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racter that they owed his presence on that occasion; besides,
in his official capacity, he presided over, and led, and sup-
ported every commercial interest in the Upper House of Par-
liament —(Hear, hear.) How deep and responsible such a
position was must be known and appreciated by men who
were as intimately connected with the trade and commerce
of this City as'those he was addressing. He believed now
the Society had taken root that it would flourish, and that it
would never be uprooted.—(Cheers.) How could it be, when
it was so supported, and when they remembered that the
President of the Board of Trade had come down to the City
to give his sanction and to express his approbation of the
Institution, and to identify himself with them—a large class
0: the commercial community of London ?—(Hear, hear.)
It was impossible it could fail to be prosperous, and if it
should prosper they should look back upon that day with
pleasure, and upon the conduct of the Noble Lord with gra-
titude—(Cheers)—because he had allotted one day from the
official duties to which he was so heartily devoted in order
that he might afford himself some little relief from business
by assisting the Institution. He concluded by proposing
"Health and Prosperity to the Noble Chairman," which was
received with the most enthusiastic applause.
The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks. He assured them
he felt himself quite unable adequately to express the ac-
knowledgments which he thought he ought to offer for the
kind manner in which they had received the toast and drank
it. He assured them that he spoke with perfect sincerity
whe❑ he said that Mr. Hankey, in expressing himself as he
had done, had praised him far, very far, above his deserts.—
(Cries of " No, no.") He felt a just pride in the honour they
had conferred upon him at his time of day, and after so short
an apprenticeship in the office which he had the honour to
hold. In holding that office, however, be laid no greater
claim than this to their regard—a strong desire, which he
sincerely believed was felt in common by every public man
in this city, of whatever politics, and consisting in an in-
creasing desire to promote the great interests of this great
commercial city in that way which they thought best, and
at the same time to exert himself unceasingly to promote
that object—to give every part of his time and every faculty
of his mind to discharge the duties of the office which he
filled, which he thought were inadequately and unsatisfac-
torily performed; but they would allow him also to say that
he laid no more claim, nor did he desire any praise for being
present on that occusion, as he derived the greatest pleasure
from it. Without the zealous services of clerks in public
offices, the heads of those offices, whatever might be their
talents, would find themselves in a difficult position at every
step they took. He had discharged the duties of the chair
wish great pleasure, and if he could feel that be had added
one tittle to their benefit, or one member to the society who
might enjoy the blessings it was calculated to bestow, he
should be fully satisfied.—.(Cheers.)
Glee—" Maying."
The CHAIRMAN again rose, and said he had the honour to

