The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-20 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY 5:11-ENING, MAY o, 185,/.

PLEAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-
Nt.3l EXCURSION to B 1:VI and BRISTOt..—On Saturday,'
\fay 3 trontl'addington at 6.30 p in:, returning on Tuesday
June 3d.'from Brisiol at 8.15 a.m., and Bath at 8.45 a.m. Fares
Bristol, 10s. and 6s. ; Bath, 9F. and u 3.

(-1- REAP WESTERN' RAILWAY.-
1:31- Exclusion to Cirencester, Stroud, Gloucester, Chelfeteiam,
Rots, and Tlerefor.l. on Sunday, May 31, at 7.30 a.m., from Pad-
dington, retnrain,-;th > same night from Hereford at 6 n.m. ; Ross,
6.25; Cli?ltenharn 6'30 :Gloucester, 7 0 ; Stroud, 7:30; and.Ciren-
cester at 7.40 Fares : —Cirencester and Stroud, Cs. and 59.; Glou-
cester and Cheltenham, 10a. and Gs.;. floss, 10s. and Gs. Ga. ; 'He-
reford, lis and 7s. Passemfers with Hereford Tickets may return,
itiorecerrel, on Tuesday, the 2d of June, at 4.45 p.m., thus giving ary
opportunity of visiting, the Crum'in Viaduct.

REAL WESTERN RAILWAY.
VA- Excursion to Weymouth. Dorchester, Yeovil, Frome, and
Trov-bridge.—"On Saturday, May 30th, a Train will leave Paddington
at 2.30 p.m., returning on Tueslay, June 2d, from Weymouth at
10.30 a.m., end intermediate stations as.per hand bills.
Fares:—Trowbridge, Os and 5s ; Frome and Yeovil, 10s. and Gs. ;
Dorchester and Weymouth, 12s. and Bs.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY,
RETURN TICKETS to all Stations taken on SATURDAY
Mly 30th. and intermediate days, will be avalfaele np to and in,
eluding Tuesday, June 21.

TFIE TRUST and LOAN COMPANY of
UPPER CANADA.

• NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL MEETING
of Shareholders in this Company will be held on SATURD CY, the
30th inst., as 1 o'clock p.m:, at the Offices, 65, M.oorgate•street, for
the purpose of decl tiring a dividend on the Capital Stock of the
Company, and elec ing Directors and Auditors for the ensuing year.
The Transfer Books will be closed from 26th instant to the Ist of
June. . By order.
T. MACDONALD, Secretary.
65, Moorgatc-street, May 19th, 1857.

+4OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an Ex-
t.
traordinary GENERAL MEETING of Shareholders in the
tONDIN UNADULTERATED FOOD CONIPANY, Limited, will
be held at the company's Offices, No. 25, Bucklershury, London, on
WednesOy the 27th Istant, at 12 o'clock breeisaly, to receive a
report from the Bo,rd f Directors as to the arrangements they
have made with the rromoters of the Company.
By order of the Board,
WILLIAM CRIBB, General Manager.

LONDON 14IFE ASSOCIATION,
81, King William-street.
The Directors of this Association hereby inform the Members that
the PREnIII NIS falling due on the Ist July next of those Members
who have been assured' for seven or more entire years will be RE-
DUCED at the rate of 80 per cent., leaving 20 per cent. only to be
paid.

EDWARD DOCK FR, Sec,

p ROVIDENT CLERKS' BENEVOLENT
FUND.
JOHN ABEL SMITH, Esq., M.P., Treasurer.
An ELEC 'ION of ANNUITANTS on this FUND will take place
at the Offices of the Association, 15, Moorgate-street, on THURS-
DAY, the 28th May Inst.
The I'oll will commence at One and close at Four precisely,
WM. THOMAS LINFORD, Secretary.

11,4- ETROP 0 LITAN COUNTIES and
IV I. GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent-
,treet, Waterlco-place, London. Capital, 100,0001.

TRUSTY:ZS. ,
Rt. Tin. Spencer H. Walpole,M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.
henry Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq.
Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches.
N.B. The bonus declared at the last division of pro (its averaged
43 per cent. on all the premiums paid.
F. FERGUSON CAMEOUX, Manager.

SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND
AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Established A D. 1815.
The Invested Fund now in posses,ion of this Institution, and which
has arisen entirely from the accumulation of the Premiums. and be-
longs exclusively to the Assured or Members, amounts to about
THREE MILLIONS STERLING.
The next SEPTENNIAL INVESTIGATION into the Society's affairs
takes place on the 31st December, 1859; and in the allocation of
Profits to be made at that time, a'l Participating Assurances which
may be effected during the course of i 857 will be entitled to rank as
POLICIES Of THREE YEARS' STANDING.
HEAD OFFICE—No. 5, St. Andrew-square, Edinburgh.
LONDON and the SUBURBS.
Central Agents ( HUGH WICEAN, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings.
,
Cornh,ll.
Major R. S. RIDGE, 49, Pall-mall, Agent for the
West End District.
District .igents BECTON SE FLEY, Islington-green, Agent for
Islington District.
JAMES HARRIS, 33, St. George's-square, Bel-
grave-road, Pimlico.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BATH AND SOMERSET COUNTY MEETING.
TIIESDAT.
The Lansdown Stakes (Rancbeap) :;;. 5 soya each, with
added,; certain winnevs"4xtra. One mile. 12
subs.
Mr. J. IT. C. Wyndham's Rip Van Winkle, 4 yrs,
7st 121, - (Fordham) 1
Mr. Y. King's Madame Rachel, 3 yrs; fist
_121b..

(Plivnab) 2
Mr. T. Parr's Sir Colin, 3 yrs, 7Jt 13113 (Fla.tinari) 3
The following also ran :—Little Gerard, Alembic, Li-
bellist, Verona, Lunelle, Amelia, Annot Lyie. Betting.-4 to 1 each aget Sir Colin and Alembic, 5, to
leach ag3t Madame Rachrl and Amelia, 6 to 1 agst Rip
Van Winkle. Won cleyerly by half a length, about two
lengths between the second and third, bad fourth ; Alem-
bic was fifth.

Second Year of the Biennial Stakes of 10 sove each, with
50 added, for 3yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and
geldings, 8.4 71b. Certain allowances. The secondlo
save his stake. One mile and a half. 37 subs.
Mr. E. Parr's Lambourne, Bst 101 b (D. 13ughe9 1
Dnke of Beaufort's The Vigil, 84 lib (A. Day) 2
Mr. J. Hewitt's The Avenger, Bst 101 b (Sly) 3
Betting —2 to 1 on Lambourne. Won by a length
and a half.- Avenger lieaten oft

Frei Handicap of 56 sous. Certain 'iv:liners Extra. The
winner to be sold by auction for 50 sov,,, &e. T.Y.C.
Mr. Greville's c.'lt by Orlando —Elop-ment, 3 yrs,
Est lib (Plumb) 1
Mr. T. Stevens's Toe Untxpected, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Prior) 2
Mr. E. Hall's Lady Conyngbarn, 2 yrs, 54 (Falkner) 3
The following also ran :—Lass of Richmond Hill, and
Margaret of Anjou colt. .

Bating.-6 Co 4 agst Lady Gonyngbam, 2to 1 agst
Elopement colt, 3 to 1 agst The Unexpected, 8 to 1 agst
Margaret of Anjou colt. Won by a length and a half ;
two lengths between the second aud third; Margaret of
Anjou colt beaten off.

