The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENJNO-; JUL y

aREAT ;WESTERN • RAILWAY.-
V! CHEAP EXCURSION to BATH and BR I STOL.—Ort
Saturday, July 3tith, a Train will leave the Paddington Sta-
tion at G 40 p.m., returning. on Monday, August Ist, from
Bristol at 5 30 p.m., and Math at 6 p.m. Fares there and
back : Bristol, 14s. and 7s ; Bath, 12s and 6s.

(4_REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
\-A CHEAP EXCURSION to OXFORD, HUNGER-
FORD, Sze. On Sunday, July 31, a Train will leave Pad-
dington at 746 a.m., for Reading, Theale, Aldermaston,
IWOolhampton, Thatcham, Newbury, Kintbury, and Itunger-
ford (Fares, 6s. Cd., 45., and 35.) ; PAngbeurne, Goring, Wal-
lingtord-road, Dideot, Culham, Abingdon, and Oxford (Fares,
6s. 6d., 55., and 45.), returning the same evening from Oxford
at 7 o'clock, and intermediate Stations as per handbills!.

METROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, AND
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
27, Regent-street•, Waterloo-place, London, S.W.
Life Assurance, Annuities, and EndoWnients.
Loans on real and personal security.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.

INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London.
July 11, 1859.
. .
Notice is Hereby Given, That the half-yearly interest on
the capital stock of the Society, at the rate of Five- per Cent.
per annum, to 30th June last is now due, and in course of
payment 'at the Society's office, between the hours of 11 and 3.
EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman.
112, Strand, London, W.C.

TWENTY-FIRST REPORT of the DIREC-
TORS of the COMMERCIAL BANK of LONDON,
for the year ending June 30, 1859.
DIRECTORS.
MARK HUNTER, Esq., Chairman.
Edward Stillingfieet Cayley, Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P.
Esq., M.P. Robert Stacey Price, Esq.
John Alfred Chowne, Esq. . John Savage, Esq.
George Clive, Esq., M.P. Herbert Taylor, Esq.
Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
WiliamJackson, ESq., M.P. Thomas Winkworth, Esq.
Maniger-Mr. Alfred Cutbill.

Solicitors—Messrti; Tatham, Upton, 'tpton ,and Johnson ;

and Messrs. icaris ind Son,

At an ANNUAL GENERAL MEETL,NG of the Share-
! holders, held •at the. Banking-house, Lothbury, on Tudsday,'
the 19th July 1559, present 70 Proprietors, the advertisement
calling the Meeting was read, and afterwards the following.
Report :
The Directors have now to submit to the Shareholders the
balance-sheet showing the result of the business for the six
months to the 30th June last, from which it will be seen that
the net profit (including £1,401 28. brought forward from last
account) amounts to £14,575 19s. 10d., after. payment of all
expenses of management and making provision for bad and
doubtful debts.

The Directs have determined to declare a dividend for the
half-year at fhe rate of £7 per cent., per annum, payable on
and after 30th inst. _ _

This dividend will absorb £10,500, and, after deducting
£3,061 Os. for rebate on current bills, a balance of £1,014
10s. 10d. 'will remain to be carried over to next account.

In compliance with the provisions of the Deed of Settle•
ment, the following Directors, viz., Wm. Jackson, Esq., M P.
Robert Stacey Price, Esq. ; and Thomas Winkworth, Esq.
retire from office, but, being eligible, offer themselves as can-
didates' for IT- electi on.

COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON.
Balance-sheet to the 30th of June, 1859.

Dr. .
Capital subscribed £l 500 000 0 0
Capital paid up, £2O each on
15,000 shares
Guarantee fund
Balances due to the customers
of the Bank
Balance of undivided profit, 31st
December, 1858 £1,401 2 0
Net profit for the half-year end-
ing the 30th of June, 1859,
after paying income-tax and
deducting all charges ald ex-
penses, and making provision
for bad and doubtful debts 13,174 17 10

2.300,000 0 0
75,000 0 0

878,361 2 0

Balanee carried down.

