The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-26 00:00:00

NORTHAMPTON-MONDAY.

The following horses have arrived—Birdcage, Tommy
Noble, Forager, First Lord, Red Eagle, Confusion, Can-
tata, Early Lass, Lord Nelson, Golden Pippin, Isis, Lady
Little, Venus filly, Mountain Nut, Simla, Newstead, Vo•
lunteer, Plumper, Weatherbound, Polyollion, Clovernook,
Man at-Arms, Gentle, North Lincoln, Old Robert, Cantab,
Actress, Springwell, Confectioner, Gorsehill, g by Orlando,
Morello.

RACING FIXTI
MA

rRES FOR 1860.

Northampton .......... 27
Llanboidy ........ 27
Ar

Croaton Park . .....3Q

Thirsk
. • eon
Epsom Spring l9
Newmarket F S „ , ;23

Ponteland ..............
Newmarket C. .......... 9
Catterick Bridge ........ 11
Abergaveriny ..........12
MAY.

Chester ..... ..
Doncaster Spring 8
York Spring ..10
Salisbury
Bath l5

Harpenden
Epsom .................22
Manchester ....30
Hungerford

JUNE.
Ascot
Hampton l3 Stockbridge ..... •• • •21
Newton 13 Winchester . 22
Odiham 19 I Chelmsford - .26
Beverley 2O 1 Newcastle
..

NOVEMBER.
II oreforel
I
Liverpool Autumn 7

CLOSE OF THE EXETER-HALL SERNICES--YeEteri
day evening the fifth of the series 1,4 Exr jter-hall services,
out of which arose the special ',service
,s at 'Westminster
Abbey and St. Paul's, were bror ight tc , a close, this sermon
being preached by the Rev. F idware Garbed, M.A., of
Brasenose College, Oxford, inc amb i
er Aof St. Bartholomew's
Church, Gray's-inn-lane.
FALL OF A RAILW _
Ay ,
lw •gc ii
.
On SatuiPaitn
- Att
about one o'clock, one of the 'n, ly•formed arches /or the
Exeter and Yeovil line of re.;:iw ay, in the York-roe.d, Lam-
beth, fell in with a tremeniirJus or ash. h, The labourers, about
200 in number, were at diu.nel .
tunately saved their livet. T i.
ue recent damp weather Wail
the supposed ca
110 rt.t
the ace at the time, and they for-
ident.
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JHE

