The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-09 00:00:00

NEWMARKET.

Mat Dawson's Derby horses were resting this morning,
but he had several of the Blue Riband candidates at exer-
cise, including Dragon, Tho Rake, The Hermit, and
D'Estournel. The Frenchman cantered twice, and then
went a mile pretty fast. The Rake and Friponnier did
three-quarters of a mile. The Hermit had a
couple of canters, and subsequently galloped over a
mile quietly. D'Estournel was trotting with Ra-
violi. About 200 yearlings wore in course of prepara-
tion this morning. Eight of Lord Glasgow's Doncaster
yearlings have just arrived at Harlocks ; they are large-
framed, promising youngsters.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL RACES-THURSDAY.

The Croxteth Hunt Steeplechase Plate of 100 sous
by subscription of 5 sous each, with 50 added ; four year
olds list, five list 131 b, six 12st 61b, aged 12st 91b ;
about thee miles, starting at the Canal Point.
Little Peter • (Thomas) 1

Simplicity ..... (Turner) 2
Honeysuckle (Edwards) 3

Betting-7 to lon the winner. Won easily.
A Plate of 80 sovs (Handicap) for all ages : winners after
Oct. 31. (at 11 a.m.), of a 200 sovs handicap, or of the
Derby Handicap 10113, of any other handicap 71b extra ;
five furlongs. (Kenyon) 1
Lord Westmorland's Lady Sophie ...............
Lord Coventry's La Maudite ........................(Murray) 23
Mr Heathcote's Her Ladyship Bob
Contract, Inca, The Stabber, . .-.Merry.....................................
also
Chambers, Isis, Apollo's Temple, and Ma4ato 1
La Mau-
ran. Betting-3 to 1 agst Her Ladyship,
Sophie, 6 to 1 agst Isis, 8 to.l agstaCieonota
gth. agst Lady
i dite, 10 to 1 agst others. Won by
three
year olds and up-
I it Plate of 40 sovs (Handicap),
for three
day 81b extra ; one
wards ; the winner of any race our all:
mile. .. ...... . (Cameron) 1
...
Mr A. Ileathcote's Beeswing .. ..
...................... (Butler) 2
Mr Rigby's Becleston .................................
(Hoysted) 3
Mr Slater's Dubiety ... . • . ::;,',g
to 4on Beeswino, to 1 iana also ran. Betting-7
Malvern, Caustic, and Lx
4 agst others. Won easily.
The Grand Stand Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 31 added ;
two year olds Tat 2113,
three Bst 10113 ; and geldings al-
sqllowed blb ; the winner to be sold
lowed 3113 ; maiden
for i•A sovl• , ,
-'s v ttican (Huxtable) 1
Mr Thompso. ' Duke (Mordan) 2
Mr IL Porter's Grant..
Mr Amberry's Mineral „,.. . (Morris) 3
Betting-6 to 4
Sing Charles and Captain also ran. , _.
apt Grand Duko, 5 to 2 each agst Vulcan and 111ii.2.71'
The Wtursit Carl, (Value 60 goys), added to a Handicap
Sweepstakes of 5 solts eaeb, tOr three year olds and up-
wards; winners of the Plying and Seft 'drt Handicaps
' -
1211; of tti...," other ha • 11dicap after October 30, at 11 a.ni.,
71b extra; jockeys 71,, extra. Mile and a quarter. 10
stabs,

Mr R. B. Jeffrey's Jetty Treffz g (Parry) 1
Mr R. Riddell ns Nothing More (Mr Edwards) 2
A STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP of 100 sous, for four-year-
olds and upwards ; the winner of the Grand Sefton
Steeplechase, 101 b ; of any other handicap steeplechase
or hurdle race after Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 1 p.m., of the
value of 100 soya, 61b extra. Three miles. 26 subs.
Mr. George's Sprite ~, (Thomas) 1
Mr. B. J. Angell's Sutton (Mr. Harford) 2
Betting-3 to lon Sprite. Won easily.
Tho WE6TMULAM) cv of 10 09Y4 each, la ft) wUh 80

