390 
THE FIELD 
(he largest trout, when in their greatest beauty and best 
condition. 
The minnerd is n night or day bait for all weathers 
and waters this month, often voraciously run at by the trout, 
and rarely refused except for a fuvouritc fly ; it und tin 
brawling worm for morning fishing until the flics commence 
hatching. 
Leominster Fishino Club. a.d. 1864.— Hulks. — 
First, That every subscriber of ono pound annually shall 
he a member of the club. That the subscription be due on 
the 1st day of Murcb in each year, and ho person be 
allowed to angle until the same bo puid. That tickets 
shall not bo grunted to persons who sell their fish, nor ho 
transferable, but that every member shall be allowed to 
take ono friend (if not resident within ten miles of the 
Town- hall, Luominstcr) with him. Second, That no per- 
son, except a member, ho allowed to fish in the Lugg from 
Ford’s Bridge up to the Black Bridge; in I’insley from its 
junction with thu I.ugg to the Ilailway Station ; und in the 
Arrow, up to Tessa Bridge. Third, That no person resid- 
ing within ten miles of tho water ho allowed to fish more 
than three days in ouch week, fourth, That persons he 
allowed to angle, fof ono week, upon payment of 6s. ; und 
for one day, upon payment of ‘2s. Fifth,’ Thut no trout ho 
taken between the 1st day of October und the 1st flay of 
March ; and no grayling, of more weight than half a pound, 
between the 1st day of February and t ho 1st day of May. 
Sixth, That no member ho ullowod to take a dog upon the 
river under a penalty of 10s., half to go to tho keeper and 
hulf to tho fund. Seventh, That a c«mmit(oo of aovon bo 
unnuully appointed to conduct the u flairs of tho club, 
lilghth, That Mr. Julia Bradford bo appointed secretary and 
treasurer to the society, and that (lie power of granting 
tickets bo vested in tho secretary. Ninth, That tho secre- 
tary he empowered to cull a committee meeting at any time. 
Tenth, That the commit toe for the ensuing your bo Messrs. 
John Bedford, T. W. Davies, T. B. Stullard, II. J. Archi- 
bald, T. Smith, R. Langdon, and J. Matley. Rods, ilies, 
and tackle, of the most upproved kinds, may ho hud of tho 
secretary. 
[N'o have inserted the above in compliance with tho re- 
quest of eminent anglers, and wo shall bo Imppy to do the 
nunc with every angling club in the kingdom. JV.1L— First 
corno, first served.— Hn.] 
Till! M UMBERS OK Till! Henley-on-Thames Fishing 
Association hnvc presented C. Dawson, Esq., of Den- 
mark House, with their Aim mil prize rod, line, and winch, 
the last season’s accounts, and to admit new members. 
The club is again kindly allowed the gratuitous use of a 
piece of ground to play in, on Mr. Taylor’s farm. 
Ramiiiky Cricket Cum. — The members of this club 
have fixed upon the 1st of May for the opening day of the 
present season. At the annual meeting, held a few days 
since, the following officers were appointed for the coming 
year: — President, T. R. Gobi), K><j. ; Vice-Presidents, the 
lion. J. T. Fiennes, Robert Field, and A. Ii. Tawney, 
Esq re.; Treasurer, Mr. William Hayward; Secretary, Mr. 
T. Mitchell; Committee, 11. Samuelson, Esq., 11. Field, 
Esq., R. If. Bolls, Esq., T. IC. Cobb, Esq., Messrs. W. 
Hartley, II. Wootton, J. Page, J. Gardner, J. Saul, W. 
Bygravc, J. Webb, R. Tanner, U. Gardner, II. Nnsbcy, 
and H. Page. The annual match with eleven gentlemen 
of the Christchurch College Club, Oxford, will take place on 
Whit-Monday and the succeeding day ; ami from tlic array 
of cricketing talent displayed on both sides, a first-rate 
game is anticipated. We hear that the members of the 
Wheatley Club intend challenging the Banbury gen- 
lemcn. 
The Regent's Park F.ton Club v. Reioate 
Amateur Club. — These clubs meet agnin this season on 
Monday, May 8th, at the Eton (Round, Adelaide Road, 
Primrose Hill. This being tho opening match of the ground, 
and each of tho above clubs having won the out match last 
season, tho one by ton and tho other by throe runs only, that 
judging from the relative strength of each to be brought 
out on this occasion, much good play, it is expected, will 
be shown in this match. 
