The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-05 00:00:00

EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5,

difference of the American Consul to their sad fate.
This gentleman, as you are aware, is Mr. A. F.
Owen, late representative from Georgia in Congress,
and nominated by Mr. Filmore to replace General
Campbell, the late Consul here. Mr. Owen was called
upon by an American residing here, to tee if he had
made any effort to see those of his countrymen who
were thus inhumanly to be shot; the Consul took the
ground that they had been declared outlaws by Mr.
Filmore, and he should not interfere in the matter.
After some conversation, he concluded that he would
write to the Captain-General, which he did, request-
ing only an interview. At two o'clock he had re-
ceived no answer."

The following are the names of the leading men
engaged in the expedition which landed at Ca-
banos

General Narciso Lopez, the leader of the expe-
dition.

Colonel J. Pragay, late of the Hungarian army,
formerly Adjutant-General to General Klapks, and
second in command at Conlon), when that place ca-
pitulated. lie goes second in command to General
Lopcz.
Colonel Crittenden, late of the United State's'
army, and nephew of the Attorney• General of the
United States. He had the immediate command of
the Artillery. _ .

Colonel holloaan, of Georgi 9, who served through
the Mexican war.
Colonel Chase.

Major J. A. Kelly, who served in the Florida and
Mexican wars, and was once a leading Whig editor in
Louisiana.

Captain W. Scott Haynes.
Captain A. J. Dailey.
Captain Ellis, late of the Hungarian army.
Captain Victor Kerr, late of the Hungarian army.
The Pampero is commanded by Captain Lewis,
who directed the Creole so successfully in the Carde-
nas expedition, and who was arrested in this city a
short time ago, while in command of the Cleopatra,
and held to bail in the sum of 5,000 dolls.

The account of the executions at Havannah is thus
given by a correspondent of the New York Herald :
" I am too much affected to write to you more than
to say that I have this day been witness to one of the
most brutal acts of wanton inhumanity ever perpe-
trated in the annals of history. Not content, this
Government, in avenging themselves in the death of
these unfortunate, and perhaps misguided, men, and
which it may even be said was brought upon them-
selves, these Spanish authorities deserve to be most
severely chastised for their exceedingly reprehensible
conduct in permitting the desecration, as they have
done, of the senseless clay of our brave countrymen.
This morning
" Forty Americans, One Italian,
" Four Irish, One Phillippine Islander,
" One Scotch, Two Hbaaneros, and
" Two Germans, or Hungarians,

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were shot at eleven o'clock, after which the troops
were ordered to retire, and some hundreds of the
very vilest rabble and negroes, hired for the purpose,
commenced stripping the dead bodies and mutilating
their limbs.

" I never saw men—and could scarcely have sup-
posed it possible—conduct themselves at such an
awful moment with the fortitude these men displayed
under such trying circumstances. They were shot
six at a time—i. e., twelve were brought to the place
of execution, six made to kneel down and receive the
fire of the soldiers, after which the remaining six
were made to walk round their dead comrades and
kneel opposite to them, when they also were shot.
After being stripped and their bodies mutilated in
the barbarous manner I have described, they were
shoved six or seven together, bound as they were,
into hearses, which were used last year for cholera
cases. No coffins were allowed them; and I think
the manner they were put into the hearses was
equally as disgusting as their other acts ; the heads
of some were almost dragging on the ground, and it
had more the appearance of a slaughter-cart on its
way to market from the slaughter-house than that
of a hearse containing the dead bodies of human
beings.
" A finer looking set of young men I never saw ;
they made not a single complaint, not a murmur
against their sentence, and decency should have been
shown to their dead bodies, in admiration for the he-
roism they displayed when brought out for execution.
Not a muscle was seen to move, and they proved to
the miserable rabble congregated to witness the hor-
rid spectacle that, it being the fortune of war that
they fell into the power of this Government, they
were not afraid to die. It would have been a great
consolation to these poor fellows, as they repeatedly
asked, to see their consul, and through him to have
sent their last adieus, and such little mementos as
they had, to their beloved relations in the States.
One handsome young fellow desired that his watch
should be sent to his sweetheart, but Mr. Owen, the
American Consul, did not even make application to
the Captain-General to see these unfortunate coun-
trymen in their distress, and their sacred wishes in
their last moments have been unattended to."
Notwithstanding the reverses sustained by General
Lope z, we learn that another expedition was on the
point of departing for Cuba. The steam-ship Pam-
pero, having landed the Lopez detachment, departed
for Jacksonville (several hundred miles north of the
Key West), there to embark a second expedition
under General Gonzales. The Pamper° was expected
to reach Cuba by the 19th or 20th of August.
The American steam-ship Falcon, while on her
way from the coast of Cuba for Chegres, was fired
at three times by the Spanish war steamer Habanero,
and was obliged to heave-to, and was boarded by the
officers of the frigate.
The most contradictory accounts relative to the
position of Lopez were in circulation. The latest
American version is the following, dated Havannah,
August 16 :
" The greatest anxiety is felt here by the Govern-
ment, as no news has been received from General
Enna of later date than the night before last. The
steamer lor, one of the ferry boats, has been sent
down to see what the matter is ; and one hour since
an engine was sent express to Guanajay, the western
terminus of our railroad, to bring news, either good
or bad. Nothing had been heard from the troops that
left Pinar del Rio to attack Lopez, and it is feared
they have gone over to him. His forces are momen-
tarily increasing, while the fact of nothing being re-
ceived here by land leads to the supposition that the
country has all turned in his favour. Should Lopez
soon receive reinforcements, with arms to distribute
to the crowds that go to him, General Enna must
either surrender or retreat by sea. In either case
Lopez's march to Havanuah will be uninterrupted.
You can imagine the hopes and fears that agitate the
city."
On the other hand parties favourable to the Spanish
cause write from Havannah as follows, dated Aug. 17:
" I have just received further intelligence from the
operating forces against General Lopez that he had
taken the direction of Artemisa, which is ten leagues
from llavannah, closely pursued by the Spanish
troops and the country people. I learn that last night
a corps was sent by railroad by the Captain• General
to that very place, Artemisa, so that Lopez's men
must have all been captured, and by this night the
scene will be closed on them. The Spanish troops
have unquestionably shown extraordinary enthusiasm
and bravery, and, what is still more important, the
country people manifested the same spirit, and put to
death on the spot all the men of Lopez that fell into
their hands."
The Spanish account of the execution is thus
given :
" The troops formed a square. They had on their
war uniform—the blusa and straw hat. On the ar-
rival of the troops (the cavalry and the civic guard)
the multitude on foot and on horseback, placed on the
heights, on the plain, on the sea, and a great distance
upon the edifices of Jesus del Monte and el Cerro, in-
cessantly cheering the Queen and Spain—eternal
idols of that army and of this people so much calum-
niated by the United States.
" Senor Mayor de Plazo read the usual edict, and
the criminals appeared by ten at a time, and after
being shot were taken away from the place of exe-
cution to male room for their companions. The first
chief was shot alone, the two second chiefs were shot
together—all in the midst of incessant cries in favour
of the Queen and Spain.
" Justice being done, the Lieutenant Rey, in a
speech to the soldiers and the people, expressed him-
self in strong and worthy terms, saying that the
punishment inflicted was merited by these men, who,
without a God, without a law, without a flag, came
in order to attack our nationality, our religion, our
Queen, and all other objects dear to our hearts.
" The vivats to the Queen and to the country were
repeated with more energy ; the
,troops defiled, and
the people went to the place of execution, where they
looked for what the criminals had left.

