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London, England, 1864-04-27 00:00:00

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minent position, and on reaching the Bushes-hill was
slightly in advance of Master Richard and Paris, close up
with whom came Hollyfox and Historian. Copenhagen,
when fairly over the hill, dropped back and disappeared
from the front, followed in a few strides further by the fa•
vourite, Sir Roger, and Acolyte. As they descended the
bill Fordham drew towards the leader, and on reaching the
Abingdon Mile bottom the four placed appeared nearly in
a line, but running wide to the cord,, where General Peel
was indulged with a loose rein and immediately quitted his
horses, and with Paris finished the race home, Lord Glas-
gow's colours being landed the winner by a length, a similar
distance separated the second and third, and a neck between
the third and fourth, Planet, Mast -.1. Richard, and Aco-
lyte 7sre the neat three, close together. The race was
brought up by Aschatn, Sir Roger, Miner, and Outlaw.

The race was umpired by Mr R. Lew:s Lloyd, and the
distance was from Hammersmith to Futney. Messrs.
Fisher's and Berens' crew alone appeared at tl
accompanied by the club eight, which carried the un
The start was very evenly taken, and the two crews r
a splendid race till they were well beyond the Crab Trc
Mr. Berens having twice had a slight lead of which he was.
deprived almost as he had acquired it. At Craven Cotten,
Mr. Fisher putting on a spurt, drew ahead, and despite the
strenuous efforts of the opposing crew, succeeded in winnhig,
by three lengths.

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RACING FIXT U

RES FOR 1864.

The ecffeerooni Stakes of 53 sovs each, for colts, Bst 101 b,

Chester .. 3
York Spring
Salibbury l2
Blaydon
Jtadcliffe

Itedditch ........... 16
Bath • ............. . 17
Manchester (Sunalner .. 13
Harpenden . ........... 20
Epsom
...... • • 24
riqp,

and fillies, Bst 71b. A.F. 6 subs.
Mr Bowes's Hark Forward, Bst 101 b (Ashmall) I
Mr Savile's Alabama, Bst 101 b (Aldcroft) 2
Betting-6 to 4on Alabama.
Alabama jumped away with a clear lead, and made the
running to half way in the cords, where he was caught by
Hark Forward, who won very cleverly by three parts of a
length.

Wyo
Maidstone
Ascot
Hampton l5
Newton
Odiliam
Bibury .. 22

Beverley ..... 22
Stockbridge
Chelmsford . , 28
New Forest Hunt .. 28
No wesstle-on-Tyne .• .. 23
Worcester (Summer) .. 30
Ipswich ..
LY.

Handicap Prate of £lOO, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. A.F.
Count Batthyany'r, Actaeon, 4 yrs, Tat 41b (Loates) 1
Baron Rothschild's Bay Celia filly, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Peak) 2
Mr C. J. Read's Waveney, 3 yrs, sst 10113 .... (Carroll) 3
Mr Brayley's Lord of Linne, 6 yrs, Bst 101b..(Cowley) 4
Mr Batson's Ramroad, 3 yrs, Est (Sayers) 5

Newmarket July
Carlisle
Pontefract
Abingdon
Cambridge
Liverpool July '3
Stamford . .... 14
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Nottingham
Winchester l9
Southampton .. .. 20
Chesterfield
ling's Lynn
Goodwood

Betting-11 to 8 eget Actaeon, 3to 1 agst Waveney, 7to
2 eget Lord of Linne, 4 to lagst Bay Celia filly, 5 to 1 eget
Ramrod.

They ran in company to the T.Y.C. post, where Actaeon
went in front, was never after caught, and won in a canter
by a length; Waveney finished third, beaten off a long
way.

Brighton.. 2
Brighton Club
Lewes 6
Huntingdon 9
Wolverhampton
Rending
Egham
Oxford .. 18

)Dover
York August
Yarmouth
Plymouth . 25
Lichfield
Stockton .... 3O
Devon and Exeter
Derby
:MB ER.

Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, for 3.yr-old oolts, 7st 101 b; 4-
yr-olds, Bst 13Ib ; fillies allowed 31b. The winner to be
8014 for 50 Boys if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. 4 subs.
Lord Westmoreland's Coeur de Lion, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b
(Morgan) 1
Mr W. Bevill's Rlyston, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (H. Grimehaw) 2
Mr W. E. Jones's Atlas, 4 yrs, Bst 131 b.... (E. Sharp) 3
Mr G. Angell's Mask, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Perry) 4
Betting—Even on Musk, 3 to 1 each agst Coeur de Lion
and Royston.
Won after a fine race by a head, two lengths between the
second and third.

