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Almost as children at a pantomime look forward
to the georgeous transformation scene, and the
tumbling in of clown and pantaloon, 'lO turfmen
anticipate the publication of the weights for the
great spring handicaps. Curiosity by this time has
been amply satisfied, and it is remarkable how nearly
the estimates furnished in these columns on Wed-
nesday agreed with Mr. Topham's calculations of
chances for the Chester Cup. In the majority of
cases the weights were identical, and in no single
instance was there any wile disparity of opinion.
The racing community were heartily tired of their
long reign of dulness, and the issue of the last calen-
dar was received with the liveliest expressions of
relief and welcome. Even billiards were for a
period forgotten, and on Thursday ,the com-
mon observation current in all metropolitan
racing circles was, " Well, what do you think of
the weights ?" The Knights of the cue have wound
up their season capitally, and the success of Mr.
Edward Green in the "crack" match with the eight
best players at " the Victoria," was received as au
extremely popularly triumph. • Matters did not,
however, move as smoothly and amicably as could
have been desired by the 'Albert Handicap, and
there were several little hitches which it is as well
to pass over without comment. But the most en-
thusiastic billiard-players must have got weary of
their " long,restnin racing-affairs, and -the match
table at the Victoria has been ruthlessly removed
now that the spring handicaps are brought upon the
carpet. Large musters may be looked forward to
presently at the clubs, and if the weather keeps
open the three-year-olds and the youngsters will
soon be submitted to a process of " roughing up."

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(From the Daily News.)

It is evident that professional turfites mean to
make up for the two months' holiday they have
just been compelled to take, the appearance of the
principal spring handicaps having acted as the sig-
nal for a pretty good muster of talent at the Lon-
don clubs, whereat Rosicrucian and Pace for the
Two Thousand and Derby, and the two crack fillies
in the latter race, have been backed for heavy
money within the past two or three days. Judg-
ing from the operations and operators, we
shall have some sensation betting between the
Marquis of Hastings' and Sir Joseph Hawley's
Derby cracks, the " commissioner" to the
latter gentleman having on Saturday taken 4,000
to 600 about Rosicrucian, and 6,000 to 500 about
Green Sleeve, and then accommodated a Danebury
follower with 1,800 to 300 about Lady Elizabeth.
" Six monkeys on the field" is now the order of the
day, and the two great guns are fairly equal fa-
vourites; nor will the Lady touch 5 to 1 again, I
suspect, until after a hard fight. Her friends say
she could always give the Earl any amount of
weight at home, and that the money put on the
latter is thrown away ; but it is impossible to make
shouldnl improve the and there is
more than half a stone (equal, of course, to 10 or
01n1llbys.o)nebeotpwieneionathaes to their public for
most.

(From the Morning Herald.)
To say that the weights for the spring handicaps
were received with general satisfaction, would only
faintly express the " welcome" accorded to them in
all quarters. To the racing public, who began to
tire of the monotonous tedium of the short turf
vacation, they will afford food for study and busi-
ness, until the series is inaugurated at Lincoln, and
already mysterious whispers are in circulation of good
things with at least a stone in hand. The Grand
National has taken a decided lead in the game of
speculation, and as none of the early fancies have
been " crushed" it will undoubtedly prove a merry
betting race ; but with many interests doubly and
trebly represente 1 the " pea" is certain to take
some finding. Two or three important Derby moves
were made on Saturday wh-en the "-cherry jacket "
commissioner accepted 100 to 15 to win £4,000
about Rosicrucian, and also took " twelve monkeys"
about Green Sleeve, 6 to 1 to £4OO being laid
against Lady Elizabeth. Throughout the week
Pace has been in great demand, and no opportunity
missed of securing the 1000 to 60 prices, which are
no longer procurable ; and another of the Newmar-
ket division, Suffolk, is very firm at 20 to 1. Cir-
cumstances favour the idea that Rosicrucian will be
the Kingsclere representative in the Two Thousand,
and should he win—as lam sanguine he will with a
start—would come a tremendous pot for the Derby,
even in the face of Lady Elizabeth. Apparently
a genuine commission is being worked in favour of
Vale Royal for the Two Thousand, as 20 to 1 has
been booked to some money ; but I am loth to see
the grounds upon which he bases his claims, and
think Formosa to be a far more profitable invest-
ment.

