The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-02 00:00:00

DERBY.

25 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Rosalie c
45 to 1 agst Mr. Neville's Amadon c.—taken

STOCKBRIDGE RACES—THURSDAY.
miteh for 501., new mile; Mr. Osbaldeston's Curry Comb, 4
yrs; 12st 71b (owner) beat Mr. Goodman's Pluto, 5 yes,
lOst 71b, very easily.
Plate of 401. given by Lord George Bentinek. Mile and
three. quarters.
Lord Palm, rston's Iliona, 4 yrs, Bst.. •( W. Day) 1 0 1
Lord G. Benlinck's Gobemouche, 3 yrs, 6st ...... 0 2 0
Mr. Osbaldest gr c Curry Comb, 4 yrs, Bst 61b... 00 '2
Mr. Hearn's bl gby Merlin (h. b. ), 5 yrs, 6st ...... 0 0 0
Mr. Foster's Variety, 4 yrs, 6471 b .
Mr. Etwall's AubuTn, 5 yrs, 6st 101 b 0 0 0
Betting.-5 to 4 agst Iliona-5 to 4 agst Curry Comb—
and 4 to I agst Variety.
Each heat won easy.

CARL ISI7kR A CES.--W Elm ESDAY.
The Corby Castle Stakes of 20 sus. each, with 25 added.
T. Y. C.
Mr. W. R. Ramsay's Whistle Binkie, Bst 51b walked over.
The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 guineas each. Two miles and a
quarter. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Ramsay's Neptune, 4 yrs, Bst 41b walked over.
Maiden Plate of 501. Heats, twice round.
Lord Kelburne's b c by Muley Moloch, dam by Ac-
taeon, 3 yrs, 7st 21b . (Oates) 4 1 1
Mr. Clegg's Lady Flora, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b
Mr. Lambert's Sandy) Sutton, aged, Oat 31b 3 2 3
Mr. Haworth's Hull Bank, 3 yrs 2 4 4

CAMBRIDGE CORONATION RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Coronation Plate of 30, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs.
each ; the second saves his stake. Once round. (7 Subs.l
Mr. Rogers's Jessica, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b. 0 1
Mr. Higgins' Roulette, 4 yrs, Bst 21b. 1 3 0
Captain Daintree's Tormentor, 6 yrs, 9st.
Mr. J. Smith's Daniel, aged, fist 3 0 3
Mr. Titehmarsh's Lincoln, aged, fist 101b...2 0 0

