THE FIELD. 
as if they came from tho palette of Beverley himself. I 
don't say that you should sec Mont Blanc first, but having 
done so, you will bo very unwise it you pay not a visit to Con- 
stantinople also. 
Will nobody do anything for the streets of London ?— will 
nohodv do anything to protect her Majesty’s subjects who 
have to walk or cab about them, from all the mud and misery 
they are subjected to ? Really, the thing is pnst endurance 
now. No ono can say that the weather has been bad for the 
last ten days, yet the pavements have been slides of half-solid, 
and the rondways seas, of liquid mud. Trafalgar-squnre, 
which, being about the most open situation in London, 
ought to dry the soonest, has been a sight. One wanted stilts 
to cross it, ns in an unreclaimed Lincolnshire fen. And then 
all this slop of filth destroys the macadam beneath, so that 
we have all the obstructions of road-mending to look forward 
to during the spring. The curse of our metropolitan admi- 
nistration is, that everything is in the hands of a series of 
republics. I wantsomo responsibility — some officer charged 
with the care of the intramural comforts of the lieges, whom 
one might hang, or at least abuse and libel, if things don’t 
go right. At present we suffer from the neglect, but nobody 
can find out who is to blame. The Police refer you to the 
Vestry, and the Vestry turn up their noses and hand you 
over to the Paving Hoard, who again send you on con- 
temptuously to tho Sewers; and so the maxim of law, that 
there is no wrong without a remedy, turns out to bo a 
myth and delusion. They certainly manage these things 
better in Franco. C. 
Theatre Royal, IIaymarket. — T he morning per- 
formances at this theatre having proved greatly attractive, 
Mr. Buckstono on Thursday again played tho popular pan- 
tomime of “The Three Bears,” commencing at two o’clock 
precisely, and terminating at four. The last juvenile night 
will take place on Tuesday next, 31st Janum-v, when the 
performances will commence with “ The Rough Diamond,” 
nt n quarter to seven, with the pantomime, which will con- 
clude at a quarter to ten . This will be the fourth juvenile 
night given by Mr. Buckstone. It lias been calculated that 
upwards of one thousaud children have been present on these 
interesting occasions. 
Adeli'HI. — A gain have we to observe crowded houses 
throughout the week, and while 6uch audiences nightly 
throng the theatre we have no right to expect a chunge of 
performance. The “ Ice Scene" has, at last, a rival at an- 
other theatre, sed longo intervaVo. Indeed, no lessee in 
London (or out of it) can hope to equal the real and origi- 
nal Adelphi “ effect and who is tl.cre to fill tho roles in 
the “ Tlnrst of Gold ” equal to Celeste, and Webster, and 
Keeley ? So that, ull things considered, “ The Thirst of 
Gold,” and the still improving “Number Nip” (practice 
makes perfect), yet bid fair to confer many an evening’s 
amusement on her Majesty’s lieges. Wo are glad to per- 
ceive at this and other theatres that ladies in the dress- 
circle ore rapidly following the good old custom, iu regard 
to costume, of really dressing as belles should dress. What 
is necessury lor foreign operas is, uiuong those of good taste, 
equally so for the English theatres. 
Royal Marionette Theatre, (Lowther Arcade). — 
Many novelties will be produced in the coming week. The 
elib tide of Fashion has at last turned, and now this little thea- 
tre fortunately feels the influence of tho flood. 1 1 is deservedly 
full both ut the morning and evening performances. 
• ■ 
CHESS. 
PROBLEM No. 4-L 
Black. 
White. 
WniTB to mate in four moves. 
SOLUTION OK THE LAST PROBLEM. 
1. K to K Kt 5 
2. Kt to K It 7 
3/ 1! to Q 2 
4- B to in* square 
ft. It to K 3 
6. Kt tojv It C (ch.) 
7. It or It mutes 
* If I’ take It \Y lute plays Kt to It 0, and mates next move. 
