The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-12 00:00:00

FORAGE,

in such quantities as may be required, from Ist November,
1863, to 3,st October, 1861, for the use of Tier Majesty's
Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com-
mand.

Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob-
tained on application at this office, by letter or in person,
between the hours of ten and four o'clock.
The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and
delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the
outside " Tender for Forage"), and no Tender will be noticed
unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered
by the hour appointed.

HENRY B. MORSE,
Deputy Commissary-General.

CIELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
N.J the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon-
Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert
N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv-
ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the
account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the htourbridge
and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks,
Stratford-upon-Avon; Messrs. Greeuway, Smith, and
Greenway, Warwick; or their London agents, Messrs.
Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs.
(.31yn and Co , bankers, London.

The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip-
tion list to the nation, must earnestly appeal to the admirers
of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee
rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only
the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to
all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his
lime, the town he loved, and where he lived and died.

RO YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT
INSTITUTION
(Incorporated by Royal Charter).
PATRONESS—Her Most Graeious Majesty the Queen.
PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland,
livhnicentsnon K.G., E.R.S.
CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., Ir.R.S., P.P.
DEPuTy..onArninAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P.
APPEAL.
tt The Committee of Management have to state that, since
Institution beginnhag of the year 1860, the Royai. National Lifeboat
.C 16,480 :__
stitutio h p ended £32 000 on various Lifeboat Estab-
atsheexCcasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Bodo number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the
toy wZielind other means, since its formation, is 12,800;
services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and
lion I„,:ljash have been. paid in rewards. The Institn-
the .•.;enerous tee
TranspertiO expended £67,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat
British public
The Couniteaniages, and Boat-houses.
has enabled them • ''':i
desire to express their grateful sense of
Bduulitort *which they have received from the
Deeply seltsibte, C the past few years, a support which
of 123 Lifehemts 4•0
the
their present magnificent fleet
rests 011, them to the shores of the United Kingdom.
olding and
mar:lever, of the great responsibility that
statro, and f' terews tale. their fleet in a thoroughly efficient
liats, which can onlyijiLa?timed in the management of their
annual income, they , red by a large and permanent
earnelrl
Y appeal to all classes of their
countrymen to aid them Z
great and truly national a ::eurth.
The Committee gratefully nekno perpetuating so
tributions:— wledge the following con-

fTer Majesty the Queen s. d
Campbell, the non. Mrs. G. '2. • • annum 5a 0 0
Clerk; Colonel,A. •• • • anTmai 5 0 0
Coutts and Co., Mcsrs., Bankers " 11 0
Currie, Wm. Esq., • • ' Rnnual 10 0 0
Erie, Lord Chief Justice I,th don.lo 0 0
Panshawe, Vice- Adlitir.4l Sir A., TC.C.II.
2Zif 10 10 0
Fenwick, G. J., 'SA., cost of a Lifeboat and Tr::: 25
sporting Carriage • • •
Harvey, Itev. G. G. and 'Rai' •• 250 0 0
• • • • don. 30 0
Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. • • • • • 7th O. 10 0 0
Moore, Rey. G. B. • • • • •• • • don. 15 15 0
Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. 3 0 0
Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. . annual 2 0 0
Tbom•, s, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her
lAdyship .. • • • • • • • • 16 16 0
Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .• • annual 50 0
Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re-
gpmved... by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis,
Co., and Co., 76, Lombard-stree,t ; Messrs. Coutts and
James's-street,
59. Strand; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar. and Co., 16, St.
"meB'B-Street, London ; by add the Collectors of Customs
Riancdhar:l3 kers in the Unitedillnaom; and by the Secretary
John. Eticl., at the Mace of the Inetitutioe, )1,
Adelpla, /AMU; Vi •%;

To sum up, we must plead to a preference for Avenger,
Golden Pledge, and Borealis of the favourites; and for Na-
tional Guard, Erin-go-Bragh, and Br. Syntax of the out-
siders, and a careful analysis of "public lona," the money
put on the horse, and the good hands he is in, justify our
giving the St. Leger of 1863 to AVENGER.
ORANGE BLOSSOM—BeII's Life.
The green and straw loots dangerous, then flickers, and

dies out ;
The chance of Borealis, scarce conceived, as quick bas flown,
The boy in yellow calm and still as monarch on his throne;
" Stay, Goater! still there's peril I cast a hasty glance a4.le
For Donnybrook comes out and overhauls you every stride.
Don't take a pull or beat for speed, the fatal act you'll rue,
Trust to the Blacklock heart of steel to pull your favourite

through.
Ere Leeds can taste of victory the cup perchance may slip;"
The doubt has changed to certainty as Clement lifts his whip.
They finish ; stark and staunch the strife as ever yet was

known,
But past the post with dauntless stride THE IZANGEII holds
his own.

