The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-15 00:00:00

Day.)

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CORN EXCHANGE.
In the country markets held on Saturday, about an ave-
rage business was transacted in wheat, and the value of
fine qualities was well supported. Barley, beans, and
peas were in steady request, at extreme quotations; but
other articles were a slow sale.
Throughout the Continent, wheat continues heavy, at
about previous quotations. For export to England, very
little is doing. Barley an,i other spring corn rule firm.
For the United States the fluctuations in the value of pro-
duce
have been trifling. At most of the large ports the
stocks of produce are extensive.
Very moderate supplies of English wheat were received
up to our market last week. rho imports from abroad
amounted to 7,338 qrs. of wheat, 15,547 barley, 13,754
oats, 650 beans, 100 peas, 977 tares, 9,470 linseed, 2,250
rapeseed, 3,415 sundry seeds, and 1,951 sacks and 8,972
barrels of flour.
Fresh up to-day from Essex the receipts of wheat were
somewhat in excess of Monday last, but the supply from
Kent was less extensive. Notwithstanding that the show
of samples was by no means extensive, the demand for all
kinds of wheat of home produce was in a sluggish state,
and it some instances prices were the turn in favour of
buyers—say is per qr. The general weight and condition
of the samples were good.
We were well supplied with most kinds of foreign wheat.
Selected qualities of both red and white were held some-
what firmly, at full prices, but the business doing in them
was rather limited. Lew and middling parcels were very
dull, and the quotations were almost nominal.
Very little English barley was iu the market, and the
supply of foreign was only moderate. For most kinds we
had a steady demand,
d i every
and last week's prices were well
sup
Foprorte malt,n the showinstance was only moderate, there was a slow
inquiry on former terms.
The oat trade was not very brisk ; nevertheless, prices
generally were well supported.
Beans moved off steadily at very full prices.
The inquiry for peas ruled steady on former terms.
It flour very little was doing at late rates.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
Wheat—Essex k Kent, ISialt—Chevaller .. • • 66s to 68s
Red •• new 403 to 473 lOats Yorkshire and
Ditto.... •• .. old —s —g Llncolnsk.,Feed 20s 23s
Ditto, White new 43, 52s ' Potato
Ditto.... •• old —s —s' Youghal and Cork
Norfolk and Lin- Blaok. •• —•• 191 24s
coln, Rod, o'd —3 --s Cork, White ... •• 203 30s
Ditto now ••• • • • 403 483 Scotch, Feed. —•• 20s 25e
Rye—Old ———••••.• —s —s Beans—Tick ....••• .• 33s 34,
New ...... •• •• •• 32s 34s Pige0n5.......... 378 42,
Barley—Grinding....• 26s 308 Peas—Grey ••• •• 39s 41s
Malting .—... • • • 351 3881 Maple. .... •• • • 41s 43,
i
Chevalier.... • • 38, 41st White...... .• .. 403 42, Bialt—SaffolkandNor- 1 Boilers ••• .. 428 44,
f01k......•• •• • . 58s his Flour—Town-made... 40s 43,, Brown .............. 54s 563 Suffolk ••• .. 33s 38
Kingston and Ware 58s 66s Stooktn & Norfolk 31s 323

m••••••••• 1.111
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
The total imports of foreign stock into London last week
were 294 head. In the corresponding week in 1857 we
received 1,988 ; in 1856, 181; in 1855, 558 ; and in 1851,
2,399; in 1853, 2,488 ; in 1852, 1,726 ; and in 1851,
2,124 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEIL
From Beasts. Sheol). Lambs. Calves. Pigs
Oporto
Antwerp
Ostend

•.. -...- ... - •or
••• - ... 71 ...

