The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1864.

NINIMO."—COLOSSEUM.-14Iy engagement
here having terminated with the close of this In-
stitution, all communications in the various matters em-
braced in my experience maybe addressed, 55, WIGMORE-
STREET, W.

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They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being
carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the
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SPOMING INTELLIGENCE.

CHELMSFORD SPRING MEETING.-WEDNESDAY.

The Trial Stakes of 5 soya each, with 50 added, for all
ages; maiden allowances; the winner to be sold for
£3OO. Three-quarters of a mile. 13 subs.
Mr Ten Broeck's Lord of ,Linn, 6 yrs, 94 121 b
(Fordham) 1
Lord Rendlesham's Diomed. 3 yrs, Bst ....(S, Hibberd) 2
Mr Brown nas. Charmian, 3 yrs, Bst .......... (Murfet) 3
Mr Godding's Fantreluche, 4 yrs, 9tat 121 b.. (T• French) 4
The following also ran :—Wes Aggic, Le Marechal,
Magic, King Cotton, and Tom Ashworth.
Batting-7 to 4 agat Diomed, 3to 1 agst Lord of Linne,
6 to 1 agst Fanfreluche, 100 to 15 apt Magic, 8 to 1 agat
King Cotton, 100 to 8 agst Wee Aggie.

Emfreluche made play with a slight lead in the centre of
the course, followed by King Cotton and Wee Aggie on the
right, the rest being stretched in a line a3ross the course;
Lord of Linne wide of everything on the left. A quarter
of a mile from the finish the lot ran in s line, bat it was
evident that Lord of Linne (who was pulling double) would
win. Fordham waited on his opponents till reaching the
distance, when he came away and won, bud held, by ten
lengths; Charmian was a bad thinl, and the others passed
the post at wide intervals as follows :—Fanfrelache fourth,
Wee Aggie fifth, Le Marechal sixth, Tom Ashworth
seventh, King Cotton eighth, and Magic last. The winner
was bought by Mr. John Nightingall for 310 guineas.
The Belhus Selling Race, for all ages, of 5 says each, with
30 added; maiden and selling allowances. Half a mile.
8 subs.
Mr G. Hodgman's Virginia, 3 yrs (00), 7st 71b
(Morris) 1
Mr David's Dominic' Sampson, 6 yrs (150), Bst Illb
(J. Reeves) 2
Mr Godding's Sugarplum filly, 2 yntil.ri.o)) 58t 71b)
(Sayers) 3

