The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1861.

RESTAURANT and CAFE DE L'EUROPE,
? and 10, UAYMARKET, adjoining the Theatre.
J.,ints in succession, from four o'clock 2s. Od.
Soup and Joint 2s. Ed.
Severn Salmon, or other Fish and Joint 3B. Cd.
The Cafe Dinner of Soup, Fish Enlree, and Sweets 3s. Cd.
On the Derby and Oaks Days a Haunch of Venison at 7
o'clock. Suppers after the Theatres.

VHOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a Meat-
ing of the creditors of EDWARD BIRMINGHAM,
commonly called Lord Athenry, f ormer I y of LONN cr Gardiner-
street Dublin, afterwards of No. 2, St. James's-Square, and
subsequently at, and immediately isefor his insolvency, of
St. George's-terrace, Oxford-road, Middlesex. Esquire,
under, and by virtue of an act of Parliament passed in the
first year of his late Majesty K:ng George the Fourth, en-
tituled " An Act for the _Relief of Insolvent Debtors in Eng-
land to continue in force until the Ist day of June, 1825."
and of another act passed in the 3d year of his said late
Majesty to amend such first-mentioned act, and of another
act passed in the sth year of his said late Majesty to amend
the said two former acts, and of another act of Parliament
passed in the 7th year of his said late Majesty, intituled
"An Act to amend and consolidate the La s relating to In-
solvent Debtirs in England," and of certain other acts
passed, one in the session held in the 11th year of his said
late Majesty, and the let of his late Majesty King William
the Fourth, and another in the session held in the 6th and
7th years of King William the Fourth, to continue and
amend, or to continue the said former acts. or some of them,
and also of an act passed in the session held in the Ist aqd
2d years of her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act
for abolishing arrest or mesas process in civil actions, except
in certain cases for extending toe remedies of creditors
against the properties of debtors, and for amending the laws
for the relief of Insolvent Debtors in England," will be held
on Wednesday, the 12th day ofJune,lB6l, at twelve o'clock at
noon precisely, at the office of M.es3rs. Walter and Moojen,
at No. 8, Southampton-street, •810 resbury, in the county of
Middlesex, to consider as to the sale of the interest of the
said insolvent in certain real estate for the benefit of the
creditors .f the said insolvent. _patLd this 28th day of May,
1861.

WALTER and MOOJEN,
8, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury, London,
Attorneys for the creditors' assignee of the
Edward Birmingham.

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SPURTING INTELLIGENCE.

EPSOM RACES-TUESDAY.

The Isthmian Games were most satisfactorily inaugu-
rated, and, despite the gloomy day on which they com-
menced, they are not likely to disappoint expectation. In-
deed, the townsfolk were never so full of hope of reaping a
rich harvest from the heavy crop of visitors which has since
Monday night sprung up in the town. They have made
ample i rovision for the reception of all sorts and conditions
of people, and those persons who may, like Mrs. Gilpin,
" be on pleasure bent, but have a frugal mind," will be ac•
commodated according to their means. For the racing
wan the programme abounds in attractions, and although
the Derby is regarded by the mere'pleasure-seeker as " the
be all and end all" of the meeting, yet certain events, and
especially the races for two-yr-olds, are likely to be long re.
membered by a large majority of turfites. We have already
briefly referred to the improvements effected on the course
and in the Grand Stand, and we may now state that Mr.
Dorling, with all his ingenuity and desire to meet the re-
quirements of his patrons, will be unable to extend them.
The arrangements are now complete in every respect ; and

those persons who possess " the means and appliances to
boot," are enabled to see the races with as much comfort
as if they were seated in the stalls of an opera house.

