in favour of the defendant, on the plea of justification. Mr. Wood has been glorying in this quid pro quo for some time; and we hope he also has got satisfaction. If not, he must be a difficult man to please; for Mr. Kelly boldly proclaimed him as "not only a defaulter, but a swindler and a cheat," and brought evidence which we advise such of our readers as have any doubts upon the subject to read, and then form their own opinions. MULTUM IN PARVO.-The appointment of the Marquis of Exeter as steward of the Jockey Club has been unanimously confirmed. The Emperor of Russia's contribution to the Ascot Race Fund will consist of a piece of plate value £500, having engraved on one side some subject illustrative of Russian history, and bearing the imperial arms on the other. Mr. Hornsby has sold Revoke to Lord Fitzwilliam, and she has joined the stud at Northampton. Lord Normanby's Lorimer, who has been for some time out of training, has rejoined John Scott's stable, and is again one of that St. Leger lot. Mr. F. Clarke's Priscilla Tomboy was sold at the hammer for 250 gs.; and Mr. Parr's Young Lochinvar to Mr. Shelley, for 200 gs. The Derby trial-Orlando versus Running Rein-is positively fixed for July 1st, the day on which our magazine appears. The odds. at present are 3 to 1 on Orlando. The Hon. G. Byng, the Hon. H. I. Rous, Captain F. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Mr. Tattersall, Mr. Isaac Day, Mr. John Day, Mr. John Scott, Mr. Sadler, Mr. J. G. Dixon, Mr. P. Cloves, Mr. W. Crockford, Mr. J. Parsons, Mr. T. Barnard, Mr. D. R. Watt's Mr. Baxter, Mr. Rushbridger, Mr. Hibburd, Mr. Bush, and Mr. Bellender, were, amongst other witnesses, examined by the Select Committee of the House of Commons on gaming, which subject we intend entering fully upon next month. Mr. A. Wood has set the judge and his order at defiance, and had Running Rein safe under lock and key when the vets. arrived. Ascot, Newcastle, and other important Meetings during the past month, have destroyed the focus at the corner, while the veil still hanging over the late Derby, and the but partial settling consequent thereon, have by no means tended to increase the amount of speculation on other great events. The Cure is, we think, deservedly the premier for the St. Leger, and Red Deer with 6 st. 5 lb. on him, almost equally worthy of the first place for the Goodwood Stake. After the agreeable surprise at Ascot, men are cautious how they meddle with Alice Hawthorn; though, if she reaches Goodwood, she must run, and if she runs, what is to beat her? At any rate, a repetition of the Ascot performance we beg leave to assure Messrs. Hezeltine, Salvin, and Co., will not be suffered to pass off with impunity, and with this pleasing piece of information, we subjoin the latest state of the odds. The following notice was stuck up on Thursday, 27th, in the subscription-room at Hyde-park Corner: "Messrs. Tattersall are desired to state that Mr. Litchwald's mare, Miss Julia, who ran in the Oaks this year, has been examined by a veterinary surgeon, by desire of Mr. Forth, who has pronounced her to be four years old this year. "June 27, 1844." What do you say to that, Wood, Mitchell, and Co.? ON TRAINING THE RACE-HORSE.-BY COTHERSTONE DOGS FOR THE GUN.-BY AN A. M. OF CAMBRIDGE Last Quar. 6 day, at 26 min. past 3 morn. 4 h. m. d. h. m. h. m. h. m. 2 F Ashford (Kent) Wool Fair [Put. s 7 44 17 14 W MARLOW & ABERYSTWITH RACESS 7 23 N r 4 27 16 a8 33 3 44 4 2 8 54 4 21 4 41 9 36 9 14 4 58 5 16 5 35 5 53 16 10 6 30 7 3721 10 31 6 50 7 12 4 36 22 11 9 7 358 3 33 23 11 55 8 36 9 18 r 4 39 24 morn. 9 5610 35 SPORTING IN CORSICA. BY AN ENGLISH COMMONER. Corsica may be described as an immense mass of granite, which rises in the interior to the height of ten thousand feet above the level of the sea. On the east side of the island, a plain extends from Bastia to Sari, a distance of about eighty miles. With this exception, the whole of Corsica is a pile of rugged mountains covered, in many instances, with forests of pine (pinus laricio), beech, and holm oak, and abounding in deer, muffoli, and wild boars. There is an excellent high road from Bastia to Ajaccio, the capital, about a hundred and sixty miles in length, which are generally finished by a French light diligence in twenty-four hours. Two government roads are also in course of construction round the whole seacoast, but some time must elapse before they will be opened throughout. The communication, therefore, between the villages of the interior is by means of bridle tracks, in most cases frightfully steep and bad. Between Sari and Cona all traces of a road disappear, and travellers are obliged literally to ride into the sea, over immense masses of rock. Of course a passage is only attempted, in bad weather, at the greatest risk, and every year some accidents occur. On the west side, it is also necessary to leave the bridle track, and go into the sea; but the passage is only dangerous when horsemen are unprovided with guides, as the bottom is a smooth, hard sand, and the main risk is getting into deep water unawares. Sardinia is considerably larger than Corsica. Its area is the same as that of Sicily, though there is an immense difference in the population of the two islands; that of Sicily amounting to 1,500,000, while Sardinia numbers but 400,000 inhabitants. The country is rather hilly than mountainous. On the north side of the island, some peaks reach an elevation of 3,500 feet above the sea; but its general feature is a series of plains, bounded by well wooded hills, and covered with the richest vegetation. The woodland scenery of Sardinia is amongst the most beautiful in the world. Some of its magnificent wastes may be compared, in richness and variety, to the New Forest, while the holm and the cork oak give to the expanse of trees and thickets the freshness of a perpetual spring. Vegetation in Corsica and Sardinia is rich almost to a fault. A large proportion of either island contains hundreds of thousands of acres of waste land, covered with arbutus, myrtle, cistus, and lantiscus; the two former of which attain the size of timber trees. The Sardinian sportsman may roam at will through this immense shrubbery, unquestioned and almost unseen; and as cattle are turned loose in the bush, tracks are frayed by them, which make riding easy and safe. In fact, the great advantage of shooting in the larger island is, that the sport may be pursued almost entirely on horseback; it is only |