propose to them to drink the healths of four gentlemen to
whom that company and the City of London were under great
obligations—he meant the Members for the City of London.
—(Loud cheers.) He said the City of London was under
great obligations to those gentlemen, and as a Member of the
House of Lords he must be permitted to say that it was by
no means a great joke to be a Member of the House of Com-
mons at the present moment.—(Laughter.) They had great
and responsible duties entrusted to them to discharge, and
he asked them to couple with that toast the name of Lord
John Russell.—(Loud cheers.) There was one peculiar ad-
vantage of such meetings, that they gave to men who en-
tertained different opinions on public politics an opportunity
of meeting together in public without the fear of clashing
opinions, or the possibility of a debate.—(Laughter and
cheers.) Although he had differed during his political life
from the Noble Lord, they would, he was sure, be perfectly
confident that on an occasion such as that not one word
should be introduced which would show such difference of
opinion.—(Cheers.) He trusted, however, that they would
not entertain so unfair an opinion of him as to consider that,
although opposed to the Noble Lord and those who thought
with him, he (Lord Dalhousie) was unwilling to do justice
to his qualifications—(Cheers)—and although he and his
colleagues dissented from the opinions of the Noble Lord in
many respects, he and they were ready to do all credit to
his undoubted abilities, unspotted character, and undoubted
courage.---(Loud cheers.) There were none more ready
than his political opponents to acknowledge and to admire
them.—(Cheers.) He concluded by proposing the health of
" Lord John Russell and the Members of the City of Lon-
don," which was drank with great applause.
ord JOHN RUSSELL then rose, and was received with the
most enthusiastic cheering. After it had subsided, he said—.
My Lords and Gentlemen, I rise to return thanks on behalf
of my colleagues, Members for the City of London, as well
as myself, for the great honour you have done us. No
doubt, as the Noble Lord has told you, the duties of the
Members of the City of London are serious and respon-
sible; I have but a partnership in those duties. There are
parts of those duties which are performed by my col-
leagues ; but it will be sufficient for me to say that
I am not altogether an inactive and inefficient Member.—
(Load cheers.) I feel deeply the honour that has been done
personally to myself, and which consists of a character not
separate, but -combined with that of the other Members of
the City of London. I feel deeply the honour which has been
done me by the speech made to you by the Noble Lord who
fills the chair—the Noble Lord placed at the head of a great
and responsible office, and who discharges the duties of that
office with eminent ability—(Cheers)—and who, by his kind-
ness and courtesy, has made those duties which are often
themselves irksome in comparison to others, at once useful
and agreeable.—(Cheers.) I feel it a great honour to have
been thus distinguished by that Noble Lord, and I feel like-
wise the honour which you have done me in the manner in
which you have received the toast proposed to you. I trust
by a strict performance of that which I consider my duty to
the public—by never forgetting that I have to represent a
great and important portion of this empire, and by duly
weighing the consequences of every vote I have to give—I
may, in some manner deserve that confidence.—(Cheers.)
The Noble Lord told you, truly, that he and I do not alto-
gether agree in opinion. lam happy to think this diffe-
rence is not, perhaps, very wide—that in general principles
we are not far distant—but of this lam sure, that I should
give credit to him, as I trust he and you will give credit to
me, that arriving at the best conclusion that our under-
standings can arrive at, we did that which we feel for the
benefit of the country, and not from personal or private, or from
a feeling of party interest. The country will do us the justice
to consider us faithful servants.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen.
lam happy to have the opportunity of attending to-day on
the occasion of the anniversary- of a Society which is so
useful to the City, and so excellent an example. I will not
detain you a moment in speaking of the benefits of this So-
ciety, because the Noble Lord in his speech has eloquently
and fully stated these advantages in a manner which leaves
nothing to fill up.—(Hear, hear.) But I may, perhaps,
be permitted to mention that there are collateral
advantages attendant upon societies of this kind.
In the first place, with regard to the individual, every instis
tution which induces a man to carry his thoughts beyond
the day, to look somewhat beyond the business, and when
the business is done, which carries him to consider what
will be the results of his labours on the comforts of
himself and those connected with him, and will in-
duce him, for each of these reasons, to provide to the
best of his ability for himself and them in the season
of need—l say it tends to give sobriety to his thoughts,
regularity to his conduct, and elevation to his moral and re-
ligious sentiments.—(Cheers) Then let me add further, if
it does this for the individual, societies of this kind do much
socially for the State. They combine together the different
members of society, and bring the merchant nearer to those
