Confidence that this appeal to the benevolence of the public 
will not be made in vain. [Here follows tbe names of sub- 
scribers, for which we have not present space Ed.] 
RACKETS. 
BELTiDEnF. Tavern, Pextonvillb. — On Thursday 
last a match for two silver snuff boxes was played between 
George Erwood and a Gentleman Amateur, against Bull and 
an amateur of first-rate eminence. The playing an both sides 
was exceedingly good, but the extraordinary skill and activity 
of Bull and his partner prevailed, and they carried off the 
prizes, winning four out of the five games played In the 
rubber. The match for the silver tankards, which was to 
have come off on Monday last between Morris and Pitman 
against The London Amateur and another Amateur was 
unavoidably postponed, in consequence of the temporary 
lameness of one of the gentlemen interested. In lieu thereof, a 
spirited match was got up between Pitman and The London 
Amateur against Bull and a first-rate player. The good for- 
tune which has attended Bull and his partners during the 
present season (Bull seeming to have perfected his racket 
education by the terms he has kept at the University of Ox- 
ford)didnotdesert him on this occasion ; but, notwithstanding 
the extraordinary good condition of Bull, tho result achieved 
in tho match— the beating of such players as Pitman and The 
London Amateur — could not have been achieved without tho 
powerful assistance of Bull’s talented partner. By their 
combined activity and skill they carried off tho houours in 
seven out of nine games played ; the last, to the surprise of 
everybody, being a “love game" lost by Pitman and The 
London Amateur. To-morrow afternoon, the greatest muster 
of talent of the season will take place for Erwood’s benefit, 
when the court will be occupied, among other first-rate players, 
by Pitman, Morris, Frank Erwood, Bull, The London 
Amateur, Sowden, Caplin, and the Veteran Samuel Young, 
who defeated Lord Eglinton's marker, Patrick Divett, in 
the North British Stakes for £800. 
Belvidbiie Tavern, Pentonville. — George Erwood, 
the Racket Master to the Bclvidere Court, will tako his bene- 
fit on Monday next, July 24. On which day professionals and 
amateurs of the greatest talent in England will take part in 
the sports. Among the distinguished players, who havo sig- 
nified their intention of being present, and supporting George 
Erwood, are:— T. Morris, M. Pittman, Frank Erwood (from 
Birmingham), The London Amateur, C. Bull (from Oxford), 
John Sowden, and John Caplin. The play will commence ut 
threo o’clock. It has been arranged that tickets, one shilling 
each, may be had at the bur of the Belvidere Tavern at 
any hour of the day of the benefit, July 24. 
Coffee and Eating-house Keepers’ Association. 
—On Monday night tho 35th half-yearly meeting of the 
members of this association was held at the Freemasons' 
Tavern, Mr. R. Stainos in the chair. The report stuted that 
the expenditure for the last six months had been less than the 
income by 179 /. 12 s. 11 d. The total income for the half-year, 
including a balance of 87 /. 13s. 3d. from tho last audit, 
amounted to 288/. Os. 5d. t and the expenditure to CO/. 3s., 
leaving in hand a balance of 227/. 17s. 5</., of which a sum 
of 214/. has been added to the capital stock of the association, 
which now amounts to 3,001/. The report was unanimously 
adopted. The governing officers for the ensuing year were 
next elected ; and, some routine business having been disposed 
of, the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the 
chairman. 
White Bear, Kenninqton Road.— O n Monday, the 
Union Racket Club contended for a pair of beautiful 
rackets, when a very interesting struggle ensued, re- 
sulting in the victory of the manager of the club and 
his partner, Mr. R . The players were handicapped 
by the marker of the court, and the acccuraey of his 
judgment was proved by the closeness with which each set 
was contested. On Tuesday, eight players assembled to con- 
tend for prizes given by the Union Racket Club. They were 
arranged by the committee, and the balance of power so evenly 
distributed, that each party felt confident of success. Tho 
last set between previous victors was won by G. E. Groatwood 
and J. Hales, beating the veterans Black and II. Hales. The 
three first games were very well contested, and, but for nu 
accident to the old man, who strained a tendon in his right 
leg, might have had a very different result; but though the 
6et was played out, the activity of Hales, who put on extra 
steam, was not sufficient to compensate for the crippled con- 
dition of his partner. Great forbearance was shown by the 
losers, who all did their best, and the committee were very 
happy in being able to present each of them with a small sum 
as a consolation for their defeat. On Monday, July 31st, E. 
Greatwood, the marker, takes his annual benefit, when lie has 
secured the services of the best players in and near London ; 
und there is little doubt that ho will have a bumper, which he 
fully deserves for his invariably good conduct and civility. 
+ 
THE CRYSTAL PALACE. 
