The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-15 00:00:00

TELEGRAPH EXPEDI- las well as the ship. This will be more necessary, as
TION. from the position of one of the cable coils over two of

(From the Special Correspondent of the rims)
GREAT EASTERN, July 14.
By the time this notice reaches the public the
Great' Eastern will probably have begun her event-
ful voyage. At daybreak to-morrow the single
Trotman's anchor, which has held her safely againist
wind and tide during the late severe weather, will
be raised, and under easy steam the monstrous ves-
sel, with her ponderous freight, will be carefully
navigated through Bullock's Channel to the open
water, and thence maim the best of her way to
Valentia. It seems lace mere iteration to explain

again all the almost endless precautions which have
on this occasion been taken to secure success.
Hull, engines, stowage, and fittings of every kind
have been carefully revised, adapted, or improved.
All that the experience of previous attempts could
suggest, all that the most earnest and painstaking
foresight could anticipate, has been done ; every-
thing now rests with the weather. In the four
great
divisions on which the success of the under-
taking may be said to turn—namely, the cable it-
self, its stowage, the ship, and its engines, nothing
apparently has been overlooked. As regards the
cable, it still remains in the same perfect state as
when it was tested at the works, and, in fact, its
whole electrical condition is such as the largest
shareholder in the undertaking would desire for it.
Its various lengths are now and have been for some
days past joined up, and twice every day, morning
and evening, messages are sent through. The time
which these occupy in transmission shows its con-
dition to be as nearly invariable as possible. Last
week experiments were tried with a variety of in-
struments to ascertain the highest rate of working
speed with a low battery power. The best of these
instruments was, it is said, one invented by Mr.
Varley, with which it was found easy to work
through the whole length of 2,500 miles at an ave-
rage of about four words a minute. At this speed
the signals were remarkably clear and distinct, and
it is still claimed that it is possible to devise instru-

menta which can raise therate from four words a

minute to as high as eight or even ten. This, how-
ever, remains to be proved. Yet, even in the absence
of such instruments, there can be no doubt but that
the gradually improving skill of the signalling
clerks, as they become more accustomed to work
through the wire, will, with the bettered electrical
condition of the cable when at the bottom of the
Atlantic, soon make four words a minute the mini-
mum of what can be accomplished by this telegraph.
The insulating properties of the gutta percha are
always increased by external compression. When
sunk in the tremendous depths beneath which the
cable is to be submerged it is calculated that the
weight of water above it will give a pressure of about

