The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-10 00:00:00

JUNE 10. 1452.

AMERICAN NEWS.

, LIVERPOOL. JIIIVE 9.
The United States Mail steam-ship Atkntic, Captain
West, which was telegraphed off Holyhead at zix o'clock
this morning, arrived in the Mersey at noon. She left
New York on Saturday, the 29th ult., but in consequence
of the prevalence of a dense fog came to off Sandy
Hook, and remained there until five A.M. on Sunday,
when she proceeded on her voyage to Europe, and
shortly afterwards fell in with ber consort, the Arctic,
which was then on her way to New York.

On the Ist of June, at 5.30 P.M., the ..ktiat.tio passed
the Royal Mail steam-ship Asia, also bound for New
York, in lat .41 30, long. 64 56.

Toe Atlawie brings 150 passengers, 520,000 dolls. in
specie, and the usual
Among the passengers are Madame Goldecmidt
(Jenny Lied) with her husband and suite, who were en-
thusiastically cheered en landing; they preeri.ded at
once to the Adelpbi Hotel. During the greater part of
the passage MaeLme Goldsehmidt was confined to her
bertts by Severe indi,position. There were tilso two
Protestant bishops (Delaney and Creskey), Charles
Gould, al., and Grace Greenwood, ag.ieug tee passen-
gers;being, :says the New York. Times, more Letables
than have been congregated on any steam=ship that has
left New York for the last twelve months.

Tee following are extracts from the New York pa•

The grant of 33,000 dolls. for each voyage has been
passed by the Senate in favour of the Collins' linQ of
steamers. The majority was 27 to 19.
Dispatches from the west announce the dsstructien of
two or three more sbamere by fire, together with alaige
amount of very valuable freight. Since tho Ist of Ja-
nuary over twenty steam-boats on the western rivers
have been entirely destroyed by fires, explosinns,
&c., and the whole number of lives lest by tbcse
casualties is estimated at over 250.

Affairs in Buenos Ayres appear to be in a very quiet
and satisfactory state.' Nine days later news from that
quarter was received on Thursday, which indicates that
thus far the order of things was rapidly developing the
resources of the Plate provinces.
Dr. Ptrkins's extensive sugar-house at Baton Rouge,
Virginia, was entirely consumed by fire on the night ol
the 18th of May. Loss about 200,000 dolls., and in-
sured for 70,000 dolls.

Destructive fires have been raging in the woods in
Maine, on the line of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence
Railroad, for some time. On one day it was impossible
for the cars to run between Greene and Lewiston, and
passengers were taken a long circuit in carriages around
the fire. At Mechanic Falls the running of trains was
also impeded. Several thousand cords of railroad wood
have been consumed, and much damage done to the
woodwork of the track.

The steamer Southerner, off Turtle Island, passed
the small tow-steamer Telegraph, on fire. Sho ran as
near as possible, but could discover no human being,
and concluded that the crew, numbering eight men,
must have perished.
Mr. Hiram Perry and daughter, of Monson, wore
killed at Collins' depot, near Springfield, Mass., on the
27th, by being run over by the 6 P.M. express train.
The New York papers contain a full account of the
escape from Van Diemen's Land, and the arrival in
New York, of Thomas Francis Meagher (pronounced
Maher), the Irish exile and orator, who was transported
for the part he took in the Irish revolutionary movement
with William Smith O'Brien, John Mitchel, and others.
He arrived in the brig Acorn, from Pernambuco, having
escaped from Van Diemen's Land in an American
whaler. He kept himself perfectly incog. until Thurs-
day, except to one or two friends.
The Courier and Inquirer gives the following account
of his escape from Van Diemen's Land:—
" For some time previous to February last arrange-
ments were in progress, which, if. suceessful, the Emits s,
nine in number, were to be taken from Van Diemen's
Land and brought to our shores. In January the ar-
rangements were completed, when it was found
that in consequence of their residing so far
apart (some ten miles) it would be impractica-
ble to get them all off at one time, and their friends
though reluctantly, were obliged to confine their opera-
tions to effecting the release of Mr. Meagher, as his
position gave the surest prospect of success. Everything
being in readiness, early in February Mr. Meagher sent i
his parol of honour' to the magistrate, with the pro-
mise that he would consider himself hound by it for two
hours after its delivery, and no longer. On receiving it
the magistrate gave immediate orders to the constable in
Bothwell (where •Mr. Meagher resided) to arrest him
without delay. This the constable refused to do, stating
that he was himself an Irishman, and would do nothing,
to hinder Meagher's escape. This placed the magistrate
in a position somewhat unpleasant, as there was not
another officer within twenty-four miles. He, how-
ever, mounted horse, and proceeded to the nearest point
for the purpose of bringing back an officer to take
charge of. Mr. Meagher, waited for his return until
the time promised had expired, after which he
took horse and proceeded in an opposite direction, in
which course he is said to have travelled as fast as his
horse could carry him, for over one hundred miles, or to
the point where his friends had another conveyance in
waiting. After reaching Pernambuco, he is said to have
been token on board the brig Acorn, on the 23d of
April, and by her brought to this port:'
In the Senate, on the 28th ult,, it was carried, after
various amendments proposed and rejected, by a ma-
jority of 27 to 19, that the present allowance to the
Collins' lice of steamers be increased to 33,000 dollars
per trip, with the proviso that it shall he in the power
of Congress-at any time after the 31st December, 1854,
to terminate the arrangement for any additional allow-
ance herein provided for, upon giving six months'notice.