Monday. — Shilling Day. — Number of Season tickets 
sold to this date, 20,370; admission at the doors, 1G,7G3 ; 
admission by seuson tickets, 838 total, 17,001. 
Tuesday. — Shilling Day. — 16,559 paid the admission 
fee, and 1,151 seoson ticket holders were admitted. 
Sits mtU Sprs. 
TriE Successful Barrister. — According to the Paris cor- 
respondent of the Atlas, n young English barrister had succeeded 
in marrying Mdlle R , the. wealthiest heiress in Paris, and 
connected with one of the highest families. The young lady was 
known to possess an undistinguished weakness for a well-dressed 
man, and by loudly expressing this opinion had been of more 
service to the tailors of Paris within the last year than Count 
d’Orsay in double the space of time. The barrister had many 
rivals, but the most formidable was a gentleman acknowledged 
to be the most approved dandy in Paris. The lady selected these 
two to decide from, anil invited them both to her chateau. The 
Frenchman declared to his friends that he meant to cut the 
matter short at once by so outshining the Englishman by his 
dress that the latter would retire from the field crushed to atoms 
by the superior skill he was determined to manifest on the occa- 
sion. The Englishman said nothing, made no boast, but accepted 
the invitation, and, together by the same train, the two rivals 
left Paris for the seat of war. It so happened that the French 
dandy had furnished himself with a regular trousseau for the oc- 
casion at the great English tailor’s in the Rue du Helder. anil the 
English tailor, out of sheer compatriotism, hail told Sir. II of 
what it was composed. A sudden idea flashed across the brain 
of the barrister, ilia servant, one of the sanctified hypocritical 
roug valets for whom London was always famous, is something 
about the height and size of the French pretendu. Mr. II 
immediately ordered for this ally the exact counterpart of every 
suit already ordered by the Marquis de la B . The first day, ( 
THE FIELD. 
68 : 
at dinner, the poor young marquis was rather disconcerted, when 
upon entering the dining room, his glance alighted upon the very 
counterpart of himself, standing stiff and self-centred behind the 
Englishman s chair ; and he looked angrily at his rival to see if 
anv insult was intended, but the Englishman was too intent upon 
making himself agreeable to the lady to notice his ruffled tem- 
p eF ‘ v j seco , 'lay the same scene was enacted, although our 
hero had completely changed even the style of his whole tour- 
nure ; and again was the same ill-humour displayed during the 
whole of dinner, while Mr. H was profiting by the silence of 
his witty rival. The third and fourth repetitions were too ridi- 
culous. The young marquis, too clever, and too much the man 
ot the world not to feel the absurdity of his position, prudently 
withdrew. J 
A Hint to the Ladies. — A lady moving in the higher cir- 
cles of society thus writes to us : — “ It appears to me astonishing 
that at present, when the heroism of the Turks is a theme awa- 
nening the universal, the highest admiration, their national head 
dress * the turban,' once so great a favourite with ladies in their 
fashionable assemblies, should not again be resumed by them. 
No coiffure can be more becoming, and no greater, more deserved, 
or more acceptable eomnliment could be paid to the Turkish ar- 
mies than to see their gallantry thus recognised by tho fair sex of 
Great Britain. ’’ 
Our Statute Book. — A t the close of last year our statute- 
book, commencing our enumeration from the* Oth Henry III., 
contained 16,679 public general acts, 9,285 local and personal 
acts, and 14,268 private acts. The public general acts have been 
thus classified : — 
Acts repealed 2 726 
— virtually repealed 2*667 
— obsolete 43 g 
— expired or virtually expired 4,310 
— of a merely local or personal application . . 2,473 
— relating exclusively to Scotland 430 
— relating exclusively to Ireland 625 
— relating exclusively to the Colonies ... 403 
— relating, some to the United Kingdom gene- 
rally, others exclusively to England, others 
to Great Britain, and some few to England 
and I relauil 2 509 
16,579 
TO MY S EG AIL 
BY BARRY BRAKE. 
Within my “ wrapper,” brown and swart, 
Dusky roll of latent joy. 
There is peace without alloy ; 
Pence thou sendest to mv heart, 
Worn with fretting, care, and toil; 
And thy sweet breath makes me glad, 
And tranquil like a spell of art. 
Like the soft and plaintive moan 
Of music’s clearest minor tone ; 
Like the grace which clothes the form 
Of some statue, growing warm ; 
Like the spiritual gaze 
Of serel eves, down through the haze— 
The rich haze that lingers longest. 
With light of mingled gray and gold, 
Where that “spell of art “ is strongest. 
In the galleries famed and old. 
Sad thine aspect is, and grave — 
No gay colours make thee brave, 
Little promise gavest thou, 
When I took thee from the case, 
Of tho wondrous balm which now 
Flings a glory o’er the place. 
