The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-14 00:00:00

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e New SPORTING NOTES. SHARI; MARKETS-(THIS DAY).
in 9th, •
- gives SUGGESTIONS ABOUT SHREWSBURY, BRITISH RAILWAYS.
x Rus- Mr. Frail is working wonders at Shrewsbury. He Closing Prices Business done
'urkish.
has established an Autumn Race Meeting there that Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. this day. this day.
Sinlree
pulsed
Tics in popularity with the most successful Spring _ _ ......._
u
gathering. The programme of the sport is varied and St. 100 Aberdeen ............. 191 -- 19
;p 4
up fire
strong. attractive, and to the principal handicaps there is ap- 20 861A.mb,,a. Nottag. Bost. 4 -
41
4}
& 1 Eastn. June.
ie river pended a long list of nominations from which large fields 50 all Belfast & Ballymena ••• - -
rear it are likely to be selected. The Shrewsbury Handicap 14 all Birmng. Wolverh. &
10
Stour Va11ey......... 9
rkhen• numbers 62 nominations. Speculation on it has, how-
-31 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. &
D below ever, been limited in its range, but somewhat significant Cheshire Junct...... 12 -10 d
atten- in its tendency. Little Harry is the only animal that 276 all Do. Chesil. & Birk.,
:alafat, £5O & £25 Cens.... 17 - 19
has been spirited supported, and the short price to which N -44 d
ears to 22 18i Do., £20...
als BU- he has been advanced in the betting, seemingly indicates
is only that he is intended. The investments on the other horses 25 30 IBly2tsh &(i s
sTy .
atne original
£45) ... _
...
have been unimportant and, indeed, " bar three or four,'' St. 100 . -.
...... 54i 54 i
Bristol & Exeter 96 -98 98a
St. 100 Caledonian.... • vii ~,,
date of almost any odds are obtainable. This circumstance is 50 all Chester & Holyhead 16e -10
aeWe is scarcely calculated to excite expectations of a large number 50 all Cork and Bandon l3 -15
etWeen of starters. I shall not attempt to select the winner, but, 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass ••• - •••
• The 20 10 Cornwall .. - •••
- 46
"following the money," I shall place some confidence in
teir pe- Little Harry, and merely express an opinion that the i(5). 4211Dpuubnldinee&pBeerltfials&tAJubnecr_. 4,5_.
(6 - 86
4 froil- deen Junction
undermentioned horses are " well in ":- Goldfinder,
ban 1125 Black Doctor, The Hatchet, and Angelo." 25 all East Anglian (£25 L.
to a''
For the Column Handicap the favourably weighted &E.& L. & D.) 4R - 4i,
division comprises lanthe, Master Slender, Little Fawn, 18
Alonzo, Candlewick, Calot, Kitefiyer, Le Juif, May allll IDe.
n. t&i e lis
. .* ).
*.
.* 132 -.
