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PE ICE 41) ► 111 ED, OD.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BATH RACE§—WEDNEsDAY.

tender his resignation. :Mr. Sergeant Howley is-
spoken of as Mr. Plunket's successor. S_hould.this
prove correct, two more places will be at the dis-
posal of the Lord Lieutenant, as it is contemplated,
we believe, to divide the county of `Tipperary into
two Ridings."

LONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION,
81, King William-street.
raThe Directors of this Association hereby inform the mem-
bers that the premiums falling due in the year commencing
on the Ist July next, from those members who have been
assured for seven or more entire years will be reduced at the
rate of 82 per cent., leaving. 18 per cent. only to be paid.
EDWARD DOCKER, Secretary.
LAW

Sweepstakes of :5 sovs each, with 20 added, for 2-yr-olds
and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. One mile.

Mr. Dawson's Mushroom, by Malcolm, 3 yrs (150), 6st
61b (A. Edwards) 1
Mr. Wyatt's Ferndale, 4-yrs (£5O), 7st 51b.... (Ducker) 2
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Olympias, 3 yrs (150), Est 61b
-(Custance) 3
The following also ran :—Tapioca, colt by the Flying
Dutchman, The Poet, and Arcanum: - •
Betting-2 to 1 agst Mushroom; sto 2 agst Ferndale, 3
1 agst Olympias. After several delays caused by Edwards
and Ducker attempting to got the best of the start the flag
was lowered. Mushroom got a good start, maintained her
lead to the end, and won by a length and a half; bad third.
The winner was sold by auction to Mr. Brayley for £llO,
and Ferndale was claimed by Mr. Stevens. After the race
a complaint was lodged by the starter against Edwards and
Ducker for gross misconduct at the post, and the stewards
suspended them from riding again at Bath, Epsom, Ascot,
and Newmarket.
The Weston Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added; for 2-
yr-olds : colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b ;
winners extra; certain allowances. Half- a-mile. (40
subs.)
Mr. E. Hall's Seclusion, st 51b (Challoner) 1
Mr..E. R. Clark's Emily, Bst 71b (French) 2
Mr. T. Parr's Rattlebone, 8s 71b (French)
3
The following also ran:—Plumper, Turn of Luck, filly
by Kingston—Sacrifice, Byeway, Maid of Orleans, Man-
at-Arms, filly by Orlando—Vivandiere, Dreadnought,
Predictor, and grand Mistress.
Betting—Even on Byeway, sto 1 each agst Seclusion
and Emily, 6to 1 agst Rattleboue, 12 to I agst Maid of
Orleans. Seclusion made, all the running and won by a
short head ; three lengths off Rattlebone was third, a head
only dividing him from Maid of Orleans. Plumper headed
the next lot, which finished in a body; the last two, beaten
away, were Grand Mistress and the Sacrifice filly.
The Somerset shire Sfakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 'only
if declared, with 100 added ; winners extra. The second
to, receive 50 soya, and the third to save his 'stake. -Two
miles and a distance. (90 subs., 62 of whom pay 5 sovs
each.)
Mr. W. Day's Schism, 3 yrst(inc. 51b ex.) Est (J. Adams) 1
Mr. Mill's Pensioner, 4 yrs, 7st 61b ...... (L. Snowden) 2
Mr. J. Thompson's Tunstall Maid (in. 51b ex.), Bst 41b
(Alderoft) 3
The following also ran :--Nosegay, Black Tommy,
Supple Jack, Griliade, Belle, Rosabel, Princess Royal,
Pageilion, Hobgoblin, Orleans, Czarina (late Signorina),
Blackmail, Lassie: •
Betting-5 to 2 agst Rosabel, 6to 1 each agst Belle and
Blackmail, 12 to 1 agst Pensioner, 100 to 8 each against
Schism and Orleans, 100 to 7 agst Tunstall Maid, 100 to
6 agst Princess Royal. The running was made by Belle
and Pensioner until after entering the straight,when Schism
began to draw forward, and, coming away by herself at the
distance, won by 10 lengths; bad third ; Nosegay was
fourth, Blackmail fifth, Princess Royal sixth; the lot pull-
ing up and passing the chair at wide intervals.
The Shorts of 25 sovs, fOr 2-yr-olds and upwards., Optional
selling weights, &c. Straight half mile.
Capt. Bayly ns Marmalade, 3 yrs (£3O), fist (Grimahaw) 1
Mr. G. Angell's Hassock, 3 yrs (£3O), 6st.. (Challoner) 2
Mr. Allibone's Burnous; 3 yrs (no), Est (A. Sadler) 3
The following also ran :—Nanetta and Table Bay.
Betting-5 to 4on Marmalade, sto 2 agst Hassock.
Won by a length ; bad third ; the others beaten off. The
winner was sold by auction for 150 guineas to Captain
Christie.
The Dyrham Pak Handicap of 100 sovs. Winners extra

