The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WE EVENING, APRIL 8, 186,.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH COAST
RAILWAY. VOLUNTEER REVIEW at
PORTSMOUTII.—EASTER MONDAY, April 13.—1 n
addition to the Ordinary Trains leaving

VICTORIA.
1,2, &3. 1& 2. 1& 2. 1&2.1 & 2. 1. 1,2, &3.
5.55, 9.33 and 11.55 a.m., 2.5, 4.0. 4.55, and 6.35 p.m.

LONDON"-BRIDGE.

6.0 and 10.0 a.m., 12.0 noon, 2.10, 4.5, 5.0, and 6.45 p.m.
A SPECIAL FAST TRAIN (first and second class) w►ll
on Thursday, April 9, and Saturday, April 11, leave Vic-
toria and London-bridge at 3.0 p.m., and on Easter Mon-
day at 7.15 a.m., for Portsmouth, via the new direct 3aid-
Sussex Line.

The Ordinary Fares to Portsmouth
Ist Class. 21 Class. 3d Class.
Single lss. Od. 10s. Gd. Gs. 2d.
Return

Will be charged by all the above Trains according to class.
Special facilities for the general public to Portsmouth
and the Isle of Wight from 9th to 15th April.—All Ordi-
nary Return Tickets issued by the London, Brighton, and
South Coast Railways, from London (and stations above
30 miles distant from Portsmouth) to Portsmouth and
Hyde, issued on Thursday, 9th April, and succeeding
days, will be available for the Return Journey by any
train of the samo class, and of the same description, up to
and including Wednesday, 15th April.

METROPOLITAN AND ST. JOHN'S-
WOOD RAILWAY.

This Line will be OPENED for TRAFFIC in the
course of a few days.
The Stations are at
SWISS COTTAGE,
MARLBOROUGH-ROAD (near Eyre Arms),
ST. JOHN'S-WOOD ROAD (near Lord's Cricket
Ground).
Through Trains will run at.intervals of 20 minutes be-
tween Swiss Cottage and the City; and at intervals of 10
minutes between Swiss Cottage and Baker-street Station
at certain hours of the day.
Passengers will be booked through to and from all sta-
tions on-the Metropolitan and Hammersmith Railways.
For particulars as to Season Tickets, Sze., apply to
MYLES FENTON, General Manager.
Metropolitan R.tilway Offices, Gower-street
Station, April 4, 868.

COMPAGNIE, GENERALE TRANS-
ATLANTIQUE, 8, Place Vendome, Paris.
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS,
CHINA, JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC,
AND CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar-
tinique, SL Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Gnayra, Porto Ca-
bello, Guadekupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, ex.,- San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and Japan.
WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.
Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
NEW YORK
Leave every 14 days, from Havre cud Brest, for New
York.
From FlAvn.E.—April 9th and 23d, May 7th and 21st,
June 4th and 18th, July 2d and 16th.
From BREST —March 28th, April 11th and 25th, May
9th and 23d, June Gth and 20th, July 4th and 18th.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
From HAVRE or BREST to NEW YORK.
First Class
~
700 fr.f Cabin.
Second Class
Third Class 275 fr.
From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brost, includ-
ing railway ticket, 850 fr. and 725 fr., according to cabin ;
second class, 440 fr.; third class, 285 fr.
Hand-books, with full details of all the routes of this
Company, can be bad of
STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and Co.,
Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C.

Mutual Assurance without Mutual Liability.—Profits may be
applied so as to make Policies payable in Life time, or so as
alternately to reduce the Premiums on Second-class Lives
‘ to First-class Rates.
BRITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
4, QUEEN-STREET-PLACE,
SOUTHWARK BRIDGE, LONDON, E.C.
CAPITAL:—A QUARTER OF A MILLION.
Accumulating Fund exceeds £155,000.
New Policies issued:
Years. No. Amount. Annual Prems.
1865-6 ... 2073 ... £353,700 ... £10,899
1866-7 ... 2845 ... 501,175 ... 15,318
1867-8 ... 3839 ... 661,997 ... 20,303

-- -- - ...
3 ••• 8807 £1,51 ,872 £46,520
Policies in• force, 14,474—£2,451,896.
19th March, 1863

CONTRACTS FOR NORWAY SPARS.

Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, March 20, 1868.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the.
14th April next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat
with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for
supplying and delivering into Store, at her Majesty's
several Dockyards,
10,950 NORWAY SPARS,

by the 31st December, 1868.
The Spars (except such as may be rejected) to be
exempted from the payment of Customs duties.
A Distribution of the Spars, and the Form of the Tender
and Conditions of Contract, may be seen in the Lobby of
the Storekeeper-General's Department, Admiralty, Somer-
set House.
No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the
day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party
attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
" Tender for Norway Spars," and must also be delivered at
the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty,
Somerset House, accompanied by a letter signed by two
responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the
person tendering in the sum of £25 per cent. on the value
for the due performance of the Contract.
By order, -
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

DR. SC 0 ITS LIVER and B I LIOU S
PILLS.—A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Pre-
pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe
of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to
all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges..
tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c.
For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine,
and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ;
mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they
create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the
whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W.
Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross,
London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. lid., and
three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for
Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a
square green package, with "William Lambert" engraved
on the stamp.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing]

370 children.
£l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank,
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, ; and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
ctre as follows :

For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hump- I 150, New Kent-road.
stead. ' 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Great Portland-street. wich.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John's-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Homo—St. James's- street, Dover.
Temporary Homo-85, Queen-street, Cheapside.
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge throe homes for servants of good
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy") may. be had on application.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. COOPER, Sec.
85, Queen-street, Cheapside.

THE MORTON TESTIMONIAL.

QEVERAL Gentlemen, friends of Mr. CHARLES
MORTON, of "THE OXFORD," have formed them-
selves into a Committee for the purpose of raising FUNDS
for a TESTIMONIAL, to be presented to him, expressive
of the high sense entertained both of his public character
and private worth. - _ _

Subscriptions already received :

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Subscription Books aro open at the London and County
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Cornhill ; or Subscriptions win be receiv.d and acknow-
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St. James's Hall, March 10, 1868.4

PLA.PHAM.—APARTMENTS well Furnished
‘J and highly Respectable in a Gentleman's Private
Family, pleasantly situate, with large Garden. Attend-
ance and every comfort. Very convenieLt for Rail or
Omnibus to City and West-end. Apply at the Residence,
34, Lark Hall Rise, Clapham, S.W.; or to Mr. STEVENS,
The Pavement, Clapham Common.

TO BE LET, UNFURNISHED, a PARLOUR
and TWO BED-ROOMS, with Gas, &c., in the most
eligible part of St. Paul's-road, Camden-square, N.W.
Apply at 44, St. Paul's-road, Camden-square, N.W.

OHIO` GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street, London.

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J(EATING'S COUGH LOZENGES relieve
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ING, Chcmie, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard,
London. Sold, retail by all Druggists, &e.

MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52
,
Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new de-
scription of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without
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the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the ori-
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ever before used. This method does not require the
extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will
support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is gua-
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teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in masti-
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CHANGE RINGING.—.on Saturday evening last
eight members of the Ancient Society of College Youths
ascended the tower of Christ Church, SpitaMelds, and rang
on that fine peal of bells a true and excellent peal of grand-
sire triples, containing 5,040 changes (the late Mr. J.
Reeves' tenth part), in 3 hours and 19 minutes, this being
the quickest peal ever rung on the bells, and 19 years
having elapsed since the last peal. The band were sta-
tioned as follows :—G. Longhurst treble, J. Pettit 2d, H.
Haley, jun., 3d, H. Booth 4th, R. Beaumont (of Wakefield)
sth, J. M. Hayes 6th, E. Horrex 7th, and A. Hayward
tenor. Weights of tenor 33 cwt. The above peal was
conducted by Mr. H. Booth. .
THE WHEAT PROSPECT.—We copy the following
from the circular of Messrs. George I. Jones and Co:, Mil-
waukee :—" The indications are that the Mississippi will
be open to Winona in a few days, which will be unusually
early. Receivers here are expecting to begin to have re-
ceipts next week from the accumulations on the river, No.
1 wheat selling at points above Winona at $1 58 to $1 60.
The weather is mild, and the prospect is very favourable
for an early spring. The reports from the country are that
there is very little frost in the ground ; that the mud
is knee-deep, and that a few dry days such as we are now
having will put the soil in a proper condition for seeding.
Should this occur it will be cause for beginning to anti-
cipate a bountiful harvest, as early seeding in this section
has always proved very beneficial to the crop. Last
year the seeding was late, there being a good deal of snow
on the ground the first week in April. The ice moved
out of the Milwaukee river yesterday, the washing away
of the water-power having assisted the clearance, and
vessels therefore can now load at the elevators, and be
ready for the resumption of navigation. We think an
early opening of the Straits may be expected this year,
and, if so, freights are not likely to open so high as they
otherwise would. We hear from Southern Ohio, Southern
Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee unfavourable reports
of the winter wheat fields, and that a good crop cannot be
secured there. The stock in store to-day is reported at
1,168,000 bushels, against 650,000 bushels at same time
last year, and 1,550,000 bushels at same time in 1866."
—"Belding, Keith, and Co.'s Circular."
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to undergo this very gentle treatment with safety and ad-
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to the system from a regulated course of these pills. They
are infallible in stomach complaints, ,bilious affections,
sickness, want of appetite, disordered bowels, constipation,
and the annoyances which spring from derangements of
the digestive and assimilating organs.

