The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-17 00:00:00

THE SM, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1864

Naval and Military Intelligence,

THE ARMY.

Rear-Admiral of the White George St. Vincent
King, C. 8., rehoisted his £{3g on Sunday on board
the screw steamship Princess Royal, 73, Captain
Jones, in Plymouth Sound. She will probably
leave to-day for the Cape of Good Hope.
The Frederick William screw two-decker, in No.
10 Dock at Portsmouth, in process of outfit for a
flag on foreign service, is found to be very rotten in
the vicinity of her sternposts, and workmen are
now employed upon her till 8 p.m. daily to remedy
this state of things as early as possible, the dock
being required for other vessels.

The Boscawen, boys' training ship at Southamp-
ton, Commander G. S. Nares, was officially inspected
on Monday by Admiral Sir Michael Seymour,
G.C.8., Port Admiral at Portsmouth, and Naval
Commander-in-Chief of the south-west district.
The Boscawen is said to bo in a highly efficient
state, and the boys on board to be smart in all their
duties, but especially so in their gun drill.
In consequence of the amount of work still re-
maining to be executed on board the armour-clad
frigate Caledonia, 35, 1,000-horse power, fitting for
the first division of the Chatham Steam Reserve,
she will not be ready to hoist the pennant until the
25th of April, and not on the Ist of April as was
previously ordered.
The Trafalgar, 70, screw steamship, 2,900 tons,
500-horse power, which was recently paid out of
commission from the Mediterranean, and recom•
missioned at Sheerness by Captain Charles F.
Schomberg to take the place of the Edinburgh, 60,
as coastguard ship at Queensferry, in the Firth of
Forth, was inspected on Saturday by the Comman-
der-in-Chief at Sheerness, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles
Talbot, 1i.C.8., who was attended by his Staff. At
the close of the inspection the vessel left the harbour
for her destination.

Capt. Charles Bothlam Stockdale, RN., died at
his residence at Plymouth on Sunday night. He
entered the navy as midshipman, in 1804, on board
the Culloden. He accompanied the Phaeton is the
expedition of 1810 against the Isle of Franco, and
was in the following year present at the storming
of Fort Cornelis. Since the 27th of August, 1846,
he has been attached to the Ocean, 80, and Wel•
ington, 72, guard-ships at Sheerness.
The screw steam frigate Galatea, 26, Capt. Roch.
fort Maguire, from Vera Cruz, January 4th ; Port
Royal, February 3 ; and Bermuda, February 28,
arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday. On the
passage from Vera Cruz to Port Royal her propeller
became useless by the dropping of her stern, and
she has in consequence returned under canvas only
to England. When coming through the Narrows
at Bermuda, on the 27th of Febraary, she took the
ground at St. Catherine's point, the wind being
strong from the north east. She was in charge of
a local pilot, and was hove off uninjured on the
morning of the 28th by the steam sloop Buzzard
and tug Spitfire, which towed her to sea. She left
at Port Royal the Aboukir, Challenger, Royalist,
and Steady, and at Bermuda the Nile, Phaeton,
Shannon, Liverpool, Pylades, Greyhound, Petrel,
Buzzard, Nimble, Plover, Cygnet, and Terror. The
Galatea will probably go into dock at Devonport.
The Dauntless, 31 guns, Capt. J. B. Dickson, will
leave her station in the Southampton Waters, off
Netley, at the end of the present month, and pro-
ceed to Sheerness, where she will be paid off and
re-commissioned by Capt. Strange, of the Corn-
wallis. Capt. Dickson will then commission the
Irresistible, 80, to be stationed in the Southampton
Waters, in the place of the Dauntless.

Commodore F. B. Montresor has received the
good service pension, vacant by the promotion of
Capt. Denham to the rank of Rear-Admiral.

