The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-25 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock.

TATTERSALL'S.—{This Evening.)

EASEERN COUNTIES HANDICAP:
6to 1 aget Poacher (taken)
CESAREWITCH.
200 to 13 aget Fulbeck (taken)
20 to 1 agst Middleton (taken)
25 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken)
25 to 1 agst Mary
40 to 1 agst Comedy (taker,)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
20 to 1 agst Polmoodie (taken)
20 to 1 agst Poacher (taken)
20 to 1 agst Lance (take 25 to 1)
DERBY.
12 to 1 agst Blink Bonny (taken)
14 to 1 agst Tournament (offered)
1000 to 40 agst Sidney (taken)

LEICESTER RACES.—(This Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

251. PLATE.

Profile
Coal Black Rose

Fire ran.
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES
Weathercock
Bright Pecebua

_
Five ran.
SCURRY HANDICAP.
British Remedy I
Leamington 2
Nine ran.
QUEEN'S GUINEAS.

Lance
Lady Talton
Three ran

SPORTING NOTES.

MEMS. ABOUT MANCHESTER.

For metropolitan turfites the Manchester men could
scarcely have selected two more inconvenient days on
which to celebrate their Autumn Meeting than Friday
and Saturday; still they had the inclinations and the
wishes of the people of the locality to consult, and a
consideration of the half-holiday movement, doubtless,
guided their choice of Saturday for a race day.
The programme presents quite a long array of stakes,
but if my information be trustworthy the fields
are likely to be numerically insignificant. In the absen co
of all certain knowledge as to the intended competitors,
and not having yet seen a list of arrivals, my guesses at
truth will perhaps be somewhat vague. Still I shall
calculate the chances as they appear on paper, and if I
only can insure "a run," I shall not make many errors
of judgment.

From the twenty-three weighted for the Chesterfield
Handicap it is difficult to make a selection. Mongrel
and Coxwell may perhaps show to the most advantage.
Yorkshire Grey really seems to be "a good thing" for
the Wilton Handicap, and he has already been backed
in London at a short price. Mary, however, despite her
recent queer running, should be my unconditional
selection, if I were certain that she is really intended.
Under the circumstances, therefore, I shall let tho
" Grey " represent my interest ; but, should Mary go
to the post, and be backed, I shall transfer my liking
to the mare.

It would puzzle a conjuror to divine the probable
winner of the Trafford Plate. In my opinion Bour-
geoise and Jack Sheppard are leniently handicapped.
The Post-Office Hotel Handicap will be carried off by
either The Medway or Biron.

The running on Saturday will be so materially re-
gulated by the result of Friday's racing that it would
be preposterous to endeavour to determine the proba-
bilities.

The advent of the Newmarket Meeting warns us of
ifie approaching termination of the legitimate racing
season. The first of the series of October gatherings at
head-quarters will take place next week. Still there is
much work to be got through before dreary November
brings the curtain down upon legitimate turf sports.
A winter of unusual dulness to racing men may be anti-
cipated, for the promoters of steeplechases have yet
made no sign by which we may discover any increase or
improvement in cross country events. When time and
opportunities serve I will briefly refer to the winter
prospects of sport.
Sept. 25.

A FRESH MAN.

Sporting Intelligence.

LEICESTER RACES.—Wzmasp kr.

The County Cup Stakes, by subscription of 10 soya each,
for three-yr-olds and upwards; the winner to be sold
for ROL, if demanded. Twice round and a distance.
Seven rubs.

Major Yates's The Caledonian, by Annandale, 3 yrs,
bet 91b (J. Land) 1
Mr. Mellish's Adam, 3 yrs, 6st gib (Pritchard) 2
Betting-5 to 4on The Caledonian. Won by three
lengths.

The Ladies' Plate of 30 goys in specie, added to a Sweep.
stakes of 5 Boys each, for three-yr-olds and upwards.
About one mile.
Mr. E. Parr's Stork, by Sir Isaac or Gabbier, 3 yrs,
7st 10Ib
Mr. T. Walker's Mary Capp, 3 yrs, 7st 71h (D. Hughes) 2
Mr. T. Sherwood's The Earl, 4 yrs, M (T, Sherwood) 3
The following also ran :—Weathercock, f. by Chanti-
cleer, Druid, Ghika, and Prince's Mixture.