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W. H. WARWICK, Secretary.

(Front the Racing Times.)
The weights for most of the Spring Handicaps made
their appearance simultaneously in \Weatherby's Calendar
on Thursday last, and although there are some consider-
able differences in the estimate formed by the several han-
dicappers of the capabilities of the animals engaged, there
is, on the whole, very Hale ground of complaint. I notice,
by the way, that Admiral Itous favours my Derby outsider,
Speculum, with the top weight as regards three year olds
for the Metropolitan Stakes; and in the Lincolnshire Han-
dicap he also heads the list of youngsters. it is ridiculous
making any selections until the acceptances give me an
opportunity of forming an opinion which engagements
some of the best horses are likely to fulfil. At the same
time there is no great objection apparent to me why one
may not point to two or three animals engaged in these
races which look formidable on paper, because I believa
many a time the pen of owners has erased nominations
without due consideration, which animals would have
won their engagements afterwards in a canter. Cno not-
able instance of this kind was Virago, who did not accept
for the Chester Cup through a fit of spleen of the owner,
although it was notorious afterwards that this wonderful
filly would have won in a: canter—a pretty good proof of
which washer winning the City and Suburban and Metro-
politan Handicaps (run the same day), and the Great
Northern Handicap, all previous to the great race alluded
to, for which her penalties would only have been 1016.
extra. The first groat handicap of the year is at Lincoln,
and amongst the seventy-nine nominations aro some of
the fastest horses of the day. Volunteer heads the lot with
9st on his back, which ought to give him a great chance
of winning, but the two I most fancy aro MOLESKIN and
AIN.SLIE, although Bumboat is very well in, considering
the easy style in which she won the Trial Handicap at
Manchester this yoar, and I think she ought to have had five
pounds more on her back in consequence of that performance.
A lot of the steeplechase horses for the Grand National at
Liverpool are lightly handicapped, but I should fancy
those persons who invest on PAN and SuforEy will most
likely have both an acceptance and a good race for their
money. I am only taking a cursory glance of the weights,
and until the acceptances come out must decline saying
anything relative to the two great Epsom Handicaps. Of
those horses which are weighted for the Great Northamp-
ton Stakes, and are also engaged in the Chester Cup, seve-
ral appear to be more favourably considered at the
former place. Amongst them, although the Northampton
weights commence 81b. heavier, Christmas Carol, Neroli,
Nidderdale, Proserpine, Kettleholder, Purveyor, The
Mariner, &c., are more leniently treated than by Mr.
'Popham, whilst that gentleman has lot in Stradbroke and
Paul Jones on more favourable terms, and my impression
is he might very well have put an extra five pounds on
Treasure Trove's back, as 6st 91b is a very light impost
for the winner of the Lincolnshire and Metropolitan Han-
dicaps only two years ago. Those animals which appear
to me best in for Chester Cup are Viridis, Feodor, Trea-
sure Trove, Weather Star, and Paul Jones. However, as
the acceptances will then have been made, I purpose dis-
cussing the different handicaps more fully in your next
week's paper.

