The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-08 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.
The programme for this week is filled to repletion with
items of varied interest, bearing in their results, as they
will do, upon prospects long anterior to the events which
will this week be brought to icsue.

THE CESAREWITCH.
Of course the great event of the week will be the Trades-
man's Handicap, for which there are fifty-two acceptances.
Upwards of thirty may be expected to come to the post,
selected from the following list of
PROBABLE STARTERS AND JOCKEYS.
Lifeboat

Comforter Wells.
Cape Flyaway Aldcroft.
Gallus
Newcastle
El Hakim Calvert.
Yorkshire Grey Sharp.
Ben Webster Entwistle.
Moorcock Challoner.
Alderman P allock.
Sir William Madden.
Stapleton
Ancient Briton
.. T Adams.Dickenson,
Viatka .......................... Charlton.
Brewer. .....
Bevis ..................... Bray.
...............
KilliDulcibella ...
grew ...................... Bottom.
...................... J. Adams.
Chance Shot ........ .........
Richmond .......... J. Daley.
Plumper
.. Drewe.
Golden Pippin •
. French.
Optimist
H. Grhnshaw.
Feodorowna
Heiress Johnson.
Jeddah Page.
Signet Parsons.
Sandy M'Pherso n Bundy.
Glendinning Midgley.
Sheffield.

Mavourneen Cannon.
Barabbas Roper.
If Lifeboat were in anything like his old form I should
not despise him, but his racing days seem to be over.
Comforter satisfied us at Goodwood and Doncaster that
he was quite capable of racing with a good weight in the
pigskin. Both Custance and Wells are spoken of with
regard to the mount, but under the tuition of either the
horse would have the assistance of the ablest of jockeys,
and I shall expect to see him take a prominent part in the
race, if he does not prove the actual winner. He belongs
to what is termed in racing circles the "gentlemen's"
party, so that the public will have a fair run for their
money.
Cape Flyaway, 3 yrs, Bst 11b, must give way to Feodo-
rowna, if their York running is taken into consideration.
Newcastle, 4 yrs, 3st 11b, is sure to run well, but I can
hardly believe him capable of conceding the weight to the
three. yr-olds, and I believe it is this view of the case which
induced his noble owner to lay the odds against him at
Newmarket last week.
Lady Trespass, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b, Yorkshire Grey, and
Claire will find the company a little bit too good for them.
Moorcook, 4 yrs; 7st 61b, should the ground be hard and
the race run at a strong pace, would undoubtedly force his
way to the front, and keep Newcastle safe. At home he is
thought to possess a good outside chance.
Stapleton, 5 yrs, 7st 41b, has only to stay the distance to
finish as close up as Clydesdale did lait year. He will re-
present the Findon stable, and as he gave Wallace 2st 41b
at Nottingham this spring, and got within two lengths of
him, and ran Jenny Longlegs to a head, giving her 401 b in
the same race (the Nottingham Handicap), there are more
unlikely things than Stapleton winning.
The Alderman, 5 yrs, 7st 41b, has an outside chance, look-
ing at his Richmond race with Lady Trespass, but he is
scarcely clever enough for this company. He ought to be
kept on the safe side.
Ancient Briton will carry Lord Coventry's colours and
not disgrace them, as his easy victory for theliverpool Cup
in 1858 must not be overlooked, and his performance at
Warwick in the spring of this year showed him still to pos-
sess the fine speed for which he always had credit. The
Brewer is one of those old stagers who has been so
often going to do a "good thing" and won't, that I must
discard him.
Two of the four comprising the Woodyates lot are in the
market—Bevis and Dulcibella—the latter backed for "heaps
of money," but with which, if either, their clever trainer
intends to shoot is not within my knowledge. I haie no
great faith in either, as Bevis's victory for the Northamp-
tonshire Stakes, beating such horses as Harraton, Gladio-
lus, and Yellow Rose, scarcely entitles him to a very high
position as a racehorse ; and although he defeated Fisher-
man at Salisbury for the Guineas in a week or two after,
the latter was 13 unfit I give him little credit for the per •
formance. D ulcibella has Full five times this year, her best
performance being at the Newmarket Craven meeting,
on the Rowley Mile, when Cape Flyaway gave her 171 b
and beat her easily, Feodorowna and Rattlesnake being her
other competitors. Such a performance little warrants the
belief that she will turn out the winner of a race like the
Cesarewitch, particularly as she showed no better in her
subsequent career, but rather worse, as she ran nowhere to
Gorsehill at Epsom, receiving 191 b.
Heiress is likely to turn out the best cf the Epsom divi-
sion. A heavy commission was executed about her in the
City on Saturday. Her performances hitherto have been
very moderate. With her extremely light weight it would
not astonish me to see her carry her colours past Judge
Clark with success.
Weatherbound will be "homeward bound" on this occa-
sion, if looking to the state of the market is any criterion.
The next for consideration is the favourite, Golden Pip-
pin, and what must I say of her ? Only that her perform-
ances are very equivocal to entitle her to hold such a posi-
tion. It is true that she obtained a bad fourth place for
the Thousand, and at Chester ran second to Ben Webster,
giving him a lump of weight (241 b), but although she
finished before Horace, to whom she gave 81b, it was no
second. Her other performances are equally indifferent,
and were she located in any stable with less prestige than
Godding's she would not command a tithe of the respect
she now does.
Sheffield has been supported for the off chance, at out-
side prices. He has never shown any ability to travel a
long distance, but with sst 111 b only, he ought to be for-
ward in the race.
Gridiron was backed for an immense stake for the Good-
wood Stakes, but, bolting on that occasion, his chance
cer-
tainwextinguished. Should he be found at his post, he ls
brid e-
his chance for the Cam g
good character, but I prefer
to distinguish himself, his speed being of an undeniably
Cambridge-
shire.
Mavourneen has a very sanguine Pandrty, a
quarter, she
is
who think that
by her trial with Precursor, a mile
is better than Faultless. I think she a sure to finish very
forward in the race.
performances, which will not
thosepub l
of Starke, who was intended
Optimist is heavily supported,
Pfrted,_
reason, looking at his but without any apparent
bear comparison with
g, only it was spoiled by an accident,
however, intended to start.
for a real
"godo thnene-d so badly a few days ago that he has
come with a great rush into
market during the last week. Estimated upon his
his leg having
t
done
Barabbas, 1 little work o3r
yrs,
rssi,n6cea
91111),ehiassy
majority of three- lds engaged.
three-o
Ascot fore, he seems to possess a chance considerably
above the
Signet has proved himself the best of Alex. Taylor's
lot.