The Himalaya steam troopship, Capt. E. Lacey,
arrived with the naval military invalids, time-
expired men, and a few passengers. The Himalaya
came into harbour in the afternoon, when the naval
invalids were removed to the Victory. Those of the
military will be sent to Netley Hospital to-day, and
the time-expired men forwarded to the depots of
their respective regiments. The Himalaya left here
on the 29th of July, 1863, with the 2d battalion 25th
Regiment for Ceylon, since which time she has cir-
cumnavigated the globe. She called at St. Vincent
to coal on the 7th August, leaving again on the 9th,
arrived at Simon'a Bsy, 28th, where she found Rear-
Admiral Sir B. Walker's flsg-ship Narcissus. She
left on the sth of September and arrived at Ceylon
on the 24th, steaming the whole distance, and hav-
ing nearly 400 tons coal remaining. After landing
her troops she left for Galle on the 27th to coal,
return:ng to Ceylon on the 30th. In consequence
of several cases of scarlatina having occurred among
the detachments of the 50th Regiment brought from
England in this ship it was clamed advisable to
land the whole detachment at Colombo, and to defer
the embarkation of the regiment for a few days.
This sickness having disappeared she embarked the
50th Regiment on the 9th of October, together
with camp equipage and military stores, and left
on the 10th for Auckland, New Zealand, calling
at Melbourne on the 2d of November to coal
and to embark a battery of Armstrong guns, leaving
the latter place on the 7th and arriving at Auck-
land on the 14th, where the troops, military stores,
and Armstrong guns were landed. On the passage
between Cape Leeuwen and Melbourne she experi-
enced very heavy weather, but did not sustain
any damage. After refitting, she crab Irked naval
and military invalids and condemned stores for
England, leaving Auckland Nov. 28 by order of
Commodore Sir W., Wiseman to proceed via Sydney
and Cape Horn. She arrived at the former place
1),.c. 4, and having coaled and embarked military
invalids and naval and military stores, left again on
the 13th, steaming to the southward of New Zea-
land. On the 19th the fires were put out and she
proceeded under canvas, but on Jan. 10, 1864, she
met with ice, and on the 12th, in lat 50 59 S, long.
110 7 W, the ship was so surrounded by icebergs
that it was found necessary to get up steam again,
which she did until noon of the 13th, in lat 50 38
S, long 106 W, when they entirely disappeared. She
continued her course then under canvas until Feb. 3
in let 42 5, long 27 W, the wind having fallen very
light, when steam was got up again, and she arrived
on the 16th at Ascension, and, after coaling and
taking in some provisions and some naval invalids,
left again on the 22d, calling at St. Vincent on
March 2 to coal, and finally leaving for England on
the sth. The Himalaya has returned in a most effi-
cient state, and has performed her long voyage well
considering that the greater portion of it homeward
was under canvas with light winds. The health of
the crew and troops has been good, and too much
praise cannot be given to the captain and his able
staff of officers for the efficient manner in which
every service in which she has been employed has
been performed.

The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty—Adderley W. Chimmo, paymaster,
to th© Bulldog; Geo. Lumley, chief engineer, to the
Research; Geo. Kent, chief engineer, to the Fis-
gard for the Mutine ; J. R. Johnson, chief engi-
neer, to the Gladiator; Geo. Thompson, engineer,
to the Research; Edward Ingledew, engineer,
to the Indus for the Fervent; W. Roberts, en-
gineer, to the Gladiator ; J. Watson (a), assist.-en-
gineer, to the Research; Thomas Rose and John
Rannals, assist.-engineers, to the Gladiator; Capt.
C. A. Campbell to the Formidable, additional, for
service with the Bombay ; Lieut. John Patten to
the Gladiator; Lieut. Francis H. H. Hutchinson
to the Defence ; Sub-Lieut. Albert W. Whish to the
Duncan ; James Leathlean, engineer, to the Indus,
for the Assurance; and Mark Lambert, engineer,
to the Fisgard, for the Ricer; Staff-Commander
Frederick R. Sturdee, to the Asia, for the Royal
Sovereign ; Acting Sub-Lieut. Verney L. Cameron,
to the Hector; J. W. L. Jekyll, midshipman, to the
Gladiator; Cecil F. Foley, nominated to a naval
cadetship ; Dr. John Pringle, acting.assist.-surd.,
to the Ajax ; Richard G. Roe, master's-assist., to
the Research ; William H. Maunsell and Charles
C. P. Dawden. master's-assists., to the Gladiator;
William Nash, assist.-clerk,
to the St. George;
Alfred Postance, assist...clerk, to the Majestic;
Edward Pyo, Frederick M. Aylen, John P. M.
King, Henry Stubbs, and William H. F. Kay,
assist.-clerks, to the Royal Adelaide. Messrs.
Arthur M. Come and Thomas R. J. Clarke have
been nominated to naval CadgfillipS.