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THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
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For Fallen Women.
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The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
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In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
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character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
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entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
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The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
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The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. COOPER, Sec.
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On the 12th inst. Mr. Charles Dickens gave one
of his readings in Philadelphia. The following de-
scription is by a correspondent in the New York
Tribune of January 14th :—" No literary man ex-
cept Thackery ever had such a welcome from Phila-
delphia as Charles Dickens received last night at
Concert hall. The selling of the tickets two weeks
ago almost amounted to [a disturbance of the peace.
Five hundred people in line standing from midnight
till noon poorly represented the general desire to
hear the great novelist on his first night. I can-
not see that it was Dicleens's fault that every-
body wanted to hear him, or Dolby's that Concert
hall could only hold 1,500 of the 15,000 who
wanted to get in ; but all this grumbling and dis-
satisfaction melted away before the charm of the
name of Charles Dickens, before the smiles of plea-
sure and mirth which the memory of his works
evoked. Everywhere that I looked in the crowded
hall I saw some one not unknown to fame ; some
one representing either the intelligence or the beauty,
the wealth, or the fashion of Philadelphia. It was
an audience which, in the words of Sergeant Buzfuz,
I might declare an enlightened, a high-minded, a
right feeling, a dispassionate, a conscientious, a
sympathising, a contemplative, and a poetical jury
to judge Charles Dickens without fear or favour.
Charles Dickens stepped upon the stage. His book
in his hand, his bouquet in his coat—but I will not
describe to the readers of the Tribune the face and
forni-Many of - them -know so well. Mr. Dickens
was received coldly. Philadelphia never takes
anything for granted. She is nothing if not criti-
cal, and if William Penn were to come back most
of us would cut the old Quaker dead ; and here
was an Englishman, a man who had pulled us
to pieces and tweaked the national nose by writing
Martin Chuzzlewit' and American Notes;' a man
who had broken our bread and tasted our salt, and
then made fun of us for putting our knives in our
mouths. Philadelphia would not stand any bigod
nonsense from him. So, when the dapper Mr.
Dickens stepped out so smilingly, he must have felt
as if he had stumbled by mistake into a bath of ice-
cold water. The ' stony British star' Tennyson
talks of is nothing to the glaring look with which
Philadelphia freezes a man's blood. But did Dickens
mind it? Not he. Marley was dead to begin
with,' said Mr. Dickens, and he went straight at
his work. It was good work. Yet Philadelphia held
out as long as she could, not only resolved never
to give in to a Britisher, but also feeling a
real disappointment in the man. The first
smile came in when Bob Cratchit warmed him
self with a candle, but before Scrooge had got
through with the first ghost the laughter was uni-
versal and uproarious. The Christmas dinner of
the Cratchits was a tremendous success, as was
Scrooge's Niece by marriage. There was a young
lady in white fur and blue ribbons, name unknown
to the writer, upon whose sympathies Mr. Dickens
played as if she had been a piano. A deaf man
could have followed his story by looking at her face.
The goose convulsed her. The pudding threw her
into hysterics ; and when the story came to the sad
death of Tiny Tim, ' my little, little child,' tears
were streaming down her cheeks. This young lady
was as good as Mr. Dickens, and all the more at-
tractive because she couldn't help it. Then as a
joke began to be dimly foreseen, it was great to see
the faint smile dawning on long lines of faces, grow-
ing brighter and brighter till it 'passed from sight
and sound, and thundered to the roof in vast and
inextinguishable laughter."
The Public Ledger, describing the outburst of
enthusiasm caused by Mr. Dickens's visit, says it is
" a state of popular excitement, that, taken in all
its phases, is without a parallel ou our side of the
ocean." Mr. Dickens gives his second reading this
evening ; and on the 16th and 17th he reads at
Brooklyn, a,t henry Ward Beecher's Plymouth
Church. The sale of seats for the Brooklyn read-
ings was characterised by the usual excitement,
many people staying out all night to get the first
choice, and 5,000 tickets being disposed of between
9 o'clock and noon. Early in February Mr. Dickens
gives four readings in Washington, where the price
of seats is fixed at five dollars each. In the leading
cities of the west he is also announced, and his pre-
sent intention is to return to England in the Cuba
on the 22 d of April.

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PRICE.... 4d.
STAMPED sd.

