The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-11 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Mr. Paymaster Charles E. Cotterell (1812), has been
formally appointed secretary to Commodore W. F. Mar-
tin, Commander-in-Chief of the western squadron. This
officer was formerly paymaster of the Prince Regent,
and latterly held both offices of paymaster of the ship
and acting secretary. A new paymaster (Mr. Sugden)
has been appointed to the Prince Regent, and now Mr.
Cotterell is the new secretary.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—By th© death of Vice-
Admiral Browne, Captain John Carter, late Superinten-
dent of the Royal Naval Hospital at Hasler and the
Clarence Victualling-yard, attains his flag.
We are happy to announce that Captain St. Leger is
snfficiently convalescent to leave Hasler.

The Penelope steam-frigate, CaPittiii Lyster, swung
her compasses to-day. She received her crew from the
hulk yesterday.
The Ajax, 56, screw guard-ship, has left Queens-
town fur the Channe!, to relieve the wind• bound mer-
chantmen.

The Charles Carter is loading with stores and provi-
sions at the Clarence-yard for the islands of St. Helena
and Ascension. _

Several yachts ara exhibiting signs of fitting out at
Gosport. It is expected the forthcoming will be a most
brilliant yachting season.

MONEY MARSET7The quotation of gold at Paris
is about 3 per mine discount, according to the
new tariff, which, at the English Mint price of
31. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 25.10; and the exchange at Paris on London at
short being 25.021, ft follows that gold is 0.30 per cent.
dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Ham-
burgh the price of goldis 425} per mark, which, at the Eng-
lish Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold,
gives an exchange of 13.5/I; and the exchange at Ham•
burgh on London at short being 13.5, it follows that gold
is 0.12 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 110 i per cent., and the par of exchange
between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent.,
it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.92 per cent. in
favour of England; and after making allowance for differ-
ence of interest and charges of transport, the present rate
leaves a profit on the importation of gold from the United
States.

ALTERATION OF THE PATENT-LAWS..--A meeting
was held on Tuesday afternoon, in the Town-hall, Manches-
ter, of the members of an association recently formed in that
town for the purpose of procuring an alteration of the law
regulating the granting of patents; Mr. Wm. Fairbairn, the
eminent engineer, presided. The proceedings were confined
to the passing of a petition (asking Parliament for a sufficient
alteration of the patent•laws), which is to be placed in the
hands of Lord Brougham for presentation in the Lords, and
of Mr. M. Gibson for presentation in the Commons; the
local Members being requested to support its prayer. The
chairman objected to the sum of 1401., named in Lord
Brougham's Bill, as being so large that it would prevent
many inventors among the artisan class from bringing out
valuable improvements, and the decided feeling of the meet-
ing was that 101. would be quite sufficient as a first payment.

[ADVERTISEMENT.I—A dangerous Case of Erysi-
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no purpose. However, in less than two weeks, by the use of
your ointment and pills, I was cured, to the surprise of all who
knew me. Signed, Joseph Gildon, a farmer. —Sold by all
Druggists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244,
Strand, London.

MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL, " SECOND LOVE ;
OR, BEAUTY AND INTELLECT."—The talented authoress of
these volumes (says the John Bull) need not to have placed
her name on the title page. Without it every reader would
at once have recognised the clever caricaturist of social life,
whose pen pursues with relentless severity the foibles of
that mingled crowd which constitutes what is technically
termed society. 1n the midst of all the false sentiment
which she so unmercifully puts into the pillory, she has, how-
ever, drawn one character of surpassing excellence—that of
Fredrika. But if the lofty style of Fredrika's moral and in-
tellectual being casts all the other women of the story into
the shade, we can scarcely say less for the hero. He has,
indeed, his faults, but they are the faults of an ardent and
affectionate heart; and the resolute self-denial to which he
dooms himself whenever a conflict between duty and inclina-
tion arises— one moment of weakness excepted—marks the
tree nobility of his soul. We do not question the exceeding
cleverness of the portraiture which Mrs. Trollope has
sketched forth under the name of the Bev. ➢ir. Selcroft, but
we are bound to say that we doubt the existence of an ori-
ginal of which this could be considered a likeness.