K move* 
K move* 
K moves* 
K moves 
K moves 
K moves* 
Covtistatios of the Sr,:..;, of masterly OAUMlotdypInycdnt Branch 
between M-wr*. STATOtox and Yon Laza, two of the b, v 
players in Europe. ’ 
OAMB THIRD. 
Whjtp.. 
Von der Loza. 
1. K P 2 
2. K it P 2 
13 
3. K Kt t«J'- 
4. K l: pT 
6. K Kt to K 5 .. . 
«. K It to Q H 4 f/* > Q P 2(e) 
7. P takes P I <l\ K It to q 3 
P-LACK. 
Mr. Stuunton. 
K P 2 
P takes P 
K KtP 2 
K Kt P 1 
KKt to 113 (a) 
White. Black. 
\ on der Iaua. Mr. Staunton. 
h - Q F 2 K Kt to K 1 ID 
{'• KKttak.KtP K Kt to kt 0 
if Kit to Kt qtuko* k i: p (' 
11. K Kt to B 2 
12, 11 to K 2 
'13. q Kt to It 3 
14. Kt to It (g) 
q to K 2 (ch.) 
Castles 
K It to K 
Kt takes IS tt win 
Til I . , “ . v; *\i nines l. c£ wl 
Lins defence lius boon revived of late, and appear* to bo linti 
It yields' <J ^ bWlt 0n tllc O'vbig to tlic counter attack vrhic! 
(*) Tills move Is certainly inferior to O P 2. 
«... r.i" c v xc< '! k “! countc r move at this Juncture, wresting the nttac 
out of the hunds of the first player. 
i'i, We are Inclined to think that B take* P would have been bette 
u being more stUcking. and uftordlng hi* opponent ksatltnu. 
y> £ y- r y important move m this system of defence, 
text ** t0 K 1 woula HOt huve been so good as the move In tf 
I(^!woVr,V' hopeleiuly bad. Ho „, u *t lose a piece her 
iiw ^Wis'&TSSiW “ ta ‘" s “•** 
••• Por answers to Obc»« Queries see “Notice* to Correspond 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
HUNTINC. 
C. 8. (Romford.)— Ever glad to hear from you. “The Field” was 
posted to your address before seven o'clock this morning. 
Parlmovth. — La*t week the meet* of Sir H. Scale's hound* did not 
reach us till Saturday, it was the same with the Duke of Bucclcuch's 
card. 
II. 8. ir. Jim. (Carnarvon.)— Be so good as to retain the cards. It 
Is probable that by some Thursday's post you can nt least comma- 
niente the fixture for the then following Monday or Tuesday. 
To Huntsmen. — Several curds reached us this week, from the head-line 
of which the name of the pack was omitted. We ourselves cannot 
always In the hurry of business spare time to search hunting maps 
or books in order to discover a pack's name, through the mere assis- 
tance of a postmnrk nr the name of a meet. We shull therefore foci 
obliged If the name of the pack be always written in. 
J. (York.) — *• Mr Carter's Testimonial, Kddlcthorpe Hunt,” 
unfortunately came too late for Insertion in our present number. 
It shall appear next week. 
RACING. 
Jlono. — It will not occur again. 
J. 0 . — If you can, let us have the weights before they arc published, 
it will confer a favour upon us. Wc huve, as you will sec, availed 
ourselves of your communication. 
AQUATICS. 
/ C. S (Service.)— The Committee of the R. T. Y. C. met lust 
Monday, onil selected six from nearly forty candidates for the vacant 
Secretaryship. On Monday next they rc-usscmble, uud make their 
report to’ the club on Wednesday. 
COURSING. 
8. P — Wo arc Indebted for the correction, and thank you for the 
promise. 
T. II .— Wo regret that the return would now be useless; on a taturc 
occasion, perhaps, you will obllgo us with a report. 
CRICKET. 
Oxoniensis.— No. Wo propose to give them tho week before the 
opening of tlic ensuing seuson. 
CHESS. 