To conduct the railway traffic, and to afford facilities for
reaching the course, due preparations have been made. At
the London-bridge station a large body of the M divi-
sion of police are on duty, and the staff of off:Ws at the
Epsom station of the "Waterloo line" has been reinforced
by some of the L division, under the command of Sergeant
Rackstraw, and the London station of the same company
was also kept by a number of men from the L division.
Inspector Lovelace, with a well-disciplined troop of the V
brigade, has the care of the town of Epsom, and the ap-
proaches to the Do '4 ns, whilst the course, as usual, is under
the charge of the A division, who have had great experience
in the management of vast crowds of race-going people.
The officers in charge of the men were Superintendent
Walker, Inspectars Butt, Bradatock, and Eccles.
The racing was marked by the usual " first day's" charac-
teristics. It was merely a prelude to the grand doings of
the Derby day. The Craven Stakes occasioned no " Blue
Jacket sensation," as it did in 1856, when its result fur-
nished a new favourite, and seemed to show to demonstra-

tion that Tournament could not lose the Derby. The t he
did lose it, however, is a matter of turf history,
The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added ; for 3-yr-
olds, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 121 b ; five and upwards, 9st 41b ;
mares allowed 51b, and geldings 31b. The last mile and
a quarter of the New Derby Course.

Lord Ailesbury's Cantine, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b. • (L. Snowden) t
Lord Derby's Cape Flyaway, Bst 11b
Mr. -Williamson's Virgilius, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (J. Snowden) 3
The following also ran :—Cosmopolite, Malta, Janus,
Knight Of St. Patrick, Twilight, Clarissa colt, Polonius,
and West End.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Cantine, sto 1 agst Malta, 6to 1
agst Cosmopolite, 9to 1 agst Cape Flyaway. The flag fell
at the third attempt, after Knight of St. Patrick had re-
fused to go near his horses. He was left in the rear when
the signal was given, Janus and Malta running in front,
side by side, to Tattenham Corner, where the others began
to ga on coed t rms with them. At tho distance they were
beaten, and Cape Flyaway on the upper ground, and Can-
tine on the lower, finished the race together, running so
wide that it was impossible for the spectators on the Stand
to determine which had won; the judge, too, being unable
to separate them, and pronouncing a dead heat. Four
lengths off Virgilius was third, and close up with him were
Malta and the Clarissa colt. Cosmopolite, Knight' of St.
Patrick, Polonius, and Twilight were beaten off. Cantine
afterwards walked over, and the stakes were divided.
The Itous Stakes, a free Handicap of 20 soya each, 10 ft,
with 200 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. One mile.
(24 subs.)
Mr. Thornton's Curlew,4 yrs, 7st 51b (Challoner) 1
Lord Stamford'a Lava, 3 yrs, 6st 21b ...... (Roper) 2
Mr. W. Crawfurd's Captain Fortibus, 3 yrs, sst 131 b
(Phillips) 3
The following also ran :—Mdlle. do Chantilly, Man-at-
Arms, Von Stroom, Seclusion, Fitz-Avon, Ariadne, Don-
ner and Blitz, -Cheesecake, Narcissus, Rapture, Little
Dick, Nessus, and Mutineer.
Betting-4 to 1 agst •Lava, 6to 1 agst Seclusion, 6to 1

agst Man-at-Arms, 7 to 1 agst Curlew, 8 to 1 agst Little
Dick, 8 to 1 agst Mdlle. Chantilly, 10 to 1 agst Narcissus,
200 to 8 each eget Fitz-Avon and Cheesecake. A straggling
start, Nessus getting off in front, Von Stroom and Fitz-
Avon being next. At the straight Curlew and Lava showed
in advance, the former winning a good race by a neck, the
second beating the third by half a length ;_ Von Stroom and
Rapture were next.
The Woodcote Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added ; for
2-yr .old colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; the owner of the

second horse io receive 25 sovereigns out of the stakes
New T.Y.C. Three-quarters of a mile. 47 subs.
Baron Rothschild's Wingrave (Wells) 1
Mr. Valentine's Carisbrook (Aldcrott) 2
Mr. Fleming's Coulon

The following also ran :—Express, Alvediston, Hippo-
damia, Rose d'Amour, Antares, Traveller, Watchfire,
Brightonia colt, and Master Fenton.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Wingrave, 4to 1 agst Coulon, 9to 2
agst Express, 10 to 1 each agst Carisbrook and Brightonia
colt. Coulon led to the distance, where Wingrave went
away and won by half a length; three lengths between the
second and third.

