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SPO.RTING INTELLIGENCE.

A delightful day, and a better attendance than on
Tuesday, made the second day at Aintree somewhat
more cheerful. There was, however, nothing in the
speculation on "the great event" either in London or in
the Lancastrian metropolis of commerce to call for fur-
ther comment than will be found in our, of necessity,
hasty report.

LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING— WEDNESDAY
A SCURRY HANDICAP of 3 sovs. each, with 40 sows,

added ; for all ages ; second to receive 10 sovs. out of
the stakes. Half a mile. 17 subs.
Mr. E. H. Clark's Winter, 3 yrs, 6st 61b...(F. parson) 1
Mr. Fenning's Tonic., 5 yrs, Bst 51b (Charlton) 2
Mr. Megson's Mysterious Lady, 2 yrs, Gst 31b
(Kendall) 3

EXCHANGE.

The following also ran :—Spring, Songster, Bit of
Blue, Maria Bell, Game Chicken, Fleda, Miss Peddle,
Cassio, br f by Cowl—Palma, and Singleton Lass.
Betting-4 to 1 agst Tonic, 9to 2 agst Winter, sto
1' agst Maria Bell or Mysterious Lady - none others
backed.

Winter went away with the lead of the cluster of 13 ;
near the distance, Tonic and Maria Bell, with Songster,
being well up, Tonic passed Maria sell, as did Mysteri-
ous Lady, near the stand ; Winter never headed, win-
ning by three lengths, half a length between Tonic and
Mysterious Lady ; Songster fourth.
The OPTIONAL SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 30
sovs added, two-yr-olds, 7st 101 b; three, 9st 41b ;
four, lOst 21b ; five, 10st 71b ; six and aged, lOst 91b.
The winner to be sold for 120 soya., if entered for
1001., allowed 31b ; 801., 71b ; 60/. 101 b ; 401. 181 b ;
and 201., 281 b. One mile.
Mr. French's Coleraine, 3 yrs (20/.) (Charlton) 1
Mr. Toke's True Girl, 5 yrs (201.) (Clement) 2
Mr. Harrison's Hyacinth, 4 yrs (201.) (Aldcroft) 3
The following also ran :—Paddy Carey, Timotheus,
The Gem, and Hotchpot.
Betting-5 to 4on Coleraine, 2tol on Hyacinth.
No other backed.
Coleraine, soon after starting, was in front, with Paddy
Carey second, but before half the distance was carried
True Girl and Hyacinth were clear of the rest. 'There
the distance
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the lead, kept it, was never headed, and won by a length ;
Hyacinth a close third to True Girl, given by a neck
only. The winner sold for 200 guineas.
The LIVERPOOL AUTUMN HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE Of
100 sovs.' added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. A
winner of 100 sovs., after the publication of the
weights, 51b ; of 200 sovs. or more, 81b extra. About
3 miles. 36 subs.
Mr. Higginson's Crabbs. aged, Bst 101 b (Fowler) 1
Mr. Balfe's Daphne, 6 yrs, 10st ... (D. Meany) 2
Captain Pass ns Royal Blue, aged, 9st 21b (A. Clarke) 3
The following also ran :—Ringleader, Thirkleby, Sir
Philip, Now or Never, Dearest Mae, Spring, Miss Pur-
don, and The Dwarf.

Oscar, list 31b, was scratched at a quarter past two.
Needwood, lOst 101 b, Abd-el-Kader, 10st 51b, Maria
Day, 9st 81b, Topsy, 9st 51b, Luke the Labourer, 9st 41b,
and Labyrinth, Bst 101 b, were drawn. The following
paid :—Bourton, list 61b, Vainhope, list 31b, The
General, lOst 41b, Simple Peter, 1 Ost, Tomboy, 9st 101 b,
Victress, 9st 101 b, The Premier, 9st 101 b, Viscount,
9st 61b, Dolly's Brae, 9st 51b, The Farmer, 9st 51b, Kate,
9st 41b, Hooton, 9st.
Betting at Starting.-2 to 1 agst Crabbs, 7to 2 agst
Spring, 5 to 1 agst Dearest Mae, 10 to 1 agst Ring-
leader, 10 to 1 agst Thirkleby.
The Dwarf led the way, Crabbs second, followed by
Spring and Ringleader ; Royal Blue, Thirkleby, Dearest
Mae, and Sir Philip as written, and so round :the top
turn, over Beecher's Brook, and down by the canal
bridge. At the water jump, in front of the Stand,
Crabbs held the lead, Dearest Mae and Daphne, followed
by Ringleader, Spring fourth. At the upper turn the
second time Thirkleby seemed coming to a good place,
but fell off as they came down and into the course, and
was passed by Royal Blue. Ringleader, who seemed to
be satisfied with his stable companion Daphne's position,
also dropt away, and Crabbs, with a commanding lead,
came in easily first by ten lengths, Daphne second, Royal
Blue third, Miss Purdon and Dwarf fourth and fifth.
Owing to the distance to be covered between the course
at Aintree and the station, we were unable, except at
the sacrifice of details, and a resort to the electric tele-
graph, to remain to wait the conclusion of the fourth
race; the winner, and also the starters, will, however,
be found below.

