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"Rio Grarie, 7th of June, 1356.
"My dear Parents,—Frem the recent terrible ac.
counts that must have reacleed England prior to this,
concerning the fearful loss of life and property to ship-
ping on this coast, of which, I am sorry to say, we
have been victims, has, I fear, nit my account, left ycu
in a state of the greatest anxiety.
" However, although in a very weak and wretched
condition, as you were assured by report that my life
was spared, it must have spared you in a measure the
anguish of those whose eons. and husbands were unfor-
tunately killed or drowned in the ill-feed Edina.
"I will now 'proceed to give you a full account of a
fearful shipwreck and loss of life, with the sufferings
and wretched condition of the survivors.
"We sailed from Newcastle, ail;-teed, on the 28th
of February, 1856, with a crew of eight persons (my-
self included), for Rio Grande. Ne thing occa--red to
impede -the progress of nee veyega in the nerthern
hernisphr re, arid with fair •weathen by the 12th of
May, we had got as far south ae 31.50, where we
were surprised with a gale of wind froth S.S.E., which
occasioned us to bring to oindeh a close-reefed main-
sail. The gale continued to increase stet,. lily, and up to
Thursday the 15th had attained the' force of a hurricane,
with a terrific sea ; to which •date at noon we had not
met with ciarnage. Finding by the lead that we had
drifted into 18 fathoms of water, it was deemed expedient
to set more sail, for the purpose of keeping, to windward.
As no observations had been obtained for several days
the position of the ship was not certain. Accordingly
the close-reefed topsail was being got ready when, at 1
o'clock p.m., a heavy ground sea gathered to windward,
and struck the ship with terrific violence, laying her on
her beam-ends, and carrying away bowsprit, foremast,
cook-house, boat's companion, bulwarks, and stanchions,
fore and aft, with everything on deck—making a clean
sweep. The mainsail was knocked to atoms, and five
men fell with the foremast, two of whom were killed,
whose bodies became entangled in the floating wreck,
and were seen no more ; the remainder recovered the
deck uninjured. The cook, poor old Andrew, was se-
verely jammed, his right leg, ribs, and head were broken.
He was taken to the forecastle, where he remained in
his bed till he was drowned. From the stanchions being
all broken off in the coverin_e boards the water was ad-
mitted freely, and on account of the weight of wreck
hanging to the mainmast and giving the ship a strong
list it was advisable to relieve inr by cutting away
the mainmast, which, after being severed with an axe,
fell. The ship now righted, with about four feet of
water in the well, with which she was so deep that
the sea made a continual breach fore and at. The
covering-boards were secured as well as practicable,
and the seamen were lashed to the pumps. They
endeavoured to keep her afloat. She must now have
been 24 miles off the land, and dead on a lee
shore. At about 4 o'clock p, m. the mate and second
mate, while pumping, were struck by a heavy ground
sea ; their ribs were broken, and the former, with a
severe bruise in the foot, was carried below in a state of
insensibility. The pumps were still plied by those who
were uninjured; and about 5 p.m. I received a severe
blow on the right leg by the chain cable, which gave me
excessive pain, by the wound being so washed by salt-
water
that I was compelled to abandon' the deck and seek
shelter with the others in the forecastle. 5 30. It became
dark, and a miserable night we had-to encounter. 9.30
p.m 'lt became evident, by the heavy Purr, that the ship
was fast nearing the shore. We bad tried to clear away
the bower cable; but as it was capsized in the locker,
we had not strength to do so. I had hoped to have been
enabled to ride her, but had I done so she would either
have foundered or filled with water, as the mainmast, by
towing alongside with the lee rigging, which could not
he cut, had dragged out the chain bolts and beaten a hole
through the stern. The heavy ground sea began to pour
on board—the pumps were abandoned —and the poor
fellows, with death before their eves, sought shelter with
the disabled, in the forecastle, where they had not been
but a few minutes before she struck the ground. She be-
gan now to beat violently—was thrown broadside to the
beach, and heeled to seaward. Sea after sea commenced
its work of destruction, and the water rose so fast over
forecastle sheets that we bad to retire, when 'Lord have
mercy upon us !' was solemnly and devoutly responded
to by all • and about 10.30 p.m. we left our only shelter
for that of almost certain destruction. Lashed to the
pawl-bit were five human beings--struggling for their very
existence. The seas seemed to out-rival each other as
they fell bodily over us, washing us repeatedly off our
legs, and tearing our ship to pieces with awful violence.
I remained with the rest for about two hours, till my
strength began to give way. By this time the decks had
floated off amidships the masts, or stumps rather, had
floated out, and the ship was fast going to pieces. I re-
solved to try and swim ashore. Accordingly, I stripped
myself of everything, said 'good bye' to my poor fellows,
and plunged from the paul-bit into the boiling surf.
With a small piece of wood, which I found while swim-
ming, I endeavoured to keep my bead above water, but
the first sea knocked me over and over, and my piece of
wood was lost. However, in the interval of another sea
I recovered a larger and better piece, which I held on,
and by the aid of which I happily succeeded in touching
the bottom. I attempted to walk, but the under tow
carried me again to seaward, and I had to swim away as
fast as I could. Another sea sent me further in shore
than before, and with the assistance of my piece of wood
as a walking stick, stuck in the sand, I held on till the
waters bad receded, and I found myself high and dry
