The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-16 00:00:00

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :

Charles J. N orcock, sub-lieut., to the Blanche ; Richard
D. Bushby, midshipman, to the Lord Warden ; Arthur
Graves, nominated cadet; Mr. William H. Adlam,
navigating lieut., to the Fisgard, for service in the Juno ;
Wm. Renwick, navigating sub-lieut., to the Warrior ; Jas.
F. Foot, navigating sub-lieut., to the Minotaur; John G.
Scott, navigating sub-lieut., to the Bellerophon; Arthur
G. St. G. Ponsonby, navigating sub-lieut., to the Achilles.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

GRATESEND,7hursday Morning.

Arrived, Jan. 15.—Dreadnought, from Colombo.

Arrived, Jan. 16.--David Malcolm, from Kurrachee ;
Ann Walters, from Palermo; Grenada and Archibald,
both from Demerara; Wave, from Fayall ; Marian, from
Sarawak ; Agilis, from Palermo ; Colonist, from Tuti-
corin ; Constantine, from New York; Orion, steamer, from
Antwerp.

Sailed—Esk, steamer, for Guernsey ; Blonde, steamer,
for Dunkirk.

DEAL, Thursday Morning.

No arrivals.

RACING FIXTURES FUR 1868.
FEBRUARY.
Lincoln Spring
Harrow 2O Darby Spring

MARCH. -
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Liverpool Spring M.... 3 MargateChelmsford Spring M. 10 Epsom Spring Meeting
Shrewsbury Spring ... 10 Croxton Park
West Drayton l2 i Northampton
Warwick Spring

APRIL.
Northampton (continued) 1 I Knighton
Bromley .. 6 Abergavenny .....
Aldershot
Durham
I Hendon l3 Thirsk
Newcastle Spring
I Newmarket Craven .... 13 Newmarket Ist Spring
MAY.
Newmarket Ist Spring I Salisbury
(continued)
Chester 5 Croydon Ist Summer ...
I Winchester
York Spring
Doncaster Spring

JUNE.
West Drayton 1 I Hampton
Croydon 2d Summer ... 2 Bibury Club
Ascot Summer 9 Curragh June
Windsor Summer
Newton

JULY.
Alexandra Park (con.) 1. Liverpool
I Chelmsford
Worcester Summer 2 I Huntingdon
Carlisle
Newmarket July 7 Southampton
.

14 Ojiodwocid Reading
Odiham, l6

AUGUST.
Brighton
Brighton Club 6 1 Oxford
Lewes Summer
Wolverhampton ll, Derby Summer
Stockton
Plymouth
Windsor
Eghatu
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Hastings
SEPTEMBER.

Warwick September ... 1 I Hendon l7
Abingdon 8 Monmouth .
Leicester
I
Doncaster September 8 West Drayton 29
Richmond
Kelso l5 and Ayr 3O
Hampton Autumn l5

OCTOBER.
Royal Caledonian Hunt I Chelmsford Autumn ~. 13
and Ayr (continued)... 1 Cheltenham l3
Bedford 1 1 Ealing
Bromley
Newmarket 2d October 5 Worcester
NOVEIIBER,
Shrewsbury Autumn 9
Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt l7

STEEPLECHASES.
FEBRUARY.

Carmarthen
Birmingham 11,1`2 1 and Open ..
Lincoln l9 Derby spring 27
Harrow 2O Baschurch 2B
Boston

MARCH.

Liverpool Spring . 3
Shrewsbury Spring lO
Grand Military . 16, 17
War wick l7
Chertsey 2O

Margate 23
West Somerset 24
Cheltenham ..... 26
Southdown Hunt
Cambridge

APRIL.
Grant National Hunt I Knighton
(Bodford) 2 Abergavenny
Roy.Artillery(Woolwich) 3 Hambledon
I Bromley .. 6 Kildare Hunt
Aldershot
I Hendon

DECEMBER.
St. Albans 1 ; Ealing 26
Kingsbury

The 51st Regiment, from Dover, under the com-
mand of Lieut.-Col. Agg, arrived at Aldershot on
Monday afternoon, and proceeded to occupy quar-
ters in A, B, C, and D lines, North Camp, recently
vacated by the 70th (Surrey) Regiment. The 56th
Regiment, under the command of Colonel Lacy,
will leave Aldershot for Ireland as soon as the ves-
sel which is intended to convey them is ready. The
strength of the regiment is 38 officers, 48 sergeants,
40 corporals, 21 drummers, and 577 privates. The
K company of the regiment, which has been on de-
tachment duty at Hampton Court for some time
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pers, arrived at Aldershot on Monday, and joined
the service companies there. The 68th Light Infan-
try at Aldershot, under the command of Col. Cheer,
C. 8., is under orders to proceed to Manchester on
or about the 26th inst., there to relieve the 72d
Highlander; who are under orders to proceed to
Ireland at the same date. The 98th Regiment, from
Portsmouth, under the command of Col. Peyton,
arrived at Aldershot Camp yesterday, and pro-
ceeded to occupy quarters in L, M, and P Lines,
North Camp. The 44th Regiment, under the
command of Col. Hort, is under orders to leave
Aldershot for Ireland on or about the 20th inst.
The strength of the regiment is 42 officers, 48 ser-
geants, 40 corporals, 21 drummers, 55ti privates,
68 women, 65 children, and 10 horses. The regi-
ment will be inspected to-day by Brigadier-General
Carey, C.B. On Tuesday C, D, and E batteries
of the C brigade Royal Horse Artillery, at Alder-
shot, under the command of Col. Wintle, C. 8.,
proceeded on route-marching duty, taking the
direction o!. Farnborough. On the same day the
Ist (King's) Dragooa Guards, under the command
of Col. Pattie, C. 8., marched out in the direction
of Farnham. Yesterday the Ist Infantry Brigade a.
under the command of Major-General H. Renny,
and consisting of the 40th, 54th, and 56th Regi-
ments, were marched to the Queen's Parade, North
Camp, where the brigade was exercised in various
field evolutions.