The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-30 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S---MONDAY.
The Newmarket Handicap excited a good dea%bi
attention, its interest being chiefly derivable from •ej
business done on the three favourites. We have cliottio
Vanish at 7 to 1 ; this was her closing price, "to-
the course of the afternoon she wa4 backed at all 50
of prices, from 10 to 1 up to 6 to 1, from which 10
receded near the last to 9 to 1, was backed at tens
figure, came again and settled finally at 7to 1 : 'A
was at one time taken currently about each of the t"
favourites, but offered at the finish. Some other horTs
were backed for small sums. Nothinc, fresh on All',
other Spring races, and not much'.
done on wi
Derby ; we should mention, however, that 9 t°l-
was taken freely about Yl,inet, 30 to,
to about 1001. about Liberator, 2,500 to 100 about GO;
tilt, 1,400 to 50 about Cony ngham, 50 to I to 200/.ab°:
Bingham, and a few other bets of minor import:lo;i
Glentilt and The Liberator, although backed, were ti
in good odour, and Epirote was entirely friendle33,
Latest prices :

NRWMA SIM' HANDICAP.
9 to 2 agst Mr. Gregory's Euclid colt
9 to 2 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting
7 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Vanish
10 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Footstool—taken
12 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Lynceus—taken
14 to 1 agst Mr. Wigram's Kesheng— taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Shelley's Campanile
20 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Tom Tullo'ck
100 to 6 agst Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum—taken
Watch-dog is scratched.

THE PORT STAES.
Offer, to back the field at even, orK
take 6 to 4 about Sal*

METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
18 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's Bourton—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Wolfdog—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Herbert's Odessa filly—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsbottom's Pine Apple
Finvaragh is scratched.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
5 to 2 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken
7 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Liberator—taken
8 to 1 agst 31r. S. Conway's Christopher.
CHESTER CUP.
20 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Mendicant,
25 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Dulcet—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's The Lamb
25 to 1 agst Captain Pettat's Newcourt
28 to 1 agst Mr. Wilson's Punch
40 to 1 agst Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid—taken All,
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale--ta'
750 to 'l5 agst Lord Eglinton's two—taken
600 to 20 agst Mr. Collett's two—taken.
DERBY.
700 to 200 agst Kent's lot—taken
14 to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken
6 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp
9 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken freelf
13 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote_no backers
25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt
28 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngbam—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Liberator
40 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Horn of Chase—taken md.
50 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Bingham—taken to :a'.
50 to 1 agst Mr. Stephenson's Black Dwarf
50 to 1 agst Mr. Holmes's Pavilion
2000 to 40 agst Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb colt--kta
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60 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle
66 to 1 agst Mr. Fuller's Oxonian—taken.

OAKS.
8 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's The Farmer's
Hornet is disqualified for the Derby, Oaks, and St. I),„e*
and some other engagements, by the death of the ovine"
Corbet Smith. Daughter-Ater,

E RAES.
theTigheueerna'sstePrlaMANCHESotfetfhre.mHotrhsee
T hasß b“euerrsiCep Ia s e
and it will be run for, as usual, at the fortheo•—
meeting-.
NEWMARKET' CRAVEN MEETING.--r it- Aar
Mr. G. H, Moore's Wolfdog, 93t, apt .r. Lord "
ol course
to
ut:wit:os
sell's R.-winiseenee, 6.t 71b; 200,,h ft.
SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.—FRIDAY; 0,
Duke of Bedford's Leopard, Bst 91b, asst Mr.
Moore's Watchdog, 7st 71b; D. 1., 200, h ft.