'o choose between such a lot of animals as these enu-
merated is no easy matter. Those that I expect the winner
to spring from are COMFORTER, OPTIMIST, HEIERsS,
DULCIBELLA, MAYOURNEEN, and SIGNET; and to reduce
these still further, I shall stand on

COMFORTER and HEIRESS.
On Wednesday we shall probably see the Derby winner,
Thormanby, defeated by Buccaneer for the Select Stakes,
as they only run the Ditch Mile ; and Diophantes and the
Phemy colt may fight out their Stockbridge and Goodwood
battles over again in the Bedford Stakes, five furlongs,
Lord Stamford's colt having a shade the best of it, as he
gave the unnamed gentleman 51b and a half-length beating
in one instance. On Thursday Thormanby has the 500
Sovs Sweepstakes, D.M., and Eda one on the T.M.M.,
apparently at their mercy ; while Vaga should have little
difficulty in sacking the Bretby Stakes, three quarters of a
mile; Cowley the Curzon Stakes, T.Y.C. ; and Lord
Stamford the 300 Sovs Sweepstakes on the Bretby Stakes
Course.

The Prendergast Stakes is the only race yet closed for
Friday, and the formidable name of Dundee again appears
amongst the entries. Should he win the Clearwell Stakes he
will incur a 121 b penalty for this race ; the distance, how-
ever, a furlong further thiva the Hopeful and the same as
the Clearwell Stakes, may induce Lord Stamford to have a
cut at the Derby crack with Diophantes ; but as the latter
is also penalised 91b, I cannot doubt his being defeated
obi
Dundee, whose stoutness should again serve Win sue"
fully over this course.
In their respective matches I prefer the chances of Cape
Flyaway, Baron Munchausen, and Postage. c
MAN.A

THE STEAM PLOUGH IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—.
Fowler's steam plough is now in full work in the neigh-
bourhood of Gloucester, a steam plough company having
been formed in that city, with the Lord Lieutenant of the
Earl Dude, at its head, for the purpose of supply-
county,ing the farmers of the county with the means of having
their lands ploughed by steam. At the recent annual
dilated upon the great advantages arising.
of a' district
meeting of the Gloucestershire Agricultural Society Mr.
3infirroduction of steam power in the Cultivation of
flrioomllainhcle,
the land, and at the annual ploughing match
to derive society on IVednosday the steam plough w
dinner of the society several tenant ploughmen. At
dAotthethres
the ground among the competing 33 at work on
spoke in terms of high praise of the steam plough and
the benefits they were likely from its employment,
observing that, the landlords having
the subject up, all obst • warmly taken
necessary enlargement of t obstacles in the way of the
by the removal of useless he fields for their steam plough,
an end, thus giving ss trees and hedges, would soon teat
favour," while steam the steam plough " a fair field and 110
reality to ft am was beginang to teach na how in
speed tb,o plough."

