The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-22 00:00:00

StrN, LONDON.-,--:-MOWDAY-MORNING, AitcritS

CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS•

the followin;; is a return of the number of troops
and quantity of ammunition conveyed by the London
and Birminghath Railway within the last eight days ;
and it gives us much pleasure to state that the
arrangements of the Company have called forth the
unqualified approbation and admiration of the military
authorities. Eight .or nine hours sufficed for the
journey from London to Manchester and Leeds, for-
merly a 14 days', march.
Saturday Night. —Half a- battalion of Grenadier
Guards,—viz., 20 officers, 500 men, and 6 horses ;
troop of Royal Horse Artillery,—viz., 3 officers, 62
men, 50 horses, 2 cannon, and 3 ammunition wagons.
Sunday Morning.—Halff a battery of the Royal
Artillery,—viz., 3 officers, 41 men, 23 horses, 2 guns,
and 2 ammunition wagons.
Sunday Evening.—Part of the 34th Foot—viz.,
24 officers, 577 men, and 7 horses
Tuesday Morning.—Remainder of the 34th Foot,
—viz., 4 officers, 215 men, 63 women, and 44 chil-
dren, about 12 or 14 tons of ammunition.
Thursday Morning.—The 73d Foot,—viz., 24
officers, 633 men, four horses.
Thursday Night.—Two tons of ammunition.
Friday Morning.—The 73d Regiment,—viz., 24
officers, 650 men, 6 horses. .
In addition to the foregoing, a large number have
been conveyed on from Weedon, and replaced by the
12th Foot brought up fron the North. Large quan-
tities of baggage, &c., have also been transmitted.—
Railway Times.

NAVAIf, INTELLIGENCE.
(From he Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, &UG. 20.—The Griffon brigantine,
3, Lieut. JenkinOirrived from Chatham on Sunday,
and will sail to nilirrow for Halifax, to join Admiral
Sir C. Adam.
The Royal Geo* yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence, was :towed out of harbour on Thursday,
and proceeded to Woolwich, where her Majesty and
her Royal consort ind• suite will, on the 29th inst.,
embark for Scotland: The Pique,. 36,. Hon. Captain '
Stopford, is ordered to be in attendance on the Royal
George, during her Majesty's embarkation, and sailed
this evening for the Nore, taking the Royal barge and
other stores for the yacht, and draft of seamen volun-
teers, and seamen gunners, for the Daphne, which will
join her, with several seamen.
The Alban passed the Royal George yacht off the
Foreland under sail. The Monkey has left Woolwich
to give her tow.
The Illustrious, 72, Volage, 23, and Racehorse, 16,
were at Halifax, on the 29th July.
The Minden, hospital ship for the China expedit:on,
arrived at the Cape of Good Hope at the latter end of
May.
The Fantome, sloop of war, was at Rio Janeiro
June 11, with the Arrow schooner, and Growler
steamer. The Bittern, 16, was at Bahia.
The Siren, 16, Com. Smyth, arrived at Calcutta on
the 4th May; she was going on to China.
The Malabar, 72, left Teneriffe for Rio Janeiro on
the 23d June.
The Avon steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander
Henry Byng, is expected to sail from Woolwich on
Tuesday or Wednesday next for Portsmouth and the
West Indies.
The Hydra steam-vessel, Commander A. Murray,
was paid off at Woolwich to-day.
The Frolic, 16 guns, from the lines of Captain
Hendry, will be launched on Tuesday
as quickly as possible.
The Cracker cutter was paid off into ordinary on
Monday last. next. She will
be prepared for commission
The Sylvia is to be turned over to the Seaflower
as a tender, in lieu of the Cracker; Commander
Sherningham, officers, and me_ ~ Z 1 ' being transferred to
the Rocket steam-vessel, to be commissioned for the
surveying service.
The Vernon Indiaman, for Madras and Calcutta,
will call at Spithead, and after embarking her stock
and passengers, will sail on Thursday next.
The India ship, Earl of Hardwicke, Captain Hen-
ning, sailed on Tuesday from Spithead, for the Cape
and Calcutta, having on board the following pas-
sengers :—Mrs. Gwatkin, Mrs. Anley, Mrs. White-
ford, Mrs. Chatterton, Mrs. Nicholas, Mrs.. Sims,
Mrs. Henning, Misses Bannerman, Wilson Anley,
and Chatterton, Major-Gen. Cartwright, Mr. Paul,
Lieut. Nicholas, commanding detachment Queen's
Troops, Lieut. Scott, Lieut. Sims, Ensigns Bendyshe,
M'Dougal, and Bray.
The Highland Chief, transport, (Lieut. R. Ward,
agent), will shortly proceed to Quebec. Other trans-
ports are also to be sent to the same quarter, to bring
home one or both the cavalry regiments.
The schooner One-and-All, Captain Brokensher,
from Rotterdam, arrived here on Wednesday, with a
cargo of '2O bullocks ; she sailed from Rotterdam on
the,loth, and was only fifty-eight hours and a half on
her voyage. Three other vessels are on their passage
with similar cargoes.
The Circassian, yacht schooner, belonging to W.
Lyon, Esq., which won the Queen's cup on Thursday,
was designed by John Fincham, Esq„ and built by
Camper, of Gosport.
At Spithead—Griffon.
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent,
Imaum, Alban and Echo steamers.
APPOINTMENTS.—Commander—W. L. Sheringham,
to the Rocket steam-vessel,
Lieutenants—Richard Ward, to be agent for trans•
ports, and to the Highland chief transport ; J. 11.
Ricketts, to the Salamander; James Wood and W.
V. Read, to the Rocket.
Master—J. S. Taylor, to the Rocket.
Second Masters—W. Roberts, from the Dee to the
Lightning; Benjamin Simpson, to the Dee.
Clerk-in-Charge—B. Scott, to the Rocket.
Clerk—G-. W. Sharp, from the Victory, to the
Fantome.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
DEVON AND EXETER RACES—THURSDAY.
The Home -Plate of 501, added to a Sweepstakes of
3 SON'S. each. Heats. Two miles and a dis.
Gen. Gilbert's Pulwnun, 4 yrs, (Owner) 3 1 1
Mr. Downe's Cracksman, 6 yrs 0 3 2
Mr. T. Bray's Maid of the Vale, 6 yrs 0 2 3
The City Members' Plate of 501. Heats, one mile.
Sir S. Spry's Grateful, 3 yrs (Moon) 2 2 1 1
Mr. Legg's Stickler, aged 3 1 2 2
Lord G. Bentinck's St. Jean d'Acre, 3 yrs 1 2 3dr
Sweepstakes of 3 Sovs. each, and 40 added. Mile and
three-quarters.
Gen. Gilbert's Northenden, aged (Cowan) 1
Mr. Roe's Cerito, 5 yrs

