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SEA--FELLOWS and CO.. Shipbrolzprs, 127. ' F enchurch-street, KC., require MIDSUTPMEN and FO Fir s t- c l ass APPRE NTICES in an A 1 clipper India nian, 15 0) tons. minim. moderate, returned in wat.;es. 2Ao stout Lads, without premium, for other ships. Wages SEA.—=MIDSHIPMEN required for splendid ships for Australia and India. Premium, 50 to 60 Nxa 'neas, may he p a id i n t wo instalments. Apprentices also yed with and without premium. —Apply to W. Suther lanu' ship and passage broker, 11, F euc hureh-buildings, by 107 P enchurch-street. Established 1851. SEA. —VAC kNCIES for MIDSHIPMEN Find APPRENTICES in a first-class London shipping; firm. 4-rernium moderate. Al.o apprentices without premium.— ' I PPIY to SIMMONDS and Co., 38. St. Mary - at - hill , East cheaP, E.C. Third officers and Stewards wanted. N ORTH BRITESH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. --------- Accumulated and Invested Funds £2,122,828 Annual Revenue.. 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insuran - es °Tante t both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers On the participating principle. The new Life business iransacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Atorunt Insured. Premiums. ti 1,037 £763,334 Z 23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the OFFICES : LONDON 58, Threadneedl e - s t reet. 4, New Bank Buildings. LothburY , P e st-end Office B, Waterloo-plate, Pall-mall. .., T HE EGYPTIAN COMMERCIAL AND TRADING COMPANY (Limited). To be Incorporated, with Limited Liability, under "The Companies Act, 1862." Capital £2,000,000, in 100,000 Shares of £2O each. Payment on allotment £2 per Share. The Capital has been subscribed, with the exception of 25,600 Shares, which have been reserved for issue to the public by the International Financial Society. DIRECTORS, President—ll. H. Prince HALIM PASHA, late Governor of the Soudan. John Cater, Esq., Director of the Bank of t London. E. Dervieti, Esq. (E. Dervieu and O 0 Alexandria W. Larking. Esq , London. Oppenheim, Esq. (Oppenheim, Nephew, and Co.), Alex andria. li. Rose, Esq. (Briggs and Co.) , A lexandria. Ruyssenaers, Dutch Consul• General, Alexandria. W. F. Scholfield, Eaq., London (late A. and S. Henry and _Co., Manchester). Sulzbach, Esq., Frankfort O.M. Alexander Tod. Esq., London (Tod, Rathbone, and Co., Egypt ; and Stephen Kennard and Co., London). MANAGER. M. Sakakini, Esq. (Sakakini Brothers), Cairo. AGENTS, Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen, London. Marcuard, Andre, and Co., Paris. The Bank of Saxe Meiningen, Frankfort BANKERS, Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Bircham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Ward, 46, Parliament-street, Westminster. PROSPECTUS. Encouraged by the desire of the Government of his High ness the Viceroy of Egypt, several Commercial Houses and Society have united to form this Company:— The International Financial Society, London. Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen, London. Messrs. Marcuard, Andre, and Cie., Paris. Mr W. F. Jaeger, Frans fort. Mr. S. Sulzbach, Frankfort. Messrs. Oppenheim, Nephew, and Cie., Alexandria. Messrs. Dervieu and Cie., Alexandria. The object of the Company is to devote special attention to the development of Commerce with Upper Egypt, Nubia, the Soudan, and adjoining countries, as well as the borders of the Red Sea, and to establish trading relations with those dis- Lriot s, the enormous resources of which—till now almost un developed —are so well known as to render it needless to enter into a lengthened description. The Company will buy or exchange the produce, which consists of cotton, coffee, sugar, rice, tobacco, gums, oils, ivory, semis, beeswax, ostrich feathers, gold dust, silk, in digo, Ate. The Viceroy of Egypt has, by the grant of a liberal subsidy, CLalled into existence a Steam Navigation Company for the I( ed Sea and the Nile: he is also about, with the view of as sisthig the operations of this Company, to complete, at his Own expense, telegraphic communication between Alexandria and all the principal stations which have been selected for the operations of the Company, extending to Khartoum, the farthest town of importance in the interior of Africa within the limits of Egyptian territory, and to Taka on the frontiers of Abyssinia. By these means the difficulty of communication, hitherto existing, will be removed, it , el means of transport greatly facilitated. It will be an object of this Company to encou rage all enterprises which will tend to prov i de means of rapid transport, whether by steamers, railways, canals, or by the organisation of caravans. It will also be an object of the Company to encourage, by the advance of money to cul tivators, i mpor t a tion of seed, establishment of cotton gins, 4 n., the cuttivation of cotton in Upper Egypt, where there exist immense tracts of land capable of producing it to al- Most any extent. The population in those districts is nume rous and industrious. It is a well-ascertained fact that, in Upper Egypt and the Soudan, cultivators and traders can afford to borrow money at 4 and 5 per cent. per month, and still amass considerable wealth. he Company intend to establish agencies on both coasts of the Red Sea. On the Arabian coast Dgeddah has been selected as a principal place of commerce. On the coast of Abyssinia agencies will also be established at Dossier, Sa- Wakim, and Massawah. The trading operations of the Company will extend from Cairo up the Nile, as far as possible into the interior of Africa, following the courses of the White and Blue Nile, whilst communication will be carried on between the interior and the Red Sea, and its east and west coasts. It is intended to commence operations below Stout, ex tending gradually upwards, employing the capital, in the first Instance, by making advances to cultivators in Upper Egypt, operations with which the Alexandrian Directors are well acquainted, and which, being highly lucrative, at once insure a large interest on the capital employed. The capital of the Company will be gradually called up as Its operations are extended. Mr. Sakakini, who has for many years carried on, and is thoroughly acquainted with, the trade of Upper Egypt and its adjoining countries, has consented to act temporarily as Manager, in order to give the Company the advantage of his experience in the organisation of a sufficient and competent staff. _ The Articles of Association will provide for a defined a nd limited participation by the Directors in the profits, after Payment of interest, on the capital called up, and the houses who have founded the Company will be entitled to the privi rev of taking one-third of any further home of Shares, Sub- J e d to which all new Shares will be distributed pro rata amongst the existing Shareholders. Financial for Shares must be made to the I nternational Society (Limited), at their Offices, 54, Old Broad street, E.C. No application will be received after Saturday, 20th June, at t 2 noon. London, June, 1863. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the International Financial Society (Limited). Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of £2O inthe Egyptian Commercial and Trading Company (Limited), and I hereby agree to become a member of that Company, and to accept such Shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and I request that my name may be placed on the Register of Members in respect of the Shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, No. Name in full Ad dress in full,. Reference .. .... ....... Date HOME and FOREIGN INQUIRY OFFICE.