133 13 12
Pt. a
100 (Eastern
Easternljnion,A.stk. 42 - 44 43 6
Day, Catherine Parr, Corybantes, and Nerva. lam St, 100 Do., do. B 3l -33
axis Oil now puzzled to select a winner, but of the above men 25
_Aau st. 100 East Lancashire a
25 86 Do.ewA(lateThirds) a - .66
64,
tioned "lot " I shall give the preference to A10nz0,59 - 61
bpox" Kiteflyer, Le Juif, and Corybantes. 10 34Edinb. and Peebles ••• - •••
water. St 100 Edinburgh &Glasgow
shied by Should The Jealous One, Vestige, and Lady Pon-
-10 1 Forth and ClydeJunc. •• • •• •
Were ill sonby go to the post for the Copeland Handicap, they ~
St. 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee- 22 - 23
--
12-9 127
will, perhaps, be the foremost competitors in the race. ht. 100 Glasgow & S.Western •••
St. 100 Great Northern Stk Ka - 824 82 3.1 24
1 10459 lO3
!sent in Entertaining a well-founded suspicion of the " squaring St. 100 Do., A. Stock
82 82 1
he Ow system" on which steeplechases are now invariably con- St. 100 Do., B. Stock ••• •• 12577
St. 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) 10281 _
ducted, I shall not express an opinion on the " cross St. 100 Great Western
:Tjaperot
country contests." 12 11 Isiah South-Easters. ••• - .••
tlel3l fel* Subjoined is a copy of Admiral Rous's letter in reply 50 1 all Lancaster. &Carlisle B7 - 90 89
16z, 114 Do., Thirds -126 p Pm
to Mr. Dorling's statement respecting the " Screw
St; 100 Lancasn. &Yorkshire Olt - 644 641 6 4
lie PctitS Roping Case" at the recent meeting at Epsom :- 194 176 Do., Fifths 7§ - 7 d 104
tw":
;enatoi, " Sir,-In reply to your letter of the sth I beg to 14 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un. 44. -44 d
50 all Leeds Northern 124 -DI
inform you that the committee are of opinion that the
E' Par i* Steward of Epsom has no power to declare bets void on 20 all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt. ••• - ...
Ili all London & Blackwall 74 - 84 71 8 4
any race. The Hurdle Stakes must be paid to the
103 86 Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. 6 -1 p
i of
_.,,,,Pe' winner. The committee further beg to express their :s" 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 96 - 97
cirew"; opinion that it would be much better to prohibit steeple at, 100 London &N. Western 102 - 1021 10244 1i 2
else i d - 4 c 124
to , and hurdle races at Epsom for the future, inasmuch as 10 12 Do. Fifths
ceased' they have been in general heretofore made instrumental 10 1 Do. ,16/.5h.,M&8.,.0 I - 4 p
••• - •••
G.ovel'''. to proceedings of the most dishonest and disreputable 122 24 Do. Eighths
odecl t° character, and the committee recommend that Green, St. 100 London & S.Western 73 75 75 4
;sated /1 who rode the Screw, should be warned off Epsom Race 50 426 Do., £5O. l3 -11 d
. .
40
It ig ill Course.-Yours, &c., "H. I. Roos. 31 Do., £4O l2 -- 11 d
25 all Ludndrry.&Colers.ine ••• - ..•
!lOW the " To Mr. Darling, Epsom."
25 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. •.. - •••
ft i$ That the opinion contained in the above letter is in ht. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln. 20 - 21 201
h. , 44 D 0.., Man. &Lin. Un.
~...• - 7(11
lisp liv strict accordance with the laws and practices of horse- 8;i
St. 100 Midland .......... - ut2 61,4 4 1 i
rhateVer racing is indisputable. Indeed, had the power of the
its St. 100 Do. Birming.& Derby 34 - 36
inUeS iiii stewards been confined to declare bets void, a precedent 50 474 Midland G.West.(lr.) ... - ..•
sting au would have been afforded that would be inevitably
10025
a 1117,3
Newcastle
6 S h a id
z. ••• - •••
real'. Shares....
••• - ...
very attended with great abuses. The recommendation to 54 - 56
NO t discontinue steeplechases at Epsom will, I trust, be 64 5 Do. Bury Extensions 4el - par
St. 100 •
Newmarket Newmarket...... ....•
jug
at
hint acted upon, for ever since their establishment in that 25 176 Newpt.Aborg.&Htfd. 5 - 41 121
50 '7' Newry & Enniskillen ... - ...
,is Stir ' locality they have been connected with the most per-
nicious practices that ever brought discredit on the Turf & Rostrevor
20 all 2 Newry Warrenpoint
••• - •••
le sittir and its patrons. St. 100 N0rf01k...... ......... . 50 - 52
Nov. 14, A FRESH MAN, 50 34 Nortim.Counties Un 4- 3 d
d• St. 100 North British 2B - 29 29 8
p.. / 16 16 North Devon, No.l 8 10
0,099 `,. 16 111 Do., No. 2 ... - -
..•
098
2, n6O RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. 8 all De., 6 A Deferred - 2
9,9° 8 Do., 4 B Guaranteed 7 - 74
50 all North London 49 ... 52 50
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. 10 1.1 IN. &S. Wstn., Ramp-
-43 stead, and City Jn ... - . .
