The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-17 00:00:00

MATCH, at 15at each.

Duke of Hamilton's brown pony (Owner) 1
Mr. E. Griffith's Tom Studd. (Owner) 2

Won easily by two lengths.
The Duke of Hamilton, who rode his own animal, was
loudly cheered.
The HEWLETT'S PLATE of 40 sous ; weight for age ; selling

allowances. T.Y.C.
Mr H. Chaplin's Gulnara (X3O), 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Cannon) 1
Mr T. Steven's Laura, (.£3O), 2 yrs, 6st (Wyatt) 2
Mr. J. Turner's Anatomist, (.£3O), 2yrs, 65t...(11. Clark) 3
The fo:lowing also ran : Chance, Rowena, Blue Bonnet.
Betting--7 to 4on Gulnara, sto 2 agst Anatomist-6 to
1 " bar two." Won by a head.
The PRESTBURY STAKES (Handicap), a hurdle race of 5
sovs each, 2 ft, with 30 added ; winners of any handicap

hurdle race after Oct. 10, at ten a.m., 71b extra. Two

miles, over six flights of hurdles. 18 subs.
Mr T. V. Morgan's Contraband, by Marsyas—Dinah,
4 yrs, lOst 71b (GI. Holman) 1
Mr J. F. Rowland's Wedding Peal, 4 yrs, 9st 121 b
(W. Reeves) 2
Mr T. Cook's Lady Laurie, 6 yrs, 9st Mb (Overton) 3
Mr J. Read's Confidence, aged, lOst 31b (Read) 0
Betting-5 to 2 agst Contraband, 6to 4 agst Wedding
Peal. Won cleverly by half a length from Wedding Peal.
MATCH : 100, 11 ft. Two miles.

Mr F. Wombwell's Clyntha, 12st (Owner) 1
Mr P. Barker's Leo, 12st Owner) 2
No betting. Leo led till withitra short distance of home,
when Clyntha, finishing with a rush, won by a couple of
lengths.

HARROW FLAT RACES AND STEEPLECHASES.

TUESDAY.

The NURSERY STARES of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 30 added,
for 2-yr-olds About 5 fur.

Mr. J. Nightingall's colt by Vedette—Testy 7st 4lb
(Elphick) 1
Mr. Richards' Nursery Girl. ist (Levis) 2
Mr. G. Robinson's Elburg, 7st (Marsh) 3

The following also ran :—My Niece filly, Miss Annie,
and Rose Stock.

Betting-6 to 4 agst the Testy colt, 3to 1 agst My Niece,
sto 1 agst Miss Annie. Won by two lengths.
_ _

A SELLING STAKES of 5 sous each, with 25 added; weight
for age ; half a mile.

Mr. Fleming's Vicious, by Donateur—lrregularity, 2
yrs (L3O), Est 61b
Mr. Hunt's Bonne Fortune, 2 yrs, (£3O), Est 61b (Sayers) 2
Mr. W. G. Bennett's Sisyphus, 4 yrs (£3O), Bst 91b
(Hibbard) 3
Betting—Even on Sisyphus, 7 to 4 agst Bonne Fortune,
4tol. " bar two." Won easily by two lengths.
A HANDICAP PLATE Of 40 sovs ; any winner after October
2, at ten a.m., 71b extra ; about 5 fur.

Mr. F. Mitchell's La Muta, by Wild Dayrell—Fenella, 3
yrs, Est 71b (car. Est 81b) (Marsh 1
Mr. Robinson's Elburg, 2 yrs, oat 71b (Spencer) 2
Mr. T. Ballard's Hop Leaf, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (car. 7st
61b
(Barber) 3

The following also ran :—Lydia, British Tar, Gay (late
The Gem), Jessie, Bay Leaf, Starcross, Rosaline colt,
Boyal Tartan, and Fair Lady.
Betting-3 to 1 agst British Tar, 6to 1 each agst Royal
Tartan, Bay Leaf, and Starcross, 7 to 1 agst Jessie, 10 to 1
each agst Lydia and La Muta.
A SELLING STEEPLE CHASE of 3 sovs each, with 25 added,
for four year olds and upwards; weight for age; about

two miles.
Mr. Hobson's Teddy, by Tadmor—Worthless, aged
(£3O) list 91b (Owner) 1
Mr. Oldreeve's Comot, aged (£3O) list 91b ... (B. Land 2
Mr. Sheppard's Monitor, 4 yrs (£4O) lOst 71b Owner 3
i
Mr. Barton's Elise, 5 yrs (.£4o)_llst 71b
..,.. (Owner 0

Betting-6 to 4 agst Teddy, 2to 1 agst Elise, 3to 1 agst
Comet. Won cleverly by two lengths.

