The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-03 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

NOTHING NEW.

The closing of the Betting Houses has been the only
illlPwiant sporting incident of the week. The Steeple-
chases at Waltham excited no interest, and were profit-
able to few persons but the promoters of the meeting.
There Mr. Land had "it all his own way," winning
ever! race ; Groen too made his first appearance there
after his disgraceful exhibition on The Screw at Epsom,
and rode every
winner.
Speculation on the Derby has been marked by no
Movement of significance. The leading favourites—Au-
at and Kin g Tom—are k *mewl' at unsteady in the
Market, but Um hostility of their opponents has not been
..Ifficiently detorminto discourage their supporters.
•0 animal from the outside division has yet been
brought into prominent notice, although the inquiries
after several h orses in that class are daily becoming
More frequent.
The nominations made for the Great Northern Han-
ti.leaP, at York , have been partly published. From a
list of them, I see that Friday, the horse that was
'hacked for the Chester Cup, on Thursday, is now called
Aldford.
Wolverhampton Steeplechases will take place on
Tuesday next. Oscar and Bourton are the only animals
backedfor it. The former, it is said, is intended, and
is going for the money!"
December 3. A FRESH MAN.

4160 POSED LEWISHAM AND .BROMLEY
RAILWAY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Slll)—We, the undersigned, directors of the South-
'astern Railway Company, shall esteem it a favour if
1011 will give the inclosed address the same publicity you
'lame afforded to the circular of 'the secretary of that
,e_wnpany in your impression of this day.—We have the
uonour to be, sir, your most obedient servants,
CoUt3 CHILD,
D. WARREN,
JAMES BYNG.
South-Eastern Railway, London Terminus,
Dec. 2, 1853.

TO THE PROPR lETORS OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.
Gentlemen,--A circular from the secretary of this
"mPany having this day been addressed to you, pre-
senting to your notice a list of schemes advertised in the
Public papers :as about to be submitted to the considera-
t4on of Parliament in the ensuing session, which, if car-
lied into effect., will, in the view of the directors, in one
Wa3, or another affect your interests, and also informing
You that notic e has been given by your directors for a
lice of railway • from Lewisham to Bromley, we feel it to
Do our duty t o inform you that we disapprove of this
Measure for the following reasons, viz.:-
1. Because the proprietors, at the general meeting on
the 17th Mar( thlast, having unanimously adopted a re-
solution (in 'which the directors most cheerfully ac-
quiesced), to the effect that, "with the view of con-
trolling any ft irther outlay of capital for additional lines,
Works, or plat at requisite for the development of the re-
sources and traffic of the company, the directors, before
incurring any further liability, do obtain the approval
of a general o r special general meeting of the proprie-
tors," the directors have no authority to proceed as they
Promise.
2. Because the existing high price of money, labour,
and railway niaterials of every description renders the
Present period most unfavourable for the origination of
new schemes.
3. Because in our opinion the proposed branch rail-
Way would b e wholly unremunerative, and would not
Prevent the construction of a much shorter line (to
Serve the same district) from the locality of Sydenham,
Which would have,. moreover, the advantage of three
Metropolitan termini.
4. Because this measure, at a board meeting at which
eight directors were present and voted, was only carried
by the casting vote of the chairman, which is a clear
Proof the board hat 3 no very strong opinion upon the
Policy of its preceding ; and past experience of this and
other railway proves that branch lines have, as a rule,
been attended with loss.—We have the honour to be,
gentlemen, your obedient servants,
CoLES CHILD,
D. WARREN,
JAMES BYNG.

South-Eastern Railway, London Terminus,
December 1, 1853.

MIN7NG INTELLIGENCE.