7 i 983 " A special meeting of this company is to be held to .e ---"
7,9'' ~,- morrow, to consider and decide upon the proceedings to 20 171 North Staffordshire 54 54,d 114 i
20 all North Western.. 74 - 8
6,000
..„, be adopted by the company with reference to the pro- 10 10 N. &S. Westrn. June. par - 2 y
4,793 p) 10 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley,
posed extension of the railway from Dorchester to
,336 and Leicester . - ...
0,059 5 Exeter, and for raising the necessary capital. St. 100 Oxford Worcester di
8,700
..„ The directors, in accordance with resolutions passed Wolverhampton 3B - 40 38
4024 at a meeting of the company in May last, gave a 20 2.2 Portsmouth ... -••-
'pledge to the committee of the House of Commons St. 100 Scottish Central - 90 894
..••••• 'Midland 54 - 55
0000
~,, that if they rejected the Devon and Dorset Railway
100 Shrewsbury &Birmg. 60 - 62
0,000 3/ Bill for a broad gunge line from Exeter to Maiden St. -
St. 100 Scottish
St, 100 Do., L. & N. Westn.
3 589 Newton, promoted by the Great Western and Guaranteed Stock._ 55 - 60
-, -
0,000 -; Bristol and Exeter Compahies in the last session, they
would undertake to apply for a bill in the ensuing 264 all Shrewsby. & Chester
3,423 64 10 10 Shrewsby. & Herefd. 24 -14 dis
session to make a double line of narrow gunge (Nor. W. Min.) l5 - 17
1,464 64 railway from Dorchester to Exeter. Mr. Snell, at the 134 all Do. Halves, do. 74 - 84
,68_,, head of the committee of shareholders, contended that 20 all Do. Oswestry .• ll - 13
------- 60 the directors had obtained authority to make the pledge 20 66 Shropshire Union 3l -34 d
6,380 -
under false representations, and that so far from the ... ~. Do. A, B,C, &D, fully
paid up at per cent. ... - ...
..--• Southampton and Dorchester line yielding a profit of V-
-50 all South Devon ..... 15 17 15
0,000 44 ,
per cent. on the outlay, excluding working stock, but
0,759 ' includtng the interest on the cost of it, it does not ex- St. 10060
south Ea5tern......... - 61 604 14 604
0,000 ww" 0 all South Wales... ....... • 34 - 35
. need 34 per cent. per annum. In this view Mr. Snell '-'
7,800 , is supported by Mr. Mortimer, a director, who esti- .... ...............
20 15 8. Y orksh. River Dun
20 5 Do.. .. 3 - 4
2,975 -0
mated that the working expenses of the Dorchester line 20 2.2 Staines,Wok.,&Wok. ... - ...
3 804
7 A ..., amount to 40,000/, a-year, and that the company lose 25 all Stockton & Darling.. 27 - 30
03° 69 about 16,0001. a year by the line on the assumption ... 164 Stockton & liartlepl. ... -- ...
0,698 83
3234 that the company borrowed the money at 4 per cent. St. 100 Taff Vale ••• - ...
' 40 --- 8 Do £lO shades - ...
A'S4 0 to make the line and provide the working stock. 10
St. 100 Do. Pref., No. L.._ .., -
~.
g, AO
~.. Captain Moorsom, after an investigation of Mr. Mor-
-916
t,053 6 timer's figures and items in the accounts, stated that 25 20 Thames Haven Dock
and Railway 24 3
the latter gentleman's estimate of expenditure had
2-' ~, 20 17 Vale of Neath.. - 154
7',49'21 been greatly exaggerated, and the result of Captain
Moorsom's inquiries confirmed the statement of the di- i; a-11. Waterfd. & Kilkenny ... - ...