Mr. Wegg-Prosser, the Member for the county of
Hereford, assures us that there is uo foundation for the re-
port which has been current for some days, that he has
,aviincl the Clawch of

MALTON.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—The events decided on the Heath yesterday
bore but lightly on their relatives in the womb of time,
the only races requiring notice being those for the
Claret and 50 Sovs. Stakes. For the former, as I pre-
dicted, Nutshell beat the misnamed William the Con-
queror easily; and for the latter, Lord Exeter's Rein-
deer, Bst 11b, beat Hurry-Scurry, 7st 101 b, cleverly;
Christina, ist 10Ib, beaten off. The betting on the
Heath bore acme resemblance to that in town yesterday
morning, but, o❑ the whole, was more pregnant with
change. For the Chester Cup it was a race for the
premiership between Rhesus, Black Doctor, and Mon-
tague, 10 to 1 being the figure of each; Russ-
borough came with a rush, and left off at 17 to
1; Woolwich, Knight of Avenel, The Italian, and
several of the outsiders were much talked about, but
little or nothing done. The 2,000 Guineas betting was
remarkable for the decline of Grecian to 6 to 4, and of
the Mountain Sylph colt to 5 to 1; Newminster steady
at 4 to I, takers; and several inquiries after Confessor
and Balsamo, but no price named. Grecian looks un-
commonly unsteady for the Derby; and, on the other
hand, The Prime Minister, Teddington, Marlboro' Buck,
and Newminster rule very steady, at the respective odds
of 6,8, 12, and 13 to 1. The race for the Port Stakes
to-day, although said to sport four starters, will be be-
tween the stables of Kent and Fobert, and ought to be
won by the former; but, as I remarked yesterday, " it
would not surprise me to fiad The Knight the winner!"
Should he accomplish the task satisfactorily, look to him
for the" Coop" of Chester, for he and The Italian, in
the absence of Lady Evelyn, I should hold especially
dangerous, more so than any other of the present fa-
vourites, always excepting the game old Woolwich.
Malton puts forth its solitary claim to the attention of
the sporting world next(Tuesday and Wednesday) week.
It boasts a very respectable " bill of fare " for a second-
rate provincial meeting, consisting of three good stakes
each day, independent of some smaller fry. Scott will
walk off with the Two Years Old Stakes; most probably
with the Hetman Platoff filly ; the King of Trumps
reads the:next best on paper. There is also entered for
this stake—l give it on the authority of a clever fisher
in the stream of j udgment—a candidate for Derby honours
next year with superior pretensions, to wit, Hyacinth,
by Bay Middleton, out of Snowdrop, who, I presume, will
not be pulled out for such a trivial stake as this. The
Malton Handicap seems destined to fall, like the former
stake, into the clutches of the great Malton Stable, pos-
sibly with Presto, 3 yrs, sst 71b, or Mulgrave, 4 yrs, 7st
51b. Unity, 3 yrs, Est 31b, is considered their principal
opponent, but I cannot perceive how this mare is to give
Presto 101bs, or the Little Fawn 171bs, and receive but
16Ibs for the year of Mulgrave; she may do the deed,
but if she does she's a clipper, and no mistake, at least
for a handicap. I presume Nancy will carry " The
Claret" off for Mr. Lister. The Convivial Handicap
will probably lay between the Exotic filly, 4 yrs, 7st 61b,
Madame Wharton, 3 yrs, sst 21b, and the colt by Prince
Caradoc; Madame for choice. _

The Tallyho Handicap and Walham Cup are for gen-
tlemen riders, and therefore not touchable by your hum-
ble servant. The following is the state of the market
this morning up to 12 o'clock:—Malton Handicap-4 to
1 agst Presto; 9to 2 agst Unity. Convivial Handicap
—3' to 1 agst colt by Prince Caradoc. 2,000 Guineas-
-7 to 4 agst Grecian, 7 to 2 agst Newminster, 5 to 1
agst Mountain Sylph colt, Bto 1 agst Confessor. 1,000
Guineas-5 to 2 agst Iris. Chester Cup-10 to lon
the field, 15 to 1 each, The Knight of Avenel, Russbo-
rough, and Tho Italian. Derby-13 to 2 agst The
Prime Minister, Bto 1 each Teddington and Grecian,
the latter offered; 13 to 1 agst Marlborough Buck, 14 to
1 agst Newminster, 18 to 1 agst Constellation; no price
quoted agst Mountain Sylph colt, but 16 to 1 might
have been had to a sum! Oaks-6 to 1 agst Payment;
7 to 1 agst Iris; 8 to 1 agst Aphrodite.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
April 11, 1851.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.—TIAJRSDAY.
Handicap Plitt° of 501., for three yrs old and upwards.
T.Y.C.

