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London, England, 1857-09-18 00:00:00

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

DONCASTER SEPTEMBER MEETING.
WEDNESDAY'S RACES CONCLUDED.
The Portland Plate of 200 sovs. in specie, added to a
Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs. each ; the second to re-
ceive 25 sovs. oat of the stakes. Red House in. 77
subs.
Mr. West's Meta, 2 yrs, sst 41b (Snowden) 1
Lord Clifdeies Chanoinesee, 2 yrs,'sat 21b (Pritchard) 2
Mr. T. Cliff's Olympus, 2 yrs, lot 91b (Fordham) 3
The following al4o ran :—Flyaway, New Brighton,
Katherine Logie, Peter Flat, Old TOM, Diphthong
colt, Lancet, Sorceress, Proud Preston Peg, Orianda,
Rotterdam, Bel Espetanza, Ella, Orchehill, filly by
Touchstone—Ellerdal"e's dam, Terrific, Pelissier, and
Swale.
Butting-5 to 1 each agst Chanoinese and Terrific, 7
to 1 aget Proud Preston Peg, 8 to 1 apt Peter Flat,
10 to 1 each agst Orianda, New Brighton, and Ella,
100 t 8 each aget Meta and Sorceress, 100 to 7 agst
Bel Esperarza, 7 to 1 agst " lot" (Flyaway,
Olympty, and Old Tom).
I-Won by a neck ; same distance between the second
and third ; Terrific was a bad fourth, Orchehill fifth,
and Oriatida next. Behind them in a cluster were Eller-
: ale's dam colt, Flyaway, Peter Flat, and Proud Preston
Peg.
'Tee Stand Plate (Handicap) of 50 cove, added to a
,Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. The second to save his
stake. Red House in. 15 subs.
Mr. Simpson's Inder, aged, 7st 6!b........(Char1t0n) 0 1
Mr. T. Hughes's Emulator, 4 yrs, B.t 71b
(D. Hughes) 0 2
Mr. Mel'ish'e Jessie, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (Fordhatn) t
The following also ran :—Brecze, Melissa, Lawn, Dr.
Sand with, Young Hopeful, and Fairystone.
Betting-5 to 2 apt Fairystene, sto 1 agst Melissa,
6 to 1 each, aget Emulator and Jessie, 7 to 1 aget Inder.
A dead heat with Inder and Emulator, and a dead
heat for next place with Breeze and Jessie, who finished
about a neck from the first two.
Deciding heat.—Betting-5 to 4on Emulator. Won
by half a length.
The Corporation Plate of 100 cove, in specie, added to
a sweepstakes of 10 soils each, h ft. Wiuners extra.
The second to receive 15 sows out of the stakes. T.Y.C.
62 subs.
Mr. J. Merry's Sunbeam, 2 yrs, set 41b ...(Pritchard) 1
Lord Lendesborough'e Rosa Banheur, 3 yrs, 7st
(Charlton) 2
Mr. Dods worth's Skycutter, 3 yrs', 6 t 121b(Challoner) 3
The following also ran :—New Brighton, Culcavy,
Lady Hawthorn, Church Langt)n, Lady Emily, and
Conduc or.
Betting--7 to 4 each eget Sunbeam and Rosa Bon-

heur.
Won easily by three-quarters of a length ; bad third ;
Lady Hawthorn was fourth.
THE SUBSCRIPTION ROOM AT NIGHT.
Speculation was not resumed with any activity.
Scott's horses were in great demand. For the Cesare-
witch Victoria was backed heavily at 25 and 20 to 1 ;
20 to 1 was taken about Imperieuse for the Cambridge-
shire, and the same odds about Toxophilite and Long-
range for the Dei by. Several inquiries were also made
atter ank-a-dcodle-do.

