The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-14 00:00:00

BETTING AT STARTING.

9 to 2 agst Jealousy, 9 to 2 agst Anatis, 100 to 15 agst
Master Bagot, 7to 1 agst Cockatoo, 12 to 1 agst Freshman,
12 to 1 agst The Emperor, 100 to 8 agst Old Ben Roe, 20
to 1 agst Redwing, 33 to 1 agst Brunette, and 33 to 1 agst
Conductor.

The horses were, as usual, called to the post by the Earl
of Sefton, who speedily marshalled them " the way they
should go." Only once was the rank thrown into disorder,
but the impatient ones were soon brought back, and at ten
minutes to four—a quarter of au hour after the appointed
time—the flag was dropped, and the race commenced. The
Dane and Xanthus rushed to the front, and showed the way
over the first obstacle—a ditch, faced by posts and rails.
Here, however, the chapter of accidents thus early com-
menced, for Kibworth Lass, Diamant, and Longrange re-
fused, and were not coaxed over the fence until the leaders
had got far ahead, Xanthus carrying his colours to the fore.
On entering the ploughed land, The Dane, Jealousy, Cock-
atoo, Bridegroom, and Redd ing being next in pursuit, with
Master Begot in the middle of the ruck. The last men-
tioned animal, however, came to grief on approaching the
canal side, and took no further part in the race. On enter-
ing the racecourse, Jealousy deprived her stable com-
panion, Xanthus, of the lead, Bridegroom going on third,
with Cockatoo fourth ; the others, with the exception of
Dr. Leete and Brother to Lady's Maid, who were a long
way in the rear, lying pretty well together. Very little change
occurred in these positions until after re-entering the race-
course, when Xanthus again went ahead; his immediate
followers being Brunette, Jealousy, Anatis, Cockatoo, The
Dane, and Old Ben Roe. On they went through the start-
ing field to the ditch, just before reaching the ploughed
land, where Cockatoo, Dr. Leete, Irish Emigrant, and the
Rover fell, and Anatis blundered, and her jockey was sent
from his saddle on to her neck. Before he recovered him-
self the leading horses were quite a field in advance, and
on approaching the race course for the last time, Jealousy.
the Dane, Redwing, Old Ben Roe, and Bridegroom only
were left in the race. Jealousy led over the last flight of
hurdles, and, maintaining her advantage to the end, won
by two lengths. the second beating the third by the same
distance. Bridegroom was a bad fourth, Xanthus, Red-
wing, and Diamant, were next.
The Handicap. Plate of 40 sous. Three furlongs.

Mr. Hare's Hartley Wintney, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b - 0 1
Mr. Barber's Polly Peachum, 6 yrs, 7st ..
Captain Christie's Queen Bee, 4 yrs, 7st 41b

