, ultimately with- drawing it. Mr Broughton's motion was then put, and lost, only three voting for it; and the chairman was on the point of an- nouncing that Law XXIV. stood as before, when The Hon Capt CARNEGIE intimated that it had not been under- stood at his end of the table that Mr Kynaston had withdrawn his amendment, as he ( Capt Carnegie) and several gentlemen had wished to vote for it, and had consequently gone against Mr Broughton. He hoped the chairman would allow the subject to be opened up again. The chairman having given his consent under the circum- stances of the case, Mr KYNASTON slightly altered the wording of his amendment, which now read, " or if the ball hits any part of his person which, in the opinion of the umpire at the bowler's wicket, shall have been placed in a straight line from it" ( the bowler's wicket) " to the striker's wicket." The amendment was seconded by Mr BBOUGHTON, and carried by a vote of 18 to 16, and therefore has become law. Mr KYNASTON moved a vote of thanks to the noble chairman, whose presence among them that day he said had given their pro- ceedings a tone and character which they would not otherwise have enjoyed. Lord Sefton returned thanks, and the meeting separated. CRICKET AT OXFORD. The following engagements have been made with professionals- for the approaching season :— Magdalen Ground : G. Baker ( Sur- rey), G. Griffith ( Surrey), Truman, Curtis ( Norfolk), J. Berry ( Yorkshire), and J. Wilder ; Balliol Ground : C. Rogers ; Oriel Ground : C. Simmonds ; Wadham Ground : F. Merritt; Pem- broke Ground : W. King ; Christ Church Ground : T. Edgington, W. Jackson ( Notts), and T. Jackson ; Prince of Wales Ground : Griffiths, Hale, Edgington, King, Best, Rogers, and Carey. The Magdalen and various grounds, we learn, are in splendid condi- tion, and should the weather prove favourable the noble game will be at once carried on with great spirit. The eleven have lost the valuable assistance of Mr Read, who has left college, but two good players in the persons of Messrs Wright ( from Rossall School) and Teape ( the Eton bowler) have entered into residence at Oxford since last season, and are likely to prove of service to the Magdalen Club. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE SERVANTS.— The arrange- ments for the cricketing and boating encounters between the Col- lege Servants of the sister universities are, we are pleased to learn, progressing most satisfactorily, and much interest is taken in the events by the university men, some of whom are promoting the object by every means in their power. At Oxford we learn the aquatic cause has been taken up by Mr Hoare, the university stroke, w ho has kindly given his advice and assistance, and steered down several times with the view of forming a crew. The young cricketers will have the assistance and advice of Mr W. Bacon, who so successfully led the Oxonians to victory in 1850. In fur- therance of the cricketing object, Mr S. Linton, of Wadham Col- lege, very kindly got up an eleven of the university, and gave the servants of Oxford a trial on the Magdalen Ground on Thursday and Friday, April 9 and 10. CRICKET AT CAMBRIDGE. A match was played on Tuesday, April 7, on the Trinity Ground, between a Trinity Eleven and an Eleven collected from. Caius and Jesus. Score : MR RAVEN'S ELEVEN. H. J. Wiseman, c and b Wayne.. 33 T. J. Cocksedge, hit w, b Sneyd.. 5 H. E. Kennedy, c Upcher, b Bray 1 H. Seton, b Bray 13 R. J. Lee, run out 4 J. H. Raven, b Wayne 1 R. V. Kinleside, c Lane, b Bray.. 7 Adams, b Bray 17 E. Kitchin, c llomilly, b Bray . .16 J. Sanderson, b S> ieyd 0 J. B. Box, not out 0 B 1, w b 5 6 Total 103 TRINITY ELEVEN. Bray, b Kinleside 28 W. M. Lane, c Lee, b Seton 6 G. Upcher, c Box, b Kinleside .. 5 R. Grant- Suttie, c Raven, b Seton 5 E. Wayne, b Kinleside 35 J. A. Cruickshank, c Haven, b Kin- leside 0 Webster, b Seton 2 Craig, c Sanderson, b Seton .... 0 II. Romilly, not out 9 W. A. Sneyd, b Kinleside 1 W. H. Bolton, b Kinleside 1 B 9,1 b 1 10 Total J 101 CRICKET AT MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE. ELEVEN v TWENTY- TWO. On March 23 and 27 was played the Eleven v the Twenty- two. The rough state of the ground and the fine bowling of Messrs Fellowes and Taylor account for the small score of the Twenty- two, and the comparatively easy victory ef the Eleven. In the second innings of the Twenty- two, Mr Fellowes accomplished the feat of bowling four wickets in four successive balls. Messrs Boyle and Mansfield played well for the Twenty- two; while, for the Eleven, Mr Taylor played a lively innings of 29, and Mr Butterworth a careful one of 18. Mr Head's 13 was also well got. Score: THE TWENTY- TWO. 1st inn 2d inn R. G. Head, b Taylor Prior, c Cross, b Fellowes Bell, b Fellowes Hanson, b Taylor Mannings, b Taylor Evans, b Fellowes C. Brampton, b Taylor 14 c Monnington, b Taylor... 4 Mansfield, b Taylor 13 c Head, b Fellowes 13 Walker, b Fellowes 7 b Fellowes 2 b Fellowes 0 b Fellowes 0 b Fellowes 0 c Head, b Fellowes 8 run out hurt Boyle, c Monnington, b Taylor 12 run out 0 b Fellowes 4 b Taylor 4 b Taylor 6 b Taylor 1 b Taylor 0 b Taylor 1 Baggalay, b Fellowes Chitton, c Monnington, b Taylor 2 Kewley, b Fellowes 1 Wodehouse, b Fellowes 1 Gibson, leg b w, b Taylor 1 Miles, b Taylor 1 Oakley, absent 0 absent 0 Almack, c Monnington, b Fellowes.... 2 not out 1 Thomas, b Taylor 2 b Fellowes 2 Williams, b Taylor 0 Chadwick, not out 1 Hume, absent 0 Byes, & c 16 Total - 83 THE ELEVEN. b Fellowes 1 b Taylor 7 absent 0 Byes, & c 7 Total — 55 E. F. Taylor, c Prior, b Brampton. 29 J. H. Hunter, b Brampton 5 F. W. Butterworth, run out ... .18 R. J. Cross, b Brampton 0 E. L. Fellowes, b Walker 1 F. R. Round, b Walker 0 A. Ilillyard, c Mansfield b Brampton 3 T. P. Monnington, b Brampton.. 4 F. S. Head, not out 13 H. Harbord, c Head, b Bramp- ton 1& J. Lloyd, b Bramptou O Byes, & c 12 Total In the second innings of the Eleven, Taylor scored ( b Prior) 1, Hunter ( b Brampton) 9, Butterworth ( c Mansfield, b Prior) 7, Cross ( b Prior) 2, Fellowes ( c Chitton, b Prior) 2, Round ( not out) 5, Head ( not out) 61 byes & c 9— total 4_ L CRICKET IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT. This, the first match of the season, was played on Wednesday 25th March, between the 5th Depot Battalion and the 18th Roya. Irish, on the Parkhurst Ground, and resulted in favour of the 5th Depot Battalion. Score: 5TH DEPOT BATTALION. 1st inn 2d Inn Capt Grame, b Jackson 0 bJackson 1 Lieut O'Neill, b Jackson 3 b Marsland .. 17 LieutHavward, cMarsland, bJackson 16 runout S Lieut Green, bJackson 0 b Vicars 57 Lieut Foil, bJackson 0 bJackson re Capt Birch, c Haines, b Jackson 2 runout 7 Ens Watling, not out 2 c Haines, b Vicars ...... 1 Capt Campbell, c and b Vicars 7 st Dawson, b Vicars .... 2 Ens Backhouse, run out 5 b Jackson 7 Private Green, bJackson 0 not out 1 Private Silk, c Jackson, b Vicars 1 hit w, b Jackson 0 Byes, & c 4 Byes, & e 9 Total — 40 Tetal — 121 18TH ROYAL IRISH. 1st inn 2el inn Ens Dawson, c Green, b Hay ward .... 0 leg b w, b Birch 19 Capt Vicars, c Silk, b Green 9 b Foil 14 Ens Jackson, c Green, b Hay ward .... 0 b Campbell 36 Lieut Marsland, c Campbell, b Hay ward 0 c Silk, b Birch 0 Ens Bicknell, b Havward 2 absent 0 Lieut Hall, runout 0 b Foil 3 Ens Pringle, c Campbell, b Green 3 st Green, b Campbell.... 1 Lieut Briggs, run out 1 run out 2 Ens Haines, not out 0 c Foil, b Green 1 Ens Phillips, b Hay ward 0 not out 4 Private Winduss, b Hayward 0 b Green 0 Byes. & c 12 Byes,& e ..... 14 Total — 27 Total — 94 PACKINGTON v WARWICKSHIRE CRUSADERS. This match was played at Meriden on April I. Score: CRUSADERS. 1st inn 2d inn. C. Adderley, b Simms 2 A. Gwyther, b Evans 1 E. C. Hartopp, b Simms 1 Rev G. Bradley, b Evans 1 W. H. Duncombe, run out 8 Rev — Ernshaw, b Simms 0 W. Yule, not out. W. Rawlins, run out . Dowse, b Simms ..... Beaston, b Simms .., F. Cowan, absent Bl, lb2, wbl... Total b Simms . b Evans... b Vivien . not out ... b Simms . run out 5 . 1 .11 ..... 14 ..... 11 0 b Simms 6 b Evans..... 1 run out 1 C. Burt, b Ernshaw 0 R. H. Balls, b Ernshaw 55 F. R. Evans, c Duncombe, b Har- topp 39 R. Vivien, b Y'ule 2 T. Simms, c Gwyther, bErnshaw. 18 B. Scott, b Duncombe 3 F. Mace, not out 2 0 bEvans 0 0 absent ft 4 B 4, w b 2, n b 1 7 — 18 Total — 78 PACKINGTON CLUB. Lord Guernsey, c Hartopp, b Ernshaw 1 Hon C. Finch, leg b w, b Adderley 2 R. Lang, b Hartopp 1 Rev A. L. Willett, disabled...... ft B 1,1b 2, wbll 14, Total ..,.. 13? PACKINGTON y MERIDEN. This match was played at Meriden on April 8. Score: MERIDEN. T. Ward, c Evans, b Simms 14 E. Harpur, runout 4 E. Smith, leg b w, b Evans . A. Wayte, c and b Evans 1 G. Wilkes, bSimms 2 A. Lee. b Evans 3 J. Kimpton, b Simms 0 J. Hunt, b Simms 10 H. Wardman, b Simms 0 W. Smithson, not out % J. Hunter, b Simms 0 Bl, wl) 4 5 Total 55 PACKINGTON. B. H. Balls, b Smith _ Hon C. Fineh, b Ward 14 R. Vivian, bKimpton .... .... 35 .... S f 111 cut 1/ iveuipivu & B. Scott, b Smith 1 F. R, Evans, leg b w, b Smith.. 51 Lord Guernsey, b Kimpton .... 1 B. ev A. Willett, b Smith 1 T. Simms, not out 7 C. BSit, c Kimpton, b Smith ,... 1 M. Sellers, st Smith, b . Kimpton 4 T. Parston, b Smith 0 B 7, w b 10 17 Total ..^ ISJ SUPPLEMENT TO BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, APRIL 19, 1863. PEDESTRIANISM. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.— In future all advertisements for this. department of Bell's Life in London must reach our office on Thursdays, before four o'clock, or they will not be inserted until the following week. They must not exceed seven lines in length, or they will be charged double, and so on in proportion for every succeeding seven lines. ATHLETIC SPORTS AT HARROW. The following are the games of the Town and School combined: — Quarter of a Mile Race : R. C. Moncreiff 1, E. Rudd 2, F. Cheet- liam 3.— Throwing the Cricket Ball: Rudd ( 102yds) 1, Phipps ( 98yds) 2.— One Hundred and Fifty Yards Hurdle Race, ten flights of hurdles: Moncreiff 1, W. J. Phipps 2.— High Jump ( open to the Town only): Gribble ( 4ft lOin) 1, Steel ( 4ft 9in) 2.— Broad Jump: Buller 1, Moncreift 2.— One Hundred Yards Race- First heat: Finlay 1, Buller 2, Cheetham 3. Second heat: Mon- creiff 1, Hobes2, E. E. Bo wen 3. Third heat: Finlay 1, Moncreitf 2, Cheetham 3.— Hopping Race, 40 yards: Hornby 1, Elliot2.— Throwing the Hammer: Macquite 1, Phipps 2.— 8ack Race: Grimston 1.— Two Hundred Yards Flat Race ( open to Town only) Bowen 1, Clowes 2.— Donkey Race: Reeves 1, Finlay2.— The following are the usual School Races:— The Sixth Form Hurdle Race : Moncreiff 1, Lord G. Hamilton 2.— The Fifth Form Hurdle Race— First heat: Green 1, Burnett 2. Second heat: Burnett 1, Green 2. Third heat: Burnett 1, Green 2, Cheetham 3. — The Shell Hurdle Race : Thornton 1, Cardwell 2.— The Fourth Form Hurdle Race: Stevenson 1, Michell 2.— The Rev H. M. Butler's House Hurdle Race : W. Phipps 1, H. G. Phipps 2.— The Rev W. Oxenham's House Hurdle Race : Allfry 1, Rhodes 2.— Mr G. F. Harris's House Hurdle Race: Buller 1, Green 2 — The Rev B. H. Drury's House Hurdle Race: Reid 1, Fenwick 2, Mirehouse 3.— The Rev F. Rendall's House Hurdle Race: Somervell 1, Mont- fomery 2.— Mr E. H. Yauglian's House Hurdle Race : Lord G. familton 1, Grimston 2, Hamilton 3.— Rev J. Steel's House Hurdle Race : Peel max 1.— Rev R. Middlemist's House Hurdle Race: Shaw 1, Gibson 2.— The Small Houses' Hurdle Race : Rudd 1, Bellehouse 2.— The Home Boarders' Hurdle Race : Thornton 1, Gribble2.— The Mile Race: Rudd 1, Moncreiff 2, Cheetham 3, Grimston 4. Time, 4min 40sec. The next threedidit in4min47see, and the fifth in 4tnin 50sec.— The Quarter of a Mile Race: Cheetham 1, Blythe 2, Finlay 3. Time, 55sec.— The Champion Hurdle Race : Buller 1, Burnett 2. The distance, 200 yards, was done in 24sec.— The Flat Race for the Ebrington Cup ( 200 yards) : Elliot 1, Finlay 2, Lord G. Hamilton 3. Time, 22sec.— The Champion Hurdle Race, for those under 5ft 4in : Thornton 1, Reid 2.— The Consolation Stakes, for those who have never won a race : Hamilton 1, H. G. Phipps 2.— The Broad Jump : Buller 1, Moncreiff' 2. The distance cleared by Buller was 20ft llin, by Moncreiff 20ft 2in.— The High Jump, for the Ebrington Cup: Maitland ( 5ft 6in) 1, Buller ( 5ft 5in) 2, Hornby ( whose height is only 5ft 3jin) ( 5ft 2in) 3.— High Jump, for those under 5ft 3in : Cardwell 1, Sir W. Ffolkes 2.