The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-13 00:00:00

SPURTING INTELLIGENCE.

LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER (FRIDAY).
Most of the subscribers having returned from North
Staffordshire, there was a pretty good muster this morn-
ing, but betting was anything but brisk. Since our last
quotations the only horses backed with spirit have been
Catspaw, Pantomime, and Lord Lieutenant for the Ebor
Handicap, and for the St. Leger the only horses backed
have been the favourite and Cineas.
EBOR HANDICAP.
sto 1 agst Catapaw (taken).
Bto 1 agst Adine (taken).
Bto 1 agst Lord Lieutenant (taken).
Bto 1 agst Pantomime (taken).
9to 1 agst Bing of Trumps (taken).
15 to 1 agst Newminstsr (taken).
20 to 1 agst Red Lion (taken).
100 to 5 agst Lord Fauconberg (taken).
ST. LEGER.
60 to 50 on West Australian (taken).
7to 1 agst Cineas (to 501.).
DERBY.
Bto 1 agst Autocrat (taken).
22 to 1 agst Orlando (taken).
25 to 1 agst Hesse Cassel (taken).
1,000 to 25 agst c by H. Platoff out of Infidelity (t).

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853.

The figures within parenthesis denote the number of

Clay's racing.
AUGUST.

Wolverhampton (3) 8
Yarmouth (2) ".9
Reading (2) lO
North Staffordshire (21-10
York (3) 17
Canterbury lB
Timbridge (1) 18
Radcliffe (3) 22

Egham (2) 23
Liverpool Hunt Cup (2) 24
Derby (2) 25
Hereford (2) 25
Eccles (3)
Lichfield (2) 29
Chelmsford (2) 30

SEPTE
Lincoln (2) 1
Warwick (2) 6
Doncaster (4) 13
Weston Zoyland and
Bridg Rater (1) l2 -
Dover 15
Pontefract (2)
HOVE]

Worcester (2)
Epsom Autumn (2)
Cow bridge Hunt (2)

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, AUG. 3.
This day had audience of her Majesty :—His Royal
Highness the Crown Prince of Wurtemberg and her Im-
perial Highness the Crown Princess. Their Royal and
Imperial Highnesses were attended by the Baron de Brun-
Ito w, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia. To which audience
their Royal and Imperial Highnesses were introduced by
the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, AUG. 8.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon John Forbes, Esq., M.D. D.C.L., and
F.R.S., Physician to Her Majesty's Household, and Phy-
sician Extraordinary to His Royal Highness Prince
Albert.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, AUG. 8.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon James Lomax Bardsley, Esq., M.D., of
Manchester.

WHITEHALL, AUG. 10.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Earl of
Wemyss and March to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal
of the shire of Peebles, in the room of Francis Earl of
Wemyss and March, deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, AUGU_ST 12.

10th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Alfred Wall Gan-
dell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dyne promoted,
Aug. 12.
14th Light Dragoons—Cornet Henry Topham Clements
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Honourable R.
Walter Chetwynd, who retires, Aug. 12.
16th Light Dragoons—James Stewart, Gent., to be
Cornet, by puchase, vice the Honourable Hugh Rowley,
who retires, Aug. 12.
12th Regiment of Foot- John Warren, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Clutterbuck, appointed to the
63reFoot, Aug. 12.
18th Foot—Ensign William James Hales to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Lillie, deceased, June 7.
24th Foot—Robert Champion Streatfieki, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Turner, whose appointment was
cancelled in the Gazette of sth August, Aug. 12.
33rd Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Ogilvy, M. 8., from
the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Macbeth, pro-
moted on the Staff, Aug. 12.
50th Foot—Lieutenant Andrew Campbell Knox Lock
to be Captain, by purchase, vice William Percival Elgee,
who retires; Ensign Rabert Blackall to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Lock ; John Woods Dimond, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Blackall, Aug. 12.
54th Foot— Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, James
McGrigor Grant, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Macpherson,
who resigns, Aug. 12.
63rd Foot—Lieutenant Edward Ralph Charles Sheldon
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cubitt, who retires ; Ensign
Vere Hunt Bowles to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Sheldon ; Ensign James Hulton Clutterbuck, from
the 12th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bowles, Aug. 12.
71st Foot—Lieutenant Sir Charles Watson, Bart. has
been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his
commission ; Edward Pennefather Wade Browne, Gent.,
to be Ensign by purchase, Aug 12.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon James Macbeth,
M.D., from the 33rd Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the
Second Class, vice grant, appointed to the 54th Foot ;
Francis Lewis Fitzgerald, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon
to the Forces, vice Ogilvy, appointed to the 33rd Foot,
Aug. 12.
CHAPLAINS.—The Reverend George Winne Langmead,
Officiating Chaplain to the Camp at Chobham, to be a
Commissioned Chaplain to the Forces, June 12.
COMMISSARIAT. Commissariat Clerk Henry John
Brownrigg to be a Deputy Assistant-Commissary-General,
July 2.
MEMORANDUM. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Cunliffe
Pole, of the 63d Foot, has been permitted to assume the
name of " Van Notten," and should therefore be styled
" Arthur Cunliffe Van Notten Pole."