LONGEVITY.—The general health of the peo'ple
must have improved wonderfully within the present century,
judging from the numerous persons who now attain the age
of 100 years and upwards. We subjoin the names and ages
of a few centenarians who have died during the past month
of February, which, although they have not been methodi-
cally collected, are still sufficiently numerous to show that
if the attainment of that age was rare in former days, it will
soon cease to be extraordinary in our own :—Sergeant John
Doyle, of the Waterford Militia, died at Queenstown on the
26th, at the age of 105 ; Miss Agnes Forrester died at
Perth, at the same age; Mr. John Jones died at New-
borough-villas, Highbury, on the 15th, in his 103 d year.
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Mr. Joseph Barry, Member of thigilagislative Council of
the Cape of Good Hope, by the Duke of Newcastle.
Major Baynes, on return from India, by Col. Greathed.
Ensign E. W. Begbie, by the Secretary of State for India.
General Sir John Bell, on promotion, by H.R.H. the
General Commanding in Chief.
Major William Bellaire, by H.R.H. the Duke of Cam-
bridge.
Major M. Beresford, by Viscount Gage.
Mr. H. L. Bischoffsheim, by Mr. R. W. Kennard, M.P.
Major F. C. Bligh, by Major-General A. J. Lawrence.
Ensign F. S. Blunt, by Col. Sir John Jones.
Captain Bolton, by Lieut.-Col. Bird.
Capt. W. Bowden, R.N., on promotion, by the Duke of
Somerset.
Lieut. D. Boyle, R.N., by Sir J. D. Elphinstone.
Major G. T. Brice, on promotion, by the Asiljt.-General.
Mr. Thomas Bromley, by the Duke of Newcastle.
Capt. A. A. P. Browne, by the Secretary of State for India
Sub-Lieutenant G. Brudenell Bruce, on return from
India, by Lieut.-General the Earl of Cardigan.
Major Buchanan, on appointment to the 9th Regiment,
by H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge.
Captain Buller, on promotion, by Colonel Newton.
Lieut. T. Burnett, by the Earl of Dalhousie.
Lieut. Butler, R.N.,by his uncle the Earl of Lanesborough.
Lieut.-General the Earl of Cardigan, on promotion to be
Lieut.-General, and on appointment to the Colonelcy of the
11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars, by the Marquis of
Ailesbury.
Lieut. Charles M. Calderon, by Sir A. P. G. Cumming.
Col. F. A. Campbell, on being appointed to command a
division of Royal Marines, by the Duke of Somerset:
Ensign Campbell, by the Adjutant-General. .
Mr. J. H. Carruthers, Surgeon R.N., by the Duke of
Somerset.
Dr. Cape, by Lord Alfred Paget.
Lieutenant-Colonel F. Carey, on promotion, by, his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
Captain Jalins Carey, by the Adjutant-General.
Mr. Stanley Carter, on appointment Bombay Army, by
his father, Mr. Alderman Carter.
Captain H. Cartwright, by Viscount Ranelagh.
Ensign Cartwright, by the Adjutant-General.
Cornet R. Chambers, :on appointment Bth Hussars, by
Colonel C. Hagart.
Captain P. Chaplin, by Colonel Sir J. Jones.
Lieut. Chaplin, on promotion and return from China, by
•
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
Mr. J. W. Cherry, by the Secretary of State for India.
Captain the Hon. C. C. Chetwynd, on appointment as
aide•de-caimp, by Brigadier-General Garvock.
Lieut. E. G. Clark, by the Secretary of State for India.
Lieut. A. J. Clark, her Majesty's Indian Navy, on return
from India, by the Secre'ary of State for India.
Mr. Henry Warwick Ede, on appointment as one of her
Majesty's counsel, by the Lord Chancellor.
Captain R. G. Coles, on appointment to the Staff School
of Musketry, Hythe, by the Adjutant-General.
Lieut. H. A. Crane, by the Duke of Rutland.
Mr. H. Denman Croft, by Lord Denman.
Lieut. J. Crosswell, by Lord Leigh.
Lieut. J. D. Cruickshank, by Mr. Crawford. ,k
Lieut. George M. Cruickshank, by Mr. Crawford. •
Assistant-Surgeon W. Cruice, on appointment to the
Royal Marines, by Major-General Wesley.
Mr. H. W. Currie, on his marriage, by tho Earl of Hard-
wicke.

Captain Douglas Curry, R.N., on his appointment as
Superintendent of the Royal WilliamVictualling Yard and
Naval Hospital, Plymouth, by the First Lord of the Ad-
miralty.
Lieut. W. P. Dadson, on return from foreign service, by
Major-General Wesley.
The Earl of Dalhousie, on succeeding to the title, by
Viscount Palmerston.
Captain 0. H. Davis, by Colonel M'Murdo.
Captain H. J. Day, on return from service in India, by
the Right Hon. Sir C. Wood.
Colonel De Rottenburg, on return from abroad, by the
Adjutant-General.
Major J. S. F. Dick, by Colonel M'Murdo.
Ensign Edward C. Dickson, by Major-General Hon. C.
Gray.

Mr. E. H. Wingfield Digby, by Colonel Pinney, M.P.
Captain T. A. Dirom, by Sir Charles Wood.
Ensign George Dixon, on appointment to the 25th Regi-
men', by Major-General Dixon.

Cornet P. Dodgson, on return from India, by the Adju-
tant-General
Lieutenant F. H. Dodgson, on appointment Royal Artil-
lery, by Colonel Charles Bingham.
Deputy. Inspector-General Gideon Dolmage, by the Di-
rector-General of the Army Medical Department.
Sir Stuart A. Donaldson, on having received the honour
of Knighthood, by the Duke of Newcastle.

