1086 
the field. 
Supple J.P. ; Cross, Watson, Deveral, Moiles, Young, 
Groome, Montmorency. Maguiro, Whelan, Brown FenjJ?“; 
Kelly, Butler, Phipps. Montford, Malone, Byrne, 1 1 nhp », 
Dockcrry, Irwine. Humphrey, l uruey, Kenny, Ac. After 
(ho day'. ££ fe&towo, wlm'o 
the Sne'L spent M happily » the day. The oouramg 
came off in the following ordor . , 
A 1 1 -aged Stakes, with a Silver Cup (to be won twice) added. 
M . • i. . |, ,n,<I w li Diamond boat Mr Cross » f d Dublin 
5 r V Li.MmI Hamlil beat Mr. Deveral * bandw bGipw Queen 
f|. Dcverar* bd Dick Turpin bent Mr. Cross's bb Queen of the Isles. 
Mr' Cross's b b Helena Unit Mr Brennan's b b lair 
Mr llrcunniiV b d Dash away beat Mr W at«on s b d Spring 
Mr. Butler's b b Romp beat Mr. Gale’s r and w b Lilly 
Second Tits. 
Helena beat Dick Turpin | Ilamlet beat Diamond 
Romp beat Dash -U way 
Third Tits. 
Romp boat Helena | Hamlet a byo 
The evening having closed in, the deciding courac between 
Romp and Hamlet was postponed to tho 15tli instant, at 
Cooper Hill. 
DIMORE (CO. MEATH) COURSING MEETING. 
Wednesday, Nov. 15. . 
•BSr&SS t 
vock, Esqrs. ; Captain JtoDHN, Capuuu Baylt. Ju.l|.c— » illiam 
'tIuh meeting took plnco oil Wednesday last, over the lands 
of Dimorc, situate about nine miles from Kells. It was 
largely and respectably attended, and the sport was pro- 
nounced by competent judges to be the best ever witnessed 
in that part of the country, only four bares being killed 
during the day. Appended is a return :— 
Louohcrew Stakes of £2 each. For Puppies. 
clp'-Iin '^yh ■* ft/b Blythe beat Lord Bectlve’s bk b flutter Scotch 
After which Mr. Pollock and Captain Bayly divided the 
stakes. , ,, ,, 
Cr.ONEBR.vNY Stakes of £2 each, lor 1 uppies. 
Mr. Pollock h fn d Scavenger bent Mr. White’s b and w d W under 
Mr G. A. Pollock’s hr d Annngbmoro ran n bye 
After Which the Messrs. Pollock divided the stakes. 
GaLMOYSTOWN Stakes, £2 each. For all ages. 
Lord Bective’s r l> Wimple beat Captain Roden’s br d Bluclier 
ly, r j Beetlve’s r b Bird s Eye beat Captain Bayly s r andwb Bessy 
Mr 'wiiytcV fn d Cuffo bcut Mr. Nicholson's fn b Cttrina 
Second Tics. 
Wimplo bcntCuffo 
Bii-d’a Eye and Wimple both belonging to Lord Bec-tive, 
that nobleman declared the latter the winner. 
P vrmcKSTOWN Stakes of £1 each. For all ages. 
Captain Roden’s bk d Snake beat Mr. Nicholson's Namely 
Captain Roden’s r d Spy bent Mr Pollock s r b Clm 
Mr Muldoon h r ami w b Wl.im boat Lord Beetive s bk d Telegraph 
Captain Rayly’S bk b UuBtle bent Mr. Muldoon’s r and w d Omcr 1 ocha 
Stccnd Ties. 
Sunk o bent Wl.im. | Bustle beat Spy 
After which Captain Roden and Captain Bayly divided the 
stakes. 
Match, £10 n side. 
Mr Pollock’s r b Lute beat Mr. G. A. Pollock's r b Papillote, after an 
undecided cours e. 
LIMERICK COURSING CLUB. 
