The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-03 00:00:00

" COLONIES.
"As far as regards the direction of the affairs of the
colonies the following general regulations have been de-
cided on :

" SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS.
" The arrangement of the expenses in Paris and the mea-
sures to be adopted for that purpose cannot be the object of
any difficulty. The service of the colonies, however, neces-
sitates the liquidation and the payment of numerous ex-
pense% both in the naval and in the commercial ports. In
order not to have any interruption in these affairs, the set-
tlement of these expenses Is left to the secondary clerks of
the Department of the Marine. They will examine and
settle them in virtue of an authority from the Minister of
Algeria and the Colonies. The Minister of Marine has
given his consent to this arrangement. As the administra-
tion which makes the payments in the colonies passes over
entirely to the new Ministry things will there naturally
follow their ordinary. course.

" PENSIONS.
" The central clerks of the colonial service and those
abroad have their pensions inscribed at the Caisse des
Invalides of the Marine. These are acquired rights and
private interests which will he respected. The creation,
therefore, of the new Ministry will in no way prejudice the
clerks of the colonial administrations.

" OFFICERS ON DETACHED SERVICE.
" The colonial service, both at home and abroad, employs
in various ways officers belonging to the different corps of
the Marine. Those who continue to serve, either in the
colonies, or in the central administration of the new Minis-
try, are, according to the rule adopted in the other Mini-
sterial departments, considered as being detached from the
department of the Marine and on special service.
" MIXED GOVERNMENTS.
" The governors stand in the first rank among colonial
functionaries. There are some who are at the same time
governors and commanders of the naval squadron on the sta-
tion. The nomination of the former belongs exclusively to
the Ministry of Algeria and the Colonies. Three of those
governors command at the same time the naval forces of
France on the western coast of Africa, Oceania, and Gui-
ana; their designation is proposed on a report concerted
between the Ministry of Algeria and the Colonies and that
of the Marine. Their instrdctions will emanate from the
Ministry of Algeria and the Colonies, which, however, in
the case of naval expeditions or similar circumstances, will
have to communicate on the subject with the Ministry of
Marine.

" TRANSFER OF CREDITS.

" A decree of your Majesty, dated the 6th inst., deter-
mined what credits or portions of credits on the present
estimates shall be transferred from the Ist of July, 1858,
frem the budgets of the Ministries of War and the Marine
to that of the Ministry of the Algeria and the Colonies.

" LIQUIDATION OF EXPENSES.
" The accounts of the expenses of Algeria for 1857 will
be liquidated by the Ministry of War, and for 1858 by the
Ministry of Algeria and the Colonies. Several other ques-
tions have also been examined by the Commission, and
among others that of the Marines. It is of opinion that
experience will best point out the solution of those question,-.
Until that time an understanding will be come to for the
execution of certain measures between the Ministries of
Algeria and the Colonies, War, and Marine. A de-
spatch signed by me and by the Marshal Minister of War
has been addressed to the Marshal-Governor-General of
Algeria, pointing out to him the whole of these regulations.
A similar despatch signed by me and ihyl the Admiral
Minister of Marine has been sent to the Admiral command-
ing the naval forces at Algiers. I have written to the same
effect to'all the governors of provinces in the colonies. Such
Sire, is the aggregate of the measures I have the honour to
subm it to the approbation of your Majesty. These arrange-
ments, which have been decided on by common accord,
and in perfect harmony between the Ministries of
Algeria and the Colonies, War, and the Marine, secure
the regularity of the service, and transfer the affairs
of Algeria and the colonies to the new Ministry without
delay or interruption. By the aid of measures, some
of which are transitory, but all of which can be maintained
so long as good order in the service may require them, I
limay perhaps be
fted to the appro.
shall be able to study without uneasiness and without pre-
cipitation questions relative to Algeria and the colonies ; I
necessary,shall be a laentdo
whichprepare
willth be
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awaysubmitted
bation of your Majesty. I hope, sir, to be able soon to
reply worthily and usefully to the confidence of your Ma-
jesty and to your elevated views as to the future condition
tich homage
am of t
olf. your )
e profound
of Algeria and the colonies. If the preceding arrangements
have the sanction of your Majesty, I beg you to approve of
tahnedprreespseenettfnulote.
Ma-
jesty the very devoted cousin,
attachmentAccept,which h
"NAPOLEON (JEROME), the Prince charged with
the Ministry of Algeria and the:Colonies."