Major• General Doyle, on his promotion, by his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
Ensign R. R. Drought) by Mr. Hume, M.P.
Captain Dugmore, by Colonel Greathed, C.B.
Mr. William Dugmore, on appointment as one of her
Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor.

The Earl of Dandonald, on coming to the title, by Mr.
Mackinnon, M.P.

Ensign Darrant, on appointment to the 33d Regiment
and embarking for India, by the Adjutant-General.
Lieutenant-Colonel Dyke, by Viscount Sydney.
Vice-Admiral Eden, by the Duke of Somerset.
Captain W. Edgeworth, on promotion, by Major-Gene-
ral Laurenson.

Captain Harry Edgell, R.N., on his nomination to a
Companionship of the Bath, and return from the command
of the Naval Division in India, by the Duke of Somerset.
Ensign W. Willoughby Egerton, by his uncle, Sir Philip
Grey-Egerton.

Mr. Howard Warburton Elphinstone, by Lord Denman.

Lieut.-General Fane, on appointment to be Colonel of the
54th Regiment, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge.
Major G. T. Field, on appointment to the Staff of the
garrison of "Woolwich, by Colonel Charles Bingham.
Captain F. G. Finch, by Mr. Kennard, M.P.
Staff-Surgeon T. G. Fitzgerald, by the Director-General
of the Army Medical Department.
Captain Fremantle, on promotion and return from India,
by Major-General the Duke of Wellington.
Ensign C. H. Gardner, on his appointment to the 12th
Foot, by Major-General Sir J. Yorke Scarlett.
Brigadier-General Garvock, en appointment to the com-
mand of a brigade at Shorncliffe, by his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge.

Captain Charles Germon, on promotion, by the Adju•
taut-General,

Col. Hope Gibsone, on appointmext to be Commandant
at Maidstone, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge;

Captain CUsone, on return from service in India, by his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
Lieutenant W. S. Gilbert, by Viscount Bury.
Colonel Goodwyn, by Major-General Lawrence.
The lion. and Rev. Douglas H. Gordon, on appointment
to a Canonry at Salisbury, by Colonel the lion. Alexander
H. Gordon.

Mr. H. Gillett Gridley, on appointment to her Majesty's
Guard of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, by Lord
Foley.

Captain J. 11. Griffiths, by Lord Northwiek.
Colonel Hagart, on appointment to the command at Can-
terbury, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
Major-General Haldane, on promotion, by the Secretary
of State for India.
Mr. Hambro, by the Earl of Hardwicke.
Sir Robert Hamilton, Bart., on appointment as Deputy-
Lieutenant, County of Warwick, by Lord Leigh.
Ensign Chas. Gathorne Hardy, by Mr. Gathorne Hardy.
Capt. S. H. Harford, on his return from India, by Col.
Hagart.

Mr. Harland, on return from India, by the Secretary of
State for India.

Mr. Harvey, of Ickwell Bury, on his return from abroad,
by Mr. John HarveyAstell, M.P.

Captain William Henry Haswell, R.N., by the Duke of
Somerset,

Mr. H. Leeke, Tanna Police Corps, by his father, Vice-
Admiral Sir H. Leeke, M.P.
Ensign F. Gerald Lees, by Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. Somerset.
Colonel the Hon. James Lißdsay, on promotion to the
command of the Grenadier Guards, by his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge.
Colonel Longden, on promotion and appointment as Com-
panion of the Bath, by his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge.

Captain William Loring, R.N., on return from foreign
service, by the Duke of Somerset.

. _ .
Major Lowe, on his return from China, by Colonel the
Hon. James Lindsay.
Captain Macartney, by Sir James Yorke Scarlett.
_ _

Capt. K. Macaulay, by the Secretary of State for India.
Major-General Macdonald, on appointment to the Colo-
neley of the 96th Regiment, by his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge.
Major-General Maclean, on appointment to the Colonelcy
of the 13th Light Dragoons, by his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge.
Mr. John Fraser Macqueen, on being appointed one of
her Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor.
Lieutenant J. G. Malcolmson, on receiving the Victoria
Cross, by the Right Hon. Sir C. Wood.

Lieutenant Malins, by Lord Leigh.
Ensign Malins, by Lord Leigh.
Capt. W. E. Marshall, by the Secretary of State for India.
Captain H. R. Martin, on promotion and return from
China, by Colonel Charles Bingham.