LIFE ASSURANCE
Office—Fleet-street, London.

23d May, 180.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That in conformity with
the provisions of the Deed of Settlement, A GENERAL
MEETING of the Proprietors will be held at the Society's
Office, Fleet-street, London, on FRIDAY, the 24th day of
June next, at twelve o'clock at noon, precisely, to elect 14.'ive
Directors and Two Auditors, when those who go out of office
by rotation will be proposed for re-election ; also to elect one
other Director, in lieu of William Vizard, Esquire, deceased,
Who would have one out of office by rotation ; and one other
Director in lieu of Francis Smedley, Esq.; deceased ; and for
general purposes.
The Director tote chosen in the room of Francis Smedley,
Esq., deceased, will remain in office until June, 1861, and the
Director to he chosen in the room of William Vizard, Esq
deceased, will remain in office until June, 1863;
By order of the Directors,
WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary,
PROVIDENT CLE
ASSURANCE

U(S' MUTUAL LIFE
ASSOCIATION.

EstabliE
TRU

shOd 1840.
ISTEES. -

Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. William George Prescott, Esq.
I
Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, 31. P.
The board of directors is composed of gentlemen connected
with some of the first mercantile firms hi London.
Life assurance may be effected daily on, the mutual prin-
ciple, which is the soundest and most advantageou system for
the assurer.
Moderate rates of premium
Annual Income
Invested Fund llO,OOO
Claims have been paid amounting to 05,000
Bonuses have been declared to the extent of 40,000
'Which have been appropriated in cash payments, in reduction
of premiums, and in addition to the policies.
The balance-sheets of this association are open to public
inspection, and can he had on application at the chief office,
15, Ifoor,gate-street, London, or of th e agents.

WM. 'THOS. LL FORD, Secretary.
15, 3.foorgate-street, E.C., May 2, 1859.

SALE OF LEAD ASHES, SLAG, SERGE CUTTINGS,
JUNK, BLANKETS, SADDLERY, ITATMESS;
CLOTHING, IRON, WOOD, AND OLD •STORES,
BY Order of the SECRETARY OF STATE
for WAR—TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC 'AUCTION;
at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on MONDAY. the 30th of
May, 1850, the following stores :—Lead Ashes, Slag, Doe's
Hair, Junk, Saddlery, Harness,' Serge, Clothing, Blankets,
Miscellaneous Stores, Iron, Wood, &c.
May be viewed, from 10 to 4 o'clock, on the three working
days previous to the sale, and Catalogues obtained at the
War-office, Pall-mall ; at the Tower ; and Royal Aisenal,
Woolwich.

- •
THE QUEEN'S HOTEL, Queenstown.—Mr.
ROBERT WILSON respectfully apprises tourists and
families visiting this delightful watering-place, the air of
which is famed throughout Europe, that the splendid esta-
blishment so well known as the '• Queen's Hotel" has come
under his management. This hotel is one of the finest in the
United Kingdom ; and besides being furnished wittt all the
luxuries and appliances of a First-class Hotel, .it combines all
the advantages of a beautiful situation, commanding charm-
ing views, the best attendance, ample accommodation either
for families or single visitors,
.close contiguity to the steam-
boat pier, and the finest promenades of Queenstown, and a
scale of prices so moderate as to enable its visitors to enjoy
all the advantages of a first-class hotel on the same terms
they would have to pay in a minor one. From its open and
healthful situation the Queen's Hotel is also peculiarly suit-
able for invalids.