The following also ran :—Cosatt, Miss Shepherd, Sal-
vioni, and Lucretia.
Betting-5 to 4on Virginia, 4to 1 agst Salvioni, 15 to 1
agst the Sugarplum filly,
After going a couple of hundred yards Salvioni led, but
gave way at the bottom of the hill to Virginia, who was
momentarily headed at the distance by Dominie Sampson,
but Virginia came away on reaching the enclosure, and
won in a canter by four lengths; two lengths between
second and third; Lucretia was a bad fourth, The
winner was sold to Mr C. Peck, of London, for-140'guineas;
and the filly, by Sugarplum—SPhynx was claimed by Mr
Fleming. '
The Hyde Plate Handicap of £4O for all ages. Three-
quarters of it nn •
Mr floslgman's Dilston, 3 yrs, Est 71b ..
Bst (Morris) 1
Mr T. Wiseman's Mrs Somerville, 4 yrs, (Long) 2
Mr Graham's Rosa Lee, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (J. Loates) 3
The following also ran:—Miss Emma, .Etna, Lucretia,
and Freestone.
Betting-6 to son Dilston, 3to 1 agst Mrs Somerville, 7
to 1 agst Rosa Lee.
The three favourites raced in front close together through-
out. Dilston, who appeared to be the first of the three in
difficulties, came again at the half distance and won in the
last few stria es by a neck. A head separated the second and
third; Freestone was last.
The Boreham Plate of 50 sovs, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst
101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; winners extra. Reif a mile, 13
subs.
Mr John Nightingall's Attention, Bst 71b (Oivner) 1
Mr Bartholomew's Miss Webb, Bst 71b ...... (Norman) 2
Mr Fleming's Camillus, Bst 101 b (J. Loa* 3
The following also ran :—Thor, Vicksburg, Warbeck,
Jacobus, Romola, and Ailesbury. •
Betting-9 to 4 agat Miss Webb, 100 to 30 agat Atten-
tion, 4 to 1 agst Vicksburg, 8 to 1 agst Warbeck.
Vicksburg made play for a few hundred yards, after
which Attention went ahead, and waiting in company with
Miss Webb and Camillus, came from them at the half dis-
tance and won in a canter by two lengths. A length sepa-
rated the second and third. Warbeck ran wide into the
furzes, when the flag was dropped, and Jacobus also got
badly off.
The Rona Stakes (Handicap) of 10 SOTS each, 2 ft, with 60
added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. One mile and a half.
14 subs.
Mr R. Ten Broeck's Canzonette, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (car 7st
121 b) (Fordhacu) 1
lir W. E. Jones's Zeloo, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (Keates) '2
Mr Marsh's Margery, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (S. Hibberd)
Mr Edv, ards's Physician, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Morris) 4
Betting-6 to 4on Canzonette, 3toto 1 agst Zeloo, 4to
1 egst Margery.
Zeloo made play at a good pace, with Canzonette dl het
side, for half a mile, after which Zeloo took a clear lead of
Canzonette, Margery following a couple of lengths behind
Mr Ten Broeck's mare, Physician being a similar distance
behind Margery. Half a mile from home Canzonette
dropped into the rear, and Physician and Margery ran up
alongside of Zeloo; but Canzonette coming outside her
horses at the distance, quitted Zeloo opposite the stand, and
won by a length, a bad third.
The Priory Plate Hurdle Race of 20 soya, for farmers'
horses that have been regularly hunted in the county of
Essex ; gentlemen riders. Two miles over five flights of
hurdles.
Mr Freestone's Evelyn, aged, 12st (Mr Mumford) 1
Mr Leech's Peep-o'-Day (late Farmer), aged, 12st
(Mr Orbell) 2
Mr A. Hockley's Forester, aged, 12st ...... (Owner) 3
Mr John Barker's The Colonel, 6 yrs, 12st (Owner) 4
Mr W. Belcher's Kettledrum, 6 yrs, 12st ...... (0 wner) 5
Betting—Even on Evelyn, 5 to 2 agst Kettledrum.
Evelyn getting over the last hurdle, when
she came awayawaywaitedand until
eight
won
by

LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
7to 1 agst Bantam (taken)
12 to 1 aget Emblem (taken)
15 to 1 aget Wee Nell (taken)
25 to 1 agst Amy (taken)
33 to 1 agst Leading Article (taken)
40 to 1 aget Rockley (taken)
50 to 1 agst Worcester (taken)

COURSING-.

TUE GREAT WATERLOO MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.

winning
The Waterloo Cup, value £1,600 in specie, by subscription
of £2seach,
v the
ngB ng
dog to receive £5OO. 64 subs.
Mr. Bell)
teat Mr. Gurnett's Glen
PhMr Spinks's Sea Pink beat Mr 3. Gordon's Great Expecte-
u I (dr. I)
r i 'w Skedaddles