SOMMIOSU s—Bell' s life.
Each jockey flogs with all his might
Till, when the Stand they've passed,
LORD CLIFDEN gets his head in front,
And wins the race at last.
MANIIATTAN—BeII' 8 _Life.
Q uery—what will win the race?
U nto all the name I'm telling—
E ach that studies " form" and " pace,"
E ach that backs to " win" or " place,"
N ow may read and mind his spelling.
B luo Mantle, Cheerful, Donnybrook,
E acb. I pass without a word—
]L anger will perhaps be second;
T hough I place AVENGER third,
H undred tongues shall soon proclaim
A lternate Scott's and Falmouth's name.
OBSERVER—Mc Field.

Had the Ranger not exposed himself so much at York, I
should unhesitatingly have regarded him as the winner.
But the exhibition was too poor a one to rely upon, and the
validity of the excuse offered for him I cannot acknowledge.
I shall therefore prefer trusting to QUEEN BERTHA,WhO has
had every chance given her, and, I believe, is destined to
tread in the steps of Queen of Trumps. Next to her I shall
look for The Banger and Golden Pledge.

AUGUR—Sporting life.

I shall boldly nail my colours to the mast with the stan-
dards sf LORD CLUDEN and QUEEN BERTHA, whose most
dangerous opponents are likely to be Golden Pledge and
Blue Mantle.
ORLANDO—Sporting Life.
I read it clearly. Good Pro'idence decrees
That you should back BLUE MANTLE;
So shall you win your fortune back.
BEAcoN—Sporting Gazette.
I expect to see the St. Leger of 1863 fall to either
Avenger, Golden Pledge, or Queen Bertha; and looking
at the manner in which Lord Stamford's horse ran away
with the Prince of Wales Stakes I must give the preference
to AVENGER.

RHYMING RlCHARD—Sporting Gazette.
The shifty Blue Mantle is not worth a (w)rap I
To defend such a coward my Muse will not stoop,
No " I spy" he will hear in return for his Hoop;
I own to a sort of half-fancy irrational
In behalf the Guard whose preenotuen is National,
He and Donnybrook stand as conjointly dividers
Of the favour—'tis small—which 1 feel for outsiders;
But I won't have a " mahout," and so—sink or ciwim—
With AVENGER and BERTHA my vessel I trim
Bitminghant Oportiny Gazette.
Blue Mantle, The Ranger, Lord Clifden, Queen B,
Avenger quite handy, are all that I see;
Great victor at Paris you must have a call,
Or the mantle of honour will ne'cr on thee fall;
The pet of St. Vincent is losing his steel,
Come, Challoner, give him a taste of your heel;
And Wells is at work before reaching the Stand.
Though the Queen gamely answers each stroke of his wand.
Avenge her, Avenge her, defeat is the cry,
As Stamford's bright colours rush gallantly by;
But all is in vain, for the captain's aboard,
And the three by Blue Mantle are hoplcssly fLurcd,
As finishing second—one mighty hurrah,
Proclaims that AVENGER is victor to-day !

NEVER MISS—Sporting Gazette.
But all in vain, for gamely though
Queen Bertha struggles on,
By the shortest head, just on the post,
LORD STAMFORD'S horse has won!
THE TWOPENNY WARBLEB—Sporting Gazette.
Queen Bertha—well, the Malton touts all swear that every
sweater
That with Hurricane she takes she shows still better form
and better ;
But, to cut the matter short, my friends, the end of all my
tale is,
That the Leger eighteen-sixty. three will fall to BOREALIS.
TOUCHSTONE—Era.
We never knew this famed race to present a more open
character, and that it has that aspect is evidenced by the
price offered on the field, a much longer one than ought to
be if The Ranger and Lord Clifden are all right, seeing
that they have displayed the best form of the whole lot who
have shown in public. We shall stand against the majority
of the favourites, and anticipate the judge's verdict thus—
THE AVENGER, 1; Blue Mantle, 2; National Guard, 3.
STABLE MOUSE—Era,
Putting this and that together, and then pulling 'em
apart again, and then placing them face to face, and topsy
turvy, and head over heels, this is my conviction as to the
result of the St. Leger, that QUEEN BERTHA and GOLDEN
PLEDGE will be first and second, with Borealis very close
to them.
Sporting News.

The trial of Avenger has really been so good that danger
must be apprehended from Lord Stamford's jacket; never-
theless, we cannot desert QUEEN BERTHA, who was our
earliest love, and must retain our confidence through weal
or Woo.
VANGUARD—Sporting Pilot.

Having carefully weighed through the whole of the per,
secure places, let us
formances of the several candidates, and noted also the tone
of the market, we can arrive at no other conclusion than
that the Leger of Wednesday next is confined to Avenger,
with a profound respect for Blue Mantle
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