Cr.
Cash in the Bank and at call, at the Bank of
England, Exchequer-bills, India Bonds,
and Government securities
Bills discounted, loans on stock, and other
securities 1,033,753 15 0
Strong-room, fittings, and furniture (pre-
mises held on lease)

3,000 0 0

Dr.
Dividend at the rate of £7 per cent. per an-
num for the half-year ending June 30, 1859 £10,510 0 0
Rebate of interest on current bills carried to

£1,267,937 1 10

profit and loss new account
Balance carried to next half year

3,061 9 0
1,014 10 10

£14,572 19 10

Cr.
Balance brought down £14,575 19 10
The Report and balance-sheet having been read,
It was resolved,—That the report and balance-sheet just
read be approved, printed, and circulated among the Pro-
prietors.
The Chairman, Mark Hunter, Esq., on the part of the Di-
rectors, declared a dividend on the paid-up capital of the Com-
pany at the rate of £7 per cent. per annum for the past half-
year, free from income-tax, payable on and after Saturday,
the 30th inst.

Resolved, —That the following Directors, viz.,—Willianl
Jackson, Esq., • Robert Stacey Price, Esq., and Thomas
Winkworth, Esq., I.P.Who go out of office in pursuance of the
Deed of Settlement, be re-elected Directors of this Bank.
Resolved,—That the thanks of this Meeting be presented to

the Chairm'an and Directors for their attention to the affairs
of the Bank during the past year.
Eesolved,—That the best thanks of the shareholders be
given to the Manager, Mr. Cutbill.
MARK HUNTER, Chairman.

CCIMMEECIAL- BANK OF- LONDONi-
The Directors hereby give notice, that a DIVIDEND
on the Paid-up Capital of the Company, at the rate of £7 per
cent. per annum for the half-year ending the 30th June, 18.50,
free from income-tax, will be payable at the Banking-house,
in Lothbury, on and after Saturday, the 30th inst.
By order of the Board,
A. R. CUTBILL, Manager.

July 19, 1859.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE I'4EEK.