The launch of the Frederick William, screws 86,
took place at Portsmouth Dockyard on Saturday,
under the superintendence of Mr. Abethell, the mas-
ter-builder, and was attended with perfect success.
The ceremony of naming the vessel was performed
by the Countess of Bernstorff, the wife of the Prus-
sian ambassador. A large number of people were
present, and among themavere the Count and Coun-
tess of Bernstorff, Vice-Admiral Sir R. D.Dundas;
Vice-Admiral Bruce, commander-in-chief at the
port ; Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Gray, super-
intendent of the dockyard ; the Prussian Consul,
Mr. L. A. Vandenbergh ; and many military and
naval officers and ladies. The band of her
Majesty's ship Victory was in attendance. The
iron pigs of ballast which played so unobtrusive
but important a part in the proceedings
have marked upon them :—" Victoria, Novem-
ber 12, 1859 ;" " Duncan, December 13, 1859 ;"
" Prince of Wales, January 25, 1860 ;"
" Frederick William, - March 24, 1860 ;" the
whole of which vessels, on the dates indicated, they
have assisted in launching from Portsmouth dock-
yard, and which represent an aggregate of tonnage,
15,036; horsepower (nominal) of engiues, 3,100 ;
and 439 guns.
Admiralty instructions bare been received at
Chatham dockyard for a considerable reduction to
be made in the number of hands employed at that
establishment, the order applying to those men who
were hired during the last year. In accordance
with the order, the whole, of the hired ship-
wrights who were entered to be employed in breatc-
ing up the old ships directed to be taken to pieces
received a notification on Saturday last that their
services were no longer required, and they were
accordingly discharged that afternoon. Notice was
also at the same time given that 40 hired ship-
wrights, with a proportionate number of the
mechanics belonging to other trades, would be dis-
elnirged on Saturday next, and a similar number
on each Saturday after, until the number of ship-
wrights and other persons employed at Chatham
dockyard has been reduced to that authorised for
the next financial year.
The sailing ship Collingwood, 80, at Chatham,
has been removed from that port to Sheerness,
where she is to be lengthened and other wise altered,
and converted into a screw steamer of 80 guns.
The Bacchante, 51, screw, at Portsmouth, has
landed her propeller at the dockyard, for the purpose
of having its leading corners cut off, preparatory to
another trial at the measured mile in Stoke's Bay.
The screw steamship Hero, 91, Capt. Seymour,
steamed from Plymouth Sound on Friday into
Hamoaze, to have defeats made good, and to be fitted
for the reception of his Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales.
Commandant Le V. de Lavassire de Lavergne, of
the steam vessel Le Corse, 2, now at Plymouth
watching French fishing boats, called on Port Ad-
miral Sir B. Reynolds, K.C.8., Admiralty-house,
Mount Wise, on Friday.
The screw steamship Conqueror, 101, Captain
Sotheby, C. 8., from Portland, which arrived at
Plymouth under canvas on Friday, will discharge
her powder in the Sound, and go into Hamoaze to
refit. She is reported to be very leaky when under
steam.
Her Majesty's ship Greyhound put into Harwich
in the course of last week. She sailed again on
Thursday.
The military store steam transport Lord Pan-
mare, H. T. Moore, commander, having been fitted
with a new screw propeller, and havinglhad her
defects occasioned by the recent gale made good,
was on Saturday unlocked and hauled alongside
the gun-wharf in Woolwich Arsenal, in prepara-
tion for shipping Armstrong guns and other war
stores for Milford, Pembroke, kork, and Dublin.
the Military and Naval Intelligence in he
Sun of Friday, the name of Lieut. H. T. Boger, ap-
pointed to her Majesty's ship Excellent, was erro-
neously printed Rogers.
The followingappointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—J. H. Ryan, master, to the
Wellington, for the Orlando ; Win. E. Fitzgerald,
midshipman, to the Trafalgar ; G. Bellamy, assist.-
surgeon, to Bermuda Hospital • G. B. Beale, assist.-
• surgeon, confirmed, to the Herald ; J. C. Grigg,
acting assist.-surgeon, to the Hydra • and Thos. 0.
Joynson, assist.-paymaster, to the Wellington.

THE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the General Commanding-
in-Chief will hold a levee at the Horse Guards, al
one o'clock on Thursday next.

Lieut.-Col. J. G. H. Gascoigne, of the Chatham
division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, will em-
bark to day for China, to take the command of the
Royal Marines serving with the squadron under
Admiral Hope.
Lieut. Hamilton, Royal Engineers, and a detach-
ment of ettificers belonging to the corps under his
command, having completed a course of instruction
in the machinery department of the Royal gun
factories, in MroJlv.ich Arsenal, under the superin-
tendence of M. Anderson, are about to :ake pas-
sage for the Mauritius, in charge of various cases
of steam machinery, circular saws, :aiming and
boring lathes, and other instruments, intended for
building operations in that island. Lieut. Hamilton
and his party having rendered theinselves profi-
cient in the department, they will erect, repair, and
work the whole.of the machinery without assist-
ance.