The Two•yr-old Stakes, a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each,
with 50 adde I ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Sit 31b ; a win-
ner of a stake of the value of 501 , 3lb ; of two fifties,
or a stake of 100 sovs, slb ; of 200 sovs, 71b extra.
About half a mile.

Mr. Thelluson's Madame Clicquot, by Burgundy (in-
cluding 71b extra), 84 10Ib (Kendall) 1
Mr. C. Peck's Evelyn (including 51b extra). iist 81b
(Charlton) 2
Mr. Symon's na Nena, Bst 31b (Bates) It
Betting-2 to lon Madame Clicquot, 2to 1 agst Eve-
lyn, 30 to 1 agst Nena offered. Won by three quarters
of a length ; bad third.
The Leicestershire Handicap of 100 sous, added to a
Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft, and only 3 if declared.
The second to receive 10 soya out of the stakes.
Winners extra. One mile and a half. Thirty-five

subs, 15 of whom declared.
Mr. Barber's Prince of Orange, 3 yrs, sst 1011) (Dales) 1
Mr. Lewis's Pantomime, 6 yrs, 7st (Snowden) 2
Mr. Good's Vulcan, 4 yrs (including 71b extra), 7slt
(D. Hughes) 3
The following also ran :—Stork, Bright Pbcsbus,
Lady Florence, Lily, Patter.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Prince of Orange, 7to 2 agst
Pantomime, 4 to 1 agst Lady Florence, 6 to 1 each agst
Bright Phoebus and Vulcan. Won easily by three
quarters of a length • bad third ; Bright Phcabus was
fourth, Stork and Lily were fifth and sixth, close to-
gether ; Lady Florence was seventh, and Patter last.
The Belvoir Stakes, a subscription of 5 sous each, with
20 added ; four•yr-olds, list ; five, list 71b ; six and
aged, 12st. Three miles. Five subs.
Mr. Elwes's The Cropper, by Flatcatober 4 yrs, list
(Owner) walked over.
A Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sous each, with 25 added.
Half a mile.
Mr. Dawson's Admiral of the White, by the Flying
Dutchman, 2 yrs, sst 121 b . (Snowden) 1
Mr. French's Profile, 2 yrs, 6st 2lb (Pritchard) 2
Mr. B. Land's Weathercock, 5 yrs, 9st (carried 9st 41b)
(B. Land) 3
The following also ran :—Noisette, Chatteress, Brink-
low, Buckafoot, Clara, Stormsail.

NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.
THE EASTERN COUNTIES HANDICAP, a Sweepstakes of
15 sovs. each, 5 ft., with 100 added by the Eastern
Counties Railway Company ; the owner of the second
horse to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes. T.Y.C.
Age st lb
Fiacrow 4 9 0
New Brighton 6 8 12
Jack Sheppard 4 8 7
Theodora 3 8 4
Vengeance 4 8 0
Mary 4 8 0
Flatterer
Lord Albemarle.. 6 8 0
Artillery
Leamington
Mary Copp 3 7 9
Vulcan
Porto Rico 3 7 7
Claret 4 7 7
Bessie 4 7 7
Old Noll
Tyne
Dame Judith 4 7 4
George Brown 3 7 4
Little Gerard
The Poacher 6 7 4
Sister to Hesse
Cassel

Age st lb
Secret • 3 7 0
Olympus 3 6 13
gr.VerdantGreen 3 6 12
Kestrel
S by Paragone—
Sneer 4 6 10
Cave Adullam
Falcon • 5 6 10
Blue Rock 3 6 9
Laura Selina 4 6 7
Peter Flat 3 6 7
St. Dunstan
Inder 6 6 6
Thames. Ditton— 3 6 4
Ariel
Alastor
Treacbery
Sirocco
Johnny Gilpin
Maid of the Morn 3 5 13
Patter 3 5 9
Eloquence 3 5 6

