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least. The star of the night was Sir William Molesworth, a young man just released from Alma Mater, with some of the best blood of Cornwall flowing in his veins, a fine property, and everything calculated to make the Ladies point their caps in right earnest. He is very much beloved in his neighbourhood both by rich and poor, and we doubt not will prove a blessing to all within his focus. In him the Town of Bodmin may expect a liberal Patron; and its Diver sions, under such auspices, coupled with the noble names of Trevanion, Trelawny, Arundel, Harris, Glanville, &c. must in due time become something brilliant.

On the 24th of October, at Messrs. Tattersall's, twelve hunters, the property of the Earl of Chesterfield, sold for the sum of 2525 guineas, and four hacks for 285 gs. Julius Cæsar was knocked down at 690gs. There were also twelve harness and other horses belonging to the same Nobleman, which produced 627 gs.

The only horse sent abroad during the month is the famous stallion Figaro, to Count Hahn, in Germany, by which he will much improve his breed.

Mr. Walker has bought Mr. Powlett's ch.c. by Whisker, dam by Blacklock, that ran third for the Champagne, and second for the Two-yearold Stakes at Doncaster.

Mr. Riddell sold Emancipation, by Whisker, 4 yrs, to Mr. Gully, for 1450; Mr. Gully has since sold him at the reported price of 2000gs. to Lord Cleveland.

Lord Scarbrough has sold Cister tercian by Catton, 5 yrs, and Chancellor (Brother to Tarrare), by Catton, 4 yrs, to Mr. Sharpe.

Mr. Skipsey has refused twelve hundred guineas for Castrellina, The Saddler's dam, for whom he gave a ten-pound note three or four years ago!

COURSING MEETINGS.

The Ardrossan Club held its Meeting on the 4th of October, over Lord Eglinton's lands in the Barony of Ardrossan, when the following courses were run for the Sweepstakes for Dogs under twenty-months

old belonging to Members:-Major Martin's Turk beat Dr. Brown's Lucy; Dr. Brown's Rose beat Mr. J. H. Robertson's Nettle; Dr. Brown's Grace beat Mr. J. H. Robertson's Rover; Lord Eglinton's Sovereign beat Mr. Rollo's Lily; Mr. Rollo's African beat Lord Eglinton's Cutty Sark.-In the First Ties, Sovereign agst Turk (undecided); Grace beat African; Rose ran a bye; and Turk beat Sovereign.-In the Second Ties, Rose beat Turk, and Grace ran a bye.-In the Deciding Course Rose was drawn, and Grace won the Stakes.

The Aberystwith Club held its meeting on the 4th of October, when the following courses were run for the Puppy Cup for Dogs under sixteen months old :—Mr. B. Harries's Hyacinth beat Mr. Williams's William Tell; Mr. Evans's Ebony beat Mr. Morgan's Idris; Mr. M. Davies's Zitella rana bye.-In the Ties, Ebony ran a bye, and Hyacinth and Zitella was no course, the latter having been drawn.-In the Deciding Course, Hyacinth beat Ebony and won the Cup.-Hyacinth was got by Beppo out of Myrtillo, Sister to Mundy; Ebony, by Grasp.

AQUATICS.

A meeting of the Royal Sailing Society was held on the 6th of the month at Oliver's Coffee-house, Westminster-bridge, D. Currie, Esq., the Treasurer, in the chair, in the absence of the Duke of Buccleuch. After Mr. Frost, the Secretary, had announced to the meeting that His Majesty had graciously signified his intention of becoming the Patron of the Society, and had intimated such intention through Lord Melbourne, the names of several distinguished persons, who had lately become Honorary Members, were read; among whom were, Earl Grey, the Marquis of Anglesey, Sir J. Graham, Âdmirals Lord De Saumarez, Sir Arthur Paget, Sir R. G. Keats, Sir-Hotham, the Hanoverian and Saxon Ministers, the Swedish and Sicilian Consuls, &c. The Secretary then stated that the Society had been formed, not, as the

