The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-16 00:00:00

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864.

JUNE

Bibury
Beverley 22
Stockbridge
Chelmsford 2B

Ne weastle-on-Tyne .. 2S
New Forest Hunt 2S
Ipswich
Worcester (Summer)

Carlisle
Newmarket July
Pontefract
Abingdon
Liverpool July
Stamford

Nottingham . 9
Winchester l9
Southampton .. 2O
Chesterfield
King's Lynn
Goodwood

Brighton 2
Brighton Club
Lewes
Huntingdon
Wolverhampton . , 9
Reading
Egham .. l6
Dover ..

SEPT.

Weymouth 1
Baden-Baden
Warwick September 6
Bridgwater 8
Leicester 8
Doncaster

Oxford lB
Yarmouth
York August 2E
Plymouth .... 23
Lichfield 29
Devon and Exeter ..., 30
Stocktcn . ...
Derby ... .

Brecon .. 19
Richmond
Royal Caledonian Hunt 21
Monmouth .... 22
Manchester Autumn .. 23
NewmarketFirst October 27

RUMOURED UNION IN HIGH LIFE,—The follows
ing preposterous paragraph appears in the Owl of
yesterday :—lt is confidently asserted in well-informed
circles that an alliance will shortly take place between the
Right Hon. E. Horsmao, 111. P , and the lovely and accom-
plished Benjamina Disraeli. The ceremony, including a
full choral service, will be conducted by Sir John Paking-
ton, who will preside at an organ outside Wcstminister
Abbey. General Peel has consented to act as best man.
Since writing the above, we regret to learn that, at a meet-
ing of the bride's friends, held at Lord Derby's house on
Monday, the contemplated union has been postponed.
A ItOTAL BOTHY.—Previous to her departure
from Balmoral last autumn her Majesty, feeling the
want of a shelter house from rain showers in Lochnagar,
gave orders for the erection of a small dwelling, or simply
a bothy, having a "but and a ben." The bcthy is about
finished, and stands a few hundred yards from the "white
pole," known to Lochnagar tourists, and nearly threr, miles

from Altnaguisac. The building is oblong,
having a two-
stalled stable in the same line with the Royal apartments.
The two entrance doors are in front, the one leading to the
but and beit, while the other opens into the stable. The
difficulties of building on such a site may be understood
when the fact is known that for nearly two miles the build-
ing material had to be "carted" without any carts. ..nie
building was under the superintendence of Mr. Beaton,
architect at Balmoral.—Aberdeen Journal.
MONUMENTS AT WOOLWICH.--A fine Portland
stone statue of the Duke of Wellington, 6ft. Gin, in
height, which has lain for some years in the Tower among
the old stores, was yesterday raised on a pedestal in the
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principal thoroughfare leading from the Military Store
Department offices CO the pier in Woolwich Arsenal. The
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merit, has been somewhat ,
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maged, and the sword and one of the fingers have been
broken off, which will be of course repaired,
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obelisk adapted as a drinking fountain, and erectedgraatntihtee
north-east entrance to the review ground on Woolwich-
common, and intended as a monumental memorial to the
memory of Major Little, a staff officer of the garrison
who died in 1861, was yesterday fornially opened for the
use of the public. The work has been executed with much
taste by the Government contractor, Mr. Tongue, of
Plum stead.

SPURIOUS HAIP-.CROWNS.—A writer in a con-
temporary says :—I think it my duty to caution
your readers against a recent issue of spurious half-crowns,
80 constructed as almost to defy detection. I had one re-
turned to me last week, which, after closely examining and
testing in various ways, I still believed genuine, but not
satisfied with my own decision, I submitted it to a Silver-
smith, who, after applying the usual methods of detection
and weWaing, also pronounced it genuine. Upon a still
closer examination, however, I noticed a vet), slight ine-
quality in the outer rim, which induced me to place the
coin in an upright position in a press, and the result was
that the outer rim came off in a circle and split the piece
down the middle, showing it to have been made of an upper
and under surface of stout ever, eoclosing with the ring
(also of silver) a body of what appears to be zinc. I should
think, however, that the quantity of silver used in its con-
struction would be very nearly a third of its entire buts. I
will only add that its weight exceeded a genuine half-crown
by about four grains.