[ GRATIS.] SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1863. [ GRATIS.] AQUATICS. VANDERDECKEN'S LOG.- No. 8. " And now, my good friends, I've a fine opportunity To obfuscate you all by sea terms with impunity ; Arid talking of ' caulking,' And ' quarter- deck walking,' ' Fore and aft,' And ' abaft,' ' Hookers,' ' barkeys,' and ' craft;' Of' binnacles,' ' bilboes,' the boom called ' the spanker,' The ' best bower cable,' the • jib,' and ' sheet anchor But reader, I scorn it— the fact is, I fear, To be candid, I can't make these matters so clear As Marryat, or Cooper, or Captain Chamier." INGOLDSBY LEGENDS. MR EDITOR : came, leaving us to ponder over the vicissitudes that had attended i iEolus 5sec. The Circe having to allow the Diade imin losec, the little fishing village in its transition from a scarcely- known land the latter being 7min 7sec astern, she was defeated by the At daybreak on the morning of the 18th of June, just as the first faint streaks of rosy sunlight began to light up the tops of the eastern hills, three gallant little clippers gave their canvas to the northerly wind, and, tripping their mud- hooks from the anchorage at Queenstown, " Hey for Liverpool!" wasthesignal. Beautiful did the fine scenery of the glorious old Cove of Cork show out upon that lovely June morning; and, as if to give eft'ecc and life to the moment of departure, merry groups of revellers were trooping outof the vast pile of the Queen's Hotel; high festival and rare banquetting had been held there during the night— the night of ttie Regatta Ball. Scarlet and gold and blue and gold flashed in the early glow of day ; war medals gleamed upon the breasts of veterans of the sea and land ; laughter- mov- ing jokes, playful badinage, and— shall I say regrettul— adieus passed between the fair daughters of the Lee and their gallant partners of the previous pleasure- laden hours; and perhaps we were weak enough to fancy that many of them wished the wan- dering cruisers a " bon voyage." Speedily, however, did the gay pageant vanish from our view, and we envied not the actors therein ; for the bright morning, with its fine bracing air, the clear green sea sparkling up and leaping joyously as the sun- beams kissed its playful wavelets, a pleasant voyage, with a merry little fleet in company, were all before us ; and we were fresh and vigorous, and eager to enjoy the waking up of nature, buoy- ant in spirit, and light- hearted as the birds that carolled above us ; and the water, as it rippled from our bows, was like sweet music to our ears, telling of liberty and adventure and healthy enjoyment in prospective ; whilst they were bound for the lee of a four- poster, a- weary and jaded, to sleep, and shut out the bright sun and the balmy breeze, and the perfume of the ever- changing ocean. With flowing sheets we sped rapidly along the rock- bound shore, Ballycotton and Cable Island soon appeared like dots upon the horizon; and, as the Hook Tower and the emerald clothing of the Great Saltee Island hove in sight, we sat down, like prairie hunters, ready and willing to do justice to our plain and frugal morning's repast, which was not a little added to by sundry grey gurnet that a few hours previously had been ca- reering beneath our keel. At 3: 30 p. m. we were up with the Tuskar Tower, our two consorts in close company, but with our strong breeze— the pride of the morning— dying away. The sea was like a sheet of molten gold, and far and near ' twas studded with sails gleaming snowy white, wings of adventurous rovers of the main, some bound away, and some bound home; whilst here and there a long black streak of smoke denoted screw or paddle tearing up the placid ocean with all the impatience of busy, striving, pushing commerce, defying wind and tide. Here the Commodore of our little squadron signalled to us our course and methods of communication during the night; which, however, passed away without occasion for the use of the latter, and the morning of the 19th saw us flitting past the Great Ormes Head, with a leading wind and a rattling tide in our favour, both of which stood us in such good need, that ere the sun was over the foreyard we were snugly to anchor in the Sloyne. There we were in the great port of Liverpool— that ever- busy, ceaseless- working mart of nations; and as we looked at the miles of docks, the num- berless marts, the ever- changing panorama where ships went and came with every hour of tide, ana mighty steamers fled away to sea with much firing of cannon; and great tug- boats took whole fleets of vessels up and down as easily as if they were schoolboys' toys, and a great din of hammers rivetting up the plates of steam- ships that were yet to play their pare smote the ear; and above all the noise and roar of countless thousands in that human hive toiling— ever toiling— from dayiight until dark; and then we wondered had Liverpool harbour ever been a nice, quiet little nook of the sea. Again our eyes wandered up over the land, and interminable lines of warehouses met the view, and ship- yards further still, and timber bays beyond them again; and long lines of streets, and squares, and lanes, and alleys wound along up the high ground, and seemed to grow far away into the country— aye, further than human eye could reach; and then we wondered could Liverpool town ever have been a nice, quiet little town, with neat houses, and cheery trees, and elimbing honeysuckles. As we sat along the deck with our backs against the furled main- sail, we lit our calumets of peace, and interchanged our notions upon these two important conjectures, until the town itself seemed to grin at us, and the vast river to give a hoarse roar of mockery at the absurdity of such an idea as that of Liverpool ever having been a quiet, sleepy sort of out- of- the- way place. Just then we became aware that a venerable but shadowy- look- ing old gentleman, with a patriarchal beard and flowing locks, white as virgin snow, had rowed himself alongside in one of the most antiquated- looking dinghys that ever shipwright of a century past had gift to fashion. Intuitively we seemed to feel that a material evidence stood before us as he mounted the accommoda- tion ladder. It was no longer a myth, but real flesh and blood. What absurdities some men propagate when they question the existence of " the oldest inhabitant!" A myth, indeed ! On the contrary, an intelligent, well- informed, communicative old gen- tleman, and eagerly we gathered round him to learn what he had learned in his boyhood from men as old and older than himself. What rare memories these old boys have i Yes, he had known Liverpool for the best part of a century, and his father and grandfather, ay, and a generation or two before them again, had known it, and so the chronicles had been handed down from father to son. Enow Liverpool ? Should think he ought, every stone of it. Did we see that large building, some distance up to the right of the George's landing stage, the Custom House ? Well, that was where Liverpool began. In olden times it had been an inlet of the river, and was called the Pool. That was when a respectable gentleman, called Roger of Poicton, owned all the broad lands between theRibbleand the Mersey. A brookflowed down from the hills into that pool. There were greatforeststhen, and wild oxen abounded, as alto did the roebuck and the red- deer, the wolf and the wild boar, and they drank at that brook, aud frolicked round that pool, were hunted and killed, and lived and died, and left their bones along that bank which was lonely and quiet enough then. Well, after that, a few fishermen sprang up, and a hamlet of hovels made its appearance, for the Mersey was renowned for its variety of fish in those days, no less than forty- four different species frequenting its waters, and cod fish and herrings were plenty as the sands on the Burbo. Salt began to be traded in next, and the fishermen's hamlet acquired a local repu- tation and a name. He had heard some very learned disquisitions about the derivation of that name, how it had been called Lyrpool, Lyverpoole, Leverepul, and sundry other " puis,'' and how some would have it that it was so called from a peculiar sea- bird, de- signated the liver, that flourished along the river, and made the old Pool its favourite haunt, but " liver" was only the Lancashire name for a cormorant, and not a bird peculiar to the Mersey only. Others would have it that the name originated from the old Pool having been the nearest to the sea of a number of pools that for- merly indebted the banks of the river, and, therefore, called Lower Pool," from whence came Liverpool; but he had an opinion of his own, which was, that the sea- weed called " laver " or " liverwort" ( utva lactula) or oyster green, grew plentifully in and about the said old Pool, and that the cormorants from diving about through it after their prey originated the notion of their feeding upon the laver or liverwort, and the creek being a favourite resort of theirs, obtained for it the name of Laver or Liver- pool. This opinion he was confirmed in by the cormorant being selected as the crest of Liverpool, having a branch of the laver or liverwort in its beak. Well, the next step the quiet fishing village took was to build two great stone piers, and the pool became a harbour of refuge for occasional traders; and so far as he could learn from tradition, the Irish were the first traders to the Mersey. King John granted it a charter and Henry the Third another of incorpora- tion, and furthermore he leased the town of Leverepul to its honest men for four years, at an annual rent of £ 10. In 1709, the first dock, called the Old Dock, was built, where the Pool had done service for more than a century; it was frequented by West Indian, African, and Irish traders; Spanish, Portuguese, and Mediterranean ships; and when the Greenland whale fishery flourished in Liverpool, there was one berth in it set apart for a noted whaler of those days called the Golden Lion, and great indeed used to be the rejoicings when she returned with a full cargo, and took up her oertli in as great state and with as much ceremony as if she had been a national institution periodically revived. In 1826 this old dock was closed, and the schooner Dis- patch was the last vessel that floated on its waters. Then the Custom House was built upon its site, and other docks began to extend along the river front; the town itself had begun to spread long previously. Church- street was once an orchard, but both it and the hawthorn hedge that bounded Whitechapel gave place to bricks and mortar. The high bank near Rodney- street, where the young girls of that day used to go and gather wild roses and meet their beaux, likewise disappeared. The orchard, the garden, and the skating pond were replaced by the now well- known Athenajum. Where the Adelphi Hotel now rears its imposing front many a pleasant frolic had taken place in what was then known as the Ranelagh Gardens. It was a long time, too, since the pack of hounds, known as the Corporation Harriers, gave out their cheery cry from the kennel at the foot of Rich- mond- row. Birkenhead was looked upon as a sort of unknown land, the only symptoms of civilisation being the mansion of the old hall that belonged to the Prices, a ferry house at Woodside, and three fishermen's hovels. There stood a white cottage on Everton brow, about which many a strange tale had been told, Prince Rupert's cottage, where he dwelt when he stormed Liver- pool and clapped its garrison prisoners into St Nicholas's Church; and the tower where you now see the Royal Mersey Yacht Club flag so proudly flying, part of that old tower had seen rare changes, too, for it has been a palace for nobles and knights, and *' laydies'' fair, a fortress, a prison, an assembly hall, and now it is a club house. Then, too, there was rare times when the old Princess guard- ship took her semi- diurnal swing off the old George's Dock Pier, and little boys used to look upon her as the embodiment of Britain's supremacy on the deep. Queer charac- ters and merry blades flourished in old Liverpool; there was Colonel Broadneaux, whose grave is in the corner of St Nicholas's beyond ; he witnessed strange events ; he was a lieutenant under the merry Charles the First, a colonel of horse and gentleman of the bedchamber to Oliver Cromwell, and major and lieutenant- colonel under William III., and lived to the age of 109 years. There, too, were the gay revellers, called the Committee of Taste, who regulated the shape of the knockers, and the painting of the hall- doors, and the fashioning of the verandahs; they were a secret society, a sort of domestic vechm richt, against whose deci- sions there was no appeal— ay, and a sad life they led some of the staid old gentlemen of their day. Liverpool was not without her superstitions either. An image of St Patrick stood in the churchyard of St Nicholas, and mariners would not attempt a voyage without offering up prayers and vows to his saintship. And of wars and rumours of wars she had had her share. A bat- tery of guns stood in that selfsame churchyard when Thurot threatened the Irish Sea. Then there was the great Guinea Trade Riots, when the sailors took possession of the town, unrigged the outward- bound ships, and laid siege to the Exchange— " With cannon, pikes, and cutlasses, and balls about their ears. They stormed the town of Liverpool, like daring buccaneers." Then the pale- faced little man that imagined he was born to turn England into a cabbage garden, Paul Jones, set them by the ears, and pilot boats scouted off Point Lynas, rowing boats " were sta- tioned at the Channel buoys to sink them, and the lighthouses were ordered to extinguish their lights when the daring pirate should make his appearance. General Tate gave it some alarm, likewise, when he landed with a French army in Fishguard Bay. But what were these alarms to the excitement that prevailed when the French war of 1778 broke outNo less than 120 priva- teers were fitted out and sailed from Liverpool, and many a gal- lant action was fought by Liverpool armed merchant ships against French, Bpanish, and American men- of- war and privateers. " You would scarcely believe," continued the old gentleman, " that at one time there was but one private carriage in Liverpool, which belonged to Miss Clayton; it was looked upon as a rare curiosity; or that one letter carrier was sufficient for the town, a man on horseback performing the duties of the mail, where now the let- ters amount in weight to seven tons. Neither would you credit that cotton was once refused into Liverpool as not being'American produce, or that eight bales were known to so glut the market that they lay for months in Messrs Rathbone's warehouse for want of a buyer. Time has been, recently, when nearly three millions of bales found a ready market. Well, these are strange things I have told you, and there are many others I could tell you, but time will not admit. There stands the modern Carthage, of which Lord Erskine said, ' The quondam village, which is now fit to be the capital for any empire in the world, has started up like an enchanted palace, even in the memory of living men !' " 8o say- ing, our venerable chronicler took his departure as quietly as he creek of the sea to the most powerful sea port of the most power ful nation of the earth. That Liverpool should be enthusiastic about aquatic sports can not be wondered at, and that a yacht club upon a scale com- mensurate with its importance as a great sea- port should be worthily supported would appear to follow as a natural conse- quence. During late seasons, however, the Royal Mersey Yacht Club has taken a position that even its most enthusiastic sup- porters could hardly have foreseen. At no yachting station has finer entries been seen, nor better contested matches ; and the courtesies paid to yacht owners and their friends, the princely hospitalities exercised by the chief magistrate and corporation upon the occasion of the annual regatta, and the marked distinction with which this event is celebrated, shows that prudent, calcu- lating, and far- sighted men are fully alive to the vast importance of giving every encouragement to a maritime spirit. That spirit has made Liverpool what it is, and her merchant princes know it. They recognise the services rendered by yachtsmen in producing their beautiful^ vessels as models of naval architecture, that has had, and will have a powerful effect upon the naval and mercan- tile marine of this country, by keeping the attention of our archi- tects alive to the improvements daily taking place in this age of progress, in the draughting, construction, and equipment of ves- sels required to possess the invaluable requisites of speed, power, and capacity. Our yachtsmen may be viewed in the light of practical experimentalists, developing information for the benefit of naval designers that otherwise might never be made available, and giving opportunities to builders for the unfettered display of their genius in producing improvements both ir. form and rig, the expenses of which no public funds exist to defray, and com- mercial enterprise hesitates to encounter. In doing honour to such men, and fostering the interests of yachting, Liverpool gives but a further evidence of the great practical sagacity and sound sense that has made a creek of the sea the port of the world. Tuesday, the 24th of June, dawned upon the Mersey with every indication of wild and stormy weather ; the tail of a fresh N. W. gale brought a lumpy sea up the Channel and into the river, but the atmosphere was clear and the wind steady, and the vessels and their crews equal and willing. Perhaps never was there more enthusiasm displayed, for the prideof England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man was at stake, and although the prizes offered were of the most handsome and valuable description, there was a spirit of emulation abroad that invested these prizes with an in- terest co- equal with the honour conferred by the club which pre- sented them, but infinitely more interest than their intrinsic value could have aroused. Nine cutters and six schooners came to the starting buoys, and a magnificent appearance this fleet presented as it reached in line across the broad Mersey. A vast improve- ment in the place of starting was introduced, for instead of having the vessels berthed close over on the Cheshire shore, the Prince's landing stage on the Liverpool side was the point of departure, and consequently the good townspeople enjoyed a treat they seemed highly to appreciate. The city of Dublin Company's steamer, the Eblana, is a goodly- sized ship, but certainly on this occasion her powers of carrying a top weight were tested to the utmost, and Commodore Graves may boast of having had the largest company of spectators afloat of any race that ever has been sailed outof the Mersey. The cutter fleet embraced the Glance, 35 tons, A. Duncan ; Osprey, 61 tons, E. W. Nunn ; Cooifci, 35 tons, G. Robinson; iEolus, 62 tons, C. T. Couper ; Phosphorus, 49 tons, W. Turner ; Wren, 33 tons, T. C. Gibson ; Lurline, 39, tons, J. C. Atkins ; Enid, 56 tons, E. Scovell; and the North Star, 26 tons, D. Gamble. The schooner fleet was filled by the Red- gauntlet, 135 tons, G. P. Haughton ; Eagle, 236 tons, T. C. Gib- son ; Diadem, 118 tons, J. W. Cannon; Circe, 127 tons, D. Richardson ; Janie, 108 tons, T. A. Lane ; and the Iernfe, 60 tons ; Commodore Graves. Fifteen fine vessels to choose a favourite from amongst, enough and to spare; there should have been eighteen, but the wild weather of the previous days had prevented the Thought, cutter, 27 tons, the Wiidiiower 47 tons, and the Rowena schooner, 59 tons, from arriving in time ; the latter vessel suffered the loss of her main boom on her passage from the Clyde. At 12: 1 the starting gun was tired; the wind at N. W., drawing up the river more N. N. W., brought up a nasty short sea, and made it a dead turn to windward to the Bell Buoy; the cutters were under reefed mainsails with housed topmasts, well prepared for the weighty water they had to encounter; the large schooners, depending on their weight and power, despised such precautions. The Phosphorus was the first to break the line and show to windward, followed by the North Star and .. Eolus, and in the schooner fleet the gallant little IernS, although freighted with stores for her cruise in the Baltic Sea, went to the front in beautiful style, with the noble- looking Circe and the swift Diadem watching her closely; the latter vessel, having sprung her main gaff, was obliged to sail under a reefed mainsail throughout the match, and was thus prevented putting forth the undeniable speed she is possessed of; the Redgauntlet and Janie formed in close line astern of them; the Eagle was some little time in getting under weigh, and shortly after starting, her fore sheet block gave up, occasioning