The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1853.

EXCHEQUER BILLS.

On the motion of Mr. WILSON, the house went into
committee on the Exchequer Bills Bill.

CUSTOMS' ACTS.

The report upon this bill was brought up and received.

- SALES OF BULLION BILL.
This bill, as amended, was considered.
ENTAILS (SCOTLAND) BILL.

Mr. DUNLOP proposed certain amendments in this
bill.

The LORD ADVOCATE believed that the house was
aware that entails in Scotland had, up to the year 1848,
been in fact a perpetuity, and except under a statute called
the Montgomery Act, it was almost impossible for any heir
to an entail to make a provision for his children. In the
year 1848, however, the whole question of Scotch entails
had been carefully considered in that house, and consider-
able improvements had been effected in that system. Now
his hon. and learned friend wished to interfere with the
prohibition upon certain entails dating subsequent to the
year 1848. In his (the Lord Advocate's) opinion the house
ought to deliberate before they resolved to repeal the 12th
section of an act which had been passed into law after so
much consideration. He should therefore request his hon.
and learned friend not to press his amendment.
Mr. CRAUFITRD complained that .a question of so
much importance should have been brought on at so late
a period of the night. He deprecated the idea that be-
cause great reforms had been effected in the system of
entails in Scotland the house should therefore refuse to
enter upon a course of still more extensive improvements.
He trusted his hon. friend would divide the house upon
the question, and ascertain if the Government were really
devoted to the cause of law reform or not.
Mr. C. BRUCE objected to grafting the propositions of
the hon. and learned gentleman (Mr. Dunlop) upon the
measure before the house, and he trusted the Lord Advo-
cate would confine the object of the bill to that which it
was designed to effect—namely, the facilitating of pro-
ceedings under Lord Rutherford's Act.
Lord J. RUSSELL hoped the hon. and learned gentle-
man (Mr. Dunlop) would not press his amendment, but
bring it forward as a distinct proposition.
The house divided, and there appeared—
For Mr. Dunlop's clause
Against it
Majority against the clause —96
The report was then received, and the bill ordered to be
read a third time on a future day.
Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to name the 13th
of June as the day on which he should move for leave to
bring in a bill to prevent persons holding dockyard and
other appointments from voting at elections.

NEW WRIT.
On the motion of Mr. CRAUFIIRD a new writ was or-
dered to be issued for the borough of Maidstone.
The remaining business on the paper having baen dis-
posed of, the house adjourned at one o'clock.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CHESTER RACES-FRIDAY.

A HANDICAP STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added.
Extra weight for winners. Seven furlongs. (10 subs.)
Mr. Pedley's Sweetness, by Sweetmeat, 3 yrs, 6st
(Ashmall) 1
Mr. Brown's Bell Tinker, 3 yrs, 6st....(Waddington) 2
Lord Chesterfield's Humphrey, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b
(Flatman) 3
The following also ran :—British Farmer, Deerhound,
Margaret of Anjou, Hannah, and c by Mickey Free.
Betting—The confusion which was occasioned by the
very blameable manner in which the numbers of the
starters were put up, caused several vexatious fluctuations
in the betting, and much money was thereby lost. At
the close it was 3 to 1 agst Humphrey, 7 to 2 each agst
Deerhound and Sweetness, 6to 1 agst Bell Tinker. A
very pretty race with the three placed and Deerhound
from the distance, was won by a neck. A neck only
between each of the others.

First year of the THIRD TRIENNIAL PRODUCE STAKES
of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 30 added, for 2 yr olds ;
colts, Bst 91b ; fillies, Bst 51b ; those by untried stal-
lions, or out of mares which never bred a winner, al-
lowed 31b ; both, 61b. T.Y.C. (10 subs.)
Mr. E. R. Clark's Punch Box, by Napier, Bst 31b.
(Bartholomew) 1
Mr. Meiklam's Siiletto, Bst. 91b (Templeman) 2
Mr. Copeland's Field Marshal, Bst 71b (Marlow) 3
Mr. Worthington's Juliet, Bst 21b (Bramwood) 4
Betting—Even on Stilletto, 6 to 4 agst Punch Box.
Punch Box made all the running, and won very easily
by a length. Bad third.
WIRRALL STAKES of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 30 added ;
2 yr old colts, fist 121 b ; fillies, fist 81b ; 3 yr old colts,
9st ; fillies, Bst 101 b. Winners extra. T.Y.C. (13
subs.)
Lord Chesterfield's colt by The Emperor—Begum,
3 yrs, 9st (Flatman) 1
Mr. Halford's Eliza, 3 yrs, Bst 1 Olb ....(Whitehouse) 2
Mr. Ayrton's Amanda, 2 yrs, fist 81b (Aldcroft) 3
Betting-6 to 4 each agst Begum colt and Eliza, sto
2 agst Amanda. Begum colt made all the running, and
won by half a length. Bad third.
- - -

