The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-14 00:00:00

OUND LE STEEPLECHASES.-FRIDAY.
_ _

The Cab Stakes, a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft,
list 7lb each. Certain penalties and allowances.

About Ore° miles. - 13 subs.,
Mr. Deacon's LiVoid, by' Harkaway, list 71b

(Mr. G. Edwards) 1
Mr. Sedby'd Tioneycomb, list 71b ...(Mr. Goodman) 2
Sir G:W.mab-well's The Painter, 11-t 71b...(Ur. Dart) 3
The following also ran ;-1-Grapeshot, Pickpocket,
Marmaduke, Ganymede, Sir Charles Napier, Carragh,-
and Lady A.
Betting-5 to 2 agst The Piiinter, 3to 1 agst _Gifford,
7 to 1 each agst Marmaduke and Sir Charles Napier.
Won by, tea 'lengths ; three lengths between the second
and third ; Marmaduke wai'a bad fourth ; Cutragh
walked in fifth; but did-not pass the post ; the others
were pullcd up some distance from home. The Painter
fell at the first fenee on going out, but was, after a short
delay; remonated.
Free Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya each, with 30
added. Horses to be sold for 251. allowed 71h. One
mile-and a(half, over foui hurdles. 13 subs.

Mr. J.,11.-..r(Firt's Victory,. by Valentiasimo, aged
(251.) 9,t 121 b " (112Legn) 1
Mr: Edwards's Laura Selini, 5 yrs (261.) 9st 71b
(carried; 9st 911 o) ,....(8. Land, jun.) 2
44r. Edwards's Flageolet, 5 yrs (251.) 9st (carried
9st-21b) ' • (C. Green) 3
The following also"ran::—The Screw, Ada,. The Un
known, and The Cripple., ,
Betting-2 to 1 each ag-t The Cripple and Flageolet
—4-to I each agat Victory, Laura Selina, and Ada.
Victory jumped away with the lead, made all the run-
ning, and won easily by three-quarters of a length ; a
length between the second and third. Ada was a bad
•fourth. The Screw was fifth, and Cripple sixth. The
Unknown was htejlied soon aftei passing the Stand the
first time round.
Natoli for 591. each, 20 ft. Two miles.
Capt. Duff's Ganymede, 12st (Mr. Gordon) 1
Mr. Walters' Lady A.-, lOst 71b ...(Mr G Edwards) 2
Betting-2 ttf,l on Ganymede, who waited upon Lady
A. to the brook the last time round, where he came
away and won by six lengths. _ •
__

A Free lianclidair Steeplechase, of 5 soya. eaoh, with 25
added. The winner to be sold for 120 Fors. ; allow-
ances if entered to be sold for less. Three miles.

5 subs.

Mr. Deacon's Weston, 4 yrs (201.), 9st 31b
(Mr. G. Edwards) 1
Mr. Whitehead's The Squire, aged (201.), lOat lib
(Mr. Goodman) 2.
Mr. Lot )u's Miss Knight, aged (251.), 9st 111 b
(Mr. Loton) 2
Capt. D urant's Marmaduke, aged(2oo,llst (C. Green) 0
Capt. Btolter's Whalebone, aged-(2b1.), 93t 131 b
(.1. Kendal) 0
Betting-6 to 4 a.gst Marmaduke,‘ 2 to 1 agst The
Squire, 3 to 1 each eget Weston and Whalebone.
The Squire made nearly all the running to the brook
the last time, which he end Weston crossed togetber,
and the two ran side by side along the next meadow to
the last fence, which Weston took very slightly in ad-
vance of The Squire. From this point an exciting race
.-naued, Weston defeating his opponent at last very
cleverly by a length. Miss Knight was a bad third.
Marmaduke, out-paced all the way, walked in fourth.
'Whalebone was pulled up some distance from home.