The Brighton Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 100 added
by the Brighton Railway Company ; the winner of any
rase after publication of the weights (May 23, 11 a.m.)
(matches excepted) to carry 5119 extra. Three quarters of a
mile. 49 subs.
Mr. Thomas's Touch-me -Not, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (car.7st 11b)
(J. Snowden) 1
Baron Niviere's Palaiseau, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (H. Grimahaw) 2
Mr. S. Jacob's The Don, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b.... (T. French) 3
The following also ran :—Wombat, Neophyte, Twilight,
Penalty, Little Gerard, Horace, Curlew, Camerino, Rock-
ley, Wild Bird, Arrogant, Squire Peirse, Shepherdess, Ted-
dington filly, and Reveille.
Betting-3 to 1 agat Wombat, 3 to 1 (6 to 1 at first) agat
Curlew, 5 to 1 agst Rockley, 8 to 1 agst Horace, 10 to 1 agst
Camerino, 10 to 1 agat Arrogant, 100 to 8 each agst Little
Gerard, Touch-me-not, and Reveille. Touch-me-not made
all the running, and won by ten lengths. Wild Bird came
in riderless, having thrown his jockey at the turn into the
straight.
The Horton Stakes of 5 soya each, with 30 soya added.
Optional selling weights, &c. New T.Y.C. Three quar-
ters of a mile.
Mr. Onslow's Southport, 3 yrs (50), 7st 131b(Fordham) 1
Mr.. Hudson's Revolt, 2 yrs (£5O), sst 101 b (Daley) 2
Mr.J. Smith's Hedgehog, 2 yrs (£5O), sst 101b(Wheatley) 3
Mr. W. Brown's na Nomad) 2 Yrs (L5O), Sat 101 b (Parsons) 4
Dotting—gyen on, Revolt, 2 to 1 agst Southport, liodge.

hog led into the straight, where Nomad took up the run-
ning and carried it on to the half-distance, where Southport
quitted him, and won cleverly by a length; a head between
the second and third.

The Heatheote Plate of 50 soya , weights for age, &c.

Half a mile. •
Lord Stamford's Little Lady, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b.. (Edwards) 1
Baron Niviere's Baliverne, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (Daley) 2
Mr. G. Simpson's Sister to Morella, 2 yrs, sst 71b
(Whiteley) 3

The following also ran :—Miss Julia, Warrener, Santa
Claus, Bolero, Freestone, nincorualce, Prince Frederick,
and Whirl eolt.

Betting-6 to 4on Mies Julia, 9to 4 agst Little Lady, 8
to 1 agat Baliverne, 10 to 1 agst any other offered. Won by
six lengths ; three lengths beween the second and third;
Prince Frederick last.

LATEST BETTING.
THE DERBY.

9 to 4 agst Dundee
4to I agst Diophantus
Bto 1 agst Dictator
Bto 1 agst Klarikoff
100 to 6 agst Kildonan
100 to 6 agst Royallieu
100 to 7 agat Kettledrum
100 to 8 agst Rouge Dragon
25 to 1 agat Imaug
50 to , 1 agst The Drake
50 to 1 agst Atherstono
66 to 1 agst Aurelian

TELE NA I' 1.

A letter from Malta, dated Valetta, May 24,
says:--
" Intelligence was received by the last mail from Gibral-
tar of the assembling of a very large Spanish fleet at
Algeciras, the ostensible object of which was to make a
naval demonstration on the coast of Morocco, owing to the
Emperor having failed to remit the instalment duo of the
indemnity which he failed to pay to Spain for ending the
late war. As a matter of precaution our naval authori-
ties have determined upon increasing the strength of
our naval forces in those waters. Her Majesty's ship St.
Jean d'Acre, Capt. the Hon. C. B. Elliot, C. 8., and the
Racoon, corvette, Capt. Chamberlain, left port on the 22d
inst., within a few hours of each other, for Gibraltar; and
the Weser, 6, Commander Johnstone, left on the following
day for Corfu, with instructions, it is said, to Rear-Admiral
Dacres, to despatch a portion of his fleet to Malta for the
same destination. _ •