— The House Flat Races were as fol- lows :— The Rev H. M Butler's: W. J. Phipps 1, H. G. Phipps 2, Richardson 3.— The Rev A. Oxenham's : Allfry walked over. — The Rev B. H. Drury's : Hornby 1, Scovell 2, Baker 3.— The Rev F. Rendall's 200 Yards Race); Cheetham 1, Somervell 2, Bur- nett 3.— The Rev F. Rendall's 100 Yards Race: Moncreiff 1, Cheetham 2.— G. F. Harris's : Finlay 1, Blythe 2, Green 3.— Mr E. H. Vaughan's: Grimston 1, Stow 2.— The Rev J. Steel's: Rus- sel 1, Peel 2.— The Rev R. Middlemist's : Gibson 1. CHATHAM GARRISON ATHLETIC SPORTS. In addition to those military sports we published last week the following races took place, the first being a Water Bucket Race, 150 yards ; first prize 7s 6d, second 5s : About twenty competitors started, and after much trial of strength and slopping of water the first prize was won by Private Wright ( 94tli), and the second by Private Baker ( 94th).— The next race was by the boys of Her Majesty's ship Wellesley, 400 yards ; prize, a set of chess : There was about 40 entries ; several of them made clever running. The race lay between Driver and Foling, the former winning by a few feet.— The next was carrying a Drummer or Bugler 400 yards ; first prize 7s 6d, second 5s : The feat caused much amuse- ment to the lookers on, and after much tugging by several of the competitors the first prize was gained by Private Rairy ( Royal Marines), Private Newrey ( 81st) second.— This was followed by a Race for Married Men, 100 yards ; no sergeants were allowed to enter; first prize 15s, second 10s, and third 5s. About thirty- started, when some good running was made. Corp Rogerson ( 102d Regiment) came home first, followed closely by Private G. Booth ( 10th Company R. E.); Corporal Cook ( 2d, 4th King's Own) made a good third, which closed the sports.— On Saturday evening, April 11, Major John Buckley, the honorary secretary of the Soldiers' Institute; with Captain Congreve, brigade major of the garrison; Captain Harvey, Royal Engineers ; Captain O. H. Stokes, Royal Engineers; Captain Hughes, 1st Depot Battalion; and Lieutenant Parker, Royal Marines; assem- bled in the committee room of the institute for the express pur- pose of paying over the prizes to the successful competitors who won them on the 9th instant. It was stated that the number of entries for the various races and games reached nearly 700, and as there was a general holiday for the whole of the troops nothing whatever occurred to mar the proceedings, and the orderly and successful manner in which the entire affair went oft'was highly spoken of by the officers, and although there were two tents open for refreshments there was not a case of intoxication observed during the afternoon, this was spoken of as being highly credit- able to the soldiers' character. The claimants for the several prizes arrived at six o'clock ; each of their names was called over by Major Buckley, and on their answering the brigade major. Captain Congreve, handed over the money to them. The proceed- ings occupied several hours. In the Sergeants' Race of 200 yards it was Sergeant Beddow 1st, 19th ( 1st York North Riding; who won the second prize and not Sergeant M'Cowen43d. It is the intention of the officers of the garrison to get up a second edition of sports for the whole of the garrison during the present sea- son, and to have some improvement in the arrangements, PEDESTRIANISM AT HACKNEY WICK. J. PERCY or NEWCASTLE AND W. RICHARDS ( THE WELSH- MAN).— On Monday, April 13, a strong muster of the metropolitans took place on JJ] Baum's grounds to witness the race between these pedestrians, they having to run one mile, for £ 50, Richards receiving 40 yards. The pedestrians had to pass the referee seven times, and in betting Percy was the favourite at 5 to 4, but there was very little money speculated on the result. The race had been announced for six o'clock, and some few minutes after the stated hour, the pedestrians came on the course, and under the direction of W. Price, the M. C., took up their allotted stations, Richards being placed the given distance in ad- vance. Percy in make is a remarkably fine young fellow, and was all that could be desired in condition. The Welsh- man also looked fine, but hardly so well up to the mark as his opponent. The pedestrians had to go by report of pistol, but as both were anxious to be on the " move,'' they got fairly oft before the signal could be given, yet the instant the starter saw the great point had been achieved he fired, and so prevented any possibility of dispute arising as to the start being a valid one. Richards, from his forward position, led the way at a clipping pace, and now ensued one of the best contested mile races that has ever been witnessed on this ground. It soon became evident that the provincial, who ran with admirable action, had a decided turn of speed, for when the pedestrians passed the referee for the completion of the second lap Percy had considerably diminished the gap between them. Al- though the struggle continued to be most gallantly contested, still Richards could not prevent his opponent from closing on him. Percy thus kept gaining on his competitor until going round the top of the course in the sixth lap, when, in a fine spurt, he succeeded in coming to the fore. Notwithstanding Richards had been forced to resign the lead he was not to be easily disposed of, for throughout the last lap he raced with the provincial in the most determined manner, and to the finish pressed Percy so hard and ran so well up that the Newcastle champion did not go in a winner by more than a yard and a half. The distance was covered in 4min 40sec. PEDESTRIANISM AT WANDSWORTH. BROOKSON AND SAILOR.— On Tuesday, April 14, these pedes- trians met on J. Garratt's enclosed ground to run half a mile, for £ 5 a side, the meeting being well attended. The betting was 6 to 4 on Brookson, and the pedestrians had to make the circuit of the course twice to accomplish the distance. On starting the compe- titors got oft' on the most even terms, and at a good pace ran well together until something like 600 yards of the distance had been covered, when Brookson, who had thus far been holding himself in for the final effort, put on some additional " steam,'' and went well away from his opponent, and on the termination of the struggle went by the goal a rather easy winner. The stakes can be received by the winner at our office on Thursday, April 23, at twelve o'clock. FREEMAN AND LATHAM.— On Monday, April 13, these men met here to run 200 yards, for £ 5 a side. W. Lang, the celebrated pedestrian, was chosen rjferee, and the pedestrians started by report of pistol. They made the " break" on the most level terms, neither having the advantage, and, after a well- contested race, Freeman went in a winner by not more than a yard. BARTON AND MAXWELL.— These men also ran 150 yards, for <£ 5 a side. On the preliminaries being adjusted, the competitors came to the mark. Barton, who got the advantage of the start, maintained the lead throughout, and landed the winner cf a well- contested race by not more than a yard. PAGE AND FREEMAN.— This was a race of half a mile, for £ 5 a side, and on the umpires and referee being appointed, the com- petitors came to the mark. The lead was held by Freeman for 700 yards, when Page, in a fine spurt, came to the front, and went in an easy winner. FINAL HEAT OF THE 150 YARDS HANDICAP.— The " second running'' for this event took place on Monday, April 6, but without going into particulars it will only be necessary to state, in running off the final heat on Saturday, April 11, Blandford proved the winner, Rodwell second, Marks third. PEDESTRIANISM AT BEOMPTON. WORMBY AND PHILPOTTS.— On Monday, April 13, these pedes- trians attended J. Robertson's ground to run a quarter of a mile, for £ 5 a side, there being a good attendance of their respective admirers. The odds were 6 to 4 on Philpotts. On the umpires and referee being chosen, the competitors came to the mark, having to go by report of pistol. On the signal being given they dashed off, Philpotts, who gained the advantage of the lead, making the running at a severe pace. This advantage he main- tained until the competitors were racing along the top of the course to enter the straight, when Wormby, to the delight of his friends, by whom he was loudly cheered, closed upon his man, and after wresting from him the lead, went in a rather easy winner, Philpotts being completely run out. . PEDESTRIANISM AT BOW. INNES AND COOPER.— On Monday, April 13, these pedestrians met on J. Wilson's enclosed ground, the Olympia, Bow, to con- tend for supremacy in a spin of a quarter of a mile, for £ 5 a side, there being a good attendance. The odds were 6 to 4 on Innes, and in adjusting the preliminaries Mr Wilson ( the proprietor) was chosen referee. The pedestrians got off in the most admirable manner, neither having the least advantage of the start, and after an exciting and well- contested race, so close were they at the finish that Innes did not go iu a winner by more than two yards. KILSBY AND WATSON.— These men also came on the ground to run a mile, for a small stake, the match being an entirely im- promptu affair. Watson was allowed 80 yards start, and it will suffice to state that he held the lead all through, and went in an easy winner, the result never for a moment having been in doubt. PEDESTRIANISM AT BIRMINGHAM AND DISTRICTS. ASTON CROSS GROUNDS.— These groundswere again onMonday, April 13, attended by a large muster of the lovers of pedes- trianism, to witness the undermentioned matches, which came off asfollow3:— R. Hughes of Birmingham, who was backed to run 10 miles in one hoar and fifteen minutes, for £ 10. Hughes is a small and slight- built lad, and might be said to be a novice, for he has only run three times previous to the present match, twice having beat Young Lardin, in one mile matches, and also coming off winner in a 120 yards match. He had trained, and was attended by T. Roberts, to whom great credit is due for the condition he brought his man to the scratch, Our correspondent was the ap- pointed referee, Mr Coates timekeeper. The betting commenced at 5 to 4 on the lad, and after three miles were done 2 to 1, and after the fifth mile any odds on him ( no takers). He had to traverse the ground 80 laps round ( less 160 yards). At the signal he went away at a good pace, and kept steadily to his work, doing the first mile in 6min 2sec, half- distance ( five miles) in 32min 20sec, seventh mile 46min 2sec, ninth mile lh 8sec, and the 10 miles in lh 8min 30sec, doing the whole distance with ease, aud he was loudly cheered at the finish. We understand he is again matched, particulars of which will be given in our next. GUET. KY AND WASS.— These pedestrians eame next to run one mile, for £ 5 a side. To appearance a great deal of interest was taken in the match, but for some cause there was little money speculated, although the tempting offer of 2 to 1 on Gurley was offered to any amount, but few takers were found. Wass is a stranger to the grounds; Gurley has run here on two previous occasions ; his last was with Phil Yardley in a mile match, who stood no chance with him. Gurley is a well- built, active young fellow, and hails from a village a few miles from the hardware town. Wass had trained under Littler'sman, Gurley had looked to himself; each was to appearance in fine condition. Mr S. Beasley was the appointed referee. At the signal they bounded away, Wass with the lead, but Gurley quickly wrested it from him ; at the second lap Wass was again in front, and a severe and well- contested race ensued, the pace very quick up to the half mile ( time, 2min 45sec), the men close together; at the fifth lap Gurley again leading, and on passing the referee at the sixth lap Gurley was leading by six yards. Wass, on turning the corner, fell, damaging both his knees, Gurley doing the three quarters of a mile in 3min 58sec, and finishing the remaining portion of the mile at his leisure. MORDYKE AND POPPWELL.