The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-04 00:00:00

r At Constantinople—The Mississippi steam frigate,
1 CaitainLoang.
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Constitution frigate, Captain Conover,
and Jamestown corvette, Captain S. Mercer.
At Messina—Cumberland, Captain Latimer.
Foreign Ships of War and Packets in Port—The
French steamer Eurotas. Yachts—The Firefly,
P,trel, and Nautilus; lonian Government steamer
Eptanisos; Tanis Government brig Sufis ; Russian
brig Ptolomee; Neapolitan steamer Ercole ; steamer
Oronte.
PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—Orders arrived yesterday
morning to expedite the Lily, 12, for the reception of
officers and men. She A ill probably he commissioned
this weeL.
The Adventure.. naval store ship, Mr. Peter Wel-
lington, Master-Commander, will leave Spithead for
A•cension and Rio as soon as the wind is fair.
The Castor, 3G, Commodore Wvvill, Commander-
in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope station, with the
Geyser steam-sloop, Commander Brown, the Athol
troop-ship, Master-Commander Pearne ; the Serin-
gapatam store-ship, Master-Commander Russell ; and
the convict ship Neptune, were in Simon's Bay on
the 7th of January.
The Centaur steam-frigate, Commodore Fan-
shawe, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief on the West
Coast of Africa, was at Sierra Leone on the 19th of
January.
The Hound, 8, Commander Patten, sailed on the
17th of January from Sierra Leone fur the Cape of
Good Hope.
The Alarm, 26, Captain G. Ramsay, sailed from

Sierra Leone on the lith of January for Bermuda.

The alterations and additions to Southsea Castle
(military prison) are to be proceeded with during the
next year, the original charge for which was 3,6401.,
hut it has been reduced by a revised estimate to 2,0001.
The covered ways of the Semaphore tower battery
are also to be completed, and the parapet of Block-
house Fort is to be raised to mount a 56-pounder.
The new mess-room and officers' quarters, building
at Ferton, for the Portsmouth division of Royal
Marines, are nearly equipped, and if the weather
prove favourable, will be occupied by midsummer.
PEMBROKE DOCKYARD, MARCH 2.—The custom-
ary annual admission of boys into this dockyard as
apprentices, having been ordered by the Lords of the
Admiralty, took place this week. The candidates for
the vacant apprenticeships were previously examined
in the presence of the Captain-Superintendent, Sir
Thomas Pasley, the Master Shipwright, Mr. R. Abe-
thell, the chaplain, &c., and the result was that six of
the best qualified were ultimately selected and entered
as apprentices. With one exception, they are the
sons of workmen employed in the establishment. By
this annual entry the number of efficient and experi-
enced workmen in our dockyards is kept up.
The Valarous steam man-of•war, now in course of
building, is to be fitted with the patent Hangs, similar
to those given to the Samson steam-vessel at Woolwich.
The Board of Admiralty have instituted an inquiry
at this yard, with the view to ascertain what elaborate
and complicated accounts can be dispensed with, prior
to a reduction of clerks.

The handsome adornments and fittings of the
Royal Sovereign yacht are to be carefully preserved,
in order that they may be used again when required.
They were found to be remarkably sound and good.

APPOINTMENTS.

WOOLWICH, MARCH 2.—Mate—R. B. Pearse
(1849), to the Resolute, fitting for the Arctic expe-
dition.

Naval Cadet—Cecil G. Stanley to the Victory,
101, flag-ship at Portsmouth.
Boatswain—Henry Osliourne, to the Assistance,
fitting for the Arctic expedition.
The Nagicienne steam-sloop is to have a second
exl•erimental trial, and will leave Woolwich on Fri-
day next for the Nore, where she will be tried between
that light and the Mouse-light, in deep water. She
will return to 'Woolwich on Saturday to discharge
her ballast, and will then be taken to Chatham, where
she is to be made ready for sea.
Preparations are in progress fur the erection of gal-
leries to witness the launch of the Nankin, 50-gun
frigate, which will take place at Woolwich on Satur-
day, the 16th inst. One of Porter's anchors of 47
cwt. 2 qrs. 201 b., and one of the common anchors
made at Portsmouth dockyard in 1825, of 48 cwt.
2 qrs. 211 b., have been supplied, and will be sus-
Fended at the bows of the vessel when she is launched.

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

The Pioneer steam-vessel has made considerable
progress during the present week, and will be out of
the hands of the shipwrights and engineers by the
end of the present month. On cutting out part of
her planking to admit of strengthening her, she has
been found to have been built of excellent oak, and
the workmanship of timbers would have been
creditable to any dockyard. Her gunwales are to be
strengthened with teak, and her sides with a species
of American ash, which is lighter than teak, and has
a great power of resisting the action of water.
The Resolute and Assistance sailing vessels, fitting
at Blackwell are to be both barque-rigged.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.
Weights for the Grand National Stet.plechase Handicap
of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared on or
before the 6th inst.

