The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-11 00:00:00

THE ATLANTIC. TELEGRAPH.

The first despatch containing general public in-
telligence transmitted by the Atlantic cable from
this country to America was printed in the New
York papers of Aug. 27. It was ample and com-
prehensive, and included intelligence of high im-
portance, and as showing what has been done and
may still be expected, it is worth re-publishing. It
was as follows :

" Valentin, Wednesday, Aug. 25. '
" Later and highly important intelligence has
been received from China.

"IA treaty of peace had been concluded with China,
by which England and France obtain all their de-
mands, including the establishment of embassies at
Pekin, and indemnification for the expenses of the
war.

" Later Indian news are to hand, the dates from
Bombay being to the 19th of July. The accounts
represent that the mutiny was being rapidly
quelled.
" To-day's London papers have a long and in-
teresting report by Mr. Bright, the Atlantic
TelenTagh Company's engineer.
" The royal mail steam-ship Asia, with the mails
for Halifax and Boston, is to be despatched from
Liverpool on Saturday next.
" The screw steam-ship North American, with
Canadian mails, was to leave Liverpool to-day for
Quebec and Montreal ; and the United States mail
steam-ship Fulton, for New York, was to be de-
spatched from Southampton to-day."
The above despatch was received at Trinity Bay
at about nine o'clock on the night of the 25th, and
would have been here in ample season for publica-
tion in next morning's papers had the line in Nova
Scotia not closed at nine o'clock. We understand
that after the cable is opened for business all the
land lines will remain open night and day, and the
speedy laying of the cable from Placentia Bay,
N.F., to Sydney, N.S., or to Portland, Me., will
obviate much of the delay and uncertainty in trans-
acting .business between New York and Trinity
Bay.

The editors of the New York papers, taking note
of the satisfactory announcement of peace with
China, found fault with the Valentia telegrapher
for omitting to state what was the effect of this
good news upon Consols and cotton. The New
York Times observes :

" There is still a feeling of disappointment, and
we do not think it at all an unreasonable one, that
the electricians will persist, for no good reason
whatever, to deny' the public the knowledge of the
length of time which is required to transmit a mes-
sage from Valentia Bay to Cyrus station. The
despatches from Valentia should be dated at the
hour when the operators commence sending them
over, and until this shall be done there will be a
feeling of disappointment and impatience on the
part of the public, at being deprived of what they
feel they have a right to know.
Mr. Hilgard, an assistant in the United States
Coast Survey, left New York on the 24th of Aug.
for Trinity Bay, to ascertain when the telegraph
cable may be used for the purpose of, determining
longitude. Mr. Hilgard will remain long enough
at Cyrus station to satisfy himself as to the capa-
bilities of the cable for transmitting signals as
rapidly as will be required for his observations.
There, was, however, even then much doubt as to
the possibility of obtaining results at all prac-
ticable for scientific purposes, until the apparatus
then in use should be more perfected, as the trans-
mission appeared to be too slow. Until the ticking
of a clock can be marked, nothing can be done in
this way.
The correspondent of Saunders' News Letter,
writing from the scene of the late banquet at Kil-
larney, says :—" It is understood to be the opinion
of some of the leading electricians in connection
with the company that the defect exists at a dis-
tance of at least 300 miles from the shore. Were it
within a range of 100 miles it is believed that the in-
jury would be capable of remedy, but of course in the
deep sea portions the catastrophe must be irreme-
diable so far as the existing cable is concerned.
Such a result would be the more to be deplored from
its taking place in the.moment of gratulation and
triumph, but the anticipation of the Viceroy will
doubtless be realised, that " even if the present
venture should be unsuccessful in maintaining its
place, the energy and enterprise of the people of
this country will not allow it to die away."

