The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-08 00:00:00

SEA HAM RACES.

MONDAY.—Tt,e All-Age Stakes of 5 soya. each and
20 added, were won by Mr. Prosser's br. g., beating Mr.
Jenning's Laurel Leaf and Mr. Field's Maid of Oaks.
A Sweepstakes of 7 soya. each and 15 added, was won
by Mr. Williamson's Prince Charley, beating Mr. Adatn-
son's Ploughboy. Mr. Prosser's Pilot, and two others.
TUESDAY.-The Lord Seaham Plate was won by Mr.
Prosser's br. g., beating Mr. Robinson's c. by Canteen,
and Maid of Oaks.

Match, 50.—Mr. Reed's Billy beat Mr. Williamson's
Prince Charley.

HUNTING APP OINTMENTS.

The East Kent Hounds meet on Tuesday at Lydden ;
Friday, at Ashley.
The C ,nterbury Harr;ers meet on Monday at Winsheap
Pound ; Thursday, at Wingham—at ten.
The Thanet Harriers meat on Monday at Monkton Sea
Mark—at ten.

The West Kent Hounds meet on Monday at the Hop
Poll Inn ; Wednesday, at Held Court ; Friday, at Pratt's
Bottom—at ten.

The Tickham Hounds meet on Monday at Black Port,
Hollingborue ; Thursday, at Longbeach—at half-past ten.
Lord Petre's Puckeridge Hounds meet on Monday at
Patmore Hall; Wednesday, at Quendon-street; Saturday,
at Cumbelow Green—at half-past ten.

The Cottesmore Hounds meet on Monday at Manttorpe ;
Tuesday, at Filtoon Wood ; Thursday, at Uffington Wood
—at a quarter before eleven.
Lord Fitzwilliam's Hounds meet on Monday at Milton
Ferry Bridge; Wednesday, at Bythorn Toll Bar; Thurs-
day, at Castor Hangland—at ten.
Lord Yarborough's Hounds meet on Monday at Grainsby
House; Wednesday, at Horkslow Village; Friday, at
Greyingbain Bar ; Saturday, at Kennel—at eleven.
Sir It. Sutton's Hounds meet on Monday at Wiekenby ;
Tuesday, at Brattleby ; Wednesday, at Kettlethorpe ;
Friday, at Harpswell ; Saturday, at Fiskerton Long Wood
—at eleven. r,
Mr. C. Brock's Hounds meet on Tuesday at Stone Bow
Turnpike ; Friday, at the Crow's Nest—at half-past ten.
The Easton Hounds meet on Wednesday at Kyre Wood
House—at nine.

The Upton Harries meet on Tuesday at the Kennel,
Hanley—at eleven.
The Cambridgeshire Hounds meet on Monday at the
Downing Arms; Friday, at Madingley—at half-past ten.
The Royston Harriers melt on Tuesday at Chishill
Mill ; Thur-day, at the Kennel—at half-past ten.
Mr. Mure's Hounds meet on Tuesday at the Divers'
Arms; Thursday, at Worsted Lodge, or Bryant's Malting
—at half•past ten.
The Suffolk and Essex Hounds meet on Monday at
Bently Hall, Essex; Wednesday, at Wiston ; Friday, at
the Bell, Kiserave—at half-past ten.
The Eas: Susox Hounds meet on Monday at Clapham
—at a quarter before eleven.
Mr. Meynell's Hounds meet on Monday at Blishfield ;
Thursday, at Longford; Saturday, at Wielmor Park—
half-past ten.
The Shropshire Hounds meet on Monday at Acton
Reynald; Tuesday, at Acton Burnell ; Wednesday, at
Rowton Castle; Friday, at Sandorne (2stle; Saturday,
at Ercall Mill—at half past ten.

The Albrighton Hounds meet on Tuesday at Ran Dans ;
Thursday, at Houghmoor ; Saturday, at Enville—at half-
past ten.
Mr. Wiekstead's Hounds meet on Tuesday at Seighford ;
Thursday, at Crewe; Friday, at Hankilow—at half-
past ten.
The Herefordshire Hounds meet on Tuesday at Ber-
rineton ; Friday, at Bradwardine Bridge—at half-past ten.
The Hambledon Hounds meet on Monday at Winter's
Hill Common—at half-past ten.
Mr. Portman's Ho.rnds meet on Monday at Compton
Castle; Wednesday, at Cucklington.
The Charborough R.unds meet on Monday at Char-
borough Kennel; Thursday, at Cold Harbour, on the
turnpike road between Wareham and Bere Regis—at eleven.
The Burton Vale Hounds meet on Friday at Marnhill
Common.

