The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-30 00:00:00

ALMANAC FOR 185!

CHRONO:

NAVAL INSTRUCTORS.

By an Admiralty Circuilr dated the Bth inst., their
Lordships having taken idto consideration the many
ships and vessels in her Majesty's service without a naval
instructor, and being desirous of affording to the young
gentlemen who may be serving in each, every possible
means for acquiring a compfent knowledge of the prin-
ciples and practice of navigation; they are therefore
pleased to direct that the Captain, Commander, and
officers commanding such ship and vessels, do encourage
and afford facilities to the 'masters and second masters
thereof, to undertake this important and useful task;
and their Lordships authority the usual tuition money
-to be deducted from the pay'of each officer for the time
during which he may
receive instruction, which sum is
to be paid to the master or second master, upon the cer-
tificate of the captain or officer in commanding the ship
or vessel, setting forth the ampunt due from each officer,
his satisfaction with the manor io which the instruction
has been given, and certifyiig that the communicating
such instruction, has in no degree interfered with the
careful di,charge of the proper duties of the said master
or second master. Their Lordships have been pleased
further to direct that in an, ship
or vessels where no
seamen schoolmaster-is serving, the captain, commander,
or officer commanding, may direct any competent person
who may be willing to perform
the duties of seaman
schoolmaster, to undertake thew,
p and for so doing he
shall be entitled to receive, in, addition to his pay such
a sum as shall make his (goal to that of a seaman
ay•
schoolmaster of the rate of tie ship in which he is
serving, and if a petty officer should be selected for
the said duty, he is to be all Owed,
at his option, 6L a
year in addition to his pay as petty officer, or the pay
of seaman schoolmaster; such bum to be paid in each
case on the certificate of the cap sin,
or officer command-
ing, setting forth ho has performed the duty by his
And
authority and to his satisfaction without neglecting
any other duty he was bound to perform,
certifying also
the number of mon and boys instructed respectively.—
Portsmouth Times and A aval Gaeette.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
METROPOLITAN nApPICAP.
30 to 1 on the field
40 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Flthiron—taken
50 to 1 sgst Mr. Magennis's The Ban—taken
Any odds agst Don Pedro, who,it is reported, will bo
struck out.

TWO pIOUSAND (MIMEO STAKES.
100 to 10 agst Duko of Richmond's Ilomebrowed—t
100 to 10 agst Sir R. Pigot's Fites—taken
CHESTER CUP.•
2,000 to 50, and afterwards 2,000 to 20 agst Gold-
finder, and 1,000 to 20 agst Nancy,—taken freely
1,000 to 15 asst Grosvenor, and ,1,000 to 10 agst Po-
lopidas.
At the close 1,000 to 8 was offered agst Goldfinder

DERBY.
9to 1 aget Mr. Merry's lINAO Noble—t to 1001.
15 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Augur—taken to 2001.
18 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's ClaTerhouse—t 20 to 1
25 to 1 apt Mr. J. Stanley's oi-clic—taken to 1501.
1,000 to 20 apt Mr Bradshaw's Butbarian—taken
1,000 to 15 agst Lord Exeter's Ambrose—taken
2,000 to 25 agst Sir R. Pigot's Father Thames—taken

LORD GEORGE BENTINCK.—ID 'its notice of Mr.
Disraeli's biography of Lord George Beatinck, the Morning
Herald observes—" Mr. Disraeli's tribute to the memory of
his departed friend is as graceful and As touching as it is
accurate and impartial. No one of Lord George Bentinck's
colleagues could have been selected, Rho, from his high
literary attainments, his personal intimacy and party asso-
eiations, would have done such complete justice to the
memory of a friend and Parliamentary associate. Mr. Dis-
raeli has here presented us with the very, type mad embodi-
ment of what history should be. His sketch of the condi-
tion of parties is seasoned with some of those piquant
personal episodes of party manoeuvres and private intrigue,
in the author's happiest and most captivating vein, which
convert the dry details of politica into a sparkling and agree-
able narrative. But the portrait which will stamp the book
as one of the most extraordinary productions of the time is
that of Sir Robert Peel. It is written with wonderful force
and extraordinary impartiality."
SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY, DEC. U.—The Penin-
sular and Oriental Steam Navir.tinn Company's ship
Sultan, Captain George Brooks, sailed this afternoon for
Gibraltar. Malta, and Constantinople, with twenty passengers,
a large and valuable cargo for the Levant markets, and a
small quantity of specie for Constantinople. The Euxine,
Captain R. W. Evans, from the same ports, will be due at
Southampton about the 6th or 7th proximo. The Penisular
and Oriental Company's steamer Iberia, C. F. Burney, R.N.,
commander, took her departure with the usual mails for Vigo,
Oporto, Lisbon? Cadiz, and Gibraltar, on Saturday. She had
a fair number of passengers, a good cargo, but took out no
specie. The next homeward mails from the same ports
will be brought by the Montrose, Captain John Bowen,
expected to reach Southampton about Saturday or Sunday
next. The Royal Mail steam-ship Amazon, Captain
Symonds, is appointed to take out the West India and Gulf
of Mexico mails of the 2d proximo, and the. Trent will be
due at Southampton, with the next homeward mails, about
the 7th or Bth proximo. The Teviot, Captain R. Revett,
will take out the Brazil and Rio La Plata mails of the 9th of