The Sornersets:rire Stakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5
only if declared, &tr., with 100 added; penalties for
oertain winners; the, second to receive 50 sovs, and
the third to save his stake. Two m.les and a distance.
54 subs, 30 of whom declared.
Mr. J. Parker's Cedric, 3 yrs, sit 211) (Adams) 1
Mr. Snewing's Pole Star, 5 yrs, 9st (Kendall) 2
Mr. G. W. Fitzwilliam's Wentworth, 4 yrs, 7st 91b

(G. Mann) 3
The following also ran :—Somerset, Dulcamara, Je-
suit, Signal, Rosati, and Bobby B.
Betting-9 to 4 agst Wentworth, 7to 2 agat Pole
Star, 5 to 1 agst Dulcamara, 7 to 1 agst Jesuit, 10 to 1
each agst Rosati and Signal. Won by ten lengths, six
lengths between second and third, the others straggled
in at wide intervals. On rounding the bottom turn
Rosati ran against a post, and nearly fell. Plumb, her
rider, escarel with only a slightly bruised leg.
Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-
olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b.
Certain allowances. The second to save his stake.
T.Y.C. 42 subs.
Duke of Beaufort's Gin, Bst 10Ib (A. Day) 1
Mr. W. Day's Bridal Tour, Bst 7,b (Sly) 2
Lord Ailesbury's colt by The Flying Dutchman--Gala,
Bst 10Ib (Flatman) 3
Patience and Brother to Secretary also rau.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Gala colt, 7to 2 agst Bridal
Tour, 4 to 1 agst Brother to Secretary, 5 to 1 each agat
Gin and Patience. Won by a bead ; two lengths be-
tween second and third ; same distance between third
and fourth. After going about 300 yards, Brother to
Secretary shied, jumped up and bolted.

The Mer-nbers''Plate (handicap) of 50 sovs: Winners
after the publiCation of the weights 51b extra. Once
round.
Mr. C. Brind's Shirab, 3 yrs, Est (Bray) 1
Mr. Craven's Van Eyck, 4 yrs, 7st 91b ...(R. Wright) 2
Mr. Reading's Park-keeper, 3 yrs, 6st 10ib (Fordham) 3
The following also ran :—Cotswold, Elfrida, Miss
Agnes, Brompton, Eugene Sue, Little Sykes, Amelia,
Miss Mary, and Scamp. Won by two lengths • a head
between second and third. Scamp, who bolted before
starting, ran out at the lower turn, and-tell over the
wall.

LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.

DERBY.
7 to 1 agst Skirmisher (offered)
Bto 1 agst Arsehal (taken and offered)

10 to 1 agst Anton (offered)
11 to 1 agst Tournament (taken)
14 to 1 agst Sprig of Shillelagh (offered)
14 to 1 agt M.D. (offered)
20 to 1 agst Sydney (taken)
25 to 1 agst Wardortnarske (taken)
25 to 1 aget Saunterer (offered)
Iqoo to 15 aget Lambourn (offerA)
1000 to 15 aget Blue Devil's colt (taken)
OAKS.

7to 1 agst Imperietka (taken)
Bto 1 agst Aspasia (taken)
15 to 1 agst Vanity (:aken)

ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS —Lady Elizabeth, Weston,
Loadstone colt, Happy Land, Brown Bess filly, Wych-
wood, Mainbrace filly, S'Anbope. Princess Royal, Arrow
colt, Pol.noodie, Lady /inn, Uzelia, Companion, and
Pantonime.

Naval and Blilitnry

The Duke of Cambridge has announe,:d his inten-
tion of visiting Chatham this day for the .purpose
of holding a review of the troops at that garrison.
His Royal Highness is expected to arrive at Chat-
ham by an early train, and after visiting Col. W.
H. Eden, the Commandant, at Government House,
will proceed to the Great Lines, where the whole of
the troops at present quartered at Chatham, includ-
ing the depots of the Indian regiments, which will
form two battalions, the Royal Marine 4, the Royal
Engineeia, and the Field Equipment Corps—num-
bering 'upwards of 5,000 men—are ordered to take
up their positions at 11 o'clock. At the close of the
review his Royal Highness will proceed to Maid-
stone for the purpose of inspecting the cavalry de-
' pots.. Yesterday afternoon the troops were marched
to Chatham Lines, where each branch of the service
took up the position. in Which •theywill be required
to form this day, the Field Equipment Corps of the
Royal Engineers being on the right of the line.
The baggage 'of the 23d and 82d Reg ments, with
Camp equipage, rtc., was embarked yesterday oa
board the screw troopships Adventure and Assist-
ance at Portsmouth dockyard fair conveyance to.
China. The troops will embark to-day. The Adven-
ture and Assis,ance are alongside the dockyard
jetty.