Saga

added, for three-year-olds I and upwards ; winners of a
handicap value 59 sovs saner October 30, at 11 a.m., 4th,
twice or 100 61b, and upward 101 b extra. One mile.
19 subs.
Captain Gray's Castanet (Cameron) 1
Mr. Lincoln's Owen Roe
Mr. Goodlass's Begum
(Barker) 3
Betting-5 to 4 agst Begum, 6to 4 agst Owen Roe, 3to
1 agst Castanet. Won by throe-quarters of alength.
The Palatine Nursery Plate of 50 SON'S (landicap),• for
two year olds; winners of any handicap this day 101 b
extra; five furlongs.
Mr. Chaplin's Phantom Sail (Arnull) 1
Ur...timborry's Rose Nora (Kenyon) 2
Mr. Porter's Cawood filly (Mordan) 3
Elvira and SujahDowlah also ran. Betting-7 to 4. agst
Elvire, 3to 1 agst Phantom S:til. Won by a head.
The Selling Stak3s of 3 soya each, with '2O added ; two
year olds 7st 121 b, three Oat 81h, four lOst 11b, five and
upwards lOst 31h; mares and geldings allowed 31b;
winners this year alb extra; maiden two and three year
olds allowed 61b, four and upwards 1011); the winner to
b 3 sold for 120 soya; if entered for 100 says allowed 41b,
80 81b, 501.21 b, 20 181 b; fiva furlongs.
Mr It Porter's Grand Duke. (Cameron) 1
2 I Capt. Machell's Zisca (Carroll) 2

Mr J. Giroy's Verity

...(Craddock) 3

,:.(Kenyon) 0

Betting—Eveu agst Zisca, 7 to 4 agst Grand Duke, 4 to
1 agst others. Won by a head; half a length between
second and third.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
LIVERPOOL CUP.
9 to 2 agst Special (taken)
7to 1 agst Nu (taken)
Bto 1 agst Friday (taken)
8 to 1 agst Actrea (taken)
8. to 1 agst Chepstow (taken)
12 to 1 agst Helen (taken)
15 to 1 agst Salpinctes (taken)
14 to 1 agst East Lynn (offered)
20 to 1 agst Caithness (taken)
100 to 5 agst Sandal (taken)
100 to 4 agst Treasure Trove (taken)
33 to 1 agst Beeswing (taken)
SCRATCILINGS.—LiverpooI Autumn Cup—Mail Train at
4 p.m., Oaithaess at 6 25 pan.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867.
FEBRUARY.

Lincoln l9 I Derby
Nottingham 26
MARCH.

Liverpool

5 1 Chelmsford
APRIL.

Northampton
Windsor
Newmarket Craven 8 Chester 3O
Newmarket lst Spring 22

York 7
Bath

I Harpenden
Epsom

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
(Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Baron and
Barons Bramwell, Channel, and Pigott.)

FORSTER T. MACREET/L-NON-LIABILITY OF SOLICITORS.
In this case the plaintiff, a bill discounter, brought an
action against the defendant, who is a solicitor, to recover
the account of a bill of exchange. The bill in question
had been endorsed by a partner of the defendant in the
name of the firm, and without the authority of the defen-
dant, and that party had got into difficulties, and was now
non est. At the trial it was contended that, under the cir-
cumstances, the defendant was not liable, but the jury
found a verdict for the plaintiff, leave being given to de-
fendant.

Mr. Sergeant now moved for a rule calling on the plain-
tiff to show cause why there should not be a new trial.
He founded his application on the ground that it was only
in the case of partners in trade that the act of one was
binding on the firm, and that solicitors and attorneys were
especially exempted from the operation of the law in this
respect. The learned counsel cited different authorities
in support of the motion, and the Court granted the rule.

BAIL COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn and a Common Jury.)

COLLINS V. NOSES.

This was an action the plaintiff, a builder, living in
Earl-court, to receive damages for an alleged illegal dis-
traint, to which the defendant pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Collins appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Cole for
the defendant.

It appeared that he rented his house in Earl-court from
Mr. William Nokes, father of the defendant, with whom he
had an account for repairing houses in the neighbourhood,
and to whom he had on different occasions paid rent.
This gentleman became embarrassed, and for some time
the plaintiff paid the rent to the Rent Guarantee Society
which acted as his agents. On the 15th of May, 1865,
he received a letter from the solicitor of Mr.
Nokes, saying that his client had become proprietor of the
estate, and requiring him to pay him £63 next Lady-day.
Other parties claimed the rent also, and he did not know
to whom he was to pay the money when it became due.
The defendant put in a distraint in the house, and the
consequence was, that the plaintiff lost a lucrative lodger,
an/elderly lady, who occupied three apartments, and who
became so frightened that she left immediately, and he had
not since been able to obtain another lodger.
There was a great deal of conflicting evidence.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for £54 170.,
including .£l5 15s. for the loss sustained by his lodger
having left in consequence of the proceedings of the defen-
dant. Leave was given to the defendant to move to re-
duce the amount by the last item.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE,

MADRAS.

'The half-yearly general meeting of this company
'as held yesterday, at the London Tavern ; Mr. J.
Walker in the chair.