" Ten funeral cars were waiting to convey to the
cemetery the mortal remains of the .50 pirates. Those
cars had been furnished by the funeral agencies, and
were ornamented according to the circumstances of
the tragedy. .
" The justice of man is complete. God has par.
cloned the young culprits, who have lost their lives by
having trusted their faith to the infamous falsehoods
of the New Orleans pspers."
Great excitement prevailed at New Orleans in re-
ference to Cuban affairs. I here were nightly meet.
ings held, organizations going forward, drilling, &c.,
and a strong confidence was expressed in the success
of the movement. Two or three steamers were
spoken of as about to leave with troops to assist the
insurgents. The New Orleans Commercial of the
13th inst. says—
" Orders, we understand, have been received by the
Federal authorities here, .from Washington, to en-
force strictly the neutrality laws against the Cuban
expeditionists. The cutter Duane, it is said,
has been ordered from the mouth of the South-
' west Pass up to Fort Jackson, where. she will com-
-1 Lund every vowel going OVit, 4lud mistmeted Rot to

let any pass that have not clearance papers. Thera
are several young men here now from the Western
States, who have come down the river to embark for
Cubs, and rumour has it that negotiations are going
on for a steam-ship to carry them, or that she has been
actually engaged, and is being fitted up."
A great mass meeting had been held at New York,
at which 18,000 persons were present, to sympathise
with the Cuban invaders. Placards were posted
about the streets bearing the inscription, " Ttae blood
of 50 Americans cries for vengeance." At the meeting
the appended resolutions were passed amid tremen-
dous enthusiasm

" That in the opinion of this meeting it is consistent
with the peace, neutrality, and honour of our Govern-
ment for the people to assemble together and express
their sentiments upon the subject of Cuban indepen-
dence ; that such an expression, not only comports
with the magnanimity and feelings of a free people,
but is more particularly honourable to the character
of a nation who were the first to dxciate and establish
the principles of freedom.
" That our Cuban brethren, i❑ their late daring
detached risings at various points, notwithstanding all
the difficulties in their way, their want of arms, the
impossibility of concert or effective preparation, and
the perpetual presence of the troops of their tyrants to
the number of about n bayonet to every five unarmed
citizens, have proved themselves not unworthy of the
liberty which our example has taught them to long
for; and that they have our warmest sympathies and
hopes fur a triumphant issue to the revolution they
have so nobly begun.
" That the appeals so frequently made by the down-
trodden inhabitants of Cuba for uid and assistance i❑
the holy cause in which they are engaged are worthy
of being responded to by the American people, whose
appeal under similar circumstances was responded to
by a Lafayette, a Pulaski, a Kosciusko, a Mont-
gomery, and other distinguished foreigners, whose
assistance in the time of need materially contributed
towards making the old 13 colonies what they of
right ought to be—free and independent States.'
" That while the sovereign despots of the earth
claim and exercise the right of sending their artillery
and their bayonets to put down Liberty wherever she
ventures to show her head, the sovereign people of
America have at least the equal right of going to her
support, succour, and comfort; and when thus going
by individual action, without public organization or
national responsibility, they violate no law, human or
divine, but, on the contrary, in resisting tyrants obey
God.

