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ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.— The AID of the benevolent is earnestly solicitd, to en able the Committee to maintain the efficiency of this e great ''ork of charity. Treasurer and Banker —Edward Mast erman, Esq., Nicho las-lane. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. READ OF FICES —Lombard-street, London; and Royal insurance Buildings, Liverpool. Branch offices—Nlanchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin. EXTRACTS PROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1860. The success of the Company, even in ite earliest years, ofecelsive the ma r k e d a tt en 'i on, an d el i cited the surprised s'u4r.ralcend ts, of writers best acquainted with the hi s tory of In tor` Companies. tor he SEVEN Premiums YEARS for 1860 EQUAo 185 L the Total Fire Premiums ~T 1845 tl. "Life Premiums for 1860 EXCEED the Entire Life Pre unis for the EIGHT YEARS ending 1852. Firaritirellaze nnuities in 1860 LARGELY EXCEE , DS the „ r a h r receipt for the first TEN YEARS, 1845 to 18,4. that . Progress, it is believed, is unsurpassed, considerm, it applies to each of the three branches of the business." FIRE BRANCH. to:The Fire Branch has certsin y shown no exhaustion dur br, th e Year 1860 of that impetus which had previously / a - ught it Companies'oon' of the first magnitude among the P4nr!inee of the United Kingdom. The Fire is Bums in 1859 h ad advanced to the sum of £228,314 7s. 3d. t 2; 9 . the amount of Fire Premiums has arrived at a sum of c 0 ,e , 7 19. lid., showing an increase of £34,663 12s. Bd., (= , 5- t li ,„"Ang the large advance of the preceding year, so that in anced the Fire Revenue of the Company has been en- The the enormous sum of X 66,829 17s. sd. Gc.4lte P arliamentary Report of Returns of Duty paid to ihe business in a more prominent way, as it affords the means bettaktrison with other Companies. The Proprietors will 110;"fied t o l earn that the increase of Duty paid by the ceal in the last year is more than double that of any other those a ny, either London or Provincial, whilst only one of yen Van n ., panies even approaches to 50 er cent. of the of his this Comp iny. Our increase actually equals 30 per of the en ti re increase of the whole of he Metr opolitan Wards 01 co mbined, whilst of the Provincial Offices it forms up establishedf ndon the total advance of the other 28 offices LO, LIFE BRANCH. trWar ' intlehiß e POrtS of the Company for several years have had s Lif e - , Y to anno unce a cons t an t periodical expansion of it ino- ti ' l ueas, the New Policies of each succeeding year show 'lll advance over the one that had immediately preceded NQ similar result is shown in the year 1860, the Premiums 17,-,e,,W Policies, after deducting Guarantees, be ng £15,097 tibCZI„, which is an increase on that item of £1,993 17s. sd. sa' ue amount received for the year 1859. ° ,t even this advance is small when compared with the this i ," and remarkable momentum which has been given to fbranch of the Business in the present year (1861), _ Pt i b l i e W s us not until the commencementteyxhtlat facttl thit theeleirned to have become fully acquainted had published late in the la st Yea °Yal Insurance Company v into the Assets ad . ran account of the mves iga ion Lib il ites of its Life Department, under a novel form, and in 4ab4B Plain and intelligible a manner as the abstruseness of the „alibied admitted, together with the entire statements and " ialuations n ecessar y f or that purpos e . filllt is conjectured from the extensive Notices of this Pam et and its accompanying Diagrams, which have appeared , I ,,file Periodicals of the day, that it has largely attracted the ~,tention of vast numbers of Persons in all parts of the United ai ngdom, as well as in other parts of the World. Indeed a luost satisfactory and conclusive evidence that such is the case i s afforded by the fact that the sum Assured on New Policies ! 11 the six months to the 3d June of the present year is ac ftually 50 per cent. in excess of the sum assured in the corres- Onding months of the year 1860, although the latter amount itself exceeded the sum assured in any like previous period it time Z"lf this success be continued, the Royal Insurance Cora any would, with respect to the amount of its new business, , at once (at least with one or two exce the h ead of all placed the Insurance Companies doing business ptions) in at this ef t °ll utrY, and the anticipations of the last Report, to the fished would the details of the Life Business then to be pub 'sned would form an epoch of the Establishment, will have ' B Peedy an d very happy realisation." SPECIAL ADVANTAGES OF THE LIFE BRANCH. PROFITS.—Large proportion Returned every Five Years to Policies then in existence Two ENTIRE YEARS. Expenses chiefly borne by the Fire Branch, in order to Increase the Bonus to be Returned. LIFE BONUSES DECLARED, ,-, T WO Per Cent. per Annum on the Sum Assured : "REATEST BONUS EVER CONTINUOUSLY DECLARED SECURITY BY ANY COMPANY. ITY FOR BOTH FIRE AND LIFE BRANCHES CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS Sterling. Accumulated Funds in hand exceed £BOO,OOO. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN 13. JOHNSTON, Secretary. A.D. 1720. Ati~Y AL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (tstablished by Charter of his Majesty George the First) I'OR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. GE OCTAVIIJS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. Sr „i a 7,,. 11 °E PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq. Sub-Governor. 'll WILLIAM LUBBOCK, Bart., 'Deputy -Governor. tle 4 „ DIRECTORS. J °h 'ai nbridge, Esq. The Right Hon. the Earl of 1,411 v Garratt Cattley, Esq. Leven and Melville. ,I.V1111 1 ,,',„ 111 xWell Daniell, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. 4 4.-7` D avidson," Esq. Sir Jno. Henry Pelly, Bart. Aie,.,-.48 Dent Esq. Hon. Josc. W. Percy. „.Pre'il a t n . l" Di : uce, Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. Edlmann Esq. Regnld. F. Remington, Esq. Vrersii a ralharson; Esq. a Charles Robinson, Esq. 1 „obt Grenfell, Esq: William Soltau, Esq. r "fn..f "' a uells Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M. . ./ as. st etlo w „ Hibbert, Esq.: William Wallace, Esq. • Wilro Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. hoot Holland, F.sq. I . Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. t Po and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this To th on on advantageous terms. tiet e Life Department assurances are granted with par „_ Patton wirticv-Profits, or, a' t lower Premiums, without such Th e Patton. bea r ', neversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged Per cent. per annum on the sum assured. s liaqbadent reductions have been made in the Premium Th e c i-LT persons who preferred . Bonus. A ivisions of Profit take place every Five years. 