Mr. J. Perren's Fernande, 4 yrs, Bst (Flatman) 1
Mr. Galpin's Despair, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (J. Howlett) 2
Lord Clifdma's Beaufort, 3 3 rs, 6st 121b...(G. Mann) .3
Mr. W. Etwall's Bushranger, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Sly) 4
Mr. H. Bird's Second Chance, 7st 121 b ... (E. Sharp) 5
Betting-5 to 2 agst Beaufort, and 3to 1 each agst
Fernande and Bushranger.
A good race between the first three, Fernando, who
made all the play, winning by a neck. Run in lna.l 6 sec.
Subscription Plate of 501.; for three yrs old, 6st 121 b;
four, Bst 71b; five, 9st; six and aged, 9st 31b. The
winner to be sold for 300 soya., if demanded, &c. D.M.
Mr. R. H. Neville's Herbert, 5 yrs (J. Marson) 1
Mr. Roger's Harp, 3 yrs (G. E. Sharp) 2
Mr. W. Etwali's Knight of the Thistle ...(J. Mann) 3
Lord Exeter's Gardenia, 6 yrs (Norman) 0
Mr. Drinkald's Flare•up, 4 yrs (Rogers) 0
Colonel Peel's Mummery, 3 yrs (T. Smith) 0
Mr. St. Aubyn's Ventre-a-Terre, 3 yrs (Price, jun.) 0
Betting-5 to 2 agst Knight of the Thistle, 3 to 1
agst Harp, and 5 to i agst Mummery.
Herbert made all the running, and won cleverly by a
length, the same betweenl second and third; Flare-up
fourth. Run in 1 min. 49 sec. The winner was claimed.
Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h fc; for three yrs old
colts, Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 21b, which never won before
the time of closing. Horses which have started twice
before the closing of this stake, allowed 41b, er
thrice or more, 61b. (4 Subs.)
Lord Exeter's Reindeer, Bst llb (Norman) 1
Duke of Richmond's Hurry-Scurry (Kitchener) 2

Mr. Howard's Christina_ - (Chapple) 3

Betting-6 to 5 agst Hurry-Scurry,: 2to 1 agst Rein-
deer, and 2to 1 agst Christina. The race was very soon
reduced to a match between Reindeer and Hurry-Scurry,
Reindeer waiting into the cords, and winning very
cleverly by a length. Run in 1 min. 52 secs.
Match, 200, h ft.
Puke of Bedford's Quasimodo, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (Chapple) 1
Mr. Gratwicke's Girdle, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (Garvey) 2
Betting-2 to lon Quasimodo. Wou tby a length.
Run in 1 min. 52 secs. The winner claimed for 40 sovs.
The Claret Stakes of 200 sovs. each, h it, for four yrs
old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b. D. I. (4 Subs.)
Lord Exeter's Nutshell (Norman) 1

Lord Enfield's William the Conqueror (Flatman) 2
Betting-4 to lon Nutshell, who made all the run-
ning, and won in a canter by a length. Run in 4 min.
78 secs.

The weather for the last two days has been more fa-
vourable than at the commencement of the meeting, but
the attendance has not increased, nor has there been
any ,improvement in the sport ; the wind-up to-mor-
row promises to be a sorry one. The Port Stakes,
which will be the last race of the day, will be run at half-
past twelve.
BETTING UP TO SIX O'CLOCK.
PORT STAKES.

5t04 on Beehunter 1 6to 4 agst Kut of Avenel
6 to 1 agst Officious.

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
sto 4 sgst Grecian I 4to 1 agst Newminster (t)
Mountain Sylph colt friendless.
CHESTER CUP.

0 to 1 agst Rhesus (t) I 20 to 1 agst Khorassan colt
.0 to 1 agst Montague I 25 to 1 agst Knt of Avenel
.0 to 1 agat Black Doctor Offers to take Bto 1 about
I 7 to 1 agat Russborough Kent's lot.