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THE DERBY.

(From the Saturday Review.)
Our French competitors on the turf have at length run
themselves into first-rate form. They have won with Gla-
diateur the Two Thousand Guineas and the Derby, and, if
wo may judge by what Ivo saw on Wednesday, they have
an excellent chance of winning the St. Leger also. Without
any desire to depreciate their victory at Epsom, we cannot
help suspecting that Gladiateur was fortunate in having to
contend against a moderate field. Somebody said before the
• race that thore must either be a half a dozen very good horses
in it or only one. Judging by the light of experience, it would
appear that the latter supposition was near the truth. There
was hardly one of Gladiateur's prominent opponents to whom
exception might not be taken. It was the opinion of many
good judges that Archimedes has seen his best day in the
Two Thousand, where the course was thought to be better
suited to him than the Derby. However, when people are
determined to back a horse they will never be at a loss for
reasons to justify their confidence. Ordinarily, the success
of a trial horse is thought to give the ground for hope. But
when Cambuscan was 'badly beaten last week at Bath by
his old opponent Ely, and showed that he had quite lost his
splendid form of last autumn and the early spring, the sup-
porter's of Lord Stamford's stable argued that Archimedes
must needs be very good, since it appeared that he had
used up Cambuscan in his gallops. It has been remarked,
in reference to The Duke, that it was rather strange that a
horse which had been twice beaten as a two-year-old by
Liddington should be backed so confidently as he had been
during many months; but, on the other hand, it might be
asked, what was there to back in preference to The Duke?
All question, however, as to The Duke's merit was set at
rest by his catching influenza, which compelled his owner
to scratch him, to the intense consternation of backers, on
Thursday of last week. This disappointment of the Marquis
of Hastings occasioned general regret, especially to those
persons whose opinion that The Duke was not quite good
enough to win the Derby thus escaped the only satisfactory
test. As regards Breadalbane, it must bo confessed that
his admirers took a good deal upon trust. His only public
appearance had been in the Two Thousand, where he
finished behind the infirm Liddington and Zambesi. But
it was said that the horse ran at Newmarket in a very un-
prepared state, and that his true form would not be seen
till Epsom. In spite of his defeat in the Two Thousand,
his breeding, his good looks, and the favourable reports
from his training quarters brought him almost on even
terms with Gladiateur in the Derby betting. Now that
Breadalbane has been decisively defeated it will be said
that public running is the best guide to follow, and those
who venture to disregard it deserve the losses which they
incur. But the difficulty was to tell what one should back
in preference to Breadalbane. If the imagination is to
be allowed to come into play at all, there surely was
in this case something to excite it. When Mr.
Merry had scratched Liddington, and it was generally
agreed that Zambesi could not win the Derby, the
public could hardly carry its confidence in the Russley
stable so far as to believe that the third selection of that
stable, Wild Charley,was likely to prove himself a worthy
successor of Thormanby, Buckstone, and Scottish Chief.
However, we were told that Mr. Merry and his trainer were
full of confidence, and they do not ofteri make any very
great mistake at Epsom. The backers of Wild Charley re-
lied much on his defeat of Ackworth at Northampton, at
about weight for age ; but they might have remembered
that Ackworth,;what he has done since, couldnot come any-
where near winning the Derby a year ago. Another horse
whose pretensions were even loss calculated to bear severe
scrutiny was Oppressor, who had run in seven races last
year and won six of them, but was beaten the only time ho
met a first-class opponent in Wild Agnes. We were told
that all the great northern bookmakers were " going" for
Oppressor, but operations in the ring can scarcely help a
horse to win, although they are sometimes supposed to con-
tribute towards his losing. When a horse has been out as
many as seven times, careful observers ought to get his
measure pretty accurately, and it seems that in the case of
Oppressor they did not fail to do so. There were favour-
able reports of Longdown., who had done pretty well last
year, winning the Levant Stakes at Goodwood, and run-
ning a dead heat with Gladiateur for the Prendergast
Stakes, when Bedminster beat them both ; and great con-
fidence was expressed in Christmas Carol, who, like Blair
Athol last year, was to come to the post for the first time
in his life in the Derby. These were all the prominent
features, and there was not one among them who could
fairly claim to be put on a levelwiththe winner of the Two
Thousand Guineas. But if everybody wanted to back the
same horse, the business of bookmaking could not go on;
and, fortunately for that industrious fraternity, English-
men were indisposed to believe that a French horse could
win the Derby until they saw him do it.
One of the first horses to show in the paddock was Op-
pressor, whose friends had gained
greater confidence than
ever from the victory or his trial horse Tartar on the pre-
vious day. People who attributed infallibility to northern
bookmakers might believe that Oppressor could win the
Derby, but those who trusted only to what they saw could
not feel much hesitation in transferring Oppressor's name
to e
saKmangaroo, who appeared soon after,
claims e;category. It needs a particularly
discerning 000 worth of horseflesh in Kan-
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Kan-
garoo. The observer knows from repeated trials that
Audax, who is walking nearing near, cannot run up to the
form which he showed at Doncaster last autumn. Pre-
sently there enters the Sussex horse, Longdown, and he is
well worth looking at. He is a magnificent animal, fully
equal to the descriptions that have been given of him ; but
has the fault opposite to Oppressor, for as there was rather
too little of the northern horse, so there is rather too much
of the southern. A great rush betokens the arrival of
Christmas Carol, whom the majority of the spectators have
never seen before. He is about the just medium as regards
size, and looks like deserving a good deal of the reputation
which ho has gained at home. Being a son of Rataplan, he
is half-brother to that good honest horse Kettledrum, who
won the Derby in 1861. There is still enough belief in the
future of Mr. Merry's stable to collect a crowd around
Wild Charley. This horse is in every way fit and suited
for the work before, him, and, accepting with due qualifi-
cation the reports of his performances, it seems exceedingly
probable that Wild Charley will run into a place.
But now the horses have mostly taken their canters, and
are mustering in the paddock previous to the start. It is
remarkable that the two sons of Orlando, Liddington and
Chattanooga, after performing better than anything else as
two-year-olds, have been struck out of the Derby. It is
to be feared that the royal paddocks will suffer by this dis-
appointing out-turn of the stock of tho favourite stallion of
Hampton Court. Liddington was struck out as soon as it
plainly appeared that he had do chance, but Chatta-
noogain until the last fond believer in the
fortune
oof
Maccaroni's colours had been induced
to back them. The scratching of Chattanooga having
left Challoner at liberty, he was engaged by Lord
Stamford to ride Archimedes, who was ridden by Aldcroft
in the Two Thousand Guineas. It is difficult to say which
of these two jockeys one would choose. to finish a close
race, but it is not difficult to say that they have both had
better mounts than Archimedes. There is nothing what-