Colonel Hon. Charles Maynard, on his marriage, by the
Marquis of Ailsa.

Capt. F. B. M'Crea, on return from India, by Colone
Greathed.

Lieut. S. Fraser M'Gillivray, by Vice-Admiral H. Collier.
Major J. G. Medley, by the Secretary of State for India.
Capt. Lennox Messiter, by Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. Bentinck.
Lieut. William T. Miller, on appointment Royal Marines,
by Major-General Wesley.
Lieut. A. H. Millett, by the Secretary of State for India.
_ _

Major T. W. Milward, on appointment to the Staff of the
Garrison of Woolwich and return from China, by Colonel
Charles Bingham.

Rev. Edward Mooyaart, her Majesty's Chaplain at Point
de Galle, Ceylon, by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Mr. Gilbert Money, on his return from India, by the
Secretary of State for India.

Ensign Frederick de Lamare Morrison, by his father,
Mr. John Morrison.

Ensign W. E. Montague, by Lieutenant-General Ilig-
ginsen. •

Colonel Alexander Murray, on return from India and
China, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
Major William Murray, by Lord de Tabley.
Commander Edward Nares, R.N., by the Duke of
Somerset.

Lieutenant J. L. Needham, on appointment, Royal
Marine Artillery, by Major-General Wesley.
Ensign Herbert Neild, by Major-General Wylde.
Major Henry Newdigate, by the Adjutant-General.

Mr. William Nichols, Commissioner of the Court for the
Relief of Insolvent Debtors, by the Right Hon. Sir G. C.
Lewis.

Captain G. W. Northey, by his father, Mr. Northey.

Lieutenant J. R. Oliver, on appointment Royal Horse
Artillery and return from India, by Colonel Charles
Bingham.
Lieutenant E. D. Oliver, on return from India, by Lord
Proby.
Lieutenant C. V. Oliver, by Lord Proby.
Assistant- Surgeon J. Edward O'Loughlin, by the Direc-
tor-General Army Medical Department.
Captain W. Osborne, on return from India and nomina-
tion to Companionship of the Bath, by the Secretary of
State for India.

Dr. Palethorpe, by Mr. Champion Toker.
Mr. George Palmer, on his return from India, by his
father, Lieutenant-Colonel Palmer.

Dr. Parkes, on appointment to the Army ➢ledical
School, by Lord Herbert.
Ensign Burnett Partridge, by General Wylde.
Lieutenant William Henry Pattinson, by Colonel de
Itottenburg.

Mr. Gerald Perry, British Vice-Consul, Nicaragua, by
Lord John Russell.

Commander J . W. Pike, R.N., by the Duke of Somerset.
Lieutenant Francis Philp, by Lieutenant-General Clark
Kennedy.
Ensign Pollard, by the Adjutant-General.
Lieutenant-Colonel Portal, on promotion, by his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
Lieutenant William Taylor Prentis, by Viscount Sydney.
Lieut. and Adjutant Pugh, by the Adjutant-General.
Major Frederick G. Pym, on promotion, by Major Gene-
ral Wesley.
Cornet T. A. Quin, on appointment Ist King's Dragoon
Guards, by Colonel C. Ilagart.
Captain H. Renny, on promotion and return from India,
by Colonel Charles Bingham.
Ensign Arthur Rice,rby Viscount Sydney.
Major-6 eneral Charles .Ridley, on appointment to the
command at Dublin, by his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge.

Captain Augustus Ritherdon, by the Secretary of State
for India. '

Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. Robertson, on promotion and
return from India, by Colonel E. H. Greathed.
Major-General Lord Rokeby, on his appointment to her
Majesty's 77th Regiment, by his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge. _

Captain Rotton, by the Secretary of State for India.
Major Richard Roney, by Colonel I\l'Murdo.
Major Hon. Hereulos Rowley, by Lieut.-Colonel Edward
Taylor, M.P.
Captain Francis de L. Saunderson, on promotion and re-
turn from India, by the Earl of Lanesborough.
Lieut.-General J. Scott, on promotion, by his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
Captain C. F. A. Shadwell, R.N., on appointment to her
Majesty's ship Aboukir, by the Duke of Somerset.
Mr. J. W. Sherer, on his return from India, by Sir C.
Wood.

