The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-21 00:00:00

THE GENERAL CREDIT AND FINANCE COMPANY OF LONDON (Limited). NO APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be RECEIVED in London after THURSDAY the2lst instant, and from the Country after FRIDAY , the 22d instant. By order of the Board, J. L. SAWe et E , Cityecretary, pro tem. London, 62, Ring William-Btr May 19, 1883. THE DARTFORD CREEK PAPER-MILL COMPANY (12mited). Capital 4150,000, in 15,000 shares of £lO each, of which 49 per share will be called up. Deposit £1 on Application, and .e 2 on Allotment. Calls not to exceed £3, at intervals of not less than three months. To be Registered under the Comp an i es A ct, 1862, Whereby each subscriber's liability is strictly limited to the amount of his subscriptions. DIRECTORS. Sir John C. Dalrymple Hey, Bart., M.P., Chairman, 44, St- James's-place, St. James's-square, S.W. Thomas Braseey, Esq., 56, Lowndes-square, W. William Hope, Esq. 14, Park-lane, W. John Horatio Lloyd, Esq., 1, King's Bench-walk, T em pl e, E.C. Hon. Win. Napier, 54, Green-street. Grosvenor-square, W. John Folliott Powell, Esq. , 7, Albion-place, Hyde Park square, W. 1 7 1. 0 00 17 : 7 4 . Messrs. Joshua An BROKERS. e 7ork 15, Angel. court, Thro AR Bled rms. Spooner, A.tt B oo NT E wds Street,' tn . c B. E.C Co , 27, Gracechur c h- SOLICITO RS. Messrs. West and Bing, 3, Charlotte -place, Mansion house, E.C. Offices-2, Old Palace-yard, Westminster, 8 eep,, ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. The object of this enterprise is to take advawtage of the impulse elven to the Manufacture of Paper by the repeal of the Excise Duties, ur der circumstances peculiarly favourable, the materials being obtained by a patent process in full ope ration, at prices very highly remunerative, as compared with the cost of similar products in the of en market. It is well known that very large fortunes have been realised iu this trade, and the removal of a Tax which amounted to £2O to £ ' 5 per cent. upon the value of first-class News and Printing Papers, at a time when there is a con stantly lucre s-ing demand for the supply of B3oks, Periodi cals, Newspapers, and Writing Papers, ensures a large and very remunerative business to a manufactory situated close to the metropolis, erected on the most scientific plans, with the greatest regard to economy o f pro d uct i on by the saving of labour and the introduc ion of machinery of the most per fect description. Under the powers of the Limited Liability Act of 1e62, it is proposed to purchase at their actu,l cost the under takiags a the httrick For es t P aper Mlll - Company and the Ulmate of Ammonia Company, and to carry them on under the title of the Dartford Creek Paper Mill Company. To carry out the intended purchase, to double the scale of the Paper Mill, to utilise to the tulle t extent the produc tive power of the works at Grays, and to provide the necessary working funds, it is proposed f o raise a capital of £150,000, in shares of £lO each, of which £15,000 will remain uncalled as a fund of credit, deemed highly d , sirable for the safe and profitable working of a Limited Company. After providing for every contingency, the net profits calculated upon the present working and receipts, as applied to the enlarged p r od u ction, viz., 32 to 36 tons be fromof paper, and £20, e (00 25 to 30 t ons ot manure pow d er , per week, will .9 r_ £2s,ooothe per annum, according to the condition of ts, giving a dividend of from 15 to 20 per cent., with pros pects of con s id era b le i ncrease upon f a vourable developments of general trade, which it is well known is depressed by the state of aff a i rs in America, and other dhturbing causes. A ver been sub . Y large share of the capital has already scriDed the present owners of the properties. Pros e t be bt P c 'Nee and forms of application for shares may o retied from or at the o of the Company Solicitors,. Aces pplicatio ed to the tie for shares must be made in the form annex If no a‘ )l Z B r e ee t t i ,' B ' a ccompanied by the deposit of £ 1 per share. and it a l ess nu be mode the deposit will be returned in full ; plus will be use n et ter be allotted than is applied for, the sur roux t owards the payment on allotment. To the Directors APPLI CATION FOR SHARES. of the Dartford Creek P !dill Company Pa Gentlemen,—lfavin (Limited). £ , I request thatg i aid to your Bankers the sum of each in the Dartford 3 , 9 u will ll to rne shares of £lO e reek These or any less numbe paper Mill Company (Limited). hereby agree to accept pur r eu w a h ell may be allotted to me I tion, and to pay the remaindeilt to the Articles of Associa thereon when required so to d of the deposit and the calls my name on the eAster of _9, and I request you to place allotted. Shareholders for the shares so Name in full . Address • ''''''''''''''' Profession ******************* Date ********* ** * ***************** Signature.. ********* *************** N.B.—This form, when filled up and sigu e d . *********** the Bankers on payment of the depo s it. , to be left with T"1 DARTFORD CREEK PAPER MI COMPANY (Limited). _ The Di rectors Give Notice, That the List of Applications tor Shares will be CLOSND for London on the 2:4, snd for the Country on the 25th Ind. THE GENERAL CREDIT AND FINANCE COMPANY OF N ) be Incorporated under the LOND Com O pani ( es LlMlTED Act, 1802. limiting the liability of Shareholders to the amount sub.cribed. First Capital £2,500,001, in 125,000 Shares of £2O each. Wi th Power to increase by subsequent issues, to be decided upon by special general meetings of shareholders. Payment on allotment £2 per share. DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMlTEL LA i NG, Esq., late Finance Minister of India. William Patrick Andrew, Esq., Chairman of the Scind runjaub. and Delhi Railways. Samuel Beale, Esq., M.P., I. hairman of the Midland Rail- Way. 1 7 .dward Blount, Esq. (Messrs. E. Blount and Co., Bankers, Paris). Thomas Brassey, Esq., jun., 4, Great George-street, West- Minster. harles P. Devaux, Esq. (Mess! s. C. Devaux and Co.) Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson, formerly Colonial Secre tary of New South Wales. .Tames Thompson Mackenzie, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Eastern Bengal Railway. John Bramley-Moore, Esq., MP., Liverpool. Mr Alderman Salomons, ALP., London. Samuel Leo Schuster, i 4 sq. ( vles , rs Schuster, Son, and Co.) Charles Turner, Esq., M.P., Liverpool. George Worms, Esq. (Messrs. G. and A. Worms.) Messrs. Baxter, R ose, N trton OSOLICITRS. , and C0.,(3, Vie t Westminste-. -street, BKERS. The London and Westminster Bank. The Union Bank of London. BROKERS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son. Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce. SECRETARY (pro texn). J. L. Sawer, 14:sq. Temporary Offices, 62, Ring William-street, City. PROSPECTUS. Lodon, May, The foundation of instit u ti ons on the Continent which lB63. com bine large capital and credit t , r financial and industrial en terprise has now become an established fact, and in many cases their success has been remarkable. Such institutions may be abused, and become mere instruments of speculation ; but when prudently conducted and directed towards legit'. mat 2 husiness it cannot be denied that they meet tne of the real wants of the age. England has hitherto not participated in this movement, and the consequence is, that Paris has to a c ,nsiderable ex tent superseded London am the centre of financial enterprise. London, nevertheless, affords by far the best sphere for a well managed undertaking of this description. it is the freatest money m ar k et of the world ; the point to which all oreign nations resort to raise capital ; the place where large Contracts can be made and leans negotiated. There is clearly no other money market where concentr-tted capital and credit ought to command a more se ore or a larger profit. England also, in her Colonies, and above all in her vast In dian Empire, affords a field for legitimate enterprise, which is unequalled by any other c , untry. India, with a population of 1 8 0 ,000,000, rapidly advancing in wealth and prosperity, re quires nothingmore to accelerate its development than the direction towards its territory of some portion t•f• that vast annual accumulation of English capital which seeks invest ment at a low rate of interest. To ally the demand of India for capital at 10 or 12 per cent. with the English demand for investment at 4 or 5 per cent., of itself affords an ample sphere for operations. - It is to meet these requisites that some gentlemen experi enced in financial and mercantile operations have associated themselves together in order to form an English company, in alliance with the following leading t anking houses and capitalists of France, who are about to form a similar com pany in Paris, under the title of "Societe generAle p ur favoriser le developpment de l'industrie et du commerce de la France," the application for a concession being made by— M. Archdeacon, Ancien Agent de Change. M. l'artholony, President de la Cie. du Chemin de Fer de Paris k Orleans. Bischoffshelm, Goldschmidt, and Cie., Banquiers k MM. Edwd. Blount and Cie., Banquiers h Paris. M. Cahen D'Anvers, Banquier It Paris. M. Davillier (Henri), President de la Chambre de Commerce de Paris. M. Deniere, President du Tribunal de Commerce de Paris. M. Fere, Censeur de la Banque de France. 11f ti. H entsch, Lutecher, and Cie , Banquiers it. Paris. M. Leroux (Alfred), Depute au Corps Leg,islatif. M. Lucy Sedillot, Ancien President du Tribunal de Com merce ne la Seine. MM. Mirabaud, Paccard, and Cie, Banquiers It Paris. M. Perier (Jh.), Regent de la Banque de France. 31. Pinard, du Comptoir d'Esoompte de Paris. M. Schneider, Vice-President du Corps Legislatif. M. Simons, President de la Cie. des Chemi n s d e F er d e l'Ouest. M. P. Talabot, Directeur des Chemins de Fer de Paris Lyon, et A, la Mediterranee. A treaty has been sitmed with this party by which they subscribe for 20000 shares in this Company's present issue, and the same number in case of a second issue, the Company subscribing fo r 20,000 of their shares, and arrangements being Made by which the two Companies act as each other's agents, and have the option of participating to a certain extent in each others operations. The business will be to negotiate Loans and Concessions, assist industrial enterprises, Public Works and Railway un dertakings ; negotiate Foreign, Indian, and Colonial Bonds : conduct Mercantile transactions ; and establish agencies for large commission business ; in a word, to undertake all such operations as an intelligent and experienced Cap lalist might effect on his own account with a capital of millions, with the exception of such purely speculative transactions as are pro hibited by the Memorandum of Association. The credit and resources derived from a large subscribed capi tal could thi , s be employed in earning dividend with a com paratively amall paid- up capitaL It is probable that not more than 40 or 50 per rent would ever be called up on any shares, a further issue being made whenever the increase of business required it. No call will exceed £2 per share, or be made at intervsls of less than two months. Instead of' fixed salary, the Directors will receive no remu neration until the Shatehoiders have a dividend of 5 per cent. or upwards, and will then be paid by an allowance of 10 per cent, on the divisible profits of the year; and their interests are further identified with the success of the Com pany by clauses in the Articles of Association, and by giv ng them the privilege of taking a fifth of any further issue of shares. Subject to this, and to the subscription of 20,0r0 shares in each New Series by the French party, all new shares will be distributed pro rata among existing Share holders. 20,0 0 shares have been subscribed as above stated by the French party, and the remaining 105,C00 by private subscrip tion ; but arrangements have been made for deducting from these subscriptions, so as to give the public the option of I übscribino• for 35.000 shares. Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association lie for inspection at the office of the Solicitors, Messrs. Baxter, Rose. Norton, and Co., 6, Victoria-street, Westminster ; and at the Temrorary offices of the Company. Applications for shares may be made to the Directors, Q. Ring William-street, city ; to Messrs. J. 11 utchinson and Son, 15, Angel-court ;cr to Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce, Auction Mart, Bartholomew-lano. THE GENERAL CREDIT AND FINANCE COMPANY OF LONDON (LIMITED). FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the General Credit and F.nance Compat y of Lond n (Limited). Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares in the General Credit and Finance Company of London (Limited): and I hereby agree to become a member of the Company, to accept such Shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the £2 per Share on allotment ; and I re quest you to place my name on the Register of Members in respect of the shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Address in full Reference Date ~~~~~ v .• .., T "✓~ N°. 