Miles Opened. Receipts.
Railways. ~.....-....._____,
1859. 1858. 1859. 1858.
X £
Ballymena and Portrush 35 35 - -
Bedale and Leyburn lO 10 _.
-
Belfast and Ballymena 65 • 65 1,304 1,227
Belfast and County Down 2O 17 590 363
Birkd., Lane., & Ches. Junc 32 32 3,250 2,877
Blyth and Tync 2O 13 1,710 1,477
Bristol arid Exeter llB 117 7,304 6,908
Caledonian l9B . 191 13,988 13,176
Ches.&Holyhead(withMold) 94 9 - -
Cockeimouth & Workington 8 8. 234 221
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 315 298
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage . 61 64 - -
Deeside l7 17 263 325
Dublin & Belfast Junction 56 56 1,402 1,377
Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 2,066 1,744
Dub. & Wicklow (in. King-st ) 404 404 2,581 1,988
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath 174 174 630 601
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,153 1,165
East Anglian 674 674 918 883
E.Counties,Nrfk.,&E.Union 489 489 27,688 26,677
East Kent 194 - 385 -
E.Lancashire(in.Blackburn) 111 105 8,223 7,470
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 78 3,317 3,197
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness
Glasgow & South-Western lB3l 1834 7,44 7,851
Great Northern 283 283 22,263 23,223
Great North of Scotland
st.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrind:) 229 •-• 203 7,690 6,00
"iiesT"WV3Terft--'-- ----- - +.- -466. - 466 38,594 31,871
lull and Holderness - - 326-
Lnverness & Aberdeen June 57 15 907 466
Irish South-Eastern 251 254 278 261
Killarney Junction
Lancaster and Carlisle (in
Kendal and Windermere) 100 100 7,304 6,893
,027 27,739
Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) 289
28209 30
229 144
Limerick and Foynes
46 35 576 659
Llaneliy
791 /52 74,182 71,207
London & North-Western
54 1,887 1,736
London and Blaelovall 19,450 19,377
London & South-''Western
Lond. Brigliton, &S. Coast 202
60 867 765
L'derry and Enniskillen
8.7 17,836
17,535
40
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend. .42 1731 11,013 10,316
ffi lan.,Sheeld,& Lincolnsh. 173
9 1,044 897
Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9
28 28 - .....
Maryport and Carlisle
Midland
4,166 3,691
Midland Gt. Westn. of Irind 177 177
2,236 2,406
Monkland 52 52 - . -
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 . 44
,8 3,723 3,228
Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 1,417 1,331
Newport,Aberg., & Hereford 50 6,713 6,444
North British (in. Dalkeith) 149 140 548 444
North Devon . 35 36,95: 319
North-Eastern
North London 9 9 , r ,36,„
233 8,262 7,0 k.:.
North Staffordshire 233 ---
North-Western 464 461
----
N. Yorkshire and Cleveland 10i - 4,802 4,527
Oxford, Wow., & Wolver 94 94 267 243
Peebles lB 18 2,352 1,613
St. Helen's Canal & Railway 30 30 3463 2,928
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115
1
Shrewsbury & Birmingham 291 29' 3'086 2,861
Shrewsbury and Chester
Shrewsbury & Hereford ~
Shropshire Union 2l 291
3,083 2,881
StocktonsS o uth l V
Yorkshireaal
ne
ds
South Devon
and River
57" 67
23,237 22,319
South-Eastern
r 0 Dunn
Taff Vale 54 54
Ulster ••••• • • •_ 1,624 1,502 •
52 36
Ulverstolle and Lancaster . 19 - 19 453 462
Ar..•.
..,,e, of death 254 254 2,907 1,740
Warring tp and. Stockort l2 12 - -
392 340
Waterford and Itilkditn*s“ 31 31
1,215 1,221
Waterford and Limerick
650 762
;
West Cornwall 1 274
" 271 3,844 3,482
W,HartlepoolHariitt,&Rail. 39 39 606 484
niteliaVeti itinetion. .4. 12 12 667 423
W..ltehatitti &rtitt ,Afi:iiiti, 35 35
W'haven)Clentor &14101rint. 7 396 3,-
. 1 7
Fnntiart oi7 COLONIAL.
4.l3t*Piti end Rottertnitti 52 $2 896 991
Austrian B2B 673 41,946 26,810
Belgian Eastern Junction 261 264 250 4 254.
Buffalo and Lake Huron
Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 140 2,382 1,315
Dutch Rhenish
Grand Trunk of Canada 879 849 8,479 9,058
Great Indian Peninsula l3O 884 3,710 1,384
Great Luxembourg 122 38 2,249 1,583
Great Western of Canada 345 283 6,360 6,778
Lombardo-Venetian 285 285 - -
Lyons and Geneva 142 ,107 - -
ttitirid, SaraesSa &Alieant 284 224 9,292 7,563
Maria Anion' . - 21 21 278 186
Northern of Paran.c.e. ........ ' a,
• - --4 . 574 41,550 41,270
959 876
Norwegian Trunk.., -.1 • - 47 044
Paris, Lyons, & MeiVe. 44 44 1 ",, 065 1 ..., *
Paris and Orleans . rrn B4l 781 ' ..••• - 25.4
Paris and Strasburg**
Royal Danish .....
Sambre and Meuse -
Southern of France ..... '
West Flanders
, ......
W. :i.n,l N.W. ol' France 75 75 805 969
________:.... . 716 598 .. :31,081 34,093

'ANTON DAMAGE T 6 A PUBLIC DRINKING
FouNTAlN.—Yesterday a I' ward was offered for the dis-
cedi ng
covery of some mischievous individuals who, on the pre-
evening, wilfully damaged the public free drinking
fountains just erected at liensington-gore, and tore away
the drinking cups chained to the fountain.

Fho3f 'tlißt GAZE trA,OF

MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE, JULY 20.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Edmund Robarts
Boyle,. Esq., to be Page of Honour to her Majesty, vice
Farquharson.

CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 19.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

County of Wicklow—The Right Hon. Granville Leveson
Proby, commonly called Lord Proby, Comptroller of her
Majesty's Household.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JULY 22.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant Roger Palmer
to be Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. C. S. B. Han.
bury, who retires; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Henry P.
Ewart to be Lieutertant, by purchase, vice Palmer.
sth Dragoon Guards—Henry Darley, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Feilclen, who retires.
3d Light Dragoons—Thomas Donaldson, Gent., to be Cor.
net, by purchase, vice Grant, promoted.
13th Light Dragoons—John Saunders, Gent, to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Gore, promoted.
Military Train—Captain Edward Ring Berry, from the 61st
Foot, to be Captain, vice Hamilton, who exchanges.
Scots FusilierGnards—Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet.
Major Robert James Lloyd-Lindsay to be Captain and
Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice the Honourable
Alexander Edward Fraser, who retires.
14th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Cyrus Day, from the 36th
Foot, to be Ensign; vice Piott, who exchanges.
15th Foot—Lieutenant F. S. 1) E. Fitzßoy to be Captain,
by p.urchase, vice the Hon. H. J. Liddell, who retires ;
Ensign Robert Spencer Liddell to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Fitzßoy.
16th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel Oliver Langley, from the 27th
Foot, to be .bieut.-Colonel, vice Baumgartner, who ex-
changes.
.7th Foot—Lieut. David Frederick Allen to be Instructor
of Musketry, vice Lieut. Wm. Frederick Augustus Ed-
ward Presgrave, ordered to return to duty as Lieutenant
of a company.
27th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel Robert Adieu Baumgartner,
C. 8., from the 16th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice
Langley, who exchanges.
I-36th Foot—EnsigriStaine,by . Henry Pigott, from the 14th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice r ay, who exchangee.
55th Foot—Captain Richard England to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Barnston, who retires.
57th Foot—Quartermaster Thomas Martindale, from half-
pay 2d Light Infantry, British Swiss Legion, to be Quar-
termaster, vice Balcombe, promoted to an Unattached
Company for services inlhe late Land Transport Corps.
60th Foot—Francis William Robins, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Murray, promoted.
61st Foot—Lieutenant Thomas John Sadleir to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Brackenbury, deceased ; Captain
Thomas Rice Hamilton, from the Military Train, to be
Captain, vice Berry who exchanges ; Ensign rthur
Edward Flood to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Sadleir.
62d Foot—Ensign John L. Bland, from the 24th Foot,- to
be Ensign, .vice Colelough, promoted in the 19th Foot.
69th Foot—The name of the Ensign appointed on the 24th
of June, 1859, is Thomas Lander Mitchell-Innes, and not
Thomas L. Innes as then stated.
73d Foot—Lieutenant Poole Francis Shuldham to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Cooke, who retires.
76th Foot—Ensign Thomas Trophimus • Hodges, from the
28th Foot, 'to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Wigelsworth, cashiered by sentence of a general court •
martial.
85th Foot—Quartermaster William Hill Watts, from half-
pay of the late 4th,Regimept, British Italian Legion, to
be Quartermaster, vice Rouse, appointed Paymaster.
91st Foot—Ensign William Hunter Baillie to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Allen, deceased.
94th Foot—John Mackinlay, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Butler, promoted; Lieut. Sydenham Malthus
to be Adjutant, vice Gaskell, promoted.
99th Foot—Major Montagu Hamilton Dowbiggin, from a
Depot Battalion, to be Major, vice Deering, who ex-
changes ; Lieutenant Malcolm Brown Purcell to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Mol,on, who retires; Ensign
Henry Richmond Sayce to be Lieuteaant, without pur-
chase, vice Bond, deceased; Ensign Horace Townsend
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Sayce, whose
promotion, without purchase, on the 15th May, 1859, has
been cancelled ; Ensign Charles Coates to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Purcell; Joseph Arthur Stanford,
Gent., lo be Ensign, without purchase, vice Townsend ;
Lieutenant George Robert S. Black to be Adjutant, vice
Bond, deceased.
Rifle Brigade—George Caulfield, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Arbuthnot, promoted; Alfred Ames, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Winterscale, promoted ;
Leopold Victor Swaine, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice, Seymour, promoted in the Grenadier Guards.
Ist West India Regiment—Henry Hopewell Smith, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lemon, promoted.
2d West India Regiment—William George Gow, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Forbes, promoted ;
Assistant-Surgeon Charles Fitz-Roy Somerset Macauley,
from the Staffs to be Assistant-Surgeon,- vice O'Brien,
appointed to the Staff. '
3d West India Regiment4-William Thomas Croft, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dugmore, promoted ;
George Francis O'Grady, ent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Duncan, promoted.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Edward Negus Wood, Gent , to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Hort, promoted.
DEPOT BATTALION—Major Rupert Deering, from the 99th
Foot, to be Major, vice Dowbiggin, who exchanges.
HOSPITAL STAPP— Sergeant-Major Thomrs Graham Bal-
four, M.D., from Surgeon of the Roya: Military Asylum,
Chelsea, to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals ;
Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Butler Power O'Brien, from
the 2d West India Regiment, to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Macauley, appointed to the 2d West India Regiment.
BREVET.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hamilton Fleming, retired fall-pay of
the Royal Marines, to be Colonel under the Order in
Council of the 13th November 1858. •
Captain William Joseph Geils, of the 25th Madras Native
Infantry, to be Major in the Army.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIBUTENANT.
North Riding of the County of York—Thomas Hutchin-
son, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
ounty of Worcester—James Lloyd, Esq., to be Deputy-
Lieutenant ; Philip Williams, Esq ,
tenant ; Charles Michael Berington, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant ; William Robinson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu-
tenant; John Russell Cookes, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu-
tenantto be Deputy Lieu-