CHESS. 
SOLUTION OF THE LAST PROBLEM. 
1. B to K 
2. B to K B 2 
3. B to K Kt 
4. B to I£ Ii 2 
6 . K Kt I* 1 Mate 
A 
2- B to K B 2 
3. R to Q 4 
K P 2 Mate 
K moves 
K moves, or A 
K moves 
K moves 
P takes B 
P Queens 
Between Jlessra. Buckle and Bickaddb— the former „;*■ 
the P and move. er 
White. 
Mr. Rickards. 
1 . Q P 2 
2. Q B P 2 
3. B to Q 2 
4. Q takes B 
j. k P I 
6 . Q Kt to B 3 
7. K Kt to B 3 
8 . Q R P 1 
•J. Q to Q B 2 
10. B takes Kt 
11. Q to R 4 
12 . Q takes P 
13. K Kt to K 6 
14. IC It P 1 
Bernovo Black’s KBP. 
Bi ick. 
Mr. Buckle. 
K P 1 
B(ch) 
B takes B 
Q P 2 
K Kt to B 3 
Q Kt to B 3 
Castles 
Q Kt to Q R 4 
Q Kt takes P 
P takes R 
Q to Q 3 
Q B to Q2 
Q R to Q square 
K to K R square 
Black. 
QioB B 3 MU «- 
B to Kt 4 
QBPl 
R to R K t 
fur having, by fair angling, taken the largest fish from the 
water preserved by the society, during the past season. 
The register proved that this was a pike weighing 13 lbs. 
Mr. Dawson, who is considered one of the most expert 
anglers in the county, gained the society's prize last year, 
It may he observed, that the average weight offish taken 
during the past season, was lower than usual. Mr. Frede- 
rick Tagg has consented to accept the offices of treasurer 
and secretary to the society (vacant by the Heath of Mr. .1. 
S. PI umbo), in which he will be agisted by Mr. Joseph 
Partridge. 1 
Kingsbury Fishery.— Rules and Regulations. 
—'llio subscription ono guinea unniiully. No day tickets 
allowed, und no member's ticket transferable. Much 
member sliull produce bis ticket when required. Each 
member to bo allowed to place n punt on tho water, to ho 
kept at his own expense, and to bo used by i,o person with- 
out his permission. Ono friend may be Introduced by a 
-member. The incmbot' to uso only two rod-, whothor alone 
or accompanied byufrRnd. Tho season to commence on 
the first day of May und end on the lust day of February, 
fur porch ; but no livo or dead fish-bait to be used bofore the 
fiiM day of Juno. Jack- fishing from the first day of June 
to the lust day of February. That no member yso a trim- 
mer, peg-line, lay-lino, or not, oxcept a landing or keep-net 
n.at each member keep strictly within the limits of the 
land adjoining thu water, ns set out by tho land-grip, 
nod do not trespass upon tho lands of tho adjacent pro- 
prietors. In the event of any inembor or member’s friend 
acting m such inunnor as to render himjeir annoying 
or troublesome to other subscribers, or a broach of any of 
thcso rules or regulutions by a member, tho right conferred 
by lus subscription shall absolutely cease : und he shall he 
deemed a trespasser if ho fltdits after duo notice from tho 
manager. Applications for rules and tickets to be mudo to 
Ko,b y- manager (pro. tern.) 57, Cambridge Street, 
h'lgwure-ioud ; or to II. Stratford, “ Welsh Harp,” the 
Fishery, Hendon. 
(Our 
GREYHOUNDS. 
Sir,-- I have read in the columns of your widely circulating paper 
lyto'a letter about tho management of greyhounds, I have kept 
greyhounds for somo years, and should recommend that they should 
be exercised from one hour, Increasing gradually to two hours and a- 
half a-day. The food I have always given Is biscuits steeped in the 
liquor of boiled bones, and twlco a week 4oz. of meat cooked. 
I feel confident that tilts method of bringing up young dogs is much 
,,l0 „ bM . t - C. II. W. 
llugly. 
USE OF THE SPUR BY LADIES. 