,1 16
'3,09' 3 rectors made to the meeting in May last, as to the profit 50 all Waterford&Limerick ... - ...
°524 20 14 West Cornwall •8
- 9
yielded on the working of the Dorchester line. It ap- 1 West End of London
peared also that two other shareholders-Mr. Herapath and Crystal Palace ... - ...
---
6,380 50 and Mr. A. Beattie-had examined the accounts with 20 all West London - •••
respect to the receipts and expenditure on working the 10 51s. Wmbledon &Croydon ... - ...
0 pletsil' traffic of the Dorchester line, and they found that it St. 100 York Newctl. &Berw. 64 - 65 646 5
Willi2s 20 Do. Extensions...-. 84 -84 d
Air yielded a profit in 1852 of 28,5601. on a capital of
25 116 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 4 -36 d 74
The ',al 752,0001., or at the rate of 3 8 per cent. It was as 25
a, sumed by the directors that, the proposed extension from .
U. 100 York &N. Midland 474 - 484 48 74
The,l a Dorchester to Exeter would pass through a better dig- FOREIGN.
i half
ill trict than the Dorchester line, that it would yield 31 per
illioil 0 cent, on the estimated outlay of 700,0001. per 52 miles. 10 5 Aitwrp&Rotterdam 24 -14 d
ghat They propose to construct it as a single line from Dor- 5 3 Belgian East. Juuct. 4- 14
variet cheater to Axminster, and as a double line from Axmin- 20 8 Beziers to Graissessac 3 - 1 d
u -,- v,
ster to Exeter. It was urged by Mr. Chaplin, the former -.; -, Central of Italy - ...
L bania,'-
ilk" chairman of the company, that if the coast line be made, 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 13 - 14
cire ;1,
they must also make the "central line" from Salisbury to 174 all Demerara - ...
a 1 PI 20 10 Dijon and Besnon 4 -24 p
aril 0 Axminster, the double line from the latter place to 20 8 Dutch Rhenish - 24d
rre
.1410 go Exeter being common to both extensions. Considering 20 all East Indian 34 -44 p
A „
iti w 0 the enormous sums that have been charged to the com- 20 2 Do. Extension - 4 p
$ e'll'Of patsy for making the existing branch line, it is not sur- 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 4-1 n 6
at
101 l fp prising that some of the shareholders should feel anxious 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France 24 - 2fi
...
lion' as to the expenditure of further capital ; the reduced 10 Gd. Trunk. of Canada
Central off Fance 4 - p
Central line 1100,0001., together 1,800,0001., or at
206 204 Gt. We
least 2,000,0001. with working stock. It was shown by Shares .o
Canada
2 -14 d
a calculation that appeared in The Sum some months
,„
... Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 ... - ...
. , 0
lislae% f past that the South-Western Company had expendedbonds(2iss.)lB73 ... - .
chle'" their main line from Nine-elms, Vauxhall, to Gosport 204 106 Hamilton & Toronto ... - ••
...
e and Southampton, up to June 1846, about 28,0001. 110 all Do. 6 per cent 2 0 ... •• •
eft
per mile on ninety-three miles of railway, the 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle ... - ...
• Si l
,st the traffic on which yielded a dividend at the rate of 5 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5
vitli •fy 94 per cent. •; and that, in July, 1852, when 151 per cent, pref.
le J01.,4 miles of additional lines were in operation at a cost . 15 Luexembour
20)
13 Do (Railway)g •94-94 9 i 4
6 - 64 siti i
replowr to the company of 39,000/, per mile, the gene- 5 2 Do* - 2
ral dividend on the whole of the capital then expended 5 3 Do. (Canal) l4 - 2
was reduced to 34 per cent. It has never been ex- 10 5 Do. 6p, cent. pref. 4d - p
plained how it was that the branch lines had cost on 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. ... - ...
the average 11,0001. per mile more than the main line. 20 104 Madras 4 -14 P 114
alWe Rad the branch lines been constructed at 13,0001. per 335 29 Maria Antonia - -.
mile which would be nearer their value exclusive of the 10 10 Do. New -
ee...
