The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-09 00:00:00

SPORTING IN TELLIGENC

TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
CIIEST'ER CUP (ACCEPT OR NOT).
40 to I on the field.
500 to 10 agst Mr. Irwin's Warp—taken
1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Ongley's The Warrior—taken.
DERBY. 0 ,01
375 to 25 agst General ShubriCk's Brocardo--.~#4eso
33 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Spithead—offers to tab
1,000 to 30 egst Col. Anson's Ingo—taken
4,000 to 100 agst Mr. Bowes's Hoorrah
1,000 to 20 agst, Galata colt.
°
The attendance was confined to about a dozen subs
and the business to the bets we hare quoted.

60 IA
....
20%

3i

4Vs P

231/2

2%

151/2
6%

39%

131/2
3%

3%

25/

1

123/4

AMALGAMATION of the Digi%i
BIRMINGHAM AND LEICESTER RA,70301
COMPANY AND THE LEICESTER
MINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. oilP
The rumours which for some time past have pre pt
that in consequence of the similarity of the olreir
be obtained by both Companies, an amalgainati°lbet/
ried out upon fair and equitable terms would pr'
Tiltioo
ficial to each, hare at length been verified. Negotiposf
it was known, have been pending for some tialeoecliS
effect that purpose, and an amalgamation W ("coif,
which it is understood was finally arranged at slog
ence held at the Board-room of the Direct 13i03,.:r730
and Leicester Railway Company yesterday 11,7;04
The Directors representing the Leicester and
...,Al'p."
ham Company were Richard Spooner, Esq., notf:
Chan., Esq., and T. Macaulay, Esq. The Di'deird
the Direct Birmingham and Leicester ComPallYin'
were G. F. Muntz, Esq., M.P., C. Shaw, Es(1";; (F'
Lucas, Esq. The solicitors of both Cowper:cog:
Baxter, of Atherstone, and Mr. Motteram, 4:4.'1,04;
ham) were also present. The basis of the arrev°ol°°:
is understood to be, that preparations are to be a!of
each Company independently to obtain their Dui of
expenses of which are to be defrayed by ee4POlll
pany out of its own funds. There is also an Cofj
standing, that whichever Bill first passes then
mittee on the standing orders, is to be OF
as the Bill of the united Company, 93..n01etl
time the amalgamation is to be formally and er",,,,`
carried out. under the name of the Birminghbnala
Leicester Union Railway Company ; the R„As.
every share in either Company to be consider':.opj
holder of a share in the Amalgamated Cotarid,or,
which 1/. 2s. will be considered to have been Ptl'in9,:
11. per share will be returned to the shareholder°
Direct Birmingl+am and Leicester Railway CotaP:ij6l
consequence of the extra amount of deposit P
them.

THE ARMY. „,,, 0,
The following are the terms referred to in articlebsre4
and 43 of the Army Warrant, the substance oficijeto
peared in our paper a few days since, by which u
it
now enabled to obtain free discharges lAA
Cavalry. p,
Under 5 years' actual service £3o
After 5 years' actual service, with one dis-
0
•
tinguishing mark
0
After 7 years' actual service, with one dis-
After 10 years' actual service, with two
distinguishing marks; or
10
After 12 years' actual service, with one
distinguishing mat k
After 12 years' actual service, with two
frt distinguishing marks; or 5 '''''
tS
After 14 years' • ervice, with one dis-
tinguishing marl -0.
After 14 years' service, with two dis- Free"o .of
- 0 ,
tinguishing marks; or right or
_...,„,,,
After 16 years' service, with one dis- for defeTA
tinguishing mark ......... ... ...........
After 15 years' actual service, with Free, wit
ti,;
distinguishing marks; or right of_...defl
After 16 years' actual service, with two for deferii;. pe.
distinguishing marks, having possessed sion of '
the second at least twelve months__ j a-day