Sin,— I am sorry that, up to this time, only two ladles have thought 
proper to tuko part In the correspondence that 1ms appeared In your 
pages on the above subject, ns I am sure it would have gratified your 
readers very much, and do a great deal of good, if some of the gentler 
sex would express their opinions us to whether hunting, and the 
necessary accompaniment* of wry severe exertion exacted troin the 
horse, and the very free use of her spur oa the part of the rider, is 
cous stent with the character of a humane and gentle Englishwoman, 
but I uni happy to think that the very small number of Indies that do 
join in the clmse Indicates with tolerable distinctness that they consider 
the sport Inconsistent with those amiable qualities for which English 
ladles are so Celebrated. 
A foil at a fence Is not, perhaps, more' ridiculous In the ease of a 
i-my than a gentleman; but ought ladies to expose themselves to meet 
With such an accident I 
15. Castles K side B to K square 
1 C. q R to Q K Kt P 2 
17. K B P 2 Kt to Q 4 
18. Kt takes Kt P takes Kt 
12. Q to K 2 P takes P 
20. It takes P R takes It 
White. 
| Mr. Itlckards. 
21. I* takes R 
; 22. Q to K B 2 
23. R to Q B 
24. R to B 3 „ r 
25 H t° K Kt 3 R takes R 
1 26. Q takes It B to K 7 
I 27. q to B 2 
I 28. K Kt P 2 
2b Q to K 3 
30. Kt 10 B3 
31. Q to K 5 
; 32. Kt takes Q 
33. K Kt P 1 
34 . K to B 2 
I 35. K to K*3 
I 3(1. K B P 1 
i 37. K to It 4 
38. K B P 1 
39. K to B 6 
40. K to K 0 
June 
July 
MATCHES AT LORD'S. 
5 th, Nottingham against England 
iBSES ° f " ,C M C C ' "« a,nst th0 Gentlemen of 
X; Imatch b" d .S I W 
3rd. 
10 th, 
August 
. A match 1 . ’’T'T county or Sussex 
c l , ,n ? do b >' M.C.C and Canterbury 
1 nni "■ m 1 “! yct not Ana"/ arranged J 
' Site r C " «» d Cambridge 
sttX’jszsi "i'rz'r 
" * } ,b > M.C.C. and Ground against Sussex 
„ - 1 st, Nottingh am against England, At Nottingham 
Tub South Hants Club, Southampton.— T his 
Club has made arrangements for the season and will 
“I 0 3rd ,° f M V..nd will continue on 
Se ?!,! Sat unlays throughout nil the seu.-,,,,. 
woman, 
Cftn J l . do t0 hounds a,,d keep a good place, without 
S 1 L' J d ft, l rruc " se her spurs, to im her burse at Ills fences, &c." 
whn ?'' e . n ! ", fonoc ' ls “ ‘Id cate way of saying that a lady 
.. V 1 l '“ n ,hc bolstei '°»' amusement of liunt ng, requires at 
a fence to exact the utmost possible amount of exertion from her cx- 
im! ?,« C »i,«? Hl in y 1 "i vl « o r ous u » e her spur, which is the only stl- 
umlus that will produce thu desired effect ; no lady ought to join in a 
sport which requires her to resort 10 the infliction of soinuch Suffering 
for her amusement during the run, and the frequent use of her spur 
r l 0 )) ‘V r gC °? hcrr011 ' 1 home : I ask, “Is that the way in 
vyhlcli English ladles ought to use their Jiorses /" } 
I am nut surprised that a child of ten yearn of age, who has 
;™ n n T'' '7, l,cr thoughtless parents with that *oS£ In 
to ho J ° f h'BjUhmcnt, a spur, for her pony, should grow up 
I? n , b °. a ‘"crcllcss liorsewoman. I can fancy 1 see “ Annlo 1 ' 
“?}*" ted , "' 1 ' P 0,1 >'. with her little spurs In pretty constant 
, e ! i y "/ Kn lo I ,cd ,om " 1 tllc b, wii, cheered hv her pnrents when- 
,' CI ,b0 f " r K' uy ffuve nn cxU l hitch, which did not unseat 
liottoCKf^^tteT 11 ,n CrUC,ty glvcn curly ’ luld »PP*» 
1 have made the above remaiks on “Annie's" last letter not 
t l ut imno P of th« t n '° y w,llbav f clTcct "I'on her, but to show her 
hat nnothor f eon.a? rKUm0n ^ 1 "i 'V® ,n,,dc u “ uf lirc ‘enable ; and 
fle d ,w.T. 1 C,1CCof ,ndy frequently appealing in the limiting 
If Sabi acqukxlt'on of the knowledge and use 
x siau.o an 1 other slang. A Indy has no occasion to know the 
rlX h"m ?nd !?,?£, 'I" h0 ™^” when rldln e her horse as a lady should 
, ,,nd . i bc Cfl '* »ovcr have occasion to lift her home except in 
hunting , and I can uvnyc all Indies, that the less knowledge of stable 
luanaguinent and stable practices that they display, the more their 
cumpuny and conversation will bo appreciated by gentlemen I am 
“-v: v'Vr ' 3 v ' ■!“ 
him imu in i m. I mu). — lours truly, c 
London, I7(A April, 1854. 