REGISTRAR GENERAL'S QUARTERLY
RETURN OF MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND
DEATHS, IN ENGLAND.

This return comprises the births and (Viths registered by
2,196 registrars in all the districts of England during the
spring quarter that ended on June 30, 1858; and the mar-
riages in 12,283 churches or chapels, about 3,968 registered
places of worship unconnected with thei Established Church,
and 629 Superintendent Registrars' offices, in the quarter
that ended on March 31, 1858.
The gloomy appearance of the winter quarter is gradually
giving place to a better state of things. The marriages in
that quarter were much below the average, and in the apt lug
quarter the births were slightly below the average. But the
public health in the spring quarter exhibited signs of itn-

provement.
30,034 marriages took place in the quarter that ended on
March 31; and consequently 60,068 pe;sons married in the
three months. The number is less by C,700 than the num-
bers of persons who married in each of the winter quarters of
the two previous years, and is rather more than the number
of, persons who married in the hard war winter of 1855. The

marriage rate of the quarter was 1,254 per cent. per annum;
or at such a rate, if it continued uniform, that 1,254 perions
would marry in a year to every 100,000 persons living.
The average rate is 1.410, and the rate of the quarter is
such, that one out of every nine marriages was deferred, or
broken off. The stagnation of trade had cast a shadow over
the prospects of the people, and they did not marry, The
inhabitants of the manufacturing districts were under the
greatest depression; and the number of marriages in Che-
shire and Lancashire fell from 5,821 to 4,793, more than
a thousand; but all the parts of England and Wales are so
intimately associated in evil as well as in good fortune that
in every division the marriages declined. It is to be re-
gretted that the returns of marriages in the spring quarter
cannot be obtained from the clergy in time for publication
with the returns of births and deaths for this quarter, other-
wiFe it is probable that some improvement might be appa-

