The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-15 00:00:00

T - E' L•ONPON, SATURDAY EVONING, NOVEIM REM 15, 1882.

THE NAVI'.

Commodore Sir F. Nicolson yesterday went down
to Gravesend to superintend the disembarkation of
their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Louis of Hesse on the occasion of their return to
England. A foreman and a working party of ship-
wrights also went down from Woolwich, at an
early hour, to prepare the landing stage and deco-
rations.

Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamvessel Spitfire,
Master-Commander Charles Bowden, recently com-
missioned, is under orders to sail from Woolwich on
Monday next, to adjust compasses at Greenhithe,
and proceed to Bermuda, to supply the place of the
Kite, ordered home to Woolwich to bo broken up.
The War Department transport Petrel was yes-
terday placed under the steam crane at the Ord-
nance-wharf, Chatham, and during the day landed
90 tons of 32-pounder and 8-inch solid shot and
shell from the line•of-battle screw steamer Hero,
89, Captain A. P. Ryder, dismantling at the Nore.
The armament of the Hero will be shipped on board
the Ordnance transports Bomarsund and Marlbo-
rough, and forwarded to the gun wharf, Chatham.
As soon as the Hero has been paid off she will be
docked to ascertain the injuries she has sustained.
The mechanics who have been employed during
the summer at Chatham dockyard in bending the
armour plates for the Royal Oak are to bend the
iron slabs for coating the iron frigate Caledonia, 50,
recently completed at Woolwich. The officials from
Chatham are to superintend the process of bending
the plates at W oolwich dockyard.
The screw steam sloop Flying Fish, 6, 350 horse
power, Commander W. H. Anderson, from the west
coast of Africa, arrived at the Wore yesterday from
Spithead, and saluted the flag of Vice-Admiral W.
J. Hope Johnstone, Commander-in-Chief. The Fly-
ing Fish is to undergo some repairs rendered neces-
sary from the length of time she has been in com-
mission, and will be furnished with new boilers,after
which she will be provided with a new steering ap-
paratus and rudder. Up to yesterday no orders had
been received at Chatham whether her alterations
and repairs are to be executed at that dockyard or
Sheerness.

The number of vessels composing the fleet of
mortar boats lying in Gillingham Reach and Yantlet
Creek, Chatham, all of which were hastily con-
structed during the Russian war, and but few of
which were ever brought into use, are gradually
being adopted for the transport service connected
with the dockyards, for which they are well quali-
fied. Instructions were yesterday received for one
of the mortar vessels to be fitted as a Coastguard
ship to replace the Kite at Clift Reach, and another
of the boats is to be removed to Woolwich for use at
that dockyard. A mortar vessel has also replaced
the Deptford lighter, which is to be broken up at
Chatham.