title which had been given to it in its commencement might indicate, merely for the purpose of promoting the amusing and agreeable recreation of sailing. Patronised and honored as it was by some of the most illustrious individuals belonging to the Naval profession, it had pretensions of a different character, and it was hoped that it might at no distant period lay claim to a high place amongst the patriotic and useful Institutions with which this country abounded. The objects to which this Society had principally directed its attention hitherto were improvements in naval architecture, and those inventions by which life might be preserved in the appalling dangers which so frequently happen at sea. An invention connected with the latter subject had lately been presented to the Directors, which they were desirous of communicating to the Society generally. Before, however, this was done, he begged to announce that there was a Gentleman present who had so worthily distinguished himself by his courageous exertions in behalf of men who had no other claim on him than that which all human beings in distress had upon the sympathies of brave and generous minds, that it had been proposed to enrol his name among the Honorary Members of this Institution. He therefore proposed that Major Tolkien, Mayor of Teignmouth, who had saved the crew of a French brig bound from Bordeaux to Dunkirk, when in imminent danger of perishing, should become an Honorary Member of the Society. This being adopted unanimously,

had been the means of rendering to his fellow-creatures in distress, he expressed a hope that the readiness which the French Government had displayed in rewarding his humble exertions, beyond their merit, would be followed by the authorities in this country, in every case where Englishmen were indebted to the humanity and bravery of the people on whose coasts accident might throw them in moments of danger and suffering. He spoke, too, in terms of bitter indignation of the country people on the Devonshire and Cornwall coasts, when, on a late occasion, some French trading vessels had been driven ashore in a storm, and when it required the most strenuous and hazardous exertions of the crews of the boats which had gone out to save the men to protect the cargoes from the plunder of the wretches who came down to prey upon whatever the storm had spared.

Mr. Tolkien returned thanks, and in a very modest and unaffected manner related the circumstance attending the event alluded to by the Secretary. The French Government had, at first, offered him the decoration of the Legion of Honour; but, in consequence of some objection being made to his receiving this, he had been presented with a gold medal, which he produced, and had been appointed French Consul in the port of which he was an inhabitant. Disclaiming all personal merit for the services he

Mr. Canning then explained the machine which he had invented for the purpose of saving the lives of persons wrecked. It is the simplest contrivance that can be imagined, consisting merely of spars, or booms, or any similar material, of which there is no lack on board ship, fastened together with ropes, in the form (to use a most familiar illustration) of one of those portable seats carried about by artists. At each of the three lower ends is fastened a barrel, and the end of the barrel is protected against the rocks or sand banks it may encounter by a hammock and bedding. The barrels give the necessary buoyancy, and the ropes and intermediate space afford a safe place for the persons escaping, who are thus preserved from the two greatest dangers of shipwreck-immersion in the water, and bruising against the shore. Mr. Canning stated that he had tried the apparatus nine times with complete success, at Cherbourg, in stormy seas. The Members and Gentlemen present expressed their approbation of the invention in the highest terms; and a resolution recommending the same to the notice of the public was unanimously agreed to.

FINE ARTS-THE ANNUALS.

We hail the appearance of these literary luxuries with infinite pleasure, and should be wanting in gratitude for much entertainment were we to pass them over in silence, particularly as each succeeding year's graphic illustrations shew an evident improvement in the Arts, to which we are ever ready to open our pages.

Ackermann's Forget me Not was the first of these offerings to public taste, and it has annually visited us with increased claims to approbation and patronage. The title suits all seasons and all possible circumstances, and has the peculiar merit of individualising the feelings of which it is the token. The thought was a happy one, and was happily expressed in its earliest numbers by that beautiful garland of its own blue flower that was wont to be embossed on its title page. In the present volume, and in the Juvenile, by the same publisher-a fit and proper companion for its adult namesake-are numerous engravings by Chevalier, Landseer, Romney, Shenton, &c., and their names are a sufficient guarantee both of the style in which they are executed, and of the taste with which the subjects have been selected. The neatness and elegance with which both these very pretty volumes are got up, do as much credit to the liberality of the spirited proprietor as the talent which he has called forth in their illustration. The literary portions do not come under the character of those works which we are accustomed to notice, though it is but justice to say, the accompanying letter-press is highly entertaining; and we most heartily recommend these Forget me Nots as worthy not to be forgotten.