ever to be alleged against this horse, except that he has
been overrated. A great influx of Frenchmen into London
has been caused by the anticipated triumph of Gladiateur,
and many of them no doubt hope at least to pay the expenses
of their journey. Since the horse won the Two Thousand
Guineas, people have persuaded themselves not only to back
but to admire him. But certainly he was no beauty before
that race. Mr. Chaplin's pair having now had time to get
into condition, the spectator feels that, if they fail to-day,
no further excuse ought to be made for them. Broomielaw
came out a fortnight ago at Chester, and such a raw and
uncouth beginner was hardly ever seen. Yet he won a
mile-and-a-half race easily, and although the lot which he
beat were pronounced "wretched," it included Argences,
who ran third on Sunday last for the French Derby.
Breadalbane has been doing good work at Malton since
the Two Thousand, and he has pleased generally, although
not quite universally, by his gallops since he came to
Epsom. As regards a horse's shape and looks, the only
chance of agreement among critics is when they discuss
the winner of a great race ; and if we express the opinion
that no finer animal than Breadalbane was stripped for this
year's Derby we are quite prepared to hear, on the other
side, that Gladiateur is a much more handsome horse, as
well as a far better goer. At the post Breadalbane was as
quiet and good-tempered as in the same position at New-
market, and with Aldcroft in the saddle, who had been riding
him at exercise, he had every chance to win. Broomie-
law rather belied his characterby behaving tolerably well at
the post, but ho was lathering all over. The next in the
line of horsemen to Aldcroft was Wells on Bedminster,
whom we should put with Oppressor and others in the hope-
less lot. If 30 horses start for the Derby, one can usually
pick out ten that would have been much more in place in
their own stables ; but the fallibility of these judgments is
apt to be'shown by the unexpected forwardness in the race
of some ono or more of the despised division. Very near
Breadalbane, before the start, was a weedy chesnut, with
a rider in a white jacket with a black belt across it. If it
could have been known that this animal was going to get
a place in the Derby the observer would have honoured
him with more particular attention. It appears that this
was Eltham, who ran no less than ten times last year, and,
after being eight times beaten, managed to gain two in-
considerable victories. If anybody believed that Kangaroo
had a chance to win the Derby, that person might believe
that Eltham had a chance also ; for it appears that at the
Newmarket Houghton meeting Eltham beat Kangaroo at
even weights for a selling plate of £5O. Another view of
Eltham's form may be gained by noticing that, in the Nur-
sery Handicap at Goodwood, where Victorious, who won
it, carried 9st, Eltham's impost was only 7st 11b, so that
the handicapper at that time considered him to be about 2st
below the mark of a first-class horse. It was understood
that if the Duke had been in the race, Fordham would have
ridden him, but under present circumstances that skilful
jockey had no better mount that Todleben, a horse thht in
any other Derby one would venture to say had no chance
at all.