— These Birmingham pedestrians next toed the mark to run half a mile, for £ 10 a side, Mordyke receiving a start of 10 yards. Both men are well known at these grounds, having run in many matches. Mr T. Cooper, the stake- holder, did the needful as referee; Mr Coates starter. The betting was 6 to 4 on Mordyke. At the signal the men got off, Mordyke keeping the lead for the first lap, when Poppwell got abreast of his man, and for three quarters of a lap round a severe and sharp race took place, which ended at the close of the second lap in the men being close together; but at the finish of the third lap Mor- dyke was leading by several yards, and finished by running the four laps round ( half a mile) a good six yards' winner. Time, 2min43sec. ALLEN AND LEESON.— The one hour's walking match, for £ 10 a side ( the men having made the whole of their money good to the final stakeholder), between these Walsall men comes off at Aston Cross Grounds, on Monday, April 20; the men to be at scratch between two and three o'clock. Mr Coates referee. ( This match originally was to come off as above on Monday, April 27.) J. MITCHELL AND B. ROUND.— These men ( both of Dudley) are matched to run 120 yards, for £ 5 a side, at the Yew Tree Grounds, Wall Heath, on Monday, May 25, to start in 15 mi- nutes or by first report of pistol, either going before or after the pistol is fired to lose the money. The next deposit of £ 1 a side is to be made on Monday, April 20, at Mr Mitchell's, Dudley. T. PETERS AND J. EVANS.— These pedestrians have signed articles to run six score yards, for £ 5 a side, at Aston Cross Grounds, on Monday, May 11; Mr Parrot, of the Lamp Tavern, Cannon- street, Birmingham, final stakeholder, to whom a further deposit must be made on Monday, April 20. KNIGHT AND WHITLEY.— R. Knight of Westbromwich and C. Whitley of Wednesbury have signed articles to run six score yards, for £ 5 a side, at Aston Cross Grounds, on Monday, April 27, Knight to receive two yards start inside; £ 1 a side is down in the hands of the final stakeholder, Mr Richards; the next deposit on Saturday, April 18, at Mr Moorehouse's, Cloggera' Arms, High- street, Westbromwich. LITTLER'S MAN AND T. JONES ( BKUSHEY).— This quarter of a mile match, for £ 10 a side, is off, each having drawn the stakes down. E. PETERS AND G. WASS.—£ 4 a side is down in the hands of Mr Tail by, the final stakeholder, for this six score yards match, and a further deposit for the same must be made on Monday, April 20. R. GUBLEY AND LITTLEE'S MAN.— The mile match, for £ 10 a side, between these men, Gurley receiving 40 yards start, is going on; a further deposit for the same must be made on Monday, April 20, to the final stakeholder, Mr S. Beasley. T. THOMAS AND 8. WEBB.— This six score yards match, for £ 10 a side, is going on. A further deposit of £ 1 10s a side must be made on Monday, April 11, to Mr Challingworth, of Dudley, who is final stakeholder. J. Wardle of Leicester will run any of the following men:— T. Roberts or De Grass one mile level, or take 20 yards start of Gurley in the like distance; either match for £ 10 a side ; will give or take reasonable expenses to run at Leicester or Birming- ham. Money ready at Mr Levison's Spirit Vaults, High- street, Birmingham, at any time. T. Jones ( alias Brushey) will run Gurley three laps round Aston Cross Grounds, or any man in Birmingham a quarter of a mile level, or take two yards of T. Brown round Aston Cross Grounds, or five yards on a fair turnpike road in the like dis- tance; either match for £ 10 or £ 15 a Bide. Money ready at T. Welsh's, Three Horse Shoes, Oldbury. S. Beasley, of the Talfoard Inn, Philip- street, Aston, has a Novice who never won a shilling he will match to walk T. Cooper's Novice one mile, for £ 5 a side; the match to come off at Aston Cross Grounds. Money ready as above. Mr Shephard, of the Shinglers' Arms, Tipton, will back a lad that has never run a match to run Hodson of Birmingham 200 yards, if he will give 10 yards start, or will take five yards start in the like distance of 1\ Jones ( alias Brushey), for £ 5 or £ 10 a side. Money ready as above. Gurley, we understand, is matched to run five miles round Aston Cross Grounds in 31 minutes, for £ 5 a side. Meet on Monday, April 20, at Mr Bromwich's, Mitre Inn, Moor- street, between eight and ten o'clock, to draw up articles. COPENHAGEN GROUNDS, MANCHESTER. SATURDAY, APRIL 11.— DOG HANDICAP.— Mr Hayes, the proprietor of the above grounds, having intimated his intention to give £ 10 to be contended for in a canine handicap, he fixed this afternoon for its commencement. The weather was of the most brilliant description, but in consequence of the Easter holidays drawing to a close, the attendance of visitors was not large. The distance of the handicap was 200 yards, and the competitors had starts allotted to them in proportion to merit, the first prize being £ 8 10s, second £ 1, and third 10s. Forty- five animals had been en- tered ; these were classed in 15 lots of three each, but the fourth heat fell to the ground in consequence of none of the dogs named for it being brought upon the course to contend. Mr J. Taylor discharged the duties of referee, and Mr J. Stans- field succeeded well as starter. Subjoined are the names of the winners of the opening heats:— Kelgore's Jip of Man- chester, Hargreaves's Nancy of Halshaw Moor, Becket's Posey of Manchester, Stansfleld's Gipsy of Oldham, Roberts's Butterfly of Staleybridge, Haslam's Dinah of Prestwich, Harper's Fl> of Edenfield, Sykes's Fan of Almondbury, O'Neill's Bravo of Ashton, and Hitchen's Spring, Wild's Flora, Greenwood's Jane, Lindsay's Fan, and Buckley's Talt of Oldham. The concluding heats came off on April 13, the day being again beautifully fine. Some interesting racing took place, and the first prize was eventually carried off by Kelgore's Jip of Manchester ; the second was gained by Buckley's Talt of Oldham, and the third was awarded to Haslam's Dinah of Prest wich, near Manchester. A Handicap, distance one lap ( 604 yards 2 feet) will come off here on April 27 and May 2. First prize, £ 20 ; second, £ 2; third, £ 1 J. Wind scratch, W. Willcock of Manchester 45 yards start, J. Spence of Huddersfield 46, P. Holroyd of Mir- field 50, J. Spence of Manchester 54, W. Richards of London 47, F. Culmer of Leeds 59, P. Stapleton of Staleybridge 55, J. Hardman of Radcliff'e 56, J. Outram of Manchester 57, R. Pearson of Longwood 58, J. Aldcroft of Manchester 55, H. Harrison of Leeds 60, T. Gough of Worcester 58, J. Miller of Gateshead 60, T. Biggers of Bladen 64, W. Heap of Taunton 60, J. Broadmeadow of Stockport 62, J. Thorpe of Harpurhey 65, J. Anderson of Aln- wick 65, W. Kirkham of Hulme 60, M. Burke of Salford 60, G. Hutton of Bladen 62, A. Healey of Rochdale 65, J. Ashton of Hollinwood 22, J. Whitehead of Butler Green 63, J. Kiernan of Pilkington 60, C. W. Keuson of Ashton 63, J. Narey of Hulme 68, J. Howard of Bury 66, B. Smith of Leicester 62, E. Markham ofArdwick 62, J. Connor of Rochdale 60, A. Elton of Newchurch 68, J. M'Donald of Granwick 60, A. Ross of Stanningley 70, T. Hough of Willinghall 70, J. Kent of Tonge 74, J. Broadbent of Lees 75, M. Shaw of Saddleworth 70, J. P. Green of Manchester 65, J. Andrews of Mill Brook 64, T. Fearnley of Newton Moor 70, R. Dooley of Blackley 70, J. Hilton of Whitegate 70, J. Helme of Openshaw 74, G. Collier of Bury 80, T. Howard of Failsworth 75, J. Greenfield of Manchester 78, F. Longbottom of Royton 75, C. Hilton of Rochdale 72, P. Murphy of Newton 80, J. Kennedy of Newton 85, J. M'Donald of Crumpsall ( old) 95, J. Usherwood of Manchester ( old) 100. ALDCROFT AND BURKE.— J. Aldcroft of Manchester and M. Burke of Salford are matched to run half a mile, for £ 15 a side, here, on the 4th of May, Mr Hayes to be stakeholder and referee, and he has received £ 5 each. CULMEE AND BURKE.— On account of the race of 880 yards be- tween F. Culmer of London and M. Burke of Salford to run half a mile, for £ 25 a side, at these grounds, on the 9th of May, Mr G. Hardy of the Rising Sun, Swan- street, Manchester, now holds £ 10, and he is to be referee. WRESTLING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.— J. Meadowcroft of Radcliffe and H. Counsel ( alias Bordy) of Bury are matched to wrestle two back falls out of three. Lancashire fashion, for £ 25 a side and the champion belt now held by Meadowcroft. The con- ditions attaching to the prize are to be strictly adhered to, one of which is that neither man shall exceed 6 score 61b weight. Mr Hayes will fill the offices of stakeholder and referee, and the first deposit of £ 5 each has been placed in his hands. The event is to be decided at these grounds on May 30. WRESTLING CHALLENGE.— H. Dixon of Newton Heath, Man- chester, will wrestle W. Beever of Ashton, J. Sladen of Bury, or T. Etchells of Failsworth, at catch weights, Lancashire style, for £ 20 a side, in six weeks from the date of signing articles, at these grounds. A match can be made any night this week at Mr J. Booth's, King's Arms, Newton Heath, near Manchester. KNUR AND SPELL.— W. Whipp of Hollingworth and A. 8torn- dorth of Whit worth are matched to play a game at knur and spell, for £ 5 a side, here, on April 27, 20 rises each, with hazle heads and holly knurs. For this contest Mr Hayes has received £ 2 each RABBIT COURSING — A match at rabbits has been made between S. Swift's Lill and T. Hallam's Bess ( respectively of Longton, Staffordshire), 11 outof 21, 60 yards law, for £ 10a side. The match is to come off here on May 25, and on account of it Mr Hayes, the proprietor of the grounds, holds £ 1 each. SHEFFIELD AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. THE ONE MILE AND A QUARTER RACE FOR THE CHAM- PIONSHIP.— The race between Sanderson and Stapleton, for £ 25 a side and the Cup, is off, Sanderson declining to go on with the match. The cup was placed in the hands of Mr Jas. Darley, of the Green Dragon, Fargate, Sheffield, in whose hands it re- mained until a late hour on Monday evening, April 13, when it was last seen safe. At an early hour on Tuesday morning, April 14, it was discovered that the premises had been burglariously entered, and the cup in question taken away. It appears from a personal observation that the thieves were well acquainted with the premises, and gained access to the yard from some steps be- longing to a mark- maker, thence over some outbuildings, having secured a rope by which they let themselves down into the yard. The thieves then proceeded with a crowbar, or some instrument, to force open the parlour window, from which the cup, which was taken into the yard enclosed in a large glass case, which was broken open, was abstracted. A tea and coffee service was also taken from the house, but being of no value, was left in the yard. The thieves found no difficulty in making their escape, finding the key in the gate- lock belonging to the yard. Up to the present time no clue has been obtained as to the perpetrators of the robbery. WHITSUNSIDE SPORTS AT HYDE PARK.— THE GREAT ALL ENGLAND NOVICE HANDICAP — Mr W, Pitts of the Old Black Boy, Bailey- lane, Sheffield, will give £ 20 to be run for on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 26 and 27, distance 195 yards, open to all that have never won £ 20. Entrance Is, and 2s to accept. All entries to be made to Mr Pitts, as above, or to Mr Boothroyd, at Hyde Park, on or before Wednesday, May 6. Any one entering falsely will be disqualified. JOHNSON V TIME.— For the match in which J. Johnson of Heeley, near Sheffield, has undertaken to walk 50 miles, for £ 10 a side, fair heel and toe, at Hyde Park, Sheffield, in 10 hours, which comes off on Monday, April 20, the stakeholder, Mr J. Booth- royd, the proprietor of the ground, now holds £ 7 10s a side. The final deposit of £ 2 10s a side was to be made to Mr J. Knight, the Old Brown Cow, Trippet- lane, Sheffield, on Saturday, April 18, between eight and ten o'clock at night. Johnson commences his task at eight o'clock in the morning. Mr J. Boothroyd, or any one he may appoint, to be referee. GREAT ALL ENGLAND 200 YARDS HANDICAP RACE AT THE QUEEN'S HOTEL, SHEFFIELD.— Messrs H. Phoenix ( the proprie- tor of the ground) and C. Whitworth ( of the Cup Inn, Market- street, Sheffield) will give £ 30 to be run for on Whit- Monday and Tuesday, May 25 and 26. Entrance Is 6d and 4s to accept. All entries to be made as above, or to Mr T. Nixon, White Hart, Wain- gate, on or before Tuesday, May 5. Any one entering falsely will be disqualified. DISPUTED PIGEON SHOOTING HANDICAP.