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A few particulars of the winner and placed fillies for the "Ladies Race" may interest our readers, the more especially as it looks something like a certainty that one of the three will win the St. Leger.
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present.
CHIARINI'S ROYAL ITALIAN CIRCUS.
lucky filly. It is of course possible that valuable Hurstbourne Stakes at Stock-Great Challenge Stakes from Scobell, À REGULAR LODGE OF ZETLAND, No. 525, will Shotover did not run for the Oaks, although bridge, in June, where she finished a, good Tristan, Peter, Mazurka, Poulet, and Chari- be held in Freemason's Hall, on Friday the 2nd no good reason exists for the belief. It is third to Geheimniss and Whitechapel, and bert. Mr. Rothschild's greatly improved proximo, at nine o'clock precisely.
About three thousand people flocked to quite true that both Geheimniss and Shot- a week later ran a dead heat with Dutch filly made her final appearance as a two We are glad to hear that His Excellency the Bowrington on Saturday night to witness the over are trained by John Porter at Kings- Oven for the same berth behind Kermesse year old in the Criterion Stakes, where, Administrator has subscribed very handsomely performance at Chiarini's Royal Italian Circus elere, but as no confederacy exists be- and Marden in the Newmarket July, a after looking all over a winner until fifty towards the amateur concert announced for Thurs-and Menagerie, and the threatening weather no doubt prevented many more from paying a visit tween His Grace of Westminster and Lord length behind the winner. Two days later yards from home, Bruce wore her down, day next, and has intimated his intention of being to this excellent entertainment. Rain has fallen so heavily throughout the day, that not only had Stamford, it is almost certain that both. Fordham rode the daughter of Hermit and and finally beat her by a length. St. Mar-
the afternoon performance to be abandoned, but fillies would run on their merits, and it is | Devotion to victory in the Chesterfield, guerite being third, three quarters of a
We are informed by the Agents, Messrs. Adam-owing to the ring being full of water, the artistes son Bell & Co., that they have received a tele- were unable to rehearse the new programme, so likely enough that Archer would steer the winning in a common canter from rather length away. Nellie was reported amissgram stating that the steamship Stirling Castle that the management had no alternative but to Derby winner, as the result of the Blue an indifferent field. At Goodwood St. during the Spring, so it is likely enough arrived at Singapore at 10.30 last night, and reproduce the very attractive entertainment of
the evening.
It would serve no Riband would effectually dispose of the Marguerite was sent out for the Richmond she was not quite up to the mark when she left again at 9 o'clock this morning, after bay- useful
to reler at length to the pretensions of Lord Falmouth's pair, Dutch Stakes, but Dutch Oven won by a short finished third to St. Marguerite and Shot-ing taken 1,600 tons of coal on board. The performance of Saturday, as was iden- Oven and Little Lady.
head, Mr. ChawPURD'S filly and Kermesse, over in the One Thousand guineas, and North China Daily News of the 24th instant tical in almost every respect to that of the the latter conceding 4lbs, running a dead possibly she would not be quite herself on says, that the Stirling Castle passed the Tung preceding night. Suffice it to say that the several artistes were most favorably received, heat for second place; and in the Rous the Oak's day, although it would seem as
sha Lightship at a.m, on the 23rd instant, so and went through their various feats in excellent Memorial, at the same meeting. Dutch if she turned the tables on Shotover. that the time occupied between the Lightship and style. The Faust Family, Mr. Lavater Lee, Mr. and Miss Stoodley, Messrs. French and Angelo, Oven again proved her superiority, heat- Nellie is a big slashing filly, susceptible of Singapore was 5 days col hours.