The Russian schooner Hendrika, from St. Peters-
burg, commenced discharging a full cargo of hemp
at Chatham dockyard yesterday, the last will be re-
ceived at that establishment until the spring, owing
to the Baltic being closed against all navigation
during the winter. The Hendrika is being dis-
charged with the utmost despatch, in order to re-
turn to St. Petersburg before the Baltic is closed.
In consequence of the strain on the ropemaking
department at Chatham Dockyard for sometime past
the supply of first-class hemp does not keep pace with
the demand, and several hundred tons more are re-
quired to complete the orders already given.
The Urgent, screw troopship, Capt. Hire, arrived
at Spithead yesterday morning from China, with
military and naval invalids, passengers, &c. She
left Hongkong. Aug. 3; arrived at Singapore Aug.
12, sailed on the 16th; passed Anjer on the 20th;
arrived at Mauritius on the sth September, and
sailed again on the 9th. On the 20th she was com-
pelled by a heavy north-west gale to put into Algoa
Bay for shelter ; she remained there until the 23d,
when she again sailed. She arrived in Simon's Bay
on the 25th. After filling up with coals and stores in
Simon's Bay that anchorage was• left on the Ist of
October; Ascension was reached on the 17th, and li
left on the 18th ; St. Vincent's was reached on the
28th and left on the 30th ; Madeira reached on the
sth inst. and left on the following day. With the
exception of the north-west gale off Algoa Bay, fine
weather was experienced the whole passage home.
Her Majesty's ship Euryalus passed _Singapore a
few days prior to the Urgent's arrival there. At
Simon's Bay were her Majesty's ship Narcissus,
flagship of Sir Baldwin W. Walker, K.C.8., Naval
Commander-in-Chief, on the Cape station, and the
Arial and Rapid screw sloops. At Ascension was
her Majesty's paddle steamer Bloodhound, with
yellow fever on board. The greater part of the
naval officers, together with the whole of the inva-
lided seamen and marines, brought home, were
transferred from the Urgent to the dockyard and
the Victory flagship by the Pigmy steam-tender
yesterday afternoon. The Urgent is ordered to
proceed into Portsmouth harbour at 10 o'clock this
morning to land her military officers and invalids.
The services of the Urgent as a troopship during
her present commission have been very important,
ans especially so during the time she has been on
the East India and China station. Four soldiers
died on the voyage home.
The Eclipse screw gunvessel, Commander Mayne,
which had her steam up and slipped the chains from
her moorings in Portsmouth harbour at 4 p.m. on
Thursday, to leave for the Australian station, was
detained at the last moment for a message from the
Admiralty, and did not finally sail on the com-
mencement of her long voyage until noon yesterday.
The following appointments have been made at the
Admiralty :—Captain A. Mellersh, to the Forte;
Lieut. C. A. Hayes, to the Euryalus; F. Garnault,
midshipman, to the Euryalus; C. R. Dawes is no-
minated to a naval cadetship ; J. S. Moore, pay-
master, additional, to the Fisgard ; J. S. Willcocks,
assist. paymaster, to the Resistance ; E. W. R.
Veale, assist. paymaster, to the Royal Adelaide ;
J. A. Skene, assist. surgeon, additional, to the Cum-
berland ; W. P. Davis, acting second-class assist.
engineer, to the Sutlej, as supernumerary; and W.
M. Thomas, assist. clerk, to the Royal Adelaide.

Education, the Church Building Society, the
Society for Assisting Additional Curates, Lincoln
Lunatic Asylum, , County _Hospital, Stamford and
Rutland Infirmaries, and the London Orphan
Asylum, to be paid within six months after the
decease of the testator.

John Almond Cropper, Esq., barrister-at-law, of
Fulwood House, Gray's Inn, died in September
last, aged seventy-nine, without any relatives, his
only son having died unmarried twenty-three years
since. Mr. Cropper was possessed of considerable
property, real and personal, the bulk of which he
has left to charitable institutions, devising his free-
hold and other estates, scattered over seven counties
in England, amongst the three undermentioned
hospitals, which by certain Acts of Parliament he
is enabled to do, notwithstanding the Statute of
Mortmain. These estates will produce to the
Westminster Hospital a rental of £BOO per annum,
to St. George's Hospital £7OO per annum, and to
the Middlesex Hospital £6OO per annum. To the
last-named hospital he has also bequeathed the
residue of his personal property, amounting to
about £4,000. Legacies are also left to the twenty
following institutions, free of duty—viz., the Kent
and Canterbury Hospital, Midland Institution for
the Blind, Leicester Infirmary, Stafford Infirmary,
each £200; and to the Royal Free Hos ital, St.
Mark's Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, Great
Northern Hospital, Brompton Hospital for Con-
sumption, City of London Hospital for Diseases of
the Chest ; Hospital for Sick Children, Great
Ormond-street ; University College Hospital;
Strangers' Friend Society, Royal General Annuity
Society, Society for the Suppression of Mendicity,
London Society for the Protection of Young
Females, Female Aid Society, Indigent Blind Visit-
ing Society, Ragged-school Union, Fox-court
Ragged Schools, Adult Orphan Institution; Trinity
National Schools, Bedford-row; Field-lane Ragged
School and Night Refuge for the Utterly Destitute,
and the Bethnal-Clreen Philanthropic:Pension So-
ciety—each £lOO, Mr. Cropper has also left seve-
ral small estates and other legacies to his personal
friends; and appointed W. Latham, Esq., of Melton
Mowbray, and George Capes, Esq., of Gray's Inn,
his executors and trustees.—lllustrated London
News.

SPOR7ING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL RACES-FRIDAY.