1,11:Y suns not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Assured — Liberal participation Profits —with exemption from the liabilities of partnep. Societies—with A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual oocieties—vvith the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock . The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. The Coporation have always allowed the Assured to serve W. the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the `'llited Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of PIII„,_Cha nd made in a canse " JOHN GRIFFITH Itt id -1 -ri thewsa against ROBERTSON GLADSTONE kat others," the Creditors of the Firm of Begbie and Co., of atenoli, in Burmah, are, by their solicitors, on or before the ili t ,'" 4 day of December, one thousand eight hundred and of to come in and prove their Debts at the chambers Ne w vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood, at No. 11, fa ult S quare, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, in England, or in de bet"itnoereof they will be peremptorily exluded from the 40 " the said Decree. Ilicid n „ 4 . ,a3T, the ninth day of December, one thousand eight litt ta t`' , and sixty-one, at twelve o'clock at noon, at the said tre said e rs, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon .bitt ed this twelfth day of July, 1861. EDWARD WEATHERALL, Chief Clerk. UPTON, UPTON, AND JOHNSON, Solicitors, 20, Austin-friars, London, E.C. I, l l°ll o SITANT to a Den ee of the High Court of ,11 n ry a cause " JOHN GRIFFITH ;ad and Othe m rs ai against ROBERTSON GL ADSTONE 0 0 . , of the Creditors of the Firm of Macrae, Begbie, of Moulmein, in the East Indies, are, by their solici tikht Or before the second day of December, one thousand Ades at d indre and sixt-one, to come in and prove their the chambers of the Vi ce -Chancellor Sir William , 00 d, at No. 11, New-square, Lincoln's -inn, in the t; ), Middlesex, in England, or in default thereof they eere e : Peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said li ko" atich.,,ltY, the ninth day of December, one thousand eight e llatob`g and sixty-one, at twelve o'clock at noon , at the said Ititti,era, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the at 'vt ., this twelfth day of July, 1861. EDWARD WEATHERALL, Chief Clerk. UPTON, UPTON, AND JOHNSON, Solicitors, 20, Austin-friars, London, E.C. 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OYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.—The Committee of this Institution Parnestly APPEAL to the public for PECUNIARY ASSIST ANCE to aid them to meet the present heavy demands on the limited funds of the Society. THOMAS BARING, Chairman. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman. 14, John-street, Adelphi, Feb., 1861. Bankers—Messrs. Willis and Co. ; Coutts and Co. ; Herries and Co. IMPORTANT TO OWNERS OF HORSES.- After long experience, deep researches into chymistry, by the aid of costly machinery, I have discovered the means whereby oats, beans, and oilcake may be entirely dispensed with in the feeding of horses and cattle. I have now invented a compound meal, composed of locust beans, Indian corn, linseed, &c., at £l6 per ton, which is equal in value to £24 worth of oats, beang, or any other feeding material in the market. 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Dr. La'Mert's Treatise on " Self-preservation," published by Mann, bookseller, 39, Cornhill, price ls., post free for 13, or sealed, for 20 stamps, contains much useful information regarding the moral, social, and physical obligations of mar riage, with simple and efficacious instructions fur the resto ration of health, vigour, and all the dignified prerog,atives of Manhood, when lost or impaired by pernicious habits or excess. The work will be found totally free from those ex aggerated and alarming statements contained in the host of pretended medical publications by unqualified persons, pro fessing to treat on these important subjects. At home from 10 till 3, and from 6 till 8. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD : k MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRIICE A, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. lust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, ANHOOD : the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS : INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER IL—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting ases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the bands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 23d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. - - - - _ . " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from nervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London ; Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row ; Mann. 39, Cornhill. Jlourb 01 Consultation-10 to kattcl Bto 8 ;_Sundays, 10 WI 2. 4 .' , . 4 s. ... _ ' ' Ari 'w ilt ' "r \ilti ' /.44.. ... / - 4, 4 - cc. - Ino moans of communicating with En k* iFF, 7 74 4,r ' 4 .. 1 ' . 4 42' rz-ip a , .. A „,-4 „—"- - 2:- . 73 - e-,6_,,...,,,10..1 4, ~ ,- ..--- . ( 1, , ." ~7i- i a • ~. • ccpt by dispatching a man-of-war with . , ••A p -.. .", .. anama—a voyage of 25days down and \* t 1 ,f , t KV; '.. 4 ,.., , -g--, rt -.—..... -. N I ,. IA I ' Ofii;:g .•,,,,, -, lt , -:- mit •t- V ~..- -- minu mh _ • -, 4"'" 19 " Y' " IliVir - 'll l% more to got back. This extreme and inc 11 : 1 i i -- .... 7 N,- 2 „,,, b fr p-- _, ~ ~ , 4 , 1 \,- , -w w ,f,J ' litorr. , t , ' V, ik ---- s--------- , ..... PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. this mining immigration, originally meant for Vic toria and Fraser River, is not only " carried" by American means, but it is also supplied with com modities from Portland. Victoria and British Columbia thus lose a portion of the trae.e and traffic which the superiority of our own route over that by the Columbia would entitle them to; not to mention the claim which the gold-producing coun try has upon the " custom" of the miner whom she permits to enrich himself out of the treasures of her soil. These are great drawbacks to young colonies struggling to maintain themselves from their own resources, the one (Vancouver Island) by direct tax ation, and the other by onerous Customs duties, unaided by the mother country. Besides the individual losses incurred in the man ner and by the means I have described, the revenue of British Columbia suffers from a contraband trade carried on by the Americans along her frontier, which is too extensive to be effectually guarded. The principal use to which her revenue is applied is the making of roads through her pathless deserts ; but she is deprived of a portion of the means for carrying out this necessary improvement, while the Americans by diverting her trade and traffic, which they are enabled to do solely from owning the only steamers plying to and from San Francisco, and by evading her Customs law, are enabled to improve their own communications, already forced into an unnatural state of forwardness by their adventi tious advantage. To return for a moment to the subject of the postal communication. Our mails have hitherto been carried by the American steamers gratui tously ; and I am happy to acknowledge our ob ligations to the Pacific Mail Steam-ship Company, and to the owners of the other American steamers for their generosity and invariable courtesy in this respect. They not only carried our general mails, but they conveyed special letter bags for Her Ma jesty's squadron, and were always very civil and obliging in carrying parcels for the naval officers, for which I have frequently heard these gentlemen express their gratitude. Unfortunately for us, we are now deprived of these benefits, for the postal contract to carry the mails to Oregon and to Washington Territory, which enabled