Miss Emily Rolande, Professor Thuzet and La ing St. Marguerite on this occasion by great improvement, and she may possibly THE China Jait understands that, at a numer Petite Jeanne, and Signer Chiarini all distin- three lengths, Pursebearer dividing the enable Fordham to win his first St. Legerously attended meeting of the Hongkong St. Anguished themselves in their respective lines, and pair. Doncaster was the next battle ground
drew's Society, held in the City Hall last Friday and the den of performing Bengal tigers caused were greatly applauded. Mr. Lorenz Johnsen selected for the slashing sister to Thebais,
night, the following gentlemen were elected office a deal of excitement; and we must also say a bearers to serve until the ordinary annual general good word for Mr. Lehmann, who is certainly a walk over for the Municipal Stakes
one of the cleverest and most amusing ring meeting of 1883-11on. P. Ryrie, President; Mr. on the St. Leger day, and a half length
John Macgregor, Vice-President; Mr. A. D.
clowns we have seen for a long time. Mr. Leh- beating by Lord Falmouth's Little Sister
Mactavish, Hon. Secretary; Mr. A. C. Marshall,
mann performed some really very clever tricks an Saturday night, and his comic whimsicalities. being the results of her journey to the famous
Hon. Treasurer; Dr. Stockwell and Messrs. J. kept the audience in continuous merriment. Ás Yorkshire town. In the Middle Park Plate,
McCallum, Legge, Williamson, and Noble, meni. will be seen from our advertising columns, an en- St. Marguerite again had the bad fortune to
bers of committee. We shall doubtless hear all tirely new programme will be produced this even- ing, and now that the weather has become settled, in good time what duties these gentlemen-whose we hope to see Signor Chiarini's great enterprise get "plared," occupying the third berth to
personal qualifications and general fitness to re- rewarded by full houses during the remainder of Kermesse, and the American colt Gerald
present the various sections of the Scottish com-
his stay in Hongkong. in a field of 13 runners, Lord Rosebery's
munity we readily admit-are intended to carry filly conceding 4lbs. and winning very cleverly by a length, with half a length
out between now and the ordinary annval gen- between the second and third. On the
cral meeting of 1883." following day, St. Marguerite, with odds of 100 to 12 laid on her, beat Patience by six lengths in the Renewal of the Bretby
THE OAKS
Stakes of 50 sovs, each, half forscit, for three year old fillies, 8st. tolb, each: about a mile and a half; the owner of the second to receive goa sovs, and the third 150 sovs. out of the stakes; 175 subs.
Lord Stamford's br. f. Geheimniss, by Rosicru
cian out of Nameless............ Cannon Mr. W. S. Crawford's ch. f. St. Marguerite,
by Hermit out of Devotion....... Wood: Mr. L. de Rothschild's ch. f. Nellie, by Hermit
out of Hippia .........Fordham 3 Geheimniss is a brown filly by Rosicru. | cian out of Nameless, and was bred by Mr. Jous Warsos at the Waresley Stul. At the sale of the Waresley yearlings at Doncaster on Wednesday, September 15th, the brown daughter of Nameless was purchased by Tom Cannon, the well known jockey, for 330 guincas,
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old at Sandown Park in the popular scarlet and white hoops" of the Danebury hursenean, where, starting with odds of roo to 30 laid on her, she ran a dead heat in the Two Year Old Stakes with King of the Furies: Holyrood, the only other starter being beaten off. Very shortly after this, Lord Stamford became the owner of (ieheimniss, the price paid on dit being £2,000 with certain contin- gències, one of which we believe, was that Cannon was to ride the filly throughout her racing carcer. This proved a lucky
At
the Houghton meeting. C. Wood had the mount on Mr. CRAWFURD'S filly for the Criterion, but she was unequal to the task of giving Brace one pound and her sexual allowance, the Derby favorite getting Home cleverly by a length from Nellie, three quarters of a length separating Mr. Roras- cano's representative from St. Marguerite. in the Home-bred Post Foal Stakes three days after Foxhall's Cambridgeshire vic. tory, St. Marguerite was made a favorite against Paragon and Berwick, and justified the confidence of her suppor-
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TELEGRAMS.