The HARROW STEEPLE (JHASE PLATE of 40 sovs ; any
winner after October 2, at ten &m., 71b extra ; about two

miles and a half.
Mr. New's Frantic, aged, lOst 71b (Owner) 1
Mr. Bilham's Rochester, aged, 1 Ist 71b (Mitchell) 0
Mr. H. Cameron's Blue Bell, aged, lOst 101 b ... (Owner) 0
Betting—Rochester was first backed at 6 to 4, and then
2 to 1 was laid on Frantic, who was the only one of the
trio that went the course, the others refusing.

The LINCOLN AUTUMN HANDICAP of 15 soya each, 10 ft,
and only 5 if declared by Oet. 16, at noon, with 100
added ; the winner of any handicap after the weights
appear (Oct. 10, at 11 a.m.) value 50 sovs to carry 51b,
of two of that value or 100 sous 81b, or one of 200 sous
121 b extra; the second to save his take. One mile and
half. (59 subs.)

Age st lb
*Elland ... 4 9 4
Regalia ...4 9 4
Ostregor 4 9 0
Broomiblaw 4 9 0
*Ackworth 5 8 9
Breadalbane 4 8 7
Sundeelah 5 8 2
King Charming ... 4 8 0
Skylark •
5 7 12
Dr. Syntax 6 7 12
Rama •
3 7 12
Empress of India 5 7 11
Friday ... ▪ 4 711
*Pantaloon ... 4 7 10
Raglan ... 6 710
Pintail ... 5 7 10
Moose 6 7 8
*Gomera ... 4 7 7
*Wild Agnes 4 7 7
Verdant ... 4 7 6
Lilly 1100 ... 4 7 5
Brick ... 6 7 5
Caithness ... ... 3 7 4
Arkansas ... 4 7 4
Retrousse 3 7 4
Ethelred 5 7 4
Langham 3 7 2
Treasure Trove 3 7 2
Life Guardsman... 3 7 0
Begum 3 612
The horses marked thus (*)
the knowledge of their own(
time prescribed, unless specia

Age st lb
Plutus 8 6 12
Dulcimer ... ... 4 6 10
Actma 3 6 10
Miss Haworth ... 3 6 8
Forester ... 4 6 8
Mushroom ... 4 6 7
Wild Briar ... 3 6 6
Scarborough ... 4 6 6
Monitress ... 3 6 5
Vigorous ... 3 6 5
Dart ... ... 3 6 5
Capel Royal 3 6 4
Chepstow ... 3 6 2
*Black Prince 3 6 2
Cranford 3 6 6
Nutrition ... 3 6 0
Queen Mary ... 3 6 0
Beeswing 3 5 12
Ninco Nanco ... 3 5 12
Greyfoot ... 3 5 10
Bertie 3 510
Othello ... 3 5 10
Hawkswell ... 3 5 10
Polly Perkins ... 3 5 7
*lsis... ... ... 3 5 7
Windhound ... 3 5 7
Gold Pen 3 5 7
*Pretty Queen ... 3 5 7
Red Earl (pays ft)

