The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-31 00:00:00

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P sure, making his break 85,- and leaving the game Moss 655,
Heist 606. •The play was now more remarkable for care-
fulness on both sides than for long scores, each player being
cheered in turn as the numerous fine strokes were made.
• Moss was the first to change this by a series of clever coups,
which secured him 23 points, when the marker called the
game 704 Moss, 525 Herst. A break for sby Herst was
, followed by another successful one for 21 by Moss, who
had now established himself as first favourite. By
,most
consummate skill, exhibited in the next two opportunities,
Horst altered the game mat3rially by making a series of 14
spot strokes and a break of 54, leaving the balls so that they
could not be played by his rival, and then following in
another good break. This Wil3, ilt,‘VL:Nrer, :.,11Ceafi 3(1 by a
break of 42 by Moss. shortly after this, Moss ws s leading
by over 100 poiuts, and continuing his efforts with c;alin-
Hess, lauded the most haz.irls. lie •Lxide another
great break for 37, while ll,rst followed hint Vvith only 17,
leavi g the game 872 fur Moss and Hers:, only 747. Tile,
Liverpool gentleman further retrieved his chances by an
additional 26 break, after which the players twice alter--
Hated without any change iu the figures, Moss missing an
easy winning hazard over tLe right corner pocket. CA-111 e
called, 875 Moss, 825 Herst, the latter the player and in
position fur a series of spot strokes, of which,, however, he
failed to secure more than three. £35 to £2O was now
offered on Moss, who encouraged his supporters by realis-
ing 36 more points. Hurst quickly set a break of 29 against
this. After scoring 25, Moss got his favourite position for
making the spo:-, shot, but failed in retaining it, and struck
his opponent's ball off the table. Hurst had consequently
nothing left, and gave a miss. This was repeated. Moss
scored next, mating 10, bringing the game for himself to
957, and for his opponent 904.- When Herat next. retired
he was 927. A break of 37 by Moss now left him only four
Lom winning the game. Much excitement prevailed dur-
ing the remainder of.the.play, and there was considerable
finessing. Mess added three towards the 4he required by
one of the finest strokes during the match, making the left
hand bottom pocket off the red, which was in balk,•eushion-
ing round the table for it. Herst again resumed his cue,
and brought up his score to 956, when Moss resumed and
won the game by 44 points, amidst great applause. Three
cheers were also given for Mr. Herst.--lianckesterGuardian.

SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE.—T his Day.

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VICTORIA CLUB—THIS DAY.
LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. •
100 to 7 agst Christmas Carol (taken freely)
100 to 6 agst Beadle (taken)
100 to 6 agst Mount Palatine (taken)
20 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) -
100 to 3 agst The Special (taken)
100 to 3 agst Mr. Pitt (taken)

CHESTER CUP.
20 to 1 agst Moulsey (taken and offered)
1000 to 30 agst Lecturer (taken)
100 to 3 agst Weather Star (taken)
1000 to 30 agst Newland (taken)
1000 to 35 agst Bracken (offered)
100 to 3 agst Gomera (offered)
TWO THOUSAND.
4to 1 agst Plaudit (offered)
7to 1 agst Hermit (offered)
9to 1 agst Julius (taken)
14 to 1 agst Marksman (offered)
20 to 1 agst Knight of the Garter (wanted)
33 to 1 agst Van Amburgh (taken)

DERBY.
7to 1 agst The Rake (taken to £200)
1000 to 40 agst Marksman (taken)

A Japanese Town Destroyed by Fire.