With reference to Egyptian affairs, Reuter wires from London on the 27th instant, that the President of the Council of Ministers has received au uhinatum, demanding the resignation of the present Ministry, and the temporary remoral of Arabi Bey from Egypt.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
TELEGRAMS for Bangkok can go forward by inait closing at Singapore at 10 am, to-morrow the
30th inst.
THE Shanghai Mercury hears that Sir Thomas Wade has settled the opium question by agree- ing that an import duty of Tis. 110 be levied. WE note that Herr Von Brandt, German Minister at Peking arrived in Shanghai from Tientsin en the 22nd inst. His Excellency, it is stated, will probably visit Nanking-
NoTICE is given in the Government Gazette of Saturday fast that the Hon. F. Bulkeley Johnson, acting consul for Denmark, has resumed the duties of the consulate at this port. FROM the return forwarded to the Government by the China Sugar Refining Co., Ld., we note that 3.483 proof gallons of spirits were distilled
by the Company during the quarter ended 17th
May.
As both the Daily Press and China Mail autho-
ritatively stated, shortly after the departure of Sir John Hennessy from this Colony, that His Excellency had been formally recalled by Her Majesty's Government, and as that statement.
has, beyond the shadow of a doubt, been proved utterly without foundation, we should have thought--especially considering the offensively
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Mr. Callado expects the ratification of the Brazilian Treaty by the French mail.
The Glenfruiu passed the Lightship at 2
o'clock this morning, the 23rd instant; the Stirling Castle about a mile behind her.
The British and French Ministers have decided to do nothing with Corea till the result of Cont
nodore Shufekit's mission is decided.
A large snake measuring about 5 feet long was found crawling up a verandah in the Settle-
ment this afternoon. He was kilted and his body
The Taotai argues that as Western people don't like monopolies they should allow the present monopoly of jinrickshas to go on. He calls putting the licenses up to competition by public tender creating a monopoly
aggressive attitude assumed towards the Gover-sent to the Muscum. nor's policy for such a long period by these papers-that common decency would have im- pulled them to withdraw and apologise for their lying, malicious, and scandalous assertions. It would appear that our contemporaries have as title idea of decency, as they have of honest in dependence.
We are indebted to the courtesy of Captain Patterson, of the steamship Paztak, for the fol- lowing information-Intelligence was received by a Chinese gunboat which had arrived at Chefoo that the treaty between the United States and Corea had been ratified and exchanged, and that Commodore Shufeldt was to leave for Chefoo in two days lime."
The British Government is getting so poor that been so used to for a number of years. But we think if the British Consul took the matter in hand and applied at "head quarters" it could be arranged. But we are certain that the community would be only too glad to pay for the powder, or if the registration fees were used for that purpose British subjects would be more willing to "stump up."
Arrangements have been made to publish purchase for his lordship as Geheimnissters by winning cleverly hy half a length IT is notified in the Gazette that His Excellency twice previously convicted, got three months' hard it cannot afford to fire the time gun that we have
al once communicating with the Manager,
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, MONDAY, May 29, 1882.
THE OAKS, 1882.
9. Midst cringing seat, and tremliding hingle forlorn,
Dwindler Die allgeing of the ""Desert Don'; Hit here it drives morivalled ; far more feet Čing sites that slane which Yemen's barley ear.“
over
BEING & Government Holiday, the Police Court closcil early this morning, the cases adjudicated upon not being of much interest. A native boy, the Administrator has been pleased to recognize Ixbour for stealing lawn-tennis, and cricketing provisionally, and until Her Majesty's pleasure shoes, &c., from the pavilion on the Cricket Consul-General for Hawaii. be known, the Hon. F. Bulkeley Johnson as Ground. An entrance, it appears, was effected into the pavilion about 3 p.m. yestenfay by break THE Courier of the 23rd inst. states that Ming a frame of glass, the coolies belonging to the Garnier, Consul General for France in Shanghai, place arresting the thief-Another man was will leave for Europe by the next French mail. brought up for stealing a box belonging to His successor, M. Fiesch (Consul de are classe) passenger from the steamship Namen on Satur is expected to take his place by the incoming day. The box contained money and clothing French mail.