SPORTING NOTES.
N. CCXLIII.
THE PROBABLE STARTERS FOR TO-MORROW'S
RACES AT ASCOT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
siit,—My judgrnem 3 estorday wea right in every in-
, stance but one—the Royal Hunt Cup—for which, come
how or other, I completely overlooked the pretensions
of Ephesus, which were more than useally dangerous,
from the state of the ground, and the course being a se-
vere
mile ; an order a things most suited to this son of
Epirus and Enterprise. lie waited in the early part of
the race, came when required, and won easily enough.
For the Fourth Triennial, as I placed them so they
passed the post, but in much closer contiguity than I
expected, Whitehouse having anything but the race in
hand
•
at the Stand railimzs, Cheddar at this point
looking
particularly mischievous ; he, however,
swerved
ca. alike a stride or- two from the putt, and
in
enabled. the Reiver to pp his nob only
fiff Ft st, Littler, on Auld Acquaintsnee, being stalled
'at hei: r:ers. I have Lo doubt the winner, fur whom
I had a 4il gap for second place; rat, on War-whop,
will tnak7B7:escaonfej-'4.lie beii.g aremalkahlv hue. T.'
but I hold some
more abbot him lit. the as
to
hi 6
___erblyt
acutj.dterablo stir in the Derby baton 6,
cond and third v.,111 b
.Turse of a few days. The Sc-
As I anticipated, Vaultr turn out tidy animals; but
qualities for staying—
Cheddar, I am afraid, iseno
-
herrrsaelitagonists Gown
'for the Fernhill Stakes in etBh3,
won as she pleased by a aczen lengths hundred yards, and
The race for the Coronation neha or more.
that for the Triennial; Bone- on St: ties was as close as
winning by one of his splendid'rtishe e E4sptic
"3', only
by a head, Birsuta beating Calorie by tii)ati the last stride
for second place. My last remark Y 0 same distance
thus verified.
a on this stake were.
The Windsor Town Plato is not entered for a, v
and I know nothing about the Workingham Stakes.. - e''
give the list of starters for the other three races!
20 Sova. Stakes, half mile—One of Mr. -
i L-1 ey 's nomma-
tions (probably Bracelet) will walk over.
...._, . . _

50 Bovs. Sales, old Lilc—Lueio and Ambrose; the
last-named ought to be the winner.

Great Western Railway Handicap, mile and a half—
Edward of York, Sir Rowland Trenchard, Storyteller,
Sackbut, Knight of the Shire, Bushranger, Tophana,
Pan, Houlakin, Bonita, Free-trader, Maria, and perhaps
Cotton Lady or Greengage. Several of the above will
most probably be withdrawn at the last moment, but
which they aro likely to be I cannot discover. The race
I anticipate will lay entirely between BUSHRANGER and
TOPECANA; with Free-trader and Mr. Payne's starter in
the next positions.

