The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-18 00:00:00

TATTERSALL'S-SATIIIWAY.

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The attendance this afternoon for the purpose of compar-
ing and further speculation on the great events at Epsom
was about the most meagre over remembered for the
Saturday before the Derby. There was very little disposi-
tion to commence operations, and several offers about the
favourites and others at their previous quotations failed to
tempt intending backers. After a little delay, however, a
well-known northern bookmaker laid 500 to 100 about Lord
Clifden, at which odds he was subsequently backed two or
three times, but at the close 9 to 2 only was offered, 11 to
2 was at first offered against Maccaroni, but later on 6 to 1
met with no response 9 to 1 was freely offered about Lord
Strathmore's horse, but his friends, if present,
The ditdonellotiatioNs,oiatnrs..
inclined for any investment at the price.
put up at 10 to 1 (offered), but notwithstanding h
able report of his latest trial, there was evidently some
mis-
trust about the Woodyeates representative, Which increased
into direct hostility, when the bookmaker already referred
to offered to lay 500 sovereigns even that The Gillis did
not finish within ton lengths of the winner, after which he
declined to 11 to 1 (offered). Hospodar's position seemed
at one time equivocal, as, After 1,000 to 100 bad been taken

kindly by a speculator, supposed to know something about
the French stable, within another circle bard by 11 and 12
to 1 did not enlist support from the " confederacy," and it wa■
not until the orthern leviathan laid £1,200 to £l,OOO three
times with noble lord on llospoder against The Gillie
that confidence was restored, and the Frenchman settled
down quietly. 13 to 1 was booked about King, of the Vale,
and 16 to 1 ace about Scamander. Tom Fool was norai •
nally at 16 to 1, The Ranger at 25 to 1, while National
Guard was friendless at 28 to 1. Several outsiders were
mentioned, a few of whom were invested on according to the
subjoined list. There was very little betting on the Oaks.
3 to 1 was offered on the field, while Borealis, Miss Arm-
strong, Old Orange Girl, and Fantail, were supported as
below. Closing prices

THE DERBY.
9to 2 agat Lord Clifdcu (taken and offered)
6to 1 agst Macaroni (offered)
9to 1 agat Saccharometer (taken and offered)
9to 1 agst Hospodar (offered)
10 to 1 agst Gillie (offered)
13 to 1 agst King of the Vale (taken)
100 to 6 agst Tom Fool (offered)
18 to 1 agst Scamander (taken)
25 to 1 agst Ranger (offered)
25 to 1 ngst National Guard (offered)
40 to 1 agst Early Purl (offered)
40 to 1 agst Fantastic (taken and offered)
50 to 1 agst King of Utopia (taken)
50 to 1 agst Golden Pledge (cffered)
1000 to 15 agst Giles the First (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Donnybrook (offered)
Light Bob, Turcos, Stockman, and all Mr. Merry's
horses are struck of the Derby.

THE OAKS.
3to lon the field (offered)

CITY BETTING—SATURDAY.
THE DERBY.
11 to 2 aget Lord Clifden (taken)
11 to 2 agst Maccaroni (taken)
9to 1 agst Sacoharometer (taken)
100 to 9 agst Gillie (taken and offered)
100 to 7 agst King of the Vale (taken)
100 to 7 agst Hospodar (taken and offered)
100 to G agst Tom Fool (offered)
20 to 1 agst Scamander (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst National Guard (offered)
25 to 1 aget Ranger (taken)
40 to 1 agst King of Utopia (taken and offered)
50 to 1 agst Fantastic (offered)
1000 to 15 aget Giles the First (taken)

OAKS.
6to 2on the field (offered)
Bto 1 agst Borealis (taken)
9to 1 agst Miss Armstrong (taken)
10 to 1 agst Queen Bertha (taken)

RACING IN FRANCE.
CHANTILLY SPRING MEETING-SUNDAY.

The Prix du Jockey Club, or French Derby, of 20,0001.,
added to a Sweepstakes of 1000 f. each, 600 ft, and 500 if
declared, for three-yr-old colts and fillies bred in France.
La Toucques
Dollar
Faust
Won easily by a length. Sixteen ran.

THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.

VALETTA, May 11.