— Confidential inquiries and legal investigations pri vately instituted with the utmost fidelity and despatch. In England and all parts on the Continent, by Mr. POLLA_KY, a; George-street, Mansion-house, E.C. ItTIPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-M AIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT TROTHXnBITIONF; OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of undred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective petition in the curative treatment of Ii ERNI A. T he use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the ,le the requisite resisting power is supplied by the a °_, Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease , closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn 4 111 4'descriptive circular may be had, and the use, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir underence of the body, two inches below the hips, being 'eat to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. ed., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. Doubly Truss, 31s. &1., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. "n Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. dd. Postage, ls. 10d. 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I beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Ostitution has expended n 2,000 on various Lifeboat Fat la ' B ,..,hments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Irel ' and a .• .- Bhe number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the °ciety, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800 ; Tr . ° . 'which services 82 Gold Modal s, 718 Silver Medals, and '1 ,4 80 in cash have been p aid in rewards. The Institu -- 4)0 has also expended £67,C0 0 on Life-boats, Life-boat T ransporting -carriages, and Boat-houses. th'ne Committee desire to express their grateful sense of genero. support which they have received from e ha s public during the past few years, a support which t "" enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet ' 23 Lifeboats on the shores of the United . K.Kingdom refi ts sensible, however, of the great responsibility that "'s On them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient !ate, and its Crews pTactised in the management of their bo a ts, whi^h can only be effected by a large and pelnanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their gre "LrYlnen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so at and truly national a work. T he Co tributionsin_ rat ttee gratefully acknowledge the following con s. d . 11 m. e _ r Alajesty the Queen • • • • .. annual 50 0 0 the Hon. Mrs. G. .. .. annual 5 0 0 ..;erk, Colonel, B.A. • • • • • .. annual 11 0 : ,, Y u li r ts and C 0.,. Messrs., Bankers .. annual 10 0 0 .. 4th don.lo 0 0 pl'arler,"t o lV rd n' ell s f q .Justice .. don. 10 10 0 1 ,,, , % .„ 5hawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., .. 2d don. 25 0 0 " w ick G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran nePorting Carriag,e .. • • • • • • • • 250 0 34 a .. rv eY. Rev. G. 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Mandalay, Field, and Son, and are from the same patterns, with the exception of some minor improvements in their detail, as those of her Abijesty's ship Marlborough. They are on the firm's horizontal principle, with direct action, and have Cylinders of 82 inches diameter, with a four feet length of stroke. The fire grate surface is 565 square feet, the heating surfaces in furnaces and flue is 2,400 square feet, end the heating surface of the tubes is 13,300 square feet. The. weight of the engines is 186 tons, of boilers 206 tons, and of water in boilers when filled Us tons. The coal boxes,have a measurement of 24,480 cubic feet, and stow (300 tons of coals— seven days' consumption. The propellor is a 11Iaudslay-Griffiths, weighing 11 tons 11 cwt. It is 19ft in diameter, with a length of 3ft 10, 1 3 in, and is set at a pitch of 27ft 6in. It has a varying pitch down to 22ft, but to alter the pitch at any time the ship must be placed in dock, as the screw has been made a fixture, in this following the example of the French Imperial Marine, The stowage of the ves sel below in her holds and storerooms is as near perfection as anything of the kind can possibly be. The water tanks are fitted on the plan of Mr. Wallis, of Portsmouth Dockyard Tide Gauge-office, and by which means each tank is filled from the conden sers, without the trouble of pumping by hand, as is ordinarily the case. The steering of the ship is managed by a simple reversion to the old gun room tiller, i.e., a long straight tiller projecting from the rndder•head into the after cabin, in a line with the keel, and the manner in which the ship answered her helm on Monday satisfied all on board that the resumption of the old description of tiller has given back to our ships some considerable portion at least of their old power of answering the helm, even before the introduction of the screw. The ship has been evidently fitted out regardless of trouble or expense, and there is but little margin left for any fault-finding in so large an amount of work. There are, however, two serious faults in con nexion with the ship's armour .which it is impossible to pass by without some notice. The armour plates, which are admirably put on the ship, are bolted on with galvanised bolts, and every schoolboy knows the result of placing iron, zinc, and salt water in contact with each other. The second error is the " tapering" of the armour plating at the bows and stern. Both errors have nothing to do with Chat ham yard, both being "by order ;" but both are most serious, and are being perpetuated in all the iron-cased vessels now converting in her Majesty's dockyards. It is indeed said that the "tapering" of the armour-plate has been aban doned by the Lords of the Admiralty, and that an order is about to be issued that the planking of the ship's side is in future to be tapered in lieu of the plate, and that the latter is to be bolted on the ship's side in all its rough strength. By the time Captain Broadhead and his staff had reached the Royal Oak's upper deck from the deck of the Fancy gunboat the ship's anchor was hanging to the cathead, and by nine a.m. she was steaming out towards the Warner Light, to clear her fires and otherwise prepare for the race over the trial ground of the measared mile. The morn ing was fine, with a light breeze from W. by N., just sufficient to furnish a good draught to the fires, but not prejudicial to the ship's way when going against it. On reaching the lightship the Royal Oak's course was altered, and her head laid for Stokes Bay, where the trials of speed with full boiler power were at once entered upon and completed with the following results : No. of Revolution Time. Speed of — Pressure Run. of engines. in. s. Ship inknots. of steam. mum. 1.. 59 .. 455 .. 12.203 2.. 611 .. 440 .. 12.500 3.. 61 .. 440 .. 12.857 '4 .. 61 .. 5 2 .. 11.920 221 b. .. 221 in. 5.. 61} .. 430 .. 13..333 6.. 61 .. 5 9 .. 11.650 First mean speed in knots, 12.351, 12.678, 12.388, 12 626, 12.941 ; second mean speed in knots, 12514, 12.533, 12.507, 12.558. Mean speed of the ship, 12 . 