The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-27 00:00:00

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY.

This morning comparing books on the Derby was the
first thing attended to. Afterwards some betting took
place on that event. In our last we chronicled, "The
downfall of the Autocrat." Since then his sucoessor,
King Tom bas abdicated, leaving Dervish in possession
of the premiership. Andover and Neville Were next in
favour. Of the outside division; Knight of St. George
and Canute were supported at the prices given below.
The only one backed for the Oaks was Meteors.
DERI3Y.
• , 4to 1 agst Dervish (taken and offered.)
7to 1 aget Andover (taken).
10 to 1 aget Neville (taken).
12 to 1 agst Hermit (taken).
-12 to 1 agst King TOM (taken).
14 to 1 agst Hospodar (taken).
25 to 1 agst Knight of St. George (taken).
30 to 1 agst Canute (taken).
40 to 1 agst Alembic (taken).
OAKS.•
300 to 100 apt Meteors (t)
sto 1 apt any other (offered)

HARPENDEN RACES.
FRIDAY.

BOTHA.IISTEAD STAKEE of 3 BOYS. each, with 25
added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling
weights, &c. One mile and half. (10 subs.)
Mr. R. L. Walker's Economy, 6 yrs (251.) 9st
(E. Sharpe) 1
Mr. Stevens's Sir George, 3 yrs (501.) 7st (Prior) 2
Two YEAR OLD STAICEB of 5 soya. each, with 30 added;
colts, Bst 7113 ; fillies, Bst 21b. Winners extra. T.Y.C.
(6 subs.)
Mr. J. Barnard's Eliza, Bst 21b (Wakefield) 1
Mr. G. Drewe's Flageolet, Bst 21b (Knight) 2
Mr. Ongley's Wave by Gilbert Gurney, Bst 21b

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(Norman) 3
Mr. B. Land's ch c by Chatham—Erasion, Bst 71b

100 son out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 100
soya towards the police and regulation's of the course,
and 50 to the judge; the last mile and a half, to be run
on the New Course ; 217 subs.
THE CAREW STAKES of 5 soya. each, with 50 added; two-
year-olds 6st 31b, three Bst 61b, four 9st 71b, five and up-
wards 9st 121 b ; mares allowed 51b, and geldings 31b;
New T.Y.C. (three quarters of a mile).
THE EPSOM HANDICAP TOWN PLATE of 50 !WS. for all
ages ; the winner of any race (matches excepted) after
the publication of the weights 51b extra; one mile.
Age st lb Age at lb
Orinoco
Odiham (h b) 6 8 0 Mishap 3 6 6
Salus 4 8 0 Vestige. 3 6 6
Comfit 4 8 0 Bridesmaid
George), 4 7 5 Roebuck 3 6 2
Inder 4 7 4 The Monk a 6 2
Little Tom 4 6 13 Master Adam 3 6 3
Snarry. 5 6 13 Sir Mark .
Sextus 4 6 10 Lioness
The Druid 3 6 9 Kidnapper 3 5 10
Lady Elegant 3 6 9 Bf by Verulam out
Census 3 6 8 of Jennala 3 5 8
Black Bess 4 6 7 Kennyside Hero.... 3 5 2
The GREAT EXHIBITION HANDICAP PLATE of 100 soya,
for all ages: the winner of any race (except matches)
after the publication of the weights 51b extra ; one mile
and a quarter.

THE WAR.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
Her Majesty's frigate Meander, 44, Commander Tal-
bot, arrived at Plymouth yesterday morning. She left
the Cape of Good Hope on the 7th of April, and Ascen-
sion on the 25th of April.

The steam-ship Australian, from the gold colonies,
went ashore by night at Green Point, near Table Bay,
on the 28th of March, and having been relieved of her
cargo was got off again on the 6th of April, and would
probably leave for England on the 17th of April. Her
gold, 126,000 ounces, was deposited at the Cape Bank.

General Cathcart was at the frontier. General Jack•
son had gone in the Dee steamer to the frontier. The
colony was quiet.

At Simon's Bay there were her Majesty's brig Pen-
guin, steam-vessel Hydra, and the Dart, tender to the
Meander.

At Ascension, the Plumper, Britomart, Philomel, and
Tortoise.