The AINTREE PLATE (Handicap) of 70 sovs., for all ages.
A winner of any handicap after the publication of the
weights slb extra. One mile. 3 soya. entrance. 49
subs.

Mr. Sakon's Calot, 4 yrs, 7st 41b 1
Mr. Brown's br g by the Ugly Buck, 3 yrs, sst 81b 2
The following also ran :—Red Lion, May Day, Gay-
lad, The Surveyor, Anne Sutherland, Jupiter, Solyman,
Maid of Golborne, Alexia, Miss Peddie, fby St. Leon,
Effie Deans, Cabin Boy, Maria Bell.
Betting-4 to 1 agst Annie Sutherland, 4to 1 agst
Ugly Buck gelding.
Effie Deans passed the chair first, Calot and Ugly
Buck gelding second and third ; but the mare having
been found at scale to have carried overweight, without
declaring it, the race was given to Calot.
The SELLING STARES of 5 soya. each, with 30 soya. added.
Two years old, 7st 41b ; three, Bst 1016 ; four, Oat 61b ;
five, six, and aged, Oat 121 b. The winner to be so!d
for 120 sous.; if entered, for 1001., allowed 31h.; 801.,
51b; .601., 81b ; 401., 12th ;. and 301., 181 h. T.Y.C.
8 subs. Were won by
Mr. French's Coleraine, 3 yrs (301.) 1
Mr. French's Songster, 4 yrs t 301.) 2
Mr. Harrison's Hyacinth, 4 yrs (301.)....
The following also ran : - Harmony, Fleda, Bon Mot,
Palma, and The Mysterious Lady.

SWAFFHHM COURSING MEETING.
TUESDAY.—Westacre Field. Judge, Mr. Tibbett.
DERBY STAKES, FOR DOG PUPPIES.
Mr. King's Rokeby beat Lord Stradbroke's March. •
Mr. Caldwell's Joe beat Lord Stradbroke's Maroon.
Mr. Gurney's Australian beat Mr. Buckworth's Beppo.
Mr. Dobede's Diamond beat Mr. Buckworth's Bedouin.
OAKS STAKES, FOR BITCH PUPPIES.
Mr. Buckworth's Breeze beat Lord Stradbroke's Mineral.
Lord Stradbroke's Merry Lass beat Mr. Dobede's Deborah.
Mr. Gurney's Amazon beat Mr. Caldwell's Jenny Jones.
Mr. King's Rosaline beat Mr. Gurney's At-it-again.
THE CUP.
Mr. Dobede's Dunkirk beat Mr. Gurney's Antecedent.
Mr. King's Rutland beat Mr. Buckworth's Blush.
Mr. Caldwell's Justice beat Mr. Dobedo's Dunkeld.
Mr. R. Bagge's Trafalgar beat Lord Stradbroke's Made-
moiselle.

WALTON ALL-AGED STAKES.
Mr. Dobede's Dot beat Mr. Caldwell's Jane.
Lord Stracibroke's Mayday beat Mr. Buckworth's Birdlime.

MARITIAIif ALL•AGED STAKES.
Mr. King's Ringleader beat Mr. Gurney's Abel.
Mr. Buckworth's Bravo beat Mr. Bagge's Thyme.

NARBOROUGH STAKES.
Mr. CaldwelPs Jerry beat Mr. Buckworth's Blaze.
Mr. Gurney's Attraction beat Mr. King's Roydon.

INSTITUTION OF gym ENGINEERS.

