request. The Babel colt has risen in favour, and now stands in the place formerly filled by the Emiliana colt, whose friends have been very backward of late. Several outsiders have been backed, Taishteer alone showing any thing like improvement. At the close of the month the market prices were as follows. 6 to 1 agst. Lord Jersey's two (t.) 10 to 1 agst. Mr. E. Peel's Mummy. 11 to 1 agst. Lord Jersey's Brother to Nell Gynne. 20 to 1 agst. Mr. Chifney's Emiliana colt. 25 to 1 agst. Mr. Bowes's Gibside Fairy colt. 25 to 1 agst. Mr. Ridsdale's Brother to St. Gilesà ̧ng` du # 25 to 1 agst, Mr. Ridsdale's Neva colt. 30 to 1 agst. Lord Chesterfield's Weighton. 33 to 1 agst. Mr. Batson's Taishteer. 33 to 1 agst. Mr. Robinson's Whaley. 40 to 1 agst. Mr. Forth's Brother to St. Nicholas (t,)ð simeƆ efT 40 to 1 agst. Mr. Greville's Treadmill. 50 to 1 agst. Lord Lichfield's The Captain.. 1000 to 15 agst. Mr. Batson's Saffi colt (t.) THE OAKS. 7 to 2 The Field agst. two. 7 to 1 agt. Lord Wilton's Bequest filly.. ST. LEGER. 12 to 1 agst. Mr. Blakelock's Black Diamond. 14 to 1 agst. Mr. Orde's Bees-wing. 16 to 1 agst. Colonel Westenra's Wedge (t.) 16 to 1 agst. Mr. Dawson's Locomotive (t.) The St. Leger prices are those quoted in the newspapers as " from the country.' TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS. "TO DECCAN." Yes, if popularly scientific, and combined with narrative. The Letter from "North Baher" (East Indies) reached us the beginning of December, We can fully enter into the writer's feelings, and will do what we can to gratify his wishes. We shall be glad to hear from him on the subject he mentions. We were in error last month in stating the address of Mr. Tongue (the inventor of the patent drag) to be at Birmingham. He is to be heard of, and the drags to be obtained, at 106, Long Acre, London. We are glad to find "N. W." has been so well and so successfully occupied. We hope our specimens of conchology arrived safe. We entertain a reverential respect for old age and its opinions, and shall, therefore, in reply to "Vielleuse's" peevish epistle, content ourselves with inquiring what he (or she) considers interesting. Thanks for the verses from Oxford; also for the return of the Bower's Coursing Meeting-and to the " Salopian" and "Cheroot." WORKS RECEIVED. The Comic Annual for 1836. Land and Sea Tales. By "The Old Sailor." The Town and Country Gentleman's Recreations; an Almanack for 1836. * The press of hunting intelligence has obliged us to postpone our notice and extracts from that very pleasant volume, " The Angler's Souvenir." NIMROD'S NORTHERN TOUR 209 Curious letter of introduction from the Innkeeper at Dunse to Mr. Dickenson of Kelso-An intellectual Post-boy-Peter the waiter of the Cross Keys at Kelso, and his reception of Nimrod-Takes him for a "Coaching Bagman"— Finds his mistake-Announces Invitation from Mr. Burn Callander-The town of KelsoSalmon Fishing-Sir Humphrey Davy's comparison of a river to human life-Sunday, Nimrod borrows the " me-nis-ter's mare” and rides to the Duke of Buccleuch's kennel at St. Boswell's Description of it Inspects the hounds-Visits the stables-Williamson's horses The Duke's stud-Matthew the head groom-Frank CollisonList of the Duke's hounds for 1834-5-Crosses with numerous kennels-Nimrod's opinion of the pack-In the field-In chase -As to nose-In cover. FIELD SPORTS OF SOUTH A Shooting Excursion on the Neil gherries. A FEW MORE REMARKS ON FORT, HIS HOUNDS, HIS Page 239 THE DELME HERTS HUNT 241 ON OVER RIDING HOUNDS. Prospectus for a Portrait of Ralph Lambton, Esq. Leicestershire The Craven Hounds-Mr. Horlock's-The Duke of Beaufort's-The King's -Mr. De Burgh's-Lord Petre's-Dorsetshire-The season in Shropshire and neighbouring counties-Mr. Smythe Owen'sMr. Wicksted's-Sir R. Hill's - Col. H. Wyndham's — Mr. Lee Steere's-Col. G. Wyndham's-Kent--Oxfordshire-Fox-hunting in Australia. NOMINATIONS FOR THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER, 1836 248 266 ...... 2 D A GLANCE AT THE RACING SEASON OF 1835 NO. LVIII.-VOL. X. THE hounds are still in chase, and our plate exhibits one of those casualties that occur occasionally in a hard run, even to the best-mounted horsemen. Our friend's situation is certainly an awkward one, but the pace is too good for us to do more than wish him and his horse well out of it.. THE COMIC ANNUAL. By Thomas Hood, Esq. vononien he ran forthat he has all the WONDERS will never cease! Mr. Hood has at last contrived to produce his Comic Annual at the appropriate season. Last year warder in the race of rivalry than usual, and now that course to himself (the Humorist, and, since it, the Comic Offering, having paid forfeit to Momus, the clerk and keeper of the match-book of the merry course), he seems determined to keep his vantage-ground by hustling his horse round instead of making a leisurely walk-over for the publication stakes. While complimenting him on this change for the better, let us add a hope that no "untoward event" has befallen his former fair opponent in the field of competition-Miss Sheridan. Mr. Hood is not so miscellaneous in his subjects this year as usual, though there appears to be more than the ordinary number of plates. The letter-press is confined to ten articles, two of which, "The Domestic Dilemma," and "Love and Lunacy," occupy nearly half the volume. The latter of these is extremely good, and though too long for total translation to our pages, we think we may give the general outline, with partial extracts, without detriment to the story. It opens with a panegyric on the moon, "The moon-who does not love the silver moon, In all her fantasies and all her phases?" and goes on to descant on the accommodation she affords for love-sick youths and maids to meet as it were by assignation, each looking on her at an appointed hour. "Ellen," the heroine of the tale, a sort of halfeducated lack-a-daisical city miss, is then introduced, writing a letter to her absent swain "Lorenzo," which (in an off-shoot from the story) leads the author to the following complimentary passage on his Majesty's mail-coaches, a passage that seems peculiarly adapted to our pages. "Heav'n bless the man who first devis'd a mail! Heav'n bless that public pile which stands concealing London 1836. 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