rent.
The births of 169,170 children were registered in the quer-
ter ending on June 30, 1858 ; and the birth-rate was 3.482
per cent. per annum. It was slightly below, the average
rate of the spring season. The births decreased or were
stationary in every division.
169,170 births and 107,193 deathakiiegistered,; and
the natural increase of the population of England and Wales
was 61,977 in 91 days, or 681 daily.
The probable natural increase of the population of the
United Kingdom was 1,021 daily. In the preceding winter
qnarter it was estimated at 750.
40,961 persons sailed from the ports of the United King-
dom at which there are Government emigration agents.
After distributing proportionally 4,084 of undistinguished
birthplace, it appears that 1,930 were of foreign, while
20 077 were of Irish, 4,702 of Scotch, and 14,252 of English
origin. Of the English emigrants, 5,717 sailed to the Aus-
tralian colonies,l,sl3 to the North American colonies, 6,218
to the United States, and 774 to other places.
The emigration is still decreasing; it was at the rale of
157 daily from England and Wales, 429 daily from the in-
habitants of the United Kingdom. In the spring quarter of
1852, six years ago, 1,375 of the people emigrated daily.
The mean temperature of April (46 deg.) and May (52
deg.) differed little from the average at Greenwich; June was
hot throughout, and its temperature (65 deg.) was 7 deg.
above the average. On the the 16th June tbe ten3perature near
the sea rose as high as 88 deg., and reached the point 95 deg.
between the latitudes 51 deg. and 52 deg. Tee mean tem-
perature of the day was 77 deg.; which is the highest tem-
perature in June on record. Saturation being represented
by 100, the degree of humidity in June was 67; so the air
was dry, or 7 deg. less humid than it was during 17 pre-
vious Junes. The rain-fall above the average in April and
May was below the average in June. The rain-fall in the
three months was 5.4 inches. The air moves usually at the
rate of 4 miles an hour on an average ; it moved at the rate
of less than a mile and half an boor in June. The mean
temperature of the Thames from 55 deg. in May rose to 67
deg. in June. The metereology of the different parts of the
country is shown in Mr. Glaisher's tables.
The prices of the principal articles of food have followed
different rates : the price of the quarter of wheat has regu-
larly fallen in the three months of April, May, Julie of the
years 1856, 1857, and 1858, from 68s. 8d to 565. 9d., and to
445. ld. a quarter ; by the carcase at Leadenhall and New-
gate Market beef was 5 2-Bd., 524.,mutton
50. 5 4-Sd. a pound. While the price of wheat fell the
price of potatoes (York regents) rose from 80s. and 128 s. to
1635. a ton, at the waterside market, Southwark. The prices
of animal food declined, the price of wheat fell 36 per cent.;
the price of potatoes rose more than 100 per cent. in the in-
terval.
107,103 persons died in the three months of April, May,
and June • the deaths were at the rate of 1,178 daily.
The mortality rate prevailing was 2.206 per cent., or
22.06 in 1,000. This is slightly below the average rate,
22.25, of the ten preceding spring quarters.
The average death rate of the 63 least unhealthy districts
is 17 in 1,000 ; and the mortality of England, corrected for
age. should be 168 ; but the actual rate in the quarter was 6
in excess of this rate. The 27,355 deaths in excess are
principally deaths from various kinds of poisons, and are
therefore properly designated unnatural deaths.
Upon dividing the population into two portions (1) the
8,247,017 people living in rather close proximity to each
other, and ('2) the 9,680,592 living much further apart, the
result is that the mortality in the dense districts was at the
rate of 24.73—nearly 25 in 1,000; while in the other districts,
over which small towns and villages are distributed, the
mortality was at the rate of 19.68, nearly 20 in 1,000 of the
population.
In the town districts the rate of mortality was 8, in the
rest of the country 3, in 1,000 above the rate which actually
rules in comparatively healthy districts.. Of the 27,355 un-
natural deaths, 18,668 took place in the large town districts;
8,687 in other places.
Now in England and Wales the town population is in-
creasing much faster than the population of the rest of the