Sweetly modest is thy form, 
But thy fragrance— oh, how warm, 
How deftly winsome, how — but vain — 
Feeble is the loftiest strain, 
Thy beneficence to tell ; 
Dear Segar ! I love thee well. 
Not in tones from sage’s pen ; 
Not in “ lives ” of greatest men ; 
Not in histories old and rare; 
Not in essays formal, square, 
Have found such wisdom pure, 
As thou teachest — for be sure, 
Their best teachings are like thine, 
Shown through smoke of allegory, 
The true way, since lips divine 
Spoke in parables, their story. 
Dear Segar ! how much I owe thee, 
Since a hoy I learned to know thee ; 
Though thou playd'st me then a trick, 
Left me “most consumedly sick 
Yet I will not much complain, 
As thou cans't not do’t again. 
Many a head-ache hast thou cured ; 
Many a grief with me endured ; 
Many a struggling fear hast banished, 
Care before thy glow hath vanished ; 
Thou hast solved me many a doubt — 
Stop— ah, poor Segar! ’tis out. 
Stafo Jnfclligentc, 
INSOLVENT DEBTORS’ COURT. 
(Before Mr. Commissioner Murphy.) 
In Bb Ann Sivvour. — This insolvent, a domestic servant in 
Eaton-plnce, applied under tho Protection Act. Mr. Sorgood, who 
supported tho insolvent, said it was a laraontable case, and ho did 
not wonder she wus unopposed. In 1845 some person induced her 
to take two shares in the Wheal Sophia Lead and Copper Mining 
Company, and slio hud paid out of her wages £29 12s. without 
any advantage. There wore further colls to £9 10s., and some 
person for machinery had sued her os a shareholder for £35 19s. 
Mr. Miller, of Gray’s-inn-plaec, who represented tho company, 
wns tho solicitor who had sued tho unfurtunato young woman. 
An offer of £6 wns made, all she had, and refused, and slio was 
compelled to petition under tho l’rotcoiion Act. Tho learned 
counsel mndo some strong remarks on tho cose. Mr. Commis- 
sioner Murphy said it wns a case for protection, lie concurred 
with tho learned counsel. Tho 8th of November wns appointed for 
tho final order. 
fatal. 
MORE PIRACIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. 
Under dnto 2Ctli Juno, a letter to tho Portajorjlio , from the 
Dardanelles, says : — 
“ On the 23rd inst., tho captain of a French transport, from Mar- 
seilles, loaded with provisions for the nrmy, deposed ns follows, in 
the consulate:— In tho Archipelago he had been assailed by pirates. 
These bandits, 25 to 30 in number, boarded her, pistols in hand 
and their swords in tlioir mouths, and robbed her of as much pro- 
visions ns their boat would contain. 
“ Not satisfied with this booty, they robbed tbo captain and 
crew of their properly, not leaving more than tbo clothes they 
wore, and stripping the captain of all tho money ho had. 
“ Other French captains add that the Greeks scour tho seas even 
to the waters of Alexandria, and have even been seen in tho Ara- 
bian Gulf, 
lowing’— let,e ”° f the 4th > from T,,nis jesterdny, report tho fol- 
“ Captain Lisano, of tho Malteso barqno ITclen, that reielm.l 
from Malta, reports to tho consul that botweon Capo Bon and Ker 
kena h 0 found a Greek pirate threatening tho ffiinTan 1,1. 
Antionetta, and his boat was launched to board. Captain Lisnno 
whoso vo«so ... „ ‘ V 
, ‘"3 nos luuuuucu m oonru. Uniilnin Li«nn<> 
whoso vowel is large, resorted to a stratagem to i.Simidntc the 
'• Ho hoisted a ponnant, and ran out ‘ Qnakors,' nlnoim* 
in nS if to limn t Item mill tlulii I. ... ” 
pirates. 
, . ■ ■xnaiuo a peiiiinni, auu ran oui ’ Uuakors/ nlneinw 
? 9 ‘ f n, ? n tl,era » n,ul t,10n burned his head towards tho 
off PC Thl ' •**? ’ whlch im *nodiately hoisted in her boat and made 
board ' 8 pira 0 8como ^ bo full of meu, having about 100 on 
s,ron * 1 * 1 of roport. tbo F eno’i steamer Sontlnollo, 
hut rempniT « 0t . U ? and wenl in J ° nrc b °f ‘bo pirate, 
ohipnf am C ,0 P 0 * 1 8 “°5|ly “ftor. without hayi >g eucccodod in tho 
object of her search.”— Malta Mail , July 7 . 