22,119 THE SUN, LONDON THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1863. GREAT FLOWER SHOW, CRYSTAL PALACE, next SATURDAY. Last Day for Five shilling Tickets. No. 2, Exeter Hall, wilt remain Open until ine o'clock TO-MORROW Evening. Now rt ady, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE HON. MRS. NORTON'S NEW NOVEL, "LOST AND SAVED." straw, did something like a business by wiping the boots of: those who struggled over the Downs through the great sheets of mingled clay and chalk, which made them look like pools of whitewash. At one part a whole corps of acrobats, in soaked flesh ings and tarnished spangles, was eimilarly engaged, though their dress bore muddy tvideece that their professional pursuits had been tried, and tried in vain, before they were driven to this last resource. What more need be said than this ? What could speakmore forcibly of the utter wreck of all the Derby sports, when we find a family that should by rights be standing on their beads in wooden platters, ignobly competing with the boot boys, and seeking coppers for scraping the mud and slime from the boots of any who had walked a dozen yards P As connected with the Derby the whole picture was painful to see, though turning to the course itself does not mend matters. The Hill opposite the Stand is a swampy void—the course itself is thinly indicated by a dark line of um brellas, looking like rows of monstrous fungi sprung from the damp. The open Stands are empty rows of dripping benches, the covered ones are fall, so very fall,indeed, as to give forth quite a little steam in the keen air, as though their occupants were simmering gently ; even the' top of the Grand Stand itself looks thin and meagre, though every occupant holds up a spacious umbrella, large enough, in some cases, to cover half-a-dozen. But there is nothing doing,—absolutely nothing. Even the stable-boys and racing groums who lounge about near the Grand Stand, some of whom are known to have seen the favourite that morning, and others who are distantly related to men who had friends in the paddock last year, are of no ac count just now. The first object of all arriving with out shelter seems to be to find it, and of those who bring their shelter with them not to quit it if they can do otherwise. Comparatively speaking there are no ladies, though, strange to say, in spite of the dulness, there are an unusual number of shirtless " Welchers," who, trusting to fortune and a false address, are willing to give any odds against any horse that runs. Yet no one speculates. Even in the narrow dark winding passages of the Grand Stand, every passage, room, seat, and arrangement in which is a positive disgrace to those who have charge of it, and an intolerable nuisance to those who have to use it, there is dulness—dulness even in the mise rable sort of half-lighted cellar where the jockeys in their dresses—hard, eager looking little men, come with their saddles and bridles to be weighed. Even in the paddock, that repertory of equine beauty, there is not much animation. The rain has stopped, but is certain to come on again soon, and what with what it has done to the course and what there is perplexity race e ore doing here than it a nmd fear ayfu a r b th ro e a r d d . o y b e e t fo t r h e e t r h e e i r s elsewhere, for to the paddock come only those who are really interested in the horses—their owners, trainers, and members of the Jockey Club, and chief bookmakers. '"Lost and Saved' is a work of such rare excellence that it would create a stir among novel readers, even if it had not Mrs. Norton's name on the title page. The story has an abundlnce of plot, counter-plot, and episode, and even a superabundance of character. It surpasses Stuart of Dun leath ' in strength, delicacy, and finish."—Athenwum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Early Purl, as becomes his name, is am ong th e first to enter—a tall and powerful fl ea -bit ten gray, ofr him rain comes make H more uepedformi dable a a colour rarely seen on the Downs. Though h eav y fast eyer looking, he is a formidable horse, and one whi c h th e y approaching minute. showers splendid-looking black colt—too good looking, in fact, a kind of horse more likely to deserve attention in the Park than on EpaomDowns. None has time to bestow much attention on him now , ,for all eyes turn towards the favourite, who comes gently over the grass with along step,light springy tread,and head thrown proudly up, eyeing the antagonists he passes with a quick disdainful stare of his large eyes. With a coat shining like satin, with limbs trained down to the finest symmetry of racing form, he looks at every point perfection—a Derby winner. There was a notion among his opponents that if there was a fault in him it was that he looked almost too light for such a heavy course as that he had to run over, but the objection was regarded as almost captious, Even now, writing after the event, we may fairly say that amid all the uncertainties of the turf there were few things more certain than that Lord Clifden would prove the winner. We question if his defeat of yesterday will much affect his position in future races, for beyond a doubt few finer horses have ever been seen in the paddock. Saecharometer attracted a great deal of attention, and Tambour Major, who afterwards nearly spoilt the whole race, showed his villainous temper at every step. Of the winner and second favourite, Maccaroni, there was but one opinion in the paddock—that the race, barring ac cidents, lay between that horse and Lord Clifden• But, while the temper of the latter was as gentle as a lady's hack, there was a wild high-bred fire visible in every movement of Maccaroni;which showed him a horse who would stay in the race till he died —pos sessed of a spirit at least which nothing could quell and which when a pinch came would stand his jockey in good stead. Out from the paddock all the horses came shortly before 3, followed by a larger retinue of owners, trainers, and friends than we have often seen before. Tambour Major again shows his temper, stops, jibs, and evidently gathers himself up to throw his rider, when some others come past at a canter and the racer blood breaks out, and away he goes with a long clear stride streaming over the turf like a bird. The favourite goes down at a gentle canter, held in easily by Fordham, but not so Maccaroni, who, with head turned rapidly from side to side, breaks into a gallop and draws Challoner on to his feet in the stirrups in his Efforts to hold him in. It is a long time before they return long enough to give time to the cold wind to bring up the lain, which again comes down steadily and heavily. At last they come back in twos and threes, some quietly—that is, for racehorses —some ate splitting pace which nothing can hold in. Just at about 3 o'clock they muster at the starting-post, and another of the long disappointments of the day commences. In vain Mr. M‘George tries to make a start—in vain does Wells use all his coaxing and generalship on Tambour Major. The horse won't follow, won't lead, won't do anything, but atop the race. Can Admiral Rous devise no rule for such a horse as this ? Start after start is made, sometimes halfway up the hill, sometimes only going a hundred yards or so, but nothing avails. Some of the horses are sweating, all are fretting, and many of the impatient weedy ones are more than half tired. The 10th start comes, then the 20th, then the 30th, yet still they are not off, and each fresh failure is hailed with de rision and popular mockery by the crowd, who offer to send for Mr. Rarey or to lead the horse home for nothing if Count Batthyany w ill let him go. At last, on the 32d, all the other horses get well together, without the wicked one, which stays again behind, so the flag is lowered, as it ought to