country.
In the last spring quarter, while the mortality of the
country districts decreased, the mortality of the town dis-
tricts rose to 24.73, the average of the prereeding ten yearn
having been 23.94 in 1,000. This was probably due partly
to the reduced earnings in the towns, to the scarcity of
potatoes, and to the intense heat, which accelerated the pu-
trefaction of organic refuse in the houses, streets, ditches,
and rivers.
Is the actual mortality of cities inevitable ? The Turks
reply in the affirmative. Many of the cities of Europe in
which the 'death-rate ranges from 30 to 40, acquiesce quietly
in ther fate ; and in England, where we have adopted ano-
ther course, it has been, not without some show of reason,
asserted that the unnatural deaths in towns are the penal-
ties of civilisation. But what is civilisation ? If it consist
simply in the aggregation of families on limited areas, with-
out arrangements to meet the exigencies of their new posi-
tion, it will ever have heavy penalties to pay. Uncleanli-
liness is, however, not a consequence of civilisation ; it is a
relic of barbarian. The people of districts living in England
wide apart experience generally a low mortality, and
the mortality increases in proportion as their dwellings are
brought into closer proximity. People remaining the same,
and indulging in the same habits, collected from their scat-
tered habitations into a camp and kept in that camp for
some months, suffer from diseases, and are ullimately deci-
mated by epidemics. Our towns were no better than un-
cleansed camps in the middle ages; and London in the
seventeenth century lost 50 in 1,000, or, including the
plague years, 80 in 1,000 of its inhabitants annually. The
black death, sweating sickness, and plague followed each
other in succession. The mortality of London was reduced
to the rate of 29 in 1,000 at the beginning of this century;
civilisation advanced; and in the 10 years 1840.54 the ra,e
further fell to 25*, still remaining ]0 in 1,000 above the cal-
culated healthy rate for London. As Athens in ancient story
had to send seven of its youth, chosen by lot, to be devoured,
so London has hitherto given tip ten of every thousand o
her inhabitants yearly to disease and untimely death. All the
towns of the kingdom in the aggregate gave up propor-
tionally this number of victims in the last three months.
They were not destroyed openly. The poison by which they
died was not purchased in chemists shops. It was admini-
stered in the silence of the night, and in the streets at noon-
day, either with the air which they breathed, or with the
water which they drank.
The poison is generated by the decomposition of effete
organic matter, which gives off diffusible and dangerous
products, wherever it is left beyond a day in the houses,
streets, and neighbouring ditches or streams, instead of
being lodged in the disinfecting earth.
It can easily be shown that the mortality bears a certain
proportion to the quantity of the poison which the people
inhale ; and that the quantity is greatest under the cess-
pool system, which formerly prevailed in London, and is
now in use in the French, German, and Italian towns. The
mortality has gradually fallen in London as the cesspools
have been abolished ; It is still high in foreign cities where
the cesspools are in use. In Manchester, where the dirt is
allowed to decay behind the houses, and,is not thrown into
sewers, the mortality was at the rate of 33, in the years
1841-50; in the foreign cesspooled cities the mortality
ranges from 30 to 44 in 1,000.
Of 1,000 people in London, ten died unnatural deaths
is now an-
nually • and to make ttie view of the facts clear, let it be as-
sumed a moment that into the causes of four deaths no
ofwrornm cesspools, that three are killed by the poisonous
pools, closets, and sinks in dwelling-
houses,inqui ry
emanations
offices, and workshops, that two die of diseases
induced by the emanations from dirty streets or gullies, and
one from the vapours arising from the Thames. Here evi-
scteepis gained by the water system
cesspool, as the noxious matter is pro-
sduepnetlryndainggretahte
sspo
pro-
jected into the sewers under her streets, and is par-
tially oxydised. If the cesspools, thefore, are everywhere
abolished, and the house is purified, the mortality,
on the above hypothesis, will be reduced to the extent of 3;
while if the corrupt sewer air in the sewers be carried above
the chimneys beyond the reach of the lungs, two more lives
will be saved; and if the water and the banks of the Thames
are no longer the final repositories of the town guano, one
more life will be saved. These numbers are adopted, not as
expressing exact results, but to fix attention on the fact that
the impurities of London are the main causes of its insalu-
britygalleys, (3) impurities of the-Thames.
sotiriese
order
daaennrdd: thatci) ire
in theirpvrit
ifeast aelfe ff ects they may be classed in
dwellings,
(2)
impurities of
The progress of sanitary measures in London has hitherto
resulted in the removal of the impurities from the dwelling-
houses into the sewers and the Thames, and this enables
us to understand how the mortality has declined as the
Thames has grown fouler. It also enables, us to under-
stand how the mortality of London is lower than
the mortality of many other cities. The wise
policy of substituting streams of water for cesspools is
fully confirmed; and experience has shown that the town
guano is less hurtful in the sewers and in the rivers than in
the dwellings of the people. It is only when the supply of
towns is drawn from the rivers saturated with foul organic
matter that the people are poisoned in great numbers by
water. The vapours of the Thames, noxious as everybody
possessed of common sense has now learnt to consider them,
or
are less heavily laden with poisonous exhalations than the
vapours of cesspools and sewers.
shoul
The actively e be theref d practice of laying on
water and of abolishing cesspools
continued. At the same time steps should be taken to de-
stroy or to deliver the exhalations of the sewers into the
higher stratum of the atmosphere, where they would be
partly:destroyed, and would not be breathed, as they are now,
undiluted. The Thames itself must be purified. Our pre-
sent imperfect system of sewers admits of readjustment;

* The people in early and middle life are so numerous in
London, owing to the excess of births and immigration, that
the mortality should be 15 in 1,000 to be at the several ages,
at the same rate as it le in the healthy districts, where the
mean lifetime is 49 years. The corrected rate of mortality is
20 in 1,000, and the actual uncorrected rate in those districts
ip 17 in 1,000,

but the country can never rest satisfied until the water which
is distributed through its dwellings carries away all the town
guano to fertilise the land, from which its materials were
derived. Any other solution of the sewage question is pro-
visional. -