he employs than is the habitual result of the business of the
day. They tend to bind together men in the
different states of life, not formally, having, sympathy
with one another, to wish the individual welfare, by
acting disinterestedly for the benefit of all.—( Cheers.) But
it is this, gentlemen, it is this separate combination, it is the
fitness of every stone in the arch to its particular place, that
gives the solidity and strengh to the whole arch on which
British society rests. In other countries there have been
clever and distinguished men, brilliant warriors, eminent
and gifted poets, and all-wise and able legislators; but of
countries where all orders are combined, where the soldier
and the officer, the crown and the subject, the
lord and the clerk are combined toether in
their various relations, I know of no country to
be compared to that to which I have the happiness to be-
long.—(Applause.) And when I say this, I am not depart-
ing front the subject of this night, because this great whole
is made up of several particles, and every society which
brings men together in such relations of charity and fellow-
ship tends to the welfare and to the promotion of this har-
mony to which I have referred. Gentlemen, you will allow
me again to thank you for the response which you have
given to my health, and I trust you will allow me to give as
a toast," The City of London, and Prosperty to its Commerce."
(Great cheering.) I trust that that commerce may, from
day to day, and from year to year, flourish more and more,
and that the British empire may set an increase to all na-
tions in the world, and will tend to the example of freedom,
peace, and prosperity.—(The Noble Lord resumed his seat
amidst enthusiastic cheering, which lasted several minutes.)
The toast having been warmly responded to,
W. G. Prizscorr, Esq., rose to return thanks for the
toast, as his name had been connected with it. It was the
intention of the committee to have entrusted thet
the
ktioe
Mr. Baring, who was more intimately connected with
commerce of the City of London than he was, but that gen-
tleman, much to his regret, and to the regret of them all,
had been prevented from attending by a slight accident. If
this had not occurred to him he would certainly have been
present, for they all knew that from the commencement of
that Association down to that period he had given both his
time and money for its benefit.—(Cheers.) In his absence,
therefore, he had been called upon to say a few words, and
they should be few, because he could add little to the able,
appropriate, and feeling speeches which they had heard that
truly
said The Noble Lord who had proposed that toast
said that they might look for prosperity, and he did not doubt
it, because as long as British enterprise and British industry
was connected with the City of London it could not fail to con-
tinue to advance in prosperity. Yet there were times when
success gave place to depression, and consequently to want of
employment, but that connected with this Association would
not materially suffer during those periods, as it extended
its band to them in the season of difficulty and danger.
Was not this, then, a great inducement to them all to join
it, and to give it their hearty support, since this uncertainty
of commerce was added to the uncertainty of health.—
from its
(Hear- ) He had watched the progress of the institution
heCommencement until its arrival at that point.
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them employment, acehresindtced their employers, when they
saw the utility of t institution, to give it their earnest
sympathy and support also. He wished to say that the con-
duct of clerks had been watched,iiiiend, as they had been found
deserving, they wished to aid
those who were in reduced tm in forming a fund for
eleemosynary aid,
prevent them from having circumstances,reers and in order to
which would give them that feeling oef tol
respect which was
felt by those who knew that they were able to support them-
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Mr.nted to nearly 700/. R. 11. JONES then read the list of subscriptions, which
The announcement of the majority of them, especially the
larger sums, were received with great applause.
Si Worn), Esq., congratulated those present me the pros
nerity of the Institution, and considered that those who had
teen entrusted with its management deserved their utmost
thanks. They consisted of thirteen individuals, who were
employed by some of the first houses in the City, to whom
all honour should be given, because, in addition to the
duties which they had to discharge to their employers, they
devoted the few hours which they could spare from those
duties to the Association, for the benefit of those who were
not, perhaps, in as good a condition as themselves. When
the Institution was about to be formed they applied to the
Board of Excise to support them, but they refused, because
every clerk was compelled by Act of Parliament, if hi 4 salary
did not exceed 1001. a year, to allow two-and-a- half
per cent, to be deducted for the purpose of creating a fund
fur their future wants, or in case they were disabled by ill-
ness or age, and from the salaries of those who receive more
than 1001. five.per cent. At the age of sixty-five the clerks
in that office were allowed a superannuation—not "pensions,"
a word which was much abused when applied to those in the
public service, because in the case of these clerks they only re-

