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 Captain 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 sous each, with 301
added, 12st each, over six flights of hurdles. The horses
were Lieut.-Colonel C. Morris's oh g the Emperor;
Lieut. C. Stirling's br g Magpie; Dr. Bowen's b m
Stella ; Veterinary-Surgeon Williamson's b g Gerard ;
and Captain Brabazon's br g Flytrap. Emperor made
the run until be 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,
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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 hr 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 Turn
refused to start, plunged violently, and was left behind.
The third race was run for the Benefit Stakes, of 5 sous
each, with 401 added ; and consisted of Lieut.-Colonel
C. Morris's oh g The Emperor ; Captain Drayson's br m
The Duchess ; Captain Brabazon's hr 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'ii bridle
snapptd after running about half a mile, and he was
consequently ridden with one rein only. The fourth
was a pony race, of 2 sore each, with 51 added,
for ponies not exceeding 14 bands 2 inches, and the dis-
tance three quarters of a mile. The horses were Lient.-
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 leeitimate weight was still very finely re-
tained. The fifth and last race was a Consolation Han-
ilicap, of 2 SUM 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 Hu less than three of the races, and whose
jockeyship was much admired. A leot race then came
off for the non-comrnission d officers and moo of the
regiment, who ran a distance of 300 yards without boots,
and stripped to their shirts and drawers. The first prize
was 11. 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/. 10s. and 1/,
There were, besides, two other foot races, the last of
which was for drummers and trumpeters of the regiment,
the prizes being 7s. 6d. and ss.

VANITY'S LAST KICK:—A dying infidel, on being
condoled 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.

estimated by Schafhautl
common salt in all the oceans is
..
QUANTITY OF SALT IN THE SEA.—The amount of
at 3,051,342 cubic geographicel miles ; or about five
times more than the mass of the Alps, and only one-third
less than that of the Himalaya. The sulphate of soda
equals 633,644-36 cubic miles, or is equal to the mass of
the
enb° Alps.
The chloride of magnesium, 441,811-80
miles ; the lime salts, 109,330.44 cubic miles.
He supooscs the mean depth to be about 300 metres,
as estimated by Humboldt. Admitting with Laplace
that the mean depth is from four to five miles, which is
than double the mass of the Himalaya,
more probable, the mass of marine salt will he more
Journal.
T
UE PRINC OP E IV
~ ALES'S VISIT TO DEVONSITIRE.—
During his sojourn at Teignmouth the young prince
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visited the justly-celebrated establishment of Mr. Coal-
man,
three dma
fferdentreporeoccasi o and marble mason, Teignmouth, on
ins, 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,
tPePdlnign an admirable manner
community of Teign-
:mmedr ciasn tbiel e: n
ga nedx
eschui
by Mr. Coalman. It is believed by many iu Teignmouth
that the town is indebted in a great measure for the
mouth, y t
he
visit and residence rf the prince to the representations
-of the Prince de Joinville, who resided here some few
years since.