" M. Lesseps passed through Malta the day before yester-
day from Marseilles to Alexandria. This sanguine gentle-
man has, I understand, assured several persons here who
are so fortunate as to hold shares in the Isthmus of Suez
canal scheme, that the work will be in such progress by the
end of a year as to permit small vessels to pass through it
from one sea to the other.
" Preparations continue to be made for the submersion of
the Tripoli portion of the Malta and Alexandria telegraph.
Yesterday the commercial agents, Messrs. E. J. Gingell and
Co., shipped on board her Majesty's corvette Scourge the
electric instruments and a large quantity of telegraph stores
for Tripoli and Bengazi. The Malacca, it is hoped, will be
ready by Monday or Tuesday next to commence paying out
the cable to Tripoli. The point of departure is to be St.
Goorge's Creek, in the bay of Marsassirocco, on the south-
east coast of this island, where a cable-house has been
erected fer the junction of the submarine and land lines.
The day befoul yesterday evening the Maltese schooner
Valetta, having on board the shore cable and 15 telegraph
operatives, left port for Tripoli, in tow of the tug Bulldog,
which is to accompany her the whole way, and tow her
when such assistance is necessary, in order that no time
may be lost in laying the shore end to meet the Malacca
with the deep sea line.
"Her Majesty's ship Queen is daily expected from Bey-
rout. One of the French transports which are to convey
the French troops from Syria passed to the eastward yester-
day. By the steamer arrived to-day from Beyrout, I learn
that the French troops arc ready to embark."
The Euryalus, 51, screw steam-frigate, under the
charge of the officials of the steam reserve and dock-
yard, made her official trial at the measured mile
to-day; she was under steam about five hours, and
the result was satisfactory. Captain Broadhead, the
newly-appointed captain of the steam reserve at
this port, was prevented from witnessing the trial,
being engaged on the court-martial at the Victory.
The Punjaub, Captain Foulerton, H.M. Indian
Navy, is still at Spithead. Orders were received to
land any serious hospital cases, and she is expected
to proceed to Woolwich the first favourable oppor-
tunity, unless sbe receives contrary orders and comes
into Portsmouth. She is-a teak-built ship, and
was fitted not as a paddle-wheel steamer, with
engines of '7OO horse-power. However, her steam-
ing qualities were not so great as could be ex-
pected. They could not get up steam so as to get
a greater speed than eight knots, whilst under
her present light rig—only as an auxiliary to the
steam—she would make, under canvas, 122 and 13
knots; and it is thought that by her conversion
into a screw steam-corvette she will prove a
valuable acquisition to her Majesty's navy. As a
troop-ship, she can find accommodation for at least
1,000 men, besides women and children, and has
commodious cabins and saloon for officers and
ladies. She is well ventilated with patent bull's-
eye ports, and her space between decks is nearly
seven feet under the beams. Her hospital (or
sick bay) berths, as also a separate division from
off the troop-deck for married people, are most
judiciously arranged.
The screw steam gunboat Magpie, tender to the
screw steam coastguard ship Hawke, 60, Captain
William Crispin from Queenstown, arrived at Ply-
mouth on Monday for stores and for men entered
for the Hawke.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Styx, 6, Com-
mander Cave, just returned from the West Indies,
was inspected in Plymouth Sound by Captain
Lettershavescrew
m o beenr
-ecane. She arrived at Trin-
rtetceeiCvehdaraytbdPilsY, Plymouth thfrom
the Captain
the Hon. George D.
comalee on the 17th of April, when she received
orders for China, she was to sail on the 25th for
Singapore. The oflicers and crew expect that they
will not be sent to Hong Kong, but be allowed to
return to the India station.
Her Majesty's screw steam storeshin Adventure,
from the East Indies and China, which vessel
arrived at Woolwich on Monday for repairs, was
to have been docked yesterday for that purpose,
but in consequence of her length of build exceeding
