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

THE CHINESE JUNK.

This interesting specimen of naval architecture
having beet? 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 honie
shows .that few vessels could exhibit better qualities
as a seaboat. A. more minute inspection would
send' n English joiner to a lunatic asylum. The
beams are ,"unpinned • 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• seuns are filled with cement. Ap-
parently; the whole structure is more clumsy than
strong, but it rounded the Cape amid storms and
tempests without making a drop of water, and boasts
an age of upwards ofloo years. It is in fact, a gi-
gentle Chinese puzile. 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
drawitig-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, mysterious Joss' Houses' must not be forgotten..
At each end -of the vessel is a small recess not unlike
Punch's theatre, only not halfthe 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
par, in dignified composure, and to these, the people
w,ho inventcd gunpowder 2,000 years ago, and raised
Confticius, 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-Kiatig,, 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, althotigh 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. nc.
BILL OF FARE FOR ASCOT

" I'll lame '
Which •may on Fortune's 'Change be berter'd
For much money." •
FITZWALZYNdE.
"The runt's mine oyster,
Which I with judgment will open."
SLIAKSPERE (slightly altered).

the following programme will be found the
probable-" fields "tor the principal/aces at Ascot ; with
the possible "first-flights "'at the finish of each struggle,
marked with an asterisk.

TUESDAY',
The Trial Stakes. ' One Mile.
al: FI3 :Battle
ysr
sy, r
48;t981t1lb
2. Blondette, 3 yrs 7st 41b
, 4. Nina, 4 pi, 84 71b
• - The Gold Vase. Two miles.
1. Officious, 3 yrs, 64121 b
* Mildew; 3 yrs, 7st 31b
*. 'Miss Ann, 4 yrs, Bst 91b
Little Jack, 3 yrs, 7st 31b
Dark Susan d, 3 pa, 64 131 b
Ascot, Derby. • A mile ands half.
1. Ghillie Callum- • •
* Concertina colt
• R4Yal Hart 5 •
Nutcracker or Ghio
• Lady Geraldine colt
}-doubtul
Moultan f
.
Fifty Sove.'Produce Stakes. One 'mile, 7 fur., 154 yds.
1. Core,•Bst•2lb
Canada colt. Bst 91b (doubtful).
Fifty So's.- Stakes. ,Sirfurlongs.
1. Olympian •
'1 2. Ginevrs
First Ascot Triennial Stakes. 1 mile, 7 furlongs,
154 yards.'
5 Nunnykirk (F.
3. Filothuinrgoene'roStrotirrolbCiawbi; D
Osterley (A. Day)
Butler.), doubtful, of
2. :Vatican (Teurpletnan)
ockeray)
Repletion (Wakefield)
• Clarissa or Crucible (Nat)
The Second Ascot Triennial. .5 furlongs 136 yards.
• 1. Catalpa or Citadel (Nat)
*Hesse Romberg
l'""" Australind
*Coticulei
Melita
Piny by Cosi!
• Colt by Velocipede
Louis Napoleon
Macaw
• Aliserrims
Mr. Merryman
Eortima
One of Sir J. Hawley's
Atkat Stakei:'• Two Miles and a half.'
iVampyre, 6 ys, Bst 41b, or, ' '
"' I Collingwood, aged, 9sl
▪ 'llatneik; &yrs, sst • ' . •
'• a. 'Marquis of Canyngham, aged, 6iri 41b
J6L; Gismo., -4 yrs, 7st 101 b -' • •
•-,•:»> Montague, 4 yrs, 7st 91b , .
•it * IZetail„,4•yri, 7fit 51b •.1
4 Jellyfish, 4 yrs, 7st •4lb(-doubtftil)
Fire Eater, 4. yrs, 7st 31b
Sauter la• Coupe. 4 yrs, 7st
• Clarissa, 4 yrs, 7st-(deubtful)
• '* The Cocktail; 4 yrs,-6st 51b (ditto)
55' Durtlans; 4 -yrs, Set 101 b
• Impresaion, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b •
Welconie•Stakes. One mile and half.
S Sweetheirt,3st 101 b or--
I.:, 1.• z The Countess; 84 21b • • •
• 2. renangylas 71te
. • Tha•SWedis,fist,7lb •-• '• •
Utrecht, Bst 71b: • •
WEDNZEitkLY.
• Coronation Stakes., One mile.
I. Tiff, Bst 71b (Templeton])
2. Existiefilly, 84 101 b (Nat) .
• 3. Clelik Bst 71b-(l3artholotnew or Norman)
Royal Hunt Cup.' One mile.
Collingswood, aged, 9st 8:1)
* • Surplice, 5 yrs, Bst 71b
• -• -JtWanota, 6 ps, Bst 31b (doubtful)
• - :.]*•••,-,,,,Elateatcher, 5 yrs, , • •
* The-liner, 5 yrs, -73 t 81b _ -5,
• • Black Eagle, 4- yrs, 7st 71b • ,
• •-Duloet. aged; Tat -51 b
•
Strongbow, 4 yrs, 7st Sib •
Woodlark; 4 yrs, Est 111 b
Hagley, 5 yrs,- 6st••9lb •
Marquis of Conynghem, aged, 6st 71b
• lierriott, -3 yrs, 6st 71b •
▪ Brennus, 3 yrs, 64 51b
* • Wallfhwer, 4 yrs, Est 31b
* • Dblly Morden,- 4 yrir, Est 21b
..,g-kre and Take, 3yrs, Sat 1111). .
<• • .ras'.ltriero, 3 yrs,;s4 51b •
•• Preslaw, 3 yrs, sst 21b '
The running
Sweetheart, Tarn Wadlin, Little Jack, Clelia, or
Baroness is very of fl,fliciotis; Cheerful, Susan Lovell,
doubtinl. Sweetheart and- Officinus,
with a:start,- would be a good investment. , ,

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