In the course of the attempts at starting Joker threw his
jockey, and thus destroyed whatever chance he had. There
was a remarkable unanimity beforehand among critics in
despising Joker's chance, and yet, on the only occasion.
when Gladiateur won last year, Joker ran second to him
The race may be described in asingle sentence—Gladiateur
won it easily. Those who could see nothing else could see
a blue jacket with red sleeves shoot by two other jackets as
if propelled by an immeasurably superior force. The race
was won in this hollow style in spite of the winner being
obliged to come round:a lot of horses before he could get
a chance of a clear run home. Christmas Carol, who ran
an indifferent second, was the only one of the favourites
who did not disgrace himself. Eltham, who was placed
third, proved that in this particular Derby even Kangaroo
might reasonably have been supposed to have a chance.
Longdown came next to Eltham, and among the next lot
were Archimedes and Broomielaw, both of whom beat
Breadalbane. It was said that at one period of the race
Breadalbane was shut in,.but that sort of accident will not
stop a real good horse. It is certainly curious that,
after repeated trials should have appeared to show that
Breadalbane was the better of Mr. Chaplin's pair, Broomie-
law should be the more forward in the Derby.
On the whole, it would not be incorrect to say that this
was one of the most seedy Derbys ever witnessed. The
weather was delightful; the company greater than ever ;
and only the quality of the horses fell behind that of former
years. We saw Blair Athol win last year as easily as did
Gladiateur this year; but will anybody pretend to say that
General Peel and Scottish Chief were not betterborses than
Christmas Carol and Eltham ? Buckstone and Scottish
Chief both ran third for the Derby, and both those horses
afterwards won the Ascot Cup. What are the odds against
Eltham winning the same splendid prize, supposing he
should start for it ? And what is to be said about the horses
which finished behind this cornmoniplacer ? It is to be feared
that unless something better can be found to run at Don-
caster, Gladiateur will have it all his own way in the St.
Leger. In the course of a recent controversy about horse-
breeding a writer of considerable authority went so far as
to declare his belief that, if there were now at Newmarket
any good horses in training, they were French horses. It
begins to look as if this writer had been guided, not by pre-
judice, but by an enlightened perception of truth. Few
Englishmen would have believed, until they saw it, that
their country could not send to the post a horse good
enough to make a fight for their greatest racing prize.

AQUATICS.

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.

The second yacht race on the Thames this season took
place on Saturday, but under circumstances much less
favourable than those attending the first a fortnight previ-
ously. The prizes offered were £lOO for the first boat and
£5O for the second. The tonnage of tho yachts was restricted
to over 35 tons, club measurement. This had the effect of
preventing the Kelmeney, a Scotch boat of 30 tons, which
had come 900 miles for the purpose, competing, as the class
in which she was intended to sail did not fill. Although
vvious expedients were resorted to get her up to 35 tons
they proved unavailing, and she left the river two days ago
to return to the Clyde. The following boats contended:—
Station. Yacht. Tons. Owner.
1. Vindex