Sp n.— The best way is to send n diagram of the position. 
A Sub. from (he first.— We lire glad you approve of the arrangement; 
the games In question are very fine ones, and quite equal to any 
that we are acquainted w ith. 
Alpha.— Thanks for the contribution, it shall bo duly examined, and 
reported on accordingly. 
C. A — Tour favour came to hand, it shall receive our early attention. 
Ji (Birmingham;; S. C. /’. (Manchester), ami others .— Efforts aro 
still being made to bring about the match betwixt Messrs. Staunton 
and Hnrnvltz; they ore both apparently anxious enough to play, 
but they both wish to introduce arbitrary clauses of their own, 
breaking into the laws of the game. The former, although a very 
fine player, is unquestionably a very slow one ; whilst the latter is 
decidedly the quickest that w c know of. Mr. S. proposes to allow so 
many hours for so many moves, and tlic ability to ndjourn u game. 
Mr. H., on the contrary, objects to these conditions entirely, and 
will only play on the understanding that not more than 20 minutes 
are consumed in the consideration of any single move. You w ill 
doubtless agree with us in the observation, that neither player has 
any right to introduce those adventitious regulations into tho laws 
of the game of chess. We are of opinion that, not to allow any 
game to be adjourned would be ull sutllcicnt, and quite in accord- 
ance with the spirit of the game. 
Lilly . — The illness you speak of is very likely to have been produced 
by the severe “ chess struggle” you have been engaged in; too 
much head work would naturally weaken the digestive organs, wc 
think. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Madras — If your adversary at eribbage neglects to score ns ninny ns 
he is entitled to, can you add as many as he scores short to your 
own score? You cannot take advantage of your opponent not 
taking Ills proper *core, bnt if he takes more than he is entitled to, 
you can take that number from his original score, or add the Mine 
to your own. 
INQUIRIES. 
Fox Hunter — Sir,— Your correspondent, Rusticus Alins, mentions in 
his letter tlic well-know n collection of hunting songs and ballads, 
published by Pickering, in lK4(i; will you, or any of your correspon- 
dents, inform me where I could obtain a copy, and what is the price. 
ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. 
The Madaoascar.— T he captain of the Roxburgh Castle, from 
Melbourne, just arrived, states, in referring to the Madagascar, that 
she bad about 100 passengers on board, including tho steerage. 
Among trie onbin passengers on board of her were Mis. Gibbons, Mrs. 
Dc Calraet nod three children, a widow lady (name unknown), and 
Mr. Morrice. Her crew, with the exception of some 12 or 14 seamen, 
were the same ns went out in her. Amou: her steerage passengers 
was an accomplice of the ringleaders in tlic daring escort gold rob- 
ber)', near Melbourne, in April last. We hope that if any readers of 
Tin: Field have received information of the Madagascar being 
spoken, they will favor us with particulars. 
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. 
IHRTHS. 
Ox Monday, the 23rd inst,, at 20, Thhrloc-squnre, the lady of 
William Drear Seymour, Esq.. M.P., of a son.— On the 23rd 'inst. 
nt Hunt-green, Sussex, the wife of J. Manley, M.D., of a son — On 
the 23rd inst., at Venncrs-hill, Isle of Wight, the w ife of the Rev. 
IILMIV Brooss, of o daughter — On the 24th inst.. nt N'o. 4, Charles- 
street, Lowndes-squarc, the wife of R. H. Tennant, Esq., of a son. 
MARRIAGES. 
