The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-10 00:00:00

SALISBURY RACES-THURSDAY.

Second Year of the THIRD WILTSHIRE TRIENNIAL
STAKES for three-yrs-old. One mile and a half.

Mr. Snewing's Dan Cupid by Orlando, Bst 41b,
(H. Goater) w. o.
The TRIAL STAKES of 10 sovs, each, with 50 added.
Weight for age. One mile.
Mr. T. Parr's Defiance, by Old England, 4 yrs, Bst 71b
_

(Flatman) 1
Baron Rothschild's Orestes, 4 yrs, Bst 71b...(Simpson) 2
Mr. Powney's Cineas, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Maton) 3
Mr. Sargent's The Queen's Own, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Blake) 4
Mr. Rives's colt, by Cowl, out of Argan Lass, 3 yrs,
6st 101 b (J. Goater) 5
Betting-7 to 4on Cineas, 4to 1 agst Defiance. Won
easily by two lengths • four lengths between second and
third ; bad fourth. dowl colt beaten off.

The WILTSHIRE STAKES, of 25 sow, each, 15 ft, and
only 5 if declared, &c. ; with 1001. added ; the second
to save his stake. Two miles.
Mr. T. Parr's Trifle, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Flatman) 1
Mr. Saxon's Cleveland, 5 yrs, 6st 61b (Ashmall) 2
Mr. Magennis's Pantomime, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ... (Wells) 3
Mr. H. Hill's Ireland Eye, yrs, 7st 41b...(Castleman) 0
Mr. G. Drew's Vixen, 3 yrs, sst 21b (Coventry) 0
Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's Bridesmaid, 3___yr!! sst _

(Fordham) 0
Mr. J. Parker's Cheshire Marquis, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b
(Alder) 0
Betting-2 to 1 agst Pantomime, 4to 1 agst Trifle,
6 to 1 each agst Vixen and Cleveland.
Won by three-quarters of a length—three lengths be-
tween second and third. Bridesmaid was well up with
Pantomime— Cheshire Marquis fifth, Vixen sixth, and
Ireland's Eye last throughout. The winner pulled up
lame.

FIRST YEAR Of the SALISBURY BIENNIAL STAKES of
10 sovs. each, with 50 added, for two-year-olds. Half
a mile.
Mr. W. B. Bulkeley na Namur, by the Hero,
.Bst 71b

(A. Day) 1
Mr. Howard's c by Collingwood, out of Tarella, Bst 71b

'(Wells) 2
Duke of Richmond's c by Robert de Gorham, out of

Wilderness, Bst 71b (Flatman) 3
Mr. R. E. Cooper's f by Lanercost, out of Nun Apple-
ton, Bst 31b .................................(G. Manning) 4
Betting-7 to 4 agst Namur-2 to I agst Tarella colt-
Won by a head ; Wilderness colt a bad third.
The City Bowl did not fill.
The weather was delightfully fine, the town full of
visitors, and the attendance on the course very numerous.

CROXTON PAR:
ACCEPTANCES for the GR.
mile and a half.

RACES, APRIL 4.
BY HANDICAP. About a

Age st lb
Red Lion
Ethelwelf
Lamartine 6 11 5
Poodle
Titterstone (h b) 6 11 5
War wick
Sackbut 5 11 2
Janet' 4 10 13
ACCEPTANCES for the GOLI
Granby Handicap to carr;
LamartineEthlweolf
Age st lb
6 11 11
Titterstone (h b) 6 11 11
Sackbut 5 11 10
Cleveland
Itch

Age st lb
Bourton a 10 13
Captain Flash ... 5 10 10
Georgy
Peter Simple a 10 7
Gerard
Star of England a 10 4
Drayton horse
El Dorado 3 9 7
Cup. The winner of the
101 b extra. Two miles.
Age st lb
Janet'.... 4 11 4
Half-and-Half a 11 2
Gerard 5 10 12
Drayton horse
Communist 3 9 3

Mr. Spence's St. Michael was struck out of all his
engagements at 9.30 a.m., March the 9th.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Pardon the liberty I take in soliciting your
powerful aid, by communicating to the public the fol-
lowing simple but important mode of escape from
dwelling•houses on fire, when all communication with
the street-door or roof may be cut off from the inmates,
or in localities where the regular fire escapes may be
few and far between, or tardy in their arrival to save
life.

The plan I beg leave to suggest is in the possession of
all, both rich and poor, and at all times at their immedi-
ate command. It is simply to take from a bed a quilt,
blanket, or sheet, lower it through the window to police
or people who may be on the street, requesting them to
hold it out by the corners tight, and let those who feel
inclined to save their lives drop down into it. By this
simple means valuable lives might be saved from an
awful death by fire, or being dashed to pieces upon the
pavement.—l have the honour to be, sir, your humble
and obedient servant,

ARTHUR GUINESS.

Brighton, March 9, 1854.

