The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-10 00:00:00

THE CHINESE JUNK.

This interesting specimen of naval architecture
having been removed from its original moorings at
Blackwell, is now snugly located at the Temple Stairs,
and has thereby become accessible to a new audience.
She is, in some respects, a type of the wondrous
empire from which she comes. Her grotesque figure,
curved like a huge shell, seems to bid defiance to all
the principles by which strength is obtained in naval
architecture, and yet the log of the voyage home
shows that few vessels could exhibit better qualities
as a seaboat. A more minute inspection would
send an English joiner to a lunatic asylum. The
beams are unplaned and unmorticed, simply laid
against each other, or overlapped merely an inch or
two, and resting against rather than supporting the
outward sheathing. The planks are literally sewed
together, and the seams are filled with cement. Ap-
parently, the whole structure is more clumsy then
strong, but it rounded the Cape amid storms and
tempests without making a drop of water, and boasts
an age of upwards of 100 years. It is in fact, a gi-
gantic Chinese puzzle. The hold has capacity
for 800 tons of goods, and is divided into those
water-tight compartments which with us have been
deemed the crack discovery in steam naval archi-
tecture. The saloon forms a lofty and elegant
drawing-room, and 'the sleeping accommodations for
the common sailors might well make our English
shipowners blush. Everything is in appearance rude,
gaudy and grotesque, but substantial and admirably
adapted for its purpose, while singular to say, it is
down to the smallest bolt or block diametrically op-
posed in construction to its analogous European vessels.
The sterious Joss Houses must not be forgotten.
At each end of the vessel is a small recess not unlike
Punch's theatre, only not half the size, and within are
placed the deities of the Chinese pantheon. Two or
three small figures that seem as if supplied from the
gingerbread fair at Greenwich, sit round a pastille
pan, in dignified composure, and to these, the people
who invented gunpowder 2,000 years ago, and raised
Confucius, offer bits of red rag and plates of rice as a
means of securing a prosperous voyage. To complete
the illusion and virtually to transport the visitor from
the Thames to the Yang-tse-Kiangi a Mandarin, of
we don't know how many buttons, does the' honours
in a sensible and gentlemanlike manner, and explains
the wonders in tolerable English, although we must
confess that a slight Pekin accent does not increase
the perspicuity of his observations. But the reader
must go and judge for himself; and if the exhibition
make upon him the profound impression it did upon
ourselves, he cannot fail to feel grateful for the treat
which the daring enterprise of a British sailor has
brought home to his door.

SPORTING NOTES.
No. IX.
BILL OF FARE FOR ASCOT HEATH.

is.ue notes,
Which may on Fortune's 'Change be barter'd
For much money."

FITzWALLYNGE.

The TURF'S mine Oyster,
Which I with judgment will open."
SHAKSPERE (slightly altered).

In the fallowing programme will be found the pro-
bable " fields " for the principal races at Ascot ; with
the possible " first-flights " at the finish of each struggle,
marked with an asterisk.

TUESDAY.
The Trial Stakes. One mile.
1. Flatcatcher, 5 yrs, 9st
2. Blondette, 3 yrs, 7st 41b
3. Beaufort, 2 yrs, 4st 1 llb
4. Nina, 4 yrv, Bst 71b
The Gold Vase. Two miles.
1. Officious, 3 yrs. Est 121 b
* Mildew, 3 yrs, 7st 31b
* Miss Ann, 4 yrs, Bst 91b
Little Jack, 3 yrs, 7st 31b
Dark Susan c, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b
Ascot Derby. A mile and a half.
1. Ghillie Callum
* Concertina colt
• Royal dart
Nutcracker or Ghio
Lady Geraldine colt
Moultan doubtful
Valentine
Fifty Sovs. Produce Stakes. One mile, 7 fur., 154 yds.
1. Cora, Bst 21b
Canada colt, Bst 91b (doubtful).
Fitty Soya. Stakes. Six furlongs.
1. Olympian
2. Ginevra
First Ascot Triennial Stakes. 1 mile, 7 furlongs,
1. S Nunnykirk (Fl 5.
Osterley (A. Day)
154 yards.
doubtful, or
2. Vatican (Templeman)
3. Elthiron (Marlow)
Mounseer (probably Dockeray)
Repletion (Wakefield)
Clarissa or Crucible (Nat)
The Second Ascot Triennial. 5 furlongs 136 yards.
1. Catalpa or Citadel (Nat)
*Hesse Humbert;
Australind
•Coticula
Cnmus
Melita
Filly by Cowl
Colt by Velocipede
Louis Napoleon
Macaw
• Miserrima
Mr. Merryman
Fortuna
One of Sir J. Hawley's
Ascot Stakes. Two miles and a half.
Vampyre, 6st, Bst 4lb, or
1. Collingwood, aged, 9st
2. Damask, 3 yrs, Sat
3. Marquis of Conyngham, aged, Est 41b
Glauca, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b
Montague, 4 yrs, 7st 91b
* Retail, 4 yrs, 7st slb
Jellyfish, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (doubtful)
Fire Eater. 4 yrs, 7st 31b
Sauter la Coupe, 4 yrs, 7st
* Clarissa, 4 yrs, 7st (doubtful)
* The Cocktail, 4 yrs, Est 51b (ditto)
Durdans, 4 yrs, sst 101 b
'll Impression, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b
Welcome Stakes. One mile and half.
, S Sweetheart, Bst 101 b or
A' The Countess, Sst 21b
2. Penang, Bst 71b
The Swede, Bst 71b
Utrecht, Bst 71b.

WEDNESDAY.
Coronation Stakes. One mile.
1. Tiff, Bst 71b (Templeman)
2. Exotic filly, Bst 101 b (Nat)
3. Clelia, Bst 71b (Bartholomew or Norman)
Royal Hunt Cup. One mile.
* Collingwood, aged, 9st 81b
* Surplice, 5 yrs, Bst 71b
Wanota, 6 yrs, Bst 31b (doubtful)
* Flatcatcher, 5 yrs, Bst
* The Itonr, 5 yrs, Tat 81b
Black Eagle, 4 yrs, 7st 71b
Dulcet, aged, 7st 51b
Strongbow, 4 yrs, 7st slb
Woodlark, 4 yrs, Est 111 b
Hlgley, 5 yrs, 6st 91b
Marquis of Cunyngham, aged, Est 71b
Harriett, 3 yrs, Est 71h
" Brennus, 3 yrs, Est slb
* • Wallflower, 4 yrs, Est 31b
* Dolly Varden, 4 yrs, Est 21b
Give and Take, 3 yrs, sst 111 h
Cas. anero, 3 yrs, sst 51b
Preslaw, 3 yrs, sat 21b
The running of Officious, Cheerful, Susan LoNe',l,
Sweetheart, 'rum Wadlin, Little Jack, Clelia, or
Bardness is very cloubt'ul. - Sweetheart and 'Officious,
with a start, would he a good investment.