SIR ROWLAND HILL.

The following is a copy of a Treasury minute
granting a special superannuation allowance to Sir
Rowland Hill, K.C.8., Secretary to the General
Post-office :
Treasury Minute, dated March 11, 1864—Read letter
from Sir Rowland Hill, K.C.8., dated the 29th of Feb-
ruary, stating that 6 months' absence having elapsed with-
out any satisfactory result as regards the state of his health,
he has now no course left but resign his appointment as
Secretary to the Post-office. Read also letter from the
Postmaster-General of the instant, stating that Sir
Rowland Hill has, in consequence of the state of his health,
been compelled to retire from the public service, and bear-
ing his testimony to the eminent services which Sir Row-
land Hill has rendered. The retirement of Sir Rowland
Hill from the office of Secretary to the Post-office would, if
treated under the ordinary machinery of the Superannua-
tion Act, afford to my Lords the power of granting him no
more than a pension of £566 13s 4d, or at the utmost £666
133 4d ; but it supplies, in the judgment of my Lards, an
occasion of peculiar fitness for calling into action the 9th or
special of the Superannuation Act, and thus, by a proceed-
ing which marks their sense of his services, of drawing to
those services the attention of Parliament. The period
during which Sir Rowland Hill has held office, either by
a temporary or by a permanent appointment, is but little in
excess of 20 years; yet my Lords have to regret that while
he remains full as ever of ability, energy, and resources,
and of disposition to expend them for the public good, the
state of his health, due without doubt in great part to his
indefatigable labours, compels him to solicit a retirement.
It is not, however, by length of service that the merits
and claims of such a man are to be measured. It is not
even by any acknowledgment or reward which the executive
Government, in the exercise of the power confided to is, can
confer. The postal system, one of the most powerful organs
which modern civilization has placed at the command of Go-
vernment, has, mainly under the auspices and by the agency
of Sir Rowland Hill, been, within the last quarter of a
century, not merely improved, but transformed. The letters
transmitted have increased nearly nine-fold, and have been
carried at what may be estimated at little more than one-
ninth of the former charge. In numerous respects conve-
nience has been consulted end provided for even more than
cheapness. Upon the machinery for the transmission of
letters there have been grafted other schemes, which, at a
former period, would justly have been deemed visionary, for
the transmission of books with other printed matter, and of
money, and for receiving and storing the savings of the
people. While those arduous duties have been undertaken,
the condition of the persons employed in this vast depart-
ment has been improved, and could attention be adequately
drawn to what lies beneath the surface, my Lords are per-
suaded that the methods of communication by letter which
are now in action have produced fur the mass of the popu-
lation social and moral benefits whiehmig,ht well have thrown
even these brilliant results into the shade. As respects
purely fiscal interests, advantages so great as those which
have been recited were, of course, not to be obtained with-
out some effort or sacrifice, But the receipts on account of
postal service, which on the first adoption of the change were
reduced by above a million sterling, have now more than re •
covered themselves, and if computed on the same basis as
under the old system, the gross sum realised is about
£3,873,000 instead of £2,316,000, and the net about
£1,790,000 in lieuof £1,660,000; at the same time contraband
in letters may be stated to have ceased, and instead of a sta-
tionary revenue, such as was derived from letters between
1815 and 1835, the State has one which is steadily and even
rapidly progressive. My Lords do not forget that it has been
by the powerful agency of the railway system these results
have been rendered practicable. Neither do they enter into
the question, as foreign to the occasion, what honour may be
due to those who, before the development of the plans of Sir
Rowland Hill, urged the adoption of the uniform penny
postage. Nor are they insensible to the fact that the co-opera-
tion of many able public servants has been essential to the
work performed. But after all justice has been done to others,
Sir Rowland Hill is beyond doubt the person to whom it
was given to surmount every kind of obstacle, and to bring
what had been theretofore matter of speculation into the
world of practice, without whom the country would not
have enjoyed the boon, or would only have enjoyed it at a
later date, and to whom, accordingly, its enjoyment may
justly be deemed due. Nor is it in this country alone that
are to be perceived the happy fruits of his labours ; the
recognition of his plans has spread with a rapidity to be
accounted for only oy their excellence from land to land,
end truly may now be said to have met with acceptance
throughout the civilized world. Under these circumstances
it may justly be averred that my Lords are dealing on the
present occasion with the case not merely of a meritorious
public servant, but of a benefactor of his race ; and that his
fitting reward is to be found not in this or that amount of
pension, but in the grateful recollection of his country. But
my Lords discharge the portion of duty which belongs to
them with cordial satisfaction, in awarding to Sir Rowland
Hill for life his full salary of £2,000 per annum. Let a
copy of this minute be laid before Perlis ment. Transmit
copy to the Postmaster-General, with a request that it may
be communicated to Sir Rowland Hill.