EATON STAKES of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 30 added ;
for 3-yr-olds, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 121 b ; fillies and geld-
ings allowed 41b, and maidens at the time of naming
31b ; winners extra. Grosvenor course. (9 subs.)
Mr. Chilton's Audubon, by Birdcatcher, 7st 71b (in-
cluding 31b extra) (.J. Osborne) walked over.
CHESHIRE STAKES of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, with 60 added ;
winners extra ; second to save his stake. From the
Castle Pole, once round and in ; about a mile and
three furlongs. (36 subs., 20 of whom declared, and
pay 5 sovs. each.)
Mr. E. Phillips's Koh-i-noor, 4 yrs, Est 121b...(Vea1) 1
Mr. Cooper's lanthe, 5 yrs, 6st 101 b (Crouch) 2
Mr. E. Parr's Sanita, 4 yrs, Est 101 b _(Hiett) 3
Lord Waterford's April Fool, 3 yrs, sst 101 b
(J. Wynne) 4
Betting-7 to 4 agst lanthe, 2to 1 agst April Fool,
3to 1 agst Sanita, 4to 1 agst Koh-i-noor. Koh-i-noor
made strong running throughout, and won by ten
lengths. Each of the others far apart.
SIXTH YEAR of the CESTRIAN STAKES of 10 sous. each,
with 30 added ; for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 61b ; fillies
and geldings, Bst 31b. One mile and three-quarters.
(6 subs.)
Mr. J. M. Stanley's North Pole, by Orlando, Bst 61b
(J. Marlon) 1
Mr. Osbaldeston's Sylphine, Bst 31b (Hiett) 2
Mr. Osborne's Mocassin, Bst 31b (J. Osborne) .3
Betting-2 to lon North Pole, 3to 1 agst Mocassin.
A fine race from the distance with the favourite and
Sylphine, the former winning by half a neck. Bad third.
GRAND STAND CuP of 100 sovs., in specie, added to
a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; the second
to receive 20 sovs. out of the Stakes. Once round and
a distance. (16 subs.)
Mr Thompson's Guicowar, 3 yrs, sst 81b .....(Carroll) 1
Mr. Dawson's Lerrywheut, 4 yrs, 7st 101b...(T. Lye) 2
Lord Chesterfield's Humphrey, 6 yrs, 7st 41b
(Ashman) 3
Lord Caledon's Kiteflyer; 4 yrs, 7st Sib (W. Sharpe) 4
The following. also ran :—Woolwich, Osbaldeston,
Grief; Evadne, Bellewstown, Whalebone; f by Venison
dam by the Sadlef, the iiudge; and Bloomers
Setting--7 to 4 its tiiiico*ef, 3to 1 agst Ititeflyer,
ti to 1 agst Venison filly, 8 to 1 each agst Bloomer and
Woolwich, 14 to 1 agst Lerrywheut. A good race. Won
by half a length. A length between second and third.
Bloomer fell and her jockey was much stunned.
LADIES' PURSE, value 501., for three years old and
upwards. Mares and geldings allowed 31bs. Extra
weight for winners. The winner to be sold for 250 sovs.
Allowances if to be sold for less. Once round and a dis-
tance.

Mr. B. Land's Heliotrope, 4 yrs, 501., 7st 111 b
(H. May.) 1
Mr. Dawson's The Varmint, 4 yrs, 501., Est
(Alderoft) 2
Mr. Thompson's Ganyreede, 3yrs, 501., Est 51b
(Boyes) 3
Mr. W, Tophain's laid of Delamei-e, 3 yrs, Est 51b
(Moult) 4

Betting-2 to lon Varmint, 4to 1 agst Heliotrope.
Won by half a neck.
The receipts at the stand during the meeting amounted
to upwards of 2,330/.
The stewards for the next year are, Lord Clifden,
Charles Greville, Esq., and J. M, Stanley, Esq.
The stand committee have voted 1,0001. to be given
to the spring meeting, 1554, and 3001. to the October
meeting.
THE DE'RBY.
Zi rout's to town 10 to 1 Nino offered aping, Orestes.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 6.
The Dauntless, 24 (screw), Captain Edward P. Halsted,
came into harbour to-day at noon, and is laid alongside
the sheers jetty. She has unbent sails, got down her
top rigging, and is returning stores to the dockyard. She
will pay off on Wednesday next, when the officers and
crew will have an opportunity of recruiting their health
and spirits.
The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Capt. Henry Byam
Martin, C. 8., has payed over her rigging, painted lower
masts, tops, and caps, and is beginning to look in sea-
going order. She will receive her lower deck guns at
Spithead.
The Blenheim, 58, screw, Captain W. H. Henderson,
C. 8., had pretty sharp practice this morning at the
great gun exercise.
The Rolla, 6, naval apprentices' brig, Lieut. Commander
Fenwick, put the lads at target practice with the broad-
side guns with good effect, after which she came into
harbour.
Ships of war at Spithead.—Sanspareil, 71, screw ; Im-
perieuse, 60, screw ; Cruiser, 16, screw ; London, 90 ;
Highflyer, 21, screw ; Agamemnon, 90, screw ; Sidon, 22,
paddle ; and Banshee, avant coureur to the squadron.