By the kind permission of George Fosbery, Esq., the mem- 
bers of the above Club will meet at Clorane, on Wednesday 
nml Thursday, the 22nd and 23rd insts., when the following 
will be run off : — 
The Challenge Cup, value £50, presented by a member, 
added to a Sweepstakes of £2. 10s. each, p.p., for sixteen all- 
aged dogs, to be apportioned as follows : — The winner to 
receive the cup and £24 ; the runner up, £8 ; third and 
fourth, £2 each— £4 ; to expenses, £4. Subscribers to the 
cups beaten in their first course, to enter greyhounds for the 
Clorane Consolation Stakes, £1. 5 b. each, p.p., shillings to- 
wards expenses. The winner to get £0; second dog, £2. 
Entries for the Dickson Cup, value twenty guineas, added 
to a Sweepstakes of £2. 10s. each, p.p., shillings towards ex- 
penses, for sixteen puppies of 1853 Mr. Clinton's red 
Chummuck, Mr. Speight ’ b f b Honeymoon, Mr. Spaight's 
f d Highlander, Mr. Barrington's blk aud w d Sultan, Mr. 
Barrington’s bd d Alma, Mr. Fosbery's r b Hennie, Mr. Fos- 
bery's be d Humphrey May, Mr. Murray’s blk b Wuterhen, 
Mr. Murray’s blk d Woodcock, Mr. Payne's w and f d King 
Cob the Second, Col. Dickson’s bk d Tempest, Col. Dickson’s 
blk and w b Gay Lass, Dr. O’Neill’s r d Galtimore, Dr. 
O’Neill’s r d Peel, M. R. WeBtropp’s rand w d Why not, late 
Harry Hotspur ; Mr. R, WeStropp’s bd b Wild Irish Girl. 
The winner to get tlic Cup and two-thirds of the stake ; 
second dog, two thirds of the remainder ; thirl aud fourth 
dogs the remainder, if equal in number of ties. 
The dogs for both events will be drawn at four o’clock on 
Tuesday, the 21st instant, at the Secretary's office, Limerick, 
after which the members will dine together. Wm. Owens, Esq. 
will officiate as J udge, and Tom Saunders will slip. The 
Club will run under Thacker' 6 rules. 
taTI^lHBr”^ndbouncUng^ forward with his utmost speed 
£ : give impetus to his blow, the . kiley (boom- 
erang)^ qu ts bis baud as if it would strike the water, hut 
Xn it has almost touched the unruffled surface of the lake 
it snim upwards with inconceivable velocity, and with the 
at, ingest contortions. In vain the terrified cockatoos strive 
toavoidit; it sweeps wildly and uncertainly through the air ; 
aud so eccentric are its motions, that it requires but a slight 
stretch <>1 tlie imagination to fancy it endowed with life, and 
with fell swoops in rapid pursuit of the devoted birds some 
of whom are certain to be brought screaming to the earth. 
of Hartley Wood, near Alton, has sold 
two very promising yearlings for a long price, the Hartley, 
bier and Buckshorn, by the Fallow Buck the Sive of Rattle 
to Mr. Charles Snewing, and are gone to Mr. Drew, of Illslej ^ 
to be trained for their engagements. 1 hey are both engaged 
iu the Derby 1856, and very promising. 
Large Otters. — A correspondent at Lanark writes i . I 
saw in the Invcrnaa Courier mention made of a large otter, 
Shed or trapped by a keeper near Fort Augustus some time 
-|1 n )8 But to give a correct idea to your 
readers of the size of otters, 1 may mention that I^hi^e 
trapped ton otters about two miles above the falls of Clyde, 
all Tf Which I weighed The three largest weighed 22 .lbs. 
each ; the next two 21 lbs. each ; one, 20 lbs. , two, 18 lbs. , 
aud two, 17 lbs. 1 trapped the whole in ft few ^^hs. I 
should be quite disappointed if I got au ottei of 14 lbs. on 
tbe r«,c E or Horses in Ireland. -At the annual fair of 
Mullingar on Monday lost, the following prices were obtained 
for hunters :— A bay gelding, sold by Mr. Newnan, of 
CharlevUle, to Colonel White, for 100 guineas ; a bay charger, 
bought by Captain North from Mr. Henry Reynolds of 
Brllinaeloe, for same price ; a cliesnut hunter, sold by Mr- 
West, of the county Leitrim, to Mr. Steevens, of Bristol, loi 
£80 ; two hunters, sold by Richard Fetherstonhaugh. Esq., 
for £180 ; a chestnut mare, sold by Francis Nugent, Esq., to 
Mr. Cheevers, of Galway, for £90 ; a bay geldmg, purchased 
I,r Ml- Hill of Greenock, from Mr. Greene, of Sligo, foi JO 
gate, with their broods under their wings, they having 
perished under the influence of cold and buuger, rather than 
expose their tender charge to the iuclemeucy of the weather. 