The Volunteer Artillery Corps belonging to the
carriage department of Woolwich Arsenal gave a
concert on Saturday in the lecture-hall of the Lite-
rary and Scientific Institution at Woolwich, to
promote the funds of the band committee. The hall
was well filled with members of the corps and their
friends, to the number of about 600 persons. The
concert was under the special patronage of the
Commandant ; Sir T. M. Wilson, Deputy-Lieute-
nant of the county ; Sir William Armstrong, Mr.
Anderson, Superintendent of the Royal gun fac-
tories; Alderman Salomous and Mr. Angerstein,
the borough members, &c. The 4th company,
o=ll-landed by Colonel .Thorold, were last week
supplied with the Enfield rifle, by order of
the War Department, and at the request of the
Commandant they have been granted permission
once a week to perform a course of rifle practice in
the racket-court. Every avilable spot in the Ar-
senal was on Saturday crowded with squads, under
the instruction of the drill sergeants, all of whom
display- the most laudable. willingness, and devote
greater portion of each Saturday afternoon (the
usual holiday) to the volunteer movement.
The lst battalion Rifle Brigade, under the com-
mand of Lord Alexander Russell, consisting of four
field-officers, eight captains, 18 subalterns, and four
staff, 48 sergeants, 21 drummers, 784 rank and file,
58 women, and 53 children, will march out of Ports-
mouth garrison to-morrow morning, and leave the
Landport Station for Aldershott at S a.m. The Ist
battalion, by their diciplime and good conduct since
they have been stationed at Portsmouth, will carry
with them the esteem and best wishes of the in-
habitants. The Ist battalion Ilth Foot (North.
Devon), consisting of 30 officers, 817 non-commis-
sioned officers and men, 60 women, and 74 children,
will leave Aldershott Camp on the arrival of the
Rifles, and proceed by the return special train to
PortsmoUth. •
The West Suffolk Regiment of Militia will as-
semble at Bury St. Edmunds on Monday, the 30th
of April, for 27 day's training.

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS,

A commissionership of audit has become vacant
in consequence of the death of , Mr. Charles Ross ;
salary, £1,200. War Office: There are several
vacancies in the War Office, for which acornpetit.ive
examination is about to be held. Mr. Henry Wil-
liam Reynolds has been appointed assistant-clerk,
commissariat service, at the Gold Coast, and passed
his examination. Customs : Mr. Joseph Robinson,
2d class tidewaiter and boatman at Ne,,vhaven, has
been promoted to the first class. Inland Revenue
Department—Excise Branch : Mr. Thos. Dowling,
-second clerk Liverpool. " collection,
,has been ap-
pointed first clerk, and :q r. J. Rowlan ds, third clerk,
has been appointed second clerk, Liverpool collec-
tion. Mr. David no:y.2ollr officer of Queensferry
seconddivision, Linlithgow collection, has been ap-
poimied to 13Iairgowrie• division, Dundee. Mr. E.
Matthews, officer of Hinckley second ride, Leicester
collection, been appointed to Queensferry second
Linlithgow collection. Mr. Patrick Egan,
officer of Southam second ride, Coventry col-
lection, has been appointed to Auchtermuchty
division,first Perth collection. Mr. James
Carpenter, officer of Worcester third divi-
sion, Worcester collection has' been appointed
t() Derby third division, Nottingham collec-
tion. Mr. Charlesti J CrOsb3., oLbeer of Derby
third clivi,,lon
Notngt.c.tni collection, has been ap-
pointed to Worcester third division. col
lection. Arr. Frederio_ Woreosrter
a.tthew Fowle, officer of
Glasgow th irty-seeon
iG.laBgow collection,
has been appointed to Oliair
,00,vbia.n district.obi
31r. John Campbell, officer of 0 'hia')n.ll
district, has been appointed to GlastC)l::,niliirtalT--
Mr. I iain
second division, GlasgovV-collection.
Sheerman,
officer of Wednesbury fourth dEvision.
Lichfield ciAleetion, has' been appointed tv. stor:
rington dilision,,Hants collection. Mr. 362112. Will-
cox, officer of Storrington division, Hants collec-
tion, has been appointed to Wednesbury fourth
division, Lichfield collection. r.St. Lucia..--The
treasurership of St. Lucia has become vacant by
,
the death of the Hon. It. G. M‘Hugh ; also
,comptrollership of customs and navigation "I,a,Ws.
.C'ivil &nice Gazette.