The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-03 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY-THE CUP DAT.

Badinage

care.

Helter-Skelter Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ;
the second to receive 10 soya out of the stakes. Half
a mile. Eighteen subs.
Mr. J. B. Morris's Comfort, by Birdcatcher, 4 yrs,
7st 41b (Bashatn) 1
Mr. Bancroft's Helmet, 4 yrs, Bst (Wells) 2
Mr. Clark's Cirnicina, 3 yrs, 6st 41b tßearpark) 3
Lord Chesterfield's Ida, 3 yrs, sst 81b (Bates) 4
The following also ran :—Michaelmas Maid, Falcon,
Puritan, Battery, Merry Monk, Wild Deer, Usurer,
Questionable, Duke of Hamilton, and Knight of Kerry.
Betting-5 to 2 each agst Comfort and Ida, 100 to 12
agst Merry Monk, 100 to 10 agst any other. Cotolort
made all the running, and won very cleverly by half a
length. Same distance between the second arid third,
and a head between third and fourth ; Falcon, well up
with the latter, was fifth.
Triennial Produce Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 30
added, for 4-yr•olds ; colts, Bst 91b ; fillies, Bst 51h ;
those by untrie 1 stallions, or out of mares which never
bred a winner, allowed 3113 ; both, 61b. One mile and
three-quarters. Nine subs.
Mr-. Copeland's Field Marshal, by Touchstone, Bst 9lb
(Marlow) 1
Mr. E. R. Clark's Punch Box, by Napier (allowed 61b)
Bst 31b • (Wells) 2
Bi-tting-6 to 4 on Punch Bor. Field Marshal waited
until within a distance of home, when be went up and
collared his opponent. Avery interesting race in ensued,
Field Marshal winning by a head.
The Tradesmen's Plate of 200 HOPS, added to a Handicap
Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if de-
clared, &c. The second to receive 50 soya out of the
stakes. The winner of either the Northamptonshire
Stake., Metropolitan Stakes at Epsom, Newmarket
Hand cap. or Great Northern at York, in the present
year, 10Ib extra ; the second in either, Sib extra ; and
the winner of any other handicap race after the pub-
lication of the weights of the value of 200 soya, in
eluding the winner's own stake, 51b extra, but not to
to be accumulative for being second, in any of the
above, as well as 'being the winner of 200 sovs. Cup
Course. Two miles and a quarter. 201 subs, 82 of
whom declared, and pay 5 sovs each.

Mr. Howard's Scythian, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Wells) 1
tlr. T. Parr's Mortimer, 5 yrs, 6st 4lb (Fordham) 2
Mr. Clarkson's Neville, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (including
101 b extra)
Mr. J. B. Morris's Gamekeeper, 4 yrs, 6st2lb (Mundy) 4
Lord Anglesey's The Nabob, 6 yrs, Bst 21b...(A. Day) 0
Mr. Barber's Goorkah, 5 yrs, Bst (Basham) 0
Mr. Hoffstead na The Reiver' 5 yrs, 7st 61b (J. Osborne) 0
Mr. Copperthwaite's Early Bird, 4 yrs, 7st 61b
(Aldcroft) 0
Mr. H. Hill's Ireland's Eye, 5 yre, 7st 51b (including
51b extra) (J. Steggles) 0
Mr. R. Gray's Dalkeith, 6 yrs, 7st ..... ~.(Kendall) 0
Mr. C. Peck's Arthur Wellesley, 4 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 0
Mr. Rowdon's Little Davie, 6 yrs, 6st 111 b (includ-
ing 51b extra) (Carroll) 0
Mr. J. Bate na Braxey, aged, Est 101 b ...(Hayhoe) 0
Mr. Parker's Joe Miller, 6 yrs, Est 101b...(J. Goater) 0
Mr. Greville's Kaffir, 4 yrs, Est 81b (Clement) 0
Mr. D. Dawson na Nancy, aged, 6st 61b (J. Fester) 0
Mr. Oakey na Ethelwolf, 6 yrs, Est 6113 (Prior) 0
Mr. J. Osborne's Seducer, 4 yrs, Est 21b...(Bearpark) 0
Mr. Bennett's Brown 'Biandy, 4 yrs, 6st..:(Faulkner) 0
Mr. Lawrence's Bright Phcebus, 4 yrs, sst 101 b
• (Cresswell) 0
Mr. Ridley's Bolton, 3 yrs, sst 61b..., (Bates) 0
Mr. Farrance's Noisy, 3 yrs, sst 21b (carried sst 41b)
(Alder) 0
Mr. Jas. Thorpe na Escape, 3 yrs, sst 21b (Snowdon) 0
Mr. J. B. Morris's Cossey, 3 yrs, Set llb (in. Sib ex.)
(W. Rogers) 0
Mr. J. Rigby's Imogene, 3 yrs, sst (C. Bush) 0
Lord Clitden s Homily, 3 yrs, 4st 41b (car. 4st 71b)
(Cballoner) 0
Mr. E. R. Clark's Jujube, 4 yrs, sst 81b (Prime) 0