528 knots. It ad well here to place in juxtaposition the tem peratures of the engine-room and stokeholes at this time, as we have referred at some length to the great want of ventilation in ships coated with armour all round, and the means which have been taken to remedy this evil in the Royal Oak. In making the first run at the mile the tempera tures were recorded as follow—On deck, 68 deg. ; in engine-room, 73 deg. and 76 deg. ; in the forward stokehole—fore part, 84 deg.; middle, 109; and after part, 113 deg. ; in after stokehole—fore part, 103 deg. ; middle, 105 deg. ; and after part, 103 deg. In the sixth mile run they were as follow—On deck, 69 deg. ; in engine-room, 72 deg., 72 deg., and 75 deg. ; in forward stokehole—fore part, 91 deg.; middle, 120 deg.; and after part, 112 deg. ; in after stokehole—fore part, 102 deg.; middle, 104 deg. ; and after part, 103 deg. The speed attained by the Royal Oak must be considered in the highest degree satisfactory in all the sense of the words, if it is considered that the ship's official estimated speed was set down as 111 knots, and that she has actually exceeded that rate by over one knot per hour. In considering the Royal Oak's speed, it willbe as well also to remember that she is a wooden ves sel, with her bottom coated with Muntz's metal, therefore not liable to foul in the manner our iron ships do, despite their protecting pigment covering. So far as this would affect the ship's speed, then, it may fairly be reckoned, that if the Warrior, Black Prince, and Royal Oak were stationed in the West Indies for three months, the Royal Oak at the end of that time would be the fastest ship of the three. It is almost needless to refer back to the fact that the Royal Oak, like the Prince Consort, Caledonia, and Ocean, is an armour-cased frigate, converted from the frame of a 91-gun screw liner. Her en hines having been made from the same patterns as those of the Marlborough, 131-gun screw three decker, now the flagship of Vice-Admiral R. Smart, E.H., Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, a comparison between the performances under steam of the lofty three-decked steamship and the long armour-plated frigate may be interesting. In the " light draught" trials the conditions and results were as follows :—Marlborougb, tried May 12, 1856.—Draught of water, 21ft. lin. forward, and 22ft. 10in. aft.; displacement of hull, 4,610 tons; speed of ship 11.866 knots. Royal Oak, tried March 24,1863.—Draught of water, 20ft.h4iln: forward, and 23ft. lin. aft ; displacement of said to be 6,500 tons; In the seagoing draught of water h, tried June speed of ship 12 condi tions and results were :—Marlborough, trialsiBtohe kn o ts . o 'extreme breadth, 61ft. 21in.; dr aught 1, 1858.—Lengthbetween perpendicu ,2o4fsf:va6tienr.: 25ft. 4in. forward, and 27ft. 3in. a f t. . ; displacement speed of ship, 11.233 knots. extreme breadth, 58ft. Sin. ; R of oy h a u l l O L e6k,,otsrioedtoJnusne 15, 1863.—Length between 3 2 f 3 t. f:. Bin. forward, and 25ft. 7in. aft.; displacement of hull, 7,430 tons; speed of la rs water,27 P e draught r P end o c I I f ship, 12.528 knots. At the close of the full-power runs it was re solved to anchor the ship again at Spithead until the following morning, it being impossible to con clude the whole of the trials, including the runs at half speed and the testing the turning powers of the ship in making circles in one day, and the ship was accordingly steamed into Spithead and her anchor dropped in nearly its old position. Soon after the ship brought up Vice-Admiral Sir Miahael Seymour, G.C.8., Port Admiral and Com mander-in• Chief, steamed alongside in the Fire Queen steam tender, Master Commander Paul, and, hccompanied by Captain A. Campbell and Com mender Soady, privately inspected the ship. It is almost needless to say that the working of the ship's engines and boilers gave the greatest possible satisfaction, and reflected the customary credit upon the manufacturers, Messrs. Maudslay, Field, and Son, of Lambeth. Yesterday morning the ship weighed anchor at NEWSPA_PER -,14,i74A4114„ •„0-7P-4. 8 a.m., and soon afterwards left Spithead attikin s under charge of Capt. Broadhead, for clear waters outside the Nab light vessel, where she could be tested 'in her power of turning and completing circles und er fiill steam. On "reaching tfie desired position, however, a hot bearing was discovarcd, and the full-speed circles had to be abandoned, and the programme of the ship's trials for the day cut down to six runs, with two boilers (one-third the ship's boiler power), and two circles afterwards with the same power. The runs were made as follow-a : No. of Time. Speed of Revolutions Pressure Runs. min sec. Ship. of Engines. of Steam. Vacuum. 1 .... 8 19 .... 7'214 .. 22 .... 24 2 .... 7 43 .... 7'775 ... 22 .... 23 3 .... 6 49 .... B'Bol 4 .... 8 26 .... 7'114 5 .... 6 96 .... 8'867 Mean speed of the six runs, 7 979 knots. The circles were made under the same conditions of power, and yicidcd tho following re , uits : Circle to Circle to Stitt board. Poet. 'rime occupied in getting up helm 47 sec. .. 30 sec. Angle of rudder 20 deg. .. t 94 deg. Turns of wheel Time occupied in making half-circle.. 3m. 425ec... 3m. 4isec. Ditto, full circle 7m. 275ec... 7m. 50sec. Revolutions of Engines previous to put ting up the helm 37 .. 37 Revolutions after wards 's .. 34i Men at the wheel The diameter of the circles were little over twice the ship's length. The ship answered every touch of her helm as quickly and sensitively as a cutter, and her powers in this respect form a wonderful contrast to any other of our screw shi p s of war. The ship will conclude her trials to-day. THE LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. JUNE 17, 1863 PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 16. BALLOT. 111ot:on made and question put, "That leave be given to bring in a bill to cause the votes of Parliamentary electors to be taken by way of ballot." The house divided — Ayes, 102 ; Noes, 122. AYES —lO2. Adair, H. E. Gibson. T. M. Potter, E. Alcock, T. Gilpin, C. Potts, George Atherton, Sir W. Goldsmid, Sir F. , Pryse, Capt. E. L. Baines, E. Goschen, G. J. Redmond, J. E. Bass, M. T. Gower, F. L. Robartes, T. J. A. Bazley, Thomas Hadfield, Gco. Roebuck, J. A. Beale, Samuel Henley, Lord Rotlischild,Baron M Bellew, R. M. llennessy, J. P. Russell, A. J. E. Berkeley, C. Hibbert, J. Salomons,Aiderman lliddulph,;Col. R.M. Hodgkinson, G. Scholefieal, W. Black, Adam King - , Hon. P. Scully, V. Blake, J. A. King lake, A. W. Seely, C. Buller, Sir A. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Seymour, Digby Caird, James Layard, A. H. Sheridan, H. B. Clay, James Lawson, W. Smith, J. B. Clifton, Sir R. Leathern, E. Smith, J. A. Clive, George Lee, W. Stacpoole, W. Cobbett, J. M. Lindsay, W. S. Stansfeld, J. Cobden, R. MacEvoy, E. Sullivan, M. Cogan, W. H. M`Mahon, P. Taylor, P. A. Collier, R. P. Maguire, J. F. Tite, Wm. Corbally, M. E. Martin, P. W. Trelawny, Sir J. S. Cox, W. Merry, James Villiers, Rt. Hon. C. Crawford, R. W. Mills, J. R. Vivian, 11. H. Crossley, Sir F. Moffatt, George Waldron, L. Dalglish, Robert Morris, D. Warner, Edward Davie, Sir H. R. F. O'Conor Don, The Watkins, Col. L. Dillwyn, Lewis L. O'Donoghue, The Whalley, G. H. Douglas, Sir C. O'Hagan, T. White, Jas. Doulton, F. Onslow, Guildford Williams, W. Duff, M. E. Owen, Sir H. Woods, Henry Dunne, M. Padmore, R. Wyld, James Evans, Sir De L. Paget, C. TELLERS. Forster, Charles D. Pilkington, James Berkeley, H. Gavin, Major Ponsonby, A. Ayrton, A. S. NOES —122. Addington, Hon.W. Goddard, A. L, Manners, Lord G. Annesley; Col H. Gore, J. R. 0: Martin, J. Arbuthnott, Gen.H. Greenall, G. Maxwell, Col. Archdall, Capt.M,E. Greenwood, J. Miller, T. Aytoun, H. S. Gray, Capt. Miller, William Baring, Sir F. Grey, Sir G. Montagu, Lord R. Beaumont,Somerset Grey deWilton,Lord Montgomery, Sir G. Beecroft, G. S. Gurdon, B. Morgan, C. 0. S. Beutinck, G. W. P. Hamilton, Major Morgan, Major Bond, J. W. Hamilton, 1. T. Mundy, William Booth, Sir R. G. Handley, John Mure, David Bovill, Wm. Hartington,Marquis Nicol, William Brooks, R. Hartopp, E. B. O'Neill, E. Bruen, Henry Hay, Sir J. Pakington, Sir J. S. Buller, J. W. Henley, J. Palmerston, Visct. Cartwright, Col. Hesketh, Sir T. Parker, Major W. Cholmeley, Sir M. Heygate, W. U. Fender, J. Cobbold, John C. Hill, Hon. R. Phillips, G. L. Cole, J. L, Hood, Sir A. Price, R. G. Colthurst, Sir G. Horsiali, T. B. Pritchard, John Corry, H. L. Howard, Hon. C. Raynham, Viscount Cowper, Hon. W.F. Howes, E. Ridley, Sir M. W. Cubitt, George Humberstone, P. S. Robertson, H. Darner, S. D. Jermyn, Earl Rose, W. A. Davey, R. Jervis, Captain St. Aubyn, J. Dawson, R. P. Jolliffe, H. Scourtiela, J. H. Duncombe, W. E. Jones, D. Somerset, Col. E. Dunne, Col. Kekewich, S. Somes, Joseph Evans, T. W. Kendall, N. Spooner, R. Farquhar, Sir M. Kennard, R. Tollemache, J. H. Fellowes, Edward Ker, D. S. Tretusis, Hon. C. H. Ferrand, W. King, J. K. Trevor, Lord A. Filmer, Sir E. Knight, F. Turner, C. Foljambe, F. J. S. Langton, W. G. Vandeleur, Col. Forester, Gen. Leader, N. Walcott, Adm. J. E. Fortescue, Hon. F. Lefroy, A. Watlington, J. Fortescue, C. S, Leighton, Sir B. Whitmore, H. Galway, Viscount Lennox, Lord G. G. Yorke, Hon. E. Gard, It. S. Longfield, Robert Gaskell, J. M. Lopes, Sir M. TELLERS, George, John M‘Cormick, W. Bridges, Sir B. Gilpin, Colonel Mackie, J. Packe, Col. breaking up their Original formation and assuming a new position in a long line parallel with the upper terrace, and from which they only partially emerged during the rest of the proceedings. The Royal party then returned to the awning, - under which the Volunteer prizes had been arranged. The Princess, who seemed to suffer somewhat from the damp, chilly atmosphere to which she had been exposed during her drive through the town, wore a warm woollen wrapper over her mauve silk dress. Lieutenant- Colonel Bowyer handed the cups and other articles to her Royal Highness, whopresented•them to the winners with a natural and kindly courtesy which seemed to bespeak an almost personal interest in the success of each. The prize list was as follows : 1. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales's Cup— Sergeant-Major Medlicott, Christ Church. 2.' Lieutenant-Colonel Bowyer's Cup—Private Macrae, University College. 3. Captain Parker's Cup—Sergeant G. NosworthY, Magdalen College. 4. Company Cup—Sergeant Middleton, Magdalen College, 5. Mr. Tyrwhitt's Rifle —Captain Allen, Brasenose Col. lege. 6. Engraving—Sergeant Davies, Jesus College, No. 2 Company. 7. Engraving—Sergeant Sionhouse, Brasenose College, No, 3 Company. 8. Engraving—Private Ricketts, St. John's College, No. 5 Company. 9. Engraving—Sergeant H. Noraworthy, Magdalen College, No. 6 Company. When the distribution of the prizes was concluded the Princess expressed a desire to see the corps perform some of their exercises. Lieut.-Colonel Bowyer willingly acceded to the flattering request, and put his men through several movements, which were executed with much steadi ness and accuracy, and concluded with the marching past of the whole regiment in open columns of companies. The rain, which during the whole time poured down steadily and drenchingly, rather spoilt what would otherwise have been a very pleasing and interesting sight. At a quarter past 2 the Prince and Princess retired to the Deanery, which they again quitted half an hour afterwards, to go to the Sheldonian Theatre. Among those present at the pro ceedings in Christ Church Quad, in addition to the Royal suite, were the Duke of Newcastle, - Earl Granville, Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, the Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of London, Canon Stanley, Dean Trench, Dr. Pusey, &c. It was a comfort to leave the streets, ankle deep in mud and soaked with rain, and turn towards the Sheldonian, where through the open windows the hoarse roar of the undergraduates came " easing their minds," as they called it, with bitter chaff of high officials, and giving vent to the pent-up animosities of the academic year in a series of groans and cheers for unpopular or popular Dons, as the case might be. The doors of the theatre were opened at half-past 1, for though nothing was to be done till 3, yet, as twice as many tickets had been issued as the theatre would hold, it was thought advisable to open early that the late comers, if they had proper feeling, might see at once they had no chance of getting in. Within 10 minutes after it was opened it was filled with quite as many as it could com fortably hold, and the numbers who were afterwards con tinually added made the place at last absolutely intolerable from its heat and stifling crowd. Of course, on such a day the badinage and chaffiing of the undergraduates in the gallery were ten times more rampant and boisterous than ever. On these days the sight of a white hat appears to exercise much the same influence on theundergraduate mind that a red flag does on a bull, and the individuals who unwit tingly strayed into the theatre with these obnoxious articles of wearing apparel led woful lives, and in some Eases were fairly badgered out of the place in a storm of yells. One unfor tunate, a tall, lanky young man, who to the indiscretion of white trousers and huge blue stock superadded the aggra vation of a brilliant white hat, was reduced to a condition of subserviency that was almost pitiable. In vain he defe rentially removed the hat and tried to hide it ; he could not do the same w;th the other portions of his dress to which we have alluded, and which appeared to excite even as much ire as the obnoxious hat itself. He had been brought to a proper state of despondency and dismay at the pitiless storm of chaff he invoked, and was slinking out, when for tunately a professor entered, even more unpopular than a white hat, and all the vials of under-graduate wrath were poured on his devoted head at once, Nothing could be heard amid the astounding clamour which this divine ex cited—a clamour so hideous and prolonged that the staid constables of the A Division, to whom Commemorations were things unknown, came into the building at once, thinking that nothing less than the murder of a Don could be going forward. This naive appearance of the "bobbies," as they were called, and the puzzled aspect with whichthey looked up at the ranks of yelling undergraduates, as if un certain whether or no it was their duty to stop the noise and restore order, created shouts of laughter, and gave a new turn to the badinage. " Why did you let in that man with his hair parted so ?" " take out that chap with the two umbrellas ;" "won't there be a row when the Proc tor sees that fellow with the white hat," and so on, and so on; and as the police did look in the direction to which their attention was called such endless instructions flowed upon them that they had nothing for it but to retreat igno minously as they came. Then the undergraduates con centrated their attention on the strip of carpet which led to the upper end of the theatre, and displayed such an