FROM TILE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.—The Indian mail, which arrived to-day, and the
principal contents of which appeared in a Second Edition of
this Paper. has realised the wish of the merchants for such a
change in the time of leaving India as would. according to all
the ordinary calculations of time, allow letters to he answered
within a very short time of the arrival in this country.
ITsually the last day of the month was selected for departure
from Bombay, but in this instance the 22d of May has been
OPENING OF THE GREAT the time fixed upon. The rate of the transit is rather more
WESTERN RAILWAY. than on the last occason, but there are, nevertheless, four
clear days (the 4th instant happening on Sunday) for answer-
This week the charms of the general election are in the ine commercial letters, and reporting on any commissions
ascendant, and consequently all minor allurements hide their which they may have brought. The alteration, though a
diminished heads. Even the dinner table—that " never-fail- simple one, is most salutary, and is gratefully acknowledged by
ing ever-new delight"—has lost its attractions for the moment, the merchants. 'The negative character of the intelligence was
and the exquisite steam of turtle soup, and the exhilarating
such as to have no material effect upon our Money Market.
" pop" of champagne bottles, are exchanged for the unsavoury The national securities were very firm at the opening of
vapours of the hustings, and for the ear-piercing shouts of business this morning, and Consols for the account advanced
" free and independent electors." The convivial meeting even to 90, but there was a slight reaction before the close of
of the directors, contractors, engineers, and shareholders the market, and they left off 89e to 89z.
O
of the Great Western Railway, intended to have taken The pressure on the money market of Calcutta, consequent
on the announcement of the new loan, had, according to the
share
place on Monday last at Box, in celebration of the com-
pletion of the entire line from London to Bristol,
the general fate, for who could be at the same time there and (crest had had the effect of bringing capital into use. The
in London, Bath, Bristol, Reading, and the many other places favourable news from P
ape-
where the battle of the constitution was on that day fought,change a great deal of b
cie, had also contributed to make things snore easy. In ex-
unless he had the gift of übiquity possessed by Sir Boyle Ruche's Persia, and the importation of
usiness had been done at 2s. 11,4 d,
bird alone? On that day, pleasure, friendship, and even into- to 2s. 13/Id. In the Indian securities there was not much
rest gave way to patriotism, throughout the length and breadth doing, but prices were better. The shares of the Bank of
of the land ; and on that day the • celebration dinner of the Bengal had improved since the declaration of the dividend,
Great Western Railway, which had been all but served for "r which for the last four months was about 1034 per cent.
wards of two hundred persons, had to be postponed sine di e•
Union Bank shares had shown a tendency to fall. The de-
But though the Directors deprived themselves of the happiness claration of profits of this bank was expected to be about
of feasting together, the public were not retarded in the enjoy- 10 ner cent.
ment of the uninterrupted line from London to Bristol on the With respect to the indigo crops, the accounts state that
day promised. it would be useless at that early period to hazard an opinion.
The entire line, as had been announced, was opened to the However, from the southern parts of Dacca the accounts were
public on Wednesday, and now the trains are running re- highly favourable, and manufacturing commenced there on the
gularly, according to the hours stated, between those places Ist of May. The exports from the Ist of November to the 14th
and, still further, on the Bristol and Exeter line as far as of May were 33,462 chests, or 119,060 fy. mds. Of this there
Bridgewater. The last and greatest difficulty of this su- were 22,680 chests, or 81,76 R fy. mds., shipped for London,
perb railway—the Bexhill tunnel—is now triumphantly and 1,390 chests, or 4,931 fy. mds., for Liverpool. The other
overcome, and, independent of the utility to agriculture, to destinations were France, North America, Germany, Bombay,
manufactures, to commerce, and to intelligence of this free and and the Gulfs, but only in small proportions, as compared with
rapid communication between the great ports of London and the shipments to England.
Bristol, it remains a splendid monument of the industry and of POST.—It was very generally mentioned yesterday in con-
fhe genius of this country, equal, if not superior, to any that the nection with the news of the failure of the old Lombard-street
ingenuity andperseverance of man have ever accomplished. Early banking-house of Whitmore, Wells, and Whitmore, that the
on Wednesday morning the first train from Chippenham to Bath immediate cause of the stoppage of the firm was the inability
—that part of the line which hithertowas unopened—started under of a banking concern in Macclesfield with which they were in
the conduct of Mr. Brunel, who found everything in complete or- correspondence, and to which they were under advances to
der, and expressed himself perfectly satisfied with his expedi- the enormous amount of nearly a quarter of a million, to
tionary trip. After the first essay of the road had been made, meet its engagements. We refrained for the moment, for rea-
and when the friends of the undertaking who could absent sons we need not explain, from repeating what had transpired
themselves for the day from the polling booths hal mustered, on this part of the subject; but as further reserve would an-
Mr. George Burge, of Herne Bay, the contractor, together swer no useful purpose, we now feel ourselves at liberty to
with Messrs. Brewer and Lewis, and a large party, accom- state, that the party at Macclesfield referred to was the
panied by a band of music, with flags and banners, proceeded house of Daintry, Ryle, and Co., who, we regret to find by