1 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

WARWICK SPRING MEETING, WEDESDAY.

A delightful con trast to the previous day at Rugby, where
wet and mud reigned supreme, was presented at Warwick
this morning, a bright sun and fresh air promising a very
agreeable compensation for the discomforts of yesterday.
Both this town and Leamington received a large accession
of visitors last night ; that division of turfites who had gone
to Doncaster to see the Grand National winner succumb to
Lincoln arriving in force, while the train from town this
morning was crowded. The course was heavy in-some
places, but not enough to in any way affect the going. The
card promised well, with eight events, but the first two, a
match and sweepstakes, coming to nothing, the racing com-
menced with the Trial Stakes of more than ordinary inte-
rest, from the meeting of three such first• class animals as
Lord Burleigh, Johnny Armstrong, and Man-at-Arms.
Tee two first•namod were equal favourites, and all three
looked pictures of condition. The contest, however, was
not a close one, as Fordharn, waiting on his horses to the
straight, where Man-at-Arms was in difficulties, soon
shook off Johnny Armstrong and won with great ease. The
Racing Stakes saw the whole number coloured at the post,
Flaneur and Lord Adolphus being the favourites, the former
with the call. The issue, after a tedious delay in starting,
was left to the three placed, Flaneur winning easily, and
Lord Adolphus cutting a sorry figure in the rear. The
Willoughby Handicap was thought a certainty for Fon-
tenoy, but the sccond favourite, St. Lawrence, made all the
running, and won in a common canter. Another very hol-
low affair for the next race, a 30 Plate, the favourite,
Birdfinder, taking the lead, keeping it, and coming in
almost by any number of lengths the Judge might choose
to give. There was a good race for the Start Handicap be-
tween Le Marechal and Damascus, resulting in favour of
the former by a length ; and the Farmers' Plate wound up
a satisfactory day's sport, Boddington, the favourite, can-
tering in ten lengths ahead of Makeshift, nothing else
being near them.

Tho attendance was numerous for a Spring meeting, the
stand being well filled. The weather, as we have before re-
marked, was everything that could be desired.
A match, z.+so each, 20ft. Two miles.
Mr Milward's Jocular, aged, 12st 71b, agst Mr Robinson's
Pam, aged, 12st, off by consent.
. _ _

A. Sweepstakes of 25-sove each, 10 ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts
Set 101 b, fillies Set fib; 31b and 51b allowed. Straight
run in, about three furlongs. 4 subs. _ _ _

W. Boyce weighed for Mr Perry's Whisky, Sat 71b, but
his number was subsequently taken down, and the race
became void.

The Trial Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 added, for 3-yr-
olds and upwards. Weight for age. Winners extra, with
maiden allowances. The mile course. 8 subs.