affectionate solicitude for its welfare that the visitor who unwarily trode on it had a bad time of it ever afterwards. Then there were cheers for the Queen, Prince and Prin cess, hisses and cheers for Mr. Gladstone, applause for Lord Derby, the married ladies, the unmarried ladies, the ladies who wish to be and will be married, the ladies in blue bonnets, and ladies in pink dresses, and, lastly, as embracing the whole scope of the fair sex, the ladies in crinolines. The clamour was deafening, the heat and densely-swaying crowd fearful; it was a perfect academic Pandemonium, above and below, everywhere save in the amphitheatre, where the ladies sat comfortably, though they could not coolly, and surveyed the uproarious scene around with keen relish of its unmatched humour and banter. The Archbishops and Bishops, with the great dignitaries of the College, entered shortly before 3 o'clock, and some— such as the Bishop of Oxford and Dr, Clarke, the Vice- Chancellor—were received with enthusiasm ; some merely damned with faint praise, —not loud enough, indeed, to quite drown out the hisses. Then, at 3, the Prince and Princess entered, and a scene ensued which will not easily be forgotten by those who witnessed it. The whole assem blage rose and the undergraduates, starting to their feet with a deafening cheer, waved caps, gowns, handkerchiefs in the air, and stamped their feet in the ecstacy of their en thusiasm till the building trembled in a manner that was almost alarming. Never since the Theatre was built have its walls echoed and vibrated to such a long, hearty, and absolutely deafening outburst as the young Prince advanced bowing with his usual kindly courteous grace from side to side, and leading his young bride, who was quite unable to conceal the expression of absolute astonishment in her face at this astounding welcome. With a long eyperience of these Royal receptions and festivities, we can safely venture on saying that we have never yet seen such a welcome as was accorded to the Prince and Princess of Wales in the Shel donian Theatre yesterday. The Prince wore his uniform and riband of the garter, and over it his academic gown. The Princess was dressed plainly and simply as in the morning. With them came Lord Derby in his splendid robes as Chancellor of the Uni versity, the Dukes of Newcastle and Marlborough, Earls Granville, Spencer, Mount Edgcumbe, Lord Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli, Gen. Knollys, Dr. Travers Twiss, Dr. Liddell, Dr. Jelf, The Chancellor occupied his own seat, the Prince and Princess sat on his right in chairs of State ; and all having taken their places waited patiently till the long cheering should come to an end. This it did at last, after an interval of some 10 minutes, gradually dying out, and then reviving with redoubled force, and again, as some one called out for " one cheer more," or shouted " the Princess," when again and again the clamour of cheers broke forth. At last the Chancellor rose, and would have begun his oration, when the audience was seized with a fresh fit of enthusiasm, al most as long and quite as loud as that which went before, and Lord Derby had to resume his seat until this had passed away like the rest, At length comparative quiet reigned, and the Chancellor rose again, and a silence fell on the whole assembly so profound as to be almost startling in its co ntrast with the previous din. Even th e crushed and iseemedthis address the o r - v proceedingsdelivered oratioration heated occupants of the body anonefedtllhgeeur.iethkTel aetdrtteehhl and rewarded th e well get their long and tedious sufferings, a ys undergraduates e t i n n c e from i t with listenedhae v e noblery a l t o ct n ehn g at ively, merited, yet simply paid, compliments to the Prince and graceful allusions to his fair young bride with stentorian bursts of applause, There was not the same freedom of de livery which marks the vigorous flow of his lordship's elo quence in the House of Peers—on the contrary, be stumbled in his sentences once or twice,but every word of the oration, though occasionally delivered with far too great rapidity, was distinctly audible in all parts of the theatre, The Prince, of course, understood every word of the address, and listened to it with marked attention, while the Princess, who must with difficulty have followed the flow of the discourse, if she was able to follow it at all, at least took the hint from the undergraduates, and bowed gracefully as they applauded, The oration is not to be given to the public till it has been freed of one or two inelegancies of style which even a scholar so accomplished as the noble Chancellor may admit without a blush, when an interval of thirty years devoted to public life has been passed since he quitted his studies at the University. The general feeling among the learned was that, barring these minor defects, the whole oration was a fine specimen of classic oratory, and one worthy both the speaker and the occasion. At the conclusion of the address the usual dry formula was gone through, and the Chancellor presented the diploma conferring the degree of Doctor in Civil Law on his Royal Highness, amid pro longed applause. After the usual presentation by the Regius Professor of Civil Law (Dr. Travers Twiss), the honorary degree of D.C.L. was conferred on Lord Spencer, Lord Mount Edg cumbe, Lord Harris, and General Knollys. Congratulatory poems were then delivered on the °ma. sion of the Royal visit by two undergraduates, and this was decidedly the heaviest and least satisfactory portion of the day's proceedings. As specimens of Oxford poetry they were very bad ; as specimens of how the undergraduates committed their studies to memory they were worse ; and as speciments of delivery they were worst of all. It was perhaps a trying thing to address such an assem bly, and the confidence of the young men was by no means restored by the running comments of the under graduates in the galleries—their cries of " Speak up, sir." " Oh, look at his gloves," &c., and the open smiles with what were meant to be pathetic portions of their recitals were received. But there was no excuse fro these gentle men not knowing the odes they came to recite. The first orator came to a dead stop, notwithstanding the continued and perpetually audible promptirig of a friend at his elbow throughout the whole poem. The second was even more unsuccessful. He faltered and halted continually, and apparently missing some parts of the poem, took it up again at the next line which came to memory, and, turning towards the Princess, said, " The loving trustfulness of those eyes," and then stopped again. There was no re sisting this—it was apropos to nothing which had gone before, and seemed so much a kind of confidential compli lmauengthtteor,hinerwhßicohyatlhHe r ig r h in n e e e s s s s o th ou at ld th n e o r t e bu w t a j s oi a n, sh th o o u u t g o h f she blushed till her face quite glowed again. Nor did the next line mend matters, when in a plaintive tone the speaker, looking up to the undergraduates, added, " Oh, bliss without alloy 1" an appeal to which the undergra duates inhumanly responded, by repeating, "Oh I and Ah 1 and Ha!" in tones which could not have much effect in restoring the speaker's self-possessicn. At length the odes were over, and then this special Congregation closed, and amid the same cheers and shoutings the Prince and Princess left, and everyone hurried out into the rain, for there were still