two and three-quarter tons to the circular inch.
Under this enormous weight the bulk of the in-
sulating core will probably be reduced one-third,
and, in fact, so compressed on all sides as to most
materially improve both " conductivity" and in-
sulation. Such aids to signalling excellence,
when coupled with the benefit which the cable
is certain to derive from the unvarying tem-
perature at the bottom of the ocean, are likely
to do more towards increasing the rate at
which messages can be sent than any instrument
which has yet been brought forward. During the
time of paying out, signals will be sent to Valentia
for every 50 miles of cable sunk, and for every 50
miles the Great Eastern runs. Thus it will be per-
fectly easy for the public to follow her course on any
map, and know precisely by the difference between
the distance traversed and the length of cable sunk
the amount of slack that is being paid out. This
slack, as it is called, will afford the best index to
the state of the weather and the way in which the
Great Eastern is doing her work. No less than 33
per cent. of the entire length of the cable has been
allowed for slack, or waste, as we may better call it.
If all goes well, not more than 10 per cent. of this
will be used ; but, on the other hand, with bad
weather or irregular going of the Great Eastern
every coil will go over the stern to the very last
mile. So far as regards the cable.
As concerns the Great Eastern herself, Captain
Anderson and his officers have taken every possible
precaution as to her stowage and general equipment.
From outside she seems at the first glance to be
almost alarmingly deep in the water. It is, however,
less her actual depth which creates this unpleasant
impression than the appearance which she presents
of " sagging" amidships. Of course, this awkward
and most unpleasant appearance is merely au optical
delusion, no doubt created by her deep trim astern.
There is a difference of nearly sft between her trim
fore and aft. Astern she draws 35ft of water, while
under the bows it is only 30. Levels have been care-
fully taken to ascertain if any deflection was per-
ceptible under the ponderous weight she bears. No
sign of change, however, has been observable. Before
any of the cable was coiled on board 1,400 tons of
water were pumped into the aftermost compartments
of the ship, and 1,100 tons into the compartments
most forward. Under these weights at her extremities
the Great Eastern deflected nearly an inch and a
half, recovering herself directly the water was
pumped out. This proof of strength is, of course,
very satisfactory. It would have been more so, how-
ever, if the test strains employed bore a closer rela-
tion to the enormous weights which she has now on
board. All told, the Great Eastern will leave the
Thames with rather more than 25,000 tons in her, a
burden almost as great as the whole fleet with which
Nelson fought the battle of Trafalgar could have
carried. All the weights are stowed as high as
possible to counteract to the utmost the Great
Eastern's most unpleasant tendency to roll. It is
popularly supposed that this ship is almost immov-
able in any sea. Against a head wind she is cer-
tainly very steady, though she can pitch as well as
other vessels, and has, in the Atlantic, aye, and even
in the Channel, taken in heavy seas over her bows.
Nevertheless, in a beam sea she is particularly
lively," and rolls just in proportion to her size—
that is to say, she rolls very much indeed. Tier
motion is easy, slow, and deep, occupying about 15
seconds. To make her do this, however, a beam
sea of 15 seconds interval between the waves is
necessary, and such a sea is rare even in the Atlantic.
Of course, all her system of stowage proceeds on
the Theory that high-placed weights will prevent
her rolling. The Agamemnon was stowed after
the same fashion on the occasion of the last Atlan-
tic expedition, and our readers will probably re-
collect that on that occasion the great line-of-
battle ship rolled as if she was never coming up
again. All the compasses now on board were at
first considerably affected by the magnetic in-
fluence of the cable. Some deviated as much as
32 points, while others, strange to say, though
almost similarly situated with regard to the tanks of
wire, varied as little as six. Every one of them has
now been carefully adjusted, and every one will again
need readjustment when the cable is out of the
Great Eastern at Newfoundland. All the running-
gear has been removed from the rigging, so as to
obviate the possibility of anything falling from aloft
into the paying-outrnachinery. Some of the yards
have been lowered, and scarcely a spar has sails.
The village of huts and workshops has disappeared
from her decks, but their places have been more
than occupied by shanty coverings of various kinds,
leading troughs, buoy rope wheels, gigantic buoys
for floating the cable at various depths from 600 to
3,000 fathoms, and, above all, the whole space of
what other vessels would be the quarterdeck is oc-
cupied by the paying-out apparatus. The praise
which was at first bestowed up )n the simple effi-
ciency of this machinery has been amply vindicated
by its everyday working. As far as can be known
from mere preliminary trials it is absolutely perfect.
Both screw and paddle engines are reported to be
in very good condition. Every part of each, of
course, has been carefully overhauled and examined.
From the great depth of the vessel it has been
necessary to considerably reduce, or rather reef in,
the paddle floats. One-third has been taken off each
float, and the two remaining thirds brought as close
to the inner ring as possible. On the voyage round
to Valentia both ;crew and paddle will be used,
while during the submergence of the cable the Great
Eastern will depend mainly on her screw. The pad-
dles, however, will be kept under steam, turning
easily to save the screw the labour of driving them

