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for 2.yr• olds ; winners extra; second to save his stake.

ST. LEGER PROPHECIES.

was what some people would call a little "jolly," but was
not intoxicated.

Three•quarters of a mile. 26 subs.
Mr. H. Bird's Regina, 7st 2lb (J. Daley) 1
Mr. F. Fisher's Aurora, 6st Sib (J. Grimshaw) 2
Mr. John Osborne's Greenland, Bst
Mr. IV. Bevill's Junius, 7st 9lb (H. Grimshaw) 4
Mr. Gibson's Wheldrake, 6st 71b (Viney) 5
Lord Bateman's Coimbra, Est 121 b (E. Taylor) 6

A juryman asked if he was quite capable of taking care of
himself, and of going to the railway station with safety.
Witness said ho was, and if witness had thought other-
wise he should not have allowed him to go alone. The de-
ceased changed a sovereign at his house, out of which ho
paid 7s. Gd.

Bell's Life.
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 Dr. Syntax of the out-
siders, and a careful analysis of "public form," 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—BoII's Life.
The green and straw looks dangerous, then flickers, and
dies out ;
The chance of Borealis, scarce conceived, as quick has flown,
The boy in yellow calm and still as monarch on his throne ;
" Stay, Gooier! still there's peril I cast a hasty glance Rai°
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

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Betting-6 to 4on Regina, 7to 2 agst Aurora, sto 1 each
agst Wheidrake and Junius, 10 to 1 each agst Greenland
and Coimbra.

By Alfred Morris—The bottles of champagne were quart,
not pint bottles; and both were drunk while deceased was
there. After he left they had a third bottle. 'Witness let
the deceased out of the house and shook hands with him.
He did not see where he went to.
The Coroner asked if there was any evidence as to his
having been seen alive after that ?
The summoning officet replied in the negative.

Coimbra made play for a short distance, and then left
Greenland in front, Mr. Osborne's horse being waited on by
Regina and Aurora, both of whom passed him coming
round the bend, where Regina took up the running, was
never afterwards headed, and won a good race by a neck; a
head separated the second and third. The rest, with the
exception of Coimbra, were well up.

The Coroner said there mint be an adjournment with the
view to a post mortem examination, and he should take care
that it was carefully made. As yet there was no evidence
to show the cause of death.
Alfred Morris said he had reason to believe that the de-
ceased had money upon him on the night he was last seen
alive, for his mother had given him £2, and he had received
£5 from the bank within two days previously.
Charles Blake, of Little Winchester-street, deposed that
the deceased, whom he had known for some time, called en
him at his office about 10 o'clock on the morning of Thurs-
day week, and offered to lend him £3 or Xi if he wanted it,
leading him to suppose that he had then money about him.
Alfred Morris said the examination which had been made
of the body was entirely superficial. In the Wolverhampton
case it was supposed at first that no blows had been inflicted
because there were no very decisive marks, but when the
scalp was removed it was found that the man had been
dreadfully beaten.

The Welter Handicap of 10 sous each, 3 ft, with 40 added;

through.
Ero 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

winners extra; gentleman riders ; jockeys, 61b extra.
One mile and a quarter. 10 subs.
Capt. Shaw's Little Dick, 6 yrs, 9st 41b.... (Mr. Bevill) 1
Mr. Reldiff's Jack o'Newbury, 3 yrs, Oat 61b (in 61b ex)
(Payne) 2
Mr. C. IV intringham's Weatherwiso, 4 yrs, 9st 121 b (in
Gib extra) (Bumby) 3
Mr. Saxon's Formidable, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b
(Mr. G: S. Thompson) 4
Mr. Mellon's Fletton, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (carried Oat 81b)
(Mr. H. Wombwell) 5
Mr. J. Dickson ns Ripley, 3 yrs, 9st 21b (inclu. 61b ex)
(Withington) 6
Betting-7 to 4 agat Little Dick, 4to 1 each agat Jack
o'Newbury and Formidable, 100 to 15 agst Ripley,
Won by three lengths ; a bad third.
The Two-Year-Old Selling Stakes ofssovs each, 1 ft, with
25 added; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; selling allow-
ances. Half a mile.

known,
But past the post with dauntless strido TUB RANGER holds
his own.