•.. --- .., 23 -

T0ta1.... 200 94
~,
The yearly comparison of weekly, imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1857 517
.„ 2,229 ... ~, 242 „.
, 122 17 .„ 42
1855 356 „, 66133
1854 746 ... 4377 206
1853 615 .„ 1,577 „
296
1852 337 ,„ 1, 184
205
„. 4t51 466 1,395 gig
,„ 4
An unusally small supply of foreign stock was on sale in
to-day's market, and its general quality was by no means
first-rate.
A fair average supply of beasts, in fair condition, was
received fresh up from Norfolk, &c. ; but, from other
quarters, the receipts were very moderate. Although the
attendance of butchers was tolerably numerous, the demand
for all breeds of beasts was in a sleggish state, at a decline
in the quotations, compared with Monday last, of 2d per
Blbs. The top price for beef was 4s 4d per 81bs.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we
received 2,050 Scots and shorthorns ; from other parts of
England, 420 of various breeds ; from Scotland, 400 Scots ;
and, from Ireland, 350 oxen.

The supply of sheep was rather oa the increase, corn-
pared with Mouthy last. For prime kinds there was a
fair demand, at full quotations, the highest figure being
5s 2d per 81bs ; but otker kinds of sheep moved off slowly,
on former terms.

There were about 1,000 shorn sheep on offer, at fully Gd
per Gibs beneath those in the wool.
... _

Lambs were in short supply, and in active request, at
from 6s 8d to 7s per 81bs.
The few calves in the market sold without difficulty, at
extreme rates, viz., 4s to b's 4d per 81bs
We had a dull trade for pigs. In prices, however, 210
change took place.

Per Sibs to sink the offsls.
s. d. 0. d.
Inferior Beaste....3 2to 3 4,PrtmeSonthdown 410 5 2
Second quality.... 3 6 3 B;litrge ergo. calves 4 0 4 8
Prime largo oxen 3 N 4 o!Prime small do ,4 10 5 4
Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4,Large hogs
Inferior Sheep ...3 2 3 6 Small porkers 4 2 4 4
iecond quality ...3 8 4 O'Suekling cdves 19 0 26 0
Prime crso.-wlled.4 2 4 6 Quarter old pigs 19 0 25 0
TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Boasts 4,104 Boasts 202
Sheep and lambs 16,910 akileep and lambs..
Calves 3y tALlves
Pigs 305 Pigs
& statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fa
stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle
Market, on Monday, March 16,1857, and this day, Monday,
March 15, 1858.

Per BlbB, to sink the offal&
March 16, 1857.1
s. d. s. d.
3 4to 3 6
38 4 0
42 4 8
410 5 0
4 6 410
50 5 2
54 5 6
... .... 510 6 0

IMar.ls 1858
d. s. d.
3 2to 3 4
3 6 3
310 4 0
14 2 4 4
ir.3 2 3 6
38 4 0
14 2 4 6
10 5 2

Coarse and inferior beasts
Second quality ditto
Prime large oxen •..
Prime Scots, &c.. •..
Coarse and inferior sheep
Second quality ditto •.•
Prime coarse woolled ditto „.
Prime Southdown ditto
Lambs
Largo coarse cal

. ___
~_ ...,..i.e calves ...
... ... ,4 0 5 214 0 4 8
Prime small ditto „.
...
..
~. 5 4 5 84 10 5 4
Large hogs ... .
...
...
... 3 8 4 4 3 0 4 0
Not small porkers ... . * 4 6 52 4 2 4 4
.• ...
Beasts... . . . 3,366 4,104
Sheep and larobfi. " ",
16,92 13,910
Calves...
...
.. *** ** 69 39
Pigs ... . ...
...
...
.„ 200 305
SITPPLINS ON SALIII, March 17 1856.—Beasts, 3,709 ; she°
and lambs, 21,510 ; calves, 5; pigs, 140.
March 19, 1855.—seasts, 4,311; sheep and lambs, 20,040 ;
calves, 107; pigs, 310. .