Mr. S. W. Silver, on his appointment to the Lieute-
nancy of London, by Mr. Alderman Carter.
Commander J. Simpson, R.N., on promotion, by Lord
Clarence Paget.

Captain E. J. Simpson, by the Secretary of State for
India.

Captain A. Y. Sinclair, by Vice-Admiral Collier.
Mr. James Sinclair, Albany Herald, by the Lord Cham.
berlain.

Major W. H. Slade, on promotion, by his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge.
Lieutenant-General Sir F. Smith, on appointment as
Colonel-Commandant Royal Engineers, by his Royal
Highness the Commander-in-Chief.
Mr. F. Y. Smith, on appointment Deputy-Lieutenant
Tower Hamlets, by Lieutenant-General Macniel.
Mr. Josiah William Smith, on being appointed one of
her Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor.
Cornet R. A. Smith, on appointment to the 7th Dragoon
Guards, by Colonel C. Hagart.
Lieutenant H. ,Yearnside-Speed, by the Marquis of
Bristol.
Major G. W. Stacpoole„ on promotion, by Colonel Clark
Kennedy,

Mr. Henry Webster, by Sir Charles Wood.
Lieutenant-Colonel Westropp, by his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge.
Lieutenant Whelan, on return from India, by Colonel
Greathed.

Colonel Whimper, on promotion, by his Royal Highness
the General Commanding-in-Chief.
Lieutenant R. G. Wilberforce, on return from India, by
Lord Herbert.

Ensign and Lieutenant A. Wilbraham, on appointment,
Coldstream Guards, by Colonel Newton. .

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Major-General M. F. Willoughby, on promotion, by the
Secretary of State for India. _

Major-General Robert Wood, on promotion, by his Royal
Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief.
Lieut. W. F. Wright, by the Secretary of State for India.
Cornet Wright, on" appointment to the 18th Hussars, by
Major-General Maclean.

Major Wyatt, on being made a Companion of the Bath,
by Colonel J. Clark Kennedy.
Capt. W. R. Ximenes, on return from India, by Colonel
Greathed.

Assistant-Surgeon Yates, by Lord Leigh.

The Queen and Prince Consort return4;d to Buckingham
Palace after the levee. His Royal Highness afterwards
rode out on horseback attended by his Equerry in Waiting.

TIIE NAVY.

Her Majesty's new screw steam sloop Eclipse,
built at Miliwall, and supplied with engines of 200-
horse power (nominal), will leave Woolwich this
morning on a trial trip of her machinery down the

