The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-26 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

Betting-7 to 4on Roarer.
Won by a head ; a bad third.
sold.

Mr. Stebbing's Roarer, A yrs, Ust 71b (inc. 71b extra) 1
Mr. Brayley's Antoinette, 4 yrs, list 61b ...(Capt Scobell) 2
M.r E. Collins's Broadway, 5 yrs, list llb (Owner) 3
No betting.
Won by three-quarters of a length ; a bad third.

The Ivybridge Hunt Plate of 25 sovs ; for horses that
have been fairly hunted in Devon or Cornwall the sea-
son of 1864 and 1865. Two miles, on the flat.

Mr. Brown's Burgess, 5 yrs, list 131 b (Owner) 1
Mr. Menheneck's Will-01-the-Wisp, aged, 11st 71b
(Captain Holloway) 2
Mr. J. Hex's Little Fairy, 6 yrs, list 71b Scobell 3
Mr. J. R. Newcombe's Lisp, 6 yrs, 12st 31b (Owner) 0
No Betting.
Won in a canter by five lengths.

BETTING- AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY.
ST. LEGER.
5 to 4 agst Gladiateur (offered)
7to 1 agst The Duke (taken)
Bto 1 agst Regalia (offered)
10 to 1 agst Klarinska (taken)
10 to 1 agst Archimedes (offered)
10 to 1 agst Breadalbane (offered)
100 to 6 agst Christmas Carol (taken)
66 to 1 agst Broomielaw (offered)
THE DERBY.
Bto lon the field—(offered)

LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening.

BOARD OF TRADE WHITEHALL, AUG. 21.

The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for , Trade have received, from the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her
Majesty's Consul at Odessa, transmitting the following
quarantine regulations which have been imposed by the
Governor of that port upon vessels coming from Alexan-
dria and the Bosphorus :
Vessels having performed five days quarantine in the
Dardanelles, and not having had any case of cholera on
board during their voyage, will not be subject to quaran-
tine at Odessa.

Vessels on board of which cases of cholera have taken
place during the voyage will be subjected to ten days'
observation, and if the cholera makes its appearance in
the Dardanelles or at Constantinople all ships coming
through the Bosphorus will be subjected to ten days ob-
servation.

AUGUST 22.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her
Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at St. Petersburgh, containing
an announcement that the reduced duty of 30 kopecks per
Western
on rags exported by the Custom-houses on the
Western Laud Frontier extended to the Kingdom of
Poland.

ADMIRALTY, AUG. 23.
Lieut. Godolphin James Burslem has been this day pro-
moted to the rank of Retired Commander, uuder Orders in
Council of Aug. 2,-1860, and July 9, 1864.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE-Friday.

Amsterdam Short. 11 18
Ditto 3 Months. 12 1
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 521
Brussels
Hamburg — 13 10
Paris Short 25 20
Ditto 3 Months. 25 45
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine —121 k
Vienna
11 20
Trieste ..... "
Petersburgh ..
30/
Berlin
Madrid —
•••
Cadiz
47.-1
Leghorn — 25 .571
Milan
Messina
Genoa — 25 57f
'
Naples 25 57f
Palermo
.
Oporto —51 k
Lisbon — 511

11 19
12
12 if
25 574
25 574
13 104
25 27*
25 50
25 50
121 i
11 274
11 274
304

474
474
25 62}
25 62
25 62
25 62
25 62
25 62
511
bit

MARKETS—This Day.

COVENT GARDEN.

SATURDAY, Aug. 26.—Large supplies of vegetables aro
on sale, but the show of fruit is only moderate. On the
whole, the trade is steady, as follows :
FRUIT—Pine apples, 5s to 7s; hot house grape; 2s 6d to
Os; filberts, 9d to is per Ib ; plums, 3s to 4s; greengages,
apples, is 3d to 2s 6(1; pears, is 3d to 3s per half
Wherries, 6d to 9d per punnet; lemon; 4s to 8s;
lOs to 14s per 100.
VEGETABLES—Cauliflowers, is to 3s ; cabbages, 9d to
is 4d; horseradish, is to 2s per doz heads; greens, 2s to
3s ; turnips, 2s to 8s ; carrots, 4s to 58 ; onion; la 6d to 2s
4s
sieve;toS
oranges, s
per dozen bunches; French beans, is to is 3d per half
sieve; cucumbers, 3d to is 6d each; potatoes, 60s to 1005
per ton; cos lettuce; 10d to is 3d per score.

HAY MARKETS.
SMITRYIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 15s to .£6 ; clover,
.£5 to 47 ; straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trade firm.
CUMBERLAND.—Ifeadow hay, .£4 15s to £6 10s; clover,
£5 to .£7 7e ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load. A fair
demand.

WILITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 15s to £6 68; clover,
£5 to £7; and straw, £1 168 to £2 2s per load. Trade
steady.

POULTRY.

Geese, 5s 6d to is Gd each ; goslings, 5s Od to 6s 6d ;
ducks, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s Od ; tame
rabbits, is to 2s ; wild do., is to is Old ; pigeons, 6d to
10d ; wood do 6d to 9cl; hares, 2s Gd to 5s Od ; grouse, 5s to
to 6s Od each ; Surrey fowls, 108 to 13s ; do. chickens, 6ge
Od to Os Od ; barn door fowl.", 4s Od to 6s Od per couple ;
English eggs, 8s 6d to 9s Od; french do., 7s Od to 7s 6d
per 100 ; Ostend fresh butter, is to is ld ; English, le ld
to le 3d per lb.

PLYMOUTH RACES.--Franey.
The Plymouth Plate (Handicap) of 60 soya, for all ages ;
winners extra. One mile.
Mr. Carlisle's Allow Me, 5 yrs, 7eL 21b
.... (C. Page 1
Mr. E. Brayley's Antoinette, 4 •yrs, ist 111 b (inc 9lb ex.
(Cannon 2
Mr. Y. R. Newcombe's Rosette, 3 yrs, 6st ........ (Murray 3
Betting-5 to 2on Antoinette, to 1 agst Allow Me.
Wori easily by two lengths ; a bad third.

The Devonport and Stonehouse Plate of 25 sovs, added
to a sweopstakes of 5 sovs each ; for 2-Sr-olds, 7st 71b;
three, 96t 71b; four, lOst 51b; five and upwards lOst
121 b ; mares And geldings allowed 31b ; selling allow-
ances, itc. One mile.

Mr. Cannon's Lady Overtown, 3 yrs, 9st 41b (£100)
(Cannon) 1
Mr. J. Hex's Roarer, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (£100) ...(F. Adams) 2
Mr. A. Cowley's Ambrose, 2 yrs, 7st 41b (£100)

(0. Gley 3

Tho winner was not

The Cornwall Stakes (Handicap) of 30 sows, added to a
Sweepstakes of 5 SOPS each, 2 ft, to the fund, for all
ages ; winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 12
subs.

Captain King's Gem of the Sea, 5 yrs, 9st 71h (J. Goater) 1
Prince D. Soltykoff's Nip, 3 yrs, Est 51b (Murray) 2
Betting-4 to lon Gem of the Sea.
Won cleverly by half a length.
Her Majesty's Vase (Handicap), value 100 guinea; added
to a Sweepstakes of 15 soya each, 7 ft, and 3 only if
declared ; winners extra. About three miles. 13 subs.
5 declared.
Mr. E. Brayley's Pearl Diver, syrs, list 91b (in. 51b ex.
Prince D. Soltykoff's Nip, 3 yrs,9s (Cannon) 1
Mr. Tompkins's Seven-and-a-Half (J. Mann) 2
Ib
3 yrs, 9st 71b
t 7
Boyce) 3 Mr. Cannon's Lady Overtown, 3 yrs, 9st 4Ib(W (J.. Goater) 4
Betting-2 to lon Pearl Diver.
Won after a good race by a short head ; Seven-and-a-
Half a bad third.
The County Members' Plate of 25 sous, added to a
Sweepstakes of 5 sous each ; three-yr-olds, lOst ; four,
list 41b ; five and upwards, 12st ; penalties and allow-
ances;' gentlemen riders; jockeys, 71b extra. One mile
and a half, 5 subs.

Visit of the French Fleet to Portsmouth.

