... AQUATIC S. High Water at London Bridge. Dnc. 21 .norning 7 min.past 9 afternoon 3.5 minupast 9 22 ?? 6 ?? 10I ?? SD1 ?? 0 23 . 7 ?? 1 1 , ?? 35 ?? 2 , . 0. , , , ?? ?? ?? ,, 21 ?? 28 ?? 1 2 ?? 50 ?? 12 2 06 ., 12 ., 1.3. 35 . ..1 27 ?? 65 ?? 1 .. 15 ,. , 2 Royal London Yacht Club. The Club held their usual monthly meeting on Monday last, at the Caledonian Hotel, Adelphi-terrace, at which the ...

... WALTHAM ABBEY STEEiPLE CHASES. Wednesday, December 17. Stewards: Lord Esmrouth and General Ch-ritie. Judge and Handi- capper: Mr. Johnson, York. clerkc Of thle Course: Mr. It. Littler. The customary annual Steeple Chasee oil ?? ancient manor of Waltham, a spot so famed in~ the by-gone annals of English his- tory, were decided on Wednesday last. The weather was so foggy in the early part of the ...

... HUNTING APPOlTRENTS. Cta Weal '),Werdneaday, C~eeve Hill1 OduttaTdy,t ,ttr a. Hesthcote' Tuesday, Godatore; BAturday, Dorking-tg~ I half-pastll1.0 Her Majest's Tuesday, Stoke Common; F'ril:Zay, BhottesbOOck Paonrk- tahld, Monday, Denham Hill,; We&doeda y, Kent. C~ more-atI. Allbrightan (Mfr. 0. Stubbea'). Tuesday, Ruckley Grange; i'tiday,T lainton ; Saturday, The Stewponey. a r Atberstone, ...

... STAGHOUNDS. Her Majesly's-Tuesday, Coohlaum-bridge; Friday, Hillingdon* at eleven. FOXasOUoDS. Albrighton - Tuesday, Loynton Hall; Thursady, Himlcy; Saturday, Chillington; at half-past ten. Badsworth-Tuesday, Ackworth Moor Top; Thursday, Hicndlcy-com. Ison; Saturday, Barnsdale Bar; at half-past ten. Branmhamn Moor-Monday, Spacey Houso Win; Wednesday, Ledsharn Village; Friday, M arston; ...

... | The twenty-ninith sessional show of fancy rabbits, bred by members of this old-established society, was held at Anderton's Hotel (Mr. Clemow's), Fleet-street, on Wednesday evening last, and we were glad to perceive avery numerous and respectable assemblage uf fanciers present, including several leading subscribers of the West London, Woolwich, and Chatham Clubs. The exhibition took place in ...

... WINNI2NG HORSES iN 1856- . TWO TRAD OLDS: Alma ?? PlInk Bonny ?? 5,201 Mlidhoe~. ?? .531 Glemma di Vergy ?? 07' IFor~~bidde Frut A acanora ?? ?? 529 -Nambourn k 0 Vn~460 Maame ~ 15 lue Roeck ?? 455 Tournament ?? W u r 4Tu ilauntorer ?? IK ?? 420 Beechinut . 1,020 Katharine ?? ROSa. Donheur ?? ?? 409 11umr ?? Preston ?? -0 ?? 45 ?? Tasmaia ?? :825 King of the Gipuics ?? 02 Sasmanoa . 800 ...

... ( 'M Meteor's Letter, with Early Hints for 1867, will appear in our impression of to-morrow). THt GaRAT ST BPLECIAAS1 MAToKr.-This event, which was to bave taken place on Saturday last at Melton Mow- bray, has been poctpoued. WALTHAM ABBEY STEEPLECHASES.-DEc. 17. WFIGOTS POB T SrTaPsscnaUoA Four mites. Forieits to be declared an the 9th inst. to Wr. Richard Johnson of York. Age at lb Age ...

... cITY SPORTING INTELLIGENCE Extraordinary. These events are very shortly coming off, and I will endeavour to give my friends a few hints of the manner in which they should lay cut their money; and, firstly, I will take the Recorder's Cop, for which the starters can only be guessed at, as they are ,o named by the Judges on the Course, and only an hour before the time for saddling. ...

... PROGRAMME OF WALTHIAM ABBEY I Steeple Chases (Wednesday Next). The SELLING IJUCOLE IIACE STrANNS Of 5 sove each, with,25 added; three ycar Oldls, lust: four, l0st 121 ,; live, list 8ib ; six anti aged, 125t; marcs and geldings allowed 6b b; the vvinncr to pay 5 sovs towards expenses; a winner after the day of entry 14lb extra; the winner to he sold for 100 eos ifentered for 81sovs, allowed 51b ...

... EARLY HINTS FOt THE SEASON 1857. t No. VI.-THE DBRBY. c TO THE EDITOR 0' TIE DilLY XWS6. q SIll-The great Dianebury etabte has a. dozen re- f * iteotatives, but no: favourite in the whole lot. I suppose 0 y bid quite enough of their last yeos's favourite, ansd it ,ill ba a long time before they are so sanguine again, even Lhey should pOsses' a real wonder. C AT STOCKBRIDOE. t , DAT'; (Danabur3 ...

... BETTING OF THEI WEEK. TATTERSALL'S, MONDAY.-There was a very fair muster of sub. scribers at The Corner during the afternoon, yet speeulation-which was confined solely to the ensuing year's Derby-was quite of a limited character. There was a report current in the room that Blink Bonny had changed hands, and had become the property of Mr. Howard. Im- mediately that this transpired, the mare ...

... CH ES S8 To Correspondents. 4 We are Compelled to defer our Notices to Correspondents until next week. Chess Studies. We have frequently had occasion to remark that the two phases of Chess which require the greatest amount of study are the openings and the ends of games. Strange to say, there are, perhaps, more players competent to dealwithtlb complicated positions which occur when thegame is ...