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
These markets continue to be seasonably well supplied
with Scotch and country-killed meat. The supplies offer-
ing slaughtered in the metropolis are very moderate, and
the trade generally rules ♦ery inactive, as follows :
Per slbs by the carcase.
s. d. S. d.
Beef, inferior lO 3 2
Do., middliug,....3 4 3 6
Do. prime 1arg0..3 8 3 10
Do., do. 0 4 2
Pork, large 3 0 3 8

B. d. 8.
Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 6
Do., middling 3 8 4 0
Do., prime...... 4 2 4
Veal.... 3 8 4 8
Pork, emall 3 10 4 t;

BOROIJOH HOP.
Medium kinds of weald of Kent and Essex hope' of last
year's growth, are in somewhat improved request, at full
prices. All other hops rule heavy, and the quotations are
barely supported. The imports of foreign hops last week
were 38 bales from Boulogne..
New Mid and East Kent Pockets, 70s to 120 s ; Weald of
Kent do., 56s to 70s ; Now Sussex do., 52s to 62s ; Year-
Hogs, 21s to 50s,

BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.
[lather increased supplies of home-grown potatoes hale
some to hand coastwise and by land carriage, since this
nay week. Tho imports have amounted to 227 tons from
Antwerd, 20 tons from Calais, 904 tons from Terningen.
On the whole, the trade rules firm, as follows :
York regents, 1203 to 1803 per ton ; Essex and Kent,
100 s to )s; Scotch, 1203 to 1403 • ditto cups, 90s to 100 s;
middlings, 753 to 95s ; French, Ns to 100 s ; blues,
—a to --a; Belgian, 80a to 90s.

1.....••• •.......M.

L.
The public sales of Colonial l have been brought to
a close, but East India qualities yet remain to be offered.
During thoir progress, fine wools advanced 2d to ld per
lb., but no improvement took place in the value of other
kinds. Since our last prices have ruled as follows :
Australian—Clean sheep's; le 5d to 2s 4d ; scoured, la 8d
to 2e 6d ; handwashed, is 4d to is lld ; lambs' is 10d to
2s 26,d ; ieces, , 10d to ls 7td. Port Philip—Clean
washed, le
laid to 2s lambs, is 7.(1 to la lli'd ; do.
scoured, le 6d to 2s 5d ; Pieces, &C., Is 3d to le Sid.
is 4d to 2s 3d • hand-
sheep's, is 6d to 2s 3,1,d ; scoured,
Adelaide—Grease, 84d to Is I,icl. New Zealand—Sheep's,
is 7d to is 11. d. Van Diemen's Land_clean
sheep's
to la 9id. Skins,
and 118 from'Alexandria.
109 from Melbourne,
p withds
woolwtoe r
were
s3O
788,d7.1w
be Cape—Sheep'.,
bales
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Sydney,
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GREAT SOLA k ECLIPSE.

