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

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 beat 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
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state of the course made the pace of the race itself
slow, and as much a trial of strength as speed, so
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The morning, however, gave no token of such
accumulated disappointments. It had been wet and
was dull, 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
Chasm 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 cases 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 P Where the ‘ekerrect kards," gipsics, brushers
down, performin g 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
money enough to tide them over till the Cup Day
at Ascot ? Scarcely any were visible yesterday.
The niggers, washed by the drizzle into dingy
half bad given up the songs to
which none
d t e the
rain, and, armed with wisps of
would
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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 similarly 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 ? Wnat could
speak more forcibly of the utter wreck of all the
Derby sports, when we find a family that should
by rights be standing on their heads in wooden
platters, ignobly competing with the boot boys, and
seeking coppers for scraping the mud aed slime
from the boots of any who had walked a dozen
yards P As connee'ed 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 full, so
very full,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 grooms 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 ofall 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 ea uine
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
it may further do before the race there is perplexity
and fear abroad. Yet there is more doing here than
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.

Early Purl, as becomes his name, is among the
first to enter—a tall and powerful flea-bitten gray,
a colour rarely seen on the Downs. Though heavy
looking, he is a formidable horse, and one which the
fast approaching showers of ran make more formi-
dable every minute. Near him comes Hospodar, a
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towards the favourite, wha 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. Saccharometer 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 Maccaronicwhich 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, ihe,
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
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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 end threes, some
quietly—that is, for racehorses—some at a splitting
pace which nothing can hold in. Just at about 3
o'cicck 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 al his coaxing and generalship
on Tambour Major. The horse won't follow, won't
lead, won't do anything, but stop 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 will 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
seems 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 nets, as the pub-
lic are aware, there are a certain number of horses
which at the start can distance anything for a quer•
ter of a mile or 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 bedy, and still have speed enough to
pass ahead at once when their riders call upon
.
them near the post. It 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
wasted his strength and lost the race last year. So
was it on this occasion with Lord Clifden. Either
Fordham could not hold him, or 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 him. But near the Stand
the head of Maccaroni showed nearer and nearer,
and the powerful frame Early of
Purl began to clear
itself from the ruck, with Rapid Rhone close upon

Winners extra. One mile.
Mr. W. Clay's Selection, 3 yrs, Gst 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 next ; the others beaten off.
The Derby Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ;
colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 51b ; the owner of the second
horse to receive 100 sovs 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 Macearoni, bylSweetmeat(Challoner) 1
Lord St. Vincent's Lord Clifden (Fordham) 2
Lord Glasgow's Rapid Rhone (Doyle) 3
Captain D. Lane's Blne Mantle (Lynch) 4

The following ako 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....
Mr. Sales's Safeguard
Mr. Naylor's Aggressor (Perry) 0
Mr, H. Saville's The Ranger (J. Goater) 0
Mr. G. Bryan's Fantastic (Custance) 0
Lord Palmerston's Baldwin .. (Gray) 0
Count Batthyany's Tambour Major (Wells) 0
Sir F. Johnstone's The Gillie
Lord Durham's Michael Scott . (W. Boyce) 0
Lord Strathmore's Saccharometer . (D. Hughes) fell
Lord Stamford's Onesander (A. Edwards) 0
Mr, Whittaker's 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. Cartwrighes Scamander
Mr. Watt's National Guard (E. Harrison) 0
Mr. Wy. Robertson's Dunkeld (Brewtey) 0
Lord Bateman's Trojanus (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 agst King of the Vale, 14 to 1 agst
Fantastic, 15 to 1 agst Scamandor, 20 to 1 agst National
Guard, 29 to 1 agst Tom Fool, 40 to 1 agst Early Purl, 50
to 1 each agst 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 side, 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 this 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,yin Daley as he
Fantastic, 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
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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 tho
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, Rapid Rhone, Blue Mantle, and King of Utopia to
finish the race. Lord Clifden had a slight lead, which he
retained to within a dozen strides of the chair, when Chal-
loner came w,th 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 b 0 soya, 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 lib (Hunter) 1
Captain Sinclair's Belgrave, 3 yrs, Tat 411) „, (S. Adams) 2
Mr. Ten Broeck's Santhal, 3 yrs, 7st 6th
.. Plurfet) 3
Little Dick, Lady Derby, Peignoir, Glance colt, Odine,
and Westminster also ran.