Mr. J. Byrne, the secretary, having read the
notice convening the meeting, the report, an ab-
stract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken
as read.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the '
report, said they had endeavoured to make it as full
and clear as they could, and had given a map of the
railways, showing the course of the lines and their
connection with other railways. They had referred
in their report to the sad visitation of dearth,
drought, and famine which had been afflicting cer-
tain districts of India—in the Madras Province, and
to the north of their line, in the Bengal Presidency.
Those places had been relieved as far as possible by
the exertions of Lord Napier and the Government
of Madras, which had given great satisfaction to
the people there ; but nothing could effectually re-
lieve that distress until they had a good harvest. '
Considering those disasters, the company had every
reason to be satisfied with the receipts on their rail-
ways. Taking the two lines together, they had
completed and opened a further distance of 40 miles
as compared with the corresponding half of 1865,
making an increase of 7 per cent. in the mileage.
The gross receipts in the past half-year amounted
to £213,676, against £179,893 in the corresponding I
half of last year, showing an increase of £33,783,
equal to 19 per cent. The net receipts in the past I
half-year amounted to £117,873, against £87,952 I
in the corresponding half 1865, showing an in-
crease of £29,921, or 34 per cent. over the same
half of last year. The increased mileage of 7
per cent. had arisen on a part of the line that '
was comparatively unproductive, so that the '
progress of the receipts were still more satisfactory.
It showed also that the revised tariff in respect
to the classification of the goods traffic had been
judiciously carried out. The working of the south-
west line and Bangalore branch showed the advan-
tage of iron sleepers. The way and works had been
maintained at an average cost of £176 per mile per
annum, including charges for renewals by iron in-
stead of wooden sleepers. The Bangalore branch,
which had from the first been laid with iron sleepers,
had cost only at the rate of £65 per mile per an-
num for maintenance, which made a very remark-
able difference in the cost of working. There was
in the passenger traffic a very moderate increase,
which was principally derived from third-class pas-
sengers. In the goods traffic there was a slight
falling off-112,000 tons against 114,000 tons—as
might have been expected ; but that falling off was
made up by the revised tariff to £99,436 in the re-
ceipts, as against £83,657 in the corresponding half
of last year. The increase in the gross receipts of
the South-West line was £20,893, or 12/ per cent.,
and in the net receipts £19,573, or 24i per cent.
This was owing to the working expenses having
been only slightly increased during the six months.
The gross receipts per train mile amounted to 6s.
9kd. against ss. 7id., and the expenses to 3s. lid.,
against 2s. 11d. per train mile. The working ex-
penses for the past half-year were 46.6 per cent. of
the receipts, against 51.7 per cent. in the corres- I
ponding half-year. When it was considered they
had to get their coal and coke from England, the
working expenses were very modelite. With re-
gard to the North-West line the permanent way
was in good order, and had been maintained at a
cost equal to £69 per mile per annum. It was
an iron road. As compared with the correspond-
ing period, the mileage showed an increase of
501 per cent., the gross receipts an increase of
.861 per cent., and the net receipts an increase of
125 -zer cent. On the Ist of August a section of
the line, 34 miles in length, beyond Cuddapa
to Moodapoor, was opened for traffic. This ad-
vance into the cotton district would be advantage-
ous to the company. The works from Moodanoor
towards Gooty were progressing. They had now
195 miles of the North-West line completed from
Madras to Moodanoor, including 42 miles of the
trunk line up to the Arconutn Junction, where the
North-West line branched off, and from that point
to Moodanoor was 153 miles. There now remained
of this line to be completed 209 miles, which were
partly under construction and survey, including the
branch to Bellary. the total length of the North-
West line from the Arconum Junction to Raichoor,
where it would join the Great Indian Peninsular
line; would be 362 miles, the whole of which would
he completed in two or three years. They would
then have 860 miles altogether as the extent of their
undertaking. The result of the traffic for the past
half year on the South-West line from Madras to
Beypoor and branch to Bangalore was equal to 4
per cent. per annum on the capital expended, and
considering the progress and steady increase of the
traffic it would increase to 5 per cent. and more in a
few years. The effect of the railways would be to
develope the traffic and resources of the districts
through which they passed. When the railway sys-
tem was completed in India there would not, he
thought, be a recurrence of those disasters from fa-
mine which would, he trusted, be things of the
past, because the abundance of one place could soon
be made available to supply the deficiencies of an-
other by means of railway communication. They
had Mr. Elwin, their agent and manager, present.
He had been in their service for nearly five years,
and had earned not only the confidence of the
board but the goodwill of the people in Madras. He
had also rendered them considerable service in com-
munication with the local government. They had
secured the services of Mr. Elwin for a further
period of three years, when he hoped the whole of
their lines would be completed and in active opera..
tion. By that time he trusted the South-West line
would be paying 5 per cent. or more on the capital
expended, and that the North-West line would be
rapidly following in its wake. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. ARBUTIINOT, deputy chairman, seconded the
motion for the adoption of
.the report.
In reply to questions it was stated that the direc-
tors were turning their attention to obtaining a
good supply- of wood fuel, and for that purpose to
have plantations at convenient distances along the
companies' lines. They had no coal in their districts,
and they could obtain English coal 30 per cent.
cheaper than they could get it from any other place.
There was no harbour at Beypoor, but there were
roadsteads and good anchorage at places near it ou
the coast to which branch lines might be made and
piers constructed. Wages had risen very much
owing to the scarcity of provisions, but it was hoped
that would not continue.