(MO extension to Waterloo-road, which cost about 1,000, 000/. 20 2 Melbourne Dk. & Ry• •••- • • •
p bal
icli3f, sterling for two and a quarter miles, the shareholders 20 all Namur & Liege (with
interest 74 - 8 74
o
would have been in the receipt of respectable dividends.
ss, ~f, 20 all Do. (ex interest) ... ...
pei, 1.0, 1 , A rigid inquiry into the cause of the extravagant ontlay -
on the branch lines of this company,l6 all Northern of France 34 -34 344
120 - i all. Do. 20/. 3 p. c. Bds
-ere oh being above the
average cost of railways in England, would lead, pro- [l'my.B.&Ams•Shs.] ... - ...
itt ,63..A00 , bably, to a means of constructing any future extensions
1n7;0010 all Norwegia,* nTrnk Pref 71 - 86
on a scale in accordance with the traffic of the district, 20 10 Paris and Lyons l5 -16 lip 254 6
rem jjal and of course at a very moderate cost. It might be 40 40 Do. bonds - •••
idLgt.dea mentioned that the same persons under whose guidance 20 all Paris and Orleans ... - ...
1.0,
PP the a great portion of the outlay had been incurred on 20 all Paris and Rouen 4l -42
• 0,9 the branch lines, had offered to construct the 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 374 -38 374
of i..,118 central line (90 miles in length) (from Salisbury 20 4 Paris Caen& Cherbm. 2 - 4 p
50°7, to Exeter, for 1,000,0001., or at the rate of 12,000/. per 104 104 Quebec & Richmond 3 - 1 d
20 all Rouen and Havre
do" mile, a sum, no doubt, quite sufficient for the purpose,
5 20 9 Royal Danish par
et4l particularly as the landowners were favourable to the 5 2 Royal Swedish 1- 6 d
11011 scheme and had promised to give the land required for 20 all Sambre and Meuse B4 - 84 84 6
the railway at agricultural prices ; but, considering the 10 6 Do. 56 per cent. pref ... - ...
the smallness of the local traffic, and that its constructions 20 2 S.E. of France 4d - par
would cause competition with the Great Western Com- 20 6 Southern of France 2 - 4 p
pany for the Exeter traffic, the South-Western share- 20 6 ,St. Andrews &Quebec ... - ...
holders had twice rejected the offer to construct the 20 2s. jUpper India Scrip - ...
4 ~
line which offer was strenuously and ably supported 8 all West Flanders - 44
.
by Mr. Locke, M.P. But unfortunately this for-
20 10 ,Do2o 10 .We 56 per c. Pref ld - par
astern of
.France,,. 76 -86 p
I,l' ii bearance on the part of the South Western shareholders 1C 4 West, of Switzerland 14 - ld
V. Wshad the effect of encouraging the Great Western
20 2 Wiesbaden
lei, get : Company to project and promote the Devon and Dorset 20 12 Zealand
- ...
3i - 3 d
rie-
all re t Railway scheme, which has led to the revival by the foci i directors of the South-Western of the Coast and Cen-
:,,sioe„h LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
tral schemes. The expenditure of about 6,000,0001. of --
',
/131;31,/
.eao, so the company's money on 151 miles of branch railway
Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Business
d toivej already completed should make the South-Western Compans. this day. this day.
otieli shareholders very careful how they sanctioned the ex-
tot penditure of money on further extensions, and they are 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W.