Weymouth 1
Warwick September 6
Leicester 8
Bridgwater
Doncaster

Brecon l9
Richmond .. 20
Monmouth .. 22
Manchester Autumn ... 23
NewmarketFirst October 27
IBER.

Plate of 100 aovs for 3-yr-olds and upwards; weights for
age. The winner to be sold for £3OO. Audley End

Bedford 4
Northallerton 6
Newmarket Second Oot lO
NOTE:

Lincoln ..
Gloucester
Newmarket Houghton 24

Coarse.
Mr Gilby's Yamuna, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (C 300) (J, Tweed),
walked over, and received £5O.

Worcester Autumn .... 1
Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14

Leaminf*n&War.Hunt 22

LATEST BETTING.

CHESTER CUP.
7to 1 apt Muezzin (taken)
THE DERBY.
sto 1 not General Peel (taken)
7to 1 agat Scottish Chief (taken)
14 to 1 agat Cambuscan (taken)
18 to 1 agat Historian (taken)
20 to 1 agst Paris (taken)
28 to 1 agst Baragah (taken)
50 to 1 agat Holly fox (taken)
66 to 1 agst Jack Frost (taken)
66 to 1 agst Signalman (taken)
100 to 1 agat Copenhagen (offered)

IRISH.
NAY.

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Springhill 2 Cork
Galway Hunt 3, 4 Tullamore . 18
Ncnagh

JUNE.

Curragh. _ _._.
28, 29, 30

SEP TEMRE R.

Cturagh 63 7, 8

OCTOBER.

Curragh

The Civil Service Commissioners.

PARIS SPRING MEETING.
Of the five events comprised in the card on Monday two
may be said to have produced no race at all. The entries
for each of those events—the Prix Principal and the Prix
Imperial—contained a hone so immeasurably superior to
the rest, that the majority of the owners of the remainder
appeared to prefer not starting their horses to encountering
certain defeat. For the Prix Principal, of the 12 horses co-
loured on the card three only came to the post—Soumise,
on which 3 to 1 was laid, carrying Count de Lagrange's
colours, first passing the winning post for the third time this
season. The Prix Imperial produced even a smaller field, the
race being reduced to a match between the same owner's Stra.
della and Mr. Carter's Nobility, and the long odds of 10 to 1
laid in favour of the former showed, as was proved to be cor-
rect by the result, that her adversary's chance was small.
The other events were a selling race, which was cleverly
won by the Duke do Morny's Barberousse, a Cossack colt,
one of the French Derby lot. Tho winner was taken by
Baron du Mesuil for 7,101 f, and the purchase will not im-
probably turn out a profitable one. The Prix Biennial pro-
duced a lot of 10 3-yr-olds, Nepto turning the tables on
Gedeon, to which she ran second on Sunday last. In the
present instance the places were reversed, Godeon coming in
second. The business terminated with the Prix do Suresnes,
for which seven 4-yr-olds started, Count de Lagrange's
.table for the third dale ysterday furnishing a winner with
Jarnicoton, who has just arrived from Newmarket, vastly
improved from his English training. The weather during
the day was magnificent, except the heat being almost over-
powering. The attendance was large, the Empress arriving
about half-past 3, and staying till the racing was over.
Subjoined aro details of the day's proceedings :
The Prix de Boulogne of 3,000 f, a selling race, for horses 3
years old and upwards. Entry 100 f. Weight for ago.
The winner liable to be claimed for 7,000 f. Distance
about 3,000 metres. 10 subs.
Duke do Moray's Barberousse, 3 yrs, 941 b..( W. Pantal) 1
Duke de Morny's Demon, 4 yrs, 1201 b .... (A Watkins) 2
M. Schickter's Somo-Sierra, 4 yrs, 911 b .... (Mortimer) 3
The following also ran :—Circassia, Mademoiselle de
Roney, Heurlys, Canaille, and Don Juan;
Betting-5 to 2 agat Cascarilla, 6 to 1 agst Heurlys, 8 to
1 eget any other.
Demon led, followed by Mademoiselle de Rosay and Cir-
cassia. After passing the cascade, Sonfo-Sierra, who was
lying seventh, went forward, and with Demon raced away
from the rest. On coming on to the en sight, Barberousse
and Cascarilla drew near the two leading horses. The latter
failed to pass them, but at the stands Baberousse rushed
past Demon and Somo-Sierra, and won cleverly by two
lengths. Demon beat Somo-Sierra for second place by half
a length.
The Prix Principal of 4,0001, for 3-yr-olds ; entry 2001,
ft; the second to receive half the entries. Weight,
colts, 1121 b; fillies, 1091 b, with penalties for winners.
Distance, about 2,000 metres. 12 subs.
Count do Lagrange's f Soumise (C. Pratt) 1
Duke de Marny's f Dinorah (A. 'Watkins) 2
Major Fridolin's c Torticolis (N. Pantal) 3
Betting-5 to 2 on Soumise.
Soumise was first on passing the stands, bat soon fell
back to leave the running to bo made by Torticolis.
On nearing the last corner the favourite again went to
the front, and raced home with Dinorah, who at the stands
had also passed Torticolis, Soumiso winning easily by a