2. Christabel 52 Mr. Arthur C. Kennard.
3. Glance 36 Mr. Edward Johnson.

4. Audax 62 Mr. J. H. Johnson.

Volante

All belong to the port of London. The Vindex is an iron
boat, and was built in 1862 at the Millwall Ironworks, under
the supervision of Mr. George HarriAon, rear-commodore of
the Royal London Yacht Club, and has displayed great
qualities in running and going to windward. The Christa-
bel was lauched from Aldous's yard at Brightlingsea some
years ago, under, we believe, another name ; sho was
lengthened aft last year ; but Saturday's sailing gave her
no opportunity of showing what she really could do. The
Glance was built by Mr. Hatcher, of Southampton, in 1855,
and was for some years the property of Mr. G. W. Charl-
wood. She has always shown herself a good boat, and
last year she won several good prizes. The Audax, built
by Harvey, of Wivenhoe, underwent many alterations in
1863. The Volante, perhaps the finest cutter that ever
sailed of her tonnage, was built about 1850, by Harvey, and
was altered by him last year. She won the ocean race of
this club to Harwich last year, and also the prize for cutters
in the match from Gravesend to the Ryde Pier.

The Eagle left London-bridge shortly before 11 o'clock,
with a large party, in spite of the unfavourable state of the
weather, and proceeded direct to Erith, where the boats
were found at their stations—Volante to the north and Vin-
dex on the south, or Kent shore, in the slack; Glance and
Audax were very close together, and the others had a good
berth. Final instructions haying been given by Lord A.
Paget, the commodore, and Lord de Ros, the vice-commo-
dore, the former returned to the steamer to officiate, and
the latter went on board his yacht, the Camilla. Besides the
club steamer, there were present the Queen of the Thames,
the Stella (Mr. Edwards, vice-commodore, Royal London
Yacht Club), the Thames Conservancy steamer, the Elfin,
Mr. Penn's boat, and other steamers, as well as a number
of cutters, schooners, yawls, and all sorts of vessels.
The first gun, to prepare, was fired at 1110, and that to
start five minutes later. The wind was south and very light.
In getting away the boats all started from buoys, and
canted to the north, the Audax, Volante, and Vindex had
foresails and jibs; the Christabel and Glance had mainsails.
When fairly started Volante had the lead; Audax and
Glance came nextr followed by Christabel to windward.
Vindex was hopelessly last, in the slack, where she con-
tinued till the other yachts had made considerable way to
Purfleet. Balloon topsail, jibs, and small foresails were
run up at the Worcester. Wind was moderate, still from
S.W. The Vindex shifted her large jib for a smaller one,
which brought her up slightly at Dartford-creek ; there it
was almost a dead calm. The Volante and Christabel,
on the Kent shore, caught occasional " catspaws" off the
land, but the others out more in the mid-stream were
beyond these, and were loft further astern, the Vindex
making no improvement. Nearing Purfleet the Glance
and Audax were on the same line, though wide, and
a most exciting race followed. The wind sprang up
again, but before Long Reach was fairly entered there
was another calm. No changes then took place, and the
boats were literally taken down the Reach by the tide nearly
to Greenhithe. There a smart breeze sprang up, which
brought the Vindex into a much better position and increased
the lead of the Volante. The Christabol was second. Tho
Glance came out at Greenhithe-ferry, and the Audax, shift-
ing her jib, let her run away from her and placed 200 yards
between them. The Vindex brought up the rear with half
that distance, which she soon decreased • by jibbbing. At
Gravesend a gentle breeze sprang up ; Glance and Chris-
tabel had then a smart race for the second place. In the
lower part of Gravesend-reach the Glance went up to the
Christabel and tried to get by to windward, but failed

and just before making Coalhouse-point, the Glance
slipped past her into the second place. Although they
were beam and beam again at the Oven-buoy, the Glance,
as the wind fell, once more took the second place. At
Mucking, Volante had a lead of 150 yards, Christabel and
Glance were together again. Vindex was still in the back-
' ground, but entering Sea Reach she came up a little by
judicious sailing, and aided by the tide, which had turned,
the Volante and Christabel had the full strength of the tide
to encounter on the Essex shore- The Christabel tried tq get
to windward, and the Volante made her haul off to leeward
at every attempt. While this was going on close in shore the
other three boats almost imperceptibly drew up. The Glance
shot to the front, leading for the first time, followed by
Audax, and the Vindex, which was on a line with her,
went to leeward. The race between the Audax, Glance,
and Vindex was well maintained, and all were at one time
on a line; the Volante and Christabel lost a great distance
before reaching Old Haven, where the latter was for the
first time last, and the Vindex led slightly. The Chapman
was reached by the Vindex first, and as she then came
smartly away the Audax and Glance separated at Leigh,
the former going on second. There was not wind enough
to fetch the Nore, and the steamer brought up off South-
end-pier, Volante having passed Audax at Santlett Creek.
They rounded the steamer to the following time : .
Hrs. min. sec. Hrs. min. sec
Glance
Vindex
Volante