on a desolate beach, without a eouse or habitation to
shelter me. I had been in the water 20 minutes. I fell
on my knees and offered up a prayer to tho Almighty
for my deliverance, and then retired to the back of a
sand-hill for shelter, with which the coast abounds. I
commenced with my hauls to dig a hole in the sand,
where I laid myself. I had not been there long before vio-
lent shivers came over tee, and I was obliged to look out
fora better place. I went down en the beach with the hope
of finding something to cover my nakedness, but did not
succeed. I felt dreadfully cell. However, I rolled up
two headless flour barrels, built up a head to one with
sand, and crept into them, when the nails so tore my
flesh that it was with great difficulty I could get out
again. I again went to the beach, and there found a
barrel much larger and free of nails, with a head to it,
and a ca=ile of brandy mcst full, only two bottles having
been used, the spite of which I got out with my teeth,
and had a good swig. I tried another, but from the
spirit being above proof I could not swallow it, my
mouth and throat were so much swollen. However, it
stopped the shivering, and I rolled away my new cask,
got into it, and slept till daylight. I got out at break
of day and went to the beach, which was close by, in
hopes of finding clothes, when a sorry scene presented
itself. The gale was still raging with fearful violence—
the beach, as far as the eye could reach, was strewed
with fragments of broken wreck—the ship was reduced
to a mere skeleton, and four poor souls were lashed in
the same place, dragging out a miserable existence, the
sea was washing over them head and ears, no assistance
was near, and not the slightest hope of a rescue. I
turned myself from the scene, and with stiffened limbs
returned to my comfortless sandhill with sadness. On
my way thither I found two pillows had come on
shore. I pulled off the covers, washed off the sand,
and laid them to dry. In the meantime I laid myself
down and fell aeleep, under the influence of the sun. In
about an hour I awoke, with a severe smarting pain all
over my body, and found that it had so scorched me
that I was the same as if I bad been whipped with
stingingnettles. My pillow slips were now dry; I made
boles for my head and arms and I put therm on, which
sheltered me against the weather. Being winter here,
it is considered very cold in the absence of the sun. I
had now been 25 hours without as much as a covering
for my body. On the 16th, at 10 o'clock a.m., lashed
to a piece of wreck, the mate, through hunger and
thirst, committed himself to the surf. After a severe
struggle he happily succeeded in gaining the shore, but
in an exhausted condition. I ran down to him, but it
was some time before he recognised me ; on board they
all thought I was drowned. • They had seen me on the
beach in my nakedness, but concluded that I was a
native. 'On his way to my sandhi!' he fell in with the
brandy cask, out of which he drank a little and revived.
He soon found fresh water, of which the coast abounds,
which, with a little brandy, gave us a grateful beverage.
Having two shirts, a pair of drawers, nod a pair of
trousers on, he pulled oil' his inside shirt and gave me,
which, in addition to my pillowcases, made me a little
more comfortable than before. Night coming on, we,
as well as we could, prepared our habitation, which
consisted cf a headless water puncheon, a piece of
tarpaulins, for a head, and the cabin hair cushion cut
in two ; although wet it made a good bed. Huddled
together we passed a far more comfortable night than
before, and but for my sun-burnt pain I should have
done very well. At about daylight on the 17th the boy,
in consequence of the wind and sea having abated,
succeeded in walking ashore, and after being on the
wreck for 33 hours, he reported that on the 16th, just
before dark, Charles Hancock, in attempting a land-
ing, was drowned alongside, and that John Hales died
during that night in a state of dehrinni, finial. Cold, wet,
hunger, and exposure, making a total of five lost out of
eight. Hungry and miserable we now left this scene of
desolation, and onward we crippled with the hope of
finding some one to save us from starvation • a bottle of
brandy and one of water, with four soaked and sanded
biscuits, were all we c ilfected from the stores of the
ship, and on we walked following the shore till dark,
without seeing the vestige of an habitation. The mate,
with his toes jammed and ribs broken, suffered severely.
We halted at dark on the sand, partook of a little
• brandy and water, and, huddled together, we again
spent a long, cold, and miserable night. Some rain fell,
which rendered our situation truly pitiful. We walked
that day about ten miles, and on the following day dis•
covered three men advancing, who proved to be Portu-
guese. •To them we made our wants known, and were
treated most kindly. The master took us to his fishing
hut, where we were supplied with coarse food, and we
finally recovered in eight days, so as to be removed on to
Rio Grande. In the mean time our benefactor took
horse, and with my report rode 83 miles to Rio Grande,
which he delivered to the consul. It was merely stat-
ing the wreck and lives saved, which he forwarded to
England. The journey occupied six days. Oe his re-
turn he provided a waggon and 14 oxen, and we were
conveyed to Rio Grande, where, after receiving every
kindness on the road, we safely arrived. Ten ships
were off the bar, prior to the gate, and ail lost. The
sacrifice of human life was awful. The ship was a total
wreck when we left, beams, topsides, and covering
boards were ashore, and everything of service knocked
to pieces. She lies 100 miles north of this place.
"The following is a list of the crew who sailed with
me :—James Morrie), mate, Starcrose ; Robert Alford,
boy, Exeter, saved; Charles Hancock, 24, second mate,
Kenton, drowned ; John Hales, 29, seaman, Topsham,
died from exposure; Andrew Madge, 68, cook, Exeter;