river.
Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Bristol, M,
launched at Woolwich on the 10th ult., was yes-
terday undocked, and the screw steam tank vessel
Wye was docked in her place, to complete her fit-
ment as a storeship for the African station.
The iron paddlewheel steam vessel Weser, carry-
ing 6 guns, recently commissioned by Commander
Arthur H. J. Johnstone, was yesterday warped
into dock at Woolwich to undergo the usual survey
and examination preparatory to her departure.
The command of the Weser, paid cff by Commander
Johnstone at Woolwich in 1859, has been again
given to him on his own special application, and
(unlike many other ships which have been com-
missioned from that port) without the aid of cir-
culars or advertisements, the whole of the crew,
consisting of a complement of 65 men, including
the assistant-surgeon, second master, and assistant-
paymaster in charge, were appointed and entered
within the lapse of 48 hours after the pennant was
hoisted on board. Her destination is stated to be
Gibraltar, Malta, Constantinople, the Black Sea,
and the mouths of the Danube.
The Marlborough, 131, screw, Captain W. H.
Stewart, C. 8., steamed into Portsmouth harbour
yesterday at high water from Spithead and berthed
alongside the shear jetty, where she got out boats,
unbent sails, &c., preparatory to clearing out her
stores to pay off. The departure of the Princess
Royal, 91, screw, Capt. C. Fellowes, from Ports-
, mouth harbour to Spithead, was deferred until
to-day.
The Cockatrice, 4, screw gunboat, has been placed
in dock at Portsmouth to clean copper and examine
valves prior to being commissioned.
IThe Fancy, 2, screw gunboat is drawing towards
i completion of repairs in No. 5 dock of Portsmouth
yard. Her repairs, however, will be of such an
extensive character that scarcely one of her original
timbers will remain in her. The repairs to the
Tribune screw frigate, in the adjoining dock, must
also be of a very heavy nature when completed, as
the removal of every piece of planking discovers
some additional defects in her timbers, &c.
The repairs to the Eurydice, 26, sailing frigate,
are still being carried out in the ship basin, as
though she was still intended for a cadet training
ship, and a strong belief prevails that such is the
case, and that she will be provided for in a supple-
mentary estimate. It is also said that Vice-Admiral
Martin, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean
fleet, has applied for her to be attached as a cadet
training ship to the fleet under his command.
The Lizard, 2, paddle, Lieut.-Commander Maun-
sell, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday afternoon on
her return to Sheerness.
The Icarus, 11, screw, Commander N. Salmon,
V.C., received her new funnel yesterday under the
sheers of the old fitting basin. She is expected to
proceed to the Mediterranean from Portsmouth
when complete in her refit.
Steam was got up yesterday on board the screw
gunvessel Petrel, 11, in the North Basin, Keyham
Steam-yard.
The screw steam frigate Phi:Ube, 51, which was
cut in two and lengthened in Devonport Dockyard,
having been supplied with engines, will be put out
of No. 2 Dock at Keyham to-day.
That portion of the Channel squadron at Ply-
mouth which sent their guns ashore to be new
vented, have received them again. The Armstrong
guns have not yet been supplied. The lower yards
and topmasts of these ships continue struck.
The defects of the paddlewheel steam sloop
Gey-
ser, 6, at Plymouth, are being made good. When
complete she will convey to Pembroke the navigat-
ing
party appointed to take the Defiance, 91t
, o
Devonport ; Commander Paul will probably be
outet
ap-
pointed to this duty.
the At
Royalthe quarterlyNav alc o l
leaegaem
h dockyard,
:nnaptioorntsmof
which closed on Monday last, out of 62 candidates
for naval cadetships 15 were rejected. Of 18 can-
didates for masters' assistants two were rejected.
The numbers rejected were in both cases consider-
ably less than the average.
'‘Tl‘lessrs. Grissell's contract for the erection of the
new coaling jetty at Portsmouth dockyard NS ill be
complete in about a month's time. The contract
was included in last year's Naval Estimates
for .£15,377. The jetty presents a platform 650
feet long by 60 feet wide, with four spaces
of 15 feet each on its front face, for the
erection of hydraulic cranes, which have been con.
tracted for by Sir W. Armstrong and Co. A sum of
money for the construction of the foundations for
estimates of
the hydraulic cranes has been in the

Mr. I). Clark's patent apparatus for the preven-
tion of smoke as a nuisance on board ship, recently
tried in her Majesty's ship Vivid, from Woolvrich,
is ordered to be retained on board the Vivid for
further trials, which are authorised to take place
shortly, with a view to improvements which it is
confidently expected that it is c‘pable of. During
the late trials the boilers were stoked expressly to
emit as much smoke as possible, for the purpose of
experiments, and were worked singly under the
influence of the jets of steam intended to reduce
the nuisance. The comparison of the amount of
smoke issuing from the chimneys was at all times
greatly in favour of the apparatus, the boiler with
the steam jet shut off producing a dense black
cloud of smoke, while the one with the jets work-
ing gave but a small blue vapour.
Mr. Fullom, principal clerk in the Royal carriage
department of Wool*ich Argenal, yesterday trans-
mitted to the Rev. D. Davis, incumbent at :Risco,
near Monmouth, a cheque for the sum of £35
12s. 9d., being the amount collected from the
clerks and mechanics of that department in
aid of the distressed Widows and orphans suffering
from the late explosion. This is the third collec-
tion which has been contributed by the establish-
ment of Woolwich Arsenal for that purpose; the
sums from the Royal gun factories and laboratory
having been already announced.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Commander D. Miller,
to be an inspecting commander of the Coastguard,
vice Norman, whose period of service has expired;
J. C. Solfleet, master, to the Aboukir; W. B. Cal-
ver, master additional, to the Imaum ; T. W. Web-
ster, second master, to the Procris ; J. Munchin,
acting second master, to the Pembroke, for the
Coastguard ; W. Blakey, acting second master, to
the Wellesley; and R. Archibald M'Murdo has been
nominated to a naval cadetship.