the screw boilers it has been found necessary to
shut off the latter entirely from steam, thus re-
ducing the power of the screw engines by one-fifth—
namely, from 1,500 to 1,200 horse-power. Another
reason for the paddle engines being kept going is
the assistance they may be required to give in keep-
ing the vessel on hercourse against side winds. They
will be also used to reverse the ship at once in case
of any serious " kink" occurring in the cable tanks.
The. experience of submarine telegraphy points
always to one danger—that of stopping the paying
out simultaneously with the stoppage of the vessel.
The very rapid downward course of the wire being
suddenly arrested at its point of departure over the
paying-out wheel generally causes instant breakage
of the rope—an accident which is always as sudden
as it is irremediable. In case of any stoppage being
necessary, therefore, the Great Eastern will be at
once reversed, so as to back her slowly over the line
where the cable lies until it hangs almost vertically
from the stern. During the time the Great Eastern
has been anchored at the Nore the swell, and espe-
cially within the last few days, has often been sb
great as to prevent the service tugs from Sheerness
coming alongside. On some days, indeed, the sea
has run very high, yet always without making the
slightest impression on the big ship, which, from
first to last, has remained as absolutely immovable
as if she were aground.
All the staff who are answerable to the Telegraph
Construction and Maintenance Company and to the
Atlantic Company for the successful laying of the
wire are now on board. Messrs. Canning, Clifford,
and Temple have absolute charge of the engineering
details of the undertaking, and Mr. de Sautz of
the electrical. Mr. Varley represents the interests
of the Atlantic Company, and Professor Thomp-
son acts as scientific referee in case of difference
of opinion arising between Mr. Varley and Mr. de
Sautz. Mr. Varley brings with him a sealed mes-
sage from the directors of the Atlantic Company,
which is to be delivered to Mr. Canning on the suc-
cessful arrival of the Great Eastern at Newfound-
land, and by him at once transmitted back to Lon-
don. Another message in reply will be returned by
the directors, on the receipt of which at Newfound-
land and another reply theretc, the line will be con-
sidered as laid in working order and formally ac-
cepted as so by the Atlan.tic Company.
To-morrow Mr. Moore will navigate the vessel
from her present moorings to the Downs. Captain
Moriarty, R.N., who was in the Agamemnon as
master in charge of that vessel, also, by permission
of the Admiralty, accompanies the great ship on this
eventful cruise. It is expected that she will arrive at
Valentia on Wednesday noon next. The shore end
with which she is to connect the main cable has not
yet been laid, but it is confidently anticipated it will
be ready before her arrival off the west coast of
Ireland. Making the splice with the shore end is
certain to occupy the greater part of a day, and on
Thursday evening next the Great Eastern steams to
sea, in company with the Terrible and the Sphinx,
and followed by the Hawk, with a party of visitors
on board, for some 30 or 40 miles.
Just now everything is in the bustle, excitement,
and preparation incident to so momentous a depart-
ture, and the decks, littered over with forges and
engines, pens of sheep and stalls of oxen, wear a
mingled nautical, agricultural, and manufacturing
aspect which is strangely anomalous. The annual
show of the Royal Agricultural Society, with its
puffing steam ploughs and pens of live stock, if
towed a few miles out to sea, might offer a tolerable
resemblance to the picture the Great Eastern's decks
now bear..

In creature comforts this "great city of the seas"
is well provided. Stacks of vegetables, whole rows of
hencoops filled with almost innumerable poultry,
100 sheep, 13 oxen, besides milch cows, and many
sties of the noisiest pigs that could be got in Hamp-
shire, occupy the fore part of the vessel, the after
portions being given up to paying-out machinery,
buoys, boats, and tar.
A large number of yachts are expected to-night to
see the great vessel start, and several have, it is said,
gone round to meet her at Valentia. Unfortunately
this is one of those occasions on which,' notwith-
standing its vital importance, there is little to repay
the curiosity of mere spectators.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

