The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-22 00:00:00

WOOLWICH GARRISON RACES.

Yesterday morning the annual garrison races came off
on Woolwich-common, and from the peculiar fineness of
the weather they were attended by an immense concourse
of people. At 1 o'clock the bugles of the Artillery sta-
tioned near the grand stand gave a signal to commence
booting and saddling. The ground was well kept by the
riding-house establishment and the Royal Horse Artil-
lery, who were mainly assisted by about 200 of the town
and dockyard police. Colonel Warde, Royal Horse
Artillery ; Captain A. Williams, Royal Artillery ; and
Lieut. Tillard were stewards ; and Captai❑ Connell,
Royal Artillery, acted as the treasurer and clerk of the
course. The first was a hurdle race of two miles, run-by
five horses, for a sweepstakes of 3 sows each, with 301
added, 12st each, over six flights of hurdles. The horses
were Lieut.-Colonel C. Morris's ch g the Emperor;
Lieut. C. Stirling's br g Magpie; Dr. Bowen's b m
Stella ; Veterinary-Surgeon VVilliamson's b g Gerard
and Captain Brabazon's br g Flytrap. Emperor made
the run until he came to the first hurdle, which he re-
fused ; Magpie immediately took up the run, and con-
tinued to keep the lead until he got to the straight line,
when Gerard took the lead and won cleverly. The se-
cond race was the Gutter Stakes of 1 sow each, with 101
added ; catch weights of half a mile. Horses of this
race were ridden by officers on full pay of the Royal Ar-
tillery, and were as follows :—Captain Drayson's br m
The Duchess ; Captain Brabazon's b g Flytrap ; Veteri-
nary-Surgeon Harrison's b g Big Tom. Flytrap made
the whole of the running, and won cleverly ; Big Torn
refused to start, plunged violently, and was left behind.
The third race was run for the Benefit Stakes, of 5 sows
each, with 401 added ; and consisted of Lieut.-Colonel
C. Morris's ch g The Emperor ; Captain Drayson's br rn
The 'Duchess ; Captain Brabazon's br f Mrs. Seacole ;
and Veterinary-Surgeon Harrison's Little Tom. Mrs.
Seacole made steady running throughout, and won after
a good race by half a length. Little. Tom's bridle
snapped after sunning about half a mile, and be was
consequently ridden with one rein only. rho fourth
was a pony race, of 2 sovs each, with Si added,
for ponies not exceeding 14 hands 2 inches, and the dis-
tance three quarters of a mile. The horses were Lieut.-
Colonel C. Morris's b. p. Hussar, and Veterinary-Sur-
geon Skoulding's gr. p. Small Boy. This race was won
cleverly by Small Boy, ridden by Veterinary-Surgeon
Harrison, who lost his cap when about half the distance.
This circumstance occasioned some doubt as to the
legality of the race, in consequence of the reduction of
the weight, minus the cap. On application to the scales,
however, the legitimate weight was still very finely re-
tained. The fifth and last race was a Consolation Han-
dicap, of 2 sows. each, with 201. added, run by Little
Tom, Mrs. Seacole, Emperor, and Stella. The distance
was one mile. This was very cleverly won a full length
by Little Tom, ridden by Veterinary-Surgeon Harrison,
who won no less than three of the races, and whose
jockeyship was much admired. A foot race then came
off for the non-commissiontd officers and men of the
regiment, who ran a distance of 300 yards without boots,
and stripped to their shirts and drawers. The first prize
was 1/. 10s., and the second 1/. The next was a hurdle
race for the non-commissioned officers and men of the
regiment, the same distance as the former, but with the
addition of having to leap over 12 hurdles, which caused
much amusement. These two races were contested by
12 men, and were both won by a serjeant of the C bat-
tery. The first and second prizes were 1/. 104. and U.
There were, besides, two other foot races, the last of
which was for drummers and trumpeters of the regiment,
the prizes Leing 7s. 6d. and ss.

VANITY'S LAST KIM—A dying infidel, on being
consoled by his priest with the assurance that he had
not done the mischief of which his conscience was
accusing him, inasmuch as nobody had read his books,
flew into a rage, and drove the priest from his bed-
side.

QUANTITY OF SALT IN
common salt in all the is estimated by Schafhautl
THE SEA.—The amount of
oceans
about five
at 3,051,342 cubic geographicel miles ; or
times more than the mass of the Alps,
of soda
and only one-third
less than that of the Himalaya. The sulphate s
of
cubic nines ;
equals 633,644-36 cubic miles, or is equal to the mass of
the Alm
He supoosr The chloride of magnesium, 441,8 1-
the lime salts r
109 339.44 cubic miles.
as estimated by Humboldt. Admitting with Laplace
mere probable, the
8 the mean depth to be about 300 metres,
that the mean depth Is from four to five miles, which is
mass of marine salt will be more
than double the
mass of the Himalaya.—Siniman's
Journal.
THE PRINCE OF WALES'S VISIT TO DEVONSHIRE.—
During his sojourn at Teignruouth the Young prince
visited the justly-celebrated establishment of Mr. Con!.
man, madrepore and marble mason, Teignmouth, on
three different occasions, and expressed his admiration
and approval of many of the ornaments produced from
the madrepores found on the beach, and made purchases
of different articles fitted for presents, &c. The prince
much admired an elegant and handsome madrepore table
which was in the establishment, and which is intended
for presentation to Charles Kelson, Esq., magistrate,
by the mercantile and shipping community of Teign-
mouth, and is being executed in an admirable manner
by Mr. Coulman. It is believed by
many in Teignmouth
that the town is indebted in a great measure for the
visit and residence of the prince to the representations
of the Prince do Joinville, who resided here some few
years since.