tions
Mr Blanshard's Babs beat Mr
Mr Lloyd's ns Patent beat Mr Savage's Storekeeper
Mr J. Gibson ns Golf beat Mr garden's Drop of Drink
Russell's Reliance (1)
Mr J. H. blundell us Saladiu
beat Mr Campbell's Cala.
zooro (1)
Mr J. Bake as Detector beat Mr Brundrit's Burgomaster
Lord Uffington's Retribution beat Hon. Captain Molyneux
ns Streamer
Lord Eglinton's Rainbow beat Mr Callandero ns Coo-
rooran
Mr W. J. Legh ns Bo Quiet beatHr Blackstook us Beck-
ford
MrDanlop's Marshall Forward beat Mr W. Long us Cheer
Boys
Mr E. W. Haywood ns Justice beat Mr T. D. Hornby's
Heiress
g boat Mr Cheashyre us
MrLßiy.erHpo.
Liverpool
Julia Mannerin
Mr H. Haywood's Rebe boat Mr J. Cunningham's Hop-
bine (1)
Mr Green's Gipsy Queen beat Lord ; R
—lllling's Donald
Mr Gregson's Roaring Meg beat Mr IVlather's Welcome
Colonel Bathurst ns Owersby beat Mr Randell us Don
Felix
Mr A. A. Morrell ns Imp Mr beat Mr Gavin Steele's
Spider
Mr W. G. Borron's Blush Rose beat Mr J. Hylsop ns
Dunoon
beat Mr J. Knowles
Mrnsj
Mr T. Williams ns King Death beat Mr 3. Jardine's In-
T. ram. Aarrmistead'a Lady Stormont
In-
nocence (1)
Mr Massey us Baron Nicholson beat Mr Cloudsdale's
Good Idea
Brown's Bruin
M.
Brocklebank's
Mr
Lord Nor
EVLiituerrkaglplao'nso;7l33„iitaestSekry
sbewaeteMnery
Mr Db.eallt
Lord Grey do Wilton's Glendower beat Mr Croft ns Guild
S Clear
Belle
d
bitor
LL oo
rr Si3eeflootni ;se
nsopaLrkaldeybeat
beataM oi‘ni 'Es
Aee Graham's(l) Exhi-
Mr D. Bateman's Blue Bell beat Mr G. A. Thompson's
Tullochgoram
Mr Stocker ns Black Bess beat Mt ivie Cauipbell ns Cala-
baroono
Mr Bartholomew ns Hylax. beat Mr G. B. Bruce ns Bright
Cloud
Mr T, T. C. Lister's Chloe heat Mr J. Johnstono's Jcz tbel
Mr Bland's Beadle of the Parish beat Major Boothby ns
Dixie

Sea Pink beat Skedaddlor
Patent beat Babs
Golf beat Saladin
Retribution beat Detector
Be Quiet. beat Rainbow
Justice beat Marshal For-

Imperatrice beat 0 vversby
Kin,. Death beat Baron Ni-
cholson
Master Sweeny beat White
Sky
Glendower beat Sparkle (1)
Blue Bell beat Lady
Java (1)
Black Bess beat Ilylax
Beadle of the parish beat
Chloe (1) . .

ward (1)
Rebe beat Julia Mannering
Roaring Meg beat Gipsy
Queea
Stormont btat Blush
Rose

LATEST BETTING ON TUE WATERLOO CUP.
LIVERPOOL, Midnight.

4 to 1 agst Patent (taken)
11 to 2 agst Rabe (taken)
11 to 2 agst Lady Stormont (taken)
12 to 1 agst Imperatrice (taken)
12 to 1 agst Beadle of the Parish. (taken)
14 to 1 agst Black Bess (taken)
16 to 1 agst Golf (taken)
Offers to back Patent, Rebe, and Lady Stormont against
the field.

AQUATICS.

4-
-
UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.

By an account received from Cambridge last evening, we
find that Mr. Hawkahaw, of Trinity College, the captain of
the crew, under whose experienced eye they have been
selected, is now rowing 'the tow oar in lieu of the gentle-
man who merely took it for a short time. This is the only
change in the crew. The crews have been constantly in
practice during the last few days, but their rowing is at pre-
sent anything but first-rate. '