The new Commander-in-Chief, Rear-Admiral
Robert Smart, K.H., arrived this morning in her
Majesty's ship Revenge, 73, Capt. C. Fellowes,
from Spithead and Gibraltar, after a fine passage,
partly under steam, of 14 days, including a stay of
two days at Gibraltar. On entering port she ex-
changed the usual salute with the flagship. Vice-
Admiral Sir William Fanahawe Martin, K.C.8.,
whose term of service has expired, will give up the
command on Thursday, and leave the same day,
with his suite, for Marseilles, in her Majesty's ship
Magicienne, Lieut.-Commander E. White (tempo-
rary), on return to England, via France. The gal-
lant Admiral will take with him the good wishes of
all those who have the interest of the service at
heart, and it is only due to him to state that the fleet
was never more distinguished for efficiency, disci-
pline and order than it is at the present moment.
Rear-Admiral H. J. Codrington, C. 8., lately Ad-
miral Superintendent of the dockyard, will leave for
England in the Peninsular and Oriental Stesm Co.'s
ship Poonah, due to-morrow, having been succeeded
by Rear-Admiral H. T. Austin, C. 8., who hoisted
his flag on the 30th ult. on board her Majesty's
ship Hibernia, in which vessel Admiral Codring-
ton's flag had previously been flying. Awaiting the
arrival of the Poonah the has tgrnnorAriLv hoisteri it
on noara the Medina, % Capt. 1. A. 11. bpratt, C.B.
The regret felt at the departure of Admiral Cod-
rington is deep and general, and highly complimen-
tary addresses expressing these sentiments have
been presented to him by the Chamber of Commerce,
the agents of the various steam companies trading in
the Mediterranean, and other public bodies. Ad-
miral Codrington was no less popular among the
officers and artificers of the dockyard, over which
he has held superintendence during the last five
years, and it is their intention, I am informed, to
mark their sense of regret at his departure by ac-
companying him in a body to the vessel in which
he is to proceed to England to bid him good bye.
Advices by the last mail from England state that
Rear-Admiral H. R. Yelverton, C. 8., may be ex-
pected here from Marseilles by the packet which
leaves that port on the 27th inst., to succeed Rear-
Admiral S. C. Dacres, C. 8., who has gone home to
take command of the Channel fleet. Rear-Admiral
Yelverton has chosen for his secretary Paymaster
John Burke of her Majesty's ship Hibernia.
It is reported that Rear-Admiral Smart, on as-
suming the command of the Mediterranean fleet,
will hoist his flag on board the Marlborough, 131,
Capt. W. H. Stewart, C.B. (at present the flagship
of Vice-Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8.), and in
about a month's time will proceed with a portion of
the fleet for a cruise. The Revenge will not return
to England, as expected, but will remain on this
station.

The following ships have returned to Malta since
the beginning of the month :—Meeanee, 60, Capt.
G. Wodehouse, on the Ist inat., from Naples (having
been relieved by the St. George, 84, Commander E.
H. L. Ray, temporary); the Cockatrice, 2, Lieut.-
Commander R. M. Gillson, also on the Ist, from
Sulina and Constantinople; the Wanderer, 4, Com-
mander M. Seymour, on the 2d, from Smyrna and
Suda Bay ; the Alacrity, 4, Commander J, K. E.
Baird, on the 4th, from Beyrout, and the Trafalgar,
70, Capt. the Hon. T. Baillie, on the 7th, from
Corfu. These vessels are now being refitted.
There is some talk of the Icarus, 11, Com-
mander N. Salmon, V.C., now in Malta Harbour,
and the Queen, 74, Captain C. F. Hillyar, and the
Piraxus, being sent home shortly, but no orders
have yet been received regarding them.
Her Majesty's surveying ship Medina, Captain
T. A. B. Spratt, C. 8., having been condemned by
the dockyard officials at this port as no longer fit
for service, is being broken up, and will be replaced
by the Hydra, 6 paddlewheel sloop, fron England.
Accounts from Gibraltar to the Ist of May state
that her Majesty's ship Edgar, 89, Captain the Hon.
F. A. Foley (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral
Dacres, C. 8.), arrived there from Malta on the 26th
on
Her Majesty's
ship after a rapid passage of five days, and left
the following day for Spithead.
ship Shannon, 35, Captain O. I. Jones, arrived at
Gibraltar on the Ist inst., also from Malta, and was
Virago was to return to ng
ay.
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tender, and the lease of it for one year obtained by
some
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getting Sicilian
coral fishers,
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up about whosolb weighti tlhalssvalu-
able article of commerce. It is
greater quantity has since reported that a much
been taken.
The Italian Government
steamer Malfatano,
Captain Chevalier L.
and,
Felice,ft arrived on the sth
inst from Trapani,
ett. embarking. the re-
mains of the Prince RuggieroeSr Imo for interment
ut Palermo, left on the Bth • inst for that place.
The Alexandra and Malta telegraph appears to
be working more satisfactorily than it did last
week, judging from the short space of time in which
telegrams are received.

