The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-25 00:00:00

PEDESTRIANISM.

PATTERSON AND HANDLEY.—HandIey (of Nottingham),
whose provincial victories have been numerous, although to
the London amateurs he is principally known by his defeat
of Charles Jenkinson (the London Stag), in the early part of
the present year, ran his 140 yards' race yesterday with
James Patterson, of London. The ground, near the Swan
Inn, Mitcham, was pretty densely peopled about the an-
nounced hour of starting, but the absurd procrastination in
the choice of a referee, in which nearly two hours were con-
sumed after the men were ready, was sufficiently vexatious
to have driven many away in disgust. At half-past six, all
being agreed on, the men went off. We thought Patterson
anything but quick in settling on his legs; indeed, he lost
nearly three yards in starting. At fifty yards the Nottingham
lad was about the same distance in front, but the little Lon-
doner seemed fast closing the gap between them. At one
hundred Handley still led, and ran in first by a long yard.
The disparity in stature was striking ; Patterson, who is a
pocket athlete in form, measuring 5 ft. 2 in. ; Handley 5 ft. 7
The betting on the ground was 6 to 4 on the Londoner ; and,
in consequence, a tidy amount of current coin flowed from
the pockets of Patterson's backers to those of the friends of
the countryman. The stakes contended for were 40 sovs.
MARTIN AND BROWN.—George Martin and IL Brown
(another novice of Ned Smith's) next trod the scratch, and
started for a spin of 130 yards, for 10 soya. a side. Great
things were prophesied of the unknown, and betting, if any
thing, was level, despite the known excellency of Martin.
The debutant was in good condition, and looked likely; but
in getting off Martin stole a march by a yard and a half.
The men were soon merrily at it, but it wz.s quite as soon
evident that Brown was overrated. Two to one was hastily
offered on Martin, but not taken ; he finally ran in four yards
in advance, the Novice running a game losing race. Brown
gives promise of better things; he runs in good form, and is
likely to improve.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the Rouse of Commons.)

MONDAY, AUG. 24.

Sittings of the House.—On'the motion of Mr. Brotherton,
a return was ordered, " of the number of days on which the
House of Commons sat in the session 1846 ; stating the total
number of hours occupied in the sittings of the House, and
the average time; and also showing the number of hours en
which the House sat each day, and the number of hours after
midnight, and the number of entries in the Votes of each
day's proceedings."
Divisions of the House.—On the motion of the same Hon.
Member the following return was ordered :—" The number
of divisions in the session 1846 ; stating the subject of the
division and the number of Members in the majority and
minority, tellers included; also the aggregate number in the
House on each division ; distinguishing also the divisions on
private Bills from public ; and also the number of divisions
before and after midnight (in continuation of Parliamentary
Paper, No. 659, of session 1845)."
Messengers from the Lords brought up the following Bills,
to which their Lordships have agreed :
Fisheries (Ireland) Bill—Cameron's Coalbrook Steam Coal
and Swansea and Loughor Railway Bill, with amendments.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
ADMIRALTY, AUG. 22, 1846.
The undermentioned blasters have been placed on the
Retired List, with the rank of Commander, pursuant to the
Order in Council of the 19th of May, 1846 :
rmsT CLASS OF MASTF.P.S.— PAY OF 12s. 6D. A DAY.
Mr. C M. White Mr. F. W. R. Sadler
John llepburn . Robert Yule
Henry Craddock R. L. Hicks
Alexander Lumsdale William White (b)
John Gaze John Town
William Wilkinson - John Franklin
Daniel Lye William Miller
William Purdo James Wood
George Thomas
SECOND CLASS OF MISTERS.-1 OS. 6D. A DAY.
Mr. Peter Burn Mr. Thomas Curtis
Michael Spratt Peter Parker
Thomas Hoskins William Ellis (a)
Robert Balfour Thomas Read
Joseph Seymour Edward Sabben
William M‘Kellar George Millard
Henry Lawrence William Sidney
Roger Taylor Joseph Higgs
James Duncan R. Hodges
Alexander Cannon Alexander Horn
Nicholas Tinmouth John William Trotter
A. F. Morgan

'PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.