To the relief of many of the officials concerned in
the preparations at Portsmouth for the forthcoming
festivities in honour of the French fleet, including,
no doubt, Sir Michael Seymour, the naval Com-
mander-in-Chief, the booming of the Victory's guns
in Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning announced
the arrival of the Lords of the English Admiralty
from Brest in their yachts the Enchantress and Os-
borne. Matters were beginning to look serious.
The progress of things had been to a great degree
arrested on board the Duke of Wellington pending
the arrival of the Board ; and the construction of
the ball-room in the quadrangle of the Royal Naval
College, although proceeding with all the rapidity
that could well be asked for, was far from satisfac-
tory in other respects. It is understood that invita-
tions to attend the Admiralty ball at the College
have been sent to the Guards without limitation as
to number, while all the officers of the French fleet
have, of course, invitations. Each regiment in
Portsmouth garrison holds ten cards of invitation,
the Royal Marine Artillery and Light Infantry a
greater number, owing to their greater proportionate
strength. Every ship of war has also received its
allotted number of invitations, which may be
reckoned at 10 for a 34-gun frigate like the Octavia,
and six for a sloop such as the Scorpion. In the
probable number of acceptances of these invitations
there will be quite sufficient people to crowd the
ball-room now building to suffocation, and there are
as yet no ladies entered into our calculations. Into
our consideration, so far, there has been also no re-
ference to the many persons in civil life who will
flock to Portsmouth to the Admiralty ball. There
are also hundreds of people in and around Portsmouth
whose heads of families are either in or connected with
one or other branches of the service that gives thema
kind of claim of admission, and also there must not be
forgotten the municipal authorities of Portsmouth,
and that portion of the inhabitants of the town
and its suburbs whose position entitles them to be
placed on the invitation-list for the Admiralty ball,
the invitations in the case of all civilians being
deferred until after the arrival of the Lords of the
Admiralty from Brest. It was, therefore, as we
said, with intense relief that the guns announcing
the arrival of their Lordships were heard, as it was
naturally hoped they would now take the manage-
ment of affairs into their own hands and become
responsible for either success or failure.
The Enchantress, Staff-Commander Petley, en-
tered Portsmouth harbour at 9 a.m„ with Lord and
Lady Clarence Paget, the Earl De Grey and Ripon,
Mr. Otway, M.P., and Mr. Kemps on board, the
Osborne following in about two hours afterwards,
with the Duke of Somerset, Sir Frederick Grey,
and other members of the Board of Admiralty,
with Captain Robert Hall, R.N., Secretary to the
Duke, &c. Immediately on the yacht's arrival Sir
Michael Seymour, G.C.8., with Rear-Admiral J.
Drummond (who had arrived in Portsmouth from
town by the 9.42 train), Captain Scott, C. 8., A.D.C.
to the Queen, and Flag Captain to Sir Michael
Seymour, Rear-Admiral Superintendent George
Wellesley, and other officials, embarked in their
boat at the King's stairs, waited upon the Admiralty
on board the Osborne, and were admitted to inter-
views with their Lordships, when the preparations
for the berthing of the fleets at Spithead anchor-
age and the after reception of the officers at the
proposed festivities in harbour and on shore were
preliminarily discussed. Their Lordships after-
wards disembarked and proceeded to the residence
of Sir M. Seymour, where the subject was gone
into more fully and in detail. The arrival of the
Admiralty was too late to substitute a larger
site for their ball than the one now half
completed at the Royal Naval College, and
therefore there remains no other course than
to follow the one already marked out and im-
prove it as much as possible. One great improve-
ment has already been effected since yesterday
morning in throwing up a series of raised seats out-
side the walls of the ball-room, setting back the
drapery, over the area railings of the college. With
all that can now be done, however, the space will
be totally inadequate for such a purpose. Let any
one take a sheet of paper and draw on it to scale
the floor of a room 100 ft. in length by 48 feet in
breadth (the space of the ball-room floor for
dancing), and he will then be able to calculate the
number of people such a room will hold at one
time, with a given space for dancing to each per-
son.