DUTCH PA PERS
f co
THE HAGUE, JAN. 3.—A number of bales od sled
had been thrown ashore at Scheveningen, 613 eve;
considerable quantity of wrecked timber. In the ps:,
of the 30th of December the sea east ashore neilr Or,
voost the hull ;of the ship Alberecht and Otto'to
e
Hamburgh, which it left on the 15th, t
bounabe„,
neriffe. It appears from the ship's papers that bee
consisted of 12 men. It is not known what has
of them.
The Staats Courant publishes a royal dera-1,. 0 0
J
30th of December, by which his Majesty is P%tstil'i
grant the request of his son Prince Henry, W e'
a company, to be willed the Netherlands YaCh", 0117;
His Majesty likewise consents to be the protect°. 00°,
Company, which is to be called the Royal Nethe„roVl
Yacht Club. The King has also declared his 41"
tion of the statutes of the Company.
THE HAGUE, JAN. 6.—The Bulletin of toe
publishes a royal decree of the following tenor: 0f
" We, William 11. &c., seeingz.the report of our
i[pio
ters of Finance and Foreign Affairs of the
1845. Having taken into consideration that the of
Lion of some countries in which differential &Wu, tY
levied on goods at their importation, according
,ftl
countries in which they are produced, or the placjoi
which they come, and in which state the exportsco,
articles of food is prohibited, is prejudicial to ale
merce and manufactures of the Netherlands ; e 10,1fj
..Desiring to protect by analogous measures ihiee
rest of the Netherlands against such a system Of tios,,
duties on importation, and prohibition of exports Or,
" Seeing Art. 2 of the law of the 19th of Jue,e'oiSit;
and the ulterior reports of the above-mentioned
ters ters of the 4th of January, 1846, have decreed :6 l
ed
" Art. -The goods mentioned in the; subjoin de
imported either directly or passing in transit tb_,'"9/4
foreign territory from a country where goods ro
from the Netherlands are subject to higher diltit;c;
when imported from other countries, are snb4/
higher duties. (Here follows the list of articles.) godi,
"Art. 2. The above article is not applicable t° meld
coming from countries with which treaties of ee°
and navigation have been concluded.
"Art. 3. The export duties on the exportation ° ,
and flour are increased."
The above decree is to be in force thirteen ask'
its publication in the Bulietin of the Laws.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, DEc. 29-
5 per Cent. Metalliques 1111(h
4 per Cent. ditto.. .. .• • 100,*
3 per Cent.
Lean, 1834
Ditto, 1839 • • • • • • • • • • •
Bank Shares
Esterhazy's Loan ........ .
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand ..... 181 S
Gloggnitz • • ••••• • • • • •• • • ••••••• • • • • • • 1391 pi
Vienna—Milan • • • • • •• ..
Pesti' .... ••••••• • • • • • . ..... . 105.4
Sienna • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. • . . ...... 10934
Pestoja •• • • ...... ............... --
—ARgemelne Zeitung, Jan. 2. ....
HAMBURGH BOBSENILALLE,
not
Bills. P'
kustrian 5 per Cents • • 113
Bank Shares • • 1620
Anglo-Russian Loan ••••• • • • • •• • 109%
Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 103 X
Ditto Ist series Inscription ••• • •• • • 104%
••••
Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 99
Ditto, in Certificate.. • • •••••• •• • • • • 99
New 4 per Cent., Hops and Co. 91
Ditto Stieglitz .. • .. . ......... 90
Spanish New 5 per Cent....
Ditto 3 per Cent
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 23 per Cent •• • 60
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • 60%
Ditto 3 per Cent. ...............
Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 82% 1.
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...• • . 86
National Bank Shares
DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, JAN. 6. 1311114.
61
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •• • ••• • • • 61 Money.
14 4
• bitto, 3 per Cent •••• • • • • 73N 960
Ditto, 4 per Cent • •••••• • • • • • • 95N
Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent— •••• •• • • 39%
Ditto, 3% per Cent. .
164
Commercial Company, 4;4 per Cent • . 163
East India Loan, 4 per Cent • • • 11
Exchange on London, at sight ...• .. 12 11
Two months.• •.•.•••• • • • .• 12 6$
On Hamburgh, at sight .... 35 $1
Two months... • . •••• • • • • 35
On Paris
Twomonths. ••
—Dutch Papers, Jan. 7.

..........
- ..... 160
* "••• 1221;
- - -161 w

at 11.)
THE SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.—finWedIIeSO9:k
'clock a Court of the Governors and friends of the 7$ n
Hospital, which was numerously attended, was held
en Kg
Hall of the Corporation, Crane-court, Fleet-street, „`"totY„
the corporation seal to an address to be presentelo,l
Duke of Sutherland on resigning the office of prest',l,eo4
elect a chaplain in the room of the late Rev. g• Yej
Rector of St. Anne, Soho, and on otter business'9ool4,
Webster in the chair. Major Adair, the secretary, Prifftw./
the report of the relief committee and of the Kinfoe 0 tiloi
which is in trust to the Scottish Hospital.
e6l ,1,6
first it appeared that 377 persons were relie'
d the 10th ult., with the sum of 239/. 12s. 6-I,st ',he
latter shoWed that the stock, which in January
55,550/., had been reduced in the course of the Ye.adriale
sale of 4001. Three per Cents , and that the sum P3' tbst ed
sions amounted to 11,848/. It was then resolved 0,/
corporation seal be affixed to the address, which w,oted
beautifully written in illuminated letters, to be pre,
so,
the Duke of Sutherland on his resignation of the pre std
of the hospital. Mr. Hamilton next brought f'sr GrOtio
motion, in conformity with a recommendation of 11!he foljto
that it, consequence of the prosperous condition of I"ssecia
of the hospital the 10/. pensioners should be increpoie!'?
100, and that there should be an addition of thees,o4o
in the receipt of smaller pensions. A rdi too
was agreed to that there should be 30 pensioners, eaol
65 years of age, who should be allowed 8/. a year'eated„o'
who. should receive IU/. a year; and it was s'pr. V:of
2,651/. Bs. 4d. was distributed last year. The Rev iair, sloe
ming then proposed that the Rev. Archdeacon Sioc;t,of
of Kensington, should be the chaplain, in the ro? 0,10 if
Rev. R. 111`Leod. Dr. Dixon seconded the reselatwiissiolio'ed
was unanimously adopted ; and, after a long cPciricrestee
was resolved that the salary of the secretary ped to
from 175/. to 200/. per annum. Thanks were vote
Chairman, and the court broke up.
GLASGOW PIG IRON TRADE, JAN. -• &S'
among holders has been very general within this e 05,04,
past, and we do not hear of any iron offering aal,','oo
though we are not aware of any transactions at I'm
—Glasgow Argus.