CESAREWITCH ♦ND CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.—
YOUATT WM. GRAY'e advice for the above events is
now ready. Lance for the Portland Stakes, at Doncas-
ter, and eleven other winners is something extraordinary,
but the advice on the above races will astonish ail, as
1,000 to 1 can be obtained about the double event. I
am positive one, if both, does not come of. Recollect, I
named Mr. Sykes and Crown Pigeon last year (first and
second). Apply early, or the long price will be lost.
Terms : —To the Cambridgeshire, 7s. ; one week,
se. ; single race, 2s. 6d. ; to the end of the season, 10.9.
6d.—Address, lb, Charing•crose.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

LIEUTENANT STRAIN'S LETTER OF THANKS
TO COMMANDER MARSHALL.

Dr. Cullen has received the following note :-
1 "Commander Marshall presents his compliments to
Dr. Cullen, and begs to send a copy of Lieut. Striin's
letter of thanks to himself and crew, while he com-
manded her Majesty's ship Virago. Commander Mar.
shall begs to acknowledge the receipt of the pamphlet.
" H.M.S. Devastation, Sept. 16, 1856, Sheerness.
" United States Darien Expedition, Cantonment
of La Palma, Darien Harbour, April, 1854.
"Sir,—ln my own behalf, and that of the officers and
others composing the expedition under my command, I
write to tender to you, and, through you, to the officers
and seamen under your command, our sincere thanks for
the prompt and inestimable assistance rendered by the
party despatched to the Upper Ctruquanaqoa under the
immediate command of Lieutenant W. C. Fovyth. To
the energy and activity of the commander of the relief-
party, Lieut. W. C. Fonyth, we owe many thanks, as
the condition of some members of our expedition was
so precarious that even a few hours afterwards we
should have been too late. To him, to Dr. William
Ross, and to the paymaster, W. H. Hills, and the men
composing the crew of the paddiebox•boat, you will be
pleased to c mvey my thanks, and those of my party. and
I :ten well aware it must be a source of intense satisfac-
tion to them to know that, had it not been fir their well-
directed efforts, twelve suffering men must inevitably
have perished miserably, notwithstanding every effort
which I, or the others composing the advanced guard,
might have been made to save them.
" Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
" ' .7. G. STRAIN,
" Lieut. commanding United
States' Darien Expedition.
" To Commander Edward Marshall, Royal Navy,
commanding H.B.M. ship Virago.' "

Her Majesty's ship Perseverance, Commander
M'Donald, embarked 200 Royal Artillerymen yesterday
at Portsmouth dockyard for the West India station.
She leaves this morning at daylight for Barbadoes.
General Sir W. F. Williams, accompanied by hi
Aide-de-camp, Lieutenant-Colonel Teesdale, Colonel
Bloomfield, Aide-de camp to her Majesty, and Brevet
Major Shaw, yesterday morning inspected Captain Om-
manney's battery of the 14th battalion Royal Artillery
on Woolwich-common. The inspection is preliminary to
the battery being given over to the depot of field bat-
teries, where a reserve is to be kept up to the strength
of 500 disposable and efficient men.
The gunboats Swan, Crocus, Flamer, Caroline, Camel
Savage, Cherokee, anu Confounder, now lying at Depte
ford, are ordered to Proceed to Purtsmeutb.
Her Majesty's steamer Triton, lately arrived at Wool•
wicb from the Bieck Sea and Mediterranean, in com-
mand of Lieutenant Fletcher, has been paid off.
Toe Black Eagle, Admiralty steam-yacht, Master
Commander Petley, arrived in harbour yesterday after-
noon from Portsmouth.
The Commander-in. Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir George
Seymour, went to Spithead on Tuesday, in the Fire
queen, tender, Master Commander F. W. Paul, and
inspected the Dauntless, 33, screw, Captain Alfred P.
Ryder, which ship received her powder and shell yester-
day afternoon, and sails for the Mediterranean to-day.
After having landed the medals for the Turkish army
she will proceed to Naples.
Additional gun-boats are now building for the Govern.
ment, at the yards of Messrs. Pitcher, Northfleet, and
Messrs. J. Scott Russell, Mill wall. This fact excites
some surprise, as the number of this class of vessels now
lying totally useless in the basin positively interferes
with the ordinary business of the establishment.
The Bustard, 4, Lieut. Commander Collinson, and Star-