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LONDON GAZE T TE. —Last Evening.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, OcT. 16.
Dragoond2soLheJournlye, tlJBO6h6,
John CharesSymond
2d Regiment of Life Guards—The
_appointment of Regi-
mental Corporal-Major Thomas Wake,
as Riding-Mas-
6thter,to bear dateuar
the 17th Lancers, to be Lieutenant, by si
from
purchase, vice
Cecil Edward Martin, who-mtires.
2d Dragoons—Lieutenant George Edward Graham Foster
Pigott to be Captain, by purchase, vice Percy Charles
Du Cane, who retires ; Cornet Patrick Sanderson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pigott; Walter Johnson,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Sanderson.
3d Hussars—Oswin Cumming Baker-Cresswell, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ernest Augustus Belford
transferred to the 17th Lancers; Cornet Charles B.
Nettles to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Samuel Barrett,
who resigns the appointment.
Bth Hussars—Lieutenant Edmond Hegan Kennard to be
be Captain, by purchase, vice Horace Durrant, who re-
tires ; Cornet Charles Howe Cuff Knox to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Kennard ; William Thomas
Tattershall Lees Fleetwood, Gent., to bo Cornet, by
purchase, vice Knox.
17th Lancers—Lieutenant Henry William Young to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Henry Richard Abadie,
whose promotion by purchase, on the 15th June, 1866,
has been cancelled ; Captain Samuel Boulderson, from
the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vice Young, who ex-
changes; Lieutenant Thomas Arthur Cooke, from the
sth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Faulkner who ex-
changes; Cornet Ernest Augustus Belford, from the 3d
Hussars, to be Cornet, vice Symonds, promoted by pur-
chase, in the 6th Dragoon Guards.
13th Hussars—Edward Nolan, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice James Watkins, who retires; Wm. George
Andrews, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Charles
Kennett, who retires.
20th Hussars—Cornet Cecil Mangles to be Lieutenant,
vice Thomas Shepherd, transferred to the Bengal
Staff Corps ; Gentleman Cadet Benjamin Watson Blake,
from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, vice
Mangles.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieutenant George Frede-
rick Stanley Chambers to be Second Captain, vice Row-
land Burdon Webster, deceased; Lieutenant William
Southwell Curzon to be Second Captain, vice Bre-
vet-Major H. C. S. Dyer, removed to the Super-
numerary List on being appointed Assistant-Superin-
tendent of the Small Arms Establishment at Pimlico.
The promotion of Second Captain Henry Bond to be
dated Ist August, 1866, and not the 14th August, us
stated in the Gazette of the latter date ; Staff Assistant-
Surgeon Arthur Croker to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
A. D. Gulland, M.D., promoted on the Staff : the ap-
pointment of Surgeon-Major William Green Trousdell,
M.D., which appeared iu the Gazette of 23d. March,
1866, should have been described as that of a Surgeon--
Major ; the appantment- of--`Veterinary-Surgeon Chas.
Edward Barton, from the Bombay establishment, as
Veterinary Surgeon, which appeared in the Gazette of
30th March, 1866, has been cancelled.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant Allen May to be
Second Captain, vice G. H. Brooke, deceased.
Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Alfred W.
Thynne to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur-
chase, vice Brevet-Colonel the lion. A. M. Cathcart,
who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant Henry Trotter to
be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Thynne ;
Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon. James St. Vincent
Saumarez to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase,
vice A. D. Hayter, who retires ; Charles E. F. Clayton,
Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Trotter; Laurence J. Oliphant, Gent., to be Ensign and
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. J. St. V. Sag_

marez.
3d Regiment of Foot—Staff Surgeon T. Teevan to be
Surgeon, vice Touch, appointed to the Staff; staff
Assistant-Surgeon J. Atkinson to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Teevan, promoted on the Staff.
4th Foot Quartermaster-Sergeant John Edward Stokes
to be Quartermaster, vice William Connell, who retires

upon half-pay.
sth Foot—Lieutenant Henry Faulkner, from the 17th
Lancers, to be Lieutenant, vice Cooke, who exchanges.
6th Foot—Lieutenant Herbert Burrows Adcock, to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Rowland O'Connor, de-

ceased..
Bth Foot—Lieutenant William Hunter Baillie to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Fraser Nowall, who retires ;
Ensign Alfred Mellor to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Baillie ; Ensign James Matthew Taylor, from the

48th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Mellor.
9th Foot—Lieutenant Charles James Borton to be Captain,
without purchase, vice John O'Flanagan, who retires

upon temporary half-pay.
10th Foot—Captain Anthony Robert Keogh, from the
14th Foot, to be Captain, vice Patrick Brown Lucas,
promoted.
14th Foot—Lieut. Anthony Robert Keogh to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Frederick Gerard Armstrong, who re-
tires; Ensign Charles Wood to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Keogh ; Lieut. Frederick King Laverton has
been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of
his Commission.
15th Foot--Capt. Francis Powell Hopkins to be Major,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Col. Wm.,
Fulton, promoted to a half-pay Lieutenant Colonelcy
without purchase; Ensign Wm. Chas. James Lacy, from
the 16th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Alexander Qrant,
transferred to the 42d Foot ; Lieutenant Albert Edward

Hamilton Smyth to be Instructor of Musketry, vice
Lieut. Layard, promoted.
16th Foot—Gentleman Cadet George Patrick Campbell,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice William Charles James Lacy, transferred
to the 15th Foot.
18th Foot—Captain Walter Higgin, from the 40th Foot, to
be Captain, vice E. Hall, who exchanges; Capt. Henry
William Young, from the 17th Lancers, to be Captain,
vice Boulders,ou, who exchanges ; the exchange between
Captain S. Boulderson and Captain H. R. Abadie, of the
litit Lancers, which took place on August 7, 1866, has
been cancelled ; Lieut. Francis Nathaniel Valentine
Burton has been permitted to retire from the service by
. . . .