ROYAL ASYLUM OF ST. ANN'S SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of the governors and friends of
this splendid charity wee held yesterday at the London
Tavern ; the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN stated that out of a list of candidates
numbering 114, the committee were enabled to admit
only 15. He deeply regretted that noble institutions
such as this were not better supported, and warmly ap-
pealed to those who were present to exert themselves,
individually ar,d collectively, in promoting an institution
which had such strong claims upon public sympathy.
The report, which was read, alluded to the continued
success of the society, though that position had only been
maintained by the most unusual and arduous exertions
The result f commercial failures, and other circumstances,
lad obliged many of their subscribers t,) withdraw their
support. The committee urged the necessity of co-opera.
tion on the par., of the friends, and appealed specially
to the clergy to 'aid the charity by their valuable ser-
vicas in their pulpits, and among their congregations.
Though death had deprive' them of some of their
supporters, the number of legacies during the year
had been .unusually small. The health of the children
was reported to be good, and every means had been
adopted to improve their intellectual culture—a reading-
room, library, and museum having been established.
The bazaar which was held last summer at Streatham
had produced 309/. ; but the fund was still deficient
3,0001., and the reduction of this debt was a matter of
great moment. .
The officers were all re-elected with acclamation,
special allusion being made to the eminent services of
Mr. Leeks, the secretary, by several speakers. Some
interastill di,cassion took place on the subject of paid
agents who made a living by dealing in proxies, &c.
The following were the successful candidates :
GIRLS.
Lockhart, Elleh
Jackson, Ifaria Elizabeth 313 Barnard, M. D'Auvergue 275
Bowman, Martha F 293 Stupart, Ellen Bertha ... 273

Boys.
Clarke, Thos..Sidney 366 I Chatterton, George S.._ 183
Haydn, Thos. M.
Freeman, Henry
Umfrey, Frank 232 And
Bale, Manfred
168
The case of a child named Barrett was stated in ac-
cordance with a notice which had been given. She way
an unsuccessful candidate at the last election but one
and it appeared that her friends had exposed some ne.
farious practice in reference to the salu of votes, &c., by
which the candidate bad lost her election.
The case was referred to the committee to determine
whether, on bearing evidence, they would admit the
child without an election.

Thanks ware voted to the chiarman, who retired, al d
Sir Fe'ix Agar presided over the election.

FRENCH. FRIGATES IN BRITISH PORTS. Captain
Seven, of the Nieve, French war vessel, now in our port,
called upon the Lord Provost on Friday to pay his re-
spects More leaving, and to express his warm and grate-
ful sense of the attention which he had met with during
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sense h_aosrz,•een done for us in this port ; more
than if we had been c_mn-
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ComrAmit.—At the last
sitting of the Barnsley County Court an action was
brought by Mr. William Gill, farmer, of Ardsley,
against the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Com-
pany, to recover the value of two sacks of barley, which
had been lost through the alleged negligence of the
company in transitu from Barnsley to Ilolcofirth. It
appeared that on the 24th of September last the
plaintiff forwarded to the Barnsley station of the above
line 46i quarters of barley, which he had sold to
Messrs. BE ntley and Shaw, of Thongs-bridge. The sacks
were count ed before they were despatched to the rail-
way static,' 1, and again on being delivered to the ser-
vants of t he defendants, and were admitted to be cop.
given way, an.
cor-
rect. On their arrival at Holmfirth the rope by which
they were seciired in the railwa truck was found to boa::
d something
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man about on, 3 of the sacks having been lost
was eged
near Locks voc d station. For the defence it
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that oily 4 43/4 quarters of barley had been dnv
verdict
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plaintiff, , witb costa. -

N NWSPAP ER
7E, vat and , Milt ci
The 82d and 93th Reg,ime _ l , /
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int) garrison at Portsmouth -f -Okt tileICV
Ald6rshot, • and received elders &Vold tlftm, es • ,
in readiness to embark for India, will not go until -
June. They were yesterday inspected on South-
sea=common by Major-General 11 eton, the Com-1- r 1
traander-in-Chief of the South-West District, who A.
was much pleatied with their efficient appear- - A