A court- martial is ordered to assemble on board the Vic-
tory, 104, Captain Paseo, on Wednesday morning, at 9
o'clock, for the trial of Captain the Hon. John Gordon' of
the America, 50, for disobedience to orders. Admiral Sir
Charles Ogle, the Commander-in-Chief at this port, will sit
as president.
Out of the freight money accruing to Captain Gordon for
bringing home the treasure, he has distributed among the
ship's company 1,200!. An act of this unprecedented kind
needs no comment.
Captain Gordon submitted his reasons for returning home
to the Admiralty immediately on his arrival, but their Lord-
ships not deeming the reasons submitted sufficient to war-
rant Captain Gordon leaving his station at the critical time
he did, have ordered the court-martial to decide upon his
conduct. The result is looked forward to with the most
intense interest.

The Thetis, 36, built on the design of Messrs. Chatfield,
Reid, and Creuze, the Committee of the School of Naval
Architecture, was launched at Devonport Dockyard on Fri-
day afternoon at a quarter before 5 o'clock, in the presence
of a vast concourse of spectators. Lady West, wife of Ad-
miral Sir John West, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief, named
the vessel. The following are her principal dimensions,
&c. :

Extreme length ... ... 198 10%
Length between the perpendiculars ... 164 71%
Length of keel for tonnage ... ... 135 11%
Extreme breadth ... 46 6
Breadth moulded ... 45 3
Breadth for tonnage 45 11
Depth in hold ... ••• 13 614
Burden in tons, 1,524 13.94.

The following is intended to be her armament ;
No. Calibre Ft. In.
4 8-inch ; weight, 60 cwt.; length, 8 10
Maindeck •• •• [lB 32-pounders; weight, 56 cwt. ; length, 9 6
Quarterdeck &l 14 32-pounders; weight, 41 cwt.; length, 8 0
forecastle

Her complement is to be 360 men. She will be brought
forward for some commission immediately, and put in com-
petition with some of the Surveyor of the Navy's vessels of
the same class.

The North Star, 26, is detained at Spithead in order that
Sir Everard Home, Bart., may sit at the court-martial upon
the Hon. Captain Gordon, although there would be sufficient
captains to form a legal court without him,—Captain Pasco,
of the Victory; Captain Chads, of the Excellent; and Cap-
tain Robb, of the Gladiator. Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker
will also sit.

THE ARMY.—The half-yearly change of quarters of
the Infantry Household Brigade is to take place on the Ist
of the ensuing month, in the following order :—The Ist bat-
talion of the Grenadier Guards will move from St. George's
Barracks to Winchester; the 2d battalion from Wellington
Barracks, St. James's-park, to St. John's Wood; and the 3d
battalion from Windsor to the Tower. The Ist batta-
lion of the Coldstream from St. John's Wood to St.
George's Barracks ; and the 2d battalion from Winchester to
Portman-street. The Ist Battalion of the Scots Fusiliers will
move from Portman-street to Wellington Barracks; and the
2d battalion from the Tower to Windsor.—United Service
Gazette.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICH, AUG UST 18.—
Memorandum.—The second lieutenants included in the
general order of this date are posted to companies as follows,
and have the Master-General's leave until the 30th of Sep-
tember, when they will join at Woolwich :—Second Lieu-
tenants—Soady, to Captain Mee's company, Bth battalion ;
Stewart, to Lieutenant-Colonel Colquhoun's company, Bth
battalion ; Woolsey, to Captain Cater's company, 2d batta-
lion ; Drayson, to Captain Poole's company, 4th battalion ;
Elgee, to Captain 'Fireman's company, 4th battalion;
Cartheu, to Captain Markland's company, 4th battalion;
Forbes, to Captain Wilson's company, Gth battalion; Blair,
to Major Greenwood's company, Bth battalion ; Martineau,
to Captain —'s company, 3d battalion ; Hunter, to Captain
Tulloch's company, Ist battalion; Hay, to Captain D'Arley's
company, Ist battalion; Macdougal, to Captain Story's
company, Ist battalion; Spurway, to Captain Gastin's com-
pany, 9th battalion; Young. to Captain James's company,
4th battalion ; Buultbee, to Captain Lethbridge's company,
sth battalion.

The accounts from many districts are very favourable
to the approaching partridge shooting. The broods are
strong on the wing, the coveys large, and the prospect of an
early harvest will enable sportsmen to take the field cm the
first of September without the usual restrictimn with respect
to the standing crops.—Dfaccletfieki angler.