LETTA, .July s.—Her Majesty's corvette Chan

ticleer, 17, Commander J. E. F. Risk, arrived on
the Ist inst. from Rhodes and Budroum. The
Meeanee, 60, Capt. G. Wodehouse, left on the 3d
for Greece. The Wizard gunboat, Lieut. G. 11.
Lawson, arrived on the 4th from Tunis. The screw
troopship Orontes, Capt. Hire, embarked the bag-
gage of the 2d battalion 22d Regiment to-day.
The regiment will embark to-morrow morning on
board this ship for England. The 29th Regiment,
lately arrived in the Orontes, from Kingstown, has
been temporarily quartered in Fort Ricasoli and
other barracks in the Cotonera, district. A portion
has been put under canvas for want of sufficient
accommodation. It is intended to remove it to
Pembroke barracks on these quarters being vacated
by the 2d battalion 22d Regiment. The squadron
which sailed on the Ist inst. for a cruise, as already
reported, left with sealed orders. It is reported
that Algiers is one of the first ports they will call at.
Her Majesty's corvette Racer, 11, is to proceed to
Barcelona with the mail expected for the squadron
on the 7th inst. The following mail will be taken
by the despatch-vessel Psyche, Commander R.
Sterne. The Norwegian corvette Nordsjernen,
which arrived a few days ago from Tunis, left on
the Ist inst. for Naples. Vessels continue to arrive
with fugitives from Alexandria. Their number
has, however, -diminished since it has become
known that the lazaretto at Malta can only afford
accommodation for a limited number of per-
sons. The lonia arrived on the Ist inst. with
32 passengers, the Cella on the 2d with about
130, and the Dalmatian on the 3d with 13. The
Dalmatian lost the first and third engineers and
three of the crew from cholera, while lying
in the port of Alexandria, and another man
died on the day following her departure. She also
landed two men in the Lazaretto here, out of four
who had reported themselves sick. There are now,
it is said, upwards of 1,000 persons performing qua-
rantine here. Another building, known as the Plague
Hospital, is being prepared, in order to afford them
increased accommodation. Notwithstanding that
clean bills of health continue to be issued by the Go-
vernment, the occurrence of some suspicious cases of
sickness among the military and civil population of
this island has induced the authorities in Sicily to
place a quarantine on arrivals from Malta. The
Grecian, English screw-steamer, and the Asie,
French, have just come in from Alexandria, but the
early hour for closing the mail does not allow time
for ascertaining if they bring any news.
The 2d Regiment of Life Guards and the Royal
Regiment of Horse Guards (Blues) had a field day
yesterday morning at Wormwood Scrubs. The In-
spector-General of Cavalry, Lord George Paget,
C. 8., was present with the troops. The Duke of
Cambridge, attended by an aide-de-camp in wait-
ing, arrived shortly before 10 o'clock, and wax re-
ceived with the customary salute. His royal high-
ness put the troops through their evolutions.
The Duke of Cambridge also inspected yesterday
morning, in Hyde Park, the 3d Battalion of the
Grenadier Guards, commanded by Col. Prince Ed-
ward of Saxe Weimar, and the 2d Battalion of the
Coldstream Guards, commanded by Col. Stepney.
The officers of the Brigade of Guards lately in
Canada gave a banquet last evening at the London
Tavern
to Lieut.-General Sir Fenwick Williams, of
Kars, on his return to England from the command
of the British forces in Canada, as a recognition of
his hospitality during their service in North Ame-
rica. Covers were laid for 59 persons. The banquet
was served up in the principal dining-room of the
London Tavern. The band of the Scots Fusiliers,
under the direction of Mr. Charles Godfrey, the
bandmaster, were present.
The Duke of Somerset, K.G., First Lord of the
Admiralty, accompanied by other members of the
Board, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Lon-
don, by the train due at the Landport station at
6 15 p.m. Their Lordships drove froth the station
to the dockyard in the carriage of the Port-Admi-
ral, Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.8., which was in

waiting to receive them, and embarked from the
King's stairs of the dockyard on board their paddle
yacht Enchantress, Staff-Commander Petley, lying
off in mid-stream. Their Lordships entertained at
dinner Admiral Sir Michael Seymour and other
officials on board the yacht. The Enchantress is
expected to sail from Portsmouth this morning on a
cruise, with their Lordships, which is expected to
extend as far as Cherbourg and Plymouth.
Prince Napoleon arrived off Ryde, on board his
steam yacht, from Havre, on Thursday evening.
The yacht remained at anchor in Ryde Roads up to
sunset last evening.
The Helicon, improved despatch vessel, made her
preliminary trial of machinery on Thursday outside
Portsmouth harbour, and this morning, weather
permitting, will make her official trial of speed in
Stoke's Bay.

The Turkish iron-cased frigate Osman Ghazy,
Captain Arif Bey, from Greenock for Constanti-
nople, is expected to arrive to-day (Saturday) at
Plymouth, where she will remain during the exhi-
bition of the Agricultural Society next week.
The Sepoy gunboat, Lieut. F. W. Prosser, in
command, tender to the Dauntless, 31, screw steam-
ship, 1,575 tons, 580-horse power, Captain J. W.
Strange, coast guardship, in the river Humber,
which has been repairing at Sheerness, was taken
out of harbdur yesterday for the trial of her engines.
They were reported to work satisfactorily, and she
will immediately proceed to Hull to join the
Dauntless.

The Herring gunboat, tender to the Trafalgar,
steamship, 2,900 tons, 500-horse power, guardship
at Queen's Ferry, which was run aground some
time since on Mickery Island, in the Firth of Forth,
has been taken into dock at Sheerness to be broken
up. She is to be replaced by the Erne.
The Griffon, 5, screw steam gun vessel, 435 tons,
80-horse power, recently returned from the West
Coast of Africa, is to be brought into the basin of
Sheerness dockyard to-clay, where she will be re-
paired and refitted for four years' service.
The Mullet, 5, screw gun vessel, Commander
Cortland H. Simpson, recently returned from the
West Coast of Africa, was yesterday inspected by
the officers of the steam reserve, previous to being
paid out of commission and placed in the 3d divi-
sion of the Sheerness steam reserve.

