The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-15 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

CITY BETTING-THIS DAY.
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
7to 2 agst Tomato (taken)
4to 1 agst John Davis (offered)
sto 1 agst Wandering Minstrel (offered)
Bto 1 agst Accident (taken)
100 to 8 agst Dollar (taken)
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
sto 1 agst Grinder (offered)
10 to 1 agst Mail Train (taken and offered)
100 to 6 agst Moestissima filly (taken)

TWO THOUSAND.
3to 1 agst Liddington (taken)
3to 1 agst Breadalbane (offered)
100 to 7 agst Ariel (taken)
100 to 6 agst Zambezi (taken)
20 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken)
20 to 1 agst Bedminster (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Gladiateur (taken and offered)
50 to 1 agst Tennyson (taken)
50 to 1 agst Maid Marian (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
11 to lon the field (offered)
100 to 8 agst Mcestissima filly (taken freely)
100 to 7 agst La Toucques (taken)
100 to 7 agst Victorious (taken)
15 to 1 agst Lion (taken)
33 to 1 agst Highflyer's dam colt (taken)
33 to 1 agst Buckfoot (taken)
DERBY.
11 to 2 agst Breadalbane (offered)
15 to 2 agst Liddington (offered)
100 to 6 agst Archimedes (taken)
20 to 1 agst Zambesi (taken)
33 to 1 agst Wild Charley (taken)
33 to 1 agst Ariel (taken)

CROYDON SPRING
Weights for the Surrey Op,
miles any

STEEPLECHASES.
en Handicap. About three
td a half.

Age st lb
Hall Court 6 12 7
Pigeon
Black Rock
Joe Maley 1 11 9
Creole
Ironsides
Sly Fox a 11 2
Lord George a 11 2
Portland
Old Squire a 11 0
Meanwood a 11 0
Ace of Hearts
Mistake 5 11 0
Rook the Gardener a 10 12
Marble Hill
R. M. D
Lightheart
Bryn Gwyn
Morocco 6 10 10
Spatchcock
Weights published April 14
declared on or before Tuesda2

Age st lb
Signal
Rhcebus a 10 7
Bolero
Ross
Early Bird 5 10 7
Hallaton
Yaller Gal a 10 5
The Rogue (late
The Orphan) a 10 5
Doubloon a 10 4
Aggressor 5 10 4
Game Cock
Contralto
Lady Douglas
Grey Momus a 10 0
Bull's Eye a 10 0
Little Dick
Willie the Beau 5 10 0
Best Man
Fairy King
[, at ten a.m. Forfeits to be
y next.

RACING FIXT

:TRES FOR 1865.
LIL.

AP.
Newmarket Craven l7
Durham
Blackheath l7
Knighton
Canterbury Spring
Catterick Bridge l9
Abergavenny 2O

Livrrpool Hunt Cup 2l
Thirsk _ 21
Cardiff 25
Epsom Spring
Curragh •
Howth and Baldoyle 27

Newmarket Ist Spring... 1
Llanboidy 2
Chester 9
Howth and Baldoyle l5
York Spring
St. Columb l6

Salisbury lB
Noah Herts Yeomanry 19
Cork 22
Bath 23
Harpenden 26
Epsom 3O
rNE.

Redditch
Chelmsford 7
Manchester Summer 7
Maidstone
Ascot l3
Beverley l4
Liverpool

Hampton 2l
Newton
Newcastle
Curragli
Odiham
Bibury
Stockbridge
rLY.

Newmarket July
Carlisle
Jersey 5
Worcester
Pontefract
Abingdon
Hungerford l3
Stamford l3

New Forest Hunt l4
Winchester lB
Nottingham
Southampton l9
Chesterfield
Cambridge 2O
Goodwood
Down Royal Corp 25
XST.

Brighton 1
Brighton Chili
Knutsford 3
Lewes 4
Huntingdon
Wolverhampton
Reading
Radcliffe
Egham l5
Stockton l5

Oxford l7
York
Yarmouth
Plymouth
Lichfield 2B
Devon and Exeter 29
Derby Summer 3O
Ipswich
Weymouth 3l

Warwick ,
Curragh
Dover
Hereford
Leicester
Doncaster

SEPTE:
55
12

:MBER.
Brecon
18
Richmond
Monmouth 2l
Manchester Autumn
Newmarket Ist Oct 26
Walsall

OCTOBER.
Bedford
Royal Caledonian Hunt 4 -Newmarket Ho. M
Northallerton 5 Worcester
Newmarket 2d Oct 9

NOVE:

KBER.

Liverpool Autumn
Vincennes

I Shrewsbury
I Vincennes

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Blowing Up of the British Ship Lochee
and Loss of Lite.

The subjoined official communication has been
received at Lloyd's, announcing the fearful loss of
this ship by explosion and fire :

" Board of Trade, Whitehall, April 1L
" Sir,—l am directed by the Board of Trade to
transmit to you for the information of the com-
mittee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, the ac-
companying copy of the report of the master of the
ship Lochee, of Dundee, of the loss of that vessel
about twenty miles off Point de Galle on the sth of
January last.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,

" T. H. FARRER.

" The Secretary to Lloyd's."
[Copy of Enclosed.]
" I, John Paul Newton, master, beg to report
the total loss of the ship Lochee, r,500 tons burden,
belonging to Dundee, under my command, belong-
ing to Messrs. Cox Brothers, of that port, which
occurred on Thursday, the sth January last, about
twenty miles off Point de Galle.
" ' The Lochee left Dundee on the 17th of last
September with a crew of 40 men all told, five pas-
sengers, and a partial cargo of coal. Nothing
worthy of remark occurred during the passage until
Wednesday morning at six o'clock, when, on open-
ing the hatchway, smoke was seen to issue from the
hold, from which it was evident the coals were on
fire. On observing this I immediately lowered a
therometer down the ventilator of the main hold.
The temperature was 80 deg. on deck and 112 deg.
in the hold. At ten a.m., it stood at 123 deg., and
at half-past twelve p.m. at 126 deg. In the mean-
time the smoke was gradually increasing, and in
consequence I ordered all necessaries to be
brought from the hold on deck, and the
hatches to be battened down, with the view to
smother the fire. I, of course, as soon as it was
discovered that the coals were on fire, bore up for
the nearest port ; bent the cables, got anchors out,
and the boats in order for lowering. At 3.45 the
following morning the ship exploded, blowing up
the decks fore and aft. James Jansen, an able sea-
man, and John Yearn, an apprentice, were blown
into the air, and fell into sea and were drowned.
The crew and passengers were all more or less
in-
jured, and some seriously so. The ship
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there not being a
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overboardcrew andto passengerssave
their
lives,
being m
and allcompelled
al
possibility of saving a single

article.
I saw a brigantine three or four miles off
heading for us, and a mail steamer making for Galle.
The brigantine proved to be the Sea King, of Ham-
blin., Captain Kier, who, being becalmed, sent his
boats to the rescue in a very short time, and took us
on board his vessel, where everything was immedi-
ately done to relieve the sufferings of the injured,
and where we were all treated with the greatest
kindness. Captain Kier, who was bound to Singa-
pore, immediately bore up for Point de Galle, where
he landed us all safely about four p.m. I cannot
speak too highly in praise of Captain Kier, his
officers, and crew for the energetic manner in which
they proceeded to our assistance, and the unexcep-
tionable kindness they showed us all, and I sincerely
trust that their praiseworthy conduct will be duly
recognised by the proper authorities.
(Signed) ," Jouri P. NEWTON, Master."