SPORTING IN IELLIGENCE.

BROMLEY SPRING MEETING.
TUESDAY.

Large though the attendance was on Monday, it was
fully doubled to-day. The weather was again I:4ghly fa-
vourable to the sport, which was, however, unfortunately
marred by a fatal accident to one of the riders in the
Steeplechase Plate, Mr. E. Clifford. The deceased was
riding his own horse, Vindicator, who appeared to :.•e win-
ning easily, but came down at the last fence, and com-
pletely rolled over his rider, injuring him so severely that
he died almost immediately. The race in which the acci-
dent occurred was declared void, the other competitors
having gone the wrong course. Eight races were decided
in the afteinoon, and one of them, the Selling Hurdle Race,
produced a dead heat. Particulars of the running are ap-
pended :

The Norwood Plate of 30 sovs; four year olds 11st 21b
five list 71b, six and aged 12st ; half-brads allowad 71b;
to be ridden by qualified gentlemen riders, farm, rs, or
their sons; professionals 41b extra; about two miles on

the flat.
Mr. G. Stone's Isabella, by Gunboat, 5 yrs, 11st 41b (inc.
4lb extra) (J. Potter) 1
Mr. M•Queen ns False Alarm, 5 yrs, list 1 11b(in. 41b ex.)
(Grant) 2
Captain Wheble's Dovedale, aged,list 41b (Ur. Ward) 3
Mr. F. Rowland's Fawn, aged, 12st 41b 41b ex.)

(W. Reeves) 4
Mr. Nightingall's Admiral Fitzroy, 4 yrs, list Glb (in.
41b extra) (Jas. Nightingall) 0

Betting 7 to 4 on Isabella, 5 to 1 " bar one."
The favourite made the whole of the running, and won
in a canter by three lengths from False Alarm, who pro-
cedod I)ovedale by four lengths ; 'Fawn was a bad fourth ;
Admiral Fitzroy, outpaced, pulled up soon after starting.
The Bickley Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sovs each, 1 ft (to the
fund), with 30 added; the winner to be sold for 40 sovs ;
any winner after March 31 (at ton a.m.) 51b extra.

About six furlongs.
Mr. J. Nightingall's Adjutant, by Vedette —Varna, 3 yrs,
7st 41b • •
Mr. Weston's Belle of Kars, 6 yrs, 6st 101 b (S. Mordan) 2
Mr. J. Thomas's Rose Stock, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ...(J. Covey) 3
Mr. A. Heathcote's Diamond, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Prior) 0
Mr. Stone's Van Dieman, 4 yrs, 7st 7lb (Ashbee) 0
Coslett weighed for Wi'd Dove, 5 yrs, 7st 41b, and the
number was hoisted, but taken down when it was ascer-
tained that the mare was not on the course.

Betting-7 to 4 agst Diamond, 100 to 30 agst Belle of
Kars, 4 to 1 each agst Rose Stock and Adjutant.
Van Diciman made running, attended by Belle of Rare
and Diamond to the Lend into the straight, where the
leader, hanging towards the raiki, cannoned slightly
against Bello of Kars. Tho mare, however, was speedily
righted, and came up the straight with a slight lead of
Adjutant, who caught her up in the last stride and won
on the post by a short head. three lengths separated the
second and third; Van Dieman was fourth, closo up, and
the favourite last.

