The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-26 00:00:00

COLOURS OF RIDERS.—Mr. Cobham —Blue, crimson
belt and cap. Mr. A. 13. Wheatsheaf—Groen, white
hoops, green cap. Captain Pemberton—Violet, silver
stripes.

The following assumed name has been registered :
Mr. A. B. Wheatsheaf.

NOMENCLATURE.—T he following names have been given
—Mr Merton's filly foal, by M. Philippe (late Odd Trick),
out of Lady Warwick—Two by Honours. Mr F. Gor-
don's b yearling colt by Marsyas -Curse Royal—The
Devil's 0 wn.

NEWCASTLE SPRING MEETING.—Tho stewards have de-
cided that ltfiscot, that cute in first fur the Northumber-
land hunt Plate, is disqualified, sh..i having been liable to
race horse duty at the time of entry.
WINCIIESTER—For the future these races will take place
ua the Tuesday and Wednesday preceding Salisbury.

IIYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY AT Limg-

HOUSE.

LATEST PARTICULARS—(TIIIS DAY).
The man John Wiggins, who is at present in the
London Hospital under the surveillance of the
police, is now out of danger, but Mr. Dove, the
surgeon who has him under his care, will not allow
him to be closely questioned, for fear lest he might
become excited, and retard his speedy recovery.
He has become somewhat weak in consequence of
the loss of blood which he sustained on the
morning of the occurrence. Ile has made several
statements, and although they have all been care-
fully noted, some of them do not correspond in
detail, and should he tender himself as a witness he
will be subjected to I very searching examination.
He is not sufficiently well enough at present to
leave, and we may state that if he were, in the pre-
sent stage of the whole affair, he would be asked to
explain the circumstances to a magistrate. He is
a man of about 35 years of age, and he made the
acquaintance of the deceased woman when she
was 20. The little sister of the deceased says
that her name is lloakes, not Floakes ; but, as
the girl is unable to read or write, it is thought that
the exact name will never be known unless some of
the relations come forward. She has two married
sisters living at Newcastle, and it is said that the
family were always considered respectable. The
little girl states that when her father'deserted her-
self and her sister he took away from them their
little brothers, and for some time ho sent an old
woman 4s. a week to take care of them. They
were never able to discover his whereabouts.
The police have procured what is considered im-
portant evidence, with regard to a quarrel which
took place some time last week between Wiggins
and the deceased.
The scene on the morning of the occurrence was
a most exciting one. Wiggins kept running up
and down the street brandishing the knife, which
was covered with blood, shouting out, " This is the
knife she cut my throat with." He then went to
a cousin's house and awoke him up to show him the
knife.

London, Brighton, and South-Coast

Railway.

THIS DAY.
A n extraordinary or special general meeting of
this company was held at the International Hotel,
Southwark, this afternoon ; Mr. S. Laing, M.P., in
the chair.
The object of the meeting was to authorise the
board to issue, as ordinary shares or stock, the
whole or any part of the shares or stock created
under the powers of "The London, Brighton, and
South-Coast Railway (Capital and Powers) Act,
1866," and also to attach to the whole or any part
of the preferential shares or stock created but not
issued under the powers of the said Act, and to
attach to these preferential shares any dividend,
whether exceeding 5 per cent. or not, which tho
board may from time to time deem expedient.
The CHAIRMAN said that in a circular lately issues
they would see what was the object of this meeting.
They had hanging over them a debt of upwards of
.1700,000, and it was only with the greatest diffi-
culty that the present board could keep the company
solvent. No sufficient provision had been made even
to pay off the debenture interest due July 15 last,
and judgments for small sums had been obtained,
and execution in one instance actually issued.
Under these circumstances the new board addressed
themselves to relieve them of this debt, and through
the Union Bank they met the most pre:sing of the
small debts, and the floating debt had been reduced
by £600,000. It then remained to raise the requi
site capital to deal with the arrears and remaining
liabilities for works recently finished, suspended, or
iu progress. A total amount of £1,500,000 would
suffice to accomplish this; of which £500,000 would
be provided by the spare lands and accruing deben-
ture powers, leaving about £1,000,000 to be raised
by shares, of which not above £500,000 or £600,000
will be required for twelve months. The board
decided on raising this amount by an issue of ordi-
nary stock at a discount, and they had succeeded
in convincing Lord Redesdale and the House of
Lords that this was requisite, there was no difficulty
in the House of Parliament, and he was glad to
say that the Royal assent was given to a Bill
enabling them to carry out this intention. He
would therefore propose that powers should be
given to create the remaining unappropriated
stock as ordinary stock, and immediately after
the new stock they should issue so much
of it as would be requisite for the wants of the year.
It would be issued at £45, £lO to be paid on 16th
August, /15 on the Ith September,the
16th November, and £6lO on the 16th December.
He thought that this was the fairest course to pur-
sue, as it would enable gentlemen to save their pro-
perty from ruin, and give it them at £5 less than
the market rate.
Mr. SAMUDA moved that the meeting bo ad-
journed for a month.
(The meeting was not concluded when we went
to press.)

RACING FIXTI

[RES FOR 1867.
30
Gaodirood ...............

Southampton ............ zc
AUG

r ST.
D0v0r................... 22
West Drayton ............ 22
Plymouth ............ 22
Lichfield ................ 26
Cantorbury ............... 27
Derby..................... 27
Yarmouth ..................
Wayinoutti ............... '2B
29
Tunbridge ...............
Baden Baden ..........

Ripon
Brighton ... . • 6
Brighton Club
Lewes
Egharn
Wolverhampton
Stockton l4
Ha
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x .
stings .................. 20
~
rock Angus ............ 211
SEPTI
Margate.................. . 3
Warwick •
Spring, ......... ' 3 1
W
Aholg-don .................. 5
Loioostor .................. 5
I)oz:lsas:ex
Brecon
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Northampton Autumn. 1 I
2 I
Beam:
NON. E
Vvorpool AP! I
Satewbo, Au.e 1 ;_

E ABER.
IRichmond ................
13
17
llendon.. ...... ...........
Monmouth ............... 19
Manchester Autumn.... 20
Newmarket Ist October 24

IBER.
Newmarket 2d October 7
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COURSING MEETINGS TO COME.
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Bank of England geturns,—.Last Evening*.

An Ac••oun+. :?ursuau to t
cap. 3-, fu,. tho wool: endiJsl

ISSULI
Notes issued

L36,5:,7,985
NANKING ll:

l'roprietoreCapi-
tal ............... £l4 553,000
Hest ................ 8,361,219
Public Deposits
(including Ex
chequer, Sav-
ings' Banks,
Commissioners
of National
Debt, and Div
Accounts) ...... 4,C97,247
Other Deposits... 20,775,813
Soren Day and
ether bills 461,102

£0,3*,411