COURT CIRCULAR.
PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY, AUG. 22.—His Royal High. •
ness Prince Albert, left Plymouth at 7, attendecri
by the Hon. Captain Gordon and Mr. Ans`-o—gWvisit the
old war prisons on Dartmoor Forest, and ot,liirr-ptoperty rs'
of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wiles.
The Queen lauded at Mount Edgecumbe at 10, A.M. kNor
attended by the Viscount Jocelyn, and the Hon. Miss
1-
Napier, and drove in the grounds. i -
Her Majesty returned to the royal yacht at 12 o'clock. - ,
Her Majesty and the Prince, attenda—by -their re- :?./
spective suites, honoured the Earl aricr.Cciuntoos of
Mount Edgecumbe with their company at ltuielieon; '
after which they enjoyed a drive through the romantic
scenery of those beautiful grounds.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort returned to the
yacht and embarked on board the Fairy for a short
cruise on the waters of the Tamer, visiting Sutton
Pool Harbour, the Mill Bay Harbour, and going up the
Plym as far as the Earl of Morley's seat at Saltram.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert dined on board the
royal yacht. There was no addition to the royal party.
The band of the Marines played on board the yacht
throughout the evening.
It is expected that her Majesty will reach Osborne on
the afternoon of Monday.

Lord Alfred Hervey and Captain Pechell, R.N., Meta-
berg for Brighton, with a deputation from Brighton, con-
sisting of the high-constable, Mr. Thomas Attree, Mr.
Thomas Freeman, and Mr. Lewis Slight, Clerk to the
Commissioners of the town of Brighton, had an interview
with Viscount Morpeth yesterday at the office of the
Woods and Forests.

Major-General Pasley had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his officialresidence
in Downing-street.

A deputation, including Mr. J. A. Hankey, Chair-
man of the East and West India Dock Company ; Mr.
Tooke, Chairman of the St. Katherine Dock Company;
and Sir John Hall, Secretary to the St. Katherine Dock
Company, had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon
yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade.
Mr. James Walker had an interview yesterday with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

LYCEUM THEATRE.
A new grand burlesque extravaganza, one of those
agreeable combinations of spectacle and fun for the pro•
(action of which this theatre, since it has been under the
management of the Keeleys, has become so deservedly
celebrated, was produced last evening with great and
deserved success. It is from the pen of Charles Dance,
and it is entitled The Magic Horn,
" Being, in fact, a version somewhat trancll6,
Of Oberon by Weber and by Planche."

Sir Huon (whose title is here changed to Sir Bottle)
of Bordeaux, was represented by Keeley, who, in chain
armour, and wearing a helmet as tall as himself, looked
the most grotesque and most terrible of knights. He
gave a parody of the celebrated scene, " Yes, even love
to fame must yield," quite in the Braham style. His
imitation of the manner—ay, and occasionally of the
voice, too—of the great original, was most laughably
true, and he was encored, as a matter of course.
Then Mrs. Keeley, as Reiza, also came out
as a giver of imitations, and her Rachel was
quite as good as her husband's Braham. Mr. A.
Wigan was Sherasmin, transformed into an Irishman,
and christened Sherrywine ; while Oberon, having
chauged his name to O'Brian, for an Irish estate, found
a most fascinating representative in Miss Villars. Little
Miss Keeley was Puck, and sang some exquisite melo-
dies with great taste and effect. Frank Mathews, as the
Emir of Tunis, was the very pink of savage husbands
and remorseless tyrants, and Miss Bromley, as Fatima,
danced, and sung, and acted very gracefully. The
dances were admirably arranged, and admirably executed.
There was a pas in the first act, which was given in quite
a Cerito like style by a lady whose name does not
appear in the bills. The grouping of the corps de ballet
around her at the conclusion was very beautiful. The
pas, in the second act, in which this same lady dances
with Miss Fairbrother, was also most admirably given;
and, like the former, it concludes with a most effective
pas d'ensemble by the corps de ballet. The scenery is
superb. The appearance of Reiza in the first scene,
and the change from the forest to the city of Bagdad,
were both excellently managed. The view of Bagdad
by Phillipps is really an exquisite picture. The sink-
ing of the ship in the storm at the conclusion of the
first act is a fine scenic effect. The concluding scene of
all, the fairy home of Oberon and Titania, is literally
" a blaze of triumph," and on this the curtain falls.
This is by far the most perfect thing of the sort that
has been produced for some time. It combines the wit,
and fun, and pleasantries of Valentine and Orson,
with the gorgeous splendour of Aladdin; and will, no
doubt, have a long run. The principal artistes were
called for at the conclusion, and were rewarded for their
exertions by the enthusiastic applause of a crowded
house.