A Handicap Plate of 50 sous, for all ages. Half a mile.
Mr. Temperley's Wetsail, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Hunter) 1
Mr. T. Hughes's Juliet, 6 yrs, 7st 41b (T. French) 2
Mr. Barber's Cutler, 3 yrs, Est 21b _ _ (G. Noble) 3

The following ran :—Lady Clifden, Maggiore, Redpole,
Bernice, David Ann, Interest, Antipodes, Unfashionable
Beauty, The Fawn, Mountain Maid filly, and Tautology
(late Garibaldi.) _ _

Betting-10 to 3 agst Wetsail, 6to 1 agst Lady Clifden,
8 to 1 each agst Juliet and Bernice, 100 to 12 agst Moun-
tain Maid, and 10 to 1 agst Redpole.
The flag fell to a straggling start, and Bernice, in com-
pany with Redpole, Antipodes, Cutler, and Wetsail, came
on in front, waited upon by Lady Clifden, Juliet, and Mag-
giore next the rails on the upper side, to within the dis-
tance, where Wetsail drew away, and won very
,easily by
two lengths ; a length between second and third ;
Antipodes was fourth ; Lady Clifden fifth, Bernice sixth,
and Redpole next. The last three were David Ann, Mag-
giore, and Unfashionable Beauty.
A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for 2-yr-olds
and upwards. Weight for age, with maiden and selling
allowances. 1 mile. 6 subs.
Mr. W. Hart's Henham Lass, 4 yrs, 9st llb (no)
(Clement) 1
Mr. C. Wintringham's Weatherwise, 3 yrs, 7st 121b(£30)
(G. Noble) 2
Mr. Cliff's Rowena, 2 yrs, Get 61b (£3O) ..(Williamson) 3
Mr. T. Smith's Tautology (late Garibaldi), 3 yrs, Bst Gib
(X3O)
Mr. Elliott's Giltnook, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (c3O) (Edwards) 5

Betting-5 to 2on Henham Lass, who jumped away
with a commanding lead, followed by Tautology and
Weatherwise to the distance, where Tautology was beaten,
and Mr. Wintringham's filly went on in pursuit of the
favourite, who won in a canter by,three lengths ; a length
between the second and third. Giltnook did not get to
the post in time to start. The winner was bought in for
105 guineas.

A Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, for
2-yr-olds and upwards, weight for age, with- selling
allowances. Three furlongs 100 yards. 11 subs.
Mr. Saxon's Lady Fanny, 2 yrs, Est 131 b (u))
(.J. Grimshaw) 1
Lord Uxbridge's Mountain Buck, 2 yrs, Est 131 b (L2O)
(T. French) 2
Mr. Jackson's Antar, 2 yrs, Est 131 b g3O) .. (J. Doyle) 3
Mr. T. Cliff's Estrelda, 3 yrs, Bst llb (X2O) (H. Taylor) 4
The following also ran :—Loretto, Leontes, Wansbeck,
Sharper, and Confession.'

Betting-5 to 4on Mountain Buck, 9to 2 agst Lady
Fanny, and 7to 1 agst any other. Upwards of 35 minutes
were lost at the post through the fractiousness of Moun-
tain Buck, Antar, and Fanny. At last they were de-
spatched in close company; Leontes, with the favourite
and Lady Fanny nearly in a line, came on in front,
closely followed by the others to the half distance, where
Lady Fanny came away and won in a canter by four
lengths; two lengths between the second and third, and a
like distance between the third and fourth. Confession was
fifth, Sharper sixth, Lorette seventh, and Wansbeck last,
a long way.
The Great Autumn Cup, value 200 sovs, added to a Han-
dicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft. Winners
extra. One mile and three quarters. 75 subs, 32 of

g yylris3, 7st 31b .... (Clement) 3
_ .
whom declared.
Mr. Elliott's Gardener, 4 yrs, 6st 61b (G. Noble) 1
L Bst 21b „(Edwards) 2
Llloorrr.dd jBc.VtSai lmu if
t oitnh're'ds's LadyiiDaril it
i Evelyn,cnigbet°lllia colt, '3
yrs, Est lib (Hun t e r) 4
The following also ran :—Fairwater, Brilliant, Chere
yn,JohnnyMag-
num Armstrong, Haddington,
MA Ina :tee, r CBoargoonta;
sCilaknsat
or
e
Bonum.

