The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-27 00:00:00

tion has been decided. Fair play is said to be a jewel ;
but it may safely be inferred that it is one with which
the Livery of London have little acquaintance if they
permit themselves to be made the instruments of the
injustice which Mr. Gibbs's rejection, on the grounds
suggested by our Contemporaries, would involve.
Should the plan succeed, no future candidate for
civic honours, be his character ever so unimpeachable,
will be safe. 'We have heard of fictitious actions,
during the existence of the late glorious law of arrest
on mesne process, in order to keep voters from the
poll ; but the institution of a frivolous and vexatious
Chancery suit, for the purpose of prejudicing a can-
didate fur the Mayoralty, is a newer though hardly
less effectual preventive.

HER MAJESTY AT BLAIR ATHOL.
BLAIR ATHOL, WEDNESDAY.
The Queen and her Illustrious Consort, accom-
panied by the ladies of her suite, Lord Glenlyon,
Lord Charles Wellesley, &c., went yesterday down
Glen Tilt to the Forest Lodge, his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert driving the pony phaeton.
There being no post from London yester-
day, the Queen set out at the unusually
early hour of two o'clock, and the royal
party reached the lodge at half-past three,
where the Queen and her suite partook of luncheon,
which had been sent on in the morning by Lord
Glenlyon. The foresters had been sent out at an
early hour to drive in the deer, but the wind being
unfavourable they were extremely shy, and after
some hours spent in endeavouring to come within
shot, during which her Majesty rode with Prince
Albert some distance on her Highland pony, the
sportsmen were obliged to return to the lodge, the
entire sport of the day being a hind shot by Lord
Glenlyon. The Queen returned to Blair Castle at
seven o'clock.

The firing of cannon was distinctly heard yester-
day on the hills to the north of Blair Athol, which
was said to be a Royal salute in honour of the arrival
of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge at
Black Mount, a splendid shooting lodge belonging to
the Marquis of Breadalbane, situate near Glencoe, the
site of the celebrated and infamous massacre of that
name. His Royal Highness is expected to be present
at the golf match to be held at the North Inch of
Perth, on Saturday next.
The Earl of Aberdeen left the Castle this morning
for Laggan, the seat of the Marquis of Abercorn, to
whom the Toble Earl is about to pay a short visit.
He will return to Blair Castle to-morrow night.
It is said that one of the huntsmen in charge of the
otter hounds has been dispatched to Haddo House to
procure some otters, there being none in the neigh-
bourhood of Blair, and the Prince having expressed a
wish to witness the exciting sport of an otter hunt
before leaving the Highlands.
It is now stated that the Queen will leave Blair
Castle on Tuesday next, at half past eight or nine
o'clock, so as to arrive at Dundee between two and
three in the afternoon, which will be within two
hours of high water. Preparations were being made
for a luncheon on a right royal scale for the Queen
and her suite at Dundee, but her Majesty will not
alight, but go at once on board the Royal yacht,
which will proceed immediately down the Frith of
Tay with the other steamers of the Royal squadron.
The Queen took her usual walk this morning in
the grounds of the castle, accompanied by Prince
Albert, and the Princess Royal on her Highland
pony. Her Majesty, it is said, spends at least ten
hours every day in the open air, and the pure and
bracing air of the Highlands has had the most bene-
ficial effect upon her health.
A large supply of silk, woollen, and velvet tar-
tans, of the finest texture and most novel patterns,
has been sent up within the last two days from
Messrs. Romains and Patterson's and Mr. James
Smith's establishments at Edinburgh, for her Ma-
jesty's
.inspection. Mrs. Smith is herself the
bearer of a very beautiful and costly velvet tartan
dress, as a present to her Royal Highness the young
Princess, which she will to-day crave permission to
submit for her Majesty's approval.
Another excursion to Glen Tilt is projected for this
afternoon, but as the wind is unfavourable it is pro-
bable the royal party may take some other route.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS EVENING.)
RICHMOND RACES.—YESTERDAY.
The Easby Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only, &e.,
for two and three yrs old. Grey Stone in.
Sir J. Gerard's Pluto, 2 yrs (Abdale) 1
Mr. Salvin's The Cure, 3 yrs 2
Mr. Armstrong's Ratan, 3 yrs
Lord Glasgow's Sister to Pathfinder, 2 yrs
Won easy.
The Two Yrs Old Stakes of 30 sovs. each, were won
by IVynyard, beating Alaric.
The Gold Cup of 150 guineas. Once round and a dis.
Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs, ...(Templeman) 1
Lord Milton's f by Confederate, 4 yrs
Won easy.
The Wright Stakes of 5 soya. each, for two-yrs-olds,
were won by Jinglepot (Templeman) beating Sir Henry,
Helmsman, Punjaub, Extravaganza, t by Muley Moloch,
and P) tbia.
The Consolation Plate was won in four heats by Capt.
Harcourt's f by Inheritor, 3 yrs, beating Epilogue,
Forona, and brother to Cantle.