To-day about mid-day the inhabitants of this country
had an opportunity of witnessing the rare and, at the
same time, remarkable phenomenon in astronomy—a
solar eclipse.
Foremost among all the sublime and beautiful pheno-
menon which flow from the operation of the laws of
nature, exciting the a4rniration and the delight as well
as the terror and the gloom of mankind, may be classed
solar eclipses, more especially if they are total eclipses.
On no other occasion, in fact, does the stupendous power
manifested in the economy of the physical universe exer-
cise so subduing an influence over the mind, or produce
such a humiliating conviction of the impotence of all
human efforts to control the immutable laws of nature.
The sun, while riding with unclouded splendour, begins
to fade away from an unseen cause, and soon totally dis-
appears, leaving the erewhile laughing earth and heavens
in darkness.
In early times an eclipse of the sun east dismay on
whole nations, and Milton says " perplexed monarchs
with fear of change." It was then regarded by Christian
and Pagan as a manifestation of divine wrath with man-
kind ; now it is known to be a necessary consequence of
the laws of nature. Eclipses are therefore none the less
remarkable for that reason. Seven eclipses may take
place in each year, and two certain'y must take place,
and of these, on an average of 18 years, the greater
number are solar. But though solar eclipses are, there-
fore, not uncommon, a nearly total eclipse of the sun is
an event of great rarity, and of still greater rarity is its
occurrence in any particular place—so near, for instance,
the meridian of London as Swindon. In fact, there had
not been a total eclipse of the sun in or near London
from the 20th March, 1140, to the 3d May, 1715, ac-
cording to the calculations of the astronomer Halley—
that is to ray, for a period of upwards of 500 years.
The most ancient total eclipse of the sun is that recorded
by Herodotus, as having occurred while the battle be-
tween the Medea and the Lydeans was going on. The
coatending armies regarded it as a sign of the displea-
sure of the gods, and, desisting at once from the com-
bat, hastened to make peace. This eclipse was predicted
by Thaler of Miletus to the lonians ; and it is calculated
by Cicero and Pliny to have happened in the fourth year
of the forty-eighth Olympiad, which would concur with
the year 585 before the Christian era. That date was
adopted by Sir Isaac Newton and other modern autho-
rities ; but Bailey, the astronomer, found it on calcula-
tion to have happened in the year 610 8.C., or a quar-
ter of a century later. Herodotus also records a second
total eclipse of the sun, which has been referred to the
year 480 8.C., when Xerxes was advancing with his
army from Sardis to A.hydos to invade Greece. Another
is recorded by Thacydides, as having occurred during
the first year of the Peloponesian war, Aug. 3, A.C.
310, in which the stars were visible at noon, when it
took place ; and Diodorus Siculus mentions a further
eclipse of the same character—namely total—when
Agathoclis was proceeding with his fleet from Syracuse
to Africa, A.C. 310, Aug. 111. The other total eclipses
recorded in ancient times are that which preceded
the death of Domitian, the Roman emperor, A.D. 95 ;
that referred to by Plutarch, supposed to have taken
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6 ; and those which
418, 484, 787, 842, 878, 957, 1113, and 1140. The
latter took place on the 20th of March ; and it is a re-
markable fact the only account of it is by William of
Malmesbury, who is supposed to have observed it from
the monastery in which he resided—not far from the
spot where the eclipse of this day was most com-
pletely visible, via,, Swindon. That old chronicler states
that it occurred at noon, " while persons were sitting
at their meals," and that " the darkness was so great
that they feared the ancient Chaos was about to return ;
and upon going out immediately they perceived several
stars about the sun." There were subsequent tcGal
eehases in the years 1187, 1241, 1415, 1433 (the latter
known in Scottish history as "The Black Hour")
1485, 1506, 1530, 1544, 1560, 1567, 1598 (called
The Black Saturday), 1605 (called the Black Mondry),
1652, and 1699, but none of these were total to Eng-
land. In the year 1715 (May 3) there was a total
eclipse in London, before which it was observed that the
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this eclipse passed over Switzerland, and from the high
mountains in that country the stars were observed as
thickly strewed in the heavens as if it were midnight.
In London, according to Halley—who observed the
eclipse, astronomically—it created a sense of horror in
the minds of the people, besides causing the greatest
concern to all the inferior animals, wild and tame—
" hirds, beasts, and fishes." The eclipse only lasted four
minutes nine seconds, but some solar eclipses are re-
corded as having endured full three hours.
Several other total eclipses have taken place since
then in various parte of the world, the moat
accurately observed of which was that of July 8,
1842. The great astronomer Arago gives an account
of this eclipse as noted by him at Perpignan; and other
astronomers equally describe the extraordinary appear-
ances of the earth and of the heavens, as well as the
singular effects produced by it upon the
animal creation. Horses and other animals employed in
labour halted at once when the eclipse became total, lay
down, and obstinately refused to move for whip or spur
until it was over. Bats came forth as though it were

midnight; so likewise did owls, who were seen flying
in the streets of populous cities. The swallows disap-
peared ; the fowls went to roost ; a herd of cattle in a
field formed itself into a circle as if to resist an attack ;
plants closed up their leaves ; and many other curious
results were proved to have been caused during the con.
tinuance of this preternatural darkness. Rose-coloured
protuberances were seen on the moon's edge—no doubt
the tops of the higher lunar mountains ; stars of the first
magnitude were visible ; the little light that remained
had a livid ashy colour; reddish zones extended along
the horizon ; the sudden cold of the atmosphere was
severe for the moment, the centigrade thermometer
falling 3 degs., and a heavy dew rising during the obscu-
ration. This was one of the most striking eclipses on
record, though in no respect more extraordinary than
that which occurred to-day; the magnitude of the
scale—atmospheric and celestial—upon which it took
place being patent to every observer, as no doubt it was
at Swindon. " The extensive colouration of an un-
usual hue that was visible," writes a scientific observer
(Signor Piolo), "the rapid changes which occurred,
above all, the obscurity which settled over nature, like
a funeral pall thrown over a dead body, and whose subse-
quent withdrawal in an instant operated like a rosurrec•
tion_all this pr,duced on the mind a mixture of pro-
found and undefinable impressions, which it will be
pleasing to bold long in remembrance." Arago, who
observed it at Perpignan, says the birds ceir-ed to sing ;
that a profound stillness reigned all around, in the air,
on