to the value of $75, and the prisoner was caught THe appointment of Mr. Wong Ts-in, to being to a boarding house. He was sentenced to in the act of " annexing" it, by a coolie belong. assistant clerk in the Land Office, and of Mr. six months' hard labour. Fung King-Fuk to be student apothecary in the Government Civil Hospital, made by Governor THE Mercury of the 24th instant says:-"The Hennessy some time ago, have been approved Bandmann combination made their eighth ap by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. pearance at the Lyceum Theatre last night. The audience was not so large as might have been THE steamship Cairnsmuir was undocked at expected, considering that wenow have an oppor- Aberdeen yesterday, and the German, brig unity of witnessing so talented artistes as Herr Schwan at Kowloon, this morning. The steamers Bandmann and Miss Beaudet. Lord Lytton's Belgic and Menuir will undock at San-shui- play of "Richelieu" was produced; and this is po and Kowloon respectively, this afternoon. the second time it has been presented in Shang- The Mitsu Bishi Co.'s Kumamoto Maru will be hai, having been given three years ago by Mr. docked at Sam-shui-po, this evening,
Fairclough and the A.D.C. Lord Lytton, In one THE Stirling Castle left Hankow on the 20th at of his letters to Herr Bandmann said "Your Ri- 15 p.m., anchored on the way down 17 hours, chelieu is the finest representation since the days made as much as 22 knots at times with the cur- of Macready" Lord Lytton ought to have known Sent north to York a fortnight after her all scarlet "well to the front at Ascot and Red Busy 6.35 p.m. on the 22nd. Anchored at know better; they appear to have given Herr the Beacon Flats at 7.30 p.m. and started again | Bandmann the cold shoulder; a fact which was Lewes victory. Lord Stamford's filly, with Goodwood, and making a bold bid for at a p.m. this day. She is drawing 25 feet-evident last night when we saw a "super" Archer in the sailde, scored her sixth suc-classic honours at Doncaster.
brought forward into a prominent part, as it We observe from the Courier that the new
shows that the amateurs are not willing, from
ance to, or rather to take a lesson from, a great
News. He says, "To the uninitiated these Chi
We see at length what is the use of peppering a lot of Chinese characters over a newspaper written in English for Engilah readers, of whom not one in a hundred understands them. Dr. Dudgeon explains it in a letter to the M. C. Daily
nese quotations must appear to place the ques tion beyond all doubt." So the object is to delude the readers ignorant of Chinese characters! We thought the object of the Daily News was to instruct consular, custom house employés, and missionaries in the Chinese, language, at least Dudgeon shows that the opium question is not so the editor said the other day. But Dr placed beyond all doubt by a profuse display of put in any more letters on the subject, Chinese characters, so the editor says he won't
The Hongkong Telegraph daily at 4 P.M. Sub-won six more valuable races right off the from the first named. Thus it will be scen scribers in the central districts who do not receive reel as a two year old, retiring with an un- that the daughter of the senational Derby their copies before Five O'CLOCK will oblige by heaten certificate, and now she has won winner, was a most consistent public per- the Oaks, and is a most probable winner former throughout her two year old career. of the St. Leger.