Exact observation for 20 years in every district of Eng-
land
and Wales places the question fairly before the country.
Impure air is destroying the health of the people. The at-
mosphere in which they live can be purified by restoring
the town guano to the fields. This involves a large imme-
diate outlay ; but the expense is not beyond the means of
England. It will• not exhaust the resources of a nation
which freely devoted eighty millions sterling to resist the
encroachments of Russia on the Turkish empire; which
maintains a squadron on the coast of Africa in the hope of
diminishing the slave trade; which proposes, after conquer-
ing, to govern, perhaps to civilise India; and which has
now a fleet on the -other side of the globe opening the
Chinese empire to the enterprise of the world. If capital
is sunk freely on these vast distant objects in the hope_of
realising returns, it will not fail when it is required to
purify the air Englishmen breathe at home; for the invest-
ment will be profitable to all living men, and will confer
blessings on all future generations. And if the national
honour was concerned on the shores of the Black Sea,
in the Baltic, on the Coast of Africa, in India, in the
Chinese waters, in the presence of the enemy, is not the
honour of England also concerned when the lives of her
children are in peril, and no arm is stretched out to save ?
Can our towns strike their colours to:their own accumulat-
ing dirt, and avow that they are vanquished, without igno-
miny ? England is in sanitary science and art taking the
lead in Europe, and teaching important lessons to all sta-
tions. But the work must be consummated. The mortality
must be reduced. The people must be animated anew by
the energies of health. And public men will find that some
glory may he gained by saving life—by great sanitary
works. Honour will crown those who rescue the English
race from pain, sickness. and degeneracy. They will for
ever enjoy the satisfaction of having done their duty.
The Legislature has, in the acts of the present session,
given the inhabitants of every district of England and Wales
the power to raise the money and to execute the great works
which the country requires ; and it may be sanguinely
hoped that the new powers will-be employed to their fill
extent by the people themselves, under the Public Health
pod the Local Government Acts. The results will in a few
years be 60-artnt irrthc pubße-eegisteks. _

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.-MONDAY.

The shortcomings which marked the recent Goodwood
meeting were merely fortuitous. They neither affected the
success of the sport nor the popularity of the meeting, but
perhaps they appeared somewhat the more striking because
they were unexpected. The principal falling off was in the
numerical strength of the fields, but this circumstance was
not attributable to a diminished popularity of any of the
stakes, to which the number of subscribers was satisfactorily
large, but to a lack of horses, many animals having engage-
ments at the meeting being confined to their stables by ill-
ness, and others having been completely worn eut. The
backers of horses and the book-makers had an equal share
of fortune ; but until the Friday the " fielders" found the
balance of their account on the wrong side of their books
Of the 31 races vi,hich were run off the first favourite was
defeated 16 times. On the Friday the layers had a rare
turn of luck, which compensated them for the badness of
the betting on the Stakes, and their " Roman Candle"
losses.
.Tbat the meeting was "harmless" was proved this
afternoon by the promptitude with which accounts were
closed. Mr. J. Merry—who won the Goodwood Cup with
Saunterer, and the Chesterfield Cup with Sunbeam—wins
about £20,000; whilst Mr. Mahon -and several of Mr
Merry's friends likewise throw iu for a good stake.
-The room was crowded, and time was too fully occupied
with the business of " settling" to allow much betting on
future events. 9to 2 was offered on the field for the Ebor
Handicap, and at the close of business the Hadji was de-
cidedly the best favourite for The Leger. At first 6 to 1
was laid, but 4to 1 was the final offer against him. Five
to 1 each was hid against Fitz Roland and Toxephilite ; no
great disposition, however, was manifested to back the
latter.

CLOSING PRICES.

THE GREAT EBOR HANDICAP.