have been half an hour before, the bell rings, and amid a great shout the race commences, the favourite leading. It se ems as if, as with the Marquis of last year, the powers of Lord Clifden were too much relied on, for at once the desperate risk is attempted of trying to ride down the field. In all great races, as the pub lic are aware, there are a certain number of horses which at the start can distance anything for a quar ter of a mile er more, but which cannot " stay," as it is termed, over a long course, giving place as they fall off to better animals, which can with ease keep with the main body, and still have speed enough to pass ahead at once when their riders call upon them near the post. It is these horses, and not those which lead up the hill for a spurt, or down to the Corner, which make the " exciting races ;" and it was against these that at the outset the Marquis Nested his strength and lost the race last year. So was it on this occasion with Lord Clifden. Either Fordham could not hold him, er he was trying over so heavy a course to cut down the field. He kept his lead round the Corner and into the straight with the crowd of fiercely gallopping antagonists nearly two lengths behind hi m . But near the Stand the head of Maccaroni showed nearer and nearer, and the powerful frame of Early Purl began to clear itself from the ruck, with Rapid Rhone close upon . _ . _ _..., .., .. .. ..._ ~-2../...,,i. ~.* ' _., • • •, _. • x ‘ '. A., e , N......., . 11 tv . ( s ,_.. irc. , ~,,t,„.„..., . . , ~, 5„,&.7 , ....,, 6 :-.7 ... ..J . ~.,..,-._..,,, - , , , A ,,,,....,•,, 4,...,..."&V).'.4( 0.- - , ~ , - •", ‘ll6 4,- - o -,--- ;aixliii .. 7, ~ _.\_. ;.,..r .„. 7+ 41 ` .4 , , .. .s'" difr ' N' ' 704 V . l - 4 1111 t 7-4 k 1 ,6 P 0 „, • ....=vie , , c DIE s _.:z , : (vl;3lQ4Nit..ll:lNt. "5 ' ' e l l!?:„ Ron . , , .• di ....--- ' 5 t . .__l _...! 1 _ 4 9 ur F, . . .. ...., it. In ,20 yards more Macaroni is close on Lord Ctifden, and Fordham calls upon his horse with whip and spur. Oh, for a moment of the dash and speed which kept him foremost even with the fleet weeds which could not stay I The favourite's game is played out. With an evident distress he makes an effort, he turns his head from side to side as his lead diminishes on his gathering followers, and the chesnut head and mane of Macaroni shows clear above, but not beyond the favourite's. For 50 or 60 ;at ds he struggles to maintain his lead, then slackens for a few seconds visibly, and loses by a head. There was a great shout as numbers 7, 15, and 3 went up at the post. and Miccaroni, Lord C:ifden, and Rapid Rhone are ranked respectively the first, second, and third in the Derby of 1863. The time of the race was taken, as on the last oc casion, by Benson's chronograph, which registers the fractions of seconds. The return of this instru ment gave the start at 3 56 and 20 seconds, the time of arrival at the post, 3 59 minutes 12 seconds and 2-10ths of a second; time of running the race, 2 minutes 52 seconds and 2-10ths,—a slow pace compared with other Derby races, though a fast one if only the heavy state of the course is considered. We subj lin a detailed account of the racing : EPSOM R A.CE S-WEDNESDAY. The Epsom Town Plate of 60 sous (handicap), for all ages. Winners extra. One mile. Mr. W. Clay's Selection, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Morris) 1 Mr. Payne's Merry Maid, 4 yrs, sst 131 b (carried 6st) (A. Woodh(.use) 2 Mr. Hodgman's Libellous, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b .... (Hughes) 3 The following also ran :—Silkstone, Bolero, Necklace, Erin-go -Bragh, Pancake's dam colt, Revolver, Brian Boru, Knight Templar, and Passion. Betting-2 to 1 agst Merry Maid, 3to 1 agst Libellous, and 6 to 1 agst Revolver. The three placed ran in front throughout, Selection, who had the best of the start, making all the running, and win ning cleverly by half a length, two lengths separating the second and third. Erin-go-Bragh was a bad fourth, and Silkstone nest ; the others beaten off. The Baby Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds; colts, Bst 10:b ; fillies, Bst 51b ; the owner of the second horse to receive 100 soya out of the stakes. Mile and a half, to be run on the new course. 255 subs. Value of stakes, £7,200, Mr. R. C. Naylor's Mac,caroui,by,Sweetmeat(Challoner) 1 Lord St. Vincent's Lord Clifden (Fordham) 2 Lord Glasgow's Rapid Rhone .. (Doyle) 3 Captain D. Lane's Blue Mantle The following also ran : Lord Glasgow's Physalis colt (Withington) 0 Lord Glasgow's Clarior Mr. Bowe's Early Purl .... (T. Ashmall) 0 Mr. H. J. Smith's Avondale (J. Mann) 0 Mr. Sales's Safeguard Mr. Naylor's Aggressor.. Mr. H. Saville's The Ranger Mr. G. Bryan's Fantastic.. (Custance) 0 Lord Palmerston's Baldwin .. Count Batthyany's Tambour Major (Wells) 0 Sir F. Johnstone's The Gillie (J. Adams) '0 Lord Durham's Michael Scott (W. Boyce) 0 Lord Strathmore's Saccharometer (D. Hughes) fell Lord Stamford's Onesander (A. Edwards) 0 Mr. Whittaker'e King of Utopia (H. Grimshaw) 0 Count Lagrange's Hospodar ..(Watkins) 0 Count Lagrange's Jarnicoton (Pratt) 0 Count Henckel's Giles the First (E. Sharp) 0 Baron Rothschild's King of the Vale Mr. E. Brayley's Tom Fool (A. Cowley) 0 Mr. H. Robinson's Donnybrook (S. Rogers) 0 Mr. Beaumont's Golden Pledge (J. Osborne) 0 Mr. Cartwright's Scamander (Drew) 0 Mr. Watt's National Guard (E. Harrison) 0 Mr. Wy. Robertson's Dunkeld (Brewtey) 0 Lord Bateman's Trojanua (Midgley) 0 Mr. Capel's Bright Cloud.. (J. Reeves) 0 Betting-4 to 1 agst Lord Clifden, 9to 1 each agst Maca roni and Saccharometer, 10 to 1 each agst The Gillie and Hospodar, 100 to 8 aEst King of the Vale, 14 to 1 agst Fantastic, 15 to 1 agst Scamander, 20 to 1 agat National Guard, 29 to 1 agst Tom Fool, 40 to 1 agst Early Purl, 50 to 1 each agat King of Utopia, Blue Mantle, Golden Pledge, Avondale, and Baldwin, and 1,000 to 10 each agst One sander and Trojanus. Upwards of an hour was consumed in 32 attempts to com mence the race before the flag was lowered for the start, which was an admirable one, the lot leaving the post in such close company that for some distance, in consequence of the haze that hung over the Downs, it was difficult to distinguish which was leading, but Bright Cloul soon emerged from the ruck and came on with a clear lead, fol lowed by Donnybrook on his left, with the favourite on the far aide, with Earl Purl, Macaroni, Blue Mantle, Saccharo meter, King of the Vale, Fantastic, King of Utopia, and Tom Fool lying in a cluster at their heels. Then came Ra pid Rhone, Onesander, Baldwin, Gillie, Giles the First, and Avondale heading the rear division,which were whipped in by Clarior. In th is way they ran, at a good pace, half way through the furzes, where Bright Cloud appeared to come back to his horses. On reaching the three-quarter mile post he was beaten, and was immediately passed by Donnybrook, with Lord Clifden at his girths, who were followed in succession by Saccharometer, Fantastic, King of the Vale, King of Utopia, and Ranger, but on Hughes