Betting-2 to 1 agst Peignoir, 7to 2 agst 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. Goater's Creole, 3 yre, sst 101 b (Morris) 2
Baron Rothschild's Queen of the Vale, 5 yrs, Bst 71b
(Wells) 3
The following also ran :--Lord Burleigh, Ellerton, Cer-
tificate, Soapstone, The Idea, Dolphin, Antidote, Heart of
Oak, Corroborator, and Maubourquet.
Betting-4 to 1 agst Creole, sto 1 agst Ellerton, Bto 1
each agst Soapstone and Welland, and 9 to 1 agst Corrobo-
rator.
In consequence of Creok, Antidote, and Maubourquet
breaking away and running to the stand twice, the start
was delayed some considerable time. When they were de-
spatched, Lord Burleigh was seen with the lead, which he
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
ground, the three running a good race home. Welland wou
in the last stride or two by a neck, three lengths separating
the second and third ; Queen of the Vale was fourth, and
Corroborator next. Nothing else near.
The Burgh Stakes of 5 soya each, with 30 sous added, for
With
2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age. optional
selling weights. Half a mile. 11 subs.
Mr. York's Blanche of Lancaster, 3 yrs (£
10), Mb

Captain 5 (1. Dale
Handley's Wangle-eye, 2 yrs (£4O),
st 101 b y) 1
Mr. Brayley's Neilgherry, 3 yrs W (Ward 2
,
O) 7st 51b (Ashby) ) 3
Mr. Payne's Rosina, 3 yrs (£4O) 7st 51b (Drew) 0
Mr. G , reville's Potash, 2 yrs (£10), sst 71b.... (Herbert) 0
Loates weighed for Hypatia, 2 yrs (£o), sst 71b, the

The Sole Military Highway to India.

The near approach to the completion of our 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 destcoy,
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, rauFA 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 ofsuch
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 woald 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
Ilimalaya,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 preeidencies,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
which would save many valuable lives,
representing
Empire
so much money, to the army. Our
Eastern
will always be subject to the risk of great emer-
gencies like that of 1857, as well as to the chances
of a European war which threatens more and more
to gather round the Porte and the Eastern question.
In 1857 the Court of Directors implored the Ca_
binet, but in vain till it was too late, to send
out troops by Egypt. When finally the 57th
Regiment did sail from Malta to Alexandria
the
men passed through Egypt in plain clotheee,
with all their arms, accoutrements,
packed in cases. The Pasha and kits
l
scrupulousness, and told US theyaughed
'At, our
might march
through with their arms,
asthe
French
ha"
always done. India was familiar with the
route as a pathway for troopsore 1857.
overland
When, in the sum to Europe before
mer of 1854, the 10th and 12th
Dragoons, consisting of 1,400
went from Indi to h Crimea,horses and , 00 men,
1 6
at e they
passed
through
Egypt in the hottest months,Fand
were scejlealthy
and efficient in the
campaign that Lord Dalhousie
directed this route to be strictly adhered to in the
event of any further t •
ransit. And who has forgotten
Sir David B d'
atr s expedition in 1801 ? Landing at
Kosseir in May
and June, he crossed the Desert to
Kherie, on the Nile, in nine days, sailed down the
ricer, and garrisoned sVexandria. Next year, in
the month of June, several regiments returned to
India through Egypt. No has than 5,000 men,
with cavalry, artillery, and treasure, marched
across the Desert, from the with of Pilgrims near
Cairo to Suez, in four days, the greatest ease.

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. J.
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-
irg the proposed railway cud r, :clge across Lud•
rate-hill was that propscd vy 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
the
is t
idbe biller w
if
referredan any steps i which
tet
ophad
be
could
mednpbwreoi
vthemdreanwnt
advantageouslye .0
inHe
m n att oe
tve
aet
kod e tcnho
na
tot.
oppose the London, Chatham, and Dover Com-
pany's (Extension of Time) Bill in the House of
Commons, or otherwise to promote the interests
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. YOUNG 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.