In the whole of her 11 races, she was never Geheimniss first appeared in Lord Stan- once unplaced although meeting the highest ford's colours at Bath in the Thirtieth Bi-class fields,, It was confidently believed ennial Stakes, value £288, which she won that St. Marguerite would greatly improve easily from Gaydune and six others. Her during the interregnum between two and next public appearance was at the Bibury three years old, and this bellef has been Clubs meeting on June 29th where she had justified by her having followed in the a very easy task in the Twenty-third Bien-footsteps, of her sister Thebais in the nial (value £355), starting at 11 to 10 on,
ladies race
the Rowley Mile. and winning in a canter by five lengths. Prior to her victory in the One Thousand Two days later Geheimniss was pulled out Guineas, the daughter of Hermit ran in the The fourth great classic event of the for the rich Hurstbourne Stakes (1275) Column Produce Stakes at the Newmarket racing season has been contested, and the odits of 2 to 1 being laid against her, but Craven Meeting, where she suffered defeat electric spark from the other side of the she won in the easiest possible fashion by from Paragon-by Hermit out of Leena world tells us that Tom Cannon in the three lengths from Whitechapel, St. Mar- and Zeus a colt by Kingeraft out of Wild- popular “light blue, black and gold belt "guerhe. Marden, Roselle, and Dunmore fire, but she was manifestly unit, and Wood of Lord Stamford has added another Oaks At Lowes in August 5th, the racing public juriciously ceased to persevere when he victory to those he won on Brigantine in were treated to another sight of Rosicru-saw he could not get home. That St. 1869, and Marie Stuart in 1873. The sur-cian's flying daughter in the Astley Stakes Marquerite is a good fiily we cannot doubt, cess of Lord Stamford will host certainly of £907, which she landed easily from and although she has falled to follow in be a popular one, as his lordship has been Marlen and four others, odds of 15 to 8 the footsteps of Thebais, in the Oaks, we a patron of the sport of kings ever being laid on her at the start.
shall expect to hear of her bearing the rent, and other times going dead slow. Passed the something about it; but the A.D.C. of Shanghai no reason why a reassessment should not be made since he attained his majority over 30 years ago, and has expended vast sums without receiving anything like a fair share of the good things of the turf. In fact, the
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A well-know. "Old Resident writes to our
morning contemporary to say that land has fallen thirty per cent in value since China New Year and objects to a re-assessment until it has attained a fixed standard of value. That it never will. Land is a commodity worth what it will fetch; that depends upon demand and supply; the supply is restricted and the demand is great. Taxes should be paid upon the value of the land and there is once a year or as often as required. "An Old Resident" need not be nervous about the London its speculative value, but on its productive value; Mission property; that should not be taxed on
we presume
it produces nothing and it should fairly be taxed very lightly. As a matter of fact, land. The market is dull of course, but look at
The dead body of Chinaman was washed ashore at Woosung yesterday morning, and a live Chinainian who managed to reach the shore near Woosung Fort gives a strange tale of a hor rible tragedy. It appears that a native passenger boat, aalling from Ningpo to Shanghai, had two young teening te pe singers, en ofere coming from Ningpo to see the wonders of the foreign settlements here; one of them had over $40 and the other $90 to meet their expenses on their trip to Shanghai and the fact of their money became known to others
the passenger boat was
cessivo win in the old fashioned Convivial Nellie, the third in the Oaks, was bred Earl of Stamford and Warrington has been, Stakes of £440, odds of 5 to being laid by Mr. L.. ne Rotuscuno, and is by Her-steamship Rory which recently left here for jealousy or some other cause, to give any assist there is no decline of importance in the value of on her, but it was a very near thing, Mr. mit out of Hippia. Hippla won the Oaks Shanghaiwastransferred on Wednesday laattothe actor; perhaps they feel it would be like holding R. JARDINE's black col: Minar, by Pretender for the late Baron Rorasco in 1867, a
up to the beginning of last season, a most unlucky votary of the national pastime. It is quite true that in 1861 he won the Two Thousand `Guineas with Diophantus, but he lost money over the race, as he had, believing Imaus to be the better of the pair, backed this animal for an immense stake, allowing the chesnut son of Orlando to run
loose, with the result that Imaus finished in the ruck, leaving Arthur Edwards to
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a candle to the sun,"
the dearness of money.