No betting this morning, except upon to day's racing.
I am, Sir, yours, &e.,
June 10, 1852. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ASCOT-HEATH RACES.-WEDNESDAY.

Although there was a prospect of short fields or walks
over for three out of the seven events enumerated in the
card, there was interest enough in the two, the Royal
Hunt Cup and Triennial, to make a very attractive
day's sport. Unfortunately, however, the weather was
wretched, the rain falling heavily and without intermis-
sion from daybreak, flooding the roads in many parts in
the immediate neighbourhood of the course, and making
the course itself a swamp.
It is scarcely necessary to add that the gathering was
almost entirely confined to parties located in the vicinity
and the professional speculators; the exceptions were
the Duke of Montrose, the Marchioness of Aylesbury,.
Lady Chesterfield, Lady Rachel Russell, the Ladies
Somerset, and one or two others, whose names we could
not ascertain.

The sporting " infitiontials" present were the Duke of
Montrose, Marquises of Exeter, Drogheda, Worcester,
Waterford, and Normanby ; Earls of Chesterfields Wil-
ton, Bruce. Rosalyn, Jersey, Uxbridge, Easton, Gran-
ville, and Zetland; Lords Enfield, Ribblesdale, Villiers,
G. Manners, Newport, Clifden, Somerton, Canterbury,
Seaham, Henry Gordon Lennox, Maidstone, W. Powktt,
and Dunkellin-' Baron Vigier, Count Batthyany ; Sirs
G. Armytage, T. Burke, and G. H. Boswell; Honoura-
bles General Anson, L. A. Ellis, J. Macdonald, 11.
Pitt; Captains Rous, Fred. Villiers, Francis Villiers;
General Ritter, Colonel Peel, Colonel Newton; Messrs.
R. E. Oliver, R. H. Nevin, J. M. Stanley, S. Stanley,
Greville, Payne, G. Fitzroy, and a few others. The
racing commenced half an hour later than on the first
day, and time having been well kept, concluded a few
minutes after five o'clock. The following are parti-
culars:—

The Coronation Stakes of 100 sov. each, h ft, for three
yrs old fillies, Bat 71b each; the Winner of the Oaks
to have carried 71b extra, and of the 1,000 Guineas,
31b; if both, 91b extra. _

Lord Oxford's bf by lon, out of Exotic (F. Butler) 1
Mr. Payne's Hirsute (Flatman) 2
Mr. Magenis's Caloric (Pearl) 3
Betting-6 to 4on Caloric, nothing else backed. Ca-
lorie made all the running until half Way up the Stand
railing, where the lot closed; a severe finishing race en-
sued, tho Exotic filly winning by a bead, and Ilirsuta
beating the favourite by a short head. The race was
not timed.

The Albany Stakes of 50 SM. each, b ft, for three yrs,
old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b, the winner of the
2,000 Guineas, Derby, or Oaks, to have carried 51b
extra. New mile. (50 Subs.)

Mr. Merry's Hobble Noble, Bat 7ib(Marlow) walked over
Mr. Greville'a Frantic, Bst 9 lb, wi:ndrew her stake.

