The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-31 00:00:00

THE CAPE ol' GOOD HOPE.

PORTSMOUTH, IVEDNESDAY ATORNING.—The Tudor,
Capt. Lay, arrived oil the Vight yesterday
evening from the Cape of Good Ilope, 3d of
April. Sir I-14rry Smith had establblis d ma-
gistrates throughout the colony. eery one was
p,atisfied and gratifies' with his government, and tt.e
colony generally bid fair to become more prosperous
than ever.
The Queen, Prince of Wales, and Marlborough are
chartered to bring "tome the 50th. The Saltord,
of Liverpool, is brit:ging home the ith Dragoon Guards.

The Tscharkeis, 36, Egyptian frivate, arrived at Spit-
head lust evening, after sunset. This vessel, as stated
in our naval intelligence, hus come to England to receive
machinery to propelling her by steam. She is a re-
markably handsume•looking vessel, and of great length.
Times.

THE TEN HOURS BILL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—Acting on behalf of John Fielden, Esq., Charles
Ilindley, &q., M.P., Joseph Brotherton, Ecq., M.P., and
H. A. Aglionby,Esq., M.P., the gentlemen deputed, along
with myself, by the operatives of Lancashire and York-
shire to request her Majesty's acceptance of a gold medal
to commemorate the passing of the Ten Hours Bill, I
had the honour to place it in the hands of Prince Al►iert
to be laid before her Majt sty.
The following is her Majesty's most gracious answer,
which I request you to be good enough to insert in the
Times, where the resolutions have already appeared.
I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
May 30. ASHLEY.
" Buckingham Palace, May 30.
" My dear Lord Ashley —I have received the com-
mands of his Royal Highness the Prince Albert to assure
you of the willingness with which his Royal Highness
has laid before her Majesty the Queen the medal which
you have been the chosen medium of forwarding for pre-
sentation.
"I am commanded to inform you that her Majesty has
been graciously pleased to accept this token of the loyalty
of her subjects employed in the factory districts of Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire.
"His Royal Highness has desired me to assure you
that no Legi4ati%e measure of Parliament which can
conduce to the happiness or tend to increase the do-
mestic comfort or moral improvement of the people can
be viewed with indifference by her Majesty, to whom
their sufferings are always the cause of as much sym-
pathy as their prosperity and welfare must be a source
of gratification.—Believe me, my dear Lurd Ashley, very
sincerely yours, " C. B. PHIPPS.
" The Lord Ashley."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
SETTLING FOR THE DERBY AND OAKS.—It rarely
happens that the Derby settling is good when the fa-
vourite wins; and no one, we believe, was bold enough
to anticipate that it would be so yesterday. Large
sums were lost by several of the most cautious specula-
tors—some from having drawn erroneous conclusions
from the large outlay on Loseatone, which made it look
hke " coining money " to bet against Surplice ; and
others, from not having been able to resist the tempting
state of the market for the three or four days preceding
the race. The defeat of the two o..ks favourites brought
buck some of the money lost on the Derby; still the
losing balseces on a great majority of the accounts were
heavy, making the amount to be provided to meet the
claims of the Goodwood party something like 60,0001.
A much larder sum than this has been named, but we
believe the actual total does not exceed the sum men-
tioned. It will be inferred that we were not prepared
for a good settling; and our apprehensions on this head
were increased by rumours that two or three parties
were not in a position to meet their liabilities; these
rumours turned out to be correct, and thus the gross
sum was reduced to the extent of at least twelve or tour-
teen thousand pounds; the settling, nevertheless, was
very much better than might have been expected under
the circumstances, and we hear there aro scree g hopes
that a considerable portion of the outstanding balances
will ultimately be forthcoming. It is fortunate for the
ring that Springy Jack was not the first to catch the
judge's aye.

THE LATE CAPTAIN WAILRAND, It.N.—This officer,
whose demise we have already briefly recorded, was ono
of the most distinguished of the surviving heroes of this
late war. He entered the service in 1792, and was for
many years actively employed. In 1794 he was engaged
at Guadaloupe; he also took part in the victory off Cape
St. Vincent, the blockade of Malta, and the operations
on the coast of Italy, at Barcelona and Genoa. In 1801
he was engaged in Egypt. He was Lieutenant of the
Prince of Wales in Calder's action, and commanded the
Bloodhound gun-brig in this Walcheren expedition. In
1812, while Lieutenant of the Sea Lark schooner, he
captured a privateer of superior lorce.
REFINED CorrEn.—A vessel arrived in the River
from Hammel-lest, and belonging to Norway, has
brought 7,239 ingots of the refined copper. This ap-
pears to be a somewhat unusual importation from this
northern state of Eirope, and the arrival is of interest.