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LITERATURE.

The St. James's Medley. John Mitchell, 33,
Old Bond-street.
The August number of this instructive and en-
tertain ingQuarterly is quite equal to the best of its
predecessors ; •the contributions being judiciously
selected, the sviljects brought before the reader
treated with considerable spirit and ability, and
a due sprinkling of lighter literature, lending a
charm to the whole evon greater than the title of
the serial would lead the reader to expect. In
" The St. James's Medley " in point of fact, the
fashionable and commercial world have a magazine
winch may be dipped into with satisfaction and
advantage, however brief may be the leisure
the sultriness of the weather and the exi-
gencies of their various pursuits allow them.
Eschewing verbosity the editor presents brief and
readable papers, all of them interesting, and seve-
ral characterised by a good deal of point and
vigour. . The opening article is a review of the
" Contemporary Greece " of Edmund About, and
introduces to the reader the principal results of the
distinguished author's tour of observation. Somel
of these are of a remarkable nature. The article
altogether merits a careful perusal, throwing as it
does both new and more vivid light on the present
condition and prospects of Greece and the Greeks.
A pretty storiette of the " Undine" class follows,
and as one of a series of "Scraps from Old Friends,"
the classic scholar is presented with au exact ren-
dering of some choice lines in the CEDIPUS
COLON. US of Sophocles. "The Ruski's Farewell
on the Departure of the British Army," a humor-
ous parody, is succeeded by some pertinent re-
marks on " The Passport Nuisance." " Dreams
w:thin Dream" might be taken for a maiden
effort by the author of " Vathek." From
dreams we are carried to stern realities, in-
veslod hitherto, unfortunately, with much of the
unreality of fiction. In " Crime and Criminals,"
besides a merciless utilitarian dissection of Chester-
ton's " Prison Life," and a favourable notice of
Mr. Frere's recent work, we have the general sub-
ject of penal discipline, more especially for youth-
ful offenders, nervously treated—the writer insist-
ing on the prison and the reformatory being com-
bined. "In Memoriam" expresses, in a few grace-
ful lines, a trite but none the less consolatory
thought. The lovers of travel, and such as are
concerned about the present state of Algeria, will
follow with interest the stops of a "Blind Travel-
ler," as recorded in leaves from his diary. "A.
Peep at the Russians," and a clever if not altoge-
ther satisfactory, "Review of the Session," make
up the list of articles and conclude the number.

