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

NOTES

FROM
TRAINING DISTRICTS.

(THIS DAY).

LIVERPOOL.
There was a larger concourse of spectators than ever to
witness the early gallops on the Aintree this morning.
The Special (who had arrived on the previoue day In a
van) gathered the most gape-seed; and,
fortable, the
been scratched, his opponents felt quite corn
for the
Woodyeates money being " on" to some tune
_anis
up,
Autumn Cup journey. The colt, with Si d
anilength of the
as Mail Train bad
cantered twice, and then galloped the whsvoielliam
Day and
course, acquitting himself so well that Will
The Special
his followers were in perfect ecteacihe
succumbed to
has improved in appearance
first class. Wadlow had three cup y saantdwhorisk,spWereadlteirs
Rama on the long course at Goosdinwhacoorroisnide,
White exercising Moulsey, shaw on Sandal,
j°:laarge of H. Clarke. Each
and Sportsman being
in
however,t and went a mile and a half
galloped separately,
ndal in particular moving very
at a good steady pace, •
free. Jemmy Snowdon took Lozenge the Cup lengt
deelah accompanied, or rather led, Red
fair pace; and Sun
h at a
distance steadily. H. Covey was on the
latter, and the went beautifully. Perhaps the most
of the whole lot of Cup candidates out
skimmed over the distance as graceful
was Actesa,for she .
swift as a bird, her action being superb, and
and as
Earl"tak the
gallop©r
great. Nu went uncommonly well also, but
shheorivP:dc°
a bit of temper. So did Chepstow at first, but
after cantering about for awhile, he was sent a nice gallop,
and settled down to his work calmly and resolutely, going
the circuit of the Aintree most satisfactorily, which gave
renewed strength and confidence to his supporters, espe-
cially as the pen had been put through Caithness's nomi-
• ' -1, was a great relief to those who had been so
4-% which was the intended of the
't
-q Harriette again
'he colt

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Graham couplet. Friday and ix,.
galloped a mile and a half together, ana
PicMA sosepli Paws= the most. Salpinctes went
brilliantly ; in fact, he was going quite in his old form,
and George Fordham seemed to be quite satisfied.with his
mount. Treasure Trove followed Skylark once round the
course, and is quite ripe. Brick, too, looked very fit,
but be did not gallop more than a mile and a
quarter, East Lynne moved very free, yet appeared to tiro
at the end of his mile and a-half galloping, as did Lady
Vane, who struck us as being lather too big. Dubiety
was out, but we did not pay much attention to her, as her
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sign, by purchase, vice Doncaster.
74th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Pavy to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Colin Hugh Thomson, who retires; En-
sign Conyngham Martin McAlpine to bo Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Pavy; Ensign Henry Thomas Carew
Hunt, from the sth Foot, to be Ensign, vice McAlpine.
78th Foot - Lieutenant Robert Lockhart Dalglish to be
instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Andrew Murray,

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promoted.
80th Foot --Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Prescott Harrison,
:rom half-pay, late 63d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
vice Brevet-Colonel Robert Hawkes, who exchanges to
half-pay.
84th F•mt—Lieutenant Thomas Griffin to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Henry Arkwright, deceased ; Ensign
George Atkinson Wray to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Griffin ; Ensign George Patrick Campbell,
from the 16th root, to be Ensign, vice Robert Vincent
Gardiner, transferred to the 16th Foot • Gentleman Cadet
Henry Alexander Vincent,' from the Royal Military Col-
lege, to be Ensign, without purchase vice Wray.
99th Foot— Captain Francis Napoleon Bingley G. Benson,
from the 73d Foot, to be Captain, vice Waugh, who ex-
changes.
106th Foot—Ensign Arthur Corbet Maurice to be Lieu-
tenant, vice William Heathcote Unwin, whose appoint-
ment from the 56th Bengal Native Infantry, which ap-
peared in the Gazette of the 7th August, 1866, has been
cancelled; Ensign James Winslow to be Lieutenant,
vice Maurice, whose promotion on the 30th October,
1866, has been cancelled; Gentleman Cadet Alister Wm.
Jamieson, from the Royal Milirary College, to be Ensign,
vice Winslow.
Rifle Brigade—The promotion of Lieutenant Fryer, and
retirement of Captain Davy, bear date 2d November
1866, and not as stated in the Gazette of that date.
2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Edgar Gardner to
be Captain, by •purchase, vice Lloyd Richter Creak
Drouet, who retires ; Ensign Francis William &afield
Grant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gardner;
William Stewart Thorburn, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Grant.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENNT.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon John
Richard Thomas to be Staff-Surgeon ; Assistant-Sur-
bgeeosntaßffichLdisAtarma.sstiu•ornggeoly, dveieferoramtehse
A2trinslo'ono,t,arto-
pointed to the 3d Foot.
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chase.