The Royal Hunt Cup, a piece of Plate, value 200 soya.,
by subscription of 10 toys. each, with 100 added.
The winner of any handicap plate, or stake, value
100 soya., including the winner's stake, after the
weights are declared, to carry 71b extra. New mile.
(50 Subs.)
Mr. Waller's Ephesus, 4 yrs, Est 121 b
Captain Delme's Little Savage, 3 yrs Est (Hardinge) 2
Mr. Stephenson's Pan, 3 yrs, GA lib (Rook) 3
Lord Enfield's Hernandez, 4 yrs, 83t 51b (F. Butler) 0
Hothorpe, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (E 9. Day) 0
Mr. E. Jones's Tonic, 4 yrs 7st 101 b (Thick) 0
Mr. Payne's Catalpa, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (G. Mann) 0
Baron Rothchild's Hyacinth, Est 9lb (Charlton) 0
Mr. W. Etwall's Bushranger, Est 716,.. (Kendall) 0
Mr. R, E. Oliver's Sir Rowland Trenchard (Flatman) 0
Mr. H. Waring's Manifold, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (J. Lowe) 0
Lord Exeter's Phlegra, 4 yrs. bat 91b (J. Mann) 0
Lord Bruce's Knight of the Shire, 6a 91b (T. Smith) 0
Sir W. Booth's Timid Fawn, 4 yrs, Est 71b (Barker) 0
Mr. Merry's Sally, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Knott) 0
Mr. E. Parr's Sanita, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Hiett) 0
Capt. Powell's Araarosa, 4 yrs, Est (Wynn) 0
Mr. E. R. Clark's Plumstead, 3 yrs, 6st (Garvey) 0
Mr. Spencer na Benito, 3 yrs Est (Wells) 0
Mr. Magenis The Heriot, 4 yrs 7st 71b (Basham) 0
Mr. Begbie's Follow-me-Lads, Est 91b (A Marlow) 0
Mr. Magenis's Janina, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Oliver) 0
Mr. Thompson's Blood Royal, sst 21b (T. Sherwood) 0
Betting-7 to 2 agst Ephemns, 6to 1 agat Hernandez,
6 to 1 agst Bushranger, 10 to 1 agat Phlegra, 12 to 1
agat Hyacinth, and 12 to 1 egst any other. Amarosa,
heading a ruck of at least a dozen, including the Heriot,
Hernandez, Ephesus, Little Savage, and Catalpa, made
play at a good pace, for the state of the ground, to the
road, where the leader and The Heriot were beaten.
Sanita immediately after showed in front, but at the dis-
tance gave precedence to Ephesus, who cleared his
horses a few strides from the chair, and won easily by
two lengths, Little Savage beating Pan by a length.
Sanita, Hothorpe, and Hernandez, were the next three.
Little Fawn jumped the rails before starting, end Janina
turned round at starting, and lost a good deal of ground.
Run in 1 min. 48 secs. •
The Duke of Richmond intended to start Officious for
this event, had not the stewards decided, on a case being
submitted to them, that the condition which imposed a
71b penalty on the winner of a "handicap plate or
stake," made her liable to it for winning the Trial
Stakes, which, it should be mentioned, was a weight for
age race.
Tho First Year of the Fourth Ascot Triennial Stakes
of 10 soya. each, with 100 added; for two yrs old colts,
Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; the second to receive 50 BOYS.

out of the stakes. .
~ es; 71b (Whitehouse) 1
Cheddar, Bst 71b (Matson) 2
Lord Clirden's
Bst 41b (F. Butler) 3
' Auld Acquaintance,
Mr. Bowes 'e Lord J.
Veteran, Bst 71b ......(Charlton) 0
SCIOtt'S The RIOVe.,
Mr. J. M. Stanley's 71b (Flatrnah) 0
' Warwhoop, Sat
Mr. Payne 's
Richmond's Cuckoo filly, Bst 41b...(A. Day) 0
Duke of
Betting-6 to 2 agst
The Reiver, 10 to 6 apt Ched-
dar, and 5 to 1 each agst Auld Acquaintance and the
Cookoo filly.
They got away nearly abreast, The Riever with a
slight lead, and ran in company to the distance, where
the Cuckoo filly and Veteran were .heaten. The others
went on together until within a few strides of home,
when Cheddar got his head first, but swerved a few
strides from the chair, and, was beaten on the post by a
neck; a head between Cheddar and Auld Acquaint-
ance, and Warwhoop close up. The race was not timed.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; three yrs old, 71,t
21b; tour, 9st 21b; five, 9at 121 b; six and aged, lOst
21b. To start at the New Mile post and go once
round.
Mr. Greville's Barcelona, 4 yrs, (Flatman) Walked over.
The Fern Hill Stakes of 15 sous. each, 5 ft, with 50
added, for two yrs old, 7st; and three, 9st; fillies and
geldings allowed Slb. About half a mile.
Mr. Howard's Vaultress, 2 yrs, 7st ......(A. Cowley) 1
Duke of Richmond's Stella, 2 yrs, Est 1 lib (Garvey) 2
Mr. E. R. Clark's Plumstesd, Bst 1 Ilb (Bartholomew) 3
Lord Exeter's Mountain Flower, Bst I Ilb (Norman) 4
Betting-5 to 2 agst Vatutresa, who made all the
in 1 min
running,.
and
cwon in a canter by twelve lengths. Bun
1 se.
Handicap Plate of 50/. Swinley Combo. 1 1
Mr. Williams's Maria, 3 yrs, sst 4lb (Garvey) 2
Mr. Edney's The lucurable, 4 in, 6st 41b (nrad,„lenYj 0
Mr. J. Day's Captain Parry, 6 yrs, est (Oliver, J"-) 0
Mr. W. Halo's Bilber:.y, 3 yrs, sst 91b ...(F
ordham) 0
Mr. Greenfield's Shepherdess, 5 yrs, 7st 7lb (Cowley)
Bei ting-6 to 4 sgst Maria, 3 to 1 agst CePts` and 4 to 1 ugst Shepherdess.
WWI ea y
sby n length, Captain Parry a
bad
third,
and Bilberry fourth. Run in 2 min.
Tile rac?s coremence to-day at 1,4,r past one.
" .r-,,nuetSE.
LATEST BETTING ON THE "
TILE EUPEROR'S PLAT'
2 to 1 agst Voltigelble
7 to 2 oast Hobbit)
in Deer ,
5 to 1 apt MjnceuGhir (t)
6 to 1 opt -- 1.,ti0 Harry, and OLIO or
It 13 thought that Pitsford, Li
two others will run.