TILE CII ARING-CROSS RAILWAY.

the
The exte-mien (F
ofrom the SouObserver
th-Eas.) tern line at Lon-
don-bridge to Charing-cross, which when com-
pleted, will render essential service to the public by
relieving the crowded thoroughfares of the City of
SO l'Arge a portion of their traffic, is now being
pus'ned forward with great activity: Representa-
tions have been made by the Charing-cross Com-
pany to the South Eastern directors respecting the
amount of assistance to be given to the undertaking
by the latter, and it is understood that the South
Eastern board are so fully convinced of the value of
the line to their proprietors that they have come to
the resolution of recommending that the remaining
capital required to complete the work should be
subscribed by their company. The estimated capi-
tal was originally £BOO,OOO, but this has since been
increased to the extent of £60,000, by adopting the
very wise suggestion of Mr. Hawkshaw, and con-
structing the bridge over the Thames with four lines
of rails instead of two, as at first proposed. Of
the amount of capital required £450,000 was
fixed as the net cost of the land and property to
be taken, and the experience already obtained
shows that this extension will form the almost sole
exception in the history of railways where the esti-
mates on this head have not been exceeded. It is
highly creditable to Mr. Ryde, the surveyor of the
company, and proves the careful manner in which
his calculations were made, that the property will
have been purchased within the amount which he
had fixed. Of this £450,000 a sum of £40,000 was
paid to the Hungerford-bridge Company for the
landed property, including the existing piers of
the bridge and the wharf on the Surrey side, for-
merly occupied by Mr. Eastwood; and £lBO,OOO
for the purchase of the Hungerford-market Com-
pany's property. These purchases cover all demands
for compensation so far as the railway company is
concerned. The shopkeepers in Hungerford-mar-
ket are for the most part weekly tenants, but by a
clause in the Charing-cross Bridge Act they are
entitled to receive three months' notice, and will be
permitted to take with them on their removal all
trade or shop fixtures which they may wish to
carry away. With respect to the bridge tolls, an
arrangement has been made by the Hungerford-
bridge Company to purchase them for a sum of
£85,000, being 20 years' purchase of the amount
actually taken. When the railway bridge is com-
pleted there will be accommodation provided for
foot passengers by overhanging ways upon each side
of the bridge at the same rate of toll as at present.
The station at Hungerford-market will be 140 feet
in width, and the company are bound to provide at
the entrance into the Strand an open courtyard of
not less than 100 feet in depth and of the same
width at the railway station. This will involve
the removal of three or four houses which now have
a frontage in the Strand, which are included in the
purchases made of the Hungerford-market Com-
pany. The houses which will have to be taken
down are those occupied by Mr. Marshall, the gro-
cer • Messrs. Allen, the trunkmakers, at the corner
of Hungerford-street; and the adjoining house on
the east side, now a confectioner's. The block of
property purchased by the company is bounded on
the east side for almost the whole distance by
Villiers-street. A large portion of it will be surplus,
and will not be required for the purposes of the
station at present, but if, as no doubt will be the
case, the South Western or Brighton Companies
should obtain power to use the station, they will
have to purchase some portions or the whole of this
property for the purpose of enlarging the station.
The first company which shall obtain admission
after the present one will have by far the most ad-
vantageous bargain as respects purchase of property
and those who may come after will have to acquire
property on the Craven-street side, which will pro-
bably be of a much more expensive character. The
chains and ironwork of the Hungerford Bridge
have been sold to a company at Clifton for £5,000
subject to the cost of taking down and removal.
The bridge over the Avon at Clifton is one that was
commenced in 1832, under the superintendence of
the late Mr. Brunel. The piers were constructed on
the edge of the cliffs at a great expense, the chains
were made and were lying on the spot for some years
and were only recently removed to be used in the
construction of the famous Saltash-bridge, also built
.
under
runnel, in Cornwall. The first com-
pany failed for want of funds to complete the
work; the association just formed has purchased
the piers for an almost nominal sum, and the iron-
work from Hungerford at less than one-tenth of its
cost. The Clifton bridge ought to be one of the
cheapest in the country. It will have one span
of 700 feet in width, and will have a clear head-
way above high water of 200 feet.
On the Surrey side the first property taken for
the Charing-cross Railway is the coal wharf of
Messrs. Coles, Child, and Co., west of the present
Hungerford-bridge, the freehold of which belongs
to the Archbishop of Canterbury. A portion only