ICE, and REFRIGERATORS for preserving ice
and cooling wine, butter, cream, water, jellies, and pro-
visions of all kinds, manufactured by the WENHAM LAKE
ICE COMPANY, 161 A, Strand, of the best make, at the
lowest cash prices. No agents are appointed in London for
the sale of their ice or refrigerators. Pure spring water ice,
in blocks, delivered to most parts of town daily, and packages
of:2s. 6d., 55., 95., and upwards forwarded any distance into
the country, by goods train, without perceptible waste. Wine-
coolers, ice-cream machines, ice-planes for sherry cobblers,,
freezers, moulds, &c. More detailed particulars may be had
by post, on application to the Wenham Luke Ice. Company,
161 A, Strand, London, W.C.

GREY HAIR RESTORED TO ITS
NATURAL COLOUR Neuralgia, Nervous
Headache, Rheumatism, and Stiff. Joints Cured by P. M.
HERRING'S PATENT MAGNETIC BRUSHES, 10s. and
15s. Grey Hair and Baldness PREVENTED by F. M. H.'s
Patent Preventive Brush. Price 4s. and ss. Offices, 32,
Basinghall-street, London, where may be had, gratis, the
Illustrated Pamphlet, " Why Hair becomes Grey, and its
Remedy." Sold by all Chemists and Perfumers of repute.

To start at the distance post, and go once round.
Mr. Merrifield's Charles the Second, 4 yrs, 7st 91b
(L. Snowden) 1
Mr. Merry's Peeress, 4 yrs, 7st (Challoner) 2
Mr. Gulliver's Apollo, 4 yrs, Bst (Keeler) 3
Betting-6 to 4 agst Peeress, 3to 1 agst Charles the
Second, 6 to 1 agst Eltharn Beauty, 7 to 1 agst Apollo.
Won by a length and a half; three lengths between the
second and third.
The Aristocratic Handicap of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50

added. Gentlemen riders. Jockeys 71b extra. Winners
extra. Once round. 7 subs.
Mr. Mellish's Tame Deer, 6 yrs, llst.. (Mr. W. Bevill) 1
Mr. F. C. Webster's Catherine, 3 yrs, Bst .1211/ (in 71b ex)
(French) 2
Mr. Marshall's Bracken, aged, lOst 41b.... (M. Thomas) 3
Mr. Hunt's Soapy Sam, 5 yrs, lOst 61b (Owner) 4
Betting-6 to 4on Tame Deer, 4to 1 agst any other
(offered). Won by half a length; 12 lengths between the
second and third.

LATEST BETTING.
nEttnY.
9 to 4 agst The Promised Land (taken to upwards
of £1,000)
6to 1 agst Musjid (taken)
Bto 1 agst Trumpeter (taken)
20 to 1 agst Eleciric (taken)
30 to 1 agst Ticket-of-Leave (offeyed)
40 to 1 agst Marionette (taken)
SP3 to 15 agst Highwayman (taken)
OAKS.

6to 4 agst Mayonnaise (taken)
100 to 8 agst Lady Kingston (taken)
Before the race for the Somersetshire Stakes, 6 to 1 was
;aken to a large sum about Rosabel; after it, she was quite
Yiendless.

THE VICTORIA RIFLES.

The meeting was brought to a most successful close, and
the committee have cause for gratulation at the success
which attended their labours. To the untiring exertions
of Mr. Reynolds, the secretary, the satisfactory termination
of the meeting may in a great measure be attributed. To
the principal stakes numerous subscribers have already been
obtained—a fact which significantly attests the popularity
of the gathering. Lord Coventry and Mr. W. S. S. Craw-
ford have consented to act as stewards for the next year.
The third steward, it is hoped, will be the Duke of Beau-
fort, who is very popular, not only on the turf but through-
out the county of Somerset.

The weather was warm and favourable to the enjoyment
of the sport, but no sooner had the proceedings been brought
to an end than a heavy shower of rain fell.