Sir S. Spry's The Jewess, 5 y-rs 3
A Forced Handicap of 2 Soya. each, with 25 added,
was won in three heats by Lady Georgians ; and the
Hurdle Race by Selirn.
ABERYSTWITH RACES.--WEDNESDAY.

The Johntly Raw Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft., with 20
added. Two miles.

Mr. Boultbee na The Borderer, 3 yrs (Crickmere) 1
Mr. P. Pryse's Romance, 3 yrs 2
Three others also ran.

The Cardiganshire Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft., and
5 ft. only if declared Two miles.
Mr. Gough's Faust:. 4 yrs (Dodgson) 1
Mr. Pryse's Australia, 4 yrs . 2
The Hurdle Stakes were walked over for by Mr.
Lewis's York, and the Town !late was won by Mr.
Gough's Greenfinch, beating Australia.

TUURSDAY.
The Gogerddam Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft, and 30
added. One mile. _ _

Mr Pryse's. Australia, 4 yrs (Tandy) 1
Mr. Gough's The Gift, aged
Mr. Walker's Tariff, 6 yrs
The Hunters' Stakes of 10 sous. each, and 20 added.
Four miles.

Mr. Herbert's Tommy, aged (Mr. Dansey) 1
Mr. Lewis' York, aged 2
The. Members' Plate of 50/. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Gough's A'ruwell. aged (Ennis) 1 1
Mr. Pryse's Australia, 4 yrs 2 dr
The Handicap of 3 soya. each, &c., one mile, was won,
in two heats, by Greenfinch, beating Romance and an-
other.

EGHAM RACES.
The following are the entries for Stakes, &c., which
closed on Saturday.afternoon :
TUESDAY.—The Member's Plate.—Witney, 5 yrs ;
Mingreiia, 3 yrs ; Cornuto, 5 yrs.
The Runnymede Stakes.—Pickwick, aged; m by Nim-
rod, out of Busk, 5 yrs ; br g by the Exquisite, out of
Maresfield's dam, 4 yrs ; Ben Brace, 4 yrs ; Singleton,
3 yrs ; Balance filly, 3 yrs; Camille, 6 yrs.
WEDNESDAY.—Sweepstaes of 5 sows. each ; winner
to be sold for 801., &c.—Pickwick, aged ; br g by the
Exquisite, out of Maresfield's dam, 4 yrs ; Nicholas, 5
yrs ; Mirabelle, • 3 yrs ; Balance filly, 3 yrs ; Camilla,
6 yrs.
I tThe Ankerwycke Stakes.—M. by Nimrod, out of Busk,
5 yrs ; f by Muley Moloch, out of Y. Petuaria, 3 yrs ;
Conjugation, 3 vrs.
THURSDAY.—The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas, &c.—
Welfare, 5 yrs ; Tamburini, 6 yrs ; Vibration, 3 yrs ;
Bridegroom, 3 yrs ; Pannakeen, 3 yrs ; Dark Susan, 3
yrs ; Nora Creina, 4 yrs ; The Shadow, aged ; Mosque,
4 yrs. •
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY.
ST. LEGER.-5 to 4 agst Attila; 12 to 1 agst Sea-
horse (taken); 22 to 1 agst Eboracum (taken); 30 to 1
agst Priscilla Tornbly (taken). The rest as before.
DONCASTER CUP.-3 to 1 agst Beeswing (offers to
take); 4 to 1 agst Charles Twelfth.

CONSPIRACY TO MURDER THE
EMPEROR OF RUSSIA AND THE KING OF
PRUSSIA. . .