calling to Reeves to let him through, his horse swerved through distress, and immediately after Saccharometer struck into his heels and came to the ground with great violence, Hughes fortunately escaping with a severe shak ing. Fantastie, who was close in his track, gallantly jumped over the fallen animal,and fell on his nose and knees, followed by King of the Vale, who, less fortunate, struck him as he lay and rolled over, striking Johnny Daley as he was rising on the knee, and again in the back in his attempt to escape, both animals breaking away riderless. King of Utopia and Ranger had to pull off to avoid a similar mishap. This accident left Donnybrook with a clear lead, followed by Lord Clifden, King of Utopia, Blue Mantle, Macaroni, Rapid Rhone, Tom Fool, Gillie, Onesander, and Scamander, the two leaders crossing the road together, but shortly after Donnybrook gave evidence of defeat, and on entering the straight he dropped back, and his place was taken by the favourite,who, with King of Utopia, Macaroni, Gillie, Rapid Rhone, and Blue Mantle in close attendance, came on with the running to the distance, where the King of Utopia ran up to the leader, and for a stride or two looked as formid able as anything, but then gave way, and the Gillie on the lower side took the lead, but, showing temper shortly after, he as suddenly disappeared, leaving the favourite with Ma caroni, it apid Rhone, Blue Mantle, and King of Utopia to finish the race. Lord Clifden had a slight load, which he retained to within a dozen strides of the chair, when Chal loner came with one of his well-timed rushes and landed Mr. Naylor the winner by a head, half a length separating the second and third, a neck between the third and fourth ; King of Utopia was fifth, close up ; Ranger sixth, then came Donnybrook, Tom Fool, and Safeguard ; the last lot comprised Dunkeld, Baldwin, Trojanus, Bright Cloud, Avondale, and Aggressor. The Manor Plate for 50 sovs, for 3-yr-olds. Weights for age, with maiden allowances. The winner to be sold for 200 soya if demanded, &c. One mile. Mr. Rayner's Dirt Cheap, 3 yrs, 7st llb (Hunter) 1 Captain Sinclair's Belgrave, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (S. Adams) 2 Mr. Ten Broeck's Santhal, 3 vs, 7st 61b Little Dick, Lady Derby, Peignoir, Glance colt, Odine, and Westminster also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agat Peignoir, 7to 2 agat Santhal, 4to 1 agst Dirt Cheap. Little Dick, in company with Lady Derby, the Glance colt, and Santhal, made play, the former with a slight lead, which he held to the road,where he gave way to Dirt Cheap, who came on with a slight lead on the upper ground, fol lowed by the Glance colt, Santhal, and Westminster, to the enclosure, where the four closed and ran a fine race home, Dirt Cheap winning by a head, the Glance colt defeating Santhal by a like distance for second; Westminster was a good fourth, and Lady Derby next. The Bentinck Plate of 50 soya (handicap), for all ages ; winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Bryan's Welland, 4 yrs, 9st 61b Mr. H. Goatees Creole, 3 yrs, sst 10Ib (Morris) 2 Baron Rothschild's Queen of the Vale, 5 yrs, Bst 7lb (Wells) 3 The following alas ran :—Lord Burleigh, Ellerton, Cer tificate, Soapstone, The Idea, Dolphin, Antidote, Heart of Oak, Corroborator, and Maubourquet. Betting-4 to 1 agst Creole, 6to 1 agst Ellerton, Bto 1 r e a a t c lo h nr agst. consequence Soapstone Creole, Welland, Antidote,a n o a t n o d 1 masgfasoutubCrotoahrrr, separatinggo au b noe Maubourquet sw b praea was ckhi delayed n ed g L a o w sr away y mß a e I i n r d i erunningh considerable was a et time. to theseen w I standhlvt When twice,n they lead, t hw t w h ohe e pi r etesihot de spatched, optional held but for a very brief period, when he was headed by the Queen of the Vale, who came on with a clear lead, where she was joined by Creole and Welland on the upper T The e ground, Burgh the Stakesthree , race w t home. ovs a added, Welland ded n o r in th 02t.silyeere30anisddt s e as n t n r d i ddeuop third r w t a; w r do by.Queenlve neck, eoifg hth t ef h ov r r e aealage, e lengths .w aw Corroborator next. Nothing else near. t selling weights. Half a mile. 11 sub s. Mr. York's Blanche of Lancaster, 3 yrs (£4O), 7st 51b (J, Daley) 1 Captain Handloy's Wangle-eye, 2 yrs (£4O), sst 101 b (Ward) 2 Mr. Brayley's Neilgherry, 3 yrs (Z4O), 7st 51b (Ashby) 3 Mr. Payne's Rosina, 3 yrs (£4O), 7st 51b (Drew) 0 Mr. Greville's Potas, 2 yrs (Z 10), sst 71b .... Herbert '0 Loates weighed for liy pa ti a, 2 yrs (the 440), Est 71b, PRICE..... —..4d. STAMPED ....sd. NEWS PA.P betting opening at even on Hypatia, 4 to 1 agst Blanche of Lancaster, and 5 to 1 agst Rosina, but the favourite's num ber being subsequently taken down, no further transac' ions took place on this race. Blanche of Lancaster, with Wangle-eye at her girths, made play with Neilgherry and Rosina following next to the stand, when Blanche drew away, and won by a length ; Neilghcrry finishing a bad third; the others beaten off. In my anticipation of the result of The Derby, whin appeared in THE SUN of last MONDAY, I placed the horses, it will be remembered, in the following order : MACCARONI ... I KING OF THE VALE LORD CLIFDEN And, If an outsider win, I added, it will ba BLUE MANTLE. Thus, out of FOUR HORSES, I actually named the WINNER, the Second, and the Fourth, and that, too, out of a field of Thirty-one! This is merely another of the many instances of my success fal prophecies, as last year I gave the MARQUIS, for the Two Thousand, three months before the race; and also placed the MARQUIS First for the St. Leger, and BUCKSTONE Second, that being the actual position of the horses when the race came off. Further comment is unnecessary. A FRESH MAN. Epsom RACES.—The Sporting G aze tte (Limited) of Saturday, May 23d, will contain the best and fullest reports of Epsom Races, with exclusive particulars of the Derby and Oaks, and all the incidents of the week; re marks by "Beacon" (late of Bell's Life), anticipations of Manchester, &c. 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Thomas Elliott invites a trial from the most sceptical, that they may be con vinced of its infallible power. Price 3s. 6d., is. 6d., 10s. 6d., and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas Elliott, hairgrower (first floor), 51, Fenchurch-street. T. E.'s wigs, XI 10s. VACCINATION and RE-VACCINATION.