The work of fitting the iron cased frigate Belle-
rophon, 16, 1,000-horse power, is being pushed for-
ward at Chatham dockyard as rapidly as the re-
sources of that establishment will permit, nearly
1,000 mechanics and other workmen being employed
on her. Since she has been in dock a considerable
number of her 6-inch and other armour plates have
been fixed•to her sides, and it is anticipated that, at
the present rate of progress, the whole of her plat-
ing will be complete in about a couple of months. In
the construction of the Bellerophon an entirely new
system has been adopted by Mr. Reed, her designer,
and one never before introduced into an ironclad
vessel, to enable her to carry the large 12-ton 300-
pounder Armstrong guns with which she will be
armed. Hitherto the placing of anything like heavy
guns in our vessels of war has been attended with
this difficulty, that the system on which they have
been constructed rendered the carrying of anything
like an exceptional armament altogether unsafe, from
the comparative weakness of the vessel below the guns.
In the Bellerophon, however, all this is obviated by
the decks beneath the guns being formed into one
continuous girder by means of broad stringer plates
riveted to their under sides—an entirely new feature
in iron shipbuilding—and by their whole upper sur-
face being plated with half-inch iron under the wooden
deck. In order, however, to impart additional strength
to the gun deck, each deck below the gun is supported
by means of iron pillars, which step on the deep and
strong longitudinal girders or frames of the ship's bot-
tom. It will thus be seen that the additional strength
imparted to the Bellerophon will enable her to carry
even the 600-pounder Armstrongs, should it ever be
found necessary to arm her with that description of
ordnance.

The armour-plated frigate Lord Warden, 24,
1,000 horse power, having received her iron masts
and the heavy portion of her engines and machinery
on board, will be floated into No. 2 dock at Chat-
ham during the approaching spring tides, to be com-
pleted for sea. She hal- about four months' work to
be executed on board before she will be ready for
the pennant.

The freight ship North Star, Capt. Graves, in the
service of the War Department, on Thursday com-
pleted her shipment of army stores for Malta, and
sailed from the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, for her
destination.

The hired troop-ships Cassapore, Renown, Aga-
memnon, Rosslyn Castle, Dilwar, and others of
heavy tonnage, being some of the finest of Green's,
Soames's, and Hankey and Sewell's fleet of sailing
East Indiamen, are now fitting out in the East India
Docks, under charter, to convey 10,000 troops of
the line and reliefs from Dublin to Gibraltar, thence
to the Cape of Good Hope, Port Elizabeth, and
Bombay. It was yesterday stated at Woolwich that
the whole of the ships, 10 in number, will be ready
for sea, and will leave the East India Docks about
Thursday next. Upwards of 1,000 men have been
employed for some time past, working extra hours
so as to insure their leaving the docks at the ap-
pointed time.

Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, son of the late
Earl of Dundonald, has been appointed to the Fis-
gard for special service.

The French ironcased frigates Magenta and Flan-
dre, with the gunboat Ariel, arrived yesterday after-
noon at Plymouth, where they will remain during
the agricultural exhibition. They were received
with royal salutes from the Citadel and from the
flagship in Hamoaze.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Capt. the Hon. Arthur A. Coch-
rane, C. 8., to the Fisgard, for special service;
Commander MacLeod B. Cockraft to the Bos-
cawen, vice Nares, to the Salamander ; Comman-
der A. R. Wright and Commander Henry T. Boter
to be inspecting commanders in the Coastguard ;
Lieut. George W. Allen, to the Octavia ; Lieut. R.
F., Britton and Lieut. Arthur C. Curtis, to the
Scorpion ; Lieut. Charles F. Cox, to the Constance ;
Lieut. John W. Brackenbury, to the Black Prince ;
Lieut. John V. D. Butler, to the Royal Adelaide ;
James Charles Saunders, engineer to the Gannet ;

John Arthur Kitts and John Davis, first-class
assist.-engineers, to the Gannet ; Lieut. James W.
Dennistoun, and Lieut. the Hon. Alexander F.
Hood, to the Black Prince ; Dr. William Gunn,
promoted to be Deputy-Inspector-General on the
retired list ; Benjamin Wickham, promoted to be
Paymaster-in-Chief on the retired list ; R.
W. M. Jones, paymaster, to the Resistance ; Dr.
Duncan Hilston, assist.-surg., additional, to the
Excellent for the Royal Sovereign; Joseph S. Vivian,
second master, to the Snipe ; William J. Hooper,
second master, to the Supply ; J. S. Daniell, pay-
master, to the Salamander ; and J. F. 11. Alston,
assist.-paymaster, to the Cumberland.

