scenery is peculiarly characteristic of England. The rich green velvet turf, which adorns an English park, is nowhere to be found, after leaving Great Britain, till it is accidentally met with in some nook of a Swiss valley, or on the summit of an Appennine; and there is nothing which strikes foreigners so much as the beauty of "The stately homes of England, Amidst their tall ancestral trees, On Thursday and Friday, the 28th and 29th of May, the first grand match of the season, in Sussex, came off, between the Goodwood Club, with five given men, and the players of West Sussex. The strength of the contending parties was, as nearly as possible, equal; for, if the men of the West ranked, in their "eleven," the wellknown names of Millyard, Hawkins, Taylor (of Northchapel), Ewens, Dean, the Nappers, and those stern old veterans, the Broadbridges, who "handled their bats, and shewed how fields were won,"-to match these, the Goodwood Club had added to their force the most powerful body of auxiliaries that could be chosen from all England: Pilch, Wenman, the evergreen Lillywhite, Box, A. Mynn, and G. L. Langdon, Esqrs. Betting was pretty even; though the balance of power was somewhat deranged, by Hawkins and Taylor being "absent without leave." The Goodwood went in first, and scored 55. The number of balls bowled were- by Broadbridge, 100; 28 runs, with one wide; and 96 by Dean; 24 runs :-total, 196 balls. The fielding was good, though no occasion was afforded for the display of any great dexterity. The West Sussex "opened the ball," after dinner. WEST SUSSEX.-FIRST INNINGS. This innings was still shorter than the other: 68 by Lillywhite, 21 runs, who got 5 wickets by his rippling balls; 64 by A. Mynn, Esq., 24 runs-total, 132, and not one wide. Box's wicket-keeping was the great attraction; his quickness gained him the soubriquet of the cat. Goodwood, then, after an hour's rest, went in a second time. The number of balls bowled were-by Broadbridge, 164 balls, 49 runs; Dean, 156 balls, 69 runs ; E. Napper, Esq., 24 balls, 14 runs; W. Napper, Esq., 12 balls, 7 runs; Millyard, 8 balls, 4 runs; Ewens, 35 balls, 7 runs. First innings, 55; second ditto, 154:-total, 209. WEST SUSSEX.- SECOND INNINGS. Balls bowled by Lillywhite, 60, 10 runs; A. Mynn, Esq., 56 balls, 11 runs. First innings, 50; second ditto, 21:-total, 71. LIMNINGS FROM LIFE.-No. 6. MONDAY AFTERNOON AT TATTERSALL'S. THERE are few spots in this great metropolis better known to fame than that which is here delineated: none where the game of "gain and glory" is played upon similar principles. Here enter no vulgar prejudices about honour, integrity, and the like. Here intrude not the slow forms of etiquette, nor the base regard that opens the aristocratic cabinet with the silver key. Here, and here alone, shall ye view life as known to the dreams of philosophy; where "none is afore or after other," and where gold in the purse is of less value than brass in the 50 ASCOT HEATH RACES. BY THE EDITOR. "Dum licet, in rebus jucundis vive beatus." : HORAT. lib. ii. Sat. vi. AMEN, O! Flaccus vive la bagatelle! We are all wayfarers towards one point-the valley of the dark shadows-the bourn from which no traveller returns. Let others make their journey a voluntary mortification, an they please: what if these go forth in every guise of sorrow and of suffering, is that any just cause or impediment that we consult not our own convenience-any reason that we walk about begirt with briers-any principle whereupon we should not, "to go a little more at ease, Take the liberty to boil our pease ?" I have no design to insist that, in any instance, the serious businessthe necessity of life, should yield to its pleasures. It is when the free-will offerings of a boon Providence are presented to our honest and convenient acceptance, that I bear witness against the churl who turns from them with apathy and unthankfulness; the bigot of an unchristian creed, who holds self-mortification the most grateful oblation to Him who, in His infinite goodness, hath deigned to bless us with every appliance "that maketh the heart glad." But, to our theme. Fair Ascot! " 'gentle and aristocratic," "in publica commoda peccem Si longo sermone morer tua tempora." During a succession of anniversaries something fortuitous has been working for the service of this Royal Meeting. In that so recently past, two circumstances combined to give it a very powerful interest. It was the first appearance there, of "the fair-haired daughter of the isles," with the partner of her heart (one fitted to claim, from all hearts, love and reverence); and it was the first occasion in which, as, with one voice and spirit, tens of thousands might greet their young and adored sovereign, from a peril that had filled them with dismay and horror. On Tuesday, the 16th ult., the sun bade early homage to an auspicious day; being selected for one of the Royal visits to the race-course: that it was also chosen for a similar purpose by thousands of the lieges, follows as a necessary consequence. From the Round Tower of Windsor Castle proudly waved the banner that so long and so triumphantly has "braved the battle and the breeze;" assurance that a fitting tenant then occupied the most magnificent Royal residence, probably, at this hour, on the face of the earth. A cavalcade of coaches occupied the line from Slough to Eton, by ten A.M., disgorging the contents of the Great Western Railway at the various inns of the latter town; few attempting the forlorn hope of the hill into Wind |