us t 3 receive our mails by the same vessels that carried the American mails, has been taken away from the Pacific Mail Company, and this company has withdrawn its steamers from the route. The mails are now carried from San Fran cisco to Portland, in Oregon, by land, and thence to Washington Territory. Sometimes the English mail is left at Olympia and sometimes at some other town, and we are obliged to send a small sailing vessel once a week to discover at what port they may be lying, and to convey them to Victoria when she finds them after a hunt. When our letters do come to hand, after all this trouble and delay, many of them are often so mutilated and so da maged by the water:as to be illegible. The overland route from California is what the Americans call " a hard road to travel," and it seems a miracle that any vehicles can be kept together on such an uneven surface. The only other means we are to have of getting letters henceforward is by a steamer from San Francisco, which is to call for a few hours at Victoria once in three weeks, and her owners may at any moment decline to carry a mail for us unless they are paid. This steamer does not observe any regu larity in her arrivals or departures, and the mer cantile community can neither calculate with pre cision upon the arrival of their advices nor upon their opportunities for responding to them. I ought rather to say they have no opportunity of responding satisfactorily by return mail, on account of the shortness of the steamer's stay. Is it surprising that we get no addition to our population by immigration in the present state of steam communication with San Francisco, such as I have described it, and that the colonists should be despondent ? Or is it to be wondered at that business is dull in the deranged state of our postal communication ? The cure for all these evils, which I have endea voured very imperfectly to depict, is to have an English steamer running between San Francisco and Victoria ; but this undertaking will require assistance from the Imperial Government. I know the system of subsidies has become un- popular at home ; and I am prepared for your tel ing us that we should help ourselves out of our di ficulty. 'Well, we have made an effort to " help ourselves." The citizens of Victoria and the local Government offered to contribute a sum of £4,000 a-year to any of the steamboat owners of San Fran cisco who would undertake the service of carrying our mails direct, but the offer was declined on the ground of insufficiency. I had interviews with these gentlemen myself, and they satisfied me that the subsidy would not cover the loss they would incur by abandoning the coasting trade of the way ports. But, in point of fact, I do not believe that the subsidy could be collected. Trade is so limited, business so dull, and the system of direct taxa tion which has been adopted, to enable us to re tain Victoria a free port, is so very onerous, that the people could not afford to pay the subsidy in addition to their other burdens. So you see—at least, I hope you will believe me when I declare that we would if we could, but that we cannot " help ourselves" in this case. This grievance is not new, although we have borne it patiently. Lord Derby's Government was quite well informed of our wants, and had agreed to grant us a subsidy—in fact, had granted it. The contract was actually drawn up and approved by the legal advisers of the Crown ; but before it was executed the Government went out, and the present Government refused to ratify it. I was informed at the time that Mr. Gladstone urged the objection that only a few letters were despatched from the General Post-office in London for Victoria, and that the number was so small as to justify him in declin ing to carry out the contract. This was a fallacy. The letters addressed to Victoria direct were no doubt few in number, but not because few were sent, but because nearly all letters for this colony— indeed, all business letters were sent under cover to San Francisco, to be forwarded thence, on account of the very unsatisfactory state of our postal com munications, which I have described at such length. Then, Mr. Gladstone ignored altogether in his argu ment the postal matter to be carried between San Francisco and Victoria, arising out of the business carried on between these two places, and involving business correspondence with British Columbia and Washington Territory and Oregon. He did not know that, while San Francisco was the source of supply, Victoria was the distributing point for all British goods to this colony and to the other three countries just named. Now, lam happy to say, we are receiving goods dire ct from England; and it is still more satisfactory that we send these same goods in some quanti t y to San Francisco , and t h at h of the trade increasing. Thee r e facilities is our free port in contradis tver affordedy pros p ect by contradis tinction to the impediments of the American Cus toms Laws are producing this gratifying result. All these accessions to business involve an increased written correspondence, render a 'postal system more and more necessary, and make the present lack of one more intolerable. If, as I have shown, the want of a direct mail service is injurious to the com.mrcial and social in terests of the two colonies, it is still more humiliat ing to England that her Majesty's naval forces in this part of the Pacific should be left in t helpless position of being dependent for every letter received or sent away from the squadron on the courtesy or caprice of foreigners. Indeed, the consequences may any day b ecome disas trous. When we got into trouble with the Ameri cans the other day about the, Island of San Juan, had either party proceeded to extremities our pos tal communication with the rest of the world would have been stopped at once. We should have had 'gland ev. letter;' to of 25 days :onveniunt alternative could only be adopted on the supposition that we had a man-of-war to spire—an improbable supposition, because, in the event of hostilities, our chief dependence would be on our ships. Our only other means of communicating with England would be by courier across the Rocky Mountains to Canada—a journey of some months in summer and impossible in winter. As matters look at present, if the disturbances of the Eastern and Southern States extend to those on -this coast, our communication may be stopped at any moment. It 13 to be hoped her Majesty's Government will take the matter into their serious consideration without delay, and grant us such assistance as in their judgment will b© just and proper. I don't think it can be imputed to us that we ask much. Hitherto this calony has cost England but very little, and now she has granted her 'Majesty a civil list for the payment of her representative and the other permanent officers of the Colonial Govern ment ; and in other respects the country defrays its own expenses. There are now in Esquimalt Harbour her Ma jesty's ship the Bacchante, carrying the flag of Ad miral Sir Thomas Maitland, Captain Mackenzie ; the screw corvette Tartar, Captain Hayes; and the gunboat Forward, Commander Robinson. The Hecate, Captain Richards, is surveying on the North-west coast of Vancouver's Island; and the gunboat Grappler has gone to cruise along the eastern side and northern end of this island, with a view to keep the Indians of Queen