letters received this morning, have suspended payment also.
Messrs. Daintry and Co., paid nothing yesterday, notices
throughwhich
really the tunnel,
presented which was lighted all throughout, and
a most extraordinary appearance.
While making this procession three trains, crowded with peg-
being given to persons presenting checks that they were under
pie, passed through, and nothing could exceed their astonish- the necessity of closing their doors. The house was greatly
Merit at seeing a splendid procession 300 feet under ground, respected, and the event is accordingly much regretted.
literally " within the bowels of the earth," and at hearing the Let:yrs from Amsterdam speak of the negotiation of stock
strange music, which, from the echo by which the band was
in that market, on account of the Russian Government, within
attended, produced a most singular effect.
the last few days, for the sum of 16 is illion guilders (1,300,000/.
The examination of this stupendous tunnel being completed, to 1,400,000/. sterling.) The operation appears, from all we
and the exploring party having returned, refreshments were can barn respecting it, to bs the remnant of a loan brought
served in. a handsome tent, which had been erected for that forward some months since, but which was not taken by the
purposee between the imposing grand arch of the tunnel and
Dutch capitalists at the time to the full extent contemplated.
the beautiful Corsham-road-bridge, which (being what is The Morning Chronicle is formally assured by the corn-
technically called a jack-arch) is a very model of architecture. mittees of Peninsular bondholders that they had no cognisance
In order that our readers may form some idea of the Boxhill of the issuing of the placards calling upon the City voters having
tunnel we may here remark, that it is within a few yards of Spanish and other dishonoured foreign bonds to give their suf-
two miles in length. that it runs 306 feet belew the surface of frages to the Canservative candidates as their best friends.
the earth, and that a great portion of it has been cut out of the 'The Chronicle doubts the veracity of the said commit-
solid rock. Onemile and a quarter of this is lined with masonry tees. The tergiversation of that paper on financial
the quantity of excavation was about 300,000 yards, and the subjects may well accounefor the incredulity of its writers. In
number of bricks used was near 20,000,000. One ton of gun-
powder was usedfor blasting,and one ton of candles were consumed a day (Sr two hence, shotild our columns afford space, we may,
perhaps, be induced to give a few specimens of their contra-
per week for upwards of two years and a half, and 300 horses dictions. It is not long since that our contemporary was as
have been daily employed in it. The solidity of the work, the much the organ of the Portuguese Committee as it has since
symmetry of the entire arch, and the beauty of its two fronts, been the advocate of the blundering authorities of the Stock
built, of picked Bath stone, commanded universal admiration ; Exchange.
and too much praise cannot be given to the contractors, Mr. I The overland arrival from Bombay brings advices of a most
Burge, and 'Messrs. Brewer and Lewis, for the finished and gloomy tenour from the straits. At Batavia there had been a
workmanlike manner in which they had performed their con- I money panic of so formidable a character as to lead to the ex-
tracts. The three great desiderata of a tunnel, viz., absence pectation of a general bankruptcy. No particulars are given
from danger, darkness, and damp, have been in this perfectly from which a precise idea of the cause can be collected. It is
petitions
g chnalculin't to letc:Nsei -r
acquired. It is so dry within that one teight walk through it in satisfactory, however, to know that things had subsequently as-
:Tie:ln colouies seem to
as-
slippers. It is lighted by six shafts, which give by day a very
sufficient light, and is as safe as anyGle othera +d
tdof the line.
The resident engineer, A assistants, susmuediNa._les,sitihi,r,ceahteentiin(,gn
eaxsrietettn.
lent i n
th
()City lutrifrin part
„ere highly and deservedly m.complimentedundie' .by the . directors
subsided,
ine-ti;ail
n't t ratirtl.ts:.:::
t'for their assiduity and skill, an the unweaned atten- te
present
Mr. Brunel received their warmest approbation and
tthmannks the evening the contractors, directors, and gen- point to the necessity
British
si flr.)ll,_l
,1 h
Nei s
ongri-tirimla (,1:;:,
.‘
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ill
American
of some modification in the Minis-
think may be
tlernen.pr?sent, dined together and forgot their disappointment terial plan respecting the timber duties, which many
of the ci:ertl the
d
of the -rand entertainment expected on Monday, in a merry staunch friends of the Government seem to
the ditty On
thoueligsmall party, when the prosperity of the Company, and advantageously effected, by not raising
the healths of all concerned in forwarding its its interests, were Canadian produce, but letting it stand as at present,
drunk in "potations pottle deep" s
I theidl " gchampagne and Baltic
mail,
while thepress, reductioniiansthi
anticipation
oliiie
brimming cups of purple claret.Notslightest accident staple only.
occurred during the day, and everything`
sceodnonffected with the The ex
opening of the Great Western d Railway
Pamost satisfae-
et an to the public.
torily both to the Directors _
__..................... does not, of course, bring. private letters, -
except to a.
I very few parties ; and the main points ar,.! thercl'ore
Lieutenant and Adjutant Fowler, 88th, wasdetailed in timelier part of The Son. The Tea _Market
, : , i , .
f a small yacht, at Malta on became very dull upon receipt o them.
drowned by the upsetting. 0 _ ,_ _
the 6th instant, Be is unteersally deplored by all the gtrri6on. 1 some 1 "
' In vie-sure the -toppq`re of NVI ' , b litmore and Wells'

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NVOii easy.
The Galloway Stakes were won by Mr. Chaplin's Slacks, and
he Flack Stakes by Mr. Goldsmith's Cavallo, who also won
:he Hurdle Stakes by a neck.