The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-25 00:00:00

UST.

STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES FOR 1867.
JANUARY.

Manchester 1
FEBRUARY.
Harrow Spring
Derby

Carmarthen
Birmingham l2
Windsor

MA:

Liverpool Spring
Grand Military
Chertsey
Mahon l3

;CII.

York
Sovonoaks

Croydon Spring
Cheltenham Grand An 2l
Bromley

IL.
Kildare Hunt

Aston, Cheshire Mr. Warwick

C OURS ING.

COURSING MEETINGS TO COME.
DECEMBER.

Name. Judge. Days of Running
Corrie, Lockerbie ... Mr. Warwick

JANUARY, 1867.
Huntingdon Club Mr. Warwick l, 2,
Lincolnshire, Ho'beach Mr. Spafford
Goole, co. Cork (Open) -
Third S. Lancashire, (South-
port (Open) .................. Mr. Westropp 9, 10, 11
Spelthorne Club Mr. Warwick
Border Union (Longtown)
Cumberland
Barton-on-Humber, Lincoln. Mr. Spafford
Altcar Club, Lancashire -
Wigtonsh. Club (Stranraer) Mr. Boulion
Little Crosby Mr. Welding
County Louth Club, Ireland Mr. Spafford
Ridgway Club, Lytham
FEBRUARY.

Rufford, Lancashire -
Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick l4, 15
'Waterloo, Lancashire......... -
Taniworth, Stafford6hire ... Mr. Warwick
MARCH.

Irish Grand National (Open),
county Loutn
Ardrossan, Sharphill
South Lancashire (South-
port) Champion
Loinster (Open) Courtown... Mr. H. Spriugall l9, 20
Scottish Open, Lanarkshire
SEPTEMBER
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6, 7
7, &c.

Brampton, Cumberland Mr. Warwick
OCTOBER.
Ancaster and Willoughby,
Lincolnshire Mr. Spafford : l, 2

How TO ARRIVE AT A VERDICT.— Colonel
Myddelton Biddulph, M.P., and the trustees of the Went
Bronygarth Road not being able to settle the amount of
compensation for land amicably, the matter has been set-
tled by a jury. And it would appear that the 12 gentle-
men who composed the conclave were much divided in
their notions of the value of the colonel's land, some con-
sidering that £75 was sufficient compensation, and others
holding the opinion that £450 was not too much. After
nearly two hours' "deliberation," the knotty point was
decided by a stroke of genius on the part of the foreman,
who suggested that each should put down on a slip of
paper the amount he considered a just satisfaction of the
claim, and when they had done so ho would add up the 12
sums, and the division of the total by 12 should be the
amount awarded. This proposal was received with de-
light, every one would be represented in the decision, the
idea was carried out, and Colonel Biddulph was awarded
£l6s.—Oswestry Advertiser.

POISON FOR WHALES.—A new method of catching
whales is now being tried with considerable success, science
having contributed to its discovery. Our readers are well
aware of the deadly effects of the Italian poison called
curare, or woorali, concerning which we have often had
occasion to record the most interesting experiments, espe-
cially in mentioning the attempts made to use it as a specific
for lockjaw, its peculiar action consisting in relaxing the
muscular system. Strychnine is a poison producing the
contrary effect, the excessive contraction of that system,
or, in other words, tetanus, or lockjaw. It is a curious
fact that by the conjunction of those two agents, so dia-
metrically opposite in their effects, a poison is obtained
that will kill almost instantly if only administered in the
dose of half a milligramme per kilogramme of the animal
to be subjected to its action, provided its weight do not
exceed 10 kilogrammes. If larger the dose must be pro-
portionately increased. 31. Thiercelin, the inventor of
this poison, composes it by mixing a salt of strychnine
with one-twentieth of woorali. To apply it to whale fish-
ing, ho makes the compound up fats cartridges of 30
grammes (an ounce) each, which is enough to kill an ani-
mal of 00,000 kilogrammes weight. Each cartridge is im-
bedded in the gunpowder contained in an explosive shell
which is fired off on the whale. In a late whaling voyage
10 whales received such missiles, and all died within from
four to 18 minutes after the infliction of the wound. Out
of these 10 whales six were cut up for their blubber and
whalebone. Their remains were handled by careless men,
who frequently had scratches and sores on their skins, and
yet not one of them suffered the slightest injury, a circum-
stance which shows that the poison cannot be transmitted
from the fish to the men. Its poisonous action on the
whale is, however, so great that practically the dose will
have to be diminished, so that the death of the creature
may not be so sudden. We should not forget to state that
two out of the 10 whales above mentioned were lost by one
of the many accidents incident to whaling, and that two
others were of a kind that is not worth fishing for..—Galey-
wini4 Messenger_