Particulars have arrived of the disastrous fire at
Yokohama, Japan, on the 26th Nov. last, by which
more than a hundred lives were sacrificed, two-thirds
of the native town destroyed, and damage done to
the amount of £1;000,000 in the English settlement
alone. An eye-witness on board H.M.S. Princess
Royal, at 9 a.m., writes :
" I went on to the poop, and soon saw how serious
the threatened conflagration might be. There was
a typhoon outside the bay, and consequently a very
strong wind ; half a gale was blowing off the land,
bearing towards us a dense mass of smoke rising
from the Japanese town and the American consu-
late. The plan of Yokohama is this :—Looking
from the sea, we perceive along the bund a
series of handsome Europetin houses. Running
nearly parallel with the bund are two long
streets and a number of smaller streets, branching
off in different directions, the whole forming the
European settlement. On the hill to the left are the
English and French hospitals, above them the mili-
tary camp. Immediately behind the settlement,
and surrounded by a moat spanned by two or three
small bridges, lies what is called the Yooshi Warm,
or Gankiro, generally occupied Iv foreigners. It
is a portion of the Japanese town licensed by the
Government for prostitutes. At the end of this
place stands a temple ; to the right of this and the
settlement is the Japanese town. At a cook-shop
in the Gankiro at the side opposite to the temple
above mentioned the fire broke out, and spread with
awful rapidity through the closely-packed wooden
houses inhabited by hundreds of unfortunate
women. The scene is said to have been fearful in
the extreme, and the screams from the poor, terri-
fied, fire-pursued girls and children most heart-
rending. The crowd passed over the narrow
bridges, bewildered by the thick smoke, blinding
dust, and scorching sparks driven after them by the
heavy breeze which swept across the plain at the
other side. Many fell into the water and black
mud which surrounds tho place. Several boats were
near, but the Japanese made no organised attempt
to put them to use. One or two Englishmen
managed to get ropes across ; and formed bridges
of boats, so as to construct a ferry, across which
many were passed in safety, thus escaping what
must have been a most terrible death. Also many

of the poor creaturLs were pulled out of the water
and saved. Nothing could stay the fury of the
devouring monster. Before 11 a.m. nearly the
whole of the Japanese town•was clean licked up.
, As much water as possible was poured on by parties
of sailors and soldiers, but, on account of the power-
ful wind, with no perceptible effect ; house after
' house caught, and the fire was fast approaching the
' handsome club which was opened only four months
blow up some of the
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ago. rIo save this it wabsuilddeienmgsedinnetcheessa:eyighto-
andGuncap
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explosion until mowp,derandwasex
nothing but a heap of ruins
was lying around the club and the French hospital.
The wind had changed, and was now blowing
straight over the remaining part of the European
quarter, and towards the camp. It was between 4
and 5 o'clock that, looking down from the hill near
the hospital, it seemed as though the entire place
was doomed to annihilation. By good Providence,
however, the wind began to lull, and gradually
veered round again to its original quarter. To this
is owing the safety of the portion of the town which
the fire had not reached by 5 pan.. During the day
a long stream of empty tea-boxes, silk chests, pal-
ings, and other rubbish floated past the ship. The
hulk of a junk, blazing fiercely, drifted by, nar-
rowly escaping the Nassau, a store-bilk for gun-
powder. Large
odveevrouthrethseeap.reyAulpol thnawt
hniioghlititthheadfiarke
Large white patches of cotton wool were
not
con-
tinueda d
seized, but, as the weather remained calm, it didt
increase. The three following days it continued to
smoulder on, gradually expending itself, and on the
evening of Thursday, Nov. 29, only a few heaps
here and there were smoking and blazing slightly.
This calamity has brought considerable distress upon
the Japanese, Before it happened provisions, es-
pecially rice, were very dear on account of the late
war between Chin-Hien and the Shogoon ; nor has
al •

the rice crop of the present year been by any means
an abundant one; therefore the blow upon small
shopkeepers was very great."

DIOCESS OF LINCOLN.—TiIe Bishop of Lincoln
has collated the Rev. Edward Garth, M.A., of St. John's
College, Cambridge, Vicar of Saselby with Ingleby, to the
Rectory of Harlaxton, rendered vacant by the death of the
Rev. Thomas Henry Mirehouse, M.A. The vicarage of
Saxelby with lugleby, vacant by the preferment of. Mr.
Ga7fit, is worth ,CI.LO a year, and is in the gift of the Bishop

EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY.—The obituary of
he Times of yesterday, the 30th inst., contained, perhaps,
most marvellous instances on record of prolongedexist-
ence of eight persons, viz.—five gentlemen and three ladies,
whose uni;,ed ages amounted to 712 ymrs, giving an average
of exactly 89 years to each. Two ladies and two gentlemen
were nonagenarians, the others were octogenarians. The
pfaopre rs
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oldest man had reached tho great ago of 96 years, the
youngest only 80 years of age, whereas the most juvenile
of the opposite sex was 87 years, and the oldest 93 years
haeneroeblailltsulo mkt
aadrrieieei thesratbth of the 28 being also
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whole
nonagenarians and octogenarians,
gentlemen tahginst..The