— If these be true, the Hygelan System of James Morison, the Hygeist, falls to the ground, and we are prepared to Blurt up. Let the public watch the effects of Ite-Vaccination. The Anti-Vaccination Picture may be had at 262, StraLd, price id. or 2d. by post. Issued by the British College of Health, Euston-road, London, ior the Society of Hygelats, this 18th day of May, 1863, THE DERBY. Yesterday was most emphatically a bad day for both races—the Derby and the human. It is not often that the Londoners' festival is spoilt by the weather. Since the Prince Consort with the Prince of Prussia saw the race run in driving rain, half sleet, half snow, in 1857, there has been no wet Derby. The very name of the race is associated in one's mind with heat and glare, blue veils, dust, gritty fowls, and tepid champagne, so that, on the whole, the dwellers in this most changeful climate of ours have, after all, but little reason to complain. As with other things, however, so is it with the weather, the present miseries of one wet day are sufficient to obliterate a hundred sunny memories of others; and we ven ture to think that it will take many fine Derbys quite to efface the recollection of the superlatively miserable one yesterday. We need hardly say how bad it was in its weather, and the weather made the attendance thin and poor; and the false starts for the great event, false starts which occupied nearly an hour in the cold biting rain, made every one impatient and angry, and the heavy poached state of the course made the pace of the race itself slow, and as much a trial of strength as speed, so that, altogether, the Derby o f 1863 w i ll only be looked back upon with plea sure b y those who stood on the winner. The morning, however, gave no token of such accumulated disappointments. It had been wet and was dell, with lowering clouds on the horizon, which the delicate attentions of a north-east wind threat ened to bring more prominently forward as the day wore on ; still it was dry though cold, and by soon after 10 o'clock the lines of vehicles of all kinds be gan to splash their way towards the south in their wonted numbers. There was, however, a far greater preponderance of gentlemen clad in waterproofs and carrying stout umbrellas than one likes to see on these gala days ; all the private carriages were closed, the public ones were much more full inside than out, there was an almost total absence of lady visitors, there were none of those amusing little parties cramming open tax-carts and accommodat ing a couple of visitors on the shafts, there were none of the open vans that go so well till a very narrow part of the road is reached, when they break down hopelessly, and, worse then all, after 11 o'clock, there was a most visible decrease in the number of vehicles altogether. Before 12 it had be gun to rain, and in these words are summed up the discomforts of the day. There is no outdoor festivity, however attractive, there is no party to enjoy it, however hilarious, which can long withstand the influence of English rain when it begins in a busi nesslike way on a public holyday. It rained yester day not by fits and starts, with fine but delusive intervals between, but with a steady monotonous downpour of fine cold wet, as if the weather was determined to do its work slowly, but to do it well. At first there was a little playful badinage from the more venturesome of the pedestrians who lined the roads near Clapham, but even this soon ceased as the rain increased, and the jokers and the joked came to equal terms as regarded miseries, and the long dull train of vehicles went plashing silently on, churning the yellow gravel into a creamy slush, neither mud nor water, though possessing all the most unpleasant attributes of each. Thus through Cheam and Sutton wound the long line, its occu pants either cowering under umbrellas from the remorseless drip and plash, or gazing with vindic tive gloominess from carriage windows out upon the leaden sky and mists of driving rain. The roads were deep and dreadfully heavy, more than the usual proportion of horses succumbing from sheer fatigue, and now and then a vehicle itself would Some to grief, founder, and go down with all hands in the mud. But in these latter oases the victims escaped the relentless chaff which always follow these annoying accidents on fine days. There seemed to be a general and not unnatural impression that those who were thus compelled to turn back were rather fortunate than otherwise, and, no matter what their muddy plight, everyone saw at a glance that it must be their own case if, when they reached the course, they ventured to alight and walk a dozen yards from their carriages. At Epsom itself the carriages were joined by an attenuated stream of very damp pedestrians, which the Brighton and South-Western trains kept filtering through the muddy town and out upon the Downs, where both crowd and mud culminated. The miserable state of affairs was more forcibly told here than at any portion of the journey. Where were the negro melodists, the conjurors, and tum blers ? Where the ''kerrect kards," gipsies, brushers down, performing monkeys, and precocious children ? What had become of the weighing-machines, the three throws, and sallow vagabonds who parody the "noble art" and batter at each other's faces with old mouldy gloves in hope of coppers ? Where, in short, were all the dingy bedouins of England who travel through to this great gathering, and some how—sometimes honestly --contrive to pick up mone y enough to tick them over till the Cup Day at Ascot ? Scarcely any were visible yesterday. The niggers, washed by th e d r i zzle into dingy given rain, venu and, thep armedson g s to w i twhichWith Wisps p none f half wou i c d as i s e tshad th e , in The Sole Military Highway to India. The near approach to the completion of oar sys tem of trunk railways next cold season renders it necessary at once to come to a decision on many important military questions. The most patent re sults of that completion will be economy of military expenditure, increase of the health of the army, and the consequent greater stability of our rule. We shall be able to hold India with a smaller - number of men than 73,000, and the smaller number will be in a higher state of health from the facilities for visiting sanitaria. But a question more immediately pressing than these is, the best mode of transport for our reliefs and invalids to and from India. The present system of transport, in sailing ships by the Cape of Good Hope, is barbarous on every ground, political, financial, and military. If nothing else could convince us of this the example of our French allies ought to be sufficient to do so. They use Egypt and the overland route alone as their great highway to India, Anam, and China. They have organised a system of transports by which in a few weeks a force of many thousand men could be landed on our Eastern shores from Aden to Shanghai. We are within the truth when we say that any moment a force of from 3,000 to 6,000 men will be found at or near to Alexandria. On the outbreak of an Euro pean war they, united with the large staff of the Suez Canal, and supported by the defensive works of the late Pasha, such as the Barrage Fort, could shut the English out of Egypt, could cut India off from Europe. We do not blame our allies, but we cannot but condemn our own folly, which sees a system so evidently so valuable in itself and so powerful for purposes of aggression without attempting to check or imitate it. We have reason to believe that the eyes of both the Indian and English authorities are open to the fact. Years