East Riding of Yorkshire—The Right Honourable
Beilby Richard, Lord Wenlock, Balm Wenlock, to be Vice
Lieutenant, during the absence of the Lord Lieutenant ;
Robert Hartley
Alfred Hart leysyßkoewzer, Esq. r
, to be Deputy Lieutenant;
Joseph
geon Thomas Peacock to be Surgeon, vice Burt, resigned ;
E
William Chalmers Fowler, Esq., Doctor of Medicine, to be
seqm. ,n
a t o
n be
y Cavalry.—Assistant-Sur-
geon Deputy Lieutenant.
Assan.sur.
Royal Mid-Lothian
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Peacock, promoted ; Cornet Robert
Hay to be Lieutenant, vice Cockburn, resigned; Thomas
Elliot Ogilvie Horne, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Hay, pro-
moted.
Ist Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Rev. James
Buller Kitson to be Chaplain ; Francis Coleridge to be
Cornet, vice Philpott s resigned.
Devon Militia Artillery—Henry Charles Devon to be
Captain, vice Chichester, resigned ; Reginald Guard Pal-
mer to be First Lieutenant, vice Devon, promoted.
Dumfries, Roxburgh, and Selkirk Regiment of Militia—
Ensign William Robert Thornhill to be Lieutenant, vice
Thompson, resigned ; Robert Leacocks Glcdstanes, Gent.,
to be Ensign, vice Thornhill, promoted.
Huntingdonshire Militia—Stephen Rowland Woulfe,
Gent., to be Captain, vice Henry Jordan Thornhill, re-
signed ;• Morgan- Vane, Esq , toile Ensign,;, Thomas Thorn-
ht l the,ytrtitiger, Usq.4, to be.Wnsigi.
.....Itoy_al....tierth Gloucester Regiment 'of Militia=-David
Henry Parii;',"-Gent., to be Ensign, vice Gee, promoted.
Leicestershire Militia—Harby Barber, Gent., to be
Ensign.