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VISIT OP HER MAJESTY TO PLYMOUTH,

PLYMOUTH, Aug. 13.—The officials at this port were
yesterday astounded by the appearance of a signal from
the Implacable, 72, Captain Arthur Lowe, lying in the
Sound, announcing the appearance of the royal squadron
off the port, and steering westward. It was not long
before the royal yacht, followed by the other ships of the
squadron, were seen. On entering the port the Impla-
cable, and Gorgon, 6, paddle, Commander Towsey,
dressed ships, manned yards, and fired a royal salute.
The gun-boats anchored within the Breakwater also
"dressed ship." The royal standard was hoisted at the
Citadel, and the customary salute fired, the royal yacht
proceeding at a steady pace, followed by Fairy, Vivid,
Black Eagle, and Trinity yacht, round the island to
Barnpool. By this time the news had spread of her Ma-
jesty's arrival, and a large number of persons had assem-
bled under the Hoe and the Heights, who welcomed the
royal visitors with loud cheering. When abreast of
Mount Edgcumbc, in Barnpool, she lay to for a short
time, and an exchange of signals took place with the
fort at Mount Wise. The Victoria and Albert then pro-
ceeded into the harbour, followed by the vessels above
referred to. As the royal yacht approached the har-
bour, the Impregnable, 104, Captain Wise, flag of Ad-
miral Sir Win. Parker, Commander-in-Chief, dressed,
manned yards, and gave three cheers as the Victoria
and Albert passed, and all the other ships in commission
fired a royal salute. Subsequently a like salute was
fired from Monnt Wise. The yacht anchored off
the dockyard, and as she was at anchor Admiral Sir
Wm. Parker, accompanied by Mr. Secretary Richards,
and his Flag Lieutenant E. H. Howard, proceeded on
board to pay his respects to her Majesty, as did also
Rear-Admiral Sir J. H. Pluniridge, and Major-General
Eden, accompanied by their respective staffs. The cap-
tains of the several ships in commission also paid their
respects to the royal visitors. Prince Albert and the
Prince of Wales subsequently visited Mount Edgeumbe,
where they remained about an hour, when they returned
to the yacht to luncheon. About half past three p.m.
his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Prince of
Wales, accompanied by Captains Du Plat and Crispin,
left the yacht for Keyham.
Oa the arrival of their royal highnesses at the prin-
cipal landing place they were received by Admirals Sir
Wm. Parker and Sir J. IL Plumridge, and their staffs,
itc. The artisins discontinued work on the arrival of
the Princes, and with the police lined the quays and
loudly cheered the party as it passed. Prince Albert
first visited the boiler-house, and all the new machinery
recently erected ; from this he proceeded to the now
buildings erected for foundery and smitheries. From this
his royal highness proceeded to the dock in which the
Himalaya is now undergoing repair. He next visited the
tunnel, returning to the yard, and passed over the dock-
heads to the landing place. The heads of the several
branches were present to give information, and his r.)yal
highness appeared to take great interest in the establish-
ment and the progress of the works generally. About
half-past 5 their royal highnesses re-embarked to return
to the yacht. At this time a tremendous shower fell,
but, aware of the treacherous character of the weather
in the west country, a store of umbrellas had been pro-
vided, under which the party left the pier. At 6 o'clock
Prince Albert, again accompanied by the Prince of
Wales, landed at the Queen's steps, Mount Wise, where
a guard of honour from the 54th Regiment received his
royal highness, who proceeded to visit Major-General
Eden, at Government House; from thence his royal
highness proceeded to inspect the new (Brunswick)
barracks. Here he was accompanied by General
Eden and the military authorities. At the close of
this inspection his royal highness again embarked at the
Queen's steps, and returned to the yacht.
It was first understood that her Majesty would not
land, as she still felt the effects of sea sickness, from
which she suffered severely in the passage from Dart-
mouth to this port, there being a head wind and a heavy
chopping sea, in which the yacht rolled heavily. At 5
o'clock, however, her Majesty, accompanied by one of
the princesses, and some of the ladies in attendance, left
the yacht in the royal barge, steered by Captain the Hon.
J. Denman, and proceeded to Mount Edgcumbe, where
she was received by the Countess cf Mount Ecigcumbe,
and remained for up wards of two hours. On her Majesty's
re-embarking to return to the yacht, a royal salute was
fired from the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe's private battery.
Among the guests aw the royal dinner table last even-
ing were Admiral Sir W. Parker and Major-Gen. Eden.
In the absence of her Majesty's private band, the band
of the Royal Marines; under the direction of Mr. Win
terbottom, was ordered on board the yacht in the even
leg.