Betting at starting.-6 to 1. agst Noisy, 9to 1 agst
Early Bird, 9 to 1 agst Neville, 10 to 1 agst Scythian,
12 to 1 agst Gamekeeper, 13 to 1 agst Joe Miller, 15 to
1 agst Nabob, 100 to 6 agst Dalkeith, 100 to 6 agst
Arthur Wellesley, 100 to 6 agst Kaffir, 20 to 1 aget
'Mortimer, 20 to 1 agst Escape, 30 to 1 aget Little
Davie, 30 to 1 agst Ireland's Eye, 40 to 1 agst The
Reiver, 50 to 1 agst Homily, 50 to 1 agst Braxey. After a
series of unsuccessful attempts the starter determined to
walk them round the course. This had the effect of
bringing them into a tolerably compact form, and
as soor as they were a little in advance of the T.Y.C.
post the flap were dropped, and the work commenced
in earnest. Mortimer, with Seducer, Escape, Game-
keeper, Early Bird, awl Neville, lying well lip, made
strong running ; Nabob, Scythian, and Joe Miller lay
quite off until they arrived at the Castle Pole the last
time round, when Nabob and Scythian began to draw
forward. On entering the straight Scythian ran into
the second place, and when half-way up the distance be
challenged Mortimer ' • a very fine contest ensued, Scy-
thian winning by a head. Two lengths between the
second and third, and a neck between the third and
fourth. Nabob was fifth. Passing the railway arches
the second time round, Nancy broke ber leg, and at the
last turn Arthur Wellesley, then lying well up with Na-
bob, broke down. Mx:
.Parker declared to win with
Noisy.
Her Igajosty'o Plate of 100 guinea for ;Imlay, TO

21b ; four, 9st 21b ; five, 9st 121 b ; six and aged, IOA
211). Thr,ce sound.
;Sir. JB. Mui Eulogist, IT Erd.:atcber, 5 yrs
Basliam w. o.
The Scramble Handicap. Three-quarters of a mile.
Questionable
Noddy
Sister to Singapore

Seven ran.
The Members' Plate.

Shoreham
Fairfield .

Won by tw•o lengths.
, Once round and a distance.

Cherry-Brandy
Seven ran. Won easily by a neck.
The "Cuts D.. y" was celebrated under the most pro-
pitious eireuoi,tanc,.s. The attnosphers was warm,
bright, and sins, e, and re. oh- nt of ad the balmy fresh-
ness of ,atly spring. Pl• asure f k trooped through the
town, and throiled the wipr,,a,-4ies to the course, whilst
the Roodee never presented a more gay and animated
appParancc The Grand Stand was den4ely crowde
and the brght and varied colours of the ladies' dresses
imparted a peculiarly picturesque and graceful effect t,
the exciting scene. The arrangements for clearing the
coarse were most efficient, and were ably carried out
under the superintendence of Mr. Hill. Indeed the
officials in every department discharged their onerous
duties with the most commendable promptitude and

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

STR SBURG RAILWAY.