DONCASTER Cue.
sto 4 agst Vedette (offered)
' CESAREWITCH STAKES.
100 to 5 agst Apathy, 3 yrs, 63t 101 b (offered)
20 to 1 agst Victoria, 4 yrs, 64 10Ib (taken)
20 to 1 agst Colt by Alarm, out of Plush, 3
yre, 53t 7113 (taken)
25 to 1 aget Aster, 3 yre, 53t 81b (taken)
25 to 1 agst Decnnber, 5 yrs, 6$ llb (taken)
25 io 1 aget Colt by Surplice out of 133eswax, 3
yrs, 63t lib (taken)
25 to 1 apt Relapse, 3 yrs, 53t 12th (offered)
30 to 1 ag-t Alice, 5 yrs, sslolb (offered)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
20 to 1 agst limperieuße, 3 yrs, Tat 21b (taken)
20 to 1 agst Madlle. de Coantilly, 3 yrs, Est 31b
(taken)
40 to 1 aget Lancet, 3 yre, 63t (,aken)
2,000 to 20 agst The Zmiavo, 3 yrs, sst 11Ib (taken)

DERBY.
1,000 to 60 eget Clydesdale (taken)
20 to 1 agst Texipholite (taken)
20 to 1 agst Lougrange (taken)
25 to 1 aget Kelpie (•aken)
- 30 to 1 agst Cock-a-doodle-do (taken)
THURSDAY.
The Scarborough Stakes of 20 save eaoh, 10 ft., for 3-yr
old.; ; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 31b, that never won a
ereepstakes value 200 soya, including the winner's
own stake before the day of running. Allowances and
penalties. One mile. 8 subs.
Mr. Simpson's Fright, Bst 71b.... ..... ..(T. Sherwood) 1
Mr. T. Par 'a Sir Colin, Bst 711) (Well.) 2
The betting opened at 6 to 5 on Sir Cello, and closed'
at 5t04 on Fright. Won by a length and a half
The Eglinton Stakes, of 10 soya eacb, 5 ft, with 100
added, for 2 and 3-yr-olds. Certain penalties and
allowances. T.Y.C. 46 subs.
Mr. Jackson's Saunterer, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (J Osborne) 1
Admiral Harcourt's Sister to Ellington, 2 yrs, 7st 21b
(including s;b extra) (Bullock) 2
Mr. Saxon's Princess Royal, 2 yrs, 7at 121 b (inc. 5.b
extra) (Dales) 3
The following also ran :—Old Times, Mainstay, Tur-
ret. Relapse, Hospodar's darn, Gourd, and Tournament.
134ting-7 to 4 aget 011 Ti •.es, 7 to 2 agst Tourna-
tnent, 7 to 1 agat Sister to Ellington, 8 to 1 each agst
Mainstay and Saunterer.
Von by halt a length.
On returning to scan Fordham ol.jscted to the win-
ner on the ground of foul riding on the part of J.
Okbornz ; the ca.e was instantly investigated by the
ftewards, who decided that the charge was not proved.
The Cleveland Handicap of 25 soya each, h ft, and 5
only if declared, &c. with 60 added. Certain winners
extra. Tile second to receive his stake. One mile.
42 'subs., 21 of whom pay 5 soya each.
Mr. J. La Mert's Katberine Logie, by the Flying
Dutchman, 4 yrs, 7st 41b
Sir R. W. Buikeley's Bat Everanza, 3 yrs, 53t 9,b
(Wood) 2
Mr. Copiland's St. Danstan,:4 yra, 6st7lb (Snowden) 3
The fee owing also ran :—Ellerinre, West Langton,
Agra, Bracken, and Bandal
Betting-5 to 2 s.g,t Ellernaire, sto 1 agat Agra, 6
to 1 each agst Bel E•peranza and Katherine Logie, 8
to 1 each apt West Langton and Bracken.
Won by half a length ; four lengths between the se-
cond and third. The other haws not being at the
itarting-post at the time appointed Bel Esperanza can-
teied over the course. She was afterwards, however,
led again to the post, at irted with the others, and ran
in second, being beaten half a length from Katherine
Logic. On returning to scale the trainer of Bel Esoe-
, ratza claimed the race, asserting that the jockey had
received official orders to canter over, the others not
beirg at the post. The case was considered by the
stewards, who decided in favour of Katherine Logie.
Handicap Smeepstakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 50
added, for 2-yr-clis. Winners ex ra. The second to
frove kis stake. Rad House in. 29 sub,,.
Mr. Barber's Prince of Dontuark, by Annandale, 7st
(Dales) 1
Baron Rothschild's Scribbler, 7st 71b (D. Hughes) '2
Admiral Harcourt's Ellerdale's dam fi'ly, let 131 b
(A.lilcroft) 3
The following also ran :—Amine, Pelissicr, Interci-
eona, Herne, Ronconi, Lot 3, Medallion, and Magnus

Bett.ng-3 to 1 agst Magnus Tr i', 4 to 1 agst Prince
of Denmark, 6 to 1 p.gst any other.
\Von by a length ; half a length between the third
and fou►tb, the filth close up.