9 to 2 agst. Lord Clifden's Roman Candle—offered.
sto 1 Lord Zetland's Vedette—taken.
10 to 1 Mr. Barber's Pretty Boy—taken.
THE ST. LEGER.
4 to 1 agst. Mr. T. Dawson's The Hadji—take 5 to 1.
sto 1 Sir J. Ilawley's Fitz Roland—taken.
sto 1 Lord Derby's Toxophilite.
100 to 6 Mr. J. Merry's Sunbeam—take 20 to 1.
20 to 1 Mr. Gratwicke's Governess—taken.
20 to 1 Mr. W. S. S. Crawfurd's East Langton.

THE DERBY.
50 to 1 agst. Mr. Gratwicke's Serenader—taken,

RIPON RACES.—MONDAY.
(By Electric Telegraph.)
THE TIVO-YEAR-OLD STAKES.

Shaft()
Raspberry
Rachael

Thirteen ran.
GREAT ST. WILFRED HANDICAP.

Julia
Valiant
Duerow
Seven ran. Von by half a length.
TWG-Y.EAR. -OLD SELLING STAKES.
Tiny _

Eight ran.
STUDLEY HANDICAP.

Hcsperitlinsa
Princess of Orange
Attorney-General
Eleven rau. Won easy.

1

CRICKET.

COUNTY OF SURREY v.TIIE NORTH OF ENGLAND,
The game of cricket has been decided as perfectly national
and the 4,000 spectators on the Surrey Ground, Kennington-
oval, yesterday, still confirmed it. The usual toss for going
in first took place, and the North winning, elected to go in
first. The ground could not have been in finer condition, and
the betting was in favour of Surrey. The first to appear at
the wickets were E. Stephenson and Grundy, against the
bowling of Cafryn and 11. Stephenson. Grundy was dis-
missed without scoring ; 1 wicket and 1 run. Mr. Daft
appeared, hut was dismissed by Caffyn for 0; 2 wickets and
7 runs. The County was now getting more into favour;
but G. Parr went in„ and, with E. Stephenson, put a dif-
ferent phase on the game. E. Stephenson, though not a
very fast run-getter, has a strong defence, and in this
instance it was illustrated. Parr, from previous injury, was
rather lame; but, being again burr, Mr. Daft was allowed
to run for him, and his work was truly cut out, for the hits
that Parr made gave him plenty to do. A change came
" o'er the vision of the dream," for at Parr's dismissal 161
was telegraphed for the loss of 3 wickets, 84 appearing to
his name. Betting in favour of the North. Among Parr's
figures were two s's, six 4's, three 3's, and eight 2's. .Diver
was the next, and made a fine hit for 7, then followed it up
by a 6, two 2's, and two singles; after which 11. Stephenson
found his way to his wicket; four wickets and 188 runs.
Carpenter added 9, by a 5, a 2, &c.; but E. Stephen on
parted company, first giving a fine contribution of 76, in
which were two s's, six 4's, two 3's, and four 2's ; his bei g
the fifth wicket, the score showed 191. From the steady
and cautious play this cricketer always exhibits, he is de-
serving of being well patronised. The sixth wicket fell for
201 runs,Wadsworth and A. Clarke occupying the wickets.
Wadsworth marked a 4, but was then bowled by 11. Stephen-
son ; seven wickets and 211 runs. Jackson, who is always
ready to hit, quickly made rune, but Clarke giving a chance
to Mortlock, after tusking 10, by a 4, a 3, &c., the eighth
wicket fell for 239. Bell made a hit for 6, when Jackson
left for 29, composed of four 3's and five 2's; nine wickets
and 243 runs. Bell's was the tenth wicket, and fell for 256
runs, Gibson carrying out his bat for 7, in which was a good
hit for 4. On the part of Surrey, the bowling, although
various, was good, as also the fielding. The following is the
score :

NORTH OF ENGLAND.
J. Grundy, c Griffith, b Caffyn
E. Stephenson, b Stephenson
it. Dalt, Esq., b Caffyn
G. Parr, c Griffith, b Caffyn
A. Diver, b Stephenson
B. Carpenter, c Martingell, b Stephenson
W. Wadsworth, b Stephenson
J. Jackson, b Caffyn
A. Clarke, c Mortleek, b Stephenson
F. Bell, b Caffyn
B. Gibson, not out
Byes 6, 1-b 1

Total 0,56
The innings concluded the play for the day, but the mate
will be resumed this morning at half-past 11 o'clock.