Mr. Selby relates that two partridges, to protect their young 
brood from a carrion crow, gave battle to the ravenous bird, 
uud actually held him until he was seized and taken from 
them by a person who happened to be engaged in a field in 
the neighbourhood . — Home Companion. 
HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 
nons. »*b. 
Nor. 
18, Saturday — 
19, Sunday 
90, Monday 
21. Tuesday 
22, Wednesday . 
S3, Thursday . . . 
21. Friday 
25, Saturday - - 
ft*. Similar 
27, Monday — 
28, Tuesday 
29, Wednesday • • • 
30, Thursday . . 
!, Friday 
2, Saturday 
3, Sunday 
4, Monday 
5, Tuciday 
0, Wednesday . . . 
7. Thundoy ... . 
8, Friday 
0, Saturday 
mi lliou Watbh at 
and ad' 
. 0.1(1.. 
. 0.50. . 
. 1.33... 
. 8.14... 
. 953.. . 
. 3.31... 
. 4.19... 
. 5. 9 . 
. C. 6 . . 
’. 6 ... 
. K21 
. ftW.. 
.10.60., 
.11.48. , 
0.14.. 
. ass.. 
. 1.39.. 
. 3.19.. 
855.. 
3.3-1.. 
... 0 . 8*1 
... 1.17 
... 1 55 
... 283 
a it 
, a 57 
. 4.43 
. 5.30 
0.35 
. 7.41 
. 9 . 2 
Doc. 10. Sunday 5.20.. ,, 
„ 11, Monday 0. 1 .. .. 
„ 12, Tuesday 6 47.... 
„ 13, Wednesday ... 7.48.. . 
14, Thursday 8.47. . . 
., 16, Friday 953. .. 
„ It!. Saturday 10.53 ... 
17, Snuday 11.60 
18. Monday 0,18. . 
.. 19. Tueaday 1. 1.... 
,, 20, Wednesday ... . 1.19... 
„ 21, Thursday 238, .. 
„ 22, Friday 3.27... 
„ 23, Saturday 
4.18. 
0 . 8 ... 
It. 0,. 
0.53.. .. 
7.62.. .. 
8.55.. .. 
' 0.3G „ 24, Sunday 
. 1.91 .. 23, Monday ... 
.10 2U, Tuesday. . . . 
839 27. W cdncsilay 
3 14 ,. 28, Thursday . - 
. 3.50 „ 29, Friday l". » 
4.25 ., 3 i, Saturday 11. 5 
4,42 5.1 .. 31, Sunday 
the subjoined places, take the above time at London 
subtract the time lu tho following Table. 
ivaa. 
II. u. 
,. 541 
.. 023 
,. 711 
.. 8.10 
.. 930 
.10.24 
.11.23 
!! 0.37 
..124 
.. 214 
..3 3 
.. 3 52 
.. 4.41 
.. 534 
.. 6.28 
.. 710 
.. 8.31 
.. 9.28 
..i0.33 
..1139 
.. 0 . 8 
Bridge, 
SPORTING MISCELLANEOUS. 
The HandeUblad Btates that at the Goriuehen horse-fair 
numerous purchases were made by Frenchmen at high 
prices. 
Successful -Hunters. — The Springfield Republican says 
two parties, each numbering twenty-three persons, lately 
bunted in the woods in that vicinity with the following re- 
sult 1 wild cat, 7 rod foxes, 29 racoons, 76 woodchucks, 
101 rabbits, 21 owls, 48 hawks, 103 partridges, 14 quails, 39 
crows, 920 gray squirrels, 2,493 red squirrels, 1,020 striped 
squirrels, 5 wild ducks, together with a very great number 
of pigeons, woodpeckers, blue and yellow jays, and other 
birds. It had been arranged how much each kind of game 
should count, and it was found that tlie game on both sides 
amounted to 15,446. 