DZILBY.
20 to 1 ages The Reiver (t)
The'
BEVERLEY RACES'—'WEDNESDAY.
--a-Ingston-upon-flull Stakes of 5 am. e
ach,a and 50
added, for two yrs old and upwards. Owile.
Larabton
13"Yfn ." ••• •••
Five ran. Won by half a length.

•.• 1

••• 9

The Holderness Hunt Stakes of
added. Two miles.

Cogia

Liile Queen

- Six ran. Won by hl
The Beverley Cup of 100 tovs.,
Sweepst:-.kt=s of 10 sovo. each,
elarctl. Two miles. (24 SI
dared.)

Kathleen, 5 yrs. 6st 131 b
Glae/ab Singh, 4 yrs, Est 131 b...
Eight ran. One by

PARLIAMENTARY COMMIT PEES.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.

Yesterday, on the re-assembling of the Committee,
Right Hon. Lord Hotham, chairmen, Earl Jermyu, Mr.
Batdock, Mr. Hanley, and Mr. West,
Mr. K.E4TING, Q. 0., in the absence of Mr. Sergeant
Wrengham, Q.C., teem indisposition, replied on behalf
of the 13citish Electric Telegraph Company's Bill in
an able address of between tsso end three hears' dues-
cation. The leasucd Ceunteh called on the Cod-
mittee to pass the preamble of the Bill, as invoiviog
a principle of deep importance not only to his clients,
the promoters of the Bill, but to the mercantile coin-
mnuitiei; of the country, who now sought at the hands
•of Parliament to be relieved from a combination
the most formidable, and a monopoly the most start-
ling, that had ever been permitted to exist in a free-
trading commercial country. The 'patient attention the
Committee bud given to the fortnight' inquiry was a
sefficitnt guerantee that they would deal out even-
' heeded justice as between the public, the promoters and
cp remelts of the Bill, the opposition to which, though it
~
bad heat masked end subdivided emongst railway corn-
-1 essies, wee really and truly to be tre.ecd to its source as
the oppdsition of the Electric Telegraph Company alone.
The Learned Counsel then proceeded to contest the fal-
leev that had, he affirmed, been sported so frequently,
whorelways. competitionpossible,
but erroneously before Committees of the house of
Commons and advocated in the present instance by Mr.
Stephenson, Mr. Locke, and others, viz., that
case of railways,combination was
always eventuatd in combination. This absurdity had
been er or Wina3otihn3ePrclwssoit that competition
ceeetually exploded by Parliament, not only in the
communication. tele-
graphs, whop it but. • original Bill of
decided on granting the
the British Tel in 1860 ordaining that
effectual competition more particularly in that of
eetph Company ,
exclusive clause; of tele-
graphic
Trion. Upon that occasion the old
should take place in matters
_electric telegraphic
ys,- which
In defiance, however, Parliament declined to insert.
which Parliament
proposed restrictive and
,ofef this decision, they proceeded
to
wallashat, by means
and the result was Parliament
exclusive agreements with the
publieing
that should overrule vrould not do for them,
ermtinet:lathwa
British Telegraph Com present application of the
foraat a
g thee, a
nd Committeeto d et
thopiarnys for special power
competition. It
carrying out effective
fiat of the Legislature that cottapet7ti competition.
precluded from
ould be for the
the original
wpnabalincowadv
will of Parliament should not be frustrate t
a the resolved
to contend that any new system of teleg— It was idle
by the common road, when they recolleetr2l2 should go
state of things bad arisen in connexion Wit ata
whh new
lines of traffic, that new towns had sprung e the great
channels for the transmission of intelligence hepe'flanndenneaw
The evidence, moreover, that had been adducedo.befe—
the Committee as is the expediency of common-row:l°ore
underground telegraphs went to negative this props/sir_
tine, if it were not sufficiently negatived by the fact
of the old company having constructed some 4,000
miles of telegraph with scarcely any ,of it under-
ground. If the old Telegraph Company were of opi-
nion that a more effective competition would he
carried out by road, why did they sacrifice thou-
sands in exclusive agreement with the railway com-
panies for the express purpose of keeping the new com-
pany off their line? And there could not be any effectual
competition unless the Committee passed the Bill. The
Learned Counsel then, at considerable length, com-
mented in detail on the evidence that had been adduced,
and contended for the expediency and propriety of con-
ferring limited liability on the British Company, just as
limited liability was conferred on joint-stock com-
panies in general, on the fair principle of putting those
who supplied intelligence on a large scale on the same
footing as those who supplied light and water. With
limited liability the shares would be taken up, and it had
been given in evidence that -one party alone would take
25,0001. wcrth of stock. Without limited liability the
promoters could not proceed, and the evidence of Mr.
Macgregor and Mr. Cobbold, two Members of the House,