The Glance rounded close to the steamer, the Vindex
wider, and the consequence VAS that the latter was to wind-
ward of her opponent. The wind had veered to west by
south, and coming down upon the boats they had to beat
up. The Vindea and Glance stood over to the north
shore, the Volante and Christabel to the south. Im-
mediately after the rounding the Audax was in mid-chan-
nel. The Vindex and Glance,made a long board, and
when the Christabel and Volante came about, the Audax
got the third place ;•but soon afterwards she lost it. They
shifted topsails for smaller ones, and the race all the way
up was contested with great skill, the only important change
being that before their arrival at St. Clement's the Christabel
had passed the Glance and come upon the leading boat, the
Vindex, and she continued with her board and board home.
The race terminated as under :
Hrs. min. sec. Hrs. min. sec.
Vindex 7 21 15 Glance 7 23 48
Christabel 7 21 25 Volante
In consequence of the time allowance of half a minute per
ton the Glance was the winner, the Vindex taking the
second pride. Lord Alfred Paget presented the prizes to
Mr. E. Johnson, of the Glance, and Mr. A Duncan, of the
Vindex. All the arrangements of the day gave great satis-
faction.
Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Channel fleet, which sailed on Tuesday last
under the command of Sir S. C. Dacres, K.C.8.,
for the westward, returned to Portland roads on
Friday afternoon, having experienced strong winds
and dirty weather in the Channel. The Salamis,
paddle despatch vessel, Commander Suttie, arrived
in the roads to join the Channel fleet late on Thurs-
day.

