The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-10 00:00:00

Regiment, Templemore; depot 47th Regiment, Temple.
more ; depot 49th Regiment, Fermoy ; •depot 50th .Regi-
ment, Fermoy ; depot 54th Regiment, Enniskillen; depot
55th Regiment, Templemore; depot 57th Regiment, Li.
merick ; depot 59th Regiment, Kinsale ; depot 2d Batta-
lion Rifles, Buttevant; depot 82d Regiment, Ferrooy ;
631 Regiment, Dublin ' • depot, 68th Regiment, Belfast ;
depot .72d Regiment, Galway; depot 89th Regiment,
Waterford; 90th Regiment, Dublin; 91st Regiment,
Cork; depot 92d Regiment, Galway.
The 27th Regiment, having received orders to hold it-
self in readiness for foreign service, the first division; con-
sisting of five companies; will leave the Royal Barracks,
Dublin, on the 16th inst. The head-quarter division,
comprising staffs, band, and the remaining five companies,
will leave on the 17th inst., en route for cork, preparatory
to embarkation for India..

SPORTING NOTES.

ANTICIPATIONS ANENT ASCOT.

The Manchester Meeting was well conducted, and right
merrily celebrated. I, however, did not assist at the ga-
thering, but remained in town. The leading features of
the spurt have been well set forth in the returns of the
racing which have been daily published. Preparations for
the oyal Trysting at Ascot are now in active progress,
and a meeting of surpassing success may be anticipated.
Indeed the sport is likely to be marked by incidents of un-
usual interest and importance, and the promised encoun.
ters between certain ' racing cracks" are expected with
growing eagerness. Still speculation on the different
events appointed for decision is limited and insignifi-
cant ; indeed, the recent meeting at Epsom seems to
have inflicted a heavy blow and sore discouragement upon
backers and book-makers. The recent running of Rata"-
plan at Manchester has caused attention to be fully directed
to Kingston's chance for the Ascot Stakes. That it is a
formidable chance is unquestionable. Kingston has given
frequent proofs of his indomitable gameness, and his ability
to struggle borne under seemingly the most crushing im-
posts. His success for the Epsom Cup, for which he de-
feated Rataplan by a head, is alone sufficient to excite ex
pectations of his victory on Tuesday. For if Rataplan, at
Bst 101 b., could win easily the Somersetshire Stakes, and
again, within this last week, at 9st 31b., beat a good field
at Manchester,
will
smit
bneotereasble otrbdleefeetotsutphpoe suppose tmaishat Kting-
ston, et 9st.,are likely to be arrayed against him for the Ascothat
Stakes ? Of the three-year-olds Hercules is most
talked about. In consideration, however,
e of Bracken's
" la
running at Northampton, I am • d dto entertain
a favourable opinion of his chance. The Gold Vase
-
will afford, perhaps, an interesting encounter,- but
shouldtheinterest
both
wth whwhich
tdh Virago ierea ge
encounter
u nto the
competel for
Cmnapa"h
of
Thursday is at present regarded will be destroyed. That
rejection of the Emperor of Russia's Plato has caused thes•
revival of the "Gold Cup." Eighteen horses are enteredfor
it, the majority being the principal turf celebi ities of the
day. Virago is, of course, most talked about in connection
with it. West Australian is reported a "little off," and
consequently is not freely backed. Virago's pretensions
will be severely tried in an encounter with such animals
as she will probably meet fur the " Cup," and it yet re-
mains to be seen whether they are as superior as her
owner has at present, it must be acknowledged, good
grounds for believing. Of the truth of the report
respecting her "'coughing," and the hints which are
dropped relative to her probable absence from Ascot,
I have no information, sufficiently satisfactory to in-
duce me to deem them trustworthy. I have, therefore,
not allowed them to influence my opinions. Notwith-
standing his heavy weight, Ephesus is certainly not
" handicapped out" of the race for the Hunt Cap. The
other animals whose respective chances " look well on
paper" are Filbert, Calamus, Marc Antony, and Alembic.
The above notes are thrown together merely as a pream-
ble to the remarks which I shall make in extenso on Mon-
day, when the programme in its entirety will be before me.
Several stakes close this afternoon ; and now all the world
and its wife are at Sydenham, assisting at the opening of
the Crystal Palace, I am off to Ascot to have a " quiet
day out," and to stroll over the Heath, and watch the
work of preparation. A FRESH MAN.
June 10.

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