bad been given in favour of conferring it. The new
company would then in some degree bo able to encoun-
ter or compete with the old company, though the latter
were backed up by one of the most powerful commercial
interests in this country. Even if the new company
were invested with the powers sought for, the old com-
pany would still retain the enormous advantages of pri-
ority of establishment, weight, capital, and influence,
of which in the legitimate struggle for competition no
One wished to deprive them. He denied that in seeking
to go upon the railways it was anything in the nature
of an invasion of the rights of private property, railways
being public highways and being granted for public
purposes, though to a great extent these powers
given under the original Acts bad from circumstances
become inoperative. The contracts entered into between
the Telegraph Company and the railways were contrary
to the spirit of the law, aed which, while they had ef-
fectually tied the hands of the re :w company, had been
anomelously represented by the Learned Counsel on the
other side as containing the elements of free trade. It
had been endeavoured to be shown that the construction
of a second line cf telegraph could not be carried out
consistently with the safety of the railways. This was
ludicrous in itself, and to prevent anything like jeopardy
to the various parties concerned, it was specially pro-
posed that this part of the subject should be placed
under the control.of the Board of-Trade, and this would
be an ample safeguard. After negotiating with the
new company for a couple of years, the inden and
North-Western Railway suddenly lent themselves to
the delusion that danger would arise to the working
Of the railway and the public traffic, but this was
merely claptrap. The assertions as to the probability
of raeasages being intercepted or stolen were alike un-
worthy of credit. In a state of honest competition these
things could not exist, and English workmen were not
very susceptible of the charms of transportation for life.
Self-interest actuating the competing parties on both
bides would suffice to prevent danger. The Learned
Connell then proceeded to show the remunerative re-
sults, as exhibited in the financial statement laid before
the Privy Council, of the operations of the old Tele-
graph Company, as justifying the proposition that there
was ample room for a second company. Mr. Ricardo
had stated that the company ho represented had given
general satisfsction; and yet counsel on the other side
had not called a single disinterested commercial man to
say that he was satisfied. Complaints had been made
of insinuations as to the use or abuse that was made by
the old Telegraph Company of its extraordinary and
exclusive powers. Nothing, perhaps, had been defi-
nitely proved on this point; but what was to pr
event it,
when they remembered it had come out in cross-a
nation that the shareholders of tlr., old company larni-
sisted to a great extent of railway representatives eon-
members of the Stock Exchange, and that in
and
mission of messages the startling pzivii in the trans-
that the messages of the principal r ego prevailed
the company should have preeedene epresentatives of
vernment and the public. The _ e over those of
con-
cludedGo-
by calling on the
Committee,L earned Counsel
merous petitions presented t in view of the lin-
en the large towns in favour of o the House from
Bill, to pass it by affirmin th the British Company's
The Committee then cleared pre'enable.
for about half an hour the room and deliberated
admitted, r' and on the ' • being public
re-
The NoRLE CEIAIRMI 44
and best attention to th N ClL'—Atter giving our fullest
inquiry, We h e subject-matter of this very pro-
tractedsufficient case for ave
come to the conclusion that
.es
Bill has been made the passing of the preamble_of thz
this statement, I a out. At the same time tar;
I ,riflire
in-
form the parties, within directed by the Committee to
that the opinion of . a view to our farther Y
inasmuch as
against the South-Eastern
Commit.teesis,_
__any
no com-
plaint of astern Railway YeaunotinP
have h made, and that
any sort
they stand on a t appearsii toe
ff nt footing to that of any
other company broughtota t d
before them, the intention of
the Cominitteeis tlike the insertion of clauses for
the protection of tohartehne. Ism desired also to inform
the parties, Committee will, when the
that although the
proper time arrives, sanction the clause giving limited
liability
to the promoters of the Bill, it is the intention
of the Committe to require the insertion of a clause
which shall prevent any operations being undertaken
under this Bill until a certain amount of capital shall be
is to be understood, is to be
paid up. That amount, it
between this and to-morrow, and
then we shall be able to go on. 0
considered amongst us _ f
course that will not
prevent anybody making any suggestions of their own.