EDINBURGH and PERTH RAlLlirik

os
REPORT from the SELECT COMMITTEE,a
STANDING ORDERS on PETITIONS AGAI:IA,
the EDINBURGH and PERTH. RAILWAY Blv—
The Select Committee on Standing Orders, to 01
were referred the Petitions against the Edinburgh °
Perth Railway the
Circumstances with Instructions to Report tea
Circumstances under which the Plans and Estimate
,'
were prepared and deposited, the Notices given, eel,'
the Applications to Landowners made, and whether,
they were such :is to be in violation of the spit it
the Orders of this House ;--have considered the mat*
Report:—
That plans for the Edinburgh and Perth Railway':
ters to them referred, and have agreed to the following
notices in accordance therewith, and applications to land'
owners, were prepared by engineers and agents under
taking this work, at the instance of the provisional COoa'.„,
mittee of the Edinburgh and Perth Railway Con,P3,,n;t
and
since dissolved, under 9 and 10 Viet., c. 28,
the plans were deposited, the notices published, and she
greater part of the applications served, before the dis
lution of the company. reeS
That in this part of the transaction no circa , re
in violation of' the spirit of the standing orders "e
alleged before your Committeeby the petitioners re. 100
That the objections taken re,
to the use subsequently made of the documents s°,lo,ll*
pared and deposited, or promulgated, and your
.1./ not
mittee have thought it to be within the meaning, 11 the
within the strict letter of your instructions, to pur'ue
investigation in the direction indicated. hurgb
That on the 30th of November, 1846, the Ediumh
rbyy
ocf called
e directors o
Northll
of a
eand Perth Railway Company, in which the No:t11131.-es
Railway then possessed a predominating influeuec:res'
Company,
ioistmstoepldva ebbdyy,,
taahnted a
secretary
ei
gcmeetingrneetda
ailas
shl
atlr
holders in the Edinburgh and Perth Railway C°ll3Pi e
threquisition British
same,
a k_
yot
That before the day of this meeting, the con:11,1s:: is
management of the Edinburgh and Perth CorePa'Ptlio
a report dated 23d November, after setting t.°l.L."a an
(.1
acquisition in 18$5-i- by purchase in the warke,",ey,
without concert with the Edinburgh and Perth C°ll3P,-terS
of more than half of their whole stock, by the dlrei,"l au
of the North British Railway Company, followed
agreement between the two companies for anialgetat- tr,
and after announcing the abandonment of the Je'"" end
dertaking by the North British Railway Con3rlll32f the
their apparent intention to effect the dissolution - tog
Edinburgh and Perth Railway Company, at the lueheare
to be held on the 30th, proceeded to urge their,. ° oat
holders to persevere in supporting this line, and for •tiee
purpose to reconstruct the company, if its dissnid
should be carried. 0010'
That at the meeting on the 30th November the re",ted
tion to dissolve the company was ineffectually res.- eg
1110
by a minority representing about one-fourth of the s ine•
in respect of which votes were given, but nearly °bed
teen-twentieths of those on which the full deposit° '
been paid up. ro;
That shareholders belonging to that minoriti,r; n
of
ceeded immediately, in terms of the recommendal`,lol,
the managing committee, to reconstruct the coral'
and da', the subsequent proceedings necessary for 3,11 de'
cation to Parliament, including th preparation Of the
posit of estimates and subscription contract, and ° the
petition, with Bill annexed, giving powers' to executeer
works shown on the deposited plans, &c. (with °leader
ception of one branch abandoned) were carried u test
the control of twelve directors, of whom the gretita
the fnirveecl part had been members of the committee in
company, and with the whole of the previously 01P°'
staff of secretary, engineers, and agents. a ibt
That no charges in respect of expenses incurred
plans or otherwise, with a view to the present apple piped
to Parliament, have been made against the d'ss, se.
company, by the engineers or agents, while sums h°- the
count of those expenses have been already' paid ufbele,
present company, who have undertaken to pay the woe 0
under an arrangement, of the legal effect of which, e to
binding agreement, it is not for your Committee
judge, but approved by parties representing motile the
two-thirds of the shares ot the old Company, •"•"1
petitioners, six in number, who appeared as shareb.eieace
complaining of this arrangement, tendered no Ow, or
to show the nature and extent of their own interest'
of any injury thereto.
111/
That on this statement of facts, it was urged that
undertaking, commenced by one party, had been luthat
doned by them, and carried forward by another, and ph
the spirit of the standing orders was violated by 511-
subsequent adoption.
That it appears to your Committee that tho sPI-1t
bii
intention of all the standing orders concerned in
case manifests itself in very careful provision for t
he
performance of various acts prescribed for the illf°V)„,,,
tion and protection of the public, or of individuals
property is to be affected; but that there is little inuLe-1;
tion of solicitude as to the parties by whom those °eta
are to be performed; any restrictions as to whom are, Dr
be deduced, if at all, from incidental expressions 2'311,1%0
than direct provision ; and that the circumstances of WI(
case are not such as to be in violation of the spirit
°
the orders of this House.
March 26, 1847.

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