Cockatoo Sporting. — Marking a spot in the forest en- 
circling a lagoon, where the cockatoos are collected in 
crowds, screaming and flying from tree to tree, making ar- 
rangements for their night's repose, the wily savage draws 
liiM boomerang from 1 uh bolt, and steals cautiously and al- 
most noiselessly towards the water, creeping from tree to 
tree, and from bush to bush, so as to alarm the birds as 
little as possible. As ho approaches, however, tho cocka- 
toos take the alarm, aud although still unaware of the 
precise nature of the lurking danger, they move forward 
toavoidit; in this manner, as the savage advances, the 
whole pody of the codkatoos collect upon the trees nearest to 
the water, aud when their enemy makes his appearance on 
the edge of the lagoon, they all spiring into the air with wild 
screams of alarm. “ At the instant,” to use the worths of 
Captain Grey, " the native raises his right hand high over 
A. J50UU, It»l tvtlWj ‘ . i -T-,1 i ri . 
Dublin, refused 150 guineas for a bay stallion, by Blackfoot, 
dam by King Arthur ; and nearly as good a price was offered 
to Mr. James Cleary for a four-year-old by Derby. The Earl 
of Bec-tive gave £120 to Captain Wade, of the 90th, for a 
ix-vear-old chestnut gelding, by Verulam, dam by M e come; 
and Mr. Armstrong, of Newhall, county of Clare, sold three 
hunters at £85, £60, £50, respectively. Mr. Dyer, proprie- 
tor of tlie Horae Repository, Dublin, has been commissioned 
to purchase 200 horses for the French Government. 
Horse-Racing.— When I was young, I was very intimate 
with a highly respectable man, of my own age, of the county 
of . ile was exceedingly fond of hunting, and was 
one of the best close-seated non-professional horsemen I ever 
knew ; his leaps were talked of aud pointed to by the mem- 
bers of the hunt, as something approaching to miraculous. 
In character he was most amiable, cheerful, honourable, 
spirited; his advent was hailed with a smile m every com- 
pany, and be was respected wherever known. Well, from 
hunting lie began racing in a small way, kept racing-pomes 
aud soon became as famous for good ones in his country , as 
Major Bruhl or the late Mr. Theobald was m Essex and 
Sussex. -Some time after this mama bad been upon him, we 
were spending the day together. “ Bob, said I, 1 have 
picked up a pony that can gallop.” ” Aye, but how . said 
he, cracking his walnut. “ Why, fast old fellow, very fast ! 
“ Do you say so ?” ” Yes, I do." “ Then, we must try lnm ; 
either bring him down, or have him sent down, and we will 
try him against my Fanny.” No sooner said than done ; 
the ponies were fairly brought together and though Fanny 
was in better racing condition than “ little Dick, lie bad the 
feel of her. When he returned to tlie house, my friend said, 
“ Well, there is some money to be got here.” “ How ? said 
I. “ I will tell you," rejoined be ; “ Woolwich pony-races 
are coming on. the officers are famous fellows to bet, aud my 
puny is as well known to them as the Warren. They have 
never seen you or your pony. We will make a nominal 
match ; I know how to work tho oracle ; we will put tlie 
great pot. ou, and get as much money laid upon lanny as we 
possible can. Of course, you will only know me as a racing 
man ; you must lay confidently upon your pony, and 1 will 
give my boy directions that if Fanny can wm, she must not ; 
Dick gallops too well to create any suspicion- This is not 
tlie first thing of the kind I have bad ; I can depend upon 
my friends. After the race, we will share the booty, or as 
horse-dealers say at an auction, we will ‘knock in. I 
listened to this proposal in utter astonishment. I knew lie 
was gay, I knew be raced, I knew lie betted ; but nothing 
but the evidence of his own lips could have convinced me lie 
could entertain so dishonourable a project. He laughed at 
my scruples, but I am happy to say, he could not overcome 
them. To crown tlie story, he was an early victim, and 
entirely a victim, of the rail share mania, so intimately and 
fatally is one kind of gambling connected with another. 