the earth, and that an undefinable feeling of melan-
choly pervaded the breasts of the thousands of spectators
who had assembled to witness the phenomena. Bnt when
the sun again burst forth, a universal cry of joy from all
nature seemed to greet him, and men congratulated each
other that the eclipse was over, as though they had escaped
from a terrible calamity. This eclipse was not visible in the
British isles, the lunarshado w being limited to the southern
portions of France, Germany, and Russia. The last total
obscuration of the sun in this country was that of 1715,
mentioned above. It will be perceived, theref ore, that
the phenomena of to-day presented features of the most
unusual character, which are not likely to be again wit-
nessed by any one now living ; and it is certainly credit
able to the public utility, as well as to the private enter-
prise, of the Great Western Ralway Company, that they
have laid the special trains at an extremely reduced rate
to Swindon and back for the day, to accommodate the
curious and the intelligent thousands who doubtless
desired towitness the wondrous obscuration of the heavens
and all its extraordinary concomitant circumstances then
to be seen.

ing.

This is the only eclipse of the sun which will be nearly
,otal in England during the remainder of the present cen-

THZ MBTROPOLIS.

The morning betokened everything that the most
ardent astronomer, amateur, or the curious public could
have wished. The sky was clear and unclouded— not
the slightest dash of the most flimsy cloud could be dis-
tinguished, and the sun shone forth at an early hour
with a brilliancy greatly in contrast with the sombre
character of the horizon with which the metropolis has
lately been blessed, and every one anticipated that
nothing would by possibility occur to mar the plea-
sure, delight, and instruction to be derived from a full
and careful observation of this great phenomenon
of Nature. The consequence was that thousands were
induced to leave their homes at an early hour in the
morning for the best places of observation, and the
streams of numerous persons in and from the metropolis
at ones informed the minute and careful observer of inci-
dents the quarter to which the sight-loving inhabitants
of the metropolis were waking the best of their
and
in point of prominence, both in themetropolis
in what might be termed its
neighbourhood, drew
together a large concourse of persons. park, Black-
. The parks,
Primrose-hill, Hampstead-heath, Greenwich
heath, and the other diffistrhent
glassesopen
t o observe the gn ed
spaces, were thronged
by bY persons provided w
obscuration, as was Trafalgar-square, the bridges, the
Duke of York's column, the Monument, St. Paul's,
the public offices, and, indeed, every place from
which an uninterrupted sight was likely to be
obtained ; and the itinerant vendors of stained
wares till
gin! pbtaimi ready pale for their

