The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-19 00:00:00

RAILWAY GAUGE.

Motion made, and Question proposed, " That it is the opinion of
this House that it is expedient that the South Wales line, and its
branches to Monmouth and Hereford, should belormed on the broad
gauge : '—Aniendthent proposed, after the words " That it is," to in-
sert the word " not :" QuLstiou proposed, " That the word ' not' be
there inserted :"—Amendment by leave withdrawn :—Main Question
put. The House divided :

MAJORITY—AYES, 67.
Acland, Sir T. Fitzrsy, Henry Northland, Viscount
Armstrong, Sir A. Gill, Thomas O'Brien, T.
Barron, Sir H. W. Goulburn, Henry Pakington, J. S.
Bernal, Ralph Greene, Thomas Powell, Caleb
Borthwick, Peter Grimsditch, T. Price, Sir It.
Bowles, Admiral Male, It. B. Russell, C.
Bruges, W. H. Hamilton, G. A. Saudon, Viscount
Buckley, Edmund Hawes, Benj. Scott, Francis
Callaghan, D. Hayter, W. G. Somerset, Lard G.
Cholmondeley, H. Herbert, Sidney Spooner, R.
Christie, W. D. ' Hill, Lord Marcus Stuart, V.
Clerk, Sir G.' ' Hudson, G. Vane, Lord H.
Cockburn, Sir G. Hughes, W. B. ViLieril, Viscount
Collett, W. It, Inglis, Sir R. Vivian, J. E.
Connolly, Col. Labouchere, Henry Waddington, H. S.
Courtenay, Lord Layatd, Captain Wakley,.Thoms.s
Davies, D. A. Lemon, Sir Charles Wawn, J. T.
Disraeli, B. Lincoln, Earl of Wilde, Sir Thomas
Dodd, George Lygon, Gen. Wortley, J. S.
Douglas, Sir H. Mackenzie, T. ..._,,,,
Douglas, Sir C. Miles, W. TELLERS.
Duckworth, Sir J. Morgan, 0. Young, John
Escott, Biekham Morris, David Cardwell, Edward
Esmonde, Sir T. Nicholi, J.

MINORITY—NOES, 14. - ---
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Aelters, James. Evans, William Stanley, W. 0.
Barnard, E. G. Toward, C. W.
13entinek, Lord G. Mime, Joseph TELLERS,
Bentinek, Lord H. Alarsland, Henry Denison, J. B. '
Brotherton, Joseph nun:midge, Captain Grey, Sir G.
Duneannon, Lord Seyiner, Henry tier

• SPORTING INTELLIGEN
• TA.TTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
NORTHMIBERLAND PLATE.-5 to 1 agst Lucy, 7to 1
agst Wirreour, 12 to 1-ages Dolo,, 12 to 1 agst Telema-
chus, and 16 to I agst The Druid.
ST. LEGER.-7i to 1 agst Brocardo, 5 to 1 agst Sir
Tatton Sykes, 7 to 1 agst Pyrrhus the .First, and
8 to 1- agst Brocardo (in one bet), 400 to 100 agst
Dawson's lot.
DERBY.-5,000 to 60 agst The Riever. '
The above were the only bets laid. The attendance
was very thin, and business slack.
HAMPTON RACES—YESTERDAr.
The scene created yesterday on Moulsey Thirst, so
frequently described as to be stripped of every particle
of novelty, agreed ;so essentially with all that have pre-
ceded it under the present regime, that we shall make no
apology for leaving it to the imagination of our readers.
We need only briefly observe that the attendance,
although compared with some years showing a marked
falling off—a consequence, no doubt, of the overpower-
ing heat of the weather, was very large, embracing all
those gradations of rank, from royalty downwards' inva-
riably to be found at thoss meetings. The stands, how-
ever, were but indifferently filled for such an occasion,
and the proprietors, we fear, must have found small can-
solation for the first day's deficiencies. To keep so
numerous, and free and e,,sy an assemblage in anything
like siihj(.etion was not an easy task ; the greater credit
therefore is due to the managers of. the pourselior the
precautions taken to prevent a.recurrer.ce of those in-
terruptions that at no vory remote period -were apt to
set all control at defiance, and not unfrcquently to lead
to serious accidents. The arrangements were 'perhaps
not quite perfect, but the. disposition to render them, so
perience, the course wasfnelv.erras
was evident, and it is but justice touelaldkdethta. t, in oneex-
be to add the name
included in -our report of
To give a list of the
of
fashionable
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the first day's sport. therefore; wind up our
brief preliminary by stating that the racing commenced
George of Cambridge tow ethsohsaell,
at half-past two, -and, from
between the heats, an excusable indulgence
o'clock. was protracted until half-past six

