The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-22 00:00:00

rfIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1860.

THE MARYLEBONE AND rlllCll.l%eir iTENTIKE
ROADS EXTENSION ACT, 1850,
TO the CREDITORS on the TOLLS of the
MARYLEBONE and FINCHLET ROADS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That, in pursttanee of the
above-mentioned Act, a Composition or Compositions Will be
paid by the Commission era of the Metropolis Turnpike Roads
North of the Thames to such Creditor or Creditors on the
said Tolls as shall be willing to accept the smallest Composi-
tion for his, her,. or their security or securities ; and the said
Creditors are hereby required each to transmit to the said
Commissioners, at their Office, No. 22, Whitehall-place, on or
before 12 o'clock at noon, on Friday. the 20th day of April
next, a proposal in writing, sealed and addressed to the said
Commissioners, with the words Marylcbone and Finchley
Roads—Proposal for Composition," written on the outside,
in which proposal shall be stated the lowest rate per centurn
which such Creditor will accept and take for the sum, or sums,
which he or she may have due and owing on the said Tolls,
or fbr some part or parts thereof.
Byorder of the Commissioners of the Metropolis Turn-
pike }toads North of the Thames.
GEO. LABALMONDIERE, Secretary.
22, Whitehall-place, 16th March, Is6o.

THE THIRD ERA IN THE PROGRESS OF STEAM
POWER !
"A Steam Plough for the Idle Soil of the World."
ON WEDNESDAY, March 28, a WORKING
MODEL, illustrating the traction principle of
"GILL'S ROAD AND FIELD LOCOMOTIVE,"
will appear in St. George's-road, Southwark, between 2 and
6 p.m. The use ot this Engine offers to the capitalist, the
West India planter, the British farmer, and the pioneer and
prairie farmers of the world, an unlimited supply of practical
steam labour suited to perform all the duties ot agriculture
and road transport with economy, reliability, and efficiency.
The vast staple resources which lie in embryo in the idle
soil of the Colonies. the forests of Africa, and the jungles of
India, need only labour to develope them; idle bhipA and
railroads are waiting to transport them; capital is waiting a
profitable field for investment; idle factories and artisans
are waiting to manufacture them ; and the world's 300 mil-
lions of poor and uncivilised are waiting to promote their
consumption, and to yield to the influence of industry, civilis-
ation, and the gospel.
A Practical-Steam Plough is the next step in industrial
progress, and the remedy for idle ships, for idle capital, and
for idle men, lies not in going back to protection, but on to
production.

SPURTING INTELLIG.ENC.E.

WARWICK SPRING MEETING.—WEDNESDAY.
A Handicap Plate of £lO, for all ass. Three furlongs.
Captain Christie's Marmalade, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (car. 7st 71b)
(Fordham) 1
Mr. Stevens's Boundaway, 5 yrs, Set 21b (Payne) 2
Mr. Barrett's Buttercup, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (carried 6st Sib)
(Tortoise) 3
The following also ran :—Gift (h.b.), Maradan, Macbeth,
and Mountain Ash.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Buttercup, 4to 1 agst Marmalade,
5 to 1-agst Gift.
A fine race ; won by a head ; two lengths between second
and third. Mountain Ash ran out to the left soon after
starting, went the wrong side of two posts, and finished
sixth.

The winner, entered to be:sold for £5O was put to auction,
but did not find a bidder.
The Debdale Stakes of 5 sovs each, with £25 added. 12st
each. Certain penalties and allowances. Two miles.
8 subs.
Mr. G. Pallet's Dispute, 5 yrs, l2st 71b.... (Mr. Scobell) 1
Mr. F. Rowland's Medora (h.b.) ago!, Ilst 21b (Owner) 2
The following also ran :—Lincoln, Sir Bertram, and Ver-
tumnus.
Betting-5 to 4on Dispute, Bto agst Medera, sto 1
agst Vertumnus.
The race was reduced to a match i mile from home, Dis-
pute winning by two lengths, the others beaten off. Prior
to the race Mr. Formby lodged an objection against Me-
dora, on the ground that she ought io have carried 71b extra
for winning at Cheltenham. The stewards, however, de-
cided that she was not liable to theextra weight.