Rumour states that the sensational novels with
which Miss Braddon has turned the beads of the public aro
becoming a mine of wealth, the clever lady having realised
something like £B,OOO within the lad 12 woutlo.

The Wreck of her Majesty's Ship Orpheus,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

The Secretary of the Admiralty presents his com-
pliments to the editor of The Sun, and forwards
herewith a copy of a letter from Captain Jenkins,
of her Majesty's ship Miranda, and of its enclosures,
reporting the steps taken to search for the bodies of
the officers and men wrecked in her Majesty'k; ship
Orpheus, and the honours paid to the remains of
the late Commodore Burnett, C.B.
" Admiralty, May 16, 1863.

" Her Majesty's ship Miranda, Sydney,
March 17, 1863.
"My Lord,—l have the honour to forward, for
the information of my Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty, a copy of the letter of proceedings of
Commander Sullivan, of her Majesty's ship Harrier,
of the 27th February, us well as a copy of the
detail of the honours paid to the late Commodore
Burnett, C. 8., and beg to bring to their lordships'
notice the zeal with which Commodore Sullivan,
and the officers and crew of the Harrier, searched
the coast for bodies on this melancholy occasion.-
1 have the honour to be, my lord, your obedient
humble servant,
(Signed) g, ROBERT JENKINS,
Captain and Senior Officer.
" Right Hon. Lord Clarence E. Paget, C. 8,,
Secretary to the Admiralty,"
" Her Majesty's ship Harrier, Manukau Harbour,
N.Z., 27th February, 1863.
" Sir,—lmmediately after my arrival in this ship
at the heads of Manukau harbour parties were sent
to search the beaches for the bodies of the crew of
the Orpheus.

"2. I found it necessary to send these parties
away provisioned for several days, as the difficulty
of travelling is so great as to render it useless to
send people for one day only.
"3. On the return of a party under charge of
Mr. Sedmond, master, on the 16th instant, I re.
ceived information that a body, supposed to be that
of Commodore Burnett, C. 8., had been buried by
the natives at a village about 27 miles distant, and
that they wished for the Governor's authority to
give it up.
"4. I immediately weighed, and proceeded to
Onehunga, and the next morning called on
governor, who afforded me every assistance
in his power. I the same day dispa'cched
Lieutenant Hunt, with Mr. Jerningham, midship-
man, and ten men with six days' provisions by the
colonial steamer Avo❑ to Paratutai, with orders to
proceed by the beach to endeavour to identify the
body, and, if possible, bring it back to Onebuaga
for the purpose of interring it with military honours.
" 5. The next morning (she 18th) I started over-
land for the village referred to (Waitakeri), accom-
panied by Lieut. Bates, 65th Regiment, interpreter
to the forces, and Home Ripoha, who was charged
with a letter from the governor to the Maori chief,
desiring him to afford me every assistance.
" 6. I reached Waithkeri the next morning at 9
p.m., and found that Lieut. Hunt and party had
arrived the night before, having identified thsi body
as that of the late commodore by marks on his linen.
7. It being impossible to transport the remains
by the beach, the natives undertook to do so by land,
a task almost impossible to our people unused to the
bush. This they succeeded in doing by 2 a.m. on
the morning of the 23d instant.
" 8. In the meantime I have returned to Auck-
land and arranged with Lieut.. Gen. Cameron, C. 8.,
that the corpse should lie in state in Fort Brito-
mart until the next day, when it shall be interred
with military honours. A detailed account of the
funeral is annexed.

"9. Up to this time 50 bodies have been disco.
vered and buried either by the natives or by the
parties sent for that purpose. Amongst them are
those of Lieut. Jekyll, R.N., Rev. B. Hazlewood,
Mr. Giliham, secretary, and Mr. Gossage, assistant
engineer.

" Such of the trinkets, &c., found upon them es
are saved will be forwarded to the Admiralty direct,
with a view to their being returned to their friends.