TnE LONDON GAZETTE
(THIS EVENING.)

WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 27, 1844.
Royal. Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet H. D.
Trelawny to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Earl
of March, promoted ; F. W. F. Berkeley, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Trelawny, Sept. 27.
10th Light Dragoons—Capt. B. Harrison, from 11th
Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Cathcart, who ex-
changes, September 27.
11th Light Dragoons—Capt. A. Cathcart, from 10th
Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Harrison, who ex-
changes, Sptember 27.
7th Regiment of Foot—Ensign R. Kaye, from 70th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dickinson,
appointed Adjutant, September 27.
Bth Foot—Lieut. C. Holder, to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice West, who retires ; Ensign R. W. Hartley
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Holder ; S. C.
Craster, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hartley,
Sept. 27.
22d Foot—Captain T. White, from 42d Foot, to be
Captain. vice Goldie, who exchanges, Sept. 27.
33d Foot—Lieut. E. A. Milman to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Todd, who retires ; Ensign R. Lacy to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Milman ; N. Kemp,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lucy, Sept. 27.
139th Foot—Lieutenant )E. W. Fraser to be Captain,
without purchase, vice J. Blackall, who retires on full-
pay ; Ensign H. D. Gaynor to be Lieutenant, vice
Fraser ; G. Wolfe, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Gaynor,
Sept. 27.
42d Foot—Captain M. W. Goldie, from the 22d Foot,
to be Captain, vice White, who exchanges, Sept 27.
- 51st Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel C. Pepper, from
half-pay 27th Foot, to be Captain, vice 11. C. U. Somer-
set, who exchanges ; Lieutenant A. J. W. Northey to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Pepper, who retires ;
Ensign D. Stephenson to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Northey ; G. W. Drought, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Stephenson, Sept. 27.
70th Foot—F. A. Willis, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Kaye, promoted in 7th Foot, Sept. 27.
92d Foot—Brevet Lieut-Col. H. Blake, from half-pay
Gth Garrison Battalion, to be Captain, vice R. Pitcairn,
who exchanges ; Lieut. K. D. Mackenzie to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Blake, who retires ; Ensign C. M.
Hamilton to be Lieutenar.t, by purchase, vice Macken-
zie ; F. Macbean, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Hamilton, Sept. 27.
Ist West India Regiment—Lieut. W. Stevens to be
Captain, by purehase, vice Wickham, who retires ; En-
sign C. Q. Dick to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
' Steevens ; H. L. Cafe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Dick, Sept. 27.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieutenant J. A.
Layard to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kelson,
whose promotion has been cancelled, Aug. 23 ; Lieute-
nant R. Hartman, from half-pay 96th Foot, to be First
Lieutenant, vice Stewart, promoted ; Second Lieutenant
W. 11. Kelson to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Hartman, who retires ; L. A. Forbes, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kelson, Sept. 27.
UNATTACHED.—Lieut. C. H. G. Lennox Earl of
March, from the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, to
be Captain, by purchase ; Lieut. G. R. Pole, from 93d
Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Sept. 27.
MEMORANDUM.—Second Captain J. H. Caddy, upon
half-pay of the Royal Artillery, has been alloWed to re-
tire from the Service, by the sale of an Unattached
Company, he being a settler in Canada, Sept. 27.