A leti of not to run away with the notion that because it is now Bletchley ••• - •••
P to construct the Coast and Central lines toge. St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W. 100 - 102
rrivbe' a ther, about 120 miles in length, for the sum of 1,800,000/. 50 all Clydesdale Jc, Caledon... 50 - 52
ad „04 that they will be constructed for that sum, or that good
lines sufficient to accommodate the tralic of the dis- St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr.
6p. cent Gt.Northn 140 - 145
irveaao trict cannot be constructed for less, if proper means be- 25 all Gas. Barr. & Caldonian,
WO/
Opted the selection of the lines, and in letting the
ado in Neils Direct ••• - ...
i. op. - ...
Stir be Contracts in convenient portions bypublic 25 all Do. New •Do
competition. 25 all Clstr &Du Fr. Gt.Westn 3O - 32
ea "1, The central line 1846, under the title of the Salisbury 100 all Hrtlpl.ir. Dk. & Yk. New
184 and Exeter Railway, was estimated to cost 2,225,000/. ; ill 4e% Railway di Berw.. „„ _
Soe'to and Parliament sanctioned the bill for its construction, 50 all Hull di Selby Y.&N.Md. 108 - 110
hadth e
are • Powers for which, fortunately for the shareholders, 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 54 - 55 54
'sercl°
ati been allowed to expire. Had the Salisbury and 124 all Do. I Shares.lDo - 274
DO s' Exeter line been constructed at the time authorised
1,.,2_2e5, 0 001 12i all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern. 13is - 144
able ti it would in all probability have cost the full sum of
a 20 all Do. Preference Do 244 - 256
and probably a great deal more, as it would '
St 100 Lowestoft gr.
tii..invveideunbneddeenr verythe eunnprofessional to have constructed the 4 per cent... Norfolk ... - ...
St. 100 Do. 6 per ct.. Do - - -
the engineers estimate. The reduction of
11 „ 0 lin s does not so much arise from making branch 54 all Maneh.Bxton.P Ln.&N.W.
and Matlock & Midld. 24 - 3
ba.-tiot es, particularly long ones, as from expending unwar- 50 all Wriddlesbro' & Stckton &
astablefans,
sums of money upon them. A district with r a I),ooRedcar Darlingt. ... - -
100°-,01 mall traffic
50 all Northern and
line. can be well accommodated with a cheap 100 all Midld.Bradfd. Midland... 99
b.._,olnf railway so planned as to require very little en - 101
'clr 0
a 5,11
vrantiKtictesnor cuttings, avoiding expensive bridges and Easternsp.c. E. Count.. 61. -- 63 61
1. A vs,
of
tion which look very beautiful but cost a great deal
eh 6-0050 all Do. 6 per ct Do
50 all Do.Fixedsp.elDo ... .. •. - ...
arow 5-- Very fine works and gradients being of
'P1;0014 Much less importance 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &la .W . ***
- -*
ire evident
that than a.small outlay of money, it is
hef hale &Ln&Yk ...
Purpose
ofensol.l.ch branch lines would not answer the 124 12 Do. i Shares. Do
11035/ to ••• -- -
sneers lawyers, contractors, or specula- St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 141 - 143
rs, although', if judicious) carried out, they would St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do
1111,1 to 141
roie pea answer the pus-poses of the shareholders and the' üblic 25 184 Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& 141
113313_T keeping the cost of construction within the require - 143
ttoed
Wents of the district to be accommodated a fair returnGoole g.5.p.e Yorksh
ilAr 'ia' mild
tbheussecdured on the outlay,g
ea sn
thededf theitdividend
ied
entrafficd parent
on f 1
.linete hi
ne 12 94 S. Statiordsh.. MrMClean 2 -14 d 74
t, 0
00,
twtrailik°4:len,
.-
district without
iathlletuhteina
jduvraynttau 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. &
So 6 per cent ... Darling,
~, -
25 all Do Do 304 - 316 31 304
4 Line,St. 100 Wilts4Somrst Gt.Westn 9B - 100
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