THE performance at Chiarini's Royal Italian Circus and Menagorle this evening promises to be an unusually attractive one, an entire change of programme having been announced by the management. Amongst other new features we are promised an equestrian spectacle entitled "The Floral Festivities," in which eight ladies and gentlemen will take part; a performance on having so much the swinging trapeze and horizontal bar by the Red Buoy, the two young men were seized the renowned Leona Dare); the four trained them; their talls were tied together, and they. Mddle. Zazo (who is said to be a worthy rival of by some others, and their money taken from Prunsinn horses with their instructor Signor had better get over the side of the boat; if not, were told that if they wanted an easy death they
a comic sketch "The Clown and his friend from thrown overboard, and one managed to reach Chiarini, in a novel and wonderful entertainment; they would be murdered. They were then the country by Messrs. Lehmann and Watson, the shore alive, the body of the other was washed hurdle races by the admirably trained stud of ashore, as above stated. The body was yester Shetland ponies, with monkeys acting as Jockeys; mandarin.
day morning taken in charge by a Woosing the "Battle of Plevna," and many other interest. ing and amusing novelties. As usual, the per formance will commence aé nine o'clock.
China Steamer Navigation Company, and will be out of Minaret, running her to a short head. | piece of good fortune for the Baron, as known benecforth as the Hunan. CaptainCroad, Geheimniss made her last appearance as Achievement was at least a stone better formerely of the Fryer will be her commander, a two year old at the Newmarket Houghton animal than the daughter of King Tom, and the vessel is one of the finest additions to Meeting in the Cheveley Stakes of £457, but on that particular day happened to be this enterprising fleet. which she won in a canter from Vista and the victim of a sexual ailment which pre- CAFTAIN ANDREW, of the steamier Fung Shun, Haverhill, with odds of 100 to 12 laid on vented her showing anything approaching says the Shanghai Courier, left by the Mes her.
her true form. Nellie ran eight times as sageries Maritimes steamer Orus for England, Geheimniss was described after herre-a two year old, scoring three victories, to bring out a new boat for the China Merchant's win very cleverly on Diophantus from tirement for the season, by an excellent Her debut was made at head-quarters in Company. The dect in connection with this Kettledrum and Klarikoff in 1 minute judge in the following terms:-"She is the July, where, starting at 10 to 1 in a field of directors are evidently bent on breaking the company is being largely increased, and the 43 seconds-the fastest time on record. most lengthy two year old of either sex in six runners, she landed the Exeter Stakes backs of the foreigners--if they can. How Kettledrum turned the tables in training, and to see her when fairly ex- the Derby on the speedy chesnut, and tended in her stride is indeed a great treat, unplaced to Executor, Peine de Coeur colt, Master appears in the Gazette:- The Master The following notice signed by the Harbour how-Dundee after breaking down badly She is not remarkable for beauty of out and Herne the Hunter, in the Great South of the Norwegian Barque Kvik reports that he at the Beli struggled gansely on, and line, but her points for great speed are of England Breeder Stakes; but at York passed a few fathoms from a rock not marked on beat Diophantus in the last few strides, faultless, and although her fore legs might Autumn Meeting she greatly improved on the Chart, lying in Lat. 10° 50' N. and 101 winning Mr. MERRY the large sums butted be more truthfully formed from the knee this form, Fordham steering her to a clever so East, and about 10 miles North of a rock between the pair "best of 1.2.3.," are mat-downwards, they are strong in their can- victory in the Prince of Wales Stakes of John Wade) which was marked on the old ters of turf history, known to everyone who non-bones, with powerful and clean sinews, £975 from the flying Dutch Oven and five Charts but has been left out of the new ones. has taken any interest in the grand old and will, in my opinion, carry her well, if others. It must be noted, however, that The rock lies in a North and South direction, is THE following is the scale of measurements made scen we should presume the trials are being
about six fathoms in length; and-had, when the not successfully through her three year old Lord Falmouth's "crack" was conced.