c A HINT 10 FARMERS. 
B to R 4 
5 *° K square 
K to Kt 2 
B to Q 2 
Q takes Q 
5 Hr" 
B to Q 8 
K to H square 
B to It 4 
K j) 8( l ua ra 
f ! s 'iuara 
K t!i s, l uar e 
B1 °ck Rcsigni 
Continuation of the series of fine games now playing in 
between the eminent player Mr. 13 ucklk anil Mr. Dabnes tb 0 
former giving the P and move. ' tbo 
Remove Black's K B P. 
White. 
WniTE. 
Mr. Barnes. 
Black. 
Mr. Buckle. 
I. 
Q 1*2 
K Kt to B 3 
34. 
It to Q B 2 
2. 
QB P2 
QBP2 
36. 
B to q 7 
3. 
QP 1 
K P 2 
36. 
B to Kt5 
4. 
Iv P 2 
Q P 1 
37 
K to K 2 
6. 
K Bto Q3 
B to K2 
38. 
K to B 2 
6. 
K Kt to K2 
Castles 
39. 
P takes P 
7. 
Castles 
Kt to It 4 
40. 
B to B 
8. 
Q Kt to B3 
K I! to Kt 4 
41. 
Q Kt P 1 
D. 
B takes B 
Q takes B 
42. 
B to Kt 2 
10. 
Q to Q B 
Q takes Q 
43. 
R to Q 2 
11. 
R takes Q 
Q It P 1 
44. 
B to B 
12. 
Kt to Kt 3 
Kt to B 5 
45. 
R to Q 
13. 
B to Q Kt 
B to Q2 
46. 
R to Q3 
u. 
Q Kt to K 2 
Q Kt P 2 
47. 
R to Q 
16. 
Kt takes Kt 
1* takes Kt 
48. 
R to Kt2 
16. 
Kt to K 2 
P takes P 
49. 
B to n 
17. 
R takes P 
B to Kt 4 
60. 
B to Kt 2 
18. 
R to B 2 
Kt to Q 2 
51. 
R to Q2 
19. 
K B P 1 
Q R to q Kt 
62. 
B takes Kt 
20. 
K R to K 
I! takes Kt 
63. 
K to Kt 2 
21. 
q It takes B 
KRP1 
54. 
K to B 2 
22. 
B to q 3 
Q R P 1 
55. 
It to Q 
23. 
QR P2 
R to Kt 5 
56. 
K to B 
21. 
B to Kt 6 
Kt to K 4 
67. 
K to Kt 
26 . 
K R to Q B 
K to I! 2 
58. 
R to KB 
26. 
QR to Q2 
k to n 3 
59. 
K to R 
27. 
K to B 2 
K Kt P 2, 
GO. 
R to q B 
28. 
K If P I 
Kt to Kt 3 
61. 
IC to Kt 
29 
K R to B 4 
It takes R 
62. 
K P 1 
30. 
B takes R 
K to K 4 
63 
QP1 
31. 
K to K 2 
It to Q Kt 
61. 
R to B2 
32. 
B to Kt 5 
Kt to K 2 
65. 
R to B 
33. K to Q3 KR 1> 1 
| 66. Q P 1 
Resigns. 
Duck. 