SOMMIOSUS—BeII's
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.
MANHATTAN—BeII's 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 lue Mantle, Cheerful, Donnybrook,
E ach I pass without a word—
] 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—Vie Field.

Mr. Doyle's Jewel, Gst 41b (£10) , grimshaw) 1
Mr. J. Andrew's Madame Ttitclioflm, Gst 4113 (£4O)
(Zanker) 2
Lord Bateman's Coimbra, 6st 111 b (£6O) .... (E. Taylor) .3
Betting-5 to 4ou Jewel, 7to 4 agst Coimbra, sto 1 agst
Madame Tagliafico. _ _

The Coroner repeated that he should see to the post
mortem examination being carefully made, and he ad-
j -aimed the Inquest for a week.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Jewel made all the running, and won by three lengths; a
bad third. The winner was bought in for 100 guineas.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; three-yr-olds, Bst
41b ; four, 9st 71b ; five, lOst ; six and aged, lOst 11b.
Three miles.

THE NAVY.

Her Majesty's yachts Victoria and Albert, Capt.
his Serene Highness the Prince Leiningen ; Os-
borne, Staff Commander Bower; and Fairy, Staff
Commander Welch, arrived at Portsmouth yester-
day from Antwerp and the Thames. The Osborne
made the passage from the Downs to Portsmouth in
exactly seven hours, an extraordinary passage con-
sidering the yacht's age, tonnage, and engine
power, and the fact that one of her paddlewheels is
all but useless, and part of her engine machinery
considerably in want of repair.
The Pioneer, 6, screw despatch vessel, Comman-
der Robinson (acting), having been cfficially in-
spected at Spithead, yesterday steamed into Ports-
mouth harbour to dismantle and pay out of com-

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 BERTLIA,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 Ranger and Golden Pledge.
AlTGUR—Sporjing

Mr. I'Anson's Caller Ou, 6 yrs, lOst (Challoner) w.o.
Match £lOO. One mile.

Marquis of Hastings's Oi Poilei (12 b), 3 yrs, 12st 41b
(Mr. 11. Wombwell) 1
Mr. F. Wombwell's 0. T., 3 yrs, llst 41b .... (Owner) 2
Betting-3 to lon Oi Polloi, who made nearly all the
running, and won by half a length.

I shall boldly nail my colours to the mast with the stan-
dards et LORD CLIFDEN and QUEEN BERTHA, Whose most
dangerous opponents are likely to be Golden Pledge and
Biue ItlanAe.
ORLANDO—Sporting
I read it clearly. Good ProNidence decrees
That you should back BLUE M ANTLE
So shall you win your fortune back.
BEACON—Sporting Gazette.