Juvenile Selling Stake,.

Plague Royal "
Saxony
Sweepstakes of 10 Boys. for 2-year olds

Ditto

Brother to Marchioness
01(1 Tiniee
Fryllahu4, Latitude colt, Amsterdam, Garnish, and
Proud Preston Peg also lan.

LATEST CUP BETTING.
50 to 40 on Vedette
sto 1 agst Black Tommy.

Weights for the Nursery Handicap. One Mile.
et lb et II)
Ditto : Bl2 The Hadji ........ .... 7 7
Amsterdam 8 7 Peliseier
Yeller Gal
Blanche of Middlebie 8 4 Conductor ............ 7 7
Princess Royal
Lady Alice
Queenstown 8 0 Lady Dot .............. 7 2
Little Treasure
Intt r&dona 7 11 Julia...
Orchehili
Hor e.atick
Terrific. 7 10 Saxony 6 11
Ktyitoue
Prince of Denmark 710 Wa derer
6 4
Meta... 7 9 Babette fitly 6 0
Hepatica
04 Times
Medallion
Baroness filly
Admiralty
Scribbler

POST MATCH.
Lord Derby receives forfeit from Lord Glasgow.

LATEST BETTING.
6 to 4 on Vedette.

THE LONDON AND EASTERN BANKING CORPORATION
—Vice Chancellor Sir W. PaLe Wood has fixed Mon-
day next for hearing the petition for the appointment of
an official liquidator in the case of the London and
Eastern Banking Company. The case, which will be
heard at Ipswich, comes before the Vice Chahcellcr c n
the petition of Dr. Abel Stuart, of South-bank, Regent's-
park, and Mr. George Duplex, of Torrington-square.
THE BELFAST RIOTS.—COMMISSION OF INQUIRY.—At
the Court-house, Belfast, on Wednesday, the examina-
tion of Mr. Tracy, which had occupied the whole of the
preceding sitting, was resumed. The court was densely
crowded. Mr. Tracy said that, generally speaking, the
parties concerned in the riots were the rabble on both
sides. He attributed as portion of the virulence to muni
cipal contests in the town. There was no opposition
to street preaching before the July riots. Since then
he bad heard of the formation of a gun club, which,
from the smallness of the subscription, he should say
belonged to the humbler classes. After Mr. Tracy,
• Mr. Lindsay, bead constable of local police, was ex-
amined.

THE APPLICATION OF STEAM POWER
TO TEE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

The term perfection, as applied to mechanical inven-
tions must always:be a changeable and evanescent one in
an age of progressive improvements, such as the present.
The mechanical contrivances which by their apparent in-
genuity and utility excite our admiration to the utmost
one day, may on the next be superseded, and looked
upon as out of date, until finally they are only regarded
as the distant landmarks which trace out the r, ad along
which improvement has advanced. As a result of the
spirit of emulation which animates the whole human
race, that which was wonderful yesterday becomes by
comparison common place to-day, and the subject of ridi-
mile to-morrow. The electric telegraph forms no excep-
tion t I the general rule. At the time of its invention,
the wonderful facilities of instantanceus communication
which it gave were quite unequalled and perfectly beyond
the reach of improvement. Nevertheless this wonderfuk,
piece of perfection has undergone several modifications
during the brief period of its rxi,tence, each of which hair
added something to its simplicity and. utility, and yet in
the end it is but a very imperEct instrument after all.
Those who are accustomed to read and hear of fabulous
thousands of miles being signalled through in the space
of a second will find it difficult to realise the fact that
the chief objection to the electric telegraph as at present
constructed is the slowness of its operation. Yet such
is nevertheless the case.. The electric current will, it is
true, circulate through a long length of wire in a second,
and thereby register one signal; but it is no less true that
',try few of these signals can be formed and transmitted
with the present arrangement in a geed many minutes.
It is therefore at the signalling stage of the transmission
that the delay occurs. Various expedients have been
devised to overcome the difficulty, which is purely a me-
chanical one, but hitherto without success. Magneto-
electric and recording telegraphs have successively been
triedin vain, for though decided imerovernents on the old
needle instruments, they offered no effectual remedy to the
great evil—slowness. Toe present tardiness of the
eigealling is one of the chief reasons of the high prices
which are charged for the transtnie,ion of a compara-
tively few words. It of course becomes a mere matter
of calcul ►tion to the telegraph companies. If a certain
number of words occupy an equal number of minutes
in sending, it must be clear that the limit of words which
can possibly be sent in the course of the twenty-four
hours are very soon reached, and therefore to secure an
adequate return for their expenditure cf capital the com-
panies are obliged to charge a comparatively large sum
fur each word. It is also frequeutly found necessary,
where there is a great deal of telegraph business for com-
panies to lay down tv►o, and in some cases three sepa►ate
lines to ecable them to transmit -all the Iniaieages en-
trusted to their care. Thus the public are obliged to
pay interest on double and treble the capital that Would
be necessary it really rapid-and effsmive instruments

