... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... CH ESS. To Correspondents. All comunications to be directed to Tay. ERA, 8, Catherine-street, Strand. London. S. G.-Either the diagram you refer to by X Y. Z. (No. 1, Set 5), in the collection of Problems of the Paris Chess Congress, 1867, is wrong, or there must be an error in. the solution given. Checkmate is abso- lately impossible by the medus operaudi proposed. KEITH.-In your diagram, ...

... TATTERSALL'S, Monday. There was a thin attendance of members at Albert Gate, and business was correspondingly dull, the following beiog the quotations on future evonts:- ~ WATERLOO COUnStING Curp. 5 to I agst Lorel Lorgan's ?? (taken) LIVERPeOOL GItacD NATIONAL.. 20 to 1 aget Q. C. (takell) boo0 to 10 atgat Fertullagh (taken) 31 to 1 - The Doctor (token) j 3 to I - Pearl Diver (taken) 1000 to ...

... BE T TIN G. TATTEERSAL'S, Monday. There was a small attendance at Albert Gate, and the business trans- acted was correspondingly dull. Lord Lurgan's nomination was in demand for the Waterloo Coursing Cup, but as 9 to 2 was the highest offer, and 5 to 1 was asked for, no actual bets vere recorded. Q. C. and The Doctor were supported for the Grand National at the prices quoted below, and 1,000 ...

... CH Es S. To Corres>ondents. AU communications to be directed to Tare EInA, 8, Catberine-street, Strand. London. I. W-I. The solution of the End-game between MM. Desehappallas and Lia Bourdonnais, printed in our number for December 2Gth, is this:- (. White (M. D.) Black (M. B.) (A.) 1. KttakesB(eh) KtoRsqor(A) 1. P takes Kt 2. Ktto B7th(ch)B Kto Kt sq 2. QtoKRi8th(ch) K takes Q 3. QtakesKtP(chi ...

... A U U A T I C S. High Water at London Bridge. JANuARY 16 morning 0 min.past 1 afternoon 24 min.past 1 17 . 47 . ?? 1.. , ?? 2 S .. 28 ?? ?? 51. 2 19 . 12 ?? 3. 2 . 3 20 .. 2 ?? 3. 14. 4 21 ?? 34. 4.. 6 .. 4 ?? ?? ?? Royal London Yacht Club. The Monthly Meeting of the above Club will be held to-morrow (Monday) evening, at the Clolb-roorr, Westminster Palace Hotel. The principal business of the ...

... TRE ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS, CURRENT RACING NOTES, &c. By TOUCHSTONE. t 11thO fillies' race, to come off at the Newmarket First Spring IyeeiIIg twro la)ys after the decision of the Two Thousand Guineas, ee i's ore to be no betting tlis side the month of May. Still, an of th grelt three year old events of 1870 would not be reelr tle,,eseout aw' nlotice of the One Thousand, which is likely to ?? ...

... CH ES S. To Correspondents. All comminications to be directed to Tur EnA, 8, Catherlnc-street, Strand, London. C. Il.-Tbe two Problems by lt. Grosdellange, which yoI have sent us, we are obliged to declinc. The first, because it is defective; the second, because in composihe it Dl G., though not usually wanting in originality, remembered so vividly the following beautiful conception of Herr ...

... THE SOUTH COUNTRY HUNT AND HURDLE Race Neeting. Tuesday, January 18. Although the morning was dull and cold It did not prevent a large attendance of Metropolitan T'urfites from assembling at West Drayton; and, ntotwithstandiag tbe recent heavy rains, tho Course wans in good going order. There were live items on the first day's card for decision, and business ceoimenced at osse o'clock with the ...

... B B T T I N G. TATTERSALL'S, Monday. There were a very few members present at the Knightsbridge estab- lishment, and business was exceedingly dull, as Nvill be seen by the aubjoined quotations:- WATERLOO CuP. 7 to 2 agst Lord Lurgan's iomination (off, 4 to 1 taken and wanted) LIvEnrooL GRAND NATIONAL. 20 to 1 agst The Colonel (t & 0) 1000 to 30 agst Costa (taken) 20 to 1 - Tho Lamb (off) I100 ...