A COUPLE OF MUSICAL GHOSTS.—An absurd
story comes from Munich about a ghostly service
held in the Protestant church one night. At about 8 in the
evening people collected about the doors of the closed edi-
fice, attracted by the sound of singing. One enthusiastic
auditor distinctly heard hymns, another could detect the
sound of the organ, a third could see through the windows
a ghost in shirt sleeves flitting about the nave. The gens-
darmes came and broke into the church ; there was nobody
there, but the singing continued. The infatuated public
hung about till 12 at night ; they searched the chancel, the
vestry, the organ-loft, and the gallery, peered under the
communion table, peeped into the baptismal font ; but
neither populace, soldiers, nor gensdarmes could discover
anything. In the morning it was found out that a couple
of lusty fellows had been sitting in their room abutting one
end of the church, drinking beer and singing " Fidel° Lieder"
all night. By some architectural or acoustical dispensation
the sound had penetrated into the church ; and the Munich
public, not being very musical, despite Wagner, took the
" Fidele Lieder" for hymns !

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

STAMFORD RACES-FRIDAY.

The Seventh Wothorpe Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each,
with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds. T.Y.C. 28 subs.
Lord St. Vincent's Redan, Bst 101 b (Fordhal 1
Lord Stamford's Chibisa, Bst 101 b (Morris 2
Lord Exeter's Amazon, Bst 71b (Custance 0
Betting--6 to 4on Chibisa, and 7to 4 agst Redan.
Redan took a slight lead, followed by the favourite to
the distance, when the latter gave way, and Redan won
very easily by fire lengths. Amazon did not pass the post.
The Scurry Handicap of 10 sow; each, h ft.; for all ages.
T.Y.C.

Mr. York's Troublesome, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Custance) 1
Mr. W. G. Bennett's Sisyphus, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (car. Bst 81b
(J. Grimshaw 2
Lord Exeter's Arabia, 3 yrs, sst 71b (car. sst 81b
(Butters 3
Lord Westmoreland's Rwtainer, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (car. Bst
dha 4
m
Mr. W. H. Scott's Nu, 3 yrs, bet 61b ( (For
Carrol ) 5
Betting-7 to 4 agst Sisyphus, 3to 1 agst Troublesome,
and 5 to 1 each agst Nu and Arabia.

Sisyphus jumpod away in front, closely followed by
Troublesome, Retainer, and Arabia, lying next, to the dis-
tance, where Troublesome challenged and won after a
good race by a neck. Arabia was a bad third.

The Stamford Cup, value 100 sovs, by subscription of 10
sovs each, the surplus in money ; for 3-yr-olds and up-
wards. Weight for age, with penalties and allowances.
__ .

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Three miles. 23 subs.
Mr. H. Savile's Privateer, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Loates 1
Mr. W. I'Anson's Iris gelding, 7st 121 b (Challoner 2
Mr. T. Parr's Moose, 5 yrs, 9st (Boyce 3
Mr Scott's Stanton, aged, 9st 31b (Cannon 4
Lord Westmoreland's Auditor, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ...(Morris 0
Betting-11 to 10 on Auditor, 3to 1 agst Privateer, and
6 to 1 agst the Iris gelding.

Privateer made the running, followed by Stanton and
Auditor, Moose bringing up the rear. Little or no change
occurred in the order during the first turn round, with the
exception of the Iris gelding taking third place. Passing
the stand the second time Mr. Savile's horse kill kept the
lead, Auditor, pulling double again, taking the third place,
and at the far side the Iris gelding ran up to Stanton and
deprived him of his position. Coming round the turn into
the straight the pace improved, and the Iris gelding chal-
lenged Privateer, Moose at the same time overhauling the
favourite. The leader, however, was never headed, and
won easily by a length, Moose finishing throb lengths be-
hind the Iris gelding. Auditor pulled up leg-weary, and
did not pass the post.

The Clifd.en Cup (handicap), value 200 Boys, by subscrip-
tion of 10 sovs each, with 100 added; for 3-yr-olds and
upwards. Three-quarters of a mile. 87 subs.
Lord Anglesey's Cadeau, 5 yrs, Est 131 b (Carroll) 1
Lord Stamford's Desiree, 3 yrs, Est (Martin) 2
Lord Falmouth's Celerrima, 3 yrs, Est 101 b
(J. Grimshaw) 3
The following also ran :—Deerfoot, Armadillo, Crytheia,
Lady Bohun, Ands.; Voluptas, Grappler, Sidewind, and
Bella.

