MISCELLANEOUS.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 24, 26 July 1864, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

h MabsuAl WHAKj_^/.now t .jn;,i'enmarj_, eeie : bratcd liis 80thjmthday ori the 13th April. _ J ".' .e ~ The City of New York lias oui\ sold, price ;s £500, •'as' she stands. ; , ; \ >,\ ~ "j'\ *_.'«' A young- worurAN of Troy, America, of cbrisider able beauty, aged 21, and it is said of spotless character, has consented to be put up for a raffle, ••Otd''be disposed of,' body "-and' soul, to the lucky ■- !? drawer. This -heats Co'iir? vastest yofciia-t.'- young Y ladies. '■- |The official a'cee-unt of the receipts and expend- •-: riturefor army and militia services for the year If ending March 31, 1863, s lias been: 'published.^. The •^ -Parliamentary grant ,fbr the yiai^amounted to * ■■ .£1.6,180,792 2s. lid., and the actual expenditure ft' was £15,419,346, 6s^d.^. -„ leaving ,a. .surplus of e^ -£764,415 16s; 4d." The' expenditure 1 bri" account of wages, supply services and works, was ] £5,296,532 Bs. sd. j,for,reffectivb army service, £7,201,802 16s. 4d. ; for non-effective, £2,087,218 '' 3s;. 4d. ; disembodied militia,- £826,185 7s. 2d.; 1 aiid*amount written, off as irrecoverable balances 3 due, £7;fio7ills^4d;/!/: Tilv. UO MylCfgu Yi; 3 -A few days snice some men were digging in a 3 garden at Worthing, when they struck upon a vein of gold. They were searching for gravel, and ' had*dtig^!a6'ws4,.tltc(J»glelaye^pf . garden- bami and; "I- : brick earth, and as they carelessly threw up the sand from a depth of terifeet^their employer, who l was watching them, observed a quantity of glitter- } ing particles at the bottom- of the pit on a bed of [ blue clay. Unfortunately the discovery was not made until much pfvthe precious /dust; wa&^atter-| - ed beyond recovery. A large piece Vf quartz was| ' also.fpund on the;same;,sppt ;^weighing. ,11. ..lb;. 12" » ozl The' metallias been 'tested with' clieiriical -; . preparations, ; ; and /proved tp. be undoubtedly gold. . ' iTlie Exeter papers record the death, attheage ! of 70, of Abraham Cann, at one time the cham-, I ; pibn wrestler of England. His great conte'stVith 1 • Pblkinghorn, the Cornish wrestler, 40 years ago, ? Lord 'Palmerston andjother noblemen and gentle; ; ; men subscribed- 36200 three years- ago", for ifhe Dovonsliirc athlete. ;The QuickestMile^apeqk Record.— Mjlls and Staple'to'jS'.— Some ''short :< tirrie since, : an" ■ arrangement Avas entered intorbetween; Edward i Mills, of London, and Patrick Stapleton, _of Staleybridge, to run 'one/ inilprcfor £25 a-side, and it was eventually settled that the race should,-. take, "(place;;, at... ithe... Royal ,;Oak Grounds,- Manchester,- on April .23, on which day about 1000 persons' were present; the ' weather being beautiful/ arid : the -cOurse-air order , — in fact, the., arrangements altogether were everything that could be desired.' Tho betting opened at ovens, but Mills was, soon made a warm favorite, 3 and 4 to L being' offeree! on Turii.' . At the time appointed (6 o'clock) ' both riieri entered the arena, A start was soon effected, and Mills at once began to show the way at a clipping. pace by two yards, wliich advantage lie 'maintained bri passing the ,quarter ; of a mile post -(run inl.min.). On coming to the dressing-Van 'the second tiriic, Stapletbriwas within a yard' and a half of Iris man, but at tbe half-mile post Mills, led; by ,two ; yrards . and a half, iri 2 mm. 8 sec. Both "men having now settled down to their, work, ,a. i slashing ..race ensued for the lead, but Mills still " led by two' yards, passing tlie tlrice-qUarf er post in 3 mhi.lo'sec. The excitement -was now intense, each straning every nerve, and Stapleton at this point began gradually to creep up to his opponent, and, on arriving at tho red flag, he collared his man, amidst the shouts of his ' partisans. Stapleferi was soon about three yards in advance, which he maintained into the straight run home, making the speed a regular " buster." ' Mills, finding that no time was to be lost, . brought all his energies into play, and, after one of the finest' struggle's ever witnessed, Teddy once more obtained the leading position. About 25 yards from the goal, Stapletou was evidently quite exhausted, but he still staggered onwards, and Mills won with comparative ease, completing the mile in 4min.;2L_sec. By tliis, performance, Mills has proved himself to' be the greatest pedestrian breathing at one mile, having eclipsed the greatest achievement of Lang (on a. level course) by one .second and, a quarter. The men are again, matched to, rim one mile, f6r'£2sasideVoilMay'2B.' "

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