The Great Warwickshire Handicap of 20 sors each, 10 ft,
and only five if declared, with 150 added. Two miles.

36 subs, 26 of whom declared.
Lord Coventry's Dance, by Kirgston, 3 yrs, 6st 51b
(Sadler) 1
Mr. Hodgman's Conductor, 5 yrs, Bst `2lb (G.Fordham) 2
Mr. J. Peacock's Rajah Brooke, ;:syrs, Est 101 b (Daley) 3
Bevis'and Chirp also ran.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Dance and Bevis, sto 1 agst any
other ofered.

Chirp and Bevis alternately lel to the top of the hill,
where Bevis took up the runninr„panae second. Soon
after passing the mile-post Chirp drappelliitieleasly into
the rear, and Danae went a-head and ran home an easy
winner by two lengths, the second beating the third by
three lengths. Bevis was pulled up within the distance,
and Chirp was beaten off a long way. The race was run in
a shower of sleet.

Bray weighed for Rajah Brooke, and was about to saddle
him, when the horse lashed out and kicked bim severely in
the side. The poor fellow was carried insensible into the
Stand, and it was some time before he could removed from
the Course.

The Two •year-old Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added,
for two yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. A
winner before starting to carry 41b extra. Straight run
in (about three furlongs). 28 gabs.
Mr. Bolton King's Lady Clifden, by Surplice, Bst 81b
• (inc. 41b extra) (ordham) 1
Lord Stamford's Little Lady, Bst Sib (inc 41b extra)
(French) 2
Mr. Gulliver's King of Kent, Sst 71b
The following also ran :—Crocus, Everlasting, My Lady,
Duplicity, Maid of Peru, Lady Macdonald, Scandalous,
and Little Lady.
Bettingp-5 to 4 agst Lady Clifden, 4 to 1 agst Little
Lady, 5 to 1 agst Lady Macdonald.
After much delay the lot got away, Duplicity, Lady
Macdonald, and Little Lady being in front. Lady Clifden
was shut in until reaching the last turn, which she was
compelled to take wide, but soon obtained the lead, and won
in a canter by four lengths ; a length between the second
and third ; and two lengths between the third and fourth.
Duplicity was a bad fifth; My Lady and Lady Macdonald
next ;
,Everlasting was last, beaten off.
On the complaint of the starter, Payne and Bullock
were prohibited from riding again until after Northampton
Races. The decision of the stewards was not arrived at
until after the Walton Handicap.

Welter Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft. Gentlemen
riders. One mile. 13 subs.
Mr. Manby's Diamant, by La Cloture, bred in France,
aged, 9st 61b (inc. 61b ex.).
Mr. G. Hodgman's Harry, by Student, 4 yrs, lOst 41b
(inc. Glb ex.)
Mr. Morris's Accurate, 5 yrs, lOst 21b .. (Mr. Edwards) 3
The following also ran :—Grillade, Wanderer, and
Stapleton.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Wanderer, 4to 1 agst Harry, sto
1 agst Grillade, 6 to 1 agst Stapleton.
Won by ten lengths; the others beaten off.
The Walton Handicap of 5 soya each, 2 ft, with 25 added.

LOSS 010 OCEAN STEAMERS.

• Ocean steam navigation affords a pretty severe
test of enterprise, when we consider the pecuniary
hazards with which it has to contend, arising from
defective management, distribution of patronage,
and perils of the sea. From its earliest history dis-
asters have been frequent, and seem to become more
numerous in proportion as the number of steam-
ships is increased. Going back to the memorable
loss of the President, in 1841, the principal disasters
to British and American steamers, mostly running
on Transatlantic routes, may be summed up as fol-
lows :

Value of I'es
Lives Lost. and cargo.