Betting-5 to 1 agst Bella, 6to 1 each agst Crytheia and
Audax, 100 to 15 agst Cades,u, 12 to 1 agst Desiree, 100 to
3 agst Celerrima, 100 to 6 agst Deerfoot, and 20 to 1 agst
Armadillo.

Audax, in company with Bella, Desiree, CrytheialCeler-
rime, and Cadeau lay in front from the commencement,
and before approaching the stand Cadeau quitted her
horses, and, with only Desiree and Celerrima near her,
won very easily by two lengths, the same distance sepa-
rated Celerrima from Desiree. Audax was. fourth, Bella
fifth, and Sidewind sixth. The next lot consisted of
Crytheia, Grappler, and Deerfoot. Armadillo did not pass
the post.

The Sixth Wothorpe Biennial Stakes cf 10 sovs each, with
50 added, for 8-yr-old9 ; colts, Bat 101 b; fillies and
geldings, Bst 101 b ; the second saved her stake : with
penalties and allowances. One miie and a quarter.
24 subs.
Lord Exeter's Araucaria, Bst 31b (Snowden 1
Duke of Beaufort's Siberia, Bst 121 b (including 51b extra
(Fordham 2
kr. Parr's Quiz, Bst (Hall 3
Betting-6 to lon Siberia, who made the running to the
distance, where Araucaria came out aLd won by a length
and a half ; a bad third.

A Selling Raco of 5 Boys each, with 40 tdded, for 2-yr-olds
and upwards; optional selling weishts. Three-quar-
ters of a mile.

Mr. W. G. Bennett's Sisyphus, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (30 sovs
(Grimsbaw 1
Lord Exeter's Arabia, 3 yrs, 7st 7lb (30sovs) ...(Loates 2
Lord St. Vincent's Halifax, 2 yrs, sst, 12lb (30, sovs) _

opp)
Mr. G. W. Fitzwilliam's Sister to Gray Tommy's Sfilly, 3
2 yrs, sst 91b (30 sovs)
Mr. G. Angell's Spain, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (00 sovs) (Perry) 5
Betting-6 to lon Sisyphus, 4to 1 agst Halifax, and 6
to 1 agst Sister to Grey Tommy filly.
Won cleverly by a length ; three lengths between the
second and third. The winner was cold to Lord West-
moreland for 125 guineas.

TheKetton Stakesof 50 soya, b. ft, for three-yr-olds ; colts,
Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; with penalties and allowances.
About one mile and a half. 8 subs.
Mr. Savile's 011erton, Bst Slb (Fordham) 1
Lord St. Vincent's Arancaria (Snowden) 2
Lord Westmoreland's Brahma, Bst 131 b (inclu. 31b extra)
(Um ter) 3
Lord Falmouth's Celerrima, Bst 10Ib (inclu. 31b extra)
(French) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst Brahma, 2to 1 agst Araucaria, and
3 to 1 agst 011erton.

Won easily by a length and a half ; three lengths between
,he second and third.

HUNGERFORD-FRIDAT.

A most agreeable change in the weather induced a large
company (compared with Thixsday) to assemble on the
course, the ring being also letter attended. The racing
was appointed to ccnunence It 1.30 with the Hungerford
Stakes, for which Salisbury vas made a hot favourite, 6
to 4 being freely betted on hire, but Alberta won easily by
a length, the bookmakers thus commencing business very
satisfactorily. The backers were again unfortunate in the
Jack o' Newbury Handicap, wherein the two first favourites
were beaten by Eidolon. In the Kintbury Stakes an acci-
dent occurred which fortunately was not attended with any
very serious results, except that Mr. Brayley's May Queen
broke her leg, and was destroyed. Murray was much
shaken, but H. Covey was not hurt, and rode in the follow-
hag race. The business arrangements of the meeting were
efficiently carried out. The following are full details of the
day's sport :7

The Hungerford Stakes of 5 sous each, with 40 added, for
2-yr-olds ; penalties and allowances. Three quarters Of
a mile. 6 subs.