Now this little story is au epitome of hose-racing.— Eliza 
Ornithology. — A fine specimen of the Gannet, or Soland 
Goose (Sula Batsana, Yarrell), has been lately shot in Port- 
land Roads, by a boatman named Andrews, and has been 
purchased for preservation by H. S. Standly, Esq., of ho. 17, 
Roval Terrace, Weymouth. This member of the species is 
of 'remarkably imposing appearance, and measures six teet 
four inches from tip to tip of wing. It is a bird of the year, 
which is distinguished from tho old birds by the plumage 
being nearly black, with white spots. In the old bird the 
plumage is quite white. It has been carefully stuffed by Mr. 
Richard Rolls, of Augusta-place, and we bear the possessor 
intends presenting it to some museum. These birds, although 
very rare on the coast, are abundant in some parts of boot- 
land, and furnish a principal means of subsistence to the poor, 
although, we believe, they are not extremely palatable, on 
account of a certain rankness of flavour, caused probable by 
their feeding on fish — “his smell,” as Sir Walter Scott 
observes, “ being so powerful, that lie is never cooked 
in-doora." , , 
The Pahtridoe.— D uring winter the partridges keep 
together in coveys, Becking their food among the stubble; 
but early in spring they separate, and by the beginning of 
March arc generally paired, although the eggs are not laid 
until June. The young are led about by both parents, who 
manifest the greatest anxiety for their safety, and have 
recourse to the expedients usual among birds of this order 
and many of the Grallatores to withdraw the attention ot 
intruders from them. So great is tho affection of tlie 
partridge for its young, that, in the very cold anti wet summer 
of 1836, several pairs were found dead in the field near Bath- 
Briiihton 3 0 
ikmlogm 3 41 
l.lat. 2 19 
Chester liar ... '<& 'S7 
Cowo* * - 3 32 
Harwich 2 37 
Ipswich 3 7 
Lowestoft 3 37 | 
Margate 2 3 j 
NcoAles 4 23 | 
Dover Pier — 2 57 
Diiuitoie .4 S3 
Gravwnil 9 37 
r. rcenock .... 2 22 
Greenwich ... 0 20 
Havre.. ....... 4 15 
OsK-wl 1 12 
Portsmouth ... 9 27 ] 
lianuKMc 2 47 , 
Shorthorn .... 2 52 J 
Southampton.. 2 37 
Splthead 4 87 
9 LOUDON BIllDOK. 
Amsterdam .. 
Antwerp 
Brest 
Bridport 
Cherbourg . 
Cardigan 
Cork 
Don ns 
Kunouth 
Fowey 
Guernsey .... 
1 1 amburgh . . 
Hutnbcr, mill. 
of 3 23 
land’s End ... 2 2J 
Leith (I 15 
Milford Haven 3 38 
Plymouth . .. 3 23 
| Rotterdam.. .. 0 03 
i Torbay 3 55 
Weymouth ... 4 23 
Whitby . . . 
WUbeaeli . 
Y oughal . 
1 38 
5 23 
3 51 
CLUB MEETINGS, 1854. 
November 20. — Meeting of the Royal Lontlon Yacht Club. 
November 22, 29. — Meeting of the Llllcy Club. 
N/nember 23. — Annual Dinner of tlie Royal London Yacht Club. 
December 1— Monthly Meeting of tlie Prince of Wales Yacht Club. 
December 2. — Monthly Meeting of the Royal Harwich Yacht Club. 
December 4.— Annual Ball of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club. Proceeds 
go to the Patriotic Fund. 
December 5. — Annual Dinner of tlie 1-ondun Model Yacht Club, at An- 
derton'a Hotel, 
December 5 — Monthly Meeting of the Royal Mersey Yucl.tClub, 
December 5. — Monthly Meeting ol the Loudon Mortal Yacht Club, at 
Anderton’3. 
December c.— Weekly Meeting of tlie Lilley Club, at the Nell Gwynue, 
at 8 p.m. 
December C. — Monthly Meeting of the Royal Thames Y'acht Club, at the 
Bedford Hotel, Covent Garden. 
December 13. — Meeting Of the Lilley Club. 