her a delay of some flve- and- twenty or thirty minutes, added to which she had been fitted out so hurriedly for the match that she had not the slightest chance against the vessels opposed to her. Going through the broken water off the Rock Light, the Phosphorus went to windward in splendid style, the Enid taking the second place and looking full of mischief, and then the two formidable light weights, the Lurline and Glance, took the third and fourth positions, with the Osprey, - Eolus, North Star, Coolin, and Wren well up. The Wren presented a most extra- ordinary appearance going through the sea; she has no bulwarks, naught save a lofty rail, and being very low in the water, showed nothing but her canvas occasionally, whilst a cloud of foam almost concealed her hull. The Circe put on more power in the shape of her main gaff topsail, and putting the Iernfe about, went out upon her weather, taking the lead of the schooner fleet; the Glance, - Bolus, and Osprey, overhauled and passed the Lurline; the wind rather lighenting the Phosphorus sent up her topmast, and with a neat jib headed topsail set over her reefed mainsail, increased her lead. Thedangereus vessels in each class having nowdeclared; them- gelres, some indication of the nature of the match was afforded to the spectators, but the formidable light weights, the Glance, Lurline, and Iernfe were going in grand style, and with a speed quite sufficient to show that the leading vessels had all their work cut out for them. The Osprey and Emd, following the example of the Phosphorus, both set jib- headed gaff topsails; drawing up to the Bell Buoj' the Phosphorus still maintained her lead, the Osprey went to the second place, the Glance 3, the - Eolus 4, the Enid 5, Lurline 6, Coolin 7, with the North Star and Wren some distance astern. The Circe was at this time up amongst the cut- ters with a commanding lead, and the Diadem was second, Red- gauntlet a good third, and Iern£ fourth, all ahead of the Coolin, North Star, Wren, Eagle, and Janie, in which order both classes rounded the Bell Beacon for the first time. Going for the N. W. lightship there was a very lumpy sea, with rather fresh squalls, and wind variable in the puffs. The Circe, Diadem, and Red- gauntlet set their fore gaff'topsails, the Diadem in consequence of her spring main gaff being forced to carry a jib headed main- topsail ; upon nearing the ship the Iernfe carried away her main- topmast. The lightship was rounded the first time by the Phosphorus 1, Osprey 2, Glance 3, . Eolus 4, Enid 5, and Lur- line 6, all very close together, and frem this time the Cool . n, North' Star, and Wren were out of the match. The Circe rounded first ( only 54sec astern of the Lurline), Diadem 2, Red- gauntlet 3, and Iernfe 4, much disabled from the loss of her topmast. From this point the Eagle and Janie were out of the match. Going from the ship to the Bell . Buoy the . Solus ran through the Glance's lee, taking third position, and both vessels set their gaff topsails on the instant. At the same moment the Diadem was observed with her fore topmast hanging over the side, an accident which seriously disabled her, and lost this fine schooner's chance of the match. The Bell Buoy was rounded for the second time in the following order:— Phosphorus 1 ( increas- ing her lead), Osprey 2, . Eolus 3, Glance 4, Enid 5, and Lurline6. The Circe 1, Diadem 2, and Redgauntlet 3. On the course to the lightship for the last time the Enid made a bold dash to cover and pass the Glance. The hardy Thames clipper made a gallant fight, but unsuccessfully, and the Enid took fourth place. The Circe next overhauled the Glance, but as it would have been death to the little barkie's chance to be caught under the lee of such a mass of canvas, she had no alternative but to bore the Circe up to wind- ward, and eventuallvforced the Clydegiant to seek apa* sage through her lee; during this fight the Lurline and Diadem drew on both vessels ' rapidly. The lightship was irounded for the last time by the Phosphorus still leading, Osprey 2, . Eolus 3, Enid 4, Glance 5, and Lurline 6. The Circe first. Diadem, notwithstanding her accidents, a good second, and the Redgauntlet third. Midway between the ship and Bell Buoy the Circe's fore gaff topsail came down by the run, but scarcely three minutes had elapsed ere it was replaced by a very handsome balloon topsail, of dimen- sions sufficient to require a jack yard in setting it. No further change of position occurred in the last rounding of the Bell; upon the run up Channel, balloon topsails, foresails, and jibs were set, and erery exertion that skilled seamanship could suggest brought to bear for the last desperate struggle. The Circe displayed a suit of fine- weather duck, that might fairly be considered perfection; sailmakers' art could do no more, and never was canvas seen more perfect in shape or setting ; her balloon jib especially challenged comment, for it looked large enough to make an entire suit of ordinary sails. The cutters were not a whit behind hand, and surefy such clouds of canvas never before astonished the cautious coasters and steady going merchant vessels that were outward bound, the crews of which gazed in open- mouthed astonishment. To all appearance the race might be then and there decided, but many a chance may occur during the last ten miles. At 4: 12 the Phosphorus was leading her fleet well, when in jibing over the boom away went her topmast short off by the cap with a crash that made many a bold heart on board of her leap; an audible murmur could be heard from vessel to vessel, and then the Osprey and - Eolus went stealthily gliding up upon the apparently devoted little bark : the Osprey attempted to cover her to windward, but the game little ship was determined to fight to the last, and luffing across the Osprey she kept boring her into the Burbo bank, until she left her scarcely a foot of water beneath her keel; the wary Seabird imme- diately put her helm up, and dashing across the stern of the Phos- phorus took a fresh breeze, and went away with a great lead— any money now on the Osprey— the ^ Eolus at the saine time drawing up abeam to leeward of the Phosphorus. The crew of the latter immediately went to work, and by means of a tailblock on the stump of the mast, ran up the topsail yard as a jury topmast, the topsail when sheeted out forminga serviceable jib headed one, and away she went at rare speed Ln hot pursuit of the Osprey. In the meantime the Circe had run the home distance very fast, and near the Rock Light she went through the lee of the Phosphorus, the Redgauntlet at the same moment getting abeam of the Diadem, and the Lurline closing up to the Glance, leaving it quite a ques- tion whether these latter vessels would not give the leading cutters quite as much as they could do to save their allowance of time. As they progressed up the river, however, the wind increased between the banks, and a scene ensued which almost baffles de- scription. The Ariadne schooner, G. Higgins, was stationed off the Prince's landing stage as flagship; close alongside of her was the club steamer, and between them and the stage the vessels were to pass to win. To the surprise of all the Osprey held her course right up past stage, flagship, and steamer, leaving them on the larboard hand. The Phosphorus stuck to her— a determined antagonist, not giving an inch of water to spare. Loud were the shouts and frantic was the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, still no warning was heeded, although the startled crews could be seen endeavouring to unravel the mystery, but apparently per- fectly bewildered. At length the report of a gun reverberated across the river, and the stately Circe was seen gliding up the Circe 4min 52sec, who thus won the schooners' prize of £ 100. Con- sidering the great disadvantages the Diadem laboured under from her sprung gaff, and carried away fore topmast, being almost crippled, her performance fully upheld her character for speed. The Circe having to receive 2min from the Redgauntlet, and the latter being 6min 59sec astern, was defeated by the Circe 8min 59sec. The Redgauntlet having to allow the Diadem 4min 15sec, and the latter being only 8sec astern of her, she defeated the Red- gauntlet for second place, with 4min 7sec to spare. The course, which, inclusive of extra distance made in turning to windward, was about 54 nautic miles, was performed by the Circe in oh 21min 3sec, and by the ./ Eolus in5h 23min 25sec, at an average speed of 10 knots an hour. VANDERDECKEN. ANGLING. REPORT OF THE INSPECTORS OF SALMON FISHERIES. We here continue the Report of the Government Inspectors, the second portion of which lately appeared in our paper :— 6. CONFUSION AND UNCERTAINTY or THE LAW. The Report of the Commission of 1860 stated that the diffi- culty of carrying the existing acts into execution was a sub- ject of general complaint, and that it is no easy task to ascertain what the law is. The schedule of acts repealed by the act of 1861 shows that there were no less than twenty- six public and seven private salmon fishery acts at that time existing, although it may be said that practically there was no law in operation. That all previous legislation respecting sal- mon has been repealed, and one general statute enacted for the rivers of England and Wales, was a great boon to the country, and to those persons endeavouring to restore those rivers, and has done very much to make the contusion clear, and to remove the uncertainty at that time complained of. The act, so far as it goes, is excellent; some small alterations may be required here and there in its details, the expediency and direction ol which another year's trial will make plain ; to many of these we have alluded in our reports on the different rivers in connection with the circumstances which suggested them. We now conclude our observations on the nuprovementseffected by the act, and pass to the consideration of the principal point in which it is deficient, inasmuch as it Las left untouched the last of the causes of decline we have been examining, viz :— 7. THE WANT OF AN ORGANISED SYSTEM OF MANAGEMENT. It is of vital importance to the fisheries that the funds necessary for the working ot the machinery we have been reviewing may be provided. We have shown that the instrument is good, but there is no handle by which it may be wielded and worked, and before entering upon the question of the manner in which we would re- commend that this should be supplied, we will endeavour briefly to show the present state of the fisheries in this respect, and the reasons that have led us to the conviction that the permanence of improvement cannot be established under the present system. W e need scarcely say that it is absolutely necessary that a salmon river should be well protected, and that the expenses of protection are heavy. The parent fish, at one season, need protection above ; the smolts, at another, require it below; and a sum of money pro- portionate to the extent of each river and its tributaries is necessary to pay water- keepers wherever and whenever they may be required. And as the stock ef a river is the common property of all who may be entitled to share in the produce, it is only equitable that all should contribute for its protection. It matters not whether the fish are destroyed above or below; the injury affects all, and it should be guarded against by all. Under the act of 1861 there are no means of bringing about the necessary co- operation, or of raising funds by which to pay the watchers who should be the common servants of the whole pro- prietors of a river. The efforts of the majority may therefore be always defeated by the hostility or even the apathy of a minority however small. To supply those means, various schemes have been set on foot and adopted : the most common has been the for- mation of associations, and a great many of these bodies, differently constituted, have been formed throughout the kingdom. We will mention the Tyne as the first under the new act, and the most successful. The proprietors upon that river agreed to assess them- selves at so much per yard of river frontage and to apply the proceeds to the protection of the river. The chief constable of the county consented to be the conservator, estimated the number of men lie would require, they were paid by the proprietors' fund, added to the police force, and poaching on the Tyne has been nearly put down. The Tyne proprietors voluntarily adopted the assessment system. Where such unanimity has not prevailed, the associations have depended upon subscription or on the sale of tickets, or both. Let us examine these systems. It is objec- tionable to rely upon subscriptions for many reasons ; they are the result of promises, and consequently difficult to collect; they may be given readily lor a year, or even two, but when the novelty of the scheme for the support of which they are promised has worn off, they become irksome to the subscribers, and are dropped. There is no fairness in them; the men who give most liberally often have the least share in the river, and see their neighbours with greater interests subscribing less; and above all, there is an element in the English fisheries as in the Irish that renders it im- possible for f unds to be permanently found by voluntary subscrip- tions, which is, that the tidal waters of all rivers where no several fishery exists are open to the public. From the class of men who work these fisheries, it is of course idle to expect subscriptions, and yet it is in those tidal waters that the great harvest of all the rivers will be reaped. Under a subscription system therefore the fish are bred at the cost of one class of men, and the produce is taken by another class, who contribute nothing to the expense of production. The sale- of- ticket system interferes to such an extent with proprietory rights, that it can never be generally carried out, though here and there it may be successfully adopted ; that it may succeed, it is requisite that the proprietors, or a great pro- portion of them, should give up their private water into the hands of an association who sell tickets at their discretion, which will enable the holder to fish any portion of the river that is surren- dered to them. A likely fishing day occurs, a proprietor goes to his favourite water, or sends his friends, and flnds half a dozen ticket holders ( not one of whom he, perhaps, ever saw before) threshing his streams, and with as much right so to do as he has himself. We say, then, that by neither of these methods can funds be found sufficient to protect rivers generally, and that as- sociations founded upon them can seldom be efficient and per- manent. In this view we are confirmed by the experience afforded by the English rivers, and the opinions of all throughout the country who have been mixed up with or had the manage- ment of associations. Take the case of the Severn and of its associations, the circumstances of which have been already detailed. The Severn Central is the only one really efficient out of eleven or twelve founded before the act of 1861, and of four formed since. This association was founded in 1843; its affairs have been most admirably conducted; it watches 97 miles of water, the lower 22 of which require watchers on both sides, on account of the breadth of the river for that distance, and it raises by subscription £ 133 Is 6d, no part of which sum is subscribed by the persons who principally profit by the expenditure of the fund. The secretary of this association, upon whom its existence depended, informed us in 1860 that he only continued to act in the hopes of better legislation, and the association still rests on that hope. The direction that its members desire that further legislation should take is that which we shall directly point out. On the Usk an association has continued for eighteen years to labour zealously for the improvement of the fisheries ; but, as already shown, its circumstances are peculiarly favourable to the success of the voluntary system; and yet, even on that river, the association and its conservators have again and again recorded their positive opinion that it is " impossible to obtain funds sufficient for preser- vation by voluntary subscriptions only." The case of the Towey is similar; an association founded on it in 1855, and, next to those of Worcester and the Usk, the oldest existing association forthe pro- tection of salmon, came to an end last season. Its operations had largely improved the fisheries, there never before bad been seen so many fish in the water as during the past season ; in every way they had been as successful as the most sanguine person could expect; but the cost of the preservation fell entirely upon the upper proprietors, whilst the 400 men fishing in the public waters reaped the fruits of that preservation ; subscriptions became diffi- cult to collect, the association was dissolved, and the stock of fish, that had been nursed up by some years of care and expenditure, were given over last winter to the poachers. Let us look at the Dee ; there are 280 men in the estuary alone dependent on its produce, subscribing nothing to the protection necessary to grow that produce, and the association upoa whom that duty devolves raise £ 48 for the purpose. What is the conse- quence ? The men below openly fish for salmon during as much of the close season as it is worth their while to do so, destroying the breeding stock, upon the produce from which they depend ; and from above, we hear that " the spawning beds are covered with fish. It is our hope that the poachers are not killing them, for there are ne means to pay watchers to look after them." Upon such hopes salmon fisheriescannot exist. From the Derwent comes the same cry: " The act has opened our river; the fish can run up and have run up in numbers, and of a size that has created quite an excitement in the neighbourhood; the spawning beds are covered, and the poachers have reaped a rich harvest, for we have no means by which to pay watchers sufficient to protect them." On the Eden, on the Lune, the Wye, the Taw, the Tor- ridge, the Tyne, and the Tees the same story is heard; we need not multiply instances, for there is not a river in the country where the voluntary system is not found to be a failure, and scarcely an association that has not expressed its opinion of its own inability to perform a work, undertaken, in many cases besides the Severn, in the hope of further legislation on the subject. The resolutions that have been forwarded to us by different associations show how general is this feeling. The principle upon which that further legislation should be pro- vided is, that every man who benefits by the protection of a river should bemade to contribute towards the expenses of such pro- tection, and that his share of the common burden should be pro- portioned as nearly as possible to the amount of beneiit he derives. In Scotland the assessment system has long been in force. Under the Act 25 and 26 Vic, c 97, each river is formed into a dis- trict, together with the estuary and a portion of the sea- coast ad- joining. The fishery proprietors within a district elect certain of their number to sit upon a board, and that board has the power of assessing the fishing property within the district, and of applying the fund so raised to the protection of the district, and thus, wisely, the voice of the majority of the proprietors is made bind- ing upon the minority, and the co- operation of the whole, which is essential to the preservation of a salmon river, is arrived at. In Scotland, however, the whole fisheries are private, and well adapted as is that system to such fisheries, some addition must be made to it in the case of England, in order to apply the principle we have laid down to the public as well as to the private waters ; for it would be manifestly unfair to assess the private fisheries and exact no contribution from the public, who would often take the larger share of the increased produce as they do now of the present. We would propose, then, to borrow also the prin- ciple of licenses now in force in Ireland, changing the details so as to adapt them to the circumstances of the English rivers. In Ireland, a license duty is imposed by 11 and 12 Vic, c 92, upon all engines, including rods used for the capture of salmon, the amount being regulated by the capacity for capture. Such license is so far analogous to the game license, that it confers no ture, are those when they are of least value as food, and of most value for reproduction; and the injury that is done to the sea fishing by the destructive capture of the fish in these stages, espe- cially that of the fry, we believe to be very great. At Topsham, near Exeter, we heard " that hundreds of wagon loads of small fish, soles, cod, whiting, turbot, are taken in the year, and bushels and bushels are thrown away with the weed from the nets to die." At Beaton, on the Devonshire coast, we saw the mackerel nets this year draw to shore thousands of the fry of all sorts of sea fish. The large proportion of these fry were so small that they were left on the beach. In our report on the Bristol Channel we have referred to the putts and to the hose new. Similar evidence of their destructive influence upon the fry of sea fish has been re- peatedly given us, and by the hose nets Bridgewater Bay fisheries are said to be nearly destroyed. On the Lancashire " and other portions of the coast the fry are also much killed. On the north east coast loud complaint has been lately made that the trawlers are destroying the fisheries by working too near the shore. The oyster fisheries are also suffering, and the demand is increasing as the supply diminishes. At Milford Haven this has been so much felt that the common fishermen have requested official interference. Sea fish of most kinds are wonderfully reproductive; but on the other hand the loss to which all the breeds are naturally ex- posed is undoubtedly very great. The sea is teeming with life, but that life in one form is supported by life in another. And we may accept the large power of reproduction that nature has given to sea fish as a proof of the heavy drain that is constantly made upon them without any artificial aids from man. THE SALMON FISHERIES ACT.