The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-25 00:00:00

IBER.

RACING FIXT

- -
Hungerford
Newcastle-on-Tyno 26
Carlisle
Newmarket July
Pontefract 9
Abingdon
Reading
Nottinghaw
Down Royal
Knutsford
Stamford l9
Airdrio DUG
2
Deauvillo
Ripon 6
Brighton 7
Brighton Club
Lewes lO
Egham l4
Wolverhampton l4
Stockton l5
Oxford l6
SPT.
Warwick September 4
.._ .

Leicester 6
Doncaster
Brecon l7

Canterbury lB
Richmond

OCT

Northampton - -2
Lothians' Racing Club.., 3
Ryl. Cal. Hunt and Kelso 3
Bedford
NO VI

Lincoln .....
Liverpool

UST.

Newmarket 2d October... 8
Hereford lB
Newmarket Houghton ... 22

:MBE
Shrewsbury
Lmmington Hunt. l9
IG FIXTURES.
Y.

5f
IRISH RACIN
Carlow ................... JII
4, 5
SEPTE

Down Royal Corporation 18
LBER.

Curragh .......................
OCTO

............................ 4,5, 6
WEE..

Curragh ...................................................... 16, 17 18
FRENCH RACING- FIXTURES.
JULY.
Toulouse
SL Omer
Rouen
Metz B, 9 Saintos 2B, 29
Amiens

TURF AGENCY OFFICE,
100, Jermyn-street, St. James's, LONDON.

SYDNEY SMITH (Member of Tatter-
sall'§) executes COMMISSIONS (by letter only)
on all the principal races throughout the season, from .£1
upwards, on receipt of cash or Post-office Order (payable
at Piccadilly office). COMMISSIONS as usual at starting
prices on the day of a race at all the principal meetings.
For further particulars and prices, see the advertisement in
The Sportsman newspaper every TUESDAY and SATUR-
DAY. Price Current published DAILY, and forwarded
on receipt of stamped directed envelope.
N.B.—lt is particularly requested that ALL LETTERS
containing CASH be registered.
The Sporting Life, Aug. 20, 1864.—" We are satisfied that
all intending backers of horses, who may have been for-
merly in doubt whom to trust, will, without fear or hesita-
tion, send their commissions, to any amount, to 100,
Jennyn-street."

The United States Squadron at Queenstown.

We extract the follovi:ng letter from a contem.
porary

The squadron consists of the Augusta paddle
steamer, Commander Murray in compmaadnd
be-
sides our Monitor, the Miautognero'maalsko.
very good passage, as we had to
dle,,
the
Ashuelot, Commander Fabarc
oanboard,
When we left St. John's we
lead
c considered dteorne
tons on
inches.
economise
lovubre
When
coal.
working lThis may
we drew 15 feet 10
40 tons in the 24 hours.up tlovfeullhasdpeseodmweeebirurtyn
weather in crossing the Bay of Fundy, but I am
happy to say our ship made better work of it than
either of our consorts, our maximum rolling being
only seven degrees, while theirs was as high as 24
degrees. We have four engines driving brass tm,:u
screws, four bladed, of twelve feet diameter. Using
our coal with great economy we averaged seven knots
all the way across the Atlantic. We remain here
for a few days, when we will continue our voyage
to Russia, calling at Portsmouth. The Miantonomah
is a novelty here, and crowds of people flock on board
to see her. She is 1,500 tons burthen, 268 feet long,
standing
A At
a little
t ot
lne a
distance boat al alongside ide
hull y
and 59 broad. She rises from the water about 3,
the water mark, and
hersl oi
dntlee ci
aakbt. 0 v e
ofefeet,
mere
'
spars or rigging the appearance is very
The turrets, however, rise from the deck peculiar.
with the
smoke funnel, as well as a small one for ventilation.
By the way, we have six donkey-engines
all at work while at sea wPch are
to
dis-
tribute it through the ship. Our
in air and
our bow, comes to a p. Our stern, almost like
sharp point, and the ship is
adapted for steering • either way, at least was before
• 'voyage. As the deck is
we started on our ocean
without bulwarks andn
water when our fuel •
over it. The turrets
diameter,and only three feet above the
is on board, the sea washes
are cyniders, 23 feet in
as shelfpouhrrnaslosonlao
over 8 feet high. Each carries two
Dahlgren guns, -which throw spherical shot of 480
lbs., or
a 15-inch shell of 360 lbs. For a round
shot the charge is 35 lbs., but the guns can stand
60 lbs. if required. As we can turn the turrets by
machinery, only one port is required for each gun,
and when loading this port can be protected by a
semi-hoop of enormous strength swung against the
orifice. The British ships Black Prince and Achilles
are here, and the officers have been much inter-
ested in our ships, as are all the people of Cork,
if we may judge by the crowded steamers which
have come down to have a look at us, and we meet
with great courtesy everywhere. The bay is very
pretty, and the green trees and fields are qu'te re-
to
fre6libig look at.