st. lb.i at. lb.
Peter Simple
British Yeoman ll 12,8111y-from-Brigg ... 10 0
Abd el-Fader ll 11*alcon lO 0
Farnham ll oMercury
Lucy Neale lO 19Xoung Lottery
Rachel lO 41 Pestling (late Cali-
Ace of Trumps
Thoilloncasttr Handicap of 10 soya. each, h ft, and S
only if declared as above. St. Leger Course.
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Age. at. lb.l - Age. at. lb.
Lady Hy lila
Foreclosure 6 8 4 Lady I-am-off 5 7 0
Meaux 6 8 3Good Girl . 5 6 12
Priestess 4 7 13 Reversion
Pelham
Quiz
Troublesome Johnny 6 7 7 Laura 3 5 7
Luxor
King Hal 6 7 3,
If the highest weight accepting be under Bst 71b, it
will be raised to that weight, and the others in proportion.
Nominations for the Handicap Hurdle-race.
Mr. J. R. Scott's ch m Good Girl, 5 yrs—Mr. Can-
ningham's ch h Quadruped, aged—Mr. Hady's b m
Mischief-maker, 5 yrs—Mr. Phillips's b g Tallyho, aged
—Mr. Gardner's br f Little Queen, 4 yrs—Mr. Lister's
hr m Wharfdale Maid, aged—Mr. Hargreaves na b h
Chintz Print, aged (hall-bred)—Mr. Inman's br h Gil-
nochie, 5 yrs—Captain Reynard's br g Jack in the
Corner, 5 yrs—Mr. Foster's ch m Fanny, aged (half-
bred)—Mr. E. Thorp na Lansquenet, aged—Mr. 'l'. C.
Percival's ch g Dunchurch, aged (half-bred).
Nominations for the Grand Stand Stakes of 5 soya each,

with 30 added, for two yrs old, &c.
Mr. A. Shepherd's ch f Emma, 3 yrs (half-bred)—Mr.
G. Barton's br c Leonidas, 3 yrs (51b)—Mr. Barker's
hr c Tordesillas, 3 yrs (51b)—Mr. Barker's ch c Young
Bamboo, 3 yrs—Mr. Dawson na b e Mark Tapley, 3 yrs
—Mr. Jamieson's b c Tower, 3 yrs (51b)—Mr. R. Des-
seliinc's b c Timothy, 3 yrs (51b).
The Sheffield and Rotherham Stakes, a Handicap of
6 sovs. each, h ft with 40 soya. added by a few friends
of racing in the above towns, for horses that before the
entry never won at any ono time 100/. clear. The
winner to pay 5 soya. towards expenses. One Mile.
Mr. J. Osborne's b c Tity, 4 yrs—Mr. Rickarby s
hr r by Touchstone—Lady Emily, 3 yrs—Mr. G. Bar-
ton's b c Didtbury, 4 yrs—Mr. J. Shepherd's b • kill or
Cure, 3 yrs—Mr. R. Ilesschine's b c Timothy, 3 yre—
Mr. B. Green's br c Osbaldeston, 3 yrs—Mr. B. Eddis-
son's br f Eliza Middleton, 3 yrs—Mr. Mangan's b f
Portia, 4 yrs—Mr. J. Taylor's br h Luxor, 6 yrs—Mr.
Styan's br m Ellen, 5 yrs—Mr. Barker's eh c Young
Bamboo, 3 yrs—Mr. Dawson's na br c Reversion, 4 yrs
—Mr. Cowelb's b c Patrick, 4 yrs—Mr. Ilopkinson's
ch c Quiz, 6 yrs.

WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON SPRING
MEETING, 1850.
Acuptances for the Willoughby Handicap.
Rat-trap, aged, llst ;Ib—Eagle's Plume, 5 yrs, 11*.tt
41b—Yard- arm, lOst 111b—Reversion, lOst 10Ib—Fugi-
tive, lOst 91b—Andulusian, 10st 71b—Jack of all Trades,
10st 51b

Free Handicap of 10 sovs. each, sft., and 25 added.
Cosachia, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—Rathu3ines, 6 yrs, Bst 11b—
Newn Finest Deer, 4
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31b
—Christian,
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Docility, 4 yrs, Est 131b—Knight
6st 51b—Eunuch, 3 yrs, Gwynne, 3 yr',
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sovs. each, with 100 added. Forfeits to be declared
on the 7th March.
Knight of Gwynne, llstl 21b—British Yeoman, 1 Ist
91b—Eattrap, 1 Ist 61b—The Victim, 11„st 31b••: 'l
ler, list 11b—Proceed, lOst 1 lib—Farnham, lOst
Vainhope, lOst 81b—Sir Peter Laurie, lOst 61b—Meath.
lOst 61b—Rory be aisy, lOst 61b—Miss Collingwood,
lust 31b—Laurel gelding, lOst—Tipperary Boy, 9st 101 b
—Bayonet, 9st 61b--Vengeance, 9st 61b.
Free Handicap (Hurdle-race) of 10 soya. each, k ft in
case of acceptance, with 4U added.
Fugitive, list 51b—Half-and-half, lOst 71b—Mischief-
maker, lOst 71b—Legislator, lOst 21b—Lansquenet, lOst
21b—Volatile, 10st 21b—The Streamer lost--VastHier., Ost 81h—Docility, 9st slb--Ilawkstbne, 9st 61b—
Jack-of-all-trades, Oat Clb—Slug, 9st 61b—Veritas, 9ss
Sib—Sobersides, 9st 21b—Syrup, 9st 21b.
Free Handicap (Steeplechase) of 5 EOM each, and 30
added.
Trust-me-not, list 51b—Volatile, lOst 71b---Verne,
lOst 31b—The Thrush, lOst 31b—Forest Monarch, 104
31b—Latitat, 9st 91b—Bless Bess, 9st 41b—Veritas.
Oat 41b.
Forfeits fur all the above handicaps to be declared on
or before the 7th of March.

Viscount and Viscountess liardinge gave a grand
entertainment on Saturday last, at their mansion, ill
Great Stanhope.street, to Lord and Lady Gough gild
distinguished party.