— In the Court of, Common Pleas, on Wednesday, April 29, an appeal on the part of one Hodgsun was heard against a conviction by the magistrates of Darlingtoo under the 20th section of the Salmon Fishery Act, 1861 ( 24th and 25th Victoria, cap 109), for obstructing the run of salmon up the river Tees. The magistrates fined him 40s and costs, adjudging him also to have forfeited the tops, rails, and other en- gines connected with salmon hecks.— Mr Manisty, Q. C., ap- peared for the appellant; and Mr Davison and Mr R. Fow- ler for the respondent.— It appeared that the appellant was the occupier of a corn mill at Dimsdale, of which Mr Sur- tees was the owner; the mill was situate on the river Tees, across which there was a fishing mill dam, with sluices and hecks to catch salmon, which had been used during the last fishing season, but which were not now used, the hecks having been taken away and the sluice doors drawn up, the appellant stating that he did not intend to use the sluices again for fishing purposes. The effect of closing up the sluice doors had been to make a complete dam across the river, and to prevent all but very active and strong salmon getting over the obstruction. The ap- pellant was therefore summoned before the magistrates on the charge of not having, within thirty- six hours after the commence- ment of the close season, caused to be removed from the water within his fishery the hecks, tops, and rails, and temporary fixtures for taking* salmon, but having kept them there for a pe- riod of 14 days, and for this offence the magistrates convicted him. For the appellant it was contended that the dam was not now a fishing mill dam, or used as such, and that therefore the convic- tion was wrong, and that the owner and reversioner had a right to have the fixtures reinstated in the dam. This was an old dam, used now only for milling purposes, the sluices used for the fishery having been blocked up. To let the water through these sluices would injure the mill, which required the water. If the owner of the fishery chose to make a salmon ladder to the dam, and that injured the mill, the occupier would get compensation, but the magistrates were wrong in fining the appellant for having a fishing mill dam.— For the respondents it was contended that this was a fishing mill dam, with all the appliances of one, and that the magistrates were right in fining the appellant for not keeping the sluices open in close time, and forfeiting the same. If the appellant did not intend to use the dam for fishing pur- poses he should permanently close up the sluices with masonry, and the owner of the fishery would then, under the powers of the statute, make a proper salmon ladder, and thus enable the fish to get up the river. As it was, this dam was a complete obstruction when the river was in its ordinary state to all but very active and strong fish, as none other were able to jump it and get up the river.— The Lord Chief Justice, in giving judgment, said in this case the appellant was the occupier of a mill and of a fishing mill dam and fishery, and was convicted under the 24th and 25th Victoria, cap 109, section 20, for not remov- ing from the fishing mill dam what he would describe generally as obstructions to the free passage of fish through the locks within his fishery. It appeared that the appellant had a mill, and that which he ( the learned judge) thought was a fishery within the meaning of the statute— that was, a contrivance and engines for the taking of fish. Section 20 of the statute provided that the occupier of every fishery for salmon should, at the close season, cause to be removed all the engines, hecks, & c, and all ob- structions to the free passage of fish through the locks within his fishery. It seemed to him ( the learned judge) that the conviction applied directly to the words of that section. The evidence showed that there had been contrivances by hecks and hatches by which the fish had been taken. The hatches had been kept, although the hecks had been taken away; but the whole were in use in May last. The fishery was now no longer available, because the hecks had been taken away. But the appellant had kept down the hatches, which was part of the contrivance for taking the fish, and it was found as a fact that when the hatches were down no fish but an extraordinarily gifted animal could pass. That was against the will of the Legis- lature, which had provided that a free passage should be left for the fish, and that for the future any mill dam to be made must leave a passage ; and as to the old mill dams, if altered in any way, the party altering them must leave a free passage for the fish. The appellant had got an old dam, with the right of fishery there, and by taking away part of his engines he had turned the whole into a mere mill dam, and so there was no free passage for fish. By so doing, under the statute, he had forfeited the part capable of being used for catching fish. The grand question at issue was the right of the appellant to prevent the fish passing up the river. He was clear that the conviction was right.— Mr Justice Willeswasof the same opinion.— Mr Justice Byles said the ap pellant had been constructing a new dam, or raising or altering a dam so as to create a total obstruction to the passage of fish. The moment the occupier or his landlord ( Mr Surtees) made a suffi- cient pass for the fish the purposes of the statute would be answered. Considering that this was an act which it was im- perative upon the judges to put a wide and beneficial construction upon, he could not but think that the conviction was right.— Mr Justice Keating was of the same opinion.— Conviction affirmed. Do SALMON FEED ?— This question, so often asked and so often disputed, may now be said to be set at rest, thanks to the re- searches of Mr W. Flinn, late of Worcester, whose industrious investigations into all matters connected with the salmon and its habits are too well known to require comment. Mr Flinn during the past week exhibited to us the stomach of a salmon procured by him from a full- sized fish, and in our presence extricated therefrom the backbone and portions of the head of a fish ( proba- bly a herring or a mackarel) fully six inches long, which had been partially digested. Mr Flinn informed us also that he had within the last few days obtained from the stomach of another salmon a large number of prawns, and from another a small fish weighing about four ounces. These facts scarcely admit a doubt that the salmon is a fish of prey. narrow passage between the stage and flagship, and the- Eolus right to the holder of fishing in waters, or of using an engine with flowing sheets following hard in her wake. In a second up ! which he bad not otherwise ; but it differs from it in theappli- went the helms, and over went the booms of Osprey ; cation of the fund so raised, for it is spent solely upon the and Phosphorus, close hauled and careening over to the ~ strong breeze both made a wild dash across the river, catching up the / Eolus just as she entered the passage, the and upon that valuation a rate of 10 percent is levied in addi- three vessels running through it almost beam and beam, tion to the licenses. The fund so raised is applied for the pro- amidst a storm of cheers and wild enthusiasm that was tec? ion of the rivers, and the execution of such works as fish perfectly deafening; following them came the Redgauntlet and ladders. Diadem almost beam and beam, then the Enid by herself; and We would found the system we recommend upon the pre- the excitement was kept up to boiling point when the Glance and cedents afforded by Scotland and Ireland, and engraft the rating Lurline finished up by an almost stem and stem struggle throush system upon that of the licenses. The rate would be raised upon the passage. It was a magnificent termination to a well- sailed property created by its expenditure, and the licenses would con- match, and afforded to the many thousands that crowded the tribute to a fund, the application of which made it worth his landing stage, piers, and steamboats a scene as rare of oc- while to pay for his license, but would take no right by it which currence at a regatta, as it will long be remembered in he had n « t without. Liverpool. The following were the times at the flagship:— There is one other subject to which we think it is our duty very Cutters—./ Eolus 5: 24: 25. Osprey 5: 24: 45. Phosphorus 5: 24: 50, shortly to refer, although the notice of it is not imposed upon us Enid 5: 32: 57, Glance 5: 33: 25, and Lurline 5: 33: 27. Schooners by the 32d section of the act. On very many parts of the coast — Circe 5: 22: 3, Redgauntlet 5: 29: 2, and Diadem 5: 29: 10. The our attention has been called to the decreasing value of the sea Phosphorus having to receive 3min 45sec from the . Eolus, fisheries. Complaints have been made to us that the inshore and being only 25sec astern of her, won the cutters' prize, value banks, which a few years since supplied food and employment ARCHERY. THE GREAT MEETINGS OF THE YEAR.— The Crystal Palace Meeting is now fixed for the 11th and 12th of June, and Mr R. Merridew of Leamington, in whose hands the directors have placed the entire management of the meeting, has issued a sche- dule of prizes amounting to upwards of £ 100.— Ladies: For the greatest gross score, £ 8; second ditto, £ 7; third ditto, £ 6; fourth ditto, £ 5; fifth ditto, £ 4; greatest number of golds, £ 3; best gold of the meeting, £ 3; greatest score at 60 yards, £ 2; ditto at fifty yards, £ 2; best gold at 60 yards, £ 2; and best ditto at 50 yards, £ 2. Gentlemen: For the greatest gross score, £ 12; second ditto, £ 10; third ditto, £ 8; fourth ditto, £ 6; fifth ditto, £ 5; sixth ditto £ 4; greatest number of golds, £ 3; best gold of the meeting, £ 3; greatest score at 100 yards, £ 3; ditto 80 yards £ 3; ditto 60 yards, £ 3; best gold at 100 yards, £ 2; ditto 80 yards, £ 2; and 60 yards, £ 2. Prize bows and arrows will be offered, as extra awards, by Mr T. Aldred of Oxford- street, for the three greatest gross scores made by both ladies and gentlemen. The Leamington and Midland Counties' Meeting will take place at Leamington on the 25th and 26th June; and here also a similar prize list, with extra prizes by Mr H. Bown, of bowyer's celebrity, is announced. C. M. Caldecott, Esq, will officiate as judge on both occasions, when the gentlemen will shoot on each day of the meetings, the National York Round, and the ladies four dozen arrows at 60 yards, and two dozen at 50 yards. At the Leamington Meeting there are the following restrictions: — Any lady or gentleman having won the first or second prize at a national meeting within the last three years will be barred the outer whites and blacks; a winner of a third, fourth, fifth, or sixth prize within that period the outer whites only. The Grand National will take place at Oxford in a few days afterwards, namely, the 1st, 2d, and 3d of July ; and the two meetings being fixed within a week of each other will induce many archers from distant parts to attend both. The Grand Western Meeting, origi- r ating with the united societies in Cornwall and Devon, Dorset, Somerset, and Wilts, is fixed for Wednesday and Thursday, the 15th and 16th of July, at Weymouth. The Mayor and Corporation of Weymouth have guaranteed a reserve fund of £ 250, in case the receipts shall not cover the expenses; and the committee this year offer three additional prizes for gentlemen for most golds at 100, 80, and 60 yards, mak- ing in the whole 21 prizes for them and 17 for the ladies. These are exclusive of the two challenge prizes, and 22 local awards. The latter will be given only to archers who have not gained any other distinction at the meeting, and who are residents in any of the five western counties, and who also belong to an archery club in the same, with this proviso, that all bona fide residents in Dorsetshire shall have the same privilege, though they may not belong to any archery club whatever. £ 100, with 3min 20sec to spare; having to receive 3min 30sec from the Osprey, and being only 5sec astern of her, she defeated the gallant old sea eagle with 3min 25secto spare; being 8min 7sec ahead of the Enid, and having to receive from her 2min ISsec, she defeated her by lOmin 22sec; having to allow the Glance 7min, and the latter being 8min 35sec astern of her, she only de- feated the Glance by lmin 35sec; having to allow the Lurline 5min, and the latter being 8min 37sec astern of her, she defeated the Lurline by 3min 37sec. The ^ Eolus having to allow the Os- prey l « sec, arid the latter being 2(> sec astern, was defeated by the for the population of the neighbouring country, are now fished out, and there is some danger that the deep sea banks will also fail, unless such regulations are sanctioned by the Legislature as will prevent excessive and wasteful fishing. In some respects the habits of sea fish and of salmon are the same. The parent fish of both resort to shallower water than they usualty frequent forthe purpose of spawning, and the fry gene- rally are gregarious, and in the fresh or tidal water, as the case may be, t hey frequent the shallows and the shores. The stages in the life of both, then, in which they are most exposed to cap- EXPEBIMENTS AT SHOEBURYNESS.— Another of those experi- ments which occasionally yield such important results with re- gard not only to armour- plates, but to the still more difficult and important question of how best to support them from behind, took place on Monday at Shoeburyness. This experiment was made by order of the Iron- plate Committee, all the members of which were present, together with many officers and others in- terested in the construction of armour- coated ships of war. The target fired at was constructed at the Millwall Ironworks, from the designs of Mr Chalmers, and in addition to its other qualifica- tions, it possessed the rare merit of having been built entirely at its inventor's own expense— a most unusual circumstance at Shoe- bury, where the crowd of inventors and patentees seldom evince sufficient confidence in the crotchets they compel the authorities to try to venture anything themselves towards the cost of the trial. We are bound to say that the result of the experiments on Monday showed that Mr Chalmers had not been ever- sanguine in the anticipations he expressed as to the powers of resistance of his target. Though exposed for some hours to a very severe bat- tering from the guns of all kinds, it withstood the attack better than any target of the same comparative thickness that has yet been tried, not even excepting the first and most famous target of all— that of the Warrior. MORTALITY IN ENGLAND.— In the ten years 1851- 60 the annual mortality in the districts comprising the chief towns was 24- 57 per 1,000 living; in the districts comprising small towns and country parishes, 19* 77; in all England, 22 24. The deaths of males averaged 23 18 per 1,000 living; of females only 21- 34. Out of equal numbers living there were 109 deaths of males to 100 deaths of females. Of the persons who lived to be 100 years old there were two women to one man. Two of the 623 districts into which England is divided— namely, Farnborough in Surrey, and Bellinghatn in Northumberland, with a population respectively of 14,318 and 7,080, took the lead in healthiness, and had in the 10 years an average annual mortality of only 14 in 1,000; and two other districts in Northumberland, Glendale, with a population of 13,211, and Rothbury, with 7,147, had an average annual morta- lity of only 15 in 1,000. In no other entire district was the an- nual mortality so low as 15 ; but it was only 16 in 10 districts— namely, Epsom, Bromley, Steyning, Easthampstead ( Berks), Dulverton ( Somersetshire), Billesdon ( Leicestershire), Hems- worth ( Yorkshire), Belford ( Northumberland), Bootle ( Cumber- land), and Knighton ( Radnorshire). In the entire district of St George's, Hanover- square, the average annual mortality was only 18 per 1,000, and the same in Lewisham, and in the Hampstead district only 17; taking the whole country through, not above one district in five had so low a mortality as 18. During the 10 years 1851- 61, from Census to Census, London increased its numbers 121 a day, 72 by excess of births over deaths, and 49 by immigration; but this continual accumulation of human beings within its limits did not bring an increased mortality. In the 10 years 1840- 49, the average annual rate of mortality in London was 25- l per 1,000; in the subsequent decennium, 1850- 59, it fell to 23- 6 per 1,000. This may seem a small thing in a single thousand, but London has nearly three thousand thousands. HEALTH OF LONDON.— The deaths in the week ending April 25 were 1,408, being still 122 above the average. Smallpox destroyed 65 persons, scarlatina 65, measles 58, & c, & c. There were no less than seven murders registered. The births were 958 boys and 1,005 girls; total 1,963. CRICKET. NOTICE TO SECRETARIES. No matches can be inserted unless sent by the secretary or some member authorised by the club, and those matches will be rejected which are not drawn up in proper form, or which are written on both sides of the paper. Much trouble is saved by the use of F. Lilly white's score sheet, which was so generally used last season, and which must not be confounded with the scoring paper used at a match. Matches not appearing imme- diately should not be sent again, they being only delayed for want of space. MARYLEBONE CLUB. MAY 11, Cambridge— M. C. C. and Ground v University of Cambridge. MAY 14, Oxford— M. C. C. and Ground v University of Oxford. MAY 25, Lord's— All England Eleven v United ( Cricketers'Fund benefit). MAY 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, Lard's— Cambridge Quidnuncs v Oxford Harlequins. JUNE 29, Lord's— Gentlemen v Players. JULY 1, Lord's— M. C. C. aud Ground v Rugby. J ULY 2, Lord's— Rugby v Marlb& r » ugh. JULY 6, Lord's— Thirteen of Kent v England. JULY 9, Lord's— I Zingari v 22 of the Houses of Parliament. JULY 10, Lord's— Eton v Harrow. JULY 13, Lord's— M. C. C. aud Ground ( with Parr and Willsher) v County of Cambridge). JULY 20, Lord's— North v South. JULY 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 Kent. AUG 17, Brighton— M. C. C. and Ground v Sussex— return. LAW XXIV.— We understand that at a meeting of the com- mittee held on Wednesday last the following notice of motion was given—" That as an objection has been raised that the alteration made in Law XXIV. at the last special meeting was without notice, it is therefore null and void, and that the law must remain as it stood heretofore.'' THE ANNUAL DINNER.— The annual dinner will take place in the pavilion, Lord's Cricket Ground, on Wednesday, May 6, at a quarter before seven. The Earl of Befton in the chair. COUNTY OF SURREY. MAY II, Oval— 11 Colts v 12 Gentlemen of Surrey Club. MAY IS, Oval— Surrey Colts v Sussex Colts. MAY 25, Oval— Gentlemen of Surrey Club v Gentlemen of Manchester. MAY 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 University. JUNE 22, Oval— Surrey v 11 from Cheltenham, Rugby, and Marlborough. JUNE 22, Canterbury— Surrey v Kent. JUNE 22, Ton bridge Wells— Surrey v Kent. JUNE 24, Oval— Rugby v Marlborough. JUNE 29, Oval— Surrey v 15 of Cheltenham, Rugby, and Marlborough, with three bowlers. JULY 2, Oval— Gentlemen v Players. JULY 9, Oval— Surrey v 14 Free Foresters. JULY 13, Brighton— Surrey v Sussex. JULY 16, Oval— Surrey v Kent. JULY 20, Oval— Gentlemen of Surrey Club v South Wales. JULY 23, Oval— Surrey v Cambridgeshire— return. JULY 27, Sheffield— Surrey v Yorkshire. JULY 30, Oval— Surrey Club v Southgate. AUG 3, Oval— Surrey v North England. AUG 10, Oval— Gentlemen of Surrey Club v Wimbledon. AUG 13, Manchester— Gentlemen of Surrey Club v Gentlemen of Man- chester. AUG 17, Oval— Surrey v England. AUG 20, Broughton, Manchester— Surrey v North England. AUG 25, Oval— Surrey v Middlesex— Sewell's benefit. 