THE ALL-ENGLAND ELEVEN v. TWENTY-TWO

OF NEWARK.

This match was played at Newark, and was brought to a
conclusion on Saturday (the third day), much in favour of
the Eleven, as the following score will illustrate :
ALL-ENGLAND ELEVEN. Ist Inn. 2d Inn.
E. Stephenson, c Sherman, b Gibson 39 c Gibson, b Perfect
Wadsworth, run out
ll.Stephenson,cHuntsman,b Gibson 6 b Gibson ................ ...... 2;)
Diver, c Batty, b Gibson
G. Parr, b Gibson 0 b Gibson ..................... 33
It. C. Tinley, run out
Anderson, b Sherman 2S b Sherman ..................
9)
1 c Batty, b Sherman
Ctesar, b Gibson
A. Clarke, b Sherman 1 not out..•
Davis, not out
ibson 32
Jackson, run out 5 b
B G
Bye 1, w-b 1, u-b 5

Total 1:.;8 '63
NEWARK. Ist Inn. 2d Inn.
Hawksley, b Tinley 1 e Diver, b Jackson
Batty, b Jackson 1 b Tinley
J. Chatterton, run out ............... 0 b Jackson
Hatfield, c Anderson, b Tinley ...••• 2 c and b 11. Stephenson 6
Marriott, b Tinley ..................... 0 cJackson,bH.Stephenson 4
Foottet, b Tinley ........................ o b Jackson b ......... ..................... 0
Coates, c Tinley, bH. Stephenson 20 run out
Chambers, b Jackson .................. 10 c Jackson, o-n
6
Slaber, b 11. Stephenson ............ 0 c Parr, b Tinley ......... 6
Gibson, b 11. Stephenson ............0 st H. Stephenson, b Tinley 0
Sherman, c Parr, b Jackson ......... 1 run out
Hogg, b Jackson ........................ 0 b Jackson
1
Bison, c Tinley, b 11. Stephenson... 3 b Jackson
4
Hutchinson, bH. Stephenson 0 not out
4
Perfect,cAnderson,bH.Stephenson 24 b Jackson
0
Heathcote, run out ..................... 10 Ibw, b Tinley
Tomlinson, b Jackson
0 c Caesar, b Jackson
Huntsman, b Jackson 4 run out
2°
Oates, b Jackson 1
H. Chatterton, b li. Stephenson
0 st ll.Stephenson,b Tinley
11. Chatterton, b 11. Stephenson ... 0 c u
Mills, b Jackson
c 11. Stephenson, b Tinley 1
Dyer, not out
0
Byes 4, I-b 9 6 Byes 3, w-b 1

Total

Total B3 Total 63

AQUATICS.

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA.
COWES, AUG. 2
THE PRINCE CONSORT'S tUP.

The proceedings of the week opened this morning under
favourable auspices. There was a good muster of yachts in
the roads, the town was very well filled with company, the
weather was very brilliant, and, what is of most consequence
and importance, there was a good breeze.. Another circum-
stance, which imparted unusual interest to the proceedings,
was that the new.sailing regulations respecting time for
area of canvas was to be first brought into operation in
the race for this day. _

The entries for the cup were as follow
Yachts. Tons. Owners.
Arrow
Lulworth
Euravaganza... 48
According to the conditions only cutters could enter, and
by the scale adopted it was decided that the Arrow should
give the Lulworta m. 563., the Extravaganza 16m. 205.,
and that the Lulworth should give the Extravaganza
14w. 24,..