about the middle of the day, when a "change came o'er
the spirit" of the dream, and the obscuration of the snn
by the clouds that then took place put a stop to their
traffic, and cooled the ardour of many a spectator.
As we have stated, the sky was cloudless, and the sun
shone with brodancy delightful to beheld, and the re-
membrance of yesterday, when a change took place
about mid-day, and the run was obscured, was looked
upon in the character of a "rehearsal" not likely to
occur to-day, and the puel:c were kept in the beA
spirit , up to 12 u.c:ock.
About 44 min. 55 sec. past 11 o'clock the com-
mencement of the eclipse was first visible, through
the medium of coloured glasses, to those who had
congregated in St. James's Park, but at fire, as cer-
tain capricious clouds had burst their bondage and
were flitting about, hither and thither, over the sun's
face, it was doubted whether it was really the com-
mencement of the extraordinary phenomenon so many
thousands had been induced to leave their homes at an
earlier hour than usual on a spring morning to witness.
However, after looking stedfastly at the sun, it soon
become apparent to alt that the astronomers were .right
in their calculation, and in a few minutes after the
lower part of the sun, on the right hand side, presented
a speck of obeculatioa very like (to use a homely phrase)
a small bit taken out of a halfpenny, and which
appeared to increase rapidly. From this time
the clouds began to come up from the west-
ward, covering the sun at frequent intervals, as
if Nature was jealous of her handiwork, and wished to
hide from public gaze this extraordinary phenomenon,
which requires the work of centuries to accomplish in
this part of the globe. As time progressed, and the
admiration and anxiety of the public increased, the
clouds began to gather with a rapidity truly astonishing,
and by 12 &clock a dense curtain, which entirely hid the
sue, had spread itself from east to west, and north to
south, so as to dissipate all hopes of another glance at
the eclipse, followed by a cold wind and a heavy leaden
misty kind of haze, very much resembling an early
autumnal metropolitan fog.
The appearance of the sky and all around continued
in this state till about a quarter to one o'clock, when
darkness began to appear a little visible, and continued
in that state till a few minutes before 1 o'clock, but at
no time did it assume a most unnatural aspect ;
a livid hue overspread all objects around the scared
spectator; the plants closed up their leaves as on
the „approach of night ; the domestic fowls sought
their resting-places ; the song of the birds was hushed,
and universal nature seemed for the time to have relaxed
her energies, as if the pulse of this world stood still
,
and the universe were dead." At this period,
which was the darkest throughout the period
of the eclipse, and which must have been
during the time of the greatest amount of totality many
of the shops in the metropolis lit their gas, and some of
the illuminated clocks showed a strange ruddiness of
hue for a limited period and soon faded before the ligh
of day.

At 10 minutes past one o'clock a slight break in the
clouds showed the faint outline of the sun with
the shadow of the moon just leaving after total:ty f
obsouration, which had a most beautiful effect. This
continued for a few seconds, and the outer line of the
sun, crescent-shaped like a new moon, shone out with a
brilliancy truly delightful, and was again as suddenly
lost to view. The light from this time continued to in-
crease till it assumed the usual smoky aspect of a Lon-
don wintry day, and which continued throughout the
remainder of the day.

SPORTING NOTES.

TITTLE TATTLE.

The severity of the weather " mulled" the Liverpool
meeting, spoiled the Doncaster gathering, and caused
the races at Thirek, Ludlow, and certain minor places
of sport in Lincolnshire, to be abandoned. The Ludlow
meeting is not likely to be revived, and Mr. Frail wilt
not deem it expedient to make another spring venture
in that locality. The suddenness with which all the
favourites came to grief is the steeplechases at
Liverpool and at Doncaster, has caused thole en-
counters to be regarded with more than usual
interest. Still the unexpected results were perhaps
mainly the offset of rotten ground. The success of
Little Charlie at Aintree, however, did not create half
the surprise which was excited by the triumph of Glau.
ties at Doncaster. The latter, trained in the town, in-
deed completely astonished the natives, albeit his owner
placed some faith in Lis horse's chance after his easy
success on Friday. Glantias was well served by the
Doncaster ground, and his trainer, Mr. W. King, hao
evidently taken advantage of the comparatively open
weather which had lasted at Doncaster up to the
Sunday before the meeting, when a frost set in which
necessitated a postponemeat of the events. Despite the
success which has attended the establishment of the
Hopeful Stakes, and the general popularity of the
meeting, the race committee seem easily discouraged
by difficulties, and are, it is said, determined either to
discontinue the meeting altogether, or will alter the
fixture to a more congenial period of the year. In the
crowd of meetings which are appointed between April
and September, however, they will be puzzled to select
a suitable time for celebrating their Spring Meet-
A steeplechase in the summer months will