Mr. Hartley's Alberta, Bst 101 b (Payne! 1
Mr. Henry's Salisbury, Bst 131 b (inc. 31b oz.) ...(Cowley 2
Capt. Batchelor's Columbine filly, Bst 71b ...(Wilkinson 3
Mr. F. Fisher's Actor, Bst 101 b (J. Nightingall 4
Betting— 6 to 4 on Salisbury, 5 to 2 agst Alberta, 10 to 1
"bar two." Alberta jumped off with the lead, followed by
Salisbury and Actor to the turn into the straight, where
the Columbine filly passed Actor, but could not reach the
leading pair, who came on to the stand, where Salisbury
made his effort, but could never overhaul Alberta, who
won cleverly by a length, the Columbine filly a bad third.
The Jack o' Newbury Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 25
added, for all ages ; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs.
Three quarters of a mile. 12 subs.

Mr. B. Land's Eidolon, aged, Bst 41b V. Nightingall) 1
Mr. Harris's The Roarer, 3 yrs, Bst (Clement) 2
Mr. J. Thomas's Teddy, aged, Bst 10113 (Gray) 3
Mr. Jones's Fravolina, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (It. I'Anson) 4
Mr. A. Taylor's Rosette, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (car. Est 111 b)
(Herbert) 5

Melandra also ran.

Betting-3 to 1 each agst Fravolina and Rosette, 4to 1
agst Eidolon, 6 to 1 agst The Roarer, 8 to 1 agst Teddy,
and 10 to 1 agst Melandra. Tho latter again exhibited her
temper by plunging and kicking in the most vicious man-
ner, and when the flag fell she swerved round after going
a few yards, and took no part in the race. Fravolina
jumped off with a clear lead, followed by Eidolon and
Teddy ; Tho Roarer heading Rosetta by 20 lengths after
going a quarter of a mile. This order was maintained until
within a quarter of a mile from home, when Eidolon came
up to Fravolina and The Roarer improved his position. On
fairly entering the straight Eidolon took a lead which he
increased, and won in a canter by two lengths. The Roarer
and Teddy, passing Fravolina opposite the stand, finished
second and third, half a length separating the two. Fra-
volina was fourth, and Rosette a long way in the roar. Th•
winner was bought in for 55 guineas.
The Stand Plate (Handicap) of 3 sous each, with 25 added;

for all ages ; winnors extra. Half a mile.

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Mr. E. Brayley's Trapeze, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Murray) 1
Mr. J. Butler's Begin; 3 yrs, Est 101 b (car. Est 121 b)
(H. Covey 2
Mr. Sutton's Jezebel, 3 yrs, Bst 4.1 b (Thomas 3
Mr. Jones's Concordia, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Payne 4
The following also ran :—Mrs. Somerville, Mongrel,
Tomfoolery, Tilt, Jassy, Corporal Trim, Overtonian, and
Sylph.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Jezebel, sto 1 agst Bessie, 6to 1
agst Tomfoolery, 10 to 1 each agst Trapeze and Concordia,
100 to 8 each agst Tilt and Mrs. Somerville, and 100 to 6
agst any other. After numerous failures the lot got away
on even terms, Bessie, with Jezebel, Corcordia, and Tra-
peze, being the first to show in front. Half-way up the
straight Trapeze took a slight lead, which she held to
the finish, winning cleverly by half a length from, Bessie,
who defeated Jezebel by a length for second honours. Con
cordia was fourth, half a length off, Tilt fifth, Mongrel an 4
Mrs. Somerville last. The last three were Corporal Trim,
Sylph, and Overtonian.
The Kintbury Stakais of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; for 2-
yr-old colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; the winner to be
sold for 100 sous; selling allowances. Five furlongs.
Capt. Machell's Kintbury, Bst 31b, £5O (A. Edwards) 1
Mr. Floyd's Domino, Bst 31b, £5O (Wilkinson) 2
Mr. Egerton's Finale, Bst 31b (car. Bst 41b), £5O
(J. Adams) 3
Mr. Mather's Kernal filly, Bst, £5O (Payne) 4
Capricious, Schottische, and May Queen also ran.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Domino, 3to 1 agst Kernal filly, 4
to 1 agst Capricious, 5 to 1 agst Kintbury, 7 to 1 agst
Finale. Kintbury took a clear lead immediately after the
start, and maintaining his advantage throughout, won by
three-quarters of a length ; a length separating second and
third ; bad fourth. May Queen and Schottische rounding
the turn into the straight fell, and Mr. Brayley's filly broke
her leg, and had to be destroyed. Murray, the jockey, was
k.„