The Liberals make up a la. ~-/iiti
They haVe,- according to the estimbies 01_ 4
. political arithditticians, a clear majority of from 40
. ;to 50 votes.. - All this reads- remarkably well, and
we eannot,..therefote. be surprised. at the fond anti-
cipations which some of them entertain of aspecdy
return to office. But " counting noses," as the slang
phrase runs for that which has been the great occu-
pation of the Whig underlings for thelast few days,
is a process which, infallible enough in estimating
from a herd of swine, is very far reliable in taking
stock of political resources. There are perhaps 347
.gentlemen in the new Parliament who style them-
selves "Liberals ;" but it is a very great mistake to
suppose that they are to be disposed of as any three
or four of the Liberal leaders may think
fit.. This,
however, is just what the good people have been
calculating who clamour so vehemently for an itn-
mediate onslaught on the Government, and who
hope, by means of a vote of censure, no confidence,
or abstract resolution signifying nothing, from the
• mint of Lord John Russell, to come again into the
enjoyment of the fleshpots of I/owning-street. It
is really an act of charity to at once undeceive these
eager .expectants, as well as one of prudence. If
they go on indulging their .]elusions, and find sud-
denly- all their hopes blasted, they may, in their
desperation, do mischief not only to themselves, but
also to others.
In the first place, thirty of. these 347 Liberals