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that it will be perfectly practicable.
Mr. Rarey has summoned numerous horse trainers
into existence. Whether lie be the only original pos-
timer of the secret, and the fitting successorof the cele-
brated " whisperer" I am not able to determine.
Amongst the hest of persons who proclaim their know-
ledge of Mr. Rarey's secret, or some art equally effica-
slows there must be many sham professors, and I would
warn the public against being too easily duped by
their tricks and assertions which certainly seem
to me mendacious. What most surprises me is that
Mr. Rarey's fame never preceded him from America,
and that he appears to be only known in his own country
by the reports which have been copied out of the
English journals into the American press. Another
cause for astonishment is the fact that everybody has
long known how to practice on the nerves and sym-
pathies of the horse. Veterinary surgeons of deservedly
vast reputation have declared that Mr. Rarey's art has
been long known to them, and that yet they have never
practised it. Why, many carriage horses woras 5001. have
been degraded to the cab rank simply on account
of their visions propensities, and now we are informed
by certain people whom I must deem charlatans
that in a quarter of an hour the most unruly
horse can be rendered perfecty docile and ma-
nageable, without detracting from its courage
andi usefulness. I have heard many stories of vicious
horses being perfectly cured. The last one is, that
a gentleman was riding an unruly brute down a green
lane, and that suddenly the horse stopped, plunged and
kicked furiously, and refused to budge an inch.
These antics he had frequently repeated before,
but never, perhaps, so wildly, and his owner
was in despair, when up came his good genius
in the shape of a burly butcher, who proffered his as-
sistance. He immediately seized the vicious beast by
the head, and rammed a handful of dirt into;its mouth !
The effect was iostantaneons, and ever after the horse
became as quiet as a lady's hack ! Su3b is the story as
I had it from a person, too, who evidently placed im-
plicit faith in it. All persons apparently agree
that either drugs are used or the nerves are practised
upon, yet if my memory serves me aright, Mr. Rarey
states that he effects his cure by simply appealing
to the " passions and the intellect" of the horse !
A friend of mine, at my elbow, suggests, that to do
this he must be well versed in the Norse language.—So
many people have expressed themselves satisfied with
Mr. R%irey's experiments, that I am—against my own
convictions I confess—fain to think that there must be
something in his art,
The betting has not been marked by any incident
which at present calls for especial comment.
With the exception of those meetings which took
place at Lincoln, Nottingham, and Derby, the gathering
which will commence to-morrow at Warwick is likely
to be the most successful of the present season.
People anticipate an unusually interesting Trial
Stakes from the fact of so many good horses being
amongst the nominations. Saunterer will only havotogno
sound and well to the post to make the eveat" oe
way." It is said, however, that Commotion an
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Shire and Lough Bawp, for the Willoughby Handicap,Handicap,
and for the Great Warwickshire I shall select Vander-
meulin and Broadla will
carry off the Two-yea StaSkiesst,erantdo
for Goldfinch thfienc llh
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n late I shall look to either Euglemere or Barbara to
be winner. Weatherglass may show the winner o
the Welter. Thursday's racing I shall reserve for dis
March 15.
cession until Wednesday.

A FRESH MAN,

DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.—SATURDAT.
The Scurry Stakes (Handicap) of 3 sovs each, with 20
added. A winner after the publication of the weights,
71b extra. The second to sere his stake. Red House
in. 7 subs.
Mr. Hynde's Queen Lily, 3 yrs, ist 81b ......... (Bray) 1
Captain Terner's Lancet, 4 yrs, 88t 71b (Wilberforce) 2
Mr. Dunn's Pontifical, 4 yrs, Bst 61b ...... (Charlton) 3
The following also ran :—Antidote, Lady of Tamworth,
and Little Emma.
Betting-6 to 5 aget %seen Lily, 9to 2 agst Antidote,
5 ,to 1 art any ether. Lancet
got on a long way in
aavance, Pontifical and Queen Lily being secoad and
third, close together. At the distance Queen Lily
challenged Lancet, and after a good race in, beat him
by a short seek ; about three lengths between the second
and third The others were tailed off.
The Betting Room Stake. of 5 cove sack, with 60 added
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fQr 2-yr•old4 and upwards. Allowances and Pocal" '