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 v Young Players of the County. JUNE 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. JULY 13, Brighton— Sussex v Surrey— return. JULY 20. Salisbury— Sussex v Wilts— return. JULY 30, Kent— Sussex v Kent— return. AUG 10, Southampton— Sussex v Hants— return. AUG 17, Brighton— Sussex v Marylebone— return. AUG 20, Brighton— Gentlemen of Sussex v Quidnuncs. COUNTY OF KENT. MAY 15, Maidstone— Gentlemen Colts V Professional Colts ( under 25). MAY 28, Oval— Kent Colts v Surrey Colts. JUNE 4, Maidstone— Kent v Cambridgeshire. JUNE 11, Nottingham— Kent v Notts. JUNE 22, Tunbridge Wells— Kent v Surrey. JUNE 25, Brighton— Kent V Sussex. JUNE 29, Brighton— Gentlemen of Kent v Gentlemen of Sussex. JULY 16, Oval— Kent v Surrey— return. JULY 23, Cranbrook— Kent v Notts— return. JULY 30, Folkstone— Kent v Sussex— return. AUGUST 27, Gravesend— Gentlemen of Kent v Gentlemen of Sussex- return. COUNTY OF DEVON. JULY 20, Plymouth— Gentlemen of Devon v Gentlemen of Cornwall. JULY 21, Plymouth— Boconnoc v Plymouth. J ULY 24, Ti verton— Gentlemen of Devon v Gentlemen of Gloucester. JULY 29, Torquay— Gentlemen of Devon v Players of Devon. JULY 31, Torquay— Mr Beltham's Eleven v Torquay. AUG 3, Plymouth— Mr Bentham's Eleven v Plymouth. AUG 5, Boconnoc— Mr Bentham's Eleven v Boconnoc. AUG 11, Dorchester— Gentlemen of Devon v Gentlemen of Dorset. AUG 18, Bath— Gentlemen of Devon v Gentlemen of Somerset. AUG 20, Clifton— Gentlemen of Devon v Gentlemen of Gloucester return. AUG 25, Boconnoc— Teinbridge, Plymouth, and Boconnoc. ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN. MAY 4, Pudsev— v 22 of Pudsey and district. MAY 11, Sheffield— v 18 of Sheffield fW. Sliun's benefit). MAY 14, Glasgow— v 22 of Clydesdale Club. MAY 18, Berkenshaw, near Leeds— v 22. MAT 21, Manchester, Old Trafford— North v South. MAY 25, Lord's— v United ( benefit of Cricketers' Fund). MAY 28, Bath— v 22 of Bath and district. JUNE 1, Halifax— V 22 of the district. JUNE 4. Old Traftord— y 16 of Manchester ( with two professionals). JUNE 8, Southampton— v 22 of Union Club. JUNE 15, Dewsbury— v 2- 2 ef the district. JUNE 18, Broughton— V 20 of Broughten. JUNE 25, Kedditch— V 22. J ULY 2, Morley— v 22. JULY 16, Hackwood Park— v 22 of Basingstoke. JULY 27, Walsall— V 22. JULY 30, Longsight— V 20. AUG 3, Boston Spa— v 22 of Boston Spa. AUG 6, Ashton- under- Lyne— V 22. AUG 17, Lawton Hall— V 22 of Cheshire. AVG 20, Harrogate— v 22. AUG 24, Scarborough— V 22 of the district. AUG 27, Liverpool— North v South. AUG 31, Bristol— v 22 of Bristol. SEPT 7, Hull— V 22 of Yorkshire. SEPT 14, York— v 22 of Yorkshire. UNITED ALL ENGLAND. MAY II, Rosemary Branch, Peckham— v 22. MAY 14, Gomersal, near Leeds— v 22. MAY 18, Southsea— v 22 of East Hants. MAY 25, Lord's— v A. E. E. ( Cricketers' Fund). MAY 28, Oxford— v 20 of 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, Southgate— v J. Walker's 16. AUG 10, Otley, Yorkshire— V 22 ( for the benefit of Robinson and Swain). AUG 13, Southampton— V 22 Gentlemen of Hampshire. AUG 24, Hastings— V 22. AUG 31, Newport, Isle of Wight— v 22 of the island. SEPT 3, Islington— v 20 of Middlesex ( with two players). SEPT 7, Godalming— v number not fixed. SEPT 14, Newcastle- on- Tyne— v 22. OTHER MATCHES TO COME. MAY 6, Oval— Kenningten Club— opening match. MAY 6, Trafford— Manchester v Sale ( with Reynold and Slinn). MAY 6, Oxford— Bullingdon v Christchurch. MAY 7, lieigate— England v 18 of Reigate ( with Ellis and Humphrey). MAY 9, Seaforth— Manchester v Northern ( with Arnold). MAY 9, Trafford— Manchester v Pendleton. MAY 9, Rusholme— Longsight v Rusholme. MAY 9, Stratford— Aldersgate v Eastern Counties. MAY 9, Cassiobury Park— Household Brigade v Cassiobury. MAY 9, Woolwich— Royal Gun Factory v Non com Officers R. A. MAY 9, Stockport— Broughton v 16 of Stockport. MAY 12, Hampstead— Kensington Park v Hampstead. MAY 13, Putnev— Kennington v Putney. MAY 13, Cheltenham— Cheltenham College v Mr Price's ( Oxford) Eleven. MAY 13, Gravesend— Chatham Officers ( Colts) v Gravesend. MAY 14, Peckham— King's College v East Surrey. MAY 15, Birkenhead— Broughton v Birkenhead Park. MAY 16, Broughton— Sale v Broughton 2d. MAY 16, Stratford— London Press v Eastern Counties. MAY 16, Trafford— Manchester v Colts of Lancashire ( with Reynolds). MAY 16, Longsight— Bowden V Longsight. MAY 16, Crystal Palace— Dulwich v Crystal Palace. MAT 16, Clapham— Royal Gun Factory v Bermondsey United. MAY 18, Notting Hill— Anomalies v Kensington Park. MAY 19, Westminster— West London v St James the Less. MAY 20, Trafford— Manchester v Longsight. MAY 20, Cheltenham College— Bromsgroye v Cheltenham College. MAY 21, Trafford— North of England v South. MAY 21, Oxford— Bullingdon v Harlequins. MAT 23, Pendleton— Loog3ight v 14 of Pendleton. MAT 23, Crystal Palace— East Surrey v Crystal Palace. MAT 23, Stratford— Bedford Amateur 2d V Eastern Counties 2d. MAT 23, Cheetham Hill— Broughton Juniors v Cheetham Hill 23. MAY 25, Westminster— Bedford Amateurs v St James the Less— return. MAY 25, Woolwich— Eastern Counties v Non- commissioned Officers!;. A. MAY 27, Cambridge— Eastern Counties v Cambridge Victoria. MAY 27, Cheltenham College- Cirencester v Cheltenham College. MAY 27, Liverpool— Longsight v Bootle. MAY 27, Oxford— Bullingdon v Cheshire. MAY 27, Broughton— Rusholme V Broughton 2d. MAY 28, Rusholme— Longsight v Rusholme Second Elevens. MAY 28, Broughton— 16 of Pendleton v Broughton. MAY 29, Rusholme— Broughton Juniors v Rusholme 2d. MAY 29, Broughton— 14 of Longsight v Broughton. MAY 30, Islington— Eastern Counties v Bedford Amateurs. MAT SO, Stratford— Amicable v Eastern Counties 2d. JUNE 1, Oxford— Bullingdon v Free Foresters. JUNE 2, Notting Hill— East Surrey V Kensington Park. JUNE 2, Cheltenham College— Marlborough College V Cheltenham Col. JUNE 3, Broughton— Birch v Broughton 2d. JUNE 3, Dulwich— Streatham v Dulwich. JUNE 6, Stratford— General Post Office v Eastern Counties. JUN E 6, Longsight— Cheetham Windsor First Eleven V Longsight Second. JUNE 6, Woolwich— London Yard v Royal Gun Factory— return. JUNE 6, Cheetham Hill— Longsight 3d Eleven v Cheetham Windsor 2d. JUNE 6, Crystal Palace— Adelaide v Crystal Palace. JUNE 8, Peckham— Islington Albion v East Surrey. JUNE 9, Twickenham— St James the Less v Twickenham. JUNE 10, Trafford— Manchester V Ashton- under- Lyne ; with Slinn). JUNE 10, Tooting— Dulwich v Upper Tooting. JUNE 12, Notting Hill— Uxbridge v Kensington Park. 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 13, Broughton— Cheetham Windsor v Broughton 2d. JUNE 13, Richmond— Crystal Palace v Riehmend. JUNE 15, Oxford— Bullingdon v Quidnuncs. JUNE 17, Oval— East Surrey v X. Y. Z. JUNE 18, Tufnell Park— Kensington Park v Incognlti. JUNE 18, Dulwich— Clapham v Dulwich. JUNE 20, Stratford— General Post Office 2d v Eastern Counties 2d. JUNE 20, Old Trafford— Longsight Second Eleven v Clifford 16( 11 Barr'd). JUNE 20, Gravesend— Parks Eleven v Gravesend. JUNE 22, Peckham— Guy's Hospital v East Surrey. JUNE 22, Cheltenham College— Old v Present Cheltonians. JUNE 22, Trafford— Manchester v Huyton. JUNE 24, Trafford— Manchester V Rochdale ( with trw ® Players). JUNE 24, Blackheath— West Kent Amateurs v Eastern Counties. JUNE 24, Brsughton— Urmst « n V Broughton 2d. JUNE 27, Broughton— 16 of Beswick Victoria v Broughton. JUNE 27, Stratford— Honorary Members v Eastern Counties. JUNE 27, Stockport— Manchester v Stockport. JUNE 27, Peckham— Crystal Palace v East Surrey— return. JUNE 27, Longsight— 16 of Clifford v Longsight. JUNE 29, Merstham— Royal Gun Factory v Merstham United. JUNE 23. Trafford— Manchester v Accrington ( with J. Berry). JULY 1, Trafford— Manchester v Broughton. JULY 2, Clapton— Kensington Park v Clapton. JULY 3, Preston— Manchester v North Lancashire. JULY 4, Stratford— Middlesex Amateurs v Eastern Counties— return. JULY 4, Wool wich— Royal Gun Factory v Non- com Officers R. A.— return JULY 4, Battersea— St James the Less v West London— return. JULY 4, Longsight— Longsight V 14 of Pendleton. JULT 4, Broughton— Ancoats Collegians v Broughton 2d. JULT 7, Holloway— East Surrey v Islington Albion— return. JULT 8, Longsight— Manchester v Longsight— return. • TULT 8, Dulwich— Crystal Palace v Dulwlch— return. JULT 8, Notting Hill— Incogniti v Kensington Park. JULT 8, Broughton— Cheetham Hill 2d v Broughton Juniors— return. JULT 10, Broughton— Birkenhead Park v Broughton— return. JULY 11, Stratford— Non- com Officers R. A. v Eastern Counties— return. JULY 11, Longsight— Rusholme v Longsight. JULT 11, Birch— Longsight Second Eleven v Birch First Eleven. JULT 11, Waltham— Royal Gun Factory v Royal Gunpowder Works. JULY 15, Dulwich— College v Dulwich 2d, JULY 15, Broughton— Rusholme v Broughton 2d— return. JULY 16, Peckham— X. Y. Z. v East Surrey— return. JULY 18, Broughton— Sixteen of Stockport v Broughton— return. JULY 18, Longsight— Bootle v Longsight. J ULY 18, Tottenham— Eastern Counties v Tottenham. JULY 18, Stratford— Amicable v Eastern Counties 2d— return. JULT 18, Tuffnell Park— Adelaide v Crystal Palace. JULT 21, Westminster— Twickenham v St James the Less— return. JULY 21. Notting Hill— Anomalies v Kensington Park. JULY 22, Streatham— Dulwich v Streatham— return. JULY 22, Broughton— Manchester v Broughton— return. JULY 25, Broughton— Longsight Juniors v Broughton Juniors. J ULY 25, Tuffnei Pars— Eastern Counties v General Post Office— return- JULT 2.5, Old Trafto- d— Longsight v 16 of Clifford. JULT 25, Trafford— Manchester v Cheetham Hill. JULY 25, Woolwich— Royal Gunpowder Works v Royal Gun Factory- return. JULT 28, Uxbridge— Kensington Park v Uxbridge. JULY 29, Lockwood— Manchester v Lockwood ( with two playerB). AUG 1, Stratford— Bedford Amateur v Eastern Counties— return. AUG 1, Islington— Bedford Amateur 2d v Eastern Counties 2d— return. AUG I, Urmston— Broughton 2d v Urmston— return. AUG 5, Peckham— Kensington Park v East Surrey— return. AUG 5, Longsight— Broughton . Juniors V Longsight Juniors— return. AUG 8, Cheetham Hill— Hroughton 2d v Cheetham Windsor— 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 8, Crystal Palace— Richmond v Crystal Palace. AUG 10, Woolwich— Merstham United v Royal Gun Factory— return. AUG 12, Trafford— Stockport v Manchester. AUG 12, Broughton— Birch v Broughton 2d— return. AUG 13, Notting Hill— Clapton v Kensington Park. AUG 13, Clapham— Dulwich v Clapham— return. AUG 15, Stratford— London Press v Eastern Counties— return. AUG 15, Bowden— Longsight v Bowden. AUG 15. Longsight— Rusholme v Longsight Second Elevens. AUG 19, Rochdale— Manchester v Rochdale ( with two players). AUG 19, Richmond— Dulwich V Richmond. AUG Notting Hill— Hampstead v Kensington Park. 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 26, Dulwich— Upper Tooting v Dulwich— return, AUG 28, Lougsight— Broughton V 14 of Longsight. AUG 29, Stratford— Tottenham v Eastern Counties— return. AUG 2!), Cheetham Hill— Manchester v Cheetham Hill. AUG 29, Crystal Palace— Closing Match, Crystal Palace Club. AUG 2:), Sale— Broughton 2d V Sale— return. SEPT 2, Dulwich— Richmond v Dulwich— return. SFPT 4, Ashton- under- Lyne— Manchester v Ashton ( with Slinn). SEPT 5, Poplar— London Yard v Eastern Counties— return. SEPT 5, Pendleton— Longsight v Pendleton Second Elevens. SEPT 5, Longsight— Birch Second Eleven v Longsight Third Eleven. SEPT 5, Broughton— Sixteen of Bowden v Broughton. SEPT 5, Rusholme— Broughton Juniors v Rusholme 2d— return. SEPT 11, Trafford— North Lancashire v Manchester. SEPT 12, Longsight— Cheetham Windsor Second v Longsight Third. SEPT 12, Tuffnei 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 19, Old Trafford— Broughton 2d v Manchester Clifford— return. SEPT 26, Longsight— First Eleven v Twenty- two. SEPT 26, Trafford— Didsbury v Manchester. THE LAWS~ 0F CRICKET. MB EDITOE: Our cricket senators, in their late legislation, do not appear to have sufficiently kept in view the points really de- manding immediate attention. They rather seem to have met with a wish to " leave their mark," than to do something which may re- main as a result of their meeting; else, why in the nameof reason, should they have disturbed Law XXIV., which, in the opinion of cricketers generally did not require their friendly attentions? The great difficulty now presenting itself to those who take an intelligent interest in the game of cricket is, " How to put the bowlers, in these days of good grounds, on fair terms with the batters?" This question bowlers have tried to solve for them- selves by systematically disregarding Law X., and at this the umpires have connived. Of course, all must see that this system cannot continue, and accordingly some, like the Hon F. Ponsonby, would restore order, by relaxing the bands of Law X.; some, again, like Colonel Batliurst, would do so by insisting « n the strict observance of that law, and would leave the bowlers to struggle with their difficulties unaided. A third class consists of those who would, by some new method, re- adjust the balance between the ball and the bat. I will, if space can be spared me, say a few words on each of these dif- ferent views. First, then, it is clear that something must be done; the question is what ? Mr Ponsonby's proposal, I admit, is logical enough; but it probably will, if carried out, be attended by this disadvantage, which Mr Ponsonby is far too clear- sighted to fail to perceive, that very high bowling would injure the game. Instead of the quiet and masterly way which each length of ball used to be, and in some measure still is, treated by our best bats- men, by forward play or back play, as might be required, we already too often see many even of our best bats, when on a hard ground, playing in a cramped manner— waiting back, to see how high the ball will bump, instead of meeting it though well up. This system spoils the style of their play in any case, and makes them almost certain victims to a shooter. I say, Mr F. Ponsonby seems to feel this, but consoles himself with the belief that, on other grounds, high bowling will by degrees be discontinued, as not answering, and, therefore, he sees little objection to legalising a liberty of which none that are wise will avail themselves. But this, though less confident when differing from him, I cannot admit, as experience more and more shows that on the true grounds of the present day good batters can scarcely be removed except by high bowling. I say, then, keep Law X., and rigor- ously enforce it. This is Col Bathurst's proposal, to a certain ex- tent ; but he would leave the bowlers, and, therefore, the game, in their present difficulties; but this, it is almost univer- sally felt, whether admitted or not, cannot be. If we do not assist the bowlers, and thereby expedite the game, Rule X. never again will be enforced; the batters them- selves would not wish that it should, for they would feel that their matches never could be got through. We therefore fall back upon the third plan, that of aiding the bowlers in some other way than by allowing them to bowl high. This may be done in any of three ways at least:— 1, by increasing the size of the wicket; 2, by diminishing the size of the bat; 3, by diminishing the dis- tance between the wickets. The disadvantage of the first of these modes is that it will make it next to impossible to play a ball on the fourth off- stump with a straight bat, especially if Law XXIV. be left in its latest form. A really upright bat is rare enough already, let us not legislate so as to make it impossible. As the scheme for lessening the width of the bat seems as yet to have no serious supporters, we will pass on to the third mode I men- tioned, viz, that of diminishing the distance between the wickets; and this, I may say at once, is the method which on the whole seems preferable. We have seen how it would work in practice, for whoeversaw a good professional bowlerin practicebowl more than twenty- one yards T Some take still more license, but a yard will probably be found enough; and every university batsman is well aware how much more easy it is to get fifty runs in a match against good bowling than thirty in practice against the same bowlers. It may, however, be thought that one yard would not make much difference. Experience will show that this is not so. The bowler's command over the ball will be found to be wonderfully increased by this slight change, the fatigue of bowling wonderfully lessened, the batsman will have to exercise a quicker judgment, and will be kept more on his mettle altogether. A straight bat will then be absolutely ne- cessary, the hitting will not be interfered with, and the game in my opinion will be greatly improved. An objection has indeed been offered to this change " that the distance between the wickets is the only point in the game which has never been changed, therefore do not let us alter it now." This objection seems alto- gether of too sentimental a kind to be worth much regard. One thing, however, must be clearly understood, that if the bowlers are to be eased by reducing the distance, then Law X. must be most strictly and rigidly enforced, else there might be danger to the batter, and the result, of the change would be pernicious in- stead of beneficial. Restore Law XXIV. to the form it was in be- fore the late meeting at Lord's. The change was uncalled for, and introduced without any notice that such a change was in con- templation. At all events put the new law, if we must have it, in an intelligible and grammatical shape, and let it mean in words what it is intended to mean in spirit.— Yours, & c, AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE. ME EDITOE : May I claim space for a few lines respecting Laws X. and XXIV. ? As regards the manner in which the M. C. C. have dealt with the former I can say little, it must be left to time to prove how it will be enforced after the attention that was drawn to it last season. It has worked badly hitherto, and I fear it will continue to do so. I think it was hardly worth while for the M. C. C. committee to write to so many county clubs if it was their intention to act in direct opposition to the opinions ex- pressed by them, and I also think that the committee of the Surrey Club showed considerable foresight in declining to give an opinion on the matter in the manner dictated by the M. C. C. Asre- gards thealterationof LawXXIV., Imustconfess that Iwasunable for some time to understand it as at present framed, and I much fear that our umpires will require considerable tuition before they will be able to do so. I contend that by the alteration the M. C. C. are the promoters of false cricket. If a ball pitches wide of my leg stump, the proper way to hit it is to leg, and in order to do so my left leg must be thrown forward, and slightly in front of my leg stump. I am not supposed to be aware that the ball will work in. I can only know that the ball is wide of my wicket, and I must hit at it to leg. If there is a chance of my getting out 1 b w, I should be compelled to alter my hit, and in doing so I must sub- stitute a false for a legitimate one. The same applies with regard to an off ball. If an off ball is overpitched I throw my left leg across the wicket, and drive it between cover point and mid- wicket ; or if short pitched I throw my right leg across, and cut it behind the point. Now in either of these positions, although perf ctly correct, I am liable to be given out if the ball pitch upon a rough piece of turf and comes back. I am therefore again com- pelled to alter my legitimate hit for a false one, unless I prefer to run the chance of being given out because I play true cricket. The law cannot possibly come into force; the sooner, therefore, that the framers of it call a meeting and rescind it the better, and at their next meeting I should really suggestthat they allow some of the practical gentlemen cricketers of the present day, other than members of their own club, to have a voice in the matter. In fact, a cricket parliament is what is required.