" That we agree in doctrine with Vette], the chief
authority on the law of nations, that 'When a people,
for good reasons, take up arms against an oppressor,
justice and generosity require that brave men should
be assisted in defence of their liberty.'
" That we agree with Daniel Webster, that au-
thorities of the highest eminence, living and dead,
have maintained that the general law of nations does
not forbid the citizens or subjects of one nation from
taking part in the civil commotions of another,' with
his emphatic protest, in his correspondence with a
British Minister, against the application of the basely
slanderous term pirates ' to such persons ; and fur-
ther, with the doctrine laid down in his letter of in-
struction to the United States' Minister in Mexico,
in reference to the sending of arms and the departure
of armed emigrants to Texas, that neither the con-
stitution nor the laws of the land, nor principles
known to the usage of modern states, authorise the
President of the United States to interdict lawful
trade between the United States and Texas, or to
prevent, or attempt to prevent, individuals from
leaving the United States for Texas or any other
foreig❑ country.'
" That the firing of the United States steam-ship
Falcon, by the steam-ship Habanero, and the un-
courteous and undignified demeanour of the officers
of that vessel towards a United States Government
ship, her officers, crew, and passengers, are an insult,
for which an apology should immediately be de-
manded by our Government, and in case of satisfac-
tion not being promptly rendered by the dismissal and
disgrace of the parties who committed those deeds, a
sense of self.respect dictates that, if necessary, all the
naval powers of the country should be directed to-
wards obtaining atonement for such a wanton attack
on a defenceless steamer, and such an unprovoked in-
sult to the American flag and the American people.
"That the massacre of 50 American prisoners, by
the Spanish authorities in Cuba, in cold blood, at a
single stroke of slaughter, without the sparing of one,
or the permission of a last word or memento to their
homes, followed up as it was, after their gallant and
unflinching death, with the most brutal barbarities
practised upon their lifeless remains, was a cruel and
cowardly atrocity which awakens from the depths of
our hearts a profound sentiment of horror, detestation,
and disgust.
"That such conduct was possible only to that pirate
Government which, while fattening en the infamous
profits of the African slave trade, in violation of its
most solemn treaties, at the same time threatens to
arm the savage hordes, imported by itself, against the
Cubans, and to convert Cuba into a St. Domingo
rather than see a revolution by its oppressed people
consecrate its matchless soil to liberty, independence,
and progress.
•' That the conduct of Mr. A. F. Owen, the Ame-
rican Consul at Havannah, was dastardly and heart-
less in the extreme and unworthy of the American
character, and that it meets the just indignation of the
whole country and that of the c►vilised world.
"That it is the duty of the American Government
to recal Mr. Owen from the office which he has
proved himself so unworthy of holding, and which he
has so shamefully disgraced, and that his place be at
once filled by a more suitable representative of the
American character and the American people.
" That contributions in money are hereby solicited
to advance Cuban independence, and that a suitable
committee be appointed by the president of this
meeting to act as treasurers to receive and distribute
the same, in such manner as to them shall seem best,
for the promotion of the cause in which we have this
day heartily enlisted."

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, SEPT. 4.—We mentioned, on Saturday
last, that the celebrated clipper yacht America had
been purchased by the lion. Mr. De l3laquire, for
5,000/. She was delivered up to him on Tuesday,
the American colours hauled down, and the English
ensign hoisted. She has since been measured by Mr.
Cutbbertson, tidewaiter at this port ; her tonnage
proves to be 204 tons. She was, therefore, double
the size of the Titania. This is no small credit to the
little Iron Pot, as they called her. She ran the
Yankee well; and if the clipper had not been fortu-
nate and caught a slant of wind, there would not
have been half the difference between them on their
coming in.
Lord Fitzhardinge intends having his yacht length-
ened eight feet by the bows, by Ratiey.

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.
Sept. I.—Lotus schooner, Viszount Clifton, from
eastward.

SAILINGS.

Aug. 29.—Lavrock cutter, Captain C. 11. Williams,
R.N., Cowes harbour, to lay up ; Osprey ditto, H.
Goodden, Esq., ditto.
Sept. I.—Xarifa schooner, Commodore Earl of
Wilton, Plymouth and Holyhead; Constance ditto,
Marquis of Conyngham, Cherbourg and other ports ;
Dream yawl, George Bentinck, E•q., ditto; Destiny
schooner, Charles Leslie, Esq., ditto.
2.—Lotus schooner, Viscount Clifton, ditto; Mer-
lin ditto, Colonel Markham, ditto ; Flirt ditto, Colonel
Sir C. P. Maclean, Bart., Cowes harbour, to lay up.
4.—Titania schooner, Robert Stephenson, EK]..,
London; Ermina ditto, Earl of Ellesmere, Ports-
mouth ; Alarm cutter, Jos. Weld, Esq., Lymington,
left for the season.
YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.