9st llb ;
The Hurst Cup of 30 Sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 5
Sovs. each—three yrs old, let 41b ; four, Bst 71b ; five,
Mr.
31b, and the winner to be sold for 150 Sovs. Heats, once
Booth'ss ixTita-nbditiag3edy,r9sst 51b—mares and geldings allowed
Mr. Nunu's f by Samarcand, out of La(
round and a distance.
sMirr.GP.rllateta'sthDceootde:israc, 4byy...r4s
Mr. Roger's f by Glaucus, out of Harmon
gardee, 4 yrs
Amato, out of
Harmony,
iolur;a3neu?T!: 200 130
rl2
3 yrs
Betting—First' heat-6 to 4 agst Tit-bit 0 dr
Second heat-5 to 4 agst Tit-bit, 6
to
.tt on
aw..ssby a head.
filly. won by a length. t amareaffd
Third heat-5 to 2 on Tit Bit •
, won easy by two lengths.
The Claremont Sttkes of 10 soya. each, h ft, with 25 added;
for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; winners once
to carry 31b ; twice, 71b extra. Halt a mile.
Mr. Chreshire's fby Redshank, out of Delhi (E. Edwards) I
Duke of Richmond's Outpost, by Mus ...
Lord Chesterfield's c by Don John, dam by Ishmael ...... :
The following also started but were not placed :—Sir
W. W Wynn's Leporello, Mr. E. Griffith's Lady Lift, Mr.
Booth's f by Elis out of Antler's dam. ,
Betting—Even on Outpost, 3 to 1 agst Don John colt,
3 to 1 agst Lady Lift, 5 to 1 each agst Elis filly and .Lepo-
mile, and Bto 1 ag,t Redshank filly. The Redshank filly
made all the running ant won easy by three parts of a
length, -Outpost heating the Don Jolla colt by ahead;
nothing else near the first three.
Her Majesty's Plate of.loo guineas; three yrs old, Tat 51b;
four 9st lib ; five,,9.t 111 b ; six and aged, lOst 21b. The win-
ner to be sold for 500 sovs., if demanded, &c. Heats, two

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miles.
Sir G Heathcote's Bro. to Valentissimo, 3 yrs 2 1 /
Mr. Holloway's Baronet, 3 yr.
Ma. Whittingham's Nubia, 5 yrs
Mr. Parr's Auld. Lang Syne 0 2 dr
'Mr. Onslow's Ruff, 4 yrs 0 0 dr
Mr. Higgins's Redleg, 3 yrs 3 dr
Mr. Msiklam's Aristotle, aged 0 dr
Mr. Balchin's Sir Edmund, 3 3.rs 0 dr
First heat-7 .to 4 agst Biotber to Valentissimo, 4to I
agst Aristotle, and sto I agst Ruff. Won by half a length;
Brother to Valentissimo beating Redleg for the second place
by a length.
Second heat-6 to 4 agst Baronet, 3to 1 agst :Brother to
Valentissimo, and 6 to I agst Ruff. Won easy by two
lengths, a similar separating Auld Lang Syne and the winner
of the first heat.

Third heat-5 to lon Brother to Valentissimo, who made
all the muting, won in a canter by three lengths, and was
claimed.

BRITISH AND AMERICAN sQuA_

DRONS IN THE P&CIFIC.

We may refer without inconvenience in this place to some
communications we have received on-the subject of the rela-
tive forces of the British and American squadrons in the
Pacific. One of our correspondents has endeavoured to con-
vince us that the American frigates Congress, Constitution,
and Savannah, which are unquestionably very fine vessels of
their class, are line-of-battle ships in disguise, and -superior
to our own ships in weight of metal. It is even affirmed that
these frigates have been sent out expressly prepared;for an
encounter with our 80 -gun ship, the Collingwood. These
apprehensions are alto‘ether unfounded. In the first'place,
the list of the two squadrons which has gone the round of
the papers, and was sent to this country from Lima, is in-
accurate ; two more frigates have joined the British Ad-
miral, one of which is, we.believe. the Grampus, a razeed 74,
formerly the Tremendous. In the second place, we have
taken the trouble to compare the armament of the frigate
Congress, the flag-ship of the American Commodore, and
the armament of the Collingwood, flag-ship of Sir E. Sey-
mour. The comparison gives the following results
8 68-pounders on lower deck.
20 32-pounders on lower deck.
Collingwood i 4 68-pounders on main deck.
I 24 32-pounders on main deck.
124 32-pounders on upper deck and forecastle.

80
Besides field-pieces and boat-guns; which do net count in
her mounted armament.

Congress 6 68-pounders, "I
ou-- long 32- pounaers.
Perhaps the American vessel mountP, four more guns than
are given in the return from which we quote; but without
in the least detracting from the merit of those frigates, it is
preposterous to put them on an equality with vessels of the
class of the Collingwood or the Superb.
We have, or shall soon have, in the Pacific one 80-gun
ship, tour frigates, three corvettes, and two or three steamers;
the Americans have three first-class frigates, four corvettes,
and a schooner—no line.of-battle ship, and no steamer. With
this farce the American Commodore will be called upon to
take an an active part in the warwith Mexico, to blockade a
large extent of coast, perhaps to support operations in California,
and to protect the immense fleet of whalers which resort to
the South Seas from the ports of New England. We need
scarcely add that a hostile collision with the British squad-
ron would be a most formidable addition to these arduous
duties of the United States' officers on this station; and
although we sincerely hope that no such calamity will occur,
we cannot entertain the smallest apprehensions as to the re
suit, and we are convinced that the superiority of our 'forces
in the Pacific at this time will prove an additional induce-
ment to the maintenance of peace.—Times.