A general nn et,rig of the ,hareh .Iders r.f this company
took place or, S turday, Apri 28, in Herz 's Great Ro re,
Rue de la Victoire— Count de Segur, the pre-ident,
iu
the chair. Near him were seated the boa, dof directors.
The meeting having been declared duly constitu'e l, M.
Bossange, the secretary, proceertrd to read the report.
This document gives a most favourab'e accou.t of the
situation of the undertaking, the trifle having not only
improved in every branch without exception, but hold-
ing out the promise of still further amelioration. The
passengers had increased in 1854 from 2,449;055 to
3,566,980, and the receipts from 11,425,0411 r. to
14,152,992 f., showing an augmentation of 45 per cent.
in number, and of 23 per cent. in receipts. The con-
veyance of heavy goods had increased from 11,680,478 fr.
to 16,632,015 fr., or 42 per cent. ; in 1853, the goods
traffic had been 2,227 tons per day, whereas in 1854 it
was 3,432 tons per day, being an augmentation of 54 per
cent. In some of Vie items the improvement men ioned
has been most extraordinary : thus, in wine, it amounted
to 56 per cent. ; coals 92 per cent. ; salt, 129 per cent.;
coke, 156 per cent. ; and castings, 245 per cent.
Fr. c.
32,396,452 32
13,427,092 51

The receipts for 1854 amounted to
Aud the expenses to

Leaving a nett profit of .. 18,969,359 81
To be deducted for interest on bonds, sink-
ing fund, purchase of Bale line. &o. 7,302.ps 33

Remainder 11,666,841 48
From that sum the interest being deducted
on 19,170,000 francs expended for aug-
mentation of stock and for other ex-
penies

575,100 0

There remained a balance of 11,091,741 48
Deduction for reserve fund nt 5 per cent

There remains for distribution 10,537,1541 r. 41e.
giving a dividend of 421 r. per share, which, added to
the sum of 201 r. paid in the month of November last,
would give for the.year 1854, a total produce of 62fr.
per share, or upwards of 12 per cent. The dividend, if
approved of, would be paid at the office of the c impany
on and after the let of May But this large return for
the capital would, in all probability, the report states,
be very greatly increased in the year 1855. "If we
may judge," says that document, "by the receipts of
the first 16 weeks of the present year, the ascensional
movement will not cease. During that tine the re•
ceipts, which in the corresponding period of last year had
been 9,039,231 fr., have this year reached the sum of
10,809.706 r., so that there has been already an increase
of 1,770,475 fr., or 194 per cent." The rep ,rt states that
in all the branch-lines, opened since last y,ar, as well as
in the Bale line, the results of the working have far
exceeded what the Board could have ventured to
predict, and the fact that a great Franoo-German Com-
pany had lately obtained the concession of a va-t line,
which, starting from the frontier of Saxony, would tra-
verse the Austrian empire, and end near Belgrade, on
the frontier of the Turkish provinces, passing by Prague,
Bruhn, Vienna, Presburg, and Pesth, could not fail to
add indirectly to the revenue of the Strasburg line.
With respect to the financial position of the company,
the balance on the 31st Dec. last was 62,242,927 fr. 43c.
out of a sum of 111,204,9801 r. 48c. received. As from
that balance the caution money of the company was to
be deduct* d there remained in band at that date a sum
of 59,992,927 francs 43c. The stock, the report states,
although representing a • value of upwards of 70
millions, would require further extension, in conse-
quence of the increase of the .traffic, and orders had
been given accordinglf. The report then refers to the
-state of the works on the Paris to Mulhausen line, and
declares that
.great activity was everywhere displayed
by the contractors. On the line from Blesme to St.
Dizier and Gray, the first section of the branch to Ha-
guenau would be opened towards the end of May, and
that from Haguenau to Wissemburg, in connection with
the Bavarian lines, in August next. The report con-
cludes by explaining the reasons rendering it advisable
for the company to apply for the concession of a branch
from Troyes to Bar-sur Seine ; a junction of the Vin-
cennes line with that of Mulhausen, and the eventual
junction of the Bale line with that of the centre of Swit-
zerland ; the board, it added, had to ask the meeting
for full powers to treat for these objects.
Loud app!ause followed the reading of the report, and
the dividend of 42fr, being approved of, the powers asked
for granted, and a vote of thanks passed to the board,
the proceedings terminated,

GEELONG AND MELBOURNE.
This line, the pioneer of the railway system in Aus-
tralia, is, in course cf rapid construction, and by the last
advices the opening of the Harbour branch and a portion
of the line was expected to take place early in :Tune next.
The original capital has been increased to 350,0001.,
with a Government guarantee of 5 per cent, interest
upon the whole of that amount, and the land along the
line was given free and unconditionally by Government.
The prospects as regards traffic are encouraging, the line
being of vital importance to the trade and shipping of
those places. The additional shares are now in course
of subscription here amongst Engliih capitalists. The
first allotment has already taken place, and the residue
of the shares is now being offered to the public.