Capricorn, Drift, Wizard, lone, Elizabeth, Water-
lily, Arid, Eagle, Susan, Aurora, Maritana, Dol-
phin, Frisk, Gulnare, Syren, Stella.
Sir W. Heathcote has taken Gothic Hall; Captain
Daniel, Harriet Lodge; Mr. Maudesley, Rosetta
Cottage ; Mr. Lashley, the 9th Cottage.
We have more houses taken for the autumn, than
we ever before remember.

THE MILITARY FORCE IN IRELAND IN SRI,
Tf.s.laEn.--The following is the official return of the present
military force in Ireland (including the additional reinforce-
ments lately sent over), with the head-quarters of the dif-
ferent regiments of cavalry and infantry, and those of the
depot companies :—Cavalry-Ist Regiment of Dragoon
Guards, Nevvbridge ; 4th ditto, Cahir ; sth ditto, Longford;
6th ditto, (Carabiniers) Ballincollig ; and 7th, ditto, New-
bridge. 6th Regiment of Dragcons (Enniskillen), Dublin ;
7th Hussars, Dublin. Infantry—lat Regiment of Foot
(Royals), 2d battalion Fermoy; 2d ditto (depot company),
Kinsale; 3d ditto (Buffs), depot, Boyle; 6th ditto (depot),
Nenagh ; 9th ditto, Athlone; 14th ditto, Dublin; 17th ditto,
Galway; 27th ditto, Dublin; 31st ditto, Enniskillen; 34th
ditto kdepot), Mullingar ; 35th ditto. Dublin; 39th ditto,
Dublin; 40th ditto, Cork; 41st ditto (depot), Castlebar;
43d ditto, Clonmel ; 47th ditto (depot). Waterford (for the
lonian islands); 49th ditto (depot), Fermoy; 52d ditto,
Limerick ; 55th.-ditto (depot), Cork ; 57th ditto, Dublin ;
59th ditto (depot), Fermoy; 60th ditto (Rifles), 24 battalion
(depot). Carlow; 62d ditto, Dublin; €3d ditto, Limerick;
06th ditto (depot), Youghall ; 71st ditto (Ist battalion)
Newry; 734 ditto (depot), Londonderry; 74th ditto (depot),
Fermoy; 81st ditto, Templemoro; 89th ditto, Dublin; 90th
ditto, Cork; 91st ditto, Belfast; ana 92. 4 ditto (depot com-
panies), Dublin. '1 he above force, which is larger than for
some months past, including the Royal Artillery, Sappers
and Miners, &c., is 23,500 men, besides which are the
mounted and local pilice and the battalions of enrolled out-
pensioners, who can be called out at a very short notice if
required.
SALISDURY.—The vicarage of Avebury with Win-
terborne Monkton annexed, near Marlborough, Wilts, has
just become vacant by the death of the Rev. James Mayo.
The living is in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and its value
lis under 2001. per annum. The deceased was formerly head
master of the grammar school of Queen Elizabeth, at Wim-
borne Minster, and till within the last few years held the
living of 131ackland, near Caine, Wilts.

1851.

SPORTING NOTES.
No. CXX.
NOTES AND NOTIONS ON THE GREAT

ST. LEGER.

" Now, if you look but closely, you will find
I have the seeds of judgment in my mind:
The running gives at least a glimmering light;
The lines, though traced but roughtly, are drawn right."
POPE (slightly altered).