— This event, which took place at Hyde Park, Sheffield, on Mareh 30, and which was not concluded in consequence of the referee having given two de- cisions when Mr W. Froggatt of Sheffield shot at his last bird, the seventh, the first being that the bird was out, and the second that the shooter must have another bird ; this at the time was not allowed, which caused a very angry altercation amongst the " bet- ting fraternity." Ultimately the affair was left to the decision of the Editor of BelVs Life, who, however, declined to interfere, stating that it was a matter for the referee, and that functionary appointed Monday, April 13, for Mr Froggatt to shoot at the dis- puted bird, which was trapped at the appointed time, and missed, consequently the following gentlemen divided the money, £ 14 :— Messrs Hough ( two shares), Swift, Dixon, Burch, Bradley, and Froggatt, who received £ 2 each. MOORWOOD AND GBEAVES.— On Monday, April 13, G. Moor- wood and 8. Greaves ( both from the neighbourhood of Little Sheffield) shot a match for £ 5 a side, at 10 birds each, 21 yards rise, lfoz of shot, the usual boundary. Moorwood won, killing his first 8 birds, Greaves only killing 5 out of the same number. PIGEON SHOOTING HANDICAP.— The pigeon gun, announced in Bell's Life, on Sunday, April 12, to be shot for at Hyde Park, on April 13, did not come off. A handicap of 5s each was, however, shot for by 12 subs; single guns ljoz shot, double guns l| oz shot, 4 birds each. Messrs Hough 21 yards, Vickers 19, W. Froggatt 19, and W. Whittington 17, killed all and divided. RABBIT COUBSING AT CREMORNE GARDENS.— A match, for £ 10 a side, teok place at this ground on Monday, April 13, between Mr Syddall's Polly of Dronfield and C. Horner's Twist of Gleadless, the best of 21 courses, the latter receiving a dead rabbit. Polly won, getting 11; Twist, with the dead rabbit, scored 10. J. Rodgers officiated as referee. PARK INN GROUNDS, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER. BCHOFIELD AND ECKERSLEY.— W. Schofield of Prestwich, and P. Eckersley of Clifton are matched to run 440 yards, for £ 5 a side, here, on May 2. Mr Bchofield of Prestwich holds £ 1 each, which was to have been increased to £ 3 a side on April 18, and Mr Troillet, the proprietor of the grounds, is to be final stake- holder and referee. A handicap, distance 300 yards, will take place here on Satur- days, May 9 and 16. The proprietor will give £ 5 10s in prizes. First £ 4, second £ 1, third 10s. Entrance Is 6d each. No accept- ance. To be made by Tuesday, May 5, at the grounds, or at Mr Holden's, Manchester. Stamp3 as cash. Any one entering falsely will be disqualified. CANINE.— A dog handicap of 200 yards will come off here on May 23 and 30. First prize £ 5, second 10s, third 5s. Entrance Is each ( no acceptance) by May 19, at the grounds, or at Mr Holden's, Manchester. The handicap will be two yards and a half to the pound inside, and according t » merit; 4oz allowed on the first day, and 8oz on the last. Stamps as cash, and any dog entered falsely will be disqualified. HAREWOOD ARMS, LEEDS, AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. GODDARD AND BOLTON.— J. Goddard of Batley and T. Bolton of Heckmondwike have each staked £ 15 with Mr Woolfoot, Hare- wood Arms, Leeds, for their 150 yards race, for £ 25 a side, and it is fixed to be run at the Victoria Race Grounds, Leeds, on Monday, April 27. FERGUSON AND SWIFT.— The match between these men is off, Swift having forfeited the money down. SAMPSON AND BOWLER.— Mr J. Ambler, Beehive Inn, Bradford, has handed £ 5 a side to Mr G. Bennett, Stanningley, for a 120 yards race, for £ 10 a side, between C. Sampson of Bradford and A. Bowler of Low Moor, for which Mr Bennett is appointed stakeholder and referee. To be run at St Thomas's Grounds, Stanningley, on Saturday, April 25. CULPIN AND LONGLEY.— A match to run 440 yards has been made, for £ 15 a side, between W. Culpin of Cleckheaton and W. Longley of Millbridge, at St Thomas's Grounds, Stanningley, on Whit- Monday, May 25. FERMOYLE AND HAYDEN. — These Leeds men met at St Thomas's Grounds, Stanningley, on Saturday, April 11, to run their 10 mile race, for £ 25 a side. About 2,000 persons were pre- sent. At the early part of the day Hayden was the favourite at 5 to 4, but as the crowd increased betting became even, Fermoyle for cheice. These men ran the same distance a short time since at the Victoria Grounds, Leeds, for £ 25 a side; in both instances Fermoyle had 378 yards start; on the first occasion Hayden was the victor. On the men appearing on the ground, Fermoyle was the picture of perfection, while Hayden, tw our fancy, did not ap- pear to be in that order he did when they ran on the first occasion. Fermoyle had been taking his breathings at Bowden, Hayden at Stanningley. Betting was rather brisk for a short time at 5 to 4 on Fermoyle. As time passed on, odds increased on him, and during the race 5 to 1 was offered upon him very freely, with very few takers. The men started at a good rate, and for several laps there did not appear to be any difference in their positions from the time of starting, but from the fourth to the twentieth laps Hayden gained considerably on his man, and at that time had regained half of the start he had given; and although he gradually gained upon his man until they had traversed the course 34 times, the odds increased against him, and at that time he was not more than fifty yards in the rear. From that point he gradually kept losing ground and began to show signs of distress, and when near the finish of the 37th lap he gave up, being, as stated, unable to proceed any further from being taken with a stitch in his side. Fermoyle continued the race and finished the distance, 38 laps. Messrs Woolfoot and Brown, of Leeds, will give a massive silver cup, value 30 guineas, for first prize, second £ 2, third £ 1, to be run for in a One Mile All England Handicap, at the Victoria Race Grounds, Leeds, on Saturday and Monday, May 2 and 4. Entries, of 2s each, will finally close on Tuesday, April 21, and acceptances, of 3s, on Tuesday, April 28. All entries and accept- ances to be made with J. Woolfoot, Harewood Arms; and C. Garnett, Green Man Inn, Dewsbury- road, Leeds. KNUR AND SPELL.— Mr Woolfoot has received articles and £ 2 10s a side for a match at knur and spell, 30 rises each, for £ 25 a side, between J. Rhodes of Gomersall and J. Robertson of Thornton. To play at the Cardigan Arms, Leeds, May 9. JACKSON AND RHODES.— Mr Woolfoot has also received arti- cles and £ 2 10s a side for a match at knur and spell, for £ 25 a side, between J. Jackson of Bradford and J. Rhodes of Gomersall. To be played at the Cardigan Arms, Leeds, May 30. The match between F. Wild and T. Sykes of Castleford to play at knur and spell, for £ 20 a side, is off, Sykes having forfeited by not making a second deposit. RABBIT COURSING.— FLORA AND GUESS.— The match to run the best of 21 courses at rabbits, for £ 20 a side, between Marshall's bitch Flora of Gomersall and J. Britton's bitch Guess of Hunslet is progressing, and is fixed to be run at the Cardigan Arms on Saturday, April 25. CANINE.— Mr Woolfoot, Harewood Arms, Leeds, has now re- ceived £ 5 a side for the 200 yards race, for £ 15 a side, between E. Pilling's bitch Flora of Hunslet and C. Brown's Popsey, which is fixed to be run on Saturday, April 25, at St Thomas's Ground, Stanningley. ARROW- THROWING.— Mr Woolfoot has now received £ 15 a side for the arrow throwing match between Baxter and Raper, for £ 25, open for £ 50 a side. The match is fixed to take place at the Cardigan Arms, Leeds, on Saturday afternoon, April 18. The game to commence at three o'clock. CITY GROUNDS, MANCHESTER. SATURDAY, APRIL 11.— MILLS AND JOHNSON.— E. Mills ef Rochdale and a young man who, for obvious reasons, has adopted the nom de plume of T. Johnson of Manchester, met here this afternoon, for the purpose of deciding their engagement to run 100 yards backwards, for £ 25 a side. It may be remembered that these pedestrians ran a similar distance, for the same sum, at the Salford Borough Grounds, a short time ago, when Mills proved successful, Johnson having fallen during the race. The former possesses an advantage in stature, but Johnson is endowed with a considerable share of activity, and to- da}', as well as on the pre- vious occasion, when they tried which of the pair could go the fastest backwards, the attempts of each to snatch the best of the start were somewhat amusing. The betting was 2 and 3 to 1 on Mills, and, after a short delay, the pedestrians got oft. During a part of the way the race was an interesting one, but Johnson again falling shortly before reaching home, Mills was enabled to win easily by about a couple of yards. BRADDOCK AND BARLOW.— On account of the race of 440 yards, for £ 10 a side, between W. Braddock of Stockport and A. Barlow of Gorton, Mr Wright of Stockport has received £ 5 each. The race is to come oft here on Saturday, April 25, at four o'clock. SPENCER AND HOGG.— Mr Holden is now in possession of £ 15 each on account of the race of 440 yards, for £ 25 a side, between J. Spencer of Huddersfield and J. Hogg of Gateshead, which is to come off here on Saturday, May 9, the stakeholder to be referee. £ 5 each more is to be staked on April 27, and Hogg is to receive £ 110s for expenses. JUMPING.— The match between T. Jarrot of Heywood and L. Dearden of Burnley to jump, at run hop, two strides, and a jump, for £ 25 a side, was to come off here on April 18. Mr Holden held the whole of the money, and the men were to have been on the mark at two o'clock. Dearden was to have 15s for expenses. WHITE, MOWER, AND BRIGHTON.— These men have agreed to run one mile, for a sweepstakes of £ 25 a side, here, on May 2, and if the deposits have been paid in accordance with the articles, Mr W. Campling of the Cambridge Hotel, Haymarket, Norwich, is now in possession of £ 20 each. Mower is to start at scratch, White to have 10, and Brighton 15 yards start inside. White is to give £ 2 each for choice of ground, the winner to receive the £ 75, and all the gate money. WHEATLEY AND BALL — R. Wheatley and E. Ball ( both of Bradford, near Manchester), are matched to run 120 yards, for £ 5 ( open for £ 10) a side, here, on May 9. £ 2 2s each has been paid to the proprietor of the grounds, and £ 1 a side more was to have been put down on April 18. RABBIT COURSING.— The match at rabbits between W. Bing- ham's Dinah ( of Manchester) and J. Holt's Whip ( of Bury), 11 out of 21, 50 yards law, for £ 15 a side ( Whip to have two given), is to be decided here on Monday, April 20. Dinah is not to ex- ceed 19£ lb, nor Whip 18jlb weight. Mr Holden has received £ 5 each, and the contest is fixed for four o'clock. VENUS AND FLY.— J. Holmes has matched his bitch Venus against J. Cope's Fly ( both of Longton, Staffordshire) at rabbits, for £ 10 a side, eight out of 15 courses, 60 yards law, Venus to have one given, and not to exceed 151b weight, nor Fly 161b. £ 1 each is in the hands of Mr Holden, and £ 1 10s a side more is to be put down on April 21. The match is to be decided here oil Monday, May 25. SALFORD BOROUGH GROUNDS. SATURDAY, APRIL 11.— CANINE.— A race of 200 yards, for £ 10 a side, came oft' here to- day in the presence of about 400 persons, the animals engaged being J. Pilling's Lily of Radcliffe and J. Walker's Nancy of Halshaw Moor, near Bolton. The conditions of the match were that Lily should not exceed 131b nor Nancy 12jlb, and the latter to have one yard start inside. Mr A. Atten- bury filled the office of referee, and the betting at start was 7 to 4 on Lily. The race, which was an excellent one, was won by Nancy by a length. WRESTLING.— This was a match for £ 5 side, two back falls out of three, in the Lancashire fashion, and the competitors were G. Meadowcroft of Cockey Moor, near Bolton, and C. Booth of Clif- ton, Mr J. Hilton of Ratcliffe acting as referee. The betting was 5 to 4 on Booth; but the favourite was defeated by Meadowcroft, who gained the first throw in 14min and the second in 25min. NOVICE HANDICAP.— A handicap, distance one mile, for prizes given by Mr T. Dale of Salford, and confined to novices also came off. Eight candidates put in an appearance, and the first prize was eventually carried off by T. Bracken of Salford, S. Lyons of the same borough coming in second. The great All England 145 Yards Handicap will remain open until Tuesday, April 21, when it will positively close, to run on May 9 and 11, first prize £ 2.0, second £ 2, third £ 1; entry Is 6d each, to be made at Mr G. Hardy's, Rising Sun, Swan- street, Manchester, or at Mrs Attenbury's, Borough Inn, Salford; ac- ceptances 2s 6d each the week following. Any one entering falsely will be disqualified. BURKE AND Cox.