The Hill House Stakes were won by Mr. Swann's bk. b. Strike-a-Light, beating Mr. Slater's r. d. Sam, and 2 others. The Sapling Stakes were won by Mr. Waring's bk. and w. d. Solomon, beating Mr. Corbet's bk. d. Blackdrop, and 2 others. THE FINISH SANKEY MEETING, MARCH 31. The Bank Hall Cup was won by Mr. Ardern's Matchless, by Stork, out of Maiden Queen, beating Mr. Rigby's Lucy, by Colonel, out of Fly, and 6 others. The Warrington Cup was divided between Mr. Arden's Monsoon, and Mr. B. Robinson's Stella. Six others ran. The Patten Stakes were divided between Mr. O. Jones's Colonel, Mr. King's Alfred, and Mr. Fleetwood's Maiden. Five others ran. The Bewsey Stakes were divided between Mr. Oxley's Hector and Mr. Wolf's Cassius. Six others ran. KIRKLISTON, APRIL 4. The Kilhunt Open Stakes were won by Mr. Reid's bk. and w. d. Ould Harry, Mr. Reid withdrawing his r. b. Powflatt, who stood in for the deciding course. Ten others contended for the stakes. ALTCAR, APRIL 8. The Trial Stakes (No. 1) were won by Mr. Waring's bk. and w. d. Solomon, by Emperor, out of Lady, beating Mr. Ball's r. d. Bravo, by Blacklock, out of Rose, and 2 others. The Trial Stakes (No. 2) were won by Mr. Standish's bk. b. Sorella, by Hong, out of Grannie, beating Mr. Clark's bk. and w. b. Bess, by Lottery, out of Modesty, and 2 others. The Trial Stakes (No. 3) were won by Lord Sefton's bd. b. Siren, by Sadek, out of Merry, beating Mr. Garven's r. and w. d. Glendower, by Westmorland, out of Glee, and 2 others. The Trial Stakes (No. 4) were wan by Lord Sefton's r. d. Senate, by Sadek, out of Merry, beating Mr. Standish's bk. b. Sarah, by Hermit, out of Handicraft, and 2 others. The Trial Stakes (No. 5) were won by Mr. Standish's bk. d. Sir William, by Hong, out of Grannie, beating Mr. Worrall's r. d. Mytton, by Sadek, out of Merry, and 2 others. The Trial Stakes (No. 6) were won by Mr. Standish's bk. d. Sir Peter, by Hong, out of Grannie, beating Mr. Robinson's r. and w. b. Fury, by Emperor, out of Lady, and 2 others. The Trial Stakes (No. 7) were won by Mr. Clarke's f. and w. b. Shropshire, by Westmorland, out of Young Empress, beating Mr. Bellhouse's f. b. Bella-Donna, by Sandy, out of Brenda, and 2 others. The Trial Stakes (No. 8) were won by Mr. Clarke's w. and bk. d. Ichaboe, by Dart, out of Lily, beating Mr. Brown's w. and be. b. Bess, by Exciseman, out of Sly, and 2 others. ABINGTON, APRIL 9 & 10. The Colebrooke Cup, value 301., was won by Mr. Irvine ns. f. d. Douglas, beating Mr. G. Pollok's bd. d. Cerberus, and 4 others. The Crawfurd Plate, value 407., was won by Mr. Campbell's r. d. Bannockburn, beating Mr. Bellhouse's bk. and w. d. Boadicea, and 8 others. The Crawfurd John Purse, value 361., was won by Mr. Walker's bd. and w. b. Highland-Mary, beating Mr. Geddes ns. r. and w. b. Bandana, and 10 others. MATCH. Mr. A. Graham's bd. d. Sir Edward, beat Mr. Geddes ns. r. and w. d. Bottlemaker. NORTON PRIORY, APRIL 15. Mr. W. Rigby's r. b. Lucy, beat Mr. J. Arderus's bk. b. Matchless (won the first course). END OF THE COURSING CALENDAR FOR 1844-5. Printed by Joseph Rogerson, 24, Norfolk-street, Strand, London. create a splenetic emotion. On the contrary, we are carried on a sea voyage, touch at Madeira, are thrown amid the stupendous scenery of St. Lawrence, participate in the excitement of salmon-fishing, snipe-shooting, and all manner of out-of-door recreation; plentifully interspersed with ad libitum good fellowship, and close the brief volumes with a humph of regret that intimates" all that's bright must fade." To the fisherman not yet matured, and about to start on a North-American expedition, this unpretending work will give very useful, nay, necessary information; while to the general reader it will afford a rational and agreeable posse temps for a leisure hour. For the good of the epicure, we subjoin the annexed summary method of cooking salmon after the Indian fashion : "Having washed and gutted one of the salmon they had taken, it was swaddled in leaves with the scales on, tied to wooden spits with fibres, and roasted on the embers at our feet. In half an hour it was ready, the scales peeled off, and the juicy, flaky morceaux which fell to our share were the most delicious I ever partook of. No fish dinner at Blackwall or Greenwich ever produced such appetizing samples of piscatorial excellence as did these juicy pieses of jacques-cartier salmon, cooked by the hands of the rude Indian, in a North-American wood." MAYER'S SPORTSMAN'S DIRECTORY.-Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.