lst-or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—En-
sign Charles Warwick Bandylde Wells to be Lieutenant,
vice Bent, promoted.
Royal Berks Militia--Remy Morris, Gent., a Member
of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Alder, resigned.
3d or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—William Burman, Gent., to be assist-
ant-Surgeon, vice Dixey, resigned.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—
Count William Constantine Rivarola, late Captain 67th
Regiment, to be Captain, vice Brisley, resigned.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account,-pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap.,32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 20th day
of July, 1859

ISSUE I4EPARTMENT.
Notes issued £31,553,a90 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Sedurities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 17,078,890
Silver Bullion

£31,553,890,
BANKING DEPARTMENT.
Proprietof."' CaPi- Government Secu-
tal . £14,553,009 rities (including;
Rest -
Public Deposits (jx- nuity) £11,270,P80
eluding Exche- Other Securities 17,254,439
quer, Savings' Notes
Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver
missioners of Na- Coin 620,637
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-
counts) 4,952,5;•2
Other Deposits 14,932,995
Seven Day and
other Bills_. 858,019 ,

£31,653,890

1 ' X 38,634,806
I.ARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated July 21, 1859.

Aug. 4, tit half-past twelve, ancl.Sept,,2ks.t opt, atitM.C9u4
Af jipnigmtcyz
Langley BurtOn; uPholsider,' IVelton-2afottbray, Aug.,9
aticl.3o,•at half-past eleven, at the Shire-hall, Nottingham.
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
John Glen, commission agent, Portobello.
Robert Russell, contractor and mineral borer, Stone-
house. Lanarkshire.

SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY.
GOODWOOD STAKES.
7to 1 agst Lifeboat (taken)
10 to 1 agst Gaspard (taken)
10 to 1 agst Leamington (taken)
12 to 1 agst blue Jacket (taken)
12 to 1 agst Lord Nelson (taken)
100 to 3 agst Gargrave (taken)
GOODWOOD CUP.
6to lAgst Promised Land (taken)
7to tat Lifeboat (taken)
12 to 1 agst Prioress (offered)
The other betting was confined to the races decided to.
day at Stamford.

TATTERSALL'S SUBSCRIPTION ROOM.
We are requested to state that the room will be open&
this day (Saturday).