ling, 4, Lieut. Co-mmander Villiers, screw gun-boats, are
fitting atPortsinouth dockyard for service iu China. We
are at a loss to comprehend the Admiralty movements
with regard to the armament of these useful little craft,
or even their sailing advantages. There is not an ama-
teur in the kingdom, as a cutter or a schooner sailor,
but whas knows the advantage of a squaresail-yard in
running before the wind, as big as he can possibly set ;
yet really the presei.t small squaresail-yards belonging to
the Bustard and Starling are bving;reduced to mop han-
dles, rendering them perfectly useless. If the Board of
Admiralty have confidence in the officers selected to com-
mand these vessels, it would be only fair towards them
that they should be permitted to fit and rig their vessels
according to their own judgment. Again, with regard
to their armament. Those who have been accustomed
to the China seas in chase of pirates knew well how use-
less, comparatively, is a 32-pounder. It is the crushing
6$ that terrifies the enemy, and makes an impression on
man and vessel. Well, then, we have the Raleigh, Cruiser
and Highflyer, proceeding to China. Why do not these
ships take out 68-pounders for the gun-boats ; Plenty
of 32's may be had in India, but very few We
also beg to suggest that a new forefoot be added to the
Starling. She will have on her voyage out to depend on
canvas, and in sailing on a wind more gripe is important
to her ; the expense is a mere bagatelle compared with
the advantages that would accrue.
The Turkish ship of war Payki Zaffer, of 104 guns,
Commander Ismail Bey, which arrived at Plymouth on
Monday, was visited the next day by Mr. Thomas Were
Fox, jun., the Turkish Consul, who was honoured with a
salute of nine guns, and who subsequently escorted her
commander and two other officers to Mount Wise, where
they were received by Port-Admiral Sir Wm. Parker,
G.C.8., kc. Arrangements are to be made at the Devon-
port Dockyard for fitting the Payki Zaffer in the Union
Dock with her machinery and a screw, for which she is
already prepared, and, in order to expedite the work,
the dock will be supplied with gas. Her crew, 550 men,
will in the mean time be placed on board a Government
hulk in Hamoaze. The engines, of 600 horse power,
will be prepared in the Gycle, and sent to Devonport.
When this ship left Constantinople she was bound for
Liverpool, but on arrival at Gibraltar was ordered to the
Royal arsenal at Devonport. She was built at Constanti-
nople about eight years since, and thoroughly repaired
there in 1854.

In consequence (1 instructi,ns from the Admiralty, a
court, consisting of Admiral Sir Wm. Parker, G C. 8.,
Commander-in-Chief at PI) mouth ; Rear-Admiral W.
F. Martin, superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard, and
Rear Admiral Sir H. D. Chado,, K.C.8., Commander-in-
Chief at Cork, attended by Mr. Grant, Controller-Gene-
ral of Victualling, wiii shortly ass'emble at Plymouth,
to inquire into the manner in which the duties of Capt.
Superintendent Joseph Nice, and the other officers of
the Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth, are per-
formed ; and also to inquire into the circunisits.,nces which
recently took place between Capt. Nias and Dr. Budd,
when an application was made to admit some distin-
guished French visitors to see the establishment.
The non-commissioned officers and men belonging to
the following depots at the provisional battalion, Chat-
ham, completed their course of instruction yesterday in
the theory and practice of the Enfield rifle, under Captain
W. Nott, 83d Regt., and Lieut. A. M‘Leod—viz. :-27th
Eoniskillens, 32d, 35th Royal Sussex Regt., 52d Light
Infantry, 53d, 60th Rifles, first battalion, 61st, 64th, and
78th Highlanders, with the following officers :—Ensign
W. Mangin, 26th I,Cameronians ; Ensign R. J. Bell,
i7th Regiment ; and Ensign F. Schlotel, 81st Regi-
ment. The whole of the Chatham division of Royal
Marine Light Infantry are also undergoing a course of
rifle instruction, under Major G. B. Rodney, R.M., and
the troops belonging to the Royal Engineers are being
trained in the use of the Lancaster rifle by Lieutenant
G. R. Lempriere. R.E.
The Leander, 50, Captain E. B. Rice (1856) from the
Mediterranean station, was paid off at Chatham on
Tuesday, and is ordered to be placed in ordinary.