Betting-7 to 2 agst Dulcibella, 4to 1 agst Canary, 6to
1 agst Hartington, 10 to 1 each agst Haddington, and
Gardener, 100 to 7 agst Misfortune, and 20 to 1 each egst
the Lady Evelyn colt and Silkstone.

The time lost in the previous race was not regained with
this, as the 16 competitors did not reach the post until up-
wards of three quarters of an hour after the time set down
on the card; and the delay was further increased by the
performance of Magnum Bonum, who absolutely refused
to face his horses. When at length the flag was lowered
Master Begot, on the upper side, got first off, but was im-
mediately passed by Gardener, who, with Dulcibella next
the rails, Misfortune, Johnny Armstrong, Corona, and Har-
tington in attendance, came on in front past the stand,
waited upon by the Lady Evelyn colt, Master Begot, Bril-
liant, and Socrates. On rounding the top turn Gardener
increased his lead, and proceeded along the far side two or
three lengths in advance of Dulcibella, Misfortune, and
Johnny Armstrong; then came Canary, Hartington, and
Silkstone, with the others presenting a beaten appearance.
At the bridge turn Corona hit his leg, and gave way to the
Lady Evelyn colt, who went on in waiting upon the leaders.
Gardener continued to increase his lead, and on entering
the straight the race was left with him, Dulcibella, Har-
tington, and Lady Evelyn colt, and Misfortune. The lot
ran in close company to the distance, where they were all
beaten but the four placed, and Gardener won easily by
four lengths; there was a neck between the second and
third, and a length between the third and fourth, Magnum
Bon= fifth, Chere Arnie sixth, Silkstone seventh; Bril-
liant and Haddington, side by side, were the next two ; the
others did not pass the post. The last lot were Canary,
Fairwater, and Corona.

The Hooton Nursery Handicap of 60 sovs, added to a
sweepstakes of 3 soya each, for 2-yr-olds, winners extra;
five furlongs. 25 subs.

Mr. Taylor's Liston, 6st 121 b (Hardcastle) 1
Mr. liargreave's Cheerful, 7st (Doyle) 2
Mr. Temperley's Alice, 7st 71b, including 101 b extra
(Hunter) 3
Mr. T, Smith's The Cobbler, 7st 41b .. (Barlow) 4

The following also ran :—Queen of Clubs, Sails, Prairie
Flower, and Supple.

Betting-6 to 4 agst Alice, and 4to 1 each asst Liston
and Cheerful.

The first three made all the running, and Liston won
cleverly by a length, the same distance between the second
and third ; The Cobbler was a bad fourth, Queen of Clubs
fifth, Sails sixth, Supple next, and Prairie Flower last.
The Croxteth Welter Cup of 30 sous, added to a handicap
Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, winners extra, gentlemen
riders, jockeys 51b extra, the second saved his stake.
Ono mile ; 18 subs.
Mr. T. Hughes's M. Philippe, aged, lOst 111 b (in. 51b ex)
(D. Hughes) 1
Mr. Hodgman's Otho, 3 yrs, 9st 31b 51b extra)
(Perry) 2
Mr. Milward's Tho Greek, 6 yrs, lOst .. • • (Mr. James) 3
Mr. It. Walker's Colonel Crockett, 4 yrs, 9at 131 b (in.
51b extra) ..........
Mr. W. Owens Brilliant 4 yrs list 21b (Mr. Blake) 5
Mr. Bruce's Peignoir, 3 yrs, 9st' 101 b (car. 9st 121 b)
(Mr. Edwards) 6
Kinnaird, 9st, was weighed for by Mr. Gammon, but he
kicked his rider before reaching the post, and consequently
did not start.
Betting-2 to 1 agst M. Philippe, and sto 2 agst Otho.
Colonel Crockett, in company with the Greek, made the
running for the first half mile, when they were headed by
the favourite and 0 tho, who finished the race home to-
gether. M. Philippe winning cleverly by a length, a like
distance separated the second and third, and the others
finished as placed by the judge.

THE INTERNATIONAL EXIIIBITION.—The total
number of visitors to the building yesterday was 6,000. To-
day it will be open to the public for the last time, and will
close at 3 o'clock without any figmality whatever.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Nev. 14.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

(Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief iustice Cock-
burn, and Justices Wi,ghttnan, Blackburn, and
TRIMMER V. WALSH (CLERK).-THE TITIIE OF