Charlotte's Island and the north coast of British Columbia in check. These Indians, since the withdrawal of the special licence of the Hudson's Bay Company to trade with them, pay periodical visits to Victoria, and commit many thefts. As they retire in their canoes with their booty, and are expert oarsmen (or rather paddlers), the only means the authorities have of overhauling them are the two gunboats. These vessels frequently render important services in this respect, and are very useful to the colony in various ways. The Forward followed a largo party of Indians the other day as far north as Point Mudge, where she found them encamped with a great quantity of property stolen at Victoria and a settlement on the Canal de Haro. The savages showed fight and fired on the gunboat, so that Cap tain Robinson was compelled to chastise them by a few shots, which killed and wounded a few of them and destroyed their canoes. He also disarmed them ; but as a hostile tribe made their appearance at a time opportune for the destruction of the Hydahs (the defeated tribe) when they were without the means of defence, the captain humanely returned. their arms to the conquered party to enable them to defend themselves from their enemies. rie, how ever, carried two of the Chiefs prisoners to Vic toria, where they remain in gaol, awaiting their trial before the Court of Sessions. The Tartar proceeds to-night or to morrow morn ing to the Southern coast, her destination being Callao; but on a representation from the British Consul at San Francisco she will call at that port on her way down, to do what she can to protect or assist British interests. By reason of the fear of privateering between. San Francisco and Panama the shipments of trea sure from San Francisco have been greatly reduced, and almost all that does go is sent to England. Exchange on New York has nearly entirely ceased, and, as a consequence, so have remittances of gold. to the same place. If the Tartar gets much treasure-freight she will call at Panama to deliver it for transmission to England, &c. I passed the winter and spring in California, and. had an opportunity of learning the sentiments of the people on the, question which agitates the rest of the republic, I should say that nine-tenths a'ze for the Union, and that the Secessionists are so few in number that no Secession demonstration is at all likely to be made. The same remarks wily apply to Oregon and to Washington Territory, They also remain loyal to the Union. As regards the risk of privateering in the Pacific, I should think it very unlikely that any Southern privateers will venture on the coast ; but it is pos sible that a gang of the desperadoes who infest. Cali fornia, and particularly Sun Francisco—the class of vagabonds who recruited Walker's filibustering bands for Nicaragua—may, under cover of taking passage to Panama, attempt to take one of the steamers with treasure, and run her into a p ort con venient for the purpose of plunder, and escape somewhere on the coast of Mexico on Ler wav down. The mining intelligence from British Columbia is very favourable. New, rich, and extensive diggings have been discovered lately, and the miners; are re ported as earning largely. About 125,000 dols. in value of gold dust has come down to Victoria, besides what was carried by miners on their persons, within the ;.:ast ten days. The weather, as usual in Vancouver's Island, charming, and the crops promise well. A new land law has been passed for this island of a liberal character, which has induced several parties to settle in various portions of the island of late. I 'will give the terms of the law and ex p lain the system in my next letter. When that' will be I cannot say, owing to the unc ertain arrival of the one steamer which now visits the port to carry a mail. This letter goes t o San Francisco by her Majesty's ship Tartar. THE GREAT STREET. ES'IN TOOLEF The fire at Davis's Wharf is far from being en irely extinguished even at this advanc(Kl period, and the large steam float was yesterday at work from the River Thames pumping wate r upon the A wh v ic a of men are em ployed number smouldering hediee el fla m j u e t . e, ni 0 n q u o e f n t: i y e s s s e r n s t . c u u p r i l i a n r e g s e in removing destroyed. It is thetohpci jute from the warehouse firm that 800 tons weight of that article • :tan be re mreuavliesde a in ce t n h s e ide c of th e e s w um ha . r o a u b r l se of a few days, which might rtlkwlrb.iWletaadseeletieoneg at tf the superintendentsfire, fell through a skylight, and was severely c ut in the hands, an d a l so • ove r one of his eyes. The brigade . _ authorities are under great obligation to Messrs. Courage and Co., the eminent brewers, for the services rendered at this fire, and have written to inform them that any expense they map have in curred will be repaid to them. The principal steam affixed engine of this establishment had two lengths of hose attached, and by t he aid of the steam power threw over 8,000 gallons of water per hour upon the fire, through an inch and a half jet, equal to three of the brigade engines. The water had to be drawn from a well 451 feet deep , and the pressure on the hose must have been immense, as the water had to pass nearly, if not *over, 500 feet before the fire could be touched. Mr. George,Vlo3haasbecehnaregxe extri cated the salvage, and engineers J. Gerrard and Tozer, are indefatigable in their exertions in getting th e , fire cooled and in taking charge of the hesalvage,Depot, propertyc o h r ew thaniel comprises m b p e l roioa submittedes Up to yesterday an enormous amount ofproperty, valued at many thousand pounds, cated from Chamberlain's, Scovell's,and over 200 casks auction.w Hay'sei weight tof Thegr grease, wharves, aee w , h m ito tons of jute, about the same quantity of rags f or paper making, 25 tons of coffee, 70 tons of tallow by the fire, 20 tons of only slightly injured of 1,400 bags of sugar, the enormous quantity salted hides and rice , a tremendous quantity of A • .merican flour leather pieces. Over 150 tons of removed from the ruins, of navy and have already been . barrels and tierces above 1,000 beef, India beef, India mess beef, navy 1 pork, India pork, and mss pork. The quantity of black lead saved ' from Chamberlain's Wharf appears incredible, for there are heaps l y in g , irom the exploded or burnt casks, almost as high as some dwelling-houses. A great number of warehouses have been engaged in the neighbourhood for storing provisions away, amongst the number are the whole range of the extensive cooperage of Messrs. Zurhorst, in Tooley-street. A vas t qu antity of jute and hemp have been removed to Bermondsey to be dried and sorted. he DIE WAKEFIELD BRIBERY CASES.—We are in formed that Mr. W. H. Leatham and Mr. J. C. D. Charles worth will be called up to receive sentem during the nest term. With respect to the release of MI r. Fernandez from York Castle, we believe no unnecessar , y delay took pla ce after the judge's recommendation had be en received at the Home-office, and that the few days which elapsed bet ween the " purgation f rom contempt" and the discharge) was a delay rendered necessary by the change as at the ii° l3l e . office.