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sia,—Notwithstanding the position of the first fa-
vourites in the odds being only 2 and 4 to 1, with
Aphrodite close upon their heels at 7 to I, the public
generally feel inclined to look upon this St. Leger as the
darkest we have had since The Baron's year (1845),
and if the strength of the field, which at the present
moment, it is presumed, will number from fifteen to
twenty, is any criterion to judge by, without doubt
it is so. The qualities of two or three of the pro-
bable starter; such as Clasher, Lough Bawn,
and First Fruits are altogether dark to seven-eighths of
that vast community, denominated the sporting world;
and with regard to several others vt hose private trials
and public performances have not tallied in the slightest
degree with each other, making them almost, if not
quite, as dark to the public us those that have not yet
made their debitts,it is very choir from this that of 7roAXat
have some foundation for the dark opinion before-men-
tioned, and that, consequently, great care must hts exer-
cised in deciding en their in rits. The Doncaster St.
Leger is now in its seventy-fourth year; some people
would say its seventy-sixth, but that is not the case, to:
although a sweepstakes on exactly the same conditions
as that which was afterwards named The St. Leger
was won by Lord Rockiegham's br f by Samp-
son, in 1776, and in 1777, by Mr. Sother-
ton% Bourbon, yet the first St. Leger, so called at
the time, was not run until 1778, when it was
won by Sir Thomas Gascoigne's Hollandaise. Like
many other affairs on the face of this sublunary ball, this
great race was christened at a convivial meeting of the
sporting bloods of that day, under the influence of the
grape, and in compliment to a very celebrated character
then present—Colonel St. Leger. The conditions have
been repeatedly altered; in 1778 it was a sweepstakes
of 25 guineas each; colts Bst, and fillies 7st 121 b; two
miles. In 1790, same distance, colts Bst 121 b, and
fillies Bst. In 1825, a sweepstakes of 25 sovereigns
each. In 1826, colts Bst 61b, fillies Bst 31b; St. Leger
course. In 1832, a sweepstakes of 50 sovereigns each,
h ft. In 1835, the owner of the second horse received 100
sovs. out of the stakes. In 1839, the weights were finally
settled at—colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Sat 21b. In 1843, the
owner of the second horse received 200 soya. out of the
stakes, and the third saved his stake. The winner paid
30 soya. to the judge. In 1844, the winner paid 100
soya. towards expenses. In 1846, the owner of the se-
cond horse received 300 sm. out of the stake; and the
third 100 son. In 1850, the winner paid 25 sous. to the
judge. In the present year it is once more to be a
sweepstakes of 25 soya. each; the owner of the second
horse to receive 100 soya. out of the stakes. The winner
to pay 100 soya. towards expenses, 25 soya. to the judge,
and 25 sous. to the starter. The new plan of 25 soya.
each, pp, it is obvious must be better than the old one
of 50 sovs, each, half forfeit; it will, I am convinced,
result in enlarged fields, instead of the eight, nine, or
ten starters that have generally mustered at the
post of late years. During the seven years that I have
wielded the prophetic pen I have had tolerable success
on the first great race of the year—the Derby ; but on
the second—the Great St. Leger, have been favoured
with much greater success, and in three instances out of
six was successful enough to place the first and second.
The following is my summing up each year :-
1845 ... Pantasa (third).
1846 lago (second).
1847 ... ... Van Tromp 1
Cossack ... ... 2
1848 ... Surplice ... ... 1
Canezou ... 2
1849 ... The Flying Dutchman 1
Nuunykirk ... 2
1850 ... Voltigeur.
If my antecedents are any indication of what I may do
in this essay, my present peep behind the curtain of
futurity will be a successful one. Among the horses
that have at various times made some stir in the list
portion of the betting market for various races,
and who are entered for the St. Leger, the
following will be non est on the forthcoming
occasion, viz.: The Saxon, The Tout, Badajoz,
Hook'em Snivvy, Sister to Wanota, Glenhawk, Olean-
der, The Cutler, Vivandß:re, Jack Leeming, Jugger-
naut, Pandemue, Phlegethon, Phlegra, Deceitful, Bal-
sam°, Ipsus, Confidence, 800, Primitious, Brother to
Chanticleer, Croupier, and Lightfoot. From the remain-
maining ninety-seven I shall subtract the following
batch as forming the lot from which the starters must
be selected, which batch consists of Lough Bawn,
Clasher, Heart Breaker, Cnsaus, Hippolytus, Midas,
Bonnie Dundee,* Grosvenor, Exeter, The Prime
Minister, The Confessor,* The Ban, phrodite, Ho-
thorpe, Grecian, Hernandez, First Fruits, Constellation,
Newminster, Sir Rowland Trenchard, Mountain
Deer,* The Calcntator, Lamartine, Miserrima,*
Storm,*Knook Knoll, Gholab Singh, Azeth, and Ephesus.
Those having an asterisk prefixed to their names are
the most dubious as to starting. The market this morn-
ing exhibits the following as the prices of the St. Leger
candidates :—Hernandez, 5 to 2; The Ban, 4 to 1;
Aphrodi é, 7 to 1; Hothorpe, 12 to 1; Newminster, 12
to 1; Lsrnartine, 15 to 1; The Prime Minister, 15 to 1;
Grecian, 20 to 1; Ephesus, 25 to 1; First Fruits, 25 to
1; Exeter, 33 to 1; Clasher, 33 to 1; 50 to 100 to 1