The report was then unanimously adopted.
Mr. ELwiN, in reply to questions, said the Go-
vernment had commenced a jetty at Beypoor.
There was a boat harbour at a short distance, and
an open roadstead about two miles from the shore.
The company had -now 645 miles to be completed.
They would be nearer the cotton districts by 110
miles than the Great Indian Peninsular, and he
thought the cotton would find its way over their line
to Madras in the months of June, July, and August,
during Which time the monsoon did not affect the
east coast, but was always much later in the year.
The company's officers were well qualified to fill
their positions, and every one of them endeavoured
to curtail expenditure and to increase the receipts.
(Hear, hear.)
The proceedings concluded with votes of thanks
to the chairman and directors, and to Mr. Elwin
for his explanation.

NORTHERN OF BUENOSAYItEtSo consider
.
_
A special general meeting of
this
held yesterday at the London Tavern company was
trpose the
of
and decide upon what terms and conditions
necessary funds should be raised for the purpose
discharging pressing and urgent claims upon the
company ; Mr. Hayne in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said, at the last annual meeting
it was suggested that some of the shareholders
should meet together for the purpose of devising a
plan for meeting the liabilities of the company, and
in consequence of that suggestion 40 of the share-
holders were summoned to a meeting. They had
to consider the means of preventing the company
from being wound up, which would be inevitable if
certain debts were not paid. The proposition agreed
upon was that the shareholders should advance

£7,500, or 10s. per share, which would enable the
directors to pay off the most pressing claims, the
large creditors of the company being willing to wait
for better times.

Mr. MURRAY said they had been invited that day
to subscribe 10s. per share to meet a pressing debt,
but nothing was said of the debt of £65,000 and
two years' interest due to the contractors.

Mr. NEWBURY moved that, for the purpose of
enabling the directors to discharge the pressing
claims on the company, the shareholders be solicited
to advance the company 10s. per share on loan,
bearing interest at the rate of 15 per cent.
Mr. MORRIS said; that the company would come
to a dead stop without money, many of the judg-
ment creditors having only been put off through
personal interest. The creditor who bad supplied
rails and locomotives to the company had no inte-
rest in it except to have his debt paid. By the pay-
ment of the £7,500 the shareholders would save the
company. The last accounts showed that the
traffic receipts were increasing, and that there was
hope in the future. As to the contractor's claim,
this meeting was not the proper place to discuss it.
A reference had been appointed to consider it.
They bad a concern which might be made a good
property, but the dissensions among the shareholders
were most disheartening, and did a great deal of
harm to the company.
The motion was then carried.

Mr. ELBOROUGH, the late secretary, proposed that
the last balance-sheet should be submitted to public
accountants for investigation. He believed that the
accounts would show the company in a more favour-
able position. He knew that items had been most
improperly charged to revenue.
Mr. BROWNE said they had the statement of the
traffic manager that the traffic had increased 36 per
cent. He would ask what possible object could the
directors have except to do the best for the company.
The CHAIRMAN, acting under the advice of the
solicitor, declined to put the motion.,

Mr. H. D. BROWNE moved a resolution that the
directors be empowered to issue to the subscribers
certificates of indebtedness, to bear interest at the
rate of 15 per cent., but not to be claimable against
the net income of the company until after due pro-
vision be made for the payment of interest on all
loans secured by mortgage and debenture.
The motion was carried.

The CHAIRMAN said if the amount subscribed was
larger than the £7,500, the proportion of each share-
holder would be reduced ; upon which
Several shareholders stated, in case the whole
amount was not subscribed, they would increase
their proportion, such was their confidence in the
stability of the undertaking.
A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the
proceedings.