Ye3torday was issued the ninth report of the Civil
Service Commissioners, dated the 9th of the present
month. The total number of nominations notified
to the Commissioners since the commencement of
their proceedings has been 25,612. During the four
years up to the end of December, 1859, the nomi-
nations numbered 9,752 during the last four years
they have amounted to 14,757 ; those for the year
1863 being 3,605. The number of nominations dis-
posed of in Class I—superior situations, clerkships,
&c.—has been 1,429, and the number of certificates
granted 609. Of the appointments thus filled. 253
have been made the subject of competition among
813 candidates, and 356 absolute nomination. The
ratio of the number of competitors to the number of
vacancies for which they competed has varied but
slightly during the six years, the range being from
2.6 for each vacancy, which was the proportion in
1860, to 3.0 for each vacancy in 1862. Of the'Bl3
competitors examined, 291 were found to 're below
the standard of attainment requisite for a pass exa-
mination, leaving the Lona fide competition to be be-
tween 522 candidates for 278 places, or in the pro-
pcKtion of only 1.9 to each vacaucs. As a general
rule, strict inquiries are not made as to the age,
health, or character of any competitors except those
who are successful in the competition. The number
of competitors ectually rejected on these grounds has
been 15, of whom 4 proved to be disqualified in re-
spect of age, 7 in respect of health, and 4 in respect
of character. The total number of candidates nomi-
net d during the year 1863 for prelimivary test exas
mina'ions was 633, of whom 82, for various reasons,
were not examined. Of the 551 who were examined
284 passed and 267 were rejected, the proportion of
rejections being just 48.5 per cent. Of 515 candid
dates who received absolute nominations, 356 have
obtained certificates, 122 failed to pass their exami-
nation, 5 proved ineligible in point of age, 4 were
unable to satisfy the Commissioners of their fitness
in respect of health, and 3 in respect of character.
In 25 cases the nomination was cancelled or the
candidate failed to appear. The. total number of
candidates of this class rejected in 1863, on age,
health, and character, was 27—viz., 9 on.
the ground of age, 11 on the ground of health, end
7of character. Under the bead of knowledge and
ability, as in former years, nearly all the rejections
have been due to failure in the elementary subjects.
Throughout the whole of the Commission's proceed-
ings, during eight years and a half, only 183 can-
didates of this class have been rejected without
having failed in orthography, handwriting, or arithe
metic—the total number of rejections having
amounted to 2,334. The number of nominations
disposed of in Class—inferior situations—has been.
2,109 ; in 46 cases these nominations have been sub-
sequently cancelled ; 1,663 certificates have been
granted; 139 persons were rejected for failure in.
their examination, 51 were found to be disqualified
in respect of age, 49 in respect of health, and
61 in.
respect of character. In 86 cases the candidates
failed to appear, and four candidates were unsuc-
cessful in competition. It need hardly be said that
the standard of examination for this class is very
low. For the great majority of situations nothing
is required beyond reading, writing, elementary
arithmetic, and (in the case of letter carriers and
rural messengers to the Post-office) the reading of
handwriting. To some officers, such as artificers ire
the Admiralty dockyards, no literary test has been.
applied. Of the 1,663 certificates which were
granted, 145 were of this character. In addition to
the 3,605 candidates who have been nominated
during the past year to situations requiring certifi-
cates, the Commissioners have examined a consider..
able number of persons at the request of the heads
of different departments. Under the category are
included 23 paid attaches, or third secretaries, in
the diplomatio service; five inspectors of schools
and examiners under the Education Department of
the Privy Council, who are examined only as to
their physical qualifications ;
59 competitors for
cadetships of constabulary in Ireland ; and 400 cane
didates for situations of factory boy and apprentice
in her Majesty's dockyards, which situations are
now thrown open to public competition.