THE TRANSATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.--The Debuts
publishes the following letter addressed to it by M.
Babinet, of the Institute of France :—" Your
readers may have seen that I was one of the first to
pronounce the success of laying down the Transat-
lantic Telegraph to be something miraculous. The
event was the more meritorious that, in a recent
conversation with one of the heads of the French
telegraph lines, we agreed that it was nearly im-
possible to obtain a satisfactory working from a
conductor of that kind. In fact, the electric cur-
rent, by running along a metallic wire, and par-
ticularly one enveloped in other wires, produces a
powerful electrical charge, which, in freeing itself,
gives signals completely foreign to the despatch.
The only remedy is to wait patiently until every-
thing has become again calm, which requires a con-
siderable time. It is nearly the same as what would
occur in a room where there is a very strong echo,
and where a person speaking would be obliged
to stop at each word. This embarrassment had
already occured on a small scale in the line
across the English Channel ; but the weakness
of the electric return currents allowed the incon-
venience to be got over by the use of a mag-
netic apparatus which was not too easily affected.
The telegraph to Algeria already suffers materially
from this cause. As to the Transatlantic Telegraph,
of which the English and the Americans are so
justly proud, it is well known that the message
from the Queen: to the President of the Union re-
quired 20 hours' continued labour. It is said to be
in contemplation to lay down a second cable ; it
would have been more prudent to get a dozen made
at once. With the results obtained, it is difficult to
understand the boldness of the self-approbation of
the journals which so loudly applaud the transmis=
sion of 100 words in twenty hours."—[M. Babinet
is surely mistaken. In the letter from Mr. George
Saward, secretary to the company, which we pub-
lished on the 23d ult., it is stated that " the Presi-
dent's message, with addresses, numbered 143
words, as transmitted, and occupied two, hours in
its passage through the cable, including several re-
peats and corrections."]

TRIBUTE TO CAPTAIN DAYMAN OF THE

GORGON.

The St. John's papers publish the following in-
teresting correspondence :
" St. John's, N.F., Friday, Aug. 13, 1858.
"To Capt. Dayman, H.M.S.S. Gorgon.
" Sir,—The Chamber of Commerce of St. John's
cannot allow you to depart from this port without
tendering their congratulations to you and to your
officers on the successful termination of the great
enterprise of laying. the Transatlantic Cable, in
which you have assisted. As commander of the
Cyclops, you greatly facilitated the undertaking by
the accurate and scientific sounding of the Atlantic,
and as Captain of the Gorgon, both Capt, Hudson,
of the Niagara, and Cyrus W. Field, Esq., have
borne ample testimony to the great value of your
services in leading the Niagara, by your very cor-
rect great circle steering, from mid-ocean to Trinity
Bay. It has been gratifying to the Chamber of
Commerce to hear the high terms of eulogy in
which the services of the Gorgon have been spoken
of by so good a judge of naval skill as the distin-
guished commander of the United States' frigate
Niagara, Captain Hudson ; and it will afford them
still greater gratification if they should hereafter
learn that the Lords of the Admiralty had marked
their sense of the value of your Service and of that
of your officers by well-merited promotion.
" WALTER GRIEVE, President."

• REPLY.
" To Walter Grieve, Esq., and the Members of
the Chamber of Commerce of St. John's, New-
foun
" Gentlemen, —I feel highly honoured and grati-
fied by your cordial congratulations on the success-
ful termination of the great enterprise of laying
down the Transatlantic cable, in which we have
lately assisted ; and in the name of the officers of this
ship and myself I beg that you will accept our best
thanks. You are pleased to allude to the services
of the Cyclops and of this ship, and to the latter as
eulogised by so good a naval authority as Captain
Hudson, of the United States' ship Niagara, and
I beg to assure you that if any one part of our
service is more pleasing to us than another, it is
that we have pulled together with our brother
officers of the United States' navy, and have won
the approbation of Captain Hudson, in assisting
him to perform his difficult and anxious duty. I
thank you, in conclusion, for your kind wishes for
the future. If we reap no other reward we have
that of having been selected to asssist in binding
together the new and old worlds, as I sincerely
hope and trust, for the benefit and welfare of both,
in affording more extensive facilities to all the
transactions of commerce and, at the same time,
promoting relations of friendliness and good-will.
"JOSEPH DAYMAN,
" Commander of H.M.'s steam-sloop Gorgon.
"St, 4-0011 Vs? Wriatty Ausimt 13, IM."
•

MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

MANCHESTER, FRIDAY.
1),,e annual dinner of this society took place in the music
saloon utthe ,Belle Vue Gardens, last evening, and was
attended binpwards of 400 gentlemen.
Mr. Alderman MECIII, in proposing the toast, " Success
to the Royal AgriCultural Society," said he need hardly
remark that the efforts of that society had resulted in very
great good to agriculture. He felt that it might still extend
its sphere of usefulness, by showing itself a little less exclu-
sive, and by throwing open its discussions to the public
press still further good would result. (Hear, hear.) He
must congratulate the city of Manchester on the excellent

show of that day, in which he could mark the progress of
the agriculture of the district. At the same time he was
bound to say that he was not satisfied with British agricul-
ture as it was. He admitted that great progress had been
made, and that we stood in high comparison with other
nations. But we were also sadly in arrear in comparison
with the perfection which time must develop, and which
he hoped would be very much hastened. The cultivation
of this country was at present only as deep as a common
nine glass, and its return per acre not more on an average
than £t of actual available produce. This was disgraceful
to English agriculture, when we reflected what it might be.
Why was it so ? It was notorious that we had not done
our duty in this respect. Four years ago he ventured to
make Fame remarks on the agriculture of Cheshire, and he
had hoped that in four years a great improvement would
have takes place. But, as he passed through the district by
rail on Wednesday, he still noticed the old sore—the want
of drainage, the want of proper cultivation and of more
manure, and altogether the want of a higher tone of agri-
culture. It was best to speak the truth, whether it was
palatable or not ; and he had a right to say a word on the
subject. For 16 years his experience and his outlay of money
in agricultural improvement had taught him that there was
nothing so certainly profitable as the judicious investment of
capital in agricultural improvement. It had been the
fashion to say " Mr. Mechi carries out agricultural im-
provements as a hobby." But he only did that upon the
farm which he would do in his business or house—if he
found it out of order he would put it in order, and that
could not be done without an expenditure of capital and
intelligence. (Hear, hear.) If Manchester had been
satisfied with the old hand-loom, would she have been
able to clothe the world in calico, and to get large
profits ? No. But by a large intelligence, and a great
availment of chemical, engineering, and manufacturing
science, she was enabled to do this. Precisely the same
thing must be done in agriculture, and by similar
means. They must not remain satisfied with their present
condition ; but, feeling that they were" only moving gra-
dually on the way to perfection, they must make more
haste than they had hitherto done. This was not a matter
of easy accomplishment. Fortunately, however, there were
railways now, and every facility for inter-communication.
He did not charge it on agriculture that she was so back-
ward. It was her misfortune from the nature of distances
and the impossibility of farmers meeting together as mer-
chants and manufacturers did. Until agriculture had rail-
ways it was almost impossible for her to improve. A
practical farmer seldom went out of his own county, and
some seldom left their own parish. Every parish believed
itself toNbe the most perfect parish in England, and that it
had nothing to learn from any other But all that was now
done away with. The introduction of the locomotive had
brought people to rub their heads together, and the result
was a much greater amount of progress. There were now
two great questions beforethe agricultural world. First, the
introduction of steam to cultivation. He hoped that for all
general purposes, as thrashing, grinding, and so forth, most
farmers used the steam engine. Fifteen years ago he was
pronounced a madman for having a steam engine on a farm
of 150 acres. But the gentlemen who then thought he (Mr.
Mechi) had lost his wits werenow following the same course.