against any other. My information on ono or two points
not being complete at the present moment, I shall defer
the analyz4tiou of the chances of the candidates for the
Gra:A St. Leger of 1851 until to-morrow, when the name
or names of the horse or horses destined to play the most
important part or parts in the quadrupedal drama at
Doncaster the week after next shall be, at least I hope I
so, duly announced.
I am, Sir, yours, Si4c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
Sept. 5, 1851.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
4 to 1 agat Mr. Parker's Calculator—taken
8 to 1 agst Mr. Meeson's The Castle—taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Miss Ann
12 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Panope
No others mentioned, and not half a dozen bets laid.
ST. LEGER.
2 to 1 agat Lord Enfield's Hernandez—take 5 to 2
4 to 1 agat Sir J. Hawley's The Ban—taken
7 to 1 agst John Day's lot—taken and afterwards
offered
7 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Aphrodite—taken and
afterwards offered
20 to 1 agst Mr. Halford's Prime Minister
25 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian
Aphrodite was backed for about 3001. at 7 and 8 to 1,
and left off at 7 to 1 layers; John Day's lot, Grecian,
and Primo Minister were friendless.
CESAREWITCH STAKES.
20 to 1 agst Mr. Saxon's The Black Doctor—taken
25 to 1 agat Lord H. G. Lennox's Mokanna
50 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Champion—taken
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. J. Scott's Tricksiress—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Captain Lowther's Bastinado—taken
ROCHESTER RACES.—THURSDAY.
The Maiden Plate of 401. Heats, once round.
Mr. Douglas's Irene, 7st llb .;..(R. Sherwood) 1 0 1
Mr. Austin's Miss Talbot, 7st llb (Clements) 0 0 2
Mr. Sherrard's b g by Slave, 3 yrs, 7st llb ... 3 3 dr
Mr. Pearce's Tilsit, 5 yrs, Bst 1 llb (Wakefield) 2 0 dr
Mr. Halliday na Wintonia, 9st llb (Hornsby) 0 0 dr
Mr. T. Price's Bullfincher, 9at llb ...(Owner) 0 dr
Mr. Land's f by Galaor, 3 yrs, 7st lib (Lowe) 0 dr
The first heat was won by three parts of a length, the
second was a dead heat between Irene and Miss Talbot,
and the third beat was won by two lengths.
The Innkeepers' and Tradesmen's Plate of 501. with 5
sous. added for the second. One mile and a half.
Mr. Cowley's Ella, 3 yre, 6st 61b (Kendall) 1
Mr. Bloomfield's Simplicity, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (Archer) 2
Mr. Kimmins's Jessie, 5 yrs, 7st 91b ...(Underwood) 3
Mr. C. Form's f by Slave, 4 yrs, 7st Mb (Sherwood) 4
Won by two lengths.
The Rockingham Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 40 added.
Heats, one mile and a half. (8 Subs.)
Mr. Wotton's Marchioness, (150/.), 7st lolb 2 1 1
Mr. Richardson's Firebolt, (1501.), 6at 41b ... 0 3 2
Mr. T. Price's Cheddington, (1501.), Est 41b... 0 2 3
Mr. Maasingberg's Epira, (1501.), Est Ilb 3 0 dr
Mr. Douglas's Don Pedro, (1501.), 6st 41b
Mr. W. Balchin's Durdam, (1500, 7st 131 b 0 dr
The first heat was won by half a length, the second
by a length, and the third by two lengths.
The Speculation Plate of 301., added to a Sweepstakes
of 2 soya.; the second to save his stake. Once round.
(6 Subs.)
Mr. Cowley's Ella, 3 yrs (601.), 7st ......... (Archer) 1
Mr. Austin's Tommy the Tinman, 5 yrs (601.), Bst 91b 2
Mr. Laud's Eden, 3 yrs (601.), (Lowe) 3
7st ............
Mr. Messer's Malmesbury (801.), 9st 21b...(Hornsby) • 0
Mr. Roberts's Duster, 3 yrs (604), 7st 71b (Hammond)
Mr. Inverarity's Laundrymaid, aged (604), Bst 121 b 0
Won by two lengths.
The Medway Stakes of 2 soya, each, and 30 added; the
second to receive Si. Once round and a distance. (7
Subs.)
Mr. Oldacre'a (Wine, 4 yrs (501), 7st 31b (J. Lowe) 1
Mr. Gulliver's f by Epirus, out of Blanche of Devon,
(501.), sst 131 b (Kendall) 2
Mr. Land's Eden. 3
yrs (501.), Sat 131 b (H. May) 3
Mr. Dairyraple's Pomp, 6 yra(7sl.), Bst 81b (Bernthal!) 0
Mr. Formby's f by Slane, out of Guzman's dam, 4 yrs
(R. Sherwood) 0
(501.), Tat 131 b
Mr. Rose's Willingham, 5 yrs (501.), 79t101b (Maxted) 0
Mr. Drewe's Forest Flower, aged (504), Bst (Racket) 0
Won in a canter, by a length.
LINCOLN RACES.—THURSDAY.
First year of the Lincoln Triennial Stakes of 10 sove.
each, h ft, with 50 added; for two 3 rs old colts, Sat
7!b; fillies, Bst 31b; and 51b allowed, &c.; winners
extra; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C.
Mr. J. Inman's Maid o: Lincoln, ist 121b(Whitehouse) I
Ld. Yarborough na Merry Bird, Bst slb (W. Abdale) 2
Mr. W. Wright's Valentine's Day, 7st 121 b (Simpson) 3
Mr. W. E. Hobson's Barbota, 7st 111 b ...(J. Osborne) 4
Betting-2 to 1 on Merry Bird. Won by a length.
The others beaten off.
The Lincolnshire Handicap of 15 nova. each, 10 ft, and
only 5 if declared, with 100 added; winners
i extra•the
second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 20%);v.
towards expenses. Two miles.
Mr. Wrather's Maid of Masham, 9st (G. Abele 1
1 s
Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Hylda, 7st 31b
A Osborne)s-e
l) 2-
Mr. Oliver's Ischia, 3 yrs, 4st Blb
.
Mr. J. Osborne's Cheap John, 3 yrs, 4st. 101 b (
Carroll) 4
Betting-5 to 4 on Maid of Masham, 7 to 4 agst
Ischia, and 5 to 1 agst each ofth_ e others. Won easily
llby a length; the two light weights beaten off.
The Selling Stakes of 3 am. each, *th 20 added; for