The winner was sold to Mr. Fuller for 85 guineas.

The Bromley Spring Handicap of 5 soya each, 2 ft (to the
fund), with 50. added; any winner of a race value 50
sovs after March 26 (at noon) 101 b, any other winner 51b
extra ; nearly one mile and a half on the flat.
Mr. Ford's Residuary Legatee, by Cavendish- Codicil,
4 yrs, 7st 41b (C. Smith) 1
Mr. Beadman's Easby, 4 yrs, 7st 7lb (Peppier) 2
Mr. Tittens ns Triana, 3 yrs, Est 71b (J. (.lark) 3
Mr. Hope's Leading Suit, 4 yrs, Bst (S. Mordan) 4
Mr. Stevens's Virginia Creeper, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Pearson 0
Mr. Thomas's Red Riband, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (J. Covey 0
Mr. Wells's Mischief, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (F. Smith 0
Mr. James's Milly, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (R. Viney 0
Mr. Slowburd's Bumboat, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b ...(Hammond) 0
Mr. England's John Bull, 3 yrs, 6st 91b (inc. 51b ex.)
(Penfold) 0
Mr. Harris's Lady Glencora, 3 yrs, 6st 41b --(Wyatt) 0
'Betting-3 to 1 agst Lady Glencora, 4to 1 agst Easby
6 to 1 each agst Triana and Residuary Legatee, 7 to 1 agst
Bumboat, 8 to 1 agst Leading Suit, 10 to 1 each agst Red
Riband and John Bull. Easby made play, closely followed
by Virginia Creeper, Lady Glencora, and Leading Suit,
until passing the Stand, when Virginia Creeper dropped
into the rear, and Leading Suit ran into second place,
Lady Glencora, Residuary Legatee, Triana, and Bumboat
following at slight intervals. After making the turn on
the far side—about half a mile from home—Residuary
Legatee took second place, Triana simultaneously passing
Lady Glencora. Within the straight Residuary Legatee
closed with Easby, whom he headed at the half-distance,
and won cleverly by a length. Easby def Lated Triana
a neck for second place ; Loading Suit was fourth, Mis-
chief fifth, Bumboat sixth, and Red Riband next. The
last two were Milly and Virginia Creeper.
A Steeple Chase Plate (Handicap) of 40 sovs ; any winner
of 80 sovs after March 31 (at 10 a.m.), 101 b, any other
winner 71b extra ; about two miles.

Mr Olvyan's Ned of the Hills, by Mountain Deer —Peg
tho Rake, aged, lOst
Mr Pilgrim's Order, 4 yrs, lOst 41b (W. G. Jarvis) 2
Mr C. Fox's Wedding Peal, 6 yrs, lOst 71b (W. Reeves) 3
Mr W. Clark's Clarina, aged, 10st 71b (Daniels) 4
Mr E. Clifford's Vindicator, aged, list 111 b (inc. 71b ex.)
(Owner) 0
Betting-5 to 4 agst Wedding Peal, 2to 1 agst Vindica-
tor, 6 to 1 agst Clarina, 10 to 1 agst Ned of the Hills, 20 to
1 agst Order.

Vindicator showed the way over the first flight of
hurdles, immediately after clearing which he was de-
prived of the lead by Clarina, the favourite going on
in advance of Vindicator and Ned of the Hills, Order
bringing up the rear. When about half a mile of the dis-
tance bad been covered, Ned of the Hills showed slightly
in advance of Wedding Peal and Clarina, who were to-
gether clear of Vindicator and Order. Ned of the Hills
knocked down a flag, and the riders of the favourite and
Clarina seeing that they had gone the wrong side of it,
turned their horses round to retrace their steps. Mean-
while Vindicator passed Ned of the Hills, and traversed
the fields behind the Stand with a long lead of the last
mentioned, Order following some distance in advance of
the favourite, who was rapidly making up the lost ground,
Clarina being a long way in the rear. In this order they
ran until about three quarters of a mile from home, when
Wedding Peal got level with Order, but Vindicator re-
tained a clear lead to the last obstacle, .when he came
down heavily, rolling completely over Mr. Clifford. This
accident left Ned of the Hills with a slight advantage till
making the bend into the straight, where Order, quitting
Wedding Peal, joined the leader, but was stalled off at the
distance, and Ned of the Hills won easily by a length;
Wedding Peal, a length in rear of Order, was third, Cla-
rine trotting in a very bad fourth. On returning to scale
Jarvis, the rider of Order, objected to Ned of the Hills for
having gone on the wrong side of a flag. At the same time
Daniels, the rider of Clarina, contended that he alone had
gone the right course, and lodged an objection to the first
three. The stewards heard the evidence of the jockeys,
but it was of so conflicting a character that it was sug-
gested the race should be run over again, but this did
not seem expedient, and eventually the following decisicn
was posted :

