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TATTERSALL'S-OR THE CORNER.

(From the London _Review.)

Tattersall's is essentially au. English institution.
Its foreign imitation in the Champs Elys6es is quite
another thing. There is no place like Tattersall's
throughout the entire world. At Tattersall's swells
and snobs, princes of the blood and pothouse betting-
list keepers, shoulder each other in the narrow
dreary passage which might be the entrance to the
mews of St. George's Hospital, supposing the
patients to keep horses. Until he had proceeded
some distance down the avenue, the stranger might
have no idea what place he was about to visit; for
the outside selvage of horsiness, the tattered red-
waistcoated horse holders, the loungers and loafers
and straw-chewers, are common to the portals of all
the great horse-dealers and livery-stable keepers,
and are to be found hanging about Limmer's, the
Tavistock, and other hotels essentially devoted to
bachelors. Probably the first thing that would have
the effect of local colour on his mind would be the
sight of a humble imitator of the great " Jerry " of
bygone Epsom and Ascot fame—a miserable in-
dividual in a stained hunting-coat, the colour of a
three-year-old Post-office Directory, and a shapeless
velvet hunting-cap—who is now reduced to proffer
cigar-lights for sale as an excuse for mendicancy.
who, with his meaningless
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hing s wretchedTer
a nbdesi being
one more of a Galway omadhaun
or a Swiss cretin, than of a sturdy English vagrant,
is a kind of outpost sentinel of the grand gathering
of "noble sportsmen," and after passing him you
plunge at once into the ruck, and can have no
doubt about your having fallen among thieves. It
is a thoroughly well known fact that the palmy
days of the turf are gone by, and that but very few
gentlemen are now numbered among its supporters.
These gentlemen, who, impelled by natural love of
racing, high opinion of their own sharpness, han-
kering after gain, or that invincible desire of being
" cocks of the walk," which leads them to love
lower society—yet hold fondly by old traditions,
and enrol themselves as patrons of the turf, will be
found at the bottom of this avenue in a square brick
building, which looks like a Dissenters' meeting-
house, bat which is in reality the famous "Sub-
scription-room," to which access can only be had by
members duly balloted for, who pay a subscription of
two guineas a year, and whose exclusiveness is
guaranteed by a specially surly porter, assisted oc-
casionally by a couple of policemen. Here, and on
a green sward known as the Ring, sprinkled here
and there with trees, and shady as the lives of many
of its frequenters, do my Lord Tom Noddy and his
comrades compare their " metallics," and do their
best to profit by their own information and their
own ignorance. This is the paradise of the betting
man, where he sits at his ease and listens to blandly-
quoted odds, and the latest stable tips, and the most
recent canards from distant training grounds ; and
here a physiognomist would find inanity and vacuity
the most prevalent character-types. Occasionally
you come upon the set mouth, the sunken eye, the
furtive glance, and the firm face, but a study of the
subscription -room and the Ring would show reced-
ing foreheads, long upper lips, silky moustaches
and whiskers, expressionless light eyes, and an at-
tempt at a chin sloping rapidly from the mouth
into the turned-down collar, to be the principal
features.

There is a rumour that it is in contemplation at
once to remove Tattersall's to other premises north
of Hyde-park, and this seemed therefore a fitting
opportunity to describe it as it appeared in its last
year on the ground which it has occupied for three
quarters of a century.