Mr B. J. Angell's Lord Burleigh, 5 yre,_9st 21b

(G. Fordham) 1
Sir F. Johnstone's Johnny Armstrong, 5 yrs, 9st 21b

Goater) 2
Mr R. Sutton's Man-at-Arms, agel, Ost 411).. (Thomas) 3

Betting-7 to 4 each agst Lord Burleigh and Johnny
Armstrong, and 9 to 4 agst Man-at-Arms.
Man-at-Arms and Johnny Armstrong got away together,
Lord Burleigh lying about a length in their rear. On
reaching the three-quarter of a mile post Man-at-Arms
drew slightly
in advance, but was headed by Johnny as
they entered the Star enclosure, the favourite at the same
time drawing up. Rounding the turn into the straight
Mr Sutton's; horse dropped back, Lord Burleigh at the
same time took his place, and at the distance headed
Johnny Armstrong, and won very easily by three lengths ;
a bad third.

a. Cannon) t. (Perry) 2
The Stand Handicap of 5 sous each, 2 ft, with 25 added, for
2yr olds and upwards ; winners extra. One mile. 9 subs.
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Mr Tarlino's Le Marechal, 4 yrs, Bst 111 b.. (T. French) 1
77sstt
3131b1b .......
Mr Ambery's Lady de Trafford, 3 yrs, Gat 91b.. (Britton) t
Mr W. Treen's Vision, 4 yrs, 7st 71b........ (C. Page)dis
Mr E. Brayley's Lord of Linne, 5 yrs, 9st• . (A. Cowley) 5
Mr It. Walker's Col. Crocket, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b (G.Fordham) 6
Betting-3 to 1 agst Lord of Linn°, 100 to 30 agst Damas-
cus, 4 to 1 agst Le Marechal, and 6 to 1 agst Col. Crocket.
Col. Crocket jumped away with a clear lead, closely at-
tended by Vision, Le Marechal, and Damascus for half a
mile, when Le Marechal, on the outside, took a clear lead
and came on with the running into the straight, where
Damascus obtained the second place, and at the enclosure
Perry made an effort to reach the leader, and was beaten
very cleverly by a length. Ibex and Vision finished with
a dead heat for third, but the latter on returning to weigh
was found short of weight and was disqualified.
The Racing Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added, for 2-yr-
olds, 7st 131 b, and 3-yr-olds, Bst 121 b, with selling allow •
ances. Maidens allowed 41b, and fillies and geldings 31b.
Five furlongs. 8 subs.
Mr Charles Rayner's Flaneur, 3 yrs (X 50)). 7st: Sib

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(1- French) 1
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sst 131 b
(IL Sharpe) 3
The followingUlso ran:—Blight, Sweyn, Sensation, and
Lord Adolphus.

Betting-5 to 2 agst Flaneur, 3 to 1 agst Lord Adolphus,
and 6 to 1 agst any other.
Afl-41" a lengtheLlei delay at the post, they wEre cleeptched

upon equitable terms, the favourite 'with a slight lead, clos e
up with whom were Sweyn,Telscom73e, Tom Ashworth, and
David, the rear being brought up by Lord Adolphus. On
reaching the entrance to the straight Sweyn dropped away,
and his place was taken by Tom Ashworth, and on the re-
tirement of Telscombe the pair were joined by David, to
which three the race was confined. Flaneur retained his
lead to the end, and won easily by a length and a half, a
length dividing the second and third; Sweyn was fourth,
Telscombe fifth, and Sensation next, Lord Adolphus was
last. The winner was bought in for 100 guineas.