And his hearers might depend upon it that they would
never develop the full powers of agriculture until they
brought steam to bear on cultivation. Their five inches of
cultivation would be exchanged for two feet or three feet ;
he said that very guardedly. They all knew how much
was raised by market gardeners ; but that was done by
depth of cultivation and great manuring. Perhaps gentle-
men were not aware also that the horses now used in agri-
culture consumed one-fifth of the whole produce of the
country. When they introduced steam their horses would
eat coal instead of corn, and coals were much cheaper than
the corn which would be eaten by the horses necessary to
do the same amount of work. The next great question
was, " What is to be done with the sewage of the
towns ?" They know what it cost to feed the inhabi-
tants of the country, and they could calculate what would
be the value of the manure if it were reapplied to
the soil. The Chinese were our superiors in this re-
spect, for they husbanded the manure like gold, and
not a particle was wasted. But he had no hope that
that would be done just yet in this country. It would
take a long time, and require a large unanimity of senti-
ment among the landowners and farmers, and the general

public. When the public voice should be raised on the
subject, and discussion upon it should be entered into. in
every society, they might hope that the time would come
when we should have the gratification and profit of seeing the
people better fed by means of that which was now considered
positively injurious to them, Ile hoped they would believe
him when he said that if they would employ a large capital
in the soil in improvements, in drainage, in deeper and
cleaner cultivation, in the use of a larger quantity of
manure—if they would make their fields squarer, erect
better shelter for their:stock, and persuade the lawyers that it

would be better to enable them to change their farms as

they did their consols, they would be able to compete with
the most favoured countries in the world. (Hear, hear.)
He often met men from all parts of the world, and his in-
quiries from them had led him to conclude that English
labour, judging by the amount of work done, was the
cheapest in the world. (Hear.) He had found, upon exa-
mining some Polish and Russian freeholds, that their good
crops were not much above a half of what was grown on our
best farms in this country. But then they said their cost
was very little—they could buy the fee simple for £3 or £4
per acre. It would be a sorry thing for this country if the
cost was so little. He hoped to see the time when the rent
. would be about £3 per acre. It would be a happy thing for
farmers if the rent were doubled, supposing the increased
rent represented the improvements made by the landlord.
Non-improvement was unprofitable. If some one were, to
offer him a farm of a thousand acres of undrained land he
would not have it as a gift to be compelled to farm it him-
self. He thanked them for the attention with which they
had listened to him, and concluded by again proposing the
toast.