three yrs old, Bst; four, 9st; five, 9st 71b; six and
aged, 9st 121 b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The
w►nner to be sold fur 100 sous., if demanded, &c., and
allowances if to be sold for less. Heats, one mile.
Mr. Pchlley's Sweetheart, 4 yrs, 7:4 41b (301.)... 1 w.o.
Mr. Galpin's Despair, 9,t 215 (601.) (J. Howell) 2 dr
Mr. Hutton's Nutgirl, 6st 415 (800 (E. Harrison) 3 dr
Betting—First heat-2 to lou Sweetheart, and sto
2 agst Despair.
Won easily by half a length. Sweetheart walked over
for the second heat.

Hunters' Stakes of 50 sous. each, with 20 added for
horses that have been regularly hunted during the
seasons of 1850 or 1851. Three yrs old, 9st slb;
four, lOst 71b; five, list 51b; six and aged, 12st.
Mares and geldings allowed 31b, and maidens, slb.
Winners extra. Gentlemen riders. Professionals al-

lowed to ride by carrying 51b extra. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Grcgson'a Ormsby, 5 yrs, list 71b (Owner) 1 1
Mr. Coßingwood's May Qeen, 21b (E. Doh.,,y) 3 2
Mr. Davis's Gay Lad, 6 yrs, 1 Ist 71b (Mr. Buv111) 2 dr
Mr. Hutton's Nut-; ii 1, 3 yn,, 9st 21,, ...(Skeene) 4 dr
Betting—First heat-6 to 4on Ormsby. Wou by folic.
1c Dgthe. Second hest—Ally odds on Ormsby. Won in
a canter by ton lengths.
The Hunters' Stalits of 5 Fovs. each, with 20 added.
heats, two miles. (5 Subs )
Mr. Gregscres Ormsby, 5 yrs, 11,-4 ;b (0 wner) 1 1
Mr. Collingwoud's Msy gocon, 9st 21b...(1)019) 3 2
Mr. Davis's Guy Lad 6 )rs, 1151 61b (Mr. Bevil') '2 dr
Mr. Hutton'. Nutg,xl, 3 )rm, 9st 21b (Skeene) 4dr
Sian heats won in n cantor.
BETTING ON THE COURSE.
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
7to 2 agst Cateul:oor J 7to I agat Nancy (t)
CT LEGER.

7 to 1 agst Aphrodite 15 to 1 agst Newminster
CESAREWITCII.
1000 to 20 agst Sunrise 1000 to 15 agst Knight of
1000 to 15 apt Borneo Gwynue
1000 to 15 agst Dan Tucker

000 to 60 apt Eliz MiddletonCAMBRIDGESHIRE..

DERBY, 1852.
1 to 1 agst Hobby Nobble 12000 to 60 agst Treasurer

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE;

Captain Thomas Ferris, whose promotion from a
commander (1815) to the reserved half-pay list of
captains, we announced on Wednesday, has served 17
years on full pay. He entered the navy February
20, 1801, as a boy on board the Edgar, 74, Captain
Edward Buller, with whom and Captain James
Wallis' he afterwards served in the Achille, 74, on
the Channel and Irish stations, latterly as midship.
man, until May, 1802. From the following Sep.
tember until promoted to the rank of lieutenant,
October 19, 1807, we find him employed under Sir
Richard John Stracban in the Donegal and Renown,
74's, and the Caesar, 80. He assisted during that
period in the Donegal's capture in 1804,„ of the Spa-
nish 44-gun frigate Amfitrite, and a ship with a
cargo on board worth 200,000/., and was present, in
the Cxsar, at the capture, November 4, 1805, of the
four line-of-battle ships escaped from Trafalgar, as
also at the destruction, September 14, 1806, off
Cape Henry, of the 74 gun ship Impetueux. Re-
joining, March 8, 1808, the Donegal, then com-
manded by Captain Pulteney Malcolm, Mr. Ferris
escorted, in the following summer, Sir Arthur Wel-
lesley's army from Cork to Portugal ; was present at
the destruction, February 24, 1809, of three French
frigates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne; wit-
nessed the ensuing discomfiture of the French ship-
ping in Aix Roads; and assisted in an attack made
by Captain Charles Grant, of the Diana, on the two
French frigates Amazone and Eliza, protected by the
fire of several strong batteries, near Cherbourg,
November 15, 1810. After a further servitude of a
few months with Captain Malcolm in the Royal Oak,
74, he was appointed, March 3, 1812, to the Hannibal,
74, Captain Sir Michael Seymour ; and while in that
ship he contributed to the capture, March 26, 1814,
of La Sultane, of 44 guns and 330 men. On leaving
the Hannibal be became first lieutenant, Sept. 5,
1814, of the Tanais, 38, Captain Joseph James, in
which frigate be served on the Irish and Jamaica
stations until his return home in March, 1816. He
then took up his commission as commander, having
been advanced to that rank on the 20th of September,
1815. With the exception of an appointment in the
coast guard, which he held from July 6, 1830, until
the year 1833, he has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Henry Watson Hall's name having been
placed by mistake on the reserved half-pay list, will
now be transposed back to the active list of Lieute-
nant, R.N.