— Yours, & c, POINT. A CRICKETING PARLIAMENT. ME EDITOE : It is only necessary, in answer to " Ignoramus's'' questions as to the authority of the M. C. C., to say that the com- mon adoption of rules made by the club solely for their own society and ground by all cricketers since the year 1787 has ren- dered any alteration made in their rules an act of general legis- lation. Btill the rules of M. C. C. are published only as such, and no right, is claimed to dictate to others, though universal adop- tion leads naturally to the belief that, in legislating for them- selves, they are doing so for all. The M. C. C. is the metropolitan club, and one for which any one with the qualification of a gen tleman is eligible to be proposed ; and as long as it remains such its members will doubtless continue to alter and amend their rules as may from time to time be deemed advisable ; and the simple fact that its authority has been acknowledged and undis- puted for 76 years is a sufficient guarantee that nothing has been, or will be, done which is not really believed to promote the true interests of the noble game. With regard to the matters now before us, notwithstanding the majority of four in the eleven answers returned to circulars sent to the principal clubs, I believe that the generality of cricketers would desire to enforce rather than repeal Law X., though, for my own part, I would certainly in some measure relax it to meet the requirements of the ordinary bowlers of the present day. I do not think that tbe height of the delivery in any way renders the game more difficult, or materially in- creases its danger, as I would on a rough wicket rather play Will- sher for half a day than Lang or Jackson for half an hour. It is the pace that really makes hard ground dangerous. As to Law XXIV., I was and am much opposed to its alteration, for I fear, as it now stands, it will make leg before wicket of much more frequent oc- currence, which I should regret, but I must admit that it has one merit, that of making the umpire's decision less difficult and un- satisfactory. It will, however, be necessary to add to it, that the ball must be in course to hit the wicket when stopped by the bats- man, as it is best to leave as little as possible to the intelligence of umpires, or as a matter of argument to any. I need not notice " Ignoramus's'' suggestion as to professionals, and shall say nothing as to the names selected as absentees, further than that one or two are members of the club, and at least two still young members of the universities, and I must allow that he has well vindicated his nom de plume when he has added together 18 and 16, the numbers of those who voted on Law XXIV., to make a total of 23!— Yours, & c, A MEMBER OF M. C. O. MR EDITOE : Notwithstanding the assertions of your correspon- dents, " Cricket Law,'' " Law VIII.," and " X. Y. Z." to the con- trary, I am certain that Mr Kynaston is right, viz, that the large majority of cricketers desire the abolition of Law X. Mr Kynas- ton received answers to his circulars from ten great cricketing counties, and seven were anxious for the alteration of the law. There can be no doubt that the cricketing world is very unfairly represented at the M. C. C., and I hope now that you have sanc- tioned the discussion of the question of a cricket parliament, you will use your great influence to bring it about. Practically the SUPPLEMENT TO BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, MAY 45, 1863. law is abolished, for in noire Of the hundreds of country clubs will i CRICKET AT CAMBRIDGE, it be tolerated. It has eyev been the disturber of harmony and I SIDNEy COLLEGE V NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST good iQeYma— RequiescS& in pace.— Yours, & c, 8 AN OLD CRICKETER AND LMPIRE. A SERMON ON CRICKET, " Per x' arios casus, per tot discrlmina reram." Literal translation—" The glorious uncertainty of cricket. This match was played on Parker's Piece on Saturday, April 18, and won by ' die N. S. E. W. by 13 runs on the Erst innings. SIDNEY COLLEGE. 1st inn 2d inn RevN. TibbeSts, c Craig, b Matthews.. 7 b Matthews...... ... 14 Rev J. C. Ellis, c Holmes, b Benstead.. 3 cA Hailstone, bAlexander22 White, b Alexander b Matthews... Hope, h Alexander J1 run out Porter, b Alexander 37 b Matthews... Gibsc ® , b Romer U not out Dix, b Alexander 0 Adams, not out 9 Brawn, b Matthews 0 „ ISndley, c Alexander, b Matthews.... ^ not out.. .4 KevJ. Cornish, c Matthews, b Alexander < f b Alexander Byes. & c ... Total .... 47 .... 14 E. Hailstone, b Bindley Alexander, b Bindley . Gibson- Craig, b Hope . Komer, run out * Lalng, leg b w, b Hope 16 Allix, b Hope 1 Benstead, c Porter, b Hope 4 . Tones, c Wyndham, b Hall 5 b Candy H. P. Boulnols, b Hall 4 b O'Neil T. L. Tanner, b Hall 0 c and b O'Neil J. C. Covole, b Candy 2 bO Neil T. Grylls, b Candy 10 b O'Neil C. Depree, c Mellor, b O'Neil 4 c Hall, b Candy... G. Cave, b Candy 4 b Candy A. F. Borradaile, b Candy 0 b O'Neil G. Williams, b Candy 1 leg b w, b O'Neil . Thomas, b O'Neil 1 not out li. H. Davies, not out 0 b O'Neil B 26. 1 b 4, w b 18 48 B 2, wb3 Total — 79 Total GENERAL DEPARTMENT. E. Hall, run out 1 E. A. Gray, b Borradaile 2 C. Mellor, e Phillips, b Calthorpe W. Renshaw, b Hall M. Lochner, c O'Neil, h Hall A. Hall, c Wilkins, b O'Neil G. P. Field, b Hall o A. Mellor, b O'Neil J. Mellor, not out Moseley, leg b w, b Calthorpe 9 B 21. w b 6 27 Total -! P. L. Phillips, run out 14 E. Hall, b Renshaw 11 R. N. Clarke, b A. Mellor 15 W. S. Meyrick, b A. Mellor .... 0 C. E. Henslev, c Renshaw, b A. Mellor ...'. 0 A. J. O'Nell, c J. Mellor, b Ren- shaw 7 THE ELEVEN. MY DEAR BOYS : Another winter has passed away, and Spring, all glorious, has again smiled upon us, reminding us forcibly with its sunshine • of the flannels and cricket shoes, which for the last six months have lain dormant, and bidding us once ncore take down our trusty bat, and release it from the thraldom of green baize. We see, too, that the committee of the M. C. CXhave held their meeting at Lord's— big with fate; so let us doff our caps to lusty young ' 63 and give him a hearty greeting, and as we see him stepping towards the crease, fresh as new paint or Whitewash can make it, let us, one and all, try what we can do towards giving him a prosperous innings; and though we may, many of us, " epert the willow" before the last ball of the season shall haw been bowled, let it not be as a sign of mourning, but rather of Mi- creased joy with us all. But, my dear boys, remember this, the < rame is no" w in your hands, and the fate of 1- 8( 18 rests with yau. Yes may make the cricket ground what it ought to be: a happy scene for fine, athletic, maniy, and innocent amusement by orderly conduct and strict attention to the laws; or a riotous bear garden by setting the rules at nought, and each player thinking he may do what seemeth him right in his own eyes. Now, as I have said above, the M. C. C. have met, and two important points have been referred to them by the cricketing commu- nity at large for their decision, and since they have decided for us, let us, whatever may be our private opinion, shew a good , example by ready obedience. As a good pastor who loves his flock, tries to lead them by persuasion rather than come " the Priest" over them with the whip, so will I, my dear boys, deal with you, and may I lead yew where I would not aim to drive. My discourse shall be divided into three heads ; first, as regards the bowlers ; secondly, the batters; and thirdly, the umpires, and in conclusion I will say a few words to all who love cricket, and what Englishman does not ? First then, as regards Law X and the bowlers:— The original law upon this point required the bowler's hand to be below the elbow at the time of ' delivery, bat this was when < u ® derhand bowling was in vogue. As soon as round- hand bowling became general, the shoulder was substituted for the elbow, and so it lias continued till the present day. But by degrees the law was infringed on : one got a trifle above the shoulder, and then another went still higher, till at last the hand got up to and above the head ; and with all this illegal bowling the bowlers were not actually " called," though every one doubted the correctness of the style. But at length " the pot boiled over ( if I may use such an expression in my sermon)," and then what j T. H. Wyndham, b Cave 1 a. splutter there was in the fire! And why? Because, my dear ; C- Mellor, b Depree.. 31 boys, one umpire who knew well what he was about acted ac- j W- * cording to the law as it stood. And what said the M. C. C. to , o ( XNeil c Jonte! bGrylYa'!' 5 this ? They confirmed his decision, and rightly too, by their 1 ' votes on 15th April last. Law X is to stand, and more than this, the committee "' will'enforceit." Now, my dear boys, one word to all of you, who, in your respective clubs, are practising bowl- ing, and may your name be " legion." Don't begin by getting the hand too high, as there is nothing to be gained by it, either in pace or steadiness of delivery, which is, after all, the great point to be aimed at; for, whatever you may do in country matches, with umpires who are not quite " A No. 1," you will assuredly find your mistake should you go up to Lord's, or play in any of the great matches elsewhere with first- class umpires. You may many of you only know such men as I am about to mention, by reputation, as they are of the past; but I can assure you, as one who has played with them, and seen them play scores « f times, that cricket in their day was as much a science as it is now. Redgate of Nottingham, Cobbett, Jenner, Hillier— as true a man as ever walked up to a wicket- Tom Adams, Martingell, poor old " Lilly" " the Nonpareil," with a host'Of others; to say nothing of gentlemen bowlers— Lowth, Younge, Sir F. Bathurst, and " the lion,'' not only of Kent, but of England, fine, noble Alfred Mynn. None of these men made themselves into a " windmill'' when they bowled; but they took wickets, and so would they now if they were to appear again as in their prime ; and whatl say to you is, " go you and do like- wise." Secondly, as to batting; and here we drop upon Law XXIV, which stands at present in an amended form to what it did last season:— In leg b w a striker was " out" only if he stopped a ball with his leg, & c, which pitched in a straight line between the wickets. This was all very well with underhand bowling, and when, as of yore, the bowler generally deliv- ered the ball on the lower side of the wicket, or nearest the leg stump; but when round- hand bowling came into fashion, and the ball was delivered on the upper side of the wicket, it became almost an impossibility to pitch a ball in a straight line between the wickets— particularly if it had any twist or " devil" ( a queer word for a sermon) in it— and take a wicket at all; so that a striker might go in well padded, and place his " Lilly white guard " where his bat ought to be, and stop ball after ball with impunity. Now, my dear boys, try this for yourselves: Take a " vessel of paper" ( some of you will know now where I was raised), dot out first the stumps, and then the position of a round- arm bowler's hand in delivery, on the upper eide of the bowling wicket; draw a straight line from that to the point where a good lengthened ball would pitch " straight between the wickets," put the proper amount of the above- mentioned " devil" in it, according to taste, and in con- tinuing the line, see how wide the ball would go to the off stump bowled at. Now you have done this could you " cut'' it? I think I could, or at least " used to could.'' Now then draw another line from the same point to where a ball ought to pitch to take a wicket, six or eight inches wide of the leg- stump bowled at, and continue it as above. Suppose your- self in to such a ball; if you did not put your bat upon it ( as old Fuller Pilch used to do), and instead of that stopped it with your pad as you bent forward in front of your wicket, the umpire would now give you " out," and rightly too. If the umpire sees any part of your person, - say leg, covering the wicket, or, as it is worded, " in a straight line" between the wickets, and you stop a ball with it, he is to decide against you. But you may say, " What a nuisance to be out legbw!" Granted; but to this I answer, " What a nuisance to a bowler, who is bowling well, and giving ball after ball which, unless " killed down," or fairly played with the bat, would scatter the bails, played at, missed, and come With a " thud" on the striker's pad, and all to no purpose." Put yourselves, my dear boys, into either position, and give a fair verdict. And now, thirdly, for the umpires:— To you, my brethren of the " Upper Ten Thou- sand" in cricket, viz, the professionals, I will say one word. Do your duty in the coming season as fairly as one of your fraternity did last year at the Oval, and you will be well supported by those in power, and at the same time set a good example to all classes of cricketers. To you, my brethren likewise, who may have to act as umpires in country matches and clubs, I say, get the laws of cricket by heart; watch well the playing of the game, and in all cases use a sound judgment, and give a righteous deci- sion when appealed to, but not before. Don't be in a hurry to eay " out," particularly in a case of leg b w, before the bowler has put the question to you; and when ysu have given your decision, stick to it. You will see by the rules when you may appeal to the other umpire. Don't fancy your duties more arduous than they really are; there is nothing fresh imposed on you by the new Law XXIV. You have to watch the bowler's foot and hand, and this is much easier than it appears to be on paper, as you will find on the trial; you must follow the ball with your eye to where it pitches, and by so doing you will see at the same time whether the striker's person ( leg, & c) " is placed in a straight line from your own wicket to the striker's wicket;" for if so it will hide some portioR of his stumps. You must use your own discretion as to the work of a ball after it has pitched, and discern between an unnatural turn given from a bump on the ground, and the natural " devil" ( there I go again) of the bowler, and in any doubtful case give the striker the bene- fit. . Remember the words of the M. C. C , " Do your duty." And now, one word for all, in conclusion, my dear boys; the season, in point of weather, & c, has begun well— may it so continue. Re- member that cricket is a fine, noble, manly game, calculated to do good to all classes from the prince to the peasant. Let us then make it a source of amusement, and not degrade it by making it a cause for wrangling ; and in order to do this we must act up to the laws ourselves, and see that others do the same. And so may the close of the season of 1863 find us all better cricketers than we are now, and may God bless us all.— Yours, & c, OLD AMEN. Amen- corner, April 20, 1863. SURREY COUNTY CLUB. The hon sec of this club has issued his annual circular, in which hesays he has much pleasure in presenting a brief outline of the proceedings of the club for the past year. The finances are sound and healthy, leaving a good balance in hand, notwithstanding the fact that they paid the professional players of England last year the large sum of £ 1( 020 for the matches in which they were engaged. In accordance with the plan adopted for the last two years, the committee propose commencing the season with colts' matches, for the purpose of trying the young players of the county. Mr Burrup thanks the" members for their kind assist- ance, and the. confidence they have placed in Ms endeavours to do his duty. The following are the receipts and expenditure :— Dr: Balance from last year, £ 212 Us 2d; cash, subscriptions, £ 775 10s ; entrance at matches, £ 1,029 2s ; clubs, rent, practice, & o. £ 426 8s 6d— total, £ 2,443 lis 8d.— Cr.: Rent and taxes, £ 230 15s 3d ; expenses of matches, £ 1,069 2s ; bowlers and boys, £ 171; Brockwell and Street, £ 87 15s; sundries connected with ground, including payment for new buildings, £ 689 3s 9d ; cash in hand, £ 195 15s 8d— total, £ 2,443 lis 8d. The circular then proceeds to allude to unpaid subscriptions, and says, satisfactory as the above statement is respecting the financial position of the club, the committee cannot but express a regret at the heavy task imposed upon the hon sec in collecting the unpaid subscriptions, more than £ 400 being due to the club at the present time. It ap- pears every attention has been paid to the ground during the winter months, and that no expense has been spared to keep it in good order; G. Street and Taylor have carefully attended to it with great credit to themselves, and a second ground has been specially prepared at the lower end for one- day matches. The bowlers engaged at present are nine in number, viz, Taylor, Griffith, Sewell, Mudie, T. Humphrey, Green, Whale, J. Street, and J. Chennell, whose duty it will be to attend on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, at the practice wickets. The boys are under the management of G. Street, and any irregularity of duty on their part will be rectified if gentlemen will point it out to him. The racket court has been thoroughly repaired for the use of the members of the club, and the professor and racket marker is G. Boucher, the champion open court player. The committee have also issued the following circular:—" The Burrup Testi- monial Committee respectfully inform the members of the Surrey County Cricket Club that the testimonial will be presented to Mr William Burrup, the honorary secretary, at the annual club din- ner on the ,13th May. At the request of some members, the sub- scription list will be kept epen until the 9th May." LAW XXIV.— Many appeals having been made to the Surrey County Club respecting the alteration of Law XXIV, a special meeting of the committee of the latter club was held April 28, the president in the chair, at which the law, as altered, was taken into consideration, and regret was unanimously expressed at such alteration, the committee believing that it will be decidedly in- jurious to true cricket. CRICKET AT OXFORD. Total • CHRIST CHURCH GROUND. On the occasion of opening this ground for the season ( which through the attention of Ambler is second to none in the county of Oxford, and to very few in the Kingdom) on Monday, the 13th April, a two days' match was played on that and the follow- ing day, between Thirteen Gentlemen of Christ Church and Thir- teen Servants, with Mr Hobbs and Mr Lee, also members of that society, given, when the former were winners with ten wickets to go down. Score: SERVANTS, & c. 1st inn 2d inn T. Gongh, b Mordaunt 0 bMorteunt 5 G. Best, c and b Bowyer 6 b Mordaunt 4 G. Millen, b Farquhar 18 c Gosling, b Farquhar .. 7 G. Fowler, b Mordaunt 3 b Dodd 0 T. King, c Bristow, b Farquhar 5 b Mordaunt 14 J. Gray, b Mordaunt 0 c Farquliar. b Mordaunt.. 12 J. Ambler, c Bowyer, Mordaunt.... 5 c Bristow, b Farquhar .. 16 Hobbs, leg b w, b Mordaunt 0 not out 76 Lee, b Mordaunt ... 0 b Mordaunt 1 W. Carter, b Farquhar 3 b Mordaunt 0 C. Gibbens, b. Mordaunt 0 b Dodd 1 W. Chandler, c Bristow, b Mordaunt.. 6 b Dodd 1 R. Jenkins, c Thurlow, b Mordaunt .. 5 bMordaunt 2 A. Harris, not out 13 b Master 5 Soames, b Mordauat „ 1 c May, b Mordaunt 0 B 1, I b 3, w b 1 5 B2, 1 b 1, wb 18 .... 21 Total — 70 Total 165 GENTLEMEN. T. W. C. Master, at Milieu, b | F. Bowyer, c Chandler, bAmbler 9 Carter 42 j , T. B. Jacobson, c Harris, b King. 0 O. Mordaunt, c Hobbs, b Carter.. 59'| J. Amhurst, b Ambler <> C. Swainson, st Millen, bCarter.. 3 " Kev W. Bristow, run out 11 G. A. Dodd, st Best. b Milieu.... Hi \ V. R. Farquhar, b King 9 J. Thurlow,. c Master, b Ambler.. 17 Total 188 R. Gosling, . c Goff, b Ambler .... 5 In tbe second innings of tite Gentlemen* Mordaunt scored ( b Ambler) 9, Dodd ( c Grav, b Best) 28, Bristow ( not out) 4, Thurlow ( not out) 1; byes & c 6— total 47.; 11 12 15 b Alexander 0 b Alexander 10 Byes, < 3cc . Total .24 — 126 N. S. E. W. Holmes, b Bindley ... A. Hailstone, not out. Allen, b Hope Matthews, b Bindley. Byes, & c ... 15 ... 14 ..— 133 Total 139 KING'S COLLEGE. GENERAL DEPARTMENT v APPLIED SCIENCE. This match, which opened the King's College season for 1863, was played at Lord's on Saturday, April 18, and resulted in an easy victory for the Generals, who thus wiped out their defeat of last year. In the second innings the A. S. men had 35 runs to get to save the innings, but owing to the fine bowling of Messrs O'Neil ( slow) and Candy, they were all disposed of for 34 runs. The former gentleman bowled 51 balls for 14 runs and seven wickets. Score: APPLIED SCIENCE. 1st inn 2d inn A. M'Allister, c Miller, bM'Pher- 3 J. Duft, not out 9 R. F. Graham, cM'Comb, bCamp- bell H L b 1, w b 2, n b 4 7 . 5 .— 34 H. G. Hood, c Grylls, b Depree.. 8 R. E. Candv, run out 20 P. L. Phillips, not out 2 E. Nesbitt, e Covole, b Tanner .. 