-31anchester Guardian, THE n SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1861. THREE MEN MURDERED BY A NEGRO. The New York Tribune, of the 23d ult., contains the fol lowing : —The schooner S. J.Waring, of Brookhaven, Smith, master, hence for Monte Video, July 4th, with an assorted cargo, came up to the city on Sunday afternoon. On the third day out from port, the 7th July, when 150 miles from Sandy Hook, in lat 38 deg and long 79 deg she was brought to by the privateer brig Jeff Davis, which sent a boat full of men alongside, and ordered the captain of the schooner to haul down the United States flag, and declared her a prize ; they took from her a quantity of provisions, and then put on board a prize crew of five men, taking away Capt. Francis Smith, the two mates, and two seamen, leaving the steward, two seamen, and Mr. Bryce Mackinnon, a passenger, on board. The prize crew were Montague Amiel, a Charleston pilot in command, one named Stevens as mate, Malcolm Sidney, as second mate, and two men. They made a southerly course, and on the 16th of July, when 50 miles to the southward of Charleston, the prize cap tain and the second mate being asleep in their berths, the first mate dozing on deck, and the others asleep, Mr. Till man, the steward (coloured), carried out his preconcerted plan of killing the captain and the two mates with a hatchet, and throwing the bodies overboard. The job was all done in five minutes, Tillman taking command, and steering the schooner northward. One of the remaining men was tied up till the next morning, when he was released upon a pro mise to help to work the vessel. No one on board under stood navigation, but having once got hold of the land, Tillman brought the schooner safely up to pilot ground, when Chas. E. Warner, of the pilot boat Jane, took charge of her. We give below interesting particulars obtained from those on board, premising that Capt. Smith and his men were put by the Jeff Davis on a hOmeward-bound vessel soon after their capture, and sent North, arriving in Portland 10 days ago. the:axe, and he did net repeat the cry. Then the steward returned to the second mate's cabin, where, seated on a pile of starch boxes, his legs drawn up, and his head between his knees, was the half•stupified man. Again and again the axe fell, and again and again the cry, " Don't do that," fell on my ear, each time fainter than the last. Stedding then came down, avid the steward and he took the corpse of the captain by the f‘ ot, and dragging it up the companion way, tossed it overboard. Meantim e I had got some irons out, hoping to intercede to save bloodshed. Stedding and the steward once more came down, and each taking the second mate by the shoulder, led him out from the place where he had crouched on the starch boxes. He seemed to walls, with their assistance, as they went up the companion way, but his head lay a pulpy mass upon his shoulder, and a moment after a loud splash alongside told the fate of an • other of the privateers. There were three persons oa board who knew nothing of all this. The two privateer sailors, and Donald M'Leod, one dour seamen, whom I subsequently learned would not j o i n the steward and Stedding in his attempt to re-capture the vessel. Handing me his pistol, Stedding went forward and roused Milnor, the South Carolinian, a young man of two or three and twenty, from his sleep at the foot of the mainmast, and called him aft. Not seeing his comrades when he came into the cabin, he was much frightened, and begged for life. The steward told him he would not kill him, but iron him, and his fate must depend upon his good behaviour —he wanted to spill as little blood as possible. The man willingly held out his wrists for the irons. They then went forward to the forecastle, and called the other privateer, Dorsey. Upon learning the condition of affairs, he begged for his life, which they promised to spare if he would assist in working the ship and be true and faithful, to all of which he agreed. The steward now took command, and the schooner was head for the north, with a fair wind. None of us knew any thing of navigation, but we trusted to good fortune and the land to enable us to make out our course. The South Caro linian was released from irons the next morning, and proved a very usefnl and willing fellow in working the ship. On Friday, the 19th, at eight o'clock in the morning, we made the land, which became quite distinct by noon, and we kept on our way with good weather, sounding our way as we went. Of course we had to be vigilant. Two of our hands might turn upon us at any moment, and I\l‘Leod was not faithful, for days before we got in he went forward, and slept with them in the forecastle. Stedding, Tillman, and I managed it so that two of us were on deck all the while, and always aft of the other three. The men on watch carried the two pistols, and the one that slept always kept one eye open, lest we might be attacked. On Sunday morning, at 9 o'clock, we got a pilot, off Sandy Hook, and soon after hired a tug for GO dols. to tow us up to New York, where we arrived about 4 p.m., truly thankful for our great deliverance. abreast, were the next two; the last two were St. Bernard and Annette. The Marine Plate of 100 cove (handicap) for all ages. Winners extra. T.Y.C. Three-quarters of a mile. Lord Annesley's Sweetsauce , 4 yrs, 7st 71b • .(Charlton) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Lopcat c h er , 3 yrs 7st (carried 7st 11b) (Challoner) 2 Mr. J. Smith's Wombat, 3 yrs, Est 51b ..(Wheatley) 3 The following also ran :—Curlew, Fractious, Overton, Rosalind, Limeflower, Lisbon, Serino, Hypocrite, Clemen tine, and Lord of the Tees. Betting-7 to 4 agst Sweetsauce, sto 1 agst Wombat, 6 to 1 agst Curlew, 8 to 1 agst Fractious, 10 to 1 agst Lop catcher, and 100 to 6 agst Lisbon. An excellent start was obtained at the first time of ask ing. The favourite was the first on his legs, and, with a lead of two or three lengths, came on with the lead, having for his immediate followers Rosalind, Fractious, Curlew, and Wombat ; the others, with the exception of the Hypo crite filly and Clementine, lying close up with the leaders. On rounding the turn the leading horses, with the excep tion of the favourite, ran wide, which enabled Lopcatcher to get through his horses, and he came on third, with Wombat, on his whip hand, fourth. Little or no alterati on occurred in the order of running until they neared the stand, when Lopcatcher took second and Wombat third places, in which way they finished. Sweetsauce won in a canter by two lengths ; a bad third ; Sermo was a bad fourth, Overton fifth, Rosalind sixth; the Hypocrite filly and Clementine ware the last two. THE STORY OF THE STEWARD. William Tillman, a coloured man, is the ono hero in this chapter of history. He says that he was born of free coloured parents in Milford Delaware, and is 27 years of age. His parents moved to Providence, H. 1., when he was 14 years old, and he has since called that place his home. He has followed the sea for 10 years, and has been in the employ of Jonas Smith and Co., No. 227, Front-street, by whom the schooner was owned, for the last three years. He is of medium height, rather strongly built, crispy hair, of nearly unmixed negro blood, and bears in his pock-marked countenance an expression of honesty, strong common sense with some touches of humour. The schooner S. J. Waring had started on a voyage to Monte Video, with an assorted cargo, which, with the ves sel, was valued at 100,000 dols. There were on board the captain and mats; W. Tillman, steward ; W, Stedding, seaman, born in Germany, aged 27, has been sailing four years out of New York ; Donald M‘Leod, seaman, of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, aged 30, has been sailing out of New York for seven or eight years ; and B. Mackinnon, a pas senger. On the 7th July they fell in with the Jeff Davis, and a prize crew of five wei e put on board, who were unarmed. To use the language of Mr. Tillman, they ran ten days and didn't find Charleston ; we were, however, only 50 miles south of Charleston and 100 to the eastward. On the voyage they treated me the best kind of way, and talked the best kind of talk. _ . One day the first lieutenant of the pirate was sitting in the cabin, cross •legged, smoking, and he said to me "When you go to Savannah, I want you to go to my house, and I will take care of you." I thought, continued the negro, yes, you will take care of me when you get me there. I raised my hat and said—" Yes, sir, thank you." But afterward I said to Billy (the German), " I am not going to Charleston a live man ; they may take me there dead." He had been told by the prize master that he would get re warded in Charleston for performing his duty so well in bringing the schooner in ; he had also heard conversation not intended for his ears, in regard to the price he would probably bring; and he had heard the prize master say to ono of his men, " You talk to that steward, and hold him in good heart. By G—d," said the prize master, "he will never see the North again." Tillman conferred with two of the seamen about taking possession of the schooner, but they declined adopting any plan, saying that none of them knew how to navigate her back, should they succeed in getting control. Tillman thought the matter over for three days and then made an ap peal to the German, and said, " If you are a man to stick to your word, we can take the vessel easy." Then we made a plan that I should go to my berth, and when most of them were asleep he was to give me some sign or awake me. We tried this for two nights, but no good chance offered. But last Tuesday night we caught them asleep, and we want to work. The mate comes to my berth, and he touches me. He says, " Now is your time." I went into my room and got my hatchet. The first man I struck was the captain. He was lying in a state room on the starboard side. I aimed for his temple as near as I could, and hit him just below the ear with the edge of the hatchet. With that he made a very loud shriek. The passenger jumped up very much in a fright. I told him, "Do you be still ; I shall not hurt a hair of your head." The passenger knew what I was'up to ; he never said a word more. I walks right across the cabin to the second mate's room, I gave him one severe blow in the mole of the head—that is, right across the middle of his head. I didn't stop to see whether he was dead or no, but I jumped on deck, and as I did so, the mate, who had been sleeping on the companion way' started from the noise ho heard in the cabin. Just as he rose upon his feet, I struck him on the back of the head. Then the German chap jumped over, and we " mittened" on to him, and flung him over the starboard quarter. Marshal Murray—What did you do then ? Tillman—Then we went down straight into the cabin. The second mate was not quite dead. He was sitting lean ing against his berth. I " catched" him by the hair of the head with my left hand, and struck him with the hatchet which I had in my right hand. I told this young German, " Well, let's get him overboard as soon as we can." So we hauled him over on to the cabin. The Marshal—Was he quite dead ? Tillman—No ;he was not quite dead, but he would not have lived long. We flung him over the starboard quarter. Then I told this German to go and call that man Jim, the Southern chap (one of the pirates), here. He called him aft. Says I, Jim, come down here in the cabin. Do you know that I have taken charge of this vessel to• night ? I am going to put you in irons. Well, says he, lam willing. He gave right up. I kept him in irons till eight o'clock the next morning. I then sent the German for him, and I said, " Smith (the name Milnor went by on board), I want you to join us, and help to take this vessel back. But mind the least crook or the least turn, and overboard you go with the rest." Well, said he, I will do the best I can. And he worked well all the way back. He couldn't do otherwise. It was pump or sink. Marshal—Did they beg, any of them ? Tillman—They didn't have any chance to beg, it was all done in five minutes. In seven minutes and a half after I struck the first blow the vessel was squared away before the wind and all sail on. Wo were 50 miles south of Charleston, and 100 to the eastward. Tillman said that at first he had thought of securing all the men, and bringing them all to New York alive in irons, but he found this was impracticable. To use his own lan guage, " There were too many for that; there were five of them and only three of us. After this I said, Well, I will got all I can back alive, and the rest I will kill." Till man says he went away as a steward, but came back as a captain. NARRATIVE OF TILE PASSENGER. The weather being sultry, the doors of the state rooms had been taken off, so that not only were the doors open from the cabin, but my room, in the rear of the captain's, opened into his room, the door being also down. I took my coat and vest off very leisurely, and swallowed a draught of cherry brandy before going to bed, so that I should think it was 11.10 when I retired. It could not have been more than 10 minutes later when I was awakened from a light sleep by a peculiar sound in the captain's room, which I knew instinctively could only have been produced by an axe cleaving Amiel's skull. No sooner did the " thush" strike upon my ear than I leaped out of beg, :aid, leaning against the door-casing in the partition, saw the steward dart through the twilight—for he had extinguished the light— noiseless as a cat, across the cabin toward the second mate's room. I also saw, at the same glance, Capt. Amiel rise from his berth, and attempt to follow him ; the blood blinded him, and he fell to the floor, with a horrid gurgling sound in his throat. All this was but the work of a second. The cleav ing of the skull, like the flash from a gun preceding the re port, was followed by a weak faint cry, like that of a sick child, and the gurgling in the throat. I knew then that his wound was mortal. Stooping sideways, the steward entered the second mate's cabin, and once more swung his axe, but not so effectively. The mate started up with an oath, "Don't strike me again," and clutched at the steward's breast, but eluding the wounded man, he ran on deck, to where the first mate lay near the wheelhouse, and keeping his axe behind him, demanded "What all this noise was about ?" The mate, who had been aroused by the outcries of the captain and second mate, had raised himself upon his elbow, and stared at the steward in a half stupid, half fascinated way, not seeing the pistol which Stedding, the man at the helm, had pointed at him for use in case of necessity. As he turned his face towards the steward, the latter drove his weapon home into the base of his skull. Stedding and the steward then tumbled him overboard. He rose on the wave with a hoarse cry, when about two lengths astern, the water having revived him ; but he must have soon gone down to his long account. Then the steward came down in the cabin, where I still stood,while Stedding stood, pistol in hand, to guard the deck. The captain cried faintly twice to me by name, " Help me, kelp me," but he WAS past help, Another swishing blow of BRITISH COLUMBIA. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) VICTORIA, VANCOUVER'S ISLAND, JUNE 10. I have been absent from Victoria for six months, and I find the place in a state of stagnation on my return. The progress of the town is checked. Business is dull, the population would seem to have decreased, and much gloom and dissatisfaction pre- vail for the moment. These untoward effects are said to be caused by the large exodus to the mines of British Columbia, and if this be the true cause the present stagnation is only temporary. The exodus of miners is felt only because of the small ness of our population. The fact is that all classes are disappointed at the meagreness of the immigra tion, and unless some scheme for the encourage- ment of settlers from the mother country is set on foot the colony must languish for want of a popu lation sufficient to make it prosperous. The exciting news from the interior of British Columbia of the discovery of new and very rich diggings, extending over a large space of country, carried away in the spring from Victoria all who could go to seek their fortunes in the El Dorado of New Caledonia. Labourers, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, and nearly all the bone and sinew of the place have left for a temporary sojourn in the sister colony—most of them to a district known as Cerre bceuf (pronounced Cariboo) situate some 500 miles mouth of Fraser River, where the richest " strikes" are reported to have been made. The re sults, as far as known, are favourable, for consider able quantities of golddust are beginning to come down. There is yet another subject which retards the material progress of this colony of Vancouver Island in various ways, as well as that of the neigh bouring colony of British Columbia, to a very serious degree. This is the unsatisfactory state of our postal communications. You are, no doubt, aware that our postal commu- nications are conducted entirely through American channels. Even the correspondence from England comes nearly all by way of New York, because that route is more expeditious than that via the West Indies to Colon, while from Panama there is no choice, as all the steamers plying to the north of that port are American. We are thus placed at the mercy of a foreign Power for the carrying of our communications with the mother country and the rest of the world. The inconvenient consequences of such a state of dependence may be readily con ceived. As the matter is of the utmost importance, not only to these two colonies, but to the public service also, and as the subject has been misunderstood and overlooked or neglected at home, I must crave your indulgence while I describe the pernicious working of the present system, the injuries which it entails upon us, and the helpless state in which we are placed by not having an independent English postal service. I will first describe the voyage by which our letters and passengers (for our means of personal transit are as defective as are our means of postal communication) are carried from San Francisco to Victoria. The steamers, being American vessels, in order to prosecute their own coasting trade, touch on their way up at several ports on the coasts of California and Oregon,varying their calls from time to time to suit the requirements of trade. They then cross the bar at the mouth of the Columbia River, noted for its danger, and run up room than 100 miles into the interior of Oregon to Portland, on the Willa mette River, a tributary of the Columbia, where they remain for days discharging and receiving cargo on their way to Victoria. As the entrances to all the wayports on the coasts of California and Oregon are dangerous, some from bars and others from sunken rocks, the steamers are frequently de layed at some or at all of them, while in rough weather the bar of the Columbia detains them for days waiting for a calm. _ The run, which could be made from San Francisco direct to Victoria in three ;to three and a-half days, occupies by these delays some eight to ten days, and sometimes more. This delay to passengers, goods, and mails by this circuitous route is not the only evil which this system imposes upon us. To cover the risk of the Columbia Bar 1 per cent. is charged on all mer chandise crossing it, in addition to the ordinary rate of insurance to Victoria. These deviations of voyage being repeated on the return from Victoria to San Francisco, it is manifest that so tedious, expensive, and dangerous a route must depreciate the value of our gold, which is the principal export, while it also enhances the cost of our imports, and increases un necessarily the risk of life. A melancholy proof of the truth of the last conclusion is afforded by the fate of one of these American steamers, which was wrecked in 1860, by which 36 lives were lost, in cluding several persons (as I am informed) coming from England to Victoria, and among them poor Mr. Blomfield, the son of the late Bishop of London, who intended to settle in this colony. This system, in short, impedes and stultifies com mercial enterprise and discourages the exchange of personal intercourse to a very serious degree, as I will undertake to show in a few words. The route formerly taken by the mining immi gration to British Columbia was by way of the Fraser River, which is the natural inlet into the mining country, touching first at Victoria, where supplies were procured. But our neighbours of Oregon, seeing so many passengers visiting Portland en route, bethought them' of a means of diverting them from continuing their voyage to Victoria, and with this view offer to transport them up the Columbia via the Dalles to British Columbia, and so save . the voyage to Victoria. The American route is, of course, represented as shorter and cheaper, although it is, in fact, longer, more expen sive, and far less advantageous, for it merely carries the miner to the confines of British Columbia, and leaves him on the frontier, while the Fraser River route takes him into the heart of the mining re gions, unless, indeed, he wishes to " try his luck" on the river itself. The miner, ignorant of the advan tages of one route over the other, is " caught" the more readily because, finding himself upwards of 100 miles out of his direct course, a distance which he has also to retrace (by the run up and down the Columbia and Williamette rivers between the Pa cific Ocean and Portland), and being irritated and disappointed by the delay and expenditure of money at Portland, he easily yields to the representations held out to him that by proceeding onwards by the Danes he will avoid the delay and expense of re tracing the distance of his unnecessary deviation. He therefore abandons his intended voyage to Vic toria. Now, as " trade" naturally follows " travel," SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES—WEDNESDAY. The blueness of the sky was almost equalled by that of the sea as the spectator gazed from the stand on Wednes day, nor did the brilliancy of the weather diminish during the day. Of the fashionable audience which had graced the Goodwood lawns on Thursday last, a vast