_
the sale of his commission.
20th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Francis Crichton Maltby,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Thomas Ottiwell Moore, who retires.
24th Foot—Ensign E. 0. Heyland to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Alfred Beore, who retires ; Gentleman
Cadet Algernon P. Oeirichs, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign by purchase, vice Heyland.
26th Foot—Lieutenant William Blakeway Burton to be In-
structor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Cresswell, who
has resigned the appointment.
31st Foot—Captain Alexander Mitchell has been permitted
to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission.
32d Foot—Lieut. Chas. E. Le M. Cherry to be Captain, by
purchase, vice James Hartley, who retires ; Ensign R.
Phillipps to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cherry ;
Gentleman Cadet Charles Frederick Nicholas Le
Quesne, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Phillipps.
38th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Robert Smith, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Charles
Alex. Stuart Monteath, who retires.
2d West India Regiment— Lieutenant Archibald Roger to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Francis Adam Knapp,
who retires; Ensign Albert Donald Ambrose Furse to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Roger; Ensign Edward
J. W. Laing, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be
Ensign, vice Furse.
4th West India Regiment—Captain Francis Charles
Gavegan, from half-pay, late 4th West India Regiment,
to be Captain, vice James H. Lawrence-Archer, who
retires upon half-pay,: on appointment as Staff Officer of
P

DEPOT BATTALION.
Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel John Charles
Hill Jones, from half-pay, late 54th Foot, to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Edward Angier Godfrey
Muller, who retires upon half-pay.
Major Henry Robert Cowell, from half-pay, late 3d
Foot, to be Major, vice Charles James Orton Swaffield,
who retires upon temporary half-pay.
ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM.
.__ _ . •

Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Edward Angier
Godfrey Muller,. from half-pay, late Depot Battalion, to be
+Commandant, vice Brevet-Colonel John Yorke, C. 8., pro-
moted Major-General.
HALF-PAY.

Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Fulton,
from the 15th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without
purchase.
Major William Creagh O'Brien, from the 73d Foot, t° be
Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase.
Captain and Brevet-Major Charles Stuart
the 59th Foot, to be Major, without purchase.
the 4th West
Lieut. Nicholas Thos. Cuffe Herbert, from
purchase.
India Regiment, to be Captain, without _
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
the 100th Foot, to
Surgeon John Smith Chartres, Iltker, from
from 3d Foot, to be Staff-
Surgeon Edward Touch, M.D., •
to
oe
theSut Staff-oSurgeon,.vice Robert William Jackson' JUckson, appointed
Surgeon, vice James Davys,
D
Assistant-Surgeon Alexander
Staff-Surgeon, vice John.,
from the Royal Artillery, to be
deceasuedag. eon Gulland, M.D
Teevan, from the 3d Foot,
to be Staff-Surgeon.
joAsessphistManutifScukr7gdeeoeneartmas

-- BREVET.
the honorary rank of Captain, Henry
70th Foot, to be Major.
of the 32d Foot, to have the honorary
Charles 'Watson,
rank a 31ajor.
Royal Engineers .
Quartermaster William Connell, retired upon half-pay,
Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain.
late
Royal Artillery.
Qu4atrhtermaster John Bowler, retired upon half-pay, late
61st Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain.
PCaayptnalainstEeru,swticthelY'
7Gr.anKte,aßnoey,
The undermentioned Officers to be Aides-de-Camp to
the Queen, with the rank of Colonel in the Army :—Lieu-
-nCaonito_nceollothiy\ovn.3.llE..
The following officers to have the local rank of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel in India:—Captain and B
Tisdall, 35th Foot, and Major John D'O revet-Ma jor A.
Foot. yly Baring, 107th
Lieutenant-Colonel

ADMIRALTY, OCT. 11.
Mr. Burgess Watson, Acting Sub-Lieutenant, to be
Acting Lieutenant, with seniority from the sth September
last, promoted by Vies-Admiral Sir James Hope, G.C.8.,
Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's Ships and Vessels
on the North American and West India Station, in the
vacancy caused by the death of Lieutenant Maddock.
OCT. 15.
The undermentioned officers have this day been pro-
moted to the rank of Staff-Surgeon in her Majesty's Fleet,
in consideration of their services and attainments, under
her Majesty's Order in Council of 6th July, 1866 :—John
M'Swiney, Esq ; John Elliott, Esq. ;
Mor-
gan, Esq M.D • John Denis Macdonald, Esq.
• David Lloyd

COURSE OF EXCIIANGE--Last Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 16 11 17
Ditto 8 Months. 11 19f 12 0
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 47 25 55
- 2' 47f 25 55

Brussels
Hamburg — 13 tit 13 9
Paris Short 25 224 25 30
Ditto 3 Months. 25 42t 25 ' 7}
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine —"ll9f 120
Vienna — 13 10 13 22}
Trieste — 13 10 13 25
Petersburgn
Berlin 626 6 '26}
47 47}
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa — 27 10 27 25
Naples — 27 10 27 20
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon .. — 514 511
Oportoi 11111 l asimittistiotio 17 511 bit