GALLANT RESCUE.—" H.M.B. Rolla, Sept. 2.
As the above•named vessel was passing through the
Straits of Dover, on Tuesday, the 26th ult., having
a five-knot breeze, with studding sails slow and aloft,
George Thorn, naval apprentice, fell overboard by ac-
cident, and would certainly have perished, he being
unable to swim, had it not been for the gallant and
courageous conduct of Charles Loxton, sailmaker,
who at the imminent risk of his life (being dressed in
heavy woollen clothes), jumped overboard, and sus,
needed in supporting the buy till both were picked up
by the ship's boat. The young man was some time in
the water with the boy on his back, and when picked
up was exhausted, and unable to attend his duty for
several days."—Portsmouth Guardian. [lt is to be
hoped that all the naval apprentices will be speedily
taught to swim. They have an excellent instructor
nt Portsmouth in William Morgan, a naval appren-
tice, who has obtained a silver medal for his profi-
ciency in the useful and necessary, but much-neg-
lected art of swimming.]
Buzzard, steam-sloop, at Devonport, was taken
out round the Eddystone on Wednesday to exercise
her machinery.
Defence, old 72, stationary convict in Portsmouth
Harbour, has been cleared of her convicts, brought
alongside the yard jetty, and is being jury•rigged, for
the purpose of being sent to Woolwich. None of her
fittings have been disturbed, as she will be still used
as a convict-ship.
Trafalgar, 120, Captain Greville, and the Oberon,
steam-packet, in charge of Lieut. Veitch, were at
Gibraltar, from Portsmouth, on the 25th ult., and
were to leave for Malta on the 27th. The Trafalgar
will proceed to join Sir William Parker.
Vesuvius, steam-sloop, has been taken into dock
at Devonport for the purpose of expediting her fittings.
DEVOISPORT DOCKYARD.—A survey was held on
Tuesday at the superintendent's office on the arti-
ficers above sixty-five years of age, a large superan-
nuation being about to take place in the dockyard.
It was stated that Captain Lord Edward Russell,
of the Vengeance, 84, had lost 1401. in bank-notes on
Wednesday last on his return from London, but as
be stopped for some considerable time at Brighton,
he was unable to decide whether the money was
stolen at London, Brighton, or Portsmouth. We are
authorised to state that on his Lordship's arrival in
Portsmouth the notes and bills were quite safe, there-
fore, there is no difficulty in deciding that, if stolen,
the robbery must have been committed here:-=Ports-
mouth Guardian.

Captain William Henry Anderson Morshead, C B.
(1842), who has been appointed to command the
Dido, 18, Chatham, entered the navy in 1823, passed
his examination in 1830, and was promoted in 1832.
His succeeding appointments were to St. Vincent,
120 ; Malabar, 74 ; Talavera, 74 ; and Edinburgh,
74 ; September 28, 1837, as senior to the Favourite,
18, Captain Walter Crolier, whom he accompanied to
the East Indies; and June 1, 1838, in a similar cape-
, city, to the Hyacinth, 18, Captain William Warren.
On March 13 and 14, 1831, he commanded the boats
lof the latter vessel at the capture of the last fort
protecting the approaches to Canton, and also of the
city itself. During the second series of operations
' against it he was slightly wounded, and gained the
public mention of Sir Fleming Senbouse. Being
rewarded with the rank of commander June 8,1841,
and appointed 16th of October following to the Co-
lumbine, 16, he further distinguished himself by the
manner in which he destroyed a large number of fire-
junks intended for the destruction of shipping in the
neighbourhood of Ningpo, March 10, 1842. Inaa i the
course of the same year le: participated in the attacks
upon Chapoo and Woosung, and in the operations on
the Yang-tse•Kiang. Fur these services he w
re-
compensed with a post commission dated
ed December
23, 1842, and the next day with the companionship
the Bath. He paid the Columbine off in the early part
of 1843, and bas not been since employed.
Commander Lord William Compton (1842)
has been appointed to command the kodeste,, 14,
Sheerness, is second son of the Marquis of Northamp-
ton. He entered the navy (Tu
jnoei,neldB3al, passed his ex-
amination in 1837 ; was promoted to thef rank of lieu-
-1839
; s—.p, at the
gas-trhljenid)ies,
tenant ecember 16,
iwiaorpdes, titheand Mt
heelnv i l lien, 7t2h ,e fin
72, _ ruary,
of"Hodna.ys after-
Cape of Good
Elliott; and, on the 13th of
pointed to the Wellesley, George
1841, was ap-
JLoohrndsGhioprdwohnenßirnenaceorm.
InTunhde Unianacd°re Sir jam"
Georg:ndCt great. exertions of his
Wellesley, had
he
abdartghett
effect on
, jointly with Acting-
Lieutenantsampbell Fowler and John
Astle,
o cutters belonging to t2h:
following, of preserving ri the evening
.noftbAte 'lkea
.rgri', from a most forinaitidbilbilpe, tahee(li' well-planned
attempt mode on the partof thet Chinese to destroy
her by means of a flotilla" of nearly 20 tire.vessdo? the.
%.., llmo
whale of •e, although in many instances chained
&
in couples, and some even three together, were towed
clear without doing the slightest injury. On Oct.o
10 further commanded the Wellesley boats at the
21,
reduction of Ching nae. He married, August
1844, Eliz ibeth, daughter of Rear-Admiral Hon.
Cx?orge Elliott, The Centaur steam-
POIMMOUTH• IVEDNE:WAY• , _
id ' I W
Cannon, flag of Rear., mlra .
frigate, Captain ens been swung to-clay to ad-
justW. Henderson,
compasses,C.
C.l3._ll",ruld_.
The Hercules troop
her 13
p.:rioet:ndto
sdtruorpepisnifipo,umt taostSepri-tehoeamd...
manner Fulton, has had her paying off deferred until
next Tuesday.
The Rodney, 92, Captain Charles Graham, C. 8.,
is fitting her spare topmasts. She mans but slowly,
notwithstanding the popularity of her captain