On tlic 24th Inst., at St. Pancras, by the Rev. R, p. Clemcnger 
Thomas Butlin, eon of James Butlin, Esq., of Westfield-house, Rugby 
to Rosa Maria, third daughter of the late Thomas Griffith, Esq., soli- 
citor, of Bedford. row. —On Tuesday, the 24tli inst., at Croydon Church 
by the Rev. J. lludgson, vicar, Llmvi.i.ltn Nash, Esq., of London to 
Carouxb Ann, third daughter of tin* lute John Jackson, Esq., of Elm- 
liouse, Dulw ich, Surrey. On the 24tli in»t., nt St. Mary Abbott's, Ken- 
sington, by the Rev. Charles Clarke, M.A., Flemish Hiu.as. son of 
Dr Hillas, ot Br imp ton, Mary Magdalen tlic second daughter of the 
late William Dickenson Nctlieraole, lute of Essex-street, Strand 
solicitor.- (hi the 3rd inst., ut St. John's Church, Holloway, by the 
Rev. — Pamthoir, John Brli.f.nie Day, Esq., of Gate-street, Lincoln's. 
Inn, to I Mils i. Rose, youngest daughter of the late William Lee 
Revs, R.N. -On Thursday week, nt St James's, Paddington, the Rev. 
Frederick Anthony Staim.i.y, B.A., curate of Stoke Mandeville 
with Buck I a ml, Bucks, of Wndham College, Oxford, and only son of 
John Staple)’, r.sq,, of liognor, Sux'cx, to Mary Charlotte, only 
•laughter of Frederick Robert Gore, Esq., of Dcvonshirc-terrace Hvdo 
Park. 
DEATHS. 
Ov the 22nd Inst., at. Dorking, Surrey, Sarak, widow of the lute Rev. 
John WhltOUOu*.!, of that place.— On the 22nd Inst., In Portlund-place, 
El. ward Ciuri.rs, tho infant son of Charles J. Bi-van, Fsq On the 
23rd inst., at the residence of his brother, tho Mali, Kensington. gTuvcI- 
plts, James Phillip Wiawmt, Esq., of Little Briek-hill. ag- .1 57.— At 
Kcelcston Rectory, in the county of Lancaster, on the morning of tlic 
23rd inst., aged 7*. tlicRev William Yates, for 41 years the rospecetcd 
rector of tliat parish.— On the 23rd inst., at No. 2, Highbury-temice, 
in the 14th year ol her age, Margaret Jam, youngest daughter of 
Joseph Barker Chapman, Esq.- On tho 23rd inst.. nt !), Pelham-roiid, 
Brompton, In her 31st year, of consumption, Christina Grace tho 
wrlfcof George Wilkins T.-rry. artist, and youngest daughter of Charles 
D. W. Terry, Esq , of 1C, Montpelller-squarc, Brompton. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Indian Meal Down Nuts. — A teacup and a half of boiling 
milk, poured on two teacups of Indian meal. When it is cool 
add two teacups <>f wheat flour, ono teacup of butter, one and 
a holf of sugar, ono of yeast, and two eggs, with a tablcspoonful 
of cinnamon or a grated nutmeg. If not sufficiently stiir, add 
equal portions of wheat pnd Indian meal. JiCt it rise very light. 
Roll it about half an incli thick, and cut it into small diamond- 
shaped cakes, and boil them in lard. 
Jioo Dumplings. — Make a batter of a pint of milk, two well- 
beaten egg*, a teasnoonful of salt, and flour enough to umkc a 
batter as thick us for pound-cake; have a clean saucepan of 
boiling water, let the water boil fast, drop in the batter by the 
tablespoonful; four or live minutes will boil them; take them 
with u skimmer on n dish, put a bit of butter and pepper over, 
and servo with boiled or cold meat; for u little desurt, put bolter 
and grated nutmeg, with syrup or sugar over. 
[Saturday^ 
Cohn Fbittbbb. — O no teaeupful of milk, throe eggs, one pint 
of green corn grated, a little salt, and ns much flour as willform a 
batter. Dent tho eggs, the yolks and whites separate. To the 
yolks of the eggs add tho corn, salt, milk, and (lour enough to 
form n batter, beat the whole very hard, then stir in the whites, 
and drop tho batter a spoonful at a time, into hot lard, and fry 
'hem on bothsides of a light brown colour. — Northern Farmer 
U. States. * 
A Cheat Cocoh Mixture — T ake tliroo cents worth of 
liquorice, and threo cents worth of gum arnbio, put them into 
n quart of warm water, and simmer them until thoroughly 
dissolved; then ndd three cents worth of paregoric, and a like 
quantity of nntimonial wine. Let it cool ; and sip whenever tho 
cough is troublesome. It is pleasant, cheap, and good, and 
will romovo n common cough from recent cold. Its cost is fifteen 
cents. 