proportion was again to be seen on the Downs at Brighton, and although the card did not display so fine a programme as that of the grand meeting celebrated last week, yet visitors went away satisfied with the half-dozen races set before them. The Brighton Stakes brought but a small field of horses toge ther, the fame of Starke having deterred more than one of his intended antagonists. His success was hailed with cheers by those who admire the enterprise of his owner, and who were glad to see him gain a recompense, small though it be, for his horse's defeat in the Goodwood Stakes. Blue Jacket had many friends, but the American made the pace better in this race than Bivouac had been able to make it when the old horse defeated him at Lewes on Monday, and he had accordingly no great trouble in disposing of him. The Nursery, always a popular stake, brought together 12 2. yr-olds, and produced a fine race, the difference of 91b in the relative weights of the first and second since their meet ing at Lewes having just turned the scale in favour of the filly. Thirteen runners were telegraphed for the Marine Plate, and Sweetsauce, backed for immense sums of money, took the lead, kept it, and won in a canter. • Some.betting on future events took place between the races, which we quote in its proper place. The Bristol Plate of 50 sovs (handicap). One mile. Captain Rhys's Doncaster, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (G. Fordham) 1 Mr. Hudson's Miss Emma, 3 yrs, Bst 91b (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. W. Day's Schekallion, 2 yrs, 6st 21b.. (S. Adams) 3 The following also ran :—Barb Pigeon, Chirp, Foretop; and Court Martial. Betting-7 to 4 agst Doncaster, sto 1 agst Foretop. The favourite, with Barb Pigeon on the whip hand, and Miss Emma made the running, having the others in close attendance. On reaching the distance Miss Emma went up to Barb Pigeon and ran with him to the rails, where the latter was beaten, leaving the race with the two. Doncaster, however, was never approached, and won in a canter by six lengths, two lengths separating the second and third ; Court Martial was a bad fourth ; the others beaten off a long way, Chirp being last. Second Year of the Ninth Brighton Biential Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b Winners extra. Bristol mile. 14 subs. Mr. M. Dennett's Squire Percy, Bst 71b (Fordham) 1 Mr. R. Drewitt's Young Viscount, Bst 71b (Custance) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Young Viscount. Young Viscount made play to the distance, where he was joined by Squire Percy, the pair finishing a close race home, the non-favourite winning on the post by a head. The Brighton Stakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, with 200 sovs added. Winners extra. The second horse to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. The new course, one mile and three - quarters. 34 subs, 10 of whom paid forfeit. Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Starke, 6 yrs, Bst llb (inc 41b ex) (A. Edwards) 1 Mr. Spencer's Blue Jacket, aged, Bst 121 b (Fordham) 2 Mr. Saxon's Bally Edmond, 3 yrs, sst 101 b.... (Midgley) 3 Count Batthyany's Fergus, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Howe) 4 Count de g Lysiscote, 5 yrs, 7 s t 41b (Grimshaw) 5 Betting—Even ran On s ta rke, 3to 1 ag s t Bl ue J a cket, 4to 1 ags t Lysiscote, and 6 to 1 agst Bally Ed mon d . Starke jumped off with the running at a strong pace, followed by Blue Jacket, Pergus, Lysiscote, and Bally Ed mond in the order we have given them, and in which order they ran to the foot of the hill, when Pergus took the se cond place, and ran in close company with the favourite, Lysiscote going on third, Blue Jacket fourth, and Mr. Saxon's colt last. On rounding the top turn Pergus ran out, and ha consequence was left some distance in the rear. Lysiscote, through this mishap, was left in attendance upon the favourite, followed by Blue Jacket and Bally Edmond, the four, as they near ed the turn for home, running in close company, but half-way down the hill the colours of the French confederacy were seen to drop back, and her place was taken by Blue Jacket, who reached Starke's quarters at the distance, and for a brief period gave hopes to his backers, but which were speedily dispelled. Starke, in a few strides, gradually drew in advance and won in a canter by four lengths ; Bally Edmond finished a bad third ; Pergus, who passed Lysiscote opposite the stand, was fourth ; and Lysis cote, who was pulled up, walked in last. The South Down Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 300 sovs added. 2-yr .olds and upwards. Weight for age, with selling allowances. T.Y.C. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. W. Day's Dr. Pusey, 2 yrs (£5O), sst 121 b (S. Adams) 1 Mr. A. Brown's Liberality, 2 yrs (£5O), sst 121 b (Midgley) 2 Mr. Fuller's St. Bernard, 2 yrs (£5O), sst 121 b (J. Daley) 3 Betting-6 to 5 agst Dr. Pusey, 2to 1 agst St. Bernard, and 5 to 2 agst Liberality. After two slight failures, caused through St. Bernard breaking away, the flag was lowered to an equitable start. St. Bernard was first off, but before he had gone many strides the favourite rushed past him, and went on with the running, waited upon by St. Bernard, with Liberality at their quarters. In this way they descended the hill, and on reaching the distance the three joined—Dr. Pusey on the rails, Liberality in the centre, and St. Bernard on the whip hand, and in which way they ran locked to the end, Dr. Pusey winning a close race by a neck ; a neck separating the second and third. The winner was not sold. The Brighton Nursery Stakes (handicap) of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds. Winners extra. T.Y.C. Three-quarters of a mile. 40 subs. Mr. J . Smith's Queen of Spain, 7st ...... (Clement) 1 Mr. Monk's Beachy Head, 7st 71b (including Sib extra) (G. Fordham) 2 Baron Niviere's Baliverne, Bst 101 b (11. Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Donna del Lago, Golden Fleece, Breech Loader, St. Bernard, Deceptive, Miss Livingstone, Annette, King Tom, and Sagittarius. Betting-5 to 2 agst Beachy Head, sto 1 agst Annette, 6 to 1 each agst Queen of Spain and Sagittarius, 100 to 15 agst Miss Livingstone, 10 to 1 agst Deceptive, and 100 to 8 each agst Golden Fleece and Donna del Lago. Some time was lost through several of the horses breaking away, in the first of which Deceptive, Annette, and Sagit tarius ran to the turn. At last the flag was lowered to any thing but a satisfactory start, Annette being left behind. On settling into their places Baliverne rushed to the front and came on with a long lead, followed on the rails on the lower side by Beachy Head, Queen of Spain, Golden Fleece, and Donna del Lago, the others lying in a cluster in their rear, the last of all being Annette. In this order they ran to the distance, where the Frenchman's lead began to de crease, and on entering the rails she was passed by the fa vourite, who, with Queen of Spain in waiting, carried on the running to the centre of the stand, where Clement called upon his mare, who came with a wet sail, headed Beachy Head within a few strides of home, and won very cleverly by a neck, the favourite beating Baliverne by two lengths for second ; Sagittarius was a good fourth, Donna del Lago fifth, Miss Livingstone sixth, Deceptive and Golden Fleece, 32g 32g 28s 58 52g od od od 3cl Oct Oa Oct Oct