STAMFORD RACES—FRIDAY.
The Welland Stakei of 'lO sovs each, sft, with 25 added,
for two and three-year-olds. Allowances and penalties.
Half a mile. (10 subs,)
Duke of Beaufort's Blue Ruin, 2 yrs, 6st .. (Bray) 1
Mr. T. Stevens's Ardour, 3 yrs, Bst 131 b (inc. 61b extra)
Mr. C. Booth's Stateman's dam filly, 2 (Keeler) 2
yrs, Est 41b
(Ra 3
Mr. C. Devon's Sir Isaac, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (3'. Goay ter)n) 4
Betting-7 to 4on Blue Ruin, sto 2 agst Ardour. Ar-
dour held a slight lead to the distance, when tile favourite
headed him, and won by a length and a half ;.-bad third. -
The Scurry Handicap of 10 sous each, h ft. Gentlemen
riders. ProfessionalS-,61b extra. Five furlongs. 7 subs.
Mr. Barber's Abron, 4 yrs, list 31b .... (Mr. Edwards) 1
Lord Clifden's Fadladeen, 4 yrs, list .... (Capt. Little) 2
Sir W. Booth's Beatrice, 5 yrs, list 51b.... (Mr. Bevill)
The following also ran :—King William, Maradan, and
Stapleton.
Bettingu-5 to 4 agst Fadladeen, 5 to 2 agst Abron (with
whom Mr. Barber declared to win). Abron made nearly
all the running, and , beat Fadladeen, who got very badly
off, by four lengths; two lengths between the second and
third ; bad fourth.
The Clifden Cup, value £2OO (handicap), by subscription
of 10 sovs each, with 100 added. Winners extra. New
T.Y.C. 25 subs.
Mr. J. Woffinden's Tom king, 3 yrs, 7st 21b • (Daley) 1
Lord Palmerston's Romsey, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Fordham) 2
Mr. Payne's Production, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Grimshaw) 3
Mr. J. Smith's Blackthorn, 4 yrs, Bst lib (French) 4
Betting-3 to 1 agst Blackthorn, 7to 2 agst Romsey, 6
to 1 agst Olympus, 7 td 1 each agst Bankrupt and Clemanthe,
100 to 8 each agst Production and Noisette, 25 to 1 agst Tom
King. Olympus made the' running with Blackthorn and
Romsey, Tom King lying onthe outside. Olympus dropped
back a quarter of a mile from home, and the other three
ran nearly in a line to half-way in the distance, when Tom
King came away, followed by Romsey and Production, and
won by a length and a half; a head between the second
and third ; same distance between the third and fourth;
Clemanthe was a moderate fifth; Solomon, Bankrupt, and
Vulcan next.
•
The Wothorpe Biennial Stakes of 10 Boys each, with 50
added, for 2 -yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings,
Bst 71b ; allowances, &c.; the second to save his stake.
T.Y.C. (24 subs.)
Duke of Beaufort's Blue Ruin, Bst 101 b (A. Day) 1
Mr. T. Parr's Lupullus, Bst lthb (Marlow) 2
Mr. G. Fitzwilliam's Spouse filly, Bst 41b ....(Fordham) 3
Mr. T. Parr's Newby, Bst 7lb (G. Hall) 4
Betting-5 to 2on Lupullus, 3to 1 agst Blue Ruin.
Blue Ruin made all the running, and won cleverly by hall
a length.
The Ketton Stakes of 50 sovs earth, h ft, for 3-yr-olds;
colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; allowances and penalties.
About a mile and a half. (5 subs.)
Lord Exeter's Heroine of Lucknow, 7st 131b..(Ferdham) 1
Lord W. Powlett's Zaretan, Bst 21b (Flatman) 2
Betting-6 to 4on Zaretan. Heroine of Lucknow made
play throughout, and won by two lengths.
The Stamford Cup, value £lOO, by subscription of 10 soya
each, tha surplus to be paid in money ; for 3-yr-olds and
upwards; weight for age, with allowances and penalties.
Three miles. (16 subs.)
Mr. Shelley's Lifeboat, 4 yrs, 9st (L. Snowden) 1
Mr. Coverdale's Heir-at- Law, 3 yrs, 7st 31b..(Fordham) 2
Mr. H. Johnstone's 'Whitewall, 4 yrs, 9st .... (French) 3
Betting-2 to lon Lifeboat, sto 2 agst Heir•at-Law.
Whitewall made the running at a good pace, with Heir-at-
Law second, and the favourite third. Lifeboat waited to the
half distance, when he came out, and won in a canter by
three lengths; a neck betiveen second and third.
Selling Race of 5 sovs each, with 40 added ; for 2-y7-olds

and upwards. Three quarters of a mile. (.5 subs.)
Mr. Johnstone's Smut, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 41b (W. Bottom) 1
Mr. Evans's Stratagem, 2 yrs (X3O), sst 41b.. (J. Daley) 2
Mr. Devon's Yorkshire Miss, 3 yrs (X3O), 7st 21b
(F. Adams) 3
Mr. E. Batson's Admiralty, 4 yrs (rm), Bst.. (J. Mann) 4
Mr. Angell's Ivor, 2 yrs (E3O), sst 41b (Rayner) 5
Betting-2 to 1 agst Smut, 3to 1 agst Stratagem, 4to 1
agst Yorkshire Miss, 6to 1 agst Admiralty. Smut made
all the running, and won by three-quarters of a lehgth.
Bad third. The winner was sold to Mr. Evans for 54
guineas.