of this property, as well as of the wharf on the op-
posite side, will be required to be taken. The re-
mainder will still be available for sale or rental.
Leaving this part, the railway will cross the Belve-
dere-road, Sutton-street, the York-road, Anne-street,
Agnes -street, Frances-street, Vine-street, the Water-
loo-road, John-street, and the Commercial-road.
The whole of the property purchased along this part
of the route belonged to the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, and, with the exception of the York-road and
Waterloo-road, it consists of small houses let out in
tenements. In the York-road several of the houses
have shops; the remainder are private houses; and
in the Waterloo-road there are shops and small trade
premises. The railway passes along this part in a
curve of two furlongs radius, and will be, as through-
out the whole of its course, entirely on arches, except
at the crossing of streets and thoroughfares, where
it will be carried by flat girder bridges. At the
Cornwall-road will be the junction with the Soutb.
Western line, which will be effected by a short ex-
tension carried from the main line at the Waterloo
Station across the Waterloo-road, so that direct
access will be obtained to the London-bridge Sta-
tion, or by closing the points at the junction,
the South Western trains may be reversed, and
go on to Charing-cross. It is probable, how-
ever, that a small branch may be thrown out
by the South-Western, over its own property in
the York-road, for the purpose of the Charing-cross
traffic, leaving the Cornwall-road junction entirely
for that to and from London-bridge.
Leaving Cornwall-road, where there will be a
passenger station common to both companies, the
line passes along the south side of Brad-street,
crosses Windmill-street and Eaton-street. Here
the property consists of small houses belonging en-
tirely to the Right Hon. Mr. Milner Gibson. The
property between Eaton-street and Broadwall is
of an exceedingly low character, and includes
Mitre-place,
Isibella•place, and Bates's-buildings—
it belortes to several small proprietors. From
Broadwall the line passes in the open space be-
tween the backs of Jane-street and Isabella-street,
crosses Collingwood-street, and reaches the Black-
friars-road. The property in this section consists
of small tenements. The whole blocks have been
purchased, but the carcases of the houses will re-
main intact, as only the small outhouses and yards
of some of them will be taken. The arches of the
railway will be so arranged as to afford all the re-
quisite accommodation for the tenants, and the
houses will still be available for tenancy. In the
Blackfriars-road a portion of the property consists
of several shops, with business premises in the rear ;
the remainder is of an inferior description. The
principal proprietor is Mr. John King Lethbridge.
On the east side of the Blackfriars-road several
shops and some small tenements, on the south side
of York-street, extending beyond Thurlow-street
and William-street, have been purchased for the
station to be provided at this point. The owners
of the iddleo property were the trustees of the late Mrs.
station and Mary Bilke. The Blackfriars
chapel,walii.ll be on the north side of Rowland Hill's
and the road will be crossed by a fiat
girder
which is %R' The property in Thurlow-street,
is small
among the
street running out of William-
street,
a character that ae worst on the line. It is of such
police
time since it was con-
demned by the
William-street to Orem. iunfit for tenancy. From
lane there is a number of
very low and wretehede tenementses which belong to
the London and South-Western Railway Company.
These have been purchased,
down. A portion of the dand will be taken
attached to the
premises in the occupation of elnlessrs. Jones, hat
re
manufacturers, will be required,
and this is the
property
to assess
first case in which a jury will be
the amount to be given for the
is yentaokren.
llt
is stated that the amount required
above the real value ; and this is therefore jurnstosuusch
a case as a company like to go before a jury upon.
At, Gravel-lane the estate of the Bishop of Win-
chester commences, and extends as far as the
Borough Market. The property on the estate
is, without exception, the vilest and the worst in
London. It comprises, amongst others, pump_
court, Ewer street,
and Mary Ann-place. It was
stated in the evidence given before the committee
of the House of Commons that such is the charac-
ter of the spot that it is unsafe for a policeman to
n; tat the
trust himself alone there at
houses swarm with vermin, and fight
are filthy be-
yond description ; that, in hot weather, the poor
wretches who occupy them are compelled
to leave them, and lie in the streets
.to
avoid the foul stench, and the attacks of the
Vermin of all kinds, who claim and assert their right
to undisputed possession. Until a few months since,
and after attention had been directed to this nest of
vice and misery, the streets and courts were not
even paved.
When the surveyors were engaged in
surveying thitt
property they were compelled at
the clove of
'l3. day to change the whole of their