Sir. Buckle 
Kt to Kt 
Kt to B 3 
Kt P 1 
R to K Kt 
P takes It p 
R to Kt 6 
Kt to Q2 
K to B 3 
Kt to K 4 
Kt to Kt 3 
K to K 4 
Kt to It 5 
Kt to Kt 3 
Kt to It 
RP1 ; 
Kt to B2 
Kt to Kt 4 
Kt takes P (ch) 
It takes B 
R to Kt G (ch) 
R P 1 J 
R to Kt 7 (ch) 
R to Q Kt 7 
R takes P 
R to Kt7 
Q B 1* I 
K to q 5 
QBPl 
P takes P 
R to q 7 
K to Q G 
q b 1 * 1 
K to B6 
©in- ffijifrfcifes. 
Royal Italian Opera.— Donizetti’s “ Elisir d'Amore” 
was presented on Tuesday night for tiie first time this 
season. This charming lyric pastoral was performed, on 
the whole, in a highly efficient manner. The distribution o. 
-r- 
o„, r EVIL in SHEEP, 
evil ?r # hc°ep nny ° nC ° ry0Uri ‘ e “ Uur> P lc * ci lbe a remedy for the joint 
y A. C. R. 
'A Kss'is' — 
.' I X\LX\ 1 :iy^ , ., you ' v " lu '‘ bl ° ‘"no; bat a, ,0 much has been 
T SMELT. 
Scviglia,” is worthy uf the strongest possible cast, and 
supported by first-rate singing und acting would always 
bring money to the treasury. Signor Luchesi’s Nomorino , 
on I uusilay, was careful and natural. He is less at home 
m the cautalilc than in the florid style of singing; and Do 
overlaid the plaintive aria, “ Una furtiva lagrimu the 
touching simplicity of which is the secret of its charm— with 
embellishments which we could not but think were out of 
place. Many parts of his singing, however, were really 
excellent. I 11 the absence ol Signor Tamburini it would be 
vain to look for n more vigorous and spirited Bclcorc limn 
Signor Tagliafico. II is conception of tho part of the 
recruiting sergeant was admirable, und his singing always 
correct mid animated. Mademoiselle Bosio’s recent suc- 
cessi-B' have seemingly induced her to redouble her exertions: 
she sines better and better on each successive occasion. 
Her Adina wus a delightful performance. As an example 
of expressive singing, the “ Prendi, per me sei liboro ” was 
faultless. Tho Dulcamara of Signor Ronconi wus irre- 
MSlib, y humourous. From the first entrance of the cunning 
mountebank, when, aloft from his licketty chariot, he 
proclaims the virtues of his infallible nostrums for the 
edification ol tho admiring bumpkins, in the graphic and 
magniloquent cavatina, “ Udito, udite, o rustici,” to tho 
scene where lie vainly endeavours to practise the same arts 
upon Adina which hud succeeded so well with Ncmorino, 
he was the life und soul of the stage — restless, mercurial, and 
lull of original and diverting tricks. Signor Ronconi is so 
osei.tiully an actor of impulse that wo cau never reckon 
with any degree of certainty upon what ho is going to do; 
his invention is inexhaustible, und his powers of execution 
aro equal to any emergency, to any sudden whim of his 
strange and grotesque imagination. Both Mademoiselle 
Bosio and Signor Ronconi were recalled. The opera 
u (lorded unequivocal satisfaction from first to last; and tho 
spnitcd exertions of the orchestra and chorus, under M- 
Costa, added materially to the effect of the performance. 
Mademoiselle Sophie Cruvelli mude her first appearance on 
Thursday, as Desemonda, in Rossini's Otdlo. 
T in- engagement of Mdlo. Sophie Cruvelli commenced on 
i Imrsdny night. The house was brilliantly filled to witness 
the first appearance of this celebrated artiste, tbe Queen und 
the Prince being among tbe auditory. Mdle. Cruvelli was 
re-called at the termination of tho second act ami again at 
the close of the opera, which was Rossini’s Otdlo. Tho 
Itoyul suite in attendance on her Majesty and the Prince 
consisted of the Hon. Flota Macdonald, Mr. Cavendish, Lord 
De lubley. Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel Seymour. 
t Adler's Wells. — T he performances on Monday and 
1 uesdny wore the “ Dream at Sen,” the “ Follies of a Day,” 
and the burlesquo of the “ Willow Pattern 1'lute.’’ The 
“ Follies of u Day” introduced Miss Castleton, from, wo 
believe, the Dublin Theatre, and tho part of tho Counters 