The following is a summary of the winners of the prin-
cipal first prizes, beginning with the premiums offered by
the society :—Mr. J. Dickenson, of Upholltmd, near Wigan,
showed the best short-horned bull, between two and four
years old ; Mr. Henry Ambler, of Watkinson Hall, near
Halifax, the best under two years ; and Mr. Thomas Bell,
of Rainford, St. Helens, the best short-horned bull calf—
these three premiums being open to general competition.
The best bull of any breed, between two and four years,
belonging to a tenant fanner, was a very fine shorthorn.
belonging to Mr. T. Forrest, of Tarporley ; and for the
corresponding prize, for a beast under two years, the prize
went to Mr. R. Birch, of Aintree, also for a short-horn.
We come next to three prizes (all open to general competi-
tion) which were awarded to Mr. Henry Ambler, namely,
those for a cow or heifer in milk or in calf, a two-year-old
and a yearling heifer ; the three beasts being of the short-
horned breed. Mr. Hugh lligson, of Pendleton, was the
successful competitor amongst the tenant farmers show-
ing cows for dairy purposes ; find other prizes for tenant
farmers were thus awarded : Two-year-old heifers,
Mr. James Dickenson ; one-year-olds, Mr. Henry La-
fone, of Fazakerly ; milch cows, Mr. J. Heawood, Reddish,
near Stockport ; and calves, Mr. T. Atherton, Speke.
near Liverpool. For the last two premiums, it was required
that the exhibitors should not be cattle dealers. In the
extra stock a silver medal was given to Mr. L. W.
Ackerley, of Prescott, for a short-horn bull. Foremost to
the horse-prize schedule are the stallions (open to general
competition) ; and here we find the names of Mr. James
Dale, of Liverpool, for an animal for agricultural purposes ;
Mr. James Robinson, of BrOughton, for, dray purposes ;
Mr. John Brogden, of Sale, for roadsters ; and Mr. John
Dagger, of Liverpool, for a thoroughbred. Mr. Robert
Birch, of Aintree, showed the best three-year-old halfbred.
gelding (class for gelding or filly) ; and Mr. Wm.
dthe
Richard-
son, of Manchester, with a mare, aged 8 years, gained
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The best pair of draught horses was shownfor a,
of Stand, near this city; but the best pair "cultural pur-
poses, belonging
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to a tenant farmer, that shown by Mr.
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this district, for he gained the first prize with his
boar of the large breed, as well with the one he exhibited of
the small breed. The best sows were shown by Mr. P.
Wright, of Church Minshull, mid Mr. Joseph Hudson, of
Everton. Amongst the poultry exhibitors Capt. Hornby,
of Knowsley, stood foremost, as he gained the prizes for
Dorking and Spanish fowls, for geese, turkeys, goslings,
and Dorking chickens. Mr. Thomas Stretch, of Bootle,
Mr. R. Serjentson, of Liverpool, Mr. William, Pierce, of
Northwich, and Mr. J. Robinson, of Garstang, were also
very successful exhibitors. The judges "commended" or
" highly commended" a large number of birds.
Passing to the special prizes offered by the local commit -
tee, we find Mr. T. Walter, of Mellor, near Stockport,
showing a prize shorn-horn bull ; and in the same class of
premium Mr. Ambler's name occurs twice. Mr. Joseph
Heawood, of Reddish, was the winner of the prize for the
farmer or dairyman exhibiting the best four dairy cows ;
and again for Mr. Ambler carries off a prize with a pair of
stirks. The best six dairy fed cows shown by a cattle dealer
were those belonging to Mr. William Green, of Kersal
Hall. From the very long list of horse prizes we select the
following :—Mr. James Robinson carried off the premium
for the best stallion of the draught kind. Messrs. W. Lip-
trot, and Sons, of Wigan, showed a white mare with foal at
foot, which was very much admired ; it gained a pre-
uliWn, Kr, T, Sala, of tke Lese, zrgthrich, exhibited

the best three-year-old colt, a black gelding; the same
gentleman showed the best two-year-old filly, and the
second-best brood mare. The best stallion fur road pur-
poses belonged to Mr. A. Havisme, of Home, near Hayton,
Yorkshire. The best brood mare for road purposes was
Mr. J. Munu's, of Park Hill, Stand ; and the best three-
year-old colt for road purposes was Mr. J. Holland's, of
Manchestpr. The best thorough-bred stallion came from
Leeds, and was a dark bay colour, sent by Mr. J. Cock-
shott, of Addingham. Mr. W. Murray, of the Broughton
Mows, exhibited two brown geldings, which took the first
and second prizes for the best hunters. Two of the prizes
specially offered to graziers, cattle salesmen, and butchers,
were awarded to Mr. John Markendale, of Ordsal Hall,
Salford, and a third to Mr. John Slingsby, of Salford. The
prize exhibitors of cheese were Messrs. G. Jackson, of Con-
gleton, and Mr. A. Wood, of Over, near Winsford. The
first prize for butter was given to Mr. James Butterworth,
of Pilsworth, Bury. Mr. William Atherton, of Speke, near
Liverpool, showed the best sample of white wheat ; while
the prize same of red was shown by Mr. William Aton, of
Appleton, Warrington ; and that of yellow by Mr. William
Falba, of Stapleforth Hall, near Chester. The prize for white
or yellow oats was also gained by Mr. Palin ; but the best
black were those of Mr. J. H. Law, of Urinston Lodge. For
horse beans the Earl of Derby was the successful competitor,
the best sample of barley being of the Norfolk kind, and
exhibited by Mr. Palin. In the potato classes the prizes
were awarded to Mr. T. Burnett, of Hulton, for flukes
(Warrington), and to Mr. James Glassford, of Knutsford,
for the round kind. Mr. R. Birch of Aintree, showed the
best Swede turnips ; and Mr. J. I. Blackburne, of Hale
Hall, Warrington, and Mr. James Bate, of Norley, near
Frodsham, took the mangel wurzel prize. Messrs. F. and
A Dickson, of Manchester, were the seedsmen showing the
best collection of grasses, grass seeds, &c.
The awards in some of the classes for horses were not made
known yesterday, owing to the late hour at which the judges
concluded their labours ; and the same remark applies to the
implements for which prizes and medals to the value of £5O
are assigned by the committee. There are several stands of
saddlery shown ; and their contents will be examined by the
judges, and the prizes awarded on Friday.
There were several stationary engines at work on the
ground, as were also some combined thrashing and finish-
ing machines, and other implements.
Amongst the cottagers' prizes there were the following :
—Apples, James Leach, Taunton, near Ashton ; pears,
Wm. Clayton, Gorton ; plums, T. Travis, Levenshulme ;
three varieties of fruit, William Copple, Knowsley ; celery,
John Knott, Gorton ; white cabbages, William Cawley,
Poynton ; red cabbages, Samuel Goodier, Gatey ; white
and red onions, John- Buckley, Abbey Hey ; carrots, John
Scholes, Middleton; peas, James Leigh, Northen ; beans,
Thomas Leigh, Northea ; cut flowers, Richard Dicken,
Stockport.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WOLVERHAMPON MEETING.