Buttermilk Cakes.— Two cups of buttermilk or sour milk, 
ono cup of sugar, ono piece of butter the size of a walnut, i\ 
teaspoonful of salorattis, spice to your taste, with ns much Hour 119 
will mako a thin batter, and bake. 
Oum Arabic Starch.— G et two ounces of fine while gum 
arabic, and pound it to powder. Next put it into a pitcher, and 
pour on it a pint or more of boiling water (according to tho 
ilogroo of strength you desire), and then having covered t, let it 
set nil night. In the morning, pour it carefully from the dregs 
into n clean bottle, cork it nnd keep it for use. A tablespoonful 
of gntn water stirred into a pint of starch that has been mode in 
the usual manner will give to lawns (either white or printed) a 
look of newness to which nothing else can restore them offer 
washing. It is nlso good (much diluted) for thin white muslin 
nnd bobbinct. 
To Sweeten the Breath aftrr Eating Onions.— C how n 
little raw parsley; it will take away tho offensive smell. — 
Northern Fanner , U. States. 
Quben Victoria as a Mother.— I n the description of a good 
mother by King Solomon, it is said, concerning her, that “her 
children rise up and call her blessed.” Wo were reminded of this 
n few days ago, by an anecdote mentioned by Bishop Wainwrigbt, 
at a dinner given to the English Delegation by tho Vestry of 
Trinity Church, in tho sonool-room of Trinity Church, New 
York. This school was founded and long supported by tho 
venerable Society for tho Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign 
Parts. Mention being made of Queen Victoria, the Provisional 
Bishop of Now York stated that the Archdeacon of London, being 
engaged on one occasion in catechising the young princes, and 
being surprised nt the accuracy of their answers in the catechism, 
said to the Prince: “Your governess deserves great credit for 
instructing you so thoroughly in the catechism whereupon tho 
Royal boy responded, “ Oh, but it is dear Ma who teaches us tho 
catechism.” — The Old Countryman. (Toronto). 
Champagne and Burgundy Wines.— U nder the reign of 
Louis XIV., a great dispute arose concerning the relative merits 
of Burgundy and Champagne wines, nnd tlic preference due to 
the ono or the other. This quarrel originated in a thesis, main- 
tained nt the commencement of the 17th century nt tho Medical 
School of Paris, in which it was assorted, that the wine of Beaune, 
in Burgundy, was not only tho most ngreeablo but the most 
wholesome. This thesis excited no murmur at the time; from 
the 13th century the wine of Beaune had always enjoyed tho 
highest reputation, and no one dreamed of disputing it. But 
forty years later they risked a proposition much more rash than 
the preceding one: it was maintained, in the same school, that 
the wines of Burgundy were not only preferable to those of 
Champagne, but that tho latter attack the nerves, cause n fermen- 
tation of tho humours, nnd bring on the gout in persons not 
naturally subject to it. They fortified this incredible opinion 
with the authority of tho celebrated Fagon, chief phyaiciun of 
Louis XIV., who had just forbidden the king, as they said, the 
use of Champagne wine. The Champagne people took fire — it 
v\ns time — the dangerous heresy threatened to spread; so they 
attacked tho Burgundians bravely. The latter defended them- 
selves with equal cournge. The battle waxed warm. Each 
party sought to crush their antagonists with lienvy writings. 