"Owing to the conflicting evidence, we decide that the
race iS void.—A. HEATRCOTE, REGINALD HERBERT."

We regret to add that lif;. Clifford sustained such in-
juries by Vindicator's falling on him that he died almost
instantaneously.

The Beckenham Plate (handicap) of 50 sovs ; any winner
of 50 sovs atter March 26 (at noon) 71b, any other win-
ner 41b extra. About five furlongs.

Mr H. Wright's Venturer, by Acrobat—Varna, 5 yrs,
Bst 21b (Peppier) 1
Mr Hartley's Gaiety 4 yrs, 7st 21b (S. Mordan) 2
Mr Fuller's Wild Bee, 6 yrs, Bst 91b (inc 71b extra)
(Coslett) 3
Mr G. Taylor's Hackler, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Clement) 4
Mr j. Thomas's Rose Stock, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—(ffammo1ld) 0
Mr Guard's Howard (late Magpie), 4 yrs, 7st 41b
(G. Sopp) 0
Mr Reeves's Inheritance, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Penfold) 0
Mr F. E. James's Chore et Belle, 2 yrs, sst 71b
(Burbidge) 0
Betting-2 to 1 agst Venturer, 4to 1 agst Wild Bee, sto
1 agst Hackler, 6 to 1 agst Gaiety, 7 to 1 agst Howard.
Venturer jumped away in front, made the whole of the
running, and won easily by a length from Gaiety, who
was a head in advance of Wild Bee ; Hackler was fourth,
a length and a half in rear of tho third ; Howard was fifth,
Rose Stock sixth, Inheritance next, and Chore et Belle
last, a long way in the roar.

A Handicap Plate cf 30 soya, for all ages.
Mr F. Barnes's Ada by Lambton—Blight, 4 yrs, Bst
(Peppier) 1
Mr A. Heathcote's Diamond, 4 yrs, 9st .........(Prior).. 2
Mr Williams's Protection (late Skylight), 4 yrs, Bst
(S. Adams) 3
Mr Cassidy's Poleaxe, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Clement) 4
Mr J. Houghton's Mont Blanc, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (S. Mordan) 5
Mr W. Potter's Vitriol, 2 yrs, Est 71b (Penfold) 6
Mr Thomas's Caroline, 2 yrs, 6st 21b (Wyatt) 7
Betting.-2 to 1 agst Protection, 3to 1 agst•Ada, sto 1
agst Diamond, 6to 1 each agst Vitriol, Caroline, and Mont
Blanc, 8 to 1 agst Pole-axe.
The latter made play, attended by Diamond and Mont
Blanc to the first turn, where Pole-axe ran one, and Ada,
who hail been in the rear,"ran up to Diamond, and passing
the latter at the distance won easily by a length ; three
lengths intervened between the second and third, Pole-axe
was f mirth, Mont Blanc fifth, Vitriol sixth, and Caroline
last. The winner w..is bought in for 41 guineas, and Mr.
Thomas claimed Diamond.

Tho Kent Open Steeplechase (Handicap) of 10 sovs each,
2 ft. (to the fund), with 59 added ; any winner of 100
sovs after March 26 (at noon) 101 b, 50 7lb extra ; the
secojid to save his stake ; about three miles.

Mr. Pawley's Roving Maid, by Rover—Maid of Tyno,
4 yrs, lOst 101 b (J. Potter)
Mr. J. Anderson's Contraband, 6 yrs, I Ist
(Mr. A. Yates) 2
Mr. R. Herbert's King Alfred, aged, list... (W. Reeves) 0
Betting—Even on Contraband, 2 to 1 each ngst Roving
Maid and King Alfred.

The lattor she a•ed the way to the first obstacle, where