... A 0 U AT I CS. Royal Thames Yacht Club. The First Monthly Ballot Meeting of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, for the new year, is appointed to be held at the Club-house, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, on Wednesday: next, January 5th, whets Mr W. B. Tyring- ham, owner of the Ceres, screw steam schooner; Captain HIM. Fletcher Kingfisher. yawl, 2nd other gentlemen, will be balloted for. The flne ...

... SPORTING 1NTELLIGENCE. 'i MANCHESTER NEW YEAR'S MErG. Lt FAIDAY.-Trial Handicap.-Artieioke, 3 yrs, 6st 121b e. (1) ; My Uncle, 4 yrs, 8st 121b (2); Man of Ross, b yrs, s8t 71b (8). Selling Handicap.-Pyrenees, 4 yrs, Set 61b s0 (1); 'Whillwind, s yrs, 7at llb (2); Lady Tholthorpe, 2yrs, .et 91b (2). Handicap B urdle Race.-Master Tom, S yra, 3' lost 101b (i); Pomfret, 3 yrs, lost 91b (2); Amity, ...

... CH ES S. To Correspondents. All sommunications to be directed to Tur ERA, 3, Catlherine-street, Btrand. London. H. W. (Bradford).-The position published in our last, which occurred in a game between Deschapelles and La Bourdonnais, is perfectly correct, as also is the elegant little Problem, by Mr N. Falkbeer, accompanying it. Neither of thes is difficult, but, for the benefit of learners, the ...

... 3By ,TOUCHSTONE. flo, flU'st, Nyiciel played snob hav'oc with the Croydon Meeting, IL1 ?? auhoriiesbriging off the projected holi- 3 , spitus oiiayanti Tuesday last, and as gate-mboney speon- I i ~ eneall ofa osing chasacter iftho are not matured en tilL LIm ?? I' 1toil, le Managers of tho Meotropolit~an gather- ,~io iiiduliks reitby experience, and next Winter's list of iiawli~tep5 ...

... IpO.RN INZYTEZLIGENCE, MNUMAOW11 NEW YEAR'S MEETIG. SAfMAY. Th etendase oc Saturday wso much larger than on Wday, but tb weather did net prove as favourable to the sport, ram failing at intervals during the afternoon, while the course, from the howers night, was very soft. The day's card contained1 Jive ites, but tha tlling Hroule Baee being eontray to lawwas C dared void. though a Handicap ...

... BETTING IN LONDON.-MONDAY. To-day s transactions at the Clubs were liitn'd bii; number and amount. On the Waterloo Cup sery C was done, while the main feature in connectioil Mtn 1 Grand National was a renewed desire to iiveit oil Lamb, 500 to 30 being taken and asked for; the rell1 ing bets will explain themselves. No chian' pr.- itself on the Two Thousand, with the exceptiu of A 36 15 being ...

... SPOZTING INTELLIVENOE. TAT ERSALL'S.-MONDAY. Asnilgit be expected, the muster at Albert-gate to-day provedo 'athin one, and ?? of anyaped lsteoist. S The transctionS onl the Grand Nationralwererepetitiofli of otherss preriouely concluded, while the Two Thoneaud and the Derby quotations weree cimilar to those already received. Censepsently h thereis no novelty to note. Prices: WATERLOO COURBING ...

... | ~SPO)? TING NVEWmS. PROGRAMME OF FINCHLTEY Clp STEEPILECHAS'-E8. allr. Captli O a, ?? Reginald li 1ei Brer: Mr. a..llf Q.Vl. Jdgad err c - Starter. Mr. U.Cttl. . TuESDAY, JTANUARY 4. (New Izacc.}--ThCr Ow,,N BUNEris' C:,Value i~3 yen'i olds, Iht; fljve, l~t idili; F;x Nd of 5o sovs, 711b extra t iimiideii S 'INXI,(, yeai ?? alIowed( 711h geitcn leme riders p; e.iaas'F miles aiid a haf.- age ...

... .SPOR YNVG 1E !VS FINCI-ILEY CHRBISTMAS STEEPJC1'A1[ Tui.SjtAY. The FcNCciLEY PlAIT (h1tiniiciap) of 51 sees; - extra. About two miiles. Mr. T. Drax's Basquinc, by Vultigeti'-l'crgi1lrit,. ltst Ill, . (1E. Sir. Norris'siWedding lieal, aged, lit .. ?? (Kitie' S r. Adams',, Owen Swift, ageTd, list ?? ?? (lre Mr. llarrington's Ada, 6 yrs, 12it . (. . Mr. J. Woodward's Frailty, ag'ed, IIst 41i(I'. ...

... SPOBTIBG INTELLIGBl'R. RACING NOTES AND THE FINCOLEY j STEE PLEPCHASE. To mm 3DmrOr. OF TuEs DMIV NXwo. Sin,-So deeply did the racing season, asl understood by the MIessrs. Weatherby, out itn tklo winter, wwero ?? but seant time o mtak sk Of the general results; cud the business Of a new campaIf' way be said to have commenced simultaletuS with t publication of the old one's statistics. All ...

... SPOBTING INTELLIGEXCE. I FINOHLEYOCHRIUTMAB STRUIPLflOHABES- Thee ws aaina godattendanco to witness to-day'e ele th~. 1 ohniang, althoug th Mother w ecoily disilgroca le. r The rain, howevor, hold off pretty well until the cocuso ofth 1.pr~ntevariousi events were run off with commendabla Irgrrrt.No lengthened recmaiks on the separatto evcuts arO I 11 required, and we shall therefore ocitont ...

... ; SPORTINO INTULLIGENW2. j ICNHLRY OCII hTMAS SBEPLOHASE8. | I ~~~THvnmDY.l Thto thitd day of this mocting har'dly mot with so much loi from Iit pubic as those preceding it, the attendance being E. l ?? email one. The first ree proved the good thing it looked for Novice, and Albatross followed up his previolus aysI suacce by winning the Manor H~unt Cup in ca canter, Tone Bowslince, ?? Hunt ...