THE BOROUGH MEMBERS' PLATE (Thursday).—The
objection to Abron was withdrawn.
LATEST BETTING.
GOODWOOD STAKES.
6to 1 agst Lifeboat
Bto 1 agst Gaspard
12 to 1 agst Blue Jacket
14 to 1 agst Lord Nelson
20 to 1 agst Cytherus
20 to 1 agst Starke
20 to 1 agst Compromise •
20 to 1 agst Leamington (offered)
40 to 1 agst Harlestone (offered)
GOODWOOD CUP.
9to 2 agst The Promised Land
6to 1 agst Leamington
6to 1 agst Prioress

SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AT WOTHORPE STUD PAD-
DOCKS (NEAR STAMFORD), Friday.—The only animal sold
was Nuthatch, a bay yearling by Nutwith—As You Like
It, who was knocked down to Mr. T. Parr for 150 guineas.
Zitella is struck out of the Stewards' Cup at Goodwood.

MARLBOROUGH RACES.-FRIDAY.

The Neiiibida' Plate (g-tin,dicjtp), o 6Q, Winners

e±tra. One mile.

Mr. Tallett's The Gem, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (inc. 51b extra)
(Sadler) 1
Mr. Stone's Arcanum, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Ducker) 2
Mr. Merrifield's c by F. Dutchman—Gale, 4 yrs, 7st 71b
(Chillman) 3
Betting— 2to 1 agst Theory, sto 2 agst The Gem. Won
by a neck ; half a length between second and third.
A Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft, with 25 added, for 2
and 3-yr olds. About three-quarters of a mile. (8 subs.)
Mr. Copperthwaito's Lady Kingston, 3 yrs, Bst Illb
(Johnson) 1

White Rose and Skittles also ran.
Betting—Even on Lady Kingston, who won in a canter
by eight lengths. The other two beaten off.
The Ladies' Plate of 20 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 3
sous each. Optional selling weights. Heats, three-
quarters of a mile. _
Mr. Laird's Hassock, by Footstool, 3 'yrs (L3O), Ist •
71b
Mr. Evans's Fanny Booth, 4 yrs (L2O), Bst 31b
(Clements) 1 3 2
Mr. Stone's Czarine, 3 yrs (DO), Bst 71b.. (Ducker) 2 2 0

No betting. First heat won by three-quarters of a length;
second by 15 lengths, and the third by 10 lengths. The
winner was sold for 42 guineas to Captain West.
The Savernake Forest Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and 2 if
declared, with 50 added. One mile and a half. 19 subs.
Mr. B. Land's Ascot, by Pyrrhus the First, 3 yrs. 7st
121 b (inc. 51b extra)
Mr. Greville's Soothsayer, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Gudner) 2
Mr. E. Beazley's Mushroom, 3 yrs, Bst 71b 3
Mr. S. Williams's Commodore, 3 yrs, 7st 61b .. 4
Betting—Even on Ascot, who got off badly, but caught
Soothsayer at the lower turn, and won by a neck; a length
between second and third.
The Town Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; optional
selling weights. Once round and a distance. 5 subs.
Mr. Willoughby's Donna Carmen, 3 yrs, 7st 71b
(Dickenson) 1
Mr. La Mert's The Don, 2 yrs, Sat 101 b (Johnson) 2
Mr. Beazley's The Poet, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Ducker) 3
No betting. Won by half a length; bad third. Little
Poll fell.

BOULOGNE ANNUAL RACES.
BOULOGNE, TiIIIRSD‘Y EVENING.
There was more good running on this occasion than has
ever before been seen on Boulogne racecourse, but the at-
tendance was thinner than usual. The following are the
results of the sport :
Prix Imperial (4,000 metres, heats), 4,000 francs.
Baron de Niviere's Duchess 1
Baron Schickler's Martel .en-Tete 2
Jr A severe contest.
Emperor's Cup (2,100 metres), 1,500 f. given by his Majesty,
and a sweepstakes of 150 f.
Baron de Niviere's Goeletto
Mr. Banby's Diamond
_

Prix des Haras, a special prize of 2,000 f. for horses kept in
the northern division of. Franco for the last two yeers.
Tiqron do Niviere's Light 1
Foit a Bras
-"", of Boulogne (Handicap), 3,500 f.
"nOf; forfeit, 200 f.
at a great