There was a very nice wind at starting from the S.W.
and a flood tide, and exactly at 10 o'clock, in obedience
to the second gun, the start took place. The Lul-
worth was the first to get away, closely followed by
the Arrow, the Extravaganza about a length astern. The
Lulwortb first got her topsail up, which, as soon as it filled
enabled her to increase her lead, and she stood away to the
westward at a good rate. The usual course is that the
yachts first go to the eastward, and round the Nab light;
but a very judicious alteration was made to-day, and the
vessels first went to the westward, and as the course was
only six miles in this direction, a short walk along the shore
enabled the visitors,who mustered in considerable numbers,
to watch the course of the vessels, and enabled them also by
the aid otagliges tuvatclv.iiie../xlitsiound the mark-boat,
which was stationed off Newtown Bay.' The Lulworth con-
tinued to keep ahead, and to increa,e the distance between
herself and the Arrow, while the Extravaganza gained a
trifle upon the last-named vessel. When about two miles
of the course had
,been run there was a difference of 3m.
30s. between the first and second yachts, but the Lul
worth was not to be caught. She stood her course near
the island, the Arrow following in her wake; and on passing
Gurnet buoy the Arrow had outsailed the Extravaganza so
much that she was 3m. ahead of her. The Extravaganza here
altered her course and stood to the N.W., more towards
the centre of the Solent, but did not much mend her posi-
tion. The Lulworth soon arrived off Newtown Bay and
hauled across for the mark-boat, and the Arrow stood into
the bay and made a reach right across for the same destina-
tion. As the breeze freshened here a little the Extrava-
ganza took in her big topsail and set a smaller jib-headed
sail iu its place, which movement was soon. followed by the
Lulworth. The Arrow, however, made no alteration in her
sails, and it was observed that she carried her canvas very
stiffly and sailed, as she always did, very well. The Lul-
worth first rounded the mark-boat, and as they jibbed the
time taken was

S.
Lulworth
Arrow lO 56 30
Extravaganza
On coming up towards Cowes the wind again freshened,
and as the yachts then got the strength of the tide with
them some good sailing resulted. In fact, there was as
much wind as the sails could carry, and no time was lost
The Arrow's greater spread of canvas enabled her, how-
ever, to overhaul the Lulworth, and in about half-an-hour
she passed her; but her triumph was but brief, for the Lul-
worth, sailing to windward, again 'ran by the Arrow, soon
after passing Egypt House, about .a mile from Cowes, and
increased her lead every moment. They passed the flag-
boat of Cowes Castle in the following order and time :

H. H. S.
11 28 30
H 30 0
11 41 15

Lulworth
Arrow
Extravaganza

At this time the Arrow bad taken in her topsail, which
she did not again replace, and she followed the Lulworth to
the eastward, both vessels carrying a capital wind with
them. They were soon out of sight on their way to the
Nab Light, 15 miles distant, and no more of them was seen
until just at three o'clock, when a huge topsail appeared
over Norris Castle, and the bargee flying was immediately
seen to be that carried by the Lulworth. No time was
allowed for speculation, however, for directly afterwards the
well-known blue flag and white arrow appeared in sight,
and it was evident that the Lulworth would win without
her allowance of time. A few minutes decided the contest,
for the gun announcing the victory of the Lulworth was
heard at 3h. 13m. 58s. ; and the second gun, announcing
that the Arrow had passed the flag-boat, was fired at
3h. 14m. 403., and thus ended one of the prettiest matches
seen here for some time. The Extravaganza, it is sup:
posed, gave in, as she did not appear for some time.
At five minutes past three, just as the competing yachts
were running through the roads, the Fairy, having on
board her Majesty and the Prince Consort, ran out from
the Trinity landing-stage at East Cowes, followed by the
Elfin, on their way to Portsmouth. The royal party were
thus enabled to witness the close of the contest for the cup
given by the Prince Consort, and it was evident from the
commotion manifest on the deck of the Fairy that the illus-
trious company on board were not indifferent spectators of
the scene.

The roadstead this moruing was full of yachts, and it is
remarkable that whereas a few years since a steam yacht
was a great rarity, their number is now increasing very
considerably, for, instead of the slender masts and delicate
spars which formed such a remarkable sight at this place
some years since, there is now from year to year a very
considerable increase of unsightly funnels, a gradual dis-
placement of canvas, the end of which it is not difficult
to foresee.

There is still much uncertainty as to the starting-place for
the Emperor's Cup, whether it will be Cowes or Yarmouth,
but it is generally anticipated that the latter place will be
elected.