The Willoughby Handicap of 15 soya each, 10 ft, and 5 if
declared, with 40 added. Winners extra. Gentlemen
riders ; jockeys 61b extra. Two miles. 18 subs, 12 of
whom declared.
Mr T. Hughes's St. Lawrence, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (in 111 b ex)
(D. Hughes) 1
Lord Westmoreland's Aurelian, 6 yrs, list 51b (in 51b ex)

- (Mr Edwards) 2
➢lr Samuel's Fontenoy, 4 yrs, lOst llb (in 61b ex).

(A. Edwards) 3
Mr W. Bevill's Suspicion, 3 yrs, Bst 71b. (Owner) 0
Betting-7 to 4 agst Fontenoy, 100 to 30 agst St. Law-
rence, and 4 to 1 each agst Suspicion and Aurelian.

St. Lawrence made the running at a strong pace, Suspi-
cion going on second, with Fontenoy and Aurelian side by
side next. In these positions they ran up the hill, crossing
the brow of which Aurelian quitted his rearward position,
and took the second place, which he retained to the mile
post, where he was pulled back, and Fontenoy, with Suspi-
cion at his girths, came on in attendance upon the leader
into the straight, where the pair were headed by Aurelian,
who followed St. Lawrence to the enclosure, whore he was
beaten, leaving the Epsom horse to canter in the winner by
ten lengths. Suspicion was pulled up half way in the dis-
tance, and trotted home.

A Handicap Plate of 50 sovs, for all ages. Winners extra.
Five furlongs.
Mr Cherry's Birdfinder, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Perry) 1
Mr J. Saxon's The Abbot, 3 yrs, 6st 51b.... (IL Sharpe) 2
Mr Greville's Verdeire, 3 yzs, Est 71b.... (J. Grimshaw) 3
Mr E. Brayley's Kennett, 4 yrs, 7st
The following also ran :—Sensation, Birdlime, Erythia,
Usher, and Vedette gelding.

Betting-6 to 3 agst Birdfincler, Gto 1 agst Erythia, 7to
1 agst Verdiere, and 10 to 1 each agst Kennett and Bird-
lime.

With the exception of the Vedette gelding, who got badly
off, the lot ran in close company into the straight, when the
favourite, who held a slight lead, slipped his horses and
came on by himself, and won in the commonest of canters
by 15 lengths, the placed horses alone persevering to the
end; after whom came at wide intervals Birdlime, Usher,
Erythia, and Sensation ; the Vedette gelding trotted in
last.

The Farmers' Plate, given by the gentlemen of the hunt,
with 10 soya to the second horse, for hunters the property
of farmers. Weight for age. To be ridden by farmers.

Two miles.
Mr W. Cowper's Compton Nun filly, 4 yrs, h. b, 12st
51b
Mr W. Wilson's Makeshift, 5 yrs, h. b , 12st 51b
(Mr E. Wilson) 2
Mr W. Rose's Mercurius, 3 yrs, h. b., 9st 131 b
(Mr. James) 3
Also ran Jack of All Trades, and Maid of Honour.
Betting-6 to 4on Comptton,Nun,f, and sto 2 agst
Mercurius.

The latter made play at his best pace, having Makeshift,
Jack of All Trades, and the favourite as his immediate fol-
lowers to the mile-post, where the leader was beaten,
leaving Makeshift with the lead, but, on entering the Star
close the favourite went up, and won in a canter by ten
lengths; a bad third.

BETTING ON THE COURSE
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
12 to 1 agst Windgrave (taken)
12 to 1 agst Gardener (taken)
100 to 8 agst Dollar (taken)
100 to 7 agst Costa (taken)
100 to 6 agst Fairwater (taken)
20 to 1 agst Lioness (offered)

AQUATICS.

UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE,

The doings at Putney yesterday were of the most ani-
mated and interesting description, and elicited the warmest
applause of a numerous circle of lookers on. It has been
usual on the occasion of training of University crews at
Putney for them to have preliminary races occasionally with
gentlemen amateurs and with other thorough-paced crews,
in anticipation of the great event, and the following struggle
took place yesterday between the undermentioned orews