PLYMOUTH, MAY 6.
Her Majesty's frigate Leander, 50, Captain G. St. Vin-
cent Bing, having been fitted for the reception of Lord
Ellesmere and suite, was towed yesterday by the Avon and
Confiance steamers into the Sound, where she took her
powder and shells on board.
The brig Cygnet, Commander R. D. White, which
arrived on Wednesday from Portsmouth, came into har-
bour yesterday, and was warped to the jetty, where her
crew unbent sails and commenced returning stores. She
will be paid off on Wednesday.
The Diligence transport was removed from dock on
Thursday, and towed to the Jupiter depot to receive coal
prior to sailing for the Arctic regions.
In consequence of a dispute between the owners and
crews of the trawling sloops belonging to this port, the
vessels have not been to sea during the week.

PEMBROKE.
The Victoria, of 110 guns, now building in this yard, is
very far advanced towards completion, and she could easily
be made ready, if so desired, for launching this season.
Rumour, however, states that before, being sent off the
stocks she will bo cut asunder at the midship section, and
lengthened to the extent of 30 feet. ' This increase of length
she can well bear, as it is at present evident to all who in-
spect her that her size is greater in proportion than her
length. She is a noble vessel, though not nearly of such
fine proportions as the James Watt, just launched, and,
when lengthened, would carry nearly the same armament
as the Duke of Wellington 131 guns, launched here last
season. She will be fitted with the screw propeller, thus
adding another first-rate to the squadron of screw-propelled
line-ofbattle ships.

WOOLWICH, MAY 6.
APPOINTMENTS.

Captain George William Conway Courtenay (1828), to
be captain-superintendent of the Royal Hospital, Haslar,
Portsmouth, in the room of Captain William J. IL John-
stone, promoted to the rank of rear-admiral.
Captain Richard Augustus Yates (1827), to receive the
good-service pension vacant by the promotion of Captain
William James Hope Johnstone.
Commander John 3l`Neill Boyd (1850), to command the
Nerbudda, 12, brig, commissioned at Chatham.
Commander William Abdy Fellowes (1850), to command
the Comus, 14, sloop, commissioned at Sheerness.
Surgeons.—John Ward (a) (1851), to the Comus ; John
Ternan, M.D. (1851), to the Nerbudda.

PROMOTIONS.
Lieutenants.—John 0. Bathurst (1838), Edmund H.
Gunnell (1841), Matthew Connolly (1842), and Robert Jen-
kins (1846), to be commanders.
The Cyclops steam-frigate has taken on board the boilers
of the Encounter steam-frigate, and will convey them
round to Portsmouth.
Twenty-four privates of the Woolwich Division of Royal
Marines, volunteers left Woolwich at 2 p.m. yesterday,
and proceeded by railway to Portsmouth to join the Royal
Marine Artillery branch of the corps.
Captain Buchannan, Lieutenant Holland, two corporals,
one drummer, and 56 privates of the Woolwich division of
Royal Marines, arrived in the barracks here at 6 o'clock,
p.m. yesterday, from service in the Hastings, 72, paid off
at Portsmouth. -

PRIZE MONEY FOR THE INDIGINA. -Messrs. Burnett
and Co. have given notice to the late officers and crew of
her Majesty's ship Southampton, Nicholas Cory, Esq.,
captain, that, on the 20th inst., they will be paid by them
their proportions of bounty money, &c., received for the
capture of the slave brig Indigina, by her Majesty's steam-
vessel Harpy, tender to her Majesty's ship Southampton,
on the sth day of January, 1851, and the shares will be
recalled every Friday for three months, agreeably to act of
Parliament : Flag, 1261. ls. Bd. ; captain, 2361. Bs. 3d. ;
first class, 391. 18s. ld. ; second, 241. 18s. 10d. ; third,
191. 19s. ; fourth, 11/. 9s. sd. ; fifth, 61. 19s. Bd. ; sixth,
W. 19s. Bd. ; seventh, 31. 19s. 9d. ; eighth, 11. 19s. 10d. ;
ninth, 11. 4s. 11d. ; tenth, 14s. 11d.