With regard to the time of the departure of the
yachts and fleets from Brest and the arrival of the
latter at Spithea(l, the Enchantress left Brest at
noon on Thursday, when the English fleet was
getting up steam, took her bearings from Ushant at
about 2.30 p.m., sighted the two lights off Port-
land in the night, and eased her engines to the
third degree of expansion, drifting up with the tide
until daylight, when she steamed in for Portsmouth
harbour. The Osborne left Brest about 2.30 p.m.,
the English fleet being then outside and ahead of
the Osborne. The English fleet arrived at Spit-
head last evening. The French fleet will arrive at
Spithead early on Tuesday, and will join the
English fleet at the anchorage. Three lines of
buoys, each a light pole buoy surmounted by a red
flag, have been laid down at Spithead, from about
N.W. to S.E., 200 fathoms apart, for the ships to
drop their anchors over. The English fleet will
anchor on the outer line, in the deepest water, and
nearest to the Isle of Wight. The French fleet will
anchor on the two inner line of buoys, be necessarily
nearest the Spit and Southsea-beach line, and will
thus occupy the post of honour, as our Channelfleet
did inside the Digue at Cherbourg. It is now uncer-
tain how many vessels will compose the French fleet,
but it is expected that, as previously arranged,
the nine ironclads first named for the purpose
will come over, the Brest and Cherbourg squadrons
uniting. Due precautions have been taken for the
provisioning of the fleets--the French as well as our
own—which will be effected through the Admiralty
victualling establishment at the Royal Clarence-
yard, Gosport, under the management of Victual-
ling Storekeeper and Accountant Mr. Robert G.
Grant. Each of the French ships directly she comes
to anchor at Spithead will have a screw gunboat or
other steam vessel sent off to her, and attached to
her as a permanent tender while she remains at
Spithead. This will be a very great boon to the
officers of the ships, especially considering the dis-
tance their vessels must necessarily lie from the
Shore, and the arrangements are very creditable to
the foresight of our Admiralty.
The accounts brought by the Osborne and En-
chantress from Brest speak of rough weather during
the whole time of the fetes there. The courtesy and
attention of the French officers and officials was con-
tinued with unabated interest towards all in the
English fleet. In the taste displayed in decorations,
both on shore and afloat, our neighbours are said to
have shown themselves unrivalled, and more espe-
cially in the decorations and arrangement for the ball
and banquet on board the ship of the line Ville de
Lyons. There was one mistake, however, Committed
by our allies on board that ship from which we Our-
selves might possibly guard by the light of their ex..
perience. Innumerable wax lights were burnt in the
ball-room and other parts of the ship overhead,
which, as soon as the place became heated, melted
and dropped upon the costly toiletts of the
ladies and
the dress coats of the gentlemen, inflicting irrepar-
able injury.
The Lords of the Admiralty left Portsmouth for
London yesterday afternoon, no change having been
effected by them as yet in the programme noticed
in The Sun of Thursday, except that the number
to be entertained at the banquet in the ball-
room of the Naval College on the 30th is
increased from 100, the original number fixed, to
160 persons. As, however, the Admiralty are now
all in London, and will, therefore, be constantly in
short communication with Portsmouth, both by
teleg,raph and rail, we may soon expect to hear of
the entire programme being decided upon and drawn
up officially for the guidance of all concerned, as
was done by the French Minister of Marine both
at Cherbourg and Brest.
At 4.15 p.m. yesterday the English fleet were in
Ventnor, Isle of Wight, steaming up Channel in
two lines, the Edgar, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir
S. C. Dacres, K.C. 8., leading the weather line. At
6-45 p.m. they were in sight from Portsmouth,

standing in for Spithead by the Nab-light channel.
The preparations for the town festivities are going
on satisfactorily. Space has, with great judgment,
been made a primary consideration, awl all that is
wanted to render the exertions of the citizens result
in a brilliant success is fine weather. Let us hope
that the weather has done its worst at Cherbourg
and Brest, and that the presence of the French
fleet at Portsmouth may be attended with fairer
conditions of weather than has yet been experienced
in this interchange of hospitality between two
nations.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

SOUTH DEVON.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
on Thursday at Plymouth ; Mr. T. Woollcombe in
the chair.

The report, an abstract of which has appeared in
The Sun, was taken as read.
The CHAIRMAN congratulated the proprietors on
the improved state of their affairs. The dividend
had increased from 13s. per cent. per annum in the
corresponding half-year of 1862 to £2 2s. 6d. per
cent. per annum in 1865. The whole year's average
1861-2 was but £1 Os. 3d. per cent., while 1864-5
was £2 13s. 9d. per cent. per annum. The increase
had arisen from increased receipts and decreased
working expenses and fixed charges, and also by the
saving of half per cent. on the preference stock,_
which' henceforward would receive 41 instead of 5
per cent. interest. The working charges were now
reduced from 55.76 to 53.10 per cent. He looked to
a considerable saving also from the purchase of the
locomotive stock, the contract for the supply of which
would terminate in July next. It was essential that
the South Devon Company should possess locomo-
tive stock, as they were now a third part owners of
the West Cornwall Railway, and had a considerable
interest in the Cornwall Railway, and there was
no company in so favourable a position for working
those lines as the South Devon. The traffic
on the Dartmouth line was increasing, and also
on the Tavistock line, with which a permanent ar-
rangement had been made since the last meeting.
The Tavistock shareholders had converted their
stock into annuities of the South Devon at three-
and-a-half per cent., with the option of conver-
sion into South Devon stock at par, of which option
about £26,000 had been already exercised. The
amount paid to the company under the old arrange-
ment was £8,807, for the future it would be £9,407,
a difference against the South Devon Company of
£6OO, which they would soon overtake. The ma-
naging committee of the West Cornwall—two
members from each of the boards of the associated
Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon
Companies—had already seen their way to a saving
of £l,OOO a year. The West Cornwall had a traffic
of £27 to £3O a mile per week, which was much in
excess of the traffic on the Cornwall line. The
South Devon line ran in the line of population and
trade ; competition would do them little harm, for
it would only be a small part of the through traffic
they would have to share with the narrow-gauge
lines. He had agreed to give the narrow-gauge
access to Plymouth ; but for that they would pay a
toll. Any capital outlay for accommodating the
narrow-gauge would yield them an ample return.
He asked for authority to raise new capital to the
amount of £360,000, but only to issue at present
£250,000, of which the locomotive purchase would
require £130,000 ; doubling portions of line, im-
proving stations, and other works, £70,000; and
purchase of rolling stock, £50,000. They had to
make a new line at Exeter, to improve the line
through Teignmouth, and they ought to double the
line as much as possible in the following order :-
1. Starcross to Dawlish ; 2. the Torquay line; and
3, out of Plymouth as far as possible. One
very satisfactory result of the doubling of the
line between Newton Junction and Teignmouth
be that after September 1 they would much acce-
rate the goods traffic. Goods leaving Paddington
at night would be run express and be delivered at
Plymouth between 2 and 3 o'clock next day. He
concluded by moving the adoption of the report and.
the declaration of a dividend at the rate of £2 2s. 6d.
per annum for the past half-year.
Mr. WESTCOMBE said the locomotives contract
amounted to 181 d. per train mile, while the cost on
the Bristol and Exeter had been 91d. only. lie
thought if the Exeter company could work at 91d.
per train mile, the South Devon ought to work at
9d. If that had been so, the dividend would have
been 31 per cent.