DEATH OF GENERAL SIR C. HALKETT,
G. C. B. AND G. C. H., GOVERNOR OF
CHELSEA HOSPITAL.

We regret to have to announce the demise of General
Sir Colin Halkett, the gallant Governor of Chelsea Hos-
pital, who expired at a few minutes before eleven o'clock
yesterday forenoon, at his residence at the Hospital.
The venerable and gallant General had been in delicate
health for some months, when, about eight weeks back,
he was seized with a very serious attack of gout, to
which he had been occasionally subject. The General
never thoroughly recovered, but it was only within 24
hours of his dissolution that the termination of his earthly
career was found to be rapidly appraaching. Dr. Mao-
lachlan had been unremitting in his attendance on the
gallant Governor, assisted by the deputy-surgeon of the
Hospital, Dr. J. C. Ga.ulier, the latter of whom was
present at the decease of the General.
The gallant deceased was eldest son of Major-General
Frederick Halkett, by his marriage with Miss Seton,
and was, we believe, in the 83d year of his age. Ho
entered the army at a youthful age, as Ensign in the 3d
Buffs, and served subsequently in other regiments until
he obtained a Lieut.-Colonelcy in 1803. He was then
ordered to take part in the struggle in the Peninsula,
and was appointed to the command of a brigade of the
German Legion, arid during that command took an activ
part in the battles of Albuera, Salamanca, Vittoria, and
the passage of the Nive, and for his services at which he
received a cross. The gallant General was also at Wa-
terloo in command of the second division of the 2d
Corps d'Armee, under the command of General Lord
Hill. At that signal victory Sir Colin's division was
hotly and he bad four bores shot under him,
and also engaged,alsoreeei•ed four wounds, one tbrouh the face, the
shot carrying away a portion of his palate, one at the
back of the neck, another in the thigh, and one in his
heel.
Sir Colin Halkett's active military career may be con-
sidered to have closed with the return of peace. In 1830
he was appointed Colonel of the 31st Foot, and in 1847
was appointed to the Coloaelcy in chief of the 45th (Not-
thighainshire) Foot, which becomes vacant by his la-
mented decease. The gallant General was appointed
Lieutenant Governor of Cheheia llospita', but only filled
that position a few months when the death of General
Sir George Anson led to a vacancy of the governorship
of that military asylum, when the Duke of Wellington
at once conferred the honourable appointment upon the
gallant deceased. Sir Colin having gone through all the
minor classes of the Order of the Bath, was nominated
a Grand Cross of that noble military order in 1848. He
was also a Knight Grand Cross of the Hanoverian
Guelphio Order, a Knight (3,-1 class) of Wilhelm of th •
Netherlands, a Knight Commander of theßavarian Order
of Maximilian Joseph, and a Knight of the Tower and
Sword of Portugal.

The late Sir Colin was :parried, and leaves an only
son, Captain Frederick J. C. Halkett, of the 71st Regi•
inent, and three daughters. Sir Colin Halkett's brother,
also distinguished for his military talents during the
great European war, holds the high post of Commander.
in-Chief of the Hanoverian army.
The gallant Generai's commission bore date as follows
Lieut.. Colonel, Nov. 17th, 1803 ; Colonel, January Ist,
1812 ; Major. General, June 4tb, 1814 ; Lieut.. General,
July 22d, 1$30; and General, Nov, Dtb, 1846,