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Artillery Experiments at Portsmouth.

turely under the ship's quarter. 10. Grazed at 90
yards' distance, and burst close to ship.

But few words need be said relative to the above
ten rounds, the fact being that Colonel Boxer's fuses
proved much too sensitive for ricochet firing, and
gave Mr Whitworth's shells no chance of striking
the ship laterally and and exhibiting their 'nazi-
-47/1 power in that direction, as the shunt shells
had fortunately been enabled to do. Three more
shells, en ricochet, from the shunt gun concluded
the day's firing—No. 1. Gre zed at 20 yards' distance
and burst in sh;p. No. 2. Hit direct. No. 3. Burst
at ship's water line, on the spot where the third
shell from the commencement burst, and entered
the ship the space of a timber's breadth abaft the
former shell, crushing a timber and slightly enlarg.
ing the aperture,
The firing will be ag6n resumed this morning
with shells en ricochet, and some of Mr Whitworth's
21-inch shells will be fired with 51b. bursting
charges.

ineffective, as the results alteady developed and to be
developed before the end of the year will clearly show. In
truth, the nature of the negro cannot be changed by the
offer of more or less money: all he desires is to eat, drink,
and sleep, and perform the least possible amount of labour.
The difficulties in procuring a fair amount of labour on
plantations aro insurmountable. In the first place, instead
of having a family cook for the whole body of hands en-
gaged in field work, each separate family and each indivi-
dual bachelor and maid must have a separate fireplace and
cooking establishment going on—so that there are about 30
different cookshops on my place, consuming much of the
time that Gen. Banks's orders directed to be given to the
field, Again, I always had an hospital and nurses for the
sick, and a children's house, with a good motherly woman
to take care of the children, while their mothers were en.
gaged in the field. Now, all is changed —not one when sick
will go the hospital, or a child to the children's house, The
result is that many of them lay up for days and weeks,
when not sick, by hiding away, and when really sick re.
quiring a well nurse for nearly every one sick. Now, anyone
with the least attention can see that the loss of time must be
enormous, and this loss, independently of the total lack of
full time and. faithful labour, when ostensibly performing
their labours in the field. I am safe to say that Ido not
receive more than half of what would be considered by any
impartial judge as fair labour from the labourers 1 have
employed. I have upwards of 100 labourers employed on
my plantation, including old and young, but it is seldom
that more than 60, of all grades, can be found at work. It
may be asked why I do not apply to the provost-marshal,
and have them brought to order. I answer that I have
tried to get on orderly and efficiently as far as it has been
in my power; but it would require the provost-guard to be
constantly on the move to bring and continue things in any
proper welkin; order. Well, at the commencement of this
year, 1864, I fell in with General Banks's orders, and made
it the interest of my labourers to go on faithfully and make
a good crop ; but the work was an up-hill business all the
time. The result of the year's work is thus far known
—viz., From 300 acres in cotton, less than 20,0001 b seed
cotton ; about one half, or at most two thirds corn enough
to support the place another year ; of cane, after putting up
for seed the amount ordered by General Banks, if I make
50 hogsheads of sugar, I shall be thankful. lam really
fearful I shall not make enough to pay expenses of working
the place, saying nothing of interest on capital. . . .
In my remarks above I have said that the ordinary labourers
engaged on my plantation before the war kept it in, perfect
repair and in good working order, but under the present
order of things not a ditch has been dug—the old ditches
and draining canals are all being fast filled up with weeds,
and grown up with bushes from sft to 15ft high, The fences
are all rotting down, the buildings are decaying and going
to ruin, with no means of preventing or remedying the evil,
for I cannot get half labour enough performed to work the
apology for a crop as it should be worked. Such is the pre-
sent condition of things! Wherever you look the eye rests
on nothing but the relics of former things fast passing to
destruction. No live thing can be raised with the least
likelihood of enjoying it when grown. Stealing is the order
E of the day I"

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

SHREWSBURY AUTUMN MEETING.
Mr Frail's gathering follows Liverpool with an easy and
convenient transition— accommodating the owners of horses
as well as the racing public, and, as it is the last (with the
exception of Warwick) of the " flat" affairs of the season
generally produces good sport and a large attendance. The
card to-day was somewhat overcrowded for a November
afternoon, nine races and a match being set for a decision.
The Battlefield Handicap was an easy win for the Marquis
of Hastings's light weight Catalogue, who cut down the
two favourites, Queen of Trumps and Armadillo, at the
finish in hollow style. There was a very good race for the
queen's Plate, which looked a very open affair for the two
or three engaged, and resulted in a fine struggle between
the favourite, Oldminster, and Dr Syntax, the latter win-
ning by a neck. Coup d'Etat could not act in the Shobdon
Court Stakes, and Persuasion's fine turn of speed availed
her nothing against that good horse Birdfinder, who is
running into great form. The Carnival Nursery is always
a prominent feature in the first day at Shrewsbury, and
with the Gold Cup divides the honours. It brought out a
fair field, and the warm favourite, Side Wind, with Jemmy
Grimshaw (egainst whose rush there is no contending)
" up," won trout start to finish. Cambuscan, Lord. Bur-
leigh, Catalogue, and Moulsey met for the Cup, and Dud
Stamford's handsome son of Newminster landed the odds
laid cn him without being extended.
Mr Flail has made some extensive alterations and im.
provements in the arrangements of the stand, telegraph,
&c., and the first day's racing augurs well for the success
of the meeting.
Tho Rasing Plate of 3 soya each, with 20 soya added, for
2 yr-olds and upwards; weight fcr age, with selling and
other allowances; the second horse t) save his stake—
the winner to be sold for £BO. About 1 mile. 5 subs.
Mr Ten Breech's Peignoir, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (£10)
(Fordham) 1
Mr. Wright's Hurrah, 2 yrs, 6st llb (£4O) (J. Urimshaw) 2
Lord Stamford's Procella, 3 yrs, 7stBlb (£10) (Crenshaw) 3
Mr R. Sly's Teddy, 6 yrs, Bst 91b (L 10) (Morris) 4
Betting-7 to 4on Peignoir, and 6to 1 agst Teddy.
After running a few strides Peignoir went to the front,
and came on with a clear lead, Hurrah lying second, with
Teddy and Procella in attendance to the turn into the
straight, where Peignoir had all his horses beaten, and won
in a canter by three lengths; a bad third. The winner was
bought in for 95 guineas.
Match, £5O each. Five furlongs.
Mr Brayley's Viceroy, 2 yrs, Bst 101 b
Mr J. P. Preston's Anadyomene, 2 yrs, Bst 61b (Parry) 2
Betting-11 to 10 on Viceroy.
The favourite waited upon Anadyomene to toe enclosure,
where he got up and won a fine race by a head.
The Battlefield Handicap of 5 soya each, with 30 soya.
added. Second horse to save his stake. Winners extra.
About three-quarters of a mile. 25 subs.
Marquis of Hastings's Catalogue, 2 yrs, 61b 101 b
(J. Grimshaw) 1
Mr Naylor's Concordia, 3 yrs, 7st Sib (Perry) 2
Lord Poulett's Armadillo, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Loates) 3
The following also ran :—Overstone, Avondale, Queen of
Trumps, Confederate, Cutaway, and Forester.
Betting-3 to 1 each agstArmadillo and Queen of Trumps,
5 to 1 eget Catalogue,and 6 to leach agst Forester and Cut-
away.
Forester headed Confederate in a couple of strides, and
made the running, the latter going on second with Arma-
dillo, Avondale, Queen of Trumps, and Concordia lying up
—Overstone, who appeared outpaced, bringing up the rear,
As they rounded the far turn Queen of Trumps ran past her
horses and joined the leader, but running wide-on entering
the straight she was headed by Armadillo, Catalogue, and
Concordia, who waited upon Forester to the distance,where
the latter was beaten, and the lead was at once taken by
Catalogue, who won in a canter by four lengths. There
were three lengths between the second and third—Queen
of Trumps was fourth—Cutaway and Confederate, side by
side, were next.
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; for 3-yr-olds, Bst 61b;
four, 9st 71b; five, six, and aged, 9st 131 b. Three
miles.
Mr 5, Thellusson's Dr Syntax, 4 yrs, 9st 71b
(Fordham) 1
Mr Perry's Oldminster, 6 yrs, 9st 131 b (Boyce) 2
Lord Wilton's Atherstone's dam colt, 3 yrs, Bst 61b
(Doyle) 3
The following also ran:—Honest John, Turn of Luck,
Vanquisher, Rose, and Nell Digby,
Betting-3 to 1 agst Oldminster, 4to 1 agst the Ather-
stone's dam colt, 5 to 1 agst Honest John, and 6 to 1 agst
Dr Syntax.
Nell Digby cut out the work at her best pace, followed by
Honest John and the Atherstone's dame colt ; then came
Dr Syntax, Turn of Luck, and Rose, the rear being brought
up by Vanquisher and Oldminster. They ran thus with
no material alteration for a mile and a half, when Nell
Nigby having performed her allotted task dropped away
beaten, leaving the Atherstone's dam colt with a slight
lead, which he held into the straight, whon he was joined
by Dr Syntax and Oldminster. The three from this point
ran in close company to the distance, when Oldminster ap-
peared to have a trifle the best of it, but Fordham persever-
ing to the end got up in the last stride, and won a fine race
by a neck; a bad third; Turn of Luck was fourth, Honest
John fifth, and Rose next. The others were pulled up and
did not pass the post.
The Shobdon Court Stakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft, with 50
save added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age,
with maiden allowances. Winners extra. About three
quarters of a mile. 16 subs.
Mr Cherry's Birdfinder, 4 yrs, 9st llb (11. Grimshaw) 1
Marquis of Hastings's Attraction, 3 yrs, Bst 91b
(Custance) 2

Mr W. Phillip's Persuasion, 3 3 rs, Bst 41b
(J. Grivashaw) 3
The following also ran :—Coup d'Etat, Paris, and Queen
of Trumps.
C. Gray weighed for Captain Mechall's Sympathy, 2 yrs,
Oat 71b, carried 6st 81b, but on her way to the post she
bolted and attempted to jump the rails, and fell dragging
the lad some distance before he was extricated.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Coup d'Etat, 4to 1 agstPersuasion,
5 to 1 agst Birdfinder, 200 to 15 agst Attraction and Paris.
On the flag being lowered, Attraction, with Queen of
Trumps at her side, got away in front, and with Coup
d'Etat, Persuasion, and Birdfinder lying up, made the run-
ning to the turn into the straight, but on reaching the dis
tance the last-mentioned drew forward, and at the distance
came up next the rails and won in a canter by four lengths;
a bad third ; Paris was fourth, and Coup d'Etat fifth. Queen
of Trumps was last, but did not pass the post.
The Abbey Handicap of 3 soya each, with 20 sous added,
for 3-yr-olde and upwards; the second horse to save his