a Flower Show to be visited, a Bazaar to be opened, a Banquet to be eaten, and a Ball to be danced. Bad as the rain was, however, the Prince and Princess braved it in an open carriage as before, though from her repeated exposure to the rain the dress of her Royal Highness must by that time have been, to say the least, very damp indeed. In the evening the Prinee and Princess of Wales were entertained at a grand state banquet in the Hall of Christ Church. This noble old hall has lately been renovated, and on this occasion presented an exceedingly brilliant appear ance. At the dais, under the portrait of bluff King Hal, who adopted Wolsey's work in this instance as he did in so many other cases, from his palace at Hampton to even his tomb at Windsor, sat the Dean and Mrs. Liddell, having immediately on their right and left the Prince and Princess, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, Mrs. Thompson, the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Derby, Lord Granville, Lord Carnarvon, Lord Spencer, Lord Harris, the Lady de Grey and Ripon, Lord Stanhope, &c. At the doctors' tables were the Chancellor of the Ex chequer and Mrs. Gladstone, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. S. Walpole, Mr. Newdegate, Sir W. Heathcote, Sir H. Cairns, Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, Mr. Cardwell, Sir S. Northcote, the Bishops of London, Oxford, and Lincoln, Lord Dufferin, &c. The banquet was otherwise nume rously attended by doctors, masters, and students, and the cheer with which the toasts of " The Queen," " The Prince and Princess," and " The Chancellor of the University" were received made the roof ring to the echo. The pro • gramme of the evening was completed by the visit of the Prince and Princess to the Masonic ball in the Corn Ex change. OXFORD COMMEMORATION. Yesterday their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin cess of Wales were received at Oxford with becoming state and rejoicing, but the event added another to the long list of disappointments as regards the weather where the Prince is concerned, for the morning was ushered in with a damp chilly drizzle and ended in as steady and as heavy rain as ever spoilt an out-door holiday in England. This mis chance damped out a great deal of the enthusiasm of the reception, and quite marred what would otherwise have been a gay and most attractive spectacle. The High-street was thronged with spectators ; every window and balcony was crowded with ladies; the houses were dressed with rosettes and evergreens, and banners, mottoes, and devices, more or less suited to the occasion, fluttered in all direc tions. The reception took place on Magdalen-bridge, which was, of course, the great centre of attraction; for, though the decorations were feebly prolonged down the Iffiey-road, till they were brought to a sudden stop by a most scrubby arch, in the style known as carpenter's gothic, yet, as far as real and becoming preparation went, it may be said to have ceased entirely on the Oxford side of the picturesque old bridge which spans the Cherwell at Magdalen. Viewed from beyond this bridge, the scene was one of striking beauty, with all the towers and pinnacles of Oxford peering through the trees, with the Botanic Gardens en the one side, and the old gray windows, filled with flowers, and the noble tower of Magdalen filling up the middle distance, on the other. The university and civic authorities arrived here only a few minutes before the time fixed for the reception of the royal visitors. The Archbishop of Canterbury, with theßishop of Armagh, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Winchester, and the Bishop of Lincoln, followed by the Vice-Chancellor, Deans, Wardens, Heads of Houses, and Doctors of Divinity and Medicine, in their Academic robes, headed the procession, which was brought up by a crowd of Masters of Arts and College dignitaries. Hardly had this grave and learned assemblage drawn up in double lines along the bridge when the rain, which had until now been gentle, came down with swamping vehemence, and, of course, in the midst of this the Royal cortege drew up. It was a plain travelling chariot drawn by four horses, and preceded by two outriders in scarlet liveries; while in front of all came the Duke of Marlborough, as Lord Lieutenant of the county. Just on entering the bridge the Royal car riage stopped, and, though the drenching rain might well have justified their Royal Highnesses in keeping the vehicle closed, yet the Prince gave orders that the hood should be thrown back, and for the rest of the route to Christ Church they both sat exposed to the heavy, pitiless shower with the most perfect indifference, and looking almost as if they liked it. Both the Prince and Princess were in plain morning costume, and looked pleased with the extreme warmth of their reception. Unfortunately, just as the cortege reached the bridge, the pressure of the country people who had gathered in the Iffley-road quite overpowered the police and volunteers in their efforts to keep the pathway clear; and the Royal carriage was instantly surrounded by a mixed crowd, whose boisterous and hearty cheering and pushing to see the Princess marred the very meagre ceremony which constitutes the presentation of an adiress. These coarser elements, which so sadly interfered with the University display, were with some difficulty weeded out by the police, and the Royal procession continued its course up the High street, amid the most enthusiastic demonstrations of wel come, in spite of the drenching rain, which now came down in streams. Early in the forenoon the academic seclusion of Christ Church had been rudely disturbed by the arrival of numer ous visitors, armed with passports from the Dean. These licensed invaders were chiefly ladies, who tripped recklessly over the velvet sward, transformed the terraces which sur round the largest and noblest of Oxford quads into a gay pro menade, and, even scaling the dingy staircases, took posses sion of the rooms overlooking the square, and filled the quaint old windows with their pretty faces and brilliant bonnets. Shortly before noon the University Volunteers marched into the quad, and took up a position in a continuous double line, forming two sides of a triangle, and reaching from the gate to the centre of the upper terrace. This peculiar arrangement was rendered necessary by the fountain and basin which occupy the middle of the enclosure, and cause a diversion of the carriage drive. Recruited as they are from the flower of English youth, and trained at the head. quar ters of muscular Christianity, the University Volunteers are an unusually fine body of men, and their goodly pro portions and gallant bearing, which the smart gray and blue uniform displayed to full advantage, elicited very favourable criticism, especially from the ladies. But when the volunteers had been duly inspected time began again to hang heavy on the hands of the spectators. For more than an hour a thin, misty rain had been drizzling down, and many anxious eyes watched the clouds over Tom Tower, growing every moment ominously blacker and heavier. Gradually the narrow patches of blue sky and feeble un certain bursts of sunshine, which had served to justify the hopes of the more sanguine, disappeared. What was at first made light of as a mere passing shower soon became a settled rain, and those who had no choice of places sought the shelter of the porches, while those in the front