clothing, and take measures for destroying the offen-
sive forms of animal life which swarmed over them,
and purify themselves from the foulness and filth
which they had acquired during the day.
Leaving this hotbed of vice and crime, the rail-
way passes along the back of the houses on the north
side of Union-street, without taking the houses in
the front. The houses here are principally of a busi-
ness character, including hatmakers, chairmakers,
and an ink manufacturer. The line then crosses
Great Guildford-street, and here it will require a
portion of the premises of the Globe iron foundry.
The arches of the railway will, however, be avail-
able for restoring nearly as much of the space
as will be taken, and it is not probable that
any very serious demand for compensation may
arise in dealing with the property. Much of the
work that is carried on at the foundry can still be
performed under the arches of the railway. The
railway next crosses Bridge-street, leading to the
Southwark-bridge, at the point where the road be-
gins to widen, and near what is called by the natives
of this district " the triangular square," which con-
sists of a small three-sided plot of ground surrounded
by iron railings, and in which a few shrubs struggle
to live, and grass strives to look green and fresh.
There are some hatmakers and a brazier's premises
at this spot which will be taken at no very serious
cost. From this point the railway passes a corner of
the south side of Southwark-square, without, how-
ever, taking any of the house property; it then crosses
Worcester-street, but without touching a large hop
warehouse. Here the railway will intersect the
new street in Southwark, which has been so long
on the hands, or rather on the tongues, of the Board
of Works. The point of intersection will be where
Emmanuel-court and Angel-court come into Red-
cross-street. The new street will be 70 feet in width,
and the property at this point is of no small value.
Leaving the new street, the railway will touch
some property owned by " the President and
Governors of the College of the Poor of St. Saviour's,
Southwark." It consists of a number of alms-
houses built around and enclosing a burial ground.
These small houses have been erected with moneys
left by various charitable individuals, such as Cure,
Spratt, and others, and their windows look out only
upon the burial ground, as though the donors
wished always to keep before the tenants the salu-
tary lesson of their mortality. Leaving these abodes
of cheerless poverty, the railway skirts along the
backs of small houses in Park-street, and then tra-
verses the Borough-market. It will cross here at
a considerable elevation, and will be supported en-
tirely upon iron columns. By way of compensation
to the market, ite company are bound by their act
to purchase and remove some house property, and
add the land to the area of the market, which will
then be much more convenient and commodious
than at present. From the Borough-market the
line will pass on to Wellington-street, taking
several houses on the west side, and cross the street
by a girder bridge. To reach this point a gradient
of about 1 in 100 will be required, all the rest of
the line being practically level. On the east side
the suppprts of the bridge and of one or two arches
will rest upon a piece of vacant ground at the cor-
ner of St. Thomas's Hospital. This is the point where
the heaviest compensation has been demanded. Al-
though not taking any portion of the buildings, the
company offered during the progress of the bill to
purchase the whole of the land at a valuation, and
to give to the hospital in addition a sufficient snm
to build another hospital, at some distance out of
town. This offer was refused. The committee offered
to name a sum which they thought the company
should give by way of compensation. The proposal
was rejected. The company proposed to build
another wing to the present hospital on the eastern
side, which would afford accommodation to all the
patients who occupy the north wing, near which
the railway would pass, still leaving that wing for
any purpose which the hospital authorities might
require. This and various other proposals were also
rejected. The act was finally obtained without spe-
cifying any compensation ; but stipulating only
that 18 months' notice should be given of the in-
tention of the railway company to proceed with their
works, and that a jury should assess the value of
the property taken, and the amount of compensa-
tion. This claim is still undecided. The best thing
which could be done would be to remove the hos-
pital altogether—for there is surely no necessity
for two establishments of the kind adjoining each
other, as St. Thomas's and Guy's now do—and re-
build it in Lambeth, or in some part of the suburbs
of the metropolis which does not at present possess
the advantage of a hospital in its neighbourhood.
Leaving the hospital, the railway will traverse,
with but one small exception, the property of the
South-Eastern Railway Company, as far as Ber-
mondsey-street, where the Charing-cross branch
will effect a junction with the main line. From
Tooley-street to the point of junction the main line
will be widened by three lines of rails, to accom-
modate the West End extension, the company
being the owners of the property required for the
purpose of this widening.
The bridge, which is the heaviest portion of the
work, is now being proceeded with rapidly, under
the direction of Mr. Hawkshaw, the railway engi-
neer. The line will, it is expected, be ready for
opening by the end of the next year.