The advantages of volunteering were .exhibited
yesterday in their most attractive form in a grand
field-day of the Victoria Rifle Corps. Though by
no_ means claiming the high antiquity which attaches
to the Artillery Company, this really valuable body
is one of the oldest of its kind, More than a quarter
of a century having elapsed since it was enrolled as
a rifle club. During thiS period, 'however, its exist-
ence was for a,long 'tithe rather- of a nominal kind,
and it was net till the close of 1853 that it was
allowed to assemble volunteers for regular drill,
and with that wonderful tact which the Govern-
ment generally exhibits. for in eking mistakes the
number of volunteers Was then ordered to be limited
to within 300, at which strength the regiment still
remains. This absurd limitation as to numbers will
now doubtless be immediately abolished, and the
admirable system upon. which the corps has been
organised allowed to develope itself to the fullest
extent. The rules of this body are much the same
as those of the Artillery Company, byth regiments
requiring at'least,l2 days' attendance for exercise
and mister in the 'year, and both offering unusual
facilities as to 'time, &c., to enable recruits to
go through their preparatory drill. The uniform
of the Artillery Company is scarlet, and precisely'
similar to that worn by the Household troops ; and
if the truth must be told, that of theVictoria.Rifles,
though simple and handsome in the extreme, is
almost equally unfitted for riflemen, being ncthing
more or less in its general appearance than that of
'the Rifle Brigade, and than this a more unsuitable
dress could not be named. Per skirmishing or am-
bush parties—and riflemen are intended for little
more—a black uniform is about the worst that ran
possibly be devised.• The plain-fact of ell,riflemen
being trained from the first hour_to aim at the black
centre of a target should teach theni the disadvan-
tages appertaining to a colour which their own ex-
perience shows them is one of the easiest to hit when
brought into close contact with other tints. With
this corps,_
as we hope will be the case with the regi-
ments now in process of formation throughout the
country, rifle practice is. carried to perfection ;,mere
drill, though constantly practised and strictly ens
forced, is 'very properly regarded as subordinate to
the importance of making each man a dead shot,
.and familiar with the variations of his weapon in
any weather and at any distancz". The practice
ground of the regiment at I(ilburn gives the members
a range of no less than 400 yards, and such practice
has been made at this rather long distance that the
Victoria Rifles claim to possess some of the best
marksmen in the country. Though these, riflemen
muster on the roll to nearly 300 effective members,
yet from various circumstances very many were
prevented attending the field day yesterday-. The
companies mustered at the London-bridge station,
under the command of Capt. Jordan, First Lieuts.
H. Busk and Greenhill, Second Lieuts. Collins and
Dickenson, and thence proceeded by rail to Bal-
comb, a little below Reigate, one of the most pic-
turesque of the many charming spots upon the
Brighton line. From Balcomb the regiment
marched through the most lovely scenery to the
seat of Mr. Robert Loder, at High Beeches, about
three miles distant. It is scarcely necessary to state
how the rural population attended in the line of
march, and the spectacle, apart from its other
merits, was a decided novelty, for, strange as it
may seem, it was exactly yesterday 24 years
since any volunteer • corps had paraded in
the " open" for service drill. The enthusiasm, there-
fore, on behalf of the corps was warm in the ex-
treme, and rose to such a pitch in the parish of
Slaugham that on the hill which marked its boun-
daries the regiment was received by a deputation
of its inhabitants and presented with an address,
complimenting them on their patriotism, and wel-
coming the corps to one of the prettiest parishes in
Sussex. After this ceremony had. been gone through,
and duly acknowledged by Captain Jordan, the
files of the regiment continued their march to High
Beeches, at the entrance to the grounds of which
was a small but handsome triumphal arch, and un-
der this Mr. Loder and a numerous circle of the
nobility and gentry of the county received the corps.
Once arrived upon the 'lovely lawn, which overlooks
one of the most exquisite bits of scenery in England,
the rigid bonds of discipline were relaxed, and the
companies allowed to abandon themselves to the
luxury of a substantial lunch, for which the march
had ad.nirably prepared every man of them. An
hour was then given to rest, and to afford the gen-
tlemen an opportunity of strolling through the
grounds and enclosures of one of the most picturesque
parks of its size in the county. A little after two
o'clock the "assembly" sounded, and the regiment,
followed by a large circle of laiies and gentlemen,
marched through the grounds to an open space in
High Beech Forest, where a crowd of spectators 1
from the surrounding villages had collected to wit-
ness the evolutions. The spot selected was as 1
favourable for testing the drill of a rifle corps as
could well be imagined. The ground was well
wooded, thick with gorse, and traversed in unex-
pected places with the remains of what had once
been waggon tracks. It was broken, too, here' and
there, if not agreeably, yet at least very suddenly,
with marshy spots in which any but the lightest and
most dexterous of infantry would infallibly have
been entangled knee-deep. On this ground, how-
ever, the corps went through the usual field-day evo-
lutions of a rifle regiment, not only with precision, but
with a rapidity and good order which reflected the
highest credit on their training. Under ordinary.
circumstances it would be unfair, perhaps, to criti-
cise the movements of volunteers ; but the Victoria
Rifle Corps can well afford to stand this test, and if
there is a fault which they require to rectify it is
not so much the rapidity with which they mance-
uvre al, the appearance of enipressement under
which it is done. This is a very slight fault, and
one which a couple of days' barrack drill would re-
move, and which, when got rid of, will place the
corps on a par with any rifle regiment in the ser-
vice. The quickness with which they broke up and
reformed was admirable, and their volley-firing
was correct to a second. At the conclusion of the
movements, which occupied upwards of an hour,
and which, from the very broken and deep nature
of the ground, were harassing in the extreme, the
companies marched back to High Beeches. Here,
slopingupon the lawn beneath the mansion, an im-
mense marquee, long enough for a rifle gallery, and
decorated throughout with garlands and evergreens,
had been erected. Along the whole extent of this
a double row of amply furnished tables had been
laid, which accommodated not only the corps of
Rifles, but an almost equal number of visitors,
whAn the hospitable owner of High Beeches had
invited to do honour to the occasion. At the con-
clusion of the repast the toasts of " The Queen,"
" The Victoria Rifle Corps," " Captain Jordan,"
" Captain Norton," and, though last not least, the
host, " Mr. Robert Loder," were duly given and
most enthusiastically responded to. The company
then adjourned to another part of the park, where
a rifle target had been erected, and where at a range
of 300 yards over undulating and most deceptive
ground the skill of the marksmen of the corps was
rigorously tested. The practice made at this dis-
tance was most admirable, especially when it is
considered that the bull's eye was not three feet
diameter, that all the gentlemen were fatigued,
and
foul with the
blank
of the day. Yet, not-
withstanding all these drawbacks, the shots were
in all cases good, and in some excellent. Dur-
ing this practice the old objecion which has
been so oft
en urged against the Enfield rifle
as to the difficulty of loading it when foal was dis-
played in all its force. After the first or second
shots more than one third of the gentlemen firing
were obliged to retire from the competition in con-
sequence of being utterly unable to force their
bullets down the barrels. The balls used on this
occasion, however, were the old gauge—viz., 0.567.
The new bullets are being made by Government to
the gauge of 0.550. This reduction, nevertheless,
seems in practice to be still insufficient. Captain
Nutball has improved upon it by leaving the cone
and bore of the ball at 0.550 gauge, by hollowing
out the intermediate portion so as to allow the
bullet to pass down with the mere weight of t
thehe
ramrod, yet expand on firing sufficiently to fill
• (Y
grooves without leading the barrel. When the
regulation ammunition was useless yesterday his
bullets were used with ease in loading and with
At the close of the
wonderful precision in firing.
filled with what
show the action of his shell-bullets
rifle practice Captain Norton fired at a target to
is termed liquid fire. Theexperiment., which was
made
with a very good breech- looking rifle, by
Leech,
was, from some unexplained,caluse or another,
not quite successful. At seven o cock the corps
reformed, and with three most enthusiastic cheers
for Mr. Loder marched through the grounds and
returned to the Balcomb station. Everything passed
soeffttiinn
cpt haelinootsbt pleasantother
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ine we can only
g manner, and,
I
say tilt if the Victoria Rifles have field days such
as yesterday it must decidedly be the most eligible
corps into which a gentleman can volunteer, and it
is not likely now to be overlooked,