THE MELBOURNE AND COLONIAL HOUSE INVESTMENT
COMPANY.—The first annual meeting of the shareholders
of this company was held at their offices, No. 13, Gres-
ham-street, yesterday. In the unavoidable absence of
the chairman, Lord Drumlanrig, one of the directors,
John Jamieson, Esq., was moved to the chair. The
report read by the secretary, Mr. Wilson, explained in
a full and satisfactory manner all the preliminary pro-
ceedings of the company, and stated that very extensive
premises had been taken on lease at Bow ; contracts
for the construction of various edifices had been con-
cluded, and extensive and gratifying orders had been
offered both for the Australian and home trade. The
directors, in consequence, obtained power at this meet-
ing to execute work for the home market, and their
buildings may be extensively purchased for agricultural
purposes, schools, churches, and stores, while for erec-
tions on doubtful or short leases they offer great advan-
tages, and will be extremely useful for fishing and hunt-
ing lodges. The retiring directors were re-elected, the
necessary resolutions passed unanimously, and a sum of
500/. per annum was voted to the directors, who, how-
ever, declined to receive any remuneration until the
company should be in a condition to pay a dividend. It
was stated that no necessity would arise for a call on
the shares for a considerable time. A vote of thanks
being passed to the chairman, the meeting separated.
THE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN A POLICE STATION.—
Since the examination and committal of James Tucker,
on the charge of firing a loaded pistol at Mr. Umpleby,
with intent to murder him, some further facts have
come to the knowledge of the police, which will be
adduced in evidence on the trial of the prisoner, who,
it appears, on being apprehended, in High-street, Shore-
ditch, was conveyed in a cab, guarded by the prosecutor
(Mr. Umpleby) and metropolitan police-constable, G 193.
During the transit the prisoner contrived, unseen by either
the prosecutor or the officer, to secrete beneath the cushions
the following articles, viz. :—A bullet mould, several balls
that had every appearance of having been recently cast,
a quantity of gunpowder, and a large clasp knife. On
the driver of the cab hearing of the attempt that was
made at the station-house, he searched the vehicle and
discovered the articles enumerated above, which he at
once took to the station house in Smithfield, and de-
livered them to Mr. Cole, the inspector on duty. The
bullets have been tried, and found to fit the bore of the
pistol exactly, so that the prisoner's statement, relative
to the gunsmith returning the weapon loaded, falls to
the ground. Other. facts have come to the knowledge
of the police, but m the present state of the affair it is
considered advisable to observe a strict silence.

THE QUEEN'S COLLUGES IN IRELAND.—It is an-
nounced that through the influence of Lord Clarendon,
her Majesty's Foreign Secretary, who is also the Chan-
cellor of the Queen's University, a communication has
been made to the President of the Belfast College to
recommend some young gentlemen, of approved apti-
tude for the acquisition of foreign languages, who are or
have been students in the college, for appointments to
public offices under the Government at Hong Kong.
The salary which will be allotted to those who may be
successful is 2001. a year, to commence on their arrival
in China, their passage being provided at the public
expense. Their advancement in the public employment
in China will depend entirely on the ability and steadi-
ness which they may manifest in conducting the affairs
which may be committed to their charge.
TIE BRAZILIAN MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.
—The Thames, Captai▪ n Strutt, belonging to the Royal
Mail Company, left this afternoon with the usual
monthly Brazilian !nails. She has taken forty-eight
passengers, 10,0001. in specie and jewellery, and an aver-
age cargo.
EAST INDIA RAILWAY COMPANY. —There appears
some misunderstanding as to the nature of the contract
recently entered into between the East India House and
the East India Railway Company, many persons sup-
posing that in the event of the railway company being
unable to raise the whole of the required capital, those
shareholders who pay their subscriptions will be mulcted
in their interest or otherwise prejudiced. The contract,
however, is quite expli▪
cit upon that point, and the only
penalty to which the railway company are liable, in the
event of any failure on their part, either to find the capi-
tal or make and work the railway, is a cancelment of
the contract by the East India Company upon repayment
of the capital which may have been previously raised.
Independently of the security afforded to the shareholders
by this arrangement, the company have the power at
any time after any portion of the line shall have been
opened to the public for three months to resign the
whole of the works to the Government, and to claim
their capital in full.
NOTTINGHAM TRADE.—We have no alteration to
report in the state of trade from our last weeks' state-
ment. The improvement in the glove trade is confirmed ;
and several German buyers have appeared upon 'Change
during the week, the avant couriers of those daily ex-
I petted, whose coming the unsettled staU of the affairs
of Europe has undoubtedly delayed, and even rendered
I doubtful. Both lace and hosiery are therefore as be-
fore ; and it will be recollected that we announced a
certain degree of activity in the home trade as having
set in. We regret to observe that in the Preston fax •
tory districts things are assuming a formidable aspect.
On the 3d inst., a proclamation was issued by the ma-
gistrates, in which the public meetings of operatives
were proclaimed down, and in consequence of the riotous
condition of the populace, all persons were warned
against collecting in numbers in the public streets.
Another proclamation of the 6th inst., intimates that in
Iconsequence of attacks on the strangers from Ireland
and elsewhere proceeding to their work, these operatives
will be escorted thither by the military. We trust that
no collision may ensue.--Nottinghamshire Guardian.