_
Dollars.
President
Arctic
Pacific ... „ .. 210 2,000,000
San Francisco
Central America •
'lndependence 3l • • 140 10),000
Yankee Blade
City of Glasgow British .. 420 850,000
tiniox American ..-none 300,000
Humboldt
Franklin
• • /) 1,900,000
11
City of Philadelphia British .. „ 600,000
Tempest
o • • 150 300,000
Lyonnais
Austria
Canadian
Argo
Indian „ .. 27 125000
Northerier Americas', .. 32 7.5,000
Hungarian British (about) 120 270,000

Total 2,307 15,930,000
Showing that a fleet of 20 fine steamers, many of
them first-class, have been totally lost within the
period named. The President, Pacific, City of
Glasgow, and Tempest were never heard of; the
Arctic, San Francisco, and Central America foun-
dered; the Independence, Yankee Blade, and Nor-
therner were wrecked on the Pacific, and the Cana-
dian, Humboldt, Franklin, Argo, and Hungarian
on the Atlantic coast; the Lyonnais was sunk by
collision, and the Austria was burnt. Not enume-
rated in this,
_list are two-thirds as many more,
generally of a class much inferior, whieh were lost
in the California trade. The casual reader may
derive a more distinct impression in regard to the
appalling loss of life here recorded, but there are
many homes where no fresh recital is needed to re-
call the memory of the loved and lost.—Nets York
Journal of Commerce.

IMPORTATION OF TNrIST AND YARN

INTO INDIA.

The Indian advices confirm the announcement of
the imposition of a duty of 10 per cent. oh the im-
portation of twist and yarn into India, notwith-
standing the anomalous character of such a proceed-
ing at the moment when the last vestige of a pro-
tective system has been abolished in this country.
It appears by the accounts from the Calcutta mar-
kets that a movement had taken place in this
description of goods, in consequence of the notifica-
tion; and the measure, moreover, is in harmony
with the retrogressive step adopted about a year
back, when an import duty of 10 per cent., which
remains in force, was levied on manufactured iron.
In both eases the result is to confer a bounty on
native productions. Iron is abundant in India, and
in some districts the mines are already being
worked ; while, with regard to twist and yarn, not
only are there manufactories at Calcutta and Bom-
bay, but also, it is believed, in one of the chief dis-
tricts where the staple is produced-rnamely,
Broach. Such establishments will therefore have
the treble advantage over their Manchester com-
petitors of buying the cotton at their own doors, of
saving the freight from Europe of the manufac-
tured goods, and of a fiscal bounty of 10 per cent.
If the condition of India is favourable to these
manufactures, the first two might be considered to
present a sufficient stimulus ; and if a 10 per cent.
protection is needed in addition, it would seem that
its effect must simply be to withdraw labour from
natural channels to an artificial one. A duty had
previously been imposed of 10 per cent. on shirt-
ing, and the system therefore takes an important
ran ge.

When the Indian tariff was raised last year the
Government refused to admit goods which had been
sold for arrival to enter on the previous scale. In
the present instance an opposite policy'has been
adopted. The point led to much controversy at the
time, and the present decision will be popular with
the merchants, but the vacillation exhibited is
rather likely to lower the native estimate of our
justice and sagacity.

71118 DAYS MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

~MtERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 45s 2d ;
barley, 36s sd; oats, 23s Ild; rye, 345 10d ; beans, 39s
7d; and peas, 37s 7d.

THE Six WEEKs° AVERAGES. Wheat, 44s 5d ;
barley, 3559 d ; oats, 22s 6d ; rye, 32s 4d ; beans, 39s Od ;
peas, 36s 11d.
ENOLISIt GIiA.IN SOLD LAST WHEX.—Wheat, 111,000;
barley, 44,392 ; oats, 13,374 ; rye; 63 ; beans, 6,236 ; peas,
1,300 quarters.