—Should the weather prove fine to day (of which there
is not now, 10 a.m., much prospect), it is said to be her
Majesty's intention to proceed up the Tamar and visit
Endsleigh, the seat of tire Duke of Bedford.
The royal squadron left Dartmouth at 9 o'clock yes-
terday morning, her Majesty having remained at that
port from noon the preceding day. During the sojourn
Prince Albert and the Prtncs of Wales proceeded up the
Dart as far as Totnes, in the new river steamer Dart-
mouth. Her Majesty also made an excursion up the
river in the royal barge, and in the evening landed at
Dartmouth to proceed for a carriage ride round the
neighbourhood.

The previous night the royal squadron anchored off
Portland, having left Cowes the same evening.

PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Her Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Royal Fa-
mily, and attendants, went up the river Tamar to-day,
so tar as Cothele, in the Fairy, and from thence to the
Weir Head, in the Gipay, Saltash. river steamer. The
royal party left the royalyacht Victoria and Albert about
ten in the forenoon and returned on board again about
six in the evening. The band of the 54th Regiment are on
board the royal yacht. Should the sea be calmer in the
morning it is probable the royal yacht will leave this port.

Richard Moore, 20, Topsham ; and James --, Dun-
dee, drowi ed.
" With reverence to those who met with such an un-
timely end, I feel bound, in justice to their memory and
as a c,;nw:atitin t their bereaved friends, to remark,
that the wLole ,f them, without an exception, conduct-
ed them,el ve3 with a steadiness so as to gain my entire
appro!.);.),tic'n. A more quiet or respectable set of young
mea never aelkod a ship's deck.
"Poor Clarley and John Hales you knew, for they
were in your service.. The latter poor fellow was wrecked
about two years ago at St. Ives, in the Swift, of Exeter,.
when with difficulty he saved his life; he then lost every-
thing. He has now left, a wife and one child totally un-
provided for. If by your interference you could in any
way get a small sum raised by subscription for her sup-
port, it would be a great act of charity, as the poor
things are entirely destitute."

Sporting - Intelligence.