by 11 feet the limits of the most roomy dock in
that yard, an application was yesterday forwarded
to the Board of Admiralty for permission to alter
out the basin to the required length by removing
stone steps at the east end, which are said to be
totally useless. The Adventure's length of keel is
283 feet, and over all from figure head to taffrail,
323 feet, while that of the dock is only 272 feet
from the steps to the caisson. The inconvenience
now sought to be remedied has been the theme of
comment for some time past. None of the docks
at Woolwich in their present state are capable of
receiving one of the ships under construction in
the yard, and in default of the necessary arrange-
ments now proposed being admitted, they must
be docked elsewhere.
The iron screw steam shoreship, Industry,
Master Commander I. Hodges, was yesterday paid
off at Woolwich. Her commission is dated Janu-
ary, 1857, since which time she has been constantly
employed in conveying naval stores to and from
Rio and the Isle of Ascension, &c. After under-
going the necessary repairs she will be recom-
missioned by the same commander.
Orders were yesterday received at Chatham for
the iron steamer Resistance, 22, 800 horse-power,
built by Messrs. Westwood, Bake, and Campbell,
to be armed entirely with Armstrong guns of the
100 pounder and 40 pounder class, instead of only
four of the 40 pounder Armstrongs, as was previ-
ously
ordered. The Government has also forwarded
directions to Chatham for the vessels attached to the
first-class steam reserve in the Medwa—
y to have a
certain number of Armstrong guns placed on board
each according to their ratings. The two steam
floating batteries /Etna, 16, and Thunderbolt, 16,
which are now stationed in the river below Graves-
end, for the protection of the Thames, are armed
entirely with 68 pounders, but four of these will be
removed from each of those vessels and Armstrong
guns put on board instead, as soon as they can be
supplied from the gun factories.
The Diadem, 32, Captain Cockburn, went out of
Portsmouth Harbour yesterday, and joined Rear-
Admiral J. E. Erskine's division of the Channel
fleet at Spithead. Rumour sends the Channel fleet
to Gibraltar in readiness to act in concert with the
Mediterranean fleet, under Admiral Martin's com-
mand, should events require their presence in the
Mediterranean waters.
The Royal Marines who serve& on board the
Cressy, 80, line-of-battle screw steamer, were paid
at Chatham yesterday, when each man was granted
six weeks' leave of absence.
The whole of the hired mechanics and labourers,
numbering nearly 800 men, employed at Chatham
Dockyard during the busy period which prevailed
some time since, have now been discharged from
that establishment, the last of the hired hands hav-
ing quitted the yard on Saturday last. A few of
the hired smiths and labourers have been retained
to be employed on the Achilles, 40.
The Metropolitan police doing duty at Sheerness
dockyard have undergone an inspection by the prin-
cipal Inspector of that establishment, in order to
ascertain their proficiency in the use of the fire-
engines. For this purpose the men were told of

into two companies and were directed to attach two
lengths of hose to the dockyard fire-engine. This
was accomplished in exactly one minute from the
time that the order was given. Four lengths of
hose was then ordered to be adjusted, and this was
effected in one minute and a half, showing the great
efficiency of the dockyard force. The time allowed
in London for similar operations is two minutes
and a half.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. John L. Way, to
the Steady ; Lieut. Charles C. Fitzgerald, to the
Ariadne ; W. B. M'Hardy, midshipman, to the
Hero; W. Powell, first-class assist.-engineer, to the
Cumberland, for serv" cc in the Julia; Henry
Johnson, first-class assistant-engineer to the
Asia, as supernumerary; Owen A. Davies,
first - class assistant engineer to the Asia,
for charge of the machinery of the Pan-
dora; Alexander Beattie, acting second-class assist.-
engineer, to the Indus, as supernumerary ; William
J. Grandy, second master, to the Dasher ; and J.
H, Manley, assist.-paymaster, to the Edinburgh.