The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-22 00:00:00

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MALTON RAC
(THIS DAY.)

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(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAIII)'

The Two Year Old Stake..

Eaton ...
Bold Davie

Won by half a length.
The Malton Handicap.

Tordesillas

Cyclops ...

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Won by a head.

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NAIIERthe invention of ! f
'S B.ULLET._ of
last to
ers d • WA4
Ybutloletsuph e e•
the Ile° per
as since boob 31
buWlleet,
rifling guns. That informed, -
with reams
the 0 •I.
we are
regli
and as
' The Gallant Officer has now . -fnez i•
suCCess. for it, and we are at liberty to —Ti Is
d his patent .
tared
thaend
bullet miqaulili6bcuattioinss-n-ot_liets;
tended to hold any cap. The small quantity a pow ot•
used, entering the hollow in its base, is supposed t ;130$
t 0 n aCli
itlsAsu destinedaP es
dhTp.riA Ite°OdNsissrlbei lint
es
d the lead sufficiently to attain all
purposes. . 0
Pan •If d
ics chief feature is, that the ball is itself rifled,
~,,to
may say so, instead of the barrel. If this be wease
to have the same effect, the saving of e%9001;11
and trouble will be enormous. We reserve,,,oe t•
next week a more technical description of the vf- tlle
As our readers are probably aware, the grooves °,5 sti
Alini‘ rifle are properly very shallow, which is nece"„ the
for quick loading. Captain Maher's plan will caus;vet;
loading to be quite as simple as that of the 111,ati soil
This invention is secured under the name of the '' !'''
bullet.—. British Army Dispatch.
which • eel °
[We have seen a specimen of this bullet, w.- s r
0
to promise everything said in its favour. Its wethe ill
, -
deal and scientific combinations appear to be Per-r
ne.ui,si to
if upon further trial it is found to possess the re's t. to°
qualities, we anticipate that its adoption by the alit. I
rides at head-quarters, must follow as a matter
101
course. Its applicability to the ordinary woke!,
.... gt
used by the British army the Royal Marines, the
07,,
India Company's service,, Ecc. So., a
co: prove veFynsidera e
tt le &I
ble 'ex iv
nomicsl, and produce a saving to
bullet mar
It is the opinion of scientific men, that this
used with effect in cannon.'"'-'I'. Suit.]

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. .ia
the Times of 10th inst., from Rear-Admiral Sir El i.
Sint,—My attention has been directed to a lettelai 0
Ross, in which he calls in question my answer to APO d
ral Berkeley's remarks in the Rouse of Commons. 131: to
Sir John Ross been as well known to the public as o°' v
to the Admiralty, I should have been saved this 1100 -
sant duty.
I will not descend to contradict Sir John Ross's svP( oat
sale mis-statements in detail, but give them all al 173 '
speaks
Admiral o f
=qualified contradiction. I
1 I'''
cloven distinctly
no other feeling could exist on my but ero bt
part, In ; g
feeling of sympathy for a man, whose ' tof Cores' .'• e
bad placed himself and sixteen of hiswan -Ore6tl 'et
begSitrhjeovhennelraoble
fellow
have
in a position that, had no aid been
the half of them their lives by near, would
placed ha' di
before a jury of his countrymen. scurvy, and to 1,7:1
then, and will do my duty I did my duty' b , 9
to myself whenever ,:,',.a.,
assailed by those worthy of my notice.—l am, Sir, .."i.,
WILLIAM PENN

Aberdeen, April 20th, 1852.

ARRIVAL OF THE WIND-BOUND FLEET.---Inte 31 'ad'
gencewhioh wasfor rneecaerilvye dt h
ea t i'
from the eastward, and locking
laLatloytvwd'os yestehradahyadthhaetentliiho: ifii2o7l
termed the mouth of the Chanmneouln)tt
vessels, had all along the coast, in the course of Blonde il boo
Tuesday, shifted to the westward. At Scilly (which
earl 9188
Monday,o
and varied from N,N. W. to N.W. In the C t f
of the the homeward-h' ,a%
it changed 0
subsequent twenty-four hours a large fleet beg' rze of
wear up, and the numerous harbours presented a s''' od 0
great activity, by the homeward- bounders gettivg , bee,,
weigh. The recent long-continued easterly wind has ter-of
the most protracted and " hard hearted," as the pilots eva' of
it, that has been known for years. Alany of the CT, lop?
_,
the ships which were kept knocking about in the CI . iiooP..
the Channel were absolutely reduced to a starving con- 'ainrce;
and in one instance the crew of a vessel, which hag' three
idnoacnkyi has
reached Crookhaven, lived on cocoa nuts for neatcr ;
,i-'.O
weeks. The non-arrival of foreign-going shipping la , ti_j_.
.hdouocreedrathwehgoreaarteesdt,
dependent upon
napmontghs, ,
ails
thousand also
p r]
‘a
been exceedingly slack; the like, indeed, has notbi'l ir_ ,
loading of cargoes. The several metropolitan- colnockeds_ iloe05:
perienced for 3ears. A large homeward-bound fleet,. .
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continue to the westward a great influx of shipping` 0'I
ever, is reported coming up Channel, and should tnol' ; i,.
anticipated in the Thames. It is computed that tiPaT,....
200,000 bales of cotton for the Liverpool market are nu"'" h
Orr PORTLAND, APRIL 21.—Five hundred 60;4
seTen WI, IFlGliidigig agirav largo ?;ihipg, bound eitilit'ffarci*