0 B S. 1 b 3, w b 24 35 NORTH AKD SOUTH OF CLYDESDALE. The opening match of this flourishing club— members residing on the north side of the Clyde against those residing on the south — was played OR the club's ground, Kinning Park, Glasgow, on Saturday, April 18, and resulted in an easy victory for the Soutn. The ground was top- dressed last autumn, and during the spring has been got into splendid order, in anticipation of the Eleven ot England's visit next month, so that long scores were expected. The North won the toss ; but, contrary to expectation, only got 86 in all. The South then commenced their innings, and quickly ran up the score; but the match being only an afternoon's one, darkness put a stop to their victorious career when they had got 109 runs, with only four wickets down. The great feature of the match was the no- balling of one of the most successful of last year's round- arm bowlers, who had to finish the over under- hand, and then retire, the umpires considering that, in conse- quence of the recent decision of the Marylebone C. C., law 10 should be strictly enforced. Score: NORTH SIDE. D. Duff, st M'Arly, bM'Pherson.. ll J. Watson, run out 0 J. M'Neill, b Campbell 11 W. Swann, cMTherson, bCamp- bell 20 F. Somner, b Campbell 2 J. Orr, b Campbell 7 J. Gass, b M'Pherson 1 Total, J. Wallace, c Ross, b Campbell.. 1 For SOUTH SIDE, A. Graham scored ( b D. Duff) 17, W. M'Pherson ( c J. Duff, b D. Duff) 0, T. Ross ( hit w, b D. Duff) 3, W. Webster ( b D. Duff) 17, D. \ V. Connochie ( not out) 24, J. Muller ( not out) 30; b 2, 1 b 3, w b 12, n b 1— total 109. CRICKET IN INDIA. OFFICERS OF CAVALRY v OFFICERS OF INFANTRY OF BANGALORE GARRISON. This match was played in September last. After two days play the score stood as follows :— OFFICERS OF CAVALRY. 1st inn Capt Hubback, b Cleland 0 b Rogers Lieut Hope, b Cleland 14 b Rogers Lieut Onslow, c Smith, b Rogers 2 b Cleiand Lieut Reeves, b Rogers 6 c Neill, b Rogers Capt Edlman, c and b Rogers 0 c Houghton, b Rogers Lieut Macleod, b Rogers 1 b Cleland Lieut Kenny, run out 1 runout 16 Capt Ashe, b Cleland 1 b Cleland 0 Cor Hadfield, not out 3 b Rogers 0 Capt Grey, b Cleland 6 not out 3 Lieut Stephenson, run out 0 b Rogers 0 B 3, 1 b 2, w b 5 10 B10, lbl, wb6 .... 17 Total — 44 Total — 100 OFFICERS OF INFANTRY. PEDESTRIANISM. Total 114 KING'S COLLEGE v C. MELLOR'S ELEVEN. On Saturday, April 18, Mr Mellor brought a strong eleven, in- cluding representatives of the Quidnuncs, Knickerbockers, & c, against an eleven of King's College. The Collegians, however, were only defeated by one run. Score: C. MELLOR'S ELEVEN. 1st inn 2d inn G. H. W. Tremenheere, b Hall 6 b Calthorpe T. II. P. Hewitt, b Hall 11 b Calthorpe R. D. Cleasby, b O'Neil 0 " ~ " .. 45 .. 2 b O'Neil hit w, b O'Neil 6 0 absent 0 1 c Wilkins, bCalthorpe .. 30 0 not out 8 0 c Gray, b O'Neil 0 2 c Hensley, b O'Neil 5 9 bCilthorpe 1 b Calthorpe 6 B 6,1 b 1 w b 10, n b5.22 ! Total — 129 KING'S COLLEGE. E. Calthorpe, b A. Mellor 1 H. J. Hood, leg b w, b Cleasby.. 12 E. A. Gray, b Renshatv 0 C. A. VVilkins, b Cleasby 0 J. Webster, not out 0 B 21,1 b 3, w b 6, n b 1 31 Total , .91 BEAUMARIS SCHOOL. MR WHITTAKER'S ( WITH JACKSON) v SCHOOL AND GROUND. This match was played on the Green at Beaumaris, April 18, and was chiefly interesting from the close run for victory at the end, and the fame of the professional on either side. Bcore : WHITTAKER'S. T. Owen, b Bethell Chesterton, run out Trevor, b Bethell Jacob, b Bethell Jackson, run out C. J. Owen, b Carter Whittaker, b Carter J. Hughes, b Carter R. Williams, leg b w, b Carter Watts, not out J. Williams, b Carter B2, lbl, wb3 Total SCHOOL. Morris, c Whittaker, b Jackson 1 b Jackson 1 Bethell, c R. Williams, b Jackson 3 c Substitute, b Whittaker 1 G. Hill, b Jackson 16 b Jackson 2 Whistler, b Jackson 0 c Whittaker, b Jackson.. 4 Rozdell, b Jackson 0 b Jackson 3 D. Hill, b Whittaker 0 b Whittaker 3 Carter, b Whittaker 29 st Jackson, b Whlttaker., 31 Barker, c Jackson, b Whittaker 0 b Jackson 0 A. Hill, c Whittaker, b Jackson 8 c Jackson, b Whittaker.. 0 Georges, b Jackson 3 not out 1 Williams, not out 1 not out 2 Byes 6 B 4, lbl 5 Total — 67 Total — 53 1st inn 2d inn ... 1 cCarter, b Bethell 0 ... 0 c D. Hill, b Bethell 5 .... 0 b Carter 9 ... 3 run out 7 ... 6 bCarter 1 ... 0 b Carter 19 ... 21 b Whistler 4 ... 1 b Bethell 0 ... 10 bCarter 10 ... 3 b Whistler 4 ... 0 not out 1 .... 6 B4, 1 b 2, w b6, n b 1.13 — 46 Total — 73 2d inn lst inn LANCING COLLEGE v REV W. S. RAYMOND'S ELEVEN. This, the opening match of the season, was played at Lancing on April 25. The Rev R. E. Sanderson and W. S. Raymond played exceedingly well, as did also E. H. Morgan and F. R. Wix. The fielding of the College was very fine, and they have clearly made great progress, both in batting and fielding under their professional, G. Wells. Score : LANCING COLLEGE. M. Woodard, run out 5 J. D. White, b Nunn . ~ — E. A. Brown, b W. Woodard F. R. Wix, b Raymond F. Slocock, run out H. Snowden, b Raymond.... C. Knapp, b Raymond 11 C. Beresford, b Morgan Rev W. S. Raymond, c White, b Slocock 21 W. Woodard, b F. R. Wix 0 Rev R. E. Sanderson, run out .. 36 E. II. Morgan, c White, bF. R. Wix 1 J. Nunn, b Slocock 0 O. Cookson, c Sloeock, b White.. 4 S. Baker, c Raymond, b W. Mor- J. Harrison, b Beresford 1 gan L. Woodard, c Slocock, b Parish. 3 J. Farmer, run out 0 Rev A. C. Wilson, b Beresford .. 0 C. Parish, c Nunn, b Morgan.... 10 F. Crunden, not out 0 R. H. Wix. not out 0 B 3, W b 5 8 : B 25,1 b 1, W b 14 40 Total 80 Total 115 In the second innings of the Eleven, Raymond scored ( run out) 22, Sanderson ( not out) 31. Morgan ( uot out) 22; b 3, w b 5— total"" HENLEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL v TOWN AND VISITORS. This match was played on the Grammar School' Ground on Thursday, April 16, and ended in favour of the School by 47 runs on the first innings. Score: TOWN. Cook, b Lister 12 Richardson, b Coles 2 C. Lucas, b Coles 3 D. Brooks, c Sparrow, b Lister.. 0 Estridge, c W. Godby. b Coles .. 13 Varley, c C. Godby, b Coles .... 1 Champion, c Sparrow, b Lister.. 1 T# wsey, c Brooks, b Lister 1 B. Cooper, b Lister 0 H. Ine, c Gordon, b Coles 1 H. Brooks, not out 0 B3, lbl, wb6 10 Total 44 GRAMMAR SCHOOL. H. Lister, not out 49 C. Rax worthy, b Cooke C. Godby, leg b w, b Estridge 12 F. Raxworthy, c Estridge, b Cooke 6 Sparrow, b D. Brooks 1 O. Brooks, b D. Brooks 7 Coles, st D. Brooks, b Estridge.. 2 W. Godby, b D. Brooks Day, b Estridge Gordon, b D. Brooks P. Pickering, c and b Estridgc .. 0 B 8, w b 5 13 Total , .91 In the second innings of the Town, Lucas scored ( c F. Raxworthy, b Lister) 1, Brooks ( not out) 4, Estridge ( c Brooks, b Itaxworthy) 2, Cham- pion ( c Sparrow, b Lister) 0, Towsey ( c C. Raxworthy, b Lister) 0, Ine ( b F. Itaxworthy) 1, H. Brooks c Sparrow, b F. Raxworthy) 0; b 1,1 b 1 — total 13. CRICKET AT BRUSSELS. On Wednesday, April 8th, a merry game opened the sea- son in Brussels. The old established Champs Elys6es Club met an eleven of the newly- formed Brussels Club, and, owing to the superior batting and bowling of Mr Garnett, achieved an easy victory. They will, however, have to look to their laurels ; as, owing to the exertions of their secretary, Colonel Goodwyn the Brussels Club is gathering in numbers and strength. Score : THE TOWN OF BRUSSELS, lst inn 2dinn Webster, b Garnett 0 b Garnett 1 Holt, st Garnett 11 b Garnett 1 Surman, c Garnett, b C. Jenkins 0 c I. Jenkins, b Garnett.. 0 Addison, c Garnett, b C. Jenkins 6 Strachcy, b C. Jenkins 0 Barnet, b Garnett 1 Joy, b Garnett 1 Weber, run out 7 Pelham, run out 0 Goodwyn, c J. Jenkins, bGarnett .... 2 Trower, not out 1 W b 14, nb 4 18 Total — 47 CHAMPS ELYSEES. b Garnett b Garnett 2 c Garnett 0 run out 1 not out 0 b C. Jenkins 4 bC. Jenkins 11 b Garnett 2 W b 7, n b3 10 Total - 32 J. Egerton, c Goodwyn, b Addi- son 7 Tarleton, b Strachey 2 Garnett, b Barnet 27 Talbot, b Barnet 5 C. E. Jenkins, b Strachey 0 J. C. Jenkins, c and b Barnet .. 2 C. Egerton, b Barnet 2 Christian, not out Bolden, b Strachcy Rigg, leg b w, b Strachey 0 Symes. b Barnet 13 B 8, w b 17, lb 1 26 Total 95 CRICKET AT CORFU. THE FLEET v GARRISON. This match was played on Thursday, April 9, the Garrison proving victorious by 98 runs. Score: H. W. May, b King « C. E. York, not out 1 B 4, w b 6 10 Amongst the sixteen matches to be played on this ground by the Christ Church Club, the most important ones are with the United All England Eleven oa Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, May 28, 29, and 30, Bullingdon Club," Wimbledon Club, and Graduates and Undergaduates. The following bowlers are en- gaged to attend the ground, viz:— W. Jackssn ( Suffolk), Rawlin- son ( Yorkshire), J. Jackson ( Nottingham), WGvleny ( Middlesex), and T. Egerton ( Oxford). THE FLEET. Goodwin, b Duthie 1 Talbot, c Deshon, b Duthie 3 Massie, not, out 18 Daniells, st Elmhirst, b Adcock.. 2 Cornwall, b Grimble 16 Sanders, c and b Adcock 0 Hartwell, c Elmhirst, b Adcock. 16 Bruce, run out 4 Dacres, b Adcock 2 Morley, hit w, b Adcock 0 Kingscote, c Deshon, b Adcock.. 2 B 7, w b 18, n b 4 29 THE GARRISON. Ind, b Daniells 0 Grimble, b Goodwin 16 Col Elmhirst, run out 56 Coddington, c Bruce, b Daniella .26 Adcock, b Daniells 24 Saunders, b Morley Deshon, c Hartwell, b Daniells. .15 Bolland, b Daniells 7 Field, b Morley 5 Duthie, run out 4 Sturt, not out 6 B19, lbl, wb 7, nb 1 28 Total 191 IST AND 2D BATT 9TH REGIMENT V THE GARRISON. This match was played on Thursday, April 2. Time not allow- ing it to be played out it was decided by the first innings, the 9th Regiment being victorious by 90 runs. Score: THE GARRISON. lst inn 2d inn Capt Phillips, b Ind 0 b Ind o II. Coddington, run out 7 b Ind 50 H. Saunders, c Elmhirst, bMacdonell.. 17 b Macdonell 34 H. Adcock, not, out 5 b Ind 3 H. Holley, b Macdonell 7 c and b Ind o Ens Grimble, b Macdonell 7 c Elmhirst, b Macdonell. 0 H. Deshon, c and b Macdonell 0 run out 0 H. Kitchener, b Macdonell 1 c and b Macdonell 4 Jeffries, b Clogstoun 4 not out 12 Capt Stocker. b Macdonell 4 b Ind 4 Phil pots, b Clogstoun 0 not out o B 6, w b 4 10 B 12.1 b 2, w b 3 .... 17 Total - 62 Total — 124 9TH REGIMENT. Ens Tnd, b Grimble, Ens Macdonell, run out 31 Major Buchanan, c Deshon, b Adcock 19 Capt Vibart, b Coddington 4 Col Elmhirst, b Adcock 0 Ens Clogetoun. not out 25 II. Field, b Coddington 2 Ens Dickenson, c Deshon, b Cod- dington o Capt Gammell. cHolley. b Adcock 9 Major Hawes. b Adcock 7 Capt Daunt, cKitchener. b Adcockl4 B 7,1 b 3, w b 23 33 Total 152 CRICKET IN BURMAH. OFFICERS OF THE GARRISON V NON- COM OFFICERS. This match was played at Thayetueys January 14, 1863. Score ; OFFICERS. lst inn LieutTerry, b Bennett 0 b White Ensign Davidson, b White 9 c White, b Bennett Major Hicks, b Bennett 0 c Bennett, b White .... Lieut Cowie, b White 14 c White, b Bennett .... Capt Forsyth, cCampbell, b White.... 13 b White l Ensign O'Rorke, b Bennett 1 c Bennett, b White 1 Lieut Ainslie, run out 6 b Bennett 3 Lieut Thornton, not out 10 run out 7 Lieut Barton, b White 9 not out 9 Ensign Lonsdale, b Bennett 1 b White 3 Lieut Poole, b Bennett 4 st White 0 Bye.... 1 B 5,1 b 1, wbl 7 Total — 68 Total .. — 11 N. C. OFFICERS. 2d inn ... 32 ... 33 ... 7 CHELTENHAM COLLEGE.— OLD V PEESENT.— The matches will be played on Monday and Tuesday, June 22 and 23, on the School Ground. Old Cheltonians desirous of playing are requested to write to Allan Raper, Esq, 98th Regt, Camp, Colchester, Sergt Bagnal!, run out 14 Sergt Muschamp, b Terry 3 Corporal White, c Davidson, b Terry 63 Corporal Pelvin, st Terry 16 Corporal Peck, st Cowie 6 Corporal Sands, leg b w, b Cowie 1 Corporal Hatfield, v Terry 5 Corporal Douglas, b Thornton .. 2 Corporal Bennett, not out 26 Corporal M'Kay. b Terry 1 Corporal Campbell, c and bTerrv25. B 9,1 b 2, w b 9 20 Total ,.,.,,,,,, 182 2d inn .... 1 .... 2 .... 28 ... 21 .. 1 ... 4 ... 16 Ens Maltby, run out 1 Capt Bradly, not out 12 Ens Smith, b Reeves 0 Capt Logan, b Kenny 1 B8, lb 2, wb 4 14 Lieut Neill, c Reeves, b Kenny.. 0 Capt Houghton, c Onslow, b Kenny 0 Drllenderson. cM'Leod, bOnslow 1 Lieut Rogers, run out 33 Capt Thackoray, b Kenny 0 Lieut Cleland, b Kenny 0 Total. Ens Neill, run out 13 In the second innings of the Officers of Infantry, Houghton scored ( b Reeves) 2, Henderson ( c Ashe, b Reeves) 3, Rogers ( b Kenny) 0, Thackeray ( c Ashe, b Kenny) 1, Cleland ( uot out) 8, Maltby ( not out) 10, Bradly ( run out) 8, Logan ( c Onslow, b Reeves) 12; b 6, w b 4— total 54. OFFICERS v MEN OF BANGALORE GARRISON. This match was played at Bangalore, in October last. The rain put a stop to the game being played out. Score: OFFICERS. Lieut Parry, b Shaw 35 Capt Ashe, b Shaw 0 Col Saver, c Hesketh, b Sanderson 9 Lieut Cleland, b Ilesketh 48 Lieut Hope, b Hesketh 30 Lieut Macleod, b Hesketh 2 Lieut Rogers, b Shaw 27 MEN. Private Hull, c Sayer, b Kenny 1 Private Selby, b Kenny 16 Private Beckett, b Kenny 4 Serg Hodgson, b Cleland 0 Private Jar vis, b Cleland 2 Private Hesketh, run out 0 Trumpet- Major Parker, b Kenny 2 Private White, runout 39 Serg- Major Sanderson, not out 3 Private Shaw, run out 3 Private H0H3 oak, b ClelaKd 0 B 8, w b 2 10 Total - i Dr Henderson, b Hesketh 2 Capt Logan, c Selby, b Shaw .... 4 Lieut Kenny, b Hull .. 10 Lieut Woods, not out 1 B8, lbs, wb7 20 Total 188 lst inn 2d inn c Macleod, b Kenny 5 not out 1 c Parry, b Kenny 2 c Henderson, b Ashe.... 1 c Macleod, b Ashe 0 b Ashe 7 not out 14 c Woods, b Rogers 5 c Kenny, b Ashe 5 Bves Total. . 7 .— 47 SUBALTERNS OF KINGS DRAG GD8 AND 102D EOYAL MADRAS FUSILIERS v BANGALORE GARRISON. This return match was played in December last, and ended in favour of the former by 93 runs. Score: NOTICE TO ADVEETISERS.— 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. GARRISON. Priv Beckett, c Hope, b Cleland. 5 Serg Hodgson, c Cleland, b Kenny 3 Private Jarvis b Cleland 0 Trumpet- Major Parker, b Kenny 0 Dr Henderson, c Rogers, bCleland 6 Lieut- Col Sayer, b Cleland 0 Private Shaw, c Hope, b Cleland 0 Private Hesketh. legbw, b Kenny 4 Capt Shawe, c Hope, b Kenny .. 0 Private Hunt, c Kenny, bCleland 2 CaDt Ashe, not out 5 " B4, lb 6, wbl 11 Total. .. 38 SUBALTERNS. Lieut Hope, b Shaw 4 Lieut Woods, b Shaw 16 Lieut Cleland, b Shaw 15 Lieut Rogers, b Ashe 52 Lieut Reeves, c Jarvis, b Shaw.. 4 Lieut Parry, absent 0 Lieut Kenny, run out 5 Lieut Moore, b Henderson 17 Lieut Stephenson, absent 0 Ens Berkeley, not out 0 Ens Smith, b Henderson 0 B 12,1 b 2, w b 4 18 Total 131 CRICKET IN THE FAR EAST. The following match was played at Colombo, in the Island of Ceylon, between the Officers and Seamen of H. M. S. Odin v Resi- dents of Colombo, Officers of H. M. S. 50th Regiment and the Ceylon Rifles, on the 19th and 20th Feb. Score: ODIN. lst Inn 2d inn Russell, b Renny..., 0 b Waller 1 Kelly, b Waller 1 c Darky, b Renny 13 W. Heath, c and b Renny 9 b Waller 0 Gissing, b Waller 5 c Baker, b Waller 0 Wsod, c and b Renny 2 c Russell, b Reuny 0 B. Whicher, b Renny 1 c and b Renny 3 C. Savage, b Waller 15 b Waller Lieut Brooks, b Renny K. Adams, c Bluett, b Renny . C. Grewcock, c Baker, b Renny Lieut Oxley, not out B 13,1 b 4, w 3 Total. COLOMBO. Bluett, b Brooks Pennefather, c andb Heath 29 5 b Renny .. 4 run out 8 ... 17 not out 10 .. 6 b Waller 0 ,,. 20 B17,1 b 1 18 ,..— 79 Total — 67 lst inn 2d inn c and b Brooks 7 b Heath 3 Worthington, c and b Brooks 0 b Heath 1 Renny, runout 15 c and b Brooks 2 Baker, b Heath 3 c Heath, b Brooks 6 Campbell, b Brooks 3 b Heath 0 Waller, b Y\ hicher 3 b Heath 0 Armytage, b Whicher 0 b Heath 0 Williams, b Brooks 3 b Heath 0 Lee, not out 5 b Heath 4 Randall, b Brooks 0 not out 0 B10. lbl, wb 3 14 B3, wbl 4 Total — 77 Total — 27 The following match was played at Cannonore, India, between the Officers and Seamen of H. M. S. Odin v Officers and Privates of H. M. S. 102d Regiment, Feb 25. Score: 102D REGT. lst inn Lieut Neill, b Brooks 2 b Heath Private Hull, c Savage, b Brooks 12 b Brooks Moore, b Heath 13 c and b Whicher " b Brooks Lieut Parry, b Heath Private Hesketh, b Brooks Lieut Cleland, c Savage, b Brooks .. Neill, b Brooks Smith, not out Clarke, b Whicher Corporal Norris, c Oxley, b Whicher Mallby, b Brooks B 13, w b 1 Total 2d inn ... 0 ... 8 ... 7 ... 1 ... 0 .. 12 b Brooks . .16 c Gissing, b Brooks 3 .. 8 c andb Heath 0 .. 3 b Heath 0 .. 0 c andb Whicher 0 .. 0 c and b Brooks 0 .. 2 not out 13 .. 14 B 7, wb 1 8 ..— 87 Total — 4' ODIN. C. Grewcock, b Hesketh Lieut Brooks, run out K. Adams, e Norris, b Ilesketh, Lieut Oxley, not out B14, w b 1 C. Savage, c Lieut Neill, b Hes keth 15 Gissing, b Hull 2 Kellv, run out 3 W. Heath, b Cleland 4 Wood, b Cleland 20 Russell, b Hesketh 2 B. Whicher, b Hesketh 0 In the second innings of Odin, Savage scored ( run out) 0, Gissing ( not out) 3, Heath ( b Hull) 21. Wood ( leg bw b Hull) 13, Whicher ( b Hull) 11, Adams ( not out) 6; byes 6— total 60. Total, CHESS. CHESS PROBLEM. NO. 404. By ConradJBayer, of Olmiitz. BLACK. 1 jljfjl^ & ffjjj Hi ill JJ H i IP- IP i fj § § § j H H i • mm ill ^ pPi jjj § H § § § § • fgp illllll gjj 11 • •! • IB WHITE. White to play, and mate in five moves. Game between G. Medley and Anderssen, in London Club, July, 1862. Anderssen. G. Medley. Anderssen. KP2 16. KtXB RKKt( c) Q Kt B3 17. RKB2 P K Kt 6 PXP 18. PXP QXP+ K B Q B 4 19. K K B R PXKt PQ3 20. K K 2 P Q 4 Q B Kt5 21. QQ3 Castles BXKt 22. PK5 Kt K R 4 Kt K 4 23. B Q 2 Q K R 6 KtXB 24. P KB 6 KtKt6+ QKR5 25. KQ KtK 5 K Kt B 3 26. R K B R K Kt 7 B Q Kt3 27. BK3 RXQKtP P K R 3 28. K Q B R K R 7 1' K Kt 4 29. Q R P 2 Q R K Kt PKKto 30. PXKt Q PXP Medley gave up. Anderssen will white's position is not defensible. ( a) If you take B, Knight advances. ( b) Bad move. ( c) Now comes out the great player. G. Medley. 1. K P 2 2. K Kt B 3 3. Q P 2 4. K B Q B 4 5. Castles 6. Q B P 1 7. Q Q Kt S 8. PXB 9. P K B 4 10. QXKt 11. PXP 12. P K B 3 ( a) 13. Q Kt B 3 14. Kt Q R 4 ( b) 15. P K B 5 play down his Queen's Rook; and Gamebetween Duboisand Anderssen. in London Tournament. Dubois. 16. BXl> 17. Q R K 18. Q R K 2 19. B K 5 20. B K Kt 3 21. R K B5( e) 22. RXB+ 23. QXB 24. ItXQ 25. BXKt 26. R Q 4 27. R q 3 28. Ii Q 4 29. Kt K B 3 30. Kt in Dubois surrenders. ( a) Anderssen prefers this to Q B 3; the lat ter being generally con- sidered the more classical. ( b) Good play, having a piece in hand. ( c) If he push Q P 2, Queen checks. ( d) Well devised. ( e) Brilliant move. ( f) Anderssen finishes off his attack like clock- work. Dubois 1. K P 2 2. K B P 2 3. K Kt B 3 4. K B Q B 4 5. Castles 6. QXP 7. Q P2 8. Q B P1 9. PX Kt 10. K K II 11. BXP 12. Q Kt Q 2 13. Q K Kt 3 14. Q Q 3 15. P K 6 Anderssen. K P 2 PXP K Kt P 2 K Kt P 1 PXKt Q K 2 ( a) Q Kt B 3 Kt K 4 ( b) QQB4+ QXB Q K 3 P Q Kt 3 Q K Kt 3 B Q Kt 2 KB PXP Anderssen. K Kt B 3 R K Kt ( c) RQB Kt Kt 5 R Q B 4 ( d) BXKP RXR QXQ Kt B7+ RXB P K 4 P K5 P K 6 ( f) RB8+ lt K 4 We reproduce the following game, by special request, between Paul Morphy and Anderssen, in Paris, December, 1858, Morphy. 1. K P 2_ 2. K B P 2 3. K Kt B 3 4. K B Q B 4 5. Castles 6. Q B P1 7. Q Q Kt 3 8. Q P 2 9. KtXKtP( a) 10. BXK B P+ ( a) Quite a la Morphy! ( b) Very smart move. Anderssen, K I' 2 PXP K Kt P 2 K 15 Kt 2 QP 1 Q KtB3 QK2 Q R P1 QXKt KQ Morphy. 11. Q BXP 12. BXKt 13. Q Kt Q 2 14. KBQ5 15. BXQ Kt P 16. QXKt 17. BXQ P ( b) 18. PXB 19. R K P. 7+ Anderssen. QK2 Q, B Kt 5 K Q 2 Kt Q KtXB PQR4 BXQP+ QXB K K 3 20, Q Q Kt 3+, and wins. PEDESTRIANISM AT HACKNEY WICK. S. BARKER OF BILLINGSGATE AND C. PAYNE OP TUNBEIDGE WELLS.— On Monday, April 27, there were fully 1,000 spectators assembled on J. Baum's ground to witness the two miles race between these pedestrians, for £ 25 a side, Payne receiving 50 yards. The competitors had to pass the referee fourteen times to complete the distance ; and soon after the appointed time ( six o'clock) they came on the course. Barker being waited on by little Teddy Mills, the six miles champion, while the well known Dick Lewis of Clerkenwell looked after Payne, who, like the Billings- gate lad, was stated to be in excellent fettle. The betting was 6 to 4 on Payne, and there was a deal of money speculated, the partisans of the men evincing the utmost desire to " put it on.'' On taking up their allotted positions Payne was stationed the given distance in advance, and on the pistol being fired they went dashing off at a clipping pace, Payne, who had all the advantage in height, & c, from his position making the running. That Barker had an unquestionable superiority in speed became apparent from the moment the pedestrians had fully opened to the power of their stride, and when they passed for the completion of the first lap it was manifest Sam had even thus early succeeded in di- minishing the gap between them. As the race progressed, Barker at every lap gained more and more on his opponent, and had de- creased the space between them so much that on the completion of the first mile ( done by the Billingsgate lad in 4min 40sec) Barker was not more than some seven or eight yards in the rear. No sooner had the pdestrians entered upon the second mile, and while going along the back stretch in the eighth lap, Sam closed on his opponent, and amidst the vociferous cheers of his friends came to the fore, and speedily placed a formidable gap between them. The provincial now became so distressed that while going along the back of the course in the following round he pulled up, so that the spectators were led to imagine that, finding he had no chance, he did not intend to carry on the " forlorn hope." Sam, when he found his man had stopped, had likewise slackened speed, but he soon again had to put on the steam, for after walking a short distance Payne, to the amazement of the spectators, once more started— an act we have never before wit- nessed on an enclosed ground. The provincial, however, with his second start, was not enabled to go much further, for ere the lap had been finished he once more pulled up, and was so completely beaten that he leant across the raWs of the ground for a few mo- ments for support. Sam having for the second time beaten his man off, went pacing over the remainder of the distance at leisure, and thus went in an easy winner. The winner can have the stakes at our office on Thursday, May 7, at twelve o'clock. PEDESTRIANISM AT BOW. DIXON AND WEBB.