were in use.
Such an instrument has, however, recently been in-
vented by Mr. 'sham Beggs, a gentleman whose name
has been for some time most intimately connected with
the progress of electrical science, which for its ingenuity
and real utility may be c:assed among the greatest in-
ventions of modern times. B 7 means of this contrivance,
the whole of the difficulties which beset the present sys-
tem of tel graphing are removed, and a very great number
of signals transmitted throunda a singls wire in an aleno4
incredibly short space of time. The chief novelty in Mr.
Bagge's invention is the substitution of steam power for
the ordinary manual labour in the sending of the signals,
by which of course ,a very great savieg of both time an I
expense is elf cted. The manner of registering the
signals at the end of the current is a'so both novel and
efficacious, and inteimstine, alike as an ingenious adapta-
tion of a scientific principle, and as a means of utilising
a power which has never before been usefelly employed.
To describe minutely the modes operandi of the
machine would necessitate long detcsiptions of technical
dstai's equally interesting and unintelligible to those not
thoroughly conver. aet with electrical science Therefore,
it is merely intended in this notice to give a general de-
scription of the inechanlcal contrivances, arid to pass ove r
briefly the theoretical reasons for the effects prole:cad.
In order thoroughly to make the improvements which
have been effected manifest, it wII be necessary to give
aome sliest description of the method of telegraphing at
present iu vogue. Tho signals are sent, by making a cer-
fain number of successive communications between the
poles of a voltaic battery, and a wire included in its cis
cuit. Tune, by varying the succession and direction of
diecannection, needles and papers are variously deflected
and marked at the end of the circuit. These connections
are made by means of a handle, of course slowly turned
by the hand of a clerk, who occupies the wire the whole
time that the message is being transmitted.
In substitution of this method Mr. Beggs proposes to
have a series of gutta percha bands rolled round appro-
priate wheels. In the series of' holes with which the
bands are studded the clerks insert braes pins, variously
combining them in two., threes, &c., according to the
letters to be sent, and thus, at it were, "set up" the
message in type. Any number of clerks, according to
the number of gutta percha bands, may be at work at
once, tota ly irrespective of the wire, which is all the
time open for other purposes. The gutty percha bands
when full of signals'are passed rapidly by means of steam
machinery between the charged electrical pales of the
instrument, in such a manner that, as each pin passes,
it farms a metallic communication between the instru-
ment and the wire, and a signal is consequently trans-
mitted. Thera is hardly any limit te the rapidity at
which the signal bands can be passed through the
instrument, as, in consequence of the almost instan-
taneous nature of cleotrieity—each pin only forming
electrical contact fir the 100i1 part of a second—it
will be amply sufficient to register a' coriesponehog
signal at the other end of the circuit. Taus many pages
of letter pro's by. A division of labour and an ade-
quate number of bands, be get up in half ao hour, and
then transmitted from one end of toe earth to the other
in fees resinutee, one wire being used all the time. It is
impenible t ovetuate the advantagee of this invention,
when we coes:der that electrical communisation is now
no longer as it were a luxury, but has become by long
use a nice nary part of our system. Telegraphing, there
is no doubt, will in futnro became, with the increased
facilities of this invention, almost as common, and con-
sequently nearly as cheap, as postal communfcation.
The importance of this instrument fair a Transatlantic
telegradh may at once he seen by
those who know the
difficubies which were experienced by the Atlantic Tele-
graph Company in transmitting the signals through the
cable with I ifficient rapidity, althoueh the most expen•
sive contrivances in the way of po.verful battelies were
used to obviate them. It is generally admitted that
even had the cable been successfully laid down it would
with these instruments rave been impusAble to seed
more than SO or 40 Messages
per diem each way ; and
it was therefore contemplated to lay down a send cable