The embellishments of Friendship's Offering, published by Smith, Elder, and Co., are numerous, and we have seldom seen anything of the same class which could lay claim to a greater share of merit. The artists whose talents have been engaged in their production are individuals whose reputations are already established. Among the illustrations we may particularise the portrait of Lady Carrington, being

the last female painted by the lamented Sir Thomas Lawrence, possessing all that grace which the late President knew so well how to pourtray, and Finden's exquisite engraving from Richter's Fairy of the Lake. The designs by Stothard, J. Wood, Johanot, E. C. Ward, Wichelo, Westall, R.A., and others, are really beautiful; and their execution could not be entrusted to better hands than those of C. Rolls, Shenton, E. and W. C. Finden, Holmes, T. A. Dean, J. Goodyear, &c.-all exquisite specimens of what the pencil and the graver can perform. This set of prints will no doubt make their way into the libraries of all classical scholars and lovers of art.

The Humourist. This is Mr. Harrison's second appearance in this character, which he supports admirably under the auspices of our old friend Ackermann; and as an amusement, or a "Companion to the Christmas Fireside," which its second title professes, no contribution can be more calculated to sustain its object. Whilst other Annuals procure the co-operation of a number of popular pens, Mr. Harrison boldly attempts to raise the crop and reap the field of humour alone. It is sown with eighty-one various and laughable designs by W. H. Brooke, beginning with Emigration, and ending with a Brother of the Angle. The first represents an Irish family on the move, drawn by a single horse, and cart and horse covered with population: to which the author in his preface thus alludes:-" He neither claims nor merits exemption from the common lot of authors. Like the animal in the first illustration of this Number, he has found his path an up-hill one; and the attempt to draw a multitude with so many conflicting sentiments, laborious. He has had great critics on his back, and small ones upon his withers; while the shafts of censure have galled his sides. Could he, however to carry the simile not further, but back, that is, to the tail of the car-dare to hope that, like the Irishman with the uplifted shilelah, he is about to make a hit, he should forget his past labours in the prospect of future reward." The volume is

THE SPORTING MAGAZINE.

filled with puns, droll stories, odd caricatures of character, and Pindaric extravaganzas, all in immediate connection with the designs; and we can refer to them as being very ludicrous and displaying great fertility of fancy, perfectly in unison with each other.

The Comic Offering.-Miss L. H. Sheridan has again taken the field of fun and humour, under the protection of her first publishers, Smith, Elder, and Co.; and her volume for 1832 will be found an admirable antidote to ennui. Without wishing in the slightest degree to derogate from the merits of this talented Lady, we think she has done wisely in calling in the aid of such able coadjutors as Our Village Mitford, Lady Clarke, W. Collier, Esq., Miss Isabel Hill, T. H. Bayly, Esq., and other "justly esteemed favorites in the circle of literature." The greater part of the illustrations, seventy in number, are designed by the fair authoress; the remainder are the production of persons who have attained celebrity in this branch of the Art, highly characteristic of the object it is intended to pourtray.

"The

Old Cat" is an exquisite morceau, and "Sans sous, see," is true to nature. But we cannot particularise: all are highly comic, and well adapted to chase away the blue devils, which too frequently assail the sportsman when frost-bound.

RETORTS COURTEOUS.

"You have prevaricated so grossly," said a brow-beating Counsellor to an Irish witness, "that' no one will for the future believe a word you say!”"Counsellor, ye're an honest man!" was Paddy's rejoinder.

"Hold your tongue for a fool!" was the polite recommendation of an Irish husband. "Sure then, ye're going to spake yourself!" was the equally polite reply of the wife.

CAMPING.

A Camping Match took place lately on the Norwich Cricket Ground. Two sides of ten each (Norwich and Blofield) were formed; the former got the first goal, and after a bye each had been gained, the Blofield men cried "Hold, enough!" in about

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twenty minutes from the commencement of the play. Whether it arises from the novelty or fierceness of the struggle, camping matches are generally attended by the whole neighbourhood, each individual appearing to feel that upon his personal exertions depends the fate of the game, and all evincing the most lively interest in the success of their respective partisans. It is perhaps one of the pastimes best adapted for the display of the hardihood, agility, and courage of our rural population, as it combines and brings into action all the athletic powers of which man is capable. It was formerly a game of very general pursuit in Norfolk, but, with the exception of a very splendid affair which came off at Ranworth in August 1822, it has been but little practised of late years. - In 1349 (24th Edw. III.) it was prohibited by public edict, because it co-operated with other popular and favorite amusements to impede the progress of archery. James the First denounced it as 66

meeter for lameing than making abler the users thereof." (See Basilicon Doron, book iii.) Speaking of "foote-ball," Barclay, in his Ship of Fools, published 1508, has these lines:

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MR. OSBALDESTON'S MATCH.