The Ceres cutter, tended by the Dash-.r, arrived

at Portsmouth yesterday, and went into harbour.
The Diadem, 32, •one of the new class of screw
frigw es, was taken into dock at Portsmouth yester-
day. _ _

The Cuckoo steamer, Lieut. Murray, arrived ati
Portsmouth yesterday, and left in the evening with
surernumeraries for the Eastward.
The Locust. 3, steamer, Lieut. F.i4l_,arriyecl
terday a,t Portsmouth.
The Agamemnon, 91, Master Corn..Noddall, will
come out of the steam basin at Portsmouth to-day,
and sail in a few days for the Thames, to ship her
portion of the Atlantic electric cable.
The Princess Charlotte, 90, barrackship. for
China, is getting on with her rigging at Ports-
mouth.

The Melville, 72, hospital ship, is likely to be
out of dock on Friday next.
The Hastings, 60, screw ship, for Coastguard
service, Capt. Mends, is nearly ready to be, taken
out of the basin in Portsmouth dockyard.

Brevet-Major W. G. Le Mesurier's company of
the 14th battalion Royal Artillery, and Captain R.
King Freetli's company of the same battalion, are
ordered to be in readiness to embark to-day at
Woolwich on board the troop freight ship Ocean
Wave for the Cape of Good Hore The Ocean
Wave, a vessel of light tonnage fitted out at Dept-
ford for the accommodation of the troop:, went to
Woolwich yesterday, and having been officially in-
spected by Mr. Morris, acting principal military
storekJeper, Lieut. W. F. Wentworth, R.N., agent
of transports at Deptford, Mr. Mugford,,commander
of the Fisgard. at 'Woolwich, and other officials, was
ordered to receive the troops on board on the fol-
lowing day ; and to sail immediately for their des-
tination, and to return to Woolwich with the re-
lieved companios now stationed at the Cape.
The Royal Ordnance sloop Lord Vivi.in has ar-
rived at Woolwich Arsenal, and commenced land-
ing a number of 9-pounder pins and carriages from
Devonport ; as well as the Inkerman, with a simi-
lar cargo from Chester castle..
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-frigate Fire-
brand, moored in ordinary off Woolwich dockyard,
is ordered to be hauled into No. 2'dock for repairs.
The steam-sloop, Spiteful, Commander R. Shortt,
recently arrived at Woolwich, was yesterday re-
ceived into basin to be paid off.
The Admiralty yacht Vivid, late in the tempo-
rary service of the. Royal Mail Packet Company at
Dover, and the iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel,
Princess Alice, have been supplied with a set of
new boilers at Woolwich.
The iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel Oberon, and
the Triton, in basin at Woolwich, are also under-
going thorough refit of machinery, &c. The dock-
yard transports Diligence and Falmouth are ship-
ping steam machinery and Government stores from
Woolwich dockyard the former for. Gibraltar, and
the latter for Sheerness.
Tha Buffalo screw steam-vessel arrived at Sheer-

ties yesterday from the westward ports with super-
numeraries for general service, and left for Wool-
wich.

The Vesuvius, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam-ship,
Captain Charles Wise, left Sheerness yesterday a-,
5.46 a.m., for Plymouth.
The Wrangler, 4 guns, screw steam gun-vessel,
Commander Joseph 11. Marryatt, was paid off in
the basin at Sheerness yesterday.
The Banshee paddlewheel steamvessel (tender to
the Fisgard) made her number yesterday at 11 a.m.,
passing the Nore, outward bound from Woolwich.
Captain J. Mc. N. Boyd has been appointed to
coma and the Conway, commissionedfor Coastguard
service in Ireland.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :

Captain the Hon.-G. Hastings to the Meander,
vice Capt. Boyd; E. Wise, master, to the Brilliant;
C. B. Ryall, second master, to the Hogue; J. Noble,
assistant-surgeon, to the Calcutta; E. Harris, as-
sistant-paymaster, to the Impregnable ; C. Harris,
assistant-paymaster in charge, to the Dee.