at the cost of several hundred thousand er iunds to en-
Able the company to undertake the transmission of
even one-half of the messages with which they would,
at the lowest computation, have been entrusted. The
steam telegraph, however, has overcome at least that
ditiicul'y which stool in the way Of the accomplishment
of one of the greatest undertakings of modern times.
Supposing a single wile to have been laid down
between England and America, it would be
perfee ly possible to txcliange daily between the
two countries the principal contents of the morning
papers, and that two with very little tifficulty or ex-
pens°. Tough the Pieciple of Mr. B egg's invention
with ,voltaic eleetr city In
the ordinal. nay, 3et Le preare to work his i; stru-
is apylicable to telegraphing
merits with static or high ten ion electricity. The
application of this demription of electrical force to
telegraphic purposes, though not absolutely new, has at
least the novelty ef being successful, while all the
former attempts to accomplish the saute object failed
most signa'ly. The advantages esostessed by static
electricity as a Co nrenn ice` ing medium in place of voltaic
electricity, consist chiefly in the cheapness of its pro
duction, and its high intensity, whioh renders it cap-
ionsetrhceomLg,munications,
obstscles in the shape of slight
which would en-
tirely interrupt an ordinary current of voltaic elec.
tricity. The necessity of agumeuting the intensity
of electric currents for telegraphing has lately been con-
sidered of great importance by electrical engineers, and
cap-
able
detectsof
for this purpose " inducion coils" have been very ex-
tensively employed of late. The method of suis,plyieg
the static electricity is novel,
and at the same tin s
simple. It requires no introduction of an electrcatuag-
netic coil at the end of the circuit to enable itsto register
the signal on the paper, the mere force of the electric
discharge being sufficient to pierce the paper. To dis-
tinguish the difference of the position of the signals
through the pins are the left hand holes charges of
negative electricty are sent, whle positive electricity is
sent through those on the, righ', though both charges
pass through the one wire by a peculiar arrangement, of
the apparatus, the diff root species of electricity are
made to pierce the paper in different directions. The
electrical force is while the machine is in operation, cm
tinually being generatel ty plate michiuee, which
are kept in motion by the same stea ii machinery which
is employed in rolling off the gutta perch& signal-bands.
The signal pine, though of course put in their respective
Ind a by manual labour, do not 'aquae to be taken out
in the same way, as by a peculiar process they are all
di Aged by the band being rolled round the second
drum and are caught in a basket, placed underneath for
that purpose. The invention, which is only just perfected,
will, no doubt, when it is fairly brought before the
pub ie., entirely supersede the present system of telegra-
phic communication, A company is, we believe, at
the present time in process of formation for carrying out
the invention on an ex ensive scale. The evident ad-
vantages which it possesses over all the electric tele
graphs hitherto used will undoubtedly ensure it entire
success as a commercial speculation.

MUNIFICENT GIFT BY HER MAJESTY TO Tat Callum
OF SCOTLADID.—Tier Majesty tt.e Queen has contri
tributed the sum of 500/. towards the Endowrnen
Scheme of the Established Church.—Montrose Stan•
Bard.

FURTHER MEETINGS TO 'EXPRESS SYMPATHY FOR
TUE SUFFERERS IN requisition is being nu-
miMnflauyeourtioufllYM signed, which is to be pre-
sented ancliester, asking his wor-
h
public meeting LT the purpose of
in fitting mode the deep and general s;
s ei
i) ro u
to -1
toyc
otnhy and
ee n
this country with the bereaved and other
expressingpat
li yof
sufferers .in India. The Mayor has expressed his
readi less to comply with the request, and pr, po-es,
when he shall receive the requisition, to convene the
meeting on Thursday next, the 24th instant. The
Mayors of Newcasth.-3n-Tyne and Sunderland are about
to convene public meetings of the inhabitants of those
important towns, with a view to commence subscrip-
tions for the relief of the sufferers by the revol in India.
Several families of north-country engineers have beau
bereft of their all by the
i revolt. Special religious ser-
vices have also been held n Newcastle and Shields this
week, on behalf of India.—Manchester Quardidn.