AN ESTIMABLE CLERGYMAN.—Such was
the universal esteem in which the Rev. Mr. Keary, Pro•
testant Curate of Headford, county Galway (whose demise
took place on Thursday se'nnight), was held, that at his
interment the people (an immense assemblage of whom
attended on the melancholy occasion) both Protestant and
Roman Catholic, took the horses from the hearse, and
drew it to the grave, a distance of three miles....Stetaart's
Dispatch.

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TO THE EDI"' a I:C"Tkr SI: r ''''
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SIR,-0a reference to ' rlk*plY trie,:rfind
.n it there are a very gre nAgatire 1 offbadliargstiniVto
Government and the country44l7oEoW whi) taVe.teen
drawing half-pay for the last forty and' iftiy-3itiais for no
service whatsoever. I shall just give you a few names of
the lowest rank ; there can be no doubt about them :-
20th Light Dragoons.—Cornet Wm. Cowden appears,
d ►te of Commission, April 1783, and to have been put on
half-pay 1783.
21st Dragoons.—Cornet Sir C. B. Codrington, Bart.,
date of Rank, August 1782, put on Half-pay 1783.
22,1 Dragoons.—Cornet J. Drake Brakeman, Rink,
1783, put on Half-pay 1783.
10th Foot. —Ensign Wm. Ross, date of Commission,
1783, put on Half-pay 1783.
15th Foot.—Ensign Nathaniel Coffin, date of Commis-
sion, 1783, put on Half-pay 1783.
16th Foot.—Ensign Francis Gordon, date of Commis-
sion, 1784, put on Half-pay, 1784.
17th Foot.—Ensign Duke Gifford, date of Commission,
1783, put on Half-pay 1783.
37th Foot.—Ensign Augustus Brown, date of Commis-
.ion, 1783, put on Half-pay 1783.
Ditto.—Ensien Thomas Andrews, date of Commission,
1783, put on Half-pay 1783.
Even making the half pay from the country to amount
to no more than 501. per annum for a cornet or ensign,
at five per cent. compound interest, and adding the 501.
early for fifty years, it comes to no less than 10,467/.1! !
I could name a great number of persons " who are
lrawing half-pay" of superior rank, who have never
served out of the country, nay, even two full Generals.
In the navy, no officer under the rank of lieutenant
lraws half-pay, and he must serve six years at the least
before that rank can be acquired. Why not limit half-
pay in the army to men that have served for at least four
or six years, and that on a reduced scale till they serve
twelve or fifteen years.

HA'

Some of these old boys are in diluent circumstances.
There are, I think, at least forty of the lowest rank,
cornets or ensigns, still alive. What a saving it would
hive been if they bad never been appointed, for a dead
weight they have been to all intents and purposes.
. There are a great many of higher ranks, some of whom
never joined a corps.

Portemouth, Oct. 30, 1833• A SUBSCRIBER.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, Nov. 7.—Wind N.E., fresh.—Sailed nearly all
he outward.bonad.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 7.—Wind W. to E.S.E., p.m.
N.N.W.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Jupiter, from the
qauritius—sailed the 11th August. and St. Helena the
26th September; and Great Britain, Swinburne, from
Quebec, in 19 days from Grosse Isle.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 6.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Five
Brothers, Cousins, from Labrador.

FALMOUTH, Nov. 6.—Wind W.S. W., strong breezes
end squally.—Arrived the Opossum packet, from Vera
Cruz—sailed the 14th September, and Havannah the 4th
ilt., has on hoard 262,000 dollars in freight; and his
Alajesty's ship Pantaloon, from Lisbon—sailed the 27th
olt., and Oporto the 30th. Sailed his Majesty's steamer
Ratner, for the Mediterranean, with mails.
STANGATE CREEK, Nov. 6.—Arrived the Helen Scott,
Scott, from Trieste ; Lynx, Hyam, from Malaga ; an I
Eliza, Nowlan, from Alic int.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 6.—Arrived the Margaret Johnson,
Sowerby, from Pernambuco ; Freak, Bouch, from New
York; Margaret, Sutherland, Civilian, Lawson, and
Rival, M'Kenzie, from Quebec ; Joseph, Lock, from
Newfoundl Ind ; Amelia, Cholditch, from Messina ; and
Elizabeth, Ogilvie, from St. Petcrsburgh.
DUBLIN, Nov. 5 —Arrived the Glanora, Cousins,
rom Quebec ; and Royal Oak, Carter, from Oporto.
Color, Nov. s.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Wright, and
Vittoria, Mitchell, from Quebec.

ABERDEEN, Nov. 5. krrived off port the Braemar,
Jameson, from Archangel..

YAR;1011T11 Roans, Nov. 7.—Arrived the Margaret,
Rogerson, from nramichi.

The Boa Fortuna, Castro, from Pernambuco to Lisbon,
hat been condemned and sold at St. Michael's.
A boat swamped, with " Mary, of Kirkaldy," on the
stern, was passed the 31st ult. in lat. 46. long. 16.