— These pedestrians, as announced, met on J. Wilson's enclosed ground, the Olympia, Bow, on Monday, April 27, to walk four miles, for £ 10 a side; there being a good attendance of their respective admirers. The pedestrians had to make the circuit of the course 13 times to accomplish the distance, and in arranging the preliminaries J. Jaques was chosen referee. The odds were 5 to 4 on Webb, and there was a good deal of money speculated on the result. On the start being effected the men went away at a good pace, the lead being taken by Webb, which he held until the first five laps had been completed. Immediately the pedestrians had entered upon the second mile Dixon, who had been thus far holding himself in reserve, and keeping well in the rear, put on some extra steam, and challenged his op- ponent for the front position. Webb made the most strenuous efforts to maintain his advantage, but to 110 purpose, for Dixon graduallj' closed upon him, and went well to the fore. The interest of the match now rapidly subsided, for Dixon, as the struggle progressed, left his man more and more in the rear, until Webb, finding he had not the remotest chance, resigned the struggle in the twelfth lap; so Dixon, on the termination of the match, went in an easy winner. The first mile was walked in 8min 23sec, two miles were completed in 16min 57sec, and the first three miles were fairly done by Dixon in 25min lOsec, the match not being further timed, as it was a com- pletely settled case after the finish of the third mile. The stakes can be received by the winner at our office on Thursday, May 7, at twelve o'clock. COMING EVENTS. MAY.— 2. Mr Kempton's handicap races ; 2. Y. C. of Stepney and G. H. L. of Hyde Park, half a mile, G. H. L. giving Y. C. 30 yards start, for £ 5, at half- past four; 2. Watson and Fenton, to run 150 yards, £ 5 a side ; 4. Burfield and Davis, one mile, £ 5 a side, at half- past six ; 4. Dixon v Time, to walk seven miles in 61 min ; 9. Bowen and Salt, 100 yards, Bowen to have five yards start, £ 10 a side ; 11. Toddy Ray and Dulieu, to run five miles, £ 5 a side ; 12. Pigeon shooting ; 23. Salt and Crawser, 100 yards, £ 25 a side : 25 ( Whit- Monday). 440 Yards Handicap, open to all, first prize £ 3 10s. second £ 1, third 10s ; 25. Pudney and Jackson, to run four miles, £ 20 a side ; 26 ( Whit- Tuesday). 170 Yards Handicap, for £ 5 ; 30. Huxtable and Bowen, 100 yards, Bowen to have four yards start, for £ 20. JUNE 1.— HannantandLovel, 120 yards, £ 10 aside. PEDESTRIANISM AT BIRMINGHAM AND DISTRICTS. ASTON CROSS GEOUNDS.— T. Rogers of Daisy ! Bank, Bilston, and G. Guest of Gloucester met here on Monday, April 27, to run 100 yards, for £ 5 a side. There was not a large attendance to witness the same. Rogers has ran several previous matches at the above grounds. Guest is a stranger, and, till within the last three years, has lived in the locality that Rogers hails from, and his last match was with Hodgkiss in a 100 yards spin, when he was beaten, some two years back. His friends considered that he had greatly improved since that period, and made the present match. Both men looked in first- rate trim, Rogers, as usual, having trained under his brother Sam, whilst Guest was looked after by his " dad.'' The betting commenced at evens, then 5 to 4 on Rogers, at which odds Guest's party readily accepted. Mr Coates did the needful as referee. After numerous attempts they got away at a good pace, Rogers quickly taking the lead, and gaining ground every stride. Guest, to the great surprise of his friends and all on the ground, after he had ran three score yards slackened his pace, and Rogers ran in an easy winner, Guest had not a shadow of a chance. ASTON CROSS GROUNDS — Should the weather prove favourable on Monday, May 4, there is no doubt of a large attendance at the above grounds to witness the undermentioned matches, which are down to come off, and every endeavour will be used by the proprietor of the ground to bring them off as near the time stated as possible. J. THOMPSON OP BIRMINGHAM AND T. LONGWOETH OF BOOTH- LANE.— These men must make their final deposit good to Mr Tailby (£ 1 a side), who is final stakeholder and referee, before twelve o'clock on Monday, May 4, for their six score yards match, for£ 5 a side; to be at scratch at half- pas', one o'clock, 15 minutes to start, or to go by report of pistol; either going before the pistol is fired to be put back a yard each time. T. THOMAS OF TIVIDALE AND WEBB OF KATE'S HILL, DUDLEY*. — For the six score yards match, for £ 10 a side, in which great interest is taken not only in Birmingham, but in the localities the men hail from, the money has been made good to the final stake- holder, Mr Challingworth of Dudley. The men to toe the scratch punctually from two to half- past two; to start by mutual consent in 15 minutes, or go by first report © f pistol. The man going before the pistol is fired to lose. The stakeholder ( Mr Challing- worth) and the referee ( Mr Coates) to pick a party to fire the pistol. Thomas will be at home at the Gate Inn, Tividale, and Webb at Welch's, Three Horse Shoes, Oldbury, on May 3, from their training quarters, where they will be glad to see their friends. LITTLEE'S MAN AND GURLEY,— These men must make their final deposit of £ 3 a side good on Monday, May 4, before twelve, to 8. Beasley, the final stakeholder and referee, for their one mile match, for £ 10 aside, Gurley receiving 40 yards start. The time ap- pointed for the men to be at scratch is four o'clock. They will start by report of pistol. The above match also excites a good deal of interest, and a clipping race is anticipated. PETERS AND WASS.— These men have also to make their final deposit of £ 4 a side before twelve on Monday, May 4, to the stakeholder and referee, Mr Tailby, for their six score yards match, for £ 10 a side, Peters receiving two yards start. The men to be at scratch at three o'clock. To go by report of pistol. J. HUGHES ( THE WHISTLES) AND J. WESTON.— These men will also run 440 yards, for £ 5 a side. To toe the scratch from half- past four to five o'clock. To go by first report of a pistol. ROBERTS AND WARDLE — The well- known pedestrians, T. Ro- berts of Birmingham and Wardle © f Leicester are matched to run one mile round Aston Cross Grounds, for £ 10 a side, Wardle giving Roberts a start of 20 yards. To come off May 25. Mr Tailby to be final stakeholder and referee. £ 1 a side is down, to be made into £ 3 a side on Monday, May 4, at Levison's Spirit • Vaults, High- street, Birmingham. J. Wraden of Tividale and J. Mann of the same place have signed articles to run 130 yards, for £ 5 a side, on Monday, May 11, at the New Ash Tree Running Grounds, Tividale. PRICE AND STEVENTON OF TIPTON.— The 440 yards match, for £ 5 a side, between these men is off, Steventon forfeiting the money down. CAMBLE AND ROUND.— These district men have made their money, £ 5 a side, good for their six score yards match, which comes off at Wall Heath Grounds, near Dudley, on Whit- Mon- day, May 25. Men at scratch between two and three o'clock. T. Rogers of Daisy Bank will run Hodgkiss of Can- lane, Bilston, 120 yards, or take one yard in the like distance of Price of Tipton, for £ 5 a side. Money ready at Walter's, Old Crown Inn, Hall Green, near Bilston. B. Boety of Dudley Port will run any of the following men 100 yards, for £ 5 a side:— J. Taylor of Tipton, or Nobby Round of Dudley, or run E. Steventon 120 yards, or take two yards in 100 of J. Johnson of Dudley Port. Money ready at Thomas's, Gate Inn, Tividale. Buck Barlow will run W. Williams of Great Bridge a quarter of a mile, round Aston Cross Grounds, if he will give five yards start; or run Mordyke a quarter of a mile level, or take 10 yards in half a mile; or will run T. Newbold a quarter of a mile with a start of five yards; or Clarke a quarter of a mile level; either match for £ 5 or £ 10 a side Barlow will be at Aston Cross on Monday, May 4, prepared to make a match. Old Bland ( the veteran of Birmingham) will walk Yeates of Worcester seven or 10 miles, for £ 10 or £ 15 a side; or Peers of Bloxwich, or any man of Birmingham on the same terms. Money ready at the Adderley Arms, Adderley- street, at any time. H. Tudor of Dudley Port will run J. Williams 100 yards, or J Middleton 100, or J. Stopp 100 or 200 yards, for £ 5 a side. Monev ready at T. Thomas's, Gate Inn, Tividale. The following men must make their various deposits good to the stakeholder during the week, viz :— Deaken and Mills for their mile match, for £ 5 aside; James and Ward for their 120 yards match, for £ 5 a side ; Evans and Peters for their 120 yards match, for £ 5 a side ; Baylis and. Wood ( of Wednesbury) for'their 120 yards match, for £ 5 a side. T. SMITH OF DARLASTON AND M. WILES OP WOLVERHAMPTON. — These men have made their money, £ 5 a side, good, for their six score yards match, which comes off at Vauxhall Grounds Wolverhampton, on Monday, May 4, at three o'clock. E. Thomas ( the Northern Deer) and Coleman the veteran of Birmingham are matched to walk three miles, Coleman having a minute start, for £ 10 a side, to come off at the Old Strawberry Gardens, Liverpool, on Monday May II. J. Beckett of Birmingham will walk Young Lowe of London, T. Cooper, or S. Beasley's man, or Bland, one mile, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side. Beckett will be at Aston Cross Grounds on Monday, May 4, prepared to make a match. COPENHAGEN GROUNDS, MANCHESTER MONDAY, APRIL 27.— THE ONE LAP HANDICAP.— The han dicaps decided in the vicinity of Manchester have been, generally speaking, confined to short distances; but Mr Hayes, the pro- prietor of the above well- known sporting arena, being desirous to test the powers of pedestrians at a more extended length, inti- mated his intention to give prizes amounting to £ 23, fixing the distance at one lap round his course, or 604 yards and 2 feet. This being a strong barrier to sprint runners, a large entry was not anticipated; but, nevertheless, fifty- five men enrolled their names, residing at places widely apart, including London, Worcester, Leeds, Gateshead, Huddersfield, Manchester, & c; thirty of these, however, failed to accept, and therefore the card t © - day exhibited t wenty- five competitors, four pedestrians being respectively en gaged in the first four heats, and three in each of the others. The attendance of visitors to- day was numerous, between 600 and 700 persons being present, though the high and keen wind which prevailed rendered the atmosphere exceedingly cold. Two of the heats in particular proved good betting races, namely, the third and seventh, in the former of which, notwithstanding that P, Stapleton, the " crack" inile pedestrian, came to the post. Hard man was backed against the field, but both were easily defeated by Helme of Openshaw, and in the latter Narey upset the odds which had been laid on Kent. The duties of referee were im- partially discharged by J. Sanderson ( alias Treacle), the one- and- a- half mile champion runner; and Mr J. Taylor, as starter, des- patched the competitors with his usual alacrity. At a quarter- past three o'clock the bell rang, and appended is a return of the sport:— Lot 1: J. Broadbent of Lees 75 yards start, 1; E. Healey of Roch- dale 65, 2; W. Kirkham of Hulme 60, 3 ; J. Usherwood of Man- chester ( old), 100, 4. Healey was the favourite, but he never got in front, as Usherwood maintained the lead to the final turn, where Broadbent passed him, and won easily by a couple of yards, Healev coming in second — Lot 2: J. Hilton of Whitegate 70. 1; J. Andrews of Mill Brook 64, 2; J. Kennedy of Newton 85, 3. Eor this event the field was backed at evens. Hilton was, however, much fancied, and he carried off the heat by two yards.— Lot 3 : J. Helme of Openshaw 74,1; P. Stapleton of Staleybridge 55, 2 ; made thai the " Radcliffe hero'' proved successful, but both he and Stapleton having struck their colours, Helme won easily by three yards.— Lot 4 : W. Heap of Taunton 60,1; T. Fearnley of Newton Moor 70, 2. Heap was the favourite, and he proved an easy victor.— Lot 5: J. Broadmeadow of Stockport 62, 1; J. j Whitehead of Butler Green 63, 2. For this heat odds were ; invested on Whitehead, but he was beaten by Broadmeadow by ) two yards.— Lot 6: G. Collier of Bury 80, 1; J. Greenfield of I Manchester 78, 2. The betting was in favour of Collier, who won easily.— Lot 7: J. Narey of Hulme 68,1; J. Kent of Tonge 74, 2. In this, the concluding heat, 5 to 4 was laid on Kent, but the referee's decision was in favour of Narey. The final contests were to have been decided on Saturday, May 2, when some su- perior sport was anticipated. KNUR AND SPELL.— As this game is almost peculiar to Yorkshire- men, and is rarely played in Lancashire, the match which came off here this afternoon caused much interest among the spectators present, many of whom had never previously witnessed a contest of a similar description. The players were W. Whipp of Holling- worth and A. Stanworth of Whitworth ( both near Rochdale), they having agreed to compete for £ 5 a side, 20 rises each, with hazle heads and holly knurs. The betting opened at 5 to 4 on Whipp, but at start those odds were laid on Stanworth, and Mr Hayes, the proprietor of the grounds, filled the office of referee. We have not space to publish the entire score, but may state that during the match Stanworth got six 9' s, eight 8' s, and one 7. Whipp did not obtain a single 9, though he gained nine 8' s and five 7' s. At the conclusion of the game they counted as fol- lows :— Whipp 135 score, Stanforth 148, consequently Stanworth won by 13 score, he evidently being Whipp's superior at knur and spell. PEDESTEIANISM.— ALDCEOFT AND BURKE.— The race of half a mile, for £ 15 a side, between J. Aldcroft of Manchester and M. Burke of Salford is arranged for decision at these grounds on Monday, May 4. Mr Hayes, the stakholder and referee, has re- ceived the whole of the stakes, and the pedestrians are to be on the mark at six o'clock. BURKE AND CULMEE.— Mr G. Hardy, of the Rising Sun, Swan- street, Manchester, now holds £ 15 each on account of the engage- ment between M. Burke of Salford and F. Culmer of Leeds to contest the distance of 880 yards, for £ 25 a side, here, on Satur- day, May 9. Mr Hardy has also been appointed referee, and the men are to be at scratch at five o'clock. PEDESTRIANISM.— W. Watts of Lane Bottom and J. Heywood of Smallbridge, both near Rochdale, are matched to run one mile, for £ 15 a side, at these grounds, on June 13. Mr G. Parkinson, of the Three Crowns, Rochdale, has received articles, and the first deposit of £ 1 each. THE CHAMPION WEESTLING BELT.— H. Counsel ( alias Bordy) of Bury, who recently left £ 5 in the hands of Mr Hayes, for the purpose of making a match to wrestle J. Meadowcroft of Rat- cliffe ( the Champion), for £ 25 a side and the belt, not having come forward in accordance with his own challenge, Mtradow- croft has received forfeit. The latter, therefore, still retains pos- session of the honours as well as the prize. RABBIT COURSING.— Mr Hayes, the proprietorof these grounds, now holds £ 3 10s each for the match at rabbits between S. Swift's Lill and T. Hallam's Bess, both of Longton, Staffordshire, 11 out of 21, 60 yards law, for £ 10 a side. The contest is to take place here on May 25, Mr Hayes to be referee. CANINE.— T. Ivil had matched his bitch Nettle against J. Walker's Nancy to run 200 yards, for £ 10 a side, at these grounds, on Saturday, May 2, Nancy to have two yards start inside. Mr Holden had been appointed stakeholder and referee, and when our reporter wrote he held £ 5 each. The dogs were to have been on the mark at five o'clock. FAN AND LILL.— Articles have been signed whereby J. Sykes agrees to run his bitch Fan against E. Stott's Lill, for £ 20 a side, distance 200 yards, the heavier dog to give 2 § yards to the pound inside. The race is to come off here on Thursday, May 14, and account of it Mr Holden, who is to be stakeholder and referee, has received £ 2 10s each. £ 7 10s a side more is to be staked on May 5. SHEFFIELD AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. GEEAT ALL ENGLAND 210 YARDS HANDICAP RACE AT THE QUEEN'S HOTEL, SHEFFIELD.— On Monday and Tuesday. April 27 and 28, there was a moderate attendance at these grounds to wit- ness the above handicap, got up by Mr W. Burkinshaw of West- bar and J. Mellor, who gave £ 23 to be run for. The competitors were divided into 13 heats. A referee having been selected, the bell was rung for Lot 1 : W. H. Wilson 50 yards start, 1 ; J. M'Manners of Doncaster 59, 2. Won easily.— Lot 2 : W. Richard- son 60. 1, walked over.— Lot 3 : R. Price of Middlesborough 59, 1, walked over.— Lot 4: J. Skinner 60, 1. A dead heat for second place between W. Timperley 56, and R. Watson of Ar- nold 58.— Lot 5 : W. Oscroft 59, walked over.— Lot 6 : J. Knight of Little Moss 54, 1 ; W. Dodson 59, 2 ; J. Worthington 59, 3. Won easily by several yards.— Lot 7 : G. Johnson 63, 1 ; It. Knut. ton of Sutton 55 did not start when the signal was given, and Johnson ran the ground over.— Lot 8 : F. Littlewood 57, 1; R. Keeling of Limerick 60, 2 ; G. Batty of Leeds 54, 3. Won by two yards.— Lot 9 : W. Ferguson of Newcastle 52, 1 ; J. Malkin of Worksop 58, 2 ; G. Garrard of Warrington, 58, 3. Won by three or four yards.— Lot 10: D. Binns of Harding 56, 1; G. Mellor 60, 2; J. Roth well of Bury 57,3. Won easily.— Lot 11: H. Stoakesof Bloxwich 58, 1; J. Anderson of Alnwick 55, 2; W. Hawley of Rawmarsh 62, 3. Won easily.— Lot 12: T. Hugh of Willenhall 57, 1; G. Bailey 59, 2. Won in a canter — Lot 13 : W. Knott 63, 1; H. Williamson 61, 2. Won by several yards. The winners of the above heats were drawn again the same evening, to run off on the following day ( Tuesday) for the prizes. We subjoin the re- sults :— Lot 1: W. H. Wilson 59. 1; T. Hugh 57, 2 ; F. Littlewood 57,3; R. Richardson 60, 4. Won by a yard and a half.— Lot 2: W. Oscroft 59, 1; W. Knott 63, 2. Won by two yards.— Lot 3: R. Price 59,1; H. Stoakes 58, 2. Won easily.— Lot 4: J. Knight 54, 1; J. Skinner 60, 2; D. Binns 56, 3. Won, after a good race, by a yard. Deciding heat: W. H. Wilson 59 and R. Price 59 ran a dead heat, J. Knight 54 being third, and W. Oscroft 59 fourth. After a short rest, Wilson and Price again came on the mark to run off for the first and second prizes, when, after another splendid race, it again resulted in a dead heat. It being now too dark for another race, they agreed to divide. MACKENZIE CRICKET AND FOOTBALL CLUB.— On Monday, April 27. the first meeting for athletic sports of this club was held on the Brammall- lane Cricket Ground, at Sheffield. The cold and unsettled state of the weather caused many to forego the pleasure of seeing the opening sports, still there was a first- class attendance of spectators, who appeared highly gratified with the afternoon's amusements, in fact it was a complete success. The sports were under the direction of Messrs Major N. Cresswick ( Judge), T. N. Pierson ( Starter), R. Buntlng( Clerk of the Course). The sports commenced with a 120 Yards Flat Race, heats; 28 subs : First prize, a plated goblet, W. Hardy; second, pair of ivory handled carvers, H. Webster.— Putting the Stone, 241b ; 28 subs : J. Bessatt 1 ( 19ft 4in), a case of razors.— 150 Yards Handicap ; 34 subs : T. Corthorne 20 yards start, 1, silver plated pint; J. Jen- kinson 12, 2, penknife.— Running Wide Jump ; 26 subs: L. Wright I,( 15ft 7in) photographic album.— One Mile Race; 29 subs: L. Wright 1, plated cup: T. Jenkinson 2, plated pint.— Throwing at the Wicket., 40 yards ; 29 subs : First, a cricket bat, J. Sorby.— 200 Yards Handicap; 34 subs : The first prize, a plated cream jug, was won in gallant style by T. Corthorne, 28 yards start ; J. H. Bramwell carried off the second prize, a handsome penknife. — 8ack Race, 80 yards ; 24 subs: T. Jenkinson 1, pair of stag carvers.— 440 Yards Handicap ; 34 subs : First prize, a silver plated teapot, T. Corthorne, 60 yards start, 1; second prize, pair of razors, to L. Wright, 18; A. Leonard, 14, being third.— Throwing the Hammer, 141b; 29 subs : First prize, a photographic album, was won by J. Rawson, who threw the hammer 44ft Sin.