are in direct opposition to tl:e party upon the only
one question upon which it Is at all united.' Tho
majority, therefore, becornec. at once a
.minority,
whichican annoy but not injure. But if by any
strange chance these recusants should return to the
communion, and take their places as ordinary mem•
hers of the party, the union does not become com-
plete. Undoubtedly, if another Reform Bill be
brought in by the present Government next year, ,
it may be possible to unite the party in opposition;
but, dealing with circumstances as they are, . and
looking at the questions which during the next two
months will come before Parliament.,_ all chance of a
union of the Liberal party in an attack upon the
Government is impossible : and the fact that it is -
impossible is honourable those members of the
party who make it so. Any attack upon the
Government at the present time could only he
factious. Both in their home and foreign policy
they have expressed the general sentiment of the
country, and any vote of censure would only be
dictated by personal ambition. Besides the thirty
who, by their votes on Lord John Russell's resolu-
tion, in fact expressed their confidence fir the Go-
.vernment, there are more than fifty members of the
'Liberal party who would decline to support any
mere factions motion--not so much, perhaps, with
the majority of them, from any sympathy with the
party in power, as from the belief that they are at
all events better than any one who would succeed
them. . The Manchester party is, . for instance,
strongly opposed to the Ministers upon Reform,
but it is still more strongly opposed to Lord
Palmerston upon both reform and foreign policy ;
and whilst it is disposed to act with Lord John
Russell on reform, it altogether distrusts him as
a Foreign Minister. Mr. Cobden once publicly
regretted the part he took in the overthrow of
the former Administration of Lord Derby ; and, as
the question of our foreign policy has become that
of the day, we may feel confident that the members
of his school will join in no vote of censure merely
springing from Lord John Russell's ill-regulated
ambition. The same may be said of Mr. Roebuck
(who, indeed, distinctly avowed his confidence in
the Government), and many other unaffiliated
members of the Liberal "majority." Mr. Massey's
speech at Salford the other day would warrant us
in ranking him amongst those members of Parlia-
ment who think more of the necessity of maintaining
the honour and interests of their country than of
mere partysuceesses ; and there are more who might
be classed in the same category. There are, besides,
many independent Irish Liberal members wh.) have
distinctly professed their intention to support the
Government, and upon whose assistance, in the
event of any such factious attack as has been threa-
tened, Ministers might confidently rely.
The opposition " majority," therefore, disappears
as soon as it is examined • the plain truth being
that in the new House ;here are 347 gentlemen
who cannot give the Government a general support.
Thirty of them identified themselves with the
Government on the Russell question ; 60 or 70 are
perhaps at issue with it on " Reform," but are dis-
posed to act fairly towards it, and would refuse to
join in any party movement for its defeat. About
250 remain, divided, in their , allegiance between
Lord John Russell and Lord Palmerston. Assuming
their harmonious action, the Government would
meet them with a compact and united band of
300 supporters. Lord John has therefore, at present,
little chance of "looting" the Treasury.—..llorning
Chronicle.

PRESENTATIONS AT COU.R7

COUNTY Mtmtir.ns' PLATr. (Tuesday).—Arcanum fell
in his race, and Harrison, his rider, broke, his leg.
Flatmtpa is making rapid progress towards recovery from
his fall. • ,

(Fiam Punch.)