ceived what was taken from their salaries.—(Cheers.) This
superannuation rendered themselves and their families com-
fortable for the remainder of their days. He then read the
following extracts from the minutes of the board:—
" The officers and clerks of this department have at various
times applied to the Lords of the Treasury and also to the
Board, praying that facilities might be aftbrded them for the
purpose of ensuring some provision for their wives and fami-
lies after their decease. To one of such applications their
Lordships, under date the 30th July, 1835, replied :
" There is no subject to which my Lords will more readily
turn their attention, or view in a more favourable light, than
any proposal which may contribute to the comfort of the
officers under their superintendence, or which may facilitate
their securing a provision for their families.' "
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chairman to Mr. Geary, dated July 5, 1844, that in the
address 'to be issued it should be stated that the proposed
plan of life assurance has the sanction of the Board ; and
that every facility would be given by the Board to the cir-
culation of prospectuses, and to the collection of premiums,
as a proof of the interest felt by the Board in an undertaking
which is likely to encourage provident habits among their
officers, and thus add to their comfort and respectability.' "
He also read a return showing the number of policies issued
to those in the service of the Excise, at sums varying from
100/. to 1,000/., from which it appeared that the number of
policies issued to clerks with salaries varying from 801. to
150/. per annum, was 233, the amount of policies 100/., and
amount insured 13,300/. ; those with salaries from 100/. to
200/. 153 ; 2001., 30,600/. ; from 801. to 2001. and upwards
141, 3,6001., 53,5001.: total number of policies, 527; amount
insured, 170,4001. By the assignment of the prospective bo-
nuses on the policies the widows of the assured are entitled to
life annuities, which are anticipated by the Actuary to be
not less than 5 per cent on the amount assured by the policies.
He impressed upon them the necessity of early assurance, as
the amount was small, and the proceeds greater.
That day the death of an officer, aged 24, was reported, who
had left a widow, who was entitled to receive to-morrow
100/., but the deceased had only paid ss. Bd.—(Cheers.)
He concluded by proposing the " Board of Management,"
which was received with great applause.
Mr. R. H. JONES, in returning thanks, begged to express the
high gratification he felt at the compliment paid to the Board
of Management, and most respectfully offered his thanks to
the Noble Lord for his kind condescension in having taken
the chair on the present occasion, and he trusted, whenever
his Lordship should revert to the proceedings of that even-
ing, he would do so with unmixed pleasure and satisfaction.
He also felt deeply indebted to the gentlemen around him for
their kind attendance there that evening, many of whom had
been supporters of the Association from its commencement.
Gentlemen present might depend upon it that the managers
would continue their utmost exertions for the benefit of the
Society.
J. W. GILBART, Esq., proposed the health of John Abel
Smith, Esq., the treasurer, whose benevolence he highly
eulogised.
J. A. SMITH., Esq., who was received with lend cheers,
said it was no new thing for him to receive, at the hands of
those who felt an interest in the Provident Clerks' As-
socition, marks of kindness, of which he felt him-
self totally unworthy. He had stated that it was
the Institution itself, and not those who, like him, sup-
ported it. When he looked back, andithought of the difficul-
ties and struggles of their first years, and contrasted them
with the scene he saw before him, it was indeed a stimulus
to those who undertook the promotion of institutions of an
useful character, and an encouragement against dissensions
and difficulties in the first instance; but in establishments of
that kind they must not look to charity for aid, but to them-
selves, and themselves alone. If they could not help them-
selves, nobody could help them.—(Cheers.) He had told
them, and he told them again, that it was to his interest as a
merchant—he thought it was to the interest of
every merchant—that his clerks should have a free, easy,
comfortable mind as to their own position, because
he believed that a settled state of mind was necessary for
the effectual discharge of their duties. It was necessary that
he shoule have their minds freed from those overwhelming
anxieties as to these who were dependent upon them. He him-
self received a personal interest in contributing to the Insti-
tution, but he disclaimed the idea of doing so from motives
of charity, for he found that he thereby received the more
faithful discharge of their duties.—(Cheers.)
Lord Dalhousie, Lord J. Russell, and the rest of the com-
pany then separated.
Messrs. Ransford, Sporle, Moody, Kenny, Edeson, and
Barnes, sung several glees, duets, &c:, in a beautiful manner.

