The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-30 00:00:00

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TATTERSALL'S

(THIS EVENING.)

CHESTER CUP.

6to 1 agst Trifle
10 to 1 agst Peggy.
15 to 1 agst Newminster.
25 to 1 agst Black Doctor.

DERBY.
7to 2 agst West Australian.
Bto 1 agst Orestes.
16 to 1 agst TJmbriel.
Busy settling, and very little betting.

ARRIVALS AT CHESTER.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
CHESTER, SATURDAY.
Hannah filly by Ithuriel, Sylphine, Indian Warrior,
Lord-Lieutenant, and Ta]fourd have arrived.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(THIS DAY.

TOTNES.
The committee appointed to inquire into the petition
against the return of Mr. Mills for this borough sat this
morning for the first tune. The Hon. A. Lascelles in
the chair.

The counsel for the petitioners were Mr. Sergeant
Wilkins and Mr. Ballantine ; for Mr. Mills, Mr. Ser-
geant Kinglake, Mr. James, and Mr. Pigott.
The petition was founded upon an allegation that the
return of Mr. Baldwin was prevented by a libel which
had been circulated, and for which an action at law had
been commenced.

Mr. Sergeant Wilkins made application to the com-
mittee for an adjournment, on the ground that by a letter
having been accidentally sent to Torquay, a material
witness had not received a summons.
Mr. James opposed the application.
After some discussion, the committee adjourned until
11 o'clock on Monday.

HARWICH.
•
This committee met this moraing at eleven •'clock—
Mr. Headlam in the chair.
Mr. Sergeant Kinglake was opening the case when
our reporter left. The learned Sergeant entered at some
length into the history of the last half-dozen elections at
Harnich, and with tracing the rise and progress of the
connection of Mr. Attwood with the borough. He said
he should be able to show that, previous to the last
election, Mr. Attwood had offered the borough openly
openly for sale.

C BOLTON.
The committee met this morning at twelve o'clock—
Lord Robert Grosvenor in the chair.
Mr. Sergeant Kinglake appeared for the petitioners,
and Mr. Atkinson and Mr. Monek for the sitting mem
hers.

Mr. Sergeant Kinglake opened the case, and was
proceeding when our reporter left.

THE GREAT ENCAMPMENT.

The exact position and form of the great encampment
on Chobharn-common have now been determined upon ;
the ground bas been surveyed and is judiciously selected.
The line of encampment will form a semicircle, com-
mencing at Colonel Challoner's property and extending
along some high ground to Staples-hill, a distance of
about a mile and three-quarters, fronting several thou-
sand acres of common or heath ground, similar to that
of Ascot Heath. The position of the head-quarters of
the Commander-in-Chief has also been chosen ; it is on
an eminence about a mile distant, and in front of the
army.

At the commencement and termination of the line of
encampment the cavalry will be stationed, with the
artillery directly in front of them, and the centre of the
line will be formed of the infantry; altogether there will
be 10,000 men encamped.
A party of the Royal Sappers and Miners from the
Royal Military College and Fusilier Guards from Windsor
have been engaged, under the scientific directions of
Colonel Vicars and Lieutenant Drake, in securing a sup-
ply of water, by making embankments, digging wells,
&c. Two ponds, the " Little Arm" and " Great Arm,"
have been formed from the springs in various parts of
the ground, the water from which is described by the in-
habitants of the district as of the purest quality. Ground
has also been laid out for the temporary stables of the
cavalry ; the horses will be under canvas.
Lord Hardinge is expected to survey the operations
next week ; his lordship will occupy a mansion in the
neighbourhood of Sunninghill.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will pro-
bably be the General in command. His Royal Highness
will take up his'residence at Bagshot-park.
The encampment, if the weather should prove favour.
able, will last about six weeks.
The following regiments have already received orders
to prepare for the encampment :—The Ist battalion of
Scots Fusilier Guards, from Windsor ; 2d battalion of
Scots Fusilier Guards, from the Tower ; Ist battalion
of Grenadier Guards, rom Chichester ; the Ist Regiment
of Life Guards, from Windsor, and 2d Regiment of Life
Guards, from Regent's-park Barracks.
Some of the regiments are expected to march on the
ground about the Ist of June, but the whole of the en-
campment will not be formed until the first week of the
Ascot races.

The encampment, as viewed from almost any part- of
the heath, will, no doubt, form one of the grandest mili-
tary spectacles which has been witnessed in England for
more than half a century.