The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-28 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Adjt.-General Lord William Paulet, by order
of the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, pro-
mulgated in a General Order, dated Horse Guards,
22d inst., the annual return showing the corps serv-
ing in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands,
North America, and at. the Mauritius which have
completed the annual musketry course for 1866-7,
with their figures of merit, &c. We extract the
following paragraph from the General Order :
" By this return it appears that of the 79 battalions
of infantry therein recorded the shooting of 13 is
very good, of 32 good, and of 34 moderately good.
In very many cases, however, the result of the rapid
file firing shows an average of under .12 points,
which is decidedly bad, and as his Royal Highness is
compelled to believe that this state of things must
be attributable either to defective training or to
_au omission carefully and intelligibly to explain to
,the men, before practice, the rules,laid down in the,
General Order of the 2d May, 1861,, he is again un-
der the necessity of calling the attention of com-
manding officers to the orders contained in para-
graphs 54 and -55, page 71, bf the revised Musketry
Regulations, and to the necessity of the men being
-'carefully drilled in the platoon exercise before being
handed over to thelnstructor for the annual course."
It was stated iu The Sun a few days ago that a
batch of 25 guns, on Mr. Fraser's plan of cheap con.
atruction, now adopted by the Government, had been
shipped from "Woolwich Arsenal to the order of the
colonial Government of Australia. One of the guns,
however, was ordered to be retained by desire of the
'War department, and was sent to Shoeburyness for
experimental purposes to test its accuracy and capa-
bilities. The gun, a 64-pounder, was accordingly
fired on Tuesday last, over the 500 yards range, in
the presence of Capt. and Brevet Major Heyman,
R.A., secretary, and other members of the Ordnance
Select Committee. With a charge of 121 b. of powder
and an 801 b. shot the Warrior target was penetrated,
and the gun was pronounced all that was desired.
It will be again taken to Woolwich to be reshipped
for its destination to Melbourne.

The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—G. Williams, Staff Commander, to
the Royal Adelaide ; W. H. Hayward, master, addi-
tional, to the Indus for the Dryad ; J. T. Webb,
master, to the Terror ; Sub-Lieut. Lenox Napier and
Sub-Lieut. J. H. Raimer, to the Vestal, as super-
numeraries ; G. Mair, assist.-surg., to the Nereus ;
W. Harvey, assist.-surg., to the Formidable, addi-
tional, for service in the Lizard ; and Jas. Driver,
chief engineer, to the Cumberland, for service in
the Cossack.

MISSING SHIPS.—The Thalestris, which sailed
from Porto Rico on the 14th of September for the Clyde
and the Queen of ladia, which sailed from Manilla for San
Francisoo on 234 of August., have not since been hoard of

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

DERBY RACES.- (Tnrs DAT.)
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
DERWENT STAKES.
The Derwent Plate of 30 sot's, added to a Handicap of 5
soya each ; winners of any race after Feb. 14 (at ten
a.m.) 71b extra ; one mile.
Vice Versa 1
Knight of Downe 2
Anchorite

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
DERBY.

9 to 1 ngst The lhtko (taken to £400)

vicToßa CLUB BE 1 TING.—Tms DAr.

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
9 to 1 agst Shakespeare (taken)
100 to 7 apt Dermot Asthore (taken and offered)
20 to 6 apt Columbia (taken and offered)
25 to 1 apt Surney (offered)
25 to 1 agst The Doctor (offered)
25 to 1 agst King Arthur (taken)
1000 to 40 agst Astrolabe (taken)
25 to 1 agst Shangarry (taken)
1000 to 30 agst Little Frank (taken)
33 to 1 agst Cortolvin (take and offered)
33 to 1 agst Banker (offered)
40 to 1 agat Ibex (taken)
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
100 to 6 agst Clarice (offered—take 20 to 1)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
4to 1 agst Plaudit (taken)
sto 1 agat Julius (offered—take 6 to 1)
11 to 1 agat Hermit (offered)
1203 to 100 agat Vauban (taken)
25 to 1 agat Van Amburgh (taken) .

DERBY.
100 to 12 agst D'Estournel (offered)
9io 1 agst The Rake (offered)
100 to 7 agst Hermit (offered —lOOO to 60 wanted)
25 to 1 agst Julius (offered) take 1000 to 85
CROXTON PARK MEETING.
FRIDAY, MARCH 29.

