The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-25 00:00:00

EP SOlll RACES.-(THIS DA 1).

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
THE OAKS.

BUTTERFLY
AVALANCHE
CONTADINA
RUPEE
Thirteen ran. Won by half a neck. Two lengths betwL

second ani third.
THE GLASGOW PLATE.

Miss Julia
Apollo

Sixteen ran.
DERBY AND OAKS STAKES.

Wee Polly
Chain Pier

Eleven ran.
SURREY FOAL STAKES.

Ebony ..
South Australian..

Five ran.
THE EWELL PLATE.

Gorsehill
Chanoine
Fourteen ran.
• HEADLEY STAKES.

Lava
DURDANS STAKES.

Tyrant
Precursor

Six ran.

LATEST BETTING.
TILE OAKS.
4to 1 agst Rupee (taken)
4to 1 agst Seclusion (taken)
.5 to 1 agst Emily (taken)
sto 1 agst Sagitta (taken)
Bto 1 agst any other (offered)

THE NAVY.

The Channel fleet, consisting of the Conqueror,
101 ; the Donegal, 101; the Algiers, 91 ; the
Aboukir, 91 ; the Trafalgar, 91 ; the Centurion,
80 ; the Mars, 80 ; and the Diadem, 32, left Port-
land harbour on Wednesday afternoon for a cruise
in the Channel. The Blenheim, 60, is the only
ship of war now at Portland.

The Orpheus, 21, screw corvette, building st
Chatham dockyard, is nearly completed, and will
be launched during the crhuing month. Her figure-
head has arrived from Portsmouth, and has been
fixed in its place.

The Ranger, 5, screw schooner, Commander
„Henry R. Wratislaw, sailed from Spithead for the
West Coast of Africa on Wednesday evening.
The Perseverance, screw troopship, Commander
Edward R. Power, was undocked yesterday from
No. 7 dock at Portsmouth ; and tho Royal paddle
yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt. Hon. J. Denman,
afterwards placed in the same dock.
The Immortalite, 51, screw the Duncan, 101,
screw ; the Nelson, 91, screw ; the Victoria, 1 21,
screw ; and the Hornet, 17, screw, in the steam re-
' serve at Portsmouth, have all been completed in
their tanks and chain cables, under the superin-
tendance of Commander Thorpe, of the steam
I reserve.
The Hermes, 6, paddle, Commander William E.
A. Gordon, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning
from the Cape station with a few naval invalids on
board. She has made a rather long passage from
the Cape, called at Madeira, and sailed thence on
the 13th inst., at which time it was'reported that
the Portuguese Government were organising an
expedition for Loando, for the purpose of quelling
an insurrection which had broken out there. Her
Aajesty's.screw frigate Forte, Captain E. Turnour,
bearing the fig of Rear-Admiral the lion. Sir H.
Keppell, K C 8., arrived from Madeira on the Bth
inst., from England, on her way to the Cape of
Good Hope. The Hermes sailed from Spithead
for Woolwich last evening.
The Dee. paddle, Master-Commander Pullen,
arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from the east-
ward, with boilers, machinery, &c.
Yesterday being the anniversary of her Majesty's
birthday, the ships in Portsmouth harbour and at
Spithead, with the Russian screw corvette ?Med-
ved, lying at the Motherbank, dressed out in
coloured bunting, and at noon fired a Royal salute
in honour of the day, as did also the garrison from
the saluting battery on the King's Bastion. The
Royal standard was hoisted on all the public
buildings.
The Mersey, 40, screw, Capt. Caldwell, C. 8., left
Spithead, yesterday at 4 p.m. under all plain sail,
for Portland.

The screw gunboat Rainbow, from Portsmouth,
arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday, and went into
Hamoaze. She is bound to Dublin to join the
Coastguard ship Ajax, 60, Capt. Boyd.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. J. V. D. Butler, to
the Royal Albert ; Mr. C. 11. Eden, mate, to the
Clio; 'l'. D. Allison, assist.-surg., confirmed to the
Scourge ; Albert Lew, paymaster, to the Hecate ;
B. Luxmoore, paymaster additional, to the Hogue;
C. Cottew, chief engineer, to the Asia, for charge
of the machinery of the Colossus; T. Davies, chief
engineer, to the Blenheim ; C. Wright, chief engi-
neer, to the Hecate; J. Roffey, acting chief engi-
neer, to the Fisgard, for charge of the Devastation ;
J. H. Brettel, second class assist. engineer, to the
Hecate ; J. Roberts, promoted to the rank of second
class assist. engineer, and appointed to the Asia ;
H. W. Masterman, acting third-el ma assist. engi-
neer, to the Hecate.