-The fact of this unassuming but valuable little work having already gone through six editions, is of itself one of the truest and most satisfactory tests of its genuine excellence; while, at the same time, it furnishes us with another proof of the marked favour with which the efforts of really practical men are almost certain of being received by the sporting world. Few indeed have ever been more deserving of this regard from brother practitioners in the arts and sciences of rural sports than honest John Mayer, with his whole life of experience, his strong power of observation, and his quaint, pithy, straight-forward custom of coming right at once to the subject in hand. In every department-whether preserving game, or destroying vermin-breaking dogs, or using guns-giving remedies for diseases, or rules for preventing accidents-with fish, flesh, or fowl, in all their various distinctions, their schemes, habits, and appearance, he shows us how well he earned his character as a gamekeeper, and how much inestimable service a man so thoroughly bred to his business may do (providing he have only a decent power of expression) for his fellows, or even for the whole of that great body who take to handling the rod or the gun. To heap praise on a seventh edition smacks very much of a superfluity, the more particularly as many of our readers must be as well acquainted with the merits of this multum in parvo manual as we are. It may, however, be added that the gentleman who now edits the work has given it the benefit of every amendment and alteration of which passing time had made it susceptible, furnishing among other improvements an excellent epitome of the game laws, and a "true and correct account" of the coursing law as lately revised. In short, here it starts, from what we can see, rigged in and out, to run through another seven or seventeen impressionsto stand as a cheap and good authority on all it embraces so long as Englishmen own to a taste for the field, or its worthy publishers think proper to keep it in print. PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS OF THE METROPOLIS. "And thou, sweet Music, dancing's only life, Thou art then born, the gods' and men's sweet pleasure." SIR JOHN DAVIES. With a series of the most popular operas in existence, a company of artistes unrivalled in all genres (inasmuch as they are culled from the eminent places of Europe), and a lessee determined to prosper on the principle that desert insures success, it is an evident corollary that this season of 'forty-five stands out pre-eminent from all former ones as the phoenix era of Her Majesty's Theatre. That was a glorious musical epoch doubtless, when the public rejoiced in Pasta and Pisaroni; Sontag and Malibran formed a constellation of harmony unsurpassed. We our humble self have given twelve guineas for a night's enjoyment of the same feast of science and flow of song: with Lablache in his young glory, and Curioni very sweet; with David, a pathetical, albeit tender-organed, vocalist; when Ivanhoff was in his first vogue, and Rubini and Tamburini had not yet full-fledged their wings. And yet, amid that bright constellation of genius, we are free to confess there was such an error of management, such paltriness of details, such a screeching, discordant chorus, such a dirty, drabbish choir of coryphées at times, such a negligent orchestra, that it has left, in contrast with our present days, but an insufficient impression as a whole: the prevailing characteristic of the present day being a fastidious demand for finish and completeness in the minuter parts of an entertainment, as for its more prominent features. The distinguished popularity of Mr. Lumley's management is evinced in the continual presence of her Majesty and Consort, of the court circles and aristocracy. Not alone the Tuesdays and Saturdays, but on Thursdays also, do we find all tiers filled with the élite of our land, as far as wealth and education can make them so. Grisi maintains her reputation among us-prima donna illustrissima of Europe. If occasionally her long-tried voice flag for a night, on the next-fuller and more flowing by the brief secession-we hail it as that of the most skilful and tuneful Philomela, tutored by that better nature, art. Il Pirata and Don Giovanni, besides her usual operas, have been with her the novelties of the month; while Linda di Chamouni has shown off the varied powers of Madame Castellan. Mario is, we think, more appreciated than ever. His genius is indolent, but has lately struck out into a brighter and purer flame than heretofore such is the case at least in his part in Bellini's Pirata. |