The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-01 00:00:00

SPOR TING IN TELLIGENCE

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—SATURDAY.
There was a fair attendance of members at the Subscrip-
tion Rooms this day ; but, beyond several heavy invest-
ments on Coastguard and Horse Marine for the Derby, the
business transacted was not extensive.—For the Two
Thousand Guineas 5 to 1 was offered on the field, but not a
bet came under our notice ; and, although there were a few
inquiries respecting Accident for the Chester Cup, his price
did not transpire, but 100 to 6 was the highest offer on the
field. None of the other Spring Handicaps were mentioned ;
and with the exception of betting on the Derby and Guineas,
speculation is at present very limited in this market. Closing
prices :

CHESTER CUP.
100 to 6on the field (offered)
TWO THOUSAND.
stolon the field (offered)
THE DERBY.
10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered)
14 to 1 agst Paris (offered)
1000 to 70 agst Coast Guard (taken freely)
16 to 1 agst Forager (offered)
16 to 1 agst Blair Athol offered, take 18)
1000 to 35 agst Coup d'Etat (taken)
1000 to 35 agst Birch Broom (taken)
40 to 1 agst Idler (nominal)
1000 to 15 agst Horse Marine (taken freely)

THE WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP.
16 to 1 agst Mr. H. Haywood's nomination (taken)
20 to 1 aget Mr. Blackstone's nomination (offered)
30 to 1 agst Lord Lurgan's nomination (taken)
30 to 1 agst Mr. Jardine's nomination (offered)
30 to 1 agst Mr. Lloyd's nomination (taken)
33 to 1 agst Mr. Bpinks' nomination (offered)
40 to 1 agst Mr. Bell Irving's nomination (taken)

The Forthcoming University Boat Race.

As the time for this great aquatic festival approaches it

will be interesting for our readers to be made acquainted

with the doings both at Oxford and Cambridge. The last-
named University having been defeated last year became
as a matter of course the challengers for the contest in 1864,
which challenge Oxford promptly accepted, and active pre-
parations are going ,on to get the crews together: Since
1829, when Oxford won at Henley, there have been 20 races,
each University having won 10, and as the race in the pre-
sent year .will be the odd one in the majority, the contest
will be watched with, if possible, increased interest. The
Oxonians seem of late years to have had the start hi get-
'fink their crow together, and. Mr. C. R. Carr, of Wadham
College, and who is the new president of the Oxford Uni-
_
yeFsity Boat Club, has already got together a and
steered them down to Iffley several times. The' names,
as the Oxford crew is at present constituted, are as follow :
Bow. R. Shepherd, Braeenose
No. 2. J. S..Warnam, Balliol „ ,
No. 3. W. B. Jaoebson, Christ Church
No. 4. A. E. Seymour, Universify
No. 5. J. C. Parson, Trinity
No. 6. M. Brown, Trinity ,
No. 7. F.-P. Beechcroft4 Exeter
Stroke. D. P.ocklington, Brasenose,
Of this eight the bow and No. 3 rowed last year, and the
absence of Mr. Hoaie, the magnificent " three year 'old"
stroke, will be sorely missed. However, he cannot be per-
petual stroke, and the University and his place will be well
filled by Mr, Pocklington. Salter,•of Oxford, has alzieady
received orders for the new boat. The Cambridge crew
went out on Thursday for the. first time, Mr Hawkshaw,
of Trinity (bow last year), coaching them up, the crew
being as follow :

Bow.. Piggott, Colitis
No. 2. Cope, St. John's
No. 3. Stephenson, Trinity Hall
No. 4. Hawkins, St, John's
No. 5. Marsden, St. John's
No. 6. Borthwick, Trinity
No. 7. Becbse, St. John's
Stroke. Kinglake, Trinity.
Of this crew only Mr. Kinglake was in the racing crew last
year, and with No. 6 and No. 4 will certainly be in this
year's eight. The others are not positively fixed on. Cam-
bridge has lost one of her best men in Mr. Vaurenseker, of
Emmanuel ; and it is a very general report that Mr. Mars-
den, of St. John's, has had a veto put on his rowing by his
father, but it is hoped the ban will be removed. With re-
gard to the boat, Nat Taylor was hourly expected at the
time this report was written (Friday evening), and he will
build the Cambridge vessel. The race will probably take
place on Saturday, the 19th of March.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR VIE
WEEK.—To-day—Entomological, at 7; Architects,
at 8 ; Royal Institution, at 2, general monthly meeting.
Tuesday—Anthropological, at 8, " Upper Jaw of a Green-
lander," Professor Carus and Mr. Blake, and " Anthropo-
logical Disiderata," Mr. Reddie; Photographic, at 8,
anniversary; Engineers, at 8, discussion upon Mr.
Redman's "East Coast between the Thames and the
Wash ; Royal Institution, at 3, "Experimental Optics,"
Professor Tyndall, Wednesday—Soc'ety of Arts, at 8,
"Instantaneous Engraving upon Metal," M. Vial; Geo-
logical, at 8, "Permian Rocks of N.W. of England, and
their Extension into Scotland," Sir R. I. Murchison and
Professor Harkness, and "Flint Implements and Fossil
Mammalia," Mr. Wyatt; Society of Literature at 81,
"New Trilingual Phesnician Inscription," Mr. Dehtch,
Thursday—Royal Academy, at 8, " Architecture," Pro-
fessor Smirk(); Antiquaries, at 8, election of fellows ;
Chemical, at 8, " On Mordenito,', Dr. How ; Linnean, at
8, "Reproductive Organs in the Primulacea3," Mr. Scott,
and "Anatomy of Rotatoria," Dr. Moxon; Royal, at 81;
Royal Institution, at 3, "Experimental Optics," Professor
Tyndall. Friday—Arclueological Institute, at 4 ; Royal
Institution, at 8, " The Science of History," 14Ir, Fronde.
Saturday--Royal Institution, at 3 "Antiquity of blaki,'
Mr, Lubbock,--ilthenceton,