England won the Elcho Challenge Shield, indeed,
but only by one mark, while Scotchmen carried off
the International Trophy by 38 marks. Private
Hay won the Irish International Trophy with 66
marks, beating the representatives of Ireland and
England by 13 and 24 marks respectively ; and
Sergeant Bailie won the St. George's Challenge
Vase with the extraordinary score of 27 marks out
of a possible score of 28. When the memory of all
these battles at the butts had been revived and the
heroes duly honoured, Lady Hope Grant distri-
buted the regimental and otheL prizes won dur►ng
the year. The first of the corps prizes was won by
Private the Hon. J. Gordon ; but there is a wholesome
rule in the regiment that non-eflicients must not take
prizes, and as Mr. Gordon had not earned the capita-
tion grant for his corps the prize fell to Sergt.Nichols,
the second to Private Davison, the third to Ensign
Porteous. We have not space for the prize list,
which occupies several pages 'of print, and was read
out, with a running fire of comments, by the adju-
tant of the regiment, Captain Page. In some of
the matches there is another wholesome rule, in-
tended to prevent undue monopoly of prize-taking
by leading marksmen, namely, that men who have
won £lO, or taken three prizes, cannot take more.
Even with this restriction, the same names recurred
with what to the unsuccessful probably seemed " a
damnable iteration." Private Hay, Sergeant
Baillie, Sergeant Michie, Colour-Sergeant Malcolm,
M.P., Private E. Ross, and Sergeant J. E. Ross
were the most frequently called up. Lieutenant
-Scott headed the list for the subscription prizes.sak-
-500 and 600 yards, making 31 marks in five shots,
and Sergeant J. A. Ross was first at 200 and 500
yards, with 32 marks. Private E. Ross was first
for the " railway prizes," making 16 points
in five shots at unknown distances be-
tween 200 and 300 yards. Private Hill won
the chief " recruit prize ;" Private Davison won
a drawing-room table, presented by Messrs.
Atkinson. A challenge cup, given by Lady
Elcho, was won by Private E. Ross. What is called
the " Celestial Cup," manufactured in China, and
presented by Scotchmen resident there, to be held
by the company of which any five men make the
highest aggregate score in all the open competitions,
was won by the F Company, who scored 955. The
Lord Elcho Challenge cup was secured by the A
Company ; the Hop Grant prizes by Sergeant
Michie, Private E. Ross, Private Hay, and Sergeant
J. A. Ross, The Wemyss Cup, given by the Earl
of Wemyss, was won by Sergeant Michie. The total
number of battalion prizes awarded was 105, worth
£194 ; the value of the challenge cups won was
£250, and of the company prizes £323. Referring
to the scanty show of cups, Major Anson defended
the practice of taking prizes in money. Volunteers
were nit always rich ; their expenses in qualifying
as first-rate shots were considerable ;land he thought
the London Scottish were quite right in taking the
money, which would perhaps enable them to make
holyday in the far north, instead of accumulating
a lot of useless plate in their cupboards. When
money and cups had both been awarded, Sir Hope
Grant addressed to the regiment a few words of
congratulation upon their present efficiency, and of
exhortation to renewed efforts on the drill-ground
as well as at the butts.

TWENTY-TWO SAILORS PICKED UP AT SEA.—
Last Saturday afternoon the barque Britannia,
Captain Greig, bound from the west coast of Africa for
Liverpool, put into Holyhead, having on board twenty-
two men, being the master, Capt. Ferguson, and crew of
the ship Ghazeepore, from Akyab, laden with rice for
Liverpool. On Monday afternoon, at 4 p.m., the Britan-
nia, whilst 40 miles south of Cork, came up to the Gha-
zeepore, which was totally dismasted two days pre-
viously, and was in a leaky and sinking condition. The
crew were put on board the Britannia, with considerable
difficulty. The Ghazeepore was 140 days from Akyab.
The crew on being landed at Holyhead proceeded on to
Liverpool.
RIOT AT PRAGUE.—An anti-German manifesta-
tion occurred in the capital of Bohemia on the 21st. M.
Herbst had visited the city, and the German party gave
him a dinner. Thereupon the Czechs mustered in great
numbers outside the hotel, hissed, sang the Slavic songs,
and shouted, "Slava! Slava !" " Hurrah for the Czar !''
Dr. liieger, the Slavic champion, vainly tried to quiet
them. The gendarmes were hooted, and the life of one,
who was thrown from his horse, seemed in danger. At
length a body of infantry appeared, but it was only when
they came on with bayonets at the charge that the crowd
gaVe way. Subsequently a fresh band of rioters broke
the windows of the German theatre and sacked a café.
Soldiers again marched, but the mob offered no resist-
ance. A battery was held in readiness, and strong pa-
trols moved about all night.