The Meander spoke, April 23, lat. 12.33 S., long.
9.52 W., the ship Alfred the Great, standing N.N.W. ;
April 29, lat. 0.36 N., long. 20.36 W., the bark Oriental,
outward bound ; May 18, lat. 40.20 N., long. 32.52
W., exchanged colours with the American ship Cumber-
land, standing W. ; May 22, lat. 45.33 N., long. 20.40
W., the Oldenburg schooner Merer, outward bound.
The Meander has the Australian mails, measuring
nine tons. She brings as passengers Lieutenant Annes-
ley, promoted from the Hydra ; Lieutenant J. Ternan,
from the brig Nerbudda ; Mr. A. J. Williamson, clerk's
assistant, invalided from the Meander ; Mr. A. R. Mac-
donnel, clerk, invalided from the Penguin ; and eight
other invalids from the squadron at the Cape. The
Meander was commissioned 14th July, left England
18th September, and has been constantly on the Cape
station.

Age st lb
Merry Monk 3 6 12
The Old Soldier
Bridemaid 3 6 12
Cable
Roebuck
Kennyside Hero
Sir George 3 513
Little Princess. 4 5 12
The Assayer 3 5 10
Roseberry 3 5 10
Phoenix
Bright Phoebus
Young Cecilia
St. Stephen
Pollard
Telegraph
Topsy 3 4 12

Age st lb
Frantic 5 8 12
Indian Warrior 5B 12
Exeter
Odiham (h b)
Calot
Eulogist. 4 8 0
Isder 4 7 9
Broto Grey Tommy 4 7 7
Georgy
Westwood (h b)
Noisette (in 51b ex) 4 7 5
Sine Qua Non 3 7 4
John Bull 4 7 4
Massaroni 4 7 2
Marchioness
Snarry
Regius Professor
Sweetheart
The Epsom CUP of 100 sous, added to a Sweepstakes of
10 sous each, h ft ; three-yr-olds, 7st ; four, Bst 71b ;
five and upwards, 9st ; mares allowed 51b, and geldings
31b ; any horse having run in the Derby without being
placed allowed 31b. Derby Course. 35 subs.
Age Age
Cobnut

ARRIVAL OF Two MORE RUSSIAN PRIZES.—The Rus-
sian brig Johanna, 111 tons, Bronskow, master, laden
with salt, bound to Helsingfors, was taken on the 6th
inst., by theßulldog, 6, about 12 miles off Wingo-sound,
and left on the Bth inst. under charge of Lieut. the Hon.
F. 0. B. Fitzrnaurice, second lieutenant of the Bulldog.
The crew of the Johanna, 10 in number, were taken out
of her, leaving the master and mate in her, in order to
condemn the prize on her arrival in England. There
were six in all, including officers, sent on board from the
Bulldog to bring the Johanna home; and in consequence
of their having fallen in with very bad weather, and Jae-
jag short handed, both officers and men have had to pull
and haul on every occasion; added to this, only 14 days'
provisions were given them for their passage home. The
result was when they made the English land, they were
quite out of provisions and water. They put into Hull
on Friday last, at 2 p.m., to victual and water, and there
found the Russian brig Amelia, a prize also taken by the
Bulldog, similarly situated. The master of the Amelia is
sole owner of her. She was from Lisbon, laden with salt
and wine. The Johanna left Hull the following day, at
11 a.m., taking a pilot with her, and arrived at Sheer-
ness at 11 a.m. yesterday. A steam tug will'take her to
the West India Docks, whither she is ordered to pro-
ceed. The Amelia has brought up on the warp below
the Nora and will be in next tide for provisions, which
will be supplied her from the flag-ship. Mr. Dillon, mid-
shipman of the Bulldog, is in charge of the prize crew on
board the Amelia. The Russian masters report that all
their salt is consigned to the Russian Government for
the purpose of making gunpowder.

Haco
The Star of

Surrey
Sittiagbourne
Phocioa 3
Tommy 3
Pnachbox 3
Wooilcote 3
Cranbonrne
Acrobat 3
Acute Angle

Village Lass 3
Nabob

Rackapelt 4
Jonvenee
.Lriosto
Pantomime
Grapeshot 4
Vindex
Kingston • 5
Conspiracy 3
Little Toni

Age
Rataplan
Mayor of Hull 4
Leopold 5
Hungerford
I Barrel 3
Oath. Hayes
Tom 3
The Reiver
Little David
Old Noll
President
Orson 3

The DURDANS ST UM of 5 sovs cach, with 50 added ;
two-year-olds 6st 121 b, three Bst 101 b, four 9st 71b, five
and upwards 9st llb ; mares allowed 51b, and geldings
31b; the winner to be sold by auction, &c., for 150 soya;
if entered to be sold for 80 sovs, allowed 71b, 60 141 b, 40
211 b, over and above other allowances; half a mile.

THURSDAY.