length.
The Prix Imperial of 4,0001, for horses three years old and
upwards. Entry 600 f; half forfeit. The second to re•
ccive half the entries. Weight for age, with penalties
for winners. Distance about 4,000 metres. 4 subs,
Count de Lagrange's Stradella, 6 yrs, 1301 b .. (C. Pratt) 1
Mr Carter's Nobility, 4 yrs, 1181 b ..(W. Carter) 2
Betting-10 to 1 on Stradella.
Nobility ran first until within a couple of hundred yards
of home, the favourite then went forward and came in an
easy winner by two lengths.
The Prix de Suresnes of 3,000 f, for horses 4-yr-olds and
upwards which have never won a prize of £6,000. Entry
100 f. The second to receive half the entries. Weights
for age, with allowances for horses which have never
won. 11 subs.
Count de Lagrange's Jarnicoton, 4 yrs, 110Ib (C. Pratt) 1
M, Lupin't R 4oque, 4 yrs. 1001 b (Kitchener) 2
Mr Carter's Grand Dame, yrs, 971 b (W. Carter) 3
The following also ran :—Loup de Mer, Viotot Pontfol,
Hermine, and Astrolade.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Jarnicoton, 4to 1 agst llermine, 6
to 1 ei.ch agst Rogues and Grand Dame.
Grande Dame, Astrolade, and Hermine ran well in ad-
vance as far as the plantation; here they ware joined by
Loup de Mer, and coming on to the straight by Jarniooton
and Roque. The six then came up to the stand almost
abreast. Jarniooton now drew away from the rest, and won
in a canter by a couple of lengths, Roque finishing second
half a length ahead of Grand Dame.
The Seventh Prix Biennial, 1864-5, of 5,000 f, for horses
foaled in 1861. Entry 1751; forfeit 150 f. The second
to receive 1,0001 from the entries. Weight for 1864,
colts, 1081bs; fillies, 1051bs. Distance about 2,000 metres,
24 subs.
M. Toisseiro's Nepto
Duke do Moray's Gedenn (A. Watkins) 2
Prince do Beauvau's Mlle. Duchesnois (1 latmar , jun) 3
The following also ran : —Antinous, Equateur, Garde a
Vous, Ninon, Mcli Melo, Birette, and Actesan IL
Betting-3 to 1 agst Gcdeon, sto 8 each ag,t Antinous
and Meli Melo, 7 to 1 each ngst Nepto, Equateur, and Mlle.
Duchesnoia.
The lot got well away together ; and after settling
down into places, Antinous led, Gedeon running n- at,
with Nepto and Mademoiselle Duchesnois coming third
and fourth. Antinous then fell bask to the roar, and Nep-
ton and Gedeon rode away from the rest, getting a lead of
half a dozen lengths. After coming on to the straight, Mlle
Duchesnois, Equateur, and Biretto, came forward, but failed
in overtaking the two leading horses, who finished the raw
together, Nepto winning by a good length. Gedeon passed
the winning post two lengths in advance of Mdlle. D aches-
nois, who was third, and Equateur and Biretta fifth and
sixth.

ALEXANDRE DUMAS is going to publish his
" Ami des Femmes." lie is off to Nice for the benefit of
his health.

MANHATTAN'S forthcoming
novel, in 3 volumes,
"Marion," has, by the mere speed of its publication here
in England, afforded a marvellous instance of what can be
accomplished in these days by large printing establishments
and steam presses. The copy was received by the pub.
lishers on Friday evening last. It will have been printed,
revised, and published by Wednesday morning.
printing firms were engaged in its production--Spottis-
woode, Bradbury and Evans, and Hartild. Let the Foreign.
office take this to heart I
[AnvEßTisEittuNT.]--Holloway's Pilhe—Pleurisy, pains
in the aide, oppression at the cheat, palpitation, wheezing,
and chronic coughs are notably alleviated by the use of
these purifying and regulating pills. Mr. Roberts, of Gt.
George-square, Liverpool, states that he had suffered for
several years from an excruciating stitch in his aide, which
the most eminent of the faculty failed to relieve. The va-
rious suggestions of friends were likewise acted upon with-
out benefit till one, more fortunate than the rest, recom-
mended Holloway's Pills, which daily diminishedthepain,
and ultimately banished it entirely. This is one case
selected from thousands, which should prove to the afflicted
that these pills will restore health after all medical means
seemed to be fruitlessly exhausted.

Threm

LEANDER CLUB FOUR-OARED RACE.'
The opening race of the season of this time-honoured in-
stitution, which has during the put two years received a
fresh aeoitsion, of good members from the Universities and