The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-24 00:00:00

THE STN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENINGS SEPTEMBER 24, 1863.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCIIESTER—WEDNESDAY.
Speculation on the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire
moves but slowly. Nothing, with the exception, perhaps,
of Anfield for the Ceearewitch, was in any great force; and
the business done is of such a desultory character that it is
difficult to form even a correct quotation. Closing prices:—

CESARDWITCII.
14 to 1 agst Anfield (taken)
22 to 1 asst Hurricane (taken)
25 to 1 agst Jack of Hearts (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Myrtle (taken)
50 to 1 agst Limosina (taken)
50 to 1 agst Real Jam (taken and offered)
66 to 1 agst Springbok's dam gelding (taken)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
16 to 1 agst Birdhill (taken and offered)
16 to 1 agst Borealis (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Catch-'em-alive (taken)
33 to 1 agst Limosina (taken)
33 to 1 agst Polynesia (taken)
40 to 1 apt Exchequer (taken)
40 to 1 agst Comet (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst Jack of Hearts (taken)
100 to 1 agst Fanfaron (offered)

RICHMOND (YORKSUIRE) RACES—WEDNESDAY.
The Wright Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for two-
yr-olds; colt-, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b;
winners extra. Grey stone in.

Lord Zetland's Saragossa, Bst 121 b (inc. 51b extra)

Plarchan6 1
Mr. Jaques's Harvest Mell, 9st 110 (inc. slb extra)

(Ashman) 2
Mr. Watt's Gondola, Bst 21b (Snowden) 3
Mr. Osborne's Little Stag, Bst 101 b (Osborne) 4
Vacuna, colt and Chivalry also ran.
Betting-7 to 4on Harvest Mell, 7to 2 agst Little Stag,
5 to 1 agst Saragossa, 10 to 1 agst Gondola.
Won by a neck; a length between second and third; a
bad fourth.

The Burton Handicap of 7 sous each, with 50 added. One

mile and a half. 10 subs.
Mr. Watt's Newmarket, 3 yrs, Est (H, Covey) 1
Mr. Osborne's Fanfaron, 3 yrs, Est Sib (inc. 71b extra).. 2
Mr. PAnson's Bonny Bell, 3 yrs. Est 5►b.... (Robinson) 3
Capt. Gray's Trust, 3 yrs, Est 01b .. (Marson) 4
Betting-5 to 4on Fanfaron, 3to 1 agst Bonny Bell, 4
to 1 agst Trust, 5 to 1 agst Newmarket.
Won by half a length ; a bad third.

The Zetland Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs, for all ages ;

winners extra. Half a mile.

Mr, Jackson's Lady Louisa, 5 yrs, 9st 3ib (inc. 51b ex.)
(Aldcrott) 1
Mr. A. Young's Who's Who, 7st 71b (H. Covey) 2
Mr. Watt's Miss Armstrong, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Snowden) 3
Mr. E. Gill's Miss Tees, 2 yrs, Sat 7110 (Craddock) 4
The following 'also ran :—Maid of the Mist, Starlight,
Newchurch, and Ploughboy.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Lady Louisa, 2 to 1 agst Miss Arm-
strong, 6 to 1 agst Maid of the Mist.
Won by four lengths; half a length between second and
third; a length between third and fourth.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for mares only, 3-yr-
olds, Bst 41b ; four, 9st 71b; five, lOst ; six and aged, 10st
11b. Three miles.
Mr. I'Auson's Caller Ott, 5 yrs, lOst (Challoner) 1
Mr. Temperley's Alice, 3 yrs, Bst 41b. . (Snowden) 2
Mi. Watson's Unfashionable Beauty, 3 yrs, Bst 41b
(H. Covey) 3
Lord Warwick's Calabria, 5 yrs, lOst ... (Osborne) 4
Betting-4 to 1 on Caller Ou.
Won by four lengths ; same between second and third.
The Volunteer Rifle Corps Plate of 30 soya, for all ages.

bourquet fitth, and Pyrrha last. The winner was bought
by Mr. Wright, for Mr, Reeves, for 90 guineas.
The Volunteer Cup, value £4O, for horses bona fidethe pro-
perty of members of Volunteer Corps, 12st 71b ea.th; pro-
fessionals, lib extra. Two miles.

Mr. Williamson's Michel Grove, 4 yrs, 13st (in. 7i12.. ex.)

‘(Fordham) 1
Mr. Marsh's Rapture, 5 yrs, 12st 71b . (Mr. Grant) 2
Mr. G. Perkins's Irene, 6 yrs, 13st (including 7IL extra)

(A. Harlow) 3
The following also ran :—Twilight, Gin Tricker, and
Kangaroo.

Betting—G to lon Michel Grove, who waited upon Rap-
ture to the half-distance, where he came away, aad won in
a canter by half a length; a bad third ; Twlight was
fourth,

WALSALL TLACES—WEDNEsDAY,
Trial Stakes.

Sir Watkin, 2 yrq (£3O)
Wyrley, 2 3es (L3O) 2
Won by a head.
Tradesmen's Plate of 50 Boys. One mile (Ltd a half.

Middlewatch, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b
Ladybird, 5 yrs, '7BBlb 2
'
True Heart, 3 yrs. 6st Mb
The Pony, 3 yrs, yrs,
111 b • 4
Won by a length.
Two,yr-old Stakes of 5 soya each. Three cps, of a wile.
C by Teddington—Jessie (£3O)
Wyzley (t3O)
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Won by a length.
Members' Plate of 25 soya each. One mile snd a quarter.
Jacob, 6 yrs, 7st Gib
Portland, 6 yrs, 6st 131 b...

Won by two lengths.

GREAT YARMOUTH RACES—AVEDNESDAY. I d
Victoria Garden Stakes.