READING RACES—WEDNESDAY.
Tile C.iwrshatu Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sous each, 2 ft,
25 added. Straight run in, 5 fur, 15 subs.
Mr. D The Hartley Buck, by The Fallow
Dr, r, 4 %.rs. 6st 12Ib (Fordham) 1
Mr. Wall, r's o,:tavia, aged, irst 716 (Crouch) 2
Mr. E. P. Uark's Mr. Sykes, G yrs, 9st...(Dockeray) 3
The f ing also ran :—Little Gerard, Morning,
Little Toni, Cantrip. Bacon, and Surplice.
Betting— I to 1 each agst The Hartley Buck and Little
Gerard, 5 tai 1 agst the Clementina gelding, 100 to 15
agst Octavia. Won by two lengths ; a head between
the second aad third ; Bacon was a bad fourth, Cantrip
fifth, and Titorinus sixth. Clementina gelding was
last, a long way.
The Forbury Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 30 added. One
mile. 6 subs.
Mr. Hewitt's Profile, 2 yra, 4st 13Ib (301.)...(Rayner) 1
Mr. Evans's Ninette, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (301.) (Prior) 2
Mr. Saxon's Cox well, 2 yrs, sst 61b (501.) (Tuck) 3
Desdemona and Koppel also, ran.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Coxwell, 3to I agst Profile.
Won easily by three lengths; bad third ; the others
came in at wide intervals. The winner was sold tor 73
guineas.
The Whitley Stakes (Handicap), of 5 sovs each, with
5 ft, and only 2 if declared, &c., with 50 added ; the
second horse to save his stake. One mile.
Lord Ciifden's Alembic, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (A. Day) 1
Mr. Howard's Sandboy, 4 yrs, 7st 10lb (in. 71b extra)
(Fordham) 2
Mr. Elwes's The Cropper, 4 yrs, 7st 4lb (Plumb) 3
The following also ran : —Rip Van Winkle, Bathe.
rine Logie, Newmarket, and Worcester.
Betting-6 to 5 agst Sandboy, sto 1 agst Alembic,
10 to 1 agst Katherine Logie. Alembic made all the
running, and won easily by a neck ; bad fourth ; New-
market fifth.
The Reading Stakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 added
for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. Half
a mile.
Mr. T. Walker's Gemma di Vergy, by Sir Hercules,
B,t 7A) (Kendal) 1
Mr. M. Deitnett's Zaidee, Bst 6lb (including 31b ex

(Fordham) 2
Mr. E. R. Clark's South Western, Bst 71b(Dockeray) 3
C by Slane, and Old Fashion also ran.
Betting-6 to 5 agst Gamma di Vergy, 6to 4 aget
Zaidee, Bto 1 offered aget any other. After one failure
the lot got well away. Old Fashion was first off, Gem-
ma di Vergy and Zaidee lying second and third. At
the distance iild Fashion disappeared from the front,
and Zaidee, with Gamma di Vergy at her girths, went
on with the lead. From this point the race was con-
fined to the first two. Getnina di Vergy struggled on
gamely to the end, got up in the last few strides, and
won by a "short head." Bad third ; Bay Rosalind colt
was fourth.
The Stand Plate (Handicap) of 100 sovs. Half a mile.
Mr. Thellusson's Madame Clicquot, by Burgundy, 2
yrs, Gat
Captain Lit le's Olympus, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (Ealing) 2
Mr, Payne's mare by Van Tromp, out of Queen Mab,
5 yrs, Gat 10lb (Plumb) 3
The following also ran :—Flacrow, Mr. Verdant
Green, Alembic, Romeo, Poacher, Bessie, Little
Gerard, Titortous, Michaelmas Maid, Octavia, Prim-
rose, Eloquence, Grayling, Madame Rachel, Sea Lark,
Parole, Dexterity, Illustrator, Equinox, Araby's
Daughter.

Betting-5 to 1 agst Olympus, 10 to 1 agst Madame
Clicquot, 100 to 8 each agst Michaelmas Maid, Octavia,
Little Gerard, Alembic' and Queen Mab mare. Won
by a head, and a head only between the second and
third ; Eioquence was fourth, about a length behind
Queen Mab mare ; Titormus fifth, and Michaelmas Maid
sixth.
The Selling Stakes of 3 sous each, with 25 added ; half
a mile. Eight subs.
Mr. Taylor's Fashion, by Faugh-a-Ballagh, 3 yrs,
7st (201.) (Esling) 1
Mr Saxon's Wild Strawberry, 2 yrs, sst (301.) (Cooper) 2
Mr. Hewett's Araby's Daughter, 2 yrs, 4st 81b (201.)

(Sadier) 3
Betting—Even on Fashion ; very little betting. Won
by a lengrh ; three lengths between the second and
third.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
EBOR HANDICAP.
100 to 30 aget Warlock (taken)
sto 1 agst Coroner (taken)
10 to 1 agst Lady Tatton (taken)
12 to 1 agst Yellow Jack
In the c,)urA- of the afternoon 106 to 7 and 100 to 6
were laid a,Tst Yellow Jack ; 1000 to 500 and 1500 to
500 were also betted on Coroner aget him.
DERBY.
40 to 1 agst Oakball (taken)
The business of the meeting was conducted in a
highly creditable manner. The Messrs. Hibburd not
only exerted themselves to insure the present prosperity
of the gathering, but also to obtain a " material guaran•
tee" for future success. Fine sunny weather caused the
course to be numerously attended. The race for the
Reading Stakes, between Gemma di Vergy and Zaidee,
was perhaps the most interesting and exciting of the
season.