BREVET.
Lploaym
ionttetl. enant-Colonel Allan Newton Scott, retired full-
pay, Royal Artillery, to have
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honorary
Co jorr,an
jkamoefs
Paymaster, with the honorary
Howes, half-pay, late 64th Foot, to have the honorary
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Paymaster, with the honorary rank
the of Captain,
rank
Charles
Sewell, 6th o
Dragoon Guards, t have honorary
of Major.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 8.
Lieutenant Arthur Cecil Curtis, First Lieutenant of
the Terrible, to be. Commander in her Majesty's Fleet, in
consideration of his services in laying the Mantic Cable.

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Evening.

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Paris Short 25 15
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Marseilles
Antwerp
Fraukfor: on the Maine 1191
Vien.nb, — 13 20
Trieste — 13 25
Petersburgn
Berlin
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474
27 321
27 32i
27 321
27 324
27 32i
27 324
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11 19
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25 50
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25 45
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Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto

LORD COMBERISERE'S AGE. It was one of Lord
Combermere's foibles, while he lived, to conceal his
real age, and although his first commission in the army
dated from 1790, a fact which would point out his age
pretty plainly within a year or so, 'very many of the
"Peerages" were wofully at fault upon the subje:A, Mr.
Dodd making him to have first seen the light at various
dates from 1769 to 1780, and we believe that it was only
Mr. Lodge who solved the mystery while his lordship was
alive. He was born, as Lady Combermere now states, on
the 14th Nov., 1773, and having received his early educa-
tion at a small school at ludlem, in Cheshire, and after-
wards at Westminster, he wont to a military tutor at Bays-
water, with whom he remained until his father obtained
for him a commission in the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
just completeo...
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men as the
wor-
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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

MADRAS

The half-yearly general meeting of this company
was held yesterday, at the London Tavern ; Mr. J.
IValker 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
half of last year, showing an increase of £33,783,
equal to 19 per cent. The net receipts in the past
half-year amounted to £117,873, against £87,952
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 121 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.
91d. against ss. 71d., and the expenses to 3s. led.,
against 2s. 11d. per train mile. The working ex-
penses for the past half-year were 46.6 per cent. of
the receipts, against 511 per cent. in the corres-
ponding half-year. When it was considered they
had to get their coal and coke from England, the
working expenses were very moderate. 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
50} per cent., the gross receipts an increase of
861 per cent., and the net receipts an increase of
125 iser 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 Arconum 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
be 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. Ile
had also rendered them considerable service iu corn-
rnunication .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
5 per cent. or more on the capital
would be paying
expended, and that the North-West line would be
rapidly following in its wake. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. ARBUTHNOT, 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 BUENOS AYRE
A special general meeting of this co:.Pa ywas
held yesterday at the London Tavern to consider
decide upon what terms and conditions the
er
necessary funds should be raised for the purpose of
discharging pressing and urgent claims upon the
company ; Mr. Mayne 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

VINO, or lOs. 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 had 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 poseible 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.