The CHAIRMAN said that every shareholder of any
standing knew all about the locomotive contract.
Ile would not care if the contract was at an end
next Monday morning. Every shilling of the Corn-
wall loss would be recovered in time.

An amendment for a committee of inquiry having
been rejected, the motion for the adoption of the
report was carried unanimously.

The CHAIRMAN moved a formal resolution autho-
rising the creation of additional capital to the amount
of £360,000 in 36,000 shares of £lO each, having a
fixed guaranteed dividend of 5 per cent. per annum
for seven years, and hereafter at 41 per cent. per
annum in perpetuity, but with the option, after
March, 1873, of exchanging for ordinary South
Devon stock at par, and to issue at once 25,000
shares, to be offered rateably among the shareholders.
After some observations by Mr. H. T. Ellis and
the rejection of another amendment, the original
motion was unanimously carried.
Votes of thanks to the chairman and officials for
their excellent management on the occasion of the
Royal Show closed the proceedings.

SEVENOAKS, MAIDSTONE, AND TUNBRIDGE.'
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
yesterday at the Victoria station ; Lord Sondes in
the chair.

The report, an abstract of which has appeared in
The Sun, was taken as read.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said the position of the company was satis-
factory. The line from Sevenoaks to Maidstone
was in course of construction, and in a short time it
would be completed, and when finished it would be
an advantage to the company.

Sir C. RONEY seconded the motion for the adop-
tion of the report, and it was carried. Thanks were
voted to the chairman, and the proceedings termi-

nated.

LEEDS, BRADFORD, AND HALIFAX JUNCTION,

The last general meeting of this company was
held at Bradford yesterday ; Mr. E. Akroyd, M.P.,
in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re-
port (an abstract of which appeared in The Sun),
stated that while the shareholders had benefited pe-
cuniarily the public also had received considerable
benefit in the development of the coal and other
traffic of the adjoining districts. The amalgamation
with the Great Northern Company brought them
into direct communication with Lincolnshire, which
produced the cereals which were required in the po-
pulous districts of Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax. A
minimum dividend of 6 per cent. per annum was
secured to the company in perpetuity.
The report was unanimously adopted.
A dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum
on the stock and share capital was then declared.
The proceedings concluded with thanks to the
chairman and directors.

lIBREPORD, IIAY, AND BRECON.
The half yearly general meeting of this company
was held yesterday at the offices, Bank-buildings,
Lothbury ; Mr. Banks in the chair.
The report, an abstract of Which has appeared in
, he Sun, was taken as read.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said the company was now amalgamated
with the Brecon and Merthyrßailway, and the terms
were a fixed dividend of 5 per cent. per annum. This
amalgamation, he thought, would be advantageous
to both companies. _ _

The report was adopted, and the proceedings
terminated with thanks to the chairman.

BRECON AND MERTHYR TYDFIL.

The half year meeting of this company was held
yesterday at the office, Bank-buildings, Lothbury ;
Mr. Banks in the chair.

The report, an abstract of which has appeared in
Ihe Sun, was taken as read.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the

report, said the amalgamation of the Hereford, Hay,
and Brecon with their company had been carried
out. He considered that the mutual benefit of both
companies would be forwarded by that measure.
The report was adopted and the proceedings ter-
minated with a vote of thanks to the chairman.