-
(From, the Mining Journal of this day.)
The Gold Mining Share Market has been very inac•
two ; from day to day there have been a few trifling
fluctuations, but on the whole the market is devoid of
feature, being fairly supported in price, but very deficient
an interest. It is reported that several companies are
projected for the purpose of working gold in the United
Kingdom, to which of late so much attention has been
awn ; it is well-known that deposits of that metal,
eNiecially in Devon and North Wales, exist in connec-
tilPn with the copper mines of those localities, but
tab, they have been unable to be worked, owing to
expensive modes of extraction ; it is presumed,
however, that the improved machinery lately introduced
more
especially that known as Bernan's patent, will
enable the projectors to obtain the precious metal at a
remunerative F.. .fit. Under the present phase of the
Australian and Californian auvent...s,
posed that the general public will be undis-
posed to subscribe to British adventures, until some
positive returns are arrived at from those localities ;
the accurate results of the trials of some of the Polti-
more and Agua Fria ores entered into on Monday last ;
but, involving as they do a tedious analysis, have not
yet been published, and the report of Professor Ansted
is looked forward to with great anxiety. Complaints
are being uttered of the inertness of the directors of the
Australian and Californian adventures. Mr. James
Beaks. of Birmingham, a shareholder of the Lake
Bathurst and Australian Freehold Companies, requests
the co-operation of his brother shareholders to f(Tm a
committee of investigation, for the purpose of requiring.
the directors of these companies to give some account of
their stewardship. Mr. H. Guedalla, of King's Arms.
yard, states that in nearly every case means were em-
ployed by the directors of the several companies, " to
rig the market," and justly complains that in many
companies no meetings have been held or balance-sheets
submitted of the accounts ; and when it is considered
several of these associations have been two years formed
it would appear that his remarks are perfectly justifiable.
In fact, several of the companies on the Stock Ex-
change, according to his statement, are not a whit
better than those on the non-official list ; he men-
tions eight companies in which he has a stake,
these are the Australian Consols, Australian Mutual,
Golden Mountain of Mariposa, Australian ehold,
British Australian Gold, Great Nugget Ve Fin,re West
Granada, and New South Wales Gold ; he further states,
that information can as little be obtained in the follow-
ing mines :—Lewis Hill Range, L'Aigle d'Or, Chartered
Australian Land and Mining, Adelaide Land and Gold,
Albion Gold, Ave Maria, Australian Cordillera, Lake
Bathurst, and the London and Californian Gold Quartz-
Crushing Company ;—and he has convened a public
meeting on Thursday next, at the London Tavern, in
order to decide what steps should be pursued. Letters
have been received from other parties, all in the same
spirit, but our space will not allow us to make any " corn-
rirtats upon them : suffice it to say, their name is Le-
gion." The Indian Queen has arrived with 38,992 ozs.
of gold, of the value of 156,0001. ; she made the voyage
out and home in six months and eleven days, being
detained 23 days at Melbourne. By the overland mail,
we learn that the Executive Council at Adelaide
has voted 5001. to the discoverer of the Echunga
diggings, as a stimulus to parties claiming the large
reward of 1,0001. offered to him who discovered a gold
field which would return 10,0001. the first two months
it was in operation. The arrivals of gold were increas-
ing, the escort to Melbourne was bringing in from 8,000
to 10,000 ozs. per week ; at Ballarat one successful
digger had obtained 2,000 ounces in the short space of
three days. At Sydney gold was steady at 78s. per
ounce ; the total shipments were 1,427,674 ozs., value
about 5,710,6881.
In Miscellaneous Shares, the market has been heavy.
Two hundred and twenty-eight 301. shares in the
Royal Santiago CoppEr Mining Company, forfeited for
non-payment of calls, were sold, by auction, yesterday,
for 1,2431. 15s.—an average price of 51. 7s. 6d. per share.
From Russia, we learn that the mines belonging to
the State have this year furnished to the Mint 1,457
ponds and 28 pounds of gold, representing a value of
19,902,338 roubles (79,609,352 f.), and 1,36
21 7 pouds of
silver (4,979,524 f.), or in all 21,147,9 roubles
(84,588,876 f.)
A further rise in the price of some of the dividend
mines has taken place this week, with a good business

doing.
In the Bullion Market, Mexican and South Americall
an
dollars, ss. ld. per oz. Bar silver containing gold,
gold above 5 grains in the pound to be paid for, ss. 20.
per oz. standard. Bar silver without gold, ss. per
oz. standard. Bar gold, 775. 9d. per oz. standard.
Spanish doubloons, 78s. 6d. per oz. Columbian oz.d-
bloons, 775. per oz. Fine cake silver, ss. qd. per

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—SOIITHAMPTON, DEC. 2.
—The Hyderabad, 815 tons, Captain Castles, left the
docks this afternoon with 230 Government emigrants on
board. She is bound for Adelaide, and will probably
sail finally to-morrow, being only detained for some
Scotch emigrants, who are expected to arrive by
train in the morning. The Hooghley, of 465 tons,
is the next Government emigrant ship sailing hence.
She will leave about the 10th instant, for Portland
Bay, and will be followed on the 30th inst. by the
Persian, a fine ship of 1,004 tons, for Melbourne. This
will make 35 Government ships and six private ships de-
-BPaChed from this port during the year. We have been
favoured with the sight of a drawing and model of a new
tn for fitting up emigrant ships, proposed by Mr. R.
A. Smith, the Government emigration officer at this
13rt, which, if adopted, will, we believe, materially con-
ducetO the health and comfort of emigrants. Its chief
merits
appear to consist in having all the people in fore
bottom
aft berths, instead of, as now athwart ships, the
freely
tbielettorn boards of all the berths to be removed during
Whisct y, and tables being fixed to the same stanchions
support the bed berths. This allows the air
a, to circulate through the ship during the day, and
'riches from
by having a curtain to fall down about 18
't`ll,_ll s from each berth, allows of a comfortable space for
emigrants to undress in, thus combing the healthful-
ness of the open berths of Government ships with the
Privacy of enclosed cabins of private emigrant ships.