Baron of Avon
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on board. To aid the ventilation holes have been

perforated in the masts above and below, and the
coal shoots have hollow-work deck covers, which
admit both air end light. Cowlhead ventilators can
be substituted. On the suggestion of Mr. Sampson,
her engineer, her iron flaps in the air casings which
inclose her smoke chimneys below give place to glass
doors, by which light as well as air is admitted to
the 'tween decks. At each side of the upper deck
of the Prince Consort, amidships, there is a round
tower, seven feet high and about five feet diameter,
constructed of wood 12 inches thick. The ship-
wrights' work is complete, and, excepting the last
coat, which will not be applied until she is further
advanced, most of the painters' work is finished.
The Prince Consort, though not built for, can be
used as a ram; she is classed with the Caledonia,
built at 'Woolwich ; the Ocean, at Plymouth ; the
Royal Oak, at Chatham ; and the Royal Alfred, at
Portsmouth. The two last have engines of 850
horse power, the other three of 1,000 horse. All
are iron-plated. The number of plates on the Prince
Consort is 259, and weight 873 tons ; bolts and nuts,
26 tons ; those on the Ocean will be 275, weighing
935 tons; the odd plates go round the storm. The
plates on the Prince Consort are rolled ; those on
the Royal Oak are hammered. Where the displace-
ment of the Prince Consort is 6,328 tons, that of
he Royal Oak is over 7,000 tons.
The Osborne, royal paddle yacht, Staff Comman-
er George K. Bawer, yesterday steamed out of
Portsmouth harbour, and tested her machinery at
Spithead, returning to harbour again on the con-
clusion of the trial. The fitting of new wheels to
this yacht, recently carried out by Messrs. Mends-
lay, Field, and Co., has given a full knot per hour
additional over her old rate of speed when under
full steam.

Her Majesty's screw steam corvette Scylla, 21
guns, 1,457 tons, 400-horse power, recently com-
missioned at Sheerness, by Capt. S. G. Creswell,
having teen swung for the adjustment of her com-
passes, and received her ammunition and siores on
board, will proceed for trial of her engines and
machinery, it is expected, on Thursday next, at the
measured mile off Maplin Sands. Should the trial
prove successful, she will immediately be inspected
by the Commander-in-Chief at the Nore (Vice-
Admiral Sir G. It. Lambert, K.C.8.) and Staff,
previous to her departure for her destination—the
East Indies and China stations.

The Tamar, 3, iron screw troop ship, 2,812 tons,
500-horse power, Capt. F. H. Stirling, is progress-
ing with her fitments in the most rapid manner at
Sheerness dockyard, and has nearly completed
coaling, so that, in a short time, she will be ready
for the pennant. Her trial will take place in a
few days.
The Terrible, 21, paddlewheel frigate, 1,850 tons,
800-horse power, is in the hands of the artisans of
Sheerness dockyard, being brought forward with
all possible dispatch for commission. She was
built from designs by ►llr. E. 0. Lang, master ship-
wright of Chatham dockyard, and is considered the
finest vessel of her class in the British navy. When
her repairs are completed she will be fully equal to
a new vessel.

The Rhadamanthus, paddlewheel storesbip, 220-
horse-power, is undergoing repairs to her hull and
machinery, and being fitted with new boilers in
No. 4 dock of Sheerness-yard. She is being brought
forward for the Ist division of the Sheerness Steam
Reserve.
A large number of workmen are employed on
board the Fawn, 17, screw steam sloop, 100-horse
power, at Sheerness dockyard, in making good her
defects preparatory to being commissioned. It is
expected that she will proceed to the Mediterranean
to relieve the Greyhound, 17 screw steam sloop,
200-horse power, Commander Henry D. Hickley,
which was commissioned in 1861.

The Assaye, laden with a portion of the tele-
graph cable from Mr. Henley's factory at North '
Woolwich, was yesterday towed down to Gravesend '
from Deptford, where she has been engaged for
some days in shipping her sea stock. On passing
the factory she dipped her colours and fired a salute,
which was returned by the sister vessel Tweed (late
the Punjaub), which will also shortly be ready for
the Persian Gulf.
A portion of the masting gear belonging to the
line-of-battle screw steamer Hoed, 79, 600 horse
power, in the second division of the Chatham Steam
Reserve, is to be sent from Chatham Dockyard to
be fitted on board the Cumberland, 74, Capt. Hall,
C. 8., guardship of the steam reserve.
In consequence of the favourable report made to
the Admiralty of the satisfactory working of the
system of ventilation invented by Vice-Admiral Sir
A. Milne, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of the North
American squadron, and introduced as an experi-
ment into the screw gun vessel Lily, 4, instructions
have been received at Chatham, directing that the
system is to be carried out in all screw despatch
vessels and ships of that class, including gunboats,
when Practicable. The system of engine mom ven-
tilation invented by Mr. Baker, inspector of ma-
chinery at Chatham Dockyard, can only, from the
peculiarity of its working, be carried out on board
vessels of comparatively large size ; but wherever
it has been introduced, especially on board iron
ships, its success has been complete. There is still,
however, scope for improvements on the mode of
ventilating smaller steam vessels, especially these
serving in the tropics. On the recent official trial
of the iron frigate Recruit, 6, 150 horse power, at
Chatham, with only a decreased number of furnaces
the temperature of the stokeholes occasionally ex-
ceeded 120 degrees.
The Scylla, 21, 400 horse power, fitting for sea,
is ordered to be expedited as much as possible. A
rumour was current at Chatham yesterday that
there will be a change in the command of this ship,
necessitated by the ill health of Capt. Cresswell.
The following appointments have been made in
the Royal Naval Reserve :—To be Lieut.—Fred.
Stanley Ewen. To be Hon. Lieut.—Wm. Curling.