purposes-flashes being repeatedly sent and The result of the Oaks has plainly de-engagements. She is engaged for the St. ing the daughter of Hippia 7lbs. Third Kuik passed it, about seven feet of water on it," by the Governor in Council, to which steamers made to test the power of the light for signalling trading between Hongkong, Canton, and Macao replied to from some other spot-we hear Doong- are to be subject, under Section VIII of the Mer-ning. The beams of lights as seen from an chant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance 8 of elevated position in Shanghat, were certainly 1879-On lower deck; one passenger for magnificent. Last night, the lights were thrown over the entrance to the river, the town of Woo- each six superficial fect. 2.-On upper deck and sung, and the men-of-war lying there. We think, cabins, one passenger for each nine superficial however, that this is a direction in which great caution should be used as it would certainly. be channel at Woosung, with such a powerful light impossible for any steamer keep the difficult
tbrown down on or in front of her. The lights are are lights produced by Siemens's dynamo machines and the lamps are provided with Fresnel holophate lenses and graduated vertical and horizontal arcs. Mr. Bishopthe Superinten dent of the Imperial torpedo factory at the Kiangaan Arsenal is, we believe, conducting the experimenta which will not probably be concluded for some weeks. Those whose houses have 'a look out may well pass half an hour with, their
sport.
Leger as well as the Oaks, and over the Doncaster course her tremendous length and immense stride are sure to serve her wonderfully well, in my opinion, if she goes on all right through the summer, during which she has no other engagements of any account to wear her limbs, and render her difficult to train for this great race. In fact, she may not run for anything next year except the Oaks and St. Leger."
to Kermesse and Dutch Oven at even weights in the Doncaster Champagne was Nellie's next performance, and then in the Rous Memorial at Newmarket in September, Dutch Oven again beat her, although only by a short neck, Gerald being third on this occasion, with three others unplaced. Dutch Oven and Nellie again met-in the Clearwell at the New market October Meeting-with the same result, the brown daughter of Dutch Skater
WRITING from Hankow on the 20th the Courier correspondent says:The Glenfruin was the first boat to get away after all, as she left this morning at 4 o'clock and was followed by the former take picule 26,024.23 or 3,469,867 lbs. tes,. fect. 3-The above number to be further re- Stirling Castle at 20 minutes past 13. The and the latter piculs 28,782.85 or 3,837,713 tbs. The Mariali passed a bad night having been tossed about by the "Chow-chow "water and she consequently had to shift her berth further over on the other side of the river, while the Fuli-we, from probably the same cause, did not go along
monstrated-if further proof were needed after the two classic races over the Rowley Mile, in which Shotover and St. Marguerite respectively carried away the honors-the immense superiority of the fillies over the colts of the present season. Shotover de feated the pick of the colts both in the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby, and yet we see that the winner of both those great races is a long way removed from the top of the tree,
as she could only finish second to the St. Marguerite the second in the Oaks is a hall trained St. Marguerite in the Quarbesnut filly by Kerisit our of Devation, and and Cantinfero conocéigher akeside her hulk till this morning, though she arg more than two decks, 6-On the lower pas. Thousand, and could not even obtain a is therefore full sister to last year's victress 3lbs., and gaining the verdict by a short rived last night. The vacant berth lately or place in the Oaks, Geheimniss, St. Mar- Thebais. St. Marguerite competed in noless head; and two days later the excellence of cor directly the former vessel left. The Glenogle cupied by the Castle was filled by the the Glen guerite, and Nellie all proving superior to than 1 races as a two year old, winning on the two year old form was demonstrated will probably get away on Wednesday or Thurs the Duke of Westminster's exceptionally four occasions, She made her debut in the when Nellie, at weight for age, won the day."
gulated by the Surveyor's judgment as to whe ther the vessel is stable enough for the measure meat number of passengers. 4-A sufficient number of life boats, rafts; and life buoys, ap proved by the Government Marine Surveyor, to be supplied. No passengers to be carried senger deck, one passenger to be deducted for and on the upper passenger deck, one passenger each sie square feet occupied by cattle or cargo;
to be deducted for each nine fest occupied by
caisle or cargo.
A series of experiments with the electric light, the intention of which is however not known to us, is now being carried out at the Woosung Forts. From the nature of what we have already
binoculars in looking at these lights. The ex periments have lately begun phantly after suns down-Mercury,'