fr, no'' \tr \v ■ n' , V ' V.'- . V “° n screw- steamer waa launched 
0?Sntunln S w" & tchm ? ^P^l-ling .vanl, at Northflect, 
torv S lamJhtn , Sh v v,w full f v r, 8K«l ftn ' 1 "quipped prepara 
tor> to launching, nml not only had her oncinVfltteil but tin- 
steam up, so that within five minutes from 3S t£io of 1 her loav- 
tbe ways, she was enabled to -tart off upon her trial trip 
bln IS intended for Australia, and having been launched in a 
somewhat novel manner, without cleats or fixtures „f miv kind 
but U J n r , :° tt0m V * W ' 1 , 1 n °t rt ‘ , l uiri> to bo taken into dry dock 
™ l !i‘ rCm y *° ta , ke her departure for the colonim in the 
coni so of the present week, as she lias nothing but her cargo and 
sea stores t„ take on board. She is the property of three av\u\ ■ 
men, and Is called “Us Trow Amis.’* She isrepvc.a.redtob, 
S Ca .’ n - V r el ,hat wiU ovor y«t hive attempted a 
voyage to tho Antipodes. 
llilitarjr. 
BkARds in the Army.— T ho Soots Greys, now lying in Man- 
chester, under orders for Turkov, received orders about three days 
ngo to discontinue tho use of the razor, and are cultivating their 
beards with much satisfaction. ° 
' Buck- 
fcmiraitnr unit pliti:t. 
_ , , [From Tuesday's Ornette. 1 
Commission signed by tho Lord-Lleutcnnnt of tho County of 
Ingham. 
»*«».! 
Commission signed by tho Lord- Lieutenant of tho County of North- 
ampton. 
♦ n ^? n r rlT, pt ,°? 8,ll ^, nc § lmcn t of Militia — Lord RroivnloivThomns Mon. 
tague Cecil, lule or tbu Scotta Fusllecr Guards, to bo Second Malar 
Commissions signed by the Lord-Lieutcnnnt of tho West Riding of tho 
„Fn #n / of ' ork ‘ 11,1,1 ' f ,lle ai, d County of tho City of York 
4 h Regiment of West York Mllftla-Robort Borthwlck ^so (WtoDlit 
regiment), to bo Captain; Bryar Staploion, Esq., to b«' iVummnt- 
*• ****»>*-> t "°™* 
[Tho following appointments arc substituted for those which appeared 
In tho Gazette of Tuesday, tho 27th of Juno la»t : — 1 
Commissions signed by tho Lord- Lieutenant of tho West Riding of tho 
County of York, and of the City and Comity of tlm City of York. 
HSlSSSlSSaKf UKht bifuntry— Thomas Orton 
8th Regiment of West York MUltla-John Honry Colo Wynne, Gent . 
to bo Llcutennnt. ’ ' 
<6m Itte-lsB. 
THE GRUB IN BEECHWOOD. 
Sm.-Tf you wish to preservo any largo quantity of beechwond 
from tho grub, kyanlzo It by tho patent process. If tho quantity Is small, 
soak tho wood In corrosive sublimate water, t. e. dissolve an ouncu oi 
corrosive subllmnto In u stable bucket of water. 
* Uiiiiha. 
c , « D0GS - 
, r. r ' orA '' wl, dies to feed a dcllcato feeding dog, let the 
animal linvo the run of tho house, that Is, Irt him bu •• trencher fed." 
i ne dog 1 s stomach Is wrong, probably, and wants physic ; dean him out 
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xltJbmtsemcnts. 
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The minimum charge bolng 2s. Gd. for Five Linos and under. 
Payment must be mndo In Cash or by Post-olllce Order to tho Pub- 
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DIRECTORS. 
Henry Edgeworth Blcknoll, Esq. 
T. Somers Cocks. Jun. Esq,, M.P. 
George llonry Drew, Esq. 
William Evans, Esq. 
William Freeman, Esq. 
Francis Fuller, Esq. 
Joseph Henry Goodhart, Esq 
Thomas Grlssoll, Esq. 
James Hunt, Esq. 
John Arscott Lethbridge, Esq. 
Edmund Lucas, Esq. 
Augustin Robinson, Esq. 
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Author of a “Treotiseoo Assurance Associations, Freehold Land anil 
Building .Societies,’’ &c. 
Evory variety of Policies granted on any number of lives, and to any 
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Endowments and Annuttlos granted on equitable terms. 
No charge on Policy Stamps. 
Policies Indisputable except In cases of fraud. 
Travellers, Mariners, and Emigrants assured on moderate terms. 
Creditors assured on tho lives of their debtors with special advantages. 
Tho Second quinquennial Division of Profits will tako place at tho 
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Table II. will bo entitled to three-fourths or 76 per cent., without part- 
nership liability. 
A1 necessury forms, with every information ns to tho mode of effecting 
Assuruucc, may bo obtained cither by letter or personal application to 
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