The EPSOM FOI7E-YEAR-OLD STAKES of 50 says each, h ft;
colts Bst 111 b, fillies Bst 61b ; New Derby Course ; 9 subs.
Stone Plover Grapeshot I Tobolski
Petrel I B by War Eagle Warbler
Dabchick I
_—Rigolette Blondel

I The Ca-valier
Her Iif.A.JESTT'S PLATE of 100 gs, for mares only; three-
year-old 7st, four Set 91b, five Oat 21b, six and aged 9st
51b ; Great Metropolitan Stakes Course, two miles and a
quarter, to start at the winning chair.
The Two YEAR OLD STARES of 10 soya each, with 50 added;
colts Bst 71b, fillies Bat 41b ; any winner before starting
51b extra ; ; 27 subs.
Kettleby
The Dutch Tar
Para

b f by Sir Tatton
Sykes
b f by Flatcatcher
Oulston
Matilda
Paradigm
Roderigo
Voracity
Qualm

Cockepur
Tom Burke
Rifleman
o by Cotherstone
b c by Orlando
Dartford
Pylades
Evangeline
Triumvir

The Libel
b f by Epirus
Le Fripon
Katerfelto
Antoinette
Bessie
Faugh a Ballagh
The GRAND STAND PLATE of 100 sovs., added to a Handi-
cap Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, h ft ; the winner of
any race after the publication of the weights (matches
excepted) 51b extra; Derby Course ; 15 subs.

Age. st. lb.
Hercules (in 51b ex) 3 6 9
Eva 3 6 9
Axwell
Madame Landeau 4 6 0
Pyrois
Conspiracy 3 5 7
Miss Bolton

Monitions were yesterday publiclyposted on the Royal
Exchange from the High Court of Admiralty, that the
Catherine Charlotte, Carl Magnus, John, and Industrie,
Russian prizes, would be condemned as lawful captures
to her Majesty's ship Conflict, within 20 days of that
notice.

The frigate Portland, 50, was warped to the sheer
hulk on Thursday, and had her masts taken out.
The Cuckoo, 3, paddle-wheel steam gun-vessel, Lieu-
tenant Augustus G. E. Murray, will be detained at
Sheerness for a day or two, in order to make some alter-
ations in her magazin., which has been found necessary
for the more convenient stowage and security of her
powder, &o.
A court-martial is ordered to assemble on board the
Waterloo flag ship on Monday next, to try Mr. Yeat-
man, second-master, late in charge of the Cuckoo.

The Rhadatnanthus steam-transport, Master-Com-
mander John Belem, hauled out of the fitting basin at
11 a.m. yesterday, after discharging machinery for the
Royal Albert, 131 guns, and at noon proceeded for Wool-
wich.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1854.

bution into service and depot companies, except when other-
wise ordered, shall be as follows:
" Eight service companies, consisting of 2 field-officers,
8 captains, 10 lieutenants, 6 ensigns, 5 staff officers, 7 staff
sergeants, 40 sergeants, 17 drummers (including drum-
maior), 40 corporals, and 760 privates.
"]our depot companies, consisting of 1 field officer, 4
captains, 4 lieutenants, 4 ensigns, 1 staff officer, 20 ser-
geants, 8 drummers, 20 corporals, and 380 privates.
" Total, 3 field officers, 12 captains, 11 lieutenants, 10
ensigns, 6 staff officers, staff sergeants, 60 sergeants, 25
drummers (including drum-major), 60 corporals, and 1,140
privates—making an entire total of 1,200.
" N.B. The distribution of a regiment in the colonies
will depend upon circumstances of a local character, and
when ordered abroad the organisation of the regiment will
be especially considered.—l have, &c.,
G. A. WETHERALL, D.A.G.
"The Officer Commanding."

Assistant-Surgeon, May 9; Ensign Robert Hetherington
to be Lieutenant, vice Sawer, promoted. May 20.
Ist Regiment of Warwickshire Militia—Thomas Bar-
nard, Esq., late Captain in the 65th Foot, to be Captain ;
Frederick Manners Estwick, Esq., late 47th Foot, to be
Captain, May 4.
The Essex Rifles—Evelyn Philip Meadows, Gent., to be
Second Lieutenant, May 22.
Ist Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Richard
Archer Warwick, Esq., to be Assistant-Surgeon, May 25.
Royal Rifle Regiment of Denbighshire Militia—Second
Lieutenant Robert Myddleton, to be First Lieutenant,
vice Roberts, who retires, retaining his rank ; Second
Lieutenant Godfrey Fitzhugh, to be First Lieutenant, vice
Ward, deceased, May 24.
96th Regiment of North British Militia—Hugh Lindsay
MacLennan, Gent., to be Ensign, May 25.
Royal Wiltshire Regiment of YeomanryCavalry—Thomas
Rawdon Ward, Esq., to be Major, vice Wyndham, re-
signed, May 22.
Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Ca-
valry—Lieutenant Frederick Loftus Dashwood to be Cap-
tain, vice Sir Henry Peyton, Bart., who retires; Cornet
Archer Robert Tawney to be Lieutenant, vice Field, who
retires, May 20.