" 10. The civil authorities removed the body of
TAI., boatswain's mate, to Auckland,
for the purpose of a coroner's inquest being held.
" His remains were buried in the cemetery at
Auckland.

" 11. The few articles washed up from the wreck
is astonishing ; I have reason to believe, however,
that tha greater part has been driven to the north-
ward ; nothing that I have as yet heard of as being
washed up would pay its carriage were it transported
to Auckland. Such of the spars, &e., as have come
under my own observation, and under that of the
officers, are so completely broken and beaten into a
sort of fibrous pulp as be entirely useless, and shows
how violent must have been the force of the sea.

" 12. Nothing now is visible of the wreck but
the stump of a lower mast, which appears to have
been forced over the bank into deep water, and to
be anchored there by its rigging.

"13. I sent the master in the colonial steamer
Avon to examine the channel and wreck, and he .
reports ten fathoms all round this mast, and no
other portion of the ship visible.
"The bearings are as follows :—Parera Island
Nby W; Nine Pin, NE by E E, just open at
Paratutai.—l have the honour, &c.,
" F. W. SULLIVAN, Commander.
" Captain Robert Jenkins, Senior Naval Officer
of her Majesty's ship Miranda."

" Detail of the honours paid to the remains of the
late Commodore Burnett, C. 8., commanding the
Australian station.
" The remains of the late Commodore Burnett,
C. 8., senior officer on this station, arrived at the
Wynyard Pier, Auckland, at 2 a.m., of the 23d
inst. They were received by a guard of honour
furnished by the 40th Regiment, commanded by
Lieut. Hobbs, and at once removed to Fort Brito-
mart.
" The commodore's broad pendant was hoisted
half. mast on board the Harrier, and kept so until
sunset the next day, as were the colours also.
" At 2 20 p.m. on the 24th inst., the funeral pros
session formed as follows'—
Battalion of six companies, under ColonDeil::Lm.eAse.elyir,oC,Nß.l3...s.a.
Artillery.
Beam.:
Pall Bearers : Coursr,
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Swann,Chute drawn
ofhoanrrgieurnbeywir6iage LieerunstlN:i i
Survivors of Col. Mon ed, C.O.
R.N.
Orpheus.
Col. Galloway.
Were fired Chief Mourner, Commander Sua lil,ri,:ainn.r t B .
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General
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100N,0trioSTiec:aomreetnee_entryLans_i
nieduli'n ut e guns
tomart, commencing when the ro OT ri-
,, The battery of artillery procession
cession started.
to the grave, and fired up a position close
a salute of •
termination of the servi nine guns at the
three volleys of service, Which was followed by
musketry fro the command of c m the battalion under
Colonel Leslie, C,B.
"The greatest r
by thepublic,Leslie,
ands ympathy were shown
the public
closed, and man offices and shops being
lowed tha procession.
37 thousands of the inhabitants fol.
" 20 red F
The Harrier also .
hu4a,
commencing
-g
minute guns at One-,
precisely at 2.30 p.m., and just
before sunset a salute of nine gans was fires in slow
saluting time, being
so timed that, as the last gun
fired, the broad d pen ant of the late commodore was
finally struck, and the colours hauled down at
sunset. (Signed)
"F. W. SULLIVAN, Commander."

The Paris
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tTa3ht
spectators
recruitsa dn desirous
fnrgot lut
sof oDoa i lg Telegraph
Ta GREAT
stthe Great EASTERN
Eastern,
serer
states that M. Alexandre Dumas is about to produce a
metrical version of " Romeo and Juliet."
At the request of Napoleon 111., the Austrian
fidtnegpni etgrhrebe
eobtal it
tahoevie,runerudeennt heiaeshcstaondstentotefdrantoctoh.e transfer of the ashes of
yoDREKr. AujnunsEatou
1::a;
the command of Capt. Paton, left the Mersey at half-past
ship og; and her passage down the river stakes
wftaliss ' lee One
sweintgherlso,uBdoehoeferwsh.
oniThaereGfirerastt-Eclasasstetrtnhetarkeemsaztd:Obpeiz;
steerage and intermediate passengers. The rumour that
N9veazien2th" thronged gNedewsvi
tho ship was to carryout 1,
vice is incorrect, and no application was
agents of the Great Ship ever made to the
Company to fit
for much a large number of male up aceelllua d -
paseeogero. 0 atiea