— High Jump with Pole ; 17 subs: First prize, a silver plated cup, was awarded to J. Rawson, who cleared 8ft, in clever style.— 330 Yards Handicap ; 35 subs : First prize, a silver plated cup, was awarded to W. Hardy 10 yards start; A. Leonard, 14, getting the second prize, a picnic knife— Wheelbarrow Race, 100 yards ; 25 subs : First prize, a dram flask, awarded to A. Leonard, and the second, a pocket knife, to A. Elliott.— Backwardsway Race; 27 subs : First prize, a cricket bat, to F. Hazle wood.— Steeple Chase, 600 yards, over eight hurdles and a water jump : 27 subs : First prize, a silver plated cup, was awarded to L. Wright; second, case of scissors, to A. Leonard ; third, pair of cricket mitts, to J. Snape. — Consolation Scramble, 120 yards : This prize, a barrel of beer, was won b A. Paskin.— In the evening about 60 of the members and their friends sat down to an excellent repast at Mr G. Thorpe's. Sportsman's Inn. Thomas- street, Sheffield. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been given, the prizes were presented to the successful competitors by Mr Bramley. Mr Legoe, the secretary, was also presented with a gold pencil case by a few members of the club for his very valuable services during the past year. WHITSUNTIDE SPOETS AT THE QUEEN'S HOTEL, SHEF- FIELD— 200 YARDS GREAT ALL ENGLAND HANDICAP.— Mr C. Whitworth will give £ 30 to be run for on Mon- day and Tuesdaj', May 25 and 26, entrance Is 6d, and 4s more to accept. All entries to be made on or before Saturday, May 9, to Mr C. Whitworth, Cup Inn, Market- street, Mr H. Phenix, Queen's Hotel, or Mr T. Nixon, White Hart, Waingate, Sheffield. WHITSUNTIDE SPORTS AT HYDE PARK, SHEFFIELD.— GREAT ALL ENGLAND 195 YARDS HANDICAP — Mr W. Pitts of the Old Black Boy, Bailey- lane, will give £ 23 to be run for on Whit- Tues- day and Wednesday, May 26 and 27. open to all England, dis- tance 195 yards. Entrance Is, and 2s 6d to accept. All entries to be made to Mr Pitts, as above, or to Mr Boothroyd, at Hyde Park, on or before Monday, May 11, when it will positively close. PIGEON SHOOTING AT HYDE PARK, SHEFFIELD.— The an- nual closing Sweepstakes of £ 2 each, at 7 birds each, will take place on Monday, May 11. Conditions : 7 birds, single guns 21 yards rise, ljoz of shot, doilble guns 19 yards, l| oz of shot. Shooting to commence at three o'clock. Birds free. PIGEON SHOOTING AT HYDE PARK, SHEFFIELD.— On Tues- day, April 28, a sweepstakes of 10s each was shot for by 8 sub- scribers at 4 birds each: the usual conditions. Messrs Steel and Dobbs killed all their birds and divided. YICT0RIA~ RACE GROUNDS, LEEDS. SATURDAY, APRIL 25.— BINNER AND CLIFF.— The five miles race between these Leeds men, for £ 10 a side, caused a fair at- tendance here to- day, when betting commenced at 5 to 4 on Bin- ner, and at those odds a fair amount of money had been invested. To go the distance the men had to run 23 laps. They started at a fair pace, Binner taking the lead. They passed each other several times, and when they had run four laps Binner was in front a fair distance, appearing quite lively and gaining on his man. The odds upon him now increased. When they had run six laps the odds changed, and were laid freely on Cliff, although the last man. This caused the backers of Binner to look about them, and seeing the most intimate friends of Binner laying odds against him, and he appearing to have the advantage of the race, caused them to become suspicious that all was not square. They then began to murmur, and as the men ran on those murmurs began to increase, odds being offered that Binner did not run out the race. This at a time when he appeared as fresh as when he started caused those who backed at odds to be in anything but good hutnour. Their ill humour was increased when they saw he had altered his style of running. On their running the ninth lap one man jumped over the palings, swearing he would put a stop to their barneying. He was soon followed by others, one getting an iron roller and drawing it irto the ground, another an iron stake, swearing to knock the first man that passed on the head with it, others shutting the gates. These proceedings put an end to the race. We have been informed that Mr Garnett now intends giving the gate money to some of the charitable institutions of the town. MONDAY, APRIL 27 — GODDARD AND BOLTON— There was again a good attendance here to- day to witness the 150 yards race between these men, for £ 25 a side Betting commenced at even money, but, as the time approached for the men to start, the odds increased until 2 to 1 was freely laid on Bolton. On the men coming to the scratch they were accompanied by their trainers, M. Taylor ( alias Rocker)* of Fallsworth with Goddard, and W. Foster of Leeds with Bolton. Both men appeared in first- rate condition, but, to our fancy, Goddard had the finest, appearance. The men made several false starts before they got fairly off; on doing so, Bolton appeared to have the front place, which he main- tained until within 30 yards from home. Goddard then made a desperate effort,, got to the front, and after a slashing race proved the winner by about a foot. The race was well contested through- out, and at the finish many believed Bolton had won, but when Mr Woolfoot stated the reverse was the case, all appeared satisfied. BROADBENT AND GILES — These Leeds men have made another deposit for their 120 yards race, for £ 10 a side, with Mr Addison, Shears Inn, Bridge- street, Leeds, which is fixed to be run here May 9. PATRICK AND RODGERS.— These men are matched to run 100 yards here, for £ 10 a side, on Monday, May 11. JACKSON AND TEBBS.— The match between these Leeds men to run 80 yards, for £ 10 a side, is progressing, and is fixed to be run here on May 16. CITY~ GROUNDS, MANCHESTER. SATURDAY, APRIL 25.— THE SWEEPSTAKES OF 300 YARDS.— The opening heats of this event came off here to- day, and it would have been remarkably singular if even the names of the pedes- trians announced to compete, added to the fineness of the weather, had failed to draw a good attendance. It was stated in the condi- tions that each man entering would be required to pay a fee of £ 10, to which £ 25 would be added, and the former stipulation would doubtless account for the extremely meagre entry of five only. These were J. Nevin of Stockton, G. Mole of Walsall, G. Beddow formerly of London, and J. Nuttall and W. Willcock of Manchester; the distance being, as above stated, 300 yards. It had been arranged that the pedestrians should contend in two heats, three being in the first, a brace in the last, and Mr Holden to fill theoifice of referee. The previous clever performances of Mole caused his abilities to be held in considerable estimation, and some time after the appointed hour, he, Nuttall, and Nevin appeared at the mark to contest the opening event. Mole was, in some instances, backed at evens against the field, 5 to 4 being taken about Nevin, whilst 3 to 1 was offered against Nuttall. A start having been effected, the favourite soon began to show the way at a rattling pace, followed by Nuttall, Nevin bringing up the rear, the chance then brought his superior energies into action, and shortly after- wards, in going along the straight, he gave Mole the go- by. The favourite, too, was then beaten, Nuttall not being subsequently headed, and, to the astonishment of a large majoritj of those present, he ( Nuttall) won by upwards of a yard, Nevin finishing about a couple of yards behind Mole. The winner covered the allotted distance in a little over 32sec.— For the second heat, Bed- dow and Willoock came to the scratch, very liberal odds being offered on Beddow. The favourite immediately shot ahead on the signal being given, was not closely approached throughout, and he won easily.— The deciding heat between Nuttall and Beddow came oft on Monday, April 27, on which day there was a large diminution in the attendance. The race, however, proved a very one sided affair. Before starting 4 to I was freely offered on Nut- tall, who, when the pistol was fired, came away in front, con- tinued to improve his position as he proceeded 011 his easy journey, and went in at his leisure; Beddow, finding that he had not a shadow of a chance of success, resigning the contest some distance from home. BURKE AND WILLCOCK'S MATCH OFF.— The match between these men to run 440 yards, for £ 50 a side, here, on June 13, is off, Burke having forfeited the £ 5 staked in the hands of Mr G. Hardy, of the Rising Sun, Manchester. BUCKLEY' AND ALBISON.— J. Buckley of Tonge Lane and S, Albison of Bowlee ( both near Middleton), are matched to run 440 yards, for £ 25 a side, here, on June 20. Mr G. Hardy of Man- chester has received £ 1 each, and he has been appointed referee. HOGG AND SPENCER.— NO RACE.— The expected race of 440 yards, for £ 25 a side, between the abeve pedestrians, fixed for decision here on May 9, is off, Spencer having forfeited £ 15, in consequence of an attack of inflammation. STAPLETON AND LANG.— Mr Holden has received £ 0 each for a match between P. Stapleton of Staleybridge and W. Lang of Middlesborough, to run one mile, for £ 25 aside, here, on June 6. £ 5 each more will become due on May 4. RABBIT COURSING — O11 account of the match at rabbits between J. Holmes's Venus and J. Cope's Fly ( both of Longton), 8 out of 15, 60 yards law, for £ 10 a side, Mr Holden is now in possession of £ 5 each, and the final deposit is to be staked on May 19. The contest is to take place here, on May 25, Venus to have one given, SPRING AND VENUS — J. Riley has matched his dog Spring against J. Potts's Venus ( both of Stockport), at rabbits, II out of 21, 60 yards law, for £ 10 a side, to come off here on May 16. Mr Holde'n has received £ 2 10s each, and a similar sum is to'be staked on May 4. WRESTLING.— F. Robinson of Ashton and R. Holden of Hollin- wood are matched to wrestle the best of three back falls, for £ 25 a side, here, on May 29, neither man to exceed 5 score 161b weight. The first deposit of £ 5 each has been paid to Mr Holden, and £ 5 a side more is to be placed in his hands on May 9. HAREW00D ARMS, LEEDS, AND NEIGHBOURHOOD GODDARD AND BOLTON.— ANOTHER MATCH — The close match' between these men on Monday, April 27, which will be found elsewhere, resulted in another match being made, the backers of Bolton being dissatisfied with his defeat, and they again matched him to run the same distance— 150 yards— for £ 25 a side; to run at Copenhagen Grounds, Manchester, on Monday, May 4. They each have staked £ 15 a side in the hands of Mr Woolfoot, who is appointed stakeholder, and to be, or appoint a, referee; the win- ning man to pay the expenses of the referee. To run at four o'clock. WHITE AND JOWITT.— Mr Woolfoot has received articles and the first deposit to run a mile on their handicap terms, which is fixed to be run at the Victoria Race Grounds, Leeds, on Monday, May 18. ODDY- AND TEBBS.— A match has been made between J. Oddy and J. Tebbs ( both of Leeds) to run 120 yards, for £ 5 a side, Oddy to have five yards start inside; to run at the Victoria RaceGrounds. Mr Woolfoot to be stakeholder and referee. Messrs Woolfoot and Brown's One Mile Handicap is now closed for the silver cup ( valued at 30 guineas) and other money prizes; and as a proof of the handicapping giving satisfaction, about sixty have accepted. KNUR AND SPELL.— RHODES AND ROBINSON.— Mr Woolfoot has now received £ 10 a side for the match at knur and spell be- tweeen these men, for £ 25 a side, which is fixed to come off at the Cardigan Arms, Leeds, on Saturday, May 9. PEARSON AND COWARD.— At the special request of many of our readers we to- day give the correct scores which were played at Quarry Gap on Saturday and Monday, April 18 and 20, for £ 50 a side, which were omitted last week from a blunder :— COWARD. PEARSON. Scores. Totals, lst five rises 10 8 9 9 in— 46 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 8 9 9— 42 10 9 10 9 9- 47 8 9 9!) 8— 43 7 10 8 10 11— 46 12 10 10 9 13- 54 Scores. Totals, lst five rises 11 9 11 7 10— 48 ' 2d 3d ; 4th j 5th 1 6th 8 9 6 10 5— 3 10 8 10 9 9— 46 9 9 9 10 9— 46 10 10 10 10 9— 49 10 11 10 11 8— 50 Grand total 278 Grand total 277 RABBIT COURSING.— FLORA AND GUESS.— There was a fair at- tendance at the Cardigan Arms, Leeds, on April 25, to witness a rabbit coursing . match, for £ 20 a side, between R. Marshall's bitch Flora and J. Britton's bitch Guess. This match has excited more than usual interest amongst the admirers of this sport from the well- known abilities of both the little dogs, and from Guess having a dead rabbit in the best of 21 courses. Betting opened at 5 to 4 011 Flora, but towards the conclusion of the match 2 to 1 was freely laid upon her. Flora gained the first, third, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth, fourteenth, and fifteenth courses; Guess gained the second, fifth, eleventh, thirteenth, and fifteenth courses, making six with the given rabbit. Mr Woolfoot, Harewood Arms, Leeds, has received articles and £ 1 a side for a match to run the best of 15 courses, at rabbits, 60 yards law, between G. Harrison's black bitch and J. Harrison's barred bitch, for £ 15 a side. Another deposit, making £ 5 a side, to be made good on Saturday evening. May 2, when the day of running, at the Cardigan Arms, will be decided upon. CANINE.— POPSEY AND FLORA.— The deposits for the 200 yards race between Brown s bitch Popsey and Pilling's bitch Flora, who are matched to run for £ 15 a side, continue to be made good. The race is fixed to take place at St Thomas's Grounds, Stanningley, on Monday, May 11. SALFORD BOROUGH GROUNDS. Cox AND BURKE — No RACE.— The match between T. Cox of Coventry and M. Burke of Salford to run 410 yards, for £ 25 a side, here, on May 23, is oft'. Burke having forfeited the £ 2 staked in the hands bf Mr G. Hardy, of the Rising Sun, Manchester. THE CHAMPION PEDESTRIAN CUP.— J. Nuttall of Manchester will run G. Beddow ( formerly of London), for £ 25 a side, and the 400 yards Champion Cup ( new held by Beddow), according to the conditions appertaining to the prize. By forwarding a de- posit to Mr G. Hardy, Rising Sun, Swan- street, Manchester; or to Mr A. Attenbury, Borough Grounds, Salford; and articles to Nuttall at Mr Hardy's, a match can be made. The race to come off in six weeks. Acceptances for the 145 Yards Handicap to be run on Saturday and Monday, May 9 and 11; first prize £ 20, second £ 2, third £ 1. First heat, at 3: 30: P. Kearney 16 yards start, T. Cox 15, J. Roth- well 19.— Second heat, at 3: 45: J. Spence 18, H. Wareing 19, W. Brown 17?.— Third heat, at 4: 0: T. Turton 19, T. Bolton 19, W. Dickens23.— Fourth heat, at 4: 15: J. Nolan 19. J. Anderson 21, R. Mather 21.— Fifth heat, at 4: 30: E. Senior 22, J. Andrews 22. W. Whartinan 19.— Sixth heat, at 4: 45 : F. Malkin 22, C. Dunn 20, E. Thorp 21.— Seventh heat, at 5: 0: J. Parker 22, J. Adarnson 23, J. Roberts 19.— Eighth heat, at 5: 15: J. Dicks 23, W. Gough 22, S. Weston 19.— Ninth heat, at 5: 30: B. Mather 20, B. Smith 19, J. Hancock 23.— Tenth heat, at 5: 45 : T. Atkinson 22, J. C. Morris24, J. Grimshaw 25.— Eleventh heat, at 6: 0: J. Aldcroft 23, J. Narey 20.— Twelfth heat, at 6: 15: A. Williamson 33, A. Crudgington 18. CANINE — T. Chadwick of Bolton has matched his bitch Blanche against J. Holt's Alice ( of Bury) to run 200 yards, for £ 10 a side, here, on June 27, Blanche to have three yards start outside. Mr A. Attenbury has been appointed stakeholder and referee, and £ 2 10s each has been paid to him. Blanche is not to exceed 231b nor Alice 211b weight. ST GEORGE'S RACE GROUND, H0NLEY. 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 Od back again. To enter up to the 5th of May and accept the following week. Any one entering falsely will be disqualified. J. ilaigh of Paddock and J. Penney of Longwood decided their race of 440 yards, on the above grounds, on the 25th ult. About 1,000 spectators were present. The betting was 6 to 4 on Penney, and then turned round to 6 to 4 on Haigh, and a good deal of money was invested on the event. When the men toed the scratch, about six o'clock, Penney bounded away with the lead till they had got to about twenty yards from home, when Penney fell, and Haigh went in a winner « s he pleased. J. Earnshaw of Thongsbridge and J. Shaw of Holmfirth are matched to run 100 yards, for £ 10 a side, at the above grounds, on May 16. £ 5 a side is already down in the hands of Mrs A. Wood- head, Druid's Hall, Holmfirth, and the remainder of the money to be staked on Friday, May 15. Both men are reported to be doing good work, and a good race is expected. D. Pearson of Longwood and J. Halier of Lower Houses are matched to run 200 yards here, for £ 10 a side. £ 2 10s a side is now down in the hands of J. Dufton, who is to be final stake- holder and referee. To run on May 30. SNIPE INN, AUDENSHAW. MONDAY, APRIL 27.— About 500 persons assembled here this afternoon to witness the wrestling match between J. Cross of Ashton and J. Mangle of Bury, to wrestle for £ 25 a side, Cross to be catch weight, and Mangle 7 score 161b. Mr J. Holden was ap- pointed stakeholder, and Mr J. Simpson was agreed upon as re- feree. At half- past three o'clock the men entered the arena; the betting opened at evens and rose to 5 to 4 011 Mangle. The men having put themselves in action, after wrestling together for upwards of two hours they agreed to withdraw the contest, neither getting a throw. BOWLING.— A sweepstakes of £ 1 each will be be bowled for here, on the bowling- green, on Wednesday and Thursday, May 13 and 14, when Mr Warren will add £ 5 to the money; to bowl 21 chalks up, and the deciding game to be 31 up. All entries to be paid by two o'clock. QUOITING.— STOPFORD AND WILKINSON.— These men are to make another deposit of £ 4 a side on May 9, at nine o'clock p. m., for their match for £ 10 a side on May 23, to quoit 41 chalks up, 18 yards distance. HIGGINSHAW GROUNDS, OLDHAM. SATURDAY, APRIL 25.— Mr J. Chadwick, the proprietor of the above grounds, fixed this afternoon for the opening heats of a novice handicap, distance 140 yards, for money prizes, and they came oft' in the presence of upwards of 300 spectators. Forty as- pirants entered, who were classed in thirteen lots, and the follow- ing proved successful:— H. Thornley, R. Wharton, J. W. Wads- worth, J. Needham, T. Butterwortl), C. 8parrow, E. Dalton, J. Smith. B. Turner, W. Riley, R. Mellor, H. Davenport, and D. Smith. The final heats were to have been decided on May 2. CANINE.— P. Dillon has matched his bitch Fly against Dick's Lady ( both of Rochdale), to run 200 yards, for £ 10 a side, here, on May 30, the heavier dog to give two yards and a half to the pound inside. The first deposit of £ 1 each has been paid to Mr T. Ker- shaw of Milkstone, near Rochdale. CANINE.— Mr J. Chadwick will give £ 6 10s for an All England dog handicap here, on May 9 and 16. Names, & c, 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 Stephenson's, Oldham; or at the grounds. Any dog entered falsely will be disqualified. PARK INN GROUNDS, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER. ECKERSLEY AND SCHOEIELD.— The race of 440 yards, for £ 5 a side, between P. Eckersley of Clifton and W. Schefield of Prest- wich is to come off here on May 9. Mr Troillet, the owner of the ground, at present holds £ 3 each. 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. Stamps as cash. Any one entering falsely will be disqualified. CANINE.— A dog handicap of 20' > yards will come off hereon 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. J. Hardman of Kadciiffe 56, 3. In this contest wagers were freely of tite latter being apparently extinguished at the turn. Nuttall FATAL ACCIDENT TO DR UNIACKE IN THE HUNTING FIELD. — On Friday, April 24, Dr James Uniacke of Cork lost his life while riding with a pack of hounds. This gentleman, who was only about 33 years of age, was well known in the hunting field as a good and daring horseman. He hunted almost daily through- out the last season, and went on Friday, April 24, as he said, to close the sports of the year with the Rathcorney Harriers. It appears that a hare was started on the mountain to the rear of Ballyedmond, the estate of Captain Smith Barry, and the hounds were in full cry, Dr Uniacke leading the horsemen, who were but few. He had not ridden far, when his horse was tripped by a tressoch, and, falling forward, threw Dr Uniacke over his head. His brother sportsmen immediately pulled up and lifted him from the ground, but the unfortunate gentleman was dead. He did not live a moment after the accident, having dislocated his neck in the fall. Dr Uniacke lately served in the North Cork Regiment of Militia, but some few years since resigned liis com- mission. He'leaves a young widow, having married about two years since. Printed and Published by WILLIAM ( CHARLES CLEMENT, at the Office, 170, Strand, in the Parish of St Clement Danes, in the City autl Liberty of Westminster.— SUNDAY, MAYS, 1863, \ \ /