mission.
On Wednesday and Thursday a series of very
interesting experiments was carried on at Sheerness
by order of the Admiralty to test the value of a
steering screw propeller applied to the Charger
gunboat, the invention of Mr. Curtis, C.E., of Hol-
loway, and 142, Fenchurch-street, London. The
peculiarity of this screw is that a ring forming an
universal, or ball and socket joint, is placed within
the hollow boss of the screw, which is thereby con-
nected with the main shaft, the centre of gravity of
the screw and the centre line of the rudder inter-
secting the centre line of the main shaft, so that
the entire weight of the screw is borne by the
shaft, and by means of the tail or spindle of the
screw projecting from the boss working in the
rudder, whatever may be the movement of the
rudder, it communicates an equal movement to the
screw, which therefore becomes not only the pro-
pelling but also the guiding power of the ship. Fur-
thermore, by this invention the retarding action of
the rudder and likewise the vibration are removed,
while the speed of the vessel is increased. The
Charger gunboat, having been handed over to Mr.
Curtis for the purpose of making experiments, was
on 'Wednesday Islesn for trial at the measured mile
off Marlin Sands, the result being that the mean of
the runs to and fro was 8.698 knots au hour, as
contrasted with 7.751 knots obtained at Portsmouth
previous to the vessel be-ing, placed in 2.1 r. Curtis's
hands; showing a gain of .531, cr about half a mile,
in favour of the steering screw, while the indicated
horse power showed 113.30, against 145.25 obtained
at Portsmouth. It ws felt by those who witnessed
the experiments that had the engines been in a more
efficient working state the gain would have been
still more considerable. On Thursday a competi-
tive trial of speed took place between the Charger
and the Spanker, twin boats, having been built
upon the same model and lines by the same builders,
and each containing engines of 60 horse power.
The distance run was from a buoy off the Formid-
able, flag ship of Vice-Admiral Sir G. R. Lambert,
K.C.8., commander-in-chief at Sheerness, round the
Nore Light and back, a total distance of about eight
miles. In this distance the Charger beat the
Spanker by 17 minutes, being 25 per cent, gain, or
equivalent to about a mile and a halt' per hour, the
whole run being made by the Charger in one hour
and one minute. This gain is evidently obtained
by avoiding the retarding effect of the rudder, as it
was found that to keep the vessel in her course the
helm never varied more than from 3 to 5 deg. The
full circle was made in 2 minutes 40 seconds, helm
starboard 40 degrees, the diameter of the circle
being 120 ft., measured by a line paid out
from the stern of the ship. The circle to poet
helm 40 degrees, was made in 2 minutes 30 seconds,
diameter the same, the length of the vessel being
115 ft. By working the screw astern and putting
the helm over 40 degrees, the vessel can be turned
in about half the time above stated, and in a radius
of only one-third its length, measuring from the
screw itself. The screw can be applied in the dead
wood of the ship, and lifted as in the ordinary way,
so that the vessel may be governed either by the
rudder or screw, or by both, at the option of the
commander ; also, if found necessary or desirable,
the rudder may control the movement of the vessel
by the momentum after the engines are stopped ;
but all that has been sought or could be expected
by a first trial is the establishment of the principle
of the invention, which is considered to be proved
beyond all question. Its value to large ships must be
apparent, whether for war or commercial purposes.
Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Arethusa, 39
guns, 3,141 tons, 500-horse power, having under-
gone several important alterations in her machinery
to enable her to work either as a surface or common
condenser, or the two conjointly, was taken out of
Sheerness Dockyard on an experimental trip for
five hours yesterday. During the trip the average
revolutions of engines were 68 per minute; vacuum,
281 b; and pressure of steam, 251 b. The trial was
of a most satisfactory character, the result exceed-
ing the most sanguine expectations. The vessel was
in charge of Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., commanding
the Sheerness Steam Reserve ; and Vice• Admiral
Sir G. R. Lambert, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief
at the Nore, was on board to witness the trial. The
contractors, Messrs. J. Penn and Son, were repre-
sented by Mr. Mathews. Mr. Rumble, inspector
of machinery afloat, and Mr. Blalland, chief engi-
neer of Sheerness Dockyard, attended on the part
of the Government.
The Wrangler, 4, screw steam gun vessel, 477
tons, 80 horse power, Corn.' Henry H. Baamish) ar-
rived at Sheerness from the West Coast of Africa,
last from Dzvonport, on Thursday evening. On the
following day she was inspected by Capt. J. Ful-
ford, of her Majesty's ship Formidable, flagship of
Vice-Admiral Sir G. R. Lambert, C. 8., who con-
gratulated her commander on the effective state of
the vessel and crew. She will be paid out of Corr
mission in about ten days and placed in the Sheer-
ness Steam Reserve, having been in commission
since May, 1860.
o.llv some six of the armour plates remain to be
affixed to the stem of the iron frigate Achilles, in
Chatham Dockyard, to complete the plating of that
vessel, with the exception of the stern, which, from
the difficulty of fixing the plates to that part, will
delay the finishing of this frigate about a
mouth beyond the time originally fixed. It is
not now probable that she will be ready for
floating out of dock before the early part of the
month of December. The three-quarter and inch
plating, which will form the bides of the vekrsel from

I expect to see the St. Leger of 1563 fall to either
Avenger, Golden Pledge, or Queen Beriha; 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.