At the last meeting of the society, Mr. James Mea-
dows Repdel, president, in the chair,
The business of the evening was commenced by the
announcement of the dates of the ordinary meetings of
the session ; of the appointment of December 20th for
the annual general meeting, for the election of the pre-
sident, council, and officers ; and of the 30th of May
for the president's conversazione. The paper read was,
" On the Speed and other properties of Ocean Steamers,
and on the Measurement of Ships for Tonnage,"
by Mr. A. Henderson, Assoc. Inst. C.E. The
two subjects were combined for the purpose of afford-
ing facility for their discussion. After alluding to
a paper brought before the institution, in 1847, by
the same author, in which the fallacy of using registered
tonnage and nominal horse-power, as the index of the
capabilities of speed of steamers, was shown, by a com-
parison of their relative propOrtions and elements of
resistance with the steam power employed, the present
paper referred to a tabular form, containing copious de-
tails of dimensions and of general information, as to the
form, proportions, and speed, realised by ocean steamers,
compiled from documents emanating from the depart-
ment of the Surveyor of the Navy, and from returns
made to Parliament by the Post-office and Admiralty ;
showing that between the years 1845 and 1851, on an
aggregate mail service of 1,271,000 miles, the speed
realised only averaged 7.945 knots per hour, which was
far short of the speed generally supposed to be main-
tamed by mail steamers ; the highest speed being, 84
knots per hour, between Marseilles and Alexa!idnrl,_
perDY
her Majesty's mail packets, and the lowest 71.
steamers.
Reference hour, between Ceylon and China, by contraetpub-
Reference was then made to a tabular statement,.
including
lished by the committee on steam communication
India, showing the station of each
running
upwards of
six packets of the Indian navy,
ru
knots per hour, and
of 8.082 emaunnleir7tion with
325,000 miles, at a speed
Peninsular and Oriental
eleven contract steamers of the 7
the same table the speed of
Company, running above 53,
7'972 knots per hour.oo miles, and averaging
the
hour;iron t steamerhe older Lady Mary Wood mid
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ers, r-
tPirreilibienrwsß7taes.yamstsw,n to be 7'733 knots per
l3raganza, realising, 379 knots
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a fair ei itermii of ers, and the difficultvariousyrespectively.
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tive efficiency
.; with suggestions, that the information
might be obtained by recording the particulars required
in the columns of a table, similar to oue which \vas exhi-
bited, from which it appeared that the proportions of ves-
sels varied from five and a quarter to eight times their
breadth to their length. That the length of the five
steamers realising 81 knots per hour averaged less than
six times their breadth, while that of those which
realised less than 71 knots averaged upwards of 74 times
their breadth. Reference was made to the Orinoco, one
of the largest new stearaers„ the particulars of which
afforded much useful information, and which, if similarly
collected from other sources and deposited in the archives
of the institution, would be most valuable, as the sub-
ject was daily becoming of greater interest and import-
ance, The second part of the paper was if On the Mea-

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that the present register of particulars, by omitting the
depth, gave less information than the old register ; that '
calculations of tonnage deduced from internal measure.
ment must show discrepancies of 10 or even 15 per cent.
between the computed tonnage of timber and of iron
ships, of the same size, or external bulk ; therefbre it
had become necessary to introduce a method of compu.
tation deduced from both internal and external measure-
ment, so as to combine the 'capacity for stowage, and
the weight or the load, and the displacement, the prin-
ciple being to ascertain the external bulk and internal
space in cubic feet, and to deduce from the mean of
these, by the use of a factor 30, 31, or 32, a regidir of
tonnage approximating to the old law, chiefly for si..tis-
tical purposes, the external and internal dimensions •in
cubic feet giving the only correct definition of the size,
capacity, and resistance of a vessel.

FATAL OCCURRENCE AT THE NEW COAL

Yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, a fatal ac-
cident happened to a man named James Bright, and his
child, a little girl, at the New Coal Exchange, opposite
Billings gate-market, which terminated in the institute-
neous death of the former. It appears that after the
Lord Mayor's show had gone through the ward, and his
lordship had embarked on board the City barges from
the market, numbers of the public were allowed 1.040 --
over the Exchange and inspect the interesting paintings
which adorn the galleries. The unfortunate man and
his child were amongst the many who were admitted,
and upon reaching the uppermost gallery, he, by some
means not as yet correctly ascertained, got outside upok
the glazed roofnearest to St. Mary-at-Hill. Cu •. -i then
prompted him it is thought to attempt to reach ' • us-
trades at the side of the building for the purpose . jng
the bustle and excitement in the street below K ding ,•
his child, he was in the act of walking over a- ab of
glass, more than half an inch thick, when it 0,-atway
from under him, and the unhappy m • dropped
through, dragging his little girl, whom he had hold of by
the hand, after him, and fell with a fearful crash upon
the ornamental pavement beneath, a depth of more than
seventy feet. The Exchange being full of visitors at
the time, the greatest alarm instantly arose, and a rush
was made for the doors, a belief being entertained at
the moment that the whole splendid glass dome of
the building was falling. On the unfortunate father
and child being approached, the latter was found, by
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Thomas's Hospital ; but on reaching that institution the
life of the unfortunate man, as anticipated, was pro-
nounced to be quite extinct. The little girl was taken
into the Dorcas Ward, when Mr. South, the surgeon,
reduced the fracture, and there is every chance of her re-
covering. Fortunately the market was just over, and
the open area under the dome clear of merchants and
factors when the accident happened ; had it been on, it
is scarcely possible to conceive what might have been
the consequences, the spot where the deceased and a
quantity of heavy broken glass fell being right in the
entrance to the captains' room, which is always crowded -
during market hours. It is thought that the unfirtu-
nate man must have gained access to the roof by a win-
dow on an upper staircase. He was a kind of jobbing
porter at Billingsgate, about 30 years of age. The body
awaits an inquest.

Another accident occurred during the day, which it
is feared will be attended with deplorable consequences.
While the procession was passing the open space be-
tween the Mansion-house and the Globe Insurance-
office, a stand, which was erected by some costermonger,
broke down while crowded with people, and one of
them, a gentlemanly-dressed man, sustained a double
compound fracture of the leg, besides other injuries.
He was removed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he
lies in a sad way. It is feared the limb will have to be•
amputated.