STREET RAILROADS IN 7HE

METROPOLIS.

Saturday was specially appointed by the Maryle-
bone Representative Council for the consideration
of two important public questions. The first as to
the appropriation of the site of ground or enclo-
sure known as the Oval, situate at the northern
extremity of the Portland-road, facing Trinity
Church, as a station for the use of the Metropolitan
(Underground) Railway, upon condition that they
gave up certain land for the widening of the Mary-
lebone•road at and near Stafford-street and the
Yorkshire Stingo ; and the second as to the adop-
tion of a report recommending the sanctioning of a
plan of street railways by Mr. Train, the invva tor
of street tram-roads in New York and other places
in America.

Mr. Churchwarden CHARLES CARR occupied the
chair, and the report recommending the granting
the site of the Oval at the northern end of the Port-
land-road to the Metropolitan (Under-ground) Rail-
way for a station, on the conditions above referred
to, having been read by Mr. Green well, the vestry
clerk,

Mr. HODGES moved the adoption of the report,
which had been voted unanimously in a very large
committee. He believed that that board had full
power to make this grant, although there was some
doubt as to the actual ownership of the land which
had been enclosed by that parish. As an equiva-
lent for giving up this site the directors had agreed
to surrender certain portions of the ground which
they purchased between Stafford-street and Chapel-
street, so as to enable the Marylebone-road to be
widened as well as straightened at that point,
where, as they well knew, there was at present a
most awkward turn. The engineer and solicitor of
the company had met the committee in an exceed•
ingly good and fair spirit ; and Mr. Burchell, the
solicitor, had stated that he had no doubt of the
directors assenting to this arrangement, provided
the vestry should agree to it. The committee looked
upon it as being most advantageous to the parish,
and therefore they recommended the plan for adop-
tion.

Mr. C. FREETII seconded this resolution.
Mr. GREENWELL, the vestry clerk, said—By the
3d of Geo. IV , cap. 84, sec. 55—the Marylebone
Local Act—the piece of land at the Portland-road
being then a nuisance, was placed under the control
of the vestry upon condition that they should put
a railing round it and plant a shrubbery therein.
They did so, and there was a subsequent agreement
that they should purchase it
wasticoft henleVveorodeasrrainedd
of
Forests for the sum£4o, which
out. e
t, The
would railway under their act of par-
liament, larigh to purchase this land
a n
have company,
if they thought proper. All that the vestry was
irreoqnuirraeidlin.
to do was to give up the ground and the
The t resolution
report
withreference
i wast pu t
to
carriedtshte tramway
unanimously.
John's-wood,
0n h
pro-
jected by Mr. Train, to run from
through Baker-street, Portman-square,fotc.
Oxford-street, and a return line up L into
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being brought up for consideration,
A letter was read from Mr. Curtis, of Crown-
court, Old Broad-street, claiming a far superior in-
vention as to street railways, in the shape of a car-
riage capable of carrying 60 persons, with the
wheels so constructed that in the event of any ob-
structions the flanges would shut up in such a way
that the carriage would at once run on the ordinary
road like any other conveyance. The letter urged
the vestry to give his plan the advantage of con-
sideration before deciding the question. A com-
munication was also read from the directors of the
London and General Omnibus Company,
stating that, through the reports in the public
journals, they had observed that a committee of
the Vestry of St. Marylebone had been appointed
and that they had reported favourably, and had
adopte-J, or were about to adopt, a proposal made
by Mr. Train, for laying down a street tramway,
and that a full discussion was to be held upon the
subject. The directors of the London General
Omnibus Company state that in 1837-8 an applica-
tion was made to Parliament and to the Maryle-
bone vestry by that company to sanction a scheme
similar, but which they consider superior to that
of Mr. Train's, but which was opposed in Parlia-
ment by the Marylebone Vestry, through the then
hon. member for the borough, Sir Benjamin Hall.
On that occasion the directors alleged that Mr.
Hodges, as chairman of the committee upon the