'WOLVERHAMPTON RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Foal Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 20 added for
3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 61b ; fillies, Bst 31b. Once round.
Four subs.
Mr. Stevens's The Unexpected, by Pompey, Bst 61'o
1
Mr. Morris's Dolly Varden, Bst 31b (Barham) (Yates) 2
Won by four lengths.
The Wrottesley Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50
added, for two and three-yr olds; winners extra.
Half-mile. Eight subs.
Mr. E. Parr's Leamington, by Faugh-a-Ballagh, 3
yrs, 8-t 1.216 (Sopp) 1
Mr. J. Dawson's Harrie, 2 yrs, 7st 21b (Midgley) 2
Mr. Eastwood's filly by Chatham, out of Prize
Flower's dam, 2 yrs, fist 121 b (Bates) 3
Typhon also ran.
Won by a head ; same distance between second and
third. Typhon jumped round at the post, and losi start.
The Innkeepers' Plate of 25 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes
of 5 save each, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; op-
tional selling weights, &c. One mile and a half.
Four subs.
Mr. Cliff's Indian Queen, by Annandale, 3 yrs, Est
91b (201.) (Pritchard) 1
Mr. W. Carr's Betsey B, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (301 ) (Midgley) 2
Mr. F. Butler's Miss Hatch, 7st 111 b (201.) (E. Jones) 3
Won by three quarters of a length.
The Holyoako Handicap of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5
only it declared, &c., with 50 added ; winners extra ;
the second to save his stake. One mile and three
quarters. Twenty-three subs, 11 of whom declared.
Lord Chesterfield's Typee, by Touchstone, 6 yrs, Bst
1216
(Flatman) 1
Mr. T. Parr's Q,oldhili, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (including 71b
extra)
(Bates) 2
Mr. Copelabd's His Piper, 4 yrs, Est 51b (Frost) 3
Mr. Jackson's Panmure, 3 yrs sst 51b (Bullock) 4
Won by a head ; a length and half between the second
and third.
Stewards' Plate (Handicap) of 25 sovp, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 3 sews each ; the winner to be sold for 80
sovs, &c. ; winners extra. Half a mile. Nine subs.
Mr. T. Stevens's The Unexpected, 3 yrs, Est 121 b
(Bates) 1
Mr. Jones's 'Heads-and-Tails, 2 yrs, 4st 121 b
(Pritchard) 2

Won by a neck.
The Theatre Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added.
Three quarters of a mile. Seven subs.
Mr. Gill's Plausible, by Springy. Jack, 4 yrs, Bst 71b
(Alderoft) 1
Mr; Morris's Dolly Varden, 3 yrs, Est 131 b (Bates) 2
Mr. Joseph's Salmon, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Frost) 3
Mr. Suotti-'s Wild Cherry, 3 yrs, Est 91b . (Bullock) 4
Mr. Newcotne's Obscurity, 3 yrs, Est 13Ib (Sopp) 5
Won by a ueek ; same distance between the second
and third.

Racing Fixtures for 1856.
AUGUST.
Yar,nouth 18 Derby 26
YcJrk 20 Eghara 26
Radcliffe 25 Stockton 2B
SEPTEMBER.
Warwick Sept 2 Cardiff 24
Lichfield
Linc',ln lO Manchester Autumn ...26
Doncaster 16 Newmarket F 0 30
Leie..ater
...24

OCTOBER.
Kelso... 1 I Newmarket S 0 l3
Chester Autumn 7 Warwick Autumn 2l
Bedford 9 I Newmarket El 27
Wrexham Autumn

NOVEMBER.
Worcester Autumn ..... 4 1 Liverpool Autumn l2
Turporley Hunt

Irish Racing F
SEPT

[tures for 1856.
MBER.

Curragh 2 Johnstown 23
Tramore
Jenkintown Park l6 1 Limerick 3O
OCTOBER.
Curragh l4 1 Cashel 2B
1 Down R. Corporation... 23

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pepper the Coroner for the Ebor ; never mind the bet-
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