The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-23 00:00:00

COVENTRY RACES.-TUESDAY,

The Coventry Handicap of 50 soya, added to a sweepstakes
of 10 sous each, 2 ft, to go to the fund ; winners extra.
One mile and a half. 23 subs.
Mr. T. Brown's Joskin, byWest Australian, 3 yrs, sst 41b

(Mitchell) 1
Mr. T. Stevens's Yellow Rose, 3 yrs, Est 101 b .. (Roberts) 2
Mr. Sadler's The Gem, 3 yrs, Est (Sadler) 3
Eltham Beauty, Contention, and Tame Deer also ran.
The betting opened at 7 to 4 agst Yellow Rose, but closed
at 2 to 1 agst Contention, 3 to 1 agst Joskin, 3 to 1 agst
Eltham Beauty, and 5 to 1 agst Yellow Rose. Won by
three quarters of a length, half a length between the second
and third, bad fourth, the others pretty well up.
Handicap Plate of 30 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sevs
each ; winners extra. One mile.

Mr. Mellish's Minster, by Newminster, 3 yrs, sst 9lb
(Mitchell) 1
Mr. La Alert's Queen of the South, 6 yrs, Bst 71b
(Clements) 2
Mr. Brown's Oddfellow, 3 yrs, sst 61b (J. Page) 3
Betting-2 to 1 agst Minster,:7 to 2 agst Greenwich Fair,
5 to 1 agst Cynthia, 6to 1 agst English Rose. Won by
two lengths, same distance between the second and third,
Cynthia was fourth, Puritan fifth, Ferndale sixth, English
Rose seventh, and Greenwich Fair eighth. Whimsical
slipped and fell about half a mile from home.

The Craven Steeplechase of 70 sovs, added to a sweepstakes
of 10 sovs each, 2 ft, to go to the fund. Winners extra.
Four miles. 27 subs.
Mr. Worthington's Telegram, by Rodney, 6 yrs, 9st 131 b
(including 71b extra) (C. Green) 1
Mr. Parson's Omar Pacha, aged, 9st 81b....(G. Stevens) 2
Mr. J. L. Manby's Kibworth Lass, aged, lOst....(Enock) 3
Betting-3 to 1 each agst Telegram and Jean du Quesne,
8 to 1 agst Kibworth Lass, 9 to 1 agst Omar Pacha, 10 to
1 agst Tamworth. A magnificent race up the distance with
Telegram and Omar Pacha, each having alternately the
best of it, resulted in favour of Telegram by a short head ;
Kibworth Lass was a very bad third, Tease wasfourth, and

Jean du Quesne fifth. Broadway Swell and Sting fell early
in the race. Flatcatcher and Tamworth refused in the first
round, and Chelmerton, whilst leading, fell about three
quarters of a mile from home.

The Military Steeplechase of 5 sovs each, with a cup given
by Captain Hunt, and 25 sovs added by the officers of the
3d Light Dragoons. 12st 71b each. Three miles.
Captain Ellis's Inniskilling, 6 yrs (Owner) 1
Captain Ellis names Protectionist .(Capt. Martin) 2
Mr. W. Sergison's Minnie, aged (Owner) 3
Mr. W. H. Davis's Kilbride, 6 yrs (Owner) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst Inniskilling, 3to 1 agst Minnie.
Won by three quarters of a length ; bad third. The whole
lot refused after starting; and Radiator and Runaway, re-
fusing again afterwards, were pulled up.
Handicap Hurdle Race of 30 soya, added to a sweepstakes
of 5 sovs each. Winners extra. Two miles. 23 subs.
Mr. H. E. Johnstone's Kilsby, by Catesby, 4 yrs, Bst 71b
(Headland) 1
Mr. Mellish's Tame Deer, 6 yrs, 10st 101 b.... (J. Land) 2
Mr. T. Brown's Pactolus, 4 yrs, 9st 121 b (inc. 71b extra)
(Palmer) 3
Queen of the South, Johnny, and Balzarine also ran.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Kilsby, 3to 1 each agst Tame Deer
and Balzarine. Won by four lengths ; bad third.

POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH IRELAND.—A
copy of the contracts entered into by the Government for
improving the postal and passenger communication between
England and Ireland, via Holyhead, was yesterday printed,
on the motion of Mr. Ormsby Gore, M.P. The Post-office
will pay £20,000 a-year for the land, and £85,000 a-year
for the sea service. The contract is for 14 years.
We believe that Mr. Robert Malcolm Kerr,
L.L.8., of the Northern Circuit, is a candidate for the
office of judge of the Sheriffs' Court, which within the last
few days has become vacant in consequence of the death of
Mr. M. Prendergast, Q.C. Mr. Kerr is the author of
several law works of recognised merit—of an edition of
" Blackstone's Commentaries," which is now used as a text
book at the Inns of Court and at the University of Cam-
bridge.
GIBRALTAR.—By the arrival at Southampton
yesterday morning of the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's steamship Euxine, in charge of Captain Hicks, we
have received advices from Gibraltar to the 16th inst.,
being two days later than those brought by the Ceylon.
The Euxine, which has been engaged on the Marseilles
and Alexandria line, has come home for repairs; she con-
sequently brought neither passengers nor cargo. She en-
countered fresh north-easterly winds along the Spanish
coast and in the Ba and strong northerly winds in the
y,
Channel. On the 17th inst., 20 miles north of Cape St.
Vincent, the Euxine spoke her Majesty's ship Orion, all
well, nine days from Bantry-bay, which vessel parted com-
pany with her Majesty's ship Victor Emmanuel two days
after leaving that place.
PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris
is about at par, and the short exchange On London is 25.15
per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the Eng-
lish Mint price of £3
17s. 100, per ounce for standard gold,
it appears that gold is about 1-10th per cent. dearer in
Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the
price of gold is 4241 per mark, and the short exchange on
London is 13.41 per il sterling. Standard gold at the
English Mint price is therefore about 1-10th per cent.
dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of ex-
change at New York on London for bills ae 60 days' sight
is about 109 k per cent., which, when compared with the
Mint par between the two countries, shows that the ex-
change is slighly in favour of England ; and, after making
allowance for chrages of transport and difference of inte-
rest, the present rate leaves a trifling profit on the impor-
tation of gold from the United States.

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THE NAV.J.4 ;i
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The screw steamnsport on
Mondity towed down to Woolwich-004r ffitin th-o
Victoria Docks, and yesterday commenced shipping
a cargo of guns for Gibraltar.
Here Majesty's paddlewheel storeship Rhoda- "u
manthus, Master-Commander Sturdee, from Ports.. !
mouth, was yesterday hauled into basin at Woolwich, ;'
in readiness to embark boilers and steam gear for r'
the 120-gun ship St. George, under construction at :17
Devonport.
The gunboats Teaser, Minx, and Bann were •
yesterday towed up to Deptford yard from Wool-
wich, to be placed in reserve.
The paddlewheel steamer Firefly was yesterday
taken into No. 3 dock at Woolwich to have defects t
repaired. and the iron screw steam store•vessel
-6appijr, under orders for Boudroun Bay to ship
antiquities for the British Museum, was at the
same time hauled out of basin and berthed along-
side the Salsette, in readiness to steam down the
river this morning on a trial trip of her machinery.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Gorgon was likewise
undocked, and was admitted into the fitting basin.
On Sunday Rear-Admiral T. H. R. t'Hooft, com-
manding his Netherlands Majesty's screw steam
squadron in Plymouth Sound, visited the
screw steam frigate Liffey, 51, Captain Preedy,
which arrived the day before from Port-
land. On Monday Port-Admiral Sir Barrington
Reynolds, K.C.8., went from Devonport in the
Sylph cutter to the screw steam frigate Evertson, _
50, Capt. Moore, for the purpose of paying a corn- "
plimentary visit to Admiral t'Hooft. The build,
equipment, and discipline of the Evertson excited
general admiration. During the day several of the 1
junior officers belonging to the Dutch ships in-
spected the Devonport dockyard, and in the evening
the Vice-Admiral dined with Sir Barrington Rey-
nolds.

A letter received at Plymouth, written from the
screw steam frigate Euryalus, 51, dated at Alex-
andria, March 2, states that the day before, when
at sea under studding sails, and running eight
knots, Thomas Childs, an able seaman, fell over-
board. A 28-feet cutter, fitted with Capt. Kynas-
ton's lifeboat hooks, was, with her crew, disengaged
with great facility, although on the weather side,
and the man saved. The circumstance had attracted
the attention of the Pasha of Egypt, who expressed
a particular wish to Capt. Tarleton to witness the
working of the hooks when the weather moderated.
It was blowing a zale from the westward when the
mail closed.
The Algiers, 91, screw steamship, Capt. George
W. D. O'Callaghan, sailed yesterday at 3.30 p.m.
from Spithead for Portland.
The Osborne, .paddlewheel steam yacht, Master
Commander G. IT. IC Bower, has nearly, completed
her repairs in No. 5 dock at Portsmouth, and will
be taken out about the 25th inst.
The Rolla, naval apprentices' brig, at Ports-
mouth, Lieutenant Charles G. Nelson, has been
taken out of No. 2 dock, and the Stork gunboat,
tender to the Excellent, gunnery ship at Ports-
mouth, taken in to have some repairs carried out.
The Leopard, 18, Captain James E. B. Wain-
wright, yesterday proceeded to the westward, re-
ported for the Mediterranean.

- The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—W. H. James, master's
assistant, to the Nile ; J. Edwards, master's as-
sistant, to the Termagant ; Albert Gain, master's
assistant, to the Hero ; Charles Evershed, master's
assistant, to the Hannibal; and W. C. Deverenx,
clerk, to the Fisgard.