The persons named in the following list write to
-11 r. Punch clamouring about the non-insertion of
their names by the Court Newsman in his report of
the last Levee. Mr. Punrh really cannot be always
supplying the omissions of the Court Circullr, but
as it appears to him that most of the persons about
to be mentioned have as much claim to get their
names paraded before the public as a good many of
those who have been immortalized, he will for once
make a sacrifice of invaluable spate :
Mr. Jones, on having had his corns cut, by Pro-
fessor B unyan.
Mr. Robinson, on being divorced, by Sir C. Cress-
well.

Mr. Brown, on moving from Goodge-street,
Tottenham-court-road, to Essex street, Strand, by
Mr. Smith.
Mr. Wobbleton. on his little boy being breeched,
by Mr. Taylor.
Mr. Phaggs, on getting a rise of £.5 in his salary
at the Bank, by Mr. Abraham Newland.
Mrs. Lilliwigg, on having been churched, by the
Hon. Mrs. Trotter.

Miss Amelia Lilliwigg, on having been jilted by
Cornet Blaekbov, by her mother.
Mr. Be Hopkins, on going through the Insolvent
Court, by Captain Whitewash.

Mr.. fipples, on the death of his mother-in-law,
by Major Bruin.
Air. Gam Boodge, on having his picture rejected
at the Academy, by Mr. Indigo Jones,
Mr. Scattercash, on his being plucked, by the
Rev. Dr. Gammer.
Miss Louis Wiggle, on having her ears pierced,
by her mother.
Airs. Naggs, on obtaining a separate maintenance,
by her mother, Mrs. Jorr.
Mr. Clyfaker, on his receiving his ticket of leave,
by Mr. Duffer.
Mr. Snipp, on conforming to the Hebrew faith,
by the Rev. Rabbi Adler.
Air. Flounderby, on being picked out of the Ser-
pentine, by Lieutenant Prodd,
Miss Rose Walker, on being engaged, by her
aunt, Mrs. Junction.
Mrs. B. Whicht, on her husband's going to South
Australia, by Mrs. Bolter.
Mrs. Stuckupper, on setting up a brougham, by
the Hon. Mrs. Slapp.
Mr. Hatehment, on the purchase of a family vault,
by the Rev. Grimm Shudderby.
Mr. Charles Splashboard, on outrunning the
constable, by Mr. Dunne.
Miss Mary Coddlington, on leaving school, by
her mother.

Mr. Mopps, on having had his hair cut, by M.
IsidoreDandriffc.
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Mr. Mclndentiire, on being articled to an attor-
ney, by Mr. Feoffment.
Nil-. James Twitcher, on drawing his first patient's
wrong tooth, by Mr. Karious.
Mrs. Krappe, on being left a widow, by Mrs.
Howler Craig.
Mr. Twaddle, on being elected to the Dawdle
Club, by Mr. Maunders.
Mrs. Screwington, on letting her house at Ball's.
pond, by Mrs. Crimply.
Mrs. Glarer, on having been photographed, by
Mrs. lodine Smells.

Mrs. Careless, on having had her pocket picked
in an omnibus, by Lady b labby.
Mr. Squinturn, on being couched for cataract, by
Niagara Film, U.S.
Mr. Cox, on losing his seat for Finsbury, by Sir
S. M. Peto.
Mr. Pouter-Pigeon, on being married, by his
father, Mr. Fantail Pigeon.
Mrs. Pouter-Pigeon, on being married, by her
mother, Mrs. Carrier Dove.
Mr. Stumbler, on breaking his leg, by Mr. Splint.
Mr. Decimal's, on 'publishing a new edition of
the .Ready Reckoner, by Mr. V. Phractions.
Mrs. Rhododendron, on having some coloured
glass put into her conservatory at Peckham. Rye,
by Mrs. Chinaster.
Mr. Pesterbody, on receiving his commission on
two premiums paid to the Ineligible Life-office),
Mr. Touter.
Mr. Glump, on having made his will', by Mr.
Probate.
Mrs. Alberf Buslington, on having hat the
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carpets taken up, the paint scrubbed, and th Mousy
thoroughly cleansed, by Mrs. Scrimmag
Mrs. Spayre Rodde, on
being expelled from school, by Mrs. 641!%4 11Y
Mr. Peter Snout, en his nose bleeding, r Mr.
Colds Key. Master Pickle 4odidede.