As an earnest of the appreciation of the success-
ful efforts at the recent gathering to restore the
sports here to their primitive status, the Earl of
StathfoTA and Warrington, and Baron Rothschild,
have accepted the conjoint stewardship for next
season.

LATEST ST. LEGER BETTING IN LONDON.

4to 1 agst Toxopholite (wanted)
6to 1 agst The Hadji
Bto 1 agst Eclipse
10 to 1 agst Volta
10 to 1 agst Sunbeam
12 to 1 agst Governess
12 to 1 agst East Langton
In the morning as much as 7 to 1 was laid
against Toxopholite, and as little as 6 to 1 was
taken about Volta. The reaction is shown in the
above list of quotations.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—(YESTERDAY.)
Owing to its being generally known that Fitz-
Roland was no longer in the St. Leger, and the
near approach of the day upon which that great
race will be run, the subscribers mustered early at
the rooms this morning, and more than usual cau-
tiousness was displayed on the part of speculators,
every person appearing to suspect that " some-
thing" more " was in the wind," and, as will be
seen from our subjoined report, their anticipations
were not ill founded. The first movement was
against The Hadji, who declined to 8 to 1, taken
and offered, and a strong feeling set in in favour of
Eclipse, who soon advanced td 8 to 1, taken freely;
close upon whose heels was treading East Langton,
supporters of him at 10 to 1 being numerous: Sun-
beam's tendency was downwards, and she became
friendless at 20 to 1, and Governess only figured
nominally in the market at 100 to 7. During the
time that these various movements were taking
place, a demonstration against Toxopholite was
fast setting in, although 9 to 4 was for some
time the highest offer against him ; but two
simultaneous offers to take 50 to 20 and 100 to
40 about him were at once closed with, and
although he for some time after this was scarcely
mentioned he never recovered the shock he
thereby received, and his stable companion,
Volta, was gradually introduced, and ultimately,
so great was the run upon her, that she rapidly
rose in price, opening at 20 to 1 and closing at 6 to
1, taken. This had the effect of putting the extin-
guisher upon Toxopholite. So astounded were his
friends, that they were afraid of opening their
mouths in the way of saying what they would take
about him, and he, with very little outlay, declined
to 10 to 1 offered, and what would have been taken
about him is more than we can say. We were not
surprised at the downfall of this.great favourite,
having for some time been of opinion that he re-
quired great support to keep him healthy in the
market. With the exception of the advancement
of Rocket, and the decline of Poodle, the betting
upon the Cesarewitch Stakes calls for no comment.

GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
6to 1 agst Prioress (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Queenstown (taken)
10 to 1 agst Scribbler (offered)
DONCASTER ST. LEGER
6to 1 agst Volta (taken)
Bto 1 agst The Hadji (taken and offered)
Bto 1 agst Eclipse (taken freely)
10 to 1 agst East Langton (taken freely)
10 to 1 agst Toxopholite (offered)
100 to 7 agst Governess (nom.)
20 to 1 agst Sunbeam (taken and offered)
CESAB.EIVITCH STAKES.
100 to 6 agst Melissa (take 20 to 1)
20 to 1 agst Rocket (take 22 to 1)
20 to 1 agst Warlock (take 25 to 1)
40 to 1 agst Poodle (offered)
40 to 1 agst Physician (taken)
40 to 1 agst Duchess of Sutherland (offered)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
100 to 3on the field (offered)

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-

MENTS.

On the 4th inst., at 1.20 p.m., Charleston and Belle out
of all their engagements this year.
On the 18th inst., at 9 a.m., Phantom out of all his en-
gagements this year.
On the Bth inst., at 4.20 p.m., Fitz-Roland out of all his
engagements this year.
On the Bth inst., at 5.10 p.m., Wouvermans out of the
Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire Handicaps.
On the 9th inst., at 11 a.m., Sweet William out of the
Yorkshire Handicap and Revival Plate, and Rocket out of
the Yorkshire Handicap and Rutland Plate at Doncaster.
On the 9th inst., at 11 a.m., Clydesdale, Perfection, and
Greenfinch out of the St. Leger.

THE GREAT FISHING MAi'Cli

FOR £lOO.

The Nottingham Revie; supplies some details of
this novel event. It says :—" The match which has
excited considerable interest both in Yorkshire and
Nottingham, came off on Monday last, in the
Shardlow water, Derbyshire, in the presence of a
large body of spectators. There is sufficient novelty
in a trial of skill of this kind to warrant the inser-
tion of the particulars. Some weeks back there
was an All England Handicap Fishing, near Shef-
field, for a handsome silver cup and other prizes.
There were about forty competitors, and Notting-
ham contributed its share in the contest for the cup,
but was unsuccessful. Bailey, of Nottingham, who
has been called the second Isaac Walton,' competed.
So small, however, was the amount of fish he caught
that he would not weigh. Many of those who obtained
prizes caught but very small weights. Watson, who
was the winner of the cup, caught one, 111-lb. Some
took prizes who hooked under 21b. of fish. Bailey,
feeling himself in a somewhat humiliating position,
determined to risk his well merited reputation in
a challenge to fish Watson for £5O a side. This
the Yorkshire fisherman gladly accepted, and the
arrangements were at once made for the contest.
A gentleman of Leeds, named Mr. Wheeler, was
the stake-holder, and Mr. Knight, of Nottingham,
was umpire. Soon after the commencement of the
contest on Monday, it was evident that Bailey was
the fisherman, and Watson only 'the Yorkshire-
man.' At the stipulated hour of ceasing, Bailey's
fish weighed 5911 b., and Watson's 41b. 2oz. It
now remains to be proved how Bailey will shine in
the Yorkshire waters ; should he beat his opponent
there, then his work on the Art of Fishing' will
probably be not a little in request. Mr. Wreakes
and Mr. Young attended upon their townsmen from
Leeds, and paid a high compliment to Bailey, by
presenting him with a handsome silver snuff-box,
on which was engraved Wm. Bailey.' The im-
partial and gentlemanly conduct of the Leeds
visitors was generally noticed. Mr. Langford, of
Nottingham, who weighed the fish, presented the
finest specimens to the gentlemen from Leeds
Sheffield, as substantial trophies for them to exhibit
on their reaching home. The return match will
take place, we believe, at Sheffield, on the lot
Monday in the present month.