The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1865.

A TLANTIC • TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
111. RECOVERY and RESTORATION of CABLE and
SUBMERSION of a SECOND CABLE between VALEN-
TIA and NEWFOUNDLAND.
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS.
Notice is Hereby Given, That nn Extraordinary General
Meeting of the Shareholders of the Atlantic Telegraph
Company will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street Within, in the City of London, on THURSDAY, the
14th day of September 1865, at half-past 1 o'clock precisely,
for the purpose of reporting to the shareholders upon the
present position of the undertaking and the measures
recommended by the board for the resuscitation of the
company's existing cable in connection with the manufac-
ture and submersion of a second cable.

.And it is further intended at the said meeting to rescind
a certain resolution adopted at an extraordinary meeting
of the company on Wednesday, the 9th day of August,
1865, under 3vhich the right to a preferential dividend of
8 per cent. per annum was conferred upon certain new
capital authorised to be issued at the said meeting, and it
is intended in lieu of such resolution •so to be rescinded,
to propose for adoption by the shareholders a resolution
conferring upon the same capital, or so Much thereof
as may then and there .be determined, a preferential
dividend of 12 per cent. per annum, and it is intended to
propose that the right to the said 12 per cent. per
annum .shall either be a first preference taking• prece-
dence over all the other preferential stock of the com-
pany, or that (as may be decided upon in the interim) it
shall be a second preference with right of precedence to
the existing preferential stock of the company.
And it is further intended by the directors to take power
to convert the said preferential capital, or such thereof as
may from time to time be fully paid up, into consolidated
preferential stock of the company ; and the directors fur-
ther give notice that at the said meeting they intend to
take such ' powers and propose such resolutions as will
enable them to carry out effectually the foregoing proposals.
JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Chairman.
GEORGE SAWARD, Secretary and General
Superintendent.
12, St. Helen'g-Dlaze,l3Uppagate4-street Within,
LOndon, 29th August, 1865.--

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•
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LICHFIELD RACES—TUESDAY.
The Anson Plate of 30 sous (Handicap) for all ages;
winters extra. Half a mile.'

Captain Do Lane's Blue Mantle, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (J. Daley) 1
Lord Bateman's Gipsy Girl, 5 yrs, ist 121 b

• (J. Grimshaw 2
Mr. H. Barter's Balornock, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b ...(E. Taylor 3
Mr. Lincoln's Carnizette, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (Kenyon 4
The following also ran :—Edinburgh, Speranza, Tring,
Knight of Kars, and Petra filly.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Gipsy Girl, 4to 1 agst Carnizette,
5 to 1 agst Blue Mantle, 100 to 15 agst Edinburgh, and
10 to 1 bar four.- After three failures, Blue Mantle,
with Gipsy Girl and Carnizette, got away in 'front, and
came into the dip clear of Balornock, fourth, Speranza
heading the ruck to the top of the hill, where she fell
away and Balornock joined Carnizette. Inside the distance
Gipsy Girl loOkeil like winning easily, but Blue Mantle,
being in the vein to try to-day, challenged her opposite the
lower end of the enclosure and won after a good race by a
length; the same between second and third; Cannizette
was fourth; two lengths from Balornock ; Speranza was a
bad fifth, Edinburgh sixth, Tring next, with the Petra filly
last.

The Gold Cup of 50 sovs in specie, added to a Handicap
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft; for all ages; winners
extra. One mile. 17 subs.
Mr. J. N. Astley's Overture, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b ...(Clement) 1
Lord Coventry's Tennyson (h b), 3 yrs, Est 51b (Jarvis) 2
Mr. A. Temperley's Alice Lee, 3 yrs, Est 51b...(Kenyon) 3

Wynnstay and dadeau also ran.

Betting-11 to 8 agst Tennyson, 7to 2 agst Overture,
and 5 to 1 bar two. Tennyson got away with a clear lead,
and made play for the first half mile, when Alice Lee
rushed past him and lediuta the dip, but dying away in
ascending the hill Overture passed Alice and took up posi-
tion close to Tennyson, whom he joined inside the dis-
tance, and heading him opposite the enclosure, won after a
good race by half a length ; Alice Lee was third, a length
in rear of the favourite ; Wynnystay was fourth ; and
Cadeau, last throughout, was beaten off.

A Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, 5 ft, for two and three-yr-
olds ; weight for ago ; penalties and allowances. Half a

mile. Six subs.
Mr. E. Buckley's Success, 3 yrs, 9st 31b (inc. 51b extra)
(J. Grimshaw) w. o.
The Flying Stakes (handicap) of 50 sow, added to a Sweep-

stakes of 5 Nova each; winners extra. Half-a-mile. 26

subs.
Mr. Wadlow's Prescription, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ...(Grimshaw) 1
Capt. D. Lane's Blue Mantle, 5 yrs, Bst 31b ...(J. Daley) 2
Mr. W. Saunders's Belle of the Ball, 5 yrs, Bst 31b _ _

(J. Adams) 3
Mr. T. Hidson's Edgbaston, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Lester) 0

Betting-6 to 4on Prescription, 7to 4 agst Blue Maude,
10 to 1 agst Belle of the Ball, and 20 to 1 agst Edgbaston.
The latter was left at the post, and took no part in the race.
The two favourites got away nearly abreast (clear of
Belle of the Ball), and came through head and head, a
severe race for a quarter of a mile onsuing ; Blue Mantle
failing to get fairly up, was beaten a short head, two lengths
separating the second and third.

The Copeland Nursery Plate (handicap) of 50 sovs, for

two-yr-olds ; winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile.
Mr. J. Barber's Locket Lucy, 7st 31b (inc. 71b extra
(Ward 1
Mr. Wallace's Shamrock, 6st Glb (J. Grimshaw 2
Mr. Godfrey's Little Cass, Gst (S. Kenyon 3
Mr. W. Saunders's Kenilworth, 7st 51b (Neale 4
Betting-6 to 4on Locket Lucy, sto 2 agst Shamrock,
and 7to 2'on Little Cass. The favourite had the race in
hand from the distance, and won easily by a length ; Little
Cass a bad third ; Kenilworth beaten off.

Her Majesty's Plato of 100 guineas ; weight for age. Two

miles.

Mr. Buckley's Success, 3 yrs, Bst 51b (J. Grimshaw) 1
Mr. Cliff's The Lizard, 3 yrs, Bst 51b (Kenyon) 2
Mr. Bilham's Balornock, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (E. Taylor) 3
Mr. Meeson's Charming Woman, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b
(J. Adams) 4
Batting.-6 to 4 on Success, 4to 1 agst Charming Woman,
sto 1 agst Balornock, and 6to 1 agst The Lizard. Won
by three lengths; a bad third.

neck. There was no advance in the selling prico of the

winner.

The Two-Yr-Old Stakes of 5 soya each, with 40 added ;
colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; winners extra ; with

penalties and allowances; the winner to be sold for 300

sovs. Five furlongs. Eleven subs.
Mr. B. E. Dunbar's Hasketon Maid, Bst 41b ...(J. Smith) 1
Mr. R. Afontague's St. Alban's filly, Bst 10Ib (in. 31b ex).
(Price) 2
Mr. Jones's Cannobie filly, Bst 41b (R. I'Anson) 3
Mr. R. Filmer's iiadji's Daughter, Bst 41b (Forster) 4

Betting.-5 to 4on Hasketon Maid, 3to 1 agst the Hop-
bine filly, and 7to 1 agst Hadji's Daughter. The Hopbine
filly made play, Hadji's Daughter being in attendance,
with the favourite following about two lengths in her rear,
an interval separating her from the Lady Kingston filly.
After going about half the distance Hasketon Maid drew
forward, and upon entering the straight took the lead,
Hadji's Daughter retiring, the Lady Kingston filly took
close order, and the three came on in close company to the
half distance, where the Lady Kingston filly held a slight
advantage ; but the favourite, gamely contesting the result
to the end, came in again in the last few yards, and gained
the judge's fiat by a head ; the Hopbine filly beaten the
same distance from the second ; Hadji's Daughter a mode-
rate fourth.