— M. Burke of Salford and T. Cox of Coventry are matched to run 440 yards, for £ 25 a side, here, on Saturday, May 23. Mr G. Hardy of the Rising Sun, Swan- street, Manchester, has been appointed stakeholder and referee, and the first deposit of £ 2 each has been paid to him. CANINE.— G. Parkinson of Rochdale has matched his dog Spring against W. Vickers's Polly of Kersley, to run 200 yards, for £ 10 a side, at these grounds on Saturday, April 25, Spring not to exceed 141b, nor Polly 10£ lb weight. The articles state that £ 2 each has been deposited, but it will be necessary for the owners of the dogs to appoint another stakehelder, as the gentle- man they had selected declines to act in that capacity. PEDESTRIANISM AT NORWICH AND KING'S LYNN, On Friday, April 10, the Deerfoot troupe, who have been making a tour in the eastern district, visited Norwich, when a programme of the usual character was set out for disposal on the Newmarket- road Ground. Prior to the six miles match between Deerfoot, White, Brighton, Mower, Lang, and Andrews, there was a sack race, ball gathering by boys ( won by Brighton, jun, son of the Milkboy), a 220 yards race, and a mile race, open to inhabitants of the district, won respectively by Hoy and Hudson ( both of Norwich),— In the Six Miles Race 48 laps, each of 220 yards, completed the distance. On starting Mower went ahead by some distance, the rest keeping well together. He retained his posi- tion, running splendidly, till the end of the first mile, when he retired, and was followed, to the surprise and disappointment of the spectators, by Deerfoot, who relinquished the race to the four remaining competitors. Andrews soon afterwards fell behind, the other three running evenly together until the last round, when White was leading, Brighton being second, and Lang third. All these put on a spurt, and a clipping race ensued be- tween White and Brighton. The pace was tremendous, and Brighton did his utmost to overtake his opponent, but could not succeed, and White came in victor by a shert distance. Time 32jmin.— On the previous Wednesday, April 8, the party were at King's Lynn, where the local public were in- vited to witness a similar performance. In the Six Miles match Mower took the lead at first, but wan passed in the second mile. Brighton won, running the six miles in - 30min 30sec. White came in almost neck and neck with Brighton, Mower being third, and Andrews fourth. Deerfoot took no position, as he was limp- ing from the first, and " bolted" at the end of the third mile. Lang also gave up on account, it was stated, of blistered feet. Deerfoot was hissed as he quitted the ground in a cab. It will be observed that wherever Deerfoot and his followers have appeared in the Eastern Counties this spring " the Indian" has lost, and at Norwich and Lynn he was altogether nowhere. Moving on from town to town 20 guinea cups are announced for competition by the troupe, but it would be curious to know who finds them. Surely something more novel might be devised, and surely good men like Brighton, White, Lang, & c, might stand more on their own merits. ST GEORGE'S RACE GROUND, HONLEY. J. Haigh begs to inform the public that his handicap will take place here on Whit- Saturday and Monday, May 23 and 25, and it will be as before Is to enter and Is 6d to accept, and any one winning a heat will have his 2s 6d back again. To enter up to the 5th of May and accept the following week. Any one entering falsely will be disqualified. J. Haigh of Paddock and Lukes of Huddersfield are matched to run 440 yards, for £ 10 a side. £ 5 is already down in the hands of J. Woodhouse, who is to be final stakeholder and referee. To run on the above grounds on Saturday, April 25. Both men are re- ported to be in good condition, and a clipping race is expected. VICTORIA^ RACE GROUNDS, LEEDS. SATURDAY, APRIL 11.— VAELEY AND WOOD.— There was a fair muster here to- day to witness the race between Varley and Wood ( both of Batley), who ran 150 yards, for £ 10 a side. Pre- vious to starting Varley was the favourite at 6 to 4. In some in- stances 2 to 1 was laid on him. The race was moderately con- tested, and won by about a yard and a half by Varley. MONDAY.— The final heats of Mr C. Lengthorne's 130 yards handicap, for £ 5 and other money prizes, was run here to- day. Since the first heats were run on Easter Tuesday, there has been some speculation on the event, Rowland, Hannan, and Atlia being the favourites. The winners of their heats on the first day were divided in three lots, the following putting in ap- pearance to- day:— Lot 1: R. Rowland 24 yards start, 1; G. Atha 27. Won by two yards.— Lot 2: W. Jordan, 26,1; T. Hannan 34, C. Romford 2- 5. Won by a yard, the last two finish- ing in a line.— Lot 3: C. Wadsworth25, 1; E. Brown 26.— De- ciding heat: Wadsworthl, Rowland 2, Jordan about a yard in the rear. CHILDERSON AND HAWKINS.— These men run their 140 yards race, for £ 10 a side, here, on Monday, April 20. BINNER AND CLIFF.— These men have now deposited £ 7 10s a side for their five miles race, for £ 10 a side, which is fixed to be run here on Saturday, April 25. HIGGINSHAW GROUNDS, OLDHAM. SATURDAY, APRIL 11.— CARTER AND BUCKLEY.— This after- noon W. Carter and B. Buckley ( respectively of Delph, Saddle- worth) entered the course to run five miles, for £ 5 a side. The day being exceedingly fine, upwards of 306 persons were pre- sent, and Mr J. Chadwick discharged the duties of referee. The betting was 5 to 4 on Carter, who went away with the lead, and Buckley falling, dead beaten, when he had run about a mile and three quarters, Carter finished at his leisure. NOVICE HANDICAP.— Mr J. Chadwick, the proprietor, will give £ 2 10s for novices who never won above £ 10, d'istance 140 yards, on Saturday, April 25, and Saturday, May 2. Entry Is each, no acceptance. To close on Tuesday, April 21, at Messrs Wild's, Werneth; Hitchen's, Side of Moor; Seville's and Stevenson's, Oldham ; or at the grounds. Any one entering falsely will be disqualified. MELLOR AND RADCLIFFE.— The race of four miles, for £ 25 a side, between these men, fixed for May 9, is off, Radcliffe having forfeited. CANINE — Mr J. Chadwick will give £ 6 10s for an All England dog handicap here, on May 9 and 16. Names, & e, at time of entry; 4oz allowed on first day, and 8oz on the last. Entrance Is each, by May 5, at Messrs Wild's, Werneth; Hitchen's, Side of Moor; Seville's and 8tephenson's, Oldham; or at the grounds. Any dog entered falsely will be disqualified. CITY GROUNDS, QUARRY GAP, BRADFORD. PIGEON SHOOTING.— BERRY AND SEARJENT.— These men are matched to shoot for £ 15 a side on Saturday, May 2. Mr Hardy has £ 1, to be made into £ 5 a side on Saturday, April 18. Mr Hardy's £ 5 will be given, entrance 5s each, on Saturday, April 25, 5 birds each. All handicapped according to merit. Novices a good start. The money will be given however few the entries. To meet at two o'clock. GOLF. THE BLACKHEATH GOLF CLUB. This match for the Spring Medal was played on Saturday week, at Blackheath, when twenty members contended ; and there was also a set of prize clubs and balls for the second and third best men. These two last- named prizes were not given by the club, but subscribed for independently by the members, and handi- capped. The score was as follows, the game| being three rounds, with seven holes. The entire distance traversed was about seven miles and a half:— 1st Round. 2d Round. 3d Round. Glennie 42 41 Buskin 44 41 Adamson 44 42 Stewart 43 44 H. R. Kynaston .. 42 50 H. Anstruther.... 45 47 Cottam 49 45 Romanes 49 48 HayterReed 47 49 Dalyell 48 51 Duncan 68 50 Bennett 51 50 Purdie 51 50 Innes 50 52 F. Bennoch 55 49 Steel 60 53 Aitcheson 53 68 Kieser 60 55 Chambers retired Thus Mr George Glennie became the winner of the medal; and as Mr Adamson had to receive six strokes in the handicap, he ob- tained the set of clubs, and Mr Glennie took the balls. After the match the members dined together at the Ship Hotel, Greenwich, when Mr Glennie was duly nstalled as captain for the second year. A silver claret jug and vase was presented to thehonorary secretary, Captain Thomas Crosse, " by the members of the Royal Black- heath Golf Club, in esteem for him as a friend, and in recogni- tion of his valuable services as honorary secretary of the club." Total. . 127 . 128 . 131 . 132 . 136 . 138 . 146 . 147 . 148 . 149 . 151 . 152 . 153 . 153 . 160 . 168 . 174 . 175 RACKETS. THE CHAMPIONSHIP. MR EDITOR : In your last number a letter appeared from Mr Johnson, which stated that he was about to play for the " Cham- pion Racket Cup." As several of my friends have asked me the meaning of this, I wish to take advantage of your columns to make a few observations. The cup referred to was given by Mr Buckingham, to be played for on the Belvidere court alone, and the winning it can thus only express the championship of that court. In the same way Cambridge might possess at least four champions, corresponding to the same number of courts, and almost every town in England could have the same local championship. If Mr Johnson will play me a match for £ 50 a side in the St John's court, I will guarantee a cup of the same value as that presented by Mr Buckingham, which he may call the Champion Cup if he feels so disposed. Or again, I will play him or any other person, as I have before stated, a home and home match, for £ 50 a side. If Mr Johnson accepts this challenge, we will play the best out of seven games on each court, and in the event of our each winning one match ( which the difference of the style of play in the two courts would render probable), we will decide it by the whole number of games in the two matches. The match in Cambridge to be played on or before the 10th of June next.— Yours, & c, H. GRAY, Champion of England. St John's Racket Court, Cambridge. G. Erwood, the present owner of the Champion Cup, in reply to T. Johnson's ( of Hampstead) challenge, wishes to state that he will play him for from £ 10 up to £ 25 and the Champion Cup. Erwood means business, and he hopes the money will be forth- coming on or before the 1st of May. The match to be played on the 1st of June at the Belvidere, Penton- street, Pentonville. RABBIT FANCY. GREENWICH FANCY RABBIT SOCIETY. The half- yearly show of this club took place at the Beehive Tavern, Bridge- street, Greenwich, on Monday evening, April 13, and was very numerously and respectably attended. Mr Boobey presided, and Mr Marchant acted as vice- chairman. The show was in all points an excellent one, and the rabbits were in fine condition. The secretary having handed in the list of awards, the judges being Messrs Ram, Borer, and Dean; the supernu- merary judges being Messrs Morley and Hall, the rabbits were placed on the table, when the chairman descanted most ably on their respective merits, and described the prospects of the society as most cheering. The company cordially drank success to the same. The healths of the ". Chairman,'' " Vice- Chairman," " Judges," " Visitors," & c, were proposed, and all parties most cordially responded. The following rabbits were awarded prizes :— FOR LENGTH OF EARS. LENGTH, WIDTH, WEIGHT, AGE. In. In. lb. oz. M. D. 1. Mr Hall's yellow and white due .. 20J 5 7 10 5 14 „ ( Mr Perkins's fawn buck 20i 5 6 2 3 4 o- ® - J Mr Boobey's grey buck 20J s § 7 6 5 2 S t Mr Hall's yellow & white buck20i 4| 7 10 5 4 FOR COLOUR. 4. Mr Reed's black and white buck ,. 19g 5 6 12 4 27 5. Mr Boobey's yellow & white buck. 20 5 8 9 5 2 6. Mr Reed's tortoiseshell buck 19J 4| 7 0 4 2 7. Mr Boobey's grey and white doe .. 18j 4i 5 14 3 12 FOR SELF- COLOUR. 8. Mr Rann's black doe 19| 4J 5 0 3 0 FOR WEIGHT. 