Weights for the Granby Handicap. About one mile and

a half.

Ago st lb
Arkenside... .. 5 9 12
Claverhousei ... 4 9 11
Retribution 4 9 11
Nimble ... 4 9 8
Royal Tartan ... 4 9 7
Mrs. Allan... .. 4 9 2
Black Prince, by
Voltigeur ... 4 9 2
Clarice 8 9 2
Slap Bang 3 8 11
Charles 11.... ... 3 8
Ailesbury 8 8
Anchorite ... 3 8 8
Rebecca .. 3 8 8
C by Kohinoor out
of Topsail 3 8 8
Lady Lincoln ... 3 8 8
Weights for the Cup. Two miles.
Age st lb Ago st lb
Lecturer ... 4 12 8 Conundrum ... 4 10 2
Sultan ... ... 511 10 Arienside ... 5 10 0
Beadle 6 11 81Claverhouse ... 4 9 12
Sealskin ... ... 411 - 6 Nimble ... ... 4 9 9
Lucifer ... 410 9 Royal Tartan ... 4 9 8
Belmont ... ... 4 10 9 Black Prince, by
Wandering Minstrel 610 7 Voltigeur ... 4 9 3
Flatcatcher ... 4 10 7 Red Shoes ... 3 9 0
Bertie ... 4 10 5 Miss Alice 3 8 11
Steamboat 4 10 3 Lady Lincoln 3 8 8
The Drone 410 2 Rebecca ... ... 3 8 8
Weights published Feb. 26, at 8 p.m. Forfeits to be

Age st lb
John Davis ... 6 12 0
Sultan. ... a-11.8
Beadle 6 11 8
Kangaroo ... 5 11 2
Sealskin ... 4 11 2
Special ... 410 10
Lucifer...4lo 8
Belmont ... 4 10 8
Wandering Minstrel 6 10 6
Brimstone ... .., 4 10 6
Flatcatcher ... 4 10 6
Bertie ... 410 4
Steamboat... ... 4 10 2
Conundrum ... 4 10 2
Panacea ... 410 21
Nemo ... ... 6 10 0
The Drone ... 410 0

declared at noon on the sth of March.

Two MONSTRE SWEEPS OVER THE LIVERPOOL GRAND
NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, drawn Monday, March 4th,
1867. 10,000 members at is each, and 3,000 members at
2s. 6d. each. Address, HARRY WILsoN, Turf Herald Office,
Hull. Commissions executed on all races.

W. HOPKINS tend JOHN AMBROSE (member of Tattersall's,
Victoria, and other Clubs) Execute Commissions on all
races throughout the year. Address-33, OXENDEN-
STREET, HAYMARKET.

Mr. GRORGE WEBB, Commission Agent, 125, Queen's-
crescent, Haverstock-bill. Commissions executed from
10s. upwards. Post-office Orders to be made payable at
the Haverstock-hill prone"). Price Lists sent on receipt of
a stamped envelope. Mr. W. has Lists posted daily at the
Arches, near Far►ingdou-street, and in George-yard ; also
through his Agents, Mr. F. Butler, near Meax's Brewery ;
and at Mr. Roberts', Tobacconist, 19, Seymour-street,
Euston-square. Evenings after 7 at Mr. C. Durham's,
Freemasons' Arms, Long-acre, near Drury-lane ; and at
Mr. Roberts' as above.

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TRAINING QUARTERS.

(THIS DAY.)

NEWMARKET.

The Hermit and Knight of the Garter are now canter-
ing smartly together. The Rake continues to gallop over
a mile by himself ; and Friponnier is leading Van Am-
burgh. Loybourne pioneers D'Estournel a mile and a half
at throe parts speed. Sealskin is schooling Ravioli and
Moleskin at a mile. Dragon gallops a mile and a quarter
with Cerf ;Volante, Trocadero, and Enchanteur, but they
do it very steadily. Mat Dawson has commenced giving
Julius, Peri.les, Avron, Bornbastes, and Flying Scud an ad-
ditional canter and longer gallops, and the first mentioned
goes uncommonly free. Hippia moves brilliantly. Tour-
malin is galloping a mile and three-quarters. Star of
India is doing a little over a mile and a quarter. The
Liverpool steeplechase horse, Shakspere, continues to
rattle along in rare form ; and. Dermot Asthore is also ex-
ceedingly fit.