The .band—of the Honourable -Artiliery Company were in
attendance, and played some delightful music, under the
direction of Mr. Smithies, the band-master. The vocal de-
partment was under the charge of Mr. Jolly, and Mr.
Harker proved a most efficient toast-master.

THE LATE TRAGEDY AT
BATTERSEA.BRIDGE.

Yesterday having been the day appointed for the re-examination
of Eliza Clark, the woman who stands charged with the murder of
her children, by throwing them into the Thames from Battersea-
bridge, and also for the examination of William Luff, alias William
Manfield, for the atrocious outrage at Westminster, the Westminster
police-court was crowded almost to suffocation.
The prisoner, Eliza Clark, who has been before described as a person,
although poorly clad, of neat and cleanly appearance, was brought
into court. Iler husband, who was fined at- this court on Monday
for...drunkenness, was standing at the end of the dock, and as she
ascended the stens leading to it she caught a glimpse of him,
and her countenance, before serene, assumed an expression of horror,
and she sank on the seat. The magistrate ordered that the husband
should leave the court.

The evidence which was taken on Saturday, and detailed in this
paper of Monday, was read over.
Perryman, the potboy, examined en the former occasion, now
stated, on looking at the prisoner, that he was certain that she was
the person who threw the children into the water.
Mr. T. W. Wansborough, surgeon, King's-road, Chelsea, described
the means adopted to resuscitate the child that was taken out of the
water, and gave it as his opinion that although there was a
wound on its forehead, received probably in falling, the infant bad
died by drowning. Mr. Wansborough was anxious to make a state-
ment with regard to the unsound state of the female's mind, but
Mr. IltrattEm. was of opinion that he had no right to kear any me-
dical evidence excepting that relating to the cause of death.
Richard Champ, of 13, Wellington-street, Chelsea, uncle to the
accused, was then put into the box, and said—The child I saw dead
on Saturday at the Adam and Eve was my niece's. She had three
children residing with her at home. Two of these were her own.
The third was a child of her husband's by a former wife. I saw them
between two and three o'clock on Saturday. The prisoner called at
my house at that time with the children, and remained until nearly
three o'clock. She spoke about her husband having ill-treated her.
She appeared very well in her mind.

_Mr. Taylor—Did you find any letter left at your house? Witness—
Yes, I found a letter left on my bed.
Mr. Taylor—Have you ever seen her write ? Witness—No ; but I
have seen her writing. I have had several letters from her.
Mr. Thomas Bicknell, superintendent of the V division, produced
the letter, which he had received from last witness. It was written
in so bad a hand, and so mis-spelt, that it was exceedingly difficult
to read ; it ran as follows :

" Eliza Clark, wife of James Richard Clark. Now, my Jemmy,
you need not trouble me with any more of your threats, because I
don't mind, and hope that the next wife you get you'll know how to
use them, and not act a brute to them, as you have to me, and bid
me good bye in the morning and come home at night and knock my
head through the panel of the door; and break my rest the whole of
the night, and swear in the morning that you would come home
drunk at night and kill me, and I'd rather prefer seeing my children
go before me, and then I shall know they did not starve."
On the back of the letter was written, " And if you go to Batter-
sea-bridge, you will find the children there," and it was addressed to
her uncle Champ.

Prisoner's former statement, which was given on Monday, having
been read, she was asked whether she tvish4d to add to it, and she
replied in the affirmative.

Prisoner then said, in a low subdued tone of voice, " We were
married in 1841, and my husband has been frequently out of work,
and we have seeen a great deal of distress. In the first year he was
13 weeks out of work at one time, and when my Emma was a baby
we were so badly off that I was obliged to go to service, and had
half-a-crown a week, but when he got work I went home again. In
the next year he was out of work four months, and I have many a
night wrapped my poor child under my shawl, and gone out into the
streets and begged to support us. He has been out of work for two
months this year, and last week I took off my flannel petticoat and
pawned it to support my family, and I was obliged to sell the re-
maining little rags of clothing belonging to myself and children, on
Saturday morning, to buy the poor little creatures bread, and then
we had nothing left but the things we stood upright in."
Mr. Taylor--Have you anything to say in answer to the charge
against you ?
Prisoner—He was a good husband when he was sober ; but, like
other men, when drunk was violent. He was a good husband and a
good father when sober.
Prisoner was then fully committed to Newgate for trial.
She faintly walked out of the dock, looking vacantly around her.

THE ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE IN
WESTINTER.
William Luff, alias William , was placed in the dock at
Westminster Police-court, charged with throwing a woman out of
window. He is a fellow of Herculean stature and ferocious aspect.
Margaret 3PLean, examined be Mr. W. Taylor, the chief clerk—
I live at No. 3, Pear-street, Westminster. Last night, at eight
o'clock, I. heard a woman, who lives in the next room to me,
screaming violently. I immediately went to her der and saw the
prisoner with a poker in his hand. He had hold of her by the hair
of the head, and I saw hint strike her on the head with the poker,
and her head bled very much. I was very witch frightened. I
heard the woman call for a policeman several times as loud as she
could.
Sarah Green sworn—l am a charwoman, and live in the same
house as the injured female. I heard such violent screams as in-
duced me to go to her room. I saw the prisoner beating the woman
with his lists, and I tried to 'get her out. She was covered with
blood. The prisoner struck me in the face, and lin ling I could not
get her out of the room I went down stairs. As I was going down,
I heard the prisoner say, " You I I'll throw you out of the
window " And I had scarcely entered my own room, when I saw
the poor woman fall past the window into the yard.
Thomas Carter sworn—l heard a noise up stairs, and saw a female
lan past my window into the yard. I then ran into the yard and
found her lying near the waterbutt, on her back_ She was bleeding
from the nose ; she never spoke, and I thought she was dead. I, with
assistance, conveyed her to the hospital.