9. Mr Rann's fawn buck 19} 5 8 10 6 3 WRESTLING. NEWCASTLE EASTER WRESTLING. These sports came off, as usual, on Easter Monday and Tuesday, and were as attractive as ever. The Champion Belt is awarded to the winner of the Decies Champion Prize for picked men, and must be won two successive years. It is given by Lord De- cies, and was manufactured by Lister and 8011, Newcastle. The umpires were Mr J. Whitehead of Workington and Mr James Maxwell of Newcastle. The referee was Mr J. Peart, Weardale. Space forbids our giving more than a few of the final falls. THIRD ROUND. STOOD. Collins Craig Finlay Sproat Pearson Dixon R. Dagg Temple FELL. Pattinson Keenlyside C. Craister J. Dag Eobson Forster Gilsby Watters Craig Collins R. Dagg Pearson R. Dagg Pearson R. llagg R. Dagg FOURTH ROUND. STOOD. FELL. Temple Dixcn Sproat Finlay FIFTH ROUND. Collins Craig FINAL FALLS. W. Pearson W. Pearson STOOD. Chester Christer Davidson W. Lawson Kennedy Kean Allison W. llobson Scott Hodgson J. Wearmouth DEATH OF SIR G. CORNEWALL LEWIS. Every one must regret the sudden calamity which the pre- sent Government has suffered by the untimely death of the Right Hon Secretary for War, Sir George Cornewall Lewis. It was but the other day that he might be seen in his place in Parliament in the fulness of his powers— no man more likely to live, no one more equal to his work. He re- tired to the country to take his brief Easter holiday; he caught a cold, the cold brought on congestion of the lungs, the attack be- came serious on Sunday, and he died at two o'clock on Monday afternoon, the day when Parliament re- assembled. Sir George Cornewall Lewis was in the 58th year of his age, having been born in October, 1806. His father was the late Sir Thomas Frank- land Lewis, who, having filled several offices in the State, ameng which, as indicating the hereditary nature of some of the son's tastes, we may mention those of Secretary to the Treasury, Vice- President of the Board of Trade, and Treasurer of the Navy, received in 1846 the reward of a baronetcy. His mother was the daughter of another baronet, Sir George Cornewall, after whom he was named. The honour of having educated him belongs to the two schools which, the one for boys and the other for young men, have won the most renewn in England— Eton and " Christ Church, Oxford. He went to Ox- ford in 1824, and he took his bachelor's degree in 1828. It is not long since, on the occasion of Lord Dalhousie's death, and again when Lord Canning died, we had to speak of the little band of statesmen reared in Christ Church, and most of them followers of Sir Rebert Peel, himself a student of that college. Lord Stan- hope, who graduated in 1827, is the eldest of the group; after him came Sir George Lewis, then followed Mr Gladstone in 1832, and in 1833 there was the triple births of Lords Elgin, Canning, and Dalhousie. No other college in the kingdom has in our time been able to boast of such a progeny, nearly all of them being first- class men, and one a double first. Sir George Lewis was of the first- class in classics, and of the second in mathematics. He did not enter Parliament until he was 41 years of age. He commenced official life, how- ever, in 1835, when he was employed In the commissions which were appointed to inquire into the relief of the poor, and into the state of the Church in Ireland. In the next year he was on the Commission of Inquiry into the affairs of Malta. In 1839 he succeeded his father as a Poor- law Commissioner, and in 1847, the date of his entry into Parliament, he was made Secretary to the Board of Control. In the following year he went to the Home Office, where he held the post of Under- Secretary, and in 1850 he became one of the Secretaries to the Treasury, where he remained till the dissolution of Lord John Russell's Cabinet, and where he acquired a great reputation for financial ability. He did not re- turn to office until Lord Palmerston formed his first Administra- tion in 1855, and in this interval of his official life he edited the Edinburgh Review. He joined Lord Palmerston's Cabinet, in succession to Mr Gladstone, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he had now an opportunity of showing whether, as chief, he could turn to good account the financial ability which in a sub- ordinate grade he had exercised to tbe public advantage. He proved to be an excellent Chancellor of the Exchequer, and, spite of his rather heavy style of speaking, he was able, by the excel lence of his matter, to render his Budget acceptable. " Often since he ceased to be Chancellor has the City longed to have him back again at the Treasury. In Lord Palmerston's second Administra- tion he was placed in the Home Office. On the death of Lord Herbert he was removed to the War Office. Sir George Lewis married, in 1844, the Lady Maira Theresa Villiers, sister of Lord Clarendon. He has had no children, and he is succeeded in the baronetcy by his only brother. The Final Falls between Pearson and Dagg were exciting affairs. Dagg gained the fall very cleverly, the other falling with the hank in. In the second round Pearson lifted Dagg, and the play that then took place was almost too rapid for the eye to fol- low. Attempts to slip in a hank on the part of Dagg failed. Pearson swung him with great rapidity, bHt at last overbalanced himself in the fierce struggle, and came rolling to the ground, Dagg on the top. The result was hailed with loud cheers, mingled with a few hisses, but why uttered we could not ascertain. To our thinking a fairer wrestle never took place. ELEVEN STONE MEN FOR £ 28. THIRD ROUND. FOURTH ROUND. FELL. STOOD FELL. Thornthwaite J. Kean Mil burn Forster W. Lawson J. Blair J. Lawson Hodgson Forster Graham Scott J. Wearmouth R. Elliott Robson Chester Paddon Davidson Keunedy J. Blair FIFTH ROUND. Mullen J. Scott Kean J. Robson T. Davidson Hodgson M. Blair \ Y. Lawson Robson Hutton SIXTH ROUND. J. Scott W. Lawson T. Davidson odd man SIXTH ROUND.— Scott and Lawson came together, Davidson being odd man. After several attempts they got hold. Scott put in a rapid inside hank, and a brief struggle took place, but they slipped hold again, Scott, while the struggle lasted, being en- couraged by shouts of " Gan' on, Jimmy." They got hold again ; Jimmy was lifted up by Forster, and attempted to hank inside, but failed. Forster set him down again. The struggle still con- tinued, and Scott at last put in a cross- buttock, and threw his man forward in a kind of stumbling fall. The prospect of Scott and Davidson coming together in the final falls gave such good augury of excellent sport that specula- tion was rife at the thought. As a matter of course the chronic grumblers amongst the spectators were loud in the expression of their opinion that the two would not wrestle, or if they did take hold the result would be a foregone conclusion, and a most flagi- tious " barney" perpetrated. And as the sequel will show the grumblers were right, as they sometimes are. As soon as Scott and Davidson were seen advancing into the ring, apparently in earnest confabulation, it was at once seen that there would be no more sport that evening. The committee were about te protest against any compromise on the part of the two wrestlers, as likely to deprive the public of that sport which they had come to see. Before the committee, however, could decide upon any steps they ought to take to prevent the threatened collusion, Scott and Da- vidson had agreed to divide the first and second money, and as to the silver medal the spin of a " copper" awarded it to Scott. It was all over before the committee could interpose, and in this quiet and flat style the excellent wrestling of the day came to a close MUSIC AND DRAMA. MADAME TUSSAUD'S.— The preparations which wete made by the proprietors of this exhibition to secure the patronage of their Easter visitors deserve a much longer notice than the limited space assigned to such a place can afford : but it would almost be am injustice not to call attention to them. They are on a scale of almost unprecedented splendour, both in the general appearance of the apartments which constitute the gallery, in the specific cos- tumes and armour of the effigies, and in the number of novel- ties with which the rooms abound, and among them those of the Prince and Princess of Wales, which are of themselves a perfect exhibition. EXTRAORDINARY DEATH FROM FIRE.— On Wednesday even- ing an inquiry was held at St George's Hospital respecting the death of Anne Gibson, aged 48, who was burnt under the follow- ing singular circumstances:— Henry Gibson, 3, Elizabeth- street South, Pimlico, said that on Sunday night, April 12, about ten o'clock, his wife left the room with a candle. Shertly afterwards he noticed a great smell of fire. On the landing at the bottom of the stairs he found her lying with her clothes in a blaze. She was quite insensible, but was groaning. He extinguished the flames with his coat, and called for help. The candlestick was found underneath her, and doubled up. He supposed that while she was shutting the landing window her clothes were blown against the candle, and she slipped and fell in her fright. She was conveyed to the hospital, where she expired. A verdict of Accidental Death was returned. THE RIGHT OF SPORTING.— SINGULAR CASE.— At Kingston Assizes, on Thursday, a case of much interest to the lessees of tha right of shooting and sporting was tried. It was brought by B farmer named Paget against Mr Birkbeck to recover damages for having ridden over the land of the plaintiff, while hunting, and damaging his crops; and the declaration also alleged that he had sustained damage by reason of the defendant having turned out great quantities of rabbits upon his land, and by his keeping a large number of pheasants. The defendant, by his pleas, denied, generally, having committed any of the trespasses charged by the plaintiff, and also " leave and license,'' as it is termed. The plain- tiff is a farmer, occupying a farm called South Park Farm, at Bletchingley, and a determined enemy of fox hunting. The de- fendant is an active supporter of the Surrey Hunt, and rides very frequently with the Surrey Foxhounds; and the action was brought to recover damages partly for the injuries occasioned by him and other gentlemen riding over the plaintiff's land, and also for the injury occasioned by the game during the period when he had the right of shooting over the plaintiff's farm. It appeared that the plaintiff used to let the right of shooting over his farm, an'd originally he did so to a gentleman named Arkcoll, but he gave up his right to two gentlemen named Coles and Strange, and they le1' it to the present defendant, and from this time serious differences seemed to have taken place between him and the plaintiff, chiefly on account of his insisting to ride over the farm, and the hounds being brought to draw his covers. Upon one occasion it seemed that the plaintiff stopped one of the gentlemen who was following the hounds, and blows were struck, and he knocked this gentleman off his horse. After this the plaintiff summoned the person who had been as- saulted, and the case stood over; and it appeared that on the 5th of January, 1861, he was invited to dine at the Greyhound at Croydon with the defendant, Mr Mortimer, the master of the foxhounds, and several other gentlemen who took an interest in the hunt, for the purpose of settling the summons; and accord- ing to his statement he was plied with wine and made drunk, and while in that condition he signed some agreement, which it ap- peared he was afterwards desirous to repudiate. Although the damage done by hunting was incidentally introduced into the case, the principal ground of injury that appeared to be relied upon by the plaintiff was that alleged to have been occasioned by game, especially by rabbits and pheasants, it being alleged that the keepers of the defendant had turned down large quantities of rabbits upon the land, and that a very large quantity of pheasants had been hatched by hens; and that those had, together, occasioned the damage of which the plaintiff complained. The plaintiff in his evidence spoke to the above facts, and also to the damage he al- leged he had sustained, and he appeared to estimate the injury at rather an excessive amount. He represented that upon some of his fields he had upon occasion grown as much as five quarters of wheat to an acre, and he alleged that owing to the ravages com- mitted by the rabbits and the pheasants during the year 1861 his crops had been almost entirely destroyed. He also spoke to the defendant having admitted to him upon one occasion that he had ordered a number of rabbits to be turned down upon the farm.