Her Majesty's screw steamship Himalaya, Capt.
Lacy, arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning
from Quebec, with the Ist battalion 17th Infantry
and other troops on board, and shortly after her
arrival steamed into Portsmouth harbour, and
berthed alongside the transport jetty of the dock-
yard for their disembarcation. She sailed from
Quebec at 3 a.m. on the 21st ult., and from the fol-
lowing day until the 26th, inclusive, experienced
dense fog, with icebergs on the 22d, which necessi-
tated her going at very slow speed. On May 28,
in lat. 26 42, long. 38 43, the French brig Arcenus
was spoken ; on the 31st, in lat. 49 34, long. 18 30,
the English steamer Thames and the brig Mould ;
on Friday last, 50 miles west of Scilly, was signalled
the bark Salima, showing second distinguishing pen-
nant No. 3,049, an English ship showing 3d distin-
guishing pennant No. 596, and another English
ship showing 3d distinguishing pennant No. 3,780—
all steering eastward for the Channel. The Hima-
laya arrived off the entrance to the Needles passage,
Isle of Wight, at 4 a.m. on Saturday, but was met
there by a very thick fog, which compelled her mas-
ter to give up the western for the eastern passage
between the island and the mainland, and delayed
the ship's arrival at Spithead by nearly six hours.
The Himalaya's troop list comprises the Ist batta-
lion 17th Foot—Lieut.-Col. W. Gordon, in corn- !
mand ; Capts. W. A. King, J. D. Travers, A. H.
Utterson, J. J. B. Mayne, and P. Bradburne ;
Lieut. W. B. Jackson (Adjt.), D. M. Irvine, C. W.
Aylmer, J. Mush, J. H. Thorold, J. Emmett, G. A.
Cox, A. Strother, W. S. M. Ravenhill, J. Millard,
and R. R. Watson ; Ensigns S. L. Richards, J. H.
Gamble, S. R. Hobson, W. Brady, W. Marryatt,
M. W. Brock, L. J. Hussey, and R. W. Whitting-
ton ; Paymaster H. H. Howell, Quartermaster S.
Slater, Surg. J. W. Tasson, Assist.-Surg. A. Allen,
four officers' wives, 540 non-commissioned officers
and men, 54 soldiers' wives, and 98 children ; Rifle
Brigade—Lieut. Hon. F. Somerville, Lieut. G. E.
Boyle ; 88 time-expired soldiers from various corps,
with 21 women and 48 children, in charge of Capt.
J. A. Morrah, 4th battalion 60th Rifles ; 63 inva-
lided soldiers, with 13 women and 24 children, for
the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley ; 6 soldiers'
widows and 6 children for regimental depots ; 30
military convicts for Millbank, and three men, dig-
' charged with ignominy, for Petworth prison. The
troops disembarked this morning, the 17th Regiment
proceeding by special train from Portsmouth to
Aldershot, with the exception of the soldiers' wives
and children, who will be sent into quarters in Chi-
chester barracks, in charge of one married officer
and 22 married non-commissioned officers and men.
The invalids will also be transferred to Netley, and
the time-expired men to their regimental depots.
The prisoners will alsobe forwardedto Millbank and
Petworth. One soldier died from heart disease on
the voyage to Spithead from Quebec, and 'one of the
crew of the Himalaya was killed by falling from
aloft. Since the Ist March last the Himalaya has
transferred the 59th Regiment from Portsmouth to
Greenock, the 92d Highlanders from the latter port
to Portsmouth, for Aldershot, the 24th Regiment
from Dover to Dublin, the 84th Regiment and de-
tachments from Dublin to Malta and Gibraltar, the
7th Regiment from Malta to Quebec, and finishing
by returning to Spithead from Quebec with the
troops given in detail above, carrying during the
time 184 officers, 4,664 non-commissioned officers
and men, 96 ladies and children, 29 servants, and
36 horses, thus again proving her unrivalled effici-
ency as the fastest and most reliable troopship in
her Majesty's service.
Her Majesty's screw corvette Miranda, 15, 250-
1 horse power, Capt. R. Jenkins, C. 8., was paid off
into the third division of the Chatham Steam Re-
serve in the basin at Sheerness on Saturday, under
the superintendence of Captain K. Hall, C.B. The
following non-commissioned officers were awarded
gratuities and medals by the Lords of the Admiralty
on the vessel being paid off for long service and
exemplary conduct—viz., Sergeant John Tearle,
Royal Marines, silver medal and £l5; and Corporal
Henry Still, Royal Marine Artillery, silver medal
and a gratuity of £lO. During the time the Miranda
has been in commission she has been engaged
South
Pacific surveying duties in the Antarctic and
Pacific Oceans for a period of between four and five
years, during which time she has sailed and cruised
over between 100,000 and 200,000 miles. The crew
have been generally healthy, and there have been
but few deaths on board. On being paid off the
crew were granted a six weeks' run on shore.
The Furious, 16, paddle steamer, 1,287 tons and
400-horse power of engines, the last of the now
useless paddle steamships of war in the Portsmouth
steam reserve, recently surveyed in No. 2 dock of
Portsmouth yard, and ordered to be broken up, is
now, by a supplementary order, to be fitted as a
moored floating coal depot ship in Portsmouth har-
bour. The Ariel, 9 gun screw sloop, of 486 tons
and 60-horse power of engines, is ordered to be fitted
as a transporting coal depot vessel between Ports
mouth harbour and her Majesty's ships at Spithead.
Thus and by other means, as sales to private specu-
lators, are the Admiralty quietly clearing their official
Navy List of useless wooden craft to make room for
our iron fleet.

The Racoon, 20, screw corvette, Captain Count
Gleichen, steamed into Portsmouth harbour on

The following movements of the Royal Artillery
are ordered to be made in the South-West District :
—On the 7th inst the K battery of the 4th brigade,
and on the Bth inst. the It battery of the 9th brigade,
from Hilsea to Aldershot. The soldiers' wives and
children of both batteries will remain for the pre-
sent at Hilsea. On the 10th inst. the G- battery of
the 9th brigade, consisting of 155 men, 92 horses,
30 soldiers' wives and 42 children, move from Shorn-
cliff eto Hilsea. On the 6th inst. the A battery of
the B brigade Royal Horse Artillery, move front
Dorchester to Aldershott, arriving in the camp on
the 10th inst.

During the last few days a number of men have
arrived atthe Colchester camp from India, and have
been attached to the depots of the various regiments
to which they belong.
The athletic annual sports of the Military Store
Staff, in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, took place
on Saturday in the cricket-ground belonging to the
department. Notwithstanding the threatening
weather, there were 6,000 or 8,000 persons present.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

THIS DAY.—Morning, llh. 20m.—Afternoon, llh. 48m
To-Monatow.-Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 15m.