This out-and-outer's great match, to gallop two hundred miles in ten successive hours, with an unlimited number of horses, will be decided on the race course at Newmarket on the Monday after the Houghton Meeting. Twenty-five thorough-bred horses are to be employed, and (independently of changes and stoppages for refreshments) Mr. O. must do at the rate of twenty miles an hour. He is, however, so confident that he has laid odds on the performance; notwithstanding which there are plenty of takers at six to four. The ground on which this feat is to be undertaken is a square, the extent of which is four

miles of the most beautiful turf in the kingdom. The animals will be kept in the centre, and several will be walking about, meeting him at different parts of the ground in case of accidents. It is generally thought they will easily perform their part of the task; and it is the opinion of the jockeys (no mean judges) that if he is in good training he will accomplish it.

Should Mr. O. get through his job, it will be without a parallel in the annals of horsemanship. The greatest match of this nature hitherto performed was that of Cooper Thornhill, the postmaster of Stilton, who in April 1745 rode three times between that town and London, which he accomplished in 11 h. 33 m. 52 sec.-the distance 213 miles.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

THE Proprietors of the SPORTING MAGAZINE respectfully announce to their Subscribers, that, anxious to shew the grateful sense they entertain of the extended Patronage which has lately rewarded their labours, they have gone to considerable additional expense in their Embellishments, in the hope of competing with the advanced and daily advancing state of the Arts; and beg to assure them that their utmost endeavours will be constantly exerted to secure a continuance of that support which it will be their highest ambition to deserve. The next, the DOUBLE NUMBER of the Volume, will be embellished with FOUR ENGRAVINGS:-the first, SPANIELS, the property of Sir Thomas Bowyer, Bart. engraved by GOLDING, the eminent Artist who executed the beautiful portraits of the late lamented Princess Charlotte and Sir William Grant the Master of the Rolls, together with the Book-plates to the superb edition of Don Quixote and other first-class publications:—the second, THE COCK PIT, with portraits of two first-rate Feeders and other public characters, by MARSHALL, jun :— the third, the Old BETTING ROOMS at Newmarket and the fourth, A THOROUGHBRED ONE FALLING AT HIS FENCE, by LAPORTE-the three last from the elegant burin of ROMNEY.

Our attention has been called to a misconception, which we understand has in some instances arisen on the observations of ALFRED HIGHFLYER on the Gold Cup at Doncaster of this year, which he styles "so paltry and unworthy a prize, if such it may be called." We are quite sure that our valued Correspondent meant the expression to refer only to the taste in its execution, and not to its value, which was quite equal to the Cups of late years.

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We are obliged to AMICUS for his friendly hint, and hope he will find that we have profited by it.

To our Manchester Correspondent we take leave to say his very just complaint does not lie at our door. Our Magazine for October was published on the last day of September, and ought in due course to have been received on the first or second of October at latest. The delay in the delivery must be with his bookseller, as the London Agents invariably send off their parcels on the day of publication.

We are not surprised at "FLASK" supposing the wavy lines in a genuine Damascus barrel are produced by the introduction of steel. It is the general opinion out of the Trade, though an erroneous one; as, on examination, it will be found they are of the same metal as the rest of the barrel, and form a sort of embossed work. The texture of a real Damascus is not the only thing curious about it; they are often highly ornamented with silver, which is not inlaid, but fixed on the surface, though no solder or other material known to us for such purpose is perceptible.

BETTINGS AT TATTERSALL'S, OCT. 28.-Business has been very slack during the past month. For the DERBY, Beiram has got up two points since our last, and Margrave and Folly have both receded. The bettings closed yesterday as follows:9 to 1 agst Beiram, 13 to 1 Dulcinea, 15 to 1 Non Compos, 15 to 1 Margrave, 18 to 1 Folly, 18 to 1 Darioletta, 20 to 1 Pastille, and 25 to 1 William the Fourth. For the OAKS, Emiliana is the only one talked of, at 6 to 1 agst her. Nothing doing on the St. LEGER, from the uncertainty prevailing respecting the proposed regulation of this great Stake.

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