December 18. — Monthly Meeting of tlie Royal London Y'acht Club. 
December 20. — Meeting of the Lilley Club. 
December 27 (Wednesday ). — Full Meeting of the Lilley Club, being the 
last for the year 1864. ^ 
ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB. 
The monthly meeting of this club will be held at the 
Caledonian Hotel, A del phi-terrace, on Monday next, the 
20th inst., at eight o’clock p.m. The annual dinner will take 
place at Willis's Rooms, St. James's, ou Thursday, the 23rd 
inst., and the following gentlemen have consented to act as 
stewards, viz. : — The commodore ; the vice-commodore ; Mr. 
Under-sheriff Crosley ; J. Crockford, Esq. ; E. Downs, Esq. , 
C. F. Farmer, Esq. ; W. Fradgley, Esq.; W. Goodson, Esq ; 
J. Duff Gordon, Esq. ; G. Halfhide, Esq. ; J. W. Heseltme, 
Esq. ; R. P. Monk, Esq. ; S. Morton Peto, Esq., M.P. . E. S. 
Phillips, Esq. ; J. Scott Russell, Esq. ; G. R. Stephenson, Esq.. 
Richard Tress, Esq. ; A. J. Young, Esq. Tickets for t ie 
dinner, price £1. Is., may be obtained by members on appli- 
cation to the stewards at the club-house. Members wishing 
to dine at tbo club dinner at six o’clock on tlie evening ot 
the meeting on the 20th, are to give notice of their intention 
to Mr. Elder before two o’clock on that day. Each member 
may introduce one friend upon giving such notice. The 
following gentlemen are proposed for election ou Monday 
Messrs. G. A. Wallis, 1, John-street, Bedford-row ; Alder 
man aud Sheriff Muggeridge, Streatham, Surrey ; Frederick 
G. Moon, Portman-square ; Alderman Rose, Bifrons, Cran- 
ford, Middlesex; William H. Payne, Dover; Stephen 
Court, Dover ; William Monk, 3, Bank-chambers ; Samuel 
Bowyer, Twickenham, Middlesex ; H. D. Steel, Somei»e 
Lodge, Brixton ; Richard Till, Lowestoft ; Edwin Simpson, 
2. Regent-villas, Avenue-road, Regent's-park ; Hemy 
Plymouth, Fawn, 25 tons ; Livian Pearse, Crouch-end, Horo- 
sey ; Edward Tanner, 6, Blacktieatli-road, Greenwich ; the Kt- 
Hon. the Lord Mayor, Mansion-house ; Mr. John Grab. 
Moon, 28, Portman-square. The secretary has the following 
vaohts for sale Rambler, 7 tons, O.M., cutter, £< • 
Comet, 28 tons, O.M., cutter, £320 ; Wave, 6 tons, > 
cutter, £40; Wuterwitch, 8 tons, O.M., yawl, *' 1 
Georgiana, 18 tons, O.M., yawl, £120 ; Alarm, 10 tons, C * - 
cutter, £100; Watenvitch, 15 tons, O.M., cutter, £loU. 
Life Rafts.— Mr. George Frederick Pnrratt has J 
returned from Paris, where be has been enabled to e8 “~ 
the patent for liis newly-invented life-raft, in accordant 
the latfs of France. We understand the Emperor eutei , 
a high opinion of this invention, and was gracious TP ^ . , 
to receive Mr. Barratt at St. Cloud, for the purpose ol f • /.; 
a working model personally explained to lnm. His ^ 
directed that the model should be deposited wa 
Minister of Marine, aud a series of trials will, we unaei ^ 
be made at Brest on this tubular life-raft in the co ^ 
next month. It is much to be regretted that some o r 
rafts were not carried on board the unfortunate “ ’ ^ 
Arctic ; for, had they been, there is no doubt the gre» tl ,, 
of life which took place upon the melancholy wveca 
vessel would have been avoided. . ur ;o 
New Buoy at the Bar, Poole, Dorset.— to 
of the past week, a large buoy, of a very superior co . 
tion, has been placed at tho entrance of the harbour, • ^ 
a large bell attached to it, which will be constan ) 
ringing by the motion of the Bea, Thia arraugem 