The inhabitants of Burgundy pretended that tho wino of Cham- 
pagne owed its vogue entirely to the influence of Colbert and 
Louvois, tho then ministers, one of whom was n native of Cham- 
pagne, and the other in possession of immense vineyards. The 
Champagne growers proved thut this assertion was false in cvcrv 
particular. Lung before the time of these two statesmen, said 
they, 1 ho French got tipsy on Champagne wine; ergo, they 
valued that exhiliruting liquor. Tliisurguinent was irrefrngnble. 
They might have added that, from the 16th century, tho wine of 
Ai, a canton of Champagne, enjoyed such renown that tho Em- 
peror Charles V., Pope Leo X., Henry VIII. of England, and 
Francis I. of France, were anxious to possess this nectar, and 
tradition assures us that encli of these great sovereigns purchased 
n close at Ai, in which n little house was built for a vine-dresser, 
who sent them every year a stock of wine, which enlivened their 
repasts. — Soyer's Pantropheon. 
Sublime Gbstuiibs.— A pupil of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 
in Doncaster, a boy about ten yours of age. on being asked by 
signs, “ Who made you ! ” uncovered his head, assumed a reverent 
expression of countenance, nnd with his open hand pointed up- 
wards. There was a simple grandeur in the net never to ho 
described or forgotten — a mental acknowledgment, which no 
words could have more emphatically conveyed. 
Fire Produced hy Air.— A t the monthly meeting of tho 
Asiatic Society, on the 1st September, says Allen's Indian Mail , 
the following extract of n letter from Dr. Fnyrer, now at Rangoon, 
was rend, it contains a singular exemplification of the manner 
in which tho mostcurious scientific processes maybe accidentally 
discovered. “ The instrument sent down to you is for making 
lire by compressing tlic air suddenly. A piece of cotton being 
slack on the head of a piston, it is suddenly forced down nnd 
withdrawn at tho some instant. Tho cotton conics out ignited. 
1 have lit dozens of cheroots with thut very one. It is wonder- 
fully ingenious for a savage to huvo found it out. I luivo seen 
n complicated brass instrument in lecture rooms nt homo that 
did not. do it n hit better.” 
A Long Dance. — A n ingonious French nrithmol ienn has cal- 
culated that tho spneo which a young Pnrision hello, who is fond 
of tho salutary exercise of dancing, traverses in the gay salons of 
Pans, amounts, in the course of one dnnoing season, to lour hun- 
dred and thirty-four miles and a hnlf. lie 1 ms also estimated 
that a French lady, fond of performing tho funclionsofn teetotum, 
would spin round in a wultz in one night as mnny times as tho 
wheels of a steam-boat revolve while running the distance between 
Dover nnd Calais. 
Wiiattiir Chartists aimed at.— I n n recent publication by 
Mr. Somerville we find tho following extraordinary statement 
"1 have tho authority of Mr. Joshua Hobson, of Huddersfield, 
the co-editor nnd printer of O'Connor’s newspapers nt Leeds, to 
state that so sure were somo of the Yorkshire Chartists of n suc- 
cessful revolution in 1S43, that under O’Connor’s guidance nt 
Leeds, they hnd allotted tho principal mansion*, demesnes, nnd 
estates of the kingdom iu their wills, made preparatory to tho 
revolution. Mr. Feargus O'Connor, for his services, modestly 
took to himself, by anticipation, tho estates of Earl Fitzwilliam 
and the Duke of Devonshire; hut of course he was only to hold 
thorn ns trustees for the wool-combers und Yorkshire weavers !” 
— Wiltshire County Mirror. 
tfun-nsTiTioi's tin kkvance AT a Funeral.— a short time 
since, Mr. Tapper, of Toigiigrnce, died and was buried. As the 
deceased was tlic owner of three stocks of bees, 0 curious old 
custom peculiar in Devonshire was observed hv the friends. It 
is held that unless the ceremony of “ turning tho bees ” is per- 
formed at 1 lie death of tho owner, some other member of the 
family would depart this life before tho year expired. Accord- 
ingly the bees were “turned” nt Mr. Tapper's funeral by 
Mr. Coysb, in tho presence of the deceased’s relatives. 