ago Dr. Gordon, C. 8., urged it. The friendliness of the new pasha, so much of whose revenue is derived from the transit through Egypt, and his known dislike to French intrigue, render the present time especially favourable for coming to a decision on this all-important point— how India shall cease to be threatened with being cut off from the base of its operations and the source of its supplies. We might well liken our empire to the human body. England is the brain, India the great trunk, and the overland route the thin silver cord of spinal marrow which it is so easy to destroy, so impossible to restore. Let us state the case. Tak ing our Indian army at 73,000 men, the number who must pass to and from India every year is 20,000. Annually, at least five corps of infantry, 950 strong, and one of cavalry 450 strong, with 10 per cent. of women and children, must be sent to India. Adding to those the recruits to fill up gaps in the corps in the country, the best authorities reckon the total annual supply of English soldiers to India at 12,000. At present it costs £l9 to send each of these out by the Cape. Returning from India to England there is au annual number of 8,000, each of whom costs for passage £25. As a rule these men going and coming spend 120 days, which to the young recruit and new corps is a time of military and sometimes moral degeneracy. The men are idle and get into difficulties, while the less that is said of the new families the better. Moreover, these 20,000 men for four months every year are lost to the em pire; they are away on a tedious and distant voy age, beyond the power of recall by letter or tele graph, should their services be required in such an emergency as 1857; their pay is lost to the nation ; adding that, military financiers estimate the total cost of sending men to India at £25 155., and of those returning at £3l 15s. On the other hand, if these 20,000 men were sent by the overland route from Malta to Bombay or Kurrachee the distance is reduced from 14,000 to 4,000 miles, the time from 120 to 20 days; and the political advantage of such large bodies of men passing through Egypt and down the Red Sea is not to be estimated. They could do so all the year round, certainly for nine out of 12 months ; and as to cost, a special steam service would take them at £25 a head from Eng land to Bombay, in addition to the £1 10s. charged for the Egyptian transit. The same service would take officers at half the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's rates ; or our naval transport ships,such as the Himalaya,might be employed advantageously in the duty. The advantages—military, sanitary, political, and economical—do not admit of a moment's discus sion. As Kurrachee, Bombay, and Beypore troops could be landed for all the presidencies,those for Ben gal being sent by railway to Jubbulpore, and three years hence to any station from Calcutta to Delhi and Mooltan ; if the railway break from Kotree to Mooltan were an objection. At Ceylon, or else where, all the invalids of our force in the East might be periodically collected and despatched to the Mediterranean from time to time, a course gthreeat which would would save many valuaboleulrivEesa,srteeprnreEsemntpiinrge so much money, to the army chances threatens m l o a r t e e, an t d o Moro s g w e i n il ci a es iw l a ik v e s thatbe s u o b f j e l ,3 B t o t o , a t s h w e e r l i l sk e s to of a European war which to gather round the Porte andw wag se tOO ostern question. In 1857 the Court of Directors implored the C a _ binet, but in vain till it out Regimenttroops did d y s aiEgypt.l from Malta Whe n through men passed with all their arms, n p lai n Ith es, packed in cases. The p and kit s Pasha laug h ed scrupulousness, and told at our us they might through with their arms , march as the Fr ench have always done. India was familiar with the route as a pathwa y overland for troops to When, in the Europe before 1857 D summer of 1854, the 10th and 12th Dragoons, consisting of 1,400 horses an d 1,600 men, e went from India to the ' • accoutrements,g yPt ti ofinally i e2lltlhd Alexandria Crimea, they passed throug h Egypt in the hottest months ,;and „and were so:healthy and Efficient in the campaign that Lord Dalhousie directed this rou t e to be strictly adhered to in the event of any further transit. And who has forgotten Sir David s d B •air' d' • expe mon in 1801 P Landing at Kosseir in May and June, he crossed the Desert to Kherie, on the Nile, in nine days, sailed down the riser, and garrisoned A!exandria. Next year, in the month of June, several regiments returned to India through Egypt. No less than 5,000 men, with cavalry, artillery, and treasure, marched across the Desert, from the Lake of Pilgrims near Cairo to Suez, in four days, with the greatest ease. %€ - Whether internal troubles lead England, or whether, as is mor , 1441 4 . will draw upon India to help , tha l Zhattr , she did aga i ns t th e Fi rs t B onapk ro s P ' war, or to take part in the troubles th4:will dad on the expulsion of the Turk from Europe, Egypt must be our great, our sole military highway. It must never be said of India as it was of England in her war with the United States—that she failed because of the distance over which reinforcements had to be sent. Yet that distance was only 3,000 miles; at present ours is 14,000, measured by four long, demoralising months.—Friend of India. CITY SEWERS COMMISSION. The commissioners of sewers of the City of Lon don assembled on Tuesday, at the Guildhall, at twelve o'clock. Mr. Deputy De Jersey presided, end among the members of the Court present were Dluties Annis, Read, Pewtress, Perkins, Hard ton, Salf, Bower, Obbard, C. Reed, Farrar, (Under sheriff), 0 wden, Lorkin, Dr. Abraham, Messrs. Geo. Walter, C.Youn g, Dads w ell, J.T.Young, Croucher, J. Symonds, Houghton, Murrell, Fricker, Teulon, Israel, Green, Saunders, Farlow, Matthews, Bun ning, Alcock, &c. TIIE PROPOSED RAILWAY BRIDGE ACROSS LUDGATE HILL. Deputy HARRISON said that, seeing the parlia mentary officer of the Commission present, he de.. sired to ask him whether the clauses which had been agreed to be inserted in the Ludgate Station, &c. Railways Bill were to be included in the bill about to be applied for by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, for an extension of time for the purpose of carrying out their railway works. The Solicitor to the Commission, Mr. A. S. BAYLIS, said that the clauses agreed upon had been duly inserted in the Ludgate Station and Junction Railways Bill, but that bill had since been with drawn. The only bill now before Parliament affect ing the proposed railway and bridge across Lud gate•hill was that proposed by the London, Chat ham, and Dover Railway Company, and they ap plied for an extension of time for carrying out their railway works. He (Mr. Baylis) had submitted clauses to the promoters to get them inserted in the bill, but it was exceedingly doubtful whether this could be accomplished, as the court was not before the house by petition against that particular bill, but against the bill which had been withdrawn. Deputy HARRISON thought that under the altered circumstances it should be referred to the Improve ment Committee to consider whether some steps should not be taken to procure the insertion of the clauses which had by consent been introduced into i t t he be bi r l e l fe w r h re ic d h had to th e b l e m e n pro v e m withdrawn. en H te 0 mm e itt moved ee t o that - sider if any steps could be advantageously taken to pr Bill omoti e n the the House interests oppose the London, Chatham, and D ov er Com ) any' s Commons, (Extension otherwise of Time) to of of the City. _ _ Mr. MURRELL seconded the motion, which was put and carried. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT (NORTH SIDE) BILL. The CHAIRMAN reported to the Court, that the opposition to this bill had failed, and that the bill which proposed to vest the control of the subways as well as the making of the new street, in the Metropolitan Board of Works had passed the House of Commons. Mr. BAYLIS recapitulated the various proceedings which had been taken to protect the interests of the City, and in particular to have vested in the com mission the control of the subway as well as the new street when completed. Mr. C. Youria moved that it be referred to the Improvement Committee, to take such steps in re gard to opposing the bill in the House of Lords, as they might be advised. Mr. MURRELL seconded the motion, which was agreed to. SANATORY CONDITION OF THE CITY. Dr. LETHEBY, the medical officer of health, re ported on the state of 181 houses that had been inspected during the week, and he submitted a list of 62 places for sanatory improvement. Ha likewise reported that the markets and slaughter-houses had been duly inspected, and the officers had condemned 3,1861b5. of meat, and 150 head of game and poultry as unfit for human food. The meat consisted of 47 sheep, 8 pigs, 24 quarters of beef, and 7 joints of meat; 1,9011b5. were diseased, 6821b5. were putrid, and 6031b5. were from animals that had died from natural Causes. All of it was rent to the boilers and destroyed. On Saturday last John Underwood. a butcher, of Whitley, Oxfordshire, was tried at the Old Bailey for sending the carcass of a diseased cow to New gate.market for sale as food. He was found guilty, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Fifty-five births and 48 deaths were registered in the City during the week. The mortality re turns are below the average (52) for the correspond ing period of the last seven years; 16 of the deaths were among children of less than five years of age, and 7 amongst persons of sixty and upwards. The chief causes of death were as follows :—Phthisis 10, mesentric disease 2, hydrocephalus 1, pneumonia 7, bronchitis 6, croup 2 scarlet fever 8, and small-pox 2 ; making 13 deaths from tubercular diseases, 12 from inflammatory affections of the lungs, and 2 from diseases of the zymotic character. Of the 56 births 24 were boys and 31 girls. After some other business of an unimportant character was disposed of, the Court adjourned. RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PARLIA MENT.—On Tuesday, after hearing Mr. Denison in opposition on behalf of the Great Northern, and Sir W. Alexander on the whole question, the committee, of which the Duke of Richmond is chairman, passed the bill for the extension of the Midland Railway into London. The result will be to give both the Midland and London and North- Western railways, who have both railways at Bedford, from which town the new line into London will start, an entrance into the metropolis. The Midland route will be Edgware-road, crossing the Hampstead-road near Belsize-avenue, thence through Kentish-town near Gloucester-Place, Camden-road, and Old St. Pancras road, terminating in the Euston-road near the Metro politan Railway. The case of the Ponarth Harbour and Dock Railway Company's Bill for a lease to the Taff Vale Railway was opened in Lord Donoughmore's com mittee, and witnesses were examined by Mr. Calvert and ith wh om som some arrange.°'----Mr. Davison. The bill for the Victoria Station and Pim lico Railway, by which it is proposed to widen and improve the railway and station of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company at Pimlico, and to make arrangements with the London and Brighton, was passed in the committe e of which Lord Wodehouse is chairman, after imos i tion on the part of the Great Western, talents were also sought to be made. posed new bridge at Blackfriars, the 0 Th e bill for the pro withdrawn, was also passed by the ppoaition having been Commons, the bill for the pro p° sod committer.. In th e of the Great Northern was p sed March to Spalding line 8 Eastern March to Spalding li ne sed) and that of the Great opened the opposition of th thrown out. Mr. Hope Scott Edin burgh and Dunfermline 1 e Scottish Central to the tailway. examination in the Osw Mr. Howell was undcommittee. The case for the and Newtown Amalgamatioenr pany's proposed Hull and p North Eastern Railway Com rangements with the South Doncaster Branch, and for or was taken in Mr. Adairi Yorkshire and other companies, Mr. Slight, the secretors committee . mittee. The examination of prolonged by Mr. secretary the Brighton Company, was new line to Brighton. Merewether, Th in opposition to the proposed witness was of opinion, and adduced statistical data, with the view of showing that the expansion of th e passenger an d go ods traffic Coast district and between London and dßri in the ghtonw South Coast sufficient to justify th e contrad i ct i on of an additional lino , nor was it call e d f or b y any existing coal traffic. - A NATIONAL HISTORICAL LIBRARY.—The stu dents of our noble historical literature, which i s accessible in the present day to all classes of her Majestys subjects will be glad to hear that a movement hes been commenced for the foundation of a National Historical Lib rary. So choice, and yet hitherto neglected, an accessory to the State Records will be found in the lately designed Heading-room for Literary i nqu irers which the present p. in the G overnmen t have agreed to co ncede to the public new wing which is to be added to the unfinished block of buildings known as the Public Record-office on the Rolls Estate. Already it has been intimated that several gen tlemen of high r eputation amongst living arcbmolo gists are prepared to second this important decision by handing over to the new library their collections of selected and rare volumes illustrative of the manners and customs gene ral history in Europe of past ti mes; and and no more valuable boon to scholars of all ranks will have been con ferred in our days than by the creation of a pu blic Pi ic insti tution which will help to assemble on one Spot th e evidences as well as the unrivalled archives printed whilst they preserve the whole life Which dignify English empire from the earliest and growth of the reco ' existence. galeed period of its