THE MEMORIAL TO Dn. JELF.—The Bishop of Lon-
don has consented to preside at a meeting of professors,
past and present students, and others of Sing's Col-
lege, on Friday next, for the purpose of promoting a
memorial to Dr. Jelf, who is about resigning the
Principalship.
THE LONDON IRISH ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN.—Mr.
Digby Seymour states that the result of the appeal he
made last week to loyal Irishmen has been most assur-
ing and successful. Since then, he adds, a very great
number of Irishmen of all classes, but principally of
the working class, have added their names, with the
voucher of their residences, to the loyal address to the
Queen. I have during the week received numerous
letters of the most gratifying character—some from
the superintendents or managers of large mercantile
concerns, requiring more sheets of the address to satisfy
the voluntarily expressed desire of Irishmen on their
premises to record their names ; some from bodies of
Irishmen requesting me to forward the address for
their signatures, some from employers of Irish labour
or from Irish labourers themselves, thanking me for
adopting a course which has in frequent instances
restored mutual confidence, or checked a rising
uneasiness ; many from persons prevented by
sickness or other sufficient cause from per-
sonally signing the address, but asking me to at-
tach their names, and often enclosing a list of neigh-
bours and friends, with a similar authority on their
behalf ; all (except a few miserable anonymous pro-
ductions, full of vulgar insult or ruffianly menace)
testifying to the good the work is doing, and encourag-
ing me to persevere it. lam happy to add that many
who have hitherto declined to sign now frankly own
that they view the proceeding in a different light, and
acknowledge the benefit which the humbler classes of
their countrymen must derive from the facilities
afforded them of enrolling themselves with a hand of
loyal men who, loving their country, love their good
Queen too; who, resolving to obtain justice for Ire-
land, will seek it only by constitutional means ; re-
spectfully, earnestly, I once more implore my fellow
countrymen to come forward and sign this Address."
THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER AND THE WORKING
CLASSES. —On Saturday the Bishop of Manchester
delivered an address at a special service on the occa-
sion of the rearing of St. Matthew's Church, Hyde-
road. At the close of the address, the main subject
of which was the conversion of St. Paul, the bishop
said he wished to say a few words to working men, ofe
men;Tr
whom a large number were present. They
placed in awful times. The dreadful wickedness which
travelled under the name of Fenianism ought
to be repudiated with disgust, loathing,
The neglect
i and indignation
by every honest and right-minded person.
of public worship, the fearful immoral and inhtoxown
ica-
tion which were so widely spread, ought for their
and their wives' and children, s
sakes to be openly
11 and practically repudiated by them. But he had,
further, to warnthem
as regarded their material
prosperity. If it was true, as he feared it was,
that foreign competition was likely to interfere very
i ifth it was
were
was true
that i
seriously with our international trade
e;
wood work, carpentry, and other
brouaht from foreign countries at a lower price
than they could be produced here, it was time for
English workmen to be careful and look to
their own. Efforts were being made to extend educa-
tion. lie took no part in the late conference, not
because he was not deeply interested in those efforts,
but because, holding a seat in the highest chamber
of the Legislature, he might be called upon to express
an opinion hereafter. He appealed to any one who
had watched his career whether he had ever been in-
different to the cause of education. He could look
back to a long period in which his heart's fondest
desire had been to see every person educated, self-
respecting, and God-fearing among his fellow-citizens
and follow-countrymen. They should themselves, in
looking at the real interest of their wives and
children, be cultivating their minds by instruc-
tion, elevating their souls by piety, and leading them
in the paths that lead to God ; and to show that they
really appreciated the dignity of the British workman.
He believed there was no one more respectable, more
truly honourable, or whom any honest man could wore
completely take to his heart. As a fellow-worker, in
his sphere with them, he commended
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