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

Yesterday Rear-Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, M.P.,
Secretary of the Admiralty. accompanied by Mr. E. J.
Reed, Chief Constructor of the Navy, and Mr. W. Scamp,
Deputy Director of Admiralty Works, visited Chatham
dockyard for the purpose of inspecting the vessels building
as well as the works in progress at that establishment. In
the course of their visit they inspected the Lord Warden,
the first of the wooden armour dads built from Mr. Reed's
design, now under construction. under No. 7 shed, some por-
tion cf the frames of which are already in their places. They
also visited the factory in which the Lord Warden target is
now being built up in readiness for the experiments which are
to be made upon it at the Shoeburyness, the result of which
will decide the thickness of the sides as well as of the armour-
plating with which the Lord Warden will be encased. After
inspecting the works in progress at the entrance to No. 2
dock, in which the Bellerophon is to be built, Lord Clarence
Paget and Mr. Reed, accompanied by Mr. Scamp, pro-
ceeded to the eastern end of the dockyard, where the works
are in progress for the enlargement of Chatham dockyard
and for constructing the new basins and docks, the works
being performed almost entirely by means of convict labour.
The excavations for the first of the three basins are new in
progresr, and it is expected that this basin, which will have
an area of 30 acres, will be completed within two years from
the present time. After leaving the island the party re-
turned to the dockyard, and in the afternoon went out in
..a steamer to the iron frigate Achilles, which is being pre-
pared for sea with all possible despatch, Lord- Clarence
Paget returning to the Admiralty early in the afternoon.
Her Majesty's screw line-af-battle ship Trafalgar, 70,
500-horse power, Capt. Thomas H. Mason, which arrived at
the Little Nore from the Mediterranean on Monday even-
ing, was inspected on Tuesday by Admiral of the Blue Sit.
G. R. Lambert, K.C.8., naval Commander-in-Chief at the
Nore, who visited every portion of the vessel and mustered
the crew, whom he saw go through their exercises at quar-
ters. The Trafalgar is to be paid off " all standing," as
she is to take the place of the Edinburgh, 60, 450-horse
power, Capt. C. F. Schoenberg, Coastguard ship at Leith,
which vessel is to proceed to the Nore to be dismantled and
put out of commission, the officers and crew being turned
over to the Trafalgar. This plan is being adopted with all
the old Coastguard ships, which are being replaced by
thoroughly efficient liners, a powerful squadron of which
would be at once forthcoming in the event of war.
Her Majesty's screw corvette Wolverine, supplied with
engines of 400. horse power, yesterday left Woolwich on an
official trial of her speed and machinery, down the river.
Capt. Luke, commanding the steam reserve at Woolwich,
Mr. Brain, assistant master shipwright, and Mr. Bannister
of the steam factory, attended on behalf of the Admiralty,
to report the result. Arrangements were made for three
days' trip. •
The screw steamship Princess Royal, 84, Capt. Jones, at
Plymouth, will shortly be ready to depart for the Cape of
Good Hope to take the place of the Narcissus. Rear-Ad-
miral George St. Vincent King hoisted his flag, white at
the wizen, on board yesterday afternoon. Ho immediately
saluted the flag of the Port Admiral, which was duly
acknowledged by the Royal Adelaide. The salute was
given by the Cambridge, as the Princess Royal is not yet
supplied with her ammunition.
A district court-martial, of which Capt. Mitchell was
president, yesterday assembled in the Royal Marine Bar-
racks at Woolwich, for tha trial of Private Patrick Weer-
maok on charges of being absent without leave and of mak-
ing away with his necessaries. It is satisfactory to remark
that,
binc: she authorities have substituted imprisonment
and stoppage pay in lieu of corporal punishment, these
crimes are manifest.: decreasing, and the courts-martial
which sat daily are now see— om held oftener than once, and
.
The punishment of then
never more than twice, per weft. . .
h -garson for some
lash has not been resorted to in Woolwte..
me

which

The 300 pounder muzzle loading smooth bore gun, ,
has undergone a successful course of experimental firing as
Shoeburyness, was yesterday shipped on board the steam
store ship Balaklava, at Woolwict, for transport to the iron-
cased cupola ship Royal Sovereign, at Portsmouth.
A new species of gun carriage, intended for naval and
garrison service, the invention of Lieut.-Col. Shaw, R.A.,
Assistant Superintendent in the Royal Arsenal at Wool-
wich, will shortly be submitted for trial, in the presence of
the Ordnance Select Committee. The great advantage said
to be possessed by the new invention is that it enables those
working it to obtain accurate aim through a much smaller
embrasure than at present, and thereby places them in
greater safety. One of the old 68 pounder guns has been
selected for the trial, and the trunnions have been cut off,
as the gun will be secured to the carriage at the muzzle, and
will be elevated and depressed by means of four radial racks
worked with a simple mechanical appliance attached to the
carriage. It is stated that the Secretary of State for War
andother authorities have complemented Col. Shaw on the
efficiency of his invention.