MILITIA AND YEOMANRY.

The Cast Kent Regiment of Militia left the barracks
in Canterbury yesterday morning, and proceeded through
the city to the station of the South-Eastern Railway,
en route for Chichester, where they are to be stationed
for the present. The men appeared in the highest spirits,
and were accompanied by their excellent German band
amid the cheers of a large concourse of citizens, who
had assembled to witness their departure. An express
train had been provided, which left Canterbury for Lon-
don precisely at 9 o'clock. The regiment had been pre-
viously inspected by the Lord. Lieutenant of the county,
Earl Cowper, who complimented the men on their effi-
ciency and soldierlike appearance.
Yesterday forenoon the King's Own Tower Hamlets
Regiment of Militia, which is under the command of
Colonel Grant, wao reviewed by Colonel Bush inspector-
general of the recruiting department, in London-fields,
Hackney. At the close of the review Colonel Bush ad-
dressed the regiment, and spoke in high terms of their
discipline and steady behaviour. The regiment is ex-
pected to be disbanded on Tuesday next, unless required
for service under the late act.
The Royal Bucks (King's Own) Militia, which was the
first enrolled under the Militia Act of 1852, and which
has been one of the first to be embodied for service, hada
field-day yesterday in the park of Wycombe-abbey (the
seat of its noble colonel, Lord Carrington), preparatory
to its departure for the barracks at Weedon, where the
actual military duties of the corps will commence on the
Bth of next month. The officers and men of the " Royal
Bucks" have unanimously volunteered for any service
that the national exigencies may require, and the sin-
cerity of this step has been practically manifested by
the fact that out of a total strength of 749, the regi-
ment, on being called out three weeks ago, mustered
744. In October last year the high state of discipline
and general efficiency of the Bucks Militia elicited warm
expressions of admiration from Colonel Bush, Superin-
tendent-General of the Recruiting Department. Gene-
ral Berkeley Drummond and several other officers of
distinction were present yesterday, and their testimony,
more than confirming that of Colonel Bush, must have
been as gratifying to the noble colonel as it was credit-
able to the men under his command. The usual evolu-
tions of a field-day were executed under the direction of
Lord Carrington, in the absence of Colonel Fitzroy,
who, owing to an unfortunate accident, was prevented
from attending. The regiment passed in slow and quick
time, advanced in line, formed squares to resist cavalry,
reformed in column, deployed, and saluted. All the
movements were executed with a precision, alertness,
and completeness which would have done honour to a
corps of regulars. The regimental band was in attend-
ance, and increased the zest with which the very nume-
rous spectators enjoyed the scene. On Thursday a
grand display of old English sports took place in the
Abbey-park. An admission fee of ls. was charged, the
proceeds of which, amounting to a considerable sum,
are to go to the fund being raised for the benefit of sol-
diers' families.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday the 20th day of May, 1854.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued ...• .... 25,779,095

X 25,779,095

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities ...... 2,9a4,001
Gold coin and bullion 11,779,095
Silver -

.£25,779,09
MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 25th day of May, 18;

Lord Water-park, the commander of the Ist Regiment
of Derbyshire Militia, has received an intimation that
Government will not require it for regular service, hav-
ing already received a sufficient number of volunteers,
at least for the present. All the officers, and 330 men,
have offered themselves for active duty whenever their
services may be required.
The first division of the Derbyshire Enrolled Pension-
ers assembled at Derby on Tuesday last, and have since
been in training, under the command of Captain
Vaughan Jones. They will be joined to-day (Saturday)
by the second division.
Colonel Loftus has given notice to the 3d \Vest York
Militia that they are to leave Doncaster next Monday
morning at half-past 8 o'clock, her Majesty having been
pleased to order the immediate embodiment of the regi-
ment. A special train of 34 third-class carriages for the
men, and four first-class carriages for the officers, and
several boxes for the conveyance of the horses has been
ordered. It has not been stated what will be the desti-
nation of the regiment.
The Royal South Lincoln Militia are at present under
training at Grantham, by Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., and
are to be permanently embodied. The period of training
has been extended to 56 days.
The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars have been for the
last few days under inspection by Major Vyse, of the
2d Life Guards, who has complimented the officers on
the high state of discipline observable among the troops.