rows, unwilling to quit their vantage ground, huddled miserably together under umbrellas. The situation was now decidedly unpleasant, and it was a relief to all when, about a quarter to 1 o'clock, the great gates of Tom Tower swung revealed the o w f a t s he a ro g y e a n l e p ra ary l fur i l n in t g he o ir f accept the rain in a non - natural sense , and to hol d t hat all umbrellas, scarlet eatnldiv re er a yv s e. though there was a unanimous agreement to covering was superfluous, even for the most delicate dresses or the most gossamer bonnets. All at once the dismal mass of silken and gingham screens which marked the terrace was changed, like a trick in a pantomime, into a variegated throng of gaily-dressed people, as fresh, brilliant, and many hued as the prize bank at a flower show. At the same time the band struck up " God Save the Queen," the Volunteers presented arms with credible precision and harmony, and amid general cheering the Royal cortege drove up to the flight of steps at the upper terrace, whore they were received under an awning by Dr. Liddel, the Dean of Christ Church, Archdeacon Clarke, the Sub-Dean, and the other dignitaries of the College. Giving his arm to the Princess, the Dean led his illustrious guests to the apartments provided for them in his own house, Lady de Grey and Ripon, Lord Mount Edgecurabe, Lord Harris, Lieutenant- General Knollys, and other members of the Royal suite, followed in the other carriages. The Duke of Newcastle and Lord Granville arrived a few minutes afterwards. During the next quarter of an hour the spectators again retired gloomily under their umbrellas, from which they were not to be seduced by the sight of the Volunteers The Iron-plated Ship Royal Oak. The official trial of this vessel, the first-of our con verted and fully armoured frigates, commenced on Monday at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, near Portsmouth, under the direction of Capt. H. Broad head, commanding her Majesty's ship Asia and the steam reserve at Portsmouth. Two previous at tempts had been made to commence the trials, but failed, owing to the rough state of the weather. On Monday the Fancy gunboat, having Captain Broadhead and his staff on board, left Portsmouth harbour for the ship at 8 a.m., and on emerging from the harbour entrance the Royal Oak came in full view as she lay broadside on at Spithead (about two miles distance) with steam up and her anchor short speak. As seen thus far off it was almost impossible to conoeive anything more nautically ugly both in the outline of her hu'l and her rig. The long squat-looking hull, with its tumble home stem and peculiar shaped stern, re sembled some of the large frigates lately built in French priatate shipbuilding yards for the Russian Government more than anything yet seen in the English navy. The disposition of spars aloft is precisely similar to that of her Majesty's ship De fence, but the disproportion between the hull and rig of the ship is greater apparently with the Royal Oak than with the Defence. In the disposition of the spars and rig there is the same bastard arrange ment of mixed systems of double topsail yards, the stumpy bowsprit forwards, and naked mizen mast aft, altogether giving the ship a look of having been dismasted at sea and afterwards run into . Spithead under jury rig to receive a new outfit. A closer view of the ship did not at all diminish this feeling with regard to the ship's appearance aloft, but the hull improved considerably as the distance was short ened, until, when at last the gunboat steamed slowly around her, the ship's real size and truly formidable character were at once seen and acknowledged. Her naked stern, with its sharp apex above the rudder, is doubtless the very form required for strength and for throwing off an enemy's shot, and well matches her cutter form of bow, the latter without any en cumbrance of head, cutwater, and the weighty orna mental mass with which a ship's stem is generally loaded. With the exception of two main deck stern ports which give a chance to sweep her gun deck from aft to forwards, and which it would be wisdom to fill in with timber and armour- plating and a ra ther too great exposure of the rudder, the hull of the Royal Oak is to all outward appearance all that can be wished for in an armoured broadside gunship. Inboard the ship has fine roomy decks. On her upper deck she carries three 110-pounder Arm strongs, besides the usual complement of boat guns and fieldpieces. Just abaft the mainmast is the " pilot house," at present without its armour, and close to the wheel is Gisborne's patent electric tele graph signaling apparatus. This deck, being above her line of armour, is unprotected except by her wooden bulwarks and hammock nettings. The main deck, which is protected all round by the ship's external coating of armour, and therefore has no armour-plate bulkheads built across it forward i and aft, presents to the view a continuous battery of 95cwt. 68-pounders and Armstrong 110-pounder breech loaders. The ports are closer together than those of the iron ships, but there is abundance of room to work the guns, and a sufficient height between decks for every necessary purpose and to assist ventilation. The crew of the ship mess on the lower deck, and the main deck is thus kept clear of all mess-tables and utensils, which gives it a much more showy and imposing appearance than is the case with the main decks of the iron frigates where the men mess between the guns. The lower deck of the ship, however, from the fact of the ship carrying armour all round, is necessarily unprovided with side-scuttles, is consequently ex cessively dark, and, losing air with light, would very possibly be unhealthy on such a station as the West Indies. A great deal has been done to remedy this serious defect, and under the supervision and instruction of Mr. Baker, chief engineer of Chat ham Dockyard, a comprehensive system of up and downcast air tubing and shafting has been fitted. This is stated to be quite su ffi cient for the ship's ventilation, and very possibly is so while any strength of wind is passing over the s hip's upper deck and through the gun-ports, but it will not be sufficient with the ship lying at anchor in a warm climate, or even when at anchor in a home port or roadstead on a wet windless day, with the upper deck hatchwaYs.coverpdwith their weather tarpaulings. In such a climate,or on such a d ay. the sluggish air req uires assistance, and a small two-bladed fan placed in a cowl over one of the would supp l y the ship with aco ship's hatchwaysn• tinuons stream of pure fresh air, and drive out the foul air through the upcast air shafts, which are admirably fixed and adapted for the purpose. The engines of the ship are of 800-horse power, SPORTING INTELL IGENCE, ODIHAM MEETIN4._TUESDAY. The Hurstbourne Stakes of 15 eovs each, 5 ft, with 50 added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Sat 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; winners extra, and maiden allowances. Straight half mile. 17 subs. Mr. Reldiff's Cranbury, (allowed 31b), Bst 71b .. (Payne) 1 Mr. Payne's Olitipa filly, Bst 41b ......... (J. Goater) 2 Mr. R. R. Bignell's Bold Floughton,_Bst 71b (S. Rogers) 3 Mr. Trimmer's Verbena, Sat 71b The following also ran :—Attraction, Statbeam, and t,e Grey. Betting-7 to 4 agst Cranbury, 100 to 30 agst Starbeain, 4 to 1 agst Bold Houghton, 11 to 2 agst Olitipa filly, 100 to 15 agst Attraction. The refractory