GREAT ...NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the
Week ending April 22, 1855 £20,473 14 6
Corresponding ding week last year 18,012 17 9
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. —Traffic re-
turn for the week ending April 29, 1855 £19,181 8 1
Corresponding week last year 18,556 11 4
CHESTER AND ITOLY HEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for
the week ending April '9, 1855 £1,854 15 4
Corresponding week last year 4,390 7 .7
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Increase in 1855

The thirty-two most flourishing thelfrea of Germany
realix.d in 1854 only a total of 2.003 500 tbal. rs,
the expemes amounted to 3,060,000 thalers (the thaler
is somewhat over 3f.) The most important receipts
were the following :—Those of Vienna, 236,600 aalers ;
Berlin, 220,000 ; Hamburg, 200,000 ; Prague, •100,000 ;
Pvsth, 96,000. The Expenses at Vienna were 456,606
thalers. and at Berlin 366800.
LUNAR ECLlPSE.—Yesterday morning, from about half-
past two to half-past 3 o'clock, the moon was visibly
eclipsed. When the obscuration was apparently at its
extreme point, and there was only the narrowest im-
aginable edge of light, on about a fourth-part of the out
line of the circle, a dark cloud intervened, and put a
stop to all further nbservation. Anything approaching
more nearly to a total eclipse we do not remember to
Lave witnessed.
FIRE IN LEADENRALL-STREET, AND Loss OF LIFE.—

On Tuesday morning a fire, which resulted in the destruc-
tion-of property of several thousand pounds value, broke
out on the premises of Mr. Preston, stationer and litho-
graphic printer, 65, Leadenhall-street. As soon as he
was apprised of the outbreak, Mr. Preston proceeded to
arouse the other members of the family, and the appren-
tice lad, whom he told to follow him, and all, with the
exception of the apprentice, effected a safe retreat, Up
to six o'clock last evening, however, no tidings of the
apprentice could be obtained, and there is little doubt.
but that he must have become overpowered by the heated
smoke, and perished in the flames. The premises being
about 200 years old, and the timber beams extending
into two other buildings, the conflagration made rapid
progress, and extended to the houses of Mr.. Jackson,
boot and shoemaker, Mr. Levy, Sheffield warehouseman,
and others in the immediate vicinity. Between two and
three o'clock, the weight of the presses in Mr., Pres-
ton's warehouse, which approximated to four tons,
forced down floor after floor in rapid succession, and so
great was the vibration of one of theadjoining houses that
a fireman, named Norman, was thrown from the spot
where he was standing, and fell through a glass roof,
sustaining such injuries as necessitated his removal to
Guy's Hospital. Mr. Preston's house and warehouses,
with their contents, wereall but destroyed, including
the property of Mr. Kent, who tenanted the third floor.
At Mr. Levy's, adjoining, the second and third floors
were burnt out, and other serious damage inflicted.
The premises of Mr. Pound, trunk maker, Mr. Honner,
tailor, Mr. Jackson, boot maker, &c., were more or less
damaged. Mr. Prest.m and Mr. Pound were insured
in the Sun-office, and Mr. Levy in the Pk:lonia. The
others unknown. All doubts as to the fate of the unfor-
tunate lad, Arthur Parker, the apprentice to Mr. Pres-
ton, are now set at rest, for the body of the poor lad has
been found in the ruins burnt in an awful manner, one
leg being consumed from the trunk. The remains hake
been carefully collected together, and they await the
coroner's inquest, which no doubt will be held to mor-
row, when an official inquiry into the cause of the fire
will be male by the coroner.

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plaint in his stomach, and other disorders occasioned by
a long residence in a hot climate ; he was reduced to a,
mere skeleton, his appetite bail, and appeared as if fa -d,
sicking into his grave. He had the best medical advice
both in India and at hcme, from whlch be derived no
benefit. Holloway's pills alone, however, have been the
means of effecting a radical cure of all his complaints.—
Sold by all medicine vendors, and at Professor Hol-
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