Mr. Taylor—Did you see anything of the prisoner ?
Witness—He was looking out of the window. In answer to m y
inquiry of how it happened, ho said If she had behaved herself it
would not have occurred.
Police-constable Robert White, 100 B sworn—l took the prisoner
into custody at a quarter-past eight o'clock. He was not sober, but
knew what he did. He was sitting with a knife in his hand, and
said he world run it through the first who came tato the room. I
struck him on the wrist with my truncheon, and he let the knife fall.
I then, with the assistance of another constable, got him down stairs.

He was very violent.
Witness produced a brick covered with the unfortunate woman's
hair and blood, which he found in the yard; also some crockery,
covered with blood, which he found in the room.
The prisoner said—l came home from work at the house of Lords
at half-past six o'clock, but could not get in. I went out again, and
returned at eight o'clock. Finding I could not get in, I then burst
the door open, and in five or ten minutes afterwards she came in. I
said, " These are fine goings on, Lizzy," and she was very abusive.
I then hit her beside the head, when she began blaekguarding me,
and I struck her again. She then laid hold of my finger and bit it.
I then sat on the bed, and she made a bolt towards the window, and
I fetched her back. The knife was at that time lying by my side. I
next went to the cupboard to get some victuals. I turned round, and
she was gone out of the window. I was going down stairs when a
party knocked me down, and I became senseless. I know nothing
more about it. I deny throwing her out of the window.
Certificates from Mr. Wildhere, the.heuse-surgeon at Westminster
Hospital, dated May 5 and 6, were then handed in. They stated that
the poor woman was in an insensible and very dangerous state.
who 3r. Taylor intimated to the magistrate that an important witness,
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unfortunateTlie victim was, at a late hour last evening, in a hope-
less condition.

ADELPIII THEATRE.—Mr. Worrell took his annual
benefit here last night to an overflowing house. Paul Bedford and
Wright were as funny as usual, and Miss Woolgar played and looked
as bewitching as ever. The performances gave very general satisfac-
tion throughout.
THE FRENCH IN LONDON.—The annual general
meeting of the French Philanthropic Society, founded five years ago,
under the patronage of their Majesties the Ring and Qneen of the
French, the Queen of the Belgians, all the Princes and Princesses of
the Royal Family sf France, and the French Ambassador, took place
on Sunday last at the Hanover Rooms. The report read to the nu-
merous assembly showed, that during the year ending en the 3d of
May inst., the receipts amounted to 1,0721. 19s. 3d. That relief in
money, bread, or the means of returning to France had been given to
the amount of 1,016/. 85. 2d., and that the society had still remaining
in the hands of their trustees 1,142/. 165. ld., and in the bands of the
treasurer 56/. its. la. After the report the subscribers proceeded
to the choice of seven members in the place of those retiring by
ballot. The nomination of President and Vice. Presidents followed.
The candidates for the presidence were Count d'Orsay and Mr.
Vouillon : Mr. Vouillon was elected President, Mr. Gautier, Chan.
cellor of the Consulate, and Mr. Hubert, Vice-Presidents. Thanks
were voted to the chairman, and the members retiring, and the
meeting broke up, with a proralae from all present to promote the
welfare sitn lauttution.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
CHESTER, TUESDAY NIGHT, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The Plate race, left undecided when our report left, was
won in three heats by Captain Harcourt's The Druid, 3 yrs,
beating Highfield, Hetman Platoff colt, Felix, and Chartist.
LATEST BETTING.
The only changes in the Cup betting are:-
14 to 1 agst Sweetmeat
15 to 1 agst Clumsy
17 to 1 agst Vitula—taken
20 to 1 agst Vol-au-Vent
25 to 1 agst Inheritress—taken
25 to 1 agst Connaught Ranger
30 to 1 agst St. Lawrence
50 to I agst Ruff
50 to 1 agst Queen of Tyne
1000 to 15 agst Crim. Con.