KAILWAIR SHARE MARKETS.
ISYOL, Juicu 9.

SigExclazws.—There Was little or nothing done in
the abate market to-day. The only sale reported was—
Taff Vale, Newt 2s_p,
LI.V.ERPOOL JUNE 9.

srocir EXCHANGIL—We have no improvement to notice
to-dap The transactions have been very limited, and prices
varied little from those which have been quoted for the last
few doe, The transactions reported were—Birkenhead,
and Cheshire, 221. Shares, 574 dis.—Caledonian,
Ligan3c."l6hie—r' Eastern Counties, 9 3-If—East Lancashire, 171/4—
Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, s%—Lancashire and York-
shire, 725/8 —Ditto, Fifths, 6 dis.—London and North-
Western, 1221/4—Midland, 673 A—South-Eastern and Dover,
20'%—York and North Midland, 231/4.
MANCHESTER, Jtmar 9. _ _

STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was an improved 111eling ez-
hibited in the share market to-day, and a good business
has been done at firm prices. The sales reported were—Black-
burn, Preference, 211/2—East Lancashire, 171,4 Ditto, Pre-
ference, Quarters, 9 3-16—Ditto, Piths, 'hi P.—Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 724!1—Manebester,Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
Prefer gee, 131,4,—Ditto, New Preference, 13-16 p.-03.
%vestry and Chester, 13—West Riding, 4--South-Eastern and
Dover, 201,4.

BIRLITSGEAM, JUNE 9.
orocz Exca.sffon.—The business to-day Was rather li-
mited, but prices were firm. The only transactions were—
Shrewsb3ury and Birmingham (B), 5/. 135, 9d.— Shropshire
Union,

ELECTION RIOT.—A. somewhat serious riot took
place on Thursday, at Epworth, on the occasion of Mr.
Christopher,,. Mr. Banks Stanhope, the Conservative candi-
dates, and Sir Montagu Choltinelev who cornea forward on
the Yarborough interest, addressing the electors. The riot
resulted in some broken heads, the demolition of the bust
logs, and the windows of an inn.
The Cambridge University Commission had a meet-
ing yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of
the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present—The Bishop of
Chester. the Dean of Ely,
sir John Herschel, Professor
Sedgwick, and the Rev. W. H. Dateson, secretary.

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