conduct of the Olitipa filly caused a slight delay, but they were at last despatched to a capital start, Starbeam, on the extreme right, making play for the first 200 yards, when Cranbury took up the running, closely followed by Attraction, Bold Houghton, and the Olitipa filly. At the road Attraction dropped back beaten, and, with the exception of Payne, all the jockeys were hard upon their h,rses, Approaching the enclosure the Olitipa filly quitted the rest, and, coming with a final rush, was only beaten by a head; Bold Houghton was beaten a length front the second, whilst a head only separated the third and fourth ; Attraction was fifth, De Grey sixth, and Starbeam hat. The Stewards' Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for two-yr-olds , colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b , maiden allowances; winner to be sold for £56. St ra i g h t half• mile, 15 subs. Mr. Skipton's The Doe, Bst 21b.... (Peppler) 1 Mr. H. J. Smith's Sensation, Bst 21b .. (W. Bottom) 2 Mr. Saxon's Jane Shore, Bst 21b (Midgley) 3 Mr. Reeves's Rosemary, Bst 21b (J. Reeves) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst The Doe, 3to 1 agst Sensation, 100 to 30 agst Jane Shore, and 7 to 2 agst Rosemary. Jane Shore was first off, and maintained the lead for about 200 yards, when she gave way in favour of Rose mary. Before they had run a quarter of a mile, however, The Doe went to the front, and won easily by two lengths; Sensation, who passed the other pair at the road, beat Jane Shore half a dozen lengths. The winner was bought in for 125 guineas. The Manor Plate of 60 soya, for all ages; winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Y. King's Pony, 3 yrs, 6st (Deacon)fl Mr. Nightingall's Hilly Grove, 3 yrs, fist 216 _ _ _ '(Jas. Nightingall)f 2 Mr. Goddard's Zeloo, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b (Murray) 3 The following also ran :—Maud filly, Incitatus, Royal Sovereign, Vindicta, Killarney, Blue Bell, and Barmaid. Betting-7 tc 2 agst Pony, 4to 1 agst Incitatus, 100 to lb each agst Killarney and Royal Sovereign, 7 to 1 each agst Vindicta and Hilly Grove, 10 to 1 agst Barmaid. Owing to Hilly Grove and Barmaid being troublesome at the start, tbere was considerable delay at the post. They were, however, despatched on pretty good terms, but Hilly Grove instantly getting into stride, was in front, with Incitatus and Pony next, Zeloo being last off. The latter quickly made up her disadvantage, and was on terms with the leaders in the first few hundred yards. After reaching the turn, Pony headed Hilly Grove; but, upon arriving at the road crossing, Hilly Grove again got the lead, and next these followed Incitatus on the right, and Zeloo on the left. At the distance Hilly Grove and Pony came on together, and, after a spirited struggle, the race ended in a dead heat; Zeloo was beaten half a length from the pair ; Incitatus was fourth, Killarney fifth, Vin dicta sixth, and the last two were Blue Bell and Royal Sovereign. Deciding Heat-11 to 10 on Pony. The two came on abreast to the distance, where they cannoned and ran locked together to within a few strides of home, when Pony got his head in front, and won by a head. On re turning to scale, an objeCtion was lodged against the win ner, which was gone into before Lord Dorchester and J. Nicholson, Esq., who, after hearing the evidence, decided in favour of Pony. The Odiham Handicap of 10 sous each, 2 ft, with 5 added, winners extra. One mile and a half. 30 subs. Mr. T. Stevens's Violet, 4 yrs, Gst (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. T. Hughes's Flash-in-the-Pan, aged, 74 51h _ _ (Midgley) 2 Lord Portsmouth's Vinegar Hill, 5 yrs, 88t 21b (car. Bst 41b) (J. Goater) 3 _ Gibraltar, The Principal, Incitatus, Dux, Merrimac, In dolence, and Baron of Avon also ran. _ Betting— 5 to 2 agst indolence, 4 to 1 agst Gibraltar, 5 to 1 agst Violet, 11 to 2 agst Vinegar Hill, 100 to 15 agst Flaah-in-the-Pan. Violet and Gibraltar jumped away in front, and passing the stand on the outward journey, Violet next the rails, made play slightly in front of Gibraltar, behind whom at the head of the rear rank were The Principal and Flash in the Pan, Vinegar Hill last. On the far side of the course Violet increased her lead, and Merrimac having run against a post was pulled up, Zanker, his jockey, severely injuring his knee. There was no other alteration in the front divi sion until they made the turn into the straight, where Gibraltar and The Principal gave way to Flash in the Pan and Vinegar Hill; Violet, however, maintained the lead to the finish and won easily by two lengths. Vinegar Hill was beaten four lengths from the second, Baron of Avon was fourth, Dux fifth, and the last three were Indolence, Gibraltar, and Incitatus. The South-Western. Railway Plate of 5 sous each, with 2 5 added by the London and South-Western Railway Com pany, for all ages ; selling allowances. Straight half mile. 8 subs. - Mr. G. Angell's Cadiz, 3 yrs (MO), 7st 51b ....(Porry) 1 Mr. Saxon's Imposition, 2 yrs (DO), Est 71b (J. Grit:l2Am) 2 Captain Batchelor's Lady di Vergy, 2 yrs (B 30), sst 71b (Whitehorn) 3 Rosemary, Blanche of Cadiz, Lan caster, Baron of also ran. PinkePon. Avon, and Good for Nothing 3 to 1 agst I mpos iti on, 6 to 1 agat Good for Nothinga nd Betting-7 to 4 agst Blanche of Lancaster. Thelatter .r half the distance, 'when she re tired e to the front, ca rr i e d on the running, an lengths ; a neck se p arated the sec ond and third , • Blanche of Lanca s t er was fourth ; and Baron of Avon lost. The winne r was b ought in for 95 beaten, d madewonand c p a d by j ay z two i o guin eas ' Ttlitii; mile o gmersfield Park Stak es , a H andicap of 5 sous each, half 50 add29ed,subs for 2-yr-old s ; w i nners extra. Straight . . Mr. john Nightingall's Attraction, 6st 121 b (James Nightingall) 1 Mr. Reldiff's Cranbury, Bst 81b (ine 51b ex).... (Payne) 2 Captain Rombolt's Mother Bunch, 7st (car 7st 21b) The following al so ran (Perry) 3 :--Faith, Inverness, Lytha m , Miss Herbert. Maid of the M orn filly, Maud filly, Stainley, Eud ora , an d Betting --6 to 4 agat Stainley, 7to 2 apt Attraction, 7to 1 agat Miss Herbert, 10 to 1 agst Mother Bunch, 100 to 8 agst Faith (at first 3 to 1) and Cranbury coupled. After close upon half an hour's delay they were despatched from the post, Cranbury making play to within the distance,the Lytham where Attraction, w h o h a d alwayA b een in front, too lead, and won b y two lengths ; Stainley was fourth, fifth, and Maid of the Morn filly last. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. NOUTILUMBERLAND PLATE. 100 to 15 agst Polynesia (taken freely) 100 to 12 agst Caller Ou (taken) 100 to 8 agst The Monk (taken) 100 to 7 agst Carbineer (offered—take 100 to G) ST. LEGER. 4to 1 apt The Ranger (offered) 7to 1 apt Lord Clifden (offered—take 15 to 2) 100 to 12 apt Queen Bertha (taken and offered) AN INSULT WITTILY CHANGED INTO A COM PLImENT.—Tbe Duc de Berry once in an alterca tion with a colonel of the Guards at Court tore off the epaulets of his adversary, who instinctively grasped the hilt of his sword. Fortunately, Louis XVIII. saw what passed, and with his wonderful presence of m i n d an d readi. nese, calling the colonel up to him, said :—" Colonel, my nephew has just taken off your epaulets because he knew that I destined for you those of a General." The Prilace in the meantime had recovered his temper, and gracefully did his best to efface all painful recollection of the affront.