ASSAULT OF ARMS•

A vast concourse of people filled St. James's Hall yester-
day afternoon to witness an entertainment given under the
above designation by the non-commissioned officers of the
Household Brigade. These entertainments, though common
enough on the Continent of Europe, are to some extent fresh
to the majority of the inhabitants of England, and therefore
still possess all the attractions of novelty ; but, independent
of this circumstance, the :announcement that the display
was to be made in aid of the funds of the institution at
Hampstead known as the Soldiers' Daughters' Home, was
sufficient to induce the attendance of numbers of those who
feel that any institution which shelters, educates, and pro-
vides for the children of the poor soldier is eminently de-
serving of support. As charity was at the basis of the feel-
ing which gave rise to the exhibition of yesterday, and as
all who took part in it are,with one exception, still in active
service, it is perhaps needless to say that each man gave his
services gratuitously, and did his best to please the numerous
patrons of the entertainment.
It had been announced that his Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales would be present. It is certain that his royal high-
ness had intended to attend, and that it was only at the last
moment that a letter was received from St. Leopards an-
nouncing that the prince was obliged to forego the visit.
When it became known that the prince would not be pre-
sent some little disappointment was felt, especially as a tan-
talising display of empty chairs of state and settees in a
space under the platform on which the feats took place con•
tinually reminded the audience that they had missed an op-
portunity of showing their loyalty to the prince on an occasion
of such national interest. There were present, however,
many noblemen and gentlemen connected with the military
service, and others who were not, but who generously yip-
ported the excellent charity in aid of which the entertain-
ment was given. Amongst the audience were the Duke of
'Wellington, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Earl and Coun-
tess of Cardigan, Earl of Effingham, Lord F. Egerton,
Sir J. Cathcart, Sir Thomas Hare, General Lawrenson,
Major Robinson and Captain Jay of the Hon. Artillery
Company, &c.; and besides these the Ist Life Guards were
represented by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Dudley de Res,
Major and Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of ountcharles,
Captains Bateson, Hon. Henry Wyndham, and Hon. Cecil
Duncombe ; Lieutenant the Hon. S. J. Egerton and Cornet
Needham ; the 2d Life Guards by Lieutenant-Colonel G.
Howard Vyse, and Major and Lieutenant-Celonel Frede-
rick Marshall, Captain It. T. L. Norton, Lieutenant Sir S.
H. Hayes, Bart , and Cornets Lord Sandys and A. C. Ark-
wright ; and the Royal Horse Guards by Lieutenant-Colonel
Hugh Smith Baillie, Captain Duncan James Baillio, Lieu-
tenant F. G. Burnaby; Cornet 11. E. Westear, Adjutant R.
M'Alpine, and Quartermaster Herbert Turner. Though
not present, the Marquis of Tweeddale, Field-Marshal
Viscount Combermere, and many other noblemen and gen-
tlemen, sent handsome donations to the fund, the gallant
mttiquis accompanying his gift with a letter, in which
he stated that he `warmly symp.lthiwi with the object in
view, and also felt great pleasuro iu promoting :Ivy under-
taking which would tend to induce soldiers to acquire a
greater knowledge of their weapons than could be obtained
in their ordinary drills. .
The entertainment itself (in which it must be premised
that only the picked men of tho brigade took part) con-
sisted of bouts at single stick, fencing, boxing, sword and
bayonet practice, cavalry sword exercise, and other feats of
arms, including the celebrated and so-called Saladin feats.
The men engaged in the several contests were—Corporal
Butts, 2d Life Guards ; Corporal Howe, 2d Life Guards ;
Corporal-Major Galbraith, Ist Life Guards ; Corporal
Suffield,
.2d Life Guards; Corporal-Major Waite, 2d