— Mr Bovill subjected the plaintiff to a very severe cross- examina- tion, in the course of which he stated that he only paid 10s an acre for the rent of his land, and the defendant paid him 2s an acre for the right of shooting. He admitted that the land was a very wet, cold clay soil, and that in wet seasons a consi- derable portion of it was covered with water. It appeared that there had been proceedings in Chancery arising out of the agreement that had been made by the plaintiff, and that he had made an affidavit that he was drunk at the time he made the agreement, but, notwithstanding this, a decree had been made against him, and he was compelled to carry out the agreement. It also ap- peared that he had sworn, during the Chancery proceedings, that he was so drunk that he was compelled to sleep at Croj don on the night of the dinner, and he admitted that this was not true, and that in point of fact he went home to his own residence, and that, as he said, he found himself in his own bed on the following day. In addition to this, it appeared that on his affidavit made in the course of the Chancery proceedings he alleged that the defendant had employed persons to fasten up pheasants and rabbits in positions where the labourers of the plaintiff would pass, in order that they might be induced to take them up, and that he then instituted legal proceedings against them.— Mr Bovill, without addressing the jury, called the delendant and several other gentlemen as witnesses; and the effect of their evidence went to show the plaintiff was perfectly sober when he made the agreement referred to, and that at that time he con- sented to take £ 8 in full satisfaction for all the injury that had been done to his crops by the hounds going over the farm. It was also proved that he expressed his satisfaction at Mr Birkbeck having taken his shooting, and said he thought he was the right man, and he should do all in his power to give him sport. With regard to the plea of leave and license, it was distinctly proved that the plaintiff had repeatedly said that the defendant might turn down any quantity of rabbits he pleased; and, in fact, upon every point of importance the evidence of the plaintiff was flatly contradicted by unimpeachable testimony.— The Lord Chief Justice having briefly summed up, the jury immediately returned a verdict for the defendant. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF HORSE STEALING.— On Saturda morning, April 11, shortly after 11 o'clock, a man was seen to enter the town of Bishop Stortford on horseback, whose movements attracted the attention of the police, and while they were thus en gaged one of the Cambridgeshire constabulary came in by the morning train, and gave information that two men hadbeen brutally ill- treated at Six Mile- bottom, near Newmarket, the assailant knocking one off a horse he was mounted upon, then jumping on the animal's back and riding off, at the same time threatening to murder them if they followed him. Mr Inspector Ryder, suspecting the offender was the man that he had been watching, at once went to the George Hotel, and in the stables he found the man giving instructions to the ostler, when he informed him that he should apprehend him on the charge of stealing the horse, and also with the intent to murder. The fellow assumed a conse- quential air, and threatened to ruin the inspector if he did so. al- though he admitted that he had that morning come from New- market, but when Mr Ryder intimated his intention of executing his duty the ruffian resisted with such determined violence as to make it necessary to handcuff him, and in this manner he was conveyed through the town to the police station. When there he gave his name as William Beaumont Hothatn, of 9, Alfred- place, Bedford- square, London, and described himself as a gentleman. It appears that early © 11 Saturday morning two grooms in the employ of Mr Cassidy, of the Sun arid Whalebone Hotel, Harlow, named Marshall and Dedman, left Newmarket, the one in charge of five horses, and the other of a horse and fly. Marshall, who was in charge of the latter, states that when he arrived at the Six- mile bottom he overtook the prisoner, who requested that he would give him a ride, but which he ( Marshall) declined to do, when the fellow jumped up on the fly, and after proceeding a short distance, struck him a most violent blow on the face, following it instantaneously with another under the ear. He called out to his companion, Dedman, for assistance, who at the time was only about fifty yards off with the horses. The prisoner no sooner saw Dedman stop, than he jumped from the fly and advanced rapidly towards him, and with a silver- mounted oak walking stick, struck him also a violent blow on the head, causing him to fall oft the horse which he was riding. The ruffian then sprang on the animal's back and galloped away at a most furious pace. Both men say that for a time they were somewhat paralysed with fear, but that when they came to themselves they proceeded to Wilbra- ham, and gave information to the police of the occurrence, who rapidly followed after the prisoner as far as Newport, where they took the rail, and Mr Superintendent Flood, of the Essex con- stabulary, followed up the road track on to Bishop Stortford. The prisoner has been remanded. THE BABKAHAM HERD.— The first sale of shorthorns from the herd of the late Mr Jonas Webb took place on Wednesday, April 15, when 82 animals realised £ 55 15s a piece, or £ 4,571 14s in all. There were six families, descendants respectively of cows named Celia, Dodona, Sylph, Beauty, Bodice, and Gwynne. Thirty- nine from the first of them fetched £ 2,019 3s, or £ 51 15s 6d each ; 15 from Dodona realised £ 50 5s 2d each; 11 from Sylph made £ 55 7s 3d a piece; seven " Beauties" averaged no less than £ 102 18s, seven from Bodice fetched £ 44 5s a piece, and three Gwynnes made 53 4s each. Among the more noteworthy prices were 100 guineas for Beauty, the mother of one of the above families, now a 10- year old cow, bought by Mr Hales of North Frith; 160 guineas given by Mr Betts for her daughter, Red Rose; and no less than 225 guineas for Drawing- room Rose, another daughter, just 11 months old, given by Mr Irving of Sydney. In several instances 100 guineas and upwards were given for cows of the Celia, the Dodona, and Sylph families ; and the average price of the whole sale is very high, considering the number disposed of. A good many of these cattle were bought to go into Germany ; several will be despatched to Australia ; others are bought for Scotland, Ireland, and distant English counties, and many remain near home in the eastern counties, where improved stock is much needed. The second and final sale takes place on the 24th of June, the day having been altered from the 15th of July, for which it was originally announced, because that falls in the week of the International Agricultural Exhibition at Hamburg. PETERHEAD.— SHIPWRECK AND Loss OF LIFE.— We have to record another wreck on this dangerous and ill- protected coast, the third within two weeks, and the sixth within three months. About four o'clock on Sunday morning, April 12, the Genoa, Capt Broggers, of Liverpool, bound from Newcastle for Rio de Janeiro with a cargo of coal, went on the rocks south of Rattrayhead. There was a dense fog at the time, and, though the wind was not violent, a heavy swell. At an early hour the coast guard at Rat- trayhead were on the spot, but could render no assistance till the life- saving apparatus from Peterhead or Fraserburgh arrived. The position of the crew, numbering fourteen in all, became very perilous, and four of them took to a boat under command of the second mate, but such was the fury of the breakers that the boat was upset, and three of those on board, including the second mate, perished. The other was saved with great difficulty. Shortly after the occurrence Mr Beatson, inspecting officer of the coast guard at Fraserburgh, arrived, and was followed by the lifeboat and life- saving apparatus. By means of the rockets a line was got on board, and the remaining portion of the crew were taken off. Two of the bodies have been found. The Genoa was 650 tons, and it is not known whether she was insured or not. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CITY POLICE.— On Tuesday next Sir George Grey will introduce a bill into the House of Commons for the amalgamation of the City of London police with the me- tropolitan police. THE CHATHAM MURDER.— On Saturday, April 11, at twelve o'clock, Robert Burton was executed at Maidstone for the murder of a little boy on Chatham Lines. The wretched youth was very penitent. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— This grand opera house opened its portals on the 11th of April with a brilliant performance of Verdi's hackneyed, but still attractive, opera of " II Trovatore,'' and a new 8erenata in honour of the Prince and Princess of Wales, tha words of which are written by Mr Oxenford, and the music by that talented pianisto, Mr Cusins. The house was very full, and expressed their approval of the entertainments provided for them with genuine feeling. The interior of the theatre has been entirely redecorated, and looks all the better and brighter for the process. The amber curtains look as fresh as in the days of their youth, and the various elegant ornaments have been re- gilt and renovated, whilst some additional lamps have been added to the tiers of boxes. The band, which is still under the able guidance of Signor Arditi, has been considerably strengthened and improved, and the chorus specially reinforced, both in numbers and better quality of voices. It is hardly ne- cessary to criticise the performance of the opera, considering that Mdlle Titiens was the Leonora, Madame Alboni the Azucena, Signor Giuglini the Manrico, and Mr Santley the Count di Luna, for a more perfect cast of the characters could not have been obtained. At no previous performance has the lovely duet in the last act " Ai nostri monti'' been more deliciously rendered; it was a treat indeed to hear the liquid tones of Madame Alboni's voice once more. Not less excellent was Mr Santley's execution of the favourite " II balen," or Mdlle Titiens's noble deli- very of her various scenes, and especially of her part in the tragic duet with the Count " Mira di acerba lagrime,'' in which her increasing refinement of style was so largely shown. Mr Cusins's Serenata was badly placed, being sung between the acts of the opera, and thus perplexing some of the audience to know what it meant. Of its merits we must take some other op- portunity of discussing. The National Anthem was, of course, sung, the solo parts being taken by Mdlle Titiens and Madame Alboni, w hilst Mr Santley, the only Englishman in the operatic troupe, merely rendered his assistance in the chorus. On Tues- day, April 14, Bellini's " IPuritani'' was given, Mdlle Titiens being the representative of Elvira, Signor Giuglini the Arturo, and Signor Gassier and Signor Vialletti appearing ( for the first time this season) as the two Puritan leaders. A new ballet, called " La Farfaietta," in which Mdlle Ferraris reappears, is the first novelty offered to his patrons by the impressario. Of this we shall have something to say hereafter. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—" I Puritani'' was performed at this theatre on the 11th, for the purpose of introducing Mdlle Fioretti, one of Mr Gye's debutantes. This lady has a light soprano voice capable of executing the most florid passages with ease and dis- tinctness, and is evidently, as an actress, no novice on the boards. The manner in which she executed the difficulties in the polacca " Son vergin vezzosa," testified to her completeness as a singer and to her general proficiency. There was something wanting in the aria " Qui la voce," as that descriptive mad scena passed off'with little or no notice from the audience, who were, however, unusually cold in their reception of the opera altogether. Signor Ronconi made his appearance as Giorgiojafter an absence of two years; he looked thinner, and his features seemed to bear traces of his ill- ness, but his voice was more vigorous and in better order than when we heard him last in 1861. The character of Giorgio is not one of those calculated to exhibit this great lyrical artist to the greatest advantage, but his singing and acting throughout the opera were replete with energy and intelligence. M Faure was the Riccardo, and gave an additional interest to the scenes in which he appeared by his manly earnestness, and by the vocal ability which he always displays, though his voice lacks the roundness and sonority of Signor Graziani's. As Arturo Signor Neri- Baraldi was clever and painstaking as ever, and gained a unanimous encore by his facile and pleasant execution of the opening aria, " A te o cara." As a whole, however, the opera went off flatly, and failed to make that agreeable im- pression it used to do in the days gone by, when its sweet music was sung by the incomparable quartet of singers who were the original representatives of its chief characters. On Thursday night a combined entertainment was given, consisting of Bellini's opera of " Norma" and a concert. In the opera Mdlle Antonietta Fricci made her first appearance for the season as the Druid Priestess, and passed through so trying an ordeal as that of essaying Grisi's best part with great credit. She was, strange to say, most successful in the grand declamatory air which occurs at the close of the first act, which, as all opera goers know, is one of the most difficult to accomplish. Mdlle Fricci was extremely well received, and had to appear before the curtain twice during the evening. In the concert which followed Mdlle Carlotta Patu made her debut for the first time in Europe. She is the possessor of a high soprano voice of very flexible quality, and sings with all the precision and ease of her sister. She is like her in face and person, though apparently older. Next week we shall analyse her merits more cluselv. MRS KEMBLE'S SHAKSPERIAN READINGS.— The last of the gifted family of the Kembles, after an absence of six years from the metropolis, has resumed her readings of Sliakspere's plays. All the richness of this lady's voice, her largeness of style, and breadth of elocution are brought into play with no diminution of that vigour and powerful intelligence which distinguished her readings in her earlier days. It was a treat of no common order to hear her read " Twelfth Night," on Wednesday last, her poetic instincts and refined conceptions of the great dramatist's meaning eliciting the highest meed of praise from a room full of the admirers of this genuine comedy. Mrs Kemble has become more refined, if that were possible, in her subtle de- lineations of character, and her rich rare voice full of charm and music, made itself heard and felt throughout the room. The changes of tone were something remarkable, from the boisterous mirth of Sir Toby Belch to the more subdued utter- ances cf Maria, whilst the very heart of the loving Viola seemed to be heard in the exquisite utterances she delivers. These readings are to embrace a series of the plays, and will be given on alternate nights at the Dudley Gallery, Egyptian Hall, and we recommend all those who have a love and reverence for our greatest poet to hear his gifted exponent read, as she can, the tragedies and comedies which no time can rob of their freshness and beauty. THE BRIDAL PRESENTS.— The exhibition of the bridal presents of the Princess of Wales has been open during the past week at South Kensington Museum. The exhibition will continue open during the week, free on Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, and on payment of 6d on the other days of the week. THE PROPOSED LINES OE RAILWAY THROUGH GREENWICH PARK.— On Wednesday morning was issued reports by Professor Airy and Admiral Washington on the proposed lines of railway through Greenwich Park. The professor states that after mak- ing all due allowance for the sedative effectof the tunnel covering, a distance of 600 to 700 feet may be regarded " as critical for de- cision on the probable effects of railway tremor on the operations of the Observatory. Within that distance very general inconve- nience would be produced ; beyond it the inconvenience, though sensible, would probably not be serious." Entering into detail as to the respective plans, he concludes that " the effects of the South London, Greenwich, and Woolwich would be very trouble- some, and the effects of the Lendon, Chatham, and Dover, though sensible, would not be very troublesome." Admiral Washington says:—" I have read the report of the Astronomer Royal, giving the result of some former experiments on the vibration caused by the passage of a railway train, by which it appears that thetremor began to be sensible as regards astronomical observations at the distance of 1,000 feet. I am, therefore, of opinion that their lordships should withhold their assent to any line of railway that passes within that distance of the Royal Observatory. No doubt the accommodation and convenience of the travelling public should have every consideration, but with all due deference it must not be allowed to interfere with the high character that the astronomical observations made at Greenwich have hitherto borne. Of the two proposed railways, the London, Chatham, and Dover Extension passes within 825 feet, and the South London, Greenwich, and Woolwich within 610 feet of the Royal Observa- tory. I therefore submit that their lordships refuse their assent to both the above bills, and that the Board of Trade and their respective parliamentary agents be so informed." INCITING TO MURDER.— On Saturday, April 11, Joseph Har- court was tried, by commission, in Dublin, for attempting to pro- cure the murder of Mr Isaac W. Dickinson, of Ash Grove, Newry. The first witness examined was William Smith, who had been an assistant- draper. He had known the prisoner about ten years, and saw him generally about twice a year. He had resided with him in the same house, 16, Upper Erne- street. The prisoner, when in Dublin, was employed on Slater's Directory, and he had attended lectures at Trinity College. He came to witness, in company with a man named English, on the night of the 4tU of February last, when the three went out to a beershop. He saw him again next morning, having been invited to breakfast with him at Walsh's Hotel. Prisoner then told him that he had come to town on a certain business, and that he might as well put a job in witness's way— that he might as well have a few pounds in his pocket as not, as he was out of a situation. He might go to America on the money. In reply to the inquiry what was to be done, he said there was a person living outside Newry who was not on the most amicable terms with his wife, and that it was the wonder of the country he was not " popped" long ago. If he were once popped it would soon blow over, as he was so much disliked, nobody would take any trouble in finding it out. The witness proceeded:— He mentioned that Mr and Mrs Dickinson slept in separate beds in one room, and that when she was asleep he went down to the servant. He said he had had a conversation with the lady on the afternoon of the day previous to his coming down to Dublin, and that he told her he would try to get a person to do the job. He said that she took her purse out of her pocket, and told him to take what amount he liked out of it, and that he only took two sovereigns. He did not mention any sum as the price of the deed, but he said the lady had £ 18,000 in her own right. He said he would come up to Dublin in the course of the following week, and that he and I could practise shooting at Rigby's He said I could go down and stop about Newry for a week, until I should learn the geography of the place, and that he was on such terms with Mr Dickinson that he would have him placed playing chess opposite the window in such a position that I could put the bullet through his forehead. It was to be done with a double- barrelled gun, so*^. t if one missed the other could be • slapped' at him. He asked Graham if I was a good shot, and he said he did not knew. Graham said, ' Young man, you had better be very cautious of what you do, for it strikes me you are only trying to get the man out of the way to marry his widow and enjoy his property.' Harcourt said, ' Not at all,' he wanted to go to America. I had no further conversation with him."— John Graham deposed that he was housekeeper at the Hibernian Gas Company's establishment, Foster- place, where he lived. He had known prisoner for 12 or 13 years. He corroborated the tes- timony of Smith. He told the prisoner to be very cautious, as his impression was that he intended to get the man out of the way, and thpn marry the widow.— From other evidence it ap- peared that the prisoner was tutor to Mr Dickenson's children, and that it was known to him that Mrs Dickenson was entitled to a large sum of money should she survive her husband. Letters were also put in, written by that lady, in one of which she says : " The boys, as at present advised, intend going to Cooley to- mor- row, with their father and uncle, so that it will be unnecessary for you to resume attendance on them to- morrow. Mr D. has not desired me to write this note ; so, perhaps, he will speak to you himself. If you are out about ten or half- past ten to- morrow I may see you.'' Nothing in the other letters suggested that there was any understanding between them. The prisoner was con- victed and sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. MURDER AT BROMPTON.— On Wednesday an inquest was held at St George's Hospital on the body of Charlotte Haines, who was murdered by Samuel Robinson on the morning of the 6th inst. The body of the deceased was identified by Mrs Kemp, her sister, who said the deceased was 37 years of age, and was a mar- ried woman, but did not live with her husband. The first witness called was Mary Hutton. She said that she resided at 13, Yeo- man's- row, St Mary Abbotts, Kensington, in the same room with Mrs Robinson and her son. The deceased often went to the house, but did not sleep there. On Monday week, between eight and nine o'clock, the witness was lighting the fire, and the deceased had just come in and ta" ken off her things. Samuel Robinson had something hanging to his coat, and at the solicitation of Mrs Robinson the deceased told him of it. No sooner had she done so than Robinson turned round, spat at her three times, and called her a fiend. The deceased told Mrs Robinson that she was frightened, and she sent out for a policeman, but before one arrived Samuel Robinson took an iron bar from off the fire. Mrs Robinson told deceased to fly out of the room, as he was going to hit her. She ran out of the room downstairs, and was followed by Robinson, who caught her on the steps of the street door, and struck her on the back of the head with the iron bar three or four times. She appeared to be stunned, and put her hands up to save herself from the blows. There had not been any quarrel, and Robinson had not been drinking. He was a brassfounder, but could not get work on account of his deafness. This witness was corroborated by J. Andrews, T. Lidyard, Mrs Robinson, Inspec- tor Butler, B divison of police; Sergeant Greever, 4 B ; and Hunt, 107 B. Mr Maude, house surgeon at the hospital, said that the deceased died through erysipelas caused by the blows. After a brief consultation, the jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Samuel Robinson. THE PUBLIC- HOUSE BILL.— A public meeting was called by the Mayor of Southampton on Tuesday evening, at the request of a number of the inhabitants, to petition Parliament in favour of closing public- houses on Sundays. The meeting was held at the Guildhall, which was crammed to suffocation. Mr. Alderman Palk was called to the chair. The opposition to the object of the meeting was so great, and caused such confusion, that the chair- man dissolved the meeting. The dissolution was, however, re- called, but the confusion increased to such a degree, and a breach of the peace appeared so imminent, that the police had to be called in. Ultimately a resolution was passed, to the effect that the members for the borough should be called upon to render every opposition possible to Mr Somes's bill in Parliament. Printed and Published by WILLIAM CHARLES CLEMENT, at the Office, 170, Strand, iifrthe Pariah of St Clement Danes, in the City and Liberty of Westminster.— SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1863.