But if this be Paradise, take one look at the
crowd of Peris "at the gate," and kept there by the
surly porter. These be your men into whose hands
the business of the turf, erst conducted by a Ben-
tinck, a Gully, a Gratwicke, and a Zetland, has de-
scended. Here they are, of all styles. Big, heavy,
elderly men from Yorkshire and the northern coun-
ties, red faced and hard voiced; dressed in thick,
square-cut, ill-setting shooting coats and trousers ;
wearing big boots, and hats with long nap, and
large rolls of cravat under the chin. Publicans from
Shoreditch and the Minories, fat, jowly, greasy
men, with no whiskers and short cut hair, dressed
in black, with black satin waistcoats a little frayed
near the pockets by the silver watch guard—men
whose small chaise carts, drawn by tiny fast-trotting
ponies, now covered with leopard-skin rugs, are
awaiting them in Grosvenor-place, under the sha-
dow of Mr. Wyatt's hideous mounted effigy of " the
Dook." Lithe, light-limbed little men, with fair
hair flattened to their heads under their billycock
hats, and close-fitting cutaway coats and tight
trousers and long feet, and cravats so flat that
they looked as if they had been ironed when on,and
always ornamented with a pin in the shape of a very
pewtery-looking fox's head, with red glass eyes, or
a horse's shoe with each nail distinctly picked out.
Carpenters with the smell of the shavings and the
chips yet hanging about them ; mechanics with their
eyes yet ring-dovey in appearance from the black
that will not wash off; the thorough London cab
with his seedy second-hand clothes, his shiny broken
hat, his never-absent " aggravator" side-curl, his
restless eye, and sour, mordant tongue ; a sprinkling
of professionally-attired grooms, acceptance list
betters, and broken-down touts—a steaming, seeth-
ing, hoarsely-whispering, blaspheming mass. " Who
wants to bet ? I'll lay against Jack o"Ar!s ! I'll
lay against Ketch-'em-'live ! I'll lay against any
one bar one. To back the field ! who wants to back
the field ?" As the vague rumours come to these
base imitators from the lordly Ring, as hints of
breaking-downs or bad gallops, or!ntendedscrateh.
ings, or diminished powers of " staying," are brought
up by the outlying touts, so does the business vacil-
late in this dirty and unrecognised Exchange. But
one thing may be looked upon a 3 certain; that when
thousands of
pounds change aristocratic owners in
the Paradise of the Subscription-room, thousands of
half-crowns are bandied between the dirty hands
of the disconsolate Pens outside.
There is another and a pleasanter phase of Tatter-
sall's—on Monday morning, the sale day, when the
racing men are absent, and the yard is filled with
intending buyers, connoisseurs of horseflesh, or men
with horsy tendencies, passing a vacant hour. This
on the right hand, at the bottom of the
passage, yard is
ge, and is of the stable stably ; entered through
_
a square orifice in a sheet of wood, and when entered
found to be a square, roughly paved court, with a
cupola in the centre, serving as the auctioneer's
rostrum,
with a painted effigy of a fox for his desk,
a bust of George IV. over his head. There
are
and
covered avenues round the sides, with here and there
loose boxes leading into them; and on the left a
perfect grove of stable-doors. There is a crowded
attendance, for young Lord Stampfoot has come
to grief at last, and his hunting stud is coming to
the hammer. There are in
the printed list rare
fencers well known
with the Quorn and the Py tch-
ley and the Flat Hat Hunt. Little difficulty in
selling these horses; for half the people present
have known them in the field, and the other half
made acquaintance with them yesterday afternoon,
when, in that noble desecration of the Sabbath at
which Government winks, and in which all the
hard-working sporting men who have nothing to
do in the other six week-days delight, the stables
were visited by everyone wanting a horse, or having
nothing else to fill up the time between luncheon
and the hour when it was proper to "do" the Park.
Mr. Tattersall mounts the rostrum, and the first lot,
Kicking Kate, is led out—a tall, powerful, dark bay
mare, sixteen hands high, arched neck, clean lean
head, and hind-quarters looking as though they
could shoot a rider " into the next county." A
sunken, scowling eye, though showing a good deal
of white, and a tendency to back-stiffening, betray
the origin of Kate's cognomen. The order comes,
Give her a run," and away goes the mare, with a
helper at her head, up
.and down the gravelled
avenue, occasionally lashing out r.ight and left, and
po nts
finally stands against the wall with all her i
well displayed. Then the crowd gathers round her
—a slim, fair man, with breezy whiskers and keen
eyes, dressed in a dark overcoat and tight-fitting,
fawn-coloured, ribbed trousers, puts his ear close to
the mare's mouth, and listens to her breathing.
Three young gentlemen, arm in arm—all in tightly.

MR. A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH,
COMIC .
SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVE 1 at the OFFICE of THIS
PAPER for the above artist, suddenly afflicted with Blind-
ness, and, in his helplessness, having a wife and child de-
pendant on him.

BANKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS.-
Mr. WETIIERPIELD, Solicitor, 35, Moorgate-street,
City, PRACTISES in COURT, and effects PRIVATE
ARRANGEMENTS with creditors, without publicity.
Charges, the lowest possible, payable by instalments. Coun-
try cases economically conducted.
N.B.—DEBTS recovered on commission, free of law costs.
Divorce and Probate business conducted at moderate ex-
pense.

LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN
EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels
or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad-
mitted to be the best medicine Tor immediately relieving
coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con-
sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty
pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which
provokes frequent coughing. in approaching consumption
its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or
even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief
in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by
W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, Piing-William-street, Charing-
cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 13;d., and
three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask
for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address is
engraved on the stamp.

MURDER OF A POLICEMAN AT GLASGOW.—About

11 o'clock on Wednesday evening a night-constable
so
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eltodAbelretxCanadmeprbGelrlo,kwamas,
in. a stair, and in a close in Stockwell-street, that he ex.
lowed about 7 o'clock on Thursday morning. About 20
e on their wayntoWthe edito,
minutes to 11 o'clock o
out of the close, and we r
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frightened
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dh eionr mistress,tthw the
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a
man who was sittingo
lives in Stockwell•stree
who were
who showed them up the thestaidra.rk.caTmlapebyellsctrheaenmeda,skrad
the man to rise. Shortly afterwards a woman n
got the assistance of Campbell,
namede
landing of the first stair, and rat flat, heard a noise at the
Fullerton, who lives on the first
aat the same time something
which she thought was a
l ntern struck her door. She
opened the door, and observed
back, and Graham with his
k the constable lying on his
nees on his chest and his
hands at his throat. She
pulled
said he would do the ruffian off the con-
stable, who was much exhausted
then asked him to
entercee d inl age r
downstairs,dwelling. Campbell didand
so, and Graham, on
forpro-
the constable for
meddling with him. After remaining
in
the house for a
short time the constable left, and on
and
they proceeding downstairs
he was attacked by Graham,
ground for some time; the constable callirng struggled
A
uggled on the
'
spin•t -dealers assistant came to the constable's aid, and
se.zed Graham, who was conveyed to the Central l',°lie e
office. Campbell was in a very exhausted -
state, and after
being conveyed to a spiritshop was taken to the house of the
and was afterwards removed home. His
police surgeon, His
forehead was raucli swollen, which he said was occasioned
by falling on one of the steps of the stair in the course of
the struggle. He continued sensible for about two hours,
after which he became delirious, and expired about 7 o'clock
the next morning in his house in College •street. Deceased,
who joined the force in 1350, was a quiet, steady man, and
has left a widow and six children. The prisoner, when con-
veyed
to the police-office, seemed to be in an excited state
through drink. He said he was a weaver, residing in Soho-
street, Bridgeton. He said he had been in the 78th Regi-
ment, has a pension, and that he had drawn Ll 12s of prize-
money for the Indian war on Wednesday afternoon, between
2 and 3 o'clock. He then indulged in drink in several
publichouses, after which, he said, he did not recollect any-
thing that had occurred. He was remitted from the Central
i'olice Court on Aureday to the sheriff,-0901110/4'

buttoned freek-coats and rather
made upon the exact model of H..
as he appears in the thousand car
traits which he has generously
taken—look vi-onderingly at the a
change opinions that there is " something the mat-
ter with her legs;" to the immense delight of the
white-hatted old gentleman standing by, who has
lived among horses from his birth, and who knows
that those scars and marks are best proofs of Kate's
Prowess in the field. Two or three French
gentlemen will also probably be found among
the crowd, subscribers to .Le Sport, faith-
ful attendants at the Chantilly race-course,
carefully
membres du .loc7:ey Club, and Auglominiacs,
got up in the style prevalent among Eng-
lishmen 12
years ago—shaved chins, mutton-chop
whiskers, stiff, stand-up collars, almost brimless
hats, yet who are utterly impossible to be mistaken
for anything but masquerading Frenchmen as they
arc. Swells are Caere, too, gorgeous and solemn ;
stockbrokers on the look-out for
clever trotting
mares for their dog-carts
; Rowdy, the banker,
wanting a big horse with high action for Mrs.
Rowdy's brougham ; a Stole
E man with his colt-
collar turned up, but looking very
suspiciously like
a country parson, who is examining with great in-
terest a weight-carrying cob ; and a Paterfamilias
urged on by his boy to the acquisition of a grey
pony. The sale proceeds .
• Ktekine, bgat© falls, at
the price of £lBO, to the man who listened to her
breathing, who is Rasp, the well-known horse-
dealer, and who will sell her again in a week for
£250. Other lots are brought on, and in an hour
or two Lard Stampfoot's creditors are richer by a
couple of thousand pounds. The single horses then
come to the hammer, and are quickly disposed of ;
the stockbrokers get their trotting mares, Rowdy
his big brougham horse, and parrus lulus his grey
pony; and when business is over, the grooms and
helpers betake themselves to a very quaint, old-
~1, „.‘-10".t.mtke4r4fit,,,
fashioned tavern, part of the establishment, situate
within the gates, and recruit their strength with
unlimited beer.