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'The Duke of Cambridge has approved the trems-
feriof 438 volunteers from various corps to the Bth,
35th,' 53d, 61st, 70th, 78th Highlanders, 83d and
84th Indian depots at the Pr.,visional Battalion)
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Nin ; 6th, 14th, 21st,
31st, 65th, 66th, "and 67th. 28th,
testerday an interesting ceremony WAS performed
on! the parade-ground of the Marine Birraeks
Chittham—the presentation of a silver medal, with
a 4ratnity of 151., which had been awarded by the
Admiralty, to Colour-Serjeant Thomas Mor'l ck,
R4yal Marines, for long service and meritot ious
conduct. -The battalion having been famed into
close column the presentation of the medal was
made to Serjeant Mortlock by the commandant of
the Chatham division, Colonel E. A. Parker, who
expressed the gratification be felt in presenting
such a mark of distinction, which could only have
been gained by long and. meritorious service.
Colonel Parker having faitened the medal Oa
Serjeant Mortlock's breast, addressed the troops,
informing them that the same was open to each of
them. .Colour-Serjeant Mortlock has been in the
service 21 years, during which period he has borne
an excellent character. He has been 16 years a
non-commissioned officer, and is decorated with the
Syrian and also a Turkish medal.
The Conflict, 8, screw corvette, Commander
Cochran, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the
Mediterranean "; she left Malta on the 22d ult.;
Gibraltar, Feb. 2d; awl Lirsbon 7-Lb. The Caesar,
91, Captain Robb, and the Colossus, 81, left Lis-
bon for England on the s'h ins'. The Sanspareil,
80, and the Exmouth, 91, were to, folloir in a few
daye. The Conflict left at 'Lisbon, in addition to the
two last-named, the Duke of Wellington, 131, flag- -
ship of Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Dundas, K.C. B.;
the James Watt, 91, Captain Anson ; and the
Princess Royal, -91, Captain George Giffard, G.B.
The Conflict lefts yesterday afternoon for Devon- ,
port, to be paid off.
. ,
The Hastings, 60, screw blockship, was taken
into dock yesterday for repairs, and to be made
available for the Coastguard service.
The Thetis, 36, Prussian frigate, having refitted
in Portsmouth Harbour, has got up lower yards and
topgallantmasts, and beat sails in readiness for
going to SPithead.
We have reason to believe that the following is a
correct list of her Majesty's ships and gunboats
ordered home from the stations specified :—From.
the Mediterranean—the Cressy, Majestic, Daunt-
less, Miranda, Desperate, Boxer, Cracker, Fancy„
and Grinder. From the West Indies—the Nile,
Euryalus, Arrogant, Archer, and Arab. From
Lisbon—the Caesar.
Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Gascoigne, of the
Portsniputh dMsion of Royal Marines, has made
an exchange of division with Lieutenant-Colonel H.
C. Tate, Chathini division.
Colonel S. R. Wesley, Deputy-Adjutant-General ,
of the Royal Marines, is to have the good service
pension vacant by the promotion consequent on the •
death of General G. Jones.
The Pylades, 21, screw steam corvette, Master
W. H. Sharp in charge, was put out of No. 3 dry
dock at Sheerness yesterday. She is to be placed
in the first-class steam reserve here.
The Driver, 6, paddlewheel steam sloop,.
Commander Innis Chambers, was paid off on
Thursday, at Sheerness. She is to be placed in
the second-class squadron of reserve.
The Terrible, 21, paddlewheel steam frigate, is
ordered to be taken into No. 1 dry dock at Sheer-
ness. •

The Nimrod, 6, screw steam despatch vessel at
Sheerness, has been ordered to proceed to Ports-
mouth.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :
.Commander G. F. Burgess, to the Hecate, vice
Commander Gordon, deceased ; Lieutenant A.
D. Onslow and Lieutenant C. F. Ryder, to the
Herald ; Alexander Brown, Master, to the Edin-
burgh ; Richard Mumford, Second-Master, to the
Ajax • Oscar Samson, Acting-Second-Master, to
the Victory ; L. M. Mallet, Midshipman, to the
Dragon ; J. Patterson and F. W. B. Jones, Naval
Cadets; to the 'Vixen.

ELEcrIoN INTELLIGENCE.

HEREFORD.

The Polling commenced at eight o'clock yester-
day morning, but the quiescent st-Nt•- of the _streets
was much unlike the excitement 'wide& forme.rlr,
on such occasions. The. pi4r--,aosd at
four o'clock with the following result
Clive
Davis . 230
Majority

DITTY ON TEA.-_L PUBLIC MEETING
of IMPORTERS and DEALERS in TEA will be held at the
London Tavern on MONDAY MORNING, February 16, 1857, at
Twelve o'Clock precisely, to protest against the proposed Resolution
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by which a War Duty is to be
retained upon that important article of general consumption, con-
trary to the Act of Parliament of 1855.
By order of the Tea Trade Committee.
RICHARD LOWCOCK, Chairman.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRUM LANE.—
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R
Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley.
The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening.
Great Snocess of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the
most magnificent ever produced on the English stage.
THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform an
ntirely new three-act Drama, entitled
THE BLACK BOOK.

Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, A. Younge, G. Honey, Mr.
Vincent, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Lingham ; Misses Cleveland and
N. Oliver, and Mrs. Selby.
After which will be produced
SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ;
Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